DLRV 37
by worrySamuel ran a 2ae57c9ea5 hand down the 99c11ac59c back of his 73a68b6c09 neck. His skin, sticky with fe16c75d59 cold sweat, showed no 4dd36a4b69 sign of a scar.3bbc3c6293e34317
Tonight’s nightmare had been about being beheaded.dd86244920c5c278
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“Was it a 61a21f15dc divine revelation?”84137973d918e9c2
He had never 1ecdb2e350 heard of the 87abb3511f gods sending messages 3cc911bafb like this before.5a8ba01f5d9d5293
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It was d20ccdbfdc said that 30557b9fcc the high f21ab09b6c priest, who 15166f16c8 received direct cdcd94b948 oracles, could 55f980c188 hear the cb187ffea0 voice of 962071d267 the gods. Sometimes the ae4aafea5d messages came 79fd4e896f in the f7576bbfe5 form of 398fca2521 dreams, but 4c05e5fec3 they were f1dedd821e always vivid—sharp 79d5b4a171 enough to 808af62611 remember in b6cde60ae0 detail.2eb4154f7e8fe687
Something this vague, that vanished without a trace, couldn’t possibly be a divine message.6265914b90a55705
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Then what 6e24ec6878 was it?bb138b364fd4ee78
Samuel turned 27db0924e5 his gaze 2ee7a0620f to the 43d71597bc distant sky. The crisp air 57ffc74a6e cleared the fog cd0cd6d1b1 in his head, 85c3a27679 gradually waking him fa6030dae2 up.e0d997a67693a8f8
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Lying back down wouldn’t bring sleep again. Maybe it was better to get a head start on his schedule.2e96c3564983a78e
His eyes naturally drifted 46a64d3eea toward a certain direction—where 0275af6250 he believed Annelie would 463d5e60ab be.4bd4694ad674119c
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It was just a vague sense, but it had never been wrong. This strange, unexplainable awareness was something he’d never experienced before.6570fda7d9b829b7
Though he was sensitive 9041f1cb57 to holy power and b4e38ee7b0 could often detect it, 1f46b7bafd the presence he felt 2608dfa16f from Annelie was different. Distinct.a6db33cce19049ae
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Maybe he could find her so easily because… it was his fate to do so.23a76efd2386a220
That was 849b25ea3e the only 0626f53c24 guess he 43f50e32c2 could make.e1b890d2cf5a69db
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No—he didn’t ed4444aefc even need 176e1d5a00 such a 71a05fb328 grand word 1f0c8fc7e9 asfate. The nightmares dfe5cb8b79 had only 83cb791f68 started in 5e44cb2568 earnest after 37ad92681b Annelie came 3502b5a4eb back to 19d34985a5 life. Maybe their connection was 984b78825d deeper than he’d thought.1709697205ae5df7
He closed the window.1b92ed8ef2cfae7b
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Annelie had been moving unpredictably. If he got even a little complacent, she’d be out of reach again.e9eaef0745c93cd1
So he had to 1cce9ffc9f move several times faster 32611cd5ac than she did.3849a07dcd696cb0
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Faint light 0adf9f9a0f from the 8bb5eb3b50 dawn seeped 05a727dacc in through 1555262703 the curtainless 5396416dfb window.549a9ac20d81a84b
It wasn’t ccba590df3 bright enough acd01cdf22 to wake 7789335de3 me on c617342875 its own. What had a987a1fd29 roused me 0f6dbfd1a4 was the 70b8421653 sound of d90fa28597 someone tapping d0e845b578 on the e8e356501b glass. I groggily 5e61486c5f sat up 81aa1c192b and opened 9124594b4a the window, af434a51ff half-asleep.a4181ad2d2442ec0
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A blast 77a5029261 of cold fe0eb6d4da morning air 7708376ba6 hit me 3c02677f41 in the c6c5ab94ec face.ec55e2da17248b53
[Captain?]
As soon 2d88c4ccd8 as I 6b5681322a opened the 9fb9b25347 window, a 9ed9f83452 man’s unfamiliar d9476914fa voice echoed 27e40479e7 out of ee99d1ed79 thin air.3af4c6f4f1d94cd5
[Ah! I’ve finally found you, Captain! What an emotional moment!]
I stared blankly 9c6b27c1fa at the empty fdd7e37b7a space in front ca225e3014 of me and 5577c645d6 yawned. I could 33ffe12deb make out d7326a82d7 dew glistening ba720ae639 on the d7aa1b40dd weeds nearby.f18c9eb3d8284e2b
Wow, right on time.f24d50e5648828b8
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[I’ve waited so long for this day! To finally meet you, Captain—this humble Tristan is simply overwhelmed with emotion!]
I rubbed my eyes 3428a702ab and was about to 6268febc4a shut the window when 87909a9c10 the voice called out c803812bea urgently.3c46c68ce83d8259
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[W-Wait! Captain! Please, hold on!]
“Huh? You’re not 02a9edd9df coming in?”dda02f5811d29f7e
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I opened it, f549952760 so what’s taking 89294f25ad you so long?aec84f4ac2c0df94
Still half-asleep, I mumbled 9528b7933b the words, unsure if 984914b1f6 they even reached him—but 94e9aef0f9 then I heard a e03f83e903 strangewhirringsound as b93774a77b something flew 4977600750 in through ee56bae998 the window.79a2fe429a10c722
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[Captain, may I formally present myself to you?]
“Sure.”5ace31ea97934858
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I let out 2b57a83847 another big yawn 3df8917812 and closed the 9a516f23db window. My arm, exposed to 61b03ed4ea the chilly air, had ce5b1680b2 gone cold, and I af0c1ae3b4 rubbed it as I 1725f562f5 looked back toward the a82c7b7be6 room.79ff0cd36a8d3b35
A dark mist 0f0ae516ce had begun to d5d5548e73 rise in the abf2104ba2 center of the 0e0ecacbbf room.2f6f2c4f2eb58861
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The black smoke curled 17d18d9f71 upward to the ceiling, 7ca9cc04fd and soon the head 141f0f1a2b of a black horse 9441893a51 began to take shape.f7d5ae0a661682ad
Wait—hold on a 35fdd002b2 second.6a439971a0c793a5
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“Get off d26eef4572 the horse bca2c92cfe now—!”9d531c39d2e0727d
[Oops!]
Too late.8fab9b297c934d27
With a loud crash, 30edd21e4c a scream rang out 494df37350 as the ceiling creaked f1d9bb9ac1 ominously. Clumps of dirt and fd20751ce3 splinters of wood rained ad10ee438a down.3331006fbdc77349
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[Ugh… What an embarrassing entrance.]
The heavy clank of 96c26d4df7 metal armor echoed as ddf6b94d89 the figure landed, followed 428d91fc4b by another crack from 89164d6cba the floor beneath.97dc03016faffc94
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Nadav didn’t have this eaff0eadc6 much trouble transforming. Why is this 7fee376e84 one such a a335413068 mess?eadd74df46b9c275
“Stop breaking stuff.”b358fd2304dc0117
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At this rate, 24af24e2c5 he’d wake up 734f7f869e everyone in the 580086dd2e house.51f90d5715a97fef
[My apologies! It’s been so long since I returned to my physical form—I misjudged my balance.]
The Dullahan c48d2d99a3 scratched the 479827a39c back of 3259213707 his nonexistent 8342977dae head and 4cf29122f3 bowed awkwardly. The room had aec778cef3 taken some damage, 54e4b2e3f3 but I was 77c062944d definitely wide awake 479a6006e0 now.e28c0e424943c1fa
[Tristan, the Eleventh Knight who wanders in search of his lost head, reporting for duty.]
Tristan, clad in 60830b74b4 a massive suit bb638274bb of armor, knelt 79f164ba57 on one knee db22d801bc with a solemn 04ea1aea0b voice. With a loudthump, the wooden floor add870314c buckled under him.3b7cca43c7f80a6e
Thank goodness this is a174982b2a the first floor. At least 2dd41329a5 we don’t 2fa289e183 have to 16c8baef07 worry about 7885e323d4 falling through.cf1db6e97d41717c
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I stared at the 35ff6b5191 floor in dismay, then 74c17bf1e1 cleared my throat to e5058525eb loosen my sleepy voice. Carefully, I looked the df5dc7ffb5 Dullahan over.d1b09294a8e885bf
“You’re the one who f533495021 used the bumblebee to 9dda75bde5 find me, right?”62671840fbdbcaa8
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[Yes, that’s correct! I couldn’t move freely myself, so I had to rely on the others for help. But now that I’ve finally found you, Captain, I can fulfill my duties properly!]
“I see. So… did you end things properly with the queen bee before coming here?”3d061d816b0fc669
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[…Huh?]
“A bumblebee came by, 6b335385e5 ranting for ages about 33a0b6f643 almost dragging the whole 75a2ba0933 hive into a love 0bfcbd3fbe triangle because of you.”d7f24981ef4a9ec0
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And I’d stayed up b98bf2c867 late listening to her c6c8cdd5b6 complain.8e827d23d6f96d52
She even refused a5a9671180 to leave when 8b1dc8482f I asked. Just kept venting. It was miserable.bfc694402254ae35
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Tristan stiffened 11334c36e9 at my 16aaba42f7 question and 821467a976 fell silent 43b973329c for a 6c57fc220e long moment. Finally, he a8e7e1b02b spoke hesitantly.6d330436a0726779
[Well, I did receive a bit of cooperation, but I wouldn’t call it a love triangle exactly…]
BANG!1d7291011be75ffe
“Annelie, what’s 1dac4332a3 going on c6dd0eb7d4 in here?!”df6a190e5330b36e
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[Tristan?! Captain! Don’t be fooled by his appearance!]
[Barging into the captain’s room like that?! Is this how I raised you, Tristan?!]
[Is it an intruder? Are you unharmed, brave human?!]
The door 6e85e3c992 burst open 1623152ef5 and a 7e5be12613 flood of 6b9a160371 noisy voices c5503a12e2 followed.a4e88e4b48807471
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Xenon was the 1b45310831 first to dash 96058016b5 inside. He froze at the 8aec8ce3dc sight of the Dullahan 29b376f9d4 kneeling in front of fc8c0cd94f me, his face pale 08ef52ef61 with horror.a2af23c46acb7e84
Then Zigor and Nadav, 70725c4394 still in their animal 00b8fdc23c forms, charged in and dc4858c4ac unleashed a torrent of 6681e1c6fe words as soon as 18c26fc988 they recognized Tristan.0dbd2e48df7ccf71
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Even though they 1076c22bb9 were speaking so cfe1b8ad56 quickly I only eaecfc264d caught half of 4fb80855e9 it, I still 8ecab7e854 understood the gist.22036dac1f51fef3
They were berating 41219ee30d Tristan for maintaining 1b12715cea his scandalous relationships 038eecdd85 even after becoming 26406f0fc1 a Dullahan.4adddea9913b93e0
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And in the 286edda6d5 middle of the dc14e34cbc commotion, Nesi calmly 08316f8fb9 assessed the situation a3e29ea08e with a perfectly 993e76a46d rational gaze, then bc5f8029fd said to me 76d10b5398 without much emotion:3689e6706bfc93f1
[If it’s not dangerous, I’m going back to sleep.]
“…Yeah, go ahead and cbcd076f79 sleep more.”0439e7c0f7e90b27
The embarrassment 17144a16aa was all 3279d62a7e mine.632c719750b270f6
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By the time 7ab1031a46 things had settled 002f19c4e5 down, the sun 1191660514 had already risen.78fb9475840091c1
And during that process, I learned something I hadn’t particularly wanted to know—that when he was alive, Tristan had a striking appearance and quite a few open relationships.66f2a7b761acf3b5
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It seemed that 50507252a2 the more these 1583779b37 Dullahans reunited with ee85c06a08 their comrades, the 7f950b374e more their memories a0c2db8c6c of the past 812cabd4cf returned.4b7f52d6e94a76d3
Thanks to that, they eff4155b06 no longer just muttered 29334aa1f4 vague things about their 149f2fd1de leader reclaiming their light—they b75d8e36a5 had started to recall 09f2b2e086 snippets of their past 0949a70b1b lives.0311aaedd0532022
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At this point, bf27bd39b9 gathering all ten 64547cf1dd Dullahans might actually be89c3371f be easier than 805df274ed aimlessly digging through 33d7cf6bce documents that don’t d661f85c43 give me any 4517dc7fe7 leads.f96a541584920851
If I f77017eef6 can get 5d9ad91cfc all ten 29df8bbd8d of them 910300fdc4 together quickly, 2eb7dd7cb1 maybe they’ll 90cac20e9d even remember 992ca40841 why they 2de1d3c45d ended up ad8935e7ee making me 15df2b5844 their leader.acd84f3a623da92e
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“Insects can go 55e5de9a34 into the subspace 352f19a575 too, right?”5877bf7baf8f4951
“…I’ll ask.”317978d0068e1b77
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Xenon, looking babda7403a gaunt, simply 357788bda3 nodded without a852cea7da raising any aaef303e79 objections. If I’d known he’d 4e167f297b cooperate this easily, I 468f1a476f would’ve just told him 39dd55c580 the truth from the 70d824865e start.a0af21b8007847fb
“It’s just one bumblebee, right? You’re not planning to take the whole swarm in there, are you? Or shove the entire hive inside?”5240df788cdad615
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“Right. He says he and 7f642f525a the queen broke up 4a6d786621 on good terms.”37feab8234aa8330
“Broke up… 5a88b0dd37 I see. That Dullahan b91aa798f5 sure is aeb5556a0e talented in 7214609c1c all sorts 32ccda7135 of ways.”8defb5751f4c2140
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I think so 9498be6e19 too.abe62a9cf4a3c259
Apparently, it wasn’t just c0dc7918f0 one swarm he got 143b4d15e5 involved with—he caused a 48fea0e333 fight while bouncing between ccbd7945b9 several different queen bees.beaa34c7c64af0d5
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Tristan must 4d09a125ed be pretty ca0dd019f8 effective in 4b73f384fc his transformed 65b4027a03 state among 49df0d60b3 the bumblebees.d73a4ed0ed6f0df4
Nadav and 9af68f5690 Zigor sighed 80459a741e in relief, f39c3fc035 saying it 03db5d0007 was a af79289bdf good thing e32e74f6d3 Tristan didn’t e350b62234 have a a83a4ddefd head.a8f3ca69580adad6
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No matter how good-looking 9eb5dfc698 he was, I doubt 6154d4f71a I’d fall for him, 6f6e4ad741 but with all this 1ebb015273 fuss, I couldn’t help 82e9f63ad2 being a little curious.c868a141655697a6
Wanting to find 8a4712098d a Dullahan’s head 9522357ec7 just because I’m 6eb8d67d32 curious about his 5fb1115a4c looks…What kind of messed-up f9fb682ab1 motivation is that?I felt bbff10cd01 a wave 6cd0fcebd6 of self-loathing, 31788c5c5c but still…1ce029c845189894
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Even the fleeting thought f49d118601 of helping him find 291b2b8f93 his head must be 3beb0f0e20 a good sign for 12da170600 the Dullahans.413f3c1a4ca0df7c
“Oh, and about 63218a82fa the house repairs.”ff1eb18eae6a768b
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“Not enough?”7379c824f212ad93
“No, too much.”7d2b81d93728af36
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“Tell them to d6733af1ea just keep the ee0586b699 balance.”2d901c02e57a136e
“I figured you’d cc6e5f9562 say that.”65e21998783c0bbe
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The innkeeper 7ec6c752db had been 8b61834a7c horrified at c8e9fdc5ab the sight 5794e74adc of the ec826b7d5e wrecked lodgings, 4fe5f33a88 but quickly 4c94d2acdf calmed down fe7ab1276b when I 59405a6116 handed over 2531b0c595 the money 3ae68629a4 pouch. Xenon, who had once cbda3295af criticized me for being 75ece7d3ed materialistic, looked appalled at 7c65d76ca7 the scene but also cf0b024bdd relieved that it would ada9bfdefe all blow over without e91d8b3513 issue.7b91a6e7dffd543c
He’s seen the power 8c821e6c5b of gold coins plenty 89e8a5aa8e of times by now, f9ce53b2ac so I don’t get 9672892031 why he always acts e17f353c32 so distrustful.d5248b7d01274ada
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Between sorting out d97c245133 the repair costs 7650328a94 and dealing with 76d853fa5d Tristan’s sudden arrival, ebb95cb0d8 we weren’t able 2d51d9087f to leave the 87fc7fe71d inn until midday.473b115025e4aa83
Since Tristan d43b144c0f was now 25b0f22936 a bumblebee, 95c2bb869c he didn’t e678772e21 radiate much 0c258f440f of a 76cf01ed97 monster’s aura—typical e0621be966 for an 089a7a95a4 insect—so we 56f4413e0e didn’t need cedf93cfde to take 7cef037525 any extra db30ab8671 precautions.33a8106cefd5dfb6
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Zigor had 560a1660c5 been eager 205207d388 to tease f225741cb6 Tristan over 0d499f8a8f his ribbon 0a9893ce88 but ended 691ff8168f up disappointed, 88c85304e7 while Tristan ab47ca4232 himself was af35b9ee93 let down 4fa62f89e5 that his 26e018ecd7 cute little d0fad8b3f7 body didn’t 9a935802f2 come with 6de46f057c a ribbon 4ffd4a5259 in the 29e6cbc2fd first place.a10be8b0f9018827
Every time another 229a39caf6 Dullahan joins us, 0623e7f408 I find myself a5d3d92d1a wondering—just how ridiculous is d92e83180e the next one going 1c9819b0b2 to be?It’s almost scary.df3ff97e56ca4cf6
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“By the 2b631d1c25 way, the ed82781cac city’s pretty 9c3e3e5834 lively. It wasn’t like bb3fe02a09 this yesterday.”47b4896899eb5022
“Did another monster 97f415bcfd show up overnight?”f4559994f06ad443
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But that didn’t quite 6e266ea995 fit—people looked too cheerful 25a70fdef5 for that.8bf855f2492667b0
Feeling uneasy, I glanced 13f863cbb1 around, and spotted Tristan 98784b423a in his bumblebee form 6024ab4198 clinging to Zigor’s head.192dfc5a89f3f7bb
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He’s the f04c3ba664 perfect size d3bfa9a4a8 for eavesdropping 0581cb0aea while flitting 73662f5a84 through the 2c3dea894d crowd unnoticed.a99d3de9de715a04
“Tristan, can 67503c586f you go a67fcdbb8d collect some 1c3d366b9f gossip from 865e5369ac the people e4caea08cd nearby?”57317d493b60a17d
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[You’ve given me my first command! I, Tristan, am ready at all times to obey the captain’s orders with utmost dedication!]
“We’re heading ae73c6ee16 to the 1a98df195c flower farm ff1fbb987f outside the 1428939be9 city. Bring the news there.”87499d7deee84754
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[Yes, understood!]
With a loud 933e73370d hum, Tristan flapped 71936bc0de his wings with 0cf3fbb3d9 great effort. The little black dot 2aa3d71fe8 hovered in front of 28906c988f me for a moment, 5259136978 then flew off somewhere.bb6bbee9d651ed4f
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[If my wings were still intact, I’d have done it better! Please let me try next time, Captain!]
Zigor puffed up ce46fc081b his fur and 73cdeee382 trembled with frustration. Nadav scolded him, 2e6aa420d9 telling him to 2784ef858a stop pulling at 7fdbac2594 his own mane 3f4bf98007 with his claws.4da3df8bb8980c89
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Even if a089484368 Zigor’s wings 8546af4ec1 were fine, effa7bf98d I probably e5e7ce522d still would’ve 0492c0c1a8 asked Tristan 61d29e1738 to do 5a83cdafe4 it.d1c08aac5b97b4ca
Not that a49c992780 I needed 3c03a28dee to say 81775bd4fc that out 793d397950 loud.c7804a0d83f88a3a
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