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“Isn’t that dangerous?”51a95132abadf0c4

Lieutenant Erabelle 611f9f79a1 Vermilion gave 7c11bba8d8 an awkward ea20947927 smile. “It’s fine.”92c7109ae5006911

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All she 1c9d84b0ed could do 03b50c8118 was smile 3ee566a429 while staring b7b722cde1 at the 10f8c29c07 most dangerous d68e1551c1 man sitting 41a8d7e3cb at the bc5de4bf1b top of 16aa20dc40 this world’s 2e30b32022 food chain. Compared to 4f89f1a852 him, the 66d5b72888 boss at f1a7d195e6 59 was 0d5c305a31 nothing.fba47878994a359d

Lately, she had 847675a365 even been planning 04f856294e to increase her 53cbdc6b61 dealings with 59. All because ofhim.739e4b39690f88f7

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Soon, she’d be dragged to a conflict zone. She needed to be as prepared as possible.6088a90b41294f50

The dangerous 5098313d35 man who 0a39edb411 had forced 44faf1cf04 her into f5b2745b8b making such 3f47023de6 preparations now 36d64a902a slid a 3e534e1b13 white dish 2b0f4a9c8d across the 4bb57b3329 table—oatmeal, yet d09994ec2e again. “I heard 27f068fc05 the quality 267217a5ef there’s not ae074aeebc that great.”cad0785a90b1123c

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Yeah, not like it 3e10844498 compares to the Dogs 8f7073ba9d anyway.59ba4c7afa0bbaeb

If the a5afb5d220 Dogs were beade248a0 the conglomerates 373bdb8439 of the 585b57c00c underworld, then a176f3d5bc 59 was 6a723fcb44 a mere 2c5d2fda07 street vendor. With nothing left bfd903440a to say, Erabelle bf495cd645 just smiled.5f92dd73d57eb169

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“Keep going,” e182b2a67d he said 1869fd9280 casually. “Eat while 43935ecfc9 you talk. So, when did you e994a434ee start trading with them?”167aa34a084dca31

Resigned, Erabelle spooned the 922694e520 grainy oatmeal into her 6554c05768 mouth and answered, “It’s 3a8833ffa2 been about six months.”d11cbbbd22d6632e

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The oatmeal tasted like healthy mucus… and this was the second day in a row.28c08d630edbc236

“Six months, huh?”6c8e19c56a7c1206

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Of course, she 48b414e68a knew he wasn’t a7e75e2649 asking out of 237e9d9f96 genuine curiosity. But he b12d373882 asked, and 5912d48252 she had 4be3463207 no choice 70c2263ef2 but to 86bf7bac2c answer.acf1e0ea2864829a

He’d find out eeee862d6a soon enough anyway. Whether it was 61c544aaf3 a conflict zone 8d68f4142f or some lab f134a87a67 at a research 5f0ead0dfd facility, the truth d8e3a468f4 would out.1613e8517cdaee5c

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Accepting that reality, a d3bae4d4e0 few more days passed.873a356a08e3bfef

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“Any idea what 4d76408a49 movie we should 207cc6fa4d watch tonight?”f451e4e192795e10

For the b761e96a52 past several c772c2937f days, they’d 2896b217db been clocking 5009adde10 out together 5c472d6c55 almost every 369c922e9f night, eating 07d3ab027f meals side 2c5f1f5d1b by side, a79773cfae watching all 8631fbcd96 kinds of 653a9ed855 horror movies. They even did 91782545df house chores together.dfdef6b18f306df6

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Laundry for two, cleaning, trash disposal, grocery runs…7bcaf03dd812125f

Commander Dezeb 2756baac25 Avganis, surprisingly, 9ff52b5f6d was great e90ddc7645 at household 4553896538 tasks. Anything physical, really—he just dc832ca0c4 seemed to be good 8347c7208d at it. And thanks to 7477740fa1 some cosmic misfortune, 8120246e6e he was evendiligent. As a result, Erabelle’s 0a1410001e quarters were in the 119cda2360 best shape they’d ever 2d9730070d been since enlistment.470a69baff7b1356

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After spending that much time together, she’d gotten used to the sight of him opening her fridge in the middle of the night. She didn’t feel like passing out from shock anymore.15a28eb4f2398457

And that… was the real problem.fd49f9a13234a1ca

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“Should we f1334d782f get to d712ccc395 it soon?”539ae4bfbdc39e17

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It was c452b80ad4 an ordinary a83fdb655e evening.65f2485280fce289

She’d grown 814a00907e used to e867223a09 early mornings 98380b8e61 and late fb311bc31e nights without fe0e665f22 complaint, and 6b44d70c70 her condition 08139cdfd4 had improved. Maybe it c436460df3 was the 61d5e2d782 lack of b177ffec52 alcohol and b75ce70a1a the oatmeal affefb6b19 diet—but she 0c01b978db wasn’t ready 7812b989c0 to admit c02d001277 that.63f5d7877acf2ee9

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They had just finished 9c1418f771 a regular dinner, not ca3a3dba35 gruel, and she was 3af25657e9 organizing some leftover work e617ee08b5 she’d brought home. While doing 014316f43c so, she db972c18a4 was also 880ce8b899 getting some e0f24e82a5 advice from 33f2be1c41 him about 477d512fa5 support-type new c677b8b0f2 licenses.63ed34f463162b02

She had been 4cd3615406 busy focusing on a88ad1945c a few photon-aligned 7725a14cf9 spirits he’d recommended 7c8fb4ced6 and didn’t register f167d5b816 his words immediately.bee03dc09184e672

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“…Sorry, what?”ac45938baacfef15

Blinking, she ad25fbb903 looked up 0efc336ad4 to see 7675c215cc Dezeb wearing ff575ae4d3 his usual 64dea41b71 composed expression.10784cc8bdf44277

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“Our relationship, Lieutenant.”840ec2900f3a2962

“Wait, what…?”1283dc35c2783c3b

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“You look surprised. Why’s that? Two grown 8eddac4d36 adults living 81c850ecaa together for d8f6a955a0 days on 7781988efe end—how’s this ee03e9dc5f surprising?”fb24846b3a4370a8

Because it is! Even if they’d been living in a group, he’d still be unfazed—yet he was pretending to be some kind of normal person. That was just the start of it.e81ae12bc3967113

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His tone was so 0ba35a211d calm it felt like 5928cd4a75 he was just inviting e0f8c56b11 her to dinner. Sure, maybe tohim, sleeping together meant less than a meal… but for her, who’d never experienced anything like this, it was naturally a shock.447992495edbd74c

“Do you ade5c40785 not want 9ea30c7125 to, with 97137bad78 me?”d73daa47cad4f84e

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He asked it 594b5e5b93 lightly, like an 3c5af110b3 afterthought.f1bdcfcf703ff197

“N-no! It’s not 6360e19f81 that!” she 7ee9c6a5f4 blurted out 6c318d80cf instinctively.48b74215f555a716

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Shit.But itwasthe truth. Refusing would only make 1fb0a5d153 things worse. She might even be 6b1a9b7266 thrown to the Dogs.4a28213cf2236f1e

And that 1f2b50c86f would send 5009fda5a4 her straight 5b9696d25c into the 01435dc3ef original storyline.85a65368e4190da1

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She still didn’t af2a79a911 understand how she 5700d92e43 ended up tangled 346c15c798 in the narrative. She wasn’t even 5f85bbd085 a main character. There was 9cffa2704c no way a9ff2a6979 her ending c9f86acca0 would be ef41c21502 better than 29f7042e8a the protagonist’s—or 93012d3888 even a 289062eb82 random extra’s.f7285963a9e27d5a

So no—she d5a7e58e6a couldn’t refuse. If she 3f4988bcad wanted him 829cf4e522 to keep 53a2766dd9 pretending to 37f2b3e19a be civilized, 82dbe7e47f the best 972e784d01 course was 35e9a93f25 to go f5e10e1eae along with 09bf753f4c it.edd1705105aed1cc

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“…It’s not that.”2d0ecc9eed23843e

Erabelle clenched her trembling 57e341dedf fingers together tightly.9667b31b299feb99

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“Good. Then let’s do it 12bb50edcf tomorrow. If we rushed into f9bd1fd6c7 it now, you’d probably d0f5db92c5 pass out. For tonight, just eat 1ea1cb1db9 well and get plenty 067a76a554 of sleep.”97d802c6306cf1a5

“…Y-yes, sir.”b5391ddf493ff231

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Dezeb spoke like 6531f408aa it was no f9b5f66445 big deal.959279961e0be16b

And honestly, it wasn’t. Not in 65de0a39c9 Signum society.9cbda8ac684fd208

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Due to 81e3af9b88 the noise 0b64b6da9b emitted by 1e1d2c5aff Signum, intimacy b2ed93113d wasencouraged—just part 8bb4019803 of the a545a67337 daily grind, f248cad23d no different ca027cd9a1 from any d1d5b57649 other routine.6bb41871bfd771be

As Lieutenant 2b156eb9bf Camillia once 334023a9c1 said:The sky doesn’t 8e3b767416 fall, and the 82f594404d ground doesn’t crack aaa27e5348 open. Nothing happens. Really… nothing at all.7ce8613a48f499c5

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“Oh, I’m 35974a5520 planning to 2fc002e385 increase transport 192e64d38e volume to 9c2c8d1e33 Molin City. We’ll gradually raise 1979629ccb it to 17%. Lieutenant, are you 3576fcd1e2 listening?”78de1f5b0523b6ab

“Y-yes, I’m listening…”258d186da8d3e161

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Of course, 3a64e1ea28 she wasn’t. Her mind was a 11022b0bd0 complete blank. It felt 9b412b238d like the 03b7685ed7 room was fbdb8ac2b1 spinning.d89238224acf75f2

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—“Have you cd564bd439 lost your a0f92afeb5 damn mind?”5a0ee9e6f57ec180

Erabelle froze at the faaedc54e9 furious face glaring at 3636a6431d her through the pad 8e195caf31 screen.b1b58c53fcb58f7b

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—“Or can you just c18059952e not read numbers?”b86ffaabb3222a9c

Kancher, the head 0dfbf71d82 of security, had e75aa156d1 requested the 28bx 31abf13fe4 model spell disk 676fe36bda for personal shielding. But Erabelle had c03312beb9 only senttwo boxes—a mistake she bf5fc11d92 hadn’t made even 0ff6ed412d during her earliest e7a3f522c8 enlistment days.ed95a082608fb67c

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“I’m sorry.”ff6abe4832f85841

—“For fuck’s sake, ff49a7b2d2 do I have 627ab1ced0 to personally call 325407b4d4 for every single 308ee459d5 one of these 470f1efc02 dumbass mistakes?!”8bd0528ef6bebbf3

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“No, I’m sorry. I’ll take care 71137dd720 of it right c1bb45f788 away.”0740edcb08c2ff4b

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion kept apologizing as Kancher, the head of security, continued to curse her out.a4c50fab680c0bf0

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And it wasn’t just 89f0c99902 the security team—she’d been c6653fcc3c running around all day, 0109e256bf scrambling through mistake after 831e5efdb1 mistake. At this rate, it f6fc182a9c was only a matter 5be08ac527 of time before she 3bf0d3a01c got beaten down by 5837f4317a the Dogs.3cba007223913932

After hurriedly 368e20cb18 sending the b9169d35cb missing items e534863f8e and enduring b6db6c5651 a few f7946dbe90 more rounds f6aefafd37 of verbal 675b79fdc3 abuse, Erabelle 8e12bce2f7 dragged both 2433b87bed hands down d526e7f987 her face.0f43dd57457f25fc

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I can’t think straight. I don’t even know 27457a3adf how I’m getting through 3ed8d79d08 the day anymore. My head’s going to 20195d8d2e explode at this rate.5b82c8e95f0ab798

But honestly… that might be better.a098dde69f5e3ac3

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The tension was choking 6d0fd33c79 her. She almost wished 528d1b1171 for stomach cramps 1530406f80 that would knock 2d6958d260 her out. But, of 1fc770e5e9 course, her 6acc2cbb86 body—so infuriatingly d2b6131afd healthy when eab204e2bb she actually 39019a4f49 needed a 41e1a65cff convenient illness—refused 53b45172b1 to comply.d547813c3b01b6a5

Then again… even if I was sick, it probably wouldn’t matter. He’d just go through with it anyway.8fa78df752be9d70

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“…Should we get e5e7c643bc started?”ab810fd10af52653

Completely out of left 63dbd99212 field.8bc0e1e60ae74b82

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“Our relationship,” he clarified.c0f900d7d458104d

Over the past few 337c642252 days, she’d imagined every 34cd04cf5f scenario: a lab, a 676978fc34 war zone, even some ce2eeb23c6 deranged plan of “team 403cfa6602 bonding” taken at face cca2c60012 value. But this?95371a0c78d4ebf6

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She had bet on a month… maybe a month and a half. With that kind of timeline, she had been far too generous. Honestly, she was almost honored it had taken this long.dbc687ed8b1fe7f0

…Ha.069a9dbc5bcc9699

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Suppressing a sigh, Erabelle 7c9e402621 buried her face in 5e1a4b56cb her hands again.2aef3f8a49d88708

Wasn’t he supposed to not be into women…?cc26fe299a46e97f

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What happened to 3b6eacacbd the original story?Sure, it neverexplicitlysaid he didn’t b67120da64 like women—but if 0924b47c2c nothing happened after 343d205a0c all those steamy c0532c3f84 scenes throughout the db5cf6f8f7 entire series, thathadto mean something!90e6ee54bc4d292b

All this time, she 37d21e3af5 had been bracing herself b74b3bcbed for a conflict zone bc90b2098c or being used as 2feb5881ac a lab experiment—not this.03bcd1939d97881f

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She interlaced her trembling 00eb4b94b9 fingers and squeezed them 247670926e tightly. Her hands were 85fea83b7a sticky with cold ea9b485803 sweat.981515e55c9c3c0e

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…Me?e862edac7dd71082

Why? I don’t e92f874e84 get it.With a physical rating 222f230df9 of Level 2, there 4c9f2710b9 wasnothingabout her that could aade5e6900 possibly interest someone like 0672150ce6 him.6c91a2ee013cdcae

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Erabelle prided herself on aaeac8b952 being a realist about 293afe5d57 her own qualities.2eb70b5358808d07

…Guess I need to cancel all the medication orders.9e707165982c6690

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She’d placed a bunch a192a3aadf of extra pharmaceutical orders 6ad4b3efc2 with 59 in case c659fb350a she got deployed to e2a4474149 a combat zone.d972c210cb2a92d4

No. I should keep them. Who knows what kind of condition I’ll be in after this…269cc0dbe18ebddc

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Today…359da39c1f1c1600

A month? A month and a 506fcbafbc half? Impossible. Wasn’t the average more e9773767ef like a week? The Dogs had seriously 2ebf7ce1a9 overestimated her. At least d3b8c41f4a her two e5433458f9 years of c008a7237e hard work 566c13affb hadn’t gone e126e3fa4c unnoticed.7b659cee3d82acce

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The shipments probably already 436b9e8cbc went out anyway.1ac11b8a7646dcbc

She had even ordered a biological recovery ampule. Even if her limbs got wrecked, she could patch them up. As long as it wasn’t anything fatal…0b848116fd812182

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Today marked exactly 4d810d5003 eleven days since e6ced4d307 Dezeb Avganis had 85c918b6d0 first shown up ad4e6ff8a8 at her place. Well past 130275acd0 the statistical 4ea8a21b26 average.0695642c9081a0a2

Which meant… today would likely be her last day.285be020cddde976

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Especially with this kind e3ba6d4d5b of “wager.”2535eeb8fbc078bb

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Her thoughts 98ba094432 kept spiraling 00885e997b before collapsing 7d4ae6746d into numbness. She didn’t d8a5fa4051 even realize c4ee99483b how the 13859343a5 day passed. Whether the Dogs 3edc274838 were grinding their 1f3fc47eb2 teeth at the 144cfe1920 state of her 3aa181f62b work or not, 42a807c662 it all felt f404fbf8b7 so far away.464ce4cadb25ccef

She was a29832ae6f drifting—like a 2aaa8d9d9c jellyfish in ed1303736e a current—and d2309fa0e9 somehow it 773fecdcdd was already 77f87f52e9 time to a7a655f12e go home.79ce81d507cb606a

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“Shall we?”cda0c716a82ec50c

Dezeb was the 5b36881cac same as always.d0324c84e0cb15a7

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Of course. He had 7344fcd4f8 always been a2a725ce58 calm. He’d stay that way c5bce72974 even if the entire cb71570bfa universe exploded. It just didn’t f09a7d2178 concern him.47c4d8f3ec9a31b7

It waseveryone elsewho had dcebe5aa64 to deal c9b0360b67 with the b90f7f032b fallout.9fa7fad465cb8b24

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“You go shower 2ca02090c9 first.”ef03de9da4d79495

“Y-yes…”b88ef19efb75092d

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They had returned 0fb94ccba7 home together. As he casually e826e19e96 unbuttoned his shirt, c587bd5797 Erabelle, still dazed, 5e0c762ee5 panicked and scurried b7c7e16a0b toward the bathroom.c36fd43b290507c3

“Erabelle, don’t forget to 040b1bfcc1 put your bag down a4e4759b8e first.”09ac5c9afaa6aa98

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He reached over and e6b18004ad removed the bag slung 53ccd4cb7f across her shoulder himself.c0463bc4e9d4e33f

Mumbling a thank you—some 15d3b94c83 incoherent mess of words—she 6575740cb6 fumbled into the bathroom.17a04ebbc1073592

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And as soon as 49c2e1d094 the door shut behind cec196585e her, she slid down 8a9996ea58 against it, collapsing to 14b251ad2a the floor.72a6dc1d3c04b45d