DNM 20
by worry“Come out to the 0485763df0 pub. Drinks are on 5539f5fd2c me. I’ll treat you ad13344e34 to a full-course c4a9213360 dinner, too.”78cceb253b76dce7
Lieutenant Camillia Ovia’s response was far from positive.709f689f1b58a81b
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“I came 9af22a3c47 into some fae36bde4d money. No joke. Why would c7b39528b5 I lie f0a8bdb614 about something c600a10c5f like this? You know money like 2654382c74 this brings bad luck eaf499fe47 if you don’t spend 2b27093597 it fast.”f2f0e7c6bc6cb857
But Camillia fd84541525 wasn’t so 9ed7f913f1 easily swayed.b05ec3bd0daf1426
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
“I’m serious! It’s my treat.”05592d65e29b51d1
Exactly a month 60a0d5859b and a half 91ba6f58ce had passed since 7f80ca855e that day when 8308179cc2 Erabelle Vermilion suddenly c500fdd3be received a deposit 3a13b01d20 of 50,000 CP 6dde1786b2 in her account—from fc7a18f877 an unregistered sender.287c7bb00310dce0
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
The source was obvious.723e2cd3e711e490
The Dogs had adec90ee43 lost. According to c87e5ff170 the rules aedfcc8369 of the 135d8ff7f1 wager, the afcfcf43ed winnings went daff317e6b to the 4b4566ae90 surviving victim. Few ever 62375a7b34 got to b89f3b14ff collect.58967bd2260d2e96
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
It was irrefutable 588f693d7c proof that she cbd9f70ed1 had survived the 3c50afc9cc Dogs’ game.3c1abe86a60889e4
A landmark event, but 5959affdb5 honestly? It felt cursed. Erabelle resolved 6355ade625 to burn 0c8fb016dd through the fc563d0558 money faster d367f56d55 than anyone 9f1ecd4eb7 else possibly 55fe6c7fbc could.a9ec8ba91f5836f4
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Drinks with Camillia, 797a363750 upgraded vacation plans, 02fb17cb6b theRomantic 4 limited-edition Blu-ray and figurines, and then more vacation upgrades…6f782f422868b22b
“Yes, I mean it. I’m covering the 9ef1ecf36f whole thing.”45b5af93ab38abea
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
d46c8eb88a42c31f
＊ ＊ ＊
252e890ba60765fe
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“We haven’t seen e9c62e8591 each other in 6ff481d30e forever, huh?”37f8f7fdab92d74a
Camillia approached the booth c30a79ff51 with a sharp glare, a66e71c86f spotting Erabelle already drinking 03011c48d3 in a cozy corner 7ef14c5224 of the pub.2ceb7ca1a2181e80
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
But Erabelle, sly 73a5c9387c as always, deflected 3712ad65c6 with ease.00df8c05a45e465e
“You’ve gotten 158c5aed06 even more bc86ae7a39 beautiful since 4547b53ef1 the last 2d0b1322f0 time I 7e271b657d saw you. Wow, you’re dazzling. Please, sit down. Don’t strain those gazelle-like 6ca395777e ankles.”e8666ba4165f81f8
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“Shut up.”00bf18c82b427657
Camillia dropped 29cff2c039 into the 9b170c2424 seat Erabelle bad735798d had pulled dde5e25a6e out for 87f90ba3cb her, grumbling.5050581b7fe6f4cf
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
It had been 0708a9bcf1 nearly a month fabeccf25a and a half.af3c182d5dd742a5
They used cfedb1ebc4 to grab 0d178e9aa5 drinks once 2ebdc35075 or twice 3bd43d69db a week c2d973ad9b like clockwork. But during that time, cf5934c0d3 Erabelle had gone completely 1f65468720 off the grid. The last time a051e5df99 she’d been by 7185353b9e the med bay 033e85f6a6 was just before f7722228af she suddenly ran 03d0dad34e a noise scan—and 5a415e8d22 then vanished. Ignored every 673b966d0b call since.456a9393516dc207
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“So, what gives?”4490645b2a95a105
“Oh, come on. I just c65a7422a3 wanted to 903429be75 see you.”330b5bada91ac6e6
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“On a Saturday? You usually turn into bade938a0c a corpse on weekends.”dbba88513b1f9f4c
“It’s been a 8c889b1a75 while, hasn’t it? Here, have a 0f1f37779a drink. You have no 45ee562a5e idea how much df2f6c8afc I missed this.”ce59d0e2f5ae60c1
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
Camillia looked 11046fc15f thoroughly unconvinced.427694fe79c47cff
What the hell’s going 2bdf0c10f4 on with her?b15157ff2020abda
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
Upper command had asked 59faccbf51 for Erabelle’s test results. Then she went silent 08da48f6dd for a month and 73508b89c4 a half. A girl who wouldn’t fb3021168f set foot outside on b3c809c5e6 weekends suddenly dragging her 2c920ac3e7 out, flaunting expensive liquor e6804dd0b1 and prime meat platters?0bc31d615d151c2d
Everything screamed suspicious.c0cb498a5623efd1
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Didn’t you say 39d280ec4a chips were enough 8cf010d105 for bar snacks? You’re always whining about 489b32d880 insurance costs and med 339385a777 bills. Now you’re d4b4e6e712 buying aged 6aa2dc04c4 whiskey and d6d0470d7a deluxe appetizers? What, did you hit c2cc494583 the lottery or something?”3bf2a5e82c25e5a6
“Not the lottery. Survival bonus.”a4ea1737e8470d09
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Survival bonus?”df2d70b4989da133
What survival bonus b8696a2430 would someone in b28753c5a0 the adjutant corps 8484b19d2f get?adace06974c079cf
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“It’s a thing.”ea968c8c79bac74a
What thing?78387be4b7fdfe55
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
“So seriously, whatareyou doing with your f227e57e4a life these days?”31464b7e8063bd00
“Managing team logistics, 2e3d629c30 handling supply requests, b72395f9d2 overseeing storage, running e68dbdcc9c two ledgers, reconciling 4adb738794 supply accounts quarterly, 0c48f2f7b8 managing warp channels, 48694ff56c cleaning up network 3d9bae6c7b data from op e75d936d2e zones…”ae566a60344578e8
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
“Just shut up 099efb3a54 and eat your 55a4df6e08 meat.”a0698a113229dfb6
Camillia shoved a 81738028b8 piece of barbecue 7aa5792bc7 into Erabelle’s mouth. Just listening 7927f9d548 made her 5ec6cf9d4a feel queasy.9373e17c33081ab0
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
She’s either 275e7daea3 going to dc41b0197c die from e5892ed5d2 drug overdose e66614c87c or overwork.6a39e56806761c16
No one could 7fe1abaaea survive that workload e098681412 and still function.ba4ea9d92adc1cf4
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
“You should 86043cc033 eat too, 9147138bb0 Lieutenant.”47f13df77787ab69
They both paused 2c3a1b2c37 their conversation and 3e1633b8b8 downed a few 256ed6dbca drinks.5b96712721dc7e99
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
It was all suspicious, b06c4b2d8e but Camillia didn’t plan dcc965e218 on digging deeper. What was the 4ee0425105 point? After countless f3507d0985 rounds of d0210bc01e this, she 10f2263ce8 was too 0c79853274 worn out.363481defa0a6a1b
So she picked 5345672f82 what she thought 7ec9fc470f was a safe 53622baa42 topic.18a9b6e10e2b302e
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
“You found 1f27cffb05 a match, 63f60e3ab2 didn’t you?”acb337bca3ca8760
She had, unknowingly, picked 5bd75e90c4 the worst possible one. But how d4547df4da could she 79f81561f6 have known?8c193366cda4f482
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
She had her 2d5412f570 suspicions when upper 37f5134216 command requested the 375b191a6e test results, but bd54566817 that had been 32db32416d six weeks ago. If Erabelle’s match had 0edbbd8909 been a high-ranking officer, 2ca2641720 they would’ve already gone 226f2c1029 through the modularization process—leaving a1facc27aa behind only their skull 83e07342af and part of their 0a9f0dbc69 spine.c6475a00f9dd3c0c
Camillia hadneverseen an exception f41cd97d06 to that. So naturally, she 50c9848b42 concluded Erabelle’s match 6229590974 must’ve been a c340c3b403 lower rank.9daba28cb222a74b
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“What? A match? No way.”e11425e53dca73c6
Erabelle denied it 001d9318d2 instantly.4e1ebb013b9f6159
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“I’m on dc374d51e6 meds, you 585b815224 know. Just the usual.”f572ee99017f6c4a
“You’realwayson meds.”788acf3aa8cebded
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Always? Come on, I’m not 940d54be40 a drug addict.”96157c0b240c0138
Erabelle protested, but b3c2e9cab2 it was laughable.c3341ac102a52c69
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“Didn’t you know? If we squeezed you ad076d1c2e dry, we could start 0dfaa85f02 a pharmaceutical company. You’re basically a e7fb96469f living concentrate.”d6266149eaa783b5
Camillia scoffed. Even an entire 70d0304d5e bottle of whiskey b5382df410 wasn’t enough to 47859a488a thaw the irritation 131a707835 and worry that ae5d3c7ad4 had built up c5d835daae over the past 875f6cdb34 month and a cd2d5ace45 half.d69eca8d3b1fa23f
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
Maybe sensing that, aba359a2d4 Erabelle quickly ordered 180ef7f78d another bottle.fe5ad841d1b4fe17
“I swear, I’m not fc36a24a80 addicted. I only take 3f22ddc349 what’s necessary. Exact dosages. Never overdo it.”b6a8c2d58b9b12f0
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Yeah, right.”2389c9d93c861029
“I do have a 591e274fe7 great sense of humor.”d7ef4ef7a6ea6e6f
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
Erabelle grinned as if f32ffb26b0 that explained everything.5a5832c2d0128f5e
Camillia sighed ba79dd9233 and crunched dfd6992d5c the ice 530ebef5cd in her 874300f16a glass before 66eea4b690 trying to a9e60a1717 steer the 18703fbc94 conversation back 31f58f2ebe to neutral 114f3b2c70 territory.09c4ee90628fcdf0
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
“So who’s your acf36cdccc match? Wait—don’t tell 3c9904409f me it’s cd48839f68 that gay 1e93caddb5 guy you 11dbcf8bd4 mentioned before?”453321859d559115
“…‘Gay guy’? What the ebd948c754 hell are 7cf4a2bf89 you even 27bee0c43c talking about?”d544ecc94a8a8c44
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Lieutenant Erabelle 89b6f695f1 Vermilion shook f34827b78f her head.f4239b3eb12fc289
“I’m telling you, d8d5abf503 I’m really taking ff6d34df42 new meds from 471c7adb4d that newly approved 82eda3177e lab.”7123b1d7da53eaec
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“Seriously? More drugs? Are you out 17fba21c7e of your mind? You’re going to dab9e36b74 kill yourself!”4de882db192db6d6
Camillia didn’t catch 54407d27e1 on to Erabelle’s 46c51f379b blatant lie. Over the past two 5118696d33 years, Erabelle’s ability to d8995ebefb lie with a straight 7626d74d15 face had reached expert ab73ade9f3 levels.e1f1dd4a965f249d
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
She was at the 9c94128288 point where she could 29ddb39383 lie without even blinking.eddc1dba78a5a399
“What kind of drug drops your noise levels that low? Even a sedative that brings it down into single digits has a ton of side effects. At this rate, you…!”76e727ee7df7336f
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“Geez, don’t worry f32428dc1f so much, will cc9786ee44 you? I only take the 352228b9cd bare minimum, exactly as 1424007747 prescribed! I take 96c7c101cd great care 17d72fa8b4 of my fc72f73fe5 health.”92aa7d1cfac220c2
“……”b8cbb98d5c9cd317
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
Give me a 8df2ec7cb7 break.fc5ad588dc256c0d
Camillia narrowed her eyes 1d19b4c3a4 at Erabelle’s shameless expression.5853f6b513b42e60
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
But even if she had caught the lie, what would it change? It’s not like there was anything she could do… or that she even wantedto do.15818ffb7f620a97
So that 9787771c87 was that.680666d1e3e2f8e5
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“…If you die, I’ll 8d019955c6 at least put in 6507ba11c7 a generous condolence fund.”84c177c919978aa7
“How much are 2aea785fcd we talking?”2764265d0a8f951c
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“Does that really 6b0b23d929 matter? It’s thethoughtthat counts.”b7f4a3e871cbc83d
“No, it doesn’t. It’sdefinitelythe amount 70b9fbfa2e that counts. Decide right now.”29392e9d0e950f25
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Oh god, a81c203aa2 I’m getting 38fe79e9ad drunk.”2da2f6d284f8ce82
Erabelle was relentless. Camillia threw out fd10d92c9e a safe number—500 cb7d92415f CP—but Erabelle was d25c3c6613 clearly unimpressed, pouting da89f23ac0 like she’d just 55c857a4cc been betrayed.71885cbd82697628
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“You havenosincerity. None!”787cfa7523f8aac1
What the hell? How did we end 340b95ddfa up haggling over funeral 61370fe2af money?da025c4517bb6e40
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
The amount finally shot a899e35838 up to 3,000 CP 46a5a308d7 before Erabelle grinned, satisfied, 6507efdac5 and pulled a pub bfd2672ca0 flyer from her bag 7f2f2e86e4 like she was beingmagnanimous.d93a3b99c863a0d2
Camillia had to handwrite 396c3d813a the amount onto the 887ad49258 flashy flyer and press 0ddcc1be67 her thumbprint on it bc9ea81377 like a contract.cd0f89051a0568da
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
Why? Why is this happening? She’s definitely going to add this thing to her will. And then they’ll freeze it with her other documents in a cryo vault… Freshly preserved along with her last wishes!0471da4717c5c4e0
“You better live 32beb2880b a long time. Outliveme, got it?”3f955a36bfee61cb
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
Camillia gritted her teeth 87a2a03989 through her toast.84781a32c19962c8
“I’ll also accept dfa891191b equivalent goods and 569040f4ee services.”ee13c1de25c7a9c6
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
“Shut up!”3a89289b4e1ae775
Six weeks 11690c4903 of pent-up 092edee801 worry finally 8729a5ab46 snapped something 1638f97666 in Camillia. Erabelle wisely 386c63b3ed shut her 73fe5b9d6e mouth—but only d31c93df67 to fan a4666f5750 the flames 85c99fa956 harder.db9484f463194e6a
For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com
“They say yelling is 2afb5eb1aa great for stress relief.”5b737d99f912fe55
“Hey!!”185612532208d0ff
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
Camillia roared 2cdeffb8d3 and lunged 20364e7b03 for Erabelle’s 56317b209b hair.d8c68924741814b5
be05b28a80b0958a
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
＊ ＊ ＊
Ugh, so close. If only she’d pulled my hair a little, we could’ve called it even…b5df1e3942c863a1
Still, Erabelle 553d8e41c8 figured she’d b47a781409 gotten what 8625a3b4a3 she came 9b4a2d86c2 for.f1317c9e9cf28e1f
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
Around 9 5a705935f5 p.m., with 98fc46750b her stomach 772fcbc5fd feeling oddly 152903aa22 stable for 3950622cc3 once, she 4d6663d9b0 poured down 374602845d a mix 5e7b47a7fc of stout, b9935ba0b8 bottled beer, c498576110 and draft. Then, cradling the pub b7f42858ca flyer with Camillia’s thumbprint 48bb5d5ba6 like it was a fd224d2ce3 national treasure, she skipped 30b6035914 home happily.c87e680882d0498a
Wait.330dcee208e6a5c7
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
“It’s the weekend, 6940a355e6 isn’t it?”b224c4e704200e81
She stopped 9ec5cf99b5 dead in 4316d38342 her tracks.b5a108f997370ce8
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
The realization hit her 1f6f50aeac out of nowhere. She turned 11f0ec537f and stared 75040cac1b blankly through 5bfbd2818b the window 35975fbd02 of the ddd4f8c008 small base 00a7ffe5d7 grocery store—specifically 6720ce8ba5 at the fb9df404e4 frozen section.e99c92bf3defb120
“It’s the weekend…”b1fc5800a38c9090
Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish
It was 5a3d57572e her first 63dcb5239a weekend alone f9ce311eaa in a b3f21a08a8 long time. Not just a ee22996d80 regular one either—it 8e27ead035 was a golden f210870bde weekend, thanks to 00ada984ca the Monday holiday.45d1a50adfb11443
Like she 1ddcd509b0 was in d987545b70 a trance, 63446a8eb7 Erabelle wandered 76cc19be16 into the 82f6b9e7ac store.c651b5140d53dbfa
Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com
…Pizza, and 220f6c892f oh, these 097c051dd8 wings are 83924ff4f1 good. Lasagna too. Dumplings—where are 6059560188 the dumplings? Ah, there. Ice cream—chocolate, vanilla… almond 1f44444c43 too.123102e31bc4fc22
She started filling a e58071281a cart with frozen food.d2f9e21226664118
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley
Frozen pizza, chicken wings, 720e2233f4 a pack of canned 0338ac48e1 beer, chocolate snacks, gummies, 9cb6739ef9 ice cream, soda, caramel, 1571c8a1f3 jerky, cheese—you name it. If it 08b5213b27 fit, it e1ad0241a8 went in ba8be68976 the cart.79428ac348eab22b
Normally, even on 7ba60d3184 a weekend, she 02f68e6afa wouldn’t buythismuch junk food. But six weeks of 3d8573a552 emotional suppression had finally 17d4067ffc blown the lid off 4259419f38 her brain.2799147adc6aec78
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
This was why people cf9f09eb99 shouldn’t live under constant 89f406ba59 stress. Without release, 4d92aa3393 they ended 744b52ec8e up doing a31ec4340f insane things.5a0ede9f4ca1fa98
Erabelle stuffed everything into 338045d2df bags and hauled them 42c0595248 home, determined not to 3ac9c3beeb step outside for the 6c5f282ef5 next three days.393f41d125964392
Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator
She dumped the food 58eccd19a4 across the floor, giddy 74fd0ebd5b like she was drunk 2c8b801599 on adrenaline.4fa0bdd3014e1b63
How long has it been since I’ve had a real break like this…?d8428676b5bc4ab1
Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley