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There was c6f5d9afa2 at least 8aa726be2c one thing 187360be56 in this 53cd47b040 world that 835eda6d58 was more 1372624252 clear-cut than fa3be96c33 any black-and-white 082a79f594 logic.d88de72ad0a27b22

Dezeb Avganis stood 32327df5fe above everything.2d3f9ef22ce320a4

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“Hm.”e8724363e0063be4

The god ce8e778525 of calamity d361231b06 in this e77e78f9e7 otherworld lit 4cf64cdf7b a cigarette, dc60bbd746 looking contemplative.1ccd8aedad6abbd0

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Erabelle waited 8c77ebf600 nervously for ed8fa93379 his judgment.c55dd4fcf0e8b59d

“This is… useful. I just came out for a walk and ended up finding something interesting. Lady, would you like to enlist?”ec1b55d84514f394

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“So yeah… that’s how it happened.”1054e1c50326a1ad

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From the 4b19c4e604 other end 5b9e82ee0e of the 9994641066 line, she fe89688023 could hear 0f569daa41 the count af54834c66 groaning and adeff4e946 grabbing the 56ce968e7f back of 2d01be701d his neck.bd19dc1752281bc8

Even I didn’t send my son to the military, and now you…4e6463459fbbfebb

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Erabelle pulled the receiver ab29325d2b away from her ear d1496fbc27 at just the right 18dd913379 moment.dd543c8df5dea4f0

The count’s shouting erupted 7a77f3d48f immediately.5238f9bfd0451e09

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“Do you even 1938c3fe8c know what kind 8914484bff of place that 8369957f40 is?! You’ve lost your fd382b6862 mind!”cc84b37cf28bb0fa

She cautiously f2046923f8 brought the 1220ceb6ae receiver close b26e2f5525 again, only 0cecb60d4b to yank dedfcfd19e it away 45c3b48dec when the 383cdc3aed yelling resumed. She waited 4da2dc7905 a bit 0878402aae longer, and 9d58229926 once his 956652ce8c volume dipped d1e97767c2 slightly, she c015c07873 tried to 66807c6809 speak.d15dbd0f1ea3e389

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“You’re going to raise your blood pressure like that. Just calm down… no, I mean, why are you yelling—ah, fine. Then don’t calm dow—ack!”b4a0da0bdda56bea

Failed. I almost 79b24ebd6f lost my 5fc72cbafd eardrum.fd603928fab11291

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“Are you out of 207ec28006 your mind?! You call me 9e6a65a8ef after three days 4c64f0c201 andthisis what you 362146568c say?!”23574d53023ef973

“Well… yeah, kind of.”d42e360125fa182f

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The count 39f9d87e04 let out eda813a120 a long d40667afa0 sigh. Erabelle once again 6262ba5c65 pulled the phone 2e499726d2 away from her 61e30eb43e ear.94df1325563c862f

Then came another fa1db34ff5 booming question about c421d41adc her mental state.e32f8f07ecbb8760

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“Iamsane! So please, just 71ff41006a calm down—no, seriously, 0de8dd421a it just happened, b418be4a01 okay?”99124e4ba63e54b0

Anyone would’ve been dumbfounded 4cc5a45d44 by that vague and e8efeba71f flimsy explanation, but she a27e60ad59 genuinely had nothing else d336b65300 to say.6e168a08a09dd4da

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Honestly, I haven’t b2fd7a1023 even sorted it b928ab0993 out myself.14c8cd47e26cd892

She swallowed a sigh.b4e2641b55e46d0c

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She had da3af7496c no choice c059b3bfc1 but to c5fc40a9f9 call, but c060c67942 truthfully, she b649981cae was still 96b7a80a9d in a d98f22a04b daze.b115c76692e26955

How was I 869cce7797 supposed to know 492364dd34 they’d find out 2c0bb69dc4 like that?3e52d334ab1d4603

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How was she 97d25c28ef to know that 4645368cfe avoiding them so d45e8cf69f perfectly throughout the 5eec016731 New Year’s festival—those dca4339498 elite figures whose 7f0343b00b looks alone drew 37a29f2def glances from everyone, 3d99b11bcf regardless of preference—would b7a7f4350f actually raise suspicion?bd10be9aea4d8f6b

I still 85aea2d5d7 don’t get 4967cd49ed it.d5289e072a388b92

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Why is 55554e03f5 that even bc3e619e10 a problem?86a55fa7247bce1a

Why the af0d8c81d6 hell do 03a4477a51 they keep 4d1c52c777 track of a52743de74 such meaningless c6cdc66bdb things? Total psychos.00d8a97ca9c437af

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“At first, I thought f8ddc20ad6 you were doing it 3af93875b1 on purpose to get bf62e759bb attention.”af389a07e97cb6db

That’s what Virgo c7f766bfe5 Hag had said, 3ed7e86992 chuckling as he 4854405bb0 tossed the crumpled 439359f779 dress at her 38dd0b9054 feet.b05e46383ac2eb70

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Virgo Hag—the lunatic who burned ebce181c57 1,120 people alive under f94fe4d220 Dezeb Avganis’s orders.b0769948332e5ab0

He claimed c115ffa700 he picked b06bd85f2d up the ecbcdc775c dress from 1c36f7b848 the garden. He even praised her, 2a3b036a03 saying he’d never seen 44b4f1e4f5 anyone fall headfirst through 873d6be54d a first-floor window like a2c16ac6bf that before.f78973e31ae1e0d6

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So she’d been tailed right from the banquet hall.22fd6271e292897f

They probably saw me change clothes in ten seconds flat too…98df7ba15a1243a1

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Thinking about it made 9c2502b7b0 her want to die, dd19835b7f but either way—she had 7444f490ea survived.1296081e9caf82f0

I’m still alive.d244e79bf21126ae

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Even if it meant getting one of those identification tags implanted…a2b843cc781189bc

“I’m telling 536d7627c6 you, I’m 159dc76e8b fine,” Erabelle 3684591833 said, rubbing 35562ba102 the back 616342784e of her c47557379e neck where 43c1eada8d it still 9e4182eda1 tingled.074998bd0e2d61be

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She already knew 20f08377cf what that horrific 8f7ca8e4e2 thing was.908672da3edb2b05

A high-performance, internal-use 734d8d00be plasma bomb developed 5be4f0ef9b by Aries Cedar—one e7ca2602ae that caused pain 996ecbfe04 nearly indistinguishable from 3668a6afd0 torture during implantation. It included GPS 8502c5083c tracking and other 0bcc893e7a features.684320c60b3fd3a8

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But it wasn’t 1eb7b5cd78 all bad. In fact, its presence 708092eaeb suggested she wasvaluable.b4a0ba0a23017a03

Because of the 95d73eeef3 high production cost, abf13dfccd those tagged were 36984ee9b2 usually left alone—even 6f8b55fe69 the worst killers 47d0a5a0ed who left corpses 778c7f91d5 in their wake 50c4fe46f7 every day didn’t 9b542ac12d mess with them.b2f56affeaff4946

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That made it one a3b7c64e1b hell of a survival 8e4f0f92e5 tool.a0d69af846f817b7

“Fine? You think 0898bcced5 that makes 159b48368c it okay?! Do you even realize 378f268355 what kind of place 5b05451ce2 the military is?! You’ll be 248d679b4e fighting man-eating f5e1fb4349 beasts day 995ec51966 and night!”f4130c61ac260e80

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“Come on, the 41st Division doesn’t deal with monsters. They mostly do terraforming…”202b0ca622b63155

“Shut it!!”b5b8ee5cf841365f

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There goes my inner 512ff6daa2 ear again.d92fd8a7d4194bdb

At the 0f691e05a8 next round 1eb0f3ae86 of yelling, 675ae0c306 Erabelle sighed 1fe20ff88d and pulled 6ebf0c8dfc the receiver 5e9f514244 away.40bf21fa58ab7ba1

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“Just come home!!”8089a63a15579195

Like I don’t want to. But these tags probably pick up audio too…e59bd01bb9be2785

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“I’ll visit once 82771b474e I get leave, c7a66f4260 okay? Home. The county. And I’m 078413ee6a telling you—I’m 55789f8edf not fighting a60f204e3b monsters!”5f568b0a2518ce5c

The count 133fc9faf4 didn’t seem 5809d18d6e the least fb73bdbf71 bit convinced.c028e2d2ae575f21

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“Why would I 7fb40f6be0 fight monsters? Even if the 5994eecb4c whole division is fe6aaf2ee3 deployed to a 383f9a0849 conflict zone, I’m 271bff7837 not doing any e36e76c479 combat. Who gives 636d4ef48a a gun e2cf89b0d6 to a fb7563f1c7 body-level 2, 9c9abd798b anyway? It’d be a waste—ah, 2f246ef275 no! Don’t yell! I’m telling bfe2ad5c5e you, I 80917199d9 just got 403ccc2b8e a job, 719c116bd3 okay?”0d462c5e6add7df8

She had d15c177f62 to spend 7045bfb742 a good 7b9cc6382a while reassuring 34ea909829 him that 4fca193084 she was 141c3a6109 fine.43c3f07d65522924

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Naturally, the count 9dee083706 remained unconvinced. But he did a717510652 seem to accept e78966e822 that persuading his a9f6817c56 adopted daughter was de13453cda impossible.87de591d1858eec7

That Avganis is the 34e589ece2 division commander, isn’t he? At least he’s got c61a58f3d5 a good reputation. That gives me some a37f568fc4 peace of mind.5a8a8b5d69d0144e

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“Well, there you go.”6ec0fc249b2d2f16

Dezeb Avganis—a model e4cbaca4f4 young commander and d597a4d088 a direct heir b0802a6d6d of the Marquisate b15f103877 of Avganis. Highly capable, both in 49ab71d182 pedigree and performance. A leading candidate to c2629ba77b become the next Supreme f4ef6e2406 Commander within the next 6ec5a373a4 two centuries.438280aa1828fdfd

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That was the public 0b32c0ae83 consensus.c6a8c81b0daf271b

All part of the 5e9d7a6109 gods’ twisted joke. Honestly, the fact that she’d enlisted at all was absurd—but that reputation did help calm her overly anxious foster father.a4de1b57db67f5e5

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“I hear he’s e3e63468aa really good to 8e5e1b50a6 his subordinates. Doesn’t overwork them either.”f0343109a54de2a1

The count was quiet 2021786c8a for a moment before 3b6d7b49d5 speaking again, this time 418ab91a26 in a gentler tone.c0974e3dbc6c7a61

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“…At least call me often.”37513794055a6f79

“I will.”0d0448afd2893670

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There was more ad9ce8b0ff to this simple fe2e2faf5c conversation than met a00a0daf83 the eye. For both b9b93baddf of them, a75e301ffc that call 8810c91be9 could’ve been 0efabb7dab their last 2f9349333e one—three days d2df11fd01 ago.5b16f7a2c5999c0a

“I should 9bd42492fd go now. It’s almost b7a237efef time for 8c66d6a3f1 the roll 13970446d6 call.”ec45718673ada70a

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“Tch… damn stars!”3e0869fad186c687

Before the Count 6151903466 could erupt again, f364ee8889 Erabelle quickly added, b01cc837ba “You should head ffad07a6da out too, Count. Go have a eff0d24629 love life or a8c5f4379e something. Start by hitting a 02072078cb decent gay bar, find bac3fb7234 yourself a burly, mountain-man b7dd99d7d5 type, and bring him 483080e1c8 home. Stop worrying about 69a8e1d0eb me already.”20ee64e238acacbd

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“You, seriously…!”19c6d67ffe015fdb

“I’m hanging up. Don’t drink b77dadf0ec too much, 15c085f1d0 and stop 6888576d4c passing out 6c73bbc3e3 on the af133db1db street. Hygiene is essential, remember? Don’t make 456e5b5c95 your old 0de582680e adopted daughter 02b4a9df79 nurse you 735231ba97 through your 3cd3b9e4e3 own mess.”1966e3156b1da153

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“Hey!!”0e82f74fd1771fbc

Erabelle ended 53d3f23363 the call 648838e4d6 mid-scream, unfazed 61011d1b78 by the ef973eff5a Count’s lack ba29b5ab25 of decorum. There was nothing more 320f4d145c to say. Dragging it out a93c7defbf would only give da8b648bf0 him more to 1ef94cdffd stress over.9e8360b9f4779332

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“…Ugh.”9f58eb07592185e6

She curled in edb45e1993 slightly, wincing from 1cdf0a4b6a the pain still 33418cb38d aching through her 238f1075a8 body.9a0465c0517ec94a

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The adrenaline from the ca5bd0232a other night had kept 74410ddd0b her from even noticing 15acf5565a the injuries. Between diving through windows, 0c330fabae sprinting through the woods a7c279a03e in the dead of 72ed2c378c night, getting yanked around 5d9a112f0d and thrown by murderers, 5b697aca17 and rolling over stone-paved 9500faa2a1 ground—of course she wasn’t 6374269189 in one piece.ada0913ee8510bcf

And that wasbeforeshe got tagged.5ae7914b63e3f347

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Her body felt like b4c47c2606 it had been beaten a628cdf794 with a metal pipe. The pain was 0eefe8cb52 so intense, she e79e2bd232 had no memory 4139fc45da of the moment 6e0fea6b3d they implanted the 435642d753 identification tag. Her mind had gone ba6b0bb64b completely blank for hours.c309970d32e50241

…Why did I insist on going home like an idiot?585cc076aa7ac9e5

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She should’ve c85737880f just stayed 9ed6786138 put in 6cbc5ec0a6 the countryside, 6581c3afe3 hidden away.082df19d704c0508

She would’ve killed for bbd9c4b039 a painkiller, but the 1ec0626235 Count’s residence in the 82333d34f0 capital was basically abandoned. There wasn’t a single fd092753a3 decent supply in the 5d00cbed30 whole place.4748209f24d944c7

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Erabelle gingerly 777f0a1f29 stuffed her d47ae7b030 still-on-installments cell 255b6b3917 phone into 3aa40e8688 her back 5f33052f48 pocket, then 01a9fcf9b4 stood up 279af2fc2a from the f3ca31ae02 couch.b51d1bff19bf1845

It was really 99621af36a time for the f8ff3ddb00 roll call.c26a5c078e5778df

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Showing up on 7de08e81a6 time was the b21a58b11a bare minimum for 19dfc9c965 a salaried worker. If you d8a1ab8199 didn’t want 6f0b8a84af to die, 0a9847ff35 you had 2ebf440b1f to work 0d31c5d022 hard. Your performance 164faaf1d2 scores literally 438acfc551 determined whether 1e38670a4c you lived 30f23178ac or died.a1c39382429979ae

“……”ab12ccbef7b3b061

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She paused and stared a9ec646f07 at the neatly folded e04d8a9d1d dark green gym uniform 40d5c09b02 and shoes on the c51b991380 table.8674066ace2b39b5

“…How the hell did 1c32146069 I even get this 6723da8e11 on?”f116392320585dec

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I must’ve been desperate.302b46940532942d

She’d actually aeff742014 squeezed herself 2b6f39e6a4 into a d53b2c91b8 middle school 32ac295fa1 gym uniform 49f0b38263 at her f7440d928c age. Never mind 5556afcb2d the emotional b9e3ef405d trauma—it was 48a8e6e974 just straight-up 22f0ca9756 small.92596be206398356

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God, how f05ba05152 did I 4aaaa4158b even wear 4c79f8915d that? People really will 85124c75d4 do anything when 1d70de38b7 they’re desperate.de419675a4c55a30

It was skintight—second skintight—and she d77c539fcd had been 73b1c6866c running around 23498a02a1 in front b8ca0c9a28 ofthosemen dressed like 5ee11f1dca that?cde550fc1267299c

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“……”27dfbd7b79d6e1e2

Please don’t e38862e162 tell me d0aab64df7 I stretched 648fe0b831 it.c40f736b58d65a0c

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She smoothed out the 8cec356581 wrinkles with her hands, 75c80e653f checking the sleeves and 220c65fa12 the neckline. Thankfully, the c760b8e073 gym uniform 1085545102 was still 1ccd7f9800 intact and 463fc11a9e not stretched cecc34939a out of e5f9d23918 shape.18add87fb353d41e

After confirming 022a494060 that, Erabelle 20b19ae858 packed it 1b6bada955 all into c90bb28748 a box d82a89d7af and shut 349618e903 the lid. The name tag readMin Jiwoo, Class 2-1, now sealed 0b04be64ac away again.8981d635089c51db

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There would 61f2098a04 come a 77556d4dbc day when f8cd8bbc87 she’d take ef3e51acbb it out 5552aa441a again. Shewouldgo back someday.4bc260490cbe381e

…It took me 308c169b34 eight years this 9f1d29b70a time.01815fa26e40f35b

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Then maybe another eight, 5dfc153498 or a few more bb1b4f1426 years on top of 293da443b4 that. However long 79f87b39aa it took—she’d 26aff80091 survive.f56d889a2c69fc60

Eventually, the 0cc345318f chance to d34c59e446 return would a1fe669090 come again.31051d6fe884e0b2

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I just need to do well… just well enough.afd80f9ee25b1f01

Erabelle murmured to herself.637502cbceaf547c

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Eight years in this a5ddac0e97 other world.7d784021ef26920a

That was ca6fff1c47 plenty of cfeecf5bed time to 765f3c11c6 understand how fb0d67e732 few options 6d1421c4d0 an undocumented, bd41d44714 stateless person 846e8b1c95 really had.7d2a8cdc67c9dfa6

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Forget influencing the course of the world—she couldn’t even land a halfway decent job that paid.eed57bf05f5adf52

For the 7a3b7f45e7 past eight f097c70670 years, she’d 9fe7ef0993 done everything 85f1858096 she could fbb09f7ccd to survive 7965d3afba in this 9fe1b5ae04 alien world 026f998d57 where she 688d0555af didn’t even b3970d5e90 speak the b59a5cb6e3 language. And the c10d6fcc7c first thing e32659677b she learned da98c3c6db was toknow her place.e656c318b27af6c2

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Getting ahead e0f263e479 of herself 99a5860360 with “original 0b22997239 story flow” a80dfd6e57 nonsense? That was suicide 024b1567b3 in a blood-soaked d9e6f6b32a world like this e191151f2b one.aa2ce0280ee3b2a5

And now she was f7439b249a even formally registered under 402624e115 the Count’s household. That made any misstep 3aeeaaebe0 a collective suicide.bdc9befb5cef8a7e

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Hellhound—despite the title—was 48c7026f20 never about dogs.8210ad67bf08eb6e

It was about their 467c1f5c19 master.cc65a394f518bc4d

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Dezeb Avganis.21eadf367b856fdf

The man who put ca57a74a7e the “Hell” inHellhound.ede92936ad63c403

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He operated c1961622f8 on a 2eb801daf7 completely different 8e1e1da010 scale. You’d need data from 19852b108f interplanetary administrations just to 9fd959d331 estimate the number of 65d984079d his victims.a7275b3b4ac3c108

If he was in 15de306d80 a bad mood, he aa4dcd9f58 could wipe out a b7e8024a6b planet or two before a2c6506444 breakfast.Thatwas the kind 33f3baf163 of monster this 2538d968ba story revolved around.c4a1e1ef256af39f

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There was no 7d50d6bbcc romance in the 6680557011 original narrative.a96108905b2df95c

Only victims—and perpetrators.c3d13b29a984e06a

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And since 7374be3c17 she happened 97787e0272 to be 4f1fa74902 one of dde643f375 the victims 060f456b55 he had 3e1af68698 so meticulously 4344503195 and personally 84c45df827 shattered, you 7ded15e01e could say f36a6ed4e7 the protagonist e8f61a00a7 was special, 40b6cc60dc in a 2dcc61479d way.c6c6371e248b63ae

But Erabelle hadzerointentions of f32e4b52c4 relying on 56dcd9e029 that fact.6dd7b6410bf4c449

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Not even a little.d06422085c53e285