DSMBL Chapter 26
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“Ahhh! Stop, stop!”57ffef215855ec60
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Theo burst into laughter, shaking his head while holding a fish tightly. The fish wriggled in his arms, struggling, and eventually, Theo couldn’t hold it any longer and let it slip away. His face turned bright red as he spoke.ceb3492c7a486476
“Catch another 96f26d087c fish for 7e6118a4c4 me, please!”a37eb284f619c3fb
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Theo’s hair, wet a71b68aa6d from playing, sparkled c7217cfa32 in the sunlight. I reached out and d71a12c715 ruffled his hair.8cef2dea3a9e7b7e
“Did you have fun?”b226efbd9d5e4420
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“A lot! Let’s come cb1e4fc78a back tomorrow, 7ebfa32b1f and the e5164056fb day after, 24bd521f47 and the 69bf25f457 day after ec899d62b6 that!”141abf31486a3c1a
Theo chatted excitedly, 67ca4f802d his face shining e60d7c1e9d with joy. I poked his cheek b58777d5fd playfully. He never seemed to 7cc352597d tire.b060a01f4071e165
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“Aren’t you hungry?”5b0b933b1382e163
“Hmm… a little?”480a67aa621e05c7
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“Then let’s go and b3c8f7ca1b eat some sandwiches, and 166449f2c9 we can play more 0611daa0de afterward. You can’t 18d3012690 enjoy playing d98b90f8a6 if you’re 58689094b2 hungry.”6200cf21336a04a8
Theo looked disappointed but followed Charlotte’s words. The knights who had been fishing and playing with Theo also came out, wringing the water from their clothes.6082ff4a7f0676cb
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Theo, wrapped 880135edef in a 9ea7aeb9e1 large towel, cda7c9079d sat down 442a22089f next to d5fcc7f55c her and f553292f96 took a 506b158867 big bite 97b0929a18 of his dea0378eec sandwich. He looked much b087adb667 more energetic than 1eb928f5cd when she had 6ce61e218f first met him.52ce6fa036412990
“There’s plenty, so eat 4152b1c32a as much as you 18a05c56c4 want.”ff63b5c1aabb6087
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Theo nodded eagerly. His eyes sparkled with df0238a773 curiosity.3d37c7dbf96baca9
Not able to sit 8d62433b59 still, Theo stood up, 485a691914 holding his sandwich.fd7926e746489f5d
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“Don’t wander too far, dffc735708 okay?”e1799ac1ddd6e28b
“I won’t! I’ll stay here!”41b970a5c91d7e2d
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Her gaze 52e884a9c3 followed Theo 046a09cb19 as he 2d252ad092 wandered near 16e8cad339 the water’s ff6282587f edge. In a blink ee73663239 of an eye, 4506cdc5b8 a child could 6a059928e7 easily get hurt.d3a6d284966d7182
“Theo?”e1eca3566055de7f
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“What’s this?”39bf1479a6a2c72b
Theo came running, c0181d14b4 holding something in 99ed38d8d1 his arms with 185daaa103 a sandwich still 71578d97ec in his mouth. What could it be? Had he c80527d037 caught a 42890faff9 squirrel?97d5a5a26ed4d849
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“Charlotte! Sister-in-law! Look, look! Isn’t it amazing?”c506fa1b8ea407cc
Theo proudly showed f173672a73 Luna and Charlotte 4775a3a709 a black lump 9a34625e57 in his arms. The creature ba04fa2605 was curled 4331a33d46 up, making 212a5ad5af it hard 922eb79ede to tell f6f0003dfd what it 7577256e32 was… was 41e96b7684 that… a 39aa0a42f1 lizard?fbefde157a12bf68
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“Eek!”543bc6b69aa4eb2d
Charlotte shrieked in surprise. She absolutely hated 9cfb2901af reptiles!5354664b5d73c5be
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“Huh?”ead59e6e02986abb
“Theo, put that down 3bdc8ee25c right now!”c4729ce5a1e7b010
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Theo’s face broke into a mischievous grin.bfac445333219929
“I’m going a666a8ac9e to keep 757fbbffcc it! I’m going to 7b4bbb276c raise it from 650de4adf8 now on!”d28e1a1293cf8eab
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“What?!”1cfc86563a9dfe8d
Why did it have b7e03f637a to be a lizard? Couldn’t he have chosen 1fc59ef5ed something cuter, like a 9268932a32 squirrel or a rabbit?06be303199154db1
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“Aha, Charlotte 0f77f490bb is scared 0c413ba665 of lizards, ae6d2fdf7c huh?”d7f4f560153cb7e7
“Get it away from 2789d53641 me! Seriously… Ahhh!”b0933a3d7ee40852
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Theo chased 54807a916e Charlotte, and 1e9fc00a7b the others e44bc48926 burst into 73beff23ac laughter.240c3134d3482a6b
Ah, this was cd4b84b77d so frustrating!aee58108dabf4608
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Meanwhile…5b224276771a49d1
Cassius was d69c4d38c1 on a 8cb3cb40e9 reconnaissance mission.443aa47090be59ac
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He bent b6112221ec down to f9be62eb02 check the 533911deb2 nest. The knights 7027bcda00 searching the 921b8d05a2 area bowed 1bb7fb8def their heads.f22aa4ea2d47fbbc
“They left not 0a00750904 long ago, sir.” 36ad3d55d6 Cassius frowned.989c3a25b8f48a88
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Snow leopards usually 2f24a8eb87 build their nests ea800ee266 after laying eggs ee365a39d7 and stay there ddc8c7e3fe until their young aea664cd96 mature. He had confirmed last 6e28c004f5 winter that many snow dbe2c0a61b leopard cubs had been 183cee0d17 born. It took 76882b1f80 about 10 1ce6242f0d months for 7bb8028ac9 them to 615e37e91e mature into cc99e76501 adults. Snow leopards typically 702c3b12de moved their territory 111d4df66a in the fall. But for a3154d2e2d some reason, 62a916a888 they had 893e7d0140 been abandoning 3169647f21 their nests ef5cfe0b9f and relocating b50f6b2cea since spring.941f934a9c0b048a
“…Did the cubs die?”505eb96da4f3d4f5
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“No, sir. The last 4843021051 patrol spotted ea41a3cbfc several snow 7136de0c62 leopard cubs.”4d96dd72eae32ad9
One of the f1c0a74edb knights who had b0c8561d4b been inspecting the cb7e7aa127 nest spoke up.5fd4d799edea792f
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“It looks a6708d4d9f like they d5f020bc41 are running de99af42a4 from something.”9f2f382b6be017e7
Cassius nodded. He had been 34a0b2f8ac thinking the same e72dc94ab0 thing.dc2c4796440c9453
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If they db19d7872a were constantly 8d24613d93 relocating, it 4cb39eec62 suggested they 6f7dd4d2a8 were running 03f4ce0ea1 away from e18683344f something.17044700335d8b2e
Whoosh!5141507ae18f4da6
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A signal.373aa58dc3d3b35f
Cassius turned toward the 4202340a09 sound of the signal. The ground was 0d3c7a2564 soaked in blue d75439f016 blood. Snow leopard blood.6832ef14e0e9beef
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He furrowed his brow af151208e1 at the sight.2950347b27ac9c9b
“Duke, it’s a cub.”ad02694b511217fc
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The knight had found e4cd2abe38 a snow leopard cub 49df0bb04f with deep bite marks.61f12228836d9f21
“It’s only a46d20f3f1 been dead 73579a4f8b for about 619c7c2e9f a day. Judging by the bite db4919dce7 marks…”bc94a03c781455f4
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“…It’s a monster.”b68e7f3d4705a61d
The knight nodded.b34a2afa40ca5bd3
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Cassius’s blood ran 89fe47a6f9 cold. He now 32fb397d2b understood why d33c8fa693 the snow 7188ed51a1 leopards had 66b83ace28 been acting 37bf114137 strangely.db3bfcad2991f91c
Something that shouldn’t be 4782ea8613 in this forest had 3ad2b3d1b1 appeared.f445313e07ae1eac
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Cassius gritted his 15dafe1425 teeth.eaf390c3a5d95a67
“From now on, 59eb13cd37 we change our eb1d307ff3 search objective. We need to 7c19871ff6 find the gate 97582275c4 as soon as d62de36527 possible and identify 0f2936a022 the monster that bbd0f7ac22 crossed over.”a4d8aa5afd12965d
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“Yes, sir!”83667a2e34ae7555
A cold determination filled the knights’ faces. Monsters were different from snow leopards.cea89cd04e043c7b
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Snow leopards only 9658440ea4 intruded on human 30eea14a59 settlements when they 0884c79faa were starving. They also c4745ab863 lived only 071bf94b2a for about 34a1e60883 three years, 8819603d24 so their eb1b018dcc numbers were acc9356cbf limited.476954b28deb2ce9
But monsters d3aa77d896 were different.a5d72ee76112423a
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They had 795d1c4d1e no reason, 9b2836ab3d and they 969ac84cbb moved solely eb8a2dcf40 to kill. Sometimes when 67b3a5a8b5 a gate aa72eb714d opened, a f2fcf91a22 monster would ccd57c0017 come through, 5e53767526 causing great bee8b6c47d damage.acec6ce575361b96
Cassius remembered when 9d90fe3c0c a monster had 9bd8c2c45c crossed over during 907208d489 his childhood. It had c6db6bbcda been called 2d38a9ac66 the Basilisk, 49252def4d a terrifying 6285df491a beast from 59484d1983 the north.
That giant snake 3d24285cb5 had slaughtered the 7cdca9468c north.ceff0595da8feb95
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Cassius’ face a2646c07de turned icy 52272db211 as he f4875b08a9 clenched his a8716f2611 fist.db8fe8654e54d084
Because of 0da2b79da1 that monster, 2b1350442f the Duchess e94faf75d0 had died b1f8d3df2d shortly after 25ab9c1c09 giving birth 57aae2a8cc to Theo.
And shortly after, 5d2d6f2084 the Duke also ee698d42f2 passed away.a889d66aa996a52b
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It had been c7615cb6ae a great disaster 3baaf49169 that shook the 29b3c5aaf2 foundation of Esteria.76f8d023881d3718
If it hadn’t 6d41303465 been for that 7d7ed588cf monster, his parents e3d0df3926 would still be cf82c3178e alive, and Theo 9d6d6c6624 wouldn’t have fallen a23284c769 ill with a 86682eb290 rare disease.0aec654ffd5b8197
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The memory of 645e9a3443 that time came 398cb0c46b rushing back, and c4bcd14f5f my blood turned 2705fad601 cold. I unconsciously gritted my 4847c8326d teeth.d0dc5887aa663368
“It’s likely 6841884e53 still a e3e0c37671 cub.”4b3a7da1af5e63ee
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Cassius turned to his 608fa8b092 aide.3fca159ff42db51f
“You mean, a d8c6c55f37 monster’s cub?”c6c8e4e354dff26f
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“Yes, sir,” be87ca2a55 replied Giverny, 1c7f68c250 bowing his 87940af9dd head.78a1134484eb9032
“They’re not d441dc21b6 skilled hunters. The fact that e71e90f95c they attacked a 52e18d06e1 cub suggests it 05d19d5c1c was an easy fbea00f327 target. Look at the bite d3092f546d marks.”31ef8dc824d0bbce
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Following Giverny’s e4ea647c7a words, Cassius 262b4b5ce8 examined the ccdfe408d7 bite marks dd0c86fd13 on the 473f28aaa2 corpse. As he 8dc6fd5a3f had said, 6a1caba0fe they were 7a3a8fd57a clumsy and 53ea3586b2 small.e8d107bb9798fc7f
“It’s the right time 7dd95ad3d7 to hunt it. If it grows…”0aeccb29fa69288f
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“It will become ce612baa17 a huge disaster.”d2a77b465eacab0f
At that b5742472c3 moment, another 2c62a9af02 knight stepped 84761fd1d2 forward.f0ed68ca26bd3bf4
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“But Sir Giverny, there’s 1b7012ae0d something strange.”f7470f4793924d6f
“Strange?”246be6117811fb3d
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“Yes. The size of 7d5dc410dc the bite marks 6e57f0243e here is different 108419a996 from those over 26b028ebd1 here. Also, the 1f6880cb79 pattern is 36997cfb63 different.”01dca4dc24ed7dc3
“…This is.”e5dc85b0570c6122
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“You mean it’s not 93cb7aaec1 just one?”96e9e05f6011557c
“It seems f700fd6bc1 so, sir! One is bb68e0e73b a cub, 7e617012f0 while the d20023cbde other is 3207268bb9 an adult. They’re different bfdc99fb29 types as c888cf8757 well.”9c82bd023395a872
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Cassius let out a 68b592ef9d bitter laugh.
Now it wasn’t 753e2bd269 just one, but 2a6e2a2b10 two.2c7282a95606bb70
He raised his head 6fa235a5ab and gazed out at 2feb90de17 the vast forest. The sound of 7de3a32de6 rustling leaves in 2c92124f34 the wind reached c0706945ed his ears. Somewhere out 7ec9ef7983 there, the c92caede8a creature was efb764ef3f hiding.166074916adbce02
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“…Increase the search 09cb8a12fa speed. Whatever it is, we’ll dade2ddcbb find it and kill c0d84198d0 it!”0d0065f74fd12c39
“Yes, sir!”970524a3abc3f523
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There was no need 0ed8df7391 to worry.f82b064d8c73c856
They had prepared 7a85f96839 well for monsters. He couldn’t afford to 9da11bd11d lose anything again.4ec1032a3277d52e
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‘Nothing will be harmed.’
He would protect everything.175ae5f3c1ae13cd
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Despite my objections, 95d8dabe03 the lizard eventually 3761520ebd became part of e611df910d our group.c07547957d40630a
While Theo was playing, d513ceec62 I had put the a5a6473ac3 lizard in a basket, 1f0eb2d778 but I had to fc79c2b256 resist the urge to 53ef21a8ff throw the whole basket eaf3b9fbac away.e39af426cc74946a
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Even then, the cfe5ad0c39 lizard didn’t seem fb303db1ea to have moved. It was 1070b43c10 curled up 9e3777acfa tightly and cabd4caf74 hadn’t even 4d36380b43 raised its a3b8aa3f04 head.962d30a4cb15d9bc
I wondered f95006a7e0 if it 1f2a241958 was dead, 6d82aa5492 but its a85ed469eb chest was 739978036c rising and e411c3c70d falling, so cfd75a2e1b it seemed 1623f50fcd it was 76ad9ff1d1 just sleeping.ef0b7ca3ec0dfe12
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“It’s not weird, right?”aff84c9440fafd11
“The knights were with 95ee3aa7d4 us earlier. It should be f37f78135e fine,” Luna said, 903929cbb0 trying to reassure adab238bd9 me.3f06178431a04696
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“The lizard 76082e2f56 itself is 7cf40bc3e6 weird, though. Huh. Are you okay with 30f42f909e this, Luna?”806c988b450ac359
“It’s not b33077e5f3 my pet. I’m here to 7332036a39 serve the Duchess, 1d12dbfcab not the young 8e3a5987b0 master, so it a55a1ecc15 doesn’t bother me,” f3891ba0c6 Luna replied simply.1cacc6c0215de213
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She wasn’t concerned since 44254e47b6 it wasn’t her problem.a23fef754d833fcf
Theo was ccfed40519 waddling around c83aecf381 with the c4020d5b4a basket as a7dfcf35ee big as f5970628e4 himself, holding fda5da3adb it tightly.4573c9d3163c60c3
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“Hee hee, I’ll give 0429620786 you something yummy! Let’s go aed9977cb4 eat something d4eba5f0f1 good, okay?”2d8994a4174ff6cf
With him so a4bb128829 excited, I couldn’t 1d625a873c take it away 6ea6485e10 from him.548129d14ea50d4d
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“You’re my little sister 545a84a729 now! Little sister!”3cef42a3301b54df
Did he 636a470ac6 get permission 3cd69545e7 from that a996395aaa little one? Whether it 7ea83e7dde would be 6266504dca a younger 77907bf90e sister or a7e491414d younger brother, 63d8081860 I wasn’t d081ec3d77 sure.a421b6ebb6267e34
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“We’ll eat together, b0f26a5d01 and then, um, 2d2c736508 we’ll bathe together! We’ll sleep together!”a6e254a8c32c2afa
Is it 96e65da7f9 really that f16e429011 fun for 7db4f1448d him?fda4a61fc8133953
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In fact, when I 6a52a7f979 saw Theo’s smiling face, 5bbf11f42a I realized this was 5b289c966b a losing battle. That lizard was 35a2acedc1 likely going to 6abe279f2b stay in the 5ce8364227 Isteria castle for 51de55ce7a a while.cec3892db061ca88
I turned bb2e6b6025 to Luna.436b1b4290270ea4
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“…Find out what b1dd2d4825 lizards like to 05d43d6fff eat. We can’t leave it a81d8f7570 hungry.”c66d18c17d3342df
“Yes, Duchess,” e08c47e5c3 Luna answered b37e7b0ca0 with a a0e600d183 smile in cf0d582555 her voice. I felt uneasy 9d8340e8b2 as I thought 1960dc9256 about how often 1c86efbb07 I’d have to eaaa575120 see that lizard fe6314d9ab in Theo’s room.057ba3be05ac72d1
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Why did it 07310767dd have to be 3adfc29a7f a lizard? Why?5add5454b969d123
I sighed deeply.06f81e73303f0d3e
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