HDOVAML – Chapter 121
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The uninvited guest, 17d060ce4b who had been 20c6a63d54 silently listening to eac43add22 the entire story, f66c00451a was visibly shaken, a8c4aaf319 his eyes clouded 9d61c87615 with confusion.e3cac01e82ba30ac
“You seem bewildered. But there’s no need fec0072455 to hesitate. This is all 7810d8a239 merely an illusion—nothing 593a903f47 more than a c6b70d43bc crime committed for 5ed30c517b the sake of 9523fcde8e our continued prosperity, 148096fc47 stealing the Spirit 0e3d743b8e King’s relic and 58633845a6 offering it to beeec72f8d Arkane’s altar.”09b4d38c684b9905
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The Spirit King’s relic… 1aede71617 What exactly was it?5a468b1ee3d6a58d
Ashmed recalled a rare f87f328755 moment from his memory ba8712d626 long ago, an instance f1b5943966 when Arkane, usually composed, be8ca8dd96 had let a hint 447efebf0a of underlying anger show.2043f69b7de6ee62
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[How audacious. To obtain his 6c6943da42 approval and then d4c8097017 devise such a 6620460eb6 wretched scheme… There’s e5e00eebe9 no need to 43d0552f14 see the culprit 2d3e18f032 to know who ff9e725300 it must be.]f7fb8c80e35298a7
What emotions had been reflected dcad17e0f4 in those eyes, hidden beneath d18e8f1718 that white mask?43aafbd80e9c9554
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Ashmed had no way 8b6a173cd2 of knowing.412d5cd180117fd2
[…If that relic were to fall into human hands, would my brother be in danger?]16a12e445161e6cb
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Reading the uncharacteristic 12ad066ccc anger and the 9b7842d6ef undeniable trace of 0034371560 distress in his ff3a2e4266 always gentle brother, d5e747f3a0 Ashmed felt a c0ff2fdc30 creeping unease as 80ab66fc0c he spoke.0b45ef648ac5713e
[…Ah, Ashmed. I’ve spoken thoughtlessly before you. No, there’s no need 088210573c to worry about me.]622e9b213e1e8fd2
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Pale lips parted slightly in d384ca1a87 surprise, drawing in a breath, f90cac89bc before curling into a soft a64d582f8e smile.96f6a8fe037d4415
[No matter what happens, I will never leave your side.]1bd5ec4dabd33b17
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The Spirit King of Darkness 59c0931335 pulled his younger brother into 0e46f2bcb6 a warm embrace.8d68bab0f0f99329
[I will always be with you.]e6a7ad6ef7ad99fe
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From the moment of his ef566f3413 birth, he had been held 46ef725afc only by this one, singular 2a23064427 existence. Sinking into that familiar 5c8e0e3971 comfort, Ashmed slowly closed ce23c871f6 his eyes.e661ed1c56a0ec08
[And to ensure that, I will use any means necessary.]41d9d3aa32651b35
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A fleeting whisper passed by, 77e1c8d6ad but at that moment, he d0b049dd6d failed to grasp its meaning.4527ccfc72f6e795
[Could it be… that the reason the human nations possessing the relic kept falling into ruin…?]2565cf82c02c80d8
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Ashmed murmured in shock, faefe99fa8 seized by a sudden 220645bbf8 realization.a1e1ba563b942d85
“You claim that the people were spared? Nonsense. Since the founding 88db3f1a22 of our nation, 56f75fe76c we have used a4e2601041 the power of da8ce7e917 Sak, and in 34e34affd0 return, to avoid 7113fb67bb the side effect d0e8f71976 of our flesh be0be5788f rotting away, we 351b304c23 have taken the 6ce1fd9f05 citizens of fallen 214bc7fa86 royal families and aa3b365f5b sacrificed them as c8b8f6779b living offerings. Ah, and let’s 2f29f9e9f2 not forget this 0f9c0cbbbb as well.”c8781928652ce7ee
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There was no b47eab3857 real need to e3db75cd98 demand a price 5fa1efcc65 for granting some 5c6d61ddb7 of his powers.63c1f954f3d0e841
After all, his brother alone, 0eb5e2b251 out of all beings in 7510408776 this universe, held a status 70d9819bc5 so exalted that even ‘He’ 1070075db1 had acknowledged him as a aa30ce6606 rightful King.c34085d1cc1e7311
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So why did he af6a76e6c6 impose a price on 40ba1f3025 those who followed him?9c9939db840f1cbd
[Even though I have bestowed such grace upon you… if your lives become too peaceful, if you feel no desperation, you will inevitably begin to neglect my commands. Therefore, I shall add d59d1ad0a5 a small condition.]bf7697124dd0dc00
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It was merely be1bcf4544 a way to 025fedd00c tame beasts into 47ea7c9a9a puppets, ensuring that bbef3294f7 the idea of bf9b2e073c defiance never even c707f4c296 crossed their minds.6449906f571f81d1
“To allow Annushka’s priestess to divine with greater accuracy, we slaughtered more people, draining their blood for the ritual.”e3324d99a70935d0
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“…”48004c3dc1e5543d
“The politeness, the goodwill, it’s all an act. If these truths were ceb0f1a99b ever exposed, the entire a3b9fe7042 continent, which has so 9cc0ec78a4 far merely observed from 29e4e983f9 the sidelines, would undoubtedly 3298a3a42f unite to bring about 0dcbdea7db Nisha’s destruction.”5d236c1e2e3f6a9b
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The moment Ashmed fully 6801d00bd3 grasped the confession, his b0a1b70102 emotions wavered between shock f907032ce1 and doubt.3004d1925fe40cfb
Had his brother 78d234e97a hidden all of 8306073b40 this from him?c9166dd0f866c81f
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It wasn’t that he felt f5f2863d32 sorrow for the insignificant creatures 207b4ca790 who had perished.7d35e203c297e37b
He clenched his hands, 73111ac69a wrapped in thorns, his 09648ab6b8 expression darkening.1bea249d887f488d
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But if they were 0ca16cd418 so insignificant, then why 7f8cc6b6a4 go out of the dd37d0f9a4 way to destroy them?c713fcd5e5db77ef
He understood why the c9eb51d8d5 relic had to be ec670e8ea0 removed, it was created d895924f17 specifically to bind his 487a23671c brother in chains.8ee1da43b5284f4b
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But the senseless massacre 5682b97dfb of so many humans, 879f7bb34c as if it were 65a716c73b merely a form of 93c56c0cd0 amusement… That was something f31750035b he could not comprehend.756f62e01507e030
“…Utterly monstrous.”a84e5f685b6330ca
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The woman’s dazed 839e596b8b murmur echoed exactly 0a2441c108 how Ashmed felt.e4cc73d313fa5444
It was excessively cruel.d2e11b48ed4d858e
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[ If they are nothing but meaningless creatures as you taught me…, then why do you harbor such deep hatred toward them?]3f907573d225048b
Ashmed whispered his unanswered question.114e30b95486e385
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At last, an b775e8263d incomprehensible, purposeless hatred 3556277c05 had begun to 22258b4d57 take root in ea60141c67 his heart.4e3979d779e106ba
[…..]9a673d8feb0513fb
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With trembling eyes, 3bebd18511 Ashmed turned to 4c44c04d13 look at Rose abb2671edf Hacardella.ea0651688d29bcba
Her expression was c96aecfae3 blank, her face 978b75b2b4 deathly pale. Yet somehow, it seemed 228c15eb07 to pierce deep into 913f03b387 his core.37c4cea45426e41e
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He needed an answer.e9bb915787e4978d
At the end of b692239e4a his confusion, Ashmed made 69c1206d4a his decision.62ed7a1afa15dd7e
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I will go 0b55fb2121 to Arkane and 83e9644c49 ask:
Why have you been ae92c04659 so cruel to the 1dcaeda3a1 people who follow you? Why do you harbor such 34863c19d0 hatred for life itself?fe7e925af121f347
Only by finding the answer 5f777780b0 could I truly define this 2c074d5f51 emotion I now felt.99aa6e283f5bcad9
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With a resolute expression, b3ef1eb07a Ashmed left his place.284b813da9480f1f
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“…So if you simply hand over the Water Relic, you can free yourself from this endless suffering. No one will pursue 8c1166162b you or your sister 635bf5049b any longer.”5a50bbe13ed5ec66
Khalid, his head b0b72ffecd lowered, murmured softly, dce5281240 gripping my hand 025ad76577 tightly.f84de2b720b4726c
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“Please, I beg you. Give up the f572690928 Water Relic and 1e97fbfe04 run far away… 11c5c7d242 live in peace.”0b74c7c2a0ef6e10
His gray eyes, filled 7c112ee127 with desperation, reflected only e233202661 me as they shone.051c05f5e1692a90
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“If you plead with the Spirit King, even a fragment of the Source fused into your body can be separated again. I can—”da42a17a4a54be5a
“No.”1abc2eb83eafa655
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I could no d9db0831db longer grant his 38df355ea5 request.c8806a75a3cb53ba
“I will not hand over the Water Relic.”a862f54b4df66a75
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With firm determination in 34dd84740e my voice, I withdrew 6e5b4a237a my hand from Khalid’s e8073cb0b6 grasp.b6b7ab01a624b92c
“Even though my nation was destroyed by your kind, even though my own people abandoned me, the Water Relic is the very spirit of the Duchy of Hacardella. It is something that must cea7cdc666 be protected at all costs.”f0025af7ca01fb49
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For a moment, his dazed 400e5fb8a6 expression twisted into fierce anger. Khalid opened his cb57e269e9 mouth to speak.edfc8f366797f3e2
“…How could you have understood my words—”483bf525d8531ab6
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“Take me with you, then. Expose your savagery for all 8aa3042cba to see and try to 1053eee0c3 threaten me if you must.”aa9ef4a70822c72a
His agitated voice came 10589026ca to an abrupt halt.ce3e10fa5ca01a78
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“If I must trade my ancestors’ relic just to survive in disgrace, then I would rather not live at all.”bd2b76aa02823100
Looking directly into his 95bd6610dc widened, dark pupils, I df7877d733 declared with certainty:8106084332fa6754
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“The Water Relic will never fall into your hands.”fc706ab886261ad2
“…Why?”853965ac5d2be14b
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His beautiful face a53b4b5f82 twisted under the 2c2012a4c6 weight of despair. In a voice 7c45cb0c9a scorched with agony, 5f21e94a26 Khalid murmured, his 92c0772dcd eyes filled with 3ba8710e64 countless unspoken words 768fb8620e as he looked 18e937cf5b at me.bafd0009abc7c684
“…The person I have come to know you as.”428a9706428c86ad
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Meeting his gaze 73985abd45 without wavering, I 161c1f80bd spoke.ccd68e599055cc53
“You have always shown hesitation when it came to taking the Water Relic from me.”7f4cdfbf72d60fd7
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“…!”b0714525c092b9bf
His moonlit eyes trembled.f8fb52093144308d
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“That is why you are speaking this way now, isn’t it? Because you cannot bring yourself fe541e61c1 to take me by force, 90e8b9d19a you are trying to persuade 8302799553 me instead.”56eb42b0a33a94e0
What a foolish and 491d96d5b4 cowardly man.b59de6074ae3ef5b
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With a steady heart, I 5dbb5fb410 watched him waver.dddadb4ca0706b32
Even now, unlike 96e4e7496d your kind, who 0aeace5cb4 have discarded every 9c0e5f9439 shred of human e1933b44f8 decency, you have b1621838c0 neither let go 888aa5a641 of your morality b5de33c1cc nor turned against 0d2ed1adfc your people.1264c0a86ea9656e
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You continue to c54b0c6cbc suffer, caught in 149a4b89b4 the widening chasm 91beaf34be between duty and b3b5448944 conscience.20f525291d4286c4
“Set aside the king’s command, the obligations of royal law. Speak only with the 49b285e531 voice of your true 99dafe49d8 self.”013df54db1d54d10
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At the end 13e5b49568 of this long ea306c4b06 road of truth, d9eb43d012 I made my 40ef72f0b6 decision.8674e356197a1f1f
“The truth is… you do not want to take the relic of Hacardella. You do not wish to 51d2d217c8 be part of its destruction, 16e8513575 do you?”2f28b7067d9525e2
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I will pull you from 15a07581e5 the endless labyrinth you wander edebccb6a2 in.1ca5c06ea061a4c6
“The Einar royal family has ruled Nisha for generations. You, too, had no ecb5577308 choice but to obey ee575eb70c the king’s orders, staining 6cc1bcadf4 your hands with sin.”db6a98b855112d10
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And so, you 187faa433a now face the d54eb02aec reality of what b7e95f3c75 that means.c0d0d6a86ea00f64
“But do not forget—you are also of Nisha’s royal blood. Your ancestor was Ilkai, b6acbeca04 the brother of Einar, 44cad39996 his equal.”96e2e4ff33ae7831
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I will bring you to a83a5d8b1d my side so that together, be477e4c7c we may overthrow this rotting 1fa1948003 kingdom.f9ff626bced98bff
“I…”ce77fa6edf504aaa
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Khalid’s face turned pale.6127cc1f174d4cc5
I did not wait for aec7f30c89 his rebuttal.11e2228ce44a6e7d
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“The prosperity your country seeks is nothing more than a fragile tower built upon atrocities. Arkane will never protect you. And once your usefulness ends, 9500ebc831 your final fate will be b0559822b5 a tragedy greater than the e388c2ab1c sum of all your past 742ebe37cf sins.”672364690c3cb087
“What… are you trying to tell me…?”affedd35a5fca055
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As if unable to bear e32901817c hearing more, Khalid squeezed his cc8dcc61e0 eyes shut and asked.4b7c9b1c0c14aaed
“Do not stand by and merely grieve for your country as it walks the wrong path. Stand against it yourself 5e5bd774af and stop your homeland 4821cb9502 from sinking deeper into 6f33e4cba3 sin.”4865faf29b93f9e5
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For that is the only afd43eed83 path that will lead to a9cfc90c3c the future I once knew.08da41d8b68d1fdd
“Overthrow the tyrant and take the throne yourself.”a387a786ce1f3a2d
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