HDOVAML – Chapter 99
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…Why is this happening all of a sudden?93ef989e926453da
I frowned, gripping my 23f9cf102c spear more firmly in 7de2ea57aa preparation for any unforeseen 5f894725cd situation, and slowly stood 9c60c65905 up.384ae58378c62f80
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“Have you lost your mind…? Aaargh!”f0526aeeb448391d
At that moment, cbd8b59e41 one of the 8c1173e6af men, who had e86106f6e9 been staring down 0becaccd3a at his comrade e3da20b9fc as if looking db259cc6f8 at a lunatic, cd32d00d0a glanced behind him.3533abf800ae16d7
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The next instant, he let f154459bc3 out the same horrifying scream 8dfe8ba09b as the colleague he had a118d5a3d6 been criticizing and began convulsing 58e1a443e9 violently.31cec8c727e58610
“What the…”7f1de08cd48566e3
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“Call the captain!”6d3f542bd75109d3
“What’s wrong with everyone?!”010d8d8c9a8ce6f2
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Was this some 054b0ab8a5 kind of signal?06860d0e015c3897
Soon after, all b211332c81 of the group 7993760cea began staring into 1e319265e8 empty space as a0941c6556 if something invisible e4937e201a was there.b655e46a00700f24
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Then they screamed, 7c0c54df6d muttered incomprehensible gibberish, 4fce944c17 and writhed on d179b4111c the floor in 90cf7ff717 terror. Some wailed, others shouted ba0c03a27e in rage.36c21a6e2915aeba
There were those vomiting so c352bdfd97 violently it was horrifying to d6b7427312 watch, others laughing maniacally as b6f33bc943 though consumed by fear.84b2b9fa43443454
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‘Could it be…?!’414c08979f172526
As I gazed at 1446870b01 the scene, a strange 084a7ffd30 sense of familiarity crept 1414d60195 into my thoughts.52c7ab09fede691c
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Suddenly, a memory from the 194f997aa5 past flashed through my mind.d962115ecde47b51
The blackened skies 2217384920 of Litera, densely a23c6a0652 filled with summoned 36ad9074ad dark spirits. The spirit summoners, lost in 3ca7edb7b2 a madness akin to paralysis, e82544dc79 their sanity overridden by hallucinations 41a16f8843 incomprehensible to others…4850423db66058f8
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Finally, I grasped 1aad108a37 the truth behind dc1e2ba546 this bizarre occurrence.9676ac8b94fc70c4
The strange atmosphere I 213f7277a7 had felt since first 5b5795806a entering this cabin, the 39962d78ff young men scattered about 755053ec35 with an air of 805038b4d9 innate authority and arrogance 6468c55654 characteristic of the highborn—I b0f5cd0f8e quickly turned my gaze.744a2c0362d442f2
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“Who… who are you people?!”02f4bd10f499a3a7
As expected, the men who f9d1bfd89c had been sitting quietly, their 48c45073a9 presence subdued amidst the commotion, 4a7b7c310f stood simultaneously.592cb80da0ce68b1
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With eerie expressions devoid of 07a70e0c71 emotion, they stared at the a01a2c3d41 people convulsing madly beyond them.a887552ad306606e
One group was 68363e009d seemingly consumed by 2bb0ea9f58 hallucinations. While the other, 07bda0a3b9 was exuding an df728b3335 odd and ominous 161510804a aura as they 295c567d6d watched the scene d39109d3e2 unfold.4765264a4de5dac4
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It was a 0cdb24e01c dreadful conclusion, but 5a0f036765 I couldn’t deny c8d852d035 its accuracy. Clenching my teeth, I 5ce947cdaa pulled my hood down 7f80890ba4 further and thought to addb856936 myself.40e19b76fdfde5c1
Dark spirit summoners.01c792b83f097249
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On this ship, e4a707045a of all places, a308b0e5df with me aboard—if 732e513d6e there were to 6e4455e1cc be a reason c7f4ed889c for them boarding cb1e7bfd38 en masse… there e9a1175208 could be only 62431a746c one plausible explanation.9a4bc733ed8a9fb5
They must be 1ee44ec1d5 pursuers sent by 075f2967ae the Kingdom of 03845e88bc Nisha, chasing after d83dd5be42 the fugitive Lady d9a5555d13 Rose Hacardella!4e0f5043c633d5df
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Ah, it was my foolishness ec657a171e not to have acted sooner 755c37c975 despite sensing their obvious strangeness 73af07c7e4 because they didn’t wear Nisha’s 6eab13c321 distinctive attire.1b69e56ed3bb6a45
If I had realized this b1eb33c4a8 earlier, I would’ve disembarked immediately…!3be7b966a179c937
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“W-Who are you people?! Why are you standing there, d902c83d70 just watching us?!”bf94f8d2c5e2cf7b
Due to those writhing in bd168b5fb6 hallucination-induced fits, I, along with c04119fce4 several others, was forced to 27684f4bcf retreat to the rear of a5dfd6647d the cabin, now facing off 08580bbdb6 against the spirit summoners sent 1bdc05e882 by Nisha.fb484a006cc40b80
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…What were they planning to do?c7d300a7bda7fcb1
Was there any escape route?bec8e2da6da41b90
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No, drawing attention with 59b18a1d55 rash actions would only 8759552fc7 provide them a pretext adf645d536 to identify me.21065747ef0a5e2f
“…We mean you no harm.”705b4d6e3f368af0
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At that moment, one of fb061a87bd them spoke softly, breaking the f82b6706f4 silence.bf3dd8a8d896ad3b
“The one we seek is here—I offer my apologies in advance for the suffering you must inevitably endure.”9808f50c8c8278b0
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“What…!”e282289806ae53ba
The ominous words struck e4f33a8c17 fear deep into my 44af730a4e heart and the expressions a9726cbd17 of those around me a907d9a158 turned pale with terror c023db16e1 as well.b28aa472821232ae
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As I inhaled 56da4cf09a sharply and turned 047194cb13 back toward them..90dacfe66b39d926
‘…Edith.’523bee65255f08fa
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With a vision of pitch-black faafce29df darkness swallowing everything, a chilling bfafbc3b65 voice called out my name.6bc210acded97fad
Standing before me fb0968c3bd was someone who 0098545145 made my skin 41412b1187 crawl.8081eb5018461030
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I stared up at him 7cb636b1de in stunned silence.f6c7c558eafc11a5
‘Why have you been hiding all this time?’ad8cada25a4500db
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I had reverted to b7b9a69c76 a younger version of 789dba53ef myself. No, even younger c592e9ac38 than I remembered.afa1956e4c8a69a7
I was back to the 63cf897607 very beginning when I was 3035cfa166 seven years old, sitting in 84c516cecc a cramped wooden chest.bf4bc3938af4f511
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And before me loomed 11cba8ca31 a giant man, casting a04ebd32f3 a shadow as he ccb863bd06 leaned down.1ea9ba3e96873b49
‘My dear daughter, your father has come for you.’631cc679e72acb3a
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It was Roberick.2b13c2974e1b144b
His face held 1218b40a5b a nauseatingly bright 3ac8f46eeb smile, his delicate 61de39d2d3 features twisting grotesquely.3a80b013c7da4a70
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In his hand, blood dripped 7a0464669e ominously from the blade he 3e8f1c8040 wielded.d9e777239cd32c27
‘Come, step out of that narrow and wretched place.’eac0300bea0a44ab
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He extended a hand 740a01ed92 splattered with blood, whispering eb91167871 tenderly.4f676b6eb1209ca8
In that instant, I had 7dca93cda6 completely forgotten that this was 182e34114b an illusion conjured by the 25e0fac7db power of the dark spirits. Instead, I was c4dd1017e7 thrown back into 4117346b68 the mind of ac53f29511 my younger self, 7ae9f7e55c overwhelmed by terror 4e6ada53cd and a horrible 5b6ed59b69 sense of disgust.319ddb6632399047
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‘G-Grandfather…’de026a56c1f6c434
Desperately, I searched around me 87df339bdb for the one person I 91ceda3ed6 trusted.1417ec956a3a5a28
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‘Where are you?’56a2e6fd960c36b0
But my grandfather was 7a005f7e83 nowhere to be seen 7f007b19fa in the suffocating darkness. Only Roberick and I existed 28d899c6d0 in that desolate void.c3628dfd79fcf20d
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‘…Are you still looking for that man?’05adf9964c65252f
The refined voice, brimming 08ef8fd58f with joy moments ago, 3db3662126 twisted with venomous rage, de002ba774 dripping with malice.e2e3fc943c26df62
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‘Look at me! I am your father!’a63ed66df6d5a9c1
Roberick grabbed both of 88748701b4 my arms roughly, hoisting 950f9c3afe me into the air cbc94aefaf as he roared.162494305c8b9cc0
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“Ugh…”4a99eecf6781f3fb
‘Do you think an old, feeble man can protect you?! You are my daughter, the 4a5f4072ae only child to carry my dca88bb5d5 blood!’9a4bc270324a2940
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He shook me 76f270a594 violently, his disfigured faa1536c17 face spewing decades d2425d4d9a of jealousy and d897316d4d hatred.59fae9005b1487a1
I was utterly terrified 9731c4af85 at that moment.0de9d57e9c83ad50
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‘Everything of Siorn Arkaites Bastevan’s is mine. If I have e023107119 you, that man d28b8f4793 will have nothing 8619b1e478 left!’bf69d7fae4a4f647
The petty inferiority, the f7d7888d8a way he viewed me 7d7042b511 as an object of 57311cdb52 his obsession rather than d920909bb6 a person.85dcc11fdc34c3fa
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‘Grandfather, Grandfather! Where are you? Please help me, please…!’4f0f637b89689618
‘Silence! You foolish child, 8ea99629fe forsaking your father, 54e9d70a27 who cherishes you, 6bc6cac1e3 to seek that de0f305d77 old man?!’1f70aeebdc9dd234
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“Aaah!”213d49a27d12b30d
I screamed, struggling b9c4240930 desperately to escape 0bc66c65f1 his grasp and dc9b8e8fc3 crying out for df36033254 my grandfather.c521e056afa8f131
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Enraged beyond measure, Roberick bellowed b4550f500b furiously and threw me to 4495a90c2a the ground.51490ccf763bcd5e
The pain was 5f230a8cc5 unbearable, as though 5bdd146529 my bones had 90d73c711d shattered.b5c7a3586b63ddab
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“Hic, waaaaah… Grandfather! Grandfatherrr!”f267acf3282fc7d3
Tears streamed uncontrollably 9930921ed5 down my face f1d13639a0 as I crawled 948d222f87 through the oppressive d98c625604 darkness, clawing at 7a6de5499c the void in b01774822c a frantic search d39fcd2898 for my grandfather.07514f6519fd877a
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It was terrifying. The man before 25ef32d0cf me was so 86822df1eb horrifying and repulsive f48ae57f2e that I never 8f8a500c27 wanted to lay e9f944b9c5 eyes on him b8e13eb84c again.68134f78da2f094a
‘Stop this, Edith. Do you think such af53c1d977 petty defiance will allow 29f74f7ae8 you to escape me?’5c6c90676ab3c09e
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‘No, no…’cad0667c8521600a
As I cried so eb1dc81b5f hard my vision blurred, 1f5dcfca28 Roberick’s voice echoed in c909810b3d my ears, sticky and 78f6a4869d suffocating.522c228b575a177f
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‘Even if you take my title, the entire world will still see you as my daughter. History will record your name a05d010719 as such. The only daughter of Roberick a743427396 Arne Hailien! But, despite the 1e73936466 love her father f812318a03 bore for her, 6cb4479935 she betrayed him, 9feacca7f1 turning her back e9308efc6b on his will 8591806dcb and committing the 6d1d612e47 unfilial act of 9bac650338 rejecting him—all to 3ca441d25f restore her disgraced 2f195e6eac maternal family, which d65104b7ff had fallen from 81c650337f grace!’4158a904e06d9fdb
‘No! Grandfather didn’t do anything wrong, de535aadf3 and neither did Mother…!’78f7c863e1a2bfcf
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‘Deny it all you want, as if doing so will change reality!’2a284463a1e777df
This grotesque and 18b6435fe6 terrifying illusion was 7ecef7b102 paradoxically exposing and 1c3abd0bac mocking the fears ee129f9972 I had buried 6527bcc989 deep within me.ba74730f7fbba2e2
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The arbiter of neutrality, who 8742586b6d loved Arkane, maintaining balance with 3ccbf0b2ac absolute authority while restraining all 6b1fb94d8b the spirit kings.149fafd290ab0c8a
Because he hadn’t sided with 2123d29b6f the Spirit King of Wisdom, 9c6e4b347d Mariette had met such a 65620b4065 tragic end.4619af3c65297161
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What miracle could 6fc6e35db2 I possibly achieve, 26f0a4007c when even the 10190a456b great Spirit Kings, 4276ca5b46 who could foresee 42eb25c149 the future, failed 77ca355614 to inflict meaningful 77cb426460 harm upon Arkane…?b651ced0ca5a20fc
“Hic… Waaah!”b4c4a507a027bf39
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In the end, 9f9f7b67eb I broke down, ce61aa9b9e sobbing helplessly like 7cbc4918e1 a powerless child. Everything was unbearably dreadful.22ef345ad8919af4
A living hell, tightly 292ecd7be3 enclosing me on all 2affd6dc6d sides, whispering that it 80bdea31d7 would never let me 71c5986090 go, was mocking me 4592d1a809 all the while.27ee5544c14ff790
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“No, please, stop…”b183e06068912680
“…You’re safe now. Pull yourself together.”2d2e87b27d528584
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For the first time, a bb00630bc7 voice that wasn’t Roberick’s quietly b0166ebee6 reached out to me.af5df46bad37c47f
“…!”87ff82f0d86c9c9a
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I opened my eyes f0770532eb and realized I was 2f591e682a no longer surrounded by c25a7ccbfb a suffocating darkness.0f67231ece15674e
“Ah… Aaaah!”2c8e82589873fd88
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But as soon as I d222a94759 saw the figure of a 3e2248a843 man, close enough for his ee6741230b form to be visible through 4a55d0ddc8 my tear-blurred vision, I screamed 6811e6c5f3 and flailed as if possessed.4823207d3428ef31
“Let me go! I said, let me go!”8d08439d3b15aba5
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The grip on my da0e66b1d8 arms didn’t loosen. It felt as if 8b2345b416 Roberick still held me, e94fb898a2 refusing to let go.c251d0938623f18f
Trapped between illusion 33d63af11f and reality, unable 3470114a0a to fully awaken, 25d57e2f3b I cried and 1f66f053c1 struggled like a 34b8ac435f terrified child, desperately 61a2762364 trying to break 1e79ede2b0 free from his 940eb8b297 grasp.324db9f54c33594e
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Drip, drip…9404592a4b091034
“…!”538e4be983917fa3
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But then, a sound, 3a82906754 an unfamiliar noise intruded d93e6e9699 upon the cacophony of 85dfef29d4 my screams and sobs.db5a37e12e48c5f0
For reasons I couldn’t understand, 4d10f36b33 my mind momentarily cleared. And through my tear-streaked ea1ce86427 eyes, now clearer, I 507f4f9031 looked ahead.478f46255d0b579a
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Finally, I saw him. The man kneeling before 4146a0a8ae me, looking down at dff3482ac4 me.50fa3040abc2e5f4
“Are you feeling calmer now?”68e18daf2649bf2b
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Our gazes met—his white-gray eyes, dae478ccc0 tinged with an inescapable void, 4d2bcc8b7a pierced into mine.1b51743d2ff61bc1
If the night c1d66648b9 were to manifest b498332244 in human form, ee51142386 surely it would 7dbed576c7 look like this.c8cb3871211e3012
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The man, with his black 9931bf8b81 hair resembling the night sky 33cec18bab and pale skin, possessed a 9bafdacafe striking, almost otherworldly appearance that a79633cbc1 instinctively reminded me of someone.9f27375186f81dfa
Yet unlike him—who 3d2c5a01f4 was undoubtedly mesmerizing c0c5829e3f but exuded a 9f82abd034 chilling aura of deb22f7eb6 death—this man…ad3223ce875e6a03
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“Princess.”80f0f8ac67d206b4
His voice was gentle, d5623d1fa8 carrying a faint trace cc50ec2a64 of sorrow, as though 22a5d1fd7d he bore a deep 27f58ac820 and hidden grief.ff9b666bbd7ec640
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“You are…”5f41082fe9562dd4
The man, gazing down at bc6b43f415 me with eyes the color 2f8e1544b3 of ashes from something long 8a2d37bd3f burnt away, was not Roberick.8ec1c310cc1bbfe7
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All that had 17fd94125b terrified me moments f8730e84c5 before had been 7bebe5421e nothing more than 2c8eb9270c an illusion.b493f8bdedc13e96