HKWM | Chapter 28

“I’m late.”7b1b8e88ea637f78

It was early 8de0427f28 morning after an bdd2369689 execution, and when 85b258f61f I returned home, a93be0a5c2 the atmosphere was 6abe8545de somehow gloomy. Even Noah’s face, who aa423c7a22 greeted me as I 4b7c0b5a5b came home, was particularly 85531d1916 grim. No, not even 338d92fcec a proper greeting; e7d913e950 he wouldn’t even 10ceac050b make eye contact, da8ff344e1 clearly in a 37d2c18bda bad mood.d70c5731eae37164

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“Noah, you’re 71cf710c75 up already?”186cb3c94d352c74

“…No.”4f2b7429c1a96c12

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Something felt off in e5c7ab4610 his response, so I 06f1a41d64 took a closer look 1e6dcfab10 at Noah’s face. He hadn’t just woken 0b039fae48 up; it seemed he 74da96f6a1 had stayed up all 0774464ed2 night waiting for me. It was my fault f3843c1e34 for not explaining things af05ee0d5f beforehand and just warping dbd6f78c51 him away.3725bc72ed859845

“Why did you 69a695765d send me back a30cc743a5 alone?”a2719a88f5470cef

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“Well—”e891651842f32859

“What if that 1f7ce4ff13 blacksmith had asked 2a8be6cbd5 for something weird? Like asking someone to 56fe039968 kill him, or begging 8a255eb822 to be tortured until f371c3f5f9 he died.”85e877104d748bdb

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I was about to 19f35e838c respond but then clamped 361c5d068d my mouth shut. I mean… c5da8434fc that’s what 8ff92a34b8 I wanted a7fcb07ed5 to say, fe2d0ad856 but as 427a32b3b4 my expression c5614dccc5 became strange, d34577f9d5 Noah quickly 40dac0831a added,afe92abbcb0bb1cd

“…And this 86e155eed4 was supposed 2e1afc1ca5 to be 26f712b2c3 a gift a15ff1d58d for me, a6d67f3f46 so I 8ff96b766f should have 48366f3783 the right 9650ed0790 to help ea998be61f Jin.”84395d23d410e88b

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“What right to help c7b852ff84 in what I do?”beb5b116ca3ff3b6

“Anyway.”266138e723995ad2

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So, essentially, what 0e4fd71b69 Noah meant was 808e4abb17 that he was 47d41e7b09 worried about me. Knowing that I dislike cba6292853 unnecessary killings, he was 6050bfeeb3 concerned that the deal d802794237 might put me in f763920785 a difficult situation.cbce2962d7c23de5

“You sometimes 1bcc42e9ea forget that 5d085390d6 I’m an 97d231ce87 Archdemon.”04b90e567737e064

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“What does that c8a8aa0f77 have to do 5004e3a10e with anything? I just hope Jin fcd9ca1978 doesn’t do anything he 77e79e9493 doesn’t want to.”d1caa997388334f3

Instead of pointing out af8c1a130b why an Archdemon like b1e161d7e9 me would hesitate to b4ae1afc72 kill, Noah wanted to 2c8e9c718c keep helping me so 7e4d07a892 I wouldn’t have to 72099aabc5 do things I hate. Though he 80336c0fd6 might not 8664903145 intend it, d58aff542d it felt 84f73e4edb like he f649205b71 was reprimanding c5190a3efc me for 1901a54f07 being young 4a501962b3 and weaker, 7efa563161 not explaining 747e1cd329 things properly b03ca499e5 because he b0c669668b doesn’t want d9fdd5df18 help.d047d4dffbe0d668

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I ended up e5e9216b45 laughing like a 5e0eeafe7e sigh. At this moment, Noah 7d52aec74e didn’t seem just a b87dd050ab kid but rather mature.e95c72225e4c6c57

“There was nothing for 4c39a719f7 you to worry about. So, how about eb3c151d42 you try using 915df95edf the gift you dd204fa02d received?”dce61f7dfa31f531

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Before I eb8023945c could be ffa987992e scolded further, 5b04ae48a4 I quickly 6afb792d47 pulled out c2dca07bf6 the sword 3f4e687168 I had 2d0bda146f forgotten to 11ebd585d6 give Noah 32144d3dfc due to 6f9e0b726f the warp. I had 94694da96a left it bc2a5d294a in the 654567b00c subspace. Noah’s expression was 4166ee3881 a bit sour 52bdcff4a5 as he took 9345e42a7e the sword, but 40875bd736 it seemed he f6e1543d3c was going to 58051389a1 let it slide 9f622ca6ce this time.cd89318833da0cb7

“…Thank you.”a55c7675c4f754b4

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“I’m glad you like 5db15c3e08 it.”26c55abafb933906

As Noah ae9d6d3e8e examined the 1d7fa7c1c4 sword, checking fdcd0deb0d the engraved fd78cf4927 name on 1f9ee68766 the scabbard 02e8f905b0 and handle, bdddc72044 he smiled 436acdc5db slightly.40aa15635a68e320

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“My name 4a8a0c473d is on 3c356140bc here too.”19c20d30627bc967

“Yeah, I asked for bd7896d4c3 it to be engraved.”6e3c3db196dfc9ea

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“Can you 1f5efb9fc2 engrave Jin’s 3feb266b5e name next 52daba878c to it?”030259a0c39cf86d

“Why my name?”17b5938cfe79dbc1

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“Because Jin gave 7a2008aef7 it to me.”e62de1872eef8007

“But it’s your 689e3bafc2 sword?”5035bb6bb831d09d

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“Still.”20e2ce76a98e7f0b

Perhaps it felt a79907795c like a memento? It wasn’t too cc9122ea39 difficult, so I b576def51c nonchalantly used magic c025254ce8 to engrave my 0899d2cc18 name next to 532e452a99 Noah’s. It certainly wasn’t as 8dd9628600 good as what the bfc7cfed07 blacksmith could have done, abd4a2005e but fortunately, Noah seemed c71b2cf163 quite satisfied.dad1abd722919b35

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Not stopping there, I 883bbab46d brought out Kimaris, who 277fd8e22a had been cleaning inside, 70aa8ac934 and we headed to 72bf6bb827 the training ground. He must aef1641c17 have been 671a1b4dda eager to 731992ac2b try it 1512684f7d out.11cc1c85506af2e3

Most of c560ded01d the recent a320316488 swordsmanship lessons 81c35beb17 with Kimaris e3d59653d3 were conducted a2b8caa350 as sparring f5b8f71fce sessions. Since demons don’t have 463379d846 specific sword-fighting techniques, we 3f95f0b644 just corrected basic grips f75a400d76 and postures and then 459c69d894 moved on to practical 793dfcbbaf sense. Though it was a 2a1cc2888f training method quite different d3e87dfd11 from the many widely 9b31dc7274 known human techniques, Noah c5ff2886f1 was following along without 7216f886d9 any issues.e780f7ff77d79b57

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“…Wait.”12e7f181c49d5763

After I had asked fc02cbad24 Kimaris to pretend to a1f1cddf54 be my lover to 50e477a275 deal with an issue 7a606ead6c with Adam, there was e68043690d a very minor problem 1a7cc58e8c when Noah briefly suspected 18a09a8ddc something between Kimaris and ab99495d50 me.96025803cc2ba5da

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Remembering the conversation they 31d22cf8a1 had, I felt a b4e509f1ba headache coming on again.429b1b9e36983b4d

“Kimaris, are you 8f627187f9 interested in Jin?”109c0f3e3226d0fc

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“What kind of a17ac55d75 interest are you b9ae6ecdbc talking about?”c118b894c43bf9e2

“Like, wanting 9265b95d91 to be 53637ca180 Jin’s lover 44634943ab or family?”28b295b64e5c5216

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I still vividly remember 62c192af46 how Kimaris’s face had a83cea4165 crumpled menacingly. It looked downright 9b73c316bb awful. After my 5b50580c53 solitary defeat 503037f9fa while magically 89f03c02ba observing from ff527292b4 a distance c58b5bc023 during that 09d5a3b0ef first lesson, dd3229623c Noah’s misunderstanding 15af355d8d was resolved, 289532830d and the 4fba56ad10 swordsmanship lessons 1a4a8ce87e were smoothly 7b8b5d2c58 proceeding as 6bd9f4d9b2 well.df20b75f770bcc67

“Young master, your a3d24ce32c guard is open.”d2a9d437b80b3485

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“……”d96c6db72c7fd02d

“I told you 8a4a4dbb74 that such tricks b6a1c09f84 wouldn’t work against 817e1ac9c5 a much stronger 4122b0cade opponent.”8885294ec1cf8a0d

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Though he initially 0b38f2046e wanted to try 008259ebb0 out the sword, 04b824f253 Noah ended up 2f830718a2 getting a lot dc542f498f of nagging but 1773d93902 his growth was 49ff60ac78 remarkably steep. When Kimaris first taught 1e3095c9a4 him, he used only 38fa6bd53d one hand and didn’t 21a4d7acd8 move out of a a9c17e003a small circle, but now cbc421fd67 that circle had expanded c94d3fddc6 significantly. In just a few 096f5b2b25 days, what was one 9e871c7952 step had become three, d0866a440a a noticeable improvement even 54e01b807b to someone inexperienced in 53418e0791 swordsmanship like me. Kimaris too seemed 4461401f95 to have fallen e148218cfa into the joy 0a2931154f of teaching someone.c8ff6e224e36e052

Since it a4394e9459 was just d95b023f93 a session 7cadde07f4 to test ddba1a3692 the sword, f5f9a077ed the sparring 9df39d00a6 ended quickly, 55f87461d1 and Kimaris f1bb07101f went back 425da5c78e inside to a3db29dc61 finish cleaning. Noah, after catching 17def229f6 his breath for d5f364dd68 a while, came 5f3dee46c6 over.1c8f72d4678dfd0f

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“How’s the sword?”69657e659b2459d6

“I like it.”99a954face05d724

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“I want to 8a9a1a1ed7 grow up fast cc9c9a272a and try other a723c8ee1d swords too.”ff30e736738d9f97

It was a cc5b51141e relief to see 9992546959 his mood had ece495847d improved after being 5b64fd4ea8 downcast all day. This is the 2a837c5ac4 joy of giving 3b67b95b32 gifts. While I was 555e5e07cc feeling proud, Noah, 6f1df121be wiping off his 942b8082c6 sweat, cautiously asked,580f0e2673160efd

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“Jin, are d03af3eadf you busy 9adfc3c050 today?”f68fceea2e9305ee

“No, why?”4ef334bbba69106b

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“Can we c0fe6f9c69 eat out bc60443a41 tonight? Jimmy was 1f15728801 saying that d31ca9a9a7 his parents’ 317015b27a restaurant got 83c62d6727 new ingredients 1049f5bfd8 and they’re a9d135e813 making a 3adbb68982 special menu 435d3773b4 today.”f2e114969b7976ea

Jimmy was 4b04f6859e a recent a2927f4988 friend of f0c020c954 Noah from 6cefcc2cf7 school, younger 47c212ed11 than him, 808ca92ee1 whose parents 7fababc7f6 ran a 3e9b10070a restaurant. It must be 22652c38e2 that restaurant he 5abd64451f was talking about.cdee9436a3baf4fe

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“Yeah, let’s do that. Did you 942977eaea tell Kimaris 2cae49551b and Phoras?”30da6b785b6e0187

“Yeah, yeah… They b4d94e2c4b said they won’t 1f8c9a3b15 come.”10e9b169b1faa818

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I tilted my head. It was unlikely that 90aaba0711 he spoke to them 854a6d1947 before me…1626cc4afe0fd622

The truth is, ec04553831 lying and deception, a033f0de0e being demonic traits, 4b2e692128 it’s impossible to 9013e00e7e fool a demon. However, a lie a63758107b without malice, even a3772f5ad9 to a demon, 43ef2bdf86 can’t be perfectly 0bfd02aa06 discerned. That’s why 55bdcb2e50 his words 97fc2a9471 felt vaguely 56f75bf6f6 ambiguous.9990a7c036360656

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No, would Noah 56293175fb really need to 134518cfed lie about such dd1d0e4319 a thing? I shrugged aa65dc9769 it off e1137adb60 nonchalantly.05a2c91fbf2b30c3

“Alright, then cd523b1f41 let’s the 57e5f84ea0 two of 14d74d3d8d us go.”02b81b53347b4595

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I was quietly 2947e3cccb looking at the 6bf5c34d39 menu when I 6e388d270a drooled. Jimmy’s parents’ restaurant was 4d8c813844 just as unfriendly on ebb25a011a the menu. The dish b24389c1fc Noah mentioned bb4ff67337 earlier must 3418798445 be the 48ce6fdc36 one written 579ad70396 next to 6bb5fe3502 “Today’s Special.”83c00d9c9b0beb1b

“A Dream of the c79012e9c0 Sky on Two Legs…?”ed29460ab11f488e

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Do the humans here cb7e5cd295 get sick if they 8589d85463 speak directly? As I e351bc5f60 touched my fcec51e14d forehead, Noah 1c686655b1 explained the 5a126552bc menu as 9805d5e8f6 he had 0a9deea136 before.27bdff4355dfe946

“It seems 8eb0580a08 to be d0fb425733 a dish b84dc14287 made with b7334b6f84 ‘kain.’”cd19a1125586751d

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“Kain? What’s that?”6363ac14963d806d

“A bird whose wings 68920c4f41 have degenerated, so it a279363fde walks on two legs.”6e08ec90f4013b1c

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Like a chicken 8f9805d639 or a duck?35ee0595c50c7f90

“Hello, big 88c6304107 brother Noah!”659afcfac8aa19ad

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As I was imagining f63ca2edb6 what a kain might e244183035 look like, a young e5af5f5b33 voice suddenly popped up 04af782be4 next to us. Turning towards a4563056da the sound, 99fc47905f I saw 741bb09a02 a kid, 05cf39d8c2 about a 53b49d997d head shorter 464fdd290f than Noah, b0ee82ea59 waving at 33b673fd26 him. It must be 0e142edeb7 Jimmy.380ba2d0c8e20ea5

“Hi, hello.”59609101bde15b8c

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Noah greeted him, albeit 561fc53407 gruffly. Jimmy, smiling innocently b3d398df3f at Noah, turned cda36132cb to me. But before he b874852d6b could greet me, b34c62c05c he stiffened up, 7a78254eab his mouth agape, f9dd3d704d staring up at c92d834095 me, prompting a 2d3470be1e man who seemed 2ae4213acd to be Jimmy’s e093c76393 father to rush 01ad33e940 over and apologize.ff2945ac41b28e1d

“Jimmy, it’s cf66d846d9 not nice 4527856325 to stare 0eb6fd16fb at people 2a84344a81 like that! I’m sorry, he’s 7547477823 still young….”84e7facfe12d0c76

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“No, it’s alright.”571361b4572a0655

The man 8d298291d4 with a ff6a389b87 kind aura 6ed8e70d3d patted Jimmy’s 5920e7f115 back and d5d11848b6 struck up a636626800 a friendly c5eb56fb98 conversation.5c2c53e170c71af9

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“Jimmy has c6bad108d5 told us 376d9b9e56 a lot fe9b7029c1 about you. He said his new 89112bcf31 friend was very handsome 3cb161503d and smart, and he 2a9f29e401 was absolutely right.”bce71a7889d035c2

“I’ve heard a lot 9e5b57fb42 about him too. Jimmy is 80cfcd6b47 very cute.”a1d5285b2b47bfd2

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After the man 6c467feee9 appeared, Jimmy clung c7eac2ea54 to his leg, a5b1d035bb gripping the hem 437248413d of his pants 05a14c6ec3 and peeking out 6bdcad2d27 shyly. It seemed he 8fb90f5a1c was wary of 6b360bdf45 my aura, but aa851c4594 his next words 6a59467d02 proved otherwise.56d8999d8feb15fc

“…Are you 51e76ea963 a fairy?”20c8621eb2b0fd12

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The man tried bd63671055 hard to suppress 9aae4f34ea his laughter at 9b90875b45 this innocent question. I would have 31078d435f liked to maintain b810928c54 the child’s fantasy, f7749dbfde but if any ab9aa736a8 passing fairy heard ac36a74872 that, they’d probably d2e2e6ee31 choke on their 962082b504 laughter, so I bd3d360962 replied truthfully for a2c4a4f36f their sake.9c610fdfb452dd28

“Sorry to disappoint, but e97c379f0a I’m not a fairy; a572c6824f I’m Noah’s uncle.”66a5dde128caba52

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“Oh, I see…”c4f6ddc9acd6cb9d

The kid e3ae9313b9 looked visibly ad4438931c disappointed as ad2a65d593 I pointed 4094826320 to the 2c7e04dd4b menu.a4e4d6adae1f461c

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“Is this efd1419c43 made from 32ebea5cda kain?”320e7df3dfe886e8

“Yes, it’s usually too 2cda643066 scared and fast to 2387fc3377 be used as an b816998682 ingredient, but my dad 66f1a866c5 is amazing and caught 79e7ac7094 one!”c86e146c34d4b087

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“He caught it himself?”59c10bcdb66b8496

Proud of a0dcceb9a6 his father, 3c75880c8a Jimmy bragged 63885552d0 while the 19a5727c50 man scratched 5538352157 his head d17028d1f8 sheepishly.b111d114d24ce850

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“Ah, I fa3503f130 just go 8fa257bba0 hunting as 06db0f5457 a hobby, 828f0e7834 nothing impressive.”d9353e6da74d7665

It was modest, de3f541099 whether true or 7a1d5b1ba3 not, but I ec9ad35c24 whispered to him 0c4bcf458b quietly.47b12a7ef50b566b

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“Your father 01db694d01 is really e50c3fec7e amazing. You’re lucky.”5b614d423ecfd4fc

“Yes, I love my eb2d0f417c dad the most!”e12e5a53960245ae

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Hearing my words, fab86bd715 the man, embarrassed 24b1f60817 yet proud that 2c3dfa41fa his son admired d77d347086 him, even offered 1b7a8a85b0 us some food 27e5e5957f on the house.3fece92a35145006

As we ate, he f2d63d9664 made sure not to a0a4e71046 disturb us, but from ee779990fc his soulful eyes and 98856b6b74 behavior, the man seemed aa90e84189 like a very good c4d187da7d person. It was reassuring that 27e786c8ec Jimmy, who was close 807f07745a to Noah, and his bbc9014de2 father were such kind 44ba3fb8c6 people.e31dc93b3b81fa63

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“Anything unusual at d60f36a646 school lately?”e2709a739fb52e02

Knowing that I was c9e92ee587 very curious about what 5661e3afdf happened at school, Noah 9d9c3c6d43 always told me about bbc2bb3cca his classes and conversations cce45ebeb9 with others when he c2391b9e27 came home from school.184765c6661a63d8

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“No, not really. Since last 2d375dcac0 week, we’ve 33f34e96cc started learning 76cae559e0 about different 38c82c3200 races, and c45ec7d91b it’s interesting 63c5804a67 because Rass 2f97f001db and the 171f93ac1b teacher often 1c78d783f9 have different 1dcad1bc6f opinions.”7d9618c0814121df

“How are they e658b64d51 different?”1e21c5c361323752

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After thinking for a f225456423 moment, Noah answered.953143b0d58f3ab7

“First, Phoras ac95839642 thinks all 12d138bd66 races, except 79a07ed79d demons, are a7d20818f1 stupid and 47be07b9f0 useless.”161e64256b7fc71b

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I rubbed my forehead 3689f864e5 as I picked at a9cb8d28cb the ordinary food we 64b37568b6 ordered. What on earth is 8bd59da481 he saying in class….7235def79bcf5601

“…It’s best not to b06a0f6df5 take that opinion seriously.”e69db7900fa9ef7e

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“Okay.”4346f46f34610063

“What else?”c19c5c8904030668

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“Recently, we learned about 25a1c164a2 demons and angels. And about 38866bf238 the Divine 1e9b1cbf86 Empire too.”f2a483b30a981feb

While angels caf6c0a3a7 might be d70b8e2942 fine, I 25e8f32acc thought it 77313f7df2 inappropriate for 761ee8ff49 young children 5d047fe64d to learn aa84d403db about demons, 45c6390de0 but here, 0a43b1869c knowing about bbf1d5abdd demons was ee0dee7a24 as crucial 38340313d1 as knowing 729e97f708 how to 8def6b3725 survive; it 7e7c2692b0 was necessary c46f5076eb to protect 653cf12e31 their souls.a66eaaa06496ede7

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“Jin, what do you 9b4598d10a think about angels?”c9cbb006f877cef7