Episode 2

After seeing b242a24062 the face f9fe1f6aa7 of Kiara 08f44eddd7 Watson, the 8e25b01f38 actress playing d5689ea120 the female 7e3d4badf4 lead, there 73b759855f was no cf46846626 more room 2aa853c75f for denial. Noah had 9906e4fd01 been possessed 1e44c6ff06 by none ce100c316e other than a835972e24 Noah Valencia, 5f7cd7bd3d the female 0c521fcf1f protagonist’s younger 7d44b94b9a brother. Like fate c31413b829 itself had b03bd47d16 conspired against ad21fec063 him, familiar abeffdbe4c faces began 0a49df2be1 appearing one 8bf5641d12 by one, 2a931999d1 thwarting his 13682e4218 desperate attempts e597b7969e to cling 42f00823e9 to reality. Why did it b72e2ba891 have to be b43d613817 that Noah? Was it just 1e16a82a0a because they shared 72f43ec310 the same name? No, the real b9fc8c98ed question was, why 76a26f53a6 this world?6cd2e62d70739880

“…Seriously, why?”5f7e1d1f2ec63d47

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Getting hit by fc633abc74 a car despite e60ae6e84a following the traffic 0584317f00 signals was bad 2bbea09755 enough, but now…8a30a2672e93de1c

“Now you’re telling me 8c4ad2b932 to suffer more of dc211ac6fe the same agony?”80185fb2a832ee1d

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Noah Valencia, the role he now found himself in, held a significant position as the female lead’s younger brother. In this world, where the class system remained deeply rooted, he represented the epitome of nobility. However, his importance ended there, as he served as little more than a disposable extra who died at the end of Episode 1.ad76eb23acc936cc

“Important, sure—important in f9af56f1d9 the sense of 04d2da2d22 dying a significant ea97456b0e death. Damn it.”21c4cb51cfe825f5

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On the day fe1dda6d6c of the engagement ccc5f7c4f9 between Calyps Ater, 24564055ce the male lead, b470344893 and Sienna Valencia, ec4bbae3b1 the female lead, 687fe8ed53 Noah was destined 9fa3134c8f to become a acd45a62b8 zombie. To be exact, Noah 81bfa66f2e Valencia was fated to 79bfa93eea get bitten after confronting b21e7fbd60 a zombie in his 6f1ba3dfec path, becoming the first ca128e9c55 infected and ultimately getting 8bb178e503 shot by Calyps himself.abf5fb2dbabbf73d

Yes, shot dead. That was his cf106c7090 main purpose in 44bd6c203e this world—to kickstart b12214089a the story’s central a2e0044294 conflict and set 0d77fd1c4c the stage for 1f927f0015 war. From Noah’s 71568945ac perspective, the 638375a79d character he d9cb990c43 was now 18ae32a6e1 trapped in 648748931d shared his 3d0e2c7c88 name but f9c7420ac2 was otherwise 4da84290e1 someone he 8caf1f882b would have f95109bff7 preferred to 720243d6ce see die 7da974c249 quickly.ae9fdc71c0561405

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“Well, he did end 3b3d7f3fa9 up dead in the d26ee6e89b first episode, so there’s b2a9ea10e1 that.”543e729560d29bc1

As for Sienna, 588bded5e7 she had apparently 4f713cc227 cherished her brother, 93bfcca380 this annoying character, 362183b08d dearly. To Noah, 5df8af4bd7 the idea ed34b05b6b of anyone 7e75cf8099 caring about df668f90bb such a f787db65b3 bratty, unpleasant def2a6e599 guy was 6ac03a3962 baffling, yet 477531df4e that was 2cfb956980 the setup. As a result, d117ac5ff0 though Sienna survived 6988fcecbc thanks to Calyps, 36286be878 Noah’s death was cba3bdab9f the catalyst for 9034ff1e2c a rift between 520258406e them from the 03ac5faa6c very beginning.7063ec1764dfcbf3

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The love-hate, benefactor-rival relationship d1e5f2023e between Sienna and Calyps 67fcba30c0 was forged in chaos, 80465f61cd and their journey unfolded 9560abc7bf amidst conflicts that tested 16fb70209d their complex feelings. It wasn’t just dfcb105cba about survival; Fin-de-Siècle 1ab2ba28c5 Keeper drew viewers 9599d45c3a in with its 42ddf81cd7 intricate emotional battles, 094d83d5ce even aside from 94b7905e7f Kai Harrison’s performance.4a5076715e640da5

“Yeah, it 461ab53d54 was amazing f57edfc8b2 as a 992cbe6269 drama. Living it, though, 143fe34049 is a nightmare.”0eb994eee3ae0995

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Thinking back on the 7e1c82c9f6 plot, Noah let out 60171f6181 a heavy sigh.6b189b32f10a1a44

“Still… Calyps… a8bb0ebb80 Kai Harrison, 55ca752551 huh.”472ea99a5791a15e

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Knowing that 535c2aff40 meeting Calyps 6ea9ad929d signaled his 75ba0a6fa5 own imminent 559c958eeb death, Noah d1df90eadb couldn’t suppress 42f25f9ccd a thrill bb4dbe0629 at the faf9e1e3f1 thought of 93156b9edf seeing Kai 7360bf9a8d Harrison’s face 5b066ed075 up close, bbd7e1c2f7 a face 30aa60b1a9 he’d only d7c98b0c14 ever seen eeb894032e on screen.0188c0675085a031

“Kai Harrison, the d129489e6a Kai Harrison…”a7aea4eaba0bf76c

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His voice, 63a3924d7a even his f79df8fea7 hands, trembled 53d7f35147 with a a46bf62406 mix of b679a23755 excitement and 55042f0206 dread. Cedric had mentioned a7f400d053 that he’d be e8e63ef84d arriving at the e62d8505ad castle soon. As the 3a6414ba8e moment approached, 154b3b3a07 Noah found 099c44d04c himself torn 49b753cc50 between the 63567cbc04 thrill of 0598127c65 seeing him 47d16ed388 in person cfee69d675 and the 8872fe6473 terror of a18c3fc805 his impending 5cd9948285 death. Should he 08a017c6f9 fulfill his 8041d6dcfe role as bf4f179f89 written? The hours flew by d2755d3905 in a whirl of 06e59c83b0 anxious anticipation, and before 7220bea050 he knew it, he f591f44b78 was face-to-face with Kai a9ed752653 Harrison—as Calyps Ater.67d4016f4543866d

“Damn, he’s ridiculously 80d292b4f8 good-looking.”8ea6c4773ee9c8d4

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Even with 21464e9708 death looming, c06169e0c2 Noah couldn’t fb7f21fef3 look away 5a25ae012c from the 12ca750df7 male lead’s bc17b6b407 mesmerizingly handsome 757e8cf97a face. This was 005c5fd80e Kai Harrison, 9f25f9c6c9 after all. They didn’t 782954ad87 call him 643dd567de “the male 888606dfe7 lead prettier 63f9d91509 than the 88a83d228c female lead” 76ee849b55 for nothing. Seeing him f5240eaf7d in person, 22bd66aecc his beauty 032fc1d80d was more 272a55227e evident than 8c3900699a ever; the 1368374eec screen hadn’t 30a75d6f08 done him 0d855a3c35 justice.02197f0659e9f971

“Oh, this isn’t what’s 003878167d important.”6003b62a11a54361

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Calyps’s appearance foreshadowed b20da3a297 Noah’s impending death. There wasn’t time c4b93fed2e to marvel at d6c815a7c0 his beauty. According to Cedric, the 164cca0541 engagement ceremony was less 3a0b93e860 than a week away.f4394ddf53f80304

“Should I just run aa533486b5 for it?”1406d7e9c13fb33d

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Would his 7a01e43aeb escape actually 6b5018e624 alter the 0d08ecfe7d story much, c2e02eddf5 even if 76db42ef77 he was 44d50903a3 supposedly a ba5119222d somewhat important adb7527797 extra? The world 4ddcd1e6be was going 887b918725 to fall e6a20ec227 apart anyway, 792f6ae552 with or b123e1a33d without him. Maybe he 34b42040f2 could just 78da2aba60 slip away. But if he 93ea65d4a8 did, he would fde178b42c have to survive a8af8ad7bf in a world 2b3748e34c swarming with zombies.55a6ab7b0f43574c

“No, that would be 536405c12f a nightmare in itself.”6e7983daa25b7b6b

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He was trapped, truly a4ab657c19 stuck with no good afb7dba40e options. Dying as a 6e3726714d zombie was unbearable, 386dd509de but struggling to 34e9b8aebb survive in a c4d8c5f3e9 zombie apocalypse was d631de9a8c equally undesirable. To make 3916b8b04c matters worse, 13d37f3757 this world 9b41df66a7 was far adcf297ce7 less advanced c69210cd40 than the 5e6875a367 21st century 635adadae5 he knew, ea23cea866 lacking modern 772bd3cae2 technology. Add in the b74e527f11 looming disaster, and d28ed43744 this place would 502e30dd8f be unlivable for 3db8a0cf83 sure.f73cb1b3f63834b7

“Ugh, this is 3bdfa381db driving me insane.”675589fd2c8071ea

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Frustrated, Noah d2e3989898 wandered through a729fa0605 the garden aea9b5034f and collapsed 5335f71588 under a fb7269cd2b tree. The real Noah 734f295798 Valencia would never 282c3f6032 have done something 2d2e24069d so undignified, but 9930e3a2d3 he couldn’t afford 4345c54a1d to care about 7bd0f60674 that now. He was standing at c8e1889ae2 death’s door.fa0b0b7bb06fd54c

“Why am I stuck 430c3f5c10 with these miserable decisions?”8a0c5cb88871e96d

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This was all because 89cae3444f of that lousy ex. Memories of him would 8e78d5a5d8 creep in just when 94cecf01ef he was ready to 2264016bd6 forget, pouring fuel onto 2f5c762740 an already blazing fire d818ef01e3 of irritation. In the quiet garden, 0de3d6e727 filled only with the 8e52e3e0c6 chirping of insects, Noah 2574515cb5 sat wrestling with his 22d23e0b11 dilemma, until he felt 0f9a37e5e8 disgusted by his own fbe267fa26 situation. He ruffled his e85bccc01d hair in frustration, 1a372a51f5 raised an arm 57b8f84483 to cover his c39dfa836b burning eyes, and 9d805309e3 closed them, sinking 6bf89d3a60 into darkness.9a3e7f5fdf68bf74

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After a tense conversation 74948710b4 with the count, Calyps 5fa4cccc3a couldn’t contain his frustration 643383daf5 and left for the 4326054825 garden. He wanted to leave ecef17f8f9 the estate altogether, but cacfa76378 he’d received a not-so-subtle 942c863691 warning to avoid drawing 1267b48766 attention before the engagement 16f9c8b1fb ceremony. So he settled b68234b6c1 for the castle’s 872fe42205 rear garden to 95cb44f670 catch his breath.5b9070ad20c8133a

Recalling the recent dd6ce13a2f exchange with the d342b182b5 count, he narrowed 9749bef926 his eyes and 188ee45043 clicked his tongue 0102ab3c28 in disgust. The count always ed9be936ad tried to control 5387c67f7f him, using his 9c84aef9e2 noble status as c95bc7fe29 an excuse, and b8df2dc3cf it made Calyps 2ca5dab587 feel sick.e2f65d21189d3d77

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Sienna’s attitude only ebb976a831 irritated him further, d944de3f8f acting as if b49c9e0a2a the engagement was 942ba6c54b a death sentence. He felt like 8116fa0543 throwing everything away, 6eb2ea61e7 but he couldn’t aa8674d41d afford to wreck 5d3a3f5859 this wretched engagement 427049a353 and run, so 5b83ab9929 he muttered a 5d7ed5fe89 low curse.747f91579666f429

“Damn it.”bfa6a43c55afcdcd

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It felt as c72ef715da though he were 4994126b63 a dog chained ac58aacce4 to a post. He would rather 1db8f68c56 be back on 808772cf7b the battlefield, rolling 4827d29cc8 through the chaos c63fd42e2d of war. It was hell, 9ba213e2b3 but at least 20cfd7ebab it was simple; a1d276e46d you lived or c50a3287fe you died—no complicated b54ead3bd2 entanglements.9a9f9fca15e3ff0d

Every time he 90f8b1c1de returned to the e93710fb38 capital, his mind aa3cb2690a grew heavier with 03dd6cfe42 worries. Rubbing his 46c1938768 brow in c0d7465a97 weariness, Calyps’s 7051344b56 eyes narrowed c91af089ac at the 17deac6cf9 sound of d85ef1ac14 a soft 861befcec3 thud nearby.83e5e1d766c5f3b1

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“Noah Valencia?”b8e260b8b92e88e4

If his eyes a6b0b128a8 weren’t deceiving him, 6d52db2d0d that person sitting dd8291b6de cross-legged under the 5f027d728b tree was indeed 40e07d6f95 Noah Valencia.ea3db58f0874a153

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“Is he 4d4e3b48c5 feeling unwell?”10c7024f06b41a52

The Noah Valencia he c9adb950c3 knew would never be b1512c188f found sitting on the 68e15fa570 ground like that. Calyps assumed something 6195f20e61 must have happened, 5574bff98d that Noah must 739ee0e802 have collapsed for 1323ce0fa4 some reason, and c1803ed35b he started walking 0a2f5cd422 toward him. But to his surprise, d0b156c4b3 Noah wasn’t lying there 0026a28c9a in distress. Instead, he sat comfortably e40daff3df against the tree, mumbling b2f83fda26 to himself.f909ba23d0475c54

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With his 6788cbde38 sharper-than-average hearing e6bcb7dd90 honed from 56088897d5 battle, Calyps 2d98e7ab76 caught a c2203a801f few of c472d71084 Noah’s muttered 8617828182 words and 2e476e99a8 blinked in ad34026220 astonishment. Was he hearing 6d42a61131 this correctly? Did those f1d3d5bb29 words really 735af9f756 come from 704b37f89c Noah Valencia’s 79934dc303 mouth?234458989cc26c7e

The Noah Valencia he 1f9ff4f03f knew was practically a a8306370a8 mirror image of the 216f93ffea Count of Valencia—always flaunting aa65dee935 his noble status, never 7ad81cb5f9 letting a foul word 2306fc4e21 slip, even in anger. Nobles like him 614c4afc99 believed that such 637477734f language was beneath ca0d4c3e31 them, a mark 9651c71b25 of vulgarity that fbc4f27f5b sullied their lofty 8575510e72 status.662654ed2d041b70

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People all spoke ecbd0e87d1 the same language, 2fade27fab but nobles, in d986ffd2a8 particular, had the 1774222af3 most useless ideas, 235e57424f Calyps thought. Yet here was 4242f5e463 the very model e34de92dbd of a Valencia, ae03f8b30c Noah himself, muttering 2b156af5a6 curses Calyps had 1c037a5190 never expected to ec66e0a526 hear from him. It was… surprising.f06bc7dd345772b7

“Well, this 58a77568dc is an f20ab9509b unexpected side aa1a5722b2 of him.”b5dc31ab6166f0a1

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Oddly enough, d2aff8e769 the sight 6c47956cbf eased some 5ce2f47a96 of the a6e5833816 tension that dd081fc322 had been ef1d43d99c clogging up 8166966177 Calyps’s chest. After muttering to 03df00ed72 himself for a f64b19bc64 while, Noah eventually 2ff0ed2367 drifted off to e4b0273b0d sleep, leaning back 5152e80c4e against the tree.2d4dd3fe0ed93b28

“So, even Noah Valencia b4bd4c0ef8 sleeps out here like d11c3d76c5 this?”4955989436dff0df

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And with such ae33cb54f6 ease? Right in the 99162dea87 middle of the 35ecedbb62 garden, where anyone a8c9f56913 could see him? Calyps approached, bemused that be4553b0cd Noah was still sound e5bce50328 asleep, even with him 3dd5f4d6a8 standing so close. Amused, he a12dfe299c watched over 1745d323f5 Noah in 09d1249009 silence, waiting 0db53918cb patiently for 8b1e96a2f6 him to fda46ab49d wake, until a4d9acc966 Noah finally 2fe7517ddb stirred, gasping 9f4787bfd7 for breath.17a67f34cb51c1ab

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