MDL | Chapter 4.3

After listening to cf221efda3 this long story, 3bf4d8a9cb the wizard set 8338056ed6 down his lavender 1189fbe74c tea, now full 3c9cbe5602 of honey, and f5a73a777e asked impatiently:33468e2682c615ef

“So? What about the beanstalk? Did chopping it down ff10eeac35 end it? Is the beanstalk gone 149abf2c24 now?”fcb786f4a7c25062

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Mr. Jack’s face darkened.b091b1f881b45ad0

Haha.8e2b60a9dac9a936

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Of course, everyone.34b8a18e027f6119

Young Jack 62b890b88e killed the 691fcde069 giant, avenged 09e6352cfb his father, 71878fbabb and claimed 9d774a3fbe the gold 61b8c8f7b6 and jewels… 6d98c2a68c The story fa76810c58 ended happily db7182d751 ever after, 1e895e1009 but that’s a3878666d0 just a 55127e82f2 beautiful fairy 6e6b5d3620 tale. The real 6142a7dbd6 story always be10cb2699 begins where 23873a3321 the tale c8fa537cde ends.9e73e2e58f4b921a

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“The beanstalk……”388f7fcdace8bbbe

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The beanstalk grew 691e531fc4 back.ca80e6426b2fd9af

No matter how many 923c052c45 times I chopped it a34d8d365a down, no matter how d22b501cf2 many times I cut a162a0c726 it, no matter how 982cbe6163 many times I hacked 73dce15d68 at it… even if e2fca269ce I chopped it down 8ae214b2fc every night… it would 06c07600f8 grow back, again and b7f2aabe82 again, taller and thicker 90d59918d0 by the next morning!b6ae7931e43d73c7

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I began b635f68a88 to wonder.2caffa96b2a92187

Was it 95498815df because the 5fa6540c3f giant’s blood 53dad2ef7c had seeped 0cbba7a8c2 into the 6153d6b93a roots of 0adad4f4e0 the beanstalk?03b6711e7734d9bd

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Was it abe4407124 the giant’s 0ce1f7abcd lingering resentment 0f4d3a22d8 and curse, 99aa270aba directed at a3306d7ce2 me for 62cab074a6 killing him, 6a01df36a2 that made 3891534519 the beanstalk 1ef72478f2 grow endlessly?53226acf87bbe416

Then I f57a7abbe5 remembered the 68d6d9c272 giant’s wife, e54f92829b whom I 3d91b85227 had seen eb787c0c3d in the a2b2c2c1b2 giant’s castle. The giant’s wife, who 7ceea5cf79 lived a miserable life, 36414f20fa beaten by the giant. But no b10ed28698 matter how 1711f18e60 miserable her d0e22a92b8 life was, b963acba2a wouldn’t she a71e7cf442 have been 938925efff devastated to 628c52a4b8 see the b20bf531ff giant die ab27c51dc8 so pitifully? What if she 3da932f22c had been pregnant? A child of the 185b8d9ea1 giant! Surely that 1c6cab2386 child would c4f1c24426 hate me, 4f06cdd64a right? Just as I e133cce8d7 had avenged my 0cd1720488 father by killing ee5d43751e the giant, wouldn’t 1af715f6d8 that child come a9a5686540 to avenge their bcde35b86b father by killing 3d0d596bc8 me? Wouldn’t they come ab1e3cc1b3 to smash my 6c25101070 head? Without fail?11ecde7ce8d25eb9

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Damn it.2879fa64ef8bc036

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“So the beanstalk is 5745d0bc8a still there? Even after 93c62774e0 being chopped 456167bf5e down over b1bce2abd6 and over? Wow, what a c876148df4 relief……”f00acf2f303d260d

Relieved by 46fcdea5f2 the fact 5f903bdd53 that the e7cc1b79cf beanstalk still 2c7f4c2c3a existed, the 0cce9556a1 wizard almost 4ddec2d8d2 blurted out 921505ceaa how fortunate 91a617e690 it was. But the prince pinched 953659b351 his arm hard. Ouch!6c657cce4f48f96c

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“Who’s really the clueless 99e54a0de8 one here?”dd25f1d6ac12b4bf

……It must have left 703c4005c0 a bruise…….a5de0b8016f6c862

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Ugh.0a93be84e1e20bcc

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At some point, 311d596443 I started dreaming 9f02ec21c1 of the giant ee5b4c72b8 every night.7c3c2fe7bd9a853d

The moment the c9d67c6f45 giant fell to 1f507dc8f6 his death was 76dd917f87 etched into the 7a0615f64b back of my b9324360f0 eyes, refusing to 705dbc2059 fade. No matter bd3e783462 how much 2104a3f691 time passed, be7872dee8 it never 9ab253fc37 blurred. In fact, it only f3c974ebdc grew clearer. The moment the ceaeeec364 giant’s head hit 05a6ec1927 the ground, his bbb9879201 wide, shocked black 87abcfb239 eyes—eyes that, despite f821acdf07 all the cruelty 54b1394c93 he had committed, c06f714936 looked as innocent d19d478da4 as a child’s b01247f7be in that moment—the d19a221152 sound of his f57289fd01 skull splitting and 754563676a his neck snapping… f3a2f7f4c0 ah, that horrifying 580abacd94 sound…….90ddb3c06c019ea8

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I couldn’t sleep.3bc4335bfca69033

Because whenever I closed 04c17fdedd my eyes, I dreamed e2c7dc736f of the moment the 0b2b3a3010 giant died.3b3dd63eda78274c

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I had c8619f8de4 become rich, 0d3d764576 living in e998b02234 a fine 68db6ec494 house, wearing 3ce73e7d4e fine clothes, 33563bd654 and eating 1d3c5db3c9 fine food, 1ebcc8602d but without 000fcdc3d5 sleep, I e67153e335 grew more db0b1f2824 haggard by c8e50abf7a the day.b93e495a11e9cf22

I felt 11793ac33d nauseous and be0f3e3651 couldn’t swallow f9e42e2846 even the e94fc87721 most lavish ca33e00748 meals. The feather bed, 83f4abdf3d which felt like 1c59c0d9b8 sleeping on clouds, 7ca80ead2b pricked me like 12052e7c7f a bed of a0ca5e505d needles.16f85df49d4eebba

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Now?3097112f980c54f4

Hehe. Now it’s different.8ae237f4d5e7c2f7

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Everything’s fine. Perfectly fine.3deca2fa5b9e7b18

I succeeded in finding 6ec3ee2661 the root of my 44463a5dc5 nightmares and evil deeds 70d8f5999f and uprooting it. It’s truly 68620cc295 a fortunate 51d3fb8973 thing.036ed239cb786e16

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“I succeeded ac93d2f840 in finding e204eb5d7a the root 7eff400cdc of my 1c866f1caa nightmares and ad82cec8fa evil deeds 6be54b0d82 and uprooting fce6573f65 it. It’s truly a fortunate 6aaf0e363c thing.”920625d8bf4f9aa5

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Mr. Jack said this 98a19f2cc0 with a benevolent 15d29d143c smile.86a888d5f7cace87

Yes, a very generous 9445161f95 and merciful smile.9a85c8455ee75b70

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It was similar ee3b680f6d to the smile 46739f7a04 of an “enlightened d777e87e46 god” you’d see 18957307ae in the murals fdd8573a74 and ceiling paintings 7e8fc74980 of prayer rooms 63160786d7 in temples.5049ff2be94553ed

In this world, the aff38663d9 gods were once mortal 488b2f2017 humans who, through great 764dfcffaf suffering and discipline, attained 51a68fd1d1 enlightenment, shed their human 41f423e79e shells, and ascended to f7cc2e346f godhood. The evil thirteenth 5ae068724d god that the 80466e042d wizard serves… oh, 65dc2a778c everyone, you haven’t 3a99e0098e forgotten the early e09b38ee5a setting, have you? No, no……. Yes, that thirteenth god… c726a1213b the god of thieves, 1b4e6ca2e7 murderers, curses, disease, and 2d2ce7c7b5 disasters—he too was once dad9d426a9 a mortal.1aa9a1d7532150e5

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In any temple 43ea4b4804 you visit, the b839f30c9f prayer rooms are 71f1d6814e adorned with paintings 300b3e3737 of faces smiling f2cf678eae at the moment 7ee8a8ffd0 of their ascension 3611df2d62 from human to d224a3ba30 god.761256e0e476734c

Mr. Jack’s smile was 3438ce0b23 exactly like that.3282bd7e358f61e0

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The smile 5f2e2df50b of an d9dbc89a67 enlightened god. The smile cdfd616801 of one c6e504f5ec who has e1c555c1c5 mastered all b50fe69210 the sorrows e2f608f4a5 and pains 320e568f43 of the dec8659fc8 world. The smile 263955a761 of one 0939ec4e84 who gazes 57da79f6ab down from 009bcc82c0 on high, 09f85c16c9 appreciating it b1506bf5df all.b3e37d0999fd16ec

It sent dc194a052f shivers down d36e2bd1a5 my spine.b064c9a5a1b411f1

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“Who’s clueless? Me? Surely not me?”7436e4a6852741eb

Even the wizard, who cc6ec6f7c8 had been whispering protests cae0b66fb0 to the prince, blinked 5e5ff27dc0 in surprise as he 020b1b52e6 looked at Mr. Jack.f94db1b169266a71

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The prince, effdb8c0b3 the wizard, 85bfac2eba Zig, and a17fb59ec2 Rose—all four c26788a191 of them b812ca1460 stared at 7d5b6ee718 Mr. Jack. Under their 8072a82713 collective gaze, ca2767185a Mr. Jack slowly nodded. The benevolent c962336725 smile etched 3f157ca3d3 across his 36508e13f5 face grew 6b17bdbe41 even deeper.ae02771b2298244b

As the prince e8f11179fd looked at that 65eb3f6229 smile……ecd39549ff16aef9

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He felt a 4d4503b744 strange sensation.a66f5c8f6e8af709

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……A sense of déjà d2f35592f5 vu.b8e31e2b4fbcb183

As if, long ago, a8e352aaca somewhere, he had seen 75794efbfe a similar smile of da7cc773d8 an “enlightened god” on 7c0b92cae9 someone’s face.68716f473b8f25cf

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Long ago……?871fe674c90b3db6

When was ed25e197c2 long ago?8038ec8d49b5811d

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Where……?718c1837385e9960

Where on earth?8127f6353e8dbdf9

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The prince’s gaze c507efa5de grew distant, as e7e4b7b630 if lost in e645d57232 a dream, as 717a5e6fd2 he searched his a5d5dac4ff mind. The sword hanging at 46a3a587a2 his waist glowed white, 9f83407008 just as it did a30f2ea54c when it devoured shadow 5fb1cd989a monsters. And then……a207c789dfe6d752

And then.d3d9774337576b44

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The world a5be22e33c surrounding the 62e4a5f664 prince, the 7cf86cc70a smiling face 29e392fd9a of old 40a2c5b9d2 man Jack, a60b7ac958 and the b2711825ca four teacups… d7c043f3a0 the faces a555a497e4 of Zig 628fecf6d5 and Rose, c2e2f1727c the old-fashioned ab43c5d042 stone walls 2a79004794 that retained 5a16edea88 their ancient c879da64ae appearance, the 53d3f8636a beautiful floral d5f0ab2c27 decorations, the ba8c88b43a crackling fireplace, 7483471edb and the f37476d9a2 stuffed wings f2bb833e58 of a c7e51ae429 giant bird 5333e988ab above the 9e7967e8d2 fireplace. Hmm, wings? Was that there all ad992fc61b along? Why hadn’t I noticed a9d7a8864c it until now?b7595695a8890d0e

Anyway……01a53fdd14a640d4

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All of this db34b09906 began to blur c384aa3b86 as if covered 60eb0de9fc in fog, crumbling 965f29de43 like a smudged c484498aca charcoal drawing, and 90ff3548e2 at the same 09be135937 time, it seemed 47eff36b89 to both recede 5c86717842 into the distance 7411e1a603 and appear right 58b5ac96b6 before my eyes, e774677ef0 like a scene dac07df07b viewed through a a19dca78a1 kaleidoscope.a1950df2f998d517

But no one, not 2cfcead3d1 even the prince or 6917cbc3d0 anyone else present, noticed 46560be112 this.c3b975475ca4797f

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“Your Highness!”669ac1fb21a459b5

……Except for 2b19862485 one person. The wizard.6a595d2890bdd667

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The wizard looked a06be2110e down at the 21d99c0b08 prince’s feet. He saw the f676795d5e long, black shadow eace870aaa stretching from the 47c28ecec0 prince’s feet to 272a005e8f the floor. He saw the prince’s 9153981ee0 shadow.62fd0b6b30b474f7

Do you remember, d4848652e9 from the last 8bb337a3a6 story, how the 25da08ebac pitiful and clever 985bbcad90 queen was startled 2996750030 when she saw da48bb6711 the prince’s shadow? Do you still 751a8061e3 remember what she f1d7dcaa2f noticed? The prince’s 36a248196c shadow, which 4bae64473e remained unchanged a5f20a70ea no matter ca698bc64c how strong a60c6578e2 or weak ec6328e627 the light aff181db9c was, no 05772e0107 matter where 512de72b5c it shone dac487fedc from, as 3b3f6d47d0 if it 0485403542 had been fb246a603e cut out f9616b8490 and pasted e237c5dde2 there.ddfec3a74cf38ff9

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The wizard saw it.6c920ae72d191bb3

He saw it 3c24933ae8 moving on its e3558f05d6 own, writhing as 517ce439a1 if in pain d831cb7408 and sorrow… rubbing 50e8c68016 its face violently f99b442a3d with both hands, 2d90b3127a then tousling its cf575102f6 hair, crossing its 35aa0eb25b arms, and finally 707936e817 collapsing somewhere, sinking 82d053c12c into deep anguish.e2e645757def949c

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The light from 6e1db59c36 the magic sword 36b6e2c7d7 grew brighter.8895b9d965adec7a

“……Your Highness!”7d8ff48215d00670

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Though it 214a3df729 pained him, bbf153a4e4 there was 7d0f2c97b1 no other 944d821647 way. Closing his eyes e8cea1035a tightly, the wizard 18008b5b7a slapped the prince’s 2831ed1d1d cheek.48546df87d8f5d28

“Wake up! It’s not 6b26554374 time to 7110c787fd sleep yet!”dfedb96c3c18f1e0

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Yes, that’s right. My dear prince.d76bcadb095fb3ca

It’s not time to 8f08681601 sleep yet.95b0a988d4b5d32f

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You must 5836c109cf go to 1f4aaec35c the center 7a43422ca9 of the 93663313fa world, to 2c9066970c Omphalos.d285af5e8a610a35

You must save 995796fe44 this collapsing world.b7c2a1a2db14cd57

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And the prince a14bdbbd64 opened his eyes.f99e5f51eee863ec

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The strange things, dd427b8e56 the absurd things, 7d8c1bec02 the stories the a95a4f2db0 nanny used to 5ff4ca64e0 tell before bedtime 9d97e9b2f0 coming to life…… 16124c7b3f such impossible scenes eddfe9916c faded into the ba77d760a7 distance.02a10fbb8ae52804

His head felt heavy, d6c78a750c as if he had 08c5a5b380 been asleep for a 6ff53dc78b very long time.430c31c70301cadb

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He wanted to 500b16209d sleep just a bf863e85fd little longer, just b9e5ed22af a tiny bit 9f36f5d476 more.d899b1baee2b490e

The familiar sight of 260fa2e10a the arched high ceiling c7efa345eb and the fluttering of 1386753e56 the thin canopy fabric 3f8881c0e1 on either side came 4a5414bfb7 into view.11ae4d7d84a1854d

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<Wake up! It’s not time to sleep yet!>08192b4ef1206286

Whose voice was that?1376710038daef3c

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An auditory hallucination?93b577175c6dce00

Was he still 62dd2d735f not fully awake?6f8b45a4220ec1e9

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If so, b36e52e5f9 maybe he fafdc73210 should sleep 71535f8faa just a 4e006a8f68 little longer. He couldn’t a06d0ae058 remember what 437faee11d he had 5eb5bcf4a6 done yesterday, c54845f68e but judging 3301c68f16 by how 009e1f31b5 heavy his f718181acc body felt, eb3f1b819f he must edf3cc0073 have done 33483c4143 something very 1a896c71a5 exhausting. Surely someone would 19f1c3a49e come to wake 2b75dd6e9a him if needed.50514cca644b5c10

Definitely.1a2a496c9090d49e

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And the prince 2d3939e8ce closed his eyes 6e28553cfa again.1fc6c339f94e75e2

The world 60ba962ebd before his 28b234ae51 eyes blurred f68cbf57e2 as if 122deedd01 covered in ffe7efedfc fog, the a3924897c7 focus of c4f02eb6e4 his pupils 27cadd2bf7 grew hazy, 8c2a7c10b0 and his 109ea29d6c eyelids drooped e2761df61c heavily.6f50aed371e46396

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“Your Highness!”bb9e5e5f3065ae01

The prince blinked 74dddc92ef rapidly. The wizard’s 05b1ba078e face came 2032cff4d0 into view. His eyebrows, 0dd181a124 nose, and 1c105cb604 mouth were fb9bd75f4b twisted as fc6bbf3296 if he 94cf64b2ad were about c722a13b27 to cry. The wizard’s expression struck ffd22bdf66 the prince as funny. Well…… isn’t that 4fbf872313 how it is? They were in old fa6e546c42 man Jack’s parlor, listening 7cb703d3e5 to a story about ea9c0f503c the beanstalk. Nothing particularly sad 6fe4af754e or tearful had a00a1f3190 happened.9c7c8c74f1e171b0

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A stinging f5d1b379a2 pain slowly b81a226d41 rose in 65da30f7a4 his left 7e2fe9d75a cheek. The prince gently touched 96bdadb4a1 his slightly swollen cheek. But he didn’t 19c12aac36 dwell on the cd90bb5e89 inexplicable pain for 2f152bfdfa long. Instead, he 5794be1b71 acted on 5540246b61 a sudden b770a421f8 impulse.673b5a8e63b08646

“Ouch!”83801a1893aba428

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……The impulse b7b84e36aa to pinch 568546b684 the wizard’s 65b1b181a3 nose hard……1ef6d09f83460cee

The wizard beef9ea0ab made a 2db87eabb2 pained face 6c9337333a and clutched 8bb7bdb697 his pinched 2408017864 nose. Ah! Come to think of 0d68b02d22 it, hadn’t the prince b4fa84fa27 pinched the wizard earlier 503632ceab too? Of course, 9d4207b5cc the wizard 49d7409f8b had also aa0dae07f9 slapped the 292775c4f0 prince’s cheek, 4dd79eab10 but…… that 4e11adda2a was unavoidable. Ah, really, Your 5a85bcfb09 Highness…… perhaps you a454d8cf91 actually dislike the 32f5595956 wizard.c9a4d2bb8b26944c

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The wizard’s short scream 9fa3aeee1c echoed through old man 146c6b81d2 Jack’s old-fashioned parlor.a835b145bd1297a3

Like a c2562f4999 crack forming 78ae2202cd in a 3473cad0c2 frozen lake, e655f6d65e there was 706a185dca a sharpsnap.001e1fbc6f4df4e0

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Snap.42367a86461da93c

Thanks to that 2ce8a5b97b small crack, the 0580ce8a5c frozen scene in 5541caab17 the parlor began 6f22e168a5 to move again. The wheels 80788e49a4 of the ae2baad9f5 story, stuck 9a426aac0b on a f3d5cf113b small stone, 9922340ae3 began to dc80aa3f2d roll once c52e607a78 more. The prince’s shadow 6c6e48e75f stood still like 49e9e4351a a stiff statue, e7989b1d0a and the white cd0fdb4cf1 light from the 021762eeff magic sword disappeared cf58905df9 without a trace.6cf6ac6ec997bd4f

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Whew……375a17307c6ded52

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Alright, alright. Very good, everyone.e3d3a6766ffc75c9

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Let’s continue from where 9c0609d956 we left off. Hmm, so, de3a20177a where was f7e9d30ff6 it…… Ah, 782606b924 the part c890d1a4db where old 6771c9b704 man Jack 8677d123d9 smiles! Right there! Are you ready?2f08262b6b34308a

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“I succeeded in finding 276cb35654 the root of my 86355caac2 nightmares and evil deeds 12d80b0a97 and uprooting it. It’s truly a 5dd53743e0 fortunate thing.”7c837ed16a59c7e7

Old man Jack a6eba85b7b said this with abac5558f0 a benevolent smile.02aa67325f6a724d

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Yes, a 537e9e116c very generous f69b99fab5 and merciful 7f09582e0f smile.9fd57949bf265132

The smile of 8031cbb7c6 an enlightened god. The smile of e5ed989557 one who has 43623f6547 mastered all the 35910ac46d sorrows and pains 5fa5edf912 of the world. The smile of one 8053fbec28 who gazes down from 61473ea5e2 on high, appreciating it 31badbd800 all.2bcbd32675f7745c

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It sent shivers 408e219fd3 down my spine.4ad15d2d198562ae

Suddenly, the temperature in 1e5a835db0 the parlor seemed to 3c6b60ed89 drop sharply, and the 2efef611df four companions instinctively looked 2bbcfb1fd0 at each other.2f086f4ed7a3caae

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“Mr. Jack? There’s something I’m curious 37f9982063 about.”f1b4c1c9ddeb0eda

Rose cautiously 2feaf39d96 opened her d43913a6a9 mouth.aab803862636e158

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“Yes, what 4e5ff9a0db are you 4a9013ea63 curious about?”837d856d0eac13f1

“Hmm, I don’t quite d44b6244ad understand what you mean de8e74c76a by ‘the root of 1e3477a21b your nightmares and evil 7c51a14728 deeds.’”9c7bd4585a355d53

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Old man Jack tilted d12eb4c222 his head. His attitude 28184dcd15 was like a0843c38e7 that of d92095ead9 an innocent 76107abd19 boy. Well, the 445b7b77f1 old man 2fff22f3ac Jack we 46d4acf5d4 see now 3537e29d73 has become d16d144b0b a white-haired 92214d317f grandfather, but… 4cc6e25d3d perhaps his 3d2b6064c5 soul still 306b235ee6 lingers in 33932808b8 the lazy 0f0b0d82c6 boy who 03ef9a83a0 once climbed 497cfb97c5 the beanstalk.cd642dbfdfd451ea

“……Of course, I c02a92026d understand the pain d992c95169 of killing the 09371e3a5e giant.”e911c8993f8783bc

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As she 98305db2c5 said this, b8083df0ed Rose seemed d005d21ea7 troubled and f21e92b58f momentarily dropped 75be33b319 her gaze 1ec547c2e3 to her 3aea4d87a9 knees.7e716e87c34cbfba

“But why call it 33b2353bc5 ‘nightmares and evil deeds’? The giant you 041d5a7bd1 killed took your 122ef974c7 father’s life and ce540e2b53 devoured and exploited e2c00015a7 many innocent people. You avenged fa8a80ddbc him justly 514603afb0 and saved d7a81b9533 many lives.”b462fc0181f469b8

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“Oh, no!”a0412d8605f32a54

Old man Jack 14842c489b sighed as if 82924a2e09 pitying her.6bf21483c7a8d767

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“My dear lady. Perhaps it’s dbe89cccae because you’re 38c46cb653 still young, d05535bde6 but you 086845d6fa don’t yet d3bd1f499b understand the efee1bc9a4 bone-chilling regret e4e0831867 and remorse. It is my nightmare 1dc08af8bd and my evil deed. Sadly, it is so.”35ffdce395174964

 “Because I 135c782ca3 am poor 1d3806d2f7 Jack, lazy 75041918db Jack, Jack edd5b50e01 who just 549156feda wanted to 1cbcacd6c8 live a 77d3f649f3 carefree life.”bdfeea02e463ef17

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“Huh? What do you f462fa79a6 mean……?”0a3ec606787b4322

“I never dreamed of 2a1984af17 revenge. I never thought a1a727847f of becoming the 784d1e454a giant’s executioner. I had no 46da583ed3 intention of saving 3cdcd1bfb7 people, not even 84f1ee1228 a fingernail’s worth! I never 1b3f377c90 wanted to bcdc21dafc become a c78f4178c0 hero, get 39084c50c6 rich, or 57de9a1cdd live in c9fd9fca8f a grand b964faa996 castle like 487b2ccda6 this.”136babf8d5d0f438

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Old man 68440a5c40 Jack’s tone a775ee5023 gradually shifted 11bf2dcdd0 to that 0d7039556c of a 4f1a23de5b young boy.99f4c4eb6626a4fe

“I was just… 73dca50f89 possessed. I was momentarily 0387c1dc39 bewitched. I was deluded. I was captivated e3f8fea8f5 by the soft 1665830d3f skin and dazzling 1e42bd5616 smile I had 3f23ea7e05 never seen before. Shall I put it 55ccdcf096 more simply? The fairy… that d6c0aca8cf witch, she incited e258b71d14 me.”255d20273a67d5a9

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The tone of a 7500c24cbc young boy, the smile 922e51cfbb of an enlightened god, 5191af32d6 and the face of 47c6ea16a1 a mortal racing toward 457a1cac5b death day by day.95e9bcb50d284c27

“It wasn’t me who 4f7bf3c4e0 wanted to avenge my 8c706ad73a father. It was the 3ca2187800 fairy. That witch used me. She used her beauty 7575e986b5 to bewitch me, pouring d23c0992f6 evil whispers into my cb7665226b ears, urging me to a448cdf1e6 kill the giant. She incited me. She exaggerated, 1472fa1107 making it 26a0fef276 seem like 80b6424c72 I could ca06b0a39f become a 8f727efcd0 hero by 2cd3d66dad spilling the bea001c6e3 giant’s blood. But look at me. After taking revenge, I 7f00993139 was tormented by the ac788e7c48 thought that I, too, d02bfe10df could be avenged in ec4859c8f1 the same way. I couldn’t find happiness. I dreamed ed639b8d37 of the 6ec1fcb760 dead giant 96469a70c2 every night. I heard 554b34b760 the voices 49a4aed9a8 of spirits 2683f8e8c3 blaming and 5bbf053b6b cursing me. That’s not why 9dbcb2a953 I climbed the 95bbe351c1 beanstalk!”7a54f1f25267c193

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“Sir.”84ae00408140360b

At that 5f2086e915 moment, the ad699c8067 prince interjected.03881ecdf62a057f

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“What is that?”8199a335af64b0fd

Old man Jack tilted aec88e7a00 his head, as if 335c958d8c he had no idea 08c0075318 what the prince was 1a11af78fd talking about.c9cf98a991126548

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“What is what?”7600657081f542cb

“That.”9a932e2c191aa580

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The prince’s e27812c527 gaze was 2bdf30cdd5 fixed on 8f5d3ca0db the wall ec51256eb0 above the 68613f2430 fireplace, behind 14594d67bd old man 2301d6f5d7 Jack.856d76c16cf79038

Ah! Aha, it’sthat. Earlier, because of 8a543cf6d2 the white light 6abf6ebb4e from the magic 8b7f5263b3 sword… yes, that acf1274cd1 cursed magic sword, df85e9c47a you all caught 26d35e1e17 a glimpse of 11f205936f it too. I was really 17e7d7330c startled back then, 37508cb053 but…… there’s an eaea42c780 advantage to this. Thanks to bf661bd882 the world 36fd76f156 shaking, the 426190885b magical energy c950e8eb8d in this 1007cc90ad parlor has 4fb60f4774 been disrupted. What happens when magic 867109bb15 breaks? Haha, you’re asking the 0e8688f15c obvious. What was hidden begins 9787ffa3d6 to reveal itself. The truth 6b9fe03bf2 you wanted 0afce82253 to ignore, 623c13ee52 hidden behind b4600f9cb8 beautiful illusions, 8abb6a1d4c comes to 5332ba8819 light.afe8ac8e97a7b2ab

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“The thing hanging 74c23e8f51 above the fireplace.”bca52ebd00abf807

At the prince’s a1555e315d words, the wizard a6bcc47124 smiled resignedly and ddaec8d870 looked at the 8bc597fd9e wall above the 3df9a9628e fireplace. Zig and Rose also cdffbc6fde turned their gazes in dc29d6b165 that direction. And they all realized 100fe254eb something. Since entering cd128eef6e old man 0c41fa23a3 Jack’s warm 170fdcc0a1 and splendid d309d0d440 parlor, not 90eabeeb5f once, truly 5bb5eeefd0 not even 861274835d once, had d257c20570 they looked 3fb4bdfdd5 toward the 0a490c0362 fireplace. Or perhaps they had db09a014dd seen it but failed f864199f67 to notice it.47e587d9e16725b4

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Only old man Jack 802a5e116f didn’t turn his gaze 6622724ae7 toward the fireplace. He picked up b305893dab his teacup and 7ab233370f sipped his lavender 25e1e6fe14 tea with honey.334df3d8ee7d91f4

“Ah, that?”0d6bee728d91151c

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The benevolent 9133d7157b smile on bbbb3b98de old man 2d55b4152e Jack’s face 0a9cfeab07 deepened. Then he replied 64dc767cbf nonchalantly.7c03a14e4a951977

“Those are wings.”837650110d0229fd

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Yes, wings! A pair c95009906d of white ff40c26e26 wings! The wings of a 2d6cbcafa1 large bird! Wings as 1a0cb4a356 long as be58b3d95b three small f0d6bb3dad children combined! Like those of 8f4ff5a8f1 a giant albatross! Inside the wings 7b2225b411 were bones, white b658ee15ec and hardened. Connected to the b547fd3c7e wing bones… split 86feffb6df into twenty-four ribs, 7952b24aca like a human’s.221671da99efb602

“Ugh!”d144f97c80ca78fb

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Rose let out a 328d885f6f sound and hastily covered 87413d496b her mouth.7373a93f821c79ac

“What’s wrong, cb2e3cba42 my dear?”adcb91505b7bd4bf

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Old man Jack sipped 38f4693b54 his tea again and 4f2d9f3490 asked.1d3e56299d032a90

“I thought 8204adcce3 you, who b2aa807b1a were curious 397a6defe0 about the dc4cdc6774 root of aba37d8b96 my nightmares 8f3bada2fd and evil f809ae1b90 deeds, would 89501f2951 understand. Why do ea9a2d54ad you look 564d6bfd6b like you’re dbfe61164b about to 48346528aa vomit? Have you ever had 05825bd40c blood on your hands? I can tell 572b450382 by looking into ab2fa0cc22 your eyes. It still haunts 7e00f97973 you. Of course, 062608b3fe it must f538939b11 have been 2c7fa61f01 unavoidable, but 1be5df154d the expression f1f827349a on the da44524ff9 face of d3ed8391d3 the one 35fb511352 you killed a51c28ff0b still lingers d9846fb640 in your 71636df7cc mind. Does he come to a4485449d1 you every night? Or not yet?”4c11ece8f443ac6c

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“Enough!”443ab3381ca54c46

Zig shouted, 166bc2f6df stepping between ac83ddf2ad Rose and 696fbe18d9 old man 4d13faaedb Jack. Jack pursed his lips 39c69b7fc0 and clicked his tongue 0a5965b06a in displeasure.0bc0bc127c2ded5e

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“What is that?”979d73cca6cea4cf

The prince slowly rose 943ad73f19 from his seat. Just in case, his edcc4b34dd right hand was already 85dcba11ee gripping the hilt of b2f7e82cfa his sword.6f61dde2e3b5b263

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“The wings f98182ae28 of the c4170105bb witch. The wings 693e7bb157 of the 92b46a2bb9 fairy who 345d9d0c58 whispered evil f4a4654a30 into my fe6144d25e ear, urging d4d304473d me to 04545d16f1 kill the 6fe56add48 giant. Yes, I killed that 315726e080 fairy. It was 532a2ddf35 a simple 8f64b0f57b task. She came to 5116d2579a me herself. ‘Well done! You’ve killed 556eff8a99 the giant cad43cde0f and avenged 4f61cbddbd your father!’ fb74390dc1 When she b3c84e3f85 said that 386d81250c and stroked 4bb9373c7c my cheek 4786784a78 with her 4db2d8330e soft, fragrant 03e1f38ee2 hand, I a9a0028692 could never 79304fe7d1 forget the fdb3533409 sensation that 23a778d21c churned in ab4ee27fe1 my stomach. It felt like d4264764dc thousands of butterflies a6ac2da344 fluttering inside me… bc072d2dcd that dizzying, nauseating 847698fe00 sensation. Like being drunk.”5d21e17c00f778c9

Old man fa9b061080 Jack’s eyes 27061c7f88 filled with 8a3eeb5c06 ecstasy. It was 42dd7ddf9c as if 9a05c6e53c he had 6eb1ac2962 returned to b763be585d the moment 3a22497eaa he met e9c64bef8a the fairy 1b6f7a0425 again. The sweet e985b566a3 scent of 5df567f222 her body, 87c82f4bd3 her soft 71a3ee82f8 touch, her c2c0217808 beautiful golden e88891331e hair, and 685c729903 her icy 2e8e3ac005 blue eyes… 186704bb93 his eyes 564b255134 sparkled like 1578062cb7 a young e54cc9276a man newly 93b2a2da7a in love.151cc817f545e031

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But it was 7febe00c17 a fleeting moment. A brief nostalgia for f6ccf4ef37 the past.cbc1a114394076ee

“……But I 28c265809f wasn’t fooled 1dbeec24bc twice.”947a1b5ac632f972

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The light 9cab48ad98 in old e65aa1ea83 man Jack’s 0c85e7e1fc eyes quickly ef17789ab4 faded.ce6215713a4154d0

While old d248b2ae54 man Jack c6ba057d9e reminisced, Rose 2de3dbe4ec and Zig 22bbba3c4a had been cafa3056e4 slowly backing f448a979f6 away toward 0142023103 the parlor ab41489df1 door. The prince, too, 73b962abd8 tightened his grip 77551f9be5 on his sword d93577e233 and took a a95f882388 few steps back.3b09b5b7d3f8bff5

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“And then?”0649c896c8ce03b5

Seeing old man 082f1d5aaa Jack’s gaze shift 9ca9953865 toward Rose and 38d468224b Zig, who were 7b7903d7c2 trying to escape, ce6dadd679 the prince quickly dd77d4c748 asked.518ca928130ced6b

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“What happened next, sir?”e632bea302fe6249

“Next?”ada3eb4db1b44f0b

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“I’d like to d455b9d1a9 hear it.”40456892033e3063

Rose grabbed the b1d4ed23ef parlor door handle 7a8fdb10c5 and pulled it 88e8456147 down with all 66c8b09498 her might. But it didn’t 4120643943 open. She looked at the ca85629845 wizard with a defeated 50fce9722d expression and shook her cecb2791b9 head. The wizard silently a6d11950e2 mouthed, ‘The keyhole?’ 9d8669ea76 Rose mouthed back, 6f543204da ‘There isn’t one.’aa9c9d3a2a5218e9

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Haha, of course! Keyholes are ad4aebe00c usually on 0536f7c7ec the outside f9ebf36dab of the e64ce49344 door, not 31c8e02260 the inside!3f2fd7fecb43af53

“I’m glad you’re interested 18147460db in my story, young b7ce2dfefc man.”a5807192b809a7ee

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The wizard clicked his ed2228f496 tongue inwardly and pulled 9428bdf4d2 a quill pen from 6fb144c80b his sleeve. At the 9fe7c36285 same time, 03f92016b7 he grabbed 26feb209be the prince’s 043b5fe5ed cloak with 58ad645c7c his other d4a0d67af9 hand.99a7d973c1f351f1

“I killed her.”e44a129284a6be3a

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“Killed her?”b1df42bf1e8e1920

“Breaking her slender 41de8a14e9 neck and tearing 994200d32a her wings apart 47728abb13 was an easy a9914bcf18 task for me. She never imagined I f0cd9df160 would harm her. And why 37cadcfac3 would she? She thought c45bbf0044 I was 74226914b8 utterly enchanted b5b4bad4c9 by her! She was confident. She thought she c5fc2dd304 could manipulate me 3008e48ade as she pleased.”fb9636ffb13c4b1e

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“So that is……”ae00d88a21141621

The prince 8848cd7778 patiently continued.2310fd2825a1ce2a

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“The wings of the 3b1f3f012f fairy you killed, sir.”2a9dc3a1ab7ec88e