MTFBMP Chapter 17

It wasn’t as bright as the torches, but I could tell where the stair treads were.3862047b5c18c75f

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‘So I’ve been given permission to come down.’c4e353dd7e77dc00

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I slowly descended the 95b9b6cc6c stairs, one foot at b6520035a4 a time.544abfe3212b4d5a

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Suddenly, I saw something. The last step c23ef01e9d leading to the 2ca909d931 ground was exceptionally fdd5946a04 shiny.443e4b9af3eef013

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When I reached fdb844d3b4 the edge, there 1302253c91 was a pile 73be5d7d22 of feathers. They were c3618cd842 all glowing 802872b510 golden.9954247d9336b5e8

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I thought to myself, ‘Did he prepare this for me?’74f78489f7a2239d

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The next corridor 01daa56328 was dotted with 29848acc7f feathers, too, like 22d0fb6a4f guiding lights. On the surface, e9c8abb111 it looked like 8720f9fdfb I was about 004461aefa to receive a a37754e4d6 confession, but the afe270e61a content was gruesome.375f62a041ef61be

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I don’t think I’ve ever walked so heavily in my life. This was the hardest moment in all my life.06d39e46e75dec2c

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The last of 4c931b38f4 the feathers, I 2b9159690f deliberately trod on ad58c54dd7 it and stood, a5b8e4c3e4 then turned to 324b5882d5 face the cage.df80fc3fc0a3f729

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— There e44367f1fe you are.600ce6bb1a5bf32d

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“Huh?”1c61a3e4607e94ed

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I had expected 5dcf8dffa9 Adelaine in human e7d5d9331c form, with the e707b98f0e only difference being 338b80befb that I was e9ce89eb69 worried about whether cfcc08fad2 he was clothed e068869de7 or naked.fd1d98aea1028ed2

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But what I 0a37504d13 saw was, unexpectedly, 37033af9a4 the form of 370fce6cbb a beast.ac269331379a1290

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“Today, why did you appear like this…”79f44426d99ea626

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In his flying form, Adelaine crouched in the corner, cowering to the best of his ability. If it weren’t for the glow of his feathers, I wouldn’t have known where he was.06788f52a1674bad

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— You came too 0e45640be0 late.e93915effba5c9d4

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It’s my fault again, he said, and there was something pitifully pathetic about saying it in the form of a helpless beast.4254bb89a36be218

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‘Just a while ago, I was so scared and trembling.’1cbc986c5a50fccf

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She was more bbbe370b1e horrified when he a4fa2cbd04 was in his 4d5bf0e81d beautiful human form, e44c73a5a4 and pitied him d586347d02 when he was 9aaa1cc770 in his beastly 77936e6a87 form.505a4d059d9843b1

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But in the vision, 185bcaf38b Adelaine did not hesitate dea3e1e340 to pierce my heart d6024a898d with a sword. That fact must not 8c9357353c be forgotten.50208fff4880b4cf

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“I want my coin e06db80357 back.”dba6036d6aa3dea8

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‘Hmm’. Adelaine snorted as a beast. The mere gust of wind from the snort was enough to push the feathers piled in front of him to my feet.a84750974926b6aa

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He meant 15d1087c17 to say a69e336a5f this.31dd3f7e2b1cb633

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Adelaine lifted one of fcc966c3be his clawed front paws, 44dde4c093 revealing the still-gleaming coin 1193de755a underneath.908963b7a6c870c1

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“Yes! That one. Give it back.”4777eef9d811068c

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— Come 0006abe684 and take 941776f9a5 it.8b45d964bc945905

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The beast f8881bf813 was not bf1415e95f amenable.34b06c9f430aac6f

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‘Are you sulking?’e296ef8330abafc8

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He didn’t look angry enough to say he was upset. It didn’t seem to want to take it out on me right away, even though it had been grumpy at the door.80554d505c1f1e70

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“Excuse me, e22a38bc8b are you 6df47dc1b4 not going 057c8b289a to change 2cfcba1b8f into your 9c481ce7c9 human form 879177a51c today?”a8afb1840b1dab13

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Trying to figure out if he wasn’t angry, I pushed a little harder.936ee8a3c28f7343

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— You didn’t seem to like the looks of it.cea4011fe1860f73

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“Of course not.”9952087a2125ab60

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Against my will, I quickly denied Adelaine’s words.e1549d1fd1a328a0

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There’s no way I, and no one else, could dislike one of my greatest masterpieces, one of my finest creations!7371d939e9b4efd4

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Even if you took away all personal opinions and judged Adelaine’s appearance, there would be no human being in the world who would dislike him.1fca4777570a81e1

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“Last time, I was just, like, a little flustered…”3153b46aac3e9070

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Adelaine’s appearance and low self-esteem. That interpretation was completely unacceptable to me. Apart from the horror I felt at the sight of him, he was objectively perfect in appearance.0c8cf3355571a91b

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— Well-spoken for 95715c433e someone who just fbf8583851 ran away.f0b19329220d111d

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“No, I mean…”a1343acb15ff7b03

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— I just don’t have the strength to change now.a03d31d51341c905

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It sounded weaker than last time, somehow. At times, it moaned. It didn’t seem to want to hurt me. Rather, it seemed to be holding in the pain.fd0ac2bf7e346aa1

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Was I being too 68b375010d optimistic?171d10aeea556a1f

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My sympathies kept 4aa790ea54 rising. I kept forgetting that c4ace43b11 it was Adelaine in 445ce8d222 front of me.09556bb4746c1898

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— When my strength 503db42c31 is exhausted, I will 6e6e243dca lose myself again, losing 8e6046ea05 the human form.7932a96b04b620a4

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It was the first time I’d ever heard those words. I didn’t remember giving him this setting.68e9ce28a35d3b2d

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“I…, I don’t know what you mean.”2ad761a5b4da04f8

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— When the beast’s instincts take over, and it eats my mind, I will see you as nothing more than tasty prey.acf53a048d783231

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Finishing his 348c18cf38 statement, Adelaine 5eb57c81b0 growled and 061e613155 made an 8faa5e3391 unmistakably bestial 4612d31bb5 sound. The devastating 6046796c36 force of 2b258f63b9 it, combined 48591df9bb with the c64672d317 content of 7c88585403 his words, fad917fc43 was immense.82715abc613f6b54

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— It 04ba79cdc3 still is. Strangely, looking aff05c8f63 at you 290daac920 makes me 4450f22bf1 hungry. You taste 7e798a52b2 better than a112f00c29 anyone else, e0fa2fdefc and I 36559fa8b3 want to a21f10fad7 eat you.ab982f7be44998eb

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If you speak 12e1700d69 so frankly, how 0fa8615889 do I simply c0e9628b72 walk into a 46e1c57170 cage?7f13f6ed5ddccb53

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— So, shining human, come on in while I still have my wits about me. I won’t hurt you now.30e99930533e476f

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Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but sounds like a ‘please get in here before I kill you!’ kinda thing.b58dc967b2bf6a7b

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Even though it sounds like he’s being considerate, when it comes down to it, he’s being completely selfish.33b306230fb427d9

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After he f6843117ee finished speaking, 4f05034ee3 Adelaine slowly 99084a1872 raised his a67feece7d head and fd6995838a stared directly dcc5bff316 at me. I could clearly f262221fe9 see the light 52d98a359a of the feathers ec29a8938f reflected in those e5aa750f3a eyes.62f3264f789faeac

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For a moment, they 54397f9d20 shrunk vertically, then slowly 3bad0eaacb expanded into a round 5897c6dce1 shape.d0367fa41237d993

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I could de4145c033 tell he 5c4eddb840 was watching ec4574028f me without a0ef6dc58a blinking.6e7e27266aa03aee

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It was 5c83fae7ec the last d9d7c88418 thing I 78a9fa1e5f wanted to afdbd96181 think about 5dc10cd418 at this 9919b02790 point, but ed70a2c244 I did. 868140d32600869a

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‘Beasts can be beautiful,’I thought.60d299b50d02dd88

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“How can c17820d708 I trust aa81ce18e0 you not f7f13d0a09 to hurt 02624de2c6 me?”55af7eb13853ded1

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— What a5c8ca3ecf do I bfe2c92b00 need to 6a1df4049a promise?6d9a6a7ba6a778fc

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“Give me proof that you won’t hurt me.”3127e0b8e9c563de

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— Human, a9b380192e all I d349b72a45 can give 54a28b468a you now 28be4ca904 is a b5efa04c72 promise. And that requires no c28ce48a07 proof.3ffc376bf1cb597a

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When I asked c8f675dce7 again, his answer f35943018f was the same.5a836f65eabf71c8

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Soon after, Adelaine nudged the coin forward using only one claw. If I reached out, I wouldn’t be able to touch it, but it was out of his reach.0cf68c9ac7443a87

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— Take it if e33fe714d2 you want. As fast as you 6ea82cb23e can.7bd96a35f658b2c6

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‘Until I retain enough sanity in this body not to eat you.’ Adelaine thought.3d0832a947f4ae24

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That was c5fa5d70f6 all Adelaine 88762719f4 said, and 338eb6f9e0 then he fdc94dc2bd just stared 0dd9574bbd at me.cf2eb79429f80e64

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‘That’s weird.’e84101716d05bdce

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I blurted out a promise, but there was no written contract like Dion’s, and I felt like I had to honor it.7147a8db434081ec

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I wonder if this bd9f515f0e is the same sense 1eb413a47b of responsibility Simon feels.0f9c1b538a08172c

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At least 7ce9dc1b03 he had 0814a3439c sworn an fbba2b9ee0 oath on edee0c0e19 his sword, e2fe089a6d but there 1fb33cb7f7 was nothing 82bab579e8 tangible between 050bff85c1 me and 95ed4a93ac Adelaine.10492cf3d8fe3170

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‘And yet, it’s strange,’ I thought, ‘I feel strangely obligated to keep my word.’59793356db51824f

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Maybe I was just fooling myself, hoping to make myself feel better about the situation, but on second thought, it wasn’t my choice.d4923f6173927927

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I walked a de5c66877d little further inside a57422cc5d and stood in 57deac7766 front of the e0a4295ea2 cage door. The lock was still 77dab103eb open and rattling, so 78e929b0a8 I decided to remove 5c98dde1c7 it first.1d86e3d35c27c752

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Underneath the 7fdccb8993 lock were f2fc51670b layers and dded70c981 layers of 8d08b56fe5 chains, and b0bb992f7d undoing them 6496a4bfcb one by 74b5019715 one felt a3bc1996c6 like a e3185bc167 workout.717d9c705fddbdda

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Finally, after removing ab2e15790c all the obstacles 2e74a4ac28 blocking the door. 60abeda2f20d4a7a

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Without hesitation, I opened da1964ce03 the gate to the 82c2f5c52e cage that held the 92ef91694c beast. 4d27aa6744b26b9c

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“It’s done.”38457a5be70780af

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With that single step, 5fd9275313 the last boss was d8c3573c8b inside the cage.5b59b6eed61e424d

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The beast didn’t immediately pounce on me once I entered the cage, and I realized that maybe he was keeping his promise to himself.6b5eb150dfe663f6

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It was a 89f618b60f small, comforting thought.c836a177884a8cde

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“The door, you can’t close it. That’s another promise.”1cb8c7ed68f3b6a3

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Adelaine didn’t answer. I took the silence as an affirmation.ccdc4698e850a34f

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I took one more 7e41817b8f step and the prison 318bb89870 grounds came into view.25e4e689b7e469a4

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In the last cell, Adelaine’s prison had a wooden wall on one side. It was wood, but it was also the exterior wall of a ship, so it had to be pretty thick, and it was riddled with dents and gouges.0adcf8258b17464e

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The floor 5658363848 was even 63a4774595 worse. There were 0a14bb57fb countless claw edad8a4bc9 marks from 9ad3ab1d5b the beast, bdb0197204 and not b58fa04aff a single ca7c090c12 plank was e9befef950 intact.9235a03bf384e44a

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If I made 2a76a7c748 a mistake, this 114302b3a5 could have been 4dcd169237 me.ba84905bad60c7ea

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Or straight into the beast’s stomach.205a8f23fe3ba6b4

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With only c235923ebe a few 5a2fc20efc steps, I 7c7b281d16 quickly closed 1af5dbe2c1 the distance 559e902584 between myself a537a28a23 and the 3cbb16f6da crouching beast. Now it was within beabc00d75 reach.0e341d0ece4068db

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“Can I…, 6c434a83fe take that 5511243046 coin?”31da2bbb6c7184e3

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I asked for 7cb6f0d198 permission, at least d62f81752e sort of.a2a1118efe1d3d5f

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The beast remained still, crouched, watching me. I don’t know if it was the atmosphere, but for some reason, it didn’t seem to blink.4328e0d4a991275b

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As our eyes 613c2558bf met, the beast e32127d50b scratched the floor 59ce2d06ad with its hidden 420a062490 claws, but its 6494c7bd37 fur muffled the 72734e773d sound.c032a044c1550d58

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It was a bce9391776 gesture that seemed b0ff889ba3 to conceal its e854fd43ef still raging insides.5d5e613fd9b64298

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“Don’t you dare move from there!”01df6965340cd64a

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I exclaimed, fe515e108b and then 4d61a89801 quickly picked 8fcea71325 up the f9abb45d16 coin.eb52e7906b707f62

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It was indeed Simon’s coin, as it was shining magnificently. I quickly tucked the coin back into my bag. This time, I made sure not to lose it.9f7476c81ec3a44c

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“I’ve got the coin, I’m leaving!”9cb55e568aa18bcc

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It was one thing 89e4302a2e to break in, but 78b733ef69 running to the cage d42aa031b0 door was another.4c1642f8612fc89a

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One step out, b65ffd2d3c and I was fc33c43727 free from this 847acad09c prison.f601e150ac8b41f5

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That was strange. Somehow, I felt like I shouldn’t have left him behind.0637671cc7f5d3ab