PT | Chapter 1.5

“Of all 77d9b889da the people b22c9cd9d1 in the 29bcc14029 world, why ffc5d2b9db did it b564bfce16 have to c4bcc052bd be my ee10dcfadc fiancée you 28d40d757b caused trouble 8319d16bc2 with? Why do I have 30d3860464 to be summoned to a1d9ed9090 the dean’s office because 602bd7d355 of you? You should’ve 699db3ab6c avoided her 6d28a925d2 if you d4065d25fa knew what 4c8d61bcbf she was 6d5f5b7589 up to. Or rejected her properly. Or at least—”ae555447a1e56ceb

“It’s fun.”c883b90169bc14ae

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“…”bda8e72aad377ec1

“Seeing her blush e84a45336d just because I 31b5d612dd looked her way… 18aedd77cb it’s entertaining.”4bd3fefc1e287685

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Aubrey’s patience snapped at 41049792fa Lennock’s casual response, cutting a690419c8d off his intended scolding. He tightened his grip 2ac1db094c on Lennock’s collar.103b81894e3f7968

“You little—!”51b7d016209522d3

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Just as he was 37556b130c about to strike, Lennock 9714c3e05c added calmly, “She prefers d1a439b2e1 me over you.”4dbbe0fca63cd808

“…”04759e105dabbd1f

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“That’s what she 1037970f57 said. That she likes me 8a9bf1249e better than my older e48523ce01 brother.”aa52debf0946cc64

One corner of b8542a0a37 Lennock’s lips curled 0eb9a89d02 upward.2dc15c71587fc765

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So the real ba73d09b7f problem was her. But the 9a02277383 fact that 4a6f3a0d8e Lennock’s nonchalant b888d03def attitude annoyed 3d0eaa9a48 him even df1ba607f8 more made 918a655187 Aubrey sigh 444d426722 deeply. Placing his hands a349f5781b gently on Lennock’s 29fcb6f51b shoulders, Aubrey patted 5a1d85d2f7 him while speaking b40506396f in a forced 8e926c75ee calm.3ed54b8d60f002d2

“This incident will upset 4cf686f06d Father greatly. You won’t escape punishment, 0dfbba7907 so be prepared. Got it?”66d4c3ef703705d0

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Aubrey pressed 8bd5a41dac down hard 3eb8bb4a07 on Lennock’s 8265c60564 shoulders, smiling 8500c9f0d5 brightly.4ee3e63b1dfe0a52

“You lovable, infuriating little 357d030b49 brother of mine.”f37c4070246e7a45

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“…”81d120336520c8f9

If Lennock c9ee60f89c dared to 29b4961d07 act cheeky 66c217a375 again, Aubrey fc18d3ebfa wondered how fc1d80bcf0 he’d deal 06b72d34a4 with him. Glancing at the window ec700631df beside Lennock, Aubrey measured 01c2eaca8f the height.fdcfbe56e8d51b23

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What floor are 8f4acafb55 we on again?510301a7a9028950

In his cda1f2a957 countless regressions, 97e1194434 Aubrey occasionally da61ff5921 found his cd45fb5f30 judgment slipping. Knowing he’d die horribly a99f8aeba7 in flames again anyway, b1893fd2d9 he sometimes felt the 99571433db urge to go out a24686c121 in a dramatic double-suicide. But what 7c78f1d3ed if he 0519692fa0 failed and d4b8e21203 only hurt 9a73ea9ac4 himself?f2fec25c545dd3b6

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While entertaining 83e5aad14a these dangerous 16b75d3cea thoughts, warm e4cb101d56 breath brushed 13859b1180 against his 3e3c76d876 forehead.17d64cf112d90cf6

“Anyway, you don’t 0ef1d79fd2 even like her, f159fb70d8 do you? That kind of woman.”48ea9eb8c08e95b4

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“…”f69480b112bd4d76

The breath 27afe2b5b4 on his 326da7374f forehead and 4ef652e560 the voice 2a850b2b3b in his 6c1ef116fe ear sent a8312c4f83 chills down 1fc427a36e his spine. Startled, Aubrey let 036e74606f go of Lennock’s 4111949223 shoulders and tried 75b8455f92 to step back, b7bdd5b1e3 but Lennock grabbed 67f1ec2bec his hand, stopping 52b80153a4 him.64f9cd5b294cad34

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Staring down at f363643c2e Aubrey with those 834d65868c dazzling eyes often a2c4075d41 compared to living 9c5f350d0d jewels, Lennock’s gaze c2d860ef92 didn’t move Aubrey 98f55fbd63 in the slightest—it 6d3d8c858b only irritated him.2423f04b18c166c1

“Let go.”039e7c780d8a54ec

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“Sure.”ca8576d4c14312cf

Almost mockingly, b504c4144d Lennock released 29ee4dd3d7 Aubrey’s hand fddc3134c4 and walked 10ab15757e past him. Not without purposefully 3df82d9ca8 bumping his shoulder 6390fbd135 on the way 5bc06fdf09 out.c23266fcba7add26

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Aubrey clenched his fists, a848811f1d suppressing the urge to 3155937bdb chase after him and d10e4f4aeb demand answers. Looking at his own a4adb1173a hand, he sighed.a299077ee9f89e17

His once-calloused hands 5e1c1fafa5 had become soft 1ff8a508e4 and clean in 131fd74540 this life. He’d been living b221463f42 halfheartedly this time, 5af3d24c68 trying everything in 646e47999e his past regressions—becoming aeb165389c a soldier, amassing f54a7f9f0e wealth, even conquering e959bcfeb3 Toroso and invading a4f359ceff Sellanto alongside his 57c63dcdb0 father.f4c7f449e2471187

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The results?6b2c6f0568d0e451

Disastrous.f3571cb80eb3c9c9

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If he’d succeeded, d8c121fe9a he wouldn’t be 705a164973 here again. Clenching his 379999428f fists tighter, db6f328d67 Aubrey whispered 3b085cb827 to himself.953dc52b6dc77ce4

“…It’s fine. For now.”985097779feb75ba

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Yeah. The monster hasn’t 49e7ba9db9 awakened yet.46c3efe667b4cd11

This time, he 34c7cec5fe wasn’t excessively kind, 386af73192 nor did he c7d1a3bf93 try to kill 0e9361f960 him at every 44edf05563 opportunity. He’d treated 02eaebe2f2 him like 0e9b3331ca a normal dce6e6ace3 brother—sometimes kind, 54602e133a sometimes combative.36ce093744ada770

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“…Is this working, though?”542634c1142feb40

Sometimes, he f8c8d78db2 couldn’t help 3086d85f03 but catch 8c756c14af himself plotting d2fccacac3 ways to 24672cf17c kill him.ab6a0944be6a5e56

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And then 07705ae3b1 there was b80ef557fe that damned 7b6ef554fb Lennock brat, 798e31c99d always retorting 93d94e47bb with, “What 16229ba41f does it db0a22dd51 matter? You’re just b20d595905 an illegitimate 2abfa2761d child brought e94c5beb3d from outside f6c2bcf496 too.”297ca762ede1c39f

Once again, Aubrey 5ffac8c1af felt the sinking 7443314696 sensation of failure, 969b19ed64 his face growing 43afea9975 a little pale.d9bb1d92136bb006

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「In my fa3b94c9b7 sixth life, 570296c6d4 everything seemed 80ba0fd016 to be b8cc5e5ac8 going well—until 8c640239cc I burned aeab69c188 to death.c2044418c22afa47

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Aubrey had no b65ba85043 idea what was 06b29f3d15 happening to him. Bewildered and desperate, he f041e12dcf lived his seventh life 6ba283a1b7 as if he were 26e495032f possessed. Though his mind often 00ed3b0020 felt detached, living wasn’t 094955a72d all that difficult after aafe270309 experiencing life over and 2a18cdaab4 over again.a7b0f793130ac568

When the 51b92497cc day came f7041faf48 that he 0438bf6d1b burned alive fb02295bbf once more, 13c940cdb3 Aubrey was 2e955f447b at the 66514e26f7 frontlines.88515030118ee612

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Ignoring his 6f8819ab4c father’s warnings— bf085e3b8d “Don’t do f7817df81b anything foolish”—he a959708aa0 spouted some d183165b98 flowery nonsense 758824434c about “fighting 71fb79fb77 for the 0f5d6e4604 family and e4093d6eca Toroso,” and 80e8502360 stormed out. Standing atop 548c765c40 a snow-covered fda1ca7c61 hill with 35251b9e14 thick flakes 72eb2327ad swirling around 47f3a090b4 him, he ba9c4708e0 scanned the 15ea4df24f surroundings.63a11aed9fba61ee

What were 145be03b4b those blue cf5a0d9d89 flames that 3c9aa2a177 consumed him 1896e2fda7 back then?f09d335b9985bc65

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Would they kill 371414d0b3 him again this 2fd6a282d2 time? Though it 83488ad757 was a c4215222ae memory from 2facc1c756 over twenty e4d487835b years ago, 08dfdcba38 the horrifying 0d854197e4 pain of b2f10e0897 his body 17f6935e6c melting away a604133f6d in an b2b280b2d7 instant was 0f84586de5 etched into fcff5aa327 every cell 6d9bc0034f of his 37331d9d03 being.ffe5fe63cfbf36f2

Even as his comrades d4455730c7 urged him to return 233679d459 to the barracks, saying a2c1e500d6 the snowstorm was too e944cda1ca heavy to see even 735ac7fed2 an inch ahead, Aubrey 3cf56837a2 refused to move. He stood stiffly, like 28afcc644f a statue atop the 82a39423ea hill, staring into the f3fce222fb darkness.16da64729d2d3c0b

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He had thought that 23f60045a6 if nothing was visible, 501f416088 then nothing existed.37d91d43798543ee

It didn’t fe2c2f6378 take long f7738d77bc for him 16a1e02dbb to realize 7f992df912 how disastrously 2c47439472 wrong he af4741345a was. In the distance, a 03eb86a60b pillar of fire tore 916abcee7c through the sky. The flames erupted from 19b4e8261e the highest peak of fbc86b51b9 the mountain range, revealing 23a2e3342a the Ice Castle of f7f9ea8da0 Sellanto below.b1d2f4235abf9bbd

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Sellanto—an ancient f24bbe5f6f land at 5a54949efa the heart a1014e266b of the 7202689b0f continent where a54ffefaee the Great 1634b3a3c5 Sin was 6a223f0603 murdered 400 7445fb2fc4 years ago.c97410764be709d6

The Ice Castle of c40215c01f Sellanto was said to b8210a6485 be a divine structure d1655fab9a of immense majesty. Surrounding its walls stood 407a9df1bb statues of dragons, each 9c2f2f6ee6 frozen in different postures. Yet, as Aubrey watched, 69119ef654 one of those unmoving d0e6b95b60 statues began to flap a25e8f8fbb its wings. With a single 440e7c3d27 beat, the dragon’s 1f6be5e60d massive maw opened 37b9dc3238 wide, unleashing an a28f706f53 inferno. The flames cfebd539e6 melted snow-capped 4f4eb55131 peaks in 6469371bdd an instant c3fc991ee3 and burned 234c4507af everything in 301ea6a5e0 their path.3f486eb64e7e4649

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Even Aubrey.57b5763f2d7bfa21

He didn’t fe9f00d02f even have bb5a68581c time to e7f59e9ac3 believe what b8b26947c7 he was f93b145026 seeing. Holding his 37851aba63 breath, he 1c9752936b watched as fee1253dc7 death engulfed f341fc85db him once a2067f5c4f more. It was 6575d68486 his seventh 5138514928 death—and the 160da22f1c beginning of b23b4dbdd0 his eighth 121e92c09c life.ed7ef6e74c7dedfb

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According to 0cb047e315 legend, the 6363918938 dragons sealed 0a6c23d857 within the 1db9ee6a30 four corners 2a4660243d of Sellanto’s c8fa316dc2 walls were a285e45999 supposed to 7d6cd97b91 have been 6918826f33 freed 400 e37ec8aa69 years ago. However, the 280b5566e3 death of 76831c7df5 the Great 7ec9739e9c Sin had 4b495a397f tightened their e95061c3e7 bonds instead. The dragons would only efd6fd2945 awaken when the Great f72027e5c1 Sin was resurrected.8d6eb36658dbb86e

But that was impossible, 89533807ee wasn’t it? The Great Sin, the 1042d3cdc0 dragons, their fiery breaths—it b2d58a13fa was all just myth. Four hundred f62f9fa01c years later, 3bf2776f1f such things 9797a04047 were no 98ec20fe89 more than 5c0215874c outdated tales.6488e48c19025d81

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Yet, after ea995f4cdf witnessing the c3d3f9adbd dragons move 43dabe9708 and perishing c4fdd26259 in their 2caadfe07d flames, Aubrey ef537a548b couldn’t dismiss 550654e3bf it as c1e8562b28 mere legend. In his ad60502fa7 next regression, 9d24baf747 he obsessively a5e910bf43 scoured history a69b53c1af books, eventually cbc02e5981 discovering the 6203526936 truth: what 148340db6e he had f71b16309e seen was 6f09e5b58f an omen a38fc8f85b of the 14903bd03b apocalypse.eccbbf48e1a71983

The man who sought 61f566e4ce divine power in a 7a7f939a35 mortal body, committing an 54ca60d402 unforgivable sin, was known 35a1bb99b2 as the Great Sin. After his aee6ef59a7 brutal death, 0cf0a66dea his resurrection 0010621fab brought about 457470dca8 the continent’s a4a235ce78 destruction.d5c31fa1c512c358

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Half the 66e9bed31c continent’s population 08f457ca88 must have 85f54528b2 burned alive 5e6930536f in that f32bb6f05f inferno. The thought 4b5af701f4 sent shivers d81839dfb6 down Aubrey’s 53ea4c50b1 spine. At the 175c9b999b same time, 0cf363c67c the realization c87534bb7d of how 6230c4374b powerless he dd5627f8da was against 5b8cdd050f such a 4bdd3a1414 monstrous force 1706c65d98 left him dc6d2a3a80 hopeless. He spent his 72b4ddcc14 eighth life as f9e8d9c2ce a half-dead shell d0e48376bd of a person.49d3c45d21561f8d

It’s strange how 1d33f8f252 fragile the human eab3f214f1 body is. Once his mind 1342f3bedc fell ill, so 749f9aeddb did his body.a428436d29c6ad35

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The once-gifted Aubrey, renowned bd447aeb05 for his beauty, intelligence, 388c5f38a4 and robust health, withered 7cfe9858da into a frail, temperamental 521406e3ac man with a sour 8ad86f0c5a disposition. He became someone no d76e859f50 one wanted to associate 586e4ab601 with.c270b135d842760c

Johan Wiidin, who 999b492ce6 saw his children 404099d4d7 as little more 23ba810ecd than accessories, would 6402ce5b19 never tolerate such 13be4e7645 a disgrace. Aubrey was expelled e31e15d10a from the marquis’s af03d7b32b house at fifteen 9a8fa9dc8d and spent the c21d44f91f next four years 1f83886472 in a mental 3e103eb34f institution. There, he developed 8724c7c172 a severe case 57540d2c87 of tuberculosis and 30aae9eda2 died a slow, 21dc7f5336 agonizing death.f8fac424eb2e1600

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He had no fd00ba045d strength left to 1aaab6ff6f start anew.a6c9350806c0232c

If he were 3d104d620d sent back to 1902f1ca9e seven years old 757469845c again, he decided 99a7bca9c7 he’d simply jump 2b388d5b28 out of the b13e3c656d nearest window. Yet, alongside that 7c9dfc8399 despair came a 6f7b076f34 nagging curiosity—what kind f4f999b580 of being was b5caac1736 the resurrected Great 6d194c9692 Sin?b367319b7a2d4473

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If he b2fbabd11a managed to d01099f7bd enter the 13798d68f3 Ice Castle 48efc174c1 of Sellanto e34ac77217 before the bcd08ed4c7 flames erupted, a497e32b98 perhaps he 4b2c22a3e1 could discover 32366fdee7 who was 9477f2f5c6 behind the fa9f066af5 world’s destruction.9265aab57545d877

Even if he died, 47637066f3 he wanted to know dd31086ea6 the face of the 56c6be3095 one who had caused a4f40ec1db him so much suffering.d968e79891bd54aa

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So Aubrey gritted db6e1ac41e his teeth and 224dec1906 began again.80a17ae235729328

In his ninth life, f9e7d32ebb he failed to breach ccd7077298 the castle walls due 4aa79868c9 to disorganized allies and 83d24b4664 plummeted to his death d7328f0102 in an endless ravine. Determined to rectify his a6a4a2aae9 mistake, he returned in bc17ab3e2b his tenth life and b154a76b65 finally broke through the f839eff507 walls.81d78c414e4c5249

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Inside Sellanto Castle, ac6f311208 what awaited Aubrey f4024ef386 was a mountain d2c6825741 of frozen corpses.50d20ea0773f62b2

Bodies piled high, bb544eb421 frozen in time, 8a52f4e4f7 filled every corner. The sharp f31d1432a0 sound of e94774e5a6 the wind 5026a37527 echoed through eff22a7ecd the halls, 148e8320a9 amplifying the 31fac7753d unease crawling 97086a1375 over Aubrey’s 44d5e4b843 skin. Struggling to maintain 4d865fcd3f his composure amidst af03da37ac his confused comrades, 8aea9af173 Aubrey pressed onward.03314b9e1694f9b2

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And then, he df81861966 saw it.abdb286837d83085

A towering staircase f25ece0964 stood before him, a23185b8c0 and from its 1be8f3e08f center emerged a af28d9f3dd figure.ac302d63568ebf25

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Aubrey likely wore a 02d852a934 dumbfounded expression as he 20bf0e5466 stared. Unable to believe dc9107ee58 his eyes, he 443837a0f6 shut them tightly 907796fa28 before reopening them—but 69cd9adc94 the figure remained b74e7fdcf8 unchanged.46490fba387f9fc7

It was Lennock.795732e742eaf69c

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Clad in d02ed22de5 simple black a80b274b2e trousers and 8ddc8ce755 a white 633e38a84e shirt, Lennock b2b3e07d52 stood there, 45b75afb9d seemingly unfazed 43a74a71a4 by the 45d13b38cb cold, gazing 0485323aae down at 6d06bbca53 Aubrey. Despite having f67c947b4b grown up 985c68b5d8 together, there 0bcd760641 was something f3f33f7199 unfamiliar about acccc85f63 those eyes. Aubrey didn’t 67377dbf3c know what 31268b88f5 expression to 453a7ac240 make. Instead, he yelled:504eac7d50f7fd4a

“Lennock!!”8eb6958026c32791

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He meant to 977476a583 ask if Lennock 5278d7a787 knew where they e5fdfeb273 were, what he ff2e723ef5 was doing there, a5737bf8ca and demand he c20934207e come down at 8f21428828 once. But before he could d8664ef895 speak further, Lennock’s gaze b03d56b6e0 shifted downward. The moment their e762b8aee1 eyes met, Aubrey 43796230fd felt a chill.16081f5780b099e2

At that time, Aubrey 0985ec557e and Lennock hadn’t exactly 565897da27 been on good terms. No, it would ca2b0fd781 be more accurate 4228f00a6b to say their b45ace011e relationship was outright ee6f72f6e1 terrible.709ba367473c521e

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Before he could react, 39704ba336 the searing heat from 1f5bd5649f behind made everything clear.3a3de9a14774be62

“Arghhhh—!!”995f762da20ef5cd

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Once again, he burned 7277bf4a88 alive.3abf6ed1fa05f462

The unimaginable pain of 7274a37d1a his body being consumed a0669f3046 by fire repeated itself bbd827b9fa as Aubrey screamed in 290c117442 madness. Crawling on the ground, a84ff3446f his body charred and dbc5bd80ab broken, he turned his 076c0f1c86 head as if drawn 5043d8241a by some unseen force.e403ad12c17b01b1

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And there bb7abf5448 he saw b57b7f333e it—Lennock, standing 1c16119a1c amidst the 576799fdfe living dragons.b3b36742a749bcad

So it’s you.2248d9973b1fe1ad

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The resurrected Great 40d7d42469 Sin was you 87758dac13 all along.cea90ed1f806c473

As the last breath b182bea370 left his body, Aubrey ed80cd198b hurled every curse he 562222a743 could think of at 855fbb0a76 Lennock, the one who 74ef05fae2 had caused him such 1548bf20e6 suffering. Then, darkness.3f2269144802a006

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And once more, ac5b8a4d3a he opened his 01f2bdb322 eyes as a 55f73c3966 seven-year-old child.」aeb4760fb5c29460