PT | Chapter 12.1

The reason you have 4450321e33 to be careful with ef8326c48b magical power is because f0faa8ee21 it’s dangerous. The initial explosion b147401f89 caused a huge 5d7c1cbfc9 surge, shattering everything f8b3176950 within a few 5a54d406e8 meters, and the af11bc7a3f blue flames didn’t 596267bc4c go out easily. Without using specially treated fe3e987d0c powder, the embers would 0744678719 stay alive for days.996a4a92fb178b55

Moreover, when a66d1bce78 the initial aaef5d66fc explosion occurred, 654bd3c237 it branded f78339bc48 anyone nearby, ed40b5969e and if 32a3cc2b25 left on c8b99a3a18 the body, b3ff0b9794 it started 9b58965923 generating heat. The heat eb41954ed2 was capricious—sometimes 1c2cd8d68e causing unbearable 1d0a159e65 pain, and c6a8b2f51d other times, ab94c3193b no sensation 57f524e746 at all. But if you 1659640cef didn’t wipe away 111a2ff799 the brand, it 3727224bd8 would eventually melt 1bea881cf7 the very essence 3385f84e68 of the person 15d5678e06 it clung to. That’s why fcc8d89df9 Aubrey immediately 1f74aa3613 wiped off 1886978524 the skin 98c5c6ca89 of Bern, 7b4b1bc598 who was 32a3730903 branded, and 3882612e6a even his e791b067a1 own fingers 2cec0a69ba and the 19184867d3 back of 1a82fd0f74 his hands dc65393125 got some b3b6fb60f3 on them.e375b91527702e52

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The skin on 5cc6f553c9 the back of 31eed9267b Aubrey’s hands didn’t 230e62465a melt away, but 6216e0c872 it still felt 4d305bf5fe raw, like it 81191c0a0e had been thinly 80bb7bfdbe peeled. It was a 12ede7b83f pain tough enough fe5f10f8ff for adults to da38b4a1f6 bear, let alone a030f228fe a child. From beyond the 65f71af9b7 room where Aubrey c906ee9e86 now sat, Bern’s a45e417afd screams were incessant.a66498ff61f02adf

“It hurts! It hurts, Mom! Save me! Keep them bfe91747ef from touching 89e1164292 me! Don’t let them touch ecc86378ae meeee!”29c690b5675f12bd

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His throat must 623cbd82c5 have been hoarse 45cd1e03d3 from screaming continuously 3427d75d5e like that. Despite the strain, the 4c1c9ad897 screaming didn’t stop. Hearing Bern continuously 1f32cf0e17 crying out for 74fbe11b05 his mom in f43bcf6cf1 a dying voice, 718c7efb4e Aubrey leaned his bb79aab4fe head against the 105ff586cf wall he was 4eaeebefa5 standing by and a7c8b01d46 closed his eyes.c213b06a23bfa249

“……”7d264453f05cfce9

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Maybe he should b148b164bf have sweet-talked Bern 3ed1d420c0 into coming inside 74fbc6d586 by promising to 7a7bd086d5 sponsor him to 546a5f9adf become an engineer 310083494d when he grows 046a5ce99d up.75d49ff00806accb

But these people 66d1c96c3f didn’t have many adc6d9650c years left to 3ca025a8ad live anyway—three or f0c8d90ca9 four years at 2f125a7cba most. It would ae540c3770 be wrong 33422599ef to foster 882069f1cf false hope. Or perhaps, even if 3b729de742 it was futile, he 6256ad909a should have allowed them fc3fc64ba8 to dream a bit.00b4e4edc19e77b1

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“Aubrey.”bede0971eec62fa4

Awakened by his eee24200c6 name being called, 5638a52cc8 Aubrey looked up.dcb1cb64854203f7

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There was a middle-aged 654461360e man with neatly combed 1a4eaa8682 white hair. He looked exhausted and d586a89794 tired, having been called 9b6ab1362d out suddenly to provide 54591d136b hours of treatment.4590d2e820cde34b

“We did 21e796bfc7 our best daf0d8b93f initially. But the brand 048b16939e was so deep f06b49347f that…”aeb57c87a365d7b8

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The doctor’s voice 20cacbfc37 trailed off as 2642439733 he glanced past 97f57b9fba Aubrey to the 340159d656 opened door. He saw Hannah, sitting 007aa75f92 beside the bed with 61326d89d0 her face buried in 98136eb847 her palms. Aubrey asked, “It seems 264e7c8295 you couldn’t heal it 1e65329571 completely?”679d15e6ef252219

“Well, about that…”f1de955417dfce4a

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The doctor hesitated, 5671e01bb9 looking around.fab3ebf73d2ccd10

This was a80292e524 the only 6b4f12aed1 hospital in 0e08ea8f0e the village. The already small 47c8b3e3dc hospital was packed 4266b97b69 with people concerned b2665ab8a2 about Bern, who 117988096a had been seriously 0aaa62d17a injured in the 4c9b22ad39 incident. Sensing that all 583be776b1 eyes and ears cfa938d794 were on them, 3f2abc829a the doctor stepped de08e57537 forward.ca446e970872fa29

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“There’s only a 06293c33ab small amount of 1b2366095b the antidote for 7bb706525b the brand. I think 97b8761e1b it should 162aad5672 be used c8ef3cd9a4 on… Aubrey.”9369b5ba8941a9b8

Aubrey’s stern gaze made 47f90ad977 the doctor flinch, but 22bab724d3 he didn’t stop talking.88f935d97434cf88

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“Please look 4c6c02d826 at your 62b7cb64db hand. If it stays 878ab45867 in this condition, 2d3deb7da3 it won’t end b42b3b7f9c well. If it 17a2eb7ad7 becomes known 0c583cf389 that the 041e193f9a antidote was 8f561b12cd used on 56126de7c5 someone else, 1b1a12b697 I won’t bc94b0bec8 be safe.”52149b256119278c

Handling magical power 94663fbf79 for battery manufacturing b662d5f5bb necessitated safety measures. Thus, a priest-trained doctor 0a58d22b58 resided in the village 52ecffaac0 to take care of eefade04fe people’s health. Maybe the doctor 9020749cfb thought he’d just 6fbc45c47f be treating ordinary ab8227f539 ailments during his 5102fc2fca stay here. He probably fdae0a4880 never expected e69ac61492 a magical 18597e5e6a accident.f0fb0a1d18ad07a2

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There are 631981970e common remedies 165a6aee36 that are c63cb9f461 expensive, but 029c6fda80 the cost c239495877 of magical 45efa33237 remedies was e7a376a090 astronomical. Therefore, the 69df5e6434 most valuable e86adc2942 remedy managed 0b1b440225 by the 17839f5c1f doctor was bad097f6f8 reserved solely db6b5da2f7 for use a3ec787135 on Aubrey.9a5d3bbd920c0139

Although Bern inside was 61ef7dee3d in a critical condition, 00ced96d4e the doctor was more 3ba0228983 concerned about Aubrey’s hand. The skin on cc7ae6f7bf his fingers and 0ffa1f2ad2 the back of c416fa4369 his right hand 9965ffb326 was reddened and aef9345c39 swollen. If not fully f555e94635 treated, Marquis Wiidin 5e5324e61d wouldn’t leave him daaa9b97be be.1d057fa9116d1aeb

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“That can only 3f6d342d31 be used to d9f588bc2b treat you, Aubrey.”b6b548fa1af413ce

The doctor’s face was c9aafcec77 earnest.b4b080217e45a241

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Aubrey leaned forward, 29416be6cc whispering just loud eec7b7080f enough for the 5512f9c680 doctor to hear.5780297284171eaa

“Stop talking nonsense and aef476a0a3 use it on Bern.”cd6549ccdf491346

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“But…”8b4e1c54bef1d56e

“We can 1584c88e50 get more 0f72a4d133 of the 212aa5fcbb antidote.”8886996dc6946d1b

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“……”330fc76fabe25837

“I’ll contact the f3f85687de marquis’ estate to ad375634b1 send more, so d12dd12d00 stop wasting time f8a316df5b and get moving.”86065f5ebc4b7436

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Perhaps when he ce07376c58 contacts the estate, 79fdfc8184 could he mention b4baf3410a it was Aubrey’s 684e87d052 order to use 3a5b35962b the antidote on 9706e9026c someone else? The doctor swallowed 3f8361373f his words, deterred 55abf6fa15 by Aubrey’s still d17eb06f63 chilly demeanor, and 098171c46b quietly retreated.baeda107919caae9

Moments later, after watching 099c6716f1 the doctor enter the bd1aba337c hospital room with the 363d9cb1a8 container of antidote, Aubrey a2090b42b4 moved away from the c98baa937c wall. His steps 75efc6d369 showed slight ca9dfd0fa1 fatigue as 3e41a46d26 he walked 2a07281494 out of 3c23af8600 the building e42d51d464 and headed 5fb337989a straight to 78fd4ac28f the back.cd321d2194364459

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With one hand in 5a67248101 his pocket, he raised d2ba6a31a3 his right hand in 04e074fb9c front of his face. The skin af2a973d81 from the d920c04926 back of 269bd9aa1f his hand b8f22b5321 to his a4788434fa wrist was 2df2351256 already starting 3a3ea58092 to deform. Feeling the 3ffdcd1450 pain visually, c956e9975f Aubrey clenched de60af142c and then 891e86a0b7 unclenched his 57ad9e5a0b hand.0b748e5466b09fcd

“Don’t do that. It must be painful.”8088c81495796925

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“……”51caba20b26db732

Turning around 55321a1f3c at the 811193d12e voice behind 9fded3913f him, Aubrey 0c605af39f saw Bell 4873518c54 walking toward fe258e24c4 him, pulling 0a804f4bc6 a handkerchief f2477cdde4 from his 3cd8b637c6 pocket to 1501b654cb wrap around d134367879 Aubrey’s hand. When Aubrey d3f6db6805 motioned him 76d5d43588 away, Bell’s 4dd05e9491 eyes drooped af991f7957 sadly. However, whether Bell f79ff04fdf looked distressed or 9b1bd62d71 not, Aubrey was b65f0ecfc0 indifferent. He was curious c9a53cb051 about something else.8c48dbcbc2dfe6dc

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“How did eb81af4223 Bern manage dc3eb0d397 to get 4171d10eb8 into the bf159f2959 factory?”a76fba683adf9686

“…We usually leave the 45b6930a7a window above the changing 51604dca07 room open for ventilation 41ba9fd65e at the end.”b8e1083f5334cfda

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“I know c482d564b8 they keep f6963323b1 that open. And I also know 1e4aa8908d that it’s too narrow e0ce3529f9 for a child to beaf75d388 pass through easily.”079e26828eb5eb41

“……”bb6b9584ee36dde4

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“What’s more, 725c295803 it’s strange c8f992ffe3 that Bern c525e18062 could have b89c1485f5 operated the 4a75269806 device on 22204ccad1 his own. No one would have e1d82ccc12 told him how to……”e414a174828a9313

It was odd 936c118e16 that Bern was 3e3b895423 found near the 3cccfdd9d3 device that injects 6a27087fe2 magical power into d310d6be5f the core. It might have 884f2cee04 been accidental, but 47d7494f9e Aubrey wanted to fbbd809455 discuss this further. However, Bell seemed 1b4fe7fed5 to have other 1bd1587fc9 concerns.52f66b7c86a3fa3c

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“The people in 78e3d71d51 Zabeer must have 5a9cee86eb noticed this incident 49870c9722 by now. The blue 1e6e14c5db flames of 293a4d5116 magic are 2b8605c2c2 clearly visible 8b3a88ec2d even from e606b1db58 afar.”d0be8f916d52cd4c

“……”0b70044c288d48b5

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“Given that they’ve c1a93dda2c been trying to 8198b3af1b counter our new beb2c71b03 battery development, they’ll 2a8c93c5d5 definitely make this be3274e560 an issue.”d880178f65c143ec

The factory 2db9542e6d was located 3a539452ca near the e71f1bbe19 border with 9515904def Zabeer. Marquis Wiidin had e535f33943 deliberately placed several 9b0065ab21 houses on the ce953e3129 border when he 1b0f9f2c7a built the factory, d637bd2591 expecting Zabeer to 08090898ea claim, ‘Our citizens a92c4f15d5 were greatly startled 23d59d3ded by last night’s 288f30f1dc incident. How will you 61148e976d handle this?’ as 848cd7120e a pretext for 1d95ef7dfe demanding compensation.c8d0a7b26c328905

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Even if not for 5f9e56e660 this, they would likely 885ad91bc3 probe into the incident, 63bf441568 trying to find fault. The aftermath of the bd7e948424 accident was enough of e4c714d0ba a headache without having a8f86d4200 to deal with the 0f87803f18 cleanup. Watching Aubrey’s expression harden, 3cc4fafcd3 Bell said cautiously,3e0fd245176a13c7

“We might receive f0b305fb9a a protest letter 122a2f2359 from them at c5356ebd67 any moment, so de236fdaed please rest a aa98bc1854 bit. And that hand…”307f459c29dede05

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Bell’s voice faded 7c323c2261 as he furrowed b905837282 his brow. Though it was Aubrey e8d6f44e9e who was injured, Bell c279cd9830 spoke as if he 63de122094 felt the pain himself. Knowing that e06eeafbfc Bell harbored 958eb5357a feelings for ff83402c05 him beyond 4bd33c8553 mere fondness, ac8fa230c7 Aubrey was 84bc336b55 not inclined 2ecaed2378 to reciprocate f1e8113003 such obvious 8880924639 expressions.8f1500306a09e8b7

“Just go to 84c689519b the factory and 39e81ca3ef check if there 342a657871 are any embers 71488d3bf2 left. I’ll follow soon.”959e15dc2fcc10bd

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“Rather than 8e02871bb4 doing that, 5631afeea1 you should 123f5135a9 stay in a074961efa the hospital fd170c0200 for more cbebfb25c9 treatment. With that hand…”a1a41ab8c37cd99a

“I’ll handle my c30d17459f own business, you e66d1f8f7b just go and 8ba200e8dd do as I’ve 0e2947c54a told you.”fe1b9423d50bba54

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“……”425aa517d94108db

For a 05a686a2e2 moment, Bell’s 201eceb6af brow furrowed, 34b2fcbd16 and his 9f3c6c36aa expression twisted e75c7fc1e4 slightly. He had 8bc795db2c been approaching f0e55df626 Aubrey lately d326dec77e with the ac8997229c enthusiasm of 7d231065da a wagging 0b11a28126 tail, but df5e770941 he was d147fca786 originally a 1e20863f30 man with f5a22501af a cool 3eb289b01a demeanor. Showing a 2c8745e2d1 brief return 7e066b803b to his 929b553cfc former expression, 1ae9cf59d7 Bell finally ecc145bbf6 murmured in 97339ece29 a subdued 85361a9ae1 voice,f13648e0d379db5f

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“…Understood.”ca27a53f373c3643

Reluctantly, but with 1989c7ba27 no other choice, 58c5be3210 Bell turned away. Watching his 8cd18b651e slumped shoulders 2cc8fce546 recede, Aubrey 46fd9b7a80 looked at b69e1d4762 his right 1c8ad5cff4 hand again. This time, he 7e26994131 didn’t grip it dd2e2ec363 tightly but instead ceb307f599 released the tension 2b2bd3fcde immediately. His fingers d0c5b625ed began to a2f1dac3b2 tremble slightly. It hurt.760f5cc678f328dd

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Pretending to be 71fd7201df calm in front a8b790b2ca of the doctor dc76c1201e and Bell had 6c25c047fb been tough enough ee1e753eaf given the pain. But what made Aubrey 11eb4040e7 suffer more wasn’t the ef87faade4 current pain but the 47a9b71fd9 agony he had previously 0ca4f3bdf2 experienced due to the c27952a62e brand. The dreadful pain 08f6b1a053 seemed to resurface d3c6b5151f like a phantom, d9ee8f388a and Aubrey slowly 66d69d1d42 sat down.a62844172078830f

“…It’s okay.”4b9ae9ec1e71594a

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This wasn’t like before.65c4869001a5a202

Telling himself that it b48b350fe8 was all in the 59a3b1345b past, Aubrey rubbed his ca0a77b2fc face with his left eb7603bd82 hand and then ran 325e7386b1 his fingers through his ef7d488df7 hair. He tried 15d32d9c25 to put 0a41e18b9b it behind bca0a8ff15 him, but 43b1e26a98 it was 38cd429277 hard. The pain 2da0b20727 seemed to 40545f20e9 become clearer, 0ea4b7cd7b and Aubrey 568b75a9e7 buried his 15fa59d7aa face in c9639a55cf his bent 96cb0a2699 knees, letting acec490c27 out a d5dde05b41 thin moan.a1801fdca9c2cb25

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From the moment d519d70b59 Aubrey became aware ab1f923bfc of the alchemists, 6a6b46ba85 they became his c2c4df6b26 next target.0f45a71ca99303aa

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Alchemists, who were 55ce9c9def once priests of 9177ceffa1 Alman, declared their 718e9b4dfa independence about a 9115125f62 hundred years ago. They advocated that not 62408dd813 only a select few fc8da5be58 but everyone should be b8f26e6094 able to freely use 5a40496242 magical power. It was a dangerous 234bc92ba3 ideology because it echoed 54e9b0532a the ‘great sin’ that 2197c46a44 had spread 400 years 300b1fd5e7 earlier.d29d45d9f6bc55e7

The claim that 49fdcfda50 humans could harbor 8638f12d96 magical power and 3e1b042132 reach the divine 23a3a53581 realm was a 474a80c484 shock and caused 97b4818f8a great resentment among 5c88ce2b0a the people of c396ee42bb that time, ultimately dad916e66b leading to the e80680b19e great sin being f8c7e15d87 shattered into pieces. It served as a c3e5d8d2c8 warning that humans should 6b0be643e6 never overstep into the c08803c8ae domain of the gods, 77f7d64d7b and the shattered remains 1a260f4ee8 of the great sin 3c47db258d were buried under the 7f8177fce9 lands of various nations.769825383bf8150c

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Although it happened f47f527ba7 400 years ago, 8b1962de96 people still considered 470346fb3c it taboo to 8ae138945a mention the great 31e8c8bac5 sin. But suddenly, these 38ae991868 alchemists began spreading e007992f89 such dangerous ideas. Unlike the eba3c170bc great sin, c67cf0a96e they did 4d9cf2c876 not meet ff75fd5569 a miserable 86c8657325 and dreadful 1301552807 end but 160b8873b7 were instead 3ad58a453c tacitly acknowledged 52e5a7c9ea as independent 480d8c1b84 groups by 70eb70c263 Alman, growing f9b1d1eec5 steadily through 3a34029f64 deals with eec329ddfc those in fabb766c11 need of d0d904ada8 their services. Over a century, they a5f753692d had significantly increased in edf633b8dc influence, and it was 0aba206214 unlikely they would overlook bfdec7a4c4 Marquis Wiidin.429196037d7473cb

The relationship between the 3692723334 alchemists and the marquis c5f0d9a297 had been ongoing for cbe47d8a28 a long time, unbeknownst f2cade78d9 to Aubrey. But even after becoming ea3159a720 aware, it wasn’t easy 40e554ad38 for Aubrey to make 461b78773d contact with the alchemists. The dealings between 27cbc2d89b the marquis and bff7a1a80a the alchemists were 81dc9bbf19 carried out in d49cbe94d7 secrecy, and Aubrey 0dd4482fbe first needed to 7783194a1b gain his father’s e205cef36f trust.75eca41089fda18a

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Thus, Aubrey 0a6f74ad71 had to 47f06b3aad play the 8e10a581e5 role of 64e27e1703 a son f094ddfb25 who could 9d5a36e1b2 please his 20c24cbfe9 father, something 3b84898aee he had 8d5ce16806 become quite 29d2a82abf adept at 2a91d0c48d over multiple c5ce271866 regressions. Recognized as 892c246193 a prodigy 69e1baee87 from a 0cb9844c35 young age, 882d600554 by the 3721ef61fb age of 2146f6136e thirteen, he 958f6fc744 was able 1f61f7d2c4 to take 1b32af246b over some b0a34b26e4 of his dc505343ba father’s duties. This gave him access 046a90a75d to important information related 81f617d9a3 to the marquis’ business, 180a4399b5 but it wasn’t enough. He thought he might f4f20938d6 gain the information he 6716b11eff wanted if he waited e4751018e3 a few more years, 66857daf72 but his patience was 3f7f78e47b wearing thin.294b2b81351b08f2