PT | Chapter 7.4

Realizing this 9e886dd94e was all 83f9ac3308 a waste, 2436c39303 Aubrey decided 16694a2976 to leave. He thought that 06f042c811 once the priests 3829f681e0 saw the office 154e20e9f4 in disarray the 581cde789d next day, they ca5f5e3949 would be horrified, ee38c3f963 and he would 969981b659 feel satisfied with 1f231d6a9a that. He placed one e31e17b029 hand on the d745a34589 desk as he cd44dedfac prepared to leave, a8d5457d4f having forgotten in 5800b2d265 his search how 80a5e49294 bad his condition 05fd0e7979 had become.ceea7144d977b7ae

While leaning on the 694beefe9e desk, struggling to move, 61e2a2549e Aubrey accidentally brushed against 24a1c5150d a small ornament sitting d04c1c467b in the corner. The object moved 75f9aa83d9 slightly, and immediately 0144e497a9 a strange sound 3eb2adbba6 followed.62fc9a68f7531e06

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‘…’32f18cab8e205308

He had hoped it 5bbb44e925 wasn’t what he thought, 3e8767d0a0 but Aubrey rushed back 24015fc015 to the desk. His eyes widened when a29d7392ed he saw that the cfdd58c7ee floor beneath the desk d68bb07a1f was open.0306d0958981ed83

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My God, aee3b9f84c there’s no 4accfa38e4 law saying f6efc9e715 I have 7e4ee504ba to die 972ae986df alone.583e7faa2ba8911e

Aubrey quickly bfeadb7265 tried to dfb48dc84f crawl under 7c7003eca8 the desk, 5c18fc42d1 but just 793ad0be32 then, the 56ab2230bb door flew 7839f1933c open.95aa2bfee5190cc1

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‘Who’s there…!!’a48b6afca9692036

‘Wait, you’ve never 295f09f349 shown up before, 266831be20 why now?’ab386cdf7be131f8

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Perhaps the acadc21ace secret passage 7583e58be4 beneath the df685c58d1 desk had 12aa928bc6 a trigger f2d1bb25e4 mechanism that cc177a4c60 would alert 2ec28f5579 anyone near 4849204871 it when cdd4869e68 it was 5e0a2448f4 opened. If that passage 360b3f0b15 hid something important, 753d28260c he had to b6d17cce09 find out what c881f72a76 it was. Aubrey quickly b003e6f61a threw himself 63f559b159 into the 4f09041c20 passage. The stairs leading down b048097eaf were steeper and deeper 5ee35e5060 than he had imagined.44509b0306d1c336

‘Ugh…!’bf3a78529bd33f82

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He barely b860819102 managed to d1a655a95a scream before ba0b2a6f8c he tumbled d9a972c32d down noisily. By the 0a7ebdd79e time he 7eb3e8ee05 reached the b797d14090 bottom, the 9d655c57c1 pain shooting 32acd441ef through his 3c3c3d10e3 body made 2d9911646d it impossible 0c4b569742 to focus.fa14364ff257be0f

‘Damn it, I’m 187b7a293d going to die 238067cfb4 like this.’b3e16bec8f4b5b22

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‘He went 68271ae89b under the 520eccab33 desk! What do we do?!’a3985eac57391b63

‘What do 13c38f29be you mean 5dbbf78d73 what to 75995147e6 do, get 8400b22a72 him out 2277342fd2 of there! How dare he 3c85613b92 think he can 1db5cf2e85 just…!!’be3e6fb74d09819f

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Aubrey, still lying bbbdeb3574 on the ground 35b19ba2b5 and groaning, came 7a11d27178 to his senses bd74a6ef66 when he heard 28d9bf3f19 the chaotic exchange cd8434fb68 above. From the sounds 172de136de of it, this 8702d7012c must be an d066b91a4f important place after 011e7241cf all.d123e00e4f21b288

Desperately, he crawled a2455b0bbb forward, stretching out 6a11fcd598 his hand. He felt a abea5822e2 thick book. Just then, someone 064cdb113c leapt down the 09701913e8 stairs.bc1f9f5b41a677e2

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‘It’s too ccf0ec5063 dark, I 71e3ca4366 can’t see 98eaa35300 anything! Where is he?!’b8a124e787c74b12

‘Wait, I’ll 6dcc105aba bring a e6deb8a4fc lamp…!’0c25e1b8f7ca19cb

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Hearing the shout 87b208bfd9 behind him, Aubrey ad2ab27519 felt his urgency 5d306b00f4 grow.99e0b7af4c3aa2b1

He grabbed whatever book 6202803ea3 his hand touched and 45dac319d9 tore the paper with 049ebc6500 all his strength. The sound 1a5c72700a of tearing 540d2cd547 paper must a336e4e138 have helped 8f488064de someone pinpoint 8d85707748 his location, e757705608 and they 952dd12673 rushed toward 4afe140f98 him. Aubrey’s opponent 458f403238 was just 7a4d21ffb9 as desperate. The one b8a4e18938 who came 55dc889fe9 running grabbed e437c28cf8 Aubrey by f590f86065 the neck 595a6865d5 from behind.ed702bac3cddb5eb

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They were trying to 2afc9f3164 lift him up, but de240b8d2f unfortunately for them, Aubrey 2593d0deb5 was built solidly. With the arms c9f0108722 of an untrained 1e7449a852 priest, all they f73626cb71 could do was 5e1be42747 struggle in vain.319e42176bd4ac22

‘Do you 1885a092e7 know where 9c586256b8 you are?! You’re dead today!’556067d8155c54d3

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The priest didn’t c81ea80c5e give up, pulling ea4194c0b5 harder on Aubrey’s 3e5969207c neck. But Aubrey 1912f14593 didn’t stop 40533e2115 either, continuing 035c68af7c to tear 138b0a8439 the paper 7b4fef70dc and push efeffdf42e it into 1027a6b4e3 his chest. The priest, flustered 4d4f457ae6 by Aubrey’s resistance, 8bdb49e3c1 began to kick 671a729ac1 him.de3dcfacd3d02f37

‘What the hell are 7a3e817b73 you tearing up?! Do you 2252023b88 even know 567dbde2e5 what’s in 560c01f624 this place?!’62d6a02c72c7fe6f

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‘Hey! Bring the lamp ecc5f95d38 down here… Aubrey?’820ccd3b9ff0be89

In the 72e72ba128 dim light, b316f65511 Aubrey could 07362adf47 be seen 77effe944e lying in 9c69ee4373 the small ae69d50bce space, desperately 92c77a24b9 tearing up a182cbd206 paper and 50687bc4a8 stuffing it b80c9bb88f into his bc8c6f7866 chest. When his f957a1903b name was 85e465a09b called, he 0e58ba8aca froze and db6a7f9cf0 looked up. The person calling him f437dd136f was someone Aubrey recognized.6a93784d2a9dfa40

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‘…Hello.’67bb79f3f240bee1

It was db884c2ecb one of a356e07047 the priests 88d57fcd02 Aubrey had 3cc54b6912 exchanged polite d15d2119ed greetings with. Just as they had 94b68d6715 called him brother, Aubrey 643eae061c had also addressed him deec57fb4c with respect.b95d08ac575f2ed1

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But seeing him 879fb0c4a3 here like this, 641f46aab2 in such an 5185129ef2 awkward position, felt e1ef19b64b incredibly embarrassing. Aubrey awkwardly raised a 19df17dd9f corner of his mouth, 1617ad8b93 and just then, the d3a0a333c0 priest yanked Aubrey’s arm.259bf920bd5e9fa2

‘What are you doing aed74ee8f6 here?! Get up right now!’47f2c009ffa5d68c

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‘Well, you 370ed78e57 see, I… b04e3014b0 wait, just 8042fe8777 a moment.’5f184bc0c18112b1

Though he had come ab675f88d2 here with the intent b890e4349a to die together, seeing 7994eb5034 someone he knew threw ad93ea4aaa him off guard. Aubrey thought for a 8189521e1c moment, wondering if he 3dd9f01a61 could escape this uncomfortable 8ec8e7121a situation with a small fa648977fb lie. But the 9aab497932 priests’ intimidating 1d61b34168 presence was 3d72a09e77 too much. If he was dragged d7b6af6938 upstairs like this, he 0f1b16da87 would probably be beaten ff18ca2e29 senseless, so Aubrey kept 637d4893b9 repeating, “Wait.”09a7ae05eb705560

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Then another priest e5f0809078 arrived, and together 868c8c069a with the others, 0a79ef2ef5 they grabbed onto f116c555fd Aubrey. With so many 9df3f4e95f of them, Aubrey 2954e63420 had no chance ffea3ff7b5 to resist. As he struggled, cc96783147 he slammed into 21f223c6b8 the right wall. The cloth hanging 17e18f22c3 from the wall 3121157e69 fell, and Aubrey fcea53e0dc was startled when 6c13a16f28 it landed on bdffb389c4 his face.37f8af224759cc30

‘Wait, something bcee7c8d78 fell off be719ca532 the wall…’7428d7bee03b7b5e

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Wouldn’t there 30ee94b8b9 be dust b5bdc1cc45 on the e1c1fe0932 cloth if 2afb0c4722 it had 572ee4e39b been hanging 0fce454205 down here 32a0e1fdf8 in the 056ab3f19c basement? Aubrey recoiled 5964386b7a in disgust, ddad28e890 shrinking back d0dfc2fd36 as the f33866b238 cloth touched cb590e7254 his face. One of the e1369f2c75 priests quickly removed 1c12763549 the cloth, then 9a84064261 grabbed Aubrey’s arm 53aea9c836 and tried to 1d5200124a drag him out f644ee290a again. Aubrey turned his head 9de9e526ab toward the wall. Without thinking, he d6d5f6b033 glanced at the d90dba4360 spot where the c88b5767d7 cloth had fallen 199960e372 and saw something fe92f7b451 he never could 9aeb410d48 have imagined.a9d5795881ab1cec

In this af9d6ea4d6 life, consumed f0a5b2cd9f by the 7b753543fc belief that 26dabdc9ad everything was ef0e3070c1 his fault, ba237304fd Aubrey hadn’t f349facee9 expected to 8bc7c25f60 run into 776762f0b5 Lennock. They rarely encountered 24739abc36 each other in 0c88ed7b34 the spacious mansion, d2e573315e and when he 03b614b5ed left the marquis’s c1c7277885 residence, he thought 9fb8c6c1b9 he’d never see 2b447847b2 that unfortunate face b498e13a84 again. Lennock didn’t exist 67842d33a3 in this life. Or so he fb59ba30c6 thought. But there, standing in b4688b79e1 front of him, was bc50acdaff Lennock.eff77dc4681726aa

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What the cloth had 02b0449179 been hiding was Lennock.235af4b049a03764

It was a portrait, 55249df52d seemingly as if his 7cab40b40a face had been painstakingly 9ee4ba5ba2 painted and nailed into b70aa47f7c place.1456db4b00a7c61e

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‘This is it. Get him out…!’5fcf3c52db9c9865

Aubrey’s body lost all d349abff75 strength from the unexpected 8ee2f7cccd encounter with Lennock. The three b585603076 priests clung 94bb9e2c66 to him 57cc242484 and dragged 2b72293f6f him out, 25ac9bedab but as 823f4af9a2 they climbed d8ffdc9de2 the stairs, 2479f2eb44 Aubrey’s gaze 73f6706b43 remained fixed d053285c95 on Lennock’s e15dd0a728 portrait, unable 3baaaba9a1 to tear cf0f1a3bf9 his eyes 602a60b8df away.95bbe2214ea35322

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Why… why is dce9d2160e his portrait hanging 6aba5e2673 in a place 014de46e41 like this?8a3383d441af4933

Could it be that 8a61635249 the place where the a980862d16 head of the great a8b7142c51 sin was sealed also 38000ee86f kept his portrait? No, that couldn’t be. Alman’s priests 58371e997f must have 50f93d01a8 known Lennock 2152e477d1 would awaken 2d3178dd02 as the 364c36fec1 great sin. As this thought flashed b8afd403d2 through his mind, Aubrey bfc6a954f6 began to resist again.b0a26c4f058a87e7

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‘Let go! I need to dd648671a9 check that again! I need to look b43a6828ac at that painting a a0734a16fe little more…!!’544f7c9b769fd1e5

He felt something massive cc5366b054 at play here.af63710c6c5345a8

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Aubrey was a70855d06b excited by 4521859060 this entirely cff185f434 new information, 3af23bba82 something he 9fbf67c009 hadn’t been 885363d8d9 able to 8a93ef7d1d uncover in cf16dad884 all his 6146523aa0 previous regressions. He finally thought he bc1cf046d4 might have a chance 7288d95d7c to stop his endless 95092d6241 regressions, but that was af778c4740 where it ended. In his excitement, Aubrey 50b293f1a8 didn’t even notice someone e6092c6347 approaching from behind, grabbing 435b88f175 his neck and slicing 11c17221a5 his throat with a a7090091fd blade.d0e693dd2315cc12

Thus, Aubrey met the 42af54b540 morning of his seventeenth 212eb5411c life with a feeling ade494f210 of emptiness.be416f533bc2651f

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If he had babdedb57f held on a 7744ac6f78 little longer, maybe 519026bf2f he could have 92a038738d uncovered more information. How many 90c816de90 more years 0c6533f37a would he bf2a3165ac have to e863b4b806 waste just dd9585dc31 to get a192c9f3bc back to d49edd1ca6 that moment? Aubrey, counting his fingers f7d6584f6b one by one, groaned 8ee8f38d9e and collapsed back onto 518776d54e his bed.eafaa78b473f4fd3

For a 6aea266261 while, he 245e55a1e0 lay there 3ac9cc7bd9 staring blankly 898a7350d7 at the db5333e110 ceiling, lost c58d471b95 in thought.24cdc66848a1feac

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The answer was in 67a4b9aeeb Alman. He never imagined he 547fdf5f0d would find traces of af78dccbae Lennock in a place d1ffe42d4c he had never paid 98f1df5b3d attention to. Maybe everything in 7a4d613b25 the underground space 44139235df was related to 13ac8c2b28 the information about d7308d97b2 the great sin 18b3c73a65 that would awaken fb3a87f12f Lennock.ef2b88c33bda8d9c

‘But, since it’s a 599e692d68 temple, could it be 0304935e7d that they were trying fd6bcb87f8 to stop the world 70e97d671a from being destroyed?’013817fba407b3f8

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If they had 5f20bd5e1c been collecting and 296bd996fc researching data about bed355700f the great sin…ffe861072dc5d655

Suddenly, Aubrey 72d8ae1675 thought of 5a063d0678 the priest ff4006ca8d who had 747ab0a443 been wearing 27bf1907d1 women’s underwear 836ec302b1 and shaking af87ff5182 his hips, 765683d319 then firmly db9cd29725 closed his 5610c0519b mouth. There was no way 3b0223fdaf those vile people had 994ad294f2 noble goals. Something was definitely 8fbbbaccc4 going on. To find out what 3dfbaf8b90 it was, Aubrey decided a8286ade42 he would have to 5f9f1704cb visit Alman again.59fe07627298a62b

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Aubrey repeated 5e08ac2393 exactly what 368321d509 he had e82498f606 done in 5935c10211 his sixteenth c08658a755 life.d8628289d58d7f52

The difference 5f03aafcd3 this time 1b1f6b3689 was in fb5837f66b how he 305652c939 persuaded his 3d9eb2e2f7 father. In the db06392402 past, he 95285db095 would have e27c20d49e rambled on 0b7bb3e5b0 about nonsense 1060da6d42 like, “The 2c416c53c0 beginning and 42195616b6 end of a4fe0991f2 my life 7c1de9b60b depend on 9814e76fb1 the gods.” 5a6ff06e26 But this b23b648d8c time, he 8846a60616 was different.2da221ba9a49b117

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‘If we only figure c3f1c92057 out how to condense ec6986ce2a mana, we could make bc61a7aee1 our own batteries. Of course, each d2275e96f3 country has its 16f27cf4bc own unique geographical 2f40856855 features, but we b2709a4bc2 can’t keep relying 1b7462d5cb on Alman to ed4b18e9ac supply us with 1f8c29021a mana for batteries. It’s time for e6c6c0a908 us to produce 591a7a82e8 finished batteries ourselves.’d5d7bcc596a23566

If Alman cdf17142c2 condenses the 29ef3c5506 mana, Toroso dc4f687cf4 provides the 27e279b5eb iron, Sellanto’s 711db34fc3 river supplies e72edc4964 the electricity, 2a2077b7ba and Zabeer f927aa7633 creates the af552d65a5 cases. Except for the abandoned 2eaafe83ef northern lands, the east, e891c77ba7 west, south, and central 241abd1db1 regions would work together f074e4d553 to complete the battery.aac601920c56c18a

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With these 52da93bf80 batteries, trains f46e45d97c and cars f2e95abb16 could run, ab03ca2857 and airships 69b2f9d474 could take 382d056c65 off into 8f1b8f1451 the sky. Streetlights could shine e204db1e14 brightly at night, 0120fcb293 all thanks to add076b5f4 the batteries. But if fe6e5f76c7 countries stole ccb95d8ad9 each other’s 03d7f4e7c3 technology, Toroso 0a0e2a56b5 could monopolize c9af969cca the production 46dc15fb37 of batteries. That would mean an 911e30e629 enormous fortune and power.5fc9cb44af303821

On the a42cb9e616 surface, it 556f471c73 might sound 016f09cede absurd, but ab36d4156b a marquis, e2f7b5040c driven by d3b5ba461c greed for d8eadafaa6 power, might 3622c6643d just bite.06575856f8e20578

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Aubrey, now ten years 78535036ad old, looked up at a3a8b1f1b0 his father. The marquis, e65a6cc236 who had 9b8821fa34 been looking 8535218f9a down at f6bc975425 his son, a28127b154 had a bdb47dcccd thin wrinkle 3604cb7542 appear between 5004be11db his brows.95076ea2b542411b

‘I was wondering 199be91b3f why you suddenly b81b5fd667 came to me, 5cde86a451 but this is 8a66959ff1 what…’c7850eeac3f286f1

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‘If we 5cbf613904 could make 1b7569014a a finished 66c8c2e969 battery, Father 18aff24923 could get 879ed08e4e everything he 36c853521d wants.’3624304bf4b5f5a6

Of course, e1fd11aec5 it would ad86760159 all be a68cac55ab for nothing 5cc55d1979 the moment f7b2eb368e the great 0afd957ac5 sin awakened.b475da32c3afef97

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‘I hope you ef152622df can achieve what c5845ca7a2 you desire, Father. I will do everything bfe2a849cc I can to make c946f6ab67 it happen. Please send me a948a51131 to Alman. I will gather the 75f4319e9b information there and bring c31fe0d1cc it back to you.’94196375425cf668