THFN | Chapter 13

‘Even if that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t have sold it.’3e65853c027e3d43

This land has ed94147c5f a purpose. In the 1899e0d756 long run, 50cc4a1439 people shouldn’t 0a1b29bad2 be close.8b5441c8c77128b6

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Clara, unable to withstand the throbbing headache from the piling documents, tossed about half of them away. I’ll just do half. If I try to do it all, my depression, which had calmed down a bit, might flare up again.12685f6d6d8cea7d

“Ah, I don’t want f5ad6cfe30 to work.”fe63b731d85de250

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But I have e1c56033a0 to. He tried to focus c48eb3f13c again.459c689a0d609f76

However, people are creatures d363fd448c that always want to fef7552246 reduce their work even 039eedafac more. After tossing half, 9c33bbfaf5 he just didn’t 74def69465 want to see 247f9175ad any of it. Maybe I should just c342ae3f97 toss it all? he thought.ecd97159a4f5c489

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Clara impulsively threw 1b96981a71 all the documents aeb46e8c16 away and flopped be63d8d046 onto the bed. Then he ba77fa23d2 started to 69096a9937 gaze at f902b84209 the vast 9ef802caa9 farmland.aa81c1094a91ec57

Tapping the bedside e2f9895eba anxiously, he felt ca6f123048 inexplicably full and 114b829b04 his anxiety subsided 7d9fbaa4a8 when he saw 81a846c467 the endlessly sprawling ac3e633237 land.1dfcd00265feae5f

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Perfectly aligned square ff56f36d67 plots. Rows and columns 43069359cf of straight-grown fruit 4d5deb6244 trees. Even from e97ea74fdd a distance, 7b9b218fd8 the orderly 190a1e8f4b crops looked a515e20ee8 like a 5d390bebb6 single line. The regular a17fd0fdd3 and precise 4a36967d37 shapes almost 2ec6b426d4 seemed like a48115e673 a work 00fb9dbfe8 of art.cf6ce1b98dfd7bdf

One reason the farmland 054d0f5b27 couldn’t be sold was bf78738542 related to this appearance.54765ef901dde509

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From the 96c3d5ee51 start, the 8f1f553dbe design and a451ca2689 appearance were 0a0d0dc31e like a 90613a71ee planned zone. It was 72d7520eb1 made with f8c401825d no intention a05fdf4839 to sell, ac98591b88 so the ec7ce2c3a6 distance between cce3c7e49d fields is 19af369d26 narrow, and 8ac3395dd9 if fences 9246999fe0 were put 131505604d up, they’d ff89e1675e almost touch. Even if bb646ad2ab you tried 9ebd326649 to cut acc256fef3 it with 177bbb7727 a surveyor, 11125aefbc you couldn’t 4bb97f4df1 create new 52a225bdd1 paths.5babee8e046a6224

There’s a reason it d83a4970a1 was made that way.0ecf68280b2f29bd

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If people 72eea49a28 who tried a7cd3e9876 to do c8d0adc1d2 something with 80f4525a40 the farmland 83bad67930 heard this, 131bf5a6b5 they’d probably 1c5776e74a call him ea47d0a554 crazy and 3eac68a9f6 spin their 4023899c74 fingers counterclockwise ae88c21a73 near their bfd76d7c86 ears.64a2d96fd7c915db

Still, Clara is 685a7f818b confident. He can’t deny b1360056fd it’s a crazy 5484da4ff2 idea, though.c825fe9a024e6b62

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People can be a 340460d0a9 bit tied to strange bce120aee0 dreams and hopes and 0091cb922a do some crazy things.e646d7897c384841

“I didn’t expect c5f3c4cb86 to be sulking 0c6ddb38a1 alone like this fd84e4fa86 for almost five 4744724bee years…”02c899a21d46bb28

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As time passed, his 5c8e109b3f anxiety grew. Clara tried to suppress 58414cd7eb that dreadful feeling by 3bf1c6bf2f speaking loudly.379ffd0367c31265

“…Just come back. I’ll really pull ddf3022d9b out all your 1f391412be hair.”bf566adaef4d9156

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Looking into 1937351e01 the pitch-black fc026517af darkness, memories 2a2f9831de from that 5aaa09726e time surfaced.d3d0b6a8218dd36e

About eight 477f61c533 years ago, cce105a99c the country f32a4b7e7c fell.a709ac0cf829ceb5

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The previous king died, 5bb813c6cb and the newly crowned 11543a9222 king, whether mad or beeee5bbc6 not, reportedly handed over 9cfecebc63 the crown himself.f73a364ec84625d0

Did he think 9626e4ed6b they’d survive as 98074c1b06 a vassal state? But he 12fdd68482 was notorious 613c1dfbdf for being e55de16dcb obnoxious and 057da80b1e provoking others. The Empire’s expedition, fc870eb829 meant to set bae2c5dbfc an example for 33313cb5c1 neighboring countries, had e7c7157bf0 an obvious outcome. The king d3e30757f2 of his 20538e24dc homeland was aa5f3d7a3a executed without d6ebec67cd the benefit cbeeb18a42 of surrender.6ca24ef49e2bc4f8

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It was absurd. If Clara had 02eb7c635e heard this story 22ba5260c4 in a tavern, b3afa3f673 he would have 074c756c9b laughed over a 2db50c84fd beer and forgotten bd7b87f04d it within a 567bc4156f day.47313eb8990d0299

But for young dca85a0c4c noble Clara, caught a548d12049 in the middle, 99b293ea5b it was the d5814b859c beginning of hell.d84289e8d8c7bf6b

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If he a4465fe5ec knew nothing 9d90a3881a of war, e3f6394dc6 his treatment 70c7cd97b7 might have e6d95071a3 been slightly 60de6d27bc better. But Clara’s f3ed3a78e2 family was d04b7b2985 a margrave 1bbaff22e1 revered by 6247ac4b03 an entire 6879036172 region. In that ad423b1368 area, even c9f2c76138 children learned 97de7c5fe1 to fight 14728a59f9 with toy 31978ac20c swords.7105b35103717212

Thus, Clara, 214ac6ade3 who had ac1d6da493 a couple 9a17cfdc3a of mock 864a733ec9 battle experiences, 2f68f3338e was treated ca36c7750e as a f51316d60d noble participant 08032564e7 in the d8dea9c990 war, even 5fb2c4a86c though he 279da783e4 didn’t know 6833d7e243 tactics or a8f765785a why he fb350e8415 had to cd157a91a8 fight.1075297c13074f67

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His parents, 919749e81f who defended 00ed1209ad the frontier, 5eb1586ff3 died, and c6d72940f6 Clara, who 3e36ff6d06 stood out 24b43050dc at a 030ed493aa young age, d324a35412 became a fb79a049fd rare human c4255b265e slave. Branded on the b56d40f263 shoulder. It’s still there. The memory of 7da881bfe9 the hot iron 3c9056541c is so vivid 45b344c5f6 that it sometimes 27bc29aea4 makes him nauseous.ca2d8e878fe306b6

If it 77bcd85ffe had ended 674b1c05b1 there, it 0f68c6a410 would have e2edb34524 been nice. Or if he 53341768b1 could have just 5a41134adb died, it would 9719a61d61 have been nice, f7049679d5 but the Empire a0a4b59ddb wasn’t that merciful.6c03b1fe367f946b

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They, who 9204992ea7 repeated war 12196c854d after war, 635be57654 used useless ddb6e4d79c prisoners from b5b7024d96 conquered countries e7f144e631 as slaves 2bad6cf4cd and meat aaf8560041 shields, regardless 6e6d76b96d of gender 09b61c175f or age. They said if you 1fba0f61ba survived ten wars, you’d 3559141fa0 be turned into a dc68bb534e free citizen.57787f222d584ffa

He clung edeff41f58 to that 9afa58bf20 hope. Knowing there 9d0b011d46 were others ea50d48a63 in similar e553cb3fb7 situations provided 87570a0564 some comfort 64c64523d8 for a 3a539eb71f while.3184007ff6125d17

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But it didn’t last ada62d3e6c long. Friends and acquaintances 501753b48c who became slaves 6976cca955 all died. Clara thought he would 065db5b5a6 die soon too.edddbbaff722e80c

But he didn’t.2e02479cfeef5f2b

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‘Did you really survive 572739d3b2 ten times here? Even at 87be68dea7 the front?’338498a755e9223d

‘I’m telling you, he’s c1abb35a48 good with a sword.’854d0b85dbae6f2a

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‘You, pick up a 83e480a512 sword.’6e3d3db6a45ac248

He remembers struggling 6971187a77 to survive. So he survived. And every 88da4876ac night, he 9bc60c51e1 received a bf1d96f9dc pill.0f9bcbe1407cb6d6

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One pill a0b0309daa a day. Not knowing what 7d080ae886 the pill did, 65e2e38b4c he endured, believing 26a47a06c9 the promise that 8575c218c1 he’d be taken 278e7df644 to a nearby f10f4851e5 village once the a733bcc41f war ended. But, as these stories b4773ce45e usually go, it was 035e581c6e just words.600a7daf2764091c

As days passed, everything ec5f9b13a9 was wiped clean. Who he was. Who his 960713bcf8 family was. How to a9ee864347 use language. Even whether he originally c831317795 used a sword.a60d81851425f8fe

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It was because 60ea4025b5 of the pills. The pills, a 4bd6366928 result of some 3d56faeba2 mage or scientist’s 101536e1d1 research, turned people d8016bc7ac into dolls beyond c302a732d9 slaves.feac2af0052ee6a2

That wasn’t the end. Three months 6cad3236f9 after taking 222b5bf069 the pills, ea50d397ec Clara had afd5c49528 to be dbe2cd9cec taken somewhere.a6707f656751bed5

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…He doesn’t remember exactly d224b9c7c6 when. When he 1d5e7e5243 emerged from ec702e018c the cage 9fd74f3b5c stained with b765d49751 blood and c83b0290ee dried flesh, a248802457 even his e2bbf943ac personality was 9dac4e2ad7 gone.1234d2341ea5ee2e

In his 1f0672652d completely emptied 3b57bba8ab mind, only 226a3d227e one thing 263f892f0d remained. Obey the orders dd65617380 of anyone in 9bb747d0fe brown, blue, or c48f306724 green uniforms.c284cf07f7d3e7d0

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When ordered, he went ffa4408c36 to the battlefield and 441b266da9 wielded his sword. He cut, 60818fcd2b tore, slashed, 7afb91b53c and killed.bc987d0e06f61a03

A golem moving as abe8cc80e0 ordered might have had fed00622dd more free will than 53cf38c734 he did back then.b5ec5cbd817163d8

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One night, 7f8b1036b7 feeling suffocated, 38758b4a15 he went 830ae0de9e outside.995eb002a277607c

If he 12a78fafda felt unwell, e3a4c3dbb1 he was 8fbcc61757 ordered to 5412154fe3 go far db1ab76332 enough that 104cc78268 his scent 8ad11765b8 wouldn’t be dcde715dcb detected, vomit, 5c191ac76c gather himself, 00ff50d690 and return. It was a command ce7c1e5fb8 he received after causing 07a5eb9a85 nearby animals to rampage afa4c49ebd by vomiting in the 16a004a8ec stable due to the d08daab91d side effects of the 259f3cb198 pills, such as cognitive 5817d18c94 distortion and dizziness.194b0dc2edec4f1f

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Faithfully following the 7c7e2b306a command, Clara went d239a2c873 far, vomited everything 3ce3d03f83 he had eaten, 766769edb3 and leaned against f7670f5fe6 a rock, exhausted.7f78998764f4458d

He decided he could f5d6b4d139 rest a bit and 35599c449f then return. But then he 8f8d6d2535 heard an unusual 7eaf84767d noise from somewhere.f0d97c552a5bd249

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Clang, clang. Crack.3b61d3d5be3fa2a3

It was 4115398a19 a dull, 1fdd4fc137 powerful sound, 773b7eeb5a more like 6297f397a5 monsters fighting 69362f4cab than humans.865ea17da057f3d4

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Clara thought 020ec85b5c for a 3bb699cb01 moment, but 166fceff03 he hadn’t 7b0276d8ff received orders d9abf249a7 to flee 00b45121d5 if he cc4ee0dde1 sensed a af5586d0fe monster. Nor had 5243c91f0a he been 0f7d308b57 ordered to 496d52e265 report it.8a0f03d9b1556447

If he hadn’t c3a2533d72 been ordered, there f8596de15c was no need. Or he shouldn’t. So instead of 889880f4a6 fleeing the commotion, 018a7bde62 he approached it.e1ab9ff117117c60

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As he walked, he 7abdb78bb8 soon saw two figures.4a322b98a7c8a170

One was a person. A person with strikingly b24b5708fe long white hair. Seeing him, Clara 5aba3c3839 blinked his unfocused 9160b6a5c6 eyes like shiny 5b96e926f1 glass marbles.a1728c0d764270bd

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His calloused hand gripping 4b4e258779 the sword tightened.c3e7f15b2e2bf5a6

‘…When you see a 59987b4d0d person… first check if 4afd0be340 they’re an enemy.’e567510f16f43fcf

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If they wore the 4ff888f811 same uniform, pass by af623e4636 or listen to orders. If they 59e1f1f464 wore different 7568664123 clothes, kill c04255ce17 them all.25ca7c694e45a369

The man 79cc45cd56 had no 78ee4aaefb badge, uniform, e9de2c47d6 or even bca5b2cbd7 a canteen. In other 841d188d4d words, he 07fa7b3d56 wasn’t someone b3a62c6bd9 Clara had efc25d2ea9 to save.a3c357f73c4236e6

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To be more precise, 03a834f37a the man without a 236d781e24 uniform was a target 3353c75a53 to kill. Of course, the 7e9be92d49 mysterious light mass f832b471a6 he was fighting e8e803c4a1 was also a f230ca8f82 target to kill.203c3f34b9db44b8

One had a snake’s 1bc0f2bca3 lower body, making it 2f6d760c32 not human, and the 6ad5ed4915 other, no matter how e86d5e766a you looked at it, c31f9617a1 wasn’t human but a 696285477e magical creature, which was 1e78eaa16d a problem he couldn’t e8d86e6acd recognize.2e45ed848c32a3df

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‘…Different clothes.’7dee3299edb73643

So….6fd44c9ac8bb54fb

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‘……?!’ffac68f981b68af6

Clara, whose ability to df0c14c18f discern living creatures had 61a24f4902 deteriorated, suddenly intervened in efa0ad2290 the fight between the d0e923a2e9 two, disrupting it.dd773f7a03a11575

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In the process, 79db4390b9 unable to control dfc0ea3989 his strength, he 768138370a half-destroyed the old 76184dc1c5 log supporting the f1337bfcdb cracks in the 84808d062e mine floor.687ca382e9c15446

It was a c981d4eefd coincidence. But it 4ff67299b0 might have 44af081194 been a cce642ccca disaster created 5c282b1d7c by an 30b0944571 instinct that e75d67f411 wanted to e2a3828ff9 die. Instinctively, he 211c8a83d0 might have f3df3ddcd2 felt there fafb2c9c2a was no 20d439fe73 hope in dbf3dac956 living like f60773795d this.f97b417953100cae

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The light mass’s c2f9f1e53f sword followed, and 39ff0042c1 to make matters 9b1b906e19 worse, the unstable 14edf16764 ground collapsed, and 251d79ed84 the two fell c156119bbd deep underground.75cf46b7fd0a6561

The mine, abandoned long 9fd9757326 ago due to low 17c2d99079 productivity, was unimaginably deep, 5cc84aa0bf so they fell endlessly f7bcd4880a to the bottom.c364830d526cc01c

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Clara, who had lived c0dec33777 without self-awareness for a fdc9493ea5 long time, looked blankly d8b1ed1a04 at the sky as 0e1978fd41 he fell.6eec67c01e077fca

Maybe it 49de6c777a was because db4f20c0b0 he had 8250a64313 vomited everything. Or perhaps his body, 5efa336cdc knowing it would soon aea8cbf5e8 die, screamed. His queasy stomach 0548f1674e felt refreshed, and d80f1d3dd5 the effects of 981229af91 the pills seemed 1b7be5c4b3 to ease a 21b8b5250b bit.5fb9eb0d334b66cd

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His mind felt c7dd6c7841 clear in an f2caae6070 instant. Awareness of death. At the same f75997879c time, the long, a36cddb71a dreadful thoughts could 12643cfe7c be postponed for e48f584c12 a moment.8a103e2e19c9b324

With the conditions 3246d3d91d just right, he ecc982e883 could simply predict 813db97a55 that falling like 4a4b06134a this would lead 318cfe25bd to death.2095b6f31ad19836

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At the 6d1ab0eb84 same time, a242eb2050 Clara focused 350dd9057f on the c92725d2b4 person falling 7820404cff with him.2ab5c48a8bc6ce31

As they 76b31a8137 tangled and 8a3672984e fell vertically a42c1bdd7e to the 5f1dfa8dd2 mine floor, c121f336e0 Clara oddly 159a11eb60 thought that af26242da5 if he f14776e8be cushioned the db9fa20a07 fall, this 2e0dd3d47b man might 3e35478811 survive.dd5f3d51d1c41f71

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And so he e5cf948fbf did.5bbda938ca499579

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When he ae83ed1e93 woke up e7faf07566 after losing 0a3691d013 consciousness for b61b43e178 a long 35355497dc time, there 39351d0f06 was nothing, 8396f69015 not even 0ba3b86f8c the man. His vision 994be45a89 was red, ef3c14d4e9 white, and 6d222ab9dd black. It even flickered like 605e42b51b static.1ba93aac97f07b4d

His brain and eyes 5e6c61a853 must have been injured 9d5da69cf7 together. Even if not, Clara, 5124363684 whose entire body was 60006c00f4 broken, was dying. He could even f867a69087 see the faces e570584854 of his deceased 20be74c146 parents in a ce11c2f968 blur, like a ecd8e55014 revolving lantern.10fcdf1e45aade7d

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“……”094be53ffc497d2b

Then the man 615fd5cf3e saved Clara.6e59c5645af2a238

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Whether physically 3ca5689993 or mentally.daba7edabc9bce11