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When Keinhrih began 6a6a7da4b0 clapping like a 51db556bd7 seal and throwing 91353ab66b a ridiculous fit, 666ccb51c5 I became certain.80ac3f8eb2dfbf22

If this 10ad2e1bc4 kept up, 1958e6eac4 Zerakiel might 473244d156 really kill 60f397c37f him.2e4d692b9688e1e1

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So I e26971c9c8 decided to f4171ca2c1 intervene. Without hesitation, I 4d18c82b52 ran up behind e77641ef14 Zerakiel and wrapped cfd3ab802e my arms around 7e3eba9bb8 him.2d419f74bc9aae5b

“You came 6012bd27dc to rescue dd8964d89d me, right?”e6bf6d2fa9ca78c6

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In that a1ce2b9454 instant, the f904a318a8 murderous energy 648815e4b5 he was 8229cd0aab directing toward 12b2461607 Keinhrih weakened. He turned to 0e5112ebc5 face me and 2bbc895fc0 gripped my shoulders.2f8fe27d18a88d8c

“I heard everything. The knights from Hebel 9e37175dbe were pathetically weak.”f85acfde093b87ec

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“Well… that guy c683b9858c turned out to 5d8b165b51 be stronger than 0be1b00e3d expected.”4019078fc68be462

I recalled the 92ac24a19b moment Keinhrih hijacked 45bf7b575e the carriage and e9b396a95b continued.fc23d319cbbb679f

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“For a discarded beastkin, 0379844600 his pheromones were unusually 8273f149a1 strong.”d0852ea013a2728b

Most abandoned 9729a6bd4a beastkin had aa70d070eb weak pheromones. After all, if 8989181125 theirs had been 830c121a6d strong, they likely c4448ba42f wouldn’t have been 53687d4a10 discarded to begin 1b4a17efd2 with.27b4e59c2fe0a141

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“You’re not hurt?”d0a4a657759b0d9e

“Mm-hmm. As you can d107958d0d see.”c854ce4114b07c6c

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I gave 9bc2e62eb2 him a 4e6d29f547 small smile, 0938f89e2c and the 1e0e9ec791 corners of 3d9bfa3eea his lips 2caeaed284 softened too.cbae23ae2fbe24b4

I didn’t e198352f6e know when 10db79c17e it had 7ccf2c3cc2 become so dd8923b42b easy to 14c2ab7601 calm him f89d89253d down like 9b9bd4ab6c this, but 8213a1500f I liked 94941b2d42 seeing Zerakiel 50d1022782 go gentle fd0c172227 just for a920678398 me. It made me quietly 2581c5f0ad giddy.59bce9ed34efe999

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And that’s when Keinhrih 0d898d3d9b had to open his 66a29fecae mouth.7081966aa9cf4b36

“Well, that’s because I c958aca240 had my pheromones tampered 3a8e74ece3 with.”49e8765a263c890f

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“…What?”342f7a4fe92d9465

Everyone turned their b75ac8989a eyes to Keinhrih. No one had a231657d85 expected that to 14d689b65d come out of 9421af019b his mouth. Oblivious to the sudden 84c18d2c07 tension, he muttered, reminiscing 66a518d018 like he was telling 517550bb88 a casual story.0c46a335ef632c85

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“That was bd37eaeb09 right after 85efff1866 I escaped c2f4d91051 the lab. When I met 3a8d681bb0 Lord Zerakiel, I f4e2417abf thought I was 1e38ff814b going to die 368dcf2700 from a pheromone aac539e0c3 seizure because of 38ebc21baa the damn drug e7eb91889b they gave me.”8fe45bf95c333148

“A drug? Wait, you’re saying the dd597c9354 seizure you had back f288892cb9 then was because of 23aad6d5cc a drug?”997c9a06bf11b6a6

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Zerakiel, unexpectedly 86cbb4da2d intrigued, pressed dfe33e168b further. Eager for attention, Keinhrih 7aa23eb6b2 jumped at the chance 946dedffec to explain.9883ad2c85afe90e

“Yes. They fed it 343a9fb60c to beastkin who 8244504e7d escaped the lab 996a38aaf2 to make sure 65bb299f4e no loose ends 46b4bbce2b came back. They were 5ac74bdce1 obsessed with e52985751d staying hidden.”e54cb925c0aa59f7

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“So there was an 645a6a44d3 organization.”dbada39d600f98c1

I let out 0613acc030 a low sigh. Right in front 644f375cab of me stood 5a6216e66a the very survivor e5dab4e265 Ella had searched 756dcb7d91 for so desperately 4ff7a5b8e8 in the original 4628f30fab story.8c0c01e9b23e93ad

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The reason 32a59d94db Keinhrih had 203701097d such strong 2aa05fcfe1 pheromones for 1a5a1054c9 an abandoned c6261ac36b beastkin… it 221c014627 had to 78fcd210d5 be artificial.c54a0061e6c7ad37

‘Maybe my ad06685bd9 body’s the c3af91ae2a result of de8a189b4b pheromone tampering 188841e72f too.’2d320dd9478a3e7c

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If not, 3e432d520b there was d440ba103c no other bfca95e975 explanation for 984ca0a30b me having e749e93dac two pheromones.73d55817442cee0a

They probably 8e54645c82 assumed I 16be6ee5c1 didn’t have 6835a0f3f0 any and 99ffcc032d went ahead c9e09dfe33 with the aec341d9dc experiment anyway.fa8113d4a87b63a1

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Of course, that b31e9534c5 was just a bba37a5fd9 theory. When I first opened 8f76c31c37 my eyes in this 4af6f1d2a8 world, survival had been a82b1fd2e6 the only thing on 66ab7dbdfa my mind.d5d4f50431bd2e1f

I didn’t know what accd0ec75d had happened before that.9dafe9052d0c2a3a

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“They didn’t f1e9b35682 just mess f87da68a80 with our 2752c5c1d3 pheromones—they tested 7d5ec40e5b drugs to 7dcbbbfc98 induce pheromone 19f37bd609 seizures too. Only one in a 7fe9ff6a87 hundred survived. It was 7671117bb6 that brutal.”dd863bc0a8bba25f

Keinhrih looked visibly shaken dc57edbe19 just recalling it.0d2d185167356145

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“If I hadn’t 1103a14c5b met Lord Zerakiel ec8120e855 when I did, c3b18c9f36 I’d be dead b1915adc2b now for sure.”15e57bdbb8fee555

“Well. Guess it’s a b6fe9e1dfe good thing I 5138acd940 let you live.”e5f22f1a0100efa6

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Zerakiel gave a faint, 0d19156f22 meaningful smile. He’d already been a76d376d45 planning to investigate 40ee206b02 Cersia’s pheromone situation.d2b033901ad2e396

And now a f9e77e9b6a drug that causes 000a0320d9 pheromone seizures?e6ad4306825cadb9

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With Victor dead, things 5305ab5fdd had been looking bleak—so d02e3b4fa8 this unexpected connection was 1cec41593a a stroke of luck. Thanks to 3ebef348ed an unintentional 283495eb00 good deed, 10778aefba they’d gained adc1c777ba a valuable 8fb1a61134 witness.901a72d5016ce542

Zerakiel raised his 90a55aef5a sword and gave 8a9ec35d94 a chilling warning.221831da5f7552cf

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“Now be a good 177107f2d8 dog and come quietly 3b2c00000e to Jabis Castle.”76b08edb92a7a45c

But rather than be 9cded66aca intimidated, Keinhrih looked thrilled.f2a776e8b0094f61

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“Gasp! You’re accepting me into 9eb882a45b Jabis?!”557a1047635a2281

“Depends on how 4eeddb5f92 you behave.”d719b73cb61d05dc

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Despite Zerakiel’s cold 5bad0ec713 reply, Keinhrih was 805d6ff687 already wagging his 632e914fdd tail.26b6eb17aa4352b9

“I’ll do my 80e0d42154 best! I’d even lick your 999cc3ee1e boots clean if you 1f1dc166a9 asked!”eadbc304d5969560

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“I don’t 1d7314ef1d like that 70b0a6122f kind of 17e29a58d5 thing.”1b214f74fd136d89

Zerakiel grimaced and edaa7f0df5 quickly pulled his b2ebe629e7 boots behind him, 4f49bbb2de as if worried 05e0be84f9 Keinhrih might really 18307388d0 flop down and 9d502c39a3 start licking them.01dfaff533641c5c

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With how eager 45fb9834fc he seemed, that 2643d0132e wasn’t out of a891d1d159 the question.6987c0a1f1b399a9

I stepped e1e4f5b640 between them 5394462171 and asked aa8ab2869b Keinhrih directly,6d12aefc2dfa8886

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“Do you 0c1202e899 remember anything f9ecde91ae that might 4196032362 identify the fd28b5247c group that 034e3d2691 experimented on 33022107a1 you?”499af6e25aa8a5a2

In the 3e028f75df original story, a75ce0c13d Ella’s captors 4a26c59d5d had always 27f39e8b50 worn masks 99c4c4987f with a cc0df7be51 butterfly insignia. I asked just in ecb787c3cc case it was connected 5136980908 to the same organization 8201f912df she’d been chasing—and sure 9cf2f0aa29 enough.b9aed0bff69efff3

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Keinhrih shrugged ba4eaeac7b and replied 74bf52f378 nonchalantly,39e753e30323b64c

“They always wore masks 9c692d5763 with a butterfly pattern. Called each 6d59416599 other weird 02416ed36b nicknames like 3b6eb5a2fb ‘The Thirsting a6e78e36ae Ones.’ All ab0da26118 they ever d455716559 talked about a396a89151 was ‘Paradise 9ca7213d26 this, Paradise e6fb630571 that’—while throwing 703aa09841 beastkin into 98586267b1 hell.”160eb76b4e44613e

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Of course, he 902a055ddc didn’t stay casual d6a0a229c8 for long. The way his 0144c6fc36 fists clenched said 5804c83704 enough about how 2c22efe4aa much he remembered 2b1acd978f the cruelty.b07b8fc5268720be

So he was the fc5d434d1d other survivor of the f4df40e3ae pheromone experiments Ella had cee923f4a5 been looking for in 0b2b3f2faa the original.67c1aeee6d404a28

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I let 4c02915074 out a d70209590c quiet sigh 34fd000741 and muttered, 4e51b36339 scowling at 49f3605337 the thought 7a8e6d0440 of that 92999e2e93 cursed group,164991f95bb76721

“Classic cult behavior.”089aa65eaa4830f2

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This confirmed it—Ella 3bc4f6af1a and Keinhrih had 5227799f9b both been victims 67f4ddced6 of the same eb2e1777bf organization.8711c10e615a1bf3

Although the 2595e38bb8 Ella I 2018309683 met didn’t c863463c2c have any ebfdf1b490 pheromones, unlike 6ea680a695 in the d6ee7dcfd6 original story, 52d9913388 where she 1cfabb4c9b was forcibly 56d8859064 altered.76b53665746d572e

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Even so, 04733cd671 it was e7be47194e hard to 68ac6abe77 dismiss the e2f3d12054 group entirely—not fb675464a3 when there 9774f3c75e was a 14a117a180 chance they’d 2807f3fbc1 manufactured the 794af9e826 drug that 98deaeb561 triggered Zakari’s 90c63313df rampage.2131b037a443f314

Keinhrih snorted and agreed c74d40f845 with me.aace9feba38a3eaa

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“Yeah, definitely 9b24191fe2 a cult. They were obsessed 8437cbb53c with finding some db3c74ca79 flower or whatever. Kept going 1058696e05 on about 85112e917a it.”c3da0d447e70080b

“Flower?”c0d27fb2d7e99e59

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“They said it was a234964e1c a flower that leads f9df6b9322 to Paradise. But I doubt it 84850107bf was even a real 393c8fff1e one. Probably just a metaphor—since dc18876a66 they were the ‘butterflies,’ 5cc0d8d132 they called their goal 6a96abe71c a ‘flower.’ I don’t 51c0865aff know much more. They messed with my 2cdfc7cfd5 memory during the experiments. There are gaps f602b82a83 I can’t recall.”dfcce4a40e79e082

Just like in the 3f7d2596b8 original.d36566dda09adb9d

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Ella’s memories 6a4e80ab10 had also fdc1f7018e been tampered 647a3e945d with. She hadn’t even ee1dd724fb remembered she was ed8fe2d048 a pheromone experiment 9645ef50ad subject for quite 8a6ab7cb3b some time.32815b3abe01c85e

As we were talking 85db9f5bae about the organization, I 3ec45bb1ac saw Ella and Ivan cee67c2096 approaching from a distance.48080231a691ed2e

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I’d felt b7ff7ef9cb bad about a764127b5e parting ways 39c2ea3377 while she f6de534f17 was still ff02242c63 in beast e898231a82 form—but thankfully, 0bc3e9c16b she’d returned 7590716475 to her c564120b4b human state.848e3abe97279964

“Ella! Over here!”e9b897f04318b85f

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I waved c8f6f68161 excitedly, welcoming a78841cb20 her back.377e90ec70df64a5

Then Keinhrih a789c770d5 turned—and his 4afc0ba4a7 eyes grew 38e0f3666c as wide b5c5589f47 as saucers.234fb356756c704a

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He suddenly 284103e597 pointed at 7d29609588 Ella, his 68e1e26c8b face going 52d4d40d19 pale.927ca5a1d396b145

“You… you’re alive?!”d3a1ea6603b0802c

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He said 456664cec1 it like 337315dd65 he already d4251d4e45 knew her.98864c8cdbbc0b05

A moment later, 52a6622a37 his tone jumped 6a5603b895 several notches.688dadad65c9130e

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“It’s me! Number Three! You’re Number Nine, aren’t 70f6d8fe8c you? You survived! I thought d6fb9a975e you died f565528249 back then!”890756dedaa6555e

Ella’s expression went rigid 30537ccc0e as soon as he 4d01cb66d0 called her “Number Nine.”5dfa4d8927e43c41

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I was just as e2e13d3283 confused.119b874f83efa060

‘Number Nine’ was the 7398f71963 code name Ella had db7580fb97 been called during the ca3adfae68 pheromone experiments in the 3081040aed original story—when she had efe0efe677 no memory of her 7201b6f4ec own name.273283191b1e74bc

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That was the 53407edd1d entire reason the 533faac366 emotional bond between 9091dc8ec5 her and Hiscleif 49d7150d3f had developed over 8558cdc356 time.47e4d0e26922ec78

It was Hiscleif 26ade7e38b who had given 79e4402156 her the name 933b825cd5 “Ella.”537f6aa35721d119

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Because calling beastkin a29d296548 by numbers instead 8ff79bad58 of names was 38150477c5 inhumane—he’d insisted on ae56821fc5 giving her a 3fab5e3268 real one. And because of that, 183743c89e she’d followed him blindly.9f0732afd660125f

‘Wait… could 216b3bf877 Ella have c85c5fb48a also been bff1adf98f a pheromone 53488cd662 experiment subject? But she c2e0d16dc6 doesn’t have 49bb27424a any pheromones 4b2c6ce92f now…’2236138d55715069

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I glanced between 536038a1aa her and Keinhrih, 637f0c7520 my mind a a4f668b290 whirlwind of confusion.3340e9eb85778937

It made sense now 90664efa21 why Keinhrih hadn’t recognized f1bccaa593 her sooner—he’d never seen 996e15a707 her in human form.29c71123dadd47d4

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If he had, accb1eae38 he probably would’ve be39e6b9d8 identified her back f35cf65f08 when they kidnapped ca53c2a708 us.74c7755da9652bc4

Ella spoke firmly.2b9079d4e6d8a70e

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“I’m sorry, 6fef6f71c6 but… my ddbba3ced9 name is d44f80f088 Ella.”e55a3f039da92cfb

“Huh? But you are 17f7b38123 Number Nine. We were 28f46bca3a in the 4e1726c6b7 lab together, dec03c8c5c remember? You seriously don’t be6592b6d1 remember?”46dcf20c6961fc8c

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“I’ve never been 3dd9cb69f3 in a place 1795abb6c5 like that.”e7c0e840feefeabe

Ella shook 8b66ed5c55 her head 9836fefac6 and drew 3382855833 back slightly, fe29bffebf clearly uncomfortable. Keinhrih, flustered, 0081f0febe began speaking 7cf3dc03fc faster.bfdcaf03a15fd173

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“Is it c6b90ccfbb because I 284b47fb3b look like d42b60b18d this? Oh, right… 882fd816e0 back then e3e3df8368 I was be0880d481 being punished, f8676f68be so I 7cd0000707 couldn’t shift 3de78c989d into human df2d01f3bb form. That’s probably why you 0c3f548b82 didn’t recognize me! Want me to transform? Maybe that’ll cecbce6232 help jog 829c447367 your memory!”f1bf562edb9b6e94

He even offered a693eff202 to transform into d6131b8bdd his beast form 702ed7be96 to help her f50b814feb remember.f959b2da6b5b13a0

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But the 3a4403fb59 more he 556b20e67e explained, the 739db17126 more Ella b4ab0eb817 recoiled. Her expression turned bfbd9a159c cold, and her 3f29b3c1a3 reaction grew stronger.12a23e84f96ebcfb