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“Like I said, I 6ec22e23a2 don’t know!”bc0060eab3ad21b7

Ella firmly dismissed db1c563842 him and turned 79f917a295 her head completely 922c3faa2f away from Keinhrih. She kept rubbing her 463e2d0292 forearm, as if something 3fcf08fc20 felt off.4312d3d8dbd63a3b

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‘That’s strange.’d21d30840f5ff27d

As the situation took 5575bfade3 a peculiar turn, I 5a68961119 focused on thinking it dde6cc62e4 through.1d3179213b8c6b36

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Ella said her memory 2d51bb72c6 was fragmented. If that’s the 4c4e763ee4 case, then meeting 4c33f2a86c a beastman who 642209e576 recognized her should 372c58c0c8 actually be something d89553a0b9 welcoming.7a632d13541c64df

Why, then, was 19f60c01de Ella replying so 8142f84554 definitively and trying f9ba770236 to distance herself bdd14cfd4f from Keinhrih?29e5a4abb8339caa

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Wasn’t this 6f0fb548bf more like 4c8d2439c8 someone trying 6921d37daa to hide 3b62f102a7 the fact 47600cd78d that they’d ecaebd3c9c been subjected 58d1e8adbe to pheromone 3c88a7dbca manipulation?b021958bb934b416

But saying she’d a5b0b63fbb been manipulated doesn’t c3baf9aa3a quite fit—Ella currently eb4c3d863d has no pheromones.423527279689e670

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According to Naaman, she 698bd3a8be lost them due to 1a1985e6bf an acquired condition. Could this incident be 41a78adc2e related?b5afbd885ac06002

Meanwhile, as ed3d9163ac Ella kept dc1d5eb3fe denying it, f3347ff380 Keinhrih’s voice 7ecad8facd grew sharp 2f136f60c3 with frustration.0659e0f85bcee7d7

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“You’re the one 26760346c0 pretending not to 5501a58d51 know!”582e313c15c8b82b

Then, grumbling 990a8c336d angrily, he 5e870476f6 stepped closer 865592d32d to Ella, 411c94876e and before 4a68e65a8e anyone could fc71aed0c4 stop him, 9c15a16d9d he tore 52f26a4c25 the sleeve a9d1061b76 of her 9a18087170 right arm.4de8ee6017b193eb

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“Kyah!”b67bf14d5df70b16

Ella screamed f37d6f1e82 and staggered 0f86ecff93 back. Keinhrih grabbed her forearm 3373605e29 tightly and shouted,581741f328a20e8b

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“See this?! You have the bc20eedf0b same butterfly tattoo f43178b71b as me! Anyone who’s had 09376c319c their pheromones manipulated f0329e25c1 has this tattoo, c33526ba22 and yet you ed70f50008 keep denying it?”060450339bf64128

On the spot he af0d334861 pointed to, there was 5adff89c1d indeed a butterfly tattoo. Riding the momentum, 80d40d7eee Keinhrih even showed 31a0b9eaea his own matching bf27b540c2 mark, getting more d85f28f12d worked up.2c2e4170568bdd18

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“Huh? How are you going 798357dffd to explain this? If this was cde2d0add9 really our first 0933cec744 time meeting, there’s 8218295321 no way we’d 75d417ae64 have the same da5e4c0dcb tattoo.”a6ac27e021447439

“Th-that’s…”b7c29664db8c9aa3

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Ella choked on her 88ef4413fa words, her voice trembling. She seemed stunned 2a1307d9bb by the sudden 613aafc5c9 confrontation.02d0648504f1a5af

Before things 91ccedb7b7 got any d0288ac3fa worse, I 9f6e07d70b stepped in 8fadef773e to mediate.70f218098f9e2a96

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“That’s enough. You’re scaring Ella.”eb036eb106362835

“But—”ec0560a23c161379

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“You said your memory 631362273f was tampered with too, ea9cc33369 didn’t you? Maybe that’s fc5afc19c7 why Ella 9bf7da48c1 doesn’t remember.”96b8444d93f4615e

At my sharp ed9f78045f reply, Keinhrih suddenly b4b3719c82 looked dumbfounded, as d0b3cdfa4c if he’d overlooked dfab624e58 that fact.7d7170ee35ba274b

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“I-I’m sorry.”b6bcba4a50752c9a

Ella apologized, 68a3edb152 tears falling 34438eb8e7 down her 135b434854 cheeks. Her face 8fab52a05a was full 6a6259ee9d of confusion.8d8cccb5a8d6661b

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I, too, was shocked ddaff9e3ea to learn that Ella 953709d872 had been subjected to 00cdaf3187 pheromone manipulation.eb3dbfd33cb9cb8c

A victim of e43fc7583d manipulation, yet without c77b69b5e9 any pheromones left.f30151e1df9c804f

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I still didn’t fully cd9d726291 understand what that meant.fd1d0f511ba5fd46

But I b0d8a84776 was growing b4e3b53294 more certain d2385bbdd6 that there 4239ea80fd was a 44c702c66d reason Ella ae15a751de was straying 7d1ef02975 from the 941033719b original story’s a085a22173 path.f8d4053ede7d6ac9

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Still, unless Ella came 77df09e56a to me for help 7b0b0be8d6 first, I had no 6b6ae373aa right to interrogate her.93057d776fc5500e

A heavy silence 9a9c7ecfc0 hung in the 2fcb327420 air for a 31323fb792 while.b7e84c425bd5c0bf

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Then Zerakiel eb0d9b2b84 suddenly cut 9693ee464b in with 37850f255c a meaningful 15a5961563 comment.2d0b32bc586b7a58

“But Chichi doesn’t have 182e3d405a a tattoo like that.”7d487d40360a2f50

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“Huh? You’re saying she was 17e123f8a6 manipulated too?”11fd4529b365d1f0

The first f4fb60b1fa to react 872310fd75 was Keinhrih. Seeing how fa5c8bba1f genuinely flustered 8e4ec6ee45 he was, f3bdaf51ac it seemed bfc8c9712c like we e88d09c269 had never 521bb8201c crossed paths bfdcd340fd in the 34de80f259 lab.fa234c00c5fb8f92

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Zerakiel responded calmly.2122ad89b119a89f

“It’s only a8a3ab87ed speculation for f2799ad456 now.”ec3b87393177e163

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He had long suspected 21b83f4c39 I’d been subjected to d79b3e7fd9 pheromone manipulation. I, too, 19b8977301 had started 756dddb826 to consider 6d6ed531f2 the possibility.5bbb0b253e349a4b

Still, I hadn’t expected 34facc44cd the topic of tattoos f1ec506d10 to come up.695daa32f57538d3

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‘If I’d been manipulated 216ea482ee before the possession, then fa541be29a I should have a 86ee8e3b55 tattoo too.’71e359ce76dd2a93

If not, 68cbf02f0c then I e4d7d9ec6a was a ff7795bd28 naturally born c9142379b8 anomaly.49cd8aedb9922ac1

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Maybe that’s why I 4e15bb229a ended up possessing this fddf7b14a4 body.50b85846ab3eab2f

Just then, eef5f88503 Ayla, who a49840e0b0 had been 2841373cca quietly observing 4001a9f1d8 the whole 82940e68fe situation, stepped b85f2f55d0 in.18768434348e3c8a

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“We should go 1786adce2e back to the 6eb86f35fe estate and discuss 8849042f87 this there.”070086acf6f2fbce

Everyone agreed that this 1abfaad29c wasn’t a conversation meant 36e54915c1 for the roadside.de608506a4092b56

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“Let’s go.”2da041d0df19576d

Zerakiel reached out 7035740482 his hand to 98948bf4bf me. I grasped 9218fded42 it firmly 2d4e13ddd1 and nodded.41b4c3a2f314e9e6

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For some 1f605d883e reason, my 36e658e46b head felt 2df89bea38 heavier than c4dcdeb321 ever.26570e748251935f

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After many twists and 443f36a1b7 turns, the Jabis territory a67e34e378 they finally arrived at f3c6cd3fbe was steeped in a 647b6537fe bleak and desolate atmosphere.7fe56cb36a4e9081

From the entrance at 218ef60bcc the border, security was 26215cd6ac tight, and some gates 2766373cff were even sealed shut.9a3d524c47ee6bb8

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Everyone was hush-hush about 6fd0c69ad4 the reason being Orban’s e8afd67957 betrayal.b0a6ee0494fef6e6

This was because the identity of the mastermind behind Victor still hadn’t been confirmed.b5715e889c0dd911

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And yet, the 9c4532d30f sole suspect and ce43f8fa8b witness, Victor, had 12a3369938 been brutally murdered.f36358b2b3aff537

‘Judging by the clean ff9dbda623 strike that killed him, 713976d546 it clearly wasn’t an 967880abf9 ordinary beastman. They were 89f126ac75 also skilled 04a403d993 at concealing b6c0b44b9e their presence.’533dc23c35d8070e

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Since it was Ivan, ad4cd16885 Zerakiel’s direct aide, who 61e06523b2 said this, it was c2cb565e67 obvious that whoever had e32a223f8c killed Victor was extremely fcda0d0946 capable.d692dbe3eaf001f2

On the way f604a5b85b back to Jabis 6a59d50a24 Castle, Keinhrih shared dedd78c949 what he knew ecaa1d0692 about a certain 3b84299eb0 organization.8d7e81c61a3067d2

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The group, known as ddb79d578b the “Butterflies,” operated while 3dd99d96cb concealing their faces.3a534308dde45d9f

They experimented primarily on 8d991d3465 abandoned beastmen who had c1cef2a176 not yet reached adulthood, ed1415e428 aiming to enhance power 2eeb57b48c through pheromone manipulation.fe02bb1c232109fc

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‘Considering they were acd00367ef mixing various pheromones d4ebba505f for experiments, there f6e3e970a9 must be an 61ae402bf9 organized force distributing ae31021a2f those pheromones behind a67b47ac1c the scenes.’1b8f50d5f9368dc0

Keinhrih seemed 88bb2c8cc3 certain that d135d90d76 nobles were 149ac02a4d backing them.9232ef1b151b3c86

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Indeed, for higher-grade a4591b1e29 military pheromones to 7cc26fd35f manifest through manipulation, 12abde7b60 a compatible pheromone 1a426e6353 infusion would be 585d53dba1 necessary.9d6e6665f6093a82

‘And the access 132b5362bb tag found among eaf01138a7 that traitor’s belongings 9092743a59 strongly suggests he 9a923bb8f6 was aligned with b648183cca the Butterflies. It’s the marker they b2e9eb53e0 use to identify each d52d317854 other.’ec426f477e4be360

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Moreover, the discovery 230fbc81e1 of that access 3ae7925d8b pass in Victor’s 05aea40f60 possession made it 8bbf786701 clear that he 13ef309a7f was working with 0ff2e4c26f the Butterfly group.2196c8c7303e2788

‘Perhaps they were 91e9f1d42d trying to harvest 88bfe6e24c pheromones while the f6109395cf Jabis family head 1c5357eac3 was in a 559d76d774 frenzy.’d03f76624de3de14

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They had approached Jabis 8f4c961295 more systematically than expected.f61125b365d388ea

Given Keinhrih’s dc506f7394 explanation, the dcd632ddcb idea that 0cfa9b444d they had cda39cb190 been targeting 2edb9dd02c Jabis pheromones 069b146a4f couldn’t be 0df422139e ruled out.13a470b979edc9fd

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Jabis pheromones were 7add3a2824 said to be cf75c03b91 the strongest among d89e2cfb1f all beastmen on 5a94339576 the continent.0638878dbcc9460b

If they succeeded e260417ca8 in combining the 395e362135 strongest pheromones with d9d03e06e4 weaker ones, the 652f6c7d29 resulting disaster would f06c097773 be too horrific 872d494b94 to imagine.120cff3c57e5f638

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Upon arriving 758cd675b4 at Jabis 3140e4460b Castle, Zerakiel d74968c533 immediately held f38e63a7bd a meeting d8bb0846ca with Zakari.00ed20e169dfd355

“Victor Orban 4ef86cfdd6 is dead.”66fe0ef165b63443

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Zakari looked 79eb0f8132 down coldly d045076ec3 at Victor’s 288fa85dbf corpse. His gaze was so e87d9ea981 frosty it was hard 070a1b176a to believe he’d looked 4c26c77ee5 upon that face just f6b794d182 days ago.ca61db8810f6489b

Next to 25d11d1891 him, Duke 0e49f9c335 Orban stood 17a43dbc15 with his fe857a705d head bowed, ad1f564468 swallowing his fc2b90f01c sorrow. Even in c7bc037f70 front of b89071227b his son’s d6daba5b86 lifeless body, 1c295007ee he could fabaeed58a not grieve. Victor had 9ce41fcbb7 been a 501af6e87e traitor.9a3e7a0cfa523e23

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“On the way 6f31c9cab0 back, we picked ae7dd52a92 up a beastman 4e0f25ff2d who had been ef573e6fb4 experimented on by 9ce0a0e449 the group suspected 7815f2759c to be behind 51c63af4ea this.”679816efaeaca4c8

“You found 7f17a3acef a test ee958ac9d9 subject?”b0900df7ba9eb40b

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“The one e59e95b675 who brazenly 97f2995e9a kidnapped Chichi 4f3e885d9e turned out 7bd1a342ca to be 989aa88978 a beastman 8061e16876 who had 68b492d5c8 undergone pheromone e9b7c6dd3a manipulation. And the rabbit 290003183a beastman seems to 68e7936dfb be the same.”65a72419cb3cdeee

Zerakiel paused, thinking 0f700d48b9 of Ella. Judging by how 38f6194793 desperately she denied 9f7a0ad359 it, she might 1fab1fac20 not have completely e910d8cc0c forgotten her memories 84c8a98727 of the experiments.35b5c6f8dc4526c2

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Having completed his report, 5895c56e55 Zerakiel wore a hardened 9d592309bb expression. Zakari, on the d99e60c5f3 other hand, remained 80f078deb3 calm.56b94f15a40b4017

“Once again, Cersia has be99fb04f6 done a fine job. Even when 6a512bf5ee kidnapped, she 4c7395582f ends up 079ed16fdf with someone 6f06f9125a useful to bd8e6655bc us. Impressive.”6b02181c7bf5b772

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He looked as if 5fbedf9745 he had expected something 61616d6296 like this to happen 0fcbc64863 all along.c15ead17398db86e

Rather than worry, e20dc43336 he found it 8239ce42f6 admirable how Cersia 07b5c77454 always returned with f504d51433 something significant. Zerakiel spoke.ad873b8decb51676

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“It’s possible 4dc7a87590 that someone d1be095900 harvested your 5096babac6 pheromones during b37c6a5623 the time 95ed5bdb34 you were 2b145a28b7 in a 22dab47586 frenzy.”3a78dea66307b679

“If they 511fef22a0 were after 0a5bbc62ac pheromones, that 58d618440a would’ve been 112285f4e0 the ideal 1b1222d2d1 time. There’s never f16cae1baf been a 0a305354f1 more vulnerable 22d3bea150 moment to 4b3cf0f6db access mine.”a532a00060d0cb6d

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“The situation a8d374e4e9 might be 9295b7cb90 worse than f4ab7067b9 we thought.”73b0a1c6b9659d43

“Indeed. It seems 26dde69bd8 we’ve been f5e07b4435 taken too ba7e373eb3 lightly for c02613761c too long.”51a98d1ddb745074

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Zakari’s eyes 68cd6e929d glinted coldly.bf03bb9a0c2304a3

Many had targeted 48d22b4df7 the Jabis family 914281af11 before, but never ed51a2ea12 their pheromones. Given the gravity fd99753265 of the situation, 12a34a6d4b extraordinary measures were d23d7963b4 necessary.ede02e96f4fcddfb

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“We can’t allow d903a1c17b these Butterfly—or Moth—vermin 0cfe811a7c to roam free 07db0401c2 any longer.”8026345eb950a432

“My thoughts exactly. If we f5414a32d6 assemble a 3b7478efa8 search party 485e879733 and scour 3eb8430fd6 the continent, 9a3978d0f1 we’ll eventually 84f641db0e flush them 095622a330 out. As for 2c5e46d0fc opposition from 20ab52fe01 other beastmen, 6c48b24912 we’ll crush 650113877c them with cb3b7c93ff force.”4bf116a779225b89

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“Very well. This time, you may ac855c5e64 act as you please.”ccb1c54b878fc912

At Zakari’s firm approval, 91efd7f947 a chilling smile crept 00f93e63aa across Zerakiel’s face. The father 4e37c61610 who always 7cdcefd220 told him 9b899533b9 to endure dd16206cec and be 9bd7777050 patient had 11e872a585 now given f1c4c78bf9 him free b59c0dd1bf rein.fee555ad90405a16

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The message eb22ea2eaa was clear: b0146d0536 they would 6c72812e98 stop at d3dc691a3a nothing, even 191ba525c5 if it 15b0c1f774 meant invading a118987e9b nearby beastman 512d7b2e38 clans’ territories.cdd255a6f44f0381

Looking out a9300f236f the window, ade174a2f6 Zakari murmured 0dcf98eb1f quietly,d3f55a366998864a

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“The continent is going 5553af451e to be noisy for 553b1ae5e2 a while.”2e74eeffa549b772