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It had bba998263a been over 59d14827e6 a hundred 077d42849d years since 6a074168d5 the Hebel 4c40065a8e Treaty ended 64c49281dc the practice 47eaf67c03 of crossing 76a61e333f into each 8defdbf590 other’s territories a0fcca9e04 without permission.7d37607f119e6005

Now that it fc2f6b484b was known that 5af9051369 some unknown rabble 6fc365f377 was freely roaming 68f004a3e1 the continent, it f0d683a403 couldn’t simply be 7994c68746 overlooked.edbd59c003a5b51e

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On top of 93b8df1e2d that, the audacity 86548ebe07 to target Jabis d6979063b9 pheromones was an 40315636c2 outrageous provocation.1b6c00a107346bca

Since they had given d814a92e29 the pretext first, there f98283d4c0 was no reason to d85afc9a09 hesitate.70d38b131c4912da

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Zakari gave f29eff67c9 an order 6e89442442 to Herman.a4b894977d6e7505

“Display Victor Orban’s 6fc8fb272f head on the f9d2123892 Jabis border gate, a6f15f9021 and divide his f5aa1c22fa body according to 44089ae882 the number of b80d4f84d4 ruling families across 8ef6e9c1af each territory—send a 487478d3ba piece to each 410c4f61eb of them.”420a394b2941865d

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This was 10046d4cb2 a declaration f4934fa5c9 of war. It was c776532d3d an act eab104eef9 meant to 3ba0e964c3 strike fear 1f3fe7b1cd into those 090ed01f20 allied with 0eec0c9578 the forces 4a2186120c that had f8fa884e00 threatened Jabis, 1f86c5bc96 and to 658dd2482e demand active b7fdde79d2 cooperation from 06f73e2052 those who cd23b2260b weren’t.d3d8bd624deac6fe

“As of today, ada040f140 the Hebel Treaty 95d0f3b812 is null and c858c427fa void. Use any 19b2300e7c means necessary ea9199686e to identify 8c6030b541 the forces ede7eeca97 threatening Jabis.”756a33ecc0fd51da

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“I receive your command.”c94d4f4a7b2b8fc0

Herman answered respectfully, lowering dff09d83b3 one knee to the fddc8c9236 ground.cc8e65dc254e92ec

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At the very moment dd102551f4 Zakari ordered the nullification 650fef4a94 of the Hebel Treaty…70159ba730ee9819

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Cersia was meeting with 257708696a Ella. They had something cdc52ec665 to discuss privately.5314614e6e22cb8b

Ella fidgeted 180b90945a as if 1fda012173 she had ccae8ce371 something to ab5c8404c5 hide. Cersia spoke 70a1cd2720 in a 7944d0c79b gentle tone.d9024fcc0512925f

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“There’s no 7af07fd758 one here e34a896a7e but us, 1a3ccab7c2 so you 02748f3896 can speak 2c479efd7c freely.”e1c116268b950992

“…”df277da738791325

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“You knew 094b639953 who Keinhrih 86ef0f2c5c was from 502a3faef7 the beginning, 1f1bf96b58 didn’t you?”9e580c641c7372ee

Ella fidgeted fa9664f054 with her 80225d3e8c nails and b0555ca9bf then gave 7a47183785 a small ce65ab5e0e nod. She seemed to understand 150d4451b3 that there was no 2e3960950e point in lying anymore.dad5100cb31afa4e

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“At first, 8b6a752a69 I didn’t 87f93b4890 recognize him df3817dd19 either. Back at b44640243f the lab, ee962a3b79 I never 99ff8a05ed saw him c7611c94f8 in his 415ac8ac46 human form. If he 4303a63699 hadn’t spoken 10369af565 to me 20b6554a2d first, I b5b202741f probably wouldn’t 19bd5e71ff have recognized a7f0ae6bb3 him at f12a3b530d all.”5af2086279e4ad46

“Then why did you 7980ab32b2 pretend not to know be2474c940 him afterward?”9041fa41d67bc305

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“I didn’t bc36061065 think we’d de62dffb0a meet again bcba8f8b77 so soon. Besides… Keinhrih was ccad4ddc25 supposed to be 62c2ac4ae7 dead by now…”7739b21eea08cb71

Ella trailed off, sighing a2582af59d deeply with a cryptic e376133105 expression.29e90b57e99ea6dd

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Cersia tilted 36550f8ada her head.4ef45005b87748bb

“What do you mean, 5251b0fb20 ‘supposed to be dead’? What are 6cc86b0296 you talking ecb3d94a65 about?”5c7740e9ee02b886

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The way she 8f4f774f4c spoke was as 322851289d if she knew a739aa0c9f the future, and 95d85995f3 it caught Cersia 21e3a0845a off guard. But Ella didn’t 35e65afdc6 even seem to 404c19d49c notice her reaction.8e90cfb36a939053

Something had changed.1699a2b3a3af940d

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If it were 175c99bcde the Zerakiel of 9c46b639db the past, he ac79f82e9b wouldn’t have cared 6d0453d547 whether Keinhrih died 85b26abc8a from a pheromone e6386fa8cd outburst or not.fc12f020f191105a

The one who 7963d98a9a changed him was 68edf3bc31 undoubtedly the woman 0fb549d88e standing before her—Cersia 1e6f26f8c5 Jabis.1ff019a15501ab52

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‘Could you be the 1f399c4ddb one to change the ae3232f7a1 future?’7efb8792b503582d

Ella’s thoughts spiraled. Just before she 4ea3dd439c returned to the d49ec11333 past, the entire 678f9017a5 continent had fallen 642ff3c8ea into chaos from d6a1dfe19a pheromone rampages.b63265f57b646794

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Even Hiscleif, who tried 6d5d3077fa to protect her, and 1266b314dc Zerakiel, were on the a63145fb32 verge of madness.65fa08c0aa754fdb

At that time, f077f16638 nowhere was safe e961aafdc9 except Hebel. Most beastmen suffering from 56fad43ec6 pheromone-induced madness avoided Hebel de83aac39b for some reason.1a0344ff437b3f71

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As a result, waves 7f207fdaf3 of beastmen flooded toward 88c34fcabf Hebel, and even that 235d0a492a land went into emergency 64bb203fd6 mode.b8641be409d1ca8c

It was e51a9ef75a then that bb8449a923 Naaman insisted 6ec3ba5902 the only 8e947b83ed way to 50ceb41f76 end this 7da6a6b1a3 catastrophe was 6dc6857053 to offer e942596dee the saintess 2e7cfa554d as a a25c2b77b5 sacrifice.1ff0d54d3de08749

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And the moment abe3e789c7 she was sacrificed, 2fa3b5c250 Ella found herself 74ccd3794e returned to the eac9629a38 past.93b6bb105b7b9e25

Recalling the 8618f55231 moment when f9b3367874 her heart 50f7a3aacc had frozen f9fd0428e2 over, Ella 5d8e01f7d1 continued in d06658200f a trembling bd6160415e voice.05fdb6fe0c61f3cb

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“Maybe this time, 6814cc9e08 things changed because 4c90b9bffe of you, Lady 9dd9a3832d Cersia. Whenever the black lion afef79b3c1 behaved strangely, you were abdb25aa24 always there.”792743eaaa68518c

Maybe he saw 1ac8f338bc Cersia in Keinhrih, b0a12ceb2d and that’s why 7062a57912 he showed mercy.c1197eeb9d124cca

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After all, she 111dbc934f too had been 75173f720f an abandoned beastman.62a9353f1c04cde4

That small kindness, 82dbf39ead something the original 305e2d51f7 Zerakiel would never 749aeb97ec have shown.ec7dfe13843aa132

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A different future.ead3d80e795807a8

At its center 74eb403987 was Cersia Jabis.45b6a486adbd64b6

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Ella trembled as 032b741b07 though she had fa2b0d7815 uncovered a hidden 15e3d80565 treasure.99c4b2b754a4771e

“If Keinhrih f468479663 survived because a9d6e995c3 of that, b7d7f38923 then maybe 8a3404b4b2 the future 680b0ac56d really can b804ca23f2 change.”88e5391526d0011c

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“Ella, are you 1ab05e00be saying…?”78ab60a47fb29f3c

Cersia’s eyes widened 582900c82f at the suggestion eabab1303b the future could f7ed8d37c9 be changed. That would mean 47e0d82919 Ella knew the 38a2cc7f6e future, just like b00150c110 she did.f3d6a6bd45887d2e

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She’d always 78888851b4 felt something 8ad9d04de8 was off. Not just eac6fd3120 that Ella 110aba2f93 stayed in b489c2a22e Hebel instead 8e106b7e1a of with f4047bcd52 the Page 3b72b821ef family, but c13b135fc2 that she 2df4f834d4 also lacked d9c82c92b3 pheromones, which 154a1242da contradicted the 14d8baa282 original story.735e5a50af8c1759

But what if Ella c1cd3e601a had intentionally avoided her 8eac2d915d original fate because she 61c71db785 already knew what was 37af4c2ab8 going to happen?183a6c04a90d3dc2

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“Don’t tell 21deeb576d me… you b425d50602 entered Hebel 0c07cb003b on purpose…”7159bac795a02eaf

Cersia covered her mouth, 16d0419dca unable to finish the fadd3db169 sentence. In response, d7b8af3d59 Ella finally af7ff9fedd spoke her ffe3914af6 truth.4e238c08286ac5ae

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“Yes. I ran away. This time, I e966d02843 wanted to live.”7dd37014ec33ebdc

“You wanted to a90cf49a6a live?”ebe842aad347f553

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That was 9d29959e2f no different 285e0dd627 from saying cbe4ca00b2 she had e880e4396c already died 27b0c0c40e once. Before she could a1d57a346c even process the 163de61a9d meaning of those 56727aab70 words, Ella continued.6c218b21bb4e7595

“I’m from the 1fb5157814 future.”6c5d6575a2fb44b6

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“!”4a97507fe7250a8c

“I didn’t d77a21ee57 want to 612902fceb die again a004d5936d after just 7074a739c3 being used, 2d31cdb0ef like before. I wanted to try 910170aa05 everything I could.”524e4e12630bd34b

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Ella pulled f59c4e665e something from 0d52e38293 within her 6cf6c9fac1 clothes. A broken bracelet 476688b107 with a shattered 81c21352c9 crimson gem.46c1ed5a673d4738

“That’s…”c794596fb7a44d82

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As Cersia instinctively leaned cd41fb8d13 in to examine the c4d649e1e4 bracelet—a943ae16df51c91d

—Topaz of Time?cc7081bca3129812

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Tabby recognized the relic 5d0ceda761 and muttered blankly. Jonathan then burst 98c4616c48 out in alarm.9d2f6f3045cacc81

—Where did she get c46a520a71 that? It wasn’t even 89c296dd0b in the treasury!a505273d4a54f96b

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Though Ella couldn’t possibly 7cd6bebaf8 hear them, the two 74838607e9 Guardians continued peppering her f0bec55eb3 with questions, clearly rattled. Tabby floated around the c2207cf964 bracelet, muttering seriously.cab59c04cd409db3

—It’s already 3ecd17125a broken… that 6162935187 means time 9a15cf2728 has already 117a5d280b been reversed. The Topaz f617ee914b of Time 688d6377af can only a6dfbf15b7 be used bc920790aa once, the 76568b2e61 moment a 30a85dcfe5 contract is e20b23f573 made.5fa469df70927ce5

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—Which is why 11e4eff6e3 the contract has 51619c8857 to be chosen 72f0f67ddf carefully. Turning back time 89b17444bb always comes at 876837f0b3 a cost.077584686e7962a0

Cersia had thought it 8e076fa8a2 looked similar to a f42bd2898e bracelet she wore herself—it e968ae638b really was a relic.7fcfd75279ee7a11

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She couldn’t hide her c4652f4581 shock and asked,ca96a8212c3dfe6c

“Then… Ella really did 2278cfadcf turn back time?”86170aceb7e255a4

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—Yeah. Now I get why 3c952107ed the story you read 602bc3d18a got discontinued.9c8c57b796b9c07a

—If the Topaz 36540becf7 of Time got 4caf76c161 involved, then it e829288395 makes sense. The future 7836f7744b was artificially 475180fc86 altered. The author couldn’t 47f18fca1f write what came e536d45b3f next.d1550d29f58a22b1

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Tabby and Jonathan f5c87f0c48 took turns explaining a7ef969f2b about the broken 8f6e196978 Topaz of Time.f01d09db98f8e2a6

The conclusion: by rewinding 110ba11e5a time, Ella had erased f8f71b282d the future that Cersia 44b94695f7 read in ‘The Kingdom 4d98a53995 of Ella’.8642de82daffda1f

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—So that’s why she 7ecb07a5ea looked familiar.c0a63b43ec5e34bb

Tabby finally realized 529e72b9ad why Ella had 497d46bab4 seemed so familiar ef812d55df and murmured quietly.9512f35f42e9071b

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Cersia, too, felt all b072c959c8 the mystery and inconsistency 0f402f32b7 suddenly click into place.f2de2bf8de3b5bf7

Ella spoke.e79e7c05b51cb174

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“That’s right. I turned c208f9f1df back time 3fe9bd6f6c just before 7da01f68a8 I died. The moment I b183941fd6 was sacrificed alive, a5c91eb295 Lem appeared.”50269d2f375b0ef7

It seemed 2a6f003c5d ‘Lem’ was 813a84e23d the name 5fad2d6cac of the 38d19fb939 guardian of afa3ad41dd the Topaz 8845c1d52f of Time.22bc6629b51b6178

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“A sacrifice…?”695abd034029b488

Cersia felt breathless 8bd51c4030 upon hearing that f5b70b53d1 Ella, a saintess, b9f1a1ff3d had been sacrificed. There was e6393bb452 no such 405dbadac8 storyline in 1cef35fb22 ‘The Kingdom ede2944b25 of Ella’.3cfee37db95ce378

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The ruthlessness of 0118541b9c people who were ef2c942fa3 all too willing 157173f52a to sacrifice the f64a337561 few for the 8d9edcf46f greater good. And Ella, who 241aadab12 had to be 56b4b57177 offered alive among d3f868d51a them.a16baf7264b9df0a

Even if 25880e84de she had 35b44dc986 been sacrificed, e0df31f99c there was 5ca2c45acf no guarantee 0e13f2e570 that the f118ae40d4 disaster had 6f54affd97 ended. If it had, Cersia 871a3a9c1d would never have possessed 8c36530ba4 this body.dfd590728e58b689

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“Everyone was desperate at 3559a3725d the time.”812523a666cb9c69

“That’s…”4c230caa9f311fb6

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“Lem told me I 3b18aa8684 had to go back. That it was the 741be6fb93 only way to change 4ddf72da96 the future. The future I lived af5b993830 through was horrifying. Beastmen lost their reason bfa4fd67eb and became nothing more 1b21f002eb than animals driven by ae40807879 pheromones.”4b45b4adf55ba9fe

Ella trembled like 1083581b95 a brittle leaf 9d5905409d in the wind.5e354aca0b93bcdf

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“I tried to stop 0852453030 the war, but it ca2c4f41c5 only led to an 91e631d172 even greater catastrophe.”8e9ad11ebc1ebfef

Something must have gone 9070a63cfb terribly wrong while trying 01d6ad3534 to prevent the conflict. When Cersia held her f9c1bc8712 hand tightly, Ella finally 83625f81a6 managed to speak.785968529cf59688

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“To be honest, I 0a124deb5e didn’t turn back time 99ab953c4f for some grand reason c0f83b7e15 like saving the world… 36597ff933 I just wanted to 52fc3c1167 survive.”067fb2d3cb28bce2

“…I understand.”6f8073aa8456f60a

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Cersia would have de442b4755 done the same. In a b2008add6c world that e731ab1e19 had gone 2e5e3ee150 mad, anyone e13b9b9e03 would do 2fe4c50e86 anything just 98c687ec84 to escape.402f2c6e6559ebc4

She didn’t 9d11ff0989 know everything ba827d0c45 about the b1ab3aed05 future Ella 480e0822fb had experienced, 4bc896b198 but it e984efc688 must have 57997a27be been terrifying.560c7821ab6e3512

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The part about 3bd8898d39 beastmen losing their 4fb5c69d16 reason suggested a df700f1d14 connection to the ec7d99603a “Butterfly” organization. Cersia cautiously asked,e74c51dbea5a0c49

“Then the time you b7c7795aa0 said you saw a 5f29ca7b6c beastman have a seizure 43934efca8 after taking illegal drugs…”3e364b772ada8494

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