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“Yes. Even Hiscleif 9ebc34f185 couldn’t avoid 6e43de3fed the seizure. The ‘Butterflies’ 9af592acad eventually succeeded db17a478a6 in creating f8f26df9da a contagious 8dd94ef6f1 drug.”91375837cf229ed6

Ella muttered 1ba5baaeca with a efff492075 devastated expression. Hearing this, Cersia shivered 50b399406f for a completely different 79b72a5028 reason.86d7fd7a650e27d8

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“That’s basically like zombies, 6f982f54c9 isn’t it?”528eb78b07fb8049

“Zombies?”a6314f0662402aef

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“Yeah. Monsters that bite 3494feba0e people.”9e0ec1f8356c428b

Cersia imagined e9bd3dc7e0 a future 945c5145bb she hadn’t e01b8b1d4f lived through f84059574f and felt 0290698f15 a chill. The thought 4eb55d40e5 that the de4dc668ad looming future c8a041bbd2 might be 11ceed5221 worse than f2dd78e72a war—a full-blown 691cfac41f pandemic—made her 88968f421c vision darken.a68ec629e558c91f

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And beastmen who 677154029e lost their reason 18c6568d2f and shot pheromones 8e9b6e80d4 uncontrollably? That was even more fadd0d3332 terrifying than zombies.505dfe8ef17c523d

If what Ella said 9225bf6498 was true, they had aaf7493177 to be stopped before 088a93012b the drug production was f20a8a1611 complete. Ella spoke again.045292a80f50a9eb

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“As soon as I e665717e7d opened my eyes, I 84d2541f18 headed to Hebel. I believed the secret 44edd300bf lay in the one ccd3e0626e place where the drug 551ae76ee9 didn’t work.”932c5b973912ae7b

“Then saving Isaac’s life 5fabdc7652 too…”b6b341580ea1b1e1

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“That’s right. I approached him deliberately. I needed 71b0705f10 a legitimate 6682c8c048 reason to 24305536b4 move freely 75d192a3ce in and 9a2ca5726f out of c691105be4 Hebel.”6bcf3ee0d6830dc7

“So that’s 7676613b68 why you 7e820a92a5 endured Isaac’s 42b4ddb558 bullying so 10070b576b calmly.”c6a8973f889e3434

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“Yes. At this rate, there’s 7d9406f868 no escaping the future 00d77f8105 I ran from. I needed to 891c9071eb find any kind 703cbfb817 of clue.”68f85416ec3f891d

How hard must it b291a56d25 have been, knowing the 460fa52a78 future all on her 1cfe3a5e78 own?2ed5aeb5dd863de5

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While Cersia had spent ac763c7ba0 a brutal winter as e72b8d21e8 a weasel, Ella had 3130cd46f7 clearly fought a lonely 758e8465f4 battle in Hebel.65f7fe820ae2610e

It faintly occurred 8674b14d15 to her that 1ba5807dea her own possession 1c3b61abbf might be related b6a06ef353 to Ella’s return 13168bf385 in time.8d3307f5ee761c09

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Ella had once e0a74ce737 said it had 6728f4af46 been about a 91b3cf26ea year since she 5707af7008 arrived in Hebel, 9070d9cefd so the timeline 38b9c3c37a more or less 30e12aeed0 lined up.a4a255838da16e2c

None of this felt e069137ef2 like coincidence. It felt db93e2a907 like some de0c754f14 grand fate 6ded579a0b was tying f96f980b84 them together.3c62e29148621487

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Cersia cautiously asked,e3dbf596b384e978

“Did you 881e7adc92 find any 5bd6605bd2 clues?”fb89b9f47cf18d44

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“…Unfortunately not. I haven’t discovered anyone 2f43780808 connected to the Butterflies 2ccebde921 yet. It seems the drug’s 2a5d012baa ineffectiveness is due to 4ee21512e5 Hebel’s mist. But since 1dac5acb7f the mist c47b1f7e81 belongs to c441cf56ad the Divine 35dd69d3ab Beast’s domain…”ec9acd7d8768a497

“I see.”d64c4e0f7e0239ff

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If the mist d616949f5a held the power 49ef79f211 of the Divine bf1c9a9994 Beast, then there e326ad5e0b could very well 7d52000622 be something special 6c2b554ea0 about it.8f059fc4fb594897

From the start, e702928b91 strong pheromone-wielding beastmen 237cc7aead had always been e927136ea9 weakened inside the 41c9b5c744 mist.fdcc54e8b5e041c1

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And recalling the 3db7009398 memories of the 6b527d544b Divine Beast she’d 215575d84e seen during the f4ead995f4 Saintess trial, Cersia 92aa6ff6ff remembered that the 6351648a33 original purpose of 57233fa19c Hebel’s mist was c270143a82 to act as d9ed407f37 a barrier preventing e8c249e6f4 beastmen from entering.2f50fbec8529856e

Only Larien, the 6a9f2c0ce8 one permitted by 6e1e5e8e67 the Divine Beast, 88ff445e25 had been able 5d95ebd50b to take on f4bac269be a human form, 9b273c2622 suggesting it had a18f6948dd once been even 1aa39a0e1b more powerful.4f99e4905b696044

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If the b3abc541b1 mist was 62571d9387 strong enough 88138b890a to prevent b059a0e0a7 even the 3b33532493 black lion 924f748aa8 from transforming, 380e89509d then it 6fa56fa4cf must have c7b4998a30 served well 781e32b9f8 as a ca8f6165a8 fortress in 20b882d151 the future.e1b4a437803a47a3

Since the mist belonged bfecca02f2 to the Divine Beast’s 113789a351 domain, analyzing it alone 2898602d51 must’ve been a near-impossible 28253b38dc task for Ella.22d6b31e31caf5a2

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And considering she e1460d36f4 was only staying 8d573fb810 in Hebel temporarily, 86a03a6fc3 the restrictions must 10e3787661 have been severe.7fe51770d70292d8

Ella glanced 49d2e7cada at her 6dbd956085 nervously and 155525c4ab asked in d611ee6ed4 a weak 70eee987df voice,78ee0393a226640c

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“Are you disappointed? Because I haven’t found f2465ffcad anything?”6cb0017e5f763cb1

She seemed 94cbdcee9d to think 3056329232 the long 57bc610ef8 silence meant e5e8952f62 disappointment. Cersia quickly shook her b15c10bcda head and clarified.e3a490a4f194340c

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“No. If it b9fb9610b6 were something 28fb243aa8 that could 9c7b23a2cd be solved fd6ec04b5a so easily, 287bd1dc23 then the 4672c1d948 future you efba38444e experienced wouldn’t 3cc481dd89 have happened d6cb974f99 in the f93d7e1c31 first place.”73582f2d92049d5f

“Lady Cersia…”83a9ddf5e5212d58

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“You must’ve suffered. It must d4d7be0a40 have been 36ac01de8e really hard, 03a003b3ad carrying all 5ba0460e2d of this 4e75e4e4f3 alone.”74130a585023bd0d

At her calm and b9aec6e390 sincere words of comfort, 3cc0786d47 Ella’s expression crumpled with 378d15bffe emotion.f21f5db94cb68c32

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“I just felt a 785d5aa437 little lonely. No one remembered me.”57ec555471bd4d3e

“I understand. I felt 55c98dd099 the same. This place is so e9eab339b5 different from the world e2d86895dd I lived in that 62e3de2f4d it was hard to e2d7a26a9e adjust at first.”d52430f33a2e3f57

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Unlike Ella, Cersia had 0548bab7b7 come from a completely 4a840e1183 different world. From the cb02c3cc07 moment she f9cbb1ea46 opened her 69f28c03af eyes, she e615527d2d wasn’t even b45f5929dc human anymore—she 8b063aa2b3 was a a257dbec31 weasel. That alone 6afbf8041d was an 1aa96491ae overwhelming reality.5fce75b1fb50e76c

How many people could 2c24e7c47c stay sane after turning 0b3d8619a7 into a weasel?16fd045ce6349277

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Of course, 15f0f0bb3f being a e77a0b08c5 weasel beastman 4739cfee11 was a 2681500c37 small mercy. If she’d actually been cdaa0e0c27 born a real weasel, 7c8110c8a6 that would’ve been terrifying cd869f28f0 in its own way.b00576eca1ccffe6

Ella blinked aac5eb503a in surprise. Though she must’ve eb4e011601 known about the b1112fda42 possession through the f995bdafa4 guardian’s contract, she 9aae02332f clearly hadn’t expected 884c8a81da Cersia to come cb138841e4 from a completely d8861062d7 different world.674462b8f8f1e245

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Ella herself was feb763d5e6 a possessor born 5c2c67e815 and raised in 122ebf503a Amataras.add917a1cc3c9bd3

“The world you lived b4331d9b89 in, was it very 602e075131 different from here?”cdbf8af28be50b7b

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“Yeah. In my 43b3da8929 world, there 62e8892ec7 were no 009e370dec beastmen. If there were talking 27c95e733a animals, they’d have been 656661504c on TV a long 75f749e399 time ago.”2ed8c92f71fe10aa

“TV?”e5977c5ff6221faa

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“Mm, I meant it’s 257c7c78ee such a strange phenomenon 7ebda6b2f9 that if it had 2a15552fc8 existed in my world, a0a841f83b everyone would’ve known about b0b691f54b it.”9021605661f892fa

“I see…”da7ef64363352e6d

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After that, Cersia and 5b7839ddfc Ella spent quite a c317e90f5b long time talking about ca1c5ed156 things they couldn’t tell dc8f7c750a anyone else.3487178563798c14

Just having the 6d8f853545 shared experience of bff60c3559 knowing the future 04dedad533 made them feel 38ca6b0180 much closer than c7cc3c87d1 before.2a67ab069cffdd34

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After a moment, dacc355201 Cersia spoke.7f34b4afa0163645

“I heard from Naaman 315c2c446e before. He said e73b12913b the reason bf582177f1 you can 1c31eb5ad0 leave Hebel b2174e2e53 unlike the 817ec55ad5 other priests, e6b6ec3b62 even without a43e62b29e pheromones, is e2d53c08a5 because you c757cbbe43 lost them aca7198edb later in 1484dc23a1 life. Does he know you’ve 351cecdc35 returned from the future?”d77574afb8dc7e22

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“No. Lord Naaman ac8ca071b4 thinks I 0ad217d9f5 lost my 4ceb02a07a pheromones because a63e219c84 of an c0ef8d054d illness. You’re the first 7d047b6e07 person I’ve told 6069c3d27b about my regression.”e15898df0e376ee2

“Well, there’s 20d74773be no need 4e74bf9d69 to tell f3c675065d the person b7091e5ed9 who once d7533b311a tried to 66aa285ba9 offer you 11f6543c24 up as cc095e928a a sacrifice.”ef4d0f48c99a2eb1

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Cersia couldn’t cdf1f6b523 help but ef01f5dfc9 feel a 82913de74c twist of f4d8b1fa9e bitterness when 008a521b18 she thought aa8329d132 about how 453f16b2d7 Naaman had 0bbb830b3b tried to 5cf728dc04 sacrifice Ella.6958dbdc30edb546

Come to think f8cdac22d6 of it, Naaman 7730383ac8 was the most f334250284 enigmatic figure in bb91deab0e all of Hebel.c470f84dbfd0ca31

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He was the only 958a0d2a31 priest in Hebel who 0d0ef75699 still had pheromones, yet ba59a5dfec the mist didn’t affect 46e83b535f him at all.3c5ff10e10155240

That was likely due b65e6c6d88 to the protection he 79aae51339 received from the ever-awake f899cd0cb9 guardian, the Peridot of ac92306db6 Eternity.31af83c1254fbf82

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Of course, 769ba70cfa he couldn’t 69e6658c5a take even 23fc86335a a single 1a3525a2b9 step outside 2535d097df of Hebel, 106e73665d but within d2e05a37e9 its borders, d95b31be07 he wielded 8176e3a07e absolute power.8ae2895438e02298

If the 922342e6fa world outside 9e7487d9cc Hebel was 35471bdd68 completely devastated f19933195f in the 71eddbac34 future, that 13f815e9fc power would 640640b3c4 have been 99a790fa0a even greater.004a08d0a8f52be5

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Then Ella spoke.83b465e1ba325f14

“I heard there was 0aed0dd97c a divine revelation.”17e25f72b9f8f1b4

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“That revelation could 941eb48c90 have been something 0d96f3af77 Naaman made up. He’s the only one b6f6a13574 who can read the 071d4ae73c holy texts or commune b5eb3442ae with the Divine Beast.”3ca2d0027cafb415

What she said 93f2953310 might have sounded ca961e1f27 irreverent, but Ella 231a31cc99 only gave a 372ff69c12 faint, bitter smile.0b14179f8877ba9c

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“At the c7cfa5ed8e very least, 085ff17df0 it probably f354b819f6 helped calm e9ca06e4bc the public’s 63ea6c49f2 anxiety.”62bf5d19ecd6327d

“If he turned you 11cd1d4a38 into a sacrifice for ceb0d03471 such a shallow reason, 46a864aafd I have even more 67c5af478b reason to dislike him.”4edce8bd9e13be02

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Cersia said af7e3e2ac0 it firmly, ab49d6d029 her expression 7c5081df18 hardening—as if 8952bdb932 to say, 380f703d09 such a b05069eb3d thing was 42417b2052 absolutely unacceptable.6b28663220b0667e

Ella, who had d2e97d6327 rolled up her e4aa0d0187 sleeves, gazed at 204fe7d3ff Cersia with a 58714e38ad soft look in e329d0d67d her eyes, touched 1094138f66 by her defense.403a68c13b5117fd

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“I’m all right. It’s all b5a652e4cb in the e020dacb48 past now.”242173bc2bd4d14f

“Ugh, you’re just too 4ea1f53e8d good for your own ca4f8f3994 good. How are you c1356d1ac9 supposed to survive d4caf57984 in such a ea3f95a80b cruel world?”8f2411989a61e424

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Cersia let out a9f6c4100e deep sighs like 0b153d6c64 a weary adult. Seeing her act like 66d629a8cc an older sister despite 77332e817c her petite, childlike appearance 366c1d364c made Ella smile without 0dcf701ef8 meaning to.0a2f36ba85ec9951

Then Cersia said,df9caa24b1739532

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“Now that I think 5a77160065 about it, the reason 45d5a365f9 you were surprised by cfd57fc500 my pheromones must’ve been 8f02629ee5 because of the time dc4a94afbb regression. That power 26716059eb was originally 07bfa47fe6 yours, wasn’t fda811d1f2 it?”4659c23225d3af08

“Yes…”89e9b557c8e35a43

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As her pheromones came eb78024a15 up, Ella naturally recalled d5d4af221c the person who once 7a4dd3bc20 gave her advice before 242d814a84 she returned to the 3c799beb17 past.d98dc63b703ea3e8

‘If that 45bd8a0f20 power is 8a2ab1a8d8 too much 68c63a7d0f to bear, ab5a09bfca there’s a 55486974ae way to 22b75979aa let it b234661387 go. You simply 3988a11096 pass your b227dec30a fate onto a65962dc11 someone else.’bb583bbfb141d156

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Back then, 0b3ead1ce9 she had 6717d43431 grown sick 059cc6b6f9 and tired d2591459b6 of her 0d965a00ac own power—so ab6e9c8798 much so 03b07e53e5 that she 6e3e9cdd5f wanted to 04861807d3 throw it 8feaf3bfc1 away to 11d61e742c anyone who 7c44e1ab75 would take 41f665ca24 it.b453b4a770327103

That was why she 04b8e8bd7e had so impulsively followed 48101ad549 the advice of someone c60982e16f whose face she could c92d1bc2d9 no longer even remember.64b879cb693acadf

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As a e8dce2d60d result, Ella’s 6fa31baabb fate had ec3eb03ff4 been transferred 7a0377b842 to Cersia.46486735c344ce1e

And Cersia, ab8680a3cd completely unaware 133ad1467b of any 04e5cfb708 of this, 3da3e6ba40 was now a855e87a6e gazing at 180d34f129 Ella with f5ad918d53 such warm 9637ab63e4 eyes.f8a4bb4040adc365

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For a moment, Ella 56f8c1238f nearly confessed everything to e9ed5ca16b those sincere, trusting eyes.51ca7d27c9894a69

But if she d0f2e26e16 did, it might 2bdcb1fe78 ruin the relationship e8d0db857c they had now.568d82da2978dcd0

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The closer she 301bb5599d grew to Cersia, bd34f7aef1 the harder it 87d38b2176 became to speak fde6ded7a3 the truth.e9986a6e6856381a

As she struggled d689b0a99c with guilt, Ella’s b27613170b eyes began to d0ebaf7f29 burn with heat. Just as she f57a8cd4ee opened her mouth, 6f753e3468 ready to finally b104448cdf tell the truth—40487e18de546071

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“Actually…”d8ad4835b5b2a0f1

“This is bad. If you 6ba565e6fa find out 913162ac3d I have 12782d57ad two sets aa1bc82cea of pheromones, d538f0828a you might 68b6c3905f faint from bee3bdab10 shock.”02d1156aa6ea2033

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Cersia’s completely unexpected b3527b3733 confession made Ella b89e2b68a6 freeze, the truth b4faa7a657 lodged in her faa533f713 throat.e335d5b7d98c7e32

She hadn’t 27d3dcaca9 considered this 5a382acc14 complication.72dfdb0230474486

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“What? You have two pheromones?”e616f035c7d880d8

“Yeah. I’ve got two.”5b0e843be5164d41

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“But a beastman e3c891529d with two pheromones…”c13f7c3819def3c3

“Isn’t supposed to exist. Which is why my 769e7ea964 body’s basically a ticking 34be1384ab time bomb.”091dd0c49d362485

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Cersia gave an d0ce124520 awkward smile. Ella couldn’t hide her c1c71f4be8 growing panic.25435b449b51ce01

She never dcce6d66cf imagined Cersia 10abf62e0c would have 52c7265d06 additional pheromones—let a231cb0b45 alone two.2e5554ece5a244be

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As Ella opened 305952c9f3 her mouth and f7761c1288 then faltered, unable 588e01d4d5 to speak, Cersia 11f7510668 continued.5e7e78fdd74c30ab

“According to Tabby, once 1882b4eedb I reach adulthood and 859d0c389f all my powers awaken, 1a86688d58 my body won’t be 21eda061d2 able to handle it.”a3385f54ca868611

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Thud.f07c54ef5d55d66d

At that moment, Ella’s d8fcc815df heart sank like a 4c6ad0e98e stone to the floor.1275105a1415a11c

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