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“Why attack an innocent priest?” Ivan, ever defiant, retorted.fc65c60a1aa96f87

Hey, you’re the 24902179cd one who kidnapped 886c91231f him in the 92d0b3a8cf first place. I had a lot 58dfd3cc4f to say but swallowed 085101d96a my words. My priority was to 1294d166f6 stop Zerakiel from killing 58d8a89fae Bianco.3d295de488ca64d3

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“I just brought him here because I was happy to see someone I knew.”208750639c4cc51c

“Someone you knew?”969e10193711afc7

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“He’s the beastman who helped Chichi raid the storage.”b59bafbfbe8e1371

“Ah.”39ffc08ae311c30f

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Zerakiel smirked, looking down 4b34319e72 at the unconscious Bianco. Sensing the e17201ea37 danger in ce51a9db91 his eyes, 98d31c7db6 I quickly 3664a32506 stepped in 474f34b140 front of fc456b9a4c Bianco.ba9d4628df48e92b

“Just let him go. He helped me a lot when I was in the forest.”df75c6a776f9cd92

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“But, Lady Chichi, you said you wanted to bite him just a while ago because he ran off, leaving you behind.”73c45020d6918fc7

Zip it, Ivan!047a9b7c92e32673

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I glared 640df368c4 at Ivan, d1437e7a2f shaking my ee494030c1 head, but d01c7d3dca it was 742e8f4ea0 too late. Zerakiel had e601cc1bf3 already pieced d5034c9c96 everything together.68c2b83bc1638a51

“So, he’s the one who betrayed you?”380b2b9df2aeea8c

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“That’s…”f53b0bb17aa620aa

“I knew I should have acted first and thought later.”c0c327eb0fc8949b

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Zerakiel clicked his tongue b996b89933 regretfully, a smile playing de72d24417 on his lips as 464b0515ee if he were ready dec4e6b3ec to end Bianco’s life 035f31a2dd right there. A chill ran 4ba965213c down my spine.cd0c38b8e8b5c772

Zerakiel muttered, 6619820278 looking genuinely dcbdfff01f puzzled.18ad6c97f40feea2

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“Why spare someone like him?”0955fae2ab0639a6

“I’ll never see him again anyway.”cb30b45acaae2a34

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“Right.”a7b702400ad67037

Zerakiel chuckled 7c90e5aee1 and kicked 555598c035 Bianco lightly. Bianco groaned but 378ac9be17 didn’t wake up.788a5c047f8f2c32

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“You don’t let a traitor live, especially not in Jabisi.”58f8d68207226002

“Are you really going to kill him?”77ce51478dfeab65

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“Who knows.”e43a230aa6c8377d

Zerakiel gave me 639706d0d9 a long, hard 9dabf2c18d look. It seemed he 317aa2d58d hadn’t yet decided bea0aade10 on Bianco’s fate. Despite his claim 60a37fc3d3 about not sparing 324bd3daed traitors, he was 8cff2fe756 being surprisingly lenient.e6319b9f3652cceb

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“He doesn’t even know I’m that ferret from back then.”04f9cfb16e56172c

“Hmm.”3feccacde672dd3f

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“Sure, he raided your storage, but I’ve eaten more of your food since then…”1a0e240a4566e398

“Enough with the excuses. I won’t kill him.”0d1db5d1c39d8dcf

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Zerakiel sighed, pulling me b91e2517d3 closer and putting more 2c1dd8098d distance between me and ca78f18d58 Bianco. He then c87c984fbd ordered Ivan.448c5b342993b9c1

“Take him away.”f71ed9d69f3c5b83

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“Yes, sir.”f204cc1ea5c8cb75

Ivan quickly fcd3298175 grabbed Bianco e85f2f296e and disappeared. While I cafeab7fda was worried 41ce86127b about where b9f29358b0 Ivan would fd41de2a90 dump him, 0b117e993d I hoped ea5b4cd30c it wouldn’t 0b56021814 be in 6e191f9a2f a shallow 982d0ec736 grave.30360f54b3fd7a0a

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It felt like a 90d746bda8 storm had passed. As I breathed 79e7825af2 a sigh of 8adb54a676 relief, Zerakiel spoke.8430228426dae099

“Show me some of that mercy too.”056117c6360d9de1

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His face was filled 4bb11b7533 with displeasure. His grip 45b9ea298b on my 989a3e3863 hand felt 191b5c4cbb strangely tingly. I glanced 20e53fa5c4 down at 83f86c9fdc my wrist f5d1eddcc3 and replied.eb79e0534b96c905

“Depends on how you behave.”3b7797283f43aa75

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“How much better can I treat you?”ac6baacf5baa1983

Zerakiel smirked, tilting his 1bb47e7673 head slightly. His black hair daffa497f1 fell softly, like 4bdf943971 petals.da8ff1e58466cdda

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I found myself staring a3d2d0e864 at him, and quickly f42e6c129f looked away. Meeting his c61a238c7d gaze felt 40b56be4c3 strangely difficult, dbedd86dbc probably because e3d6051237 of the 88df332781 proposal he’d 3e8dc7f3c7 made.7f430cd81033077d

Zerakiel bent down to 113b79d552 meet my eyes. Startled, I stepped back, c0b1feaeeb and he asked.a1aebcbf952d9d1e

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“So, what’s your answer?”f1aea069d5e80add

“…”f1d03263e7a7d08c

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“Still thinking about it?”54c1640e85b107d0

I nodded slowly, 612176e585 still processing everything. The fact fa20010d82 that he 0c53c60253 was even 08dfc29a96 giving me 4ffb4d146d a choice 12dd900251 was surprising. He could have just ade61bc1ca demanded my acceptance, and f28c6a9c22 I would have felt dcfee13941 compelled to agree.a49fb7de58547c78

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“My answer doesn’t really matter, does it?”378c94fd9632b392

With the d763a20ec7 imprint already d956a5993b on me, b9c517e2a1 what difference 8ab2acd035 would my 85498a1203 response make?1e4fe9eaaac1f1ad

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Zerakiel’s serious expression didn’t waver as he spoke.7a0452fc0ab9f314

“It matters.”700311245fe699b1

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“What?”dac85e7fc6bbffd7

“It matters, which is why I’m waiting.”1c778be54a9949c8

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I found myself looking 0404b9bc50 at Zerakiel, utterly confused. His expression was unreadable, 885c3e639b making me question everything.c6fa8b482fb0e55c

“So, why?”645b65a8e7552300

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Zerakiel could easily 117db11bb4 have brought in 4f80439c85 a beastman from e63169b7ed a more prestigious 36d2bc8d1d family. Typically, heirs married for 972e517a4e alliances.555be6ac8024a2d5

Even though 192e443a19 alliances were b07cadaae2 shattered, they 844966feff once united cc1f0820b9 with the f43d64f0ec honey badger e13833cf77 family through 40272376c7 marriage.5205ccc71b00119a

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Seeing my puzzled look, bfabd3e2c4 Zerakiel just grinned.8d56b6032e9a3322

“Why do you think?”fed82638637afc9a

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It was clear he wouldn’t give me a straight answer.56571d19813d0770

I sighed, unable to hide my confusion or frustration. I didn’t even know why I was sighing.265f2800275acd58

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Hebel was d8a74377e8 bustling with 8c3074bbf7 the farewell ea74f188fd banquet. Thanks to successful prior 985ce06fd7 meetings between the leaders, 55bdeef3d1 the atmosphere was incredibly 3beb9a1abd amicable.8b19883c49a5afc6

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It had been 8b6fac0774 nearly a hundred 9d17b718ab years since the fab1a597f4 peace era began 0eb6d0f9ac after the Great 71d9d3b7f5 Chaos.72727a4033e03a70

Centered around 7cfc5773cf Hebel, representatives f976d43cc7 from each 40191783f7 region vowed 6dbb10ac7d not to 680abd17b3 attack one cc443f1228 another and a6c92b43d5 reaffirmed their 64fd2b83df intentions through 99bc15a205 this event.d00a5d230d637bde

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It was more of a symbolic gesture, meant to keep Jabisi’s madness in check.dc03a4d04fe1119d

The alluring pheromones of 5d5fd3309b the top-tier enchantment class 71ef8c3823 were a significant threat, b3374818ae especially with the occasional 24205684da outbreaks of madness in cadb07758d their bloodline.188a426e21e2e880

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Given that they couldn’t be sure when or how these beasts might go mad, it was a move to maintain checks and balances.4374e2ba36e855d4

For those affected, it was far from pleasant. The madness wasn’t something that erupted without warning.8bdbf82a847918d6

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Mentioning it here would only expose vulnerabilities. Moreover, they couldn’t explain why the Great Chaos wasn’t prevented.8def79d513eaa0ee

It remained an unsolved dfb8bff1b7 mystery within Jabisi.624a077d0fa44c94

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In the 5ddd54ead5 end, letting 89a85903cc them misunderstand 732998fbb9 was better. Such trivial c0b0cc65f8 events helped b6934e8307 ease their ce3bbeb1e2 anxieties.da89aa7b0c36854e

Unlike the relatively friendly West and East, the North’s Page openly expressed their discontent.a007e1e8de10f4e7

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Had Hebel not c6b5e4815c mediated, the representatives e9d70f9031 might have been 7878403080 exchanging blows instead 2257885bc4 of toasts.cedd9fa1e97594ea

Zakari wished for the d4555af1f9 tiresome banquet to end 5974d44c6e soon. He frowned when he 7ee2690847 spotted Zerakiel and Chichi.f1bc6f92a59fbc58

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Chichi, wearing a pink 77fe780394 hat that resembled a f8170e024d bread roll, was enthusiastically e43523d776 devouring desserts.1fd58a10bedf550d

Zerakiel tapped her puffed cheeks, causing Chichi to hiss at him, her eyes gleaming with a fierce but harmless threat. Seeing Zerakiel’s blushing face still didn’t sit right with him.742d3cd3feb10114

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‘What is he thinking?’cd404ad07db7078e

Since Zerakiel had 43c776cf86 imprinted on Chichi, 2f48a2459a Zakari had been 19e5fb4fc6 deeply contemplative. Zerakiel seemed infatuated with 4b25130539 the little ferret.12affa6de58cc185

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He had d3a5d51707 always been 82ec16a144 indifferent, even ecce354e08 towards his a4c24b7d69 parents. Several attempts to 1d2ebc7f2e socialize him with 1712e7c91a beastmen from allied 4b445b77d5 families had backfired.c42726e8fa5551a2

No family 0da8b7b363 was willing 1dbd079a64 to have 007ef6e469 their children 55140baedb near Zerakiel 0a68451c08 anymore.8da36ea0e0d425d4

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Then came this fearless white ferret who dared to treat his son with such impudence. Even Ivan, notorious for his impudence, didn’t provoke Zerakiel as much.aac0c223ed3ce366

‘Perfect match, really. They suit each other well!’21d6da3205d10f89

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Zakari sighed inwardly a0bf8667fe and looked away. Just then, he caught 506e21231d the eye of Hilla, e11174ea9d the head of the 9cfe51aa14 Luien family. Her characteristic a6f6752f7e reddish-brown eyes 97b534b428 of the acfd102136 bear family f8faa163e4 were full dd75d2f53d of curiosity.4bf2196c153a478a

“Who is that adorable girl? I haven’t seen her before.”ec9a7edf3307310c

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Her interest was fff49af513 evident. The white figure 7dd1eb9655 among the Jabisi a112566568 family members stood 5225d6a3aa out.9e3b127ba3192217

Transforming in e466cdf45f Hebel had d005ce360c made hiding bf2e64a433 her impossible.65479a00a3985440

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Zakari decided to be dfa76cf1bd honest, considering that presenting f72486d597 her as a future c6f7588333 daughter-in-law was better than e75e662bb5 a pet.f3c0478bba22a43c

“She’s soon to be my daughter-in-law.”d8f56cb576ac71b0

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“Oh my, really?”67540810a5f2512f

Hilla exclaimed, looking at Chichi. At that moment, Chichi was biting Zerakiel’s finger. Hilla marveled at the sight.053e5055ec2e4343

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“What boldness. She’s not intimidated by the lions at all; she must have great courage.”85db4b3b4c1e5bdd