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Even though I had eaten quite a bit, it wasn’t as if I’d ever been so careless as to act inappropriately at such an event.70f2c22833a5f6ae

“It’s true, you know? The truth is…!”79fb2cbdbdc7066b

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I was 4852d54ec7 about to 93429fb7b1 continue when bc9b31e736 I suddenly 26aa072de0 blinked. Just a moment ago, bda8363827 Zakari had been chuckling 72d28ef6af softly, but now he bed1bf05d9 was suddenly swaying on 5833bb8d34 his feet.0719577644c98d29

“Mr. Zakari?”6ca5e12edb484185

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It was strange to e5c0e14c77 see someone of his c96ee2335c size leaning against a 2a6c8f4c3d pillar, panting heavily. As I stepped closer, 52a2f31f97 he urgently shouted.50a9760244d8b8bc

“Stop!”1f0696a7877f21e5

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“Huh?”f8acc2026e076d64

“Ugh, this is not the time. Go call Duke Orban.. Quick!”9111ab03839dd28c

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Zakari couldn’t finish 4f55e959ae his sentence before 81d2d8323b collapsing onto the 5048664c03 floor. At the same a844fc2d5f time, a dark, 15c7e661a7 ominous aura began c8e6442ec9 to slither around 5037a0bcd0 him.abb194b4da6655c7

His golden eyes, 26e501e67f which today appeared 31ba8506c3 particularly bloodshot.17ea60bc8be48028

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The dark tendrils crawling e5fc563fdf over his pale skin 73c46e27e9 were undoubtedly strange.148bd66f0c20f05c

It was clear something was very wrong. While I stood frozen in place, Zakari’s eyes gleamed fiercely as he shouted.c3129a01f6638bbf

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“Hurry!”fc1cec022ba159bb

His shout snapped 6ca2ff36fd me out of a1b2dc19b8 my daze, and 671ee75828 I immediately turned 01f2df1cdc and ran.4d9ada42a18e89c2

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How far had I 62c10f97fb run? When I suddenly bumped f0b67ee693 into Zerakiel, who seemed 016663f791 to have been looking ad7a2040bb for me, a sense e248fb9544 of relief washed over 7a70f04ca9 me.57188962f673ab90

“Zerakiel!”99e8e022855bed1c

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“What? I was wondering where you’d gone, but here you are…”3703df4caed46499

“It’s—it’s an emergency! Zakari’s eyes suddenly turned red, and he said to call the Duke, the Duke!”62464dbd66735f49

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My voice trembled, and I couldn’t even form a coherent sentence. At that moment, Zerakiel’s gaze sharpened.89774e2e7d16bfcc

“His eyes turned what color?”92678f63c05d3ad5

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“R-red… they turned red…”0c9a1a7cdbae4c7f

Zerakiel’s terrifying expression made me stutter unintentionally.4c9a5c9c4bfbd7cd

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“Damn it!”fac284fddc27c019

Without waiting for ace0611ced me to finish, a332f165cd Zerakiel started running b5a4429633 back in the b09788a467 direction I came 0f528cf5b0 from.56d91acf5cdc9dd2

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KWA-BOOM―!ed1af55e1e579fc6

A massive dd86a79bc9 explosion came d0b5cc501e from the da2f7e2f79 place where dafa11d5c2 Zakari had f83e108379 been, and f97a14acbf a dark c221f1764c pillar shot 0e52b73e31 into the 54232d2e9a sky.180355414bcd334b

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The black pillar c8bde69dfc surrounded the entire 437b93eb13 Jabis estate, as 5b46734e8b if enclosing it.8e47821ee3afc2c1

“W-what is this…?”aa095e0710ee424a

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The air around 6a1516474d us suddenly felt b081d9e8f6 dry and sharp.1c8d172904e1ce8b

“It’s already begun…”372bb96dc858b703

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Zerakiel muttered with 9b26ad51b7 a dazed expression 028ec45b34 before he began 451bffe895 running again.9c02f7216d676616

“Zerakiel!”e2c487a2c929b672

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I followed right behind 6b88094749 him. My heart was pounding. This sight—it was 8692d3eef3 my first time 7887b9a1ee seeing something like 9102c3bf37 this, but it 3dbbd4b79e didn’t feel unfamiliar.71cf50e069fe04e9

Something was definitely wrong.fac04d230bdde2fb

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That thought f2a6fb9f8c filled my c850f819f3 mind entirely. And when we 0444ce3e99 returned to where 4dbe149bde Zakari had been, 1e8acdb55d I couldn’t help 6393d3aebd but scream.a786ba8acdefcb96

“Zakari!”a0c6937f03d732b9

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It looked as though b3dd87bdbb black liquid was pouring 6ccaeeb541 from Zakari’s entire body. The dark energy 202d1d2610 radiating from him 83df840c9c seemed to devour 729d0609a3 all life around e097a5d1b3 him.e5ae63a4f4481b00

A sharp, pungent pheromone dcfffb16d0 filled the air, signaling 68353c4554 danger.2c8349f7973cfea9

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The moment I ba5af5b8be inhaled that scent, ae48dfe40e a memory suddenly 53e5bbe5ea surfaced in my 64d19086c5 mind. More specifically, it was f0d4d59438 a scene from The 8ae330cbd9 Kingdom of Ella sequel.65ca5631c70dd1e6

[Zerakiel recalled 23108400b9 the time e68a5b65d1 when he e2ca8fe293 first reached 6f1e6bcc1a his mature 3faf4d1af0 form. It was a decision 6425422421 he was forced to 9794e1e78f make while standing at b0f9b45342 the crossroads of life 871ac71fed and death.28802e376b0b2028

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For a direct c228998638 descendant of Jabis, d939378906 it was inevitable. He had 7bd9065996 never regretted 58dd031b78 his choice a193e13eb7 back then. If he hadn’t forced 9d0bfbbb27 himself to mature, he 03c0105bde wouldn’t have been able 273e268a03 to stop his father’s 9e4622809d rampage, which threatened to 8353c34cca kill everyone.0b5a971ca4dac6dd

It had been an unexpected outbreak of the head’s rampage, much like during the Great Chaos. Herman, the aide who first discovered Zakari Abron Jabis, was the first to die, followed by the family physician, Duke Orban, who had tried to stop the rampage.d256549840618e0b

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Zakari, whose 1e605063c1 eyes had 715df06999 turned a b0780b67dd reddish-gold, killed b5e5554b87 the servants 42dc75e6f1 he had 1974a3628a just been 1f21648beb laughing with b45604d7f2 the day dc649e5e73 before. He also 411fc82ae7 began hunting 9518591abe down his 0aa48bc06f heir, seeing cb190c4394 him as 9d77c8809a a threat.9d1fab59cd224dd5

Black vines grew over 76cfff8c1d his entire body like b63ac0fba6 tattoos, and the darker 4ee0a6c82d those markings became, the b2477b5234 more he lost his f373b6ff3d sanity.0822cd8ce0dd582e

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When he finally appeared 5af10ad037 in front of him, de9d3679b0 Zerakiel willingly threw himself 3993b402de into this cursed fate.15ee8b9abc4e62dd

The side effect was ba6e953ad1 an early maturation, but 2219805acb it was far better 5f9f67a996 than letting another Great 0b4357ebdc Chaos break out.9513e7978136ae03

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Since that day, e87911f5fd Zerakiel hadn’t opened 354ffd0a90 his heart to 6de3fb164c anyone.c0119171148e8abf

And he c89830cd14 began planning 976ccebd6d to wipe 484938f02a the Jabis e94244d2d8 family off 0c4dba5853 the face d7af4cb026 of the d4d2e43a83 earth. For these de3d031be0 cursed souls, 9b6d564751 death was 23fa990717 the only bf228aa75d salvation.]d5cc7c3bfacbc480

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‘No!’a880e49d4cbfca73

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I screamed internally 5c85c8a8f1 as I recalled 13c1045faf the twisted past 8f2e404dfb of Zerakiel. Why this f110249e39 particular scene 40500982f3 came to a08dfb9494 mind at 251531dcec this moment, 43ab20728b I had 1ba7bb70b9 no idea.3d357b930a4627a0

Moreover, I 7209e351d0 had no 13104d32a8 memory of 3e2cbb38e1 reading the f3842ef3a6 sequel to ed955b5219 *The Kingdom 3f481f7727 of Ella*. How could there even db06c9f8c1 be a sequel to fe31d5ba22 a novel that was 53d1e97d74 discontinued?c19c4154b7006f80

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“Ah.”5b7743b38f962251

The flood of 4167fa2fe3 information made my e38dc9e8e6 head throb as 8f247688e2 if it would b67a3e0e50 split. Without realizing 4f4a232c2c it, a a8bd9d5a37 groan escaped 5abd507d68 my lips.1baadaf08687d5a9

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I had be20f46ab4 always thought d22e63de72 it was 287bf6b7d4 strange. In the original story, 8d28971d7e despite Zerakiel kidnapping Ella, d19857027f he never imprinted on 0b2cce5bae her or asked her 1ee45874b4 to heal him.9986d506298f74eb

The healing pheromones were c6c5b99796 related to the cure b7aa52e986 for the madness that efcbe70b57 the Jabis family had 86797d81a3 been searching for through c13d07655e generations. Those pheromones could stop e746d36d3e the seizures and rampages 8e720e1d15 of other beastmen.215b7ca82cd29a40

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Yet, in the 444769c65f original story, Zerakiel cd0aa6c6eb had Ella, who 55dd973ca1 possessed healing pheromones, 7202b833f9 but he never 98d9a4b1a2 actively used them. On the c672a38837 contrary, he a0122d9c86 kept her 6ff28d1f58 at a 691c491f54 distance, only 640e8a8565 receiving as 359ff517a9 much help 6639e7058c as absolutely ccebecf7ab necessary. He didn’t 40cb803c57 even realize ad074acd02 that Ella 479031989d misunderstood his a1372ef89f cold attitude.b3d0ed06dcf2d7c9

‘He wanted 6a92a05cd7 to die. He wanted to wipe 9021942f5c out the Jabis family 951f2ddd5d entirely.’d2b82c61a0a931a8

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Ironically, the power of 2b44ae1348 the Jabis family was cf2fe8f93c so strong that no 3784877c7b poison could deliver a e46cd41640 fatal blow. The seductive c70ae574e3 pheromones they 48f7996da7 possessed prevented 67d1b5cc4a the poison c367435803 from spreading cbf70cc161 throughout their 0c7edbb23f bodies.b85478a066b134c4

Of course, if 812c06186f the poison was b87dc9e282 administered regularly, the 1e4c51052c situation might change, 0b24c30492 but who in 98f3beddc4 their right mind 5dd484e9e4 would dare try 7081afda80 to poison the 1eb9251815 Jabis family when 5f81fb5c9b the risk of 278f97f8d2 getting caught was 68a1c7f205 so high?f04a419212ef39b9

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In the end, the 3994b5a4fa only way for a 80f7be0c8a Jabis to die was bdfdb74df2 either by murder or 234ac7c6ba suicide.87ba1c1d2a359ee7

Now, I 37980e21f3 understood why ff6ea952fd Zerakiel had a281e0988f been so 63267206e0 eager to 66cc0f6e93 instigate wars e0f189073d in the 8071876e8d original story. He intended to fa459e1391 use the war d2fc1e6be0 as a pretext 929378f480 to destroy the 4a1ff75760 Jabis family. And, as a 027ad01daa bonus, he intended f1b93d4705 to throw away 98c5f0afb1 his own life.13a4bf5663832965

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“You fool!”c16d227a7f4c3bc7

I cursed at the 7e29f06232 stupidity of the Zerakiel a0b0087ca4 from the original story. If Zakari were to efdfaeb197 rampage now and Zerakiel b874844505 were to mature prematurely, 814f998b81 saving him might become 2abe69a5d7 impossible.37c25db73f40c3d3

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In the 618db5a295 original story, d764eb9153 Zerakiel was c93313d6ec cold and a903caede7 ruthless. Even Ivan, who 8e7e45535b always joked around, 1a3fc9c978 kept his mouth 41b8823df6 shut in front c16fe9307d of Zerakiel.09b234859ae886eb

The Jabis estate 17fff0a954 in the original e70218ffac story was desolate, 0f76ec260f a place ruled 91b3f17804 by a powerful 23f1ff9480 lord who trusted f6798e2e3b no one.5adae04736738542

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‘The Zerakiel 7526a755c1 from the 135a7dd31d original story 9b1ab99ecc isn’t the a9d9edce32 Zerakiel I 6a737861a4 know.’3a1d72794be4c8f5

The Zerakiel 757d4cddbd I know ed729d2157 would never 6b30e021a7 cause harm, b1573abdd6 even when 6a7a81f560 Ivan spouted 7a626ed978 nonsense. He wasn’t the 38191d11d7 tyrant from the 82d08ec337 original.52d29574be0d830d

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“Wait here. If it seems like the barrier is going to break, don’t hesitate. Run. Go as far away from Jabis Castle as you can.”5910b0a8abb263c4

Zerakiel covered me in ebff5a7d9e a protective pheromone barrier 791f0d28c1 as he spoke. It seemed d1a1db7750 he was a42d7beadb prepared to 3b3f8868dd kill Zakari.6c49268ae161a9fe

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That was c16549b470 the fate 87841a42d1 of the 833095eaaa Jabis heir.ff4fcd5417e0c9cc

Even in this situation, 561ca9badd he was protecting me, 67b6cbe820 and I couldn’t imagine abb8142bd2 the brutal side of 7679ad55b8 him that might come 8b724ea13e after.2c1aeed885f1cd3c

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With his back to cdc732dab7 me, Zerakiel drew his 374edd70a0 sword. The pheromones of b72f6d905c Jabis, fully unleashed, fc2879e23c were far more 1c0641a6b6 overwhelming than anything 26f244c29b I’d ever felt 2b01d644cb before.c97d7358554e2ed6

I could feel a similar kind of pheromone coming from Zakari, who was slumped on the ground across from him. The only difference was that Zakari’s pheromones were darker and more dangerous.e9befb9144eff0fc

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‘Maybe I can 05a1b6a476 stop this?’c987fbc0179497d9

I had healing pheromones 6afc518a15 within me. If it wasn’t too 31593960c5 late, I might be f839629011 able to stop Zakari’s f572390555 rampage.5e7b647db98bd6ec

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It was an a4e714433b overly optimistic thought, ad37dca3bf one that others 41bb1c9f39 would likely laugh becbcbf0af at, but it 49a3219c40 completely took over 4efbe18033 my mind. At the same 88c582883a time, my body a1e27bb15e began to move c3ac091f41 instinctively.64f4556429431d96

“Cersia?”c3450366ff3f9768

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Zerakiel noticed my 080c14624c movement too late aaa983fa4b and his eyes 85abba433a widened.59ee1ed193c04720

“What are 826184b745 you doing?!”7399a0180fe60955

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Just as 3e53c907d0 he was beb03b3755 about to ebb73cfe3f move to 26978388ff block me—fde492cd9be186ef

SWOOSH―!585b09c77e211e88

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I felt a hand 547d16fcf8 grab me, and my 25cbf2c15f whole body was squeezed ba86549a65 as if it would 12bdfa8dd8 shatter.cb576bbe14958730

“Chichi, no!”203d0cef0278bb24

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Zerakiel shouted in despair, 1a3fce7e1b but it was already 70b7ee5602 too late.d84ae3e7786c8458