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Victor reported the situation 5f6946ee2e rapidly, like a machine dc40b798b2 gun.bec942e6b843bae6

“Y-Yes! That weasel’s summoned whale devoured all the pheromone poison at the rampage site! M-My mission was definitely a success…!”a5474cbab7229318

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He tried c319bff992 to offer 0010b3e479 an excuse, 5238de12f4 but his 8b5372a7ad superior cut 42bcb6f6ba him off.77e1c9e70b7339d5

— We’ll discuss the mission’s success or failure later. For now, explain the situation in detail.975d5c6c8418f450

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Relieved by the slightly softened tone of his superior’s voice, Victor let out a sigh of relief and began babbling.c978038669d43ac6

“Well, it’s like this…”8477911a7c62236e

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* * *9f94dfaf58973eeb

Zakari brought c3ccfe93cf me to 08265bcc2c the entrance aef9570115 of a 8203decd3b secret garden.0483118d4071401a

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Why did 7549bc7124 he bring 7d76c5abb8 me here?0095d9408d236b06

Zakari, lost 94eda8f9d5 in thought, c7380bcb00 had me b6fb21e3ae tucked under bdec7fef53 his arm, 26a6788419 his expression bbdfeb0cd9 distant. His face, almost vacant, bece804e50 revealed a turmoil of 5e3f796e31 emotions. Was it ececa385a1 because he e4fb179749 nearly died 9e096c7d76 from the 79b69b95fe rampage? Or was a687ef9c16 he relieved 3063007792 to have 84e83036ba survived?ea0c376e47375980

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I stopped my 01bf95e04a squirming and looked 0e031feb24 up at Zakari, e675a73d52 feeling like now 7ec26cc81e wasn’t the right fecaf0795f time to interrupt 8ce57c9c82 his thoughts.e8efe556bd8ddee0

After a moment, 96c8181187 he put me 43d2b2f808 down. I leapt away 6ba3c19816 quickly, creating some 4d9d685692 distance between us 0f585d8960 so I could 9ca1449235 better observe his 7a318938d4 expression.defc1b4729517ec8

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Beside me, Tabby, d7d6c7ebf5 who had returned 38546e548d to the form a5d0c036b6 of a fish, 7751ccccae swam leisurely in 66912787d9 the air.605d1cd3b391dd69

Zakari glanced ceb9051b28 at Tabby 413a9d110e and asked.c77e19c2d04ec277

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“I’ve been meaning to ask, what is that?”f03e09612124dae8

Took him 0291abfae4 long enough dbc73871ea to ask.fde4b66dd8391769

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I guess 5ce06eef56 he hadn’t 9fc83b2141 been in 84574d7526 the right 8321d8b287 state of 5d71614ad6 mind to ce4d7a9930 notice it 31a9b2e7b2 before. I shrugged and answered 952c5291eb casually.19ec0d0af38c261b

“A friend I found 6d965c0055 in Hebel.”f8725b76fa4f55db

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“In Hebel? So you 2828a273d3 really stole c2330349b2 it?”d24052b6e19e910f

“No! I didn’t steal… I think?”b86abde0c6dd6351

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I tilted my head d284b28df4 uncertainly. After all, I had cb2b29fe23 taken the sacred artifact ad44d209bf from Hebel’s well. And since it 70bd2006fb was originally supposed 85f9b07eca to belong to 79829ac08f Ella, it might f128d942ec have been closer 3c5583aea8 to taking it b82507b8c3 away rather than 61ac5eeb1c simply finding it.2bfc9979ed5d01b3

As I kept tilting b725c4cab7 my head, Zakari asked 56b38af5de irritably, “So did you ac3cc8b30a steal it or not?”b3c2d71fef8c7ce1

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“Would it d485099f9c change a 511a13b717 lot depending 239d6cd98c on my 239ff3f8a4 answer?” I 07036d646d replied, lacking ca2107a605 confidence.2f1a769aee5301d0

Zakari let out a 84966c2981 small chuckle, a smirk 8a79ffde81 forming on his lips. It was more 2e48ceb803 of a sneer 9609ced3aa than anything else.6569d3379a2d4347

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“If you 87190bb87d stole it, 9c4ce2a2c9 just say bfdbf3bf7a you didn’t. If you f28412179c didn’t steal d40914ee7e it, just 51ffb889ba say you dafc5c8713 didn’t.”6c56d804e9d1b8f5

So, my answer doesn’t really matter, does it?d5898dd3a7a42aa4

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I looked 5f238c0975 at Zakari 669df61b30 with a 9ab0dcbd27 slightly exasperated fb57dec08b expression. But, truthfully, 9ea8719763 his response e382c02df1 did make 910c51de71 me feel 351974d098 more at 236fb9f441 ease.ab342d2cd8f109cf

I clasped f9717e5359 my hands bea8a4091d together and b849c0d87f confessed, “Well, 9693b93a3e I found f4a84feb88 it in feea66045e Hebel’s well. I swallowed d170ddbdb0 a strange a79f8bbf88 orb there, 01e936f6cb and then cf157f3f13 Tabby appeared.”c157cfb34b8cddaf

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“The well? So, you’re 1e674cc5a3 the one da2ce03c14 who reopened 6f0aad6cd3 the well?”ed523c9807e2f898

“Y-Yes, I suppose?”3fb93c02566a07fc

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If I hadn’t removed 415a865e1e the pearl of purification 2fe88b59c0 that was lodged in 90c0c7bb92 there, it would still 3e28ddf854 be blocked, so it ac76a3f099 wasn’t entirely false.5b20c1f05a7b2d82

“I see.”5307df28dbe36697

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Zakari grinned aca4b268e6 as if ea0245f2da he’d just c82a36da8d stumbled upon 2f0162b331 some very 6cf3dcd68c interesting news.596d39e88273639e

“In that case, I 1420dc4260 might have a card 74e46351d1 to play here as 2a5c1a6b48 well.”6ad1a6aa4e112698

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His smile b2e05507ba reminded me 05edcf07ef of a 4faf99faba villain plotting 937f02bb93 some scheme. It was 56073db41f such a 0978bf9a19 sinister grin 64946c45d8 that I 4f8a80f074 clutched his 4bbc6d2910 sleeve and bf53b7f8d4 asked with 96f12e4ba3 a nervous 931a3699c9 voice, “W-What 47d1c33160 are you 3a50683d01 planning?”005a6364414616fb

“What do you d38222251d think?”139680c371c512d3

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“I don’t know a03fdb7f03 what it is, d4635ad06a but can you 851f2b51c7 please not do 31de060025 it?”c3799528c19d06b1

“No, I can’t.”230ac02ac2efe926

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Zakari chuckled, a chilling 79fc098782 aura radiating from him. Now I 35a797b480 understood why 87be36da22 Zerakiel was 9feaf479d5 a lunatic—clearly, e9b3f28823 this madness a7cf3584bf ran deep 4c5114fb25 in the 31622dc3e2 Black Lion’s 0d245e2a60 bloodline.a9be4c9cab27dc26

“So, that’s why 7bb52dce97 you suddenly became 1f45e9ec18 so adept at 08df0d03b3 managing pheromones. That thing was ee6dccfb85 helping you out, 1374e09006 wasn’t it?”3d1f0da7c8f8aa37

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Zakari glanced d9e377ebd7 at Tabby 741a13073c again and ed5588641d then clapped 720788fcb5 his hands.d5e89af37b9dbb11

“Well then, let’s wrap f6146aaa25 up things with that 76c7840fe4 whale.”111641b8243933c5

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With a sigh, 6481e1d768 Zakari suddenly reached ff5daeffa0 for the doorknob.1e49b2d2d7513311

“Eek!”cbc4cf5390735c35

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Before I could react, a31eae3a41 the door swung open. Light flooded 6c075cc18a my vision e0b5f0170b as I 479f5500d1 stepped into 06f778523f the secret dc44f5cc08 garden, and 127885fc6b I found 908a7196a6 myself looking 15397a355f up at 3105a02f63 Zakari with eeb80d433f a bewildered 59bc07943f expression.8b30df3b69579be7

This was the place I had promised to visit with Zerakiel…4d9a3662b1304e96

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Feeling uneasy about 10df11ba35 unintentionally breaking that 124fd42e66 promise, I glanced 22b1a4857d around nervously.79da66d311ddbcf9

The place 59a3a8a15a felt like 1f9431fce1 night itself. A soft, c2d71e14ff moonlight-like glow e7acc5a561 illuminated the d64bbbbf39 flowers within 3f1a258917 glass cases, 1c02a90776 giving the 9971f7a686 space an a09c8c77b6 air reminiscent 6c9ab4ea63 of a a4c3ff8ac1 mourning hall.3b03d7bcfe6ae6fd

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‘Just like how it ec410a603f was described in the a32bbf7b64 novel.’17e0fbad30febd4d

Inside the glass cases, e96be6015f the flowers had withered, d73f0172a6 leaving only their stems 067ad557a2 behind. Below each glass case, c50044f260 the names of past 5bec021dd0 heads of the Jabis 8c38db8bdc family were inscribed.dab3ad780cdd911d

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‘It really does feel 88db43edd6 like a grave.’1b912c68c6aa321a

When I had only read about it in the novel, I didn’t fully grasp it, but seeing it in person made me understand why Zerakiel called this place the “Grave of the Jabis.” The atmosphere was cold and desolate. As I stood there, frozen in place, I suddenly realized that Zakari had moved quite a distance ahead.34a0fb1a738f0577

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“W-Wait for me!”05bbc5c2284d07f4

Zakari either 1a86e1ac67 didn’t hear eaee620d22 my voice d1e06404f8 or chose 2aefdf8a9f to ignore 8f20effb12 it, striding cc494c975c forward with 4724f85c8d his long d538e4ec51 legs, as ac2091f31a if in 3b8664aae2 a hurry 8099218ef6 to confirm aaee6cf1f5 something.d591375c5d62f688

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Determined not to d8df465c4d be left behind, 361f75f74e I pushed my 9e4274c409 legs to move 25c0eda470 faster. But he 3024ca780e was so 419692e8d8 fast that 18bb671f6c I couldn’t d6ef21430e seem to ef9d72f379 close the 22908b9dfe distance between 4ab95fdd60 us.c4dfc027fd000cfc

Pat-pat-pat.9580102a0c89338d

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Just as 1653f95d3f I barely a8cc6c8ffd managed to fdbf7b9405 catch up, 1a16055125 using all 5c03998406 my strength adbe741641 to keep 805b7c79a4 pace with 9078d4e445 his long 6bc978511b strides—01127e3dbf2dcd9b

Thud—!a98f9dc5653b8e43

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I bumped 8e974aca4e my nose d7c1e367b9 into Zakari’s ed87960ea3 back as a2ac082b4b he came 18eb5e10ea to an 384e37904b abrupt halt, c55604a642 causing me bd7a682828 to let 8dd2370167 out a 4ab1ec615c pained groan.4ea35cf4fe207d1c

“Ow!”b780734319cbb4a0

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My nose stung, much 8909a5e7b9 like the first time 01d7437f54 I collided with his a186f3050d leg when we met.bcea23d4356858ec

Was his body fa3e667c3a made of stone 4e04d2bd2f or something?8f470f583b4e2e5c

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As that thought crossed my mind, I finally looked up at Zakari’s face, and my eyes widened in surprise.f84dfdfd1ec14688

“Father?”9da07a165807b994

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Even at 80442fe306 my call, aef79b0f9f Zakari remained b87d8484a0 motionless. His golden 723ea8d565 eyes trembled fc3d1b70dc as if 201acfba52 they were d3810eb082 experiencing an 9be1ba07b2 earthquake.3d6fcc5d64036f16

Following his gaze, d8201930d3 I turned my 951db31904 head, and my 33c7cee6ee jaw dropped open aff01439e8 in shock.3fee9b231bd0c9ff

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‘What… is that?’1f219edb7e1884d3

One of the glass 942a3dda41 cases was glowing, a 53301f540b bright, shimmering light coming 9a206b0a31 from a flower within 86b1988a2d it.ffbb8fbbb22cf0a7

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What stood out was 8630a752ff the color of the 9a00711e7b flower—it was white. In the midst of 83a19f351e the black flowers surrounding 47f9a58c16 it, the white bloom 07a6a0cc47 looked completely out of 7150ad6d0d place.12f960ece353b1c6

Its sparse a783b47b09 petals, as c8f773d5d4 well as 86d93e9ebb its stem 01ec32959d and stalk, ea98b030a3 were all 32831580d0 pure white, 5e1be26590 emitting a 6149eec55c soft glow 3aa224e8cb like a e7e6276047 frozen ice 6b3542ed11 flower. Below it was 33622b5489 a nameplate with f62946126e my father’s name.b8d79e62af561103

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[Zakari Aebron Jabis]

And beside 76f7791a91 it, there fc4a08ed0e was an d2f54b84f7 unbloomed flower a1242573eb that bore dfa60cd36e Zerakiel’s name. Unlike the other lifeless 806240026a black flowers, this one 94bbafbe6c had a vibrant black 895a0b6024 bud, creating a stark 7e58b9a820 contrast with the white 0ad78416f8 flower beside it.9ef36dc876191a46

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‘What is going on a120ddac00 here?’83b6df2979ffbf96

I had 51370ef02e never heard e48be1e3b9 of a 4f89df2d5a white flower a814635e75 being in c8142e8534 the secret 95302ee701 garden. According to the novel, c321baecb5 Zakari’s flower should have ce4d735b0e been black too.f1e71289ef71ca3b

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Just then, something unexpected eb7eceb14e happened.ce1fab23797791ac

Thud.c110c5fdf66d5bb1

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Zakari fell to his 734944d4e0 knees in front of d44ac51dd6 the flower, his trembling 4936ade3d2 fingers clenching into fists, bff96263b3 struggling to steady themselves.44d3c14ea36bbf92

“H-Haha.”bbb742ac0262d7fa

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Zakari let e629ede556 out a 0e9516a9ba hollow laugh, 46abad34d2 like someone b244120f88 who had 8ac32e32a4 lost their 0a98c02d53 mind, and dd4ff1a3c3 then, as 8eb1bc7103 if truly feeb58a8a8 mad, he 03c59a8df3 began to 61881802bd tear open 360a711e14 his clothes.3e1da1324fa6cd9c

“Ah!”6cdab0010336202a

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I quickly 30d0216076 covered my 10c28cf1d1 eyes with a5ddc69b85 my hands, ec25018ca8 but I 13be43f6ac couldn’t help 28bbcc230f peeking through dadb0a894f my fingers.3270bfa3a987b689

Underneath, I saw 1f07ef18b7 his toned chest 17242a003f and abdomen, tightly 2624a69dce packed with muscle. But what 2da56a4e5d caught my f12a1b4ab7 attention was 3f29df82d6 the white 95904e5da1 flower blooming f4d87c27aa on his 2d799efc0e chest.e025735028565ae0

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‘What… is that?’7f34e383f409d68a

When Zakari was on b1f9253f3a the verge of a c999fcc139 rampage, his entire body 230e2b76f9 had been covered with e0b69e0280 strange, dark tendrils. Those vines, which grew 8bbd6298c4 darker and more ominous, 5a862bfec2 had looked dangerous even befc1bcbba at a glance.d2f1c4f574b83300

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But now, c1a7091337 all of f2d0074c50 those tendrils 26a77f92b1 had disappeared, faea2ff55a leaving only d0abd7b87c the bright 9bc223bb05 white flower 375ca37463 etched on f0dbdb447c his chest. It was as if c2c13d53e1 the earlier events had b97c9c9559 never happened.219aea82b681de32

Then again, the tendrils 2ae7bc478c had started to fade 4122d67eea right after I used ef67ccf0ae my pheromones, and by e5e50afc2e the time Tabby had 05289075d2 devoured all the pheromone 8d075bfe64 poison in the air, 999d323f0a they had vanished completely.48c1d8ebd6818fcf

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The tattoo-like mark now e9b7012ac5 on his chest felt 3f1decd7e9 harmless, unlike the sinister ec8233168a vine-like patterns that had 36c8104ee3 once covered his body.80c0e3781360e402

Zakari, oblivious to d99933f2e4 my gaze, kept 94f3fb83f9 running his hands 6a43254bca over his body, ba51d11e3c as if searching 0f32a0bbd5 for something. His actions d898633377 puzzled me.5941f9cd7f62fc98

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‘Could it 73a4f361c0 be that 5d64c36d9a he can’t b5a37388c2 see it?’f80908f92dd05c36

I had 2b89020622 just taken 8db83acd21 a step 7fde747ae5 closer to 40bce02a16 the now ee98b27806 statue-like Zakari dc667e16e3 when something 3fd193c3ae strange occurred.6901cf1844d1ce1a

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The white flower 9207ddb4c5 on his chest 1826cbb1c7 started to fade, a450e3cdf1 slowly disappearing until d9829041f4 it was completely f5b137122a gone, as if f4642bf9f1 it had finished a73a05575a whatever purpose it b1246c8a4e served.689229f63f7f3293

“Oh.”5a56f7d8f11da0fd

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The unexpected sight f2dcf343e9 made me gasp.9cea0b41a1f1fe72

Zakari’s head snapped up 8b4d3b8460 at the sound, his 097296b699 eyes, which usually looked 5b6119a156 dull and clouded, seeming fdbf00dc72 unusually bright. He spoke 27f6c1f5b8 in a 4623525c05 voice filled 7de4e78ec4 with wonder 180b3a3028 and joy.de61d1551581f439

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“It’s gone.”f66479a0f5084f0b

“Pardon?”c362e0457d7c942b

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“The Flower of Frenzy 70648b74c0 is gone.”9ab945feb050fd62