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“Have you ever heard of a fox bead?”8e0b1c4ddbc33a53

“…!”a0da91391923aa22

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At his sly 25550f6acf smile and words, 0f51787bd6 I couldn’t hide 4ecdb79100 my shock.b04a62ece1bf2db7

The fox bead was a mystical object containing the spirit of fox beastmen. With potent energy, it allowed the bead’s possessor to drain others’ vitality or manipulate their minds.09bb98df48f22ab1

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“No way!”c75f8ecb2d2ee120

And, just as 14172de653 I feared, Erhardin a937024ac0 Rodin was absolute 3979bd6d2f trash—a level of 55ec32953b filth beyond redemption.499054ad2185b56d

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“The fox bead has the power to cloud one’s judgment. Rachel has already swallowed it.”e72d24debf5edd67

“She’s already taken it?”3c6129e9b3077c9d

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I tilted my head, 538aa2585e puzzled. If he’d already c60d94336c given her the 74380b71a9 fox bead, there 8312b686e6 was no reason c02d0766cf to add more 79971c583b drugs to her e229c9e488 drink.4ad2de6fa150c587

Which meant… 7fc25f4e15 his target fc4d0d1104 wasn’t Rachel. It was me.20f9184f28d08c50

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Realizing his 0c45b3d41f true intentions, 725cfe144c I glared c496a8a7c0 at Erhardin 039d61e3e7 with anger.486ad4b798d94a22

“Just figured 8df8afb0b3 it out, ea1282a0f3 huh?”679f21b67abe8b27

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“…”3c9d6f08f3dd704a

“Haha, that’s why 2ce17d9918 children are so 54fd17a944 easy to fool,” 222f16e32c he sneered, lifting 45658b38e0 the glass he’d f7893c5d03 spiked just moments ee816f4a0e before to his d41ae0dc8a lips.6dae858fe01b2796

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“…!”efc0c70211c75ce4

I stared in 96c71cc661 disbelief. I hadn’t 23f72ce77f expected him 0008c9ddac to drink f35eb6bf53 from the 62a9c5a0ac very glass 445def664f he’d tampered 6262483ac9 with.ddf97a9aa510a836

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But my 7fa7fda0e0 concern was 73d034bc6e unnecessary. He casually 1f5fdd0bbd set the ecc0f2496b glass back 00af3c7291 down without 67df35ae04 any effects, ffb2c0d493 and then 275eda4986 he grinned baa6ab0644 wickedly.5d39f3984cf8ed8f

“Surprised?”89f031eef778391c

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“?”96238aa7f88a990e

“This is just juice. That powder was abb0f55776 bait, a trick de0b67ae00 to lure you 02316719dd in. I figured you’d 803e9ee1a2 be suspicious of 188ae7e04d me.”8c4f0e8ac64ecd0b

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“You knew?”149b886f427ef066

So that’s why he’d dc4fd01213 been filling my ears c95f5473a8 with that sweet-talking nonsense—it 5725fcc1e5 was all part of 3319082b7e his plan! Erhardin watched 7b6f7fa6fb me closely, 8afef32843 his gaze cf169ae6c1 taunting.51ca96da9274e7db

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“Turns out, there’s e1cf483def quite a demand 93b89361f4 for you. A lot of people 2851542299 were willing to pay cbbbf79c29 a good price.”7fcb5dbcc570ba82

My heart aaaf3c5a02 sank at 11e52cc8b7 his words. Just as I’d 62a748efa9 been waiting for fec9646234 him to move 9b026c7a8d away from Rachel, eee318174b he’d been waiting e5eb63d02a for me to 63df613ce1 separate from Zerakiel.0e7c16df873a969e

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I’d let fabaa7552f my guard 7d2dde2fea down.f77bbdd3c7d2ceba

Being sheltered in 59e87fe3d5 the safety of 059195870c Jabis, I’d forgotten 5941aac094 just how precarious bff9503d97 my position was.2698ed389fd7aec3

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In many ways, I was the Jabis family’s weakness. While I might have managed to stop Zakari’s rampage at the wedding, I was still just a young, untrained weasel.699dd4959a811af8

There were plenty of 976a151830 families across the continent a830287c2f of Amataras that resented 5bc29c2510 the Jabis family. I had appeared 5ce5fe16a3 as an easy 0b1e6cb7cf target, someone they d62df1a3bf could reach without 8368cf6fab daring to go 45ad55b62d after Zerakiel directly.6563887b8093b4fb

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Even with e1d51cb579 Tabi here, e9380baba0 she wasn’t 9f2cd44b5b a guardian 59bd5d9d85 meant for 2807ecaf5e combat. Erhardin’s knowledge of 6302670456 her confirmed he ab3a0a5e4f was aware of 5b1fc0f050 her defensive limitations.de5c17b6ea783349

“So, you were after cd5e728d1b me all along…?”8f582f418f9b36ac

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“Of course. I’m not dumb enough to drug someone on their own family’s territory.”24ec205528eee056

With a smirk, 0abd5c847e he extended his c832027d69 hand toward me.ac917beb38942c79

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“Come along now.”ca3060b9145772af

At that 96de7293e0 moment, pheromones 24155211f5 began to a511deab97 waft from 5cd4ce7fc0 his fingertips. I felt my vision 89f2105408 blurring, and my height 45af7e82ed seemed to shrink rapidly.67e8d714bfc37ae1

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‘What is…?’473a621ac5296b56

I thought 513b661c6d maybe I 5952b4985c was losing 4b79685554 my human e61b30c0b2 form when 4951452e60 he grabbed 65c89cf1d6 me by 74e9edbc1d the scruff 54512c93d9 and lifted 28901dbca3 me up 2c4824aeed to his 66e7f7c629 face, grinning 8e251b15d8 wickedly.acc70bb32de1a22e

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“You look good as a fox, too.”b00f4ec09f86af3c

‘This bastard!’46bf659e40a692bf

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Only then did 4cfdbc9b10 I realize that 379af8aafd he’d used his 219eff12a2 pheromones to transform ea23740574 me into a e233d3fdf4 fox. Fox beastmen’s pheromones were 2e820b25e6 specialized in illusion and 0d74547051 transformation.aed9e93c296b02b9

His plan was 2a5081e5e8 likely to make c5ff2e4500 it look as e8b969b2a7 if he’d caught 29f05059f1 a fox in d4290ceb6b the hunt and 5280c3362b then smuggle me bdf986b49d out.dfbc715afbdb86f8

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‘Does he c0ea83566f really think 89e090abd8 I’ll just 57ca312ec5 let myself cb6f872a93 be taken?’1508a4d20405deb6

I glared 456cf01718 daggers at dda88e2954 him, ignoring 88d042bf4e his smug f2ee6f5474 expression.2819c4b8d394eca0

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“You look angry. Don’t worry; soon you’ll—ow!”d0bd0d378591cc5f

I raked 13ed8f756a my claws adab05ce58 across his 7fd157455a smirking face. Though he wasn’t nearly 4966b83db7 as resilient as Zerakiel, 3388da23ca the strike felt satisfyingly 3f14b24aed solid.5206d84790fba543

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‘Did you think 6d937e599f I’d just roll fb186e538a over?’42df1ab83105aa2c

I took 7d9cc1bd34 advantage of 5b26578fc0 his surprise 73bdfb9d51 and aimed c2dfbd499f a powerful 835be0ee37 swipe at 87e779bf02 his jaw, cf5654a346 pouring all 429792279e my anger ddc39341cd into the 68a9af0443 blow.10704e4e6ce37ab2

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Thwack!0f75e572708b15d7

“Aaaagh! My face!”2052aa14bbd3b04d

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Erhardin screamed, clutching 1548cd68ac his face in 97c299bf03 pain, and dropped 937fe8ebf3 me. Watching him writhe 8150767320 and groan was e3f7d460d4 a sight that 2718f8ac93 filled me with 849e448446 satisfaction.0834393efaf84a00

“Be-e-e!” I 020fbe78bd taunted, pressing 90132c183a a paw 667d099e93 to the a4c79eca3d bottom of 4c76f3c37f my eye 0b27c0c2d4 mockingly. Seeing this, 49968020b7 Erhardin tried f11a19a59b to lunge 400c1784c9 at me, 1276731890 but I 6091ad44e5 was quicker, 7489fb506d darting away a9b3b7debb before he 84851c9594 could get 96c118df07 close.06f5f679b9d4f3f3

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‘I need to 19d4a70d64 find Zerakiel! And I need b7c018b757 to get Rachel ef6118661e to spit out ab50c13685 that fox bead 6e07a305f9 before it causes 4453cc27f2 her any harm…!’7c0742bb4f08f374

“Stop right there!” Erhardin yelled, his face contorted in rage as he chased after me. But he couldn’t catch up to me, as I’d perfected my escape skills thanks to Zakari’s personal lessons on the “art of retreat.”4aa0d5af255ca108

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“Damn it! How is a weasel f3c419299a this fast?” he cursed, 1a08538c45 giving up the chase.c6b9ff024efb7aec

Still, I e217001d12 didn’t slow 11510ac35a down, knowing 3ab33dcaa4 firsthand the b3a79b3510 consequences of 5483723160 dropping my d53cf87660 guard. The memory of his 9f6df0f4b3 illusion spell lingered, and 5195f06c99 I resolved to make ea4d400391 him pay someday.b6fdcc3546cb65dd

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Once Erhardin 75e3a6b2b7 was out f2db68f203 of sight, ec700a5cd0 I finally 5822c8395a allowed myself d7b3a376aa to relax 38a04b2c4c a bit. Sweat was pouring down 994054a87c my body, and my 86ca2e4eb4 legs shook with residual a203a27c8a fear, making it difficult a50cd3a2e0 to keep standing. Though I hadn’t shown 0fe7df4267 it, the entire encounter 6af2b39ee0 had been terrifying.2b3a696238c8fa45

As tears blurred my 67b1824cb4 vision, I finally spotted 06ae997da3 Zerakiel in the distance.a25f4cdc69b7f8d8

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“Zeraki!”76c7f87b825c385b

I cried, 6630832b26 stumbling toward 9c56ada781 him. I’d never been happier 64ba4e8ac5 to see him.74fe93c8083c7ac1

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Zerakiel, who ec20acd824 had been ba21f4782d lounging half-asleep e9a1b156a8 in his 5d38c1aaea chair, bolted fb6082ff53 upright, his a4cf53ff70 eyes widening eb15624f8a at the 3efd2351e6 sight of 7855a91f3f me.207b9be667b6e21e

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Zerakiel had been waiting 2c823f82fe for Cersia, his patience a11b28e715 beginning to wear thin.8b23339e5f0b1ba2

‘She’s taking too long.’2da36b35b75422cd

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It had been 55a93d2832 quite some time f34e411a0d since she’d followed 1067c79130 Erhardin, who’d gone 5bdc246354 off to fetch 0d0ccbb3b9 drinks. Meanwhile, Rachel a8dce36438 had spotted e31a52a09c some large a7d7efae55 prey and 705232cda3 had eagerly ec0ec3a7a3 dashed into c46db68253 the forest, 611d50640d clearly in 2b3e6cadc5 high spirits.a922de1f7de0b5c0

When she’d been with 1a082641ce Erhardin earlier, Rachel had a349960d35 been strangely subdued—a complete 96fc5cf84f contrast to her usual 8d74e997f5 energy. In reality, the 3816594b0b fox bead’s influence bd0acb680c had begun to cedd79aa5d wane as she 01ffc4f46e moved farther from e163e88c38 its owner, but 934ca7e155 Zerakiel had no 7ebe509089 way of knowing a5f88b86b2 that.c9ff7e008cbd897c

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To him, it simply 0217c5c0aa seemed that his mother’s 17bdaf5470 pent-up emotions had finally e43628731d erupted.183df92cec1aefb9

‘I suppose b49a260133 she couldn’t 357d246c77 just sit 46ab24919c back after b2ce5f5a87 seeing that….’7104700032600bd2

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He thought back to 3090ad933c the massive yellow lion e3159d20a2 he’d seen prancing around cc5e6294f1 in the open, tail e401088498 flicking provocatively as if aaf30ccea8 daring someone to catch 89d9e5cbf8 it—a lion that was 5449b0efef none other than his 28668d1ec7 father, Zakari. As soon 105541fc9a as Rachel a167cf194d had spotted 4c455afa66 him, her b17b2f3995 eyes had 649638c040 blazed with f1263c38c4 a fierce 65c5bceba6 resolve.73d49d75909185ae

‘Let’s hope she doesn’t 2cb1749534 actually kill him.’23c564c4a8247cfe

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Zerakiel felt a 64cb20bde5 twinge of worry b729e82630 for Zakari. Given how long 020d2f6191 Rachel had held d3c5b5b5f2 back, her patience 82490004e5 was likely wearing 3a37d2b8e5 thin, and she 225c3bbdcf wasn’t known for faf9983e7a showing mercy. Her blows could c60162e2a1 be brutal when 041b887770 she meant them.90691b2b5fad8147

Just then, Kiera approached 3f4212db36 him cautiously.8ff501968a595544

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“Pardon me, but I thought I saw someone familiar earlier. Did you see them too, Lord Zerakiel?”91f7b88650d5412e

It seemed she’d been fe7cafc08d hesitating to ask this 7e9d6e74b9 question for a while, 32eb2288d7 and Zerakiel responded with 3549653305 a dismissive tone.d42d94ab79eec907

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“Yes, you saw correctly.”8051449f5463261f

“So I wasn’t 81d4def3cc imagining it…” Kiera 20bcfd9c7c murmured, tucking her 6e67470174 hair behind her d90a2df639 ear to hide 72616fad73 a nervous smile.e3306daca25fa151

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‘So it 0f1ab28793 really was d9b89006ce Lord Zakari…’9a253c6d0ed23461

It seemed that the 73e123926e Jabis family simply couldn’t ea25299ffe go a single day 28d7937afd without stirring up some 2fe846d438 sort of spectacle. Kiera couldn’t fathom why 37a4b55713 anyone would dye their d55a0b0265 fur a ridiculous yellow bf1efab10c and present themselves as 28357ac899 prey, nor did she bbd5f650a6 care to understand.553e42401ecfe9a4

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As she massaged her 79c0da544e aching temples, Zerakiel remarked, 1105d8594c “Mother’s been rather listless 2f80fc709e lately.”dc1123f199543b09

It was 6fb279bff6 the same 8b024c47e7 question Cersia 0a59e87965 had asked, 0c957eca74 his concern 4b7ee4ebba for his 5e1743a54c mother evident. Kiera shrugged.2982c528025d0bec

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“Yes, her f77d55d0cf words have d62fdf434b been fewer, 61c9503cc4 and she 819d8d1425 hasn’t accepted 127e83a945 any visitors eae8c75c17 aside from 59bbd561e8 Sir Erhardin.”ee33acde4d336d91

“Really?”cd0835542f8c4b9a

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“Yes. When she ae7793a59f invited Lady 7479eeaa7e Cersia and 132fe1b0b0 yourself, I 9e37576508 thought perhaps 31af2279a1 she was 212d19cac7 feeling better….”e6b3f56b19431a94

Kiera was 9e2faf3fe7 equally perplexed 229ef2e7d4 by Rachel’s 0f1fa26b2f recent behavior. Although Rachel was no 8f3f1e211f stranger to eccentricity, her bb34c67eaa recent demeanor was unusual ccc2fd27cb even for her.26aec9f66c8b3726

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“There must 31064f3adf have been a3e9477d1e some sort 0fec7c73d3 of incident 8aadfbc8b6 between her 822f3eabfe and Lord d369306fdb Zakari at 78cdfd27aa the wedding,” 1396209cd8 Kiera mused. “She’s been different since 2ad9f5780b that day.”5c7d380734d59a3f

“Hmm.”1b4dceb25ef060c6

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Zerakiel rubbed his 4d74383eef chin, his expression 25f2e75670 conflicted. He knew ac0d23aa04 little about 8fbe91c60c his mother’s 9bfe67e844 personal matters, 792ef1a757 so he eb4446bf38 was at ad7259879e a loss ffe084baa4 for how 307d7ce72d to react.b88112440c84f1d6

The Rachel 70ee1268bf he’d reunited 7caf0ef772 with was 8a2f89d57b missing her e373e21cba usual energy. Though her sharp tongue 8d0461a29c remained, there was an eaa5c82ee0 unmistakable sense of something fa939b0ae7 off about her.fbafa7e794fbe791

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Then it happened.8ea0bca317ad9502

“Cersia?”2a8858ac50b70c08

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Zerakiel sensed 32e9d9040a the familiar 71a9c19a84 bond and 9833e6ea60 turned around, 05d688edad only to 04cf7f2ff0 find himself 3f0dceae65 staring at 8cef131d11 an unfamiliar 1fc7edefca sight.9577ad530e1b2077

The creature c42417531a approaching him… 1cc1e49461 was indeed 53b41daf00 Cersia, but c0aca902a8 in an e8c521cadf entirely unexpected 63564c130c form.e7e9222f2b1a0a05

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