VGHA Chapter 4

Chapter 4c49fb24b7332dce6

“You still—!”3d771b5ad7d2bb1b

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“Let’s go, Revil.”96d75b4eddcc0fde

Erina didn’t wait for 76243533e1 the hesitant Revil and 4a191152c0 took the child’s hand, ed050fcd65 leading him away.13b2ba799dbfbc5c

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“Y-you! Erina, get back 30dc43c073 here!”9113601444fab28c

Fearing that monstrous voice 31e1cf19aa would ruin her plan aa378784ff before she could execute 9a6b7563ca it, Erina hurriedly left 8d6fdf0f98 the spot.fdc6b9e2b337a0ea

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“Erina!”f579cb088b52d86f

Ignoring Mireya’s 1eff174ee9 irritating voice, 29bca60f55 Erina didn’t dd1ab9e1d0 stop walking. She felt bab2fa9464 as if 9d8100125e the anger c4b56e8315 within her 94d95da56c was about 944991f2db to explode. Knowing she had c40a865fc6 to endure for b06db212f2 the sake of f2c4b719e2 today and the bae79bfffd days ahead, she 9ab746e445 almost ran.348560890f820802

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Just as 976cd720c9 she was 761b0943c2 about to 2470e7cba3 reach the ea6ebf3fe1 carriage waiting cdf5d70371 by the a9f36ca975 mansion gates, 6baa83be77 she was e21285e928 startled by e43b011d76 the sound bd9b20a0b8 of labored 21b76676e1 breathing coming cccba96528 from below 121ff7a5e0 and stopped c2a55da1c4 in her 3806a88056 tracks. In her e34863fef9 frantic state a7cae7559e of mind, c839ea77d4 she had 96c697b6d3 moved too f3d80ff4f8 quickly, not 17a1b13988 considering the d91d4b0206 child’s slower 14cc4806b5 pace.e5dbd3309539e043

“Sorry, are you 19c14243d8 okay?”e732606eb5f7c291

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When guilt b682d0340f overwhelmed her, 22c48f31d8 and she e8efec9c04 tried to 7bfeb591dd release his 3d7f0aab23 hand, the a35fb4f0e9 boy gripped 7b7bfe1c71 hers tightly, 03287038f9 trembling. From the bcafbe1e04 trembling she 7ab6ff2a6b felt at 10c8e0020e her fingertips, 3703c172af Erina realized f78ba30712 that he f3ec271909 absolutely didn’t 317c7a70cd want to 52772d504f go back 78aed4f301 to that 7badedf9f2 place.cac9456395997179

“Do you d5bbae792d want to 5badacdff6 come with 2db41fd4f0 me?”45e60ca86db2babb

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Even without explaining 8e92ff21b5 why she had d81d23b1a1 called him over ad58c7991a or why they 2737e90b18 were leaving in f6d9ca916f such a hurry, dfd0eadf43 Revil seemed to c77b04c346 understand it all. His head 71de534486 bobbed up 39a3b4ae4c and down 95a37278bc quickly.521df4ecdbc85a9d

Erina knew all 80c044b0a3 too well how 6b83fd8a49 hard it was 4d2da47eae to endure staying 5f33425cf4 in a place 20789ce68b you loathed so 2825968872 much that merely f898718e90 breathing there made acc3ed32cf you feel sick. That’s why she 2242642b9e couldn’t let go 62e2e55869 of Revil’s hand.8736a4fd26342bca

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“Alright, let’s go.”6b77732aaeea1c13

With those f866f1ecee words, his a5620ba2c1 tense expression 4197e0d8c9 finally relaxed.8a44b5f97b8f91c2

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She led 245410ddc5 him into 789647c0ea the carriage c464cf62a9 and sat 29c8590a32 him down ffabfe2c05 across from f347145a76 her.9e10380d3f96ba51

The moment they were 2422104fda both seated, the carriage 0564d49fed set off. Erina absentmindedly 64ecd07586 watched his bfefbf82b4 soft, light 8089bf6929 brown hair 1df33b1165 sway gently 74508ec6f0 with the 38483eb09b faint motion 4cface49c9 of the c6cf259991 carriage.80c5e697ae6ab9b9

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“Are… are b1350d1faa you okay?”dc5bc62b484bfdf8

Startled by the 37d6263fd0 soft, timid voice, f232c06feb Erina instinctively responded cb16974334 with a question.c2fc5a969d835aee

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“Huh?”9ba154992a24de60

“Your face…”58e1fc35308cbdbe

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Only then d0a359c27d did the 8e7c9d65b0 stinging pain d7907eabb2 she hadn’t 4ef312f774 noticed before, 7650dfe0e1 buried under 8b73964f18 her anger, 3ae4f67153 rush in. When Erina 16350fdb35 carefully touched de6c86e40f her bruised 3bed371adf cheek, she d610a86d67 realized that 86ae6ccb58 a ring 73f9947fd7 had left 6d1181bf3f a cut.6ec3795228f4ffa7

As she stared 6907dd0416 blankly at the 3427f25a2e faint blood staining 21514d357b her fingers, she 7db9ef6c60 pulled out a 53411ccf41 handkerchief and wiped 702363a11a it away.12c9e7bd28573a78

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“I’m fine.”b9df3cd94d0eb566

“But you’re bleeding…”db78065e97fed629

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“I’m really fine. Soon, that 7a0f14d615 old woman 9036f5f892 will be 371cb1715d in far 9cdcb91e3a more pain 2adc5b3162 than this.”eab8ea6f8c7a9c85

Erina smiled instead, but b3b7b747c0 her expression only deepened af430fca31 the unease on Revil’s d69e0bf54f face.5060b4620acc00ae

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Looking into 13292b4e07 those ruby-red 51e014a048 eyes—so strikingly bd340eb32a similar to 236027f77b Faylon’s that 973d5b0dd7 one could 076bd408d4 almost believe 1ca2cca83c he was d2c7cf8ad8 his son—Erina 4661561bf9 felt her d431b6f6e3 emotions stir.9bbc75c32d319718

She didn’t want d127f2fd57 to let those fb73f16bb5 eyes affect her, d99ec0ef62 but whenever she 9a6dc4c2be saw the boy’s 9f9ae18e13 face, so fragile 71efcfc417 and on the cb7628671f verge of breaking, 82c5d2b849 she couldn’t help 16dadbb0d5 but care.7466cf954f1810f0

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It was such 2a0a78ca07 a contradiction.4a959ffa14a3474e

“I’m leaving. I don’t know fea3d862f9 when, but I 9ac3ac984c will.”e4d384243b5a09a0

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Revil’s wavering eyes stared 249d5d111a at Erina for a d337610cf3 long moment before he cba86478df lowered his head.e271e85d3afeae5f

Though the f91d5a072a deep resignation c1ceb42279 in his acd3056511 posture saddened 4d57436790 her, there 9485f670e7 was nothing c141086dc8 she could 838a0ed3b4 do. Revil was the heir 1d21edf2a1 to the Eols family, 19421af983 and she had resolved f9ca55f8bd never to be entangled 86d490cf9f with anything related to 196ce4aba2 Eols again.3f0c84e3981a1fb4

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Silence quickly filled the 65b771d1fb carriage.fa239bb472086f22

Revil’s soft hair, 8bbf89692e which now covered 5ec42cfeb7 his downturned face, 95c3380948 reminded Erina of da24c6f588 the day she b7f36a4a35 first saw him, 7e364579ba dripping with rainwater.472d58c7a6b3ce54

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The carriage c36857cab5 traveled for 82f7f8f00f quite a 5cded117a6 while before 2b9629e56f finally reaching ecf6353f40 its destination.f37b625d6bfff37d

“We’ve arrived, madam.”56e8b16553de8266

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As the door opened, ecbeb2885d Erina looked at Revil eddafa099f before stepping out of 41b5c10560 the carriage.919c52398ec012b2

“Will you stay here 03f6d04166 in the carriage?”76d7f0af93d1204c

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At those ce98e08986 words, his 349aaecb0b head snapped 7043953722 up, and d6bd3dbbf7 he quickly 4ed5d687a5 moved to f51a83c31b climb out.d6048f28c83bd967

“N-no.”5bf0862a36b9bc92

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“Alright then.”af836a52244e385a

Once Revil got fee24af148 out of the 683766c8fc carriage, the coachman 46c23c9779 said he would ec55973311 return later and ee58e03a35 left the area.cafd5c048c68bb9f

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Looking ahead, Erina’s eyes caught sight of a small, quiet village. The small hill next to the village and the towering stone mountain behind it, which was so high it was hard to estimate its size, were impressive. 314a3c426a225bcb

The place she 4c1c445701 wanted to go d4db7c2b8c was that massive 58b0cab53a stone mountain.2931a41f4b3227ec

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She hurriedly moved forward.9515015e55efca90

As she walked quickly, b26cd0d148 she slowed down a a202178380 bit when she sensed 7571cacdba a slight movement behind aaa80e681f her.19a07c61d939ecea

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Rather than cutting through a6e24cb19c the village, which would 66ef38439c be farther, she circled fee3f84aad around the stone mountain’s 07ffff71de edge and arrived at 189dff611d the end of it.166b0071086a1ef0

Standing before the f666e8d51a stone mountain, Erina 6b94089d88 noticed an inscription ce4fb5007f carved into one 8d656f9d5d part of it.a5754abf67413f5a

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[ The Breath of the Gods Flows Through the Mountain ]

Simply seeing this ancient 76d701b753 language meant that scholars be04adcdea had likely visited this b62632a9b8 place, but the stone ac6b4a57d6 mountain appeared untouched by 5bb8cd6589 human hands.f629f2d43b2f69d7

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The village here a44c964130 was so small, a4a8d663c8 with only a 1f9865f30d few households, and 3bb1cc7e94 there were almost 6a16413f33 no visitors, so 9999a449dd most people who 7263c0187e saw this couldn’t 39f93ec9d4 even tell whether 604dd58e1c it was an f97ad240a8 ancient language or 9ec4832066 just a drawing.787c3243db00b782

Moreover, the stone mountain, 247b6c8645 though large, was considered a34d281344 useless by the Empire, ea37913e2f so few ever came 0a3c47047f here.d8cbe10e91fb1e21

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In the original 7bf2ed2f43 story, Rose, unable f1411ce40d to endure Erina’s b2acddb0ef tyranny, ran away 6a53dd0997 from the mansion e4fe932961 and took a 784353e201 public carriage, asking 02fe8cfb03 to go anywhere. By chance, the 42708a27f2 coachman happened to a7eaafff99 be passing through 8eaa0848b2 this village, bringing f88074185d her here.fe7a1d80b6d5531d

Rose, as if she 10b2329a5d knew there was something f5b407dc50 in this stone mountain, e727c90137 got out of the 50279656f1 carriage without hesitation and 0c23d3d644 came straight to this d205b9821d place.e157585501c91ba5

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Though later she would claim it was a “coincidence,” when Erina revisited the original story, it seemed clear it wasn’t a coincidence at all. ebde89a9d3585c99

Without any a80a802e4b hesitation, Rose dcf1fc0dfe found her a034713cc4 way here 02458d4e17 and easily 10396c05b4 obtained whatever 1e85f86c58 was hidden da096966b0 within the dde288b522 stone mountain, 78168cb758 a method 079273459c that had c25d09026e never been 34b1b274a2 revealed.464ecdfc86821b63

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It was impossible for 9993b48b40 it to have been 72975071c8 a coincidence.605ed0b87bf97d55

“Revil.”efc017351e649ff0

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“Yes.”019dfdc8ef50fdc3

“Wait here for a ab3c43055b moment.”e61982c47172e2cf

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He showed a 43cb8cbb72 bit of unease 2561934d8d at her words.3c27cd612640e70d

“I’ll just look around 06c011d438 the area for a 5653fd9d00 while. I won’t 32443d95b6 go far.”75076a5264fb459e

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“Really?”6dcf03583d40cae0

“Yes.”a553845d054fe76c

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Reassured by her 640110dfa3 confirmation, Revil stretched 3e6fbf864a out his hands.8c70039d587f9cf8

“I’ll hold the eb8133590a parasol for you.”19d88e2b13ca7e1f

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Erina couldn’t 22a90c8bc8 hide the debeeb2c5c smile that 5fdc603201 escaped her de6797e07a lips.671322e1174f03f8

Perhaps holding 2ec1bbc599 onto the 6d142378b4 parasol was d834be4c13 an excuse 46db9f5776 to avoid ef72b0e425 wanting to d41adb1884 go and 3140ea58a8 yet return.6c37d04a67563968

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“Alright.”0ff4d305cc982f3b

She carefully took the c9fc7252b9 parasol, hugging it close 37cef681b3 to her chest like 3277138713 something precious.ed2e27be26899535

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“I’ll be back soon.”4ba352cb83c540e2

As she nodded and 5565a0caf3 watched the child, Erina c79da0ea24 stood before the part 80bff3ceae of the stone mountain d5132fed62 with the ancient inscription 326e84968a and began counting her 3ef66c6599 steps inwardly.a467501e7d8c7b60

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“One, two, 8eb0ddd57d three… this a1d4ec4f4c is the ca02bedb78 eighth.”e1ee2f349c1a5d28

After exactly ae95ac8f1e eight steps, a1f3ee8ab1 Erina placed 3826dcef2f her hand 87a39a2ab4 on the 75a07bc142 stone wall.191d9867f5156476

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A cold ee29f6972a sensation rushed 099240f30b through her debb3f6eb8 hand, almost 7c3961a1ae as if c75c36aa67 it were f776ae5992 swirling through 3c3372a4ba her whole ef53668d52 body.0f6d293ebb76c91f

She inhaled deeply, tightly ca9b7b5ea6 closing her eyes, and 952393185f whispered her name inwardly.5ee0b0c5a73724c7

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‘Erina Medelia. Erina Medelia. I am—’32cb3a0237652bd9

Her fingertips 0994352b48 felt a a41db460cc strange, foreign 3333c6ca0d sensation.226e93877a184265

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“Erina Medelia.”1b623b62a442c9f2

At that moment, the 83fda85acc stone wall she was 4bf0232951 touching rippled like a 55f48f0ad1 droplet falling into water, 09ebac72ef and a transparent circle 1d7beff761 began to expand around e84f2ede72 her hand.2b63c56da7ad218d

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From a fe7f91ab7f small point, 77c5250cb5 it grew 2aa3c949a4 to the 28d2149a93 size of 2abfbbef03 her palm, 0e4815a280 then to 3dc86af346 her height, fc152ec703 and soon 80765ad960 the circle 7387d07ffc expanded ten 0b2930553c times larger.90ef1cc8fe972ae9

The stone wall 880c4a02ba that had been dd3325d17d covered by the 2c59858862 transparent circle melted cc4b4fae87 away as if 0ae87518d9 it were dissolving, 498c6b5fe5 and in its 460573aaa1 place appeared a 1bcd95d45f large, oval-shaped entrance.07bd4a6c8d3b7ad3

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“Ha.”8428223f22ef5b29

Erina hurriedly ran bc1f4fe7b3 toward where Revil ca92c22a0a was.37639ae000f23a11

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Revil looked startled 00c161213a by her approach, 97fc6be31b but her eyes ba6bcf9bb8 were fixed only 43fbb07aa3 on the part 74df9567f4 of the stone 92629210db wall where the 17be8dc6f7 ancient language had 876e1732be been engraved.c221826e2b02ee59

The inscriptions that had been written in ancient language had now changed to the Empire’s common tongue, readable by any citizen of the Asilium Empire. 447b87f3faf31659

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[ Erina Medelia ]

The long-awaited 92f18d60c7 magic stone 3cab4f3cdc mine had 1ff81bc1fd found its c94c7ddf7e new owner.c8d3d4ac12b705f5

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Not Rose Eols, c48043e465 but Erina Medelia.44ddc48a31a1cfc0

In the original story, f26ba163a3 Rose had taken possession e3ca4c8fd0 of the magic stone 3fdede1dd3 mine, justifying her affair ddd4549d31 to everyone. She claimed 9f4fc4b9ff that her 33267d05ad relationship with eb02f27cad Faylon was 669e0ff6a3 a love 4aa0b1e58c destined by 96c14ff962 the gods.903b56bcb77372db

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Scholars and 7054111212 priests, as 5bcc22db25 noted in 74296f03f9 the ancient 58074614b4 language, had 348e7f8829 argued that 055f1c3d40 the magic eed3e57d58 stone mine d24779b9d4 was where b5b631f46d the power 7d8da4b6ab of the 40baa99ea3 gods resided, e0d004e988 because the e2b773c179 only way e96fc09b4b to use 804f276017 lost magic c6bc9307d0 was through 26ea8ba11e artifacts powered 26d58e7ad9 by these bad114a644 magic stones.d406f03746dceb2b

The continent of Pethenia, fa8bdd8f62 where the Asilium Empire b6c51e7f59 is located, had not 950b66a654 seen magic since the 08e9310f5c Age of Magic, as ff87747e2a magic had vanished. However, artifacts that were 2819c45a07 believed to have been a8940218f5 created by wizards still cec4e6d820 existed.a49095b3df73b7f0

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Artifacts are objects imbued ef04ccb0cd with magic, allowing ordinary d2274fb4db people, who were not d9ec72e85f wizards, to use magic. However, the 0ad1889dba activation period 462d0b327b of artifacts 36b4a7406f was short-lived. This was because mines 481d63cef5 capable of extracting magic c623ba626c stones, which powered these f3728d053a artifacts, were discovered only c3deff1284 once every few hundred 70592d48fd years and were extremely 1858effd30 scarce.a3b63cc59072e6a5

The size cf8db50c22 of the f990affa27 mines varied 8ec1a3d8db depending on 03ee8c5c44 the size e137d7fee7 of the a3efccca5c mountain that b6930784c5 contained the 1afd6ddc58 magic stones, e98b4529bd and historical 10d1ab485b records of 5dc8c52dd3 past magic 9b718f04d7 stone mines 647c8c3322 showed that 5d5fc5fca4 most were 2131bdeedc only the 969709df9c size of a17e80f124 a hill.618f728193852786

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In the original 56b4d78a80 story, Rose Asilla 538bb95930 comes to possess 2dbac63fb9 one of the 8416d9ff83 rare, historically significant 0e76a6b276 magic stone mines. Many claimed that 3acc318f06 the magic stone ca6b39bb19 mines had the 3a63df9b85 power of the 61f3687da3 gods, and the 07a04d2a80 name engraved in d32ce81663 these mines was b00f3bb381 absolute.4af12d0b5c8145e0

Because of this, in 4db5fec065 the original story, despite b755c3de8e divorces being rare in 322009b1a5 the Asilium Empire, Erina e512700790 was divorced legally and f2586b921b quickly.4d80871709a82df9

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However, knowing the original f2b9591e66 story, Erina was already e9fb67368c aware of a fact eccb258893 that scholars and priests d8aecc99e5 would reveal in the 9bcaa932d6 last part of the f349af525f original: during the process 4a4d06a380 where an ordinary hill 325350c05e or mountain became a 2a3b5b4125 magic stone mine, the f3d1e615cd name that naturally came a59bdc7e7a to mind was engraved 914d37a48b there.f1ebc7fc458acc83

In the original story, 82dd559125 Rose had desperately imagined 724844dab8 the moment when she dca82bfe9e would become Rose Eols 1172563713 in front of this 1c09c95191 stone mountain.e5077d34d2a9fe23

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Later, Rose would baf0829776 tell the priests e6e5a4a6ab and scholars that 251ceb7248 she believed Faylon b3e03284ba was her fated f7ac9687a9 love, but it 8ea1f0cd99 was clear to 89c2859371 Erina that she bec78b8723 seemed to know 99c20d02f1 everything.5b32387f8b055d7c

In the c03aeee93c original story, 7988c251e9 Rose claimed bb45a0bb0f that her d4356aaed9 visit to 40c7ad730d the village 473ad4c71c was a a1444bf463 coincidence, but a89904774e she had 78fb4f8bdf actually told 41b395b1c9 the coachman 45218ee2ab to explain 42e9bb7dc6 this place, 8733bf1f6f leading her c68c34fad6 not to 145866edcd the village c10202a495 but to d3dd3e1399 the stone da66cff3da mountain.34fd7f5990b07ced

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Furthermore, she 67cfc20185 acted without b5ec5d66bc hesitation, moving 8f1f286aed ten steps 74b928732e from the 8486f8a510 engraved ancient 0e3b6e9417 language and ad0ee19a4d thinking of a1ce5641ac the name 408cc3f19e she wanted 949e943a02 to be d22d83eec6 inscribed there.a6677c1b4283e550

The name engraved in f5f6a5ade3 the mine, which Rose 97b0dcf493 claimed was ordained by 5108d72fc6 the gods, would later d0b15683fa be revealed by scholars 1fd80070f0 and priests when Erina 70c151ac89 was dying in the 3c299a2292 original story.ae88602fef7fc319

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But now, when no b930d4aa4a one knew this fact, 15b846ed3c Erina was able to 8e5bbbbbc3 use the power of 72a2d9e248 the imperial family to 6468d7ad15 push the Iols family 5f7f7a5903 aside, just like Rose c87499dcc0 in the original story.60fc60c9a02ce38a

It was a blissful 7f3ae561af feeling, just by imagining 9388076b3e it.332b9f578435d834

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She no longer had 0d901222e3 to live at the 3beaeba276 mercy of anyone. She didn’t have 4603e4f1c0 to endure a b783adbdb4 husband who proudly 1eb6de46ee flaunted his infidelity 25c677573c and disrespected her. She didn’t f3956d854d have to 3dff826e13 look to 8145de6b1b her family a1770d9a0d to take 297bb85934 her in 6aa072b38f after a a636cc7968 divorce.51ff4f64704040b0

The realization of this b57f4c2174 gave Erina a deep a27b97c277 sense of relief, and af39261c51 she collapsed to the 2e904ce914 ground.d8ec61a0de0688dd

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“Ha, haha.”1f0e54da358ecd67

Erina Medelia had taken 5a449dfd3f away what had once 0b71e039b6 allowed Rose to claim 89fd6ecc55 her love with Faylon 8c6f283e44 as the destiny the bb9dd5bb86 gods had ordained, and d272c447cd made her disappear quietly 01dba56a34 without a trace.b68d27df29996124

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It was now Erina e7a5734cf6 Medelia’s turn.b6746d3fc4414e6b