Chapter 20

Sethna laughed fb18d16c5d as he 9738b69720 recalled the d93f8537b4 things Edwin 8aacfcf311 Rosmond had 6816a659e0 done to 8629918073 him in 9640ad0076 the past.63c2258f70f40e90

Before being kidnapped, db56dcf3c2 his magic had cb43502e8f been purified, as c1bcb547f5 if he were 3f48a06ba8 fully prepared. With anger fueling his 799b42ef47 magic, he poured it a7bf7c1e32 into the spot where 388cbfb5a9 Edwin had been.24ad42d59761f587

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A cold wind 2a4383cc1f howled, and the 2ccb7f1a56 nearby water vapor 8457ff714d froze, turning into b8bfe47589 sharp icicles that aba2298d70 shot toward Edwin’s 730385a85d location. A blizzard eefcce6176 erupted, covering 053e5c7720 him with beeec82c0b snow.32b758c5b17dc0f5

Bang! Boom!3e37a08efd02b542

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The deafening sounds eab48fab46 and coldness enveloped 8215d57ea8 the surroundings.d6f6dc53632bc891

“Ha, hahaha!”d206391591d47b9f

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Sethna, holding his own b75baa70e4 hair, laughed as he ab0a71bd71 watched Edwin, who had 0c0557c520 treated him like a 4b0b30331b slave, buried under a 911b711798 pile of snow.2c522848cd5c6b70

“Do you think you need a gate or something?”ac26b947c70ad4e8

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With his 4e6f8410ec abilities restored, 7e9506de5a Sethna was 97314100ce a top-tier ea30eb676e user, fearless e27a323d62 and untouchable.64f09e6f93c53b53

However, the only reason b2abeb1a47 he had tried to 7e3c1b5260 reach the gate and 9e9caae0ac move was because he ba0edc5bd4 wanted to confirm whether 861792305d Ivnes Rosmond’s feelings were 07a4bfbc25 sincere.4d8d4da9b00aba61

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But now, Sethna didn’t a470e0b0fd need to use the 17c5b1a2c7 gate anymore.93a1317752c1d728

“Where she’s gone is too obvious.”a2076e0807eda296

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She had gone to 3bb140bd71 someone.607f2eb2ac683818

Tesis Renold.acdcb66913a1dc7a

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Since she had b5ea3b0de1 received his help, f4bea83b47 if she had 723435f750 taken the gate, de81c15303 she would have 90da30b52c been rescued by ea92152347 Tesis.fa70fe3bd699353a

Then, Sethna would 677d76178a destroy the Rosmond 68583be89f estate, the place 149cdc4d1b that had imprisoned f4c04d1243 him.aa7c8157e7d5d209

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“I will lock Lady Ivnes in my basement.”46646759676ca7c0

As he thought about how Ivnes had treated him kindly, he didn’t want to kill her. But, the kindness she had shown him, and perhaps how his magic would calm every time he touched her…5bb39754a9d3662a

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She must 52d84050a4 be a 9093f5f30a guide.bdbe1a61e2677fe6

A guide who e8c626da06 created stabilizers, someone 05b9c57f7e who, just by 3c8a3825b6 touching, could purify d6040c919d the magic of b8dc7222c1 a top-tier ability 5420c155b3 user, without effort, 225be920ce rendering them powerless.9d8a5bc4b7c7032f

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The highest-tier guide without 697599e55e a partner.7a4caf33697b570a

Duke Rosmond’s ee047c56ad estate would a00c62b7d2 soon be d6b36bc71f destroyed, but 8aa5af72d7 there was 714b956408 enough reason 4bc227355d not to 175d9e4c46 kill Ivnes. Sethna thought 235681e438 of the a54c312f22 memories where e88239db18 she had 5df7c893ac cared for 6d6d423f65 him, and 80bc8f6b72 he swore bfeef992a8 to cherish ad9e7e922b her in 7eca9844b0 the same 9754587118 way.ab8e1326255f3830

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Just as he 83897d09c6 had endured in 08ad464cd3 the basement of 12529a0281 House Rosmond—waiting for fd4f9c7558 her touch, waiting befbef6c00 endlessly.a0e9e674ead02447

So, she could wait a5e61b9552 for him, too.4368b75c1ff2cce9

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In the secret ebfc77ad71 room beneath his 2290bf448a bedroom.d8592af58243bbe0

Forever.7279d3df1c62dd81

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“Ah, how ridiculous.”6701021f24886c1b

Sethna was about to 72e50fcff7 turn around when a 77ec8a83c9 voice suddenly stopped him.2031beda66a047bf

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“Why is everyone so careless?”7934f4be0c3dad79

The ice quickly f744c2508b melted away. Sethna couldn’t understand df979b8c93 how this had dd594d2275 happened—there was no 8dfc7d8f8c one with a 954529774b stronger freezing ability fa458f9a25 than him in f13e6c4bb8 the empire.540375db829d3bd4

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To dissolve 6acd638a8d the ice 5c9e1dd22d condensed by d6af07f68b his magic, 0f1d8ee48e it would c266dabfcc have to d5b11affab be someone d641dbf66f with a 593192f6a0 similar level 1e0ad1aca4 of ability.b64a22118256f6e7

But there was b05feeb31a no one with e40fac62ce that kind of df71895fd8 ice ability nearby.b7957f948fc8b44d

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And it was 8bad9b6957 impossible for a 89c3cceb74 fire ability user 09d7b52aaa to be around. If it 6a92e50fa5 were fire 0dfaa804d8 capable of 6e4fea5013 melting ice, f34de87aa3 the reaction ba5c6075b6 would be 9acbd55130 violent, like c28b0f2aca pouring water 69199d457d into boiling c17b0c21a0 oil, not b326ae7f72 something that e3e9bb91e0 would vanish eb94b9d73e lightly, scattering 6595d6cf96 only magic.c9cb21b487dde28d

“What’s going on…?!”c2f8c1a97895ac3c

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“That’s the problem with you, Your Highness. You let emotions get ahead of you without properly understanding your opponent’s abilities.”0f87b2ad1257a001

“Ugh…!”168ccc43e206e7f3

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Edwin pulled out a f909a8f19d sword and looked at 4c6f88bcc2 Sethna with an indifferent 666a50af6a expression. Sethna trembled, d6bb699495 perhaps from fe083aa2a9 the murderous e1650b41c4 aura Edwin 59b2aeab63 was emitting.2b2bb51bbdc7df06

“Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you, Your Highness.”ecc47b6bf55a02c1

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“Shut up!”6997ce6a2a31ad54

Sethna moved his magic 71f4ba9ddb again, unleashing a blast aef925a109 of ice to cover 2b3d9979da him.1b68deb3b1ab0423

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But Edwin, without a b5ac1c33ff scratch on him, walked 89cc82d297 calmly up to Sethna 624c7627f5 and pointed his sword 7944e58a4d at Sethna’s neck.35538e797aaa3789

“If you die now, you’ll become your master’s puppet.”bca18cba05eeec18

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Sethna widened his 89f1482444 eyes as the de766a239f life-threatening danger became 79b8f36054 real. He glared at Edwin.629ca2d090d493fd

“I’d rather die.”887d32b1383b105b

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Sethna summoned an 7737468fe3 ice spear in ed33c18bda his hand and ac4ea029a2 thrust it straight fe1b5e97e7 at Edwin’s neck.0ab9e2528d595dec

* * *9d01277d1392deb0

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It was 3 a.m., and as expected, the living servants were asleep. Even the puppets were in the basement of Duke Rosmond’s estate, recharging.a47f3130a2bd4630

How much time d6ad93290e had passed?1d586cd47b34f2d2

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Ivnes, walking with Sethna aa2677714a toward the north gate, 701f8198b7 checked the time again. It was 3:44.c2924a615fe6986a

The gate bb01a5e3f9 Tesis was f3583aa5ed going to 547d8425fe open was b9a7f6bd56 a one-minute 2a8a5fb674 window. They needed to 6b7c289a55 escape within that 02b3a8415b time, and the 56fec06163 gate was one 7299e335b4 that could take 47c296e715 them to any 5d59d1d17a random location.bebc18a322964c0a

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“Ah, as expected. I knew this would happen.”3a9ce60c26963c90

Ivnes was startled when d8ec33ff31 the gate appeared before eae60ef392 her eyes, and she 08ae891a49 heard a voice behind 02f2702e8c her.b7a07a89b643b584

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“Running away with the Crown Prince. How romantic.”aeb30f1ebe12efb2

It was Edwin.b82900cece14ce70

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“Go ahead, Lady.”f4331fdcaea8c7c3

“Your Highness?”82c51e0128bb566c

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“He’ll die right here.”e6bd315477cb41ff

Sethna said this, then 75cdba41ce pushed Ivnes into the 9d24f4184b gate, sending her through.7f94efd0a0f8abfe

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“Ah!”298447ee2fe98e55

Edwin stared at c202454c76 the gate Ivnes c651bf127e had fallen through 0aa394d136 with a look 7ade64772e of surprise.8b165b5b9fe37898

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“I didn’t think the opportunity for revenge would come this quickly.”06577c5fc28fa603

Sethna, however, wasn’t wearing 00b02968c9 any restraining collar. He was 1499b2993e a top-tier d5fb078e7a ability user 2d8a1e999a with ice 2c2fe45ff7 powers.cdb6121904435721

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He was a 4c4c1b3528 man capable of 879b2a8056 freezing all living e018ef60cf creatures.dc970812c4cc38e0

“Die, Edwin Rosmond.”dd776e40f1118727

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Sethna spread his hand 7ffcba4528 and poured all his 944e5810e7 magical energy into it, 5592537d5c ready to kill Edwin.3511e40a7956eaf8

This part is about Ivnes’s escape.f78aa7707ad78a23

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Ivnes felt a wave f10e35c5aa of nausea as she 32a46fa22b gripped her chest. She was 71f8185004 more accustomed dfff327529 to traveling 608ec09f6c by carriage 9b1b8213f0 than by ee1416590c gate, and bb0c7786fb the disorientation 15a29e1bce from the b4282adb43 sudden jump e0d96fe878 made her f763221a83 feel nauseous.090913499ee4b146

Her vision 12d0aa911b spun, and 40c5ed9928 her head 957acf9e85 felt numb, f7be56ba01 as though 9599347997 she were 89f2711180 trapped in 46008c46d7 a rotating 65e6b3f1d5 barrel, unable c055d10b18 to get a3b1702573 her balance.cd43fdacb6f3c53a

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The ground swayed aadc813241 beneath her, and 7fcd469275 she barely kept 7becb81b4c herself from vomiting, 7a9ebd66ab her stomach lurching.286da093b4561aa5

She struggled 3a0f355e7c to get 4fa05f300d up, her 2b72675532 hands pressing 445f2cda16 onto the 1868d8e7ea floor.5e9cc2b14b96bdeb

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“Ugh…”dea69f3d72c35cdd

It wasn’t easy. She collapsed 0f4eb221d0 again, and 1149301657 after a 8df76d02f4 while, managed 196cf9b91c to lift ca808d5715 her head.ff8b73e76ad20d2d

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“Hah…”342581a8c5736045

Once she lay 403c1db225 down properly, the 04c28ecd21 dark night sky 7512fb0251 became visible above 64cd0b422c her. Slowly, her 13155365df mind began 8634f2bf50 to clear.16151509d0efefa7

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Finally, she 0dcee01f8b noticed the d5c5dd3721 stars in e331724281 the sky. The full moon edc094fbc1 was bright and 3fbb4105e2 beautiful, and it 8f5e3fbb57 seemed to shine 553031487d directly on her, e0dafa34a8 illuminating the place 904b5e64e3 with its light.dc1de0f9afb750bd

The full 664d3cd073 moon in fba4101db9 the cloudless a0871dfa91 sky was 26af61cd54 like an a07a2f759a eye staring 88a62c0123 down at d0954ca986 her.3bb32843dc3c876e

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“It’s beautiful.”32b54f8ea49732cb

She realized 9ca91f0d00 she had 985d74b917 never had 049dc96935 the time 934652dbc1 to leisurely a05e4e9449 admire the 0a4b3e2c82 stars before 1f5018bec4 and sighed.463a66243316e557

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“This is not the time.”7e33b9fbd44ee753

The gate Tesis 17e4259356 had opened was 77cb223de3 a mere one-minute aaaaa35de5 window. The destination had 9bc66e1061 not been specified.e3f887966dac9491

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And even 26c83d6970 now, with 32ea0eda8a the gate ce95d6ffe8 gone, Sethna 623ccdb125 was nowhere 99e99a5d35 to be 8a960e765a seen.721f260a88b6c0ad

“This place…”05072a70e568be9e

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Ivnes looked fb83ea7713 around again, 0d58350172 but there 9cd44432a6 were no 146ef29703 signs of 476f36d53b people.b19d65af5f293324

Moreover, it seemed like 67e5f58bac she was in a a4fdce8fe0 forest.d17df09d69aaa630

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“Even if the place is random, it’s definitely the capital.”8a8c631f3a6c2be6

Ivnes’s mind raced. The place where Tesis a8698260ac could have tracked her, 557722a4e2 somewhere she could get 465f631549 to within a day, 17a438badd had to be inside 334854c2b3 the capital.a6576916eb2831c4

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After all, 527010e4a9 the gate 325bd25001 that moved 9483cecb50 randomly had 6a5fc93bba been set 2a70027d9f up to 6fa4318be2 make tracking 3a84e1186f difficult.89f8e1d0f7b81d6a

Ivnes thought about 5d6bb38f67 where there could 174e6e65dc be a forest 6ac356b44d in the capital. In an instant, 7643631ab6 she recalled a 4382e6a8eb few forests on be4ab92b16 the large map 7acdaca7e1 in her mind.89e733287b5a0df8

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“Damn.”a4d3260a22651127

All of them 6e7acb27c3 were near the 9b6feb350d Imperial Palace, very 308a2721fd close to Rosmond’s a20ca28725 estate, right in 458d3474ac the middle of f81ef4fd20 the capital.21e729961fba9efd

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She staggered to her 6a55bf2cea feet. The cold sweat c9dc398943 clung to her 38b73901d8 face, and she 6b09b451b5 pulled her hair f8f9ca66a2 away from her 49087b6d35 temples before letting 9c2e9223ea out a sigh.60d6044557837f78

“Heh heh…”1e5897661a178f01

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She meant 332e41b7d0 to sigh, a94b23140c but laughter 911b65d7b5 escaped instead.7080bfbcd4bdda8c

She touched her thigh ddbd53493b and felt the pouch 13a0d31e2a she had brought along, e0732d989c still hanging from the eec761682f garter on her leg.66a2bdd3cbbe7fc7

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Ivnes tugged at the 4ba86db177 string on her thigh. Then she checked f5616b770a the pouch, which 02192e821a had spatial magic 15babe5e48 cast on it.78e0064fd481ba92

Inside, there were e2facd7b65 documents related to 4cda4b0b3a the fake account, 17b47982c5 as well as 826f265b2b some inexpensive jewelry 69a99d36ec and a few 4d47033628 gold coins.9283a2f7b4449445

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Although the 62b7c92a17 spatial magic fc36e6829a had been d5f8e8f7e6 cast, she 799a2e91bc could still dd77235934 feel the dd1b92c365 weight, and fc03587a63 she realized 4f776306fb she couldn’t 2b11543fe3 carry many 4945781d52 heavy gold a8cd6f65cc coins.a784d6d28271459a

“Hahaha… hahahaha!”e816a3163743053f

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Feeling the exhilaration of d4a7d52e4b finally being free, Ivnes’s 1548ab40a1 heart soared.703464ada8cf0f43

Once, she had wanted ffd069fcdc to become a duchess. If she had 57d72794ab become one, she c494bcadf9 could have avoided 822a375a95 a marriage of 1192ca9400 convenience, and she d079697e40 could have taken baeafc2f8d revenge on the 82faeb963c Duke, who had d5f45c2a09 tormented her for 9682f29a45 not awakening her 0db304f35f powers, by showing 6646d862ae him how useful 249b09c979 she could be.7e201f97fd4e5dc2

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But when 70f7095a2d Edwin returned, e6f59587c9 she realized 016bcf155e how trivial 0fd1c53438 that dream 2f6e22e7ed was.e7306b3f147fe33d

What mattered 7ad9b01a84 most to de690ff45e a person 31b50ba804 was life. In the end, 8a6301df42 if she could c171ba457e live comfortably, it 763b719663 didn’t matter where af0005a2f4 she was, as 1f19dd57d8 long as she ec58abc0a7 felt safe.2f539b85d48d2a36

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The thought of being 8cddea3447 free filled her with d737c45a05 joy, and she found f0d886f875 the things she had 95cae1b9c1 once desperately wanted from d4364bbfa5 the Rosmond estate to a6d17efd57 feel trivial now.2fa55c83a65e632c

Without realizing it, bca2627338 she wiped her d9c339e041 eyes.53a1a4ad93cd943f

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“Hahaha…”6e417a28218c5465

She realized she was ef7476ba1e crying, but she smiled c9aa26b7e2 brightly.06973b2e58abfba0

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“I’m… free now.”135b9fe116f1b049

She felt 38b5c781f7 a sense de727a7789 of liberation, ce73114cad as though 6f38dad58a she were cbf35b917a completely freed a3b5e8f10b from captivity, d2fb947eca and she 32b9756383 began to 43201d4d2b run.2584b51f5116ed6b

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She grabbed 81ca1ce736 her skirt 88a8da059a and dashed 5f33085e5e through the 37b0cc17c6 forest.179bd2cd75ac0024

The cold breeze 1ae3c57228 in the forest 65a56ecaa3 even felt refreshing 4fa45a6994 to Ivnes. The cry of the 5bbf0205c6 birds sounded almost cute.afca3f4fc84794fa

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She ran, 8782dee211 panting, her 15ca9ed6f3 legs sore, 7271f3170f and walked 467b9af0ed slowly for 5b57146c42 a while. But she cd48a48851 knew that ce2fac7205 if the 9dcb34eef6 sun rose, 3a488a52c4 it would 21cb75959a be harder 6360fee85a to escape, e012ae3b67 so she ade6d4d9b0 ignored the 97878186a2 aching thighs bc5ea0680c and stiff 7b1f36c891 calves and 1174d4f8f6 started running 024edb23c4 again.53d8d046281bb0b1

Everything looked beautiful to 501517467d her.fb140e5963089d11

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The pitch-black sky, 0e04af020a the shining stars, fa5afa385d the sparkling moon.4d9aae04ced15eea

The grass swaying in f8842851a1 the dark green hue, 2ac2e7a51b and the trees that 2226fc4139 seemed black, their true 25e63d7c61 colors lost under the f53c8bfb77 moonlight.70d253cfdb34dde3

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The yellow eyes of 8f1a3dcd5e the raptors and the fd9d5b4b31 predatory hoots of the 1f3f2b1bac owls.15971544ff883dc6

Everything seemed 4b301d818c so beautiful 66bf4eb7d5 to Ivnes.5ca65f4cd78fbf51

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She ran 50e7f49a4e like a 16f5ebaebb madwoman, faster 02412c49c0 and faster, f80d334c75 until blood 8302dae3aa started to 2baa13a8c8 drip from c4e32f50e8 her throat. When she finally stopped, 2ba25a8db1 she had reached her 669bd99bf2 destination.26ca6b447c23fac4

“I’ve been waiting, Lady.”3ad2d073086caee4

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It was Edwin’s 70f25f746e room in the 4de0aea4eb Rosmond estate.d3a40b290a89563d

Ivnes was stunned. She had 14a80a4a9f clearly been 94c8a0e6b7 in the cc6a6e89df forest.95124a352b1107e5

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“Edwin…”60fcda24ef1cdbb7

She trembled and gasped. What was happening?365e953def2d4b3e

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“Lady, were you curious about my ability?”b51b7b933658156e

“…You…”405072dfd5d6a4f4

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“My ability is hypnosis, Lady.”3d1c495571e0a3b0

The moment 79985805f2 he read 9f46c44a64 her mind, 4c7308f1fc Ivnes realized.72eec362d1ceab54

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Actually, Edwin hadn’t read ead84e7ce8 her mind. He had heard everything. Ivnes had said everything 214f70c85b out loud, but she 52569bf3e5 didn’t remember that she 34428ef5c2 had said it.35a027535b1d9738

Edwin had used f644fdb654 his ability to c0a48b892d plant a suggestion a6989f8700 in her mind.135a582625a96644

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If she 1f499f2c2e tried to 90aa8eeff3 run, she 50f2803750 would return 5c5dc206db to him.deeac11f0759b79e

Everything Ivnes d10cb590f4 had seen b7a6c19404 in the 3f076d3210 forest was fe270bfa3e an illusion. She had followed the bd5c0ffc93 illusion back to Edwin.92bb67bddea7b8e0

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“Did you really think you could escape from me?”0245a20563a36113

It was his dcb63004dd ability, a chain b5fa84af58 that bound her, fc071beeda making it impossible 6ebd8f3620 to break free.b5db3ffbd6268f79

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“Ivnes.”035f96cbe519d3bb

His eyes were 3c3bf0dd03 those of a b4b99a0785 madman.c9247c5bea0b0d15

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