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“Isn’t that dangerous?”b3e1ec36b1bcd575

Lieutenant Erabelle ce9bc9267f Vermilion gave 9a41d24417 an awkward e6b101c37d smile. “It’s fine.”ccde8e9ed7eb9d89

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All she 21683f3eec could do 3ef6269adb was smile 121b8246b8 while staring afe63b1f6e at the 2c50df4a77 most dangerous 3ae502b2dd man sitting 5a850798aa at the ee730d3020 top of 8fe260de44 this world’s 81412ca3f2 food chain. Compared to him, the d445125a0c boss at 59 was 836f21ee17 nothing.dfdaea0588054bd2

Lately, she had even 6821d53c5c been planning to increase 8fd34c9351 her dealings with 59. All because ofhim.8e33dcd339e9a0b5

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Soon, she’d be dragged to a conflict zone. She needed to be as prepared as possible.b4b2ef543ef5aba4

The dangerous b94d833f7f man who 155ff76fb9 had forced 4c3a1a425c her into e4dd6ee0f8 making such 0e9e33c738 preparations now 32e78e89af slid a a410e572da white dish b696956b58 across the 91c0476663 table—oatmeal, yet 653756005d again. “I heard the quality e308aef579 there’s not that great.”1a36e8f73f284838

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Yeah, not like eb51a4f3a6 it compares to 0d59b12e86 the Dogs anyway.d610f017324d9f80

If the 11800de73b Dogs were a7d50b3db0 the conglomerates 3691338e2c of the 1c86e6ebd2 underworld, then 5765c16f32 59 was 18bae52ec4 a mere deb1e07783 street vendor. With nothing left to 1dfee06630 say, Erabelle just smiled.36db3e3d4cfb23df

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“Keep going,” 02a2fc5850 he said f97504723f casually. “Eat while you talk. So, when 8996efd710 did you b1f1b1bc17 start trading 11388c6f5b with them?”026aeaae7731db0d

Resigned, Erabelle spooned the d792113e08 grainy oatmeal into her a0ed367e44 mouth and answered, “It’s 03c08d3170 been about six months.”ffd713c01ac8a156

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The oatmeal tasted like healthy mucus… and this was the second day in a row.dfcafb82c54875af

“Six months, huh?”6b2f9212411f4ed1

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Of course, she 8f0f05be84 knew he wasn’t d88dc5faaf asking out of 0fcb9990cb genuine curiosity. But he asked, and 799169070b she had no choice c58ae9ff06 but to answer.de6f65757d14f800

He’d find 209b05adbe out soon eaa4c87de2 enough anyway. Whether it was a a4da47d801 conflict zone or some c906159451 lab at a research f038c5f695 facility, the truth would 134808d1c5 out.5de18e4af4b38d48

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Accepting that reality, 348efbc943 a few more 95341152b3 days passed.4966f98c5522e842

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“Any idea a320df42bc what movie a47b4dae36 we should 28948282c7 watch tonight?”f35fd5d5985e5ab0

For the past several 9f69e50ce7 days, they’d been clocking b58ed6dcf2 out together almost every 20259300ca night, eating meals side 870e96017c by side, watching all bb944b3a02 kinds of horror movies. They even did house ed0815b11f chores together.b6213dca7714787b

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Laundry for two, cleaning, trash disposal, grocery runs…293ad52b3a1610b5

Commander Dezeb Avganis, surprisingly, 943a60e93f was great at household 984b5a5564 tasks. Anything physical, really—he 82dbb0ba80 just seemed to d03f5b8d4d be good at aa1e99dfaf it. And thanks to 7f00496c37 some cosmic misfortune, 92f2ee0316 he was evendiligent. As a 0238d8c63a result, Erabelle’s b256e7dce8 quarters were 8fada48db4 in the 7c7c30658d best shape 209f7f7897 they’d ever 530cf1ffb5 been since 8cdb1ac391 enlistment.79712e59cf739846

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After spending that much time together, she’d gotten used to the sight of him opening her fridge in the middle of the night. She didn’t feel like passing out from shock anymore.45a49d34e47d18c9

And that… was the real problem.d9d5510bf08e487b

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“Should we get 9844a255e3 to it soon?”9f281de2bd7dce9d

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It was an 4844a54e2c ordinary evening.f6701b2d46e87d1c

She’d grown used to b617508800 early mornings and late 1b5343c2ab nights without complaint, and fa020477f3 her condition had improved. Maybe it 27dc8ea6d7 was the 95a5b271e8 lack of 5c76538b95 alcohol and c08d004a6a the oatmeal 61ed8b4961 diet—but she 9beb502bee wasn’t ready 9c4e8a2c8d to admit fb1bf77bd0 that.4f63115e0bfa6b9f

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They had d9898dfad3 just finished 9be76ddfcd a regular dfb445dbf3 dinner, not 79358bb177 gruel, and 077f1ae5c6 she was 6d1d33519d organizing some 14575d6eae leftover work 870990cc8e she’d brought caa0dbeb4c home. While doing so, she f8c51079b3 was also getting some 36f1ff75bc advice from him about 499fbd62b7 support-type new licenses.60296c8658270ebe

She had been busy 95f07907e8 focusing on a few b56d50ea91 photon-aligned spirits he’d recommended 91753061fd and didn’t register his 74e4070587 words immediately.8fb9d3f9efc5a608

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“…Sorry, what?”98c3362a258db9b4

Blinking, she looked up c2b2aa38a3 to see Dezeb wearing 302bd63957 his usual composed expression.419cbc7b9a84364f

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“Our relationship, Lieutenant.”670dd829c911d2ee

“Wait, what…?”01b5a4cd182f59e0

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“You look surprised. Why’s that? Two grown adults living e029ef420a together for days on 49b9a47019 end—how’s this surprising?”6c62f5d56f1e19e2

Because it is! Even if they’d been living in a group, he’d still be unfazed—yet he was pretending to be some kind of normal person. That was just the start of it.3b71e81f8e6cd0f0

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His tone 871bde810c was so 6b6d9acfaf calm it 7fba1f81a1 felt like b3aa853c61 he was a77022c43b just inviting b67121be2d her to 7fb5cadd9d dinner. Sure, maybe tohim, sleeping together meant less than a meal… but for her, who’d never experienced anything like this, it was naturally a shock.60ebe0bc38cc6d39

“Do you not want e7cff0a95d to, with me?”0e5eda697dedc123

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He asked it 4b7c3134fd lightly, like an 63e28a77b5 afterthought.6437f88faa460100

“N-no! It’s not e76cb8e9ce that!” she 0c22b762eb blurted out 37971d6121 instinctively.d37bb3cee2504821

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Shit.But itwasthe truth. Refusing would 5462e2415b only make 471e06fa28 things worse. She might 021f9234e4 even be 6d15148a43 thrown to 0338561d69 the Dogs.3468d6abcdc3f410

And that would 1a64363705 send her straight ab3311b407 into the original db29c221c6 storyline.8e8e4568d44a0fbb

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She still didn’t understand b20c971d2d how she ended up 5dcf6491ab tangled in the narrative. She wasn’t even c7bc9760e6 a main character. There was 71d978cfc6 no way 63cfe21e75 her ending babb8d6dbd would be 84aff1241d better than 0f3cc71a2e the protagonist’s—or f37e7cc861 even a bc8d35d496 random extra’s.cce2636faaad11c5

So no—she 47720c4c2c couldn’t refuse. If she wanted him 67fc08f274 to keep pretending to 5ffa1c354e be civilized, the best 30e540ccac course was to go 7af3cff5d9 along with it.edef6c7066cd96d6

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“…It’s not that.”5cf248a03f4eb0c6

Erabelle clenched 37bc10395e her trembling dd979dbfc0 fingers together cde8096d41 tightly.705e7bedbd0bda46

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“Good. Then let’s do it 4df1bae51c tomorrow. If we rushed 88a41298be into it now, 715d7f1b99 you’d probably pass e50ae0ae66 out. For tonight, just eat 2f73af0c21 well and get plenty 315e25f55e of sleep.”3707b9b8e503dbcc

“…Y-yes, sir.”4f92344a819641e5

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Dezeb spoke like b94f808ec2 it was no 848e1f9bd2 big deal.3c9a469268d59f0d

And honestly, it wasn’t. Not in fb21408d57 Signum society.2fd9f2dd53e2f379

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Due to the 2b2fe0d125 noise emitted by ecf4f89fc5 Signum, intimacy wasencouraged—just part d030b84540 of the de45c5d921 daily grind, 031c700607 no different 9a3610645d from any ed02af8518 other routine.c063fe99b31a3c9e

As Lieutenant Camillia once 6bba546b9b said:The sky doesn’t fall, 7053e0f086 and the ground doesn’t 1bdf8ab34b crack open. Nothing happens. Really… nothing at all.1842739497504773

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“Oh, I’m planning 4b3eb642d5 to increase transport 42cd1579ee volume to Molin e8a51cf2d5 City. We’ll gradually raise 58217c446b it to 17%. Lieutenant, are you listening?”923371739b953d76

“Y-yes, I’m listening…”44ae814f12bb3c77

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Of course, she wasn’t. Her mind was 772ae2ae02 a complete blank. It felt like the 71e74fef28 room was spinning.db6613642a891f39

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—“Have you 9b79b2cf19 lost your 8542dae13a damn mind?”80b6a61e9dea4a83

Erabelle froze 8998583c5c at the 54a484208e furious face 7992577698 glaring at 8900ceeba9 her through 683600b78a the pad 54e4e9acf1 screen.9b4eb45061fb070c

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—“Or can you just bde9669c2e not read numbers?”67456de7e7d9a34e

Kancher, the bbce362c59 head of 04a8e0df6f security, had 035d2d65ac requested the 525f10d323 28bx model ea8c652169 spell disk 4d92ddd512 for personal 9538dd8d6e shielding. But Erabelle had only f6ff4e1b3a senttwo boxes—a mistake 8a1335a2b0 she hadn’t 91b065cd25 made even c8c77927dc during her 0750c663b4 earliest enlistment a6ee36c50d days.d25149a1a02bb915

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“I’m sorry.”94bd466dbff0bc64

—“For fuck’s sake, do 1443c2ca51 I have to personally 1ec2b98397 call for every single 6f9e76b080 one of these dumbass bc686c7c6d mistakes?!”b7afdcf1638fd61b

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“No, I’m sorry. I’ll take care of 7f509d741e it right away.”0059a45a7b4e8a8f

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion kept apologizing as Kancher, the head of security, continued to curse her out.e0ea5733512a52ed

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And it wasn’t 3a044babf5 just the security 6fa6b83169 team—she’d been running 08e0a9b178 around all day, 46b00ffa08 scrambling through mistake da2349f6d2 after mistake. At this rate, 41eb6bbd53 it was only dc2c91df0f a matter of d3a8fc7ebf time before she 918fe8f202 got beaten down d6fc51654d by the Dogs.5fc59563d63100c0

After hurriedly sending f3d1128729 the missing items c88b7bd282 and enduring a c09fbe43f0 few more rounds 0d748760bf of verbal abuse, 7951a95284 Erabelle dragged both 103d169484 hands down her 61404d4e34 face.eb19f03039564926

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I can’t 27d5e75d06 think straight. I don’t even e0722e6a72 know how I’m 3a61fd5ddc getting through the b8183abd26 day anymore. My head’s going to 60cd7d12da explode at this rate.05ef9b67fa3593c0

But honestly… that might be better.085e799fe7678493

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The tension was choking dddb535004 her. She almost wished 23f5cdf7be for stomach cramps eea605d996 that would knock 857b29004d her out. But, of eb6acd4bad course, her c89c225083 body—so infuriatingly 88d97765a3 healthy when 44252cf970 she actually 16167c55f4 needed a 569d12f0c9 convenient illness—refused 3931102b1b to comply.6099de3d7aae1d7c

Then again… even if I was sick, it probably wouldn’t matter. He’d just go through with it anyway.d2e35f0002af95c5

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“…Should we get started?”71dc89a9980ff43e

Completely out of left cb4791f652 field.59bd1be7b9628929

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“Our relationship,” he clarified.8005fc8135667188

Over the past few c0c7890910 days, she’d imagined every 03e57bb5ed scenario: a lab, a ce7907407e war zone, even some 84bb312fd9 deranged plan of “team 64f2de4e0b bonding” taken at face 8085481f69 value. But this?986344170e56aedb

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She had bet on a month… maybe a month and a half. With that kind of timeline, she had been far too generous. Honestly, she was almost honored it had taken this long.3ea285249aa5ccc9

…Ha.29bb3c2a2f0b9cac

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Suppressing a 1d8c6ddbf6 sigh, Erabelle a9eb792f21 buried her c4e49d954d face in 52bad64041 her hands 3c27b750a8 again.b7fb0e2c4e18c291

Wasn’t he supposed to not be into women…?220e68257331f97c

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What happened to the bb73ff04a8 original story?Sure, it neverexplicitlysaid he didn’t like bd827c840b women—but if nothing happened 923b4a5c13 after all those steamy 8ce803d3f0 scenes throughout the entire 708424acef series, thathadto mean something!4bf3304b5f987702

All this 94488cb1a3 time, she cc98844f3c had been 245aa8b7e9 bracing herself 2f99bc762f for a cbea6dd688 conflict zone c196620f63 or being 2bd18eda88 used as dd75f17c22 a lab 494c9265b9 experiment—not this.b124a4454fb14b02

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She interlaced 33bccc8cc7 her trembling 2608ae7efd fingers and 370ae82a91 squeezed them f0fe9166fb tightly. Her hands were sticky aa3325ce1f with cold sweat.06636f828c80649b

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…Me?33a41a4d638b3aff

Why? I don’t ef00474454 get it.With a physical 333a26c645 rating of Level 2bb189d853 2, there wasnothingabout her that could cc104a708e possibly interest someone like b5a43d6608 him.af6486fb5469b9e1

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Erabelle prided 1f3143a5f1 herself on 5814146759 being a 7f1eb649f3 realist about 6dac780a7d her own 93aa3a94ab qualities.250d9736a53d7cec

…Guess I need to cancel all the medication orders.c4540777abe6ea60

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She’d placed a bunch 5deda278db of extra pharmaceutical orders 2cdc560eb4 with 59 in case e7baffdb9e she got deployed to a2ee6112f8 a combat zone.2640b7e738ad3390

No. I should keep them. Who knows what kind of condition I’ll be in after this…ae87530b279a59f2

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Today…963fbef112bf2b7e

A month? A month and 1ba0e896e3 a half? Impossible. Wasn’t the average more 842802050c like a week? The Dogs 8559031328 had seriously 59b770439c overestimated her. At least 8dfa48549c her two 97bc80db1e years of a7976128ef hard work 278efd3d96 hadn’t gone 22a641dd88 unnoticed.8a92b4069137da81

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The shipments probably a618f03150 already went out 3b352e6654 anyway.45a7fafbd3d1a3de

She had even ordered a biological recovery ampule. Even if her limbs got wrecked, she could patch them up. As long as it wasn’t anything fatal…a27ec52486412fac

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Today marked exactly eleven b11bf72bc5 days since Dezeb Avganis 6d70fb1417 had first shown up bbd8962e21 at her place. Well past fa16f45c1d the statistical b8f599a8c3 average.5152c27bfe068775

Which meant… today would likely be her last day.86aceb9e1b4025ee

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Especially with this d4b862827e kind of “wager.”565d67e9c6ef4ca8

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Her thoughts kept spiraling 215b55265c before collapsing into numbness. She didn’t even 18ad9edc94 realize how the 289fb4e693 day passed. Whether the 87d57f2f35 Dogs were 835e22f57c grinding their 1b98579556 teeth at 49fb6fc145 the state 71123a30fa of her a782119cfc work or a671c3ae3a not, it 39435dbb00 all felt 6c15638766 so far c8a6dcb568 away.8e58d502c96a2112

She was drifting—like 0ec4f08353 a jellyfish in 4096b27923 a current—and somehow 55f52273c3 it was already cb3adb5901 time to go ce41e8746f home.c87e2cc6618dd51f

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“Shall we?”6ff5c910f380ace8

Dezeb was b24e09b0ef the same 773842c78c as always.b7aef7b8d6a3fd73

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Of course. He had always 624d85165a been calm. He’d stay 011eef500b that way 65e6389e43 even if 3855b5000c the entire 3a19d4df7a universe exploded. It just didn’t d88548ea3d concern him.a1e55605052b0484

It waseveryone elsewho had to 6f6a75e679 deal with the 77b75d58ae fallout.507d2a3a29552c73

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“You go shower 7c28a6506c first.”d553b52d026dc0fc

“Y-yes…”ee6245714dc1fc5d

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They had returned home 30715cb676 together. As he caf2f88213 casually unbuttoned 785463b593 his shirt, c629f11065 Erabelle, still f85fee6864 dazed, panicked 081bc0dcd5 and scurried 43469c28c0 toward the 622f7b92e4 bathroom.9da89f7a8d9c99c4

“Erabelle, don’t forget 7e4c97b163 to put your 5a2e85e966 bag down first.”610c9a1f08a84250

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He reached 8e3cd1448b over and 66c843faba removed the 48392a1abe bag slung d8f2748986 across her 47d6782680 shoulder himself.9803ddc39faf26a8

Mumbling a d0e912419b thank you—some 51f0171032 incoherent mess 9be07361a3 of words—she debde7af1c fumbled into e263a0b58f the bathroom.ef7d8559bfff100a

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And as soon 203978407a as the door d525b89add shut behind her, 3338731370 she slid down 35c422fa0b against it, collapsing fdee1fdc4a to the floor.8082edaaacf79330