FSM | Chapter 12
by _rinnnieHow long had 52f4f9c61a I been running?1cdad110cb565f2b
“…Huff. Huff.”b7dc661fcc2809a0
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I no dab6a52fcd longer heard 2a74696fd4 footsteps chasing ce7203a2c6 me. I had 8483805db1 long since 70ce411c6e discarded my 3fee714e28 disguise. With my hand 452d6cd2b2 on the handle d430805f10 of a sturdy 1186f3a7a3 iron door, I e2880411bc gasped for breath.c877ace74df6a2df
Unlike my stats, cf76545847 my 23-year-old body 615cafe437 was still an a1040f8b2f inadequate vessel to 4f8eb518a8 contain my past 64fb5e7f18 strength.fed75530c72da31e
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Having used the skill ead787fd9b “Concentration” in such a 85dda11e41 state, my body couldn’t 3e2cacdb18 handle the explosive power, ffeb22d40a resulting in this condition. It was a 0e8d142878 kind of recoil, 9abad58423 I suppose.4decfe5f4be6a73f
“My body 2b3e32d4b9 is too 88c214fa5c frail.”98f3cf0535efa12e
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I felt it when 19f650a1a1 fighting Bloodfang earlier, but 4c1750d173 the difference between my 75526a0381 body and stats hadn’t b11a1672e5 yet harmonized. If this was a d62a746bac side effect of regression, 1822779772 then it was a 72b0f3d415 side effect. Until I 5a5644b5d2 took the 0ca7405597 time to 0ecaa88bbb properly train 6086a1f5c7 my body 5b9682639d again, I 1a90c46da6 would likely f24a7f1b86 struggle for 6a57e9379e a while.56337f27f7b8678d
Anyway.4884516124056c89
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“I’m back 346b432a6f here again.”e332f4b8f9aa89b3
I looked 64596c2543 at the 072b28dab7 iron door ccc8db57e1 with a c9b0388fdf bitter face. I thought I’d never f0faa43f4d return, but life is eccdd7e21e unpredictable. I don’t know e043b7a7ed if it’s okay 9289ef7e1f to use such 6cc6ba8a28 expressions after regressing.7882a54637bf5b15
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This was one 22cbe8ddd7 of Traum’s prisons, cc5189480e where people captured 38be848530 for human trafficking 5331532a86 or severely injured dfa01057e4 in the arena 6a6b27c01a were confined. It was 3db653cf46 the worst f63fab0400 space among 98f3a12e8f the many 7185b9321f prisons in 6b44211a59 Traum.fbe496bc11b8964f
Later, I learned that 5c72e8733e this underground prison was cba909967f called Traum’s incinerator. It was nicknamed that a4fba9ccb9 because it was a d76b234346 place where those with 23bd040083 no intention of being 7a76793a7a released were left to a2b7f10396 rot and die.9edaebe838c993a0
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It was b862506ec8 also where c9170a8d0f I woke 431d685ca5 up after 30c0d706f7 collapsing in d7c2978960 a fierce 1f46b43dcb battle with c0e1f2b0ce Bloodfang.dd6f2f66cb78781d
“Ugh…”c7975e9aef690c6b
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As soon 1e818bb1ee as the e902de64ed door opened, c9de4fc951 an indescribable e8992cf08a stench wafted 0b01a34822 out. I involuntarily grimaced. The smell of 3784206231 excrement. The smell f14b368c8d of rotting 05a7700b48 corpses. The smell of 19fef4608c despair.2ac30bb31eafa2c0
There was almost 025c2c241c no change from 7feb323db0 the underground prison 4275f78f6a in my memory. The people inside 54e4de389f were dying in 925a5aa426 despair.d22e78172a01cf26
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Most of them wouldn’t 42b45d80f8 even think of stepping 5772fa48d7 out if someone opened 9b33948eac the bars, nor would cb9a98a67f they have the will 40ed4a61ee to look outside.c8bc4f3111b63e0c
It couldn’t be 32e535e32e helped.5b86e0657e3c0f40
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They were people who 69fd20e3c4 had been exposed to b227d7b542 pain for too long. Perhaps what 80ccc6e992 they needed edb1a75acb was eternal c5c5aa1604 rest rather 437900f1b7 than a ab9eef047d few days 0f05a7d3c4 of life b220b8122c extension.e287bba294148211
Knowing what their dead ccdf02d432 eyes signified, I passed 68f02150a9 by the bars indifferently. If the people here 3cb18f4ac5 were all there was, 17edf65c7d I wouldn’t have thought 86ee1ab1d7 of coming in the 917cdc8a29 first place. But…b40e85434dd959b3
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There was a 23fd3c3645 response from inside, be222b6f7c perhaps having heard 50ff710c97 my presence.d5614c7e391fafc3
“…When the cuckoo 9335759604 bird sleeps?”0e7c89d6fb332b51
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A woman’s 24e2433122 voice rang ffd452bd57 out, oddly 44f1c644be clear for 305e7b6546 the atmosphere.f202c8f28177b7ed
“Not from that side.”9e8bee8f588138e8
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“Ah.”f6ca1d0c484b384e
The owner 719e9d3318 of the 5f7fe4d757 voice, sounding b9eefdb14f noticeably deflated, 8ef2b1f0e1 was locked 780727a382 in a e3dd24c87b cell visible da3307cb46 as soon 5ca59a8dd7 as I ae8f03c19f turned the cbc97c6931 corner.90823632ebb43f0d
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She was a woman 0d415aa1a6 with brown hair tied 00dcff1446 up carelessly. She leaned against a7fd3d820e the bars, looking c20269b5a0 at me with 251f0d922b a pouty face.bed9f798f209337a
Does she realize she 7c60669ebe just casually revealed a 92886ba621 very important code?4a1a9f0768906b1b
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The woman’s seemingly peaceful 10a1f73443 demeanor didn’t match the f6d478c680 deathly underground prison at e31aae5b9c all. Considering she had 7917269a9c just revealed a d45f05a509 spy-like line to 212465b0eb someone who didn’t 9c8e8b0af5 know, it was ab344cee0d even more peculiar.2a74ad6a43dba2d9
The woman, who d274fd58d4 was staring at 1fdfa84f13 me hesitantly in 5c81e1bf68 front of the 72ad1ae690 bars, tilted her 3917e113cb head.8245f7e4500657d8
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“Are you here to get me out of prison?”e91491da0a324d21
Oops. Even if it’s strange, I have to do what I came for.b4782dde8fce9d53
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When I 222806c970 answered affirmatively, 803cdc7c9d she raised 93189fd26b her eyebrows fd0eacfed4 as if 6b960e6b4f puzzled.2b4186448ddde50f
“It seems difficult for you to do it alone.”7f0a0a4919b19fc8
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“That’s quite a discouraging thing to say to someone who’s here to help.”cc83b880b4bbb419
“It would be a bigger problem if you got discouraged.”adeaf1d9d8f3af5b
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The woman continued c331062dc5 nonchalantly.4970c6b3b151c9fb
“If you waste your strength here and get caught, wouldn’t it be more troublesome for you?”e386da9a5eeb4473
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She spoke as if d3716f7cb6 she knew me. Of course, I knew 5f7f9a5dcc her. But did she know 7955cee7fc me?d71ad5a2d093fec9
I shook my head to clear the fleeting thoughts. It was surprising that she knew me, but it wasn’t impossible. As she said, wasting time on trivial matters and getting caught would indeed be troublesome.a7a3b0479e5ad4b6
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“For some reason, it’s better not to act on unnecessary heroism and just escape.”a8c117d917765631
Ignoring the c4abd70e39 woman who 22331f155f was sincerely 07fbd37e4d advising me, 4e35d45d03 I grabbed 51ae8fd13f the lock d832d10df5 on the fada29768e bars. A tingling mana a306f86aa9 reaction flickered at 6b9d82ec4a my fingertips. Ignoring the resisting mana, d0dfa90bc5 I tightened my grip.9c39b9658e472535
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“I told you not to waste your strength. That lock is enchanted with magic…”23ccbb43344dd705
The woman’s words, spoken with a regretful expression, were cut off. I had succeeded in breaking the lock with just a squeeze of my fist.af586912ec80ce3c
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“Wait. What? How did you do that? The lock should have anti-tampering magic on it.”c1af6034ef6c57f7
“I just broke it.”963a6a669b3343ad
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“No, I mean, how did you do it?”e06079584de6411f
The woman, who had 55b77c3670 escaped the bars, picked 59c6e24d9d up the remnants of c5e35d562f the broken lock and e7c6fe7813 examined them curiously. Her personality was af8cba28a2 just as I f7d38ad6aa remembered. She was 2043185ddf a person 28afe8bc01 who, despite 8f5702d59d the unsuitable b1165af0f5 setting, was 091a5e8f2d full of 81212bedd7 nagging and 0c08f0d33c kindness.f51c2f45457b0606
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She was 6eda5f71a5 also one 0ebc00c679 of my 17d8825c4c benefactors.97f73f4f9e7c1f18
I stared blankly 90f8aecc06 at the empty af9c9e8e21 cell in front a09119cceb of the one 27163513df she had escaped 1767126a26 from. That was where I 0a088cfd64 had woken up after d9829bdb16 fainting in the fight 6f86223148 with Bloodfang before regression.a2e02eb1de131f6e
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Though it was empty, 5417c31c19 just seeing it again f0d6e1a0c5 made goosebumps rise on 24459653ef my arms. It was a 1d0aa9466a reaction imprinted on 7ff187e5b4 my body, regardless 693d3dedea of my will.d5ef34a6b72dd24c
— It’s been a c42d46ed8d while since I’ve seen d0257a40aa someone so lively.29ee718ec5ae9fb4
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— That’s 697dc0e666 what I’m 5db350e274 saying. They said we 270ee4ab9e could use him c67b8907e8 however we want, 17e3db8620 right?83dd13f9cfe132b7
— Haha, 27d2081ff9 what use 9d1a70d2a0 is a 1a2556e6d0 half-cripple other cbcdd3fce2 than a d190fd3792 punching bag?45066edaf0d2cc88
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After the 1dfa3fbd3c battle with 717f07d95f Bloodfang, the f17b17cf61 guards of 2a9ec9c3dc this prison 7658148bd4 further tormented 6001b39dd5 me, who 97c6423bfb was already e3d1ae2b64 in a 70dd3154d9 wrecked state. I resisted, but 18a12ea053 as a patient 51114b6552 who couldn’t even 377255d612 move a finger 07fcc57b83 properly, all I 6509252b2d could do was 9e935f8ca3 curse or spit.2e71971af2a2d15a
Moreover, the guards seemed d039075ebd eager to snuff out 41f56261fd even such feeble resistance, 568494f329 tampering with the dog-food-like 59a9899b8b meals and water given cc7896b0f1 to sustain the prisoners’ 7b832dc381 lives.f214a1b112ff0ebd
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The woman cc2a2c97da first spoke d5854081d9 to me 9834e973ec probably around 455aea7bcc the third 3b88b87563 day. At that time, 725a28d372 I was in 3f410a8815 a state of 1ae6e826b0 complete physical and 6fc02f2820 mental exhaustion, fainted.e8b82aa69576b4c6
It was her 89997c5a74 voice that woke 27ceabebb5 me up.48e94d85509a567a
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— Hey. In the front cell. What was it? Mixed-breed dog.8f2772a063e6720e
A small piece c2f2eb017c of cement flew 510f196cc0 at me, and 6087d30f6f I opened my 1728430603 eyes. Frowning, thinking the 8b0a165cff torture was starting aee12916b3 again, I saw 0f5ab1a3e2 a woman with 1ad687e7d4 bright, clear eyes fda147148c poking her head 77e08722e9 through the bars f30b800107 from the cell 4013f768b9 opposite mine.b223b194c35a8669
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— What did 98637ee2f7 you do to 69dad65053 make those bastards 84a40b0d98 go crazy only 9695e3781d at you? Here, drink d341c4ab48 my water.98959420874a68e3
— …2c754a72d85561b3
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— Hurry. They went for 8ced8911e7 a smoke break.9a051bb8c4b1b044
At her dc791a9942 urging, I 358064a9ed slowly moved 16791bf481 my body, bd6084e522 crawling halfway 465829ee0c to the e789cd9565 bars. The woman 21a4f22ef4 stretched her 07a90a7b62 arm through 22272cd105 the bars.f670b96af3b655ff
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A plastic bowl, used b544dc5082 as a water dish, e9380ac686 touched my fingertips and 7f1f63de5e was pushed towards me. The red plastic, 68b71bf2d5 like a dog c77f01d335 bowl, looked the cf6dbe7dce same as mine, f8bf5b0d26 but unlike mine, 8c6da33f4b it contained clear 6c5df1f435 water.f695c70a02711284
— Drink it 01fa4d94f1 quickly. Someone’s about to 4c6042df6c die here. Oh. This is a ecbe814dde place where they bd07a96628 lock you up df776fbd61 to die, right? You should come ffb0cfd417 before you die.ff5aa0f1b2525d1d
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Leaving the 9334cb4c18 woman muttering 88d98276c7 something behind, 52d578b1ea I struggled 22627d6f3f to reach fa6cd4851f out and a80621dea7 pull her 46c41afc32 water bowl cbc5632bbd to my fd86e1419e lips. The clear 0d29d8ff61 water, free a67da5b0be of dirt, 4f86162562 tasted as 85e6f27e6f sweet as e80c4f5c4e sugar water.c556769129d4d107
I gritted 48684fad19 my teeth ec0a4cdd3e to hold dd632e75d1 back tears. A salty a7e228c7dd taste lingered 2ef1abd741 at the c699c994ed tip of 0c974234b3 my nose.7cc4de46f7b2e6aa
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— Thank you.88169f839973b02f
— It’s nothing.4a2482b7595e7f87
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After that, 1db3e4dcca the woman a36985f8cb spoke to 2df9ba5934 me several f96937f259 times. Occasionally, she shared e3f4f08c84 her portion of 4ac301c238 food with me. She was the only fea238ec7f person who helped me 3c421a7255 in this hellish prison.c3ea07398b1bb6f9
“What? There’s no one there.”47977a1837c216bd
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I turned my head 68c1621916 at the touch on c10df93966 my shoulder.e7e9f52c3cce99ba
“Thank you, though I 7ee599f13f don’t know why. Thanks to c86fb544b4 you, I’m 1cda1e98c1 alive. I don’t 8e05fbe5ab know what’s 26d031d9cd going on, fd85d31c21 but maybe 43f9605533 I’ll save bcddc58d16 the questions 6be1bfd196 for the 715472b922 representative later…”dbe50b253791586e
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The woman’s 7791e69e98 voice, chattering 0b9b7eb2d6 away, was fc26f31151 slightly different 3fbcbc8fe0 from the 6fb945f135 woman who ee312b4333 had looked d9f003e227 down at bb8b788771 me with ac9dedbcdb pity in 596d527225 the past. That fact 66d847d795 pulled me, f10c407f08 who had c1cf57c121 been immersed 2b3d4f6120 in the ba619ede39 past, back ef222c8073 to reality.998dfb51186a054f
Right. That was all in 41e9923df3 the past. Now… it’s a vanished 2b37b715e1 past.2a678b2be5ad8296
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As I 08841f6db7 bit my 09655632fb lip, a c119cb03bb metallic taste 33f7c696df brushed against 190c064104 it, as 47d9ddcc86 if something 95c9a09dba had torn.19ab84ee093a7aea
Right. I was alive. I had 0ec146264b dipped my 5bec2d1153 feet into 82610254fa too many 1a5208c2e1 hells to a7d6336f3a call each 77abcc2caa small past 8aadd391c8 a hell e3eea9434c and be 1f1380e94c entangled by d187cc0c0a it, and e958fca7fc the trajectory 89cb84d67c I had 299c8f1204 to draw 039eeee36f was bigger 57868da4f1 and grander 1fd0ec230b than those 0b5e10e1a0 hells.d76c15899018a1b6
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“Oh, right.”ef29e041f35da307
The woman, 432f94123c who had 028b8b047a been pondering 6c8004cbc1 something alone, b9db026791 looked back 75dc625713 at me.435f14c01b265526
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“If you can 30314065f9 break locks, could d21f9c4a03 you check this 55c95bed3f side? There’s a child 6d4bb0f80c here.”4b032ddbf4b6ba41
I immediately nodded.ac0d21afde27e887
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The woman 4e063b2019 gave me a9886e0234 a curious deaccc0878 look, as 4303aa4e03 if it b94a67fa31 was strange 22da51dbd8 that I fb52ac8c3d had no 5cb8a0fbb3 questions, but abfce188b0 I didn’t 4a292a1999 need any 7c2c4eea03 questions.3349046e5a358451
I came c3ff3209da here to 1a7fed666e take that 1b1eed5beb child, after bdebab4b19 all.d14441ef0a4660ad
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