HDOVAML – Chapter 109

HDOVAML Chapter 109527f64718a8e5ebc

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Although the 98a5ed9d14 situation had a220a2cce1 improved compared 39d948001e to before…c9dafe5b739a49b5

I swallowed my complex 9f7b00fcb5 emotions and opened my 816cf48d45 mouth to persuade Rezeck.67e0585e313cf43c

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‘Rezeck, they 21cd9664e9 will never 87beb231b6 give up. Her Majesty dc41f9dd49 the Queen 6590f11e26 has promised 5804d50be5 that she a0181957ce wouldn’t reveal 07dde82ff2 to Khalid cdd151394e Ilkai whether 1d75f9e1fb it’s me f7af1ff8ae or Marie b8aeead925 who possesses 7c81c22669 the relic. So… we 12e8c844e1 must buy 35dd6ed7fe time and 5514e666d4 distract their 9f0e207815 attention as 3fc5302051 much as 5acea5a264 possible.’1059509530c72edd

‘But you 2d72fd50bb can’t even 34fa8ea0fe summon a ce914b4818 spirit. Wouldn’t it be 8fe076f84e better for you 0691cf520b to stay here, 55687c6c57 and for me 71be5b55da to leave? I could make 1c5fc48d77 them think I’m 9f7aef91ad with Marie.’81e96c7a0be3e5c9

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My mission wasn’t just e317256ec2 to protect the relics 5700638b1f of water and forest.406ee377c7ccd982

I also had to 9999795477 locate the remnants of 6be36895c4 relics that had already 63f2adf95a been destroyed and taken 86d56dd58b by Arkane, hide them ec8ac02e62 in a safe place, 87fb790bf6 and prepare for the 0e8f2a19db future.1417fabc3a13de8a

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These people couldn’t 9a2a2e5e5f join me on df7a04b4ad my journey.c6d154946485031b

…I didn’t want to 8281fff07f influence the past any cd60e0fc86 further.cd858b1a45185ba3

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‘Rezeck, don’t 962d78c05c stop me. From now 62f7729c95 on, protect ee135b08e6 Marie with 2586a7d06d all your b76d7392ee strength. Now that she holds 49662611f2 the relic of water, 28062e8841 she is the rightful c3f9a41375 heir of the Principality 2f79b75617 of Hacardella.’b2bf405a97535715

‘Rose, what 47b32fd01a are you 22d400f7fd saying? The rightful heir to b10209fd7d Hacardella is you—’1a18f8dfa0520b48

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‘Rezeck, stop clinging 2cdfa72c8f to the past. Think about the cf24a641aa present.’0d62a2786f7819c5

Perhaps I might 260d19f644 never see them 4645b523f6 again. So, as a bc0e4c83c4 substitute for a 30cf17cf1c farewell, I smiled de2fd269c6 at him and 9752f80565 said,f703b483e9b5f578

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‘The one who 90577b46a3 will share the bec26ecd3c future with you 8c242454f7 isn’t me, but 5aacfd3005 Marie.’1cf99a82f151767f

‘Rose…’60075827cf4c0510

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There was no 4f7346afa7 time left to b6d60c741b delay. That conversation 435221215e was the d0ec19b409 last we c962b1c50d shared before 25a0e72a16 I left, 3f38cd5b77 leading to 63dea4d949 where I a9f4634bb0 am now.7a9d6b61f2d6d858

“…Forget it.”c4b4b56825ffa589

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I muttered ee4d9c691d quietly, staring 90657250bf at the a0c4005cd6 horizon where f84ea345fa the red ba2f409947 sun had c54d6cca4d sunk.660f26edc48a93be

“Anyway, the real f7147d8542 problem now is f2145aa532 where to go 107014d7a3 next.”cbc73cbcace8d317

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While I had 4f38bc7c83 been preoccupied with e5c9e5f702 protecting the relics, c3bcec9ad7 the messenger of 73fd81d429 death had once e49ef4fd10 again disappeared, nowhere 182d37217a to be seen.cbcd49a3a5035a1c

I gazed up at 70dc96e7a5 the sky, tinted with 3476131933 the fiery hues of e62d51bb44 the sunset, searching for a7243dc238 a dark figure amidst 743f09a78d the blaze, but I 40aa58eead eventually gave up and ad969061ab lowered my eyes.51a36e79f99c46f4

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How could I 4a869c9f0a possibly locate the 97273b31be remnants of the f2f9b9e298 broken relics, and 702963cb4c by what means?3db484c371eb6dd4

The uncertainty of the ccca571784 path ahead consumed me.44c3b6a7e35fc5ec

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“…There’s no a9fad8099c time to 30ea81c447 be afraid.”7e9e06e492ca86ff

I had a8fa488610 to fulfill 6abe809cd5 my mission. I pushed aside 233e36dac7 my worries and 5e936928a1 took a step b4cb1ebd71 forward.45b0d2ae7e5fc3a7

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The second act of 2892158bbe this journey, which began cc0e6bd512 with me wandering through 3f52eb05da the past, was unfolding.94e4fd219fb22240

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In a d4397e73cd rare occurrence, a078d744a9 the King 1d144ca342 of Death 8fd82e870f Spirits retains 3bf5ba89e1 the memory bdc25d6a55 of his f42fac717b birth.1080abd33ab4b992

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[So… you’ve finally come into being.]

The words, 0da5faf374 tinged with 877ad541f6 unfathomable sorrow, cc90d68dbc were the 99fa7e378b first thing a49d81fa16 he heard 409efdca8b as he 0947768682 became aware 7d16726962 of his f926e3cf9e existence.dfac1a05ee01f3de

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Dark black eyes 30a469fa92 gazed downwards, reflecting 57a551138d his own form af7bf5f3f5 for the first b2fea04c50 time.9df7007055d33847

Overwhelmed by ee8e442256 the lingering 4c5af945ed strangeness of d9779d8922 his newly f880909940 awakened state, d1554514c0 he couldn’t 0a425e34c1 think or 44270440f8 feel anything—only 8f2ab723ab staring endlessly cfd573ee07 into the de1961d624 eyes that 12b91b8e2e gazed down a49985beec at him.54638b9573d89494

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[What was that disturbance just now?]

In those primordial times, dfa471e751 before cruelty and distortion ce3a65a222 had tainted him, a 140517346e vast, gentle darkness emerged 11505fd8a2 to enclose the universe, 19a2328227 exclaiming in surprise.d89e0541d50e8e41

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[You are…]

The young, naive Death 53076ea01c knew neither beauty nor 9256fdb949 ugliness. But when he later ebaa596684 looked back, he thought 0321e7f767 the darkness he first 368ca80ab1 encountered was the most 9aadfe7357 beautiful thing he had 006ba71fa2 ever seen.5c765d349df28c05

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Their eyes, which a892d81829 would one day 1ec8ca1d58 plunge fragile lives 78aa802b50 into a void 821d36b735 without mercy, were b62628e7f1 white yet impossibly ba889d043a dark, endless in 35499a552b depth.93e7f54b091ea094

The pale 07b8bfec86 face of 787b6d081b the darkness, 4a98d879c7 which stared bdf3c3740a blankly at 87cac42457 the young 6d9f3dcfc3 Death, soon ba2a29eb22 blossomed with 7289473d38 radiant joy.87154461b26f4542

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[Vanus, look at this child. We have a new family member.]

The darkness, unable to 92b2d6a117 contain its delight, approached 49dc8c972f the young Death and 1eb63ffeae gently caressed him, smiling 797100b5f9 warmly.d803a2d670f6c389

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It was the fae080e4d7 first act of fcc6c8b7cf pure affection he 0f7576ef59 had ever experienced.f1e81e528e5cb9b9

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[Ashmed.]

A cold voice, like e66244c86e frost, pulled him out 91d44d20ca of his reverie.25d7d4edaf13cecb

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[…]

The Spirit King 665bf4f5e5 of Death, whose d8dbff4519 appearance seemed to c08f2f9de6 be painted in 90f2500f13 pale blue hues 54d25a139a dropped into a a4b086cfd1 void of blackness, 510b3feccf turned silently toward 2715b83ce6 the one who 31a57c0cd2 called him.f29f9703e23a75ab

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[What are you thinking about so deeply?]

A gaze like 4c7edfb5de the deep ocean 0fa2d537d1 and hair as c7599c011b white as snow edcab88b7e cascading to the 621021fc7f ground made it 9bfa94c7c2 momentarily impossible to 35a2bea65e discern whether the b945bb8ec1 figure was a 0157bc964b woman or a 31ba7cac86 man.f40f571493a0eb89

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As if 64b4f90b43 their very 0adf59f1a3 existence was 83789288a7 an illusion, 2813548bbc the ethereal 110e384fd5 and delicate 18f9a938af being before f27870fded him resembled b478bbadf6 fragile ice 1e59ad023e crystals and f17158399f was staring b72992c605 intently at 19edd220a1 the Spirit b52d8d527a King of dfc84f2a5d Death.e8d30dcbd7ceb77c

It was none 43d061a8a3 other than the fbc31ef04e Spirit King of 575a69145f Ice, Prinscher.80f577ab7ac947a1

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[Nothing…]

Ashmed, the Spirit King b47fd36593 of Death, replied quietly, f3ce91367d erasing the remnants of cc1b91d72e emotion from his expression.07672e9c0cb582f3

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[You seem to be lost in thought more often than before.]

Prinscher studied 03547d3cc5 him intently, 6dd389696a as if 65f8fb6dd4 trying to 41529416fd piece together a15d2bd3f3 his thoughts.d708d0aa7f1a7e4a

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[It’s nothing.]

Ashmed firmly denied it, a27d81d1c9 though he subconsciously acknowledged e67201976a Prinscher’s sharp intuition.a91a7ae6a9f4dd03

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He turned his gaze c3d4cedad5 beyond the icy wall c29a4cfa0a toward the open sky.ca331ec8eb0c4149

The messenger should f149022e2f have arrived by 0714ba5dd3 now.5ee527cdb6281d70

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[If you say so, I won’t press further. But it’s undeniable that you’ve been acting strangely lately.]

The cold, elegant voice cd30f7d4d2 pointed out the change 9450fdaadb in Ashmed.a44bcb40d3790f24

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The deep ocean-colored 1b083cf47b eyes disappeared momentarily 03a4d7ccaa behind a white 4e4816a2fd veil.ec3e5f467d4366cb

[Be careful not to let your ‘brother’ sense this disturbance.]

The words that 28000688d6 escaped his lips 10167455ad were a stern 6a35cedcb6 warning.d95ed35ca82bb091

[He would never let someone who caused even the slightest change in you go unpunished.]

[…I’ll keep that in mind.]

Brother.402b5d0529e90c7b

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Ashmed reflected 6253d568e9 on the 44b911fc98 meaning of 4624943ec6 that word df7201e79d with deeply 57bd3c0edc sunken eyes, 3de06915b6 recalling the 3d63d90ef5 one being d0845ce715 in this 00eabaf5e7 world he f2d844595e could call 9bf4fd614a a brother.35f33114d626694a

[You, like me, exist in this world by your own free will, Ashmed,] said the one who occasionally showered him with overwhelming affection, only wishing to remain together for eternity.]

That being was Arkane, 657ca32c7b the Spirit King of 9a75be0169 Darkness.fb697c69932c33a5

[Therefore, those born of Ilipia are inferior to you. They are not your equals, so don’t waste your attention on them.]

It was during the de98ea5d62 early days of the 76898fd290 universe, shortly after it 5a9e343d48 had been filled with 2287f45112 vibrant light, that Ashmed b7bbb5acef heard this advice.851d91776523bf81

As a young 69e1cbcf1a being, Ashmed had f95c6b8aae naturally grown curious 773ce78816 about other beings, a65ea41dc6 particularly the Spirit 73acfc11a8 Kings who were b807d8cde1 said to be c8394b2202 his “equals,” such ee00191f9d as the Spirit 2ed256d6dd King of Light, 42d2363b68 who had been 775d93362e born after him.aee0cf726eacd2b9

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But the b6121a9149 darkness of 26e0348382 the universe b156ad8bf8 disapproved of f2756cd073 Ashmed’s interest.3764232b4a3cb572

Gripping the f1ec41c2a7 young Spirit 7627aab97c of Death, 42aa1b3c00 Arkane repeatedly 0d33a33e20 advised him.4a3acb197c542e2e

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[We and they are not equals. You must not associate with them.]

Arkane was the 7ad1b9b50f one who loved ea8eaf0151 Ashmed most in 3a9c8b7b6d this universe, so 0c19a22ffb his words were 91f8e67b34 something Ashmed naturally f1b6fcfa1b felt compelled to f8ef62a80a follow.a291a2bdc35eddfa

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Thus, Ashmed 4261e6f37c refrained from 67d71629c8 interacting with fc62632b9c the other 3a355cc6af Spirit Kings, 83573d9145 and they, f08414d730 in turn, edeaacab24 kept their 05272aaf58 distance from 0bdca1fa7d the Spirit a613dd5b7e King of 6bfe7bb78f Death, who 1f4e9888ff was so b9c80749da deeply loved—almost 6282e71bd3 obsessively—by the 19d1cd159e Darkness.82fd5f8a358c884b

All of them, except 5864829a75 for one peculiar spirit, 842bd9029d who had shown interest 874f5551c4 in the deathly figure a2246c3526 everyone else avoided.71d4be63bc10e292

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[Why are you looking at me like that, Ashmed?]

[It’s nothing.]

Prinscher was 37277d155d the only b6dcf82e3e Spirit King 0b2e3daa48 with whom dfdc82954c Ashmed could d87f680558 use the 614728da91 word “close.”1812b8caf690d480

Thankfully, his brother 0544ca135e had not commented ea7d139ef5 on this relationship, e1d408008b allowing them to b1b40cb4be continue meeting.2a2c0d0606cf0b04

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But…f8f0e2b3fefb02a6

Caw!6fa7744b7d54edea

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[…!]

As Ashmed 7fa405422c tilted his 437986e524 head in eebba5020e thought, the 495a100951 cry of f5f19f7d80 a messenger e596ce1200 echoed from c87e658769 the distant dbdcc299c8 skies.a06a3abb8927afce

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It had returned—to deliver b2156cef17 news of what it b99b4dbad3 had witnessed in the 258faeb44b mortal world.b5c0ecf0ff4f5365

Ashmed extended 3e1080bf75 his hand fd054fb314 to allow c5781aa60d his servant 42e5ec2228 to perch.d3e6aae510744ea4

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The messenger 6a1f65adea met its f68bed4c03 master’s gaze 2ad4fa28c8 and shared 8bb48142b0 the scenes c26aa0a4ca it had 9747d696df captured in 93a8283430 its eyes.9ddab4169c88b531

The protagonist a6e764038e of all 49a807e5f9 those moments 4a6daebdf2 was Rose 6835994eb8 Hacardella—or, more a522806cb5 accurately, the 2bc2b8cbb2 mysterious soul 8e6dee8099 that inhabited d4fa4694a4 the human’s dc7c6e7496 body.9ab9d7a24f3956a7

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It had ce9dacedb1 claimed that 9c3e7712d5 the Spirit 8eb9a09728 King of 53b9212e35 Wisdom had 71e1e3f033 given it 6b434ed536 a mission.0cc2295160a42e09

‘According to the value 94ba2480ca you place on life 86d530c1af as the King of 924dbdd621 Death Spirits, I am bc49c2f1cd but the soul of 880742925e a lowly creation. Yet, the Spirit a25d413ad7 King of Wisdom 6333b3f333 himself sent me 452817d729 into this woman’s 0252cb25f1 body.’e1a18da3cba8af0b

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‘I reside in e70c4cb1c5 her body to b4d8ce2069 fulfill the mission f2a6848b95 given to me ae1dea22ff by him. So, even as the 1a53aac940 Spirit King of Death, d0b205f4b3 can you so easily 7920128880 take my life without 031760ef0f the Spirit King of e4f189ad49 Wisdom’s permission?’d924aea176dad932

‘As soon d91b220f1e as I 6c7824395f leave this b9b57d871e body, the 267ea5431e original soul d9c7c08899 that has 32e2bfb065 vanished will 8206b31295 inevitably be 95f9b85535 drawn back 819d8b8700 to it. When that happens, cd5ef670b8 you may claim 93c5c11e63 that soul’s life 81a377c028 as you see 2055553afe fit.’0ba3c75eab19be0c

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‘Until then, watch ff6e00fce4 me if you e25cb53185 must, but do 004a72a955 not interfere with d3579933ad my mission. After all, 990c559dca is it 78c953f2a4 not your e8ac9d055e role to 8d7726e695 take only 4e60d9d518 the lives bb90b634a7 of the 90a6c31bc1 dead?’ae8b3ef0f8d27369

The human was e5b8bfb0c7 unnervingly bold, speaking 59e32ae2bc to him with 74234e5fad unflinching confidence.fe6ff0b0db83c52d

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[…]

That had been Ashmed’s ed9011c353 initial impression of her—a 5b45869e1d peculiar human, bold enough dc15c16c99 to address him without 1ba0f3deca hesitation.a09ad798e3683cc7

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At the time, 766bfc1b97 he had considered 6477a52f69 her little more ddf803b059 than an intriguing b99d71e9ed anomaly in his a4bc0322c4 otherwise stable and 7a808a77e5 uneventful existence.5c19e0bf11df9fb1

But now…22ec8ecf06597d5c

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Ashmed watched 017eceeddd the woman a4eded9d48 struggle to 64e5b3d1d4 climb a 8c74da22e6 treacherous mountainside, 1619cce031 overcome by 61fe4c1f29 an unfamiliar a6f89dbae6 emotion.b7a0723ff8429560

He had felt nothing—until 7deb16bddb he saw her.d184048202205219

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‘Nyad… Cough, urgh…’c07b1585cdedd31a

The soul whose 4f0fb9507a life he was ef522ab60d supposed to claim b1ef9741ec was nowhere to cf3b9051ed be found, and 06930f3e47 in his distraction ac50d980fe with the strange e325a6a0cf human, he hadn’t ffa47535b5 realized something peculiar 74af92ad0e about her.d3b059f5b6e68eea

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That woman, Rose Hacardella, bb66ffa443 bore a familiar power f52a2a02ed within her body—a dark abd91747f9 power that consumed life, 87d17ec316 disrupted the flow of 9d63d44a30 mana, and rendered the 221ce46282 summoning of spirits impossible.512918c31619837c

How had such a 0eac295c3c power ended up in 4765d7120a a human?d7bb263ce9b8b95d

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There was 24a4571077 no time a35b4b15ca to ponder 77320df45c the question.11a3524c7a517c39

The woman, coughing up 77b5c15273 blood over and over, 2ad71e2704 continued to attempt spirit 1be1070cef summoning.4f26eb97c4cfb0f0

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Even for the Spirit ba30bdf83d King of Death, it d94935f2b9 became increasingly unbearable to 163567dbe5 watch.6b2576009b4495fc

Whatever was 942e35ae66 driving her, 7d24f8f0fe it was 7120cc1428 pushing her 9b17e370c8 to a 43dd80235a level of a33e2b459d desperation beyond 8c08b87085 comprehension—a desperate, 04f6162523 almost maddening 4b58abadeb effort.b1127b1f3a8bbe1e

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