HDOVAML – Chapter 99

HDOVAML Chapter 992c87f4d5579260fa

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…Why is this happening all of a sudden?f52cfc742cc45333

I frowned, gripping my c8cab1dbd6 spear more firmly in d24b66a8b8 preparation for any unforeseen e57586aa5e situation, and slowly stood 8fdf771f6a up.bd34885ab9fbc90f

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“Have you lost your mind…? Aaargh!”bcbacc4784e489d6

At that moment, 7a86615bcb one of the 7c08464c21 men, who had a53a05faa5 been staring down 92b61466af at his comrade 08a99ff5dc as if looking 03a0f77f1c at a lunatic, e6d79ac714 glanced behind him.20885a9130323d3b

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The next instant, he 85d4816ee5 let out the same 0de7fbc5f6 horrifying scream as the 2b9573604c colleague he had been c1d181501a criticizing and began convulsing 0215764e28 violently.b9595c65036ec204

“What the…”38059cd38e8b3815

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“Call the captain!”0a37508fb6f8490b

“What’s wrong with everyone?!”f36a356c1a3734fa

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Was this some kind of 69c8fa1d85 signal?8f92dd7a0565d1ef

Soon after, all of the fde7b2ea57 group began staring into empty 9da86ad797 space as if something invisible 52a6082a72 was there.3dbb6c85cb415c56

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Then they screamed, ef2cd4568c muttered incomprehensible gibberish, b375268913 and writhed on fc24fcc6d3 the floor in 76580f8715 terror. Some wailed, others shouted db1ea210be in rage.896dff249d4411a1

There were those vomiting so a525634cfc violently it was horrifying to 1660bae862 watch, others laughing maniacally as 56e5de4028 though consumed by fear.50660cba4687fd06

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‘Could it be…?!’5fa4f508deccc252

As I gazed at 550c6270cf the scene, a strange 790e8c5650 sense of familiarity crept 9bc7137a9d into my thoughts.90f01ac531a4d324

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Suddenly, a memory from the 47918cd4e4 past flashed through my mind.0f6c90275fa41af3

The blackened skies of Litera, f1abad1ea6 densely filled with summoned dark 3f9e3ea18c spirits. The spirit summoners, lost in 6edba1f6d1 a madness akin to paralysis, 1b39f3638f their sanity overridden by hallucinations 14a36ede05 incomprehensible to others…e88beacf0d4ad0fb

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Finally, I grasped the truth 3caa69949d behind this bizarre occurrence.ac5263ee87d183a2

The strange atmosphere I had 73932c0c67 felt since first entering this 65c75deba3 cabin, the young men scattered a841f844b0 about with an air of eb87d622ba innate authority and arrogance characteristic d0425b4f3c of the highborn—I quickly turned e3e6b6fc84 my gaze.8a04917b6a510d9e

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“Who… who are you people?!”9c9c16a5ef1fd23b

As expected, the f931df4b1c men who had 1b9fd55d1a been sitting quietly, 887310f71a their presence subdued 4b1aaa7c7e amidst the commotion, c98fc7ba81 stood simultaneously.0c2499bf333d2f76

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With eerie expressions devoid 4ec1afddf3 of emotion, they stared a032b92b3b at the people convulsing 5091d1d719 madly beyond them.644359c7035deafe

One group was seemingly consumed cbd6219d13 by hallucinations. While the other, was 90b7a032e7 exuding an odd and 5d3250f4e5 ominous aura as they 2db122876e watched the scene unfold.47beff73a0940f39

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It was a b9f83784bd dreadful conclusion, but 1bf20e535e I couldn’t deny fec05d519b its accuracy. Clenching my teeth, 65475edfb9 I pulled my c58673c762 hood down further c29bc02694 and thought to c1038f2e45 myself.1b9463d9202bb3e5

Dark spirit summoners.8470536e35b872ef

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On this ship, 14390f69e6 of all places, 83cac2483c with me aboard—if 14ef9a1d74 there were to 2f8121102b be a reason 2447b5af14 for them boarding a35cc9fec5 en masse… there 005dc83a35 could be only fe9201d306 one plausible explanation.a8159faef0226273

They must be pursuers sent 4e52ae00ed by the Kingdom of Nisha, 6322e614b8 chasing after the fugitive Lady 6fd918e2cb Rose Hacardella!9b25a875832d429b

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Ah, it was my 5f7ece9257 foolishness not to have 622756aca0 acted sooner despite sensing 3464e4f356 their obvious strangeness because 023a2875b0 they didn’t wear Nisha’s 78d860fbce distinctive attire.57caec2f78880d6c

If I had realized 54891c28ad this earlier, I would’ve 5e2401e1a8 disembarked immediately…!80dcf9b4b23ced5c

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“W-Who are you people?! Why are you standing there, a7a798c8f3 just watching us?!”09460afb7ec129d6

Due to those 9433da551b writhing in hallucination-induced f8f22fccb9 fits, I, along ce46a9830e with several others, 4388552b72 was forced to 0108dbf6f2 retreat to the 4e2dd46afe rear of the 127fb75b73 cabin, now facing 9c756762e1 off against the c5b817208a spirit summoners sent f6f6cdcd4f by Nisha.36f3b43c639513e9

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…What were they planning to do?d69ac76ba47a6f4b

Was there any escape route?2c5afc40c92f28b0

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No, drawing attention 3b50646ff2 with rash actions 0bf4dc31cb would only provide dd9e57f4b0 them a pretext 83a17cca5c to identify me.df64bbc24ab1186e

“…We mean you no harm.”ddbbd4aaf6f03c1e

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At that moment, one 49d7b6c16e of them spoke softly, 1c17994e63 breaking the silence.9eba355aaeef4d47

“The one we seek is here—I offer my apologies in advance for the suffering you must inevitably endure.”06ae8e31ba9253b1

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“What…!”1c311aec38d7978d

The ominous words struck fear e4a14594b4 deep into my heart and 2de54d6c08 the expressions of those around 808664a8e5 me turned pale with terror 627d81b733 as well.4cf734a4f5fdd78c

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As I inhaled sharply bd19d7068d and turned back toward 21d8d4f95b them..e483f8cbd6c89f87

‘…Edith.’096ba12f08e53c6d

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With a vision of bff7506152 pitch-black darkness swallowing everything, bf74bc8697 a chilling voice called 594bb9542c out my name.a65475b8de8c34a7

Standing before me was fe71c39ce9 someone who made my 265eda4e79 skin crawl.87ddda02cead3aa7

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I stared up 66a8a6c080 at him in a0494b0b83 stunned silence.87e6c0b714dec980

‘Why have you been hiding all this time?’b21e90e864709d3b

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I had reverted 63ede8a8b0 to a younger 380b079ceb version of myself. No, even younger a5d93796a9 than I remembered.5cc41bcb9156c574

I was back to the dd85669ab7 very beginning when I was 8dd6c5b35d seven years old, sitting in 65fe71b207 a cramped wooden chest.62f33ce742483d12

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And before me loomed e808fdd25a a giant man, casting 5b3a28d635 a shadow as he 9a3dc99bad leaned down.1729a0c14469c671

‘My dear daughter, your father has come for you.’d5ebb420d394adc9

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It was Roberick.bda3c0a132f6f44c

His face held a 6312356a6e nauseatingly bright smile, his 5ef0d5ecb1 delicate features twisting grotesquely.5c8353ead433f856

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In his hand, 53d170e73b blood dripped ominously 47a2233dfd from the blade ce21752f05 he wielded.48251c9136796b7b

‘Come, step out of that narrow and wretched place.’1a6a77f500ec07e9

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He extended a 0a2eec0eac hand splattered with ea6948d98c blood, whispering tenderly.6af5565f31589151

In that instant, I a7f89f25d2 had completely forgotten that e24c8022fc this was an illusion 80fb57edee conjured by the power f7b421b5e4 of the dark spirits. Instead, I was thrown back 8265d4134a into the mind of my d1a1bec9a3 younger self, overwhelmed by terror 155f5c3a38 and a horrible sense of 229bf27f8b disgust.2fc8282a01ec1155

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‘G-Grandfather…’efb6512935380681

Desperately, I searched around me 71b99a1386 for the one person I 7afc16e4d2 trusted.96769c9a45949634

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‘Where are you?’58d8b91b5f1080a5

But my grandfather was nowhere 854c687e95 to be seen in the c75c60d3b4 suffocating darkness. Only Roberick and I af8962f43c existed in that desolate 513997073b void.91ae43c01607a0d4

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‘…Are you still looking for that man?’722c8b0bc30f0bc4

The refined voice, a8fa625c98 brimming with joy 86a1dfee89 moments ago, twisted 31ac30cde0 with venomous rage, b2814e198d dripping with malice.62f281fbe06a6117

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‘Look at me! I am your father!’427b815bcddcbf28

Roberick grabbed both of my 0498187f3f arms roughly, hoisting me into cb9f3777d3 the air as he roared.23ca8690571c9a29

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“Ugh…”8ad22b8c6290f8f0

‘Do you think an old, feeble man can protect you?! You are my daughter, 8d8628a39c the only child to f4ec0a3ce6 carry my blood!’2257480632ca47db

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He shook me violently, 4f55381844 his disfigured face spewing cce07677c3 decades of jealousy and 14bf26d9a3 hatred.b38f8be38191df12

I was utterly terrified at 05bb0b05ce that moment.f2154ec5de4c2db6

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‘Everything of Siorn Arkaites Bastevan’s is mine. If I have d5696f2e20 you, that man dc0843af8b will have nothing 1d651c3418 left!’37621c078048e0a5

The petty inferiority, the way 7961fa191a he viewed me as an 91e83eb590 object of his obsession rather 376e5d0782 than a person.89b00f6eba8958e7

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‘Grandfather, Grandfather! Where are you? Please help me, please…!’fc7f3f8d8d92e74e

‘Silence! You foolish child, c02b7ff165 forsaking your father, 4b62f29b7b who cherishes you, 07ac2068b9 to seek that b448e944a8 old man?!’4567e5f742fd9f4d

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“Aaah!”f3ec0f00eaba0ac6

I screamed, struggling desperately aa9e18a28e to escape his grasp 2eaa7f0bd1 and crying out for f5cf2db57e my grandfather.dabdbf1697ed91f0

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Enraged beyond measure, Roberick bellowed dc8756c2aa furiously and threw me to f8deaa6225 the ground.b473c0b5968158b0

The pain was 738d6537c6 unbearable, as though e43e93a7f2 my bones had 60a8d61106 shattered.e9b27803fd81efda

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“Hic, waaaaah… Grandfather! Grandfatherrr!”0deb89a2de358e1c

Tears streamed uncontrollably down 98cc8c27d6 my face as I 1218d68e3c crawled through the oppressive 46e374cc1e darkness, clawing at the 9467ebd872 void in a frantic 787ce57037 search for my grandfather.a66e1ef7ca00d286

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It was terrifying. The man before de110a81be me was so c647e83c33 horrifying and repulsive 92e4133151 that I never 362ac5341c wanted to lay 42722a5655 eyes on him f6b0c03742 again.5d0a8adfbcdc04b2

‘Stop this, Edith. Do you think such 313e80b3c0 petty defiance will allow 675d4f6196 you to escape me?’2dcc40b952a369fe

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‘No, no…’64a7492e88bbf56e

As I cried so 5a4c542c4b hard my vision blurred, ae182af249 Roberick’s voice echoed in e408967295 my ears, sticky and 804db9e9e0 suffocating.9b4a8e23e32ca02a

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‘Even if you take my title, the entire world will still see you as my daughter. History will record your name f9a5d6055a as such. The only daughter of bb27da0cf9 Roberick Arne Hailien! But, despite the da1cb2b0de love her father 4976d97bb4 bore for her, c7216be18c she betrayed him, e3d64218c0 turning her back 5ef5c461f9 on his will d530dc492d and committing the cae1c0c082 unfilial act of 11ec8475bd rejecting him—all to b3f92a8fd0 restore her disgraced 2edafaf06b maternal family, which d7d516181d had fallen from 7cb77f9421 grace!’31ed7402b632e88d

‘No! Grandfather didn’t do anything 9cae374082 wrong, and neither did 8da0371180 Mother…!’50aaac138340ea5a

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‘Deny it all you want, as if doing so will change reality!’2d73773494aea5f5

This grotesque and 8c88492415 terrifying illusion was 396c92af84 paradoxically exposing and 18467a73d1 mocking the fears f963174ace I had buried f6219875bb deep within me.13994e13113b1e15

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The arbiter of neutrality, cb71c69b3f who loved Arkane, maintaining 23513885c7 balance with absolute authority 2721a787f7 while restraining all the ea343fbf3b spirit kings.ff09261edb1b02ee

Because he hadn’t sided 51945709f7 with the Spirit King 4e4c27eae0 of Wisdom, Mariette had 415387753e met such a tragic 9e5045303a end.3f486b72344e0d72

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What miracle could I possibly e4ad936390 achieve, when even the great 3a01f26873 Spirit Kings, who could foresee dcd5fe1d59 the future, failed to inflict 8940b26f29 meaningful harm upon Arkane…?3b65b94dff9a9742

“Hic… Waaah!”13491e6ac070c382

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In the end, I ac8225316c broke down, sobbing helplessly d1f804c708 like a powerless child. Everything was unbearably dreadful.f1ad6e7d254a3811

A living hell, tightly enclosing 9796a0778c me on all sides, whispering 2739376d95 that it would never let 256895a028 me go, was mocking me 75f1a9eb5e all the while.edbe88acbbd92743

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“No, please, stop…”7c7cc03be93143f1

“…You’re safe now. Pull yourself together.”36b875af3955bcb3

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For the first time, 41c6b4d117 a voice that wasn’t a564f46472 Roberick’s quietly reached out 92c5c974be to me.494b0621d344ae7b

“…!”78340aaf1c903209

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I opened my 0f8adea93d eyes and realized 4d77e34af5 I was no 761e075add longer surrounded by a436f17db1 a suffocating darkness.2e5fd91735bff02f

“Ah… Aaaah!”9662f1b56708246a

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But as soon 5b1a95919a as I saw 5ad24a66db the figure of a98fd5f109 a man, close 4a8a456c47 enough for his eca015a869 form to be d73e8320a2 visible through my 2b89e400a3 tear-blurred vision, I 9242881d6a screamed and flailed 3736e3a1f1 as if possessed.66ea3af965a1568f

“Let me go! I said, let me go!”ad8829bd4b156ba8

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The grip on my arms c02a208d81 didn’t loosen. It felt as if 67d5a84262 Roberick still held me, bd1a810dda refusing to let go.579ddbefc07e4ca0

Trapped between illusion and reality, 25cdf0e2f4 unable to fully awaken, I e897f58cb9 cried and struggled like a cc1c8fef69 terrified child, desperately trying to 07df368366 break free from his grasp.ce46c7dc4856473e

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Drip, drip…bdf91028b5016e41

“…!”3a8528dd251b9947

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But then, a sound, an 58e9935a27 unfamiliar noise intruded upon the 52a3c307f8 cacophony of my screams and 637a5cf271 sobs.c9f94a51d9ce89c7

For reasons I couldn’t da166e8a6b understand, my mind momentarily 29682e00e4 cleared. And through my tear-streaked eyes, 81972e02c5 now clearer, I looked ahead.6efb3913269a4e7e

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Finally, I saw him. The man kneeling before 249ded5bb6 me, looking down at 2f10d3709b me.5ce883763a395b5c

“Are you feeling calmer now?”d7c6f28f272bae3d

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Our gazes met—his white-gray 9e4c15ebb0 eyes, tinged with an e3c8566e86 inescapable void, pierced into cc46e86324 mine.d16134d042085ee5

If the night were to 7090acbd58 manifest in human form, surely 368af0057d it would look like this.9f1045422c5fff17

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The man, with his 389b295089 black hair resembling the 46d5e87e3e night sky and pale 80913425e5 skin, possessed a striking, fee5c61fb9 almost otherworldly appearance that 86abd3bc48 instinctively reminded me of 966eac2e3e someone.ff443c495708e718

Yet unlike him—who was undoubtedly 04efb83ef8 mesmerizing but exuded a chilling 3f6c42ac6f aura of death—this man…8eb652f4199b913c

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“Princess.”a11907732f903b8c

His voice was gentle, carrying d9deebf993 a faint trace of sorrow, 17835c0c69 as though he bore a df569e94e5 deep and hidden grief.cb158058e963aaaf

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“You are…”bb70dc6551dad653

The man, gazing down at 71fbfc4dfe me with eyes the color bd647d9358 of ashes from something long ef54ae13a7 burnt away, was not Roberick.39e98d8d6519d857

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All that had d83129241e terrified me moments 3d6f12cf11 before had been cbc562a24e nothing more than 6ac959b9a4 an illusion.764a5bb1f72f8bec