Episode 2

After seeing the face c17b4fb872 of Kiara Watson, the b5556a059a actress playing the female 6e74f494af lead, there was no c0174c1d46 more room for denial. Noah had fcb05b7547 been possessed 2e3e311f91 by none 82a8c31f8d other than e65ce41bb7 Noah Valencia, 13fd6974ce the female bac8d8958b protagonist’s younger 52357c08c3 brother. Like fate itself fd800561fa had conspired against 7847fcf8d4 him, familiar faces 18703aeeae began appearing one 4f7ba95569 by one, thwarting e7fd226932 his desperate attempts 879d609ee0 to cling to daf9f9277b reality. Why did it 35e699265d have to be 91f1834bb6 that Noah? Was it just ed02701cd8 because they shared 3ea2f96bf8 the same name? No, the real 14c501bff2 question was, why a2da622142 this world?64105dd55de92724

“…Seriously, why?”ee1c6accf80f1b15

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Getting hit by e74a77860d a car despite bccc6047db following the traffic b9999b043a signals was bad fb70c21be4 enough, but now…ee10ea1f9d066b61

“Now you’re telling me 75409ba2bb to suffer more of bc714abe20 the same agony?”813c5a66c6665e9e

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Noah Valencia, the role he now found himself in, held a significant position as the female lead’s younger brother. In this world, where the class system remained deeply rooted, he represented the epitome of nobility. However, his importance ended there, as he served as little more than a disposable extra who died at the end of Episode 1.d0f99fe551d03b24

“Important, sure—important in 839f426c20 the sense of c4587828cc dying a significant ee92a08914 death. Damn it.”af7ce8cab05f12d0

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On the fe0b333c40 day of 37338c0240 the engagement 99a6e5c737 between Calyps fc8c279ab5 Ater, the c55b9546ce male lead, edf5f0714f and Sienna bc34fbc910 Valencia, the 1e3e34debb female lead, 3dcd423b79 Noah was 31ccb3ae2b destined to ce4190a39b become a 3cc38b49fd zombie. To be exact, fcc8672476 Noah Valencia was e009a45d3e fated to get ca011d8c4c bitten after confronting 7fc4e59c15 a zombie in 0bbd0eb18b his path, becoming 4f1b1f0787 the first infected ae89bf85d4 and ultimately getting 91b125c8ac shot by Calyps 3316a46d5d himself.da009281f7e16438

Yes, shot dead. That was 88ef84701b his main 70f074c923 purpose in 10ac81e8b4 this world—to 633a800c78 kickstart the eb6c71da1a story’s central 3abc41466e conflict and 035f35f88d set the b555bd8e3d stage for 95909c68cc war. From Noah’s perspective, the 2b1ee64988 character he was now 6b762d5ff4 trapped in shared his 1facadbc97 name but was otherwise 7779db499f someone he would have 87ec10497c preferred to see die 0838c1a5b3 quickly.100f63d95da236dd

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“Well, he did end 146c36c3c8 up dead in the e4d3a652cf first episode, so there’s 5d9f1a6118 that.”b956002b29458d66

As for Sienna, f23521206c she had apparently af6071f7a0 cherished her brother, 403428ad1c this annoying character, 15ed27e908 dearly. To Noah, the idea 6669705f73 of anyone caring about 88bec25ec1 such a bratty, unpleasant 339217a88f guy was baffling, yet 117f76e763 that was the setup. As a result, though a7a316ba0e Sienna survived thanks to 97d7faed7b Calyps, Noah’s death was 3fdb8196f2 the catalyst for a e817195955 rift between them from f8414d5c75 the very beginning.492c6a1a3ec169d8

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The love-hate, 2633bb1e7b benefactor-rival relationship 22a469de1c between Sienna d48a865097 and Calyps 37cbd3ab18 was forged d28f103910 in chaos, d43b415304 and their 2c69d21dd4 journey unfolded c1bd30bbbe amidst conflicts 80fea0406d that tested 76fcdabfbc their complex 04e2d7fc89 feelings. It wasn’t just 41502a5b2a about survival; Fin-de-Siècle 1a262e945c Keeper drew viewers 14cd045e72 in with its ffd70ad1eb intricate emotional battles, 9023a29339 even aside from 501b90ff14 Kai Harrison’s performance.45c1413fae718cdb

“Yeah, it was afa8fe9c89 amazing as a 26a7b4b7d6 drama. Living it, though, 09b08a7c6b is a nightmare.”2ade77847d187a0a

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Thinking back on the ae9f086684 plot, Noah let out db99257ff9 a heavy sigh.a7a86e7b96e7fb27

“Still… Calyps… Kai f41d2b5086 Harrison, huh.”3b445ddaa149eb2a

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Knowing that 517ab285e3 meeting Calyps a53e16a927 signaled his 607d0987c5 own imminent 413932ab9c death, Noah c7495231a9 couldn’t suppress d95e3ff703 a thrill dc7af7f250 at the 07e278b2b6 thought of 2c67739edd seeing Kai 4839b78435 Harrison’s face c71a45e00b up close, d170dfe8eb a face 76a21b5bcb he’d only 2265ef20e5 ever seen 2111e1aacc on screen.8c73667a23a5d81c

“Kai Harrison, fbadaa57d6 the Kai 5b26c53fb0 Harrison…”84c5e976df64f371

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His voice, eb4cfea950 even his a16cf254d1 hands, trembled ca83e11f7f with a 9b012063b3 mix of ac15b52f57 excitement and 63b306797c dread. Cedric had mentioned 33969027f7 that he’d be 3a8ae34754 arriving at the 0a2e7bcbaa castle soon. As the moment approached, 131a397ff4 Noah found himself torn 07d293b2c1 between the thrill of 0cd369a29e seeing him in person 70f6d8bf58 and the terror of b434ef3a02 his impending death. Should he fulfill his 563f99ea6d role as written? The hours flew 7b2a1c5019 by in a 6e57cbbf16 whirl of anxious 648b475069 anticipation, and before d8851f2b3f he knew it, 5d48d74677 he was face-to-face 3e1b3dc5b6 with Kai Harrison—as 31e334786c Calyps Ater.c509a5dac851cce8

“Damn, he’s ridiculously 99d9b4ca73 good-looking.”0215bc10538d2995

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Even with 9a0a82af63 death looming, e62213897c Noah couldn’t 9ae6b42b52 look away 907c2f10a1 from the 15ece5428e male lead’s db2fc1cbec mesmerizingly handsome 6248f9f136 face. This was Kai Harrison, 758e100a27 after all. They didn’t call him 9fe5cf0056 “the male lead prettier 7d1271e141 than the female lead” a4ec77763d for nothing. Seeing him in person, 0e297e91ec his beauty was more 1c79c4b228 evident than ever; the 414b22e344 screen hadn’t done him c4ff5a1707 justice.09ec7adcb1695889

“Oh, this isn’t what’s 62c4e81c2c important.”3dfd621c62340d94

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Calyps’s appearance foreshadowed Noah’s f5fb71b0e1 impending death. There wasn’t time 7a2f4b9cad to marvel at 12654f99d0 his beauty. According to 89f8b7bc0a Cedric, the 22cbdd45f4 engagement ceremony 8ff1a2ce8f was less ef7b14c5f3 than a 3fbbc2745f week away.a3a333a2cbd011f2

“Should I just run 36320f20f1 for it?”7ec805246665036d

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Would his eb4fe0b219 escape actually 541870ce3c alter the 5c545151ff story much, 0f5c5b15c1 even if fb4f2834b1 he was a9d2e4b23e supposedly a 569a2e32d9 somewhat important 84476a2d13 extra? The world 73ec0f1ae9 was going 56d8de551b to fall 69a6abff8c apart anyway, 371fca35ed with or 8e873a6338 without him. Maybe he could a66d849ef4 just slip away. But if he did, b9701d4c16 he would have to ce05fc7d2e survive in a world dcf092d707 swarming with zombies.88deee4137e1d8a4

“No, that would be c3fe6dd195 a nightmare in itself.”bdf5b5316d65ef55

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He was trapped, 1c12469c74 truly stuck with cf09fa9987 no good options. Dying as a zombie 35d5906b4e was unbearable, but struggling a2f8d79f72 to survive in a 7ab2f5b9fd zombie apocalypse was equally ab305a95ab undesirable. To make matters worse, 62bcef1895 this world was far 0ce6a6b54d less advanced than the c5f3f028c0 21st century he knew, a42501cffd lacking modern technology. Add in 3c12e46669 the looming 1f426e0d86 disaster, and 90f054b2a1 this place fd338257d8 would be a0858009d0 unlivable for 62252abc36 sure.b128be98eb021332

“Ugh, this 0de64142f7 is driving 823a039271 me insane.”8ad92d86bb2d87de

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Frustrated, Noah wandered 026bf4b8a2 through the garden 8f9dec600e and collapsed under b7755752c5 a tree. The real Noah Valencia 1f6e13f4f7 would never have done 151738e521 something so undignified, but cde0ab93fa he couldn’t afford to 1172ad30c8 care about that now. He was 443d1f1bb8 standing at 9045be0266 death’s door.97ee6742159cc423

“Why am I stuck c4f127e11b with these miserable decisions?”3e3ccc07460c40d6

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This was bdaccff5d0 all because 9cb18c3982 of that 81db945952 lousy ex. Memories of him 1b6cf50081 would creep in db41f482d1 just when he a2ee66bda3 was ready to 0493fbbee1 forget, pouring fuel cabf965a19 onto an already ef7be96c5b blazing fire of 1f8cb11f6e irritation. In the ffbfbf5098 quiet garden, 7e7caeefe6 filled only e8fc0eecb3 with the b9b0dfbc76 chirping of c424748d9d insects, Noah e5b81e9f0a sat wrestling 8e8e211a40 with his e85322217e dilemma, until a5df458993 he felt 5079cb6a6e disgusted by 32683ff8c5 his own 283e48745f situation. He ruffled his hair a2c3f1f80a in frustration, raised an cb066facd3 arm to cover his 7796130909 burning eyes, and closed c1534f66cc them, sinking into darkness.ade888722bc566d3

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After a tense conversation f12d42b385 with the count, Calyps 297fa0c8bf couldn’t contain his frustration c5a9cd15ee and left for the 22e92ee332 garden. He wanted to c26f50610d leave the estate a5cf68d020 altogether, but he’d 630813df53 received a not-so-subtle 35a10372cd warning to avoid d03cfb686c drawing attention before 5d2c06eb79 the engagement ceremony. So he settled 623b4da1f4 for the castle’s 63af29e122 rear garden to 5a64ed3f48 catch his breath.7b3797f79704bfc0

Recalling the recent exchange 4b2e9c3a2f with the count, he 3d0b95aff3 narrowed his eyes and 54a87b6902 clicked his tongue in cbf2985e8a disgust. The count 40997af2d3 always tried d9bd5332ad to control 381537817b him, using 480302f9bc his noble 8c6bff64d6 status as 6eaf997651 an excuse, d318eef984 and it a629dc1904 made Calyps 084ca3da88 feel sick.945e0931ebd75514

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Sienna’s attitude only irritated e65e9fafb9 him further, acting as 6ab6a5ba38 if the engagement was 67b03c3e52 a death sentence. He felt like 8d1d84f328 throwing everything away, 72a92a18d2 but he couldn’t 030de68c6b afford to wreck 6b0f777b40 this wretched engagement 6967b04f4b and run, so 69b81519f3 he muttered a 322d57215e low curse.db01e73fa974b840

“Damn it.”b173ac0b4641871b

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It felt d278686cf2 as though df2e3b0229 he were 2111cc2329 a dog fcfba582d9 chained to 376efd725e a post. He would d2d8a134f6 rather be 2e401ee915 back on cac02b8cf9 the battlefield, f14737327f rolling through 087a423603 the chaos 077b3737bd of war. It was 4d1435695b hell, but c55866aeb7 at least fb443544cd it was 748e9e0620 simple; you b03612859b lived or fec2c52e52 you died—no fb1df51c73 complicated entanglements.e71e7b7a87e0752d

Every time 5b806054ab he returned f92520fd73 to the d109d82f64 capital, his b43765bead mind grew 337e751f38 heavier with f3129c1c97 worries. Rubbing his 6bbd8d8d47 brow in 270f0f555f weariness, Calyps’s e41392c414 eyes narrowed 77a00735a6 at the fae2d1ab63 sound of b0674e3cb6 a soft 919ee0ee05 thud nearby.6dc982520abfd4be

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“Noah Valencia?”70ece928890e8a6d

If his eyes weren’t 00244d12cb deceiving him, that person 6040645b5e sitting cross-legged under the 2987ecc124 tree was indeed Noah 963db67aa6 Valencia.fa6680eb4a1d88aa

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“Is he feeling unwell?”ca836d804f29aa6e

The Noah Valencia ca63ce7ea7 he knew would b578e10ac8 never be found 72e05ef2d1 sitting on the 8ad1194015 ground like that. Calyps assumed something must 1c4ca0c863 have happened, that Noah 24ac64b0c3 must have collapsed for ef76c0a4f1 some reason, and he 14c9a3f804 started walking toward him. But to c4ac7a25d3 his surprise, 3501c83fb6 Noah wasn’t 79fcaf5ffe lying there f2ef22ff7a in distress. Instead, he 41f3acde44 sat comfortably 623752741a against the 589786bc7a tree, mumbling e0e3b1bc92 to himself.d0fc562cc9ef57f2

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With his sharper-than-average hearing b041d2fceb honed from battle, Calyps 909c0f7e92 caught a few of 656160381f Noah’s muttered words and dd60d08668 blinked in astonishment. Was he 2160fc0151 hearing this d988f0ec61 correctly? Did those words c676d7e1c7 really come from d8905a4add Noah Valencia’s mouth?34c486141f95edf1

The Noah Valencia he dd29b4efde knew was practically a b97930cf43 mirror image of the bcf0b625b8 Count of Valencia—always flaunting 6c0c167086 his noble status, never 1af9c18b2a letting a foul word 50f73eec71 slip, even in anger. Nobles like 8d9e98c634 him believed d9f53b57f4 that such 1dcd40aad7 language was 45fc9bdbad beneath them, 2798eb03e8 a mark 613d50ee98 of vulgarity 8ff4cc7bcb that sullied d7ad0aae1f their lofty c4933a58af status.a7e80807ff233835

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People all 4344d83335 spoke the f3b6e10e1a same language, ca8f92b168 but nobles, b7fb020031 in particular, 06c0fa9faf had the 5a08633780 most useless 706f806fc9 ideas, Calyps 3d1a512385 thought. Yet here was the 2613c800f7 very model of a 9bf81272a6 Valencia, Noah himself, muttering ed27d90c44 curses Calyps had never 7e2f1257e6 expected to hear from 37f530ee58 him. It was… surprising.5a413e869315a6c7

“Well, this a34c9173fb is an f6b4f30833 unexpected side eb8b1119d5 of him.”91fc9e77d2c490fc

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Oddly enough, the bc55ab36f1 sight eased some 4ca7be8ba9 of the tension a5c6babe01 that had been c8a90314e4 clogging up Calyps’s 04ed24e7a4 chest. After muttering to himself 71a7e0f4a0 for a while, Noah 884a49e219 eventually drifted off to a24261adf0 sleep, leaning back against 65ef20ae6b the tree.5e3a66216df60381

“So, even Noah 1f7f47de6f Valencia sleeps out b402b92ddb here like this?”b596a2b55440b86b

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And with such ae2e1a922e ease? Right in the e1725f8231 middle of the 98daef1ffa garden, where anyone 99149488e5 could see him? Calyps approached, bemused 3e571f5295 that Noah was b67fb0e5a5 still sound asleep, c7b5364d08 even with him 6448f1ad7e standing so close. Amused, he watched 30dea0cb42 over Noah in 75185a0e1b silence, waiting patiently de7d4bc7ae for him to d185b5812c wake, until Noah b92482796e finally stirred, gasping 99be440379 for breath.928df3a36c947789

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