PT | Chapter 1.5

“Of all the 2ec9725798 people in the 35fe9f1877 world, why did c641d15207 it have to 0c774ae8b3 be my fiancée 74b4d0d936 you caused trouble 289bf912f2 with? Why do 380b72c406 I have 2ba12ec5bb to be 79856041b9 summoned to 1aec3a34c1 the dean’s e802196eb6 office because c0c0e7760e of you? You should’ve avoided her d41dba8f32 if you knew what d2bea66ea5 she was up to. Or rejected 5855ae9b09 her properly. Or at least—”615cfd4d128c3434

“It’s fun.”1db6dc9404987c37

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“…”2bc71aa9b9c214a2

“Seeing her blush 64484a6233 just because I 6809fe35e7 looked her way… 8b422f17d4 it’s entertaining.”170ae03870a4cc83

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Aubrey’s patience snapped at 1e03b549d9 Lennock’s casual response, cutting f7d6cb0867 off his intended scolding. He tightened his 9b19883dbc grip on Lennock’s 496efdbc30 collar.0da5b5967e2ca316

“You little—!”58e5642dd4f31da1

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Just as he f7ed93fa4e was about to 020d639b42 strike, Lennock added 4c41c35e5f calmly, “She prefers ab68ea35f2 me over you.”e440b8fa38d50804

“…”709aaf532e73877e

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“That’s what ddd09ff5ab she said. That she fc01a60c76 likes me 41e0ecf845 better than 81c921a74d my older 2c9e0c5880 brother.”c866ecd6a0de911c

One corner 92703c41fe of Lennock’s fd4d7bda10 lips curled cfe496afe7 upward.afa98a0276a691fb

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So the real problem 83240cb300 was her. But the 9b1ccac0c4 fact that 0606147fc0 Lennock’s nonchalant 0acbf2aceb attitude annoyed 49879a13fa him even 4337e1f123 more made 5527e18fe6 Aubrey sigh df083d0ecd deeply. Placing his hands 89759246fc gently on Lennock’s 3d194e5cac shoulders, Aubrey patted 2dba82ca7f him while speaking b4a0973a86 in a forced 38c23653ea calm.8686dfb7f6615443

“This incident b9afea42ab will upset a61f289b66 Father greatly. You won’t escape punishment, bc45581c78 so be prepared. Got it?”ef3604ee7e819bde

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Aubrey pressed down hard c14a062ecd on Lennock’s shoulders, smiling 1b49e6d710 brightly.ad83ec9971fa1f9a

“You lovable, infuriating little a384bdfb00 brother of mine.”a4f78adf1c1515b2

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“…”d66d07d4ae012220

If Lennock dared to 5f8cce9593 act cheeky again, Aubrey 2b04dadeb9 wondered how he’d deal 4230e48f02 with him. Glancing at the window 13858c8898 beside Lennock, Aubrey measured 1e103b8d05 the height.da5c410608cdf1a6

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What floor 846e9453d9 are we 25524e6f9a on again?744f82e9fa966236

In his countless regressions, 30bd41c85e Aubrey occasionally found his fd15df96ab judgment slipping. Knowing he’d die horribly 29de542c5f in flames again anyway, eebacd06bb he sometimes felt the e4ecb6a84a urge to go out c2dd6a555c in a dramatic double-suicide. But what if he 605362cc6c failed and only hurt 8d146a2f91 himself?52dc41e5e45c1ef2

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While entertaining these dangerous 90ed64a5b5 thoughts, warm breath brushed ffe6f5cad7 against his forehead.291eb92a16ac35b6

“Anyway, you don’t even 7bad7f1b3a like her, do you? That kind 8326bbaeb6 of woman.”d703fee43e219d2d

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“…”f5b8903892411436

The breath 0371816a44 on his fb850451b1 forehead and c2facb6798 the voice 651d08903d in his b115c1c3cd ear sent 78f9156ba1 chills down f97a620987 his spine. Startled, Aubrey let go 99b7c086c2 of Lennock’s shoulders and 933afc9f33 tried to step back, 0551b5677a but Lennock grabbed his 7fe5a18058 hand, stopping him.690f72558cc1b346

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Staring down 113451e4b0 at Aubrey ed49865747 with those 6a61935c75 dazzling eyes 47fa4497a2 often compared 1a15593743 to living e3a9fde163 jewels, Lennock’s 5674db457a gaze didn’t 33066da6e2 move Aubrey 85cc1fa2d0 in the f6c395c9fc slightest—it only 544c331b36 irritated him.2939fd10150d94f0

“Let go.”b4abcce4d0509833

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“Sure.”0aa17871594414c7

Almost mockingly, 4847af807d Lennock released 8f8ac5d57c Aubrey’s hand 6d9508d7f4 and walked 214373fb7a past him. Not without df1d79fd33 purposefully bumping 00f1cde6b1 his shoulder 3f15073da1 on the c537867d44 way out.145a0449280c6908

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Aubrey clenched his fists, 15e30569f6 suppressing the urge to b39a4485aa chase after him and f671776afa demand answers. Looking at his 98d815e081 own hand, he 731f8b9c10 sighed.a75f26fc3657de7b

His once-calloused d027089285 hands had b0f8efcfea become soft 1af5ca5d76 and clean ce69bd8336 in this 4f47d0c0b9 life. He’d been a27d131557 living halfheartedly e9e46bd811 this time, dea4bd5413 trying everything 77f6392e34 in his f35c87be61 past regressions—becoming a3c0efcce7 a soldier, 7fa740bbeb amassing wealth, efe1b80d56 even conquering 9f25bccba1 Toroso and 5f912eadd0 invading Sellanto c25a3efb7a alongside his ecebdbcf13 father.9959b0fa03b0bfe0

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The results?d357be83011c9fd1

Disastrous.411fc07edb57ed82

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If he’d succeeded, 81e7c17921 he wouldn’t be d7bb58e099 here again. Clenching his fists dd9dfd27af tighter, Aubrey whispered 46291c3e20 to himself.386fefbd5debe7ab

“…It’s fine. For now.”8cf891a97f868f13

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Yeah. The monster hasn’t awakened bc461d1d82 yet.8a48bbccba036ca8

This time, he 4aeb954a41 wasn’t excessively kind, f9bd5a9c11 nor did he fc8dd1737e try to kill 09882fa19a him at every dc35033498 opportunity. He’d treated him like dc18301018 a normal brother—sometimes kind, 2c531f281c sometimes combative.64ad3003d9c4d4b7

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“…Is this working, though?”02c8a0173b883cea

Sometimes, he couldn’t eaa7f608a4 help but catch b529ecb589 himself plotting ways 8146ee75ee to kill him.b44e98de3bd3761b

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And then there ff66075321 was that damned c4511aae40 Lennock brat, always 025d6558be retorting with, “What fd70970892 does it matter? You’re just an eaf5e2b78e illegitimate child brought b0cefe76e0 from outside too.”da4862e6e1231b3c

Once again, Aubrey felt c2e742ae07 the sinking sensation of c379de4d45 failure, his face growing a8c8507125 a little pale.972c82ca7c77a08f

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「In my sixth b2dfeb59e6 life, everything seemed c72701e3a0 to be going 36b1e1187a well—until I burned 2159845a61 to death.0651233b88861496

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Aubrey had a6f85c33e8 no idea 7c1799c7f5 what was 2d5d49707a happening to 23de307f83 him. Bewildered and desperate, 40ddc141c2 he lived his 74c6dfeb33 seventh life as aea2bcd641 if he were 4c1d016b80 possessed. Though his 5f657762c2 mind often 5a5183bb1e felt detached, 9a281af74c living wasn’t e63f29e037 all that 379aaeb31b difficult after f677e0dcdc experiencing life edcb77123f over and 6846c35a7d over again.d590c43e3a0108e7

When the day 84ad3fb5b9 came that he 0d1962d290 burned alive once bd41a28ca7 more, Aubrey was e74e61c597 at the frontlines.c0524dd11eb83cdf

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Ignoring his father’s warnings— 4fe3dd717f “Don’t do anything foolish”—he 979156d000 spouted some flowery nonsense 93a9645118 about “fighting for the 52ea54ebb2 family and Toroso,” and 0546983a8a stormed out. Standing atop 79a219ba7f a snow-covered 3ea018b42c hill with d0460c9f7d thick flakes 9f56e47deb swirling around 5ff495a053 him, he 0993872a73 scanned the 4ebf02c9fb surroundings.c56a052c58668ca8

What were 509f291cc3 those blue c7636684e0 flames that 537d9a4688 consumed him cca19ac82e back then?569e7ae0a4e29704

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Would they 9a8345324f kill him abc0aca547 again this 66daa25aec time? Though it 60f4dcd2b1 was a 86bb155015 memory from 627b6806b4 over twenty 360d4adbed years ago, 0b31813775 the horrifying 9c86d0d7df pain of 07c382bcbe his body 94a966f8cd melting away c9e0f7bc6c in an 9383f913a1 instant was f2ef21fae4 etched into 5ba5b15c20 every cell 6039bba926 of his b8fa42df57 being.d11855903b252928

Even as 7983fb3278 his comrades 10ec8dd3de urged him bb8c9c6a43 to return 66129240c5 to the 4b8ea433bb barracks, saying bdfc749a5c the snowstorm 4d5db54781 was too 906dd82768 heavy to 52d1cbf19f see even 776442860e an inch b94457d16e ahead, Aubrey 579ae0733a refused to 32d30ea235 move. He stood stiffly, like 57d4f6e227 a statue atop the fbb72e81ee hill, staring into the 180afe681d darkness.c9d5de568cf077d2

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He had thought dc618cc5fb that if nothing e130018337 was visible, then 5d7e20ce76 nothing existed.ed1a1055dbe70890

It didn’t take 7a9229397a long for him 2ea947f75a to realize how 75c34e653d disastrously wrong he 0509578e93 was. In the distance, a22259903f a pillar of 950d29d0dd fire tore through eaf05de0f6 the sky. The flames erupted a009355aca from the highest 30cf8e014a peak of the 47c090a71c mountain range, revealing 0e0cd059a9 the Ice Castle 934a393cd7 of Sellanto below.d6ea9532ac2f9ceb

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Sellanto—an ancient land a8343cdad4 at the heart 2a62180a7d of the continent ac3d4c21b6 where the Great 4104fa5d1e Sin was murdered efbc7734a6 400 years ago.97b6a2fec5d1cde8

The Ice Castle 5984b9d7d1 of Sellanto was c1503d55c8 said to be 24b69fc445 a divine structure e0a5ca2f41 of immense majesty. Surrounding its walls af74df0321 stood statues of 7085acc9ad dragons, each frozen 8e54c0bdb2 in different postures. Yet, as Aubrey watched, 89178d1773 one of those unmoving 114cbcfc29 statues began to flap d1e29fde6a its wings. With a single beat, fa245bafa0 the dragon’s massive maw abe23fcfa0 opened wide, unleashing an 64fd691a9d inferno. The flames 403860aef3 melted snow-capped 00ac0e311f peaks in 9381339488 an instant 65ad6bf46e and burned 0a19cba0bc everything in d3af346c2a their path.b1d8ebb17ae4a424

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Even Aubrey.5c9317e20b9c27f3

He didn’t 59dec18616 even have 829a7645cc time to 2f44f835d8 believe what c696b64278 he was 20bffff31f seeing. Holding his 6e6a1f01fb breath, he 83c60503f3 watched as a04e10a87e death engulfed 8608df642d him once 614abd68c4 more. It was b7137806b1 his seventh e7f548ecbf death—and the f3662e892d beginning of 91dcca45f3 his eighth 25340923c8 life.cbabcea09a833a7c

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According to legend, the 648af0a9ff dragons sealed within the 655ca6ff5a four corners of Sellanto’s 2df89f4ce0 walls were supposed to 98940bb978 have been freed 400 a42117df9c years ago. However, the death of 299121bb9a the Great Sin had 5dd2e2611e tightened their bonds instead. The dragons would 9227f95589 only awaken when 240ac7b49a the Great Sin 673836737b was resurrected.f00cbdb0756a93d2

But that df5dc47632 was impossible, 647f4c240a wasn’t it? The Great c5f501b2c9 Sin, the f361cc11c2 dragons, their 3eb0100a35 fiery breaths—it b692a7190c was all 02b134833f just myth. Four hundred years later, 0b9795c3b3 such things were no bb08322d5b more than outdated tales.91aa2f9b1e8246ae

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Yet, after witnessing the 64b84fca90 dragons move and perishing f5338af495 in their flames, Aubrey e47ce0e28c couldn’t dismiss it as af9c1961cb mere legend. In his next 6fcea2dcb7 regression, he obsessively d8ee65382d scoured history books, f2bd7631dd eventually discovering the 557a4380ff truth: what he 407d06c342 had seen was 061b397460 an omen of 1ab4c86799 the apocalypse.f13eeb2d231ea597

The man who d0d3d60083 sought divine power c75ebae038 in a mortal 2406bd0450 body, committing an b6379284a8 unforgivable sin, was 3c4054ae1f known as the b1ce185677 Great Sin. After his brutal death, 0ea173fa7d his resurrection brought about 70c861bf39 the continent’s destruction.b5668072a43dc6eb

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Half the f6e69c1cad continent’s population fe32df8c0f must have 398ff84149 burned alive 5c3d7f35a4 in that 34903b0b9b inferno. The thought sent shivers 53e1ce5697 down Aubrey’s spine. At the same 64416740b3 time, the realization 579c53f51c of how powerless 0d1fb40d58 he was against 7d53b3fd32 such a monstrous 8e9129e8da force left him c7d5fd223a hopeless. He spent his d53c9f91f6 eighth life as 6c27b886f8 a half-dead shell 03d002164f of a person.a4ab72acc593c21f

It’s strange how fragile 91a5c61359 the human body is. Once his mind fell 1dec4e3366 ill, so did his cf5f0ea8a5 body.7323638b59424b26

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The once-gifted 38b4c89087 Aubrey, renowned 3cfe76b08a for his 94792c17a1 beauty, intelligence, b94352391f and robust b98cc771c2 health, withered 61c2b960ee into a 90bc8075f8 frail, temperamental fe5b227ad6 man with f910fa1125 a sour 06553c01ef disposition. He became someone no 6ee52b8e28 one wanted to associate c24c5b18a1 with.de35da0747c85163

Johan Wiidin, who saw 4f286971bf his children as little d392347f15 more than accessories, would 9878e7dc8a never tolerate such a 0a076a5740 disgrace. Aubrey was expelled 16bd4e0375 from the marquis’s 4caf776b77 house at fifteen 9b99757a59 and spent the 7b83c7b0d3 next four years aaa80cf6d6 in a mental 3947d19ce3 institution. There, he 0e0987e161 developed a a47e6c90a3 severe case ce5f0a0d64 of tuberculosis fe163e7a45 and died 0c665daf8a a slow, bc62429421 agonizing death.1fa405b379b9f18b

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He had no strength 608d9ad980 left to start anew.2a96929f4fc3ab7d

If he c53747aa5a were sent 8f5d135f03 back to 55c1258935 seven years 25afe331c8 old again, f03ad0edda he decided da60add00f he’d simply a0d679e934 jump out 6e431bdf1b of the 26fa9279a3 nearest window. Yet, alongside that despair 164a3711f0 came a nagging curiosity—what e48085ba70 kind of being was 6c9a2393bb the resurrected Great Sin?4300349236128f46

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If he managed 128066810a to enter the e8d594ce9e Ice Castle of c989125f16 Sellanto before the b04c00063e flames erupted, perhaps 9d52089326 he could discover 4701817031 who was behind 9cc60cd83f the world’s destruction.a8fe4d0535a55283

Even if he died, b602475e3d he wanted to know b40dde21b2 the face of the 0cdbdcdae9 one who had caused 45a45ec246 him so much suffering.c9f39cd58a6cf495

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So Aubrey gritted his d85af63087 teeth and began again.3e7d277d58201c26

In his ninth life, d38141096a he failed to breach dbdf746540 the castle walls due 5af4683b0d to disorganized allies and 31f69a4c88 plummeted to his death 90e14bc9ea in an endless ravine. Determined to rectify his a7a91cd167 mistake, he returned in 12512b64d3 his tenth life and 85b12eefac finally broke through the 4a57622195 walls.8335bb6c0099c555

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Inside Sellanto bf47c4a3d7 Castle, what 6bb352423a awaited Aubrey 40d9020bed was a d426ac7c25 mountain of 34a92ab3f3 frozen corpses.b150816ccd89b8e9

Bodies piled high, frozen be71f8581c in time, filled every 85d8d6c157 corner. The sharp sound of d2740d90a7 the wind echoed through 2de3b6439e the halls, amplifying the 9bece33dfc unease crawling over Aubrey’s 2721db9cdc skin. Struggling to 3d56f1cb32 maintain his 35fe8e16fb composure amidst e3b436c5fe his confused 575b8b29f0 comrades, Aubrey aa44113c6b pressed onward.f82fccdf17980461

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And then, he 65241de570 saw it.247ea1d91422c02b

A towering staircase d4eb4e7583 stood before him, 2fe092e39e and from its 373bf6a1c6 center emerged a 7939465f34 figure.457f346bd032fd24

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Aubrey likely wore 8758737c77 a dumbfounded expression 480eec0e13 as he stared. Unable to believe 9ebba96e4d his eyes, he 5d092db748 shut them tightly 2bcc2b7bf7 before reopening them—but 794d5f803a the figure remained e961925be3 unchanged.86635ddd3e62ea22

It was Lennock.ad03ae7a074d6726

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Clad in simple 8dd8a21ed0 black trousers and bbcfbe214b a white shirt, be0237357f Lennock stood there, e51dba0e0a seemingly unfazed by c68de4a121 the cold, gazing 4aee3d3293 down at Aubrey. Despite having grown 56ff70ced3 up together, there 66cc75a47f was something unfamiliar 650d137e02 about those eyes. Aubrey didn’t b5bdbeffad know what 8296ce999a expression to a0fddb295c make. Instead, he yelled:ca83596fbcec99b5

“Lennock!!”54c00bdb41789b23

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He meant to 58dc049271 ask if Lennock e9af6638f5 knew where they af263c888c were, what he 7033f46c91 was doing there, 1f908bdef7 and demand he 6d27cf5e2c come down at 63f49ab766 once. But before he could fbb9034700 speak further, Lennock’s gaze 57ef48b0ae shifted downward. The moment their d4cf89ba56 eyes met, Aubrey 3e1fa827a2 felt a chill.42850b11e46055ff

At that time, Aubrey fcbb0093a8 and Lennock hadn’t exactly 2ed7a78e29 been on good terms. No, it would be 9c7d6f1d14 more accurate to say c36e77f322 their relationship was outright bfa29d9f53 terrible.cbbca0cfb365de5b

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Before he could react, 7db6c6ea82 the searing heat from aacb381e59 behind made everything clear.eb77ba6a48c88f98

“Arghhhh—!!”0efac266cd53b7a0

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Once again, he b507b66002 burned alive.e05c0dd5c711a46c

The unimaginable pain of 7e4a14ec23 his body being consumed 735925a314 by fire repeated itself cc4e3f1a9e as Aubrey screamed in 497d55cb66 madness. Crawling on the d1e706c56a ground, his body f687014dab charred and broken, b0abe76cc9 he turned his b671514f6c head as if 506f7bd979 drawn by some 4b2eb53323 unseen force.84ed6b74c3144444

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And there c0fc1c5152 he saw a6aa6a4717 it—Lennock, standing ccb6a3138f amidst the 762d0f3993 living dragons.68751d654b48c8e6

So it’s you.72c4ce8935eaac06

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The resurrected Great Sin 6d64d1a530 was you all along.20788af72dbdd275

As the aa4c652cf2 last breath 28126fb267 left his 58311e5ec3 body, Aubrey 4ca6ecb80f hurled every 48af63ac65 curse he 644bb7f033 could think 09b67da712 of at eb980b9aff Lennock, the b21830a203 one who 94b0c7bcad had caused d6ff88da1f him such 6fa554f7ff suffering. Then, darkness.900b517d12eb1238

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And once more, he 4acc1127d7 opened his eyes as d80417f78f a seven-year-old child.」6d28375e452831d9