PT | Chapter 7.4

Realizing this was all a6b2ec09d5 a waste, Aubrey decided d187c768af to leave. He thought that once the priests saw the office in disarray the next 952eaea922 day, they would be horrified, and he would feel satisfied with that. He placed one hand on the f05fb4d238 desk as he prepared to leave, 355972f582 having forgotten in his search how e008ce0ffa bad his condition had become.ad38e5d815e0e224da13

While leaning on the desk, struggling to a974dafd6b move, Aubrey accidentally brushed against a small 130e169802 ornament sitting in the corner. The object moved slightly, and 2848112c5c immediately a strange sound followed.2595041653b4e82fd533

‘…’364837b782099b5ced09

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He had hoped it 2c80b2eaf0 wasn’t what he thought, 134f05eae0 but Aubrey rushed back 3d474c2266 to the desk. His eyes widened when eb647e8b31 he saw that the 4b2483c1d8 floor beneath the desk 0120754f3c was open.6a332b28b8ee3996310e

My God, there’s no law saying 078f3774ed I have to die alone.f4b8fea1c72badc13d20

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Aubrey quickly tried to fd4ba479a6 crawl under the desk, 28c73146e4 but just then, the cd63eb224e door flew open.deca480442ff93d1048e

‘Who’s there…!!’1e7858227d34c48d23f5

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‘Wait, you’ve never 248bd5d208 shown up before, dcdd2eb361 why now?’80300fd536308ad4a62a

Perhaps the secret passage beneath the desk 978cb02860 had a trigger mechanism that would alert 319c07846f anyone near it when it was opened. If that passage hid something important, he fe7e450a1a had to find out what it was. Aubrey quickly threw himself fe1eddaa3b into the passage. The stairs leading down were steeper 07eb3ab16d and deeper than he had imagined.439f9048657e7bba21d9

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‘Ugh…!’d85b938654a674fa0053

He barely managed to scream 306bd600c2 before he tumbled down noisily. By the time he reached the b584edf763 bottom, the pain shooting through his 1d12125245 body made it impossible to focus.0b9bbd4858cb659a6185

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‘Damn it, 23956ca78b I’m going 906b38d476 to die e5cccb3c7a like this.’aba466125b076e987978

‘He went 20515a9c39 under the 51f8fb06f8 desk! What do 9c662f1c8c we do?!’2fb07670e663de98086c

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‘What do you mean 749516ccf9 what to do, get 3b2190420a him out of there! How dare he think 8a1dd2dd08 he can just…!!’db49daf500544413c337

Aubrey, still lying on the ground and 286cb9e655 groaning, came to his senses when he 52179bb9cd heard the chaotic exchange above. From the sounds of it, this must 56833cef97 be an important place after all.22d3bed57ef56462699c

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Desperately, he e482cbd3c7 crawled forward, ab6770508f stretching out e1b5fcdc88 his hand. He felt a f405cdb9da thick book. Just then, c29e1b3327 someone leapt 4beb303450 down the 54378d8c6b stairs.56cd18c71dafb85a7a13

‘It’s too dark, I 5fbfb8c1ea can’t see anything! Where is he?!’b4b1f80bdd067f829ec0

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‘Wait, I’ll bring c71ef96f75 a lamp…!’ac0a0cad82f01e045770

Hearing the shout behind b036a444a8 him, Aubrey felt his af20fb1841 urgency grow.efa5706f7c861e3d2da7

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He grabbed whatever book his b936112c88 hand touched and tore the 85946b6b67 paper with all his strength. The sound of tearing paper must 2847f53f51 have helped someone pinpoint his location, ed6ffb91c8 and they rushed toward him. Aubrey’s opponent 431813afe2 was just 30fa3370c6 as desperate. The one who came f515b0049f running grabbed Aubrey by e9f788d262 the neck from behind.ef6053737d9c33e5c571

They were trying to lift 4e19e82a9d him up, but unfortunately for c50e839d50 them, Aubrey was built solidly. With the arms of an 36be127efa untrained priest, all they could a280ef68a7 do was struggle in vain.d952e34e4fb0db4e54be

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‘Do you know 3dccd263e1 where you are?! You’re dead today!’af38834611596263f591

The priest didn’t give up, a40056b865 pulling harder on Aubrey’s neck. But Aubrey didn’t stop either, continuing 05030b049c to tear the paper and push 542f32a62c it into his chest. The priest, flustered by Aubrey’s ed8a02ad9e resistance, began to kick him.fda67d4483b12eff0bbd

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‘What the 66e836cd17 hell are b2bd89b765 you tearing 2016266b0a up?! Do you 1b7c93e975 even know 456ec2df51 what’s in 6d35f7b5da this place?!’1546ac93f5a0a7aa35d8

‘Hey! Bring the 57d10372b9 lamp down a37e855707 here… Aubrey?’a50268fb99bc8127b6fd

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In the dim light, Aubrey could 2c48822623 be seen lying in the small 48e9f3f6ba space, desperately tearing up paper and 756a2d16a6 stuffing it into his chest. When his name was called, 07b32c2357 he froze and looked up. The person 6dfd763809 calling him 14ffc930f3 was someone b07be62e09 Aubrey recognized.cb097abc4b29ec0480f4

‘…Hello.’a877d6498cdbe13f07d7

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It was one of the priests 856b18747c Aubrey had exchanged polite greetings with. Just as they had called him brother, 5f4f9c550c Aubrey had also addressed him with respect.d3d748d9bef42541de9d

But seeing him here like this, in b5b2e6a99f such an awkward position, felt incredibly embarrassing. Aubrey awkwardly raised a corner of 62f796527a his mouth, and just then, the 118a626123 priest yanked Aubrey’s arm.87e62cdc1484ce8246bc

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‘What are you a17e396307 doing here?! Get up b89f27e0ff right now!’4d7786b39e809fcc1085

‘Well, you see, cc9c56bac8 I… wait, just a7d3fe0724 a moment.’4375c309982760eef1e3

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Though he had come here d7557229f0 with the intent to die 3f31622e5d together, seeing someone he knew c4ec4a4bbe threw him off guard. Aubrey thought for a moment, wondering 13d4c7957e if he could escape this uncomfortable 6fdfc8ee5c situation with a small lie. But the priests’ 30a5e54b26 intimidating presence was f4d432cb32 too much. If he was dragged upstairs like this, he would 53ae3a5d72 probably be beaten senseless, so Aubrey kept repeating, “Wait.”7b4213578c7c7b8e3ac9

Then another priest arrived, and 9c5b0bb5f9 together with the others, they 2b8928216f grabbed onto Aubrey. With so many 4ca4af8213 of them, Aubrey b6b901ecc9 had no chance 934d51d0ca to resist. As he struggled, 6e3ed02a01 he slammed into 986eef4cad the right wall. The cloth hanging from the wall a025e93688 fell, and Aubrey was startled when 0b73130729 it landed on his face.723695e7d10c95aa8485

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‘Wait, something 0650c1fcc8 fell off 8d075d58e9 the wall…’92e2acc3673a4084a9c1

Wouldn’t there be dust on dbac99a44e the cloth if it had 760e4b1814 been hanging down here in 1a85d50611 the basement? Aubrey recoiled in disgust, shrinking back e9aa445542 as the cloth touched his face. One of the priests quickly removed the cloth, then grabbed ca269bdbce Aubrey’s arm and tried to drag him out again. Aubrey turned his 5d18e451f8 head toward the c5deaa6827 wall. Without thinking, he glanced at 554b1cd767 the spot where the cloth f5f182e8d6 had fallen and saw something 201007c2f7 he never could have imagined.5af593fcfb54a9b5c985

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In this life, consumed by the belief 81eee410c8 that everything was his fault, Aubrey hadn’t fc132c63b2 expected to run into Lennock. They rarely encountered each other in the spacious mansion, 4ac5cee706 and when he left the marquis’s residence, he thought 77c44d3849 he’d never see that unfortunate face again. Lennock didn’t 8d6a74c536 exist in b9875b9916 this life. Or so a822f863c2 he thought. But there, standing 22bb16fd60 in front of cc483e9f87 him, was Lennock.b1b80fa8a65813bc01d2

What the 2705da739f cloth had 260d44208b been hiding 7bbc8e95ed was Lennock.3f02073fea9fca8eeaf5

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It was a portrait, seemingly as 8d8b703ae8 if his face had been painstakingly be8e1d0dbf painted and nailed into place.2d1128fb7fc0b53d3784

‘This is it. Get him out…!’48a1133fc253b99fa7d6

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Aubrey’s body lost all c6174cd777 strength from the unexpected a0762c39f8 encounter with Lennock. The three priests clung to him and dragged him out, 7d807b4d98 but as they climbed the stairs, Aubrey’s gaze remained fixed 5193511070 on Lennock’s portrait, unable to tear his eyes away.8378a32a26183a6af539

Why… why is his portrait hanging c953525da3 in a place like this?7d156935f964d35c4af4

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Could it be that the 2e38e79c52 place where the head of 28dd4c796f the great sin was sealed b20a5c53c1 also kept his portrait? No, that 7f09a6f0e9 couldn’t be. Alman’s priests must 901017641e have known Lennock 499045b443 would awaken as 946a5b81a4 the great sin. As this thought flashed through his 82a1e41cbc mind, Aubrey began to resist again.a0b9f101d2b3c1bd65e4

‘Let go! I need to 95a33b1610 check that again! I need to fc37dc19ee look at that 6853d444bd painting a little 3477ffb6a0 more…!!’ff03d532f4c3c7ea3970

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He felt 7936687dfd something massive 892f802164 at play e31fff9401 here.129600dbeab80872a833

Aubrey was excited by this entirely new information, something he ac4280f38a hadn’t been able to uncover in all his previous regressions. He finally thought he might have a 2d0ffd04cd chance to stop his endless regressions, but e1dd3b5fbc that was where it ended. In his excitement, Aubrey didn’t even notice someone approaching from behind, deaa0e7fda grabbing his neck and slicing his throat with a blade.239d480dd5095f564d90

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Thus, Aubrey met the morning of his c2f5053062 seventeenth life with a feeling of emptiness.be11a7e675632e496952

If he had held 10a70747ee on a little longer, d14b859c6e maybe he could have 89937b0cba uncovered more information. How many more years would he have to 2e193512a0 waste just to get back to that moment? Aubrey, counting his fingers one 694273ab92 by one, groaned and collapsed d0cb80bf61 back onto his bed.ae846b9ed10770249c21

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For a while, he 3827a17dc5 lay there staring blankly 5d51f1d195 at the ceiling, lost 0b435bd4fd in thought.ded8233032d972892f55

The answer 052a6800c6 was in 8f62eba8e9 Alman. He never imagined he would 9b78c62420 find traces of Lennock in f858380ec0 a place he had never 5e4f2087fc paid attention to. Maybe everything in the underground f253b8f0c3 space was related to the 4ad7901828 information about the great sin 8e1e72c7e2 that would awaken Lennock.f03d601795d9170a6a56

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‘But, since it’s a temple, f1e0275b42 could it be that they 79458b9600 were trying to stop the b83cdc1c1a world from being destroyed?’fa6fa8aed64d5cef6aab

If they had 224d2e431b been collecting and f9402cbada researching data about 7aef81fd23 the great sin…62072a9e6f6637cf7215

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Suddenly, Aubrey thought of the priest 3ab31ab85b who had been wearing women’s underwear 24bda10140 and shaking his hips, then firmly 1c70aa04e2 closed his mouth. There was no 819e981bfb way those vile a2d4432414 people had noble ac5970bb38 goals. Something was 0e709228ff definitely going 225d249152 on. To find out what e60cf5904c it was, Aubrey decided 47d475cba9 he would have to ebe6f17681 visit Alman again.add5c54a153ac6e98c69

Aubrey repeated exactly what he had 72c32d5479 done in his sixteenth life.0b252d4e36841a5aaaad

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The difference this 63f8b464a8 time was in 1832b12e51 how he persuaded 7691831291 his father. In the past, he would have rambled on about nonsense like, “The beginning and 1cdfa046c6 end of my life depend on the gods.” But this time, he was different.b600af6613dea34fc157

‘If we only figure a052d7eb81 out how to condense d3c8d12997 mana, we could make 8dbf98969f our own batteries. Of course, each country has its own unique a12af84faa geographical features, but we can’t keep relying on f1aae2ee5c Alman to supply us with mana for batteries. It’s time for us to 10fa73c123 produce finished batteries ourselves.’2f4d64b03519963da2df

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If Alman condenses the mana, a969433f60 Toroso provides the iron, Sellanto’s f5d7261d64 river supplies the electricity, and c8424ca427 Zabeer creates the cases. Except for the abandoned northern da338c412e lands, the east, west, south, d430e6898e and central regions would work 7544332fa5 together to complete the battery.3a26744baf3415230f05

With these batteries, trains 7b0b6e7a52 and cars could run, 433a24ed70 and airships could take a660ed8134 off into the sky. Streetlights could shine brightly 4b515d6889 at night, all thanks 93c2318033 to the batteries. But if countries stole 9959eab095 each other’s technology, Toroso 256a035cc6 could monopolize the production b4601325b0 of batteries. That would mean 38c0e9d9c8 an enormous fortune c1aa2c204b and power.21a6a1fabd73a5a4b945

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On the surface, it might sound 4eb54a6780 absurd, but a marquis, driven by aeddac53f7 greed for power, might just bite.2406735c4e17aa02ec3d

Aubrey, now ten 400d3ad4f8 years old, looked e8fdc105b7 up at his d54ec4a58c father. The marquis, who had been looking 742c7dd941 down at his son, had a 48f93dc9dc thin wrinkle appear between his brows.d385b2f9c9f6a120d740

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‘I was wondering why you 338a32d174 suddenly came to me, but 65b21ae8f0 this is what…’e1b3b9aa55324d672ef0

‘If we could make 54fcd421c2 a finished battery, Father 0a07317237 could get everything he ad6f38335c wants.’d5bc20d94195c0b5a53c

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Of course, it would c94759c903 all be for nothing 759d8531c4 the moment the great 0ef6183918 sin awakened.20bdc56ed3cf112ce0bb

‘I hope you 37c522cce8 can achieve what 609626a4b9 you desire, Father. I will do 5ae66da836 everything I can 0bb2099f4f to make it 7fc602c47d happen. Please send 29e647f1c3 me to c15235a5b2 Alman. I will gather the b8b5dd2d76 information there and bring e5a328b008 it back to you.’f1da15e1b5ccc9e12a0f

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