THFN | Chapter 13

‘Even if that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t have sold it.’4a3dbe77bff005f0

This land d9a2c00ef5 has a 286e0f802a purpose. In the ff5809da3e long run, 8e83e1d874 people shouldn’t c19c138bae be close.f25cabdba0bff35c

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Clara, unable to withstand the throbbing headache from the piling documents, tossed about half of them away. I’ll just do half. If I try to do it all, my depression, which had calmed down a bit, might flare up again.a35b8118374080eb

“Ah, I don’t e7a4b19e18 want to work.”9a0ea0b036efd970

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But I 54c857c013 have to. He tried f0d0d3431c to focus 64afd8ea0d again.0264990c233a03e6

However, people are b983d38ba4 creatures that always e2f7792211 want to reduce 9f0796c104 their work even 45cdd10df8 more. After tossing half, d4bf007d07 he just didn’t 91ae4c201e want to see f50869fb65 any of it. Maybe I should 0045e9819f just toss it ae3d65158d all? he thought.8551eba58a654897

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Clara impulsively threw all eb9696d4d1 the documents away and 05d1c8c7f5 flopped onto the bed. Then he 84e79b4aa6 started to 18b03358f4 gaze at 61c1c83919 the vast ce901ef61a farmland.a1723cd7ecf5230f

Tapping the d0120e12ab bedside anxiously, 6a4e74f570 he felt 61de52443a inexplicably full 5657c72aa7 and his 480ecd339c anxiety subsided 8005ce9966 when he ba47529205 saw the cc6be59975 endlessly sprawling c741323d2c land.385d84f3f71ea21a

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Perfectly aligned 10b2b6c603 square plots. Rows and 22c67bf4d4 columns of 65e677d7ef straight-grown fruit 9fe2508b7b trees. Even from 2f93476a77 a distance, 77f3bda322 the orderly 0755dbd18d crops looked dd07f4366b like a 56beec5713 single line. The regular 130cd1207e and precise 54f06aa152 shapes almost d82b131080 seemed like 1a9832b2e2 a work 39c2ec3a6b of art.88cf25b649bcd6a8

One reason the 89b1575388 farmland couldn’t be aadfea27f8 sold was related 72aad7f12b to this appearance.3cec4584e3b62c97

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From the start, 0e0d1551c7 the design and b1d4a6b567 appearance were like 393d1a2245 a planned zone. It was 76d73a2f27 made with 618cac83d9 no intention 6bf9c02d1a to sell, 3ca490cce9 so the 02b8eb79b9 distance between 572bacf9b5 fields is 2e3b8b39c1 narrow, and 4abda068f5 if fences c33c03587f were put 7f7f2e2540 up, they’d ec55616ca8 almost touch. Even if 17b64630c8 you tried 1e4c43e469 to cut 727fc22b5f it with 5c2de7b0eb a surveyor, 11ecb9d716 you couldn’t 323cc04bf2 create new 6076a78929 paths.1e826b3b5950594e

There’s a reason 68b4c83ebf it was made 895ec210a2 that way.5c14d88f8920941a

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If people who tried 6ef588cf28 to do something with 0955fb1944 the farmland heard this, 5e78c18109 they’d probably call him d534942e8f crazy and spin their 56680a2abe fingers counterclockwise near their 5baf63cf18 ears.f6943fc171f2ed76

Still, Clara is b0c6ce06c8 confident. He can’t deny da4ecbb1cb it’s a crazy 74a00ab312 idea, though.03cd57185d3df077

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People can ba5bb855b7 be a af7ba82cd8 bit tied a8f0222e08 to strange 5878ca3b0f dreams and 81b67a27f7 hopes and 2318ec3914 do some 78f9d12848 crazy things.f9e79a59ff86743e

“I didn’t expect to b22275cfaa be sulking alone like 5a42fd21fb this for almost five 5f8edd6685 years…”28bbcbacdd322138

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As time passed, his 6543ecdb2f anxiety grew. Clara tried to 6b1d4f08b9 suppress that dreadful 443e0668d3 feeling by speaking 0d5eb51012 loudly.47f77907f1deddfb

“…Just come back. I’ll really 3b407e7651 pull out 2d9496336d all your 2cea0ad97a hair.”efcaa86858543004

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Looking into e795da2d0b the pitch-black ca43434c26 darkness, memories 55fb65be45 from that 6239b192d4 time surfaced.d1bcd322e118123d

About eight 2a2a63b071 years ago, f83a877231 the country d4ddbbcc71 fell.3d4b87af46d26c47

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The previous 1cd33b8057 king died, 9d7dcec188 and the d42c559b7e newly crowned e8dc027ebe king, whether f96b95c54b mad or c209a68faa not, reportedly da38a8567c handed over 4643b6ea8e the crown 67d709220b himself.115d46b5f0b16a90

Did he think they’d d0c77c16e8 survive as a vassal 91992742bf state? But he was eec1e6e079 notorious for being 3c737f3b58 obnoxious and provoking f9fb294619 others. The Empire’s b1fae4bf9d expedition, meant ffe752a8a8 to set d12596a1a3 an example c98a167179 for neighboring c46a85d605 countries, had 913fb28c40 an obvious 638b479f15 outcome. The king of a61c386611 his homeland was 5022ab2ee6 executed without the 6ab9076df8 benefit of surrender.432d11bdef11e5d8

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It was absurd. If Clara had 072e0f608b heard this story be389a193a in a tavern, 8f2cfe0df8 he would have 878a4a905b laughed over a c54df75151 beer and forgotten 27d5f33729 it within a 2bb3db6e73 day.94c5efb13c004549

But for young noble e679bc6735 Clara, caught in the ba2f31d73a middle, it was the dbd04cd8c8 beginning of hell.0622bade3807dd23

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If he knew 81eb851249 nothing of war, 848a5f5065 his treatment might 635b4c3e76 have been slightly ad1ef7230f better. But Clara’s family ed718bdaf1 was a margrave 4290485b3c revered by an 8ac453b7e4 entire region. In that area, c5424e9862 even children learned fed45a8a25 to fight with e26b15cb10 toy swords.cc21983123fb194f

Thus, Clara, 7a2fb4d438 who had e00149d344 a couple 3c17fd7d74 of mock c06e5be299 battle experiences, 0c1a723950 was treated 0562aaa5a9 as a 29980fe98b noble participant 3b8ba84645 in the 69ee242bb1 war, even ac8740510f though he 1fc82e5814 didn’t know 0d53e108bf tactics or 45d8f86954 why he c1238e71d1 had to 9094d5b376 fight.7e3ee58fb1f3833e

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His parents, 091eb827e6 who defended abf722aa68 the frontier, 43215cdc79 died, and 749b874d8e Clara, who 9a39ab3988 stood out 7e46601c33 at a 4a6b400269 young age, 3b84c56779 became a f02bfb8e4d rare human f27169f5cc slave. Branded on the 801f25ab5b shoulder. It’s still there. The memory 4d3e204279 of the e8ea73846b hot iron 7ec934d001 is so 7d00505534 vivid that 2a2ac46c68 it sometimes db1540a01f makes him 2693565401 nauseous.eb5ba27c4874460f

If it had 593bddd3f8 ended there, it c44108c956 would have been 4fbf880cc2 nice. Or if he 272add6fd6 could have just 675be5e392 died, it would d135716cb5 have been nice, 2d6e94c49b but the Empire 212c1a4298 wasn’t that merciful.de7d07e8f901ee87

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They, who repeated 6910262859 war after war, 5ef0253ea6 used useless prisoners d4f867f5b9 from conquered countries 5c244549f2 as slaves and 732d990300 meat shields, regardless fd4ce22c4d of gender or e83c84fa7e age. They said if you 178815dace survived ten wars, you’d 9fb4ff81a1 be turned into a adcce403fc free citizen.e0160be202733416

He clung to that 497d0e5b84 hope. Knowing there were 7351850208 others in similar 816f4c1783 situations provided some 5327936a9c comfort for a 285729abbe while.33d029c7f7f825b8

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But it didn’t 70d78ef112 last long. Friends and acquaintances 224fa5588f who became slaves fc14684fe0 all died. Clara thought d71fd79213 he would ab90acc2e6 die soon 0957f455aa too.0e4ae55a5647680a

But he didn’t.6566919b97e70037

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‘Did you ef251e01f3 really survive ddc684a481 ten times cd4f25854d here? Even at 6bc8ecf017 the front?’634a3191fb69b374

‘I’m telling 3aba1cdccf you, he’s ae625f3fdf good with 3125b6f936 a sword.’ad4bdf98381b989b

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‘You, pick up 02ecbb1aca a sword.’0f86a5335325d30a

He remembers struggling to b421fb5b25 survive. So he survived. And every night, 10aa3a8f8b he received a 4ac9cdb036 pill.304bae63b825fc59

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One pill a day. Not knowing what 265f202857 the pill did, 7fd5b9cc59 he endured, believing 8a920279af the promise that 1a8911994d he’d be taken df101ada4d to a nearby 78031a9ed1 village once the 2a26b3fb5d war ended. But, as these stories 7e65f4bba1 usually go, it was d36e36e9f5 just words.ecfe9f133eacb30f

As days 67ad7b6456 passed, everything 0910d226e3 was wiped 134d026b5b clean. Who he was. Who his family 5e128dc56e was. How to b829af417a use language. Even whether he 43bef29c4c originally used a 95968de429 sword.214efa9d72c4a759

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It was because of e0c16f87f2 the pills. The pills, a cc1a8ece96 result of some 414222d60e mage or scientist’s 10b07625dc research, turned people 974814a487 into dolls beyond 4c6e10ba39 slaves.2bc2c1286280f792

That wasn’t the end. Three months 8106f8139f after taking c15d81fc4a the pills, 5615411163 Clara had 0e66dd9bef to be cd7ce6f627 taken somewhere.c29c7e196ceffd13

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…He doesn’t ed3e70fc9d remember exactly 6946c7c9d4 when. When he emerged from a1cf9ede64 the cage stained with a25beb897c blood and dried flesh, 45f434277f even his personality was 4c2b7863e5 gone.a89225c5a67fbd04

In his completely c310155209 emptied mind, only 4bbadaad90 one thing remained. Obey the c624275036 orders of 044dd05a36 anyone in 74f26dda8b brown, blue, c26ea3e8c0 or green 7cd229c840 uniforms.aad427b10e0348e2

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When ordered, 4e603c367f he went d76d3f967c to the 6ccb39e747 battlefield and 63b0d3929f wielded his 3fdc29552a sword. He cut, tore, slashed, 7ae199f796 and killed.508a87cf1b6d50e1

A golem moving as 8dd4b42021 ordered might have had 814da22f40 more free will than d0af6a47c1 he did back then.f3ed745d1c4d324f

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One night, feeling suffocated, 244696d554 he went outside.f2d39d593b21981b

If he felt 6d3b1e9ec5 unwell, he was 82476749e6 ordered to go 9e7f93af77 far enough that d950e01614 his scent wouldn’t 362906359d be detected, vomit, 7741f7dd14 gather himself, and de82029b9f return. It was a e028eee815 command he received 33a59d86dc after causing nearby 82e9109c5c animals to rampage e688bf2481 by vomiting in 70010ca89d the stable due 0a31967198 to the side cb99994a5d effects of the 0f186330cd pills, such as b9233c6d60 cognitive distortion and 09aad173a3 dizziness.fb8d87aa624169df

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Faithfully following b1f4d090c2 the command, 7ffd7e3e36 Clara went 1dd52c1f62 far, vomited b98b718d87 everything he 062db09e3f had eaten, c696cf16c5 and leaned fed726bf3d against a 870b19c1ea rock, exhausted.5935427eb864c85f

He decided 3fb1b23cab he could c95dd000f7 rest a b91db6223a bit and 150ff2849a then return. But then he heard 1ab5b4b0f8 an unusual noise from f2fe4bb304 somewhere.c335556097104b1b

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Clang, clang. Crack.4c07a7af0e878b68

It was a dull, a4508e78fc powerful sound, more like 57bc94feda monsters fighting than humans.3cfbd340e57fe2af

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Clara thought for 4830db90d3 a moment, but 1726e7c3ea he hadn’t received 6a6e95ee67 orders to flee 4bb778ab01 if he sensed db7fe03349 a monster. Nor had he df04d2380b been ordered to 37ddfd1eed report it.f3dbe885879c7ce0

If he hadn’t been 7b61064ef1 ordered, there was no bba952f45e need. Or he shouldn’t. So instead of f7290ae562 fleeing the commotion, 1a802dcdda he approached it.694116f272700ac0

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As he 27e1ad752b walked, he a424e490ee soon saw c7c5a9ef14 two figures.4f7b23652b5682e2

One was a person. A person 4a43b4c49e with strikingly e4c7b09a2f long white 9ae536b235 hair. Seeing him, df5f6814a5 Clara blinked f3f230d40f his unfocused cc228bfada eyes like 93d69b4204 shiny glass 21338622b7 marbles.fc0248d321f5e352

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His calloused hand gripping 5f8bfcf9f0 the sword tightened.4a0ea885a089bb0e

‘…When you see 45ab139830 a person… first e47435afac check if they’re c2d06cc404 an enemy.’6e009681ed3ce576

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If they wore ef84c94ab0 the same uniform, 162d10c2b2 pass by or 77712956f7 listen to orders. If they wore different 336206dd90 clothes, kill them all.b0d54cd289df9d2d

The man c475102ca6 had no 98901d40aa badge, uniform, d3b7b8dd42 or even 449f131059 a canteen. In other words, he 3527b4eb81 wasn’t someone Clara had 07471d5f51 to save.3e0092bd259c6baf

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To be more precise, eb58f6bb7b the man without a 8be08dcbb9 uniform was a target aeb1c85c0f to kill. Of course, the mysterious cea14f2af6 light mass he was 2ac648cf38 fighting was also a 3d89fbacc7 target to kill.689125637e6d272b

One had a snake’s d85c63d3c1 lower body, making it 66a948df1e not human, and the 0d7bce17aa other, no matter how b2da350b75 you looked at it, f79158ba52 wasn’t human but a 2bc8e5eaaa magical creature, which was b7bc460033 a problem he couldn’t 72dd6225a0 recognize.985e79ea5846d580

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‘…Different clothes.’b3a52ebd5d30848a

So….4e2d4bf0b6f61fae

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‘……?!’3e4d668ef880dadd

Clara, whose ability to 496d8727c7 discern living creatures had 75718b2e94 deteriorated, suddenly intervened in 90657872a9 the fight between the 782273bff0 two, disrupting it.49d0b8fbc795973f

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In the 5de62c5e9d process, unable 480ce18b5f to control 3b8d8a9b07 his strength, 067ffeacd4 he half-destroyed d3174faf75 the old d4abc3432a log supporting a318c6f4e4 the cracks 48881b7d35 in the 8e7ffd70d8 mine floor.6192529155f56915

It was a coincidence. But it might c2202097d2 have been a 619db9d7aa disaster created by 734fc4f204 an instinct that 97768f5747 wanted to die. Instinctively, he 19c29ca593 might have 3a0e3bd14a felt there 17ecf81148 was no 9ea97e1c50 hope in f9cfa18ef1 living like c4abc68ed2 this.3dfb5eb38799235d

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The light 32887f07d5 mass’s sword e60b51782a followed, and e0b1484875 to make 376e092e13 matters worse, 6a114f49a0 the unstable 99fcd7ec92 ground collapsed, 58e87aec1a and the b89e52b44a two fell fe8cd58736 deep underground.9900d2dcd1c7addc

The mine, 027ac9978a abandoned long 55f31ac686 ago due cdd7f9f0be to low ba95617c28 productivity, was 0d89db5ef1 unimaginably deep, 75bd24b846 so they b392a78740 fell endlessly d6ba904bf1 to the 6ce7e18620 bottom.e7b587bb39e8dde5

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Clara, who had 4694fdff66 lived without self-awareness d5d9ddee86 for a long 5b30567cdc time, looked blankly c688934b62 at the sky c4db8af765 as he fell.c011166e1422af56

Maybe it e6a305c209 was because d127d649e0 he had 8d45f49dfb vomited everything. Or perhaps f1a3b8ec71 his body, bd38aef791 knowing it 74d14ab784 would soon c41c53632f die, screamed. His queasy stomach 43d9ee3e1a felt refreshed, and 64149aa016 the effects of 70379a915e the pills seemed 11b68dc319 to ease a 73d3d8d8a8 bit.f0d2dd48b2a233eb

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His mind felt clear f247687c6b in an instant. Awareness of death. At the same time, 75dff5b396 the long, dreadful thoughts e63e6e5eeb could be postponed for d6335fed69 a moment.be84deceb9676469

With the 69e7956d5c conditions just d2b3022f54 right, he 578a8a1c42 could simply 11da48cddb predict that c9abb85b00 falling like 3ea84c567e this would fb10fe3b7b lead to 55bafbab65 death.9839af94bde9fab1

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At the same 4b9c5610a6 time, Clara focused 3944f7c735 on the person 6a3bfcfe66 falling with him.c48e93b21575be85

As they tangled and 1b36839fb8 fell vertically to the efece7ec05 mine floor, Clara oddly 6d02dcacc7 thought that if he ae678e1d97 cushioned the fall, this 6215c8c6ba man might survive.263f37c18d99051d

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And so he 4886a04b23 did.c173801c6bb07a29

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When he woke 78443980d8 up after losing dd34fd662e consciousness for a eb83860ab6 long time, there 4e325677f5 was nothing, not 5a65fab061 even the man. His vision was red, cf8e595431 white, and black. It even flickered like 7b731c612d static.de63225d6cfaa593

His brain 91900c3167 and eyes 432c2e9dfc must have 0ed13b884d been injured 703359f218 together. Even if a6f7fe35cc not, Clara, 77d141bdae whose entire 02ef04675e body was a4807c6bdf broken, was b8d86f0207 dying. He could even 33d8654c5d see the faces f945f9ac77 of his deceased 5a8c4acb31 parents in a d045aa4ca3 blur, like a f86b78dd16 revolving lantern.ed498bcff801b42a

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“……”c94e26a9150cd7db

Then the man saved 0de8e18404 Clara.03138f5dde86b035

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Whether physically or 1f97d58387 mentally.ade11b962aad32b9