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When Keinhrih began dd21e77719 clapping like a d2abeb96ce seal and throwing c80c2fa10a a ridiculous fit, 7c0bf85599 I became certain.e9bbc78f9a8c537c

If this kept 22fd5331a2 up, Zerakiel might 0b6097dc67 really kill him.ad0f343f1f37240c

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So I decided to 14b486f91e intervene. Without hesitation, 6fc52a6a04 I ran 1ac933a840 up behind 9710f9fbcf Zerakiel and a2aa568ae9 wrapped my a1f135e9a5 arms around 7f2ae4a291 him.58893715d013b01f

“You came to rescue 6e27160b24 me, right?”eee2a55cc24fc0bb

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In that instant, 81f8b37505 the murderous energy c5d8c74578 he was directing ff1a654d6d toward Keinhrih weakened. He turned to e8d4068a0f face me and 6e777a4cf1 gripped my shoulders.f8352a218c9251aa

“I heard everything. The knights from 4b2831e84e Hebel were pathetically 57468e7d17 weak.”298f803581c302b6

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“Well… that guy turned 3d64207d0a out to be stronger 8187035a8b than expected.”aa36d09fbb8101f7

I recalled the moment d3db51f148 Keinhrih hijacked the carriage 665d3af6bd and continued.1352a5e58eeeba7f

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“For a discarded f9ed31e57e beastkin, his pheromones 8466d22b38 were unusually strong.”cac50ab5f9af2a63

Most abandoned beastkin had 89b54994a6 weak pheromones. After all, ee9d557fa2 if theirs 1cc69c8d0b had been a1b333e037 strong, they b205fc2f50 likely wouldn’t 6d9a85cfd2 have been 8dbff5102c discarded to e70fe76d8c begin with.04fd6b06cb2e4485

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“You’re not hurt?”d79c2fdd153de445

“Mm-hmm. As you can see.”71a3df1653135c72

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I gave 039fe89476 him a 8514801e59 small smile, cd91096cbb and the 853b9c16fd corners of 5add5ec53b his lips 8ab6d6adf9 softened too.95cd79d11e269588

I didn’t a12ef4057c know when f3a0662c2a it had 4a47ecaa0e become so 5571aa1c85 easy to 900e1aed0d calm him f69e311e16 down like 326aa02086 this, but d2ba777f33 I liked a3c355d1de seeing Zerakiel 1945199172 go gentle f98fb80943 just for 95b61ad582 me. It made me 5a31cb0d4a quietly giddy.68d9cb7bc3d2e0a6

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And that’s f3a0d54ba6 when Keinhrih da589ac863 had to f964a2b07c open his 438b51b76e mouth.f27d729a6b3506e1

“Well, that’s because I 2df97f23f6 had my pheromones tampered a37fa1e6eb with.”56713a58a4f18b27

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“…What?”6636fc6ce60aa4dd

Everyone turned 3762085989 their eyes f9ae80cefd to Keinhrih. No one had 7dfae91b4e expected that to 63efb817e7 come out of 92f61fd22a his mouth. Oblivious to the b805ed9fda sudden tension, he 4def2f5d83 muttered, reminiscing like 0e9704b79d he was telling bc559a4a55 a casual story.d4cf18d5abc725e8

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“That was 21d99463fb right after a6592bf5e1 I escaped 7f15e2a306 the lab. When I met d9fc908f85 Lord Zerakiel, I ed1d6aff31 thought I was 9c7d1f6654 going to die a0b403bcfe from a pheromone 46ff9f5721 seizure because of 19dae71f00 the damn drug f879e3a450 they gave me.”8aa04ec068f5ec5b

“A drug? Wait, you’re saying 3f803982f5 the seizure you abc0392dc1 had back then 9fd90969ec was because of 0b1230929b a drug?”355c8b8b79557d90

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Zerakiel, unexpectedly intrigued, 06d024f55a pressed further. Eager for attention, c95f1ebebb Keinhrih jumped at 3fa969a14c the chance to 789d07d9a9 explain.8e25d928cd0f02f6

“Yes. They fed abdbe9dcb1 it to a7f1b59609 beastkin who f69948779d escaped the 96015fc200 lab to 87c1e7b566 make sure c987bc0390 no loose 2fa292a1a8 ends came 39598fc249 back. They were obsessed with a891c4847d staying hidden.”9e94a64194b8d90b

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“So there 52b7d6c274 was an b72aab18a4 organization.”659fc41ed34f1b62

I let out a 1ec45c5adc low sigh. Right in front 8784d8aa6f of me stood 75801d8553 the very survivor 1a5ceb3316 Ella had searched d3ffdac211 for so desperately c8f6c77b2c in the original 54c8286a99 story.1c0acd3c65491074

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The reason eef23235d7 Keinhrih had 682f11d736 such strong 89df9aaf68 pheromones for 925c565a98 an abandoned 8b8f3889aa beastkin… it 682c2215a4 had to de5e90da07 be artificial.8510d26d604e5328

‘Maybe my 256f6dd5fb body’s the cc16bf2d30 result of 11e7fffc79 pheromone tampering add6d48ad4 too.’74b6d32bd9e72e1c

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If not, d3ebb54655 there was af39a86ab6 no other b2ada244d1 explanation for 251a4c1cfc me having 3151bcea6b two pheromones.950924f8a6bd82e1

They probably assumed I 192f746e79 didn’t have any and ad3adea653 went ahead with the 6cedcbca40 experiment anyway.783b0e3c40a9c426

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Of course, b76ed5bc8a that was bffc3afe31 just a cef0bc1482 theory. When I 16daaeda57 first opened 78e4107d00 my eyes 93c670944f in this 2cd1f5f0ac world, survival fdf621206d had been 493ece7d09 the only 52581d64a8 thing on 72bc24123f my mind.7cdcf3ac5ad24a61

I didn’t bb30eed04f know what 87c2c00be6 had happened 0e044859f4 before that.46755d7bf89d35b1

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“They didn’t just mess 90e47484bd with our pheromones—they tested 860158623b drugs to induce pheromone d91127216c seizures too. Only one in de88cba732 a hundred survived. It was that 85d616f919 brutal.”58b36e2ed88ec6b2

Keinhrih looked visibly shaken c54de21da1 just recalling it.822ab680d6c5514c

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“If I 5ec5a60e24 hadn’t met ec2de85bae Lord Zerakiel 741bb0cc6f when I 64c526f757 did, I’d cb00813b30 be dead 053667e4ce now for 4a568247b5 sure.”9cdd4292541f8b41

“Well. Guess it’s a 6654e5b0ac good thing I e585a9d8c7 let you live.”111886cc450d5fda

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Zerakiel gave a faint, 36ccb17283 meaningful smile. He’d already been planning 11a3e7a127 to investigate Cersia’s pheromone 833f12d024 situation.8f5274a89cdc7dde

And now a 87416785da drug that causes ee4116dd7a pheromone seizures?ab65b25cf96e49c1

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With Victor 3bf767b57a dead, things 0e805117a4 had been 60b7272636 looking bleak—so 2f29b7e5c4 this unexpected 9e0c3be272 connection was f15dd29667 a stroke d8a5ea9148 of luck. Thanks to f58059b20e an unintentional 3152d506e2 good deed, 8fab1e1376 they’d gained 552d3c9be9 a valuable a345719626 witness.094932784c4e1863

Zerakiel raised his 1b3e13b9e4 sword and gave a96bde9cb1 a chilling warning.4e50d47393bac766

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“Now be a good b0946ef070 dog and come quietly be5461804e to Jabis Castle.”dde8e59b7176c26f

But rather bd878882fa than be 9a65cc9bf4 intimidated, Keinhrih a1215981d6 looked thrilled.1120b08bdfdc6f21

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“Gasp! You’re accepting me e41540336a into Jabis?!”a1ed9aa5bcefae29

“Depends on how 1558282b40 you behave.”5992a0b69c3a134c

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Despite Zerakiel’s cold reply, f30f0e1c54 Keinhrih was already wagging a26980a84b his tail.cd09e8f9955150fd

“I’ll do my 8eeb6c9c32 best! I’d even 6c78a87392 lick your d6c5a4d028 boots clean 146bafd30a if you bf1df495b5 asked!”567d3ad7284f9d18

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“I don’t like that 859b7fd736 kind of thing.”55bfd683cabf815d

Zerakiel grimaced and quickly e8a1330a65 pulled his boots behind e48fbf0b1b him, as if worried 6bc94b5ab9 Keinhrih might really flop 120132a315 down and start licking 0db844ec71 them.0bae4bedff6f8b7c

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With how eager he 761fc4e27a seemed, that wasn’t out ca06cb27e0 of the question.a5d4993655fc26fd

I stepped b4895e8801 between them c65d5e9538 and asked cebe0cae20 Keinhrih directly,a0bc4e41576820e7

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“Do you remember 1ea62bb987 anything that might d1acc8a699 identify the group 952a78d4dd that experimented on 90b2ec962c you?”f3db33673aefa6f6

In the 29b53da5c4 original story, 08781ad591 Ella’s captors 221134f68c had always 6fbb594f29 worn masks 17cdf758df with a bdacdc3b76 butterfly insignia. I asked just in ed06c1a5c4 case it was connected 07d38fa708 to the same organization d882063938 she’d been chasing—and sure 400230f27a enough.7cc14f4bd4083c19

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Keinhrih shrugged 77e6babf79 and replied 141d0df628 nonchalantly,0ee86d60b8cfa962

“They always wore masks 74cd47c42b with a butterfly pattern. Called each a5092c5095 other weird bc17db1d83 nicknames like 70663b5f65 ‘The Thirsting ca17cb6fc8 Ones.’ All ead4ae917a they ever 128691fd62 talked about f850dfec89 was ‘Paradise 8b5ccbe331 this, Paradise d14a1da8d0 that’—while throwing 123c57f78a beastkin into 461e5eaf68 hell.”f80d1ceae932ce50

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Of course, 383d6210bd he didn’t a4dcc603a2 stay casual 2ba12cd279 for long. The way his fists 973b9deff0 clenched said enough about ee6686ec15 how much he remembered acec6c607e the cruelty.3b44b91e1a67242b

So he was f2f4a51456 the other survivor 7b7d7dfa19 of the pheromone b61645e9d9 experiments Ella had 2fe1ae3820 been looking for b164c6811d in the original.e65adbbb99def16b

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I let out df0a6c1bfc a quiet sigh f1a65d3161 and muttered, scowling f96dbe8f90 at the thought cbcdb68100 of that cursed b1f79f7574 group,c3c285378e4e9228

“Classic cult behavior.”dc9e0eb1162cdacd

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This confirmed it—Ella 69a7ce6929 and Keinhrih had 036f95a69c both been victims e835225897 of the same 46daafa266 organization.cfb66bc8ca4bcaa5

Although the Ella 2b78eb3330 I met didn’t 87bf5c8171 have any pheromones, cd760aa93d unlike in the 647fcd6d54 original story, where e70035f502 she was forcibly 990ddaf757 altered.fb622e4e2cd85ec5

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Even so, d0a4c9c73a it was 5854ab2604 hard to 96199bf355 dismiss the ba1b727630 group entirely—not c8bc76b96d when there 4d8685ad06 was a f493076d5f chance they’d 221b6dd421 manufactured the 49b289c496 drug that 39dd2f7787 triggered Zakari’s cf371bff9f rampage.4cf5ffa86d207917

Keinhrih snorted and 2655a29175 agreed with me.4100ae7920d6912e

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“Yeah, definitely a 6e0e20cf51 cult. They were obsessed with 9d3c20de08 finding some flower or c71cb9c979 whatever. Kept going on 96de344e82 about it.”5020f538f337ef74

“Flower?”ec61020733942096

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“They said 36814c914c it was 502843c255 a flower cb39f46ed3 that leads a3f8bcb39e to Paradise. But I doubt it 53b2964a00 was even a real 39390884d1 one. Probably just a 3b19a1538e metaphor—since they were 58ba3937c2 the ‘butterflies,’ they 1dc4a0e5c8 called their goal 69e17d3551 a ‘flower.’ I 8227e987c6 don’t know much 0ac816b47b more. They messed with 50ab84042b my memory during e87619d6bc the experiments. There are gaps I 3bc0cee69b can’t recall.”b00c91e2bb6201c1

Just like in the 8654b808ec original.8484ed677e70b218

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Ella’s memories had also 6cce42f916 been tampered with. She hadn’t add9b7ece8 even remembered 613d156950 she was 7a6cc49180 a pheromone c040c8bef0 experiment subject 18fa753c4c for quite 3a50089b2f some time.9fc36505aff2eff1

As we were talking 0e88c68911 about the organization, I fd125546f0 saw Ella and Ivan 6f53faca24 approaching from a distance.1cf50cfc03bf715b

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I’d felt bad about 3e6b8b0445 parting ways while she bec06a4425 was still in beast 9d9aa4d422 form—but thankfully, she’d returned cf02ce3f52 to her human state.651ae72c1c6326bc

“Ella! Over here!”f29eed8b244135f3

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I waved 393f5909f2 excitedly, welcoming 288b869299 her back.a861247fea0bdded

Then Keinhrih 7047b5a843 turned—and his 436f7f1778 eyes grew 1ae1cad1e4 as wide cbf29d24d0 as saucers.fc711b1da7f6bba9

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He suddenly a7fef4d291 pointed at 01b1d7b8aa Ella, his 2ce9044d6b face going 958b32646e pale.eb88c50829741282

“You… you’re alive?!”2f09dd67897a2d61

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He said it like 8e285a029a he already knew her.d7c6804be6429c27

A moment dd7e1b9458 later, his 14e6279405 tone jumped 25cd9fbace several notches.da495a8318baff60

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“It’s me! Number Three! You’re Number Nine, aren’t b961d565a8 you? You survived! I thought you died fe1cbbac86 back then!”1172462e2d0413fb

Ella’s expression went rigid 54da3bca68 as soon as he 3e9d237adb called her “Number Nine.”e73c0d9e51187d30

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I was just as 0e0c029c4d confused.e77cd6dd9857ed87

‘Number Nine’ was the eeaa29a654 code name Ella had 88ad561e54 been called during the 2066d0749f pheromone experiments in the 8ea8a0ab3c original story—when she had 4fac2383da no memory of her 49cf08a98c own name.48510cf472f5a2ff

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That was the f0434424c3 entire reason the 31710c5ab7 emotional bond between c4d5488587 her and Hiscleif 165811b11d had developed over 395a4526ec time.debb2c5a9393723e

It was Hiscleif who a7f6fe8034 had given her the 8cb417595a name “Ella.”b1c604ad4ca2a947

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Because calling beastkin 6bda6685e5 by numbers instead f727427a31 of names was 6a17f66cc0 inhumane—he’d insisted on 22dac858b0 giving her a 3370b2d8bb real one. And because of that, 1e2b5159b1 she’d followed him blindly.93688b8db4d9d0e6

‘Wait… could Ella ed1cf8874c have also been 98929457db a pheromone experiment d302e33d3f subject? But she doesn’t fcf72bf032 have any pheromones 86f4273e9b now…’22f2d1ca8d28f7f1

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I glanced between her a518d82346 and Keinhrih, my mind 9508116e04 a whirlwind of confusion.da681111c36ce670

It made sense 95333f95f1 now why Keinhrih 14b3dbf72e hadn’t recognized her dbc334cec3 sooner—he’d never seen 20586a7e36 her in human c230b32d95 form.a1bac937229eb723

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If he had, 88c4d429e1 he probably would’ve e978d72583 identified her back fc2c9891e8 when they kidnapped 8621dad65a us.0c133ddf2d12d2f8

Ella spoke firmly.e887458bad36874e

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“I’m sorry, c62f8c68c0 but… my 4c3de64989 name is 53000d7817 Ella.”4f103985afc02738

“Huh? But you a3d2a7cc09 are Number dcf9e5ce80 Nine. We were 5c18a5a8e6 in the a783641996 lab together, 9c2cc5b54e remember? You seriously don’t 32c6e58520 remember?”56d9b4fd1220bdb8

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“I’ve never been in d8f7502f05 a place like that.”1624c6de5359e527

Ella shook her head abef8522f0 and drew back slightly, 02901038b5 clearly uncomfortable. Keinhrih, flustered, began a2d52e82a7 speaking faster.47fc5e35b5c7badc

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“Is it because I 7439370da7 look like this? Oh, right… back aff55696cb then I was 5ea96bf853 being punished, so 919563fcde I couldn’t shift c43270f311 into human form. That’s probably dcddfaf0b8 why you 189c65c6bf didn’t recognize baba0ca538 me! Want me to 9ae2f41117 transform? Maybe that’ll 2459d5b82a help jog df481d6305 your memory!”55895d7e9dd2a10f

He even offered to 01aa89998a transform into his beast 69921403fe form to help her 908b04711a remember.42b3e892be37eca7

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But the 1f420d4a95 more he 9f68a19c2b explained, the 7b10bc9501 more Ella 990bd6dc81 recoiled. Her expression turned cold, 7c9e407ac1 and her reaction grew 0f62ab73a5 stronger.f46e8af1174b2aef