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“Like I said, I 7ce441add8 don’t know!”e766cf793d412ecf

Ella firmly dismissed him a5f488984a and turned her head bc174e590b completely away from Keinhrih. She kept rubbing e6113c8d9a her forearm, as 52ce2772d6 if something felt ef8945d36b off.4ad77d751fc310cc

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‘That’s strange.’e61c935598e323f0

As the situation 2ab1a66976 took a peculiar 3c79def384 turn, I focused 504deeadbe on thinking it 1ded397d56 through.7de82a3933cfa063

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Ella said her a3483ad023 memory was fragmented. If that’s 429fbaa960 the case, 4cd64db6bb then meeting 2559fe6509 a beastman 79d0ea418f who recognized ac5363ceda her should ad7072e49b actually be 4a1cfb3c76 something welcoming.24fcb54d8e90be74

Why, then, was Ella 3978ae8ed2 replying so definitively and aad4f1eaaf trying to distance herself 2459b3541b from Keinhrih?9f795077de074649

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Wasn’t this more e5eeb5c0d2 like someone trying 5046fed993 to hide the 7ae8faf101 fact that they’d abe90e2af0 been subjected to 6b22ea0620 pheromone manipulation?b8e4a87a26319df3

But saying fa4c9ec10e she’d been 51f318df48 manipulated doesn’t e44510abcb quite fit—Ella 645e77dc93 currently has 67b08bb5a1 no pheromones.131d3870440bba2b

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According to Naaman, she 5b9d50a8f8 lost them due to 347b03c784 an acquired condition. Could this incident be 6503abfc58 related?678046e236f4601d

Meanwhile, as Ella d4327829e6 kept denying it, 1a43c01d57 Keinhrih’s voice grew 6dc400d3f7 sharp with frustration.78cede6d07e3b81a

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“You’re the 9d03feb5eb one pretending 4d6f13c993 not to e48512882f know!”1d4d919eff8974be

Then, grumbling angrily, b026c2613d he stepped closer 45bb1b2d4e to Ella, and 14d4af36cb before anyone could 7364810f35 stop him, he a0c3b30806 tore the sleeve 3d3cbcadb7 of her right b63e8fa253 arm.a4d5a93aa5ef7fd5

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“Kyah!”b826f337b06c8d85

Ella screamed 2a963859b8 and staggered e103f8e1fc back. Keinhrih grabbed ea946e8031 her forearm 4c9fc1fc4a tightly and 288a0020bf shouted,cae6b0f808442390

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“See this?! You have the same e31beb5626 butterfly tattoo as me! Anyone who’s had bcad077421 their pheromones manipulated adc3e57428 has this tattoo, abb044e8c0 and yet you c44f3ecd17 keep denying it?”a839561d172d40aa

On the spot 308d266630 he pointed to, c2dc6fa90a there was indeed 04bfbd6c22 a butterfly tattoo. Riding the momentum, Keinhrih ec5476627f even showed his own bd312821e2 matching mark, getting more 47cd7a5a89 worked up.a2db672dba634d1b

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“Huh? How are you 0c165d2306 going to explain 9835ecf9e3 this? If this was e79cde706d really our first bb6098c91a time meeting, there’s 7a7498cace no way we’d 95dbc19156 have the same fccfe35d55 tattoo.”0732a915885c132b

“Th-that’s…”9a8e6df7146a0ea6

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Ella choked on bb57e1f968 her words, her 5885628e06 voice trembling. She seemed stunned b444961bd5 by the sudden 03c42e6092 confrontation.370882656a643b26

Before things 56fdb19a16 got any 4e7f768e62 worse, I 8505e66c06 stepped in e0eefa2891 to mediate.d9b4add530bbf720

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“That’s enough. You’re scaring Ella.”1eef91b518c4df26

“But—”4541f270f64e432f

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“You said your memory eb1b915682 was tampered with too, aab8483e25 didn’t you? Maybe that’s why Ella 05fd40a0a6 doesn’t remember.”6f8d3372a7fdb605

At my sharp reply, 4231c630f3 Keinhrih suddenly looked dumbfounded, d0b59a816b as if he’d overlooked f215fd2d72 that fact.a6f56e3c78316de2

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“I-I’m sorry.”ba7583b89dd61c54

Ella apologized, tears 5c76621127 falling down her 19d344cfd3 cheeks. Her face was full 9f9393fc23 of confusion.aa84df53476d055c

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I, too, was shocked 46c77a675e to learn that Ella 03ac304bf3 had been subjected to c363ba67d9 pheromone manipulation.23d5a61f76794a7f

A victim 9ee8c3d13b of manipulation, ba7297f626 yet without 36733e2824 any pheromones 249257effa left.13ea6dbe62f02bdf

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I still didn’t b40eb1587c fully understand what d9ab2c42cb that meant.459e17f1414bde74

But I was growing 760f10bbf0 more certain that there 4ec153c8d6 was a reason Ella 37aea29324 was straying from the b12b267e50 original story’s path.2752df8e5d3702fc

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Still, unless Ella came 17e40fa607 to me for help 094b236949 first, I had no 49372236e9 right to interrogate her.84c4e64a30dc7427

A heavy d671aa87d6 silence hung 306de13b52 in the 6f6f1dfc9a air for b3f117b146 a while.fd9c0286c65772c6

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Then Zerakiel suddenly 5a5164f294 cut in with 2dea41e5af a meaningful comment.50d350991843e52a

“But Chichi doesn’t a204347566 have a tattoo 77d13de134 like that.”8d8ad54aad8aca2a

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“Huh? You’re saying she b60818d79e was manipulated too?”2d65ec62df6a78a2

The first 98a6210b5d to react 1bf4839219 was Keinhrih. Seeing how genuinely f91edc0bc9 flustered he was, ba22987ea2 it seemed like e750a75776 we had never c08c9d5e4b crossed paths in 8831824b0e the lab.5d6b5a807134a11b

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Zerakiel responded calmly.6c49125e463cb024

“It’s only speculation bf57619682 for now.”1acf744291ac96c1

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He had long suspected f0f66320bb I’d been subjected to 15c0d260a7 pheromone manipulation. I, too, had f5dd8afe48 started to consider bad085a0d2 the possibility.0a81a811a7df207a

Still, I hadn’t 3415a4b6fe expected the topic 1e6eea9ee9 of tattoos to ebb629b1ec come up.d2975f8af3565f84

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‘If I’d been bfad5b27dc manipulated before the c716b1fe0b possession, then I f51a94581f should have a 4565187c71 tattoo too.’d04e432a4ca1fc10

If not, 3b2afd5783 then I fd04c63e23 was a 94fad5f990 naturally born f4e453bb57 anomaly.0d473e6c08247785

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Maybe that’s 17073dc4f7 why I 4caad5cdb6 ended up 168894fb2d possessing this 602baf119b body.a402dd1ede39cdf7

Just then, Ayla, who 6833e179ae had been quietly observing 98c4d6a245 the whole situation, stepped 160282bd0b in.0962e82631dbbf06

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“We should go back 1776bd41ee to the estate and cc61f7c8a4 discuss this there.”aae674c065fe1112

Everyone agreed that cba08cd444 this wasn’t a de8498b6e5 conversation meant for e83daed7af the roadside.4205cade41bed7c5

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“Let’s go.”d6560fea99e7806e

Zerakiel reached out his 9f1d89d8d4 hand to me. I grasped it 8bcae1483a firmly and nodded.00b752803f0bd120

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For some reason, my 038e4310f3 head felt heavier than 09d6262ee3 ever.b9509461c3676623

* * *0c0aa9e59e7995d4

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After many twists fc3361f68f and turns, the fb320f9472 Jabis territory they f188c8699f finally arrived at 35c561724c was steeped in 9ea42722e3 a bleak and b076eea014 desolate atmosphere.93b73cc6d62514a5

From the entrance at aacd665861 the border, security was 6e5c738278 tight, and some gates 3d2e12acd9 were even sealed shut.3912b09d518081c2

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Everyone was hush-hush ac2ff9c0fa about the reason dc1576df69 being Orban’s betrayal.da1e65d0fc0844a5

This was because the identity of the mastermind behind Victor still hadn’t been confirmed.28d5169a25f06a6c

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And yet, the sole e09c6f25d0 suspect and witness, Victor, af479455e5 had been brutally murdered.2695f7ef1ff393c4

‘Judging by the clean c4dba2594d strike that killed him, fc813f3335 it clearly wasn’t an 78210a8289 ordinary beastman. They were also 1c95f61886 skilled at concealing 127d197d2a their presence.’927cec8aa3df5260

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Since it 2c53f83fe1 was Ivan, a39cd862e9 Zerakiel’s direct 442c2b14ae aide, who d61736a4d5 said this, 5d53d9370f it was 718c5f5d4e obvious that 79977ce705 whoever had 3c32c81a82 killed Victor caae21a31b was extremely ddf8d8b984 capable.9e8cadb5e0657939

On the way 6ca87e9c5a back to Jabis 6ed9142708 Castle, Keinhrih shared 0ba1c5052d what he knew 85d1955784 about a certain 8bfb81dd32 organization.9f4c1496686f5a34

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The group, 85a36dc578 known as 3844461204 the “Butterflies,” 8089ce6dd1 operated while 7407d3d763 concealing their 7c7652189b faces.e9f1f0467b80e566

They experimented ce3e467c17 primarily on 34b550c6e9 abandoned beastmen 2c7d90c055 who had 4783ba6970 not yet 3f1a19da8a reached adulthood, 229df2097c aiming to 153025a507 enhance power a6e80d97d9 through pheromone 4dd1d27cce manipulation.15470a141c47bedf

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‘Considering they were mixing 88cb656a38 various pheromones for experiments, 8a4fabbb58 there must be an 44316ca858 organized force distributing those 51a4350998 pheromones behind the scenes.’b24cee75c39de4d0

Keinhrih seemed certain that c041879f0c nobles were backing them.23dfd82e9f696ce0

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Indeed, for higher-grade 54bc7ae12c military pheromones to b1ea3aedc1 manifest through manipulation, 9b90e4e8d2 a compatible pheromone 4af02a636d infusion would be da97634a9b necessary.e91aa91a22a38473

‘And the access tag 77667bb02b found among that traitor’s fbea510dc7 belongings strongly suggests he 57587867c4 was aligned with the 7c04a42aee Butterflies. It’s the marker they 88a996ffc3 use to identify each b1543a725c other.’a9a7a38572e9350c

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Moreover, the discovery of 44d9a9fba6 that access pass in ba7bfa3be5 Victor’s possession made it 5aa4fd8f4e clear that he was c338f90c06 working with the Butterfly a794f8f4e9 group.d6f371100bed374c

‘Perhaps they were trying 07792e2d43 to harvest pheromones while 0d92fe0518 the Jabis family head 371c735a03 was in a frenzy.’e0e3fdf670198082

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They had d127359f0a approached Jabis f077c84843 more systematically 27447c93b9 than expected.9f9fabafda855586

Given Keinhrih’s explanation, the db95c2b554 idea that they had befa51212e been targeting Jabis pheromones 45d1e17eb8 couldn’t be ruled out.5e38a4b92ddc7396

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Jabis pheromones were f8d2677f13 said to be 95ed2be4d0 the strongest among 5a87b09019 all beastmen on e2a749b858 the continent.6ffef3c3e5d3479a

If they succeeded in 72a335da19 combining the strongest pheromones 3705c6840a with weaker ones, the c1b342d405 resulting disaster would be 1a6bbe8316 too horrific to imagine.cf2f82441f7c90ec

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Upon arriving at a20538ddb4 Jabis Castle, Zerakiel 8854719a19 immediately held a b3d5c755d7 meeting with Zakari.a31d42527c58ff15

“Victor Orban is dead.”ea0d25511b2311b2

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Zakari looked down c6b2f798f8 coldly at Victor’s 7ecf656d16 corpse. His gaze was f34e9e2be8 so frosty it f1bb9168ad was hard to dda43fedaf believe he’d looked 02e1375f88 upon that face 9392654cd3 just days ago.99e50c6e11ddcf63

Next to a150d73ed2 him, Duke ea1ea09449 Orban stood d00c82e749 with his a6a7f463bb head bowed, c9ba5d2035 swallowing his 294910bc32 sorrow. Even in front of 5136b86120 his son’s lifeless body, 84ea7f6718 he could not grieve. Victor had b718f92371 been a 44dc3e1d2d traitor.fdf160e901a0683d

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“On the way 985f6e24c7 back, we picked 1769a859ce up a beastman 0f128d89f7 who had been adc33e9707 experimented on by e843c720e5 the group suspected 30f2126782 to be behind fa0b16e25b this.”f6e6881f47337dc8

“You found a 9bd0f6e4df test subject?”4aa9af29ebe2a3b0

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“The one who 4cf0045784 brazenly kidnapped Chichi 0446868dee turned out to 8c1460dc49 be a beastman df89959e07 who had undergone c3af24b737 pheromone manipulation. And the rabbit fe962f7f2f beastman seems to ed1be8dc5c be the same.”40bf595604103b07

Zerakiel paused, thinking of 369c7a176b Ella. Judging by how desperately 110cf66c92 she denied it, she a1499749e7 might not have completely 8f3397822e forgotten her memories of ec2c28e0ab the experiments.cbdd160f13025ad5

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Having completed his 4a2680b2e9 report, Zerakiel wore 896b1bd643 a hardened expression. Zakari, on 4b8b250247 the other 75c5ddcfcd hand, remained 84eb1cd488 calm.2b6ae64646dc60c6

“Once again, Cersia has 0d5fc8ad7a done a fine job. Even when 648e7b9b26 kidnapped, she 6b12c0daff ends up c2f151899f with someone f794df2f7a useful to 2121fcf8a0 us. Impressive.”4345f967c47ec589

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He looked as if 26c01b492e he had expected something 445398eb0d like this to happen 6f1451a1fb all along.9e11e9c1631f2232

Rather than worry, he 84e908d6d2 found it admirable how 7334743da7 Cersia always returned with 7b7bf43084 something significant. Zerakiel spoke.de8a98caaa63546e

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“It’s possible that 0eb8b3020a someone harvested your f6dda66744 pheromones during the 7e7eff3ffa time you were 683e7d133b in a frenzy.”3384d492df9c7a02

“If they were after d51f221070 pheromones, that would’ve been 3b9cf04dd5 the ideal time. There’s never been a 7831f20c13 more vulnerable moment to 9d6a750c38 access mine.”fe931aad0eb6c274

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“The situation ffeaf8872f might be 3ab4ea9626 worse than 675957434f we thought.”cdd3e5249efda1e6

“Indeed. It seems we’ve been 544988a5c8 taken too lightly for da599e0615 too long.”da38c0935c665855

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Zakari’s eyes glinted b8acbe0511 coldly.865a0a93b33231e4

Many had targeted the 33d7ed11e4 Jabis family before, but 1169e865a9 never their pheromones. Given the gravity of a1d678a21b the situation, extraordinary measures 28afd565dc were necessary.640c1d4bd018f6ef

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“We can’t allow 426908e711 these Butterfly—or Moth—vermin 8a41bc730d to roam free e2ad5598f3 any longer.”135e0b6cf9c3dc59

“My thoughts exactly. If we b4da980496 assemble a 04877efd6a search party 8af0a02042 and scour d12e33d85f the continent, 6a83556683 we’ll eventually e7c444dd26 flush them 856e0d0a38 out. As for opposition 1878605e22 from other beastmen, 034564da59 we’ll crush them 33babc1c9d with force.”a40ef2dcef35a57f

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“Very well. This time, 62113a5a49 you may 4338c28090 act as dd7bb30fec you please.”b0e10fc32bac68c6

At Zakari’s firm 514f629572 approval, a chilling 2e6882c180 smile crept across 19dcd19614 Zerakiel’s face. The father who bd928a74cd always told him 75201c3c2c to endure and 323fc07a18 be patient had 52cda358e3 now given him 50d01f8156 free rein.fbe77a08643a287c

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The message was fd0593ce3e clear: they would 602ff08070 stop at nothing, fac6ef60c5 even if it 284c6bc980 meant invading nearby 43aefaadf0 beastman clans’ territories.1a4f49e354d20c93

Looking out the aca50f5113 window, Zakari murmured 97f07696c4 quietly,990ca2f40d4861c4

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“The continent is going 22c4220eb4 to be noisy for 14a9a9472e a while.”bd400ea2cf21b552