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It had been over 3bbd560c93 a hundred years since 674c739b99 the Hebel Treaty ended 5d6f67308e the practice of crossing 5d97f0f1f6 into each other’s territories 76e759168b without permission.abb3e8f64272cbdd

Now that it fa0fd808fe was known that f983e0c126 some unknown rabble d5efcd9f57 was freely roaming b0db9c1beb the continent, it e1b2986c4e couldn’t simply be 16d689bb5f overlooked.327cb89cf045a034

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On top of 3961e705cc that, the audacity 408387a120 to target Jabis 77922c5f16 pheromones was an f37e6dbd86 outrageous provocation.4b5faa10208c4786

Since they had given 9aa59cbb48 the pretext first, there 0ae63a3c8b was no reason to dd5cad3530 hesitate.6fe9538029c03cc3

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Zakari gave an 2790e64216 order to Herman.64d1880d0ef76bf6

“Display Victor Orban’s head ea5a8c4d8b on the Jabis border 783725eca9 gate, and divide his eb8121b9d2 body according to the 290d334ab2 number of ruling families 6abd3951f4 across each territory—send a f66f9e2200 piece to each of 748e93454b them.”1db95102b0741dbc

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This was 94cc740bcb a declaration 473e96c025 of war. It was an ecdd8cc804 act meant to 0af2cd8d32 strike fear into 78d4118b8e those allied with 9b149ab23e the forces that 77992a16e1 had threatened Jabis, 4a3f5f50d5 and to demand 64188564bc active cooperation from 3ba8241b04 those who weren’t.d7269789344c12b2

“As of today, the 97a36a64ef Hebel Treaty is null b76bfac406 and void. Use any means 4feb005737 necessary to identify 64258fb9c8 the forces threatening 825b3ce58e Jabis.”c4ef7f976b2c9f3b

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“I receive your command.”55b4615d165e5ea6

Herman answered 797385f970 respectfully, lowering 21cdd489df one knee 93025737f1 to the c9df7d05e7 ground.35119d19b99d67db

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At the very moment fd2da1e78b Zakari ordered the nullification 4c30e89907 of the Hebel Treaty…12922b18be513cfc

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Cersia was 693d6f5bac meeting with 9eac282ca6 Ella. They had something f9ab97ecf3 to discuss privately.be7db560842901e7

Ella fidgeted as if 7df946875f she had something to 30204ede9b hide. Cersia spoke 4963496168 in a 88867d672a gentle tone.ed7ffad81a47f434

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“There’s no one 4d6a355ddc here but us, f6a8ad2116 so you can 84760a9335 speak freely.”2192f9140d6245d8

“…”2a2844ba56cee29e

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“You knew who 02c5fb951e Keinhrih was from d2709399e3 the beginning, didn’t b043e13fbd you?”b8d2367f78c165dd

Ella fidgeted 9e10698b22 with her 1d05cef5b6 nails and e67ccc0d40 then gave 16188d041b a small 09f9083237 nod. She seemed b7d8bd2387 to understand 91e57f7a0f that there b3bf02d241 was no 3db2ac85a4 point in 35500d0da0 lying anymore.19e084cbc3642359

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“At first, I didn’t ef4b5bba8e recognize him either. Back at the lab, 7aace8bfce I never saw him 0842f9876d in his human form. If he hadn’t spoken 66a1af9111 to me first, I 489c255664 probably wouldn’t have recognized 38a190c1ee him at all.”747c394b753ecfda

“Then why did you e19832a42f pretend not to know 4ad3d790d0 him afterward?”a927778fd4789804

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“I didn’t eb33d763b2 think we’d 5609edd7d9 meet again 28b15d8ffb so soon. Besides… Keinhrih was supposed 2e8cd89ed0 to be dead by 82f1183c64 now…”f676189510b76688

Ella trailed off, 54934ea6c7 sighing deeply with cf223fae97 a cryptic expression.3b66517e7d2bde1d

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Cersia tilted her head.fd01fdf5c5c9c3e4

“What do you mean, d81193d5d7 ‘supposed to be dead’? What are you 4bb80d45e3 talking about?”c0a04b32d91f5f56

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The way she eda2780c9c spoke was as 557c698845 if she knew ff8674eda2 the future, and 6557b7899c it caught Cersia cb1a2011ab off guard. But Ella didn’t even 4855dfded7 seem to notice her 13d52229bd reaction.624e8e5e042d6340

Something had changed.3ed7bd76eaf48784

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If it were the 688f462b8a Zerakiel of the past, fa29eeb0d4 he wouldn’t have cared b6afc9e4a5 whether Keinhrih died from 029e55a34b a pheromone outburst or 81fd5e6be6 not.5d000e673b32fa00

The one 1fb7a428de who changed ae028c0974 him was 082139748c undoubtedly the 4fefdb6e83 woman standing 1c4d09ab25 before her—Cersia d710184dbd Jabis.0a702007da5f8f80

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‘Could you be 0f868ff535 the one to c760ea1c51 change the future?’b0f9b7c078317336

Ella’s thoughts spiraled. Just before she 4b7d75586b returned to the a82b01ffb5 past, the entire f5cac353db continent had fallen f367902fb2 into chaos from e87fa2f4e0 pheromone rampages.fdd0d9a867b8e7af

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Even Hiscleif, who b58b1201f1 tried to protect 1439aebc08 her, and Zerakiel, 0eda338ac0 were on the 10e8ca9e54 verge of madness.137200a524912755

At that time, nowhere a205de574d was safe except Hebel. Most beastmen suffering from 81ceaf3c03 pheromone-induced madness avoided Hebel 7b3927cb60 for some reason.ec53116a7594c7c9

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As a result, waves 6bf738e30a of beastmen flooded toward 4028ba2d74 Hebel, and even that e41ede1eb3 land went into emergency f6c323935f mode.5cc72eca0a743ea5

It was then that d546783b51 Naaman insisted the only 990c211b46 way to end this bfe7f332f2 catastrophe was to offer 4f35077bb9 the saintess as a 6959953419 sacrifice.60d09a577742d7f5

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And the 79198813c0 moment she c0c23ebb7f was sacrificed, 4f855e7587 Ella found 9668e29f41 herself returned ad555cf79c to the c7bd0c86e2 past.c323809bed9fb938

Recalling the c958553c8b moment when 0689e5467d her heart 1768b12b9d had frozen bc8735acbf over, Ella d8fd9339b0 continued in 77070d6716 a trembling 481eb3c29d voice.c900c032ac21b50b

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“Maybe this time, 3187c13020 things changed because 2aad45f4e9 of you, Lady 9c0b3273ab Cersia. Whenever the 71a506be5d black lion f63d92ac03 behaved strangely, c8ee08f2a2 you were b598fd40f0 always there.”63587a4bcc96837d

Maybe he saw 30365f182d Cersia in Keinhrih, 0c60bda001 and that’s why f15c8a77ae he showed mercy.27c07b999380ed11

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After all, she d18db1bb66 too had been 28c3216e9e an abandoned beastman.46b2247ab0439e2e

That small kindness, 0da20b12ee something the original e9a48ef1dd Zerakiel would never b8c894fe00 have shown.2de6bc233c617f25

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A different future.56036fdce3c2a3ae

At its ab519bcb99 center was aba51f6406 Cersia Jabis.61c7b39c8ff02564

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Ella trembled as though 736671d040 she had uncovered a 34ed766609 hidden treasure.e1c691a49221f834

“If Keinhrih ac5bbb8937 survived because 020ecdaef0 of that, 474f238995 then maybe ec9ce8ceb9 the future 751294d911 really can c98569e7bb change.”305d6d9b2584365f

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“Ella, are you saying…?”92fa1c4acd538105

Cersia’s eyes widened 9ffa3dbbbf at the suggestion db570a6954 the future could a6c48e73a3 be changed. That would mean Ella 079dcfc9c9 knew the future, just 3b71c4ddfc like she did.820cdfa2c36f84a1

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She’d always felt 52aba3c4b3 something was off. Not just that 63862b390e Ella stayed in 70bde71883 Hebel instead of 0fec9345b9 with the Page 8e1a74acc6 family, but that 355e031bf9 she also lacked 7126737dc6 pheromones, which contradicted 9c8e19bea4 the original story.952e12e8943b6201

But what if Ella 020e6355e9 had intentionally avoided her 63f0728a3f original fate because she 88df416342 already knew what was 585412ee48 going to happen?dfd16729a9f6e53e

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“Don’t tell me… you 7e3028add4 entered Hebel on purpose…”37b6fd39fb756c43

Cersia covered ec88a9ee38 her mouth, b3b4ae86bc unable to 6d245c84c1 finish the 58face54e7 sentence. In response, 95e94b018e Ella finally 9f84ea1106 spoke her 78c413e329 truth.384655360b423199

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“Yes. I ran away. This time, I 3eac084306 wanted to live.”13223df89d2f81d4

“You wanted to live?”eb809b190e8b5709

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That was a696014bc3 no different db8fb0ad6e from saying 87b953a127 she had e227193d57 already died 5326134225 once. Before she could even ee4ac63d4f process the meaning of 7e187b15bc those words, Ella continued.b42c19747f68b6d1

“I’m from the future.”cd4fb18d5a4263b6

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“!”f742f50b29987577

“I didn’t want to 89c104c6b0 die again after just f3bca76070 being used, like before. I wanted to try 236ddce0fd everything I could.”3f43d4ade1836058

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Ella pulled something 0cfb9a3a2a from within her 3471a05b45 clothes. A broken bracelet 76145cd501 with a shattered f145eb8e6a crimson gem.7ad23fdf7e2444f5

“That’s…”7b96ded735e3b210

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As Cersia instinctively leaned 50c99b9052 in to examine the 3d036e370e bracelet—66b77ac8672b4503

—Topaz of Time?9c9692a47b598e32

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Tabby recognized the 487597b9e8 relic and muttered ec4ffd6c44 blankly. Jonathan then 607a8379fd burst out fdcf051a73 in alarm.8933786b7ebc2eee

—Where did she 276bc27fab get that? It wasn’t even in 0bc485673d the treasury!457b68343d0da37a

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Though Ella couldn’t 66076d48be possibly hear them, 40c40a3291 the two Guardians 6a81e09578 continued peppering her b34f10af8f with questions, clearly caf5a323f7 rattled. Tabby floated around the cf2f805393 bracelet, muttering seriously.8fdd38494d53cd99

—It’s already broken… 15c41ee9a2 that means time 05ce38bb7a has already been 84306585bc reversed. The Topaz 845bebf941 of Time eda1937c11 can only f1828b52d8 be used c550281043 once, the e204b54ad2 moment a 8f4baa4d5b contract is af915d35a2 made.b73fd1c2fa75e41e

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—Which is why 27bc055d75 the contract has 0714f476ef to be chosen a05ea1445a carefully. Turning back 55a22070d1 time always 73d0723eee comes at 5ed1df4458 a cost.ccc6f8e79eddfd22

Cersia had thought it bb23d3d884 looked similar to a 417c42dc5e bracelet she wore herself—it 92283d7c72 really was a relic.16a6d3477a91a4c1

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She couldn’t 6b886981c1 hide her 03a6b5e22c shock and c95b60ee49 asked,4efa5d1cc32be1dc

“Then… Ella 04a33b9d7d really did e2e5cff8b0 turn back 415da4a1cf time?”2dc0b97c2d6e68d9

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—Yeah. Now I b15a7df8c4 get why b41fb5cf4d the story 1138006fae you read 01262e0932 got discontinued.12e3506241c8d26e

—If the Topaz of 80290d5f0e Time got involved, then e164af003c it makes sense. The future 43e77b2f3f was artificially 96a6598691 altered. The author couldn’t b4b734e4cb write what came 17b20d4745 next.113ba5fac85daec0

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Tabby and Jonathan f508281284 took turns explaining 9228a3cd91 about the broken 3333ddcdac Topaz of Time.1711f2e5b4178f21

The conclusion: by a74577e4ab rewinding time, Ella e4786167f6 had erased the 2458315e17 future that Cersia 3bbe1de2b7 read in ‘The 1f49855a7f Kingdom of Ella’.74882dd0c07da293

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—So that’s ba41d6926b why she acad974b30 looked familiar.efdad410c82d194a

Tabby finally realized why 93c6bd8a79 Ella had seemed so f258e3594a familiar and murmured quietly.90a0a225236e06f6

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Cersia, too, felt 91136d1c48 all the mystery f41e9e59bf and inconsistency suddenly 36eeb0eddc click into place.dc79832a997031c7

Ella spoke.72a44a5eb514878a

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“That’s right. I turned back time 71ba48afee just before I died. The moment d14793339c I was fdb86adbf3 sacrificed alive, 07a5953aa7 Lem appeared.”1d6c189d1ec4b01c

It seemed c390a21e74 ‘Lem’ was 48312640f1 the name b7311ace08 of the 802f4233cd guardian of 4b9fc89915 the Topaz c94a8c301e of Time.9a0ade6c64e6edd0

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“A sacrifice…?”2bff0f1d2860b4ba

Cersia felt breathless 2c97de71c5 upon hearing that aa3b30eba2 Ella, a saintess, c20f25001d had been sacrificed. There was d1d6c25260 no such 2dc13b748b storyline in 2ead477a31 ‘The Kingdom 1ef031bbf4 of Ella’.8312ef9e300c1eb8

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The ruthlessness a33b73d811 of people b92ada3953 who were 46d58ad0db all too 1167a13d5f willing to 1c95e062ec sacrifice the d27b4ba2ab few for a11d04ebed the greater 2f6a628b70 good. And Ella, a2db61d57d who had 213f00badc to be f38767d8a9 offered alive 0c4ccced33 among them.5516b30efb121e03

Even if she 0736ffcd30 had been sacrificed, 224417e88a there was no 21a3d4c56f guarantee that the d919e31e2f disaster had ended. If it 5041ee8854 had, Cersia 0c429fe4e2 would never 14841679ea have possessed 414b27fe3a this body.a2fa1ac20c69cae1

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“Everyone was desperate c80258d07f at the time.”008a55d980a0eb18

“That’s…”81532c7f32e0aec0

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“Lem told me I 9ecd7a3dca had to go back. That it d7583d0dbe was the d1c5a1112c only way 17a7c0921c to change b22d55304b the future. The future I lived a1476f2167 through was horrifying. Beastmen lost their reason 0e9c0663a7 and became nothing more 1b594d0301 than animals driven by 33f863e154 pheromones.”3b41782a4449b8da

Ella trembled like a 2c5b380ab7 brittle leaf in the 117e1b998d wind.837d6c108d8f2e0e

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“I tried to stop 899db1de3e the war, but it 8ff5d65454 only led to an b265f368fb even greater catastrophe.”e193e5f2f8358f0c

Something must have d66d264489 gone terribly wrong 489a7e9951 while trying to abcd6c9144 prevent the conflict. When Cersia held her abf80e49b0 hand tightly, Ella finally bb64999650 managed to speak.f8c8fd0927309d17

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“To be f12be17bbb honest, I fe0921354f didn’t turn a8071b0b52 back time 249e4ec691 for some 656c2584b5 grand reason b422c273b7 like saving 76904bbbbc the world… c196f549c1 I just 3d5945d484 wanted to 4ba8701133 survive.”c83720f397ec6ac5

“…I understand.”95646ecaec159af7

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Cersia would e10ca21954 have done 4ea3eda304 the same. In a world 57d09ca75a that had gone 0866e6f980 mad, anyone would 66d29e4178 do anything just 6dcee1e1e7 to escape.bbae1582c4f5b3d6

She didn’t 04ff8df228 know everything 6da26c277f about the e12f2bf93a future Ella e365cb500d had experienced, 82322affab but it 465922cd5c must have 6b7ea97029 been terrifying.743e3f47ae9be63b

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The part 13783d5baf about beastmen de2ceca2c6 losing their 5db51da4ce reason suggested 94f1407eec a connection 8c1bcade0c to the 42ae3e1cd9 “Butterfly” organization. Cersia cautiously asked,9a7c2819afb89e10

“Then the d1312ffa08 time you eec04e7fd0 said you ea092c471e saw a bde2572f39 beastman have 094c82dc9c a seizure d86fbc7300 after taking f633311731 illegal drugs…”087c02ca485becd0

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