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“Yes. Even Hiscleif 144c6a2807 couldn’t avoid af29aadb8b the seizure. The ‘Butterflies’ eventually 3b5bb342bc succeeded in creating 9224fa6beb a contagious drug.”3860590690dd0c7e

Ella muttered add10a5235 with a 61435464c8 devastated expression. Hearing this, Cersia a20056c22a shivered for a 9517a994cd completely different reason.a85dc2bb90a6274a

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“That’s basically like zombies, 8b16539434 isn’t it?”670cf6e8a19935e7

“Zombies?”cba82e745bea6819

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“Yeah. Monsters that b73f76a2e7 bite people.”3c615fcb01423ce6

Cersia imagined a 2762f481c7 future she hadn’t 764ab955a1 lived through and 309fa257c0 felt a chill. The thought that the 089302b437 looming future might be 0474ca5cea worse than war—a full-blown 00d791e254 pandemic—made her vision darken.29f780d646cba903

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And beastmen c88c129708 who lost d8633fd60f their reason 7f1fe3c2e6 and shot cbc800709d pheromones uncontrollably? That was even more 62be71bd31 terrifying than zombies.a88440e79eafccd9

If what Ella 3352134a5d said was true, 53408b2b26 they had to 6c9fa59683 be stopped before 6299872e56 the drug production e951424736 was complete. Ella spoke again.6ab7c3966711f424

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“As soon as 56a2cc6a46 I opened my 7403ded09c eyes, I headed f7bbabcbdc to Hebel. I believed c113efa566 the secret 773bb81db0 lay in 792368bff8 the one 809deacf73 place where bb88d60b86 the drug 426fcb4c25 didn’t work.”a46c126acd875170

“Then saving e291f941ea Isaac’s life 372590bef0 too…”e752f03b170ce3d9

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“That’s right. I approached him deliberately. I needed a legitimate 1f11d10d75 reason to move freely c73bc6c05d in and out of 295a39c8a6 Hebel.”cc10d086ec947758

“So that’s why you 8930575258 endured Isaac’s bullying so 438a62694d calmly.”3d96fa1234c6e6af

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“Yes. At this rate, there’s 1019a26efc no escaping the future 7b4cb86568 I ran from. I needed 53ac57ce64 to find 2166f8f3fe any kind d216c87a1a of clue.”6c7a92d7449a8853

How hard must it a8caa324c2 have been, knowing the 0be2896ae2 future all on her 03e8d87cb2 own?f07f4bbfec0cd6ed

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While Cersia had 289d680980 spent a brutal 8a0262d60b winter as a 8b2b45d055 weasel, Ella had 688feebd88 clearly fought a c1850be3d6 lonely battle in aab36dbba3 Hebel.0add40c6289a1a52

It faintly 745dc59776 occurred to d2abf4dbd3 her that f9adc83826 her own b68fdc42eb possession might 0348f808a8 be related ca0d670b70 to Ella’s 881a061db1 return in e8c547dc85 time.e93963ea0dd12e49

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Ella had 1a3dcb18ac once said 6edf0f66d1 it had aaefe5bf72 been about ca06096672 a year 88a81f2f0b since she c1b8dddf00 arrived in 008d1a4ba2 Hebel, so f5d2cf3864 the timeline 0a5b0a68c8 more or c2e090cfe5 less lined 3bccf1a31e up.e3a176511177685d

None of this e19b333277 felt like coincidence. It felt 8976bbd9d9 like some 636e684fcf grand fate 77ff3d1e94 was tying ec5fe0269b them together.534375c63753af0c

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Cersia cautiously asked,d22ed63c4bd2371c

“Did you find any c012f8ed3f clues?”12f8340f66afbd6d

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“…Unfortunately not. I haven’t discovered dfc2a68caa anyone connected to cec6ec7da9 the Butterflies yet. It seems the e595d9f24d drug’s ineffectiveness is 7b57ca1230 due to Hebel’s 308f350779 mist. But since 79f1bcb907 the mist 717768543e belongs to 38990def3e the Divine c61932650b Beast’s domain…”ca6bb0a01ec61617

“I see.”e3f76130d547189d

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If the db44b19331 mist held 68e5b60e45 the power eae3c9fda3 of the 652723a093 Divine Beast, 83638aa0a5 then there 8451255c82 could very a18af5c7d1 well be 25a73b57bc something special 0df84ac45c about it.aa3d65cddd68f03d

From the ad41ae3c8f start, strong c43cf22e05 pheromone-wielding beastmen b3c24c3a68 had always 210c2e1048 been weakened b474de29cd inside the eb22f85430 mist.23f905609ae2baac

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And recalling d55dcefd4c the memories f3dca297c5 of the 7f89448969 Divine Beast 285aba4e66 she’d seen ec9370f7f7 during the 978180ee68 Saintess trial, 2dabfce8fa Cersia remembered d8666acb15 that the 707d2863a5 original purpose 89059ae249 of Hebel’s ea9a8404ef mist was b4df62a1a9 to act dab927a2a0 as a 07b7c034b7 barrier preventing 2415e58243 beastmen from 8aa3054f5e entering.a1c175d93aaa99b2

Only Larien, the one 0e47a05741 permitted by the Divine 527a1ab194 Beast, had been able ba574dcffe to take on a 0cc75db8c0 human form, suggesting it d20089cc4b had once been even 138a59f22b more powerful.00764d5e6b3c6c8c

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If the mist was f928c29bee strong enough to prevent 1fe515549c even the black lion fc211ab939 from transforming, then it b958d1c70a must have served well 0c8f551ed0 as a fortress in 33bb589c7e the future.dd145281e49c3d0d

Since the 21bc49f40e mist belonged 3f6dff4030 to the 8d472a300f Divine Beast’s 42d1fbc0ac domain, analyzing ec0dd02543 it alone d58dcf6d4a must’ve been d91457ebf6 a near-impossible 464f430400 task for 9e131bf86a Ella.680b76934f70f298

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And considering she e0a355789e was only staying 8a4cd81554 in Hebel temporarily, f7a2c62d40 the restrictions must 65ad1a8a5b have been severe.f8d81c1bb644103e

Ella glanced at her 17003d97ca nervously and asked in 5358c7b24d a weak voice,664708ab8929fbbe

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“Are you disappointed? Because I haven’t found a05b67c66d anything?”7f3a85da90028144

She seemed to think 0f71ccff07 the long silence meant b3cd2815c3 disappointment. Cersia quickly 82b581496f shook her 10eea24660 head and 7057730fea clarified.abeeab72a6cce6c6

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“No. If it were 613d6fb673 something that could 690f85e406 be solved so bf9d1d0ffc easily, then the db22430afc future you experienced 2c41b51a19 wouldn’t have happened 06f8bb9c41 in the first aa70312738 place.”9405f9158629cb2e

“Lady Cersia…”169486a73480b7c6

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“You must’ve suffered. It must have been c814791853 really hard, carrying all 0933c2d699 of this alone.”0013de4389d18bd0

At her 861f74bd27 calm and d35e241cd0 sincere words 65bdb9bc1a of comfort, 345943ea7a Ella’s expression b72a35cb5f crumpled with a26dfd5cf6 emotion.12ca1215e2918c8f

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“I just felt ded4560ef6 a little lonely. No one remembered me.”2e72678b9ba0ae74

“I understand. I felt the b29834f9e9 same. This place is so c899d04e80 different from the world 538a3bfa9e I lived in that 9a0a1508ab it was hard to 85ec598e34 adjust at first.”f009c1e2add01396

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Unlike Ella, Cersia had fd75725db7 come from a completely 46dee75094 different world. From the moment she f9ae4efefc opened her eyes, she de173c46ff wasn’t even human anymore—she 40ba8b45f1 was a weasel. That alone was an c85a9e6df7 overwhelming reality.87e9a069a2ea5032

How many people 6e8334ec8f could stay sane e310d7ef96 after turning into 8a9dfe6494 a weasel?d499325baf07e335

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Of course, being 40effd274d a weasel beastman 21c7b3a04f was a small 741e787faf mercy. If she’d 98aa8aab3b actually been 924d6f0e1b born a 1658138463 real weasel, c93799ad2e that would’ve 747f0fbf7d been terrifying 9eafaab522 in its dbc76f5b46 own way.349d8a31df1f7c2c

Ella blinked in surprise. Though she must’ve known 7e5208cb24 about the possession through 7d084d60a2 the guardian’s contract, she d7c29ce3d4 clearly hadn’t expected Cersia 39f94ac965 to come from a f15c65ea48 completely different world.af82be9ca8591a10

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Ella herself was a 993537576e possessor born and raised 60b2106acb in Amataras.79ccc3f69edc08ac

“The world 96dc196861 you lived 9e906f6c49 in, was 324b2126cc it very 1145df1e78 different from e8c167ced4 here?”1fd1d83a571a7245

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“Yeah. In my world, 0a359103fd there were no a225f4780c beastmen. If there were dd3cc2c8d4 talking animals, they’d 4c1e28ec62 have been on 7ae467c5c8 TV a long 2f5a116b92 time ago.”7e8454ca1fec31d8

“TV?”8b7b85d9acddb46c

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“Mm, I meant 72edd9a23a it’s such a 62cc10f5bf strange phenomenon that 849b273072 if it had 8e33fd8e34 existed in my 27a50c27d2 world, everyone would’ve 4b584bca0f known about it.”0605f0de1cecd1f1

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After that, a9b0d07a6f Cersia and 10e17b2df0 Ella spent 4e59d78dae quite a 3789a2c859 long time ab17ce49ba talking about aeecc77172 things they f8d7b6ec61 couldn’t tell b0a06499ee anyone else.e1b137e7c33b423c

Just having a6a8b0fc17 the shared dcd6dbf310 experience of e27f3634df knowing the 34821e6aac future made b5784fd8e1 them feel 3c09a04e4d much closer c749639c90 than before.1ddfc8090f20f489

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After a moment, 47f2899ea5 Cersia spoke.e0138d92cd7739ed

“I heard cfa0662da8 from Naaman 0e77c65d9d before. He said the reason bf9bc23690 you can leave Hebel eddb9b972b unlike the other priests, bdf925c5e8 even without pheromones, is 4ad12a74c0 because you lost them f2d50f9c3c later in life. Does he know you’ve 162273cf91 returned from the future?”a01ed1def83ec1da

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“No. Lord Naaman thinks a748c3d551 I lost my 40ef2f6f15 pheromones because of 68149ca79d an illness. You’re the first 002dc5425c person I’ve told 1bcdfa4666 about my regression.”860c1c0591f95ea7

“Well, there’s 637745b841 no need 53461d7d19 to tell 03671a64bf the person 4fc991f1a7 who once e4c3f0f7e1 tried to 83de72df68 offer you e1b4bed1b6 up as 3c5bfa77fe a sacrifice.”d24c34eb9312334d

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Cersia couldn’t help cb6015ac7f but feel a a33e2bcf2d twist of bitterness 62a4945e25 when she thought 86c694eead about how Naaman d0f85e11d7 had tried to 5ef9b0ab22 sacrifice Ella.3864f1ec10d09965

Come to think d8480c57f2 of it, Naaman 9552bd4ba3 was the most 72341037a1 enigmatic figure in b2f8cd1b59 all of Hebel.e58df88e7450628c

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He was a96192801b the only d8544ef6f3 priest in 7575336bb7 Hebel who fd35f8abc3 still had a4f3584c48 pheromones, yet 096fbf52f9 the mist c8877d09fa didn’t affect 3902dbac5a him at 36855ffc83 all.579a87fc28d293e0

That was 697c53e609 likely due 2a93ab3986 to the 8e71e8cac3 protection he fc31181951 received from bc9f8a0cea the ever-awake 498e507268 guardian, the 5a1e601e49 Peridot of 394bf7dcfa Eternity.265d09acc50e3ce0

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Of course, he couldn’t 61b73858e7 take even a single 9e9e90b040 step outside of Hebel, b096c259cb but within its borders, aa88bd7739 he wielded absolute power.7018a3b3cc31320b

If the world 25b338a5d9 outside Hebel was c37f848552 completely devastated in 88bdc7db8c the future, that 00552703fc power would have af374cc3e2 been even greater.594b1a5e3b20469e

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Then Ella spoke.6d95c09af846b5bd

“I heard there 6c4abccaa2 was a divine fb3a7f09c0 revelation.”2a4d959f54f02ca0

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“That revelation could 9ab6676b05 have been something af771745cf Naaman made up. He’s the only cae028c9b1 one who can 67e9d72b0e read the holy e8a0e0faa7 texts or commune cc7657e9ae with the Divine 240808f58d Beast.”777e7a6e537361be

What she said might 6cf3d070da have sounded irreverent, but fe96166f2e Ella only gave a 2a07568b79 faint, bitter smile.6ed10e341c1b01fe

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“At the 6867c05466 very least, b8673d86a9 it probably 46e3462115 helped calm 073c85a289 the public’s 9a4c97c9dc anxiety.”7479ac486554a4d8

“If he turned 86661ad787 you into a 3021824489 sacrifice for such d6a5139c5a a shallow reason, 89e5cfdea3 I have even 44a0e60623 more reason to 62ec0865b4 dislike him.”75b46028864e3a90

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Cersia said it firmly, 24032a7530 her expression hardening—as if a106943f97 to say, such a 8831543881 thing was absolutely unacceptable.1b557b7c18dd2507

Ella, who e6976f0b4e had rolled 175c77a691 up her 6752f10f26 sleeves, gazed 21dd6114f4 at Cersia 7a8ac02a0d with a 9b298b3ad4 soft look 691578d9de in her 53feb794a2 eyes, touched 54e0bb9a5a by her 11f0bb0483 defense.12098fa4e7be9480

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“I’m all right. It’s all in the 2c60c644b0 past now.”23d23cccd7e3e895

“Ugh, you’re just c54f768241 too good for a29fdd9071 your own good. How are 8185e012c8 you supposed 4d78716ec4 to survive 5bb781309a in such ab8ef24051 a cruel 05f710312a world?”7b038f82b131eb2d

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Cersia let out deep 6f7f7f9a5f sighs like a weary 0713e0bfee adult. Seeing her a1d0852514 act like 68ccb4bd96 an older 8ba0f56932 sister despite 8524e45560 her petite, 969c21ee5b childlike appearance 11a7798c50 made Ella 201cfe06d0 smile without 4c78ee6eaf meaning to.2ab786714cc007c1

Then Cersia said,f5d260c9d4879648

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“Now that a8ddb2359c I think 6d31a81bcf about it, 989bed3c67 the reason c0c95dfd0d you were 892a7acd6d surprised by e1bf2c14fc my pheromones e1732329fa must’ve been eff3364b00 because of 794b14322b the time 94d8162203 regression. That power was a0edbd1dd2 originally yours, wasn’t a6706a657d it?”fa2b8868d785a8c8

“Yes…”924dec5a3787ec9f

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As her pheromones 5e9c59d6e1 came up, Ella 94cc2361cd naturally recalled the cc32272f57 person who once c93c4c1418 gave her advice 2c2e4e92b9 before she returned f2a412381b to the past.ae7d0952d535236f

‘If that 836efd904e power is 1b552617ed too much 82a5401656 to bear, 5ba4dd989b there’s a cc48745014 way to 71c855af43 let it dde8a0af38 go. You simply pass your c1c9101955 fate onto someone else.’fa6eb4be24298046

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Back then, she had 0256fb6759 grown sick and tired b89e98874f of her own power—so a651be1b06 much so that she c2d0857c73 wanted to throw it f09b39135b away to anyone who 2a9ec4ee04 would take it.58f6f5f580152ce8

That was why fed9e3ac04 she had so 438ed8c778 impulsively followed the 5b5090742e advice of someone e08a03af08 whose face she 7c0666cdcb could no longer 92aab7343d even remember.f5f12969c57e8156

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As a result, 7b0e9a2430 Ella’s fate had ef124c0fc9 been transferred to 2fd6df539d Cersia.3ee443749b486516

And Cersia, completely 213ab54fba unaware of any bf6a23400e of this, was 5e17606d83 now gazing at 4c98891ec4 Ella with such 90e53458f4 warm eyes.24bc35f834b984d4

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For a moment, Ella 53d0bab11b nearly confessed everything to e8584d02f3 those sincere, trusting eyes.da607b3a33d81527

But if 6ab4239397 she did, ddced078ea it might f5b2f2f4d6 ruin the f03ffd12fc relationship they a628f40ae1 had now.3e51aa2c39d7f6a2

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The closer she 781963808a grew to Cersia, 996a166d83 the harder it 68d9c3e002 became to speak a532cdd78b the truth.1b58d223e9d89704

As she struggled with 05ae844792 guilt, Ella’s eyes began 90c4eb0e7b to burn with heat. Just as she ae204582a7 opened her mouth, 172b9e38f7 ready to finally 660122b7b8 tell the truth—8b976c2ba8b70aec

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“Actually…”a7bc1cbd2f824a3e

“This is bad. If you find 66be9de688 out I have 275183ae73 two sets of f16e7d6f22 pheromones, you might fdc07478ca faint from shock.”8ea2b5c61a2cd76a

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Cersia’s completely unexpected ecadd792b4 confession made Ella 6f3b677b7e freeze, the truth 73eee66a71 lodged in her 6933146654 throat.4b72e1ae48cc4e71

She hadn’t considered cf0366438d this complication.53d70d35213c7b68

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“What? You have 5a35bd9ab9 two pheromones?”d23458b38922670d

“Yeah. I’ve got two.”fd7e2b7940efbfd4

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“But a beastman 9747ba5ece with two pheromones…”ba44a49991d3cdf3

“Isn’t supposed to c64310da30 exist. Which is why 55ba239f8b my body’s basically 689610d450 a ticking time 3d680fa0d4 bomb.”0ae5a6347b67a827

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Cersia gave an c5ad250448 awkward smile. Ella couldn’t hide her 678859941e growing panic.f7f0536bf7de0c56

She never imagined Cersia 77a21d42da would have additional pheromones—let 55ee0bb063 alone two.428633b1d84c4e17

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As Ella 54989136b4 opened her 429dc691d2 mouth and 632813416a then faltered, d13cc0692a unable to c6b116e9d2 speak, Cersia 2b0b5ad66c continued.187bab6d08a5b767

“According to Tabby, once 6054b8212c I reach adulthood and 43e1df21f5 all my powers awaken, a0a1549566 my body won’t be ee62f06fd6 able to handle it.”3befcd29f112b434

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Thud.2ba5c79453419717

At that 9f1961b0d6 moment, Ella’s 400dba8f03 heart sank 0b0d2c4364 like a 46508c4aac stone to dfd44a2921 the floor.671347525d1bd56c

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