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“What’s that?”747293f67d8b6642

“Interesting.”44fa49809155be8a

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Zerakiel smirked, causing Chichi 19ba2aefd2 to shudder slightly.a3ef7f2d531ed8bc

“Can’t you stop finding me interesting?”874dcf52d2e232b2

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Her grumbling 7ceb9da956 voice carried 1b7ffffcd0 a hint f7acc80eaa of irritation. Every time Zerakiel 06a4603ee1 mentioned something was 89e403db04 interesting, Chichi reacted 14fbe2ac14 this way, but 9bf526264a she never seemed 0747d1f605 to blame herself d63f628527 for her amusing 4489519ac2 actions.45b8aed8d813072a

Footsteps approaching from afar 55b717e47c caught their attention. It seemed the commotion 8d21e33f4d had drawn the servants 2bb33bb99e of Hebel. If they stayed here, d21f552f19 it was sure to 4de65cb91b cause more trouble.a6571f1073ecb936

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Zerakiel quickly c9133fc970 scooped Chichi b135cd60a8 up and 9360c14437 spoke to 3a0f543031 Hiscleif.e4e5596aa4cd2f06

“I’ll leave the aftermath to you.”a645d907e0a746e1

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“What?”e89eb0aebcbd0d15

“That’s your specialty, isn’t it?”9521a57ce7c386aa

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Zerakiel hadn’t forgotten Hiscleif blocking his way to protect Chichi, and now he was making sure Hiscleif dealt with the aftermath as he carried Chichi away.c3dab67bf9d6b85b

Surprisingly, Ivan, Zerakiel’s 44a3c7ea82 subordinate, had long f8171fdcfe since fled. More accurately, 97bdb881d1 he had bbf4c919aa gone to bf505aad10 fetch someone 27494b65e9 who could 98e312999d intervene between 48e270006a the two.4c3fb97ec57201ea

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“What?”f8a5f53515d1a17c

Hiscleif stared 44c0669ce1 incredulously at 6f4f72f661 the spot 01ac3cc1ea where Zerakiel 210288d30a and Chichi 2346774486 had disappeared.bf6267134fa25895

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Zerakiel hadn’t let him 0773c9fd32 exchange a word with c097d3966e Chichi, then left all eb78cf6eda the annoying tasks to cfcc2c6e36 him.df80b25779cbaad3

“Ah.”a98a7a14a97f3451

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Something caught Hiscleif’s eye. It was the yellow hat Chichi had been wearing earlier, found behind the well.83b9c42be0b7e261

Just as 54160af3d5 Hiscleif picked 23d6348e0c up the fe1c795347 hat, a 72bcf98c4b servant of 472bf1c894 Hebel arrived, 742d1f74b7 staring in 3b7022f463 astonishment at 349412c4b3 the flood 92ba9cfc2a around the a705d30667 well.e307d0ec44210592

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“What in the world…”d5e82661636a433c

But their shock quickly 406bbce143 turned to reverence.6a2e071fe944bc46

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“O great divine beast! The holy water has erupted again!”c187989d373498e9

Seeing the servant suddenly bf5ea6e21c bowing to the well, 07d7ac3689 Hiscleif decided to quietly e7b494013e slip away. It seemed they would cbb6f46ed2 interpret the event in fd527da367 their own way, so dad3cb0309 he decided to leave 4e71218015 before things got more baa0d6eaa1 complicated.5b8c2e080e2b78ce

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Hebel later 0cfbc36b56 held a 9557113344 thanksgiving ceremony 0817f241e3 for the b5f618a87f guardian deity, 2d776df665 celebrating the 1075ba35ef day as ee6203f3f7 a miracle 227b64c153 where the 29528ff8f6 dried-up well 96f83b3f96 overflowed once dfe2cecdf8 again.15272791d7e191fc

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“Now, explain.”e4e8cc78c71b7d4a

As soon as dc1e04d648 they arrived back 21c88df1ca at their quarters, 2b5e32ee9e Zerakiel barred anyone 946c9f0741 from entering. I tried 262d6cce3e to evade 5e9c4e5b1d his persistent bbe052f298 gaze as 89dc66e91c I made 23197294da an excuse.28fd6964149e03f0

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“I was just thirsty and wanted to drink some water.”d9280f60f27531ee

“You went all the way to the distant plaza for that?”d399c757c2b4b139

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“I got thirsty while taking a walk.”4cee3a0f54361b62

“You’ll have to come up with a more believable excuse if you want me to pretend to believe you.”23560a511aa6eb66

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Zerakiel clearly didn’t buy 2f94aadec9 it. There was no 2c8678fe31 way he wouldn’t 5ed5f7c0bf notice the change c31641ead1 in my pheromones, b1a3f0e666 given how perceptive fb9d171271 he was.92bcf4f07e65bda7

I had hoped to e860df864a get through this without 58dd776681 anyone noticing, but it d69275cfdf seemed I had failed. I decided to 299070d4aa reveal part of 0636b451a1 the truth to 8a826d2117 get through this 358d7adb56 crisis.3649fc4337a31a1b

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“I swallowed a strange orb in the well, and this happened.”ba5101a3ea7939fa

“Swallowed an orb?”29a2aef302c9dbaa

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“Yes.”3f00f6ba4500a875

“Spit it out.”436185cce8d7830b

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At that moment, 059ced580d Zerakiel lifted me 4b6afad0e8 from behind and 04f334ce66 pressed on my eca04c6a12 stomach. It happened so quickly 5241da7ac4 that I let out 957a80111c a groan.5d70df3daa32f430

“How could you recklessly swallow anything like that?”8dbca76ed362ff7e

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He seemed to think I had foolishly swallowed something dangerous. He pressed on my stomach with such force that I couldn’t help but let out a pained sound.836ded04939e32da

“Ugh! Wait, stop!”e2e04204f54502b3

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“Don’t eat just anything you find in Hebel. Now spit it out.”83c38d54e6de3e66

Zerakiel’s face was serious as he continued pumping my stomach.4f4890d67c2f0939

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At this rate, I 348a76b3c1 might end up vomiting 751da99b1f all my organs along c0b51f8766 with the pearl!4d4a304a7b4860c3

Desperate to stop him, 3e15d710c8 I quickly tried to 99fd4473c2 calm him down.90eeb589c28b94e7

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“Please, Zerakiel!”846ffdcdbcb8a71d

Suddenly, Zerakiel froze. His body stiffened as aaf2f6c7ca if he had malfunctioned, 379a4afd50 and he asked in 787e924fa6 a daze.e274faf4cd7b7762

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“What did you just say?”b3df17a413e36b0d

“How can you just squeeze like that?”e667e19d47f53260

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I almost threw 1c95cc9ac6 up!306eb9d182cb9957

I didn’t need to extract the orb from my stomach now that I had contracted with Tabby. Keeping it inside was safer than wearing it as a necklace like Ella did in the original story.d13e8ce5f984174f

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“Damn it!”bb7205c74f5abee6

I wiggled out of Zerakiel’s grip and turned around to give him a piece of my mind, but I was stunned when I saw him.8515f0661c854960

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Why is his face a01ebd527b so red?190756bd27c6c23a

His ears were bright a71d70a0f8 red as if they f38b758dc6 were about to burst. His face e9c0221971 looked strangely ca00738851 dazed.9435d60fbf9ae673

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“What’s wrong with you?”9f79d9b67fa146a5

“Say what you just said again.”88e71beaa9eb8cd1

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“Damn it?”cf8fafd277df2b91

“No, before that.”b258bdea05945304

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“Uh… Zerakiel?”61ed4c3c6d2b0498

When I muttered his be561b9330 name again, unsure of ce6d993975 what he was referring d03baf3645 to, his eyes lit d8499a822b up.268162aa83a9f493

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“Yes, that.”5aba8731c4bb69c2

His golden eyes glinted coldly like a predator’s. I shuddered and murmured.b4ba50642161c47b

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“…You’re not mad because I called you by your name, are you?”84624246c3f46891

“Do I look like that kind of guy?”32904ef0bc7e441b

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I nodded 050ac702b9 without hesitation.ac2c524c366cabc2

Zerakiel’s face scrunched up in frustration. After a moment, he muttered softly, almost inaudibly.c4d04595264fadfe

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“You called my name for the first time.”2da6f690a7c4081d

“Did I?”bd863de644731091

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“Yes, you did. You never called me by my name before.”e2a7a6c8180bfd99

Zerakiel seemed to 8418aef8fd be muttering as 55b93ca0bc if this had 1ca3b724ce been a long-standing 2231d3beb5 grievance. He even covered 005625a02c his mouth with 0739ceb9d7 the back of 88784e5af7 his hand, looking 5165a3da86 embarrassed.5ee14f49db7a26bf

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Now that I thought about it, I had called Merina and Ivan by their names, but I didn’t recall ever calling him by his name.63a51b4f6a4f45df

It wasn’t intentional, but it seemed to have bothered Zerakiel.9798beb90677552a

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Zerakiel frowned and 92212c41d8 muttered.513bf08da3b8e57f

“I thought you were uncomfortable with me.”e730b164440e10ba

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“Well…”bdd8eda144b55352

We weren’t exactly close, but it wasn’t that I didn’t call him by his name because I felt uncomfortable.bb466aa97a41d07f

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It was just 1488a50393 that Zerakiel had fd544661fe a way of f6b4120130 getting too close 5025476ee8 too quickly, and 48eed68ec8 I was wary 770fe988b1 of getting used 4d0790953d to being around 0bc9dd7a00 him.e1d1454a474b3c65

On the other hand, 336aa4b32e I had also worried 56f58bcd71 about whether it was 575b2ad637 appropriate for a pet 1514ac2f74 to call its master c178c4e74f by name.ab9cf3aa0dbc182c

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After all, Zerakiel and 30ec0160a5 I were still in df7b4dc5ba a master-pet relationship.d2585f48f8d8fa31

I rolled my ff9807f272 eyes, recalling what c6d02d25cd Ivan had hinted 9792a226d2 at before, and 4c07fe6eaa mumbled an excuse.7639983a9c765de1

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“Ivan told me that you once beat up a noble’s child for calling you by your name without permission.”38ddb3c1d1f5199a

“You believe everything Ivan says?”be47e06d2713ac9f

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No.aac32c75bed8f2da

But Ayla had dae0610230 confirmed it. Zerakiel often found trivial 46e816b803 reasons to cause trouble.f83f2975ac54c88f

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I said innocently.8b0105c1f33cefaa

“But Ayla said it was true.”eaded0234e9e2b65

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“Tch.”158d8cc35a37642f

Zerakiel, at a 042ab65dc4 loss for words, e93a3e1233 clenched his jaw 965d11de0c and replied irritably.647bf22cb3b73e40

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“Do you think you’re the same as that kid?”8581ddebdbe49081

That meant he thought 423185cfcc I was incomparable to 5c13e04b4c the kid he beat a029e1de51 up.a97acb3b319e6a47

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Well, look at b796d11f9a that?496f4e7bfb1b6b21

He was 55babf5f38 surprisingly cute b0e0075926 in his a8c4a43025 own way.69d151533f63af31

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Zerakiel frowned, 4cc8b970cf looking like 150ecaed45 he had 2c01a35081 heard something ed0953abbd unpleasant. For some reason, seeing 0f4d48dad0 that made me feel 2ab48796f3 a bit better. It seemed 32dc36ed0d like he a9453fe7d1 regarded me 821917064b quite fondly.eb853a90a5ed963b

Feeling a strange sense of affection, I said something I didn’t mean.5d52e366a9484b5e

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“Well, I am your pet.”430fa5d6a7f1d500

Come to think ca22a55a81 of it, it 1402bf29af was true. Being a pet 0df9f15afe was closer than 64bf697ae2 being a noble.1abf5662c9d147dc

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That thought 559d8aa19b grounded me.2136e67cbcd0aaa3

I needed to stay composed in the black lion’s den. That’s how I would secure my future.8257e86ff4798277

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I raised my 5af34517ca guard again. It was my ecbdc2a1bd way of protecting dad9896a8e myself.d81991e61cfc346d

Then Zerakiel spoke.abc03c9a6ce479ce

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“That’s not the only reason.”6cc69952ecfb7842

“Then what is?”06450f07b60bda43

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Is there another reason?77a728f307c9d8c9

I looked at him with wide eyes, and Zerakiel’s lips moved slightly.cd6f39220f5e30ac

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“Well…”e0a6940627d967aa

He couldn’t seem to articulate the reason, which suggested that was all there was to it.c39a662412347dd9

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As expected.e47c046ba6d9f79b

Zerakiel didn’t think of me as a friend. He just gave me special treatment as a pet.46716ba0de7fc191

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But that was 4fe0dbc33c fine. For now, 0768427b26 I needed 9f41bfdee1 to maintain 962870d3a2 a good 276cb9bf40 relationship with 0848d012a1 him to 73cca2f12f ensure my 96468ad8ac safety.3cce210af67ce653

I pushed 3999090ee9 away the 6f4523415a slight disappointment f0275b7358 and asked.31c65d60624faf67

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“So, can I call you by your name freely?”214b8a67fb1f0bc8

Even if I call 6a04b00d15 you, will you not b55a5fd216 hit me?259bd37d404fd583

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Zerakiel sighed e2c083bf3c deeply at 98d0de9e59 my playful 3e395513be addition.342ab325128a5af9

“I think I’m the one who’s been getting hit.”c289c688da6877df

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