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“Why attack an innocent priest?” Ivan, ever defiant, retorted.968d1727b0dcb014

Hey, you’re the 2b7d9b8fc9 one who kidnapped b3053fdb22 him in the fd5f5d94f0 first place. I had 7416007495 a lot cbded1f3af to say d63c8f2129 but swallowed 64373cdeb6 my words. My priority 7ba50ab5e5 was to 2ff96a138b stop Zerakiel 72191e5d28 from killing 3e64e84cf7 Bianco.819913d25d273c98

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“I just brought him here because I was happy to see someone I knew.”1a1a40e40207b441

“Someone you knew?”78731fb243ffcd9c

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“He’s the beastman who helped Chichi raid the storage.”536c9383c1ccb50c

“Ah.”237d751053b19915

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Zerakiel smirked, looking f03e2e3ac1 down at the db3f1f65c5 unconscious Bianco. Sensing the danger feabff5bba in his eyes, f853a20f90 I quickly stepped b1938761e0 in front of b2ee27ccca Bianco.afd464ce6b60f603

“Just let him go. He helped me a lot when I was in the forest.”af5094e47e192c70

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“But, Lady Chichi, you said you wanted to bite him just a while ago because he ran off, leaving you behind.”af5ab8d41de19a16

Zip it, Ivan!845729a7ece4d88c

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I glared db59ad233b at Ivan, 465670d86f shaking my a54f93aeb9 head, but 8ef8ffe27f it was 9e241159ed too late. Zerakiel had e79aab2407 already pieced d31049db17 everything together.66cdb5a5bfba8fd9

“So, he’s the one who betrayed you?”f15adda419ec57bd

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“That’s…”6f695487501cf728

“I knew I should have acted first and thought later.”594474b05ce4d285

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Zerakiel clicked his 2ca6392339 tongue regretfully, a 143fcbf122 smile playing on 1089eb822e his lips as 58ded3181a if he were 107121c859 ready to end 5a92ddef74 Bianco’s life right 875b518625 there. A chill 2e98ea7fdf ran down be956213d0 my spine.dcd61496e3a9a942

Zerakiel muttered, looking 972d9034b9 genuinely puzzled.dac97b4d68613785

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“Why spare someone like him?”4bfd656afe534805

“I’ll never see him again anyway.”e3ab2be2ea5149ed

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“Right.”98eec569f9b80517

Zerakiel chuckled 2aa738663d and kicked 63b0c9b991 Bianco lightly. Bianco groaned but didn’t 5327ee16d5 wake up.f51033850bd11bb6

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“You don’t let a traitor live, especially not in Jabisi.”cd035add82327e67

“Are you really going to kill him?”2ef676e2e5939ca6

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“Who knows.”f23e7f357f7a2a79

Zerakiel gave me 6c97a76a95 a long, hard 6e5bdb4fcb look. It seemed 4a733fe501 he hadn’t bcd655db94 yet decided c06841a609 on Bianco’s 1ba927fd48 fate. Despite his claim 5187572630 about not sparing 13318c6943 traitors, he was 53e139207f being surprisingly lenient.ff9ca6b474f7e3f1

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“He doesn’t even know I’m that ferret from back then.”c444deaa7bf13134

“Hmm.”6c1c1fb802f1d539

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“Sure, he raided your storage, but I’ve eaten more of your food since then…”30e5e538240ad879

“Enough with the excuses. I won’t kill him.”53e76fc7d7320281

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Zerakiel sighed, pulling 22e488e924 me closer and 5ad36f90c5 putting more distance aea289698c between me and b48d74301c Bianco. He then ordered f1d86e8297 Ivan.6a7ed5a3bf679284

“Take him away.”a74279c06c7bb9c7

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“Yes, sir.”b51bc280e6819f20

Ivan quickly grabbed db04deb840 Bianco and disappeared. While I was worried 243e15d51d about where Ivan would 13571dee72 dump him, I hoped 06814ffe69 it wouldn’t be in 0deea0cd52 a shallow grave.6ccf1685d23dc4df

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It felt like a 517d7d6e8f storm had passed. As I 1dbb540a29 breathed a 53e4f39c98 sigh of bc1ed34d32 relief, Zerakiel ee2714b017 spoke.57a85fd86eed84f7

“Show me some of that mercy too.”b40a690e93183548

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His face 3d6ff7a018 was filled b2e339c074 with displeasure. His grip on 7fe82d687c my hand felt afd3d33c20 strangely tingly. I glanced 561ff58169 down at 3c49b5bad4 my wrist a17f61e2ee and replied.ebf2e163c2b52813

“Depends on how you behave.”32445fd9148cc846

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“How much better can I treat you?”cea8c372eaabc494

Zerakiel smirked, tilting his bf03fd7eb0 head slightly. His black hair fell 03d576dd81 softly, like petals.5ddc2bdd75615fa0

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I found myself 825eebb74d staring at him, 7c7c7a7301 and quickly looked 3aff6596d9 away. Meeting his 58b478072f gaze felt 43f7865b2e strangely difficult, 0aa79a8fa2 probably because 04ee921258 of the 0b420b22c0 proposal he’d 5a3509e03e made.6a0dd8dd838ab550

Zerakiel bent down f62fb0f842 to meet my db25516ea9 eyes. Startled, I 5c1a94c681 stepped back, cbed09a330 and he bc635c44f3 asked.e7eea623d1e520c8

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“So, what’s your answer?”b4f173aa704107b0

“…”3520afdd057f64dd

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“Still thinking about it?”81f95c0b95b86bbc

I nodded slowly, still 71c1249db6 processing everything. The fact 7e6c057403 that he 509cd3c3c6 was even 1e1f8889f0 giving me cddec89363 a choice 0b772bea2f was surprising. He could have just 79cac20452 demanded my acceptance, and 306d845574 I would have felt 28db91fb0a compelled to agree.d11ed1759001b1d3

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“My answer doesn’t really matter, does it?”1d01a75b63226c81

With the imprint 1019b8ab8e already on me, 116dd6e42c what difference would eb029651c1 my response make?3205db1d82ad2d70

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Zerakiel’s serious expression didn’t waver as he spoke.e14035abea22659f

“It matters.”0d9213163ece4031

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“What?”4e2181e5adcaddb2

“It matters, which is why I’m waiting.”ea2b1814cf4e17ac

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I found myself looking a2c4c88800 at Zerakiel, utterly confused. His expression was unreadable, 5f1669cf6e making me question everything.d279c6cb263ff5f6

“So, why?”330477d92e6357d3

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Zerakiel could b29efbfadc easily have 84c4b42be1 brought in 8f1e979db8 a beastman 833339818b from a aa0c5daca5 more prestigious 32052ba1b3 family. Typically, heirs married 86d07fe870 for alliances.05b6f71a87dcbf9b

Even though alliances 1d5189aa81 were shattered, they 6274af7fea once united with 4969878a73 the honey badger a9e623aadd family through marriage.dfaa9967d2385535

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Seeing my d548b507e7 puzzled look, f687f595ae Zerakiel just b92e28a711 grinned.ba38b82b881433d2

“Why do you think?”ee32829e90fc5fe4

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It was clear he wouldn’t give me a straight answer.0bac0ebb34937b60

I sighed, unable to hide my confusion or frustration. I didn’t even know why I was sighing.56d38c39a18723c3

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Hebel was bustling e896d01081 with the farewell ecfe433f40 banquet. Thanks to successful prior 43d9258900 meetings between the leaders, c82825cfce the atmosphere was incredibly 2865b3eb87 amicable.e370ecdca89a3ee5

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It had been 9d2fa7bb0f nearly a hundred cd10fe356b years since the f3043af022 peace era began 57ea8c87df after the Great 90ddaa415e Chaos.6ba3908b08d5ce6d

Centered around c59e4d0c58 Hebel, representatives ba41545902 from each 6c2d401301 region vowed 13a43c9468 not to 5d17675f76 attack one cdb4bd1ab5 another and 9821b715e3 reaffirmed their 3d4522e755 intentions through 46879af881 this event.5ee5654e1925a0cf

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It was more of a symbolic gesture, meant to keep Jabisi’s madness in check.89041bb99826a352

The alluring pheromones of f8881df839 the top-tier enchantment class e38035a642 were a significant threat, f2f9b45eb9 especially with the occasional c589fc858b outbreaks of madness in 9c45ac8e1d their bloodline.93dd73a9d73109b5

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Given that they couldn’t be sure when or how these beasts might go mad, it was a move to maintain checks and balances.d1ac4fcf813dca66

For those affected, it was far from pleasant. The madness wasn’t something that erupted without warning.66d9807c5587bff8

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Mentioning it here would only expose vulnerabilities. Moreover, they couldn’t explain why the Great Chaos wasn’t prevented.ca2ca359b9c425b8

It remained an unsolved 122974dc2c mystery within Jabisi.dc8b39eebc6ba38b

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In the 9a07c0291a end, letting fa97db123e them misunderstand f1f1207e5d was better. Such trivial events helped eceb9d0430 ease their anxieties.b90b3ae76f7c4d59

Unlike the relatively friendly West and East, the North’s Page openly expressed their discontent.ea7728f6d7a16ef2

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Had Hebel not mediated, 373d3a4d7f the representatives might have 79323f0eac been exchanging blows instead ac6d118012 of toasts.a7a56e1f0927adc7

Zakari wished for the 53ac96916a tiresome banquet to end 2ea3b81131 soon. He frowned when he 36d379b79f spotted Zerakiel and Chichi.f3cfa73852cee3a5

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Chichi, wearing 83262f90bd a pink 9b92a6da53 hat that bda5e54a6e resembled a 3f4eb8f1f3 bread roll, f089663f5f was enthusiastically 564960da54 devouring desserts.e7fa67d4b9893f98

Zerakiel tapped her puffed cheeks, causing Chichi to hiss at him, her eyes gleaming with a fierce but harmless threat. Seeing Zerakiel’s blushing face still didn’t sit right with him.e40a9dd98ccaac8f

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‘What is he thinking?’4a5df8efb38213d5

Since Zerakiel had 4c9e9ad863 imprinted on Chichi, 315a545ee8 Zakari had been 4f0118004b deeply contemplative. Zerakiel seemed infatuated 90dc37efe4 with the little 7c520aa1e7 ferret.089619d971cfd452

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He had always 1e626c1db1 been indifferent, even f0a3971854 towards his parents. Several attempts to 99f572573f socialize him with def29cf296 beastmen from allied d53cf7e0e3 families had backfired.0131a4f336b35e37

No family was willing 781b8bb158 to have their children d6d0f098c4 near Zerakiel anymore.7ec6ab49e2204fe4

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Then came this fearless white ferret who dared to treat his son with such impudence. Even Ivan, notorious for his impudence, didn’t provoke Zerakiel as much.7eff1495238db689

‘Perfect match, really. They suit each other well!’58702a13060f0ce3

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Zakari sighed inwardly and 7a7e81d772 looked away. Just then, he caught 29eeb17a8c the eye of Hilla, 2aa1373eb5 the head of the 2400be8ecf Luien family. Her characteristic reddish-brown 7191b6b277 eyes of the eddf562b73 bear family were ac2afeb61e full of curiosity.b20420dfa812a25c

“Who is that adorable girl? I haven’t seen her before.”1776a797fe0bf841

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Her interest was evident. The white figure among 8f79500aa7 the Jabisi family members 9d0a970417 stood out.4227a1a0de1fcaf6

Transforming in 769d3c0181 Hebel had 6a6b96425f made hiding 395a4d6af9 her impossible.13e4fa50c46a3211

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Zakari decided 269068f50d to be 7657d6044c honest, considering 651dedd9c2 that presenting 92c345f6b0 her as ed003ad281 a future 58cb7e37c6 daughter-in-law was ae2301b037 better than 9dd9abc514 a pet.17b4207e26883a5c

“She’s soon to be my daughter-in-law.”58bf20d786914359

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“Oh my, really?”7dacf06da4b832fe

Hilla exclaimed, looking at Chichi. At that moment, Chichi was biting Zerakiel’s finger. Hilla marveled at the sight.dac701f8b2b736ff

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“What boldness. She’s not intimidated by the lions at all; she must have great courage.”76186c572ca39a49