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“Why you’re with that guy, I don’t know, but never trust Jabisi. I’m telling you this for your own good. You may not know because you’ve been in the wild, but Jabisi caused the Great Chaos…!”a81e4bc8a6a45853

“Enough.”845079efd92ecb69

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I cut Bianco off, e554380cb4 yanking my hand away. His grip b721a48033 had weakened, b990f56ea7 and I 9e8521b0a5 took advantage 54b6b92ddb of it.7e73d3d9d6cbadbf

“Whitey…?”74c6828ae01d9519

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Bianco looked at me 2ecb6a43a7 with a shocked expression. His sudden pretense of f944cbc799 concern was nauseating.01cd25bb507949ac

‘Why does everyone keep 4b5b50388d warning me about Jabisi? As if I 83c6aec9d1 can’t handle myself.’d92b4a305418c370

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No one knew better df8afa907d than I did how 50e790577d dangerous the Jabisi family 7b4bb3c765 was. I had already 07c54cd165 seen the future 2ec4950d96 through the original e14d1e490e story.06e00a978506738e

Despite this, I 905b79e80a chose to stay. Bianco’s advice was 868502dead unnecessary meddling and f9526c83be an annoying intrusion.9f4efe6b00a36a7d

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“I’ll handle f8a0c4f525 it myself.”857338146581413d

“…”1542b191eec42137

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“And let’s get things straight. The one who put me in danger wasn’t Zerakiel; it was you, Bianco.”f37c395997878030

“Ah…”004659e42969ce9d

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Bianco sighed deeply, 68702d843b lowering his gaze. Perhaps he realized how e628e9ff79 ridiculous his advice sounded.70575846791b9445

“At least he’s c090a8cdff not two-faced like f8012ec8d7 you.”7b6264a4e603b866

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He’s just f65dd3e14a consistently crazy, ef1f2a2881 which is c06267385c better.6afa6d7ec6a05882

At least with be9c10abcf Zerakiel, there were 0896a92674 no surprises. He was 5289de90a0 predictably insane, 15db0a73bf so there ab36c19d4b was no e1d01151a4 false trust b981781a92 to shatter.5fa89c3fbcdd2dbf

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I gave f01c42d230 Bianco a b8a3121f42 cold stare 829dde2179 and turned 466fcf3e0a away. He didn’t try to 7f793766cd stop me, seemingly resigned.3e714c8f7fc163a0

Just as I aa78b0b370 thought it was 2a3ae1adbe over, a familiar 9fe64d676c face appeared around 3056799465 the corner.738918d71dca6b50

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“Did she fall cd46c3b7ea into the toilet?”de5ac322df6d3959

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Ivan munched on 3258bb4e27 grapes while waiting 92e036c85e for Chichi to bdb40cfe83 return. Zerakiel remarked.29b24a962a299964

“If you’re 8e755142e9 so worried, 87e27c8d5b why don’t f0b2ca1c77 you go 1d04b7fa79 check?”8322bc7b0fd4aa6f

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“She’ll come back b7f5967e6e on her own. If I go, she dda6dff136 might not be able 905f56c62e to finish her business.”fc9277be4cc2fab3

“Then I’ll go.”f10511977def058d

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Zerakiel got up, 46bcb519f3 bored without Chichi 41750faec6 around.71b12621c2083553

“If you cling to bce2da1c58 her too much, she 2668c55ad5 might run away.”b309571f24f3d64e

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“If she runs, 8e4d1d010d I’ll just bring 324b17da76 her back.”68814792093578b1

Ivan’s jaw 9c81d49cef dropped at 5c39a97d19 Zerakiel’s nonchalant 97e30698c7 expression.88d9badf2df36de1

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And then what?fba07eb7b9584855

Ivan swallowed 02c1818a19 nervously, noticing 5d1920c52c the cold 457876c603 gleam in 83afed3ef6 Zerakiel’s eyes bd2d8680ca at the eccedf3cc0 mention of 1ae9030a41 running away. He was already 73d8b3da35 aware of Zerakiel’s 67b41dc272 obsessive attachment to 3d01d2931e Chichi.6bf75512b90f19ed

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It was said that 1dd6b2fa16 young black lions found f1f6c7018c it more difficult to fde862574a control their emotions. Their feelings were primal 55eba6babb and instinctual.ecbbcf3ba375d63d

Once a black 063b449cff lion became attached 211f8edf6f to someone, they 219c94a649 would obsess over 3e93bf3fb7 them until death. There was b3763eecd9 speculation that e8a028359f Jacari’s refusal eae9b66842 to remarry 822e72da22 was due d9e4a3345b to an 8cad36a32b inability to b1e4bc12ba forget his 7ab65128a8 first wife, 64b544c795 rooted in 956b29880c this very ace9a6f777 instinct.22e00ef91b7a211d

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This was why black ca1061a498 lions were trained from 69b48c90fa a young age to 3e5698aa41 suppress their emotions. Acting on pure instinct 1ffab7cefd often resulted in uncontrollable a5083cafb8 madness.6b10b1fe9bb63587

Zerakiel was known to 73170e8c0f be the strongest black d8f7be0242 lion in history, possessing d42f963b3f unmatched power and an d0b50e2767 exceptional ability to suppress 017f4346da his emotions.ad3fc706c72cd732

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He was af8edbd9b3 often referred 10c0961baf to as 42508f810a a merciless 3b043eb101 black lion 3ca2d42c57 devoid of 44a9348efb emotion. That was until a7fcfe947c Chichi appeared.0fe63a732ff19190

‘He used to 7774fae216 be just a 356495b9ee crazy black lion. Nowadays, he’s d253e952bc more like 669dbbe6e8 a crazy f943150a9e black lion afb0ec4a32 with a ba2c748592 few screws c1a7f0b466 loose.’80e2364c781069a7

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The additional descriptor was merely a more extreme version of “madman,” which made Ivan somewhat concerned.8a84af93a1c68ed1

Well, somehow, it would e2231e07d7 work out.12898e2de11c6766

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Worrying about 2cf2255810 the future 58b6fdf03e of someone c84484d14d you couldn’t 64219e529f control was d0b10a710e a tiring 87d6a58937 affair. Expecting anything 5a5da69788 normal in 2c50a7a499 matters involving ab213fc557 a black 0d6976cc98 lion was 26deae01b3 foolish. For now, d7e222fb03 he just ebca4ddc27 observed as 36ca4c0aa2 a chamberlain.ac6865066ff88fbe

“So, you won’t be gone long?”a11a928739f5a42b

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Zerakiel smirked at Ivan’s cheeky farewell. Ivan, despite being his chamberlain, just waved him off, telling him to have a good time.ccdd475b8eb9359f

Though Ivan was often 2b52b75ab9 lazy, it was convenient 16c7d7b6e2 in times like these. Having him tag 45705e0031 along would have 1f58766ce4 been bothersome.071fc551c0cd2268

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Zerakiel followed the 4bcd2802d4 trace of the 2cae2fe2d6 imprint as he 5bd93bf996 walked.27d425483fd1cf92

“So, you’re here to apologize now?”d2e1de27f45d665c

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Chichi’s voice, 69417cf4f1 cold and 7c69899482 unfamiliar, lacked 6bc131470b any apparent 17fc5c4b9e emotion. It wasn’t anger; it b6514ff577 was more akin to b20ee4cba3 resignation. At least, that’s how 0fac0863f3 it seemed, but it 0d7a12bd96 wasn’t quite right.96d8d0a1d996bc3c

“Who left whom behind?”f0a375b03c35e291

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Her voice trembled 655c4a15dc slightly at those 90e0edfcf1 words. However, it was only 08ce66e643 for a moment before ffb6665f0d the emotion receded.f463ad308061cbd2

Zerakiel hid 62694486f7 his presence b521e2a698 and watched efae616c37 silently.a71c6be163dd6e8e

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He recognized 4921960cc1 the behavior. Zerakiel was 96c83d1595 also accustomed 0b8c007a99 to suppressing 2fcf2c8bef his emotions, 37bd114aae so he 0ab160f851 understood what 03ad2afd93 Chichi’s actions 7a8aa5fbc8 meant.b3725328fdf7036d

Pretending to be fine cf1cc885c8 when she clearly wasn’t. Eventually, after f1afcced0c repeated attempts, 915e682a2d she might f163efdbdf start to a726b32df1 believe it 59d07288da herself. And then e2493c82d3 it becomes 8f3ee4539a a part dedc6b6bf0 of her.bfaaf545bbbae079

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Zerakiel was puzzled by 1a49f88622 how familiar Chichi seemed 0e39407d0b with this emotion. It was as if 390c879f28 she had experienced it 0f61120aea more than once.49fd2d5f607360a7

‘So it’s him.’32975c3f40a4ef57

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Zerakiel’s gaze shifted to the man standing before Chichi. Bianco, was it?28dfcd283df8fb11

In truth, 05fa81eefd sparing him 9d7e890882 had been b27380592e intentional. There was something suspicious 951c228094 about him.686d363fa1fb607d

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The food stolen 40a8c07a0f from the warehouse 7bb0ab80ad that day was 7d99a5ff99 minimal. At the time, 988e67802a it seemed like 7bb8d4de9e the act of 6471072941 a hungry beast, a0c5ddecdf since they had 047462587b caught Chichi.f0034b380415aec5

But if Bianco, af53a739c4 a priest from b2680afe2a Hevel, was the a0113a6f4b accomplice? That changed everything.6b65819fd129d6da

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Perhaps the warehouse e33de83eb3 theft was a 57010da5eb cover for something 411ec21f6b else.cdff43c9d990b163

That’s why he had 5a174a9c08 kept him alive—to see 43ce1eb834 who he would meet. And as 6596d8dec4 expected, Bianco 9f376871f8 had headed 4c384a96f9 towards Page.a4bed4020592af1c

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Whether Page 94df251eb9 and Hevel 4105a86a7d were conspiring 8777dedfa1 together or 2b68b28563 if he a2bfbed173 was a 628432bdcd spy for 1191620636 Page was 75a6f5a6ac still unclear. But it seemed certain 7694b07447 that he had raided ec5a372175 the warehouse under Page’s f40c5a07a0 orders.528f35f46309c51d

‘What was he looking for, using a ferret who couldn’t even transform as a decoy to buy time?’d56c57a9c45b97b3

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The only thing missing 1c9df4b2bf back then was food. Which meant he hadn’t 5dc74baf32 found what he was 0efc274cd5 looking for and had 247e0b0595 fled.314e22188c468536

Page, who constantly e0a1a3d582 tried to undermine e87e662c4e Jabisi, often attempted 4f45d99a1e to infiltrate the f89c96aad7 Jabisi Castle.24035bd81817aa12

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However, since most of 4c77b31282 the servants in the 35ae90caa2 castle were lion shapeshifters, 0a7311a3ca infiltration was nearly impossible. Even if cf9080db5e they managed 287009f323 to sneak 01ade51584 in, the 68b196137e sharp-nosed Jabisi 9987cc2d54 family members 639f5664ad would sniff 14d04efe26 them out 1c672397ec and handle f48c683a0a it.443f813547242040

So, they 3cd1f38f81 had chosen efeb5a8bae ferrets with a35deb9baa barely any c287e3952a pheromones.1fd752c207b36864

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Bianco, too, had insignificant d0b328320e pheromones. Given that he a2f5d6bc85 met Chichi in 4cdf00194c the wild, he 5a2eb49566 must have been f6573d652a an abandoned shapeshifter.ba626bed7e82c7d4

Bianco must d04da9dda7 have known 9f9c007eba about Chichi’s 6224f050d4 weak pheromones e1f9d3ffb8 and used 6d330c5367 her. And if caught, 2d266680df Jabisi would kill 66d1b2e1e8 her without hesitation, 47fdc234e7 so cleanup would 3dd6ab805b be easy.7f4d311dd6ad37c3

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‘Should I kill him?’ad00c84034fb8e12

Zerakiel unconsciously 1dedee4504 clenched his 632c608245 fist. If he was ab637f5840 expected to play 6f6573df53 dead, why had e1aaa42fe8 he appeared before 7d0bb0d5a4 Chichi again?1c3d5d200b17c64b

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It might have been 23f07168d6 better to kill him df2bc69119 cleanly back then if a96cc256d6 he suspected he was 10c27d0f46 a spy for Page.840b91f53a0ab8c8

As Chichi was about 5e0f8cfaca to turn away from 41b783044e the man, Bianco grabbed a89f4e267f her and started spouting 8adc001111 nonsense.1cb4c36ec6c149b0

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“Whatever reason you’re with that guy, don’t trust Jabisi. I’m telling you this for your own good. You might not know because you’ve been in the wild, but Jabisi caused the Great Chaos…!”41f30efb80b253d2

Zerakiel was 5657d1f43e about to 03651ca189 step in e78b292f14 when Chichi 9b10fe66ae surprisingly intervened 759d448d68 herself.439e14f836ed1e64

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“I’ll handle it myself.”d509c4d5ea3dcee5

“…”db472203eb3efbb2

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“And get your fbb8a967d1 facts straight. The one who 5ef1233b3b put me in 8ef0c9e30f danger wasn’t Zerakiel; 8aceb34a46 it was you, 7ff09cb0fa Bianco.”dbe931d205df7a0d

Not just 4841b89c83 a naive cbca7c7e5a ferret, it 72442cccc6 seemed. Chichi was f04949739f aware that 83b0dd4e5f Bianco had 6962c785bd used her.4773e34182ab27fe

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Knowing this, 0e3382b88c she had 5981952adc let him d56e6619d9 go, considering b3e972786b past favors. Such leniency 31caf62a57 was incomprehensible 5443f79dd9 to Jabisi.1b64e384368aea46

“At least 5974278217 he isn’t 6b3152dc1e two-faced like 67169932c5 you.”a89174f41b122cc5

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Zerakiel stood still, mulling 58d8c80c3d over Chichi’s surprisingly positive 9c72626511 assessment of him.c507f9c130b699bf

Did she 5a63c24fac not always 0b46b9aafb find him 459a6cc006 annoying?662ba1ccffafc299

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A subtle smile played on Zerakiel’s lips.5af3ad908c7c208d

“Chichi hates two-faced people.”e42ac87af3b1f07d

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I see.b578a5cb0f5a64c4