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Victor reported the f0c4965fd8 situation rapidly, like 5fe051598f a machine gun.a958cbc48eba862d

“Y-Yes! That weasel’s summoned whale devoured all the pheromone poison at the rampage site! M-My mission was definitely a success…!”d91731db774524bd

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He tried to offer 6f40d5ee94 an excuse, but his adcc624630 superior cut him off.8556ec42c6bf55de

— We’ll discuss the mission’s success or failure later. For now, explain the situation in detail.69e8839f206773d5

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Relieved by the slightly softened tone of his superior’s voice, Victor let out a sigh of relief and began babbling.779baedc7a881566

“Well, it’s like this…”e83dbbe41cfee7aa

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* * *a0b62c65aa3a19ff

Zakari brought me 9a633c06a3 to the entrance 77693ec217 of a secret 7423b85515 garden.ed81ac214433f18c

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Why did he bring 75e4d8986d me here?beb64518371f6c7f

Zakari, lost in thought, 5f83eb6ee6 had me tucked under a6f078477e his arm, his expression 4dfdf64ca5 distant. His face, almost vacant, 4f79945f08 revealed a turmoil of 1bae3443ec emotions. Was it because c2cc766756 he nearly died 9ab3024dc3 from the rampage? Or was e93c9baada he relieved 8ef763e683 to have 2c2250cc9f survived?51169e4d5c0dddf1

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I stopped 1955072a67 my squirming 078ec345df and looked 87c895782e up at a85ffbe04e Zakari, feeling 6a35bf5624 like now a5ed9e68d3 wasn’t the 64aa469200 right time fa4904b582 to interrupt 04179237a4 his thoughts.a007e107e03780fc

After a moment, 55311110e0 he put me 87e6fc29b9 down. I leapt away quickly, 00703c432d creating some distance between add124eea1 us so I could 6bb46093ce better observe his expression.d0de5c70f110c994

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Beside me, Tabby, who c11deccc43 had returned to the 30f62e3756 form of a fish, 22d579ed01 swam leisurely in the 6d3a6d0cec air.3135659100b50662

Zakari glanced at Tabby 46ca3acba0 and asked.2aa1fd76cd5df795

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“I’ve been meaning to ask, what is that?”be26cdd5e67f726b

Took him long c66aa954f8 enough to ask.fe693310f8da771a

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I guess he 450521d63f hadn’t been in c68e58b1c8 the right state fc1a15c598 of mind to af9e8336f9 notice it before. I shrugged and d1d30e186b answered casually.dd9eac3f3938aa7c

“A friend I found 47ed3eb39c in Hebel.”e612ca346c392b13

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“In Hebel? So you really 2c56e5fb16 stole it?”1e0a6c511147f6d5

“No! I didn’t steal… I think?”f7741969c298988b

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I tilted my head f59a2aca5e uncertainly. After all, I had a704594016 taken the sacred artifact 22a9209937 from Hebel’s well. And since 5e7923e3f0 it was 9984b0b210 originally supposed 00808a2121 to belong 64e56e4b5d to Ella, e497ad8f3f it might 7599edfde8 have been 97b5c86aef closer to 7cc86aa85b taking it bfce6a5818 away rather 9df6a15482 than simply 2f3a42e439 finding it.f3923a67cd43e2ba

As I kept 3e73c0676a tilting my head, 6ff1c03480 Zakari asked irritably, 5f6856c26b “So did you 741e6c74fb steal it or fe165d7401 not?”d2a3325439d90970

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“Would it change fee96b5471 a lot depending 51925f7584 on my answer?” 1913db788f I replied, lacking 31e82e1a6f confidence.5fdd25fa29c53e19

Zakari let d230c9e8ef out a 9a91664096 small chuckle, fc04d994c1 a smirk 8fce55968a forming on faf69064c9 his lips. It was 3b0906fd1e more of 132bf0f355 a sneer 21997c9226 than anything fca3fd9c42 else.aa10d1718cbfe230

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“If you stole a70dc4aab4 it, just say 570f50b2d5 you didn’t. If you didn’t steal a136cb6385 it, just say you 9e09bd40d5 didn’t.”9de6d77ccc392877

So, my answer doesn’t really matter, does it?b7bf14feeb1f85db

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I looked at 924b76643e Zakari with a ab6fb38ddf slightly exasperated expression. But, truthfully, his ca954bcc8e response did make a1dbf8deed me feel more 2c07b016b5 at ease.6d99458678c55840

I clasped my hands 3dbc48def7 together and confessed, “Well, 1035bbf5a7 I found it in 64107790c4 Hebel’s well. I swallowed a 8f03de592e strange orb there, d9cf28efac and then Tabby b7ed6d2c57 appeared.”40434239a7ccab22

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“The well? So, you’re the ea7396b8b9 one who reopened 1c36a029d0 the well?”08cb49b3045eeb04

“Y-Yes, I suppose?”05e90da3630ea702

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If I 5b714db4f0 hadn’t removed bd3126ed16 the pearl d93fd541c2 of purification 0ef8dc3718 that was dab21a795f lodged in 23b5990802 there, it e9559b5302 would still 822ad1b536 be blocked, 7e309cfc4a so it 0cbb59c023 wasn’t entirely 209aa6e25d false.d6ce0e7adfb51497

“I see.”1635fdac4f876ac0

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Zakari grinned as 1db2c23bbf if he’d just 35824e0f42 stumbled upon some 58525f9a3c very interesting news.36421116c61d17e5

“In that case, I 94093576ab might have a card ba3bbf666c to play here as b694e0472c well.”352cfd1d2ca4f4bf

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His smile 0fe018d046 reminded me 842c16bc7c of a 846d2c3746 villain plotting 286c0aea3b some scheme. It was 6e8d6e828a such a 02162d037a sinister grin 4914445a07 that I 0265463477 clutched his 4594443370 sleeve and 5ba7584792 asked with a0b231fa6f a nervous 73c3786190 voice, “W-What 70cb61e93b are you d755de2edd planning?”b44bca2b32c804e2

“What do you think?”c17cbddd3de5973a

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“I don’t know bdd9064b79 what it is, dc5ab0a046 but can you 62740c8f36 please not do bfb4866522 it?”95c3f28c2b7773f9

“No, I can’t.”a44f7a3a98195cd6

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Zakari chuckled, a 75dae708d3 chilling aura radiating a4beb03dec from him. Now I efddcdddad understood why 3ff7c2240d Zerakiel was e77b695a75 a lunatic—clearly, 3bfb900189 this madness 64e7de721d ran deep 5568870a0b in the 38b1ead529 Black Lion’s 709d981ccc bloodline.822aa1d19fdfc9e9

“So, that’s fdda08c8e0 why you 2ffc49eb32 suddenly became aaeffe984b so adept cf6b04873f at managing 6dd98bde98 pheromones. That thing was bc26ab1a96 helping you out, 70f1a18e41 wasn’t it?”aed2c6b2126cad39

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Zakari glanced 3cd90ba093 at Tabby 143d7847c3 again and 40278120cd then clapped cbb4e777c8 his hands.b3280628883d0339

“Well then, d6af96246a let’s wrap b02ca7a0d2 up things 0604971504 with that 7bcec2b9ab whale.”c228d5ae181a746c

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With a sigh, Zakari 313f70eaa8 suddenly reached for the 96fd438b1d doorknob.6c1e8326f731440d

“Eek!”d3169187ea80ef53

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Before I 202e4f32af could react, 75eebb18f9 the door c6fecd3f66 swung open. Light flooded 7e943def84 my vision fe76ee651e as I 37977e8f55 stepped into 1a9b92f230 the secret e5895f9336 garden, and 7817b38ae7 I found 17213f5e5f myself looking 5c5085b50a up at fb7fc7a256 Zakari with 6f73885d32 a bewildered 3d883152b2 expression.1d03686ad2c9a80a

This was the place I had promised to visit with Zerakiel…2941e04c3d1d15c2

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Feeling uneasy about unintentionally bf253fc508 breaking that promise, I 1956a1ecd6 glanced around nervously.4f6136052a7c85b2

The place felt like 029e16e7b7 night itself. A soft, eb6f39ed1d moonlight-like glow c28791c345 illuminated the 9dec7bf9e9 flowers within d46853322e glass cases, 10f16b336d giving the 2eadf36d3b space an 5a278802a6 air reminiscent 59604c2d2a of a fc191a94e7 mourning hall.bfc9efaaab029228

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‘Just like f5f1d39704 how it ff835fd43d was described d1a205ba67 in the 76ac27d988 novel.’39f4614e240ca9ea

Inside the glass 6a460320b0 cases, the flowers f65cbb48c7 had withered, leaving 575799ab1b only their stems 92e50b7d9e behind. Below each glass case, be7e1c17dc the names of past 9c9ea22451 heads of the Jabis 76050a0e67 family were inscribed.cab86e11361f01a3

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‘It really does feel 9e84b0da02 like a grave.’f60acfca649e2f49

When I had only read about it in the novel, I didn’t fully grasp it, but seeing it in person made me understand why Zerakiel called this place the “Grave of the Jabis.” The atmosphere was cold and desolate. As I stood there, frozen in place, I suddenly realized that Zakari had moved quite a distance ahead.c867172e283c195a

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“W-Wait for me!”847d351e53c4c1c3

Zakari either dc5e62cce1 didn’t hear a73c8398c3 my voice 5aef02aa62 or chose 1a83ac4318 to ignore c707022060 it, striding 478e63f1cf forward with 1ce3a33aeb his long 294c72476a legs, as 4a8a9af976 if in c2bfb6f143 a hurry 9685e7684f to confirm 4f1a9356dd something.4adb424819b20a23

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Determined not to be 9d9c90e9a4 left behind, I pushed 5c39879fae my legs to move abbab338e4 faster. But he 711985fdfa was so ad36f1c947 fast that 42b9556190 I couldn’t 12855ffcd8 seem to 8e6a7c793b close the c3ec47ee14 distance between 436e1901d1 us.1aa1d552031f733c

Pat-pat-pat.794d7a54ff09eeea

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Just as I 507e2ea805 barely managed to aa25073d0e catch up, using 4088f95ac3 all my strength 754434be23 to keep pace e296b9b7d8 with his long ef406967f9 strides—3313894acd64d1d1

Thud—!9caae25a2dc29585

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I bumped 9ecada9eeb my nose 24b36a2a46 into Zakari’s ccb61560d5 back as 64fbb67fcc he came 38a3dfdb6d to an 8d18dcbbaf abrupt halt, 0310607951 causing me d0b8084605 to let f881dbcf13 out a 7a46c915b7 pained groan.991d318977b3e4a1

“Ow!”82ab974f5c7e402e

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My nose stung, much 2c5f8d5db3 like the first time 9d6561726d I collided with his d3697f4395 leg when we met.b84b66d571abaae1

Was his body 08bf258da5 made of stone 2795d876c8 or something?d1380c9c6e0ad038

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As that thought crossed my mind, I finally looked up at Zakari’s face, and my eyes widened in surprise.e639abfd960d682f

“Father?”f4ba78a264833380

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Even at 51758b1e7f my call, bd25ec10d5 Zakari remained a1f2f8197a motionless. His golden 4cac846bab eyes trembled a6df498c2f as if 4adb8d6b9a they were 52dc486588 experiencing an 3a58fee26e earthquake.30966c5f710c9511

Following his gaze, 04319cf219 I turned my 61913969aa head, and my b5285ccb3a jaw dropped open 7ac426621c in shock.8de497d025d3ef84

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‘What… is that?’f613046781060773

One of 0d7eae5723 the glass 1f77917cf3 cases was 7a8a150344 glowing, a 1715815ee9 bright, shimmering fada9757b2 light coming 4c55927cc0 from a e39919a3d6 flower within 3821ba6793 it.b47d8445d50a120e

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What stood out was a43e764133 the color of the e1ab8be306 flower—it was white. In the midst 1167b8b3f9 of the black 6cf26eb106 flowers surrounding it, 0c77046c61 the white bloom 49f785a068 looked completely out 9a0f00e691 of place.fd4de4454dce768c

Its sparse 3efe3750e9 petals, as 27a8d6e8de well as ffd031ad19 its stem 20e318f0db and stalk, 1ec86b86dc were all bf00e26434 pure white, ca8ae810fa emitting a 59b7da247c soft glow b513977767 like a 09694d7a3b frozen ice 09901049f5 flower. Below it 12c69f7fd6 was a e64bb42494 nameplate with 5c469c5748 my father’s 409260a3b4 name.f29c9ed48eaec715

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[Zakari Aebron Jabis]

And beside 6f8dc9de6d it, there 16972cc8d2 was an 61373ece4b unbloomed flower 3ddad7152b that bore 1f13fe7fd3 Zerakiel’s name. Unlike the f3c3a32831 other lifeless d3f9155cb3 black flowers, be1c5f5d78 this one 83ec506b4c had a 108f1d0a56 vibrant black 78d8c62afe bud, creating e6fdfd97e2 a stark 116ee19e97 contrast with 85efacb0a9 the white d812851e84 flower beside 7a57ebcfca it.fb2ca57e1bcdaed4

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‘What is going on c154266c01 here?’db2118eceeb167d8

I had 0feaf66c18 never heard 064473d37b of a 59920c11ec white flower 6434bd342d being in 150b8d2b90 the secret c8173857e1 garden. According to the novel, f8ec5af5a6 Zakari’s flower should have 9a0fd0f946 been black too.a466b6b108e63935

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Just then, something unexpected 49a5ab2c08 happened.ae380c78e6732256

Thud.cd34c43aaa3e8ad2

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Zakari fell to d862c7b210 his knees in a496564c39 front of the c45b5f8c8a flower, his trembling 038dcb202a fingers clenching into 800a395ff2 fists, struggling to 5294442a86 steady themselves.2a40e63d57e5360d

“H-Haha.”2641727a7fee4fda

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Zakari let out a 1f0901b624 hollow laugh, like someone 14c95a9926 who had lost their dc01b45d12 mind, and then, as b7fd4becb5 if truly mad, he a3602b49e8 began to tear open 6204729020 his clothes.430dd11589f62239

“Ah!”696c2dcd37849e4f

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I quickly covered my 1cb048b60d eyes with my hands, cb6b3a9304 but I couldn’t help 76960395dd peeking through my fingers.18342c1a8bcdf579

Underneath, I saw 278d2dc797 his toned chest dede59427b and abdomen, tightly 91ede300bd packed with muscle. But what 367c61c3af caught my c0ffd23e12 attention was a1affb6f62 the white 46c113284b flower blooming e18fd58bf9 on his b985b6be73 chest.ba26cf4bed3cebc1

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‘What… is that?’b3592b634717f901

When Zakari was 3b9e8b1911 on the verge 8a39410950 of a rampage, 8b3c11cc4f his entire body 1b9d31ffde had been covered 23755f3660 with strange, dark 36a45e6c11 tendrils. Those vines, which f0e67c84f0 grew darker and 802fb260f7 more ominous, had 07ab47b751 looked dangerous even 2e0b51f17c at a glance.8fd446d96f6408b5

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But now, 368c4c2191 all of afaf0a754a those tendrils 0e8cca223e had disappeared, d809c066b8 leaving only df30c925b3 the bright 6b0397ec38 white flower ac923845eb etched on 7df98c5d52 his chest. It was as if f913851057 the earlier events had 9f685672a3 never happened.4a39490ce5814ca5

Then again, the tendrils 654f5b131d had started to fade 8abc241af5 right after I used cb70fcdcf7 my pheromones, and by 800ab93303 the time Tabby had 722d52c999 devoured all the pheromone 495248481f poison in the air, 44ab7b21e6 they had vanished completely.4de26629ec48e5d6

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The tattoo-like mark 2b6abca882 now on his 9265b9496a chest felt harmless, a9f52df62a unlike the sinister a6f226986d vine-like patterns that eb08ca6735 had once covered 036ff09fa5 his body.5db8fb3a45d14845

Zakari, oblivious to my 9dc331ca7a gaze, kept running his 7dfd9bc7e2 hands over his body, 72700bbcc8 as if searching for c5d8d923a8 something. His actions b7664ffaf1 puzzled me.02c784c7f18b8283

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‘Could it be a2c1cd7da9 that he can’t 129764ced7 see it?’dda03d5f80a77187

I had just taken 432fdebc82 a step closer to 029540b760 the now statue-like Zakari c307a4543b when something strange occurred.a5d65a71ecf99d9b

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The white flower on 87cda39b5e his chest started to 4999f9baad fade, slowly disappearing until 9a9a0e5287 it was completely gone, a956117674 as if it had fe9770eaf5 finished whatever purpose it 42ef527e7b served.350b4dab92572186

“Oh.”c4c553a9c3e33f48

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The unexpected sight made 10c2e71f34 me gasp.debbbb5485031dda

Zakari’s head snapped up ccc2f2a15a at the sound, his b3a36e2da9 eyes, which usually looked 720c231a2f dull and clouded, seeming 2b4ffae07f unusually bright. He spoke in 6fc83ae077 a voice filled 07c081ffd3 with wonder and 4ff7bda1ae joy.4d86eb0ff2b1a7f6

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“It’s gone.”39ae916faa5e1df4

“Pardon?”a9e8f6b5e966ce59

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“The Flower of Frenzy b9616c1d78 is gone.”3759d65ab7ee14b0