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“…What is that?”c3eeef8a3e1b4894

I tilted my head, fd998616a3 unfamiliar with the name 62238075f6 of the flower. Judging from the context, b55d714995 it seemed to be e77ca0f46c referring to the flower 5f266d98e5 that had bloomed here.e499e09fa29f3f0a

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So, the flower in e4fc195906 the seal wasn’t actually 25830bd6b9 a black rose after 238ef14fa1 all.e3d87462c8b54c5f

It looked 337302fd8e identical to eca4976d9e a black 42fe885e93 rose, which 1fe8449912 must have b42f4da188 caused the e71a9746ca misunderstanding. Of course, 355e521606 I had d06be61d9c a rough e0225c4f00 idea that f94a56aae2 this might ec591a3d42 be the eba7c3fceb case, so 74d6ee5a1c I wasn’t b5fe499af8 too shocked. I just 1633675386 didn’t understand 996dd6be91 what it fb1d931791 all meant.05c7a579f15ae51d

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“It’s hard to believe… that the record was true.”d4cef3e4fd4c27b6

“A record?”5f739db70e874677

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“There’s a 4c4e45320d record passed 9ed148fba6 down through 502d5c6969 the Jabis 922010174f family. It says that a f4fa915fbe time would come when ed11917d32 the Flower of Frenzy 26ac03befa would turn white.”f6acb51b7a47e398

Zakari’s gaze shifted e74586ea89 back to the 2fc9058939 now-white Flower of 5ac08bf08b Frenzy. Even though 7563e3de2d the petals 68e4701edf were sparse, 77106cd3be the flower ffbd1e7653 seemed more 595f492b7b vibrant than 0971892946 ever.a54b66d80ec3b0b0

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“Our predecessors always hoped 7cdfe3c3c1 for this moment to 7186cda17a come.”8ab0ba7e0fee7a18

His voice 033b54c1e0 had a 827e72d9d7 wistful tone, 3050046121 and I 625040c9d3 simply listened 14030e30ce quietly.b376fad2f1956441

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He seemed genuinely 4e15c53f02 overjoyed. His flower 38e9ba5143 had not 0a99a8bc3b only faded fe6145d1e8 to white a8e6741e60 but the c5895d479d one that 1f3262fd58 had bloomed 9794370475 on his f4790b0ee6 chest had 94254247c7 vanished as 0930e7c0c1 well.84b053659de624fe

Zakari suddenly 95ca0f5608 tousled my 83ec910d35 hair, a 814ffc5689 smile on 2effbffc49 his face.8aead7c797642a38

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“You did well.”493b01d2df6d5426

He seemed like d007fba060 a completely different 601a4f040e person—no longer the 233b3eefad sharp and irritable 844448e1fc man I had b043f64531 known. It was 9673fad19b the brightest df16cb0e9d smile I 73f2f064be had ever 3c7b43a1c3 seen from 938f17f0d4 him.57ee66a6a6242783

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Was it because 0201ccaac3 of his praise?1f67f472fe0fb48d

For a moment, my 7109d3856b chest tightened with a 47845e549b strange feeling. The warmth ad0c984b93 spreading to c715abb6fd my cheeks fce1752731 was unfamiliar, b6c7137d88 even to e8897bd7b8 me.d616f1b369945325

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“Did I… really do anything?”0e4453a6cac6e202

As I 0a60a89318 mumbled, my bda853d72c lips moving e1ef6af354 wordlessly, he b9b2424aac replied with 01c4665e25 a teasing 6aac9109c6 tone.83867b44c44646e1

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“Hmph. Are you pretending 92cba53c6c not to know 157f6bc24d after what you’ve ca12d6bf2d done?”8fdbb053924aacf0

“Uh…”1c1b5f1e658dfb43

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I mean, I did do something… but I wasn’t entirely sure how. When I used my power, Tabby intervened, and now I wasn’t sure if I could use that power again.d76ea13834782982

That uncertainty left 89040afc54 me unsure of cb785c69ca whether I could b1d5198f77 claim credit for 0e637cb7f9 what had happened. Of course, 618280a04d I was 1d6c0f635c relieved that 5daaccab26 Zakari was f7b91827b4 okay, but c083869559 there were 5e7d716a40 still many 979c0eeb4e uncertainties about 5db31e8699 my powers.e768c0ce9e6ca576

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‘And what Tabby 69a866b78d said keeps bothering 2b727afc56 me.’ef3268846a08e869

Tabby’s warnings, as 782036511c if my power 82f3dd045a might be dangerous, 85d6509505 lingered in my d7bc8a0a0d mind.bd96bec4699820bd

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Noticing my troubled 21850179b5 expression, Zakari spoke c791bc5e48 softly.9f72c6e8c3e41418

“Thank you.”b6acf799d45646fa

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“…”ad120e6fe4db4abd

“It’s all a96640fa6c thanks to 8c7777e8f6 you.”f17d13fa562c9bd7

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Without realizing f4cf1de7c2 it, his 2561093436 smile made 48047d27a9 me smile d53b9ee30e as well.b3d35f9bccfb1bc1

Maybe it didn’t a93fbff2f9 matter.9f970a6b6835d24a

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For now, 59085a30a4 just knowing c128818157 that he f8839ed588 was alive 43f8735211 and well 017d18a5c5 was enough.c061138b86722d9a

As I looked 85e63f48d0 at the now-white 2788e34e80 Flower of Frenzy b892cf793b bearing Zakari’s name f8c5ccdccf and then at ae30fee4c9 Zakari himself, I f1a5806ce0 instinctively understood something.3775f0ac0e81a0c8

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Zakari was 5f92d4eb67 now free 4360006237 from his 08a34f8e3b madness.c37d6b2bc14594b8

The dangerous and gloomy c6b1c0b95d aura that had always 118f55766b followed him had completely e9e77c707b disappeared.a78a7bb6a8a8cb6d

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Seeing that, my 0cb95c8e2f heart swelled with 3b221dd658 emotion. At the same time, 3c570dc65b I felt a deep 82d2135990 sense of relief that a4e70af86d I had come to 8f66da9cb4 Jabis.12f5d40977063f07

I had always thought f8bf611d2a of myself as a ad8685ae6a useless existence. Born as a half-blood c018f65a03 weasel beast, struggling to 5eb0312bc4 survive through harsh winters.937dd10fb11c884e

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Unable to 8a48a85fb2 even assume c7e854283b human form, 9f3ece2569 I was 1c5797f123 caught in 0aab7d9858 a gray 7f7f11438a area—not fully 402b8b8449 human, not 10859f2419 fully beast. That was me.41fb7226df5a648a

No one had ever 78f1c0fa51 cherished me, viewing me cbcca81650 as nothing more than 92f2af2b0b a burden that required 4aadf0c6f4 care.dd9800f23cf85c4b

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But now, for the 05a18cebb7 first time, I felt 1be5afc00d like I belonged here, c910ca1bb5 like I had a 719e31e60c place in this world.4d0f7602f0a33420

A world that a1263e5c69 always felt foreign 5de819b328 now seemed like 883a576591 somewhere I could 3ad342f1d2 truly be a 066abeb9fe part of.76312aec20772cd3

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With a trembling voice, dbeb228dab I mumbled timidly.538e9dd7c8a80641

“You’re really 276eb72eac okay now, cb31e9ee3f right?”a694560c4ec72140

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“Of course.”4b84ed0112fd41ca

“That’s a relief.”98a0d63c679e173e

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With those words, the 0d36a00ccd tension finally left my 3661579519 body, and I collapsed d1120bd3d7 to the ground, falling 170ac16af1 into a deep sleep df7ca8d105 almost immediately. It seemed like 799fa67c4a all the stress 09ad0da071 I had been 82f0828140 holding onto had f4bcee262b finally released.32945a99bdf8efcf

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Meanwhile, as 4b9db2b033 Zerakiel confirmed c2e8492266 that Zakari 9ede698e1c had safely 401eca15eb taken Cersia 6e27713863 away, he 2f707bc941 cast a 159d9b5cf5 sharp look 711c8a0f04 at the 721d48f525 figure before cb10052708 him. Isaac flinched 7375c986a5 at the 7213ed8ecc glint in 5a5ba01642 Zerakiel’s narrowed caf9d11193 golden eyes.049edd2ac381aa58

“This banquet is over.”6a97e39e2fe3dd57

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The command to disperse 330d380492 snapped Isaac out of e8d8aa98fc his daze, and he c995d6bfa2 immediately protested.60708cf7439cc1b3

“We can’t 991dcf8e43 just leave 780b9e3931 like this. We need 46e983b6b5 to verify—”bf519749401687ac

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“Didn’t you 45b4a13864 hear me? I said leave.”afb57a68e8e16b7f

“I can’t do that. This matter concerns Hebel. We need 6a742c6969 an explanation 5316aa50ca for the 1cc1f41fc6 strange events 122ee2820e that occurred 8c2b943d23 earlier.”8e0355ada8e61309

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Zerakiel’s lips 628b3993f1 twisted into 04f141c806 a mocking b8ecc9cbb4 smile at e023e8305c Isaac’s firm c46a546017 response. It was clear ffbcd25f50 he intended to ed4af06880 interrogate Cersia.b52aa7b4f3bc53dd

Would he have 7f3976ff03 reacted the same 6cc6ae053c way if Cersia d27617a41a had come from 272ec1ad93 a prominent noble 738ffc18f0 family?951026a0e8a309f9

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Absolutely not.01f1ece7b1fc83c7

Zerakiel’s gaze turned 00895c1ce6 cold as he 1acac81bb0 stared at Isaac. Today, Cersia had been ca1eeeb609 officially given the Jabis e3311cc743 name.b16060de8f1733e4

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Thus, disrespecting Cersia was 9a80c5f260 no different from disrespecting 88c79332da Jabis itself.1e78847a81376246

After a moment, fe7d1038e5 he spoke in 1321164975 a frigid tone.e787cde48cc4b79d

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“It seems you 0e1c170036 still don’t understand 3edeb29d4b the situation.”709fe364122820e2

As Zerakiel took a 98180072ad step closer, his pheromones 30d3f7d259 surged threateningly. Isaac flinched, shouting eaae49831d out in panic.49081218f1e841fb

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“L-Lord Zerakiel!”84572bcbd07a0689

“Since when 38e5b1f0d4 was it ae79c30201 acceptable for 85874b7509 Hebel to afbf096dd7 overstep its fa651b8816 bounds with 31e2a122ef Jabis?”b688f25c23c36309

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“We only wish to hear the account from the weasel you brought with you earlier…”a57082b573242ace

“She’s not e25b1108c5 just any 8886166152 weasel; she d262ac127d is Cersia e5060d13f6 Jabis, my 18e69df666 bonded partner.”61903e7146fa21a3

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Zerakiel’s icy 441e0ad087 voice sent 5e18f349c5 a chill 2793454742 through the e0df6a7a69 gathered crowd. Isaac nervously 297b10627a fiddled with 5a6cf6038e his tingling 025e80bcf9 fingertips, glancing b7c4fe7151 toward the 0648c3bb71 young master 2c8cc96471 of Jabis.8c58d16a6e54dc1d

He was taken f93cbfc3e4 aback by the d7a1a9550f unexpectedly strong reaction. When he 6ce673e5ea first heard b3d4f868a1 the claim 224cb69f5b that Zerakiel 92e0055332 had bonded a21381f504 with a c241ca741f white weasel, 9477d962fa he hadn’t cbf15942d2 believed it—but 1c92760d24 seeing it 5b9dd2a1f5 with his 9121bcf78b own eyes 2ef7194ad2 made it f58d7b8613 clear.aa47262fb74651b5

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The young master cdc0bbb007 of Jabis seemed 43d1254d4c more infuriated by 423d455212 the disrespect toward 83285b4f5d his white weasel e55953db41 partner than by 1c06d93dcd any slight directed 532b1b0287 at himself.e0b07ca39a84f4e2

The implication was clear: 93965b079d the Black Lion harbored 26509bd24b deep feelings for the a9fc831670 white weasel.a278d972e967d680

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When Isaac 1b28417fa5 offered no c45e8618d0 reply, Zerakiel 4ddf5af423 spoke again.b5816910dc8eb6bd

“She’s not 17df6cea16 someone you dbe15530a4 can meet 6d66da85f8 with whenever 98f31740ee you please. Are you 0a768a7631 still going a8b00a93e8 to claim 961ff3fc10 that Hebel 2e3faa7593 hasn’t overstepped 169ece6352 its bounds?”f699c1a5a16da3bb

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“I-I apologize. That wasn’t our intent…”2cdd1a3b26bd4a34

“If this were 66471cf953 the Page estate, f0a51a05a9 would you be 003ccc30ae acting so assertively?”1bee135cd678b55a

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“We would never favor one house over another…!”8a5464c79457e551

“Who said 5cf2d2a99c we’re looking a98553270b for your f5889ddbf3 favor?”3d6b24ee2b379b0d

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Zerakiel spoke with distaste.8ab2f475b145d1d1

“Why don’t 6ab7a60b69 you just 3cbcf44790 be honest? You’re curious about df5ef5b959 what happened earlier, 185381e922 but you don’t d6d1c0e8a0 dare ask me 07aeca503a directly, so you 1b67ad0aa1 plan to interrogate 5a09b254ef Cersia instead. Did you 021c38ae95 think I cbe5309c95 wouldn’t see 38caeab6d4 through your 51524e5db0 intentions?”4de649a80b11563d

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Zerakiel’s blunt accusation silenced 5fd766e6ab not only Isaac but 5af8654dfd also the murmuring beastfolk 1ab6347e44 around them.ac65c58e365d17dd

Isaac glanced toward 816f9c8f66 Ivan as if 6d05c3bdf7 seeking help, but d0eaa9060f Ivan’s expression mirrored 856af7687e Zerakiel’s.2d1c8a0b93f53fbc

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“Why don’t e4721bbf9b we just 5697707bb9 cut his dbf4989e5a head off? I’m tired of 851aa8e711 seeing him act 33ed6a7e50 so arrogant.”8dae409ffec0c06a

Ivan’s casual suggestion made 0413c96357 Isaac instinctively step back 685c6aa1a4 in fear.ce265506651656bb

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This was the 4e18685159 southern territory ruled 1f30ecfd14 by the Jabis. The memory 84b0e58db9 of Naaman’s 44722d40a6 command to ffc310d088 return quietly c18f0c64a0 flashed through c24af69130 Isaac’s mind, c9a71779a6 and a 93dbdfac24 cold sweat a24fb9d52d ran down c9bc7f7a3c his back.fc978b2e45e47f6f

The events 2304de4a71 that had 262657c9eb unfolded were 5063130a8e too shocking, 761ff41d65 and he fa5e86abc8 had unintentionally 6acf58939c stepped into 8dfb90daf1 the spotlight. The sudden appearance 9af1c7e9b8 of a Guardian 7eed1329f6 had stirred him f5ba8c12e2 up more than 7f1b649ea7 he realized.4ffdc5a0712306a2

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On top of that, f702d760bd he had misjudged, thinking ab23e8802f it was safe to baa0253f94 push forward since the 49c3c7248d head of the Jabis 4c846402f7 family had suffered a 4679bee0e5 personal crisis.782b5ccde7e39287

He had underestimated the 9ba28b7dec young master before him, d6dabcc7d6 who was now cornering 494d61e507 him skillfully. Zerakiel’s presence was even 440a1e607c more intimidating than Zakari’s, 19b2966c67 exuding a ferocity that 7a21e6a1f1 left Isaac unsettled.fa645cd015e50baf

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It must have been 8b1afe48ba the result of provoking 4db7baa7f8 him by targeting the bdd49c07b9 white weasel.abdbde5f3599efaa

“Maybe that would be a14d82b3fa best,” Zerakiel mused, his d29d1b48e7 fingers playing with the 9826f38edb hilt of his sword 7430d90ba4 as he smiled dangerously. In that moment, he c3a9e4b852 looked like a grim dc9abac249 reaper.bd02a1fc3cc299b4

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Isaac’s face drained 5368ca2784 of color at e450c80a0f the sight, while 335ec043dc Zerakiel suppressed a 21ce0ac316 smirk.9a3b69da64a74cad

The panic was written 28ce2b7155 all over their faces.702034d2d9ac3c6b

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Under normal circumstances, they 90923cf8b1 would never have dared 62fa80eea2 to stand against the b980b6a750 power of Jabis. But the moment 54c19d2985 Cersia was involved, 48c08cf58f they changed their 3d69ffceb1 tune completely.f415b85bbbf7091b

They couldn’t touch the 05b76d3cd2 direct line of Jabis, f13154e9ff so they targeted his 83475af1e1 partner, thinking she was d9814fe696 an easy mark.303c791dcac6ec81

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Knowing their true 157ea1ee8e motives only deepened 619d1dca8b Zerakiel’s disgust.08a7db6041c244c9

Maybe they c3c1537cb4 had all 17b3d9eb38 lost their dc062a3f8c minds after b967e1448e witnessing Jabis’s aed66f7104 rampage firsthand.0c2f5eee809bbdfa

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After all, e2f92b3500 the fact 90a1a2c359 that it 0fbd9643c4 was none abd6018e88 other than 5ed627db7d the white d6c7760dd4 weasel who d4eec8a079 managed to 5e8bbc3c14 quell that 53c2c095fd rampage was b65929ddd1 enough to 2e4ce72cd4 leave anyone a565b0b30a in disbelief.e2c826f57fe5aac1

It was a reality 43fcb1ba68 that even he was 4f2c4bfe05 still struggling to accept. It wasn’t fafe994aa3 surprising that 0a94563c64 they, too, b8bdd724a7 couldn’t remain fa87a8095b composed in dfbce42aae the face 4394fc73bf of it.6382547893f6a6e2

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The same people c3f555b5a1 who had scrambled 02a7107353 to flee the 04ceabca2b moment they realized 39013f5bb9 the situation was ffe2294d98 a Jabis rampage dc9964abb9 were now pretending a1506d33ff to mediate. The irony of it 7b34c3470f all almost made him 5e582e6b95 laugh.da8dc657015a139b