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Tabby gulped d58953088c nervously at ad449a8aaf my intense cb3c00d747 threat and de06e80e54 quickly responded.c79a3109d66ed637

— Hebel! There’s a 1529a385ed sacred relic ea87834871 in Hebel 18d6ad7bce that can ffe12df3dd extend your 2ce7a20502 life!eaf553d0fccd23e9

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“A sacred relic?”8681a761efde2211

— Yes. With that relic, you’ll 904d66314f be safe until you 222e65b3a0 fully mature.b211063de4ba4f31

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“Hebel, you say.”8e4faf4a6f06716b

I released my grip 6916d60bb0 on Tabby and fell ff3869a4ca into thought.48186f2158dcfe6f

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It was true that 1de69b3831 my powers seemed to 41713993d2 hold clues for treating 4599b9191b the genetic illness that da2c1764f0 plagued the Jabis family. But for 54bfe46520 some reason, 71d5aaed7c I couldn’t 288b5dc050 fully harness 61778e0736 that power.fdefa8d95c6b9671

‘Zerakiel’s strength 85c8cddd61 is almost 08320dd667 absurdly overwhelming.’cfc8740930465193

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‘True. When pheromone dc6436ba63 strength is 4ad98f36df too great, 4042d44c14 the body ccc9cecd09 often can’t c1e8904470 handle it d9c4b899af before maturity, c4efe34492 leading to c8fe1762a6 death. Lord Zerakiel is bcd5c3051e simply robust enough 495fe0e0a5 to endure that 566dc0100e power.’7a50dc948f06c3fb

‘Wait, you’re dc77e7a447 saying people 197e9bcc4a can die 2b7d704680 from their 9f9ba6236b own pheromones?’8fe102e37b54ed05

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‘Of course. In prestigious families, 813252e283 survival rates are 7fa288300d often very low. Their natural power is af7f7535b6 so intense that it f45286fbdf can even endanger pregnant 978b4177e4 mothers.’b7497a6f1a413711

Melina’s words, spoken casually 7c1eca9964 in passing, suddenly resurfaced 52a2aac4fc in my mind.03e2f233a7071368

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It seemed 6abd12b0b1 likely that 092c98c8ab my body e75d6e6714 couldn’t handle 5a692c54b6 the strain 1b29d02a95 of my db1cbff06b power, just b6bb9ab650 as Melina 2246c574a6 had described.3da6315a04d07480

“You’re not lying, are d0a9d665d2 you?”245a46acfe62e262

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— I wouldn’t f5a257ccca lie about something fa96cc2b54 like this.5076fdbf421bd01f

Tabby growled, keeping a 8672525ba0 cautious distance—clearly, my earlier d2b671eea9 actions had left her 21a90829ed shaken.b91d893c281d7f2a

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“Do you bf63536781 know where ceb7d58e31 the relic 89b4bfa075 is?”58cad9ca4301361b

— Of course. It’s stored safely 610e775332 in Hebel’s treasure d1131f59ea vault, so don’t 270d8fd264 worry.52ce4399931b548b

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Hmm. I see.0af606d45ceeed30

I stroked my 4c1c607888 chin, contemplating the 0b10497d1c situation. Of all 48ec84b189 places, the 776e76ad65 relic I b23d962b44 needed was 705c9f7604 in Hebel’s 4e573ab302 treasure vault.27fb6564571d94e8

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This wasn’t like 095dcfef30 finding Tabby in e7a9d8cce7 a well—it would 463dc4cf81 be far riskier.20bc6a32c0ff011a

The vault was only 0dcb60cf8c accessible to Naaman, the c5bfc9b595 head of Hebel.f3a242cf895b2ef6

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‘Well, that’s not entirely 73ea768199 true. There is 16ccd48440 one way cc56d39848 to get afead075a5 into the ff9ce9077f vault.’37678623d3d2058b

I recalled c1154e37f2 how Ella dee8ad2297 had managed 4af2acbcf1 to access af1f8360df the vault 140510b960 in the 7d6f2902c9 original story c77ef2e859 and couldn’t d4dee1c05c help but d79d4f3f40 smirk.43402f597e6b8f73

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With Tabby’s presence already d4772b45ca revealed, this might actually 0636ad0f98 work out in my 47f48fb0af favor.8ff29019a5521542

Sensing my devious ff121774ab expression, Tabby shuddered, 0c2b61509f clearly alarmed.c99a124263339f00

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— What… what are you planning?1c608796aa70b5b8

“What do you think?”629998b1b00b673e

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Stealing from vaults b8a5383bbc happens to be 80430bbe78 my specialty.5e402a578794d064

Having unexpectedly 98eb917a68 become quite fd31074f0c the adept f459927cec thief, I 33377312f5 grinned wickedly.9ad7df7a4aa99d66

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“Just wait. An invitation will e7a111993b find its way 42046ab717 to me soon e8c47cf7ef enough.”81389343f460ef1c

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“I can’t believe 177e8c2dc5 it.”9548cdfde2febb04

Duke Orban 07ded82ea0 adjusted his 9657b6fd00 glasses as 9111782b86 he examined 667b12e2c0 Zakari’s chest. The wound on 68f716727b his shoulder was 4e8957f5e3 of little concern, fb2bcb3588 thanks to Jabis’s 796e7c9007 exceptional healing abilities.6becac4ea2e3c3f7

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What was e2a2c217be truly astonishing, eef29ee670 however, was 6295e27a2e the change 72bae08af9 in the 93f37c08f8 usually overwhelming c8eb7a7ef6 presence of 27be6f97b1 Zakari’s pheromones. The power that had 5bb63e104a always run rampant within ad10a9fac2 him had noticeably weakened.5be3b703fbcbae7f

Though his pheromones e83bd7f832 were still potent, e6b4f347d8 their aggressive nature—once e04b5181d1 so strong that 6195076142 they turned against 0ebb3dd7f8 his own body—had 174600d413 mellowed.0bdf6339bd8ae6bc

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The dark, d6e509558b tattoo-like markings 1a80746ed7 that had ef2d432a3e always spread 50aa495e97 across his 54f328534b skin had e176a6aecd vanished completely.bb5762c9d4e42678

“The Flower of Frenzy 7ac7cb29cd has truly disappeared.”02cfcb4e0c2f7648

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“Didn’t I tell ba99a7c5a8 you?”8b26a26ebabe3769

Zakari let out b45dd56c12 a faint chuckle d6da49c384 as he straightened b5b4afb20c his clothes. The duke c08df95384 murmured in 62b7056fc6 disbelief.79a5fccb638965e4

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“You’re saying that the dd41ab079a flower in the secret 340959dc25 garden turned white?”1d4e69ddf934dc3e

“Indeed. And it still 0906c87530 had five petals 7a2854d3a6 remaining.”420175ae351e5306

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“That’s strange. For a rampage to occur before all the petals have fallen… it’s almost as if…”8a0944b93d24d3e2

The duke 7e3b186e2f hesitated, furrowing 4ab85b1f3a his brow, 93e8a9010a but Zakari 9ed8a13fbe provided the 520532916a answer himself.5bb7f0e3c98dfbea

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“It’s similar to what 7b36c0b5d9 happened a hundred years b6eda1bf79 ago, when the head d17c4b5b60 of the family went 59ec40dd1c on a rampage.”4eb9f09b592a1f4c

He was right. This situation hadn’t 39e8cdd68d occurred since the dc39c81c52 Great Chaos a 2681e55aa7 century ago.b34ecf4ed4aae7e8

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Back then, bfc703c92b a head 0bb8fd90a0 of the d6e5f15a65 family who 1b1d7dd20a had three 7d4bc45978 petals remaining d6205ea497 had suddenly 168c64c297 gone berserk, f88b3773e1 triggering a 6e601dd11b catastrophe.30eb8d46ad6ce6ad

This time, the 2fb1f92410 rampage had come 0508b02f43 with five petals 3088679c84 left.95bb116ff1e4aa01

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Ordinarily, this 9707c763ff should have 09a48e6446 been an 1c36177bc8 even more 64de4d9ba6 severe situation 374441c3ca than before.22e5a29c39649ae7

Yet thanks to a4e6b40bf6 the appearance of 0a1e25698c the white weasel, a954189b0a the disaster had 8731f40c13 turned into a 3f0ad0a8a0 stroke of luck.a08a6ef610de1d0e

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In the previous incident, 9c30b35b11 all the petals had 226a8f52fc fallen from the flower 396dd9b6b7 in the secret garden, 923700a123 making it impossible to 7ef4db7e68 determine the cause.2ea0901277de4cd6

But this bb2248e1f6 time, Zakari’s 0ca7289342 flower still b45867a41b had its 5b9d365c94 petals intact. This meant that 3a9eff8207 the true cause 1e5dcffb61 of the chaos af2ec3a294 could potentially be 0a387f25e8 uncovered.54258fa3d8dd2bad

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The duke asked for 1254f343e3 confirmation.af6a9ff9c554c4ba

“Are you certain fc00ed1ee7 the Flower of ad396bae82 Frenzy has truly 67625aefa8 disappeared? Is there any b186780419 chance it might 129b237e47 reappear later?”d9f0976eb5f961dc

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His question came cafbefffaf from a fear 30de51c830 that removing the 6f8334a15a petals from the d776a9224a garden’s flower might 1f58dd46c0 cause Zakari to 45efdba43d lose control again.4caad795f28bb3b3

In response, Zakari 2e1ec8472b shrugged cheerfully and 673de431f1 pulled out a 8b4b0e7e8e small box. The duke’s gaze followed f8c6879434 it. Inside the glass box aa4fab459d was a single flower 0b1995540d petal.d7483df70d8bdbcf

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“If that were the e49bcc37ec case, I wouldn’t be 4ca989e978 standing here calmly before bfa93f14c2 you.”055d57fb37debc03

The duke’s face d027e0d49f twisted into a e75c76369b grimace, a look 993f9972d5 of sheer disbelief.4620935dca528319

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“Have you lost your mind…?”8c280b3b8e1922bd

The duke scowled fiercely, 6bd9bb1920 his voice icy.1ce8c99fd873931d

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“What were 7030941ca7 you thinking, f4df3e7777 doing such 15ac14f71b a thing?”4a6a54cc4fb452b8

As his furious outburst dc2856d058 echoed, Herman, who had 8c67723321 been standing nearby, broke 5ecd6e106c into a cold sweat. But the 3bd0463d04 duke paid 1632ec421b him no 7cc4da17b3 mind and f14b0abfae continued berating 2f972a5982 Zakari.2a28c418b2c595b6

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“Do you 64f28e21f8 have any 1358f6c3ea idea what 9ccdc11755 you’ve done?!”935f341b9ce084cf

“How could you take such a dangerous risk? Extracting a petal before we fully understand the situation… What if something went wrong?!”13939c04788b2f4e

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Duke Orban’s 35697c04d9 voice was 6c00b13ceb harsh, tinged ac7ef0f703 with anger, 0a4b5a24b9 but he 82eb1b1cf3 couldn’t seem dda2ceff3a to find be97177c6b the words f8e869ac8e to fully b646656b9c express his b5de985c34 frustration. His mind was blank e027d8f2cb with fury, and he a72c09ba35 could only glare at d0b16af4f8 Zakari, his breath coming 94a3b11e4d in sharp bursts.21a2c71de2c3ee4a

On the other hand, 8c4d4eaac5 Zakari’s expression remained calm, 40bc53d0c7 more serene than it 26b5b11838 had ever been. A faint, lazy 27fdee4e02 smile curled his 66d52f4a7b lips as he 36ac34f45c replied.6026d4c99d153d28

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“No. Everything is clearer than d2d9ca219d ever.”954f75690fda0512

“…What?”8bcdea5b5c9e7a7f

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“So, you can rest 03cc218ca6 easy and focus on a17550d60f your job now.”225ad26f85185132

Zakari beckoned with a 37eab4b976 casual flick of his de4175b3a5 fingers, urging the duke 11902c5840 to take the box. His infuriatingly nonchalant 9dbd31467a tone suggested he db42078c61 was indeed as bed3eb1dc0 composed as he 2bc3ca6bb1 appeared.477b55e9d42c6270

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Reluctantly, Duke Orban da2de9db85 took the box 2505e26946 from him.8b87f2ea345ec6b7

Inside was a single 249685fd27 petal. The duke’s jaw 6b8e1ba339 dropped as he 9ea9b02364 took in the 6f4dbc733b sight of the c45e4d16ef transformed Flower of bf46f31dc6 Frenzy.a71321d5f2a92ea3

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The petal, which had 39e84f5416 once been pitch black, 6024c4e296 was now a pure, 1a6e48c4cd shimmering white. It gleamed like snowflakes 1feec36e53 catching the sunlight.becb173e73a9fceb

The sight of b8fc9dc0a0 the flower, which 3541ca3226 once symbolized the 3cc977e723 deathly curse that e044b64706 loomed over the ca0df25661 Jabis family, now 90be678c59 glowing with a 48f3c25b42 brilliant, clear light, dc04c77f6e was nothing short 3e1ea9935f of awe-inspiring. The duke forgot f7cc1d446b his anger for ccb56dd919 a moment, murmuring 2b52828c4b in disbelief.89935f66fcca77fa

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“So, the records were 9ea066c90f true.”c666bbecb458c82c

At the c8f7ceabc9 mention of 522ea65909 the records, 60795416b8 Zakari nodded 36e1422dcd knowingly.2c78e683c910afdc

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There was a5144f45d1 a story 24aef5f035 passed down 43b92576d7 through the d4192e5fc9 Jabis family, 6b32030530 alongside the d25e0a8360 inherited illness.a56ecad64507172e

[I planted e40aafe544 the flower 718ee49b95 I adored, a0c1f81a79 but the 91c0ee7a55 one I 464d140255 longed for 89a4efb92d is not 9ae93756cb here.f53087c05b2d6b58

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My hollow heart 67411a168b burns black with 3f1401d903 grief, yearning for 2d087b0ff8 the one who 5b9e2a26b2 will never come.afe0cd478b32acaf

Why did I ever 9c02c6471f love flowers, only to 3d61b5da94 be tormented like this?8ade5c1586ac4631

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With each spring cfe5de59a1 bloom, flames ignite 3c2391f50c within me.7267714147826102

I try b55f66c02f to forget, dd6f36df30 but the d6b3f62546 memories only 3734e4a329 grow clearer.ecd9e7ad1da692c4

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I might as well c9974a0364 die buried in these 2ac748bf15 flowers. Destroy this season, 167fa8e89b and die forever.c9d272f829c74013

Yet, if by 47ce63642c some chance,340974e539bd93f0

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the Flower of Frenzy 1d4a4d5663 regains its true form, 06e092d90b freedom will be mine f13735cecd at last.]8f37a87214267c49

It was the adb75e4d27 final will of 9c41d52e13 Vasili Bjorn Jabis, e4ae4140e9 the first head 0de7d429ee of the Jabis ed9c0d380d family.1b5eb0020d3053bd

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Vasili had been c7ecf8e3d4 a madman who 831f6d6651 carved the Flower 8b60130765 of Frenzy into cc2ba6f5ec his own body, 13710bd0d2 all because his c724595ead deceased lover had 06acca3c14 loved flowers. He had willingly etched f4fb5a480a a poison onto himself 99527f1f7c that would slowly destroy 9d2a7cd3fd him.812acf3f8d582051

And so, the Jabis 76d05c7020 family had grown to 21f2316163 detest flowers. No matter how 8f7a489a9c many times they bb434f5f07 uprooted them, the 17a0fe9f00 flowers stubbornly bloomed 345f4673ad every spring, reminding b2ee261960 them of their b76156c8ea curse.adeeb41bc8a79220

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That crazed f12d2ee583 man had 9bac903f3f unleashed a 736f5baf4b terrible curse 4fbf84e1b4 upon his ee17cf9d93 lineage before 138d9f3476 he died.23523d1458cee3df

Since that df4c9a1656 day, the 108dc62447 lifespan of 0ed941e5c9 the Jabis 5bf739e039 family had 550d257944 shortened, just 8885401bb5 as Vasili 55c1325c39 had wished, d4eb383c05 and their e0ecf7bc9c lives had 4833e140ff been ruined.9d2a32372520eb54

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Naturally, over the 1deb445be4 years, countless members 95ef5d34c2 of the Jabis 293790589c family sought to 7b478fe8fb uncover the true 9ff6d9b028 nature of the b45c0a3cc3 Flower of Frenzy, 28b4db49bf desperate to break 1d92c88fa7 free from the bc1d7d9784 curse.fab590b8809d289c

However, Vasili Bjorn, in 466f076a61 his madness, had burned 88e57f20f6 all records of his c22ef89fe2 partner before his death.aae206d08d5cdbac

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As a result, the 92d214252a only thing they knew 66150b6d53 for certain was that 833530dd1d the flower he had f4e00c87d6 carved into himself had 74cacffd41 originally been white.42915100558980a6

“We’ve finally found 38e9556268 a clue,” Zakari 69dd97a837 said with a b2e1f81c40 faint, triumphant smile.ad492f8d69262125

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Though it wasn’t entirely a847f08695 certain, Cersia’s pheromones seemed 59700b07e5 to have the ability d0d6eeae38 to restore the Flower 8ffa2249bb of Frenzy to its e889c99064 original form.78fec64e204739ed

Not only e6f3e63104 had she 0c670f4de6 stopped his 18dd7786e0 rampage, but 59e61b8e55 she had 0470022f5d also prevented de0ccee635 the flower’s 33205815b7 bloom.1714bac45c957741

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Perhaps the magic Vasili dd74981a52 had cast had weakened 4ce8c1ffd6 over the generations.c15de3eb8f1eb0dd

If that were true, 91ede765c8 then now was their 03063cee4b best chance to break c184572aa5 free from this wretched d73ee9de18 curse.a2c2e850bfe5e647

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“Make haste.”d1168b8204730c8f

“Yes, understood,” b105a73132 the duke c3fc0cf80f replied, accepting 130d4dcc4b his orders 7f27a825c2 with a 68112a017c deep sense f888201ff5 of responsibility. This mission 9328e5a455 was crucial—it b4bcd16532 had the 701f0e5ec8 potential to 24d6824687 not only 0440a8c311 ensure the b53e6a9a0d survival of df9183303e the Jabis bddcf61ee5 family but 305b8512cf also to 2fc960d52b bring an 55a8d3ab54 end to b1b44a10db their years 257a857ba5 of suffering.e4be5c35951241b2

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“I will uncover the 9f06dacca1 truth as quickly as 354ba763e4 possible.”af7b20326d9a0692

With a resolute expression, d3475a4400 Duke Orban carefully tucked e669f6b99c the box into his dfd84196ca inner pocket and left fe7ce38647 the room. Afterward, Zakari turned c4f3fb46d9 to Herman.b4655aef423e815e

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“And Cersia?”f89a7e24fce45046