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For a moment, Aeryl stood dazed, glancing around in disbelief. The main road was packed wall to wall with people—so tightly that there wasn’t even room to step. All of them were there to welcome the purge unit’s return. They waved flags, showered flower petals into the air, and cheered loudly. Street musicians played music, and people shouted out whatever words they wanted to offer the returning soldiers. “Congratulations on completing the Great Purge!” “Our heroes!!” “We…- 279.4 K • Completed
- He wrapped her body in pheromones, hoping it would ease her pain even just a little. As it had many times before, her trembling gradually subsided. ‘Let’s go a little further.’ Aeryl carefully observed Innis’s condition and slowly brought the healing magic to her hand. Innis flinched and bit her lip. ‘A bit stronger.’ He took another half-step forward and released a denser wave of pheromones. From diagnosis to calming tension, he had used them in so many ways that he was becoming…
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- But he couldn’t reveal the reason. Saying he couldn’t would only make things seem suspicious. He needed to end this conversation cleanly before it got twisted. “Your Grace, you promised to grant me any reward I wanted, didn’t you?” “I did.” “Then please, I ask this as my request. I cannot serve you. Please withdraw your offer.” Aeryl lowered his head as he spoke. The Grand Duke was a ruler of this land—he could have anything he wanted. What did the opinion of a mere…
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- “ Things turned out so well! My parents will be able to spend this winter in peace!” “What a relief!” “Everyone worked so hard!” Everyone had been silently burdened in their own way, so the official declaration that the purge was over felt all the more special. Aeryl didn’t know the winters of the North. So he couldn’t fully understand how they felt, but seeing them rejoice made him happy too. His heart swelled with pride at having accomplished something truly…
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- “Yaaawn.” Aeryl let out a long yawn and sat up in bed. When he checked the time, it was already past one in the afternoon—the ninth day of the purge. ‘When did I get back…?’ He vaguely remembered lying down on the bed. He’d meant to give the Grand Duke his medicine, but someone had draped a blanket over him, and he’d fallen asleep. ‘Did Mason bring me back?’ He yawned again, but then suddenly realized something felt off—his face felt too light. Alarmed, he reached up…
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- The Grand Duke Asirion stepped into Aeryl’s tent. Beside him, Aeryl stood with his eyes half-closed. By the time the group had returned to the main base, Aeryl had used up all his strength and was starting to stumble. He’d pushed himself past his limits. The Grand Duke dismissed the others, telling them to go and rest. But Aeryl, instead of doing the same, clung to the hem of the Grand Duke’s robe. “Y-Your… Grace… med…icine… tent… need to… take it…” From what the Grand…
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- Once the first knight vanished and the Snow Woman had calmed down, the second knight burst out. Like the first, he made a loud ruckus and then ran off in the opposite direction. This was the Grand Duke’s strategy. Anyone under mind control was of no help to their side—if anything, they became a burden. So instead of fighting alongside him, the knights were tasked with luring the Snow Woman’s monsters away. Using various tactics, they would distract the monsters and weaken her defenses. When the…
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- “Huh? Ah, well, it is possible…! The method basically works by stimulating pheromone secretion, so with enough experience— Ah, ah! Are you teasing me right now?” “You said it was possible. I didn’t take you for that kind of person.” The Grand Duke gave him a meaningful look. He was teasing him! Aeryl’s face turned bright red. “This isn’t the time to be making fun of me!” “Then why the long face? It’s not like we’re out of options.” “Still…” “You got…
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- ‘They really scraped everything together. No wonder there were so few monsters in the forest.’ The idle thought didn’t ease his tension. He couldn’t think of any strategy that would work. Mason turned to the Grand Duke. If anyone knew how to handle this, it would be him. The Grand Duke remained unnervingly calm—just as he always was. No matter the situation, he never wavered and claimed victory as if it were the natural order. It would be no different this time. The Grand Duke gave hand…
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- A snow woman? “Have you heard of snow women before?” “No. Are they human? Are they different from witches?” “They are. Snow women are monsters.” There was a type of monster known as the snow woman. It had been recorded appearing once every hundred years or so, always originating naturally in snowy mountains. Like all monsters, it harbored hatred toward humans and was extremely aggressive. But this one had a rare ability—an ability to dominate the minds of other monsters. “A…
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