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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…- 279.4 K • Completed
- “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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- After a moment’s hesitation, Aeryl turned toward the infirmary. He might be asleep. No need to bother him and risk waking him up for nothing. I’ll just sneak a peek before the combat unit head out later, he thought as he reached the infirmary tent. Inside, Beryl sat looking completely haggard. Whatever had happened overnight, he looked like he could pass for a patient himself and claim a bed. “What happened?” Aeryl asked. “Oh, something happened, all right.” Beryl rubbed his face…
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- She was one of the many porters—a plain, unassuming woman who normally drew no attention. Only the leader of the porters recognized her and let out a faint groan. The vice-commander dragged her forward and forced her to kneel before the Grand Duke. “Wh-why have I been summoned…? I don’t know anything…” “What is it that you don’t know?” The Grand Duke’s question made her tremble. Her reaction was no different from the three before her. At a glance, it seemed like they had…
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- He hadn’t imagined it. Not in the slightest. Just a week ago, hadn’t he been treated as less than a pebble on the road? Aeryl could still vividly remember the indifferent gaze that had barely reacted when he’d nearly been trampled by the Grand Duke’s horse. And the morning after the rut? He’d been thrown to the ground, chair and all, and had his chest stomped on while being shouted at. Yet now, that same Grand Duke was worrying about him. And that was entirely thanks to Aeryl himself.…
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