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The Keeper's Inheritance

作者: Mayemura Special
last update 公開日: 2026-08-08 19:18:36

Alejandro

I didn't reach for the staff. It hovered between us, suspended in the quiet glow of the chamber, waiting with a patience that belonged to another age. "I think," I said carefully, "you've mistaken me for someone else." A soft chuckle rippled through the luminous figure.

Behind me, Koa would have laughed at that sentence. Lucien would have pinched the bridge of his nose. Zenith would have given me that look that said, There he goes again, trying to avoid responsibility.

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