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Chapter 78

Author: N-Victory
last update publish date: 2026-03-20 16:58:21

We walk back in silence.

The garden fades behind us, the colors, the quiet… all of it swallowed by the walls of the mansion again.

I don’t look at him.

I just walk.

My steps feel heavier now. Slower.

Calix doesn’t say anything either.

For once, he isn’t trying to fill the space.

He just… stays beside me.

I notice it after a while.

The way he adjusts his pace.

Slower.

Matching mine.

Like he knows I can’t keep up with anything faster right now.

We pass through the hallways. A few people are still
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