Jennifer Smith
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The sun had set and after minutes of waiting in my room, my watch finally rang. I was so nervous that I was sweating, I quickly answered the call. "He looks normal." I stood still as Ulka's voice entered my ears. I guess I could say I was relieved, but I'm not sure if this feeling was relief or not. "You are sure, right? His past, the things he's done and plans to do, his relationships, his psychologist and hospital recor-" "Yes, I've looked at everything you've said and everything you're…-
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As I walked back from the research building to my room, I had a smile on my face and I was tired. The reason for my smile was that Ulka had accepted my proposal. I had made a mana contract with him after he had accepted my offer to remove all his doubts, and he had agreed without much question to do a detailed investigation into the Tenebra family. With my answer of 'family matters' and the assurance of the contract, he didn't press me. As for my exhaustion... I have to pretend to be a mysterious…
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The wind, carrying the cold of the approaching winter, blew in my face through the window of my wooden hut. I took a sip of my steaming tea and sighed. Old age was now hitting my body. I was about to turn one hundred and thirty-five, and if the incident of eighty years ago had not happened, I would probably have passed away long ago, but now... here I was. I took another sip of my tea but realized the cup was empty. I sat up from my chair, even though it was hard on my body. I'd had too much…
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"Haaa... Damn it." I looked at the building in front of me and sighed, while Sith squinted at me and the building in front of me with one eyebrow raised. 'You rested pretty well.' 'I will do nothing but rest until I'm healed after talking to Ulka.' I quickly entered the building and headed for the reception desk as usual. Since I had already gotten special permission from Ulka to go to him, this time the process was faster and after only two minutes I was in front of his door. I pressed the…
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My eyes slowly opened. When I saw the beams of sunlight clearly illuminating my room and heard the refreshing sound coming from outside, I felt... strange. I slowly sat up, waited for a moment, and finally closed my eyes slowly with a deep sigh. When was the last time I woke up in the morning feeling so... peaceful? I opened my eyes again, this time without thinking about anything extra, I went to the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face, one after the other. I looked at my face in the…
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Clara's image appeared on the holographic screen in front of me as she picked up the call. Her light brown hair was a bit disheveled, her gray eyes looked as if she was sleepy. Still, she had answered the call, she was in front of me. A sense of relief enveloped my body as soon as I saw her face. The heat inside me slowly subsided and I calmed down. When she saw me, her eyebrows raised for a moment, then a worried expression appeared on her face. "Did something happen? A-" She paused, waited…
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I looked at the man in his mid-twenties with brown hair, brown eyes, and stubble sitting in front of me as if I wasn't his leader. I thought about what he had said, and then my brow furrowed. "So you're saying Aiden Tenebra is a wiera?" He was sprawled out in his seat. He was quite comfortable in front of me, but there was both anger and seriousness in his face. "Yes, and a hybrid." His eyebrows furrowed for a moment, and an ugly expression appeared on his face, showing that he was even more…
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I let go of my clenched fist and teeth, squinted my eyes, and looked at the girl shouting insults. "You're right." I felt something stirring inside me, as if a string had snapped, releasing all the thoughts I had been suppressing. "I'm so badly injured that I can't even walk properly without a cane. You're right, my body is so messed up that I can't use mana properly. You're right, I'm helpless right now, powerless. A skinny kid could beat me with a little effort." I couldn't suppress the anger…
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I was silent as I walked toward the research building. There was hardly anyone outside because of the light rain and more recent events, but the few people who saw me kept their eyes on me for a while. My name was much more common now than it used to be, I was the center of attention and it wasn't something I didn't like, but... I wasn't in a position to be happy about it right now. On top of that, it was much more uncomfortable than I thought it would be. I took a deep breath and shook my head…
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"Bwother!" I quickly turned toward the source of the sound, but unlike my turn, I started to run slowly toward the tree in the middle of the garden. While this was happening, a tiny figure passed by me as fast as it could and jumped into the tree I was running toward. "I got here first! Me first!" "Ah! You're pretty fast, huh, squirrel?" I widened my smile, stopped being slow, and appeared next to him in an instant. My little brother puffed out his cheeks, his face suddenly pouting. After…
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