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Chapter 70 - Sinister: Lust & Fear
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Pokol headed back to her quarters at the Emperor's residence almost immediately after the Empress was destroyed by the witch.

Back then, after the Empress was eviscerated by the witch's white flames into powdered ashes blown away by the wind, her natural instinct was to turn and run immediately.

She didn't wait to say anything to the old woman, but instinctively ran off. Whether it was fear or just her playing along while the witch ignored her, it still remains unknown. But after the Empress's death, she just couldn't stand there anymore and ran away.

As she ran away, the young girl took note of it and tried to notify her grandmother about it.

"Grandmother?" The young apprentice called the witch but couldn't bring herself to point at the person who was getting away. With the young girl's clear conscience, she couldn't tell her grandmother to kill another young woman the same way the Empress was just killed.

The young girl hadn't seen
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