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Chapter 50: Just a Tad Peculiar (pt.5)
Author: Royal Kareem
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In the midst of the knight’s intense rambling, it wasn’t his childhood friend slash liege who stopped him from continuing with his crazed murmuring any further– no.

It was someone else. Or, to be exact, a certain soft yet unsettling yelp coming from the expected–

“Little Human!”

“Oh, hey!”

Pam and Sam exclaimed in worry as the adventurer staggered a bit before rooting back on her spot while wiping the black substance that tainted her pale lips as if nothing significant ever happened. Or well, the young lady was definitely expecting this turn of events, looking at her terrifyingly calm demeanor.

“What did you do?” While Cherry hastily helped Serein to get seated, Cevahir asked in suspicion because this disgusting smell he caught a whiff of was definitely not the smell of normal blood.

Rather, it was the smell of rotting blood. There was no way he would mistake such a major difference.

Injuries would usually lead the victim to let out some fresh blood unless it was contaminated by pois
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