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"But first, let me tell you an old story. I'm talking about your kind.

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"Am I a half-breed too?"

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Yes. If you say they're sisters, that's a good start. I don't know if you'll develop the physical changes in the future, but your descendants may have similar symptoms. It's in the blood, so to speak.

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　Then Master Norn explained the situation to us.

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　It was a lot of hard work, but I listened to what he said.

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　I had to listen carefully to what he said, because it was about my body and mine.

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　Master Norn told me that there is a place far from here called the sea.

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　There is another land just a boat ride away from this great puddle of water called the sea.

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　It is called the Devil's Continent.

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　There were people called Beastmen on the Demon Continent a long time ago.

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　I don't know if it's right to call them people.

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　Bipedal, hairy beasts.

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　It is said that such beastmen were once treated as a kind of demon.

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　People who used to live by the sea crossed the sea and went to the demon continent in search of new lands.

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　They found the beastmen and fought against them.

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　The beastmen walked on two legs like humans, but they had superior physical abilities.

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　They were strong opponents when they fought one-on-one, but there were not so many of them in the herd, and if they were outnumbered, the humans would have won.

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　The humans who caught the beastmen would take them home and make them work as slaves or send them to the battlefield to fight.

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　In the midst of all this, there were people who did unusual things.

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　There was a man who had a child with a beastman.

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　He looked like a hairy beast, but surprisingly, he had a child.

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　And although the child had the appearance of a human being, it also had the characteristics of a beastman.

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　He had a head with animal ears and a tail.

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　It is said that the child was born looking as if it had undergone a physical transformation of Mee's body.

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　That is the mixed blood of a beast and a human.

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　After a long time, the number of beastmen dwindled and they disappeared.

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　Only the half-breeds remained.

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　Sometimes these half-breeds bore children with humans.

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　More half-bloods of half-bloods.

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　In this way, as the mixed blood and human blood mingled, the original beastman's blood became thinner.

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　Before long, the newborn half-bloods were indistinguishable from normal human beings.

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　However, the blood of the beastman certainly remained.

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　It was a being that could change its body by using magic power.

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　The offspring of the mixed blood with the beastmen could change their bodies by using magic power, and became human beings who could temporarily have the ability of beasts.

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　It seems to me that there is nothing wrong with that.

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　But the story did not end there.

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　Many of the descendants of those who could temporarily change their bodies to become more like beasts did not live long.

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　According to Mr. Norn, their bodies may not be able to adapt to the change.

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　Come to think of it, I have been praising Mee for her greatness, but it is not normal for her to have cat ears on her head or a tail.

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　They appear and disappear depending on the magic power.

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　It must have been a big burden on her body.

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　And Mee couldn't bear that burden.

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　Like others in the same situation as Mee, the ancestral descendant of a half-breed beastman, Mee could not bear the burden and might have died prematurely.

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　That was roughly what Master Norn had told me.

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"...... So, how can I help Mee?　What can I do, Master Norn?"

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"But first, let's do a little research. You are sisters of the same blood, but this method will only work if your blood is compatible."

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"Blood match?"

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"Yes. There are several types of blood. When you mix blood with blood, sometimes it clumps together, sometimes it doesn't. If your blood is incompatible and clumps together easily, then we won't have this conversation. It's not worth it."

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"Oh, no. Can that compatibility be checked?"

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"Yeah. If I get blood from both of you. Give me your finger.

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　At Master Norn's request, I held out my right hand.

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　Then Master Norn also put out his armored hand and touched my index finger.

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　I felt a stinging pain.

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　My fingertip bled, and Master Norn's finger wiped it away.

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　He did the same to my sleeping finger.

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"Oh, good for you! Your blood is the same type. This way, even if the blood gets mixed up, it won't clump up.

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"Good, that's good. So you can help me?

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That remains to be seen. It's up to you."

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"Is it up to me?"

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"Yes. The way to help the ancestral child is to reduce, even temporarily, the influence of the magic in its blood. A lot of magic is affected by blood. In other words, if all the blood is drained, the physical change will not occur. Then, they will not suffer from the physical changes.

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"Yeah?　Draining blood from the body?　If you do that, you'll die, won't you?"

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"That's right. If you drain the blood from your body, even the strongest man will die. That's for sure.

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"No, you can't. If you do that, Mee will die.

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"I know that. That's why you're going to take his place.

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"...... what?"

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"I'm gonna draw your blood and put it in that kid. Because the type of blood is the same. If you mix it up a little, it won't clot in the tubes. The ancestral blood will be thinner and less stressful on the body."

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"......What does that mean for me?"

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"When there is no more blood, you die. That's true for everyone. You're no exception."

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　I'm going to die?

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　Instead of Mee?

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　I gulped and swallowed when I heard those words.

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　Lately, I had been living a happy life and had never thought about my death.

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　Suddenly, being told such a thing made my whole body tense up.

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　A sickening sweat ran down my back and in my gripped hands.

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"I'll do it. If it will save my life, please do it."

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　But he answered quickly.

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　If it would save my sister's life, so be it.

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　I would give up my life for that.

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　Thus, I decided to have all my blood drained to save Mee.

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