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We watched Erica leave.
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After we watched, we sat next to each other on the edge of the bed.
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Then we lowered our voices and discussed our plans for the future.
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And although it was almost like a reaffirmation, the policy was settled for now.
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We'll stay here for a while - at least until my wounds are healed.
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'But what can I say, ...... that's an ambiguous condition, isn't it?
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Selous said.
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'The emphasis is on ...... people and identity, maybe.
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Is this what Erica-dono wants to find out?
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Yeah.
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We want to find out if we can trust them.
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In other words.
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............
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What you need to learn a forbidden spell is probably ......
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'Um, by the way, ......, it's about something I failed to mention earlier: ......'
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Seras cut me off as I fell silent.
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'Hmm? Oh, it was a bedtime consultation.
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You remember me.
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I know. So, what's on your mind?
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Seras sits up and turns the front of his body towards me.
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'This bedding is for you, Lord Toka.
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I could imagine this offer.
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''Lord Toka must have accumulated quite a bit of fatigue as we move through the Demon Group Belt. There is also the matter of wounds. Even if there is a correction value for the example: ......
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Seras took my left and right hands with both of mine.
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'The most important person in this mercenary group is you.
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She went on and took my hand to her chest.
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'You are more important to me than anything else, Lord Toka. So please .......
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Serious face.
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The tone was sincere, yet sharp.
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A strong tone.
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Seras also expects me to refrain from bed.
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Hence the strong tone.
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She is her, and she seems to be coming to understand my reaction patterns.
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When I clean out the room, there is only one bed.
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The extra bed is ...... well, no.
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If Erika had one, she would have mentioned it when I explained it to her.
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You could at least make a cot if you asked the golem to .......
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But we're not going to settle down.
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They're not going to be adding more furniture for temporary residents without a second thought.
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I know the feeling.
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'Lord Toka'
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Hmm?
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If you insist on giving me this bedding, you can do so at ......
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Seras lashes down.
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''I thought we could use this bedding ...... together. ......
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Okay.
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That's one way to do it.
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I hadn't thought of that option.
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Or rather, I'd ruled it out until now.
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'Well, I don't mind.
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Can I go to ......?
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No. Is Selous okay with it?
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Seras looks away from his downward gaze.
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'Of course you can. It would be strange for the person who proposed it to refuse to do so here and .......
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Turning her face to my front, she reiterated.
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'Well, I was only suggesting the most restful means for both of us. So please just understand that ...... I have no slutty intentions. ......, -- oh.
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I untied my hand from my grasp.
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For a moment, Seras's hand takes a gesture as if to follow the hand that left it.
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'This one's a big bed out there.
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He patted the bedspread with the palm of his hand.
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We can get a decent amount of distance from each other, so we can avoid unintentional closeness while sleeping. There may be situations like this on future trips. So, well, maybe it's not a bad idea to get used to sleeping in ...... one bed.
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Seras returned to his posture and placed his hands on his aligned knees.
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'I'm sorry to ask you to do this. If you say so ...... it would be a great help to me as well.
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I could see a bit of guilt in his eyes.
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I slumped my upper body onto the bed.
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Bofu.
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The feeling of the softest bed I've felt in a long time .......
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The temperature that Erica left behind could be felt on my back slightly.
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''If you can't sleep with me in mind, I'll put [sleep] on as usual. You don't need to have any unnecessary fears about me. According to Erica, "for a boy of his age, he has quite a bit of self-control."
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Selous can see through a lie.
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But he's not an outstanding liar in his own right.
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............
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If Selous wants to do this, he should get on board.
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The golem came calling.
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He's grooming himself.
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They say dinner is ready.
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We were led to a room with a larger table.
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Eve and Liz were already seated.
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The food was lined up on the table.
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Root vegetables, nuts and fruit .......
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There's still some dried meat left, but I won't give it to you because it's Erica's drinkable snack.
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Erica said as she pressed her lips apart with the nuts.
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I guess the variety of food is limited here.
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It's just that, well, ...... we have a leather bag of examples for us.
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When it comes to variation, there's nothing to be troubled about.
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The meal proceeded seamlessly.
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This is the first meal with Erica since we met.
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I wondered if something important would jump out at me, but .......
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There was no topic of special note that came up.
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I dare say we ended up talking about two topics.
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One about food and the other about Eve and Liz.
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Even for those two, there was no in-depth content.
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What do you like?
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What do you like about it?
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What is Eve like for Liz?
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And what Erica was most interested in was the topic of the magic skin bag.
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It's available now.
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So I decided to use it.
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'Nah, it's kind of exciting ...... lady.
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Hmm. Maybe it's because we don't know what we're going to get, and that's why we have such strange expectations of that mysterious leather bag.
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It's like a lottery draw where you don't know what you're going to get.
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''Fufu ...... Both Liz and Eve will put a weird pressure on Toka-dono if you expect too much, right?
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Seras chuckles at that.
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'............'
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I'm trying to hide it, I'm making an effort.
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Quickly, he's not even excited.
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She is neat and calm.
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But still, I guess.
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The one who is most excited about it is Selous.
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His hips are subtly floating ...... from his chair.
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This time it was matcha pudding that came out.
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Fortunately, there were more than four of them.
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Seven in total.
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A black container in the shape of a jar.
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With a plastic spoon, kindly.
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Whipped cream on top.
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...... It looks like a pretty expensive one.
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Well, it's good for dessert.
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"This is so good!
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Erica rolled her eyes as she finished her first bite.
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Her interest had previously been focused on the magic skin bag.
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But it was the matcha pudding that won that interest now.
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Now she was flipping through the cream with her fingers.
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''M, mmm, ...... a complex flavor with an astringent taste, ...... this astringency combined with the strong sweetness of the white gnarled gnarls makes for an exquisite aftertaste.''
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The white gnarl is apparently the cream.
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There was cream on the bottom of Eve's nose.
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It's a great way to get a better idea of what to expect when you're in the market for a new product. Yes, sir.
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Liz was delighted.
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'Yes, Piggy Maru,'
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Liz hands a spoonful of spoonfuls to Pigimaru, who was by the chair.
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'Pini~ Pim, pim, pim, pi......m! Piggy! Preen.
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Liz offered it to Slay as well.
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Slay licked it off with her tongue and wagged her tail happily.
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''Pacun~ prune~''
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Both Pygimaru and Srey liked it.
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As for Seras, he was sitting in his chair with his back straight.
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'It's certainly delicious--but I'll have to be careful not to get too excited.
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But it didn't hide the looseness in his cheeks.
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Seras came into the room, his hair damp with drops of water.
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''I'm surprised that you even have a bathhouse. I didn't expect to be able to soak in such clear water in the depths of the Demon Cloud Belt. ......''
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After we ate, me and Seras went back to our room to do some light cleaning.
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Then, when we were done, Erica came over.
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'The dustiness will be uncomfortable, and you've probably sweated a zippy, disgusting sweat, so you can go take a ...... bath in the hot water. Here, I'll show you around.'
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He recommended that.
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I was going to wipe my sweaty body with a wet cloth.
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But I'm not sure if that will help me feel refreshed.
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So I appreciate the offer.
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However, we can't take a bath together, as expected.
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I'm not going to be able to get to the bottom of it. It's not a good idea for a knight to get in before the king.
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He pushed me to do so and I went in first.
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Then we washed off the discomfort of our bodies.
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By the way, the bathroom, which is about three floors down, was huge.
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Is it an image like a semi-natural hot spring?
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The water was just the right temperature and comfortable.
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So Seras, who had just come in later, came back.
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She sits on the edge of the bed while she wipes her hair with a cloth.
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'Phew ...... It's still comfortable when you can wash off your entire body, including your hair.
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You look like you like bathing.
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Yes, ...... you might like it as much as you like to go through old literature.
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I was sitting on the floor and closed The Great Book of Forbidden Arts.
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Seeing what I was spreading out on the floor, Seras asks.
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'What have you been doing?'
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The material spread out on the floor is the material obtained from the demon group belt.
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'I was wondering how much material for the Pigimaru's reinforcing agent was available at ...... I was checking again.
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Seras comes up to me.
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He leans forward and peers over my shoulder from behind.
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'How's your neck?'
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'Unfortunately, we're missing one type. On a positive note, if we can just get that one more, we can strengthen the next Piggy Maru.
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Pigimaru, who had been pudgy by the material, chirped.
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'Puyuri~'
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Seras pointed to one of the materials.
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'Does that material look like it could be used at ......?'
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Seras has been reading The Great Book of Forbidden Arts.
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So it seems to have pinged right away.
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This is a material obtained from the human-face species.
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But that human species is not listed in the Forbidden Technique Encyclopedia as a material holder.
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"If the mutation theory is correct, then this material part remains as a part of the human species as a remnant of the demon before its mutation--that's what I think.
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'I see. Then you can think of them as the same demon material: ......
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So there's that. Well, that's just the way it is.
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bang
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He tapped the cover of The Great Book of Forbidden Arts with his finger.
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''Once the next enhancements are completed, we'll have even more to fight over.
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