I'm ready have bad time...

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Chapter 17: Are You Okay?

I could feel someone watching me.

As I opened my eyes, a figure stared down at me—eyes sharp enough to kill on the spot.

"Why did you do that?"

It was none other than Reaper.

Memories flooded back—being controlled, attacking him...

"I... I'm tired..."

I passed out.

Kael saw me collapse and rushed to my side.

"Hey! Wake up!!"

Reaper disappeared again—no one else saw him, only me.

"Someone, anyone—help!!"

Kael panicked and ran to find a doctor.

"What now?!"

I was dreaming… or was it something more?

A strange vision, like a fragmented memory.

I wasn't just one.

I was two.

There was… another.

A twin.

His name was Ego—yes, that was it.

We were both born… but I was the one abandoned.

He was chosen, raised, taught with love.

And now, he was looking for me.

My brother…

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Meanwhile…

"Who are you?"

Dr. Alrin stared at the beastkin before him.

The boy wasn't hostile—but he held a scythe in his hand.

"Where am I?"

Dr. Alrin stood firm, analyzing the red-furred figure cloaked in mystery.

"I have no one left. No home."

"What…?"

"This is the place… where you and he once lived."

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