"Do you have any news on that intruder, Captain?" The scout asked, returning from his mission. "I heard you wanted to see me as well."106Please respect copyright.PENANAAHhtSwAjXo
"It seems like the bounty hunter I sent out successfully got rid of him."
"A-Are you sure?"
"Is something the matter? Did you happen to learn anything while you were scouting?"
"N-No sir. It just seems so unlikely that-"
"You believe one of our strongest soldiers, and your superior at that, is lying to us and protecting the invader, is that it?"
"No! It's just that the letter we confiscated from his family went missing!"
"Excuse me! Who was responsible for watching over it?"
"I had one of the chefs looking after it, sir. It's the one you hired last week."
"This is quite an unfortunate turn of events. If that letter ends up in your superior's hands, god only knows what he might do to us."
"There's something else as well."
"Go on then, spit it out!"
"Well, I did actually learn something important during my mission. I searched the entire city for more lifeforms, and it seems that a few of them I found are dead."
"Is that all? That's not considered news to me."
"There's something strange about it. The lifeforms I found dead, either died in the same place in this cycle, or they never were revived after the last cycle... and I believe it's the latter, sir."
"What makes you so certain?"
"Because I was the cause of one of their deaths, sir. They should've revived and if they even had a sliver of recollection, they would've never returned to that place. I searched every inch, and everything was the same since the last time I visited."
The Captain looked quite pleased to learn of this. "You know what this means, don't ya?"
"No, sir."
"It means, we are now certain that the girl, Nera, has some sort of ability. This whole looping issue we have been encountering is caused by her, so if we can kill her..."
"You're serious? I thought our goal was to keep her alive?"
"It was our goal, but now things have changed. In order to break the loop, we will need to get our hands on her and solve this paradox once and for all. Can I count on you to kill her?"106Please respect copyright.PENANABTZBfu366o
"Y-Yes sir! I will not fail you!"106Please respect copyright.PENANAsXX3rxLruP
"That's what I like to hear, now move out!"
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