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Chapter20

#Chapter20

---How can a corpse run faster than me?-03

From the look of it, the girl bit her tongue before blurring out something she would later regret. She took a deep breath before talking again. /"I’m the Keeper of Achlys and not her. The Keeper isn’t the Ancient./"

The room fell in a disapproving mess of yells. Even the old man found the voice to shout a few things, to my surprise louder than the others, but not more than Ophelia, who screamed a deafening /"SILENCE/" to shut everyone up, while I was stuck in the middle of all of this mess not knowing what to do with myself.

/"We’re not here to discuss your stupid ideas about the Ancients… Nova./" Ophelia said the last name in a mocking tone.