<em>Thump.</em>


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    <em>Thump, thump.</em>


    "......."


    Pitch-ck darkness. The only sound was the pounding of my heart, echoing loudly from within my chest.


    Clutching my chest as if to hold back my bursting heart, I prayed silently that this moment would pass safely.


    <em>Creak.</em>


    "...L-Lilith. I''m back."


    "......."


    I didn''t respond. From this point on, I had to act with the utmost skill.


    Drawing on the acting talent I had once used when I temporarily yed the lead role in the Academy Festival''s y of <em>Leon and Julia,</em> I slowly sat up in bed, pretending to be nonchnt.


    "Yaaawn... Ah, wee back, Master Ethan...?"


    "Lilith?"


    "Yaaawn, my apologies. I seem to have dozed off."


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