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were unwinding itself, the blood began to defy gra

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what I was seeing and all sorts of

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its color, and I fe

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about it that felt

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ctions, I had acted p

he man in front of me was. No, not quite... I

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as that whoever the man in front of me w

move and I

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nded across the empty corrid

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ore than capable of passing the examination. At the very least, you sho

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of place

up the corridors with purple curtains drap

no way, right?

here, youn

urroundings before I found myself stan

rge hall where hundreds of people stood. They all lined up in an

are

es approached me. She held a clipboard

tense at her

tion, 'You are?' and found

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in the distance. I could feel the gazes of those a

to, but because I couldn

e door the faster my h

ad to take an examination. What so

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lt heavier t

along was purely because

ike I had

what

supposed

don't be too nervous

of a generously decorated room. Elegant paintings adorned th

om where four individuals sat. In front of them was a boy with blonde hair and blue

four of them, and amongst them, a woman with

ple, not just because of her looks, b

her beauty... Something I

at sort

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lanced at the papers before her.

examination. Please make y

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the people in front of me when I closed in on them. I couldn't quite d

re being pressed

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arm sting. What's going on? When I looked down, I realize

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turned pit

r the pitch-black space with nothing in sight. It felt

suffoc

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lost my footing, and just as I regained it, I was shoc

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speak a

. No, not quite. They seemed to be ruins. The architecture reminded me

as dark outside. However, from the corner of my ey

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ulky man with a red beard raised his eyebrow

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didn't

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