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A sharp silence enveloped the surroundings.
The girl stiffened and stared at me intently, her eyes wide with surprise. From the way her eyes were trembling, it was clear she was quite startled.

I was equally surprised.
I never imagined there would be a manifester hiding in the refugee camp.

‘...Well.’
Manifesters aren’t just limited to the Empire.
Given that nearly the entire kingdom had fled, it wouldn’t be too surprising if one or two manifesters had emerged among them.

It was surprising that she had managed to stay hidden for so long, though.

"...."

I silently watched her for a moment.

The demon's symbol appears on the 10th birthday, without fail.
From then on, like a natural bodily process, a manifester begins to experience uncontrollable fury, gaining the power of the demon. Everyone knows this, which is why tests are conducted at the age of ten to weed out the manifesters.

But looking at the girl, she didn’t seem particularly young.
Her arms and legs weren’t short like a child’s, and she didn’t have the chubby cheeks typical of young kids.
Though, she still had a lot of the childish traits.

‘If I had to guess, maybe around 15 or 16?’@@novelbin@@

For a manifester, that would be quite an impressive age.
For us, there are threats both externally and internally, so her survival up until now proved her strength and mental fortitude.

As I was processing this, I suddenly noticed something strange.

‘But isn’t this supposed to be a four-person setup?’

The refugee camp was overcrowded, and there should have been more people assigned to this shack.
No matter how quietly she tried to suppress her voice, if anyone else was in the same building, they would’ve heard it. The pain of the fury wasn’t something you could ignore.

So why wasn’t anyone reacting?