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The newborn’s cries gradually softened.The violent waves of resonance that had shaken the underground facility moments ago slowly faded into a gentle pulse.The monitors settled into steady rhythms.One heartbeat.Then another.Both stable.Ethan let out the first genuine sigh of relief he had allowed himself all night.He carefully looked around the room.Then his expression became serious again.“…Everyone outside.”The words caught them off guard.Elsa blinked.“…What?”“I need the room.”Linda frowned.“I can assist.”“You already have.”He looked at the monitors.“The emergency phase is over.”Karpeta immediately shook her head.“No.”Everyone turned toward her.She stood beside Norka, still holding her aunt’s hand.“I’m staying.”Ethan met her eyes.“No.”Her voice rose slightly.“She’s my aunt.”“I know.”“I promised I’d stay with her.”“And you did.”She clenched her fists.“I’m not leaving now.”Norka was exhausted, barely conscious, but she managed to squeeze Karpeta’s fing
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The entire medical bay became still.Not silent.Never silent.The machines continued their steady rhythm.The concealment arrays hummed softly beneath the floor.But everyone inside that room was focused on one thing.Norka.And the life she was bringing into the world.Ethan stood beside her, his hands steady despite the storm of energy surrounding them.For once, he wasn’t thinking about Watson.Or Harry.Or the Demon Realm.Or enemies waiting in the shadows.Only this moment.Only her.“Norka.”His voice was calm.“Stay with us.”Her eyelids fluttered.A faint sound escaped her throat.“…Ethan…”Everyone looked up.She was awake.Barely.But awake.Karpeta immediately leaned closer.“Auntie!”Norka’s eyes moved slowly toward her.“…I heard you.”Karpeta’s face crumpled with relief.“You scared me.”A weak smile appeared on Norka’s face.“I’m sorry…”“No.”Karpeta shook her head quickly.“Don’t apologize.”“You just…”She swallowed.“You just scared everyone.”Elsa let out a shaky
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The tiny cry echoed through the underground chamber.For a heartbeat, everyone froze.It was there.Faint.Fragile.Alive.Then—Norka’s entire body suddenly became rigid.“Ethan…”Linda’s voice immediately changed.“…Something’s wrong.”Without warning, Norka began trembling.At first it was subtle.Then stronger.Then violently.Her legs shook uncontrollably against the bed.The medical rails rattled from the force.Karpeta tightened her grip on her hand.“Auntie!”“Norka!”“Can you hear me?”Another violent tremor ran through Norka’s body.Her breathing became shallow.A small amount of saliva escaped from the corner of her mouth.Elsa instinctively stepped backward.“Oh my God…”Linda’s eyes darted across every monitor.“Her blood pressure is dropping.”“No…”“Wait…”“The readings are fluctuating again.”Norka’s head tilted back.Her eyelids fluttered.Then her eyes rolled upward.For one terrifying second—she stopped responding.Karpeta’s face lost all color.“…Auntie?”No respo
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Karpeta’s voice broke.“…Auntie Norka?”Norka didn’t answer.Her legs trembled uncontrollably beneath the blanket as another pulse of crimson light swept through the room.Linda’s eyes darted between the monitors.“…The resonance is destabilizing again.”Ethan looked toward the tray of alchemical reagents.There was one option left.One he had never intended to use.His jaw tightened.“…There’s another catalyst.”Linda looked at him.“The one marked Black-7?”He nodded.“I’ve never administered it.”Elsa frowned.“Then we don’t use it.”Ethan remained silent.Another surge rolled through Norka’s body.She cried out weakly.“I… can’t…”The monitors emitted another warning tone.Linda swallowed.“…If her aura collapses now, both life signatures become unstable.”The room fell into a heavy silence.Karpeta looked from Norka to Ethan.“Can it help?”Ethan answered honestly.“…I don’t know.”“You don’t know?”“No.”He looked at the small vial.“It was designed to stabilize violent resonanc
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The room fell silent.Only Norka’s breathing broke it.Fast.Uneven.Painful.Ethan never took his eyes off the shifting resonance surrounding her.The bridge he had created was holding—but only barely.The crimson aura kept trying to surge outward before folding back in on itself.Linda stared at the monitor.“…The stabilization is slowing.”Ethan nodded once.“I know.”Another contraction tore through Norka.She cried out, her entire body arching.“Ethan!”His eyes moved rapidly between the aura display and Norka herself.“…No…”Elsa looked at him.“What?”“The baby’s aura isn’t descending.”Linda frowned.“What does that mean?”Ethan answered immediately.“It means this isn’t progressing like a human birth.”He took one slow breath.“I need to encourage the resonance to change direction.”Karpeta looked at him.“How?”Ethan’s gaze drifted toward one of the old cabinets built into the wall.“There are alchemical reagents in the emergency vault.”Linda immediately walked toward it.
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Ethan stepped closer.“Norka.”She looked at him.“I can’t stop it.”“You don’t have to.”Her eyes widened slightly.“What?”Ethan placed one hand gently against the edge of the bed.“I’ll stabilize it.”Linda immediately looked at him.“Ethan, be careful.”He nodded.“I know.”Elsa frowned.“How?”Ethan didn’t respond.Instead, he closed his eyes.The room became strangely quiet.Even the alarms seemed distant.For a moment, Ethan stopped focusing on the chaos around him.He focused on the energy itself.The same way he had learned to read opponents.The same way he had survived impossible situations.Not by overpowering.By understanding.A faint mark appeared across his palm.Elsa noticed first.“…Ethan?”Karpeta looked over.“What is that?”Ethan opened his eyes.“A control technique.”Linda stared.“You never mentioned you had one.”“Because I rarely use it.”The mark slowly expanded.Thin lines of light traveled from his hand across the bed frame, forming a complex pattern aroun
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