IBMILRFL – Chapter 51
by EsraaCh. 51 IBMILRFL | Chapter 51343dd7fb603bc724
“Mother, was your journey here comfortable?”93c2cd0def1487a6
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“Hmph, that’s none of your concern.”34aea571d8fe3e2a
“Ah, I see you had no issues. That’s a relief, hehe.”028e67c986a20061
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Lilliana naturally guided me into 3dc1440cb8 the mansion, chatting away as 4a6bf3f458 she did.21589db12871fe57
I followed her, watching her f4ad997f0f with a satisfied expression.555e8fecdc07131b
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Today, despite being in 148aeaea48 her own home, Lilliana dd16e17ed4 seemed unusually tense rather 839cc612b4 than comfortable. It seemed she had prepared 5cdf749551 a lot for my visit.2ef191e210ae734a
“Actually, last time, I wanted to give you a proper tour of the mansion, but it ended too abruptly. Today, I’ll show 1a97dd8864 you my room c44e860339 and other things!”f40055eff3d41ce6
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Now that I think 0db2a48912 about it, we did 55e2eae0f9 take a brief tour 2358a809ca of the mansion when f44b67c3fe I visited Locke before.876d053b70ae1b33
‘But I couldn’t focus properly because I was too preoccupied with Tristan…’257cc204ea897962
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I had mentally prepared ef0849a5ec myself to avoid anything b4983e2c4d like that happening today.03e01cbf5e893fbc
“Mother, should I start by showing you my room?”c15b6b8cfe058440
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“Don’t ask so many questions. Just do as you please.”fac531621a2a2c63
“Yes!”ff420ace60128aad
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With that, Lilliana proceeded to f0616ebe57 show me every room in 01dba9c754 order—her bedroom, study, hobby room, 3835379c9b wardrobe, and more.86b53d5ed182ec22
To sum it up, it 5e500fa607 wasn’t very different from what 4fab1057d0 I had imagined.7cdce806e10608dc
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The clean, organized 9a1ca78f0a rooms and the 2d92166327 cohesive furniture gave e032fcb0e5 off a distinct aa1734ada6 Lilliana vibe.556324b5bad9a09e
However, in her 4380332716 wardrobe, I encountered ea4fd495eb something I hadn’t bd6c7ad300 expected at all.2d145d866d92016e
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‘What is this…?’3a6ac339e4df42ea
I had been casually observing af0c7a30ee her dressing room when something 20d508fe57 unexpected caught my attention and 94ed06d710 made me stop.362f8d1e419140fa
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There were an unusually aa44c23774 large number of blue b194c1e8b9 dresses, and I had 5ab66dde67 just discovered the reason.833f1f0a48492bcd
Suppressing the urge to 62fa9afeb6 chuckle, I looked closely ecedd05853 at a frame hanging f500aa4e4f on the wall.bc19ccd9a79eb03b
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Inside the frame wasn’t a9fcf07e10 a beautiful painting or da45937f7a someone’s portrait, but a 6ac4821c2f note written in large 334d3323a4 letters, like a family e7f2925de1 motto.db5a4dd3c18f34f5
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[Elegance!]3812363757818691
[No extravagant ribbons allowed.]d93889c7f39eb712
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[One accessory, and only one.]6edb60b9cbe01c89
[Blue tones suit you well.]0985788e500a63f8
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—fc2bf4bd751638c7
Each sentence felt oddly familiar a540bf2cad to me. It didn’t take 8c4d7492d5 long to realize b548dd5691 why.ae598dc9f9227e25
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“Pfft.”a2dc2c87ad24bf10
This was undoubtedly… advice I 9b4ff1ecf4 had given Lilliana when I 39778848c3 took her to a boutique eea94a0679 to buy her a dress.9b4d86fe03265dc6
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“Elegance. You need to focus 47e9cd0410 on that word. It’s your greatest strength.”915fd36196887431
“Elegance…”7853dbbde388dc6d
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“in other words, the extravagant ribbons on your current clothes are unnecessary. They ruin the mood 8e9bf74552 and make things look 95b15ae1b7 messy.”9353332e40793523
I had given 405a656f7b her a few c4e38edaa7 pointers that day efcded22a6 because I couldn’t fcb19770c5 stand to see 586ab11c88 her wearing clothes 5a12c6f302 that didn’t suit a3e10cbb6b her charm.b0df489beba7d27b
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‘No wonder she’s been dressing so beautifully since that day…’3aee566653df4f2d
It seemed she had 4d23a0f939 neatly summarized my words cc5abb3c9b and put them in fa03f64a2d her dressing room like 1b141bf70d a cherished family motto—framed, 9499dd603e no less.296a5dc3ce62d97e
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Despite my best 7d503b93c4 efforts, I couldn’t 764f0084ad stop the laughter 80d652b5d6 from bubbling up. Had Lilliana been choosing her 724c78c9d8 outfits every day by reflecting d7506c5196 on the sentences in this 8a62dbee35 frame?454368cda8e7f6e0
Just imagining it made 1b7823a01f her seem so cute 5f8404a5c8 and lovable that I 23cabc7fe3 couldn’t help but smile.bb05927ef0603c88
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“This dress is the one you gave me last time, Mother, and… Oh?”e77303ac04bf24a4
Lilliana, who had been 3198fa31c5 eagerly explaining her cherished 3fb768d9a9 dresses beside me, widened 253d975250 her eyes in surprise.9d8f5c4e02ee8098
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“Wha-! Why is this here?!”c0220365845450ca
Her face flushed red, all 7f78bc281b the way to her ears, fd1f834462 as she hurried to block 4b388925d5 the frame from my view 412a912f14 with her body.9209f984537cbd69
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“The content seemed quite familiar.”b523c20934174754
When I hinted that 076f06b74f I had already seen ddf0fa4ef9 it, she looked like 3ce50fc5a7 she was about to 1e8a0c2c7a cry. Her delicate hands fidgeted 58e8b0aaa1 in the air, unable e6d2dcf471 to find their place.3e91195966eb9fad
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“Mo-Mother! I mean… it’s not what 0591b292dc you think…”d8f82b3df3ffe3c5
She stumbled over 50779a08ae her words, looking d8c6e72a9e utterly embarrassed, as a8e997739c if I had c4a267087d discovered one of 12d00024f5 her deepest secrets.d93df73a03d65bed
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I understood her embarrassment, a8f3e42e3f but there was no be1bf10f0f need to make excuses. She hadn’t done anything wrong.7aa7f828d9cd3947
‘If anything, it was commendable.’b175e80da45c5cc1
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I firmly told 992220dfb3 her, still looking 22e6f04dcd at her tomato-red 0be360da8c face.1f8b772930fa91b3
“I don’t dislike people who put in effort.”941df92a3b52457f
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“Huh…”dc5c264ab4ae78f0
Not wanting to b0c125ff9b embarrass her further, dc87082bb1 I quickly turned 2cb2c811dd my body in 83f2a7e254 the opposite direction.1f66db39fe5403f2
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After that, as d60340711b if nothing had 0ce6adbf42 happened, I briefly 22837fc083 looked at the c01137008b dress hanging there… 3968ef4196 and then I 980a925808 heard her muttering 977005b6bb softly.5e064c90a1e2d1cd
“…Yes. Effort… is a good thing.”4af52ac29904d6a7
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Startled by the slightly f9914e602c choked tone in her 84121e2d3d voice, I stole a a3f76557fb glance at her face.ccd2e3975a43a237
Lilliana was wearing a radiant 9cf7af5e3c smile.8e852094f27e2b5c
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After finishing the tour ced1c22596 of the dressing room, bbd73043d2 Lilliana led Vanessa to c3aa0a3cdf the living room.2858026c3d2c8228
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Although there were d3d88f70a1 more places she f3713858d1 had planned to e1a9b61a50 show afterward, she 532fd060cf suddenly felt like 930036ea00 having a quiet 75d8aa43b7 conversation with Vanessa d37ad9b534 instead.c6a5dedd9fc6b44c
In the quiet living 35cb40e530 room, where only the 34b7d70558 two of them remained f42306f4b3 after dismissing the maid, f109f2246a Lilliana carefully poured tea 76942cae9d into Vanessa’s cup.72540d496eba658b
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“How is it, Mother? The fragrance of the tea 387988bdc0 is nice, isn’t it? My brother drinks this often.”870555bdfb39ce82
“Yes, it has a pleasant aroma.”7700be7dc02c8a70
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Vanessa smiled faintly. Fortunately, it seemed the tea 1e6c0d92ae recommendation was to her liking.87a103b078f7e137
“I’m glad you like it, Mother.”2f318fc74bc389a6
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After enjoying the peaceful silence 7632f035db and the tea for a eebb051a68 while, Vanessa broke the stillness.9329fe1a607c3dfc
“…You two seem to get along well.”a78ba23c4b69e769
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“Oh, with my brother?”bf53ba8502701c11
Vanessa nodded calmly.38b0cd3f1d2e5c6b
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“Yes, hehe. We’re pretty close. I’ve heard there are many 3ce3a8a286 siblings who don’t get along, 9725fe4f7f but my brother and I 3875387ac7 have been close since we 5614f7f7ba were young.”ba38cf2e075ec097
As the words brought memories e2fc73095e of her childhood to mind, 1852ce2172 Lilliana suddenly recalled the past.fe6c6262a7ad050d
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After being lost in thought 176b4fb05b for a moment, Lilliana slowly 979325890f began to speak.811c2a94a3ad4ecf
“In truth… there’s a reason why my brother and I are so close. When we were young, 31e2c9aa2f he was the one 8d6d952803 who mostly took care ab2678fb26 of me.”b32f85494a092e7d
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Vanessa didn’t respond but met 83b1a58594 Lilliana’s gaze.4b871d69696a3248
Her warm eyes 1b4d7ea3ea seemed to encourage f381845cba her to continue, 88fbe364d3 as if inviting 56bc112d92 her to speak 0b37ace864 comfortably.dd614ded860a12a1
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That gentle gaze 9697f9e1b5 felt like it ce297f52ed was softly embracing 3141c8625f her heart.20b35f2be5fbd453
Lilliana spoke of 89b3fe7832 something she had f76e9ffe46 long buried in b4deda023a her heart for ccb9463ef6 the very first f10f3e9c94 time.46e5cb1730d9fa5e
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“Our family wasn’t particularly harmonious. My late father… he 9535483937 was rather indifferent.”fbd14de179b46bcd
To be precise, “indifferent” wasn’t a67e715f69 quite the right word—”oppressive” might 4683c7cc99 have been more accurate.a6eaf490a5bdf26e
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‘Don’t waste your time on unnecessary things. That’s not your role.’382e8827c60fbbeb
Just the thought of ba19120bd9 her father’s face made 27b6054499 it seem as though a49ff972e8 his voice was echoing f889cbf710 in her ears.10cef1c98c571caf
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Those were the words 9475087422 she’d heard when, as 1ca2861bdb a child, she had e0dca0bf6b drawn a picture for 8a4679028b her father.f224c85d0dee6344
But it wasn’t ff3e2f6f00 just that time.ff902a80f4f49e4e
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No matter what she fc074d489d did beyond the tasks 2fbaf1b422 he assigned, her father 5214ac61a4 always responded in that 19a53942c0 same dismissive way.e801e8096dc93c76
He always loathed 95ccdd2442 it when Liliana af78c44db0 devoted effort to b481a78cfa anything he deemed c2016719fd unnecessary.932eac4953e6504c
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Thanks to Tristan’s support, she 053bb07692 had managed to endure it d331829c8e well during her childhood, but 7a708963f9 that eventually came to an 32b105ad12 end when he went abroad 3806dd28a5 to study in the Kingdom cc0a953c7f of Onz.d10dd9add805d5e7
Though he returned a 64b2cd2212 few years later… Lilliana 61cfc8c90e had already changed significantly.701f7736c35c1de4
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Her once lively 2c6288d501 personality had become efa5c5be9d timid, and her c7dfe67e34 confidence had diminished.6448a7b8bc6a34a4
Even as she grew c0cc043b22 older, that didn’t change. It just became 763185e413 harder and harder 3cb90b20af for her to f84c10fd17 know what she c6a7bb955b wanted to do.4168a7fd77105331
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“The truth is… my brother going abroad to study at such a young age was also something our father forced him to do. And during that b1e48ce70a time, I was 46581c9dd7 really lonely…”2ff7640b4c7fc70f
Although Tristan sent letters 8fdf5163e4 often, those few years 082c452119 when Lilliana was left a3b980b9e8 alone in the mansion 65d144a879 with her father felt e6a0b9dbb6 suffocating. The air in 9b9e56c5c1 the mansion was 2ecce74ee4 stifling, no different 81fc6d7c72 from the depths e075a86511 of the ocean.1e9b7bfc9103e111
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As Lilliana poured out the 5c62fb075a past she had kept deeply 9097d85be1 hidden in her heart, she 649c31a9ba suddenly hesitated.e814ab673204b5a2
‘…What am I even saying?’ce8e2f559454d103
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Though this was a great f5f3a72fb6 burden on her heart, to 869796895c others, it was likely nothing b3ded1116c of significance.9fdcc6e0658d1281
Everyone carries a burden 427a887dbf of this kind in ec8d8493d1 one part of their f1aa285fd7 heart.223d7f63d070c0f8
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Yet, here she was, b747c91ffe saying these things, intoxicated a185d9ae01 by Vanessa’s warmth.21f26f12de96a5f2
Even if Vanessa df9c153daa found this uncomfortable, 028fa72873 she wouldn’t blame b608e7e2ea her.ed51c3fd5444d291
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Lilliana hurried to wrap 06a9387fed up the conversation.7d811c639c6c0c1c
“Hehe, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to b28962864f talk about something that 4a230af438 would make you uncomfortable… ac00f8d5f2 It’s really nothing special, ff2f1d9f6a but I—”4c9eddfeed02a678
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“You persevered well. It must have been difficult.”ac74076ffe43631f
“Ah…”b851073a0fd6bcb0
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Vanessa interrupted her 27940167fa softly with a d7b39a0594 few words.f9fbafd3d35570d4
But instead of feeling e23af0e8b6 bad… Lilliana felt a 9ccbb69446 lump in her throat, 9bd91b24ab and tears welled up.35fda332f1abf84a
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She lowered her 44d3880b44 head, swallowing back c7b5015f56 the tears that f62b10d76e threatened to spill 5260838b89 over.f5e33a59f0850f10
Even though she 305ae11102 didn’t understand why 3dc2b4d643 she was suddenly cc51c8482c on the verge 5547487dcc of crying, Vanessa’s 21c28ac6eb gaze seemed to 7a539ee359 be telling her 0f27ccb6a0 that it was 4847e23a78 okay to cry b860b47f65 if she wanted 63a3b1d8ff to.cfd12418bb1d90f3
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‘As expected… Mother…’b9fb61e454284eb7
Lilliana knew. Whatever pain she 43ca48315b carried, it would e1d43105f0 never compare to 4d05d4f16a what Vanessa had 1c52c655cf endured.81e856ee1729ccfc
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Right after arriving in a d1a7e50a85 foreign country with no connections, 8ec1835b0f Vanessa had faced unimaginable hardships, 53b6372f93 starting with the false accusation e1802327a2 of assassinating her husband, among 85677cc126 many other unjust situations.0c7ab7273916b0c1
If Lilliana had been 40ae330c14 in Vanessa’s position, she 505930ea1f wouldn’t have been able 23e08d9fc6 to withstand it.575220d774e19011
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Yet Vanessa had never once 3c9e4cea6e faltered.c5262c1ad4957fdd
And more than 234ca669dc that… she acknowledged e2ee55ad4f Lilliana’s pain. She didn’t belittle it as 815ead663a something insignificant.47d665bb730438ea
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‘…She’s truly incredible.’c13508726828a0a2
And how fortunate Lilliana was ebe9fa86df to have such a person 2b789f16e8 by her side.8acd75f22d8ce2f9
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Swallowing her tears, Lilliana 6f9c7d717e smiled brightly.e5e2dfdc8e38d0d3
‘I really do love Mother so much.’08d0a83b703ab3cb
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It was a fact 0a9517a28b she had only now 041f5b48a4 fully realized.a8d1de28f021aacd
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