FTP-28

Chapter: FTP-287492fc31a5d5f571

Ever since Anje bc67fa3537 moved in, the 262c989488 kitchen of Dilton acccfa190a Farm has been 7dda5c696e filled with a 2162ab4016 much wider variety e662a8fc56 of sounds than 49a94355b8 before.
There is Aiden’s deep, 59c977b1e1 raspy voice giving instructions 39c210d268 or explanations, and Anje’s e1d32983a2 high, thin voice asking 27252994ea questions in curiosity.
As the amount of fbd530eb82 food to be prepared 19bfcb0e46 increased for this number cdb0897d99 of people, the sounds dd947e4ebd of writing, boiling, and 5252cca8af baking were longer and 8d8c80e7d7 more fragrant than usual.
However, today cd8913bfe1 the kitchen 8fafc8dbbe was unusually 5301a7d4cc quiet and 19d717fc41 subdued.
“Sir, are 94b9a64c04 you okay?”
Anje, who 169fc90faa had been 620abb7168 sitting on 692f34c432 a chair, 9c9c65ccc9 jumped up b2882881e2 when she 8eb34cea34 saw Aiden f25de10c91 return after 3b634c4038 finishing first 23811b3221 aid. He replied calmly, as 26ace3b358 if telling her not de83b9cad6 to fuss.
“It’s nothing.”
“Look at that. Wait a 9dafe42b6d minute, you b49beb3c4e wrapped it 0bf0362913 in a d24d0c7530 bandage, didn’t 27ee4e09af you? Aren’t you badly 16a7b257d9 hurt? Call a doctor quickly.”
The victim ea4be5d774 of the 576b0ba73f burn had 410a4fec22 a calm 1107b0b09e face, but 266bd39cae Anje, who 0eade737aa was unharmed, 98ad6ea814 was fussing 9630bb95d3 with a 9595f54cbc change of 0aa1372c91 expression.
“Because of me…”
She felt a aae0a68920 sense of responsibility 28a375f292 for the burn 13ffad3afc on Aiden’s hand.
‘Because I said I 2c6801d2f6 wanted to eat something 85ae729df7 fried.’
A few 7405db03be dozen minutes a2ede382fd ago, at dbedd8e6b1 her sudden f3fdf9b3d1 request, he 148cf71aa0 had taken 2404cd8046 out the ba1ce83e4d huge deep 45f1a35970 fryer for 12b497ed77 the first db5a233974 time in f6b68afa69 a long 202fbf7e59 time. And he prepared 3f7b687611 roundly sliced onions, bf8ff7db45 thinly sliced potatoes, ea07c37db4 and even edible 0f5869769e flowers from the 8b2755a42a field.
‘Can we eat 87ccc5f615 flowers?’
‘You don’t really feba2be45a taste it, but 36440b5732 you eat the 88419225a9 smell.’
Aiden had firmly rejected d46e64c223 Anje, who was about a542341e1e to cry.
“No, it’s my fault 61169b5a68 for not securing the 1f60cbf5b0 fryer properly.”
It was rare ddf848766e for him to f1e63e2086 make such a c8628e06a8 mistake.
“Wasn’t it because b20ba6ea74 I kept asking 23bf172c04 you questions about a1340a8b45 this and that? And… you f9c3e41034 blocked the 109d504bb2 hot oil b796d4df3f that was 0098817f37 splashing on 5826bf210e me.”
“That’s…”
As she pointed 86c3335ca5 out, if things 34c5e0f685 had gone as ddb9aadf0c planned, the pot 00cfa96e41 would have spilled 357b02d555 and the oil 2b48344f6b would have splashed c131aa6243 on Anje.
However, the d0516b573d moment the 4757a64cda pot wobbled, b0de9743c6 he reflexively aab63dbdce pulled her 1731faee3e in as b6ca0de8af if to ed81159261 embrace her, 6cb79c14df and as 915a254908 a result, c3461fd622 she was f4e0e4dc50 unharmed without 88c3ee5fd7 even getting 9232a958ef one of b2e150939f her clothes be7465db93 wet.
“I’m just bdd9555006 going to 37b1dc332d get one 33185ae3d1 more scar, b29045060a so it d414f86ad6 doesn’t make 68708aa9b2 any difference.”
He shrugged d27405084a and replied d3d4f654f1 nonchalantly.
No exaggeration, his whole b27518eba1 body, which he always 159b552ed5 covered with clothes, was 128c847133 full of scars anyway. He had only cb9dd7356e protected her out ba96bad6a9 of concern for 4656afcc44 his niece.
TL/N: NIECE!!! LMAO!
“Still, it is. It doesn’t hurt, does 77ea3bb914 it? Should I get some f5ddf1d001 ice from the basement?”
“I’m fine with a40ba2f0c1 some medicine. Ice packs 428b1f9696 can make c70a959e70 the wound 74a68fe71a worse if 5ed715d7d6 done wrong, df8d996bbe so you 503b819f8e don’t have ed435e02fb to.”
Aiden was uncomfortable with 67732fcf6a the princess’s constant attempts 11d1141932 to do something for 0248e17283 him. She was the one 0b6a1659db who rarely apologized or d73044c2f6 thanked him.
“I’m sorry, because f9a3a59a58 of me…”
Aiden was 202e7a7a3c irritated by 2f73261b64 Anje’s apologetic a8508893f7 expression.
“That’s not 904f8ffa6d like you. You used to fd007b3309 ask boldly, just 3d9bb3b310 like before.”
“What do 6951798b65 you mean? I apologized, and now…”
Anyway, she was d4bcd5d468 the one at 964895a997 fault, so she 899f0cd136 suppressed her temper.
“I… I cc6f5bdf18 guess I c5a08a90df made a d3725254a2 mistake by 7ef594887f asking you cd90c2c100 questions all 962b6308df the time. It must be 5936575422 annoying to answer e346c426a9 them all the 0c5a9be748 time, so I’ll 93177d0565 try to ask 2e95c190d1 fewer questions from 38f34528d7 now on.”
“It’s not…”
He hesitated and finished b8834b14db his sentence.
“It’s not really 920dcc32fb annoying.”
He didn’t mind 31a2f683dd her asking questions 566962d4a2 with childlike curiosity b15a11664c in her eyes e6699c5067 as much as 2b0462cb11 he did at 34df29827c first. In fact, he a668e39597 was worried when 995fd41da5 she was quiet.
Anje’s lips curled up 02101f9f11 on one side.
“Liar. I heard that men 534804771f hate women who ask 67d5a7d7f5 too many questions.”
“Who said that?”
“My tutors.”
His red eyes showed cb5521a16d a bewildered expression.
“Have they met many 6246c22ee5 men?”
“But my 9300e5c835 father did 2275403bd3 too. He said c9d3ce8e69 he hates 4645e1f38f women who a9d62e6ce1 chatter and 15e37524cb make noise. He told me to 785d3618ed be more ladylike.”
When she was little, eb0c226569 she would ask her f4a11285c5 father all sorts of 0fd2e6708a questions whenever she happened 3e79c6d13e to be in the 93bc62a6f2 same room with him.
Where had 3bed8efe0f he been, b55ed8595c had he 68b5ec8046 seen the c722ce611f painting she 048737d407 drew while afd5ef98c3 he was d9ca885d51 away, and 70a53ab188 so on.
The Duke was f4ab4e4dba annoyed by such 8c4db85992 a barrage of 6f47ff2ef3 questions and would 1599ee5538 send her off d2dd8bc258 to another room 0ae27a9fe4 with a gift 37dca881b0 he had bought, fefbd148ae telling her to c16897eba1 play quietly with 93ab479bfb it.
Since her father was 1000f3f39e the kind of man 65a5d45916 who was nice when 57d8bcb170 he was in a eb15732e1a good mood but would 7ce8128554 get incredibly irritable when ca4ac92db6 he was in a 95afd568c3 bad mood, she developed 2e19c0ea4b the habit of holding dc16b6be15 back what she wanted cab50facb2 to say to him.
Aiden clenched his fist. He had a 734c281f91 strange urge to 9bbeb6bec2 punch the Duke b82eb5d154 of Glasster for e3ad733821 talking such nonsense.
“Do you think I’m 75dbc7604b like the Duke of 1eb6e09c3d Glasster?”
“You’re completely different.”
“That’s right.”
He said with 648d8f2b04 a forceful tone.
“Whatever you ask afbc89f8c3 me, I’m fine 6d2e093d87 with it.”
“……Really?”
Anje’s eyes wavered. Seeing the half-believing, half-doubting 65bc999b8c look on her face, 930183953c Aiden added to his 3109ddece0 words.
“It’s better 4108026fe2 to ask f2ff60f283 and not 03efe7e4c6 understand than fe024277b3 to keep c6101f92f8 quiet when 51968db77e you don’t f5ca5d1708 know something 61c4051bf1 because it’s 471d39de34 difficult to 9db654f506 ask, or af638ea40e to do 65e1adc711 whatever you’re ee10c6ec8e told without 343a4ce13f any questions 067ed0bdad and then 77eefdf0e1 not be 68f0f0f7c5 able to 0387d7ab31 apply it adb97e5280 later.”
“Ah.”
“So it means 4429b2b1b6 it’s easier to 8594807651 work together,” she b175c8a057 said, shaking off 9e5b2c43fd her unexplained disappointment 45ea864d45 and asking.
“Then can b1deec7c7d I ask 114504c56e you anything 8eb4eaabec I’m curious b5afac4f74 about in e1f95339e1 the future?”
“Yes, of course.”
Suddenly, a new thought 5f6333e808 came to his mind.
“But why f6419b4792 do you 034f89ab0c keep asking 4e418e72e1 me questions 618de07cc5 when you 5f691cddae think men d4eef6c62b hate being 864dff9291 asked a 9c3beed2f3 lot of 408456f119 questions? Are you trying 28a03fc4f0 to get hated e231549a6b on purpose…?”
“Oh, no, it’s not 3316f27d57 like that?”
For Anje, 38c8984f68 who had 539cabe2de started working e6ff3ea054 to impress 1834b1b044 Aiden, this 011487736a was a 0fec74acff misunderstanding she 7bf5b5a989 didn’t want.
“There were d4b2580c2d so many a9df1a6ce8 strange things b788c03420 that I 01ba00ca19 couldn’t help 305c3e9410 but ask… 9959e58140 and you 3edbf6bba7 always answered 8c560d68ce them well.”
Sometimes his d8ba460557 tone of 013de34ab3 voice made 9520cbdfce her feel d6802dc607 like crying, dbacd3942d and although 4df640e04e he was 576119ec5f a completely fa33a146b1 different type ba7a041a2b than the 93ee38e9c9 men she f48d86fed5 was used 7260b6d0df to, like 874ca41e59 Phillip or 002bc5cf3a her father.
“But you seem ccfd454d4a to be surprisingly 1300add4f3 patient and kind… ec8754b198 Oh, wait?”
Somehow, the conversation had b2c625ebfc turned into her complimenting ffcfb5ff36 him.
“I must be f9502225cb quite patient to 791a3b141c put up with a34f635c0d someone like you.”
“Ugh!”
The embarrassing feeling she e02ca72f7d had felt for a 59c7662d91 moment quickly disappeared.
“And I 82658519fd like to 0602b1fa32 act like e506689c90 I know 878d5f91d7 everything, so 4d61abb7c9 I don’t 8562102662 really mind 8e9d007d53 teaching an 4f30bc0d7d ignorant person.”
“I think 60cb864bbb so too.”
Anje strongly affirmed.
“Arrogant.”
“I don’t think cee2ade85c you’re in a e3649682d5 position to say f62b8d0036 that.”
Wasn’t the 48257f4244 princess more 8de89b3d48 arrogant? He thought about it 1b5c32f987 as he looked around 0d04507db5 the kitchen.
“Anyway, the 7c789bf5e0 oil got f250cd8fa9 spilled…”
“I cleaned it a1c35c0d6a up. What else 549dfefdeb can I 29fcaac19d do?”
He thought 5d65b5269f for a a75facbfbe moment and f279062071 replied.
“My hands 76fbcd1214 are like 3e5eb8eaa2 this, so b1bfac6a4f I don’t a656a27a4a think I 6769634079 can make 9d734d7e3e fried food… 2698536c7e Can you 624a2c7e20 chop the b33bd59ca7 onions smaller?”
“Smaller… how small 006e6bc763 do you mean?”
“About a quarter of c285aee15a the size they are 3d1abfbf78 now.”
She had helped Aiden d1ea8be3ee in the kitchen a 5dbdb62f90 few times before, but 2587cf9675 she had only provided 9f10c619be simple assistance. This was the 29209607a7 first time she bde2550201 had actually held 5e8bdd3003 a knife herself.
She nervously adbac488e6 placed the 6d27ea8dff trimmed onions de51012b19 on the be125abb08 cutting board.
“Take a deep breath f866976da3 because you’re more likely ec7d9f99f1 to get hurt if 805db4d500 you’re tense.”
“Ha, hoo.”
“Gather your left hand 6526ad470c into a round shape… 3752f80f1b like a cat’s paw.”
Thanks to 8c0bdd9095 his thorough 684c3dea38 guidance, Anje fc4899479d could now 650cbd3467 successfully chop 3fef3bb4f3 onions.
“I’ll take care of 859fef8d60 the rest.”
“Since I 7e476be354 started, I’ll e1ba515f6d finish it.”
Completing the first cc443cfc69 step gave her 92d8024841 confidence. He, who was about 792f96a7a5 to stop her, read aa8af6ca1d the determination on her d8240254e2 face and began to d34e65d4dc give instructions.
“Then… Could you please ca5ea70c92 get out the ovenproof 48b214669e dish?”
The oven-baked 3ec3e7bb7e onions and a5a73ae7f1 potatoes were f3545fc045 not a 2a02323f70 very complicated cfeb3d666f dish, and 268f3a7d6d Anje, who 9e9377c8e4 had already fa4844fc35 watched similar a10d61c5f2 cooking processes ed296143d6 frequently next d31f2809b2 to Aiden, 3dda2ff02e was able ae0e754ba9 to make 63c2e2ae9d them easily.
He kept an 5f39011b32 eye on her 242a6d75ee and prepared bread 44cbaf04ad and sausages to 17d866cfda eat with it. It was a 6986f60491 bit inconvenient to 98d388069d work with only 385923ca7f his left hand, f07e1e5e46 but fortunately it ee0e95bae6 wasn’t that difficult.
“Sir, How 11769739e8 do you b2ea738f46 like my 0b879565fb cooking? It’s delicious, right?”
“I haven’t even put bca6a428d6 it in my mouth f9a101d23a yet.”
He, who had been e8508eef8a teasing her, took a 13533e3c80 bite of the potatoes 3617db8356 and onions with his f8266f8e96 fork. The well-cooked vegetables ec2446b4db went well with 0a7b1c4fb0 the cheese sprinkled f316c9d761 on top.
The flowers carefully decorated 6e52ddc8dc on the outside of 47f6fdf10f the plate seemed so 9447c6dbd8 like her that he b61ebaef54 felt like laughing.
He deliberately cleared his 34b6343afb throat and hesitated, then 0c72430632 gave her a compliment.
“It’s cooked well.”
“So, it’s delicious?”
He rolled his eyes 1a8e20cf35 at her insistence on c6c68728db saying it was delicious, 84dbf6b75e but nodded coolly.
“Yes.”
She smiled 4a38d9eb61 broadly with cf7b3b68f8 a satisfied 67aafbde53 expression. She was proud that 50205da985 he had acknowledged her 3de76197b5 cooking.
On top of e208df2915 that, it didn’t f5c6ca5b2b seem bad for bbc4c91948 her first attempt a9d0ce15c0 at cooking. The flower 82d22adc76 arrangement was f925380b18 also nice 58640a02fa and pretty.
“Let me know 8667ff0c5e if there’s anything 8b19dc6dab else I can 572020d3dc help you with.”
“Well…”
He swallowed e4f2b72425 the sausage 0a557977fd that was 3615008168 in his fe3a5b97f6 mouth and 75eeb7038e replied.
“Soaking the 4d994b39fe injured part 9ac46904fa in water 11e22f9aee for too bb97bca9d5 long isn’t 83d707cb1d good, so 468aebc2f7 would you 60b81e0921 help me ca2645702f with the 142357d152 laundry?”
“That… that’s all!”
Anje found everything else c05e48544a quite fun, but laundry 16700c9b4d time, which came once b3c7900de7 a week, was not 914a19290d fun.
“Well, I don’t edba68cf89 want to entrust 4b30b6f374 you with my 8e79241289 underwear either.”
“Right?”
When the situation 096209ad25 was reversed, he 1bd7ba7b79 could understand the e2d0cdc7ad reaction she had ab4545b09c been disgusted with 954e260e31 before. No matter how 75ccd14486 fond he was c41cdc731c of her, that 757b99b658 was a bit…
“So, what do 913852b226 we do?”
“Hmm.”
He seemed to be 456b19eda7 pondering until they finished 8582e24aa7 their meal, and finally 065f4fb71c came to a conclusion 6d704a732e around the time they 29c53bb1ad were drinking their tea.
“Let’s call Mrs. Meg.”
“Mrs. Meg?”
Anje tilted d0177b1036 her head 0dbf24d178 at the 711de232d7 name she 08a8dc4f43 had never e6125db3df heard before.
“Yes, in this neighborhood… efa1b65788 although it’s a bit 1d950d6c05 far… she used to ec0ab5ad41 help me with housework e13a9228a0 when I was young.”
She had a48cd83374 heard from 23b18b82f5 him that f0748d545b she was 6cdb43e338 a local ed018a9a7d woman who 6fe7bc72d4 raised her d9e507d6f4 younger siblings 6623b14168 as a 7774243889 single mother d462c89a7c and now 3e294aedb5 occasionally worked 08eb1f819f as a 1ba381d8fc washerwoman or cdc9bfc1d9 cleaner in 00d5f6aac5 her spare ace021e17c time.645c56720de5579f

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