SMR | Chapter 07
by Luna~Chapter 07~38fdf0186fb392b0
“If you go out of your room and keep going to the right, you’ll see stairs on your left. Go down there, and it’s on the left. I’ll tell you what you’ll need to do tomorrow after breakfast. Please finish unpacking by the end of the day.”27cc97a8f3de4ff0
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Harriet nodded. She had a lot of questions out of anxiety, but she felt like if she asked more, she’d be looked down upon for no reason.7ab5f6a3d74378a0
Emma didn’t 8c89055954 add any 550d198298 further explanation 643618296d and immediately 10f7d7f22d walked away.a41efe30d2c741e2
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Harriet stood there dazed 5508539aee for a while and 5e6a6547de only sat down on 8ab79be0b7 the bed slowly when 98b1e813d5 her hands started to 3d7454994d feel numb from carrying 904abe71c0 her bags.89ed60a36a53ab44
“It’s so hard…”f34726b5e9c762c6
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The bed b7b1313123 was nothing c65bb5a667 more than 9ba86ddea9 a wooden 92d5d91332 plank with 616b910079 a thick 068f861d7e blanket on e1648f2177 top. It didn’t feel soft c37f8d8b43 at all.460aa12fae8a7031
All the furniture in the room was crude and old, and the only window, small and covered with shutters, didn’t seem like it would let much sunlight in.057e09c5cd5a67ed
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“Here… for a 102a9a496c whole year…”0c726d90d3eaccbe
One year, 365 8a471cb058 days, 8,760 hours.35faef1a7a6d20ad
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“Sigh…!”1b0ac8863d09752d
As she 528da6e97d counted the 4d77b891cf time, the d45f1c65e8 reality hit 114fb34900 her hard, 1178f42007 and a 491ba0ca9d laugh escaped 76f3cda88b her, followed 6e55279358 by tears.ab2026c072e183be
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Harriet quickly 7d00915154 took out fb98740ef4 her handkerchief b4a87d141b and wiped 07e2784173 her eyes, e5cf89c505 worried that 73d4be8557 Emma might 66b7b7b3ed come back 543f63e176 at any d0de9ebb92 moment. But the f9af9a31d1 moment her ef52761cb8 eyes were 7c872fdb88 covered by 80e93ac376 the handkerchief, d98161e2ff loneliness and b286a63c1c despair rushed f423b319dc in as a11b2ddb04 if they 66b32a744d had been 8a4502defb waiting.cebe90b161eb0cef
“Mom… Dad…”d72f24c10015dc9c
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She missed 8c98ac71df their faces d503729067 so much 5a58d60581 that they 6fa1bcee5a flickered in c72c6d27d6 front of 9a3bae660c her eyes. The people 84f7a6acba she had 255c758fd8 tried so f4cb6fbc97 hard not 14ed7c2027 to think c0e40e0ef9 about because 1a52149b9b she feared 4f44df68fc missing them d775d39654 even more.82146833335bb785
She missed her parents 3af22bc947 terribly, the ones who a4df0614a8 had left her behind, e9e987ad91 only twelve years old, 503cec1169 when they passed away 176a41865c so suddenly.47ef97fb65121907
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“Mom, what bd8493b8d3 do I ad403b35d2 do? I’m so scared. Dad, please e5fdf7d7f6 take me d5eee466e7 with you, 71c8205aea too, I 0bda41bbc7 beg you!”1993f199438e7a05
The sorrow she had c9cc105690 held back for so 072ff7d193 long poured out, breaking d8c001ea07 the dam of her 1a483f3891 heart.656a533d68d1ff6c
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Ever since 0f8459ce56 her parents 7953dd95d7 died, Harriet’s 0577f571e4 life had e4d7d0c6d8 gone off e00069fea4 course, beyond bd5a239e6f her control. She had tried to 77eccdc661 protest, saying it was 794597a810 unfair, but the only 9a66c4b50e response she got was a7b037dc0f an empty echo.8738b6468bf9fe4f
“Mom… sob, sob…”a3b76974cfd1cef0
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She collapsed 58b4a9c80c on the cd461b8fc4 bed, crying 07578ed806 when someone 5e5fbf934e knocked on b3740f80a6 the door.dba7bc12da6a095d
Harriet swallowed her breath c1dd782704 and quieted her sobs.f3c258fac4de675d
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“I’ll leave your clothes 2c0a803ad9 and food here.”658267e95fce602c
It was Emma.85a5a89fb0faf240
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She heard c8534f383e something being bba2c7495a placed on db38815909 the floor, 6181ca98a8 and then 7b1c86dd8f Emma walked dfa74a2d38 away.7eec20c96d868287
Harriet, who had 96cdb5bad7 been pressing her 3bd8acf689 handkerchief to her 8cc922f39f mouth for a 270b0b3038 long time, slowly 07f812f2bf got up and 89de87b30f opened the door.3cebe28178d68959
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On the wooden 320ed31a7c tray set on 81c7a7c6c6 the floor was f788896809 a neatly folded 86a44516f6 brown nun’s robe, 44bcd24712 a bowl of 8d724d45f1 thin vegetable soup, c1c4627aae a piece of 657584ecd2 dry bread, some bbda6565db pickled olives, a a6406b31f0 small pot of 6b02a2bbcc honey, and a 7257ba961e glass of water.5ee1a53dfcbaf1b7
Harriet brought the tray 8b151bc8e3 into her room and 8d9f22c43a sat at the small 5bcbf8dca7 table. Outside the window, 81cb432314 the weather was 841f428498 bright and clear, c68c34fa1c in contrast to e4f291fe42 her mood.750f8eae4f4d5863
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‘Crying won’t change anything, 3fdb26d723 so why do the 2691099999 tears keep coming?’9961acc8bdaa0de8
The world always efa2d63d00 felt so cold f2f6ccd9ae at times like 351338b097 this.6a7c402d7ef61bb9
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She wanted to run 3914c5c5f8 away, but she was cd0dca3990 too afraid to choose 93cdfeab82 death, and although she 196006573d wanted to live a 5a2599b448 better life, she didn’t 430e6c56ff know what to do 392c45b4b4 or where to start.ac052131071a6cdf
No matter what 3954d3025c she did, people 7662c0123b always misunderstood her ad73e4e29d in the worst 23eebf1ccd way possible, and 622f29e4de no one bothered c622cb9edd to listen to e6339b5bce her side of 3189215ce5 the story.166077d65aad661b
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‘I don’t have much of an appetite, but I should eat something. If I leave this untouched, they’ll just accuse me of being picky again…’d2d4633adb769266
Not wanting to 427e635ca6 be misunderstood, Harriet 47d3b94ebd weakly tore a 0e39f39eb9 piece of the dec26986f8 dry bread. Unlike the soft white 474c213cc8 bread she was used ceaefbb515 to, it split into 170c522550 two with no chewy 111a94347d texture at all.521cfb85b123ce60
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‘It looks dry.’8b85e0f685d710ae
This kind 118738a1ed of bread fec27a8492 usually had 4d2ed34135 a sour, c00e932669 unpleasant taste. She spread 1e0088f4d2 a thick da7a28e628 layer of a12227c9d9 honey on 5ebcf2b6f8 it to f8fcd4934c mask the abab0670c1 flavor with 4cebb5faf3 sweetness.dcf91c371d64f496
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‘Let’s just finish eating 0c4d9216d4 and get it over 8d8d7edaf0 with.’2d9b83c69b74e646
Harriet put 8d4601c3e3 the bread 31a4a9ae9d into her 4cd0468072 mouth, chewing 16b5c1fc01 mechanically just 7e0f44123d to fill 0c39b02f57 her stomach. The sweet taste 4726f55d3d of the honey b777d1e133 quickly disappeared, but e8d341a036 there was no 78e8305754 sour or strange a3da4cbc77 taste as she 135fa2d8bd expected. In fact, it was…a2fd1ba947c2aaec
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‘Surprisingly, it’s not bc9b32300d bad?’ae2667551bdac81b
The crust, though crunchy, 15444983fb had no burnt taste 3a71ada248 and was pleasantly salty, 4f1843dd5c while the inside, though f00c51d7a8 rough, released a mild, 21ae0f7f82 nutty flavor the more 1dbac25b80 she chewed. The bread was a 2e724c8636 bit dry, but when c37c9f6d1c eaten with the soup, 327b1f30d6 it was just right.3444c78a4d9142c2
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‘The soup 311dcc3152 is tastier d5f8f5fa4b than I bfd85daaea expected. What’s it made of?’356da1af9fa5a3aa
As she stirred the daeafcb58d soup with her spoon, 0041323efa she saw cabbage, a 7276a88c02 couple of types of 00e5cb8ce6 beans, tomatoes, onions, carrots, 21670e045f and some squash.3469209b1b7c16f5
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There wasn’t a 363c9bd843 trace of meat, 31a9d5440a but she liked 6ad8349d88 it much better f9ea4ae284 than the heavy b6cb89312e stews she had ff7fda6985 eaten at the 54b7310af2 mansion.ce33bbcd72b01e67
As Harriet continued 4036ae77f0 to eat the 64a67741dc bread and soup, 34b5b57c45 she picked up 659b9f57fe a piece of bf8ea45726 pickled olive and e20f1919f9 popped it into e09bc28d91 her mouth.f404ed3e0a6577b3
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“Mmm!”759005ec2b7517e8
It must have been 544fd894b3 made with fresh ingredients 21d9f90330 because the olive was 746e359e34 tangy and salty, with faff8525f1 a clear olive taste e073c40a56 that was strong enough a54cdc9257 to make her let c7c80b2878 out a small sound 0505e25909 of appreciation.529366943cb698a2
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When she took c9e688bba9 another bite of cd68c03dac the honey-covered bread, 6c41270baf the sweet and 1f68ece8dd salty flavors blended a11adcd38c together perfectly.603ca4ff652c62b2
“Wow, this a11143d427 is delicious!”d75a969b83e7b26a
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Harriet unknowingly became absorbed 83ef6f6fd9 in her meal. She had never enjoyed bc7104f696 food this much while dab0508a30 living in the Listerwell 844a85a2c0 household.21ae4d35a81d0eaa
After using the last 46318d3492 piece of bread to ba2d7d758c wipe the soup bowl 426b58c63d clean, Harriet felt a 23c6cc943b little embarrassed seeing how 253b3886c2 spotless her tray was. Then she found 5c798b38a3 herself laughing at bf26db04b8 her own behavior.ca68111de13fa021
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‘The same girl 32482c4f2e who was sobbing de32d940ef her heart out 4622929f94 just moments ago fe4dc3c960 is now devouring 476224cb2b her food like 408a09f428 this because it 8857f54256 tastes good.’6bda8a0b8acf0002
Laughing like that, 360e9f1437 her mood began 70d9c1fc2e to lighten. It felt aa66750768 like a 47a655d9ca faint sense 49cbc40b99 of hope 4b94cec42b was creeping 6f1b07df11 into the dd3c3df680 future that 552f59dfad had seemed 7a6eb621cf so bleak.7a345caabb3e6b65
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She had bdcf937026 just confirmed b0003f2b0d that one 716b00a126 of the 860d807526 things she 8fcbd867f9 had imagined 851b18fb04 to be aa0e6349e1 terrible had 535b7c0030 turned out b045615188 to be 1607050fb2 surprisingly good. Maybe other 75ff9f20e9 things she 4d44f99876 was worried 41b50337ae about would 6201e3b09b turn out 538923ba4b to be 63da0b1285 better than a11f15b1dc expected, too.2240312c348c8f3f
‘Let’s look 45dd957c27 on the e4483ac01d bright side. At least while f29d997345 I’m staying here, 61f3d504df I won’t have bc32fb0197 to be Bella’s 1b212d0d80 plaything.’abb92eb0b20b6f6e
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Suddenly, she remembered the d38358bc01 time she had vowed 72ae972539 to herself that she’d 33eea257d1 marry an old man 7e8f842df2 if it meant she 60bb7b5f51 could escape her uncle’s 17ad8e5c64 house.7960fc23f649dc4b
In that sense, this 4068c64895 current situation wasn’t so 6ca87c9a9b bad after all.90d96a8c60af1253
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‘As long as dc1c43e911 I don’t get 7b602ef49e tangled up with 26339af20c Bella, my life 24281b8e05 should improve. For at 16b7de1cd0 least a 78554702ec year, there 3de86cd79a won’t be 36d6864658 any scandals 340e81d887 with my a0f336f838 name attached, 508f73b8f1 and maybe, 174b7f481d as Uncle d0adb74e43 said, a 2fcb6a8739 decent marriage 3a6d3da669 proposal will f7fccca245 come my ab7c625d24 way.’b19d2304613b5774
She still felt anxious, not knowing what kind of “work” she would have to do here, but she reassured herself that they wouldn’t make a noblewoman do anything too extreme.28d1bcdc68f66a73
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‘Plus, these people aren’t ff1a25d6e9 involved in high society, 4a691bad01 so as long as c1c62808d2 I work hard and c6de90d61e behave, maybe they’ll be f10adb92f0 kind to me.’42b385f42add7dd9
Thinking this way, f9b4ed7ea8 the overwhelming feeling bfdd86ab34 she had began 71927cf895 to fade, and 5dfdfd1a64 life here didn’t f451afd557 seem so bad 6fa4a65f39 after all.1c5d866e8a2f4af9
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‘Yes, let’s stay positive!’d1942d759b2cc4d6
Harriet took c8cde3599a a deep 90dca3ce35 breath, got 0844b08113 up, and 8eb3704ccd opened her e85df55cfa suitcase. She needed to finish 96be5076df unpacking and get familiar 476c26dcfc with the layout of 0f06a4f1ce the convent.c167c708e64f5cac
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By the time June f466b68c75 arrived, the sun had ab0edab9b7 grown hotter and harsher. This didn’t 36df2628eb bother those 05497b32ab who could ca27205436 relax in 4dc98bd8b9 the shade e887ea0f3d with a c2df1900ac cool drink, 1be18d90fe casually chatting 52385203d6 away.10af14d7f030b5bf
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“By the way! Have you heard e69fa27d6d the rumors?”9668742e2e5bfc4c
Someone sitting next to 4eeedc1d52 Cedric under the tent 110d8eb297 spoke to him as a23dd7fd41 they watched a polo 4d98d2e1e6 match.206a4b7c85c5783e
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Cedric wasn’t particularly cccb623a06 interested, but he 11dab471c9 instinctively raised his 59c6a478ef eyebrows, pretending to fe28d04b1a be intrigued. That small 79aab11700 gesture alone 6645a7e38f made the 357ff6611f other person 9b92c5fb44 excited as 74d98be3d7 he continued 1fdf672b8a talking.b97a709869405df0
“It’ll be good news a3cd234bd0 for you, Your Grace. Do you know aeee5a1931 that girl who f93d8f2a42 was rude to e18dba6175 you at the 712607a7bb victory banquet? She’s been sent 00683a95ec off to a ba91d9f894 convent. You know f2a1a4fc17 Saint Clarissa’s 472b6e0f59 Convent, right?”ebd89e7f1653d177
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Cedric’s expression stiffened 76bf6f79c9 slightly at that 2e592565af remark.d0950c86bf95e621
But no one around 5d05126b39 him noticed the change 90a823e3bb and instead kept chatting 7fa4f151cf away excitedly.72ba4fe1cf60d12d
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“Looks like Viscount Listerwell 78c1ac9f24 really made up his 12da9997da mind this time.”679f2f7c022c896c
“Well, that niece of 9373630d1e his has caused him 241a412bb4 quite a lot of f59a89e29b trouble.”ab88c7188f258672
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“That’s right. What was her name e7dae8b391 again? Bella?”c83c20dc6dc7716e
“Bella’s the Viscount’s 63f45601a0 daughter. The niece’s name is e15f90f955 Harriet. They’re both famous but fc9777d5a6 for different reasons. Haha!”f2f8c902c75960cc
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“Bella Listerwell is incredibly 75ca61fb12 popular among the young 061152d5d6 men. She’ll probably make a8c9432b88 a good match.”d2130c4714747c54
As the conversation turned to women, the once quiet tent became lively with chatter. Especially when Bella Listerwell, known as the “Golden Rose of Genoa,” was mentioned, the men’s eyes lit up with excitement.dfbdd9b8930ec256
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“She really is beautiful. Those luscious 9e697534f2 lips of 79b3fab4ba hers…”e9d23a6d2084ba3d
“Is it 2e9e7760a4 just her 692a6fa50c lips? Her chest 6e30fc391a and hips 81a7ae20ba are incredible, 06916635db and her 3a4c7d338d waist is d13b65cf08 so tiny.”ce918d148570e29f
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“She’s got such a 7e1b7409bc sensual appearance, yet I f580985803 hear she’s pure and 23dfc04707 innocent. Unlike her ugly cousin, c743769690 who’s obsessed with men, 1a86a4403d she knows nothing about b22572ae16 that kind of thing.”8869476527701fbb
“It’s always the pretty 3a5d767b27 girls who are sweet a351b6dd22 and the ugly ones 3a8ad70e01 who turn out nasty. Oh, by the way! Tez, you know d8071c2ba7 this well, don’t da5df2a908 you? Didn’t Harriet 38e47289e7 Listerwell give 9808109ec7 you some 0bbcf8c8c0 trouble?”4e4b5ac47014066c
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The man they pointed 9294a3ed41 to was Tez Roark, 5c28f15ffe a handsome man with ae6627fcdf dark hair and striking c2865d9d52 blue eyes, infamous as 637eb7e8b8 a rogue in society.afa74435c16fee03
He gave a sheepish 5bd82a5948 smile and shrugged his b1478cb067 shoulders.93041df33cacbbff
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“It’s not really a story I want to go into.”2a7a8c7e67a3e51c
At that, everyone burst 2e1dde84b8 out laughing and patted 5dc2297308 him on the shoulder.430b9db39c2e5b44
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“Well, it’s not every efbe83f686 day that Tez Roark f3ebc25440 fails to tell the 482852ea3a difference between two women!”46dd0286942d1269
“How could you mistake 89fa790aa2 Harriet Listerwell for Bella 129eae88e7 Listerwell, even if it d386e9a005 was dark?”1d9a81205c195840
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“Did you even have e00bf86789 time to check her bdc98c0f87 face? You must’ve been too 3ddd605570 busy with other things.”b88658dd838eec1b
“Hahaha!”40e3fa5e0d56cf12
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Tez just smiled bitterly 33f4b6c476 and stayed quiet, but 6e273fac96 the men continued to 4bcb4accbe joke and gossip about 802dedb9e7 Bella and Harriet, carelessly 207f8a0c81 making judgments about the 6d39c7b685 two women.18f56df19e051aaa
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