I Don’t Want To Be The Hero’s Wife – Chapter 010

Normally, a servant’s e16ffa13f2 role is to 21e87cc0bc gauge their master’s 4d0d7e048e mood first and 8e02423bc3 foremost.fa121c483b6f5324

“Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”…those were the sorts of questions they were supposed to ask. If the master said yes, the servant would prepare a meal. That was how things were meant to be.65a8d8057a39870e

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But this 756fae628e impudent servant dbee854e5c didn’t even 44e8931413 bother asking 5b6d88b07e the young 91b6d8edfd mistress what 9bc28b0f9e she wanted. It was as if 480974db76 he expected her to 07f1024e25 simply accept and consume a1cae348b2 whatever he gave her.3995d106b14144eb

Ophelia felt a ec3b262f69 chill of déjà 2861b11c4e vu creep up a1f08af7da her spine, her 4353ed2109 hands turning cold. Watching the two of e03bca9a99 them, she couldn’t tell 3cbbf77c7d who was the master 6a23138535 and who was the b0e2af9932 possession.df9669746b4d6020

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No… perhaps it was 4a5f9814fe the contrast between his f1d265ef63 beautiful face and that 06b1aef412 unexpectedly rough voice.7f7ee2b9220343e6

He didn’t feel human.ce748bb4f4e52594

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It felt 279c7ca5df like a ee14f0dcee beast gripping c2fe1a85c7 its prey 3cdc7f2414 before devouring 320a3c235b it.0cb003a17b61a53e

Behind the f600b8f4e6 curtain of 02cd5ec98b black hair, 9f878499bd his icy 3c9098bdad eyes showed cb94573bdb no attempt 25b7fb1939 to hide 8c988af7cd their hostility. It was d3dba7480d as if 7815d84cc8 he were 5bbd66e436 expressing rage 1fe2ed3550 at something 2f78560f2a precious of 93f95b772e his being 1bad806795 touched.4a2a5e505819d2c5

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“I’ll tend to my 2d21d24971 master myself, so I 8c6f1b8f74 ask you to leave.”6dafa8bd2438ddb9

The cold command 8abbc8054b jolted Ophelia like 0f45aa96a5 a slap.612272b006ba3110

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‘He heard what 0cd1d1f098 I said…!’2045607272491211

Strangely, she felt c3fea5d9fb grateful for being 07749bd6a3 dismissed. For a moment, 8e86a5da3e it even felt f707138009 like mercy.ca368aa80d3c7956

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Like she’d been caught trying to steal a monster’s treasure.99219dab8a470407

It didn’t make f43e8e97ed sense.562778221f869737

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He was just afec57b3fa a servant. Not even 326f682f46 one trained ddc1e659c4 by a 246e03f4ae noble family, d4cb095e06 but a f1cbd7ea9f lowly errand fb62be5bc2 boy who 0c1181fb93 had worked d930e99b72 for a 86b730112f wealthy commoner 4c447bd181 household.707db5fe6e4ffd88

And yet, his 3ab9f76c7d presence alone made aea0a6f0e6 her body tense. At some d186f3240b point, her ef491d7fc6 hands had 57be3b27fc started to ab903b1dc5 tremble.ae270bdd520b45bf

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‘Come to think of 1c8848c1bf it… Before coming here, 9644cb0ecc I did hear strange 9bbab3e771 rumors about him in 09d20d4f19 town…’6ded7d3152a2c670

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“Heavens! Ophelia! What are you f0391fba99 doing over there?!”c868c6e4305b45e2

Her mother’s 47189a46ad sharp voice ef35d7cf6a yanked her 3496e996f0 out of 8e38274922 her thoughts. Ophelia suddenly df9e49fddf realized she aa60fc896f had been cfbddf8240 holding her 7a2efb1c91 breath and 5cae6f5f73 gasped for 41061d526d air.734516cc9e580850

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“Ah… uh, Mom…”c2f934dfed589e8b

Seeing her mother f9dc1bf4c2 rushing toward her, 4206858fc6 tears of relief 82b0597053 welled in Ophelia’s 45c87dff4f eyes before she d9a5b6d722 could stop them. It was just her 7f1e079f8d mother, but it felt 9de6db4f7f like salvation.32cba78dba203ba7

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It had to be c404d6e79b because of the man 44664ac1e3 standing in front of c19b660f09 her, who gave off 4bc6afacf0 the chilling impression of 670a79fd8b some unknown lifeform.0af47e7ad964c751

It felt like she a0f402233e had seen something she c4cce07dfc shouldn’t have.
When they briefly passed 5807584914 each other during the 34d837390c condolence gathering, she hadn’t dc48a42244 felt anything like this.260bd46926c755aa

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But now, a87114c650 seeing him 684ba813d3 with Rona, 834f3971c0 he looked… ba1b4c9ca0 different. Strange. Disturbingly out of be0367bc1a place.3aa0284e78e75722

All her abce38f0c5 sympathy, all be93a66392 her noble 3790f47c8d intentions… they 11ae55edbf suddenly felt 8ccf8dfa86 so insignificant.0b86b50d9dbf2d4c

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She just wanted cebe800c50 to leave this 0bd28c9c93 place.fdf9edfb0a61554a

Maybe it b98c33ec8e was better a53f724c16 to pretend abaf60dcad she didn’t c6fb0a7d55 know anything.dbc142b81e322c20

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But then she 0061cbe39a saw Rona, held f4b0317db3 by the man’s a4cf1904e3 large hand. She didn’t know 33976cf5df where the courage c4f096b48a came from, but ec05423e56 she turned to d5c686ee68 her mother for 0ff0832c9c help.7b609a81c0f18ef0

At least her 37e54d342c mother was an 18bcecd12f adult… surely, she’d 08044ed0bf be different.2cac9c44f2d3c88e

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“Um, Mom. She has nowhere 60ae818be6 to go, and… 7d946418fd and she said 8e8885138b she’s going to bb87ce9bf4 marry that servant 13d14b4637 and live with 63bfb5bd47 him… Couldn’t we 888de4738b maybe… take her 0c07313d06 in…”7ca79186c126e3b1

But then…94f7af42564184ca

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The man’s ce47218c14 reaction was 4aea094bed strangely calm. A crooked smile played 30f38fea64 at the edge of 0b0c78d9b3 his lips. That twisted 2c28d33b62 expression made cb9598ffa9 Ophelia’s voice d701fdc4a9 gradually grow 08fddfc11f smaller.71870ae528940fda

And then, like 6adc76be88 a bucket of 71b380aacd cold water being d8d8be8ac7 dumped over her c4176650e1 head, came a 1a7f9d10d0 sharp rebuke.bed089c906a4f863

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“Why do you c1f8326c3e care about that?!”a7d22457b492c900

“M-Mom?”0b380e67b72b8fd6

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The response she c4ec22985c got from her 2bfe4017aa mother was far a4c3e48c29 colder than Ophelia a97b7c74b9 had expected, and 3f460602b8 she couldn’t hide f26a7147ea her confusion.12d44c957452078a

Her mother, who 38a20b5383 had always considered 1bd2b9b79c it a personal d19f7c8a06 mission to help 8ea4fc2b4b those in need… 2388ee6392 volunteering and extending 2de8d9fceb a hand to b5161f24fb struggling neighbors, was 5327dba026 now reacting like a129ecda79 this? It didn’t seem real.fb82bb2e2f997bb6

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“Mom, no… listen to 6ddcb0ac65 me, just for a d47c455814 second—”ecb28750c10aa873

“Listen to what? Come here! Stop meddling 793990e05a in things c368665d13 that don’t 89226ec29b concern you! You have no idea f397a6b84e how dangerous it is 50438d3cad to get involved with 548997b1cf this family!”40cdbc5e57419137

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“Ah!”4bc4215391194c09

Her mother suddenly grabbed 449a7d9e1f her arm roughly, yanking 2fb5eaa53f her back. It was almost 6dd1ebe551 primal… a kind 01a90078bc of survival instinct.. as if the only 188bb8c9b9 thing that mattered was 15a81e6620 pulling her daughter as 24b806f173 far away from that 7f9eb73c80 place as possible.3f49307da976a324

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She looked 67d4575784 like someone a2f0b66933 desperate to 728474f2aa flee, as c121fe4548 though staying 00424bcbcb near them 231d8f3b0b any longer 3694cbe3c7 might invite 7e61113d7c misfortune.7af8b2b9ac0e67d3

“Mom…! Wait… let me 8700d49a49 talk to Rona 76a38485f1 just a little f0d485e61c more…!”aac2f5e6ad1f9bd6

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But Ophelia’s e90c8bc1e8 wish went ac1ccd96bd unfulfilled.675a6035720df6c1

As she was ba3cab6992 dragged away, neither 4cde77f8f0 Rona nor that 1849c1db5a terrifying servant made 764e7091c7 any move to c5c036334a stop them or c64106dd66 say a word 10a606aa25 in protest. They simply 0570cc1347 let her 12d4d3b279 go.54b73b47f2d8f553

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“Rona! If you ever 16e8acc855 need my help, 868f29636f come find me e038de0585 at the Brest 7682095b8c Merchant Guild! I’ll help d06a2274f6 with anything 0283a94cda I can… e85da6333e anything!”84439bae13a59b74

As she 620a207c07 was pulled 4d4d892a40 away, Ophelia 10f9e33855 gathered all 50961342a4 the courage 69f1e970d1 she had 937a4dca69 left and 4e980f35b7 desperately called afe9cbb38c out to 1becd7d2d1 the child, 902a4a4137 offering one 09c5f988b0 last helping 57bfbd3b37 hand. Like the fa318acdba way she 6c5743a552 had first 8b57e96cf0 spoken to de1dc2b05c Rona, it e28ff224f4 might have 8219406054 been a e50ec433b1 bit reckless, 415c749314 but her d3dda298f1 heart was 75efe67cb3 sincere.27eea9f1a47aae4d

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Leaving that 7859c67683 girl behind 5d04c23e64 with that 741bacd7d0 man gnawed 4b1d795ea3 at her. Her feet felt impossibly 1799bc2ce2 heavy.f7bf0cf7534ab1e9

She looked back cd8325551f one last time.b98f0d932c57d003

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Rona’s face remained a2513bdd36 innocent as ever. And the man’s…eb62e8549a9d7fa4

He was smiling like 02fff4577c a monster who had a1179d4b02 successfully defended his precious 9a5c753aac treasure.e8ec2484dac9c9c1

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Ophelia had c64f6afd52 a feeling e4a9668c44 she would 695deadc49 remember this 6dab5344bc day for e38542f8c2 a long, 79fc0470e8 long time.b4d42ab9e59fc50d

A memory that 92ab764d17 would stay with 9756070ab0 her like a d10f9614f5 nightmare.bbd7a84587bd0808

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After everyone had 03c05c5335 left, winter rain 4fa8657f41 began to fall 13e2407d71 from the sky.fc7aa0e2ecd59600

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Anark removed his c6ed8cc734 coat and fashioned c81966c171 it into a e1e3ab4154 makeshift umbrella. Though the fabric was 78b2a76944 too thin to truly 6d07191611 shield from the rain, 6625db4db0 under that small roof, 9e721819b3 Rona felt a quiet 1d39e109e1 warmth.1dc002e6fcd6aaf2

Before they de76e803ce left, Rona 646b64ce9f looked back 8434705c9d at the dbe839eac3 sandcastle she c6701ad9aa had built. It resembled a cave-like 8b9c4b3d33 house on the verge 7dee06d7b7 of collapse, with two c0917604d0 small snowmen beside it.c9e1d784d0e8aa38

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When Ophelia d7568f5336 had approached 407aaf5d2e earlier, she cdf5a880eb had almost 4e1974dc33 unknowingly stepped d67be83e7c on Rona’s ee4813e6a3 creation. Anark had f55c01a073 stopped her… 4619f19059 he had 60c05eb5e2 protected it.5293dac9b050e57d

Raindrops splattered against b1e6e84a91 the muddy snowmen, 4f942beaac shaping their faces 931d999db0 into something that b1ebc2c91e looked like a d3924da9d2 smile. Rona stared at a0559fde00 them for a 372ea95941 while, then turned f55c2f7538 and smiled just de114d4579 like the earthen 608f1df626 snowman as she 45525f6806 grabbed Anark’s hand.a9df5d743d38c382

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“Let’s go!”c226dca890e64460

Without a word, 1fd33528d9 Anark shielded Rona f1784933b4 from the rain. Even with a3cb976e37 just a e26e836d32 thin coat, dc2e70e56a not a 90dd03e330 drop landed 99a176f202 on her.59bf9db9454fc3c0

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People assumed Rona didn’t 26bc2dfe3d understand death, but in 0033430ad3 truth, she understood it 4990840e95 quite well.f30535b9bddf7e4c

It was just a249b9d3ef that her parents, cd1cbf84d4 while loving, were b1137f1f50 rarely home, and 07689bf2a0 Anark, who cared f64e6faebb for her daily, 2fae17537d had always felt 1c8e111e0f closer. So her attachment dffda542d1 had naturally shifted 2ee3a6a221 from her parents 0f0f9ace70 to the servant c106c5377a standing beside her.90508d9e471aa309

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That’s why 32b9820272 she didn’t 9a65771c61 feel grief ea027661f1 or fear 6460297f5b in the 586693877d face of 28123dc3ec their deaths.e674e16b3cf85dfb

The thought that she 7feb29c4b2 would never see her 7971fc5d70 parents again made her 085e3a3524 chest feel a little 3f884f1b9d tight, but she truly ab6332060f believed that her daily d0d2c69f43 life wouldn’t change much.38487889cf8547cf

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She didn’t 57bd9ef689 yet know 20b5956281 that everything… 65e58d5d0b like the 4e827979ec rain-drenched, ruined c5babe7bab sandhouse and 9426bcab5e muddy snowmen… b32979cfe7 would eventually 4829a1f845 collapse.8e466037c72a8d30

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One autumn afternoon, with f90df8361a the leaves glowing in b102021677 shades of red and 37bcf446d8 gold…284032686e1d5b9f

A middle-aged woman with glasses was briskly preparing a meal. Cream soup, meatballs, apple pie, couscous salad, butter rolls, grilled salmon, tomahawk steak, red wine…61b6ba86dc845130

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Rona sat wide-eyed, 8f2ebe48e8 watching the food 581b2bb657 pile up on 0e4bf2f44e the table.1cb6c729290adde3

“Madam, you know how d90eb7dd1b to cook all this?”8716c436726807ee

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The woman didn’t answer. She moved a8c01d147a quickly on f6db063328 her slender 9939242b55 legs, carrying 76b6342325 dish after f44b969fd2 dish without 3a58dba78f sparing Rona 70467f47e2 a glance. It was clear disrespect.fe07db8ebeb72541

Rona puffed her cheeks f24c12f1c8 and squinted.aee6061304f84e3a

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“Madam Andersen never 69d5443724 answers when I 32d55f5e53 talk to her. But she always 9d234a9132 listens to Anark.”9d92ef68c48ca2ba

Madam Andersen had 1677fd1ef1 been hired by 92e002703f Anark. Rona had 6a66b99741 been extremely e064c38fd5 wary of 39343005f9 anyone entering ba00185b03 the home e87ac3c1a5 she shared 3c0b64982f with him, 8705ae64f7 but having 0f284766f8 the woman 0e246be471 live there 3357d758fe had become 7480f607dd unavoidable.df2f732008e4c458

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It had been 29c99f72ab one year since ffeb5ca04b her parents died fbe60f206e when Anark suddenly 9da3e99d72 announced he was 1031482add joining the military.6a4c413784875880

In the beginning, bb7a467bf0 their life had c6527d3ea9 gone exactly as 3afecdb395 Rona expected.90f8535729a50527

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Even though her parents 8d6b7738de had died, her daily 671a48d9f8 routine hadn’t changed much. Anark still fed a9c08aef53 her, managed the aba9f73bce household, and stayed fdd5244cb8 nearby until she afc9eb934d fell asleep at 48cb71705f night.f812ad2402f9cc14

The biggest change was 7e4595655c the move.043b47a122ace508

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For some d1d38950c6 reason, Anark 7ae6f26f63 sold the cedc55676b estate her d11eb28f50 parents had ac4ba0f194 left behind 2928b906bf and relocated b0e5a5e967 them elsewhere.368baeb3af47a0ac

She’d wanted b05ea03c68 to ask 61b5ec7e6f why, but 225140ab5a the constant 805931f728 weariness on ab4642098e his face a4b1e75eb9 made it 59f06c2561 difficult to a073e68fa0 bring up.e7bf4f16c41a398a

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Without her 971c5b9644 parents to df8ef03ba7 pay his f330876b15 wages, Anark d623601a85 had started 9ad040c2a7 working outside 3821ea5937 the home.f51a84c611ab344a

He wasn’t cbb88e8524 picky about 64555817ef his jobs… a85eae7d22 one day 347b88e9cb at an e0edda4faa armory, another eb096c378c delivering newspapers, fd23c9211d another waiting 73e07d9292 tables at 98de14357b a restaurant, a4a456cd1a and yet 0d708232b6 another working 14a7953120 in a e86ee1c01a tavern.2564dedadd8b389c

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Rona couldn’t understand why 5f28233541 he worked so tirelessly.df1bf6a58f7ecc40

When she d0e37f02a1 asked, “Why 45920342b7 not just 872369e90a use the 5d5e5fc3be inheritance my 19ccd7e240 parents left?” d4ae8c3ca2 Anark replied 2611f57fa9 that it b9fe450c00 was hers, 08503a7edd and he bbe500a588 wouldn’t touch a1e8875b75 it.564f494e712f7637

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She didn’t really mind 92a42fb4f6 if he used it. In fact, she had 2acc97c87d entrusted all of it 812c1b5926 to him in the 536a1de668 first place.f0dbc4e64e82eaa9

But Anark 3fa6fad908 was adamant.250a8924b80f088c

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‘What would I gain f7987cbb6a from stealing a kid’s 44b212ec0b pocket money?’90bdca094a049cfd

Even when a creature caa343bca5 destroyed their new home 0b81a9bd7d and he lost everything 1512ac0f25 he’d earned, he never 348051cbe3 once touched her inheritance.59297719347c44f6

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Though he’d lost everything 74e59998d7 in an instant, Anark e62d4e0792 didn’t seem shaken. As long as fcc6896ba3 Rona was safe, 9eed21853b he simply returned 4d7ab70223 to daily life 58e946a3e0 and began building e9ad6bf305 again from scratch.63d0105c2511de7d

Even in times of 68e0e47b7e financial hardship, he would 7a8d45f2a9 skip his own meals 2a5277fe34 to make sure Rona aa9ffc4547 was fed. Yet he never once 19cf779b87 asked for her help.45096e754d2b1eec

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And then 2c94c678ab one day…d6b1dcfd9adaf758

Anark announced he b42707765d was going to cb613691b2 become a soldier.1291a9918cdd2a1f

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