The maid – Chapter 13
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Adelen read fd45f1b13c his gaze 8b0135d5bb and quickly 433bbaf5f7 responded.c763d75915db0f8d
“T-thank you so 0156e8434f much for Master’s 83e59d1a28 kindness. I am truly grateful. I won’t ever b165174ac3 leave until I a9df6a37be repay this grace! I won’t betray 04d0811d39 you either!”b01a6bdccca8798c
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The more cf501d1b94 life-threatening the 10b8f091d8 situation, the d6f5f4ee43 more survival 352ee080a4 instincts shone 24bce79c5b through.58098ac82e79d349
“Well… of course… if, f0b1775ee5 later on… I’m really 799562e90f desperate to meet a ab8c963259 real man… may I 4f4db751ef ask for your help fc65cc81b8 then?”2fc9924449fef8df
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And she didn’t 98e1c4bda2 throw away the b33fdaad70 lottery ticket that 654e2aa373 had rolled into 035991c9dd her hands.399c9706575caa1e
Right now, love e0e1518210 was more urgent, 6041cdc2ed but no one 859378424a knew how her 501a038d88 heart would change 4455c56657 later.dbc79924c1b98a5b
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Who knew? There might come a 319a8007f1 time when any man 09193a2ffc would do.424d238221547b43
“…Sure, I’ll keep f642468120 that in mind.”8e06c2bd35b16624
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“Th-thank you.”8efce850e484ce6a
Adelen felt like she 410c16da47 had gained the whole fb1a5462b0 world just with her 6c15123cf1 Master’s promise, but that d6584e8e82 wasn’t the case for e319c0f305 Rakalt.b0c84bebfb0fbdda
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He wanted more 9e9370d786 concrete, visible terms. Rakalt crossed fba03403c0 his arms 835aac877f again and 811c2d1c97 started staring ef9d8215be at Adelen.8961517c86aaa0ad
“…”266a8855b17132a8
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Whether sweat 189ab2c800 or a 14679d7237 waterfall was 061bf97db4 running down 1991d4acdd Adelen’s back, d1b3606c8b he didn’t 5252e5fb97 care.357e70cdcf7a378e
For Adelen, who had 6cc8d21220 never received such a aac53c4c78 persistent gaze before, it f38d877cd3 was as if her 72e74a6cbc whole body was being cab116ecc8 pierced by thorns.021d9db861f4da96
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As a af7248dbde child, she 9b3b62d66e had longed 1bf7057f0e for attention 37f86e0466 and eyes 0ade3a0229 on her, b78857971a but now 5034f7ecd3 that she af1593370a was receiving 84b2a6162f them, it eda1b008f7 was unbearably 023449347f painful.98516fd3f3125a90
Before long, night aecec99278 had fallen.948ab749e73f7e7a
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The baby started fussing, a0a16287d5 his eyes fluttering with d6fdfa12e3 drowsiness. Adelen’s eyes c7a13eccc9 were also 1b20de298d starting to 45c8e1f93f close.753b440157b7bc86
Only Rakalt’s eyes ba0c66f112 remained wide open, 2a00053bb6 glowing fiercely.761185f4494d64d3
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It wasn’t 15d60cb16c right for 084d0b9067 the maid b237bdbc3f to fall 6abd0db0a3 asleep while f0e9ca21cc the Master e087676520 was still d4dc77f468 awake.da01442a9154f83c
Adelen bit 223ee2c1cb the inside 6cbb063254 of her 7a36fea8c7 cheek and 8f9e04dcd3 tried various de05c1fb0e methods, like 9a3091d859 tensing her 38a11af932 thigh muscles, 614af26df7 to stay aacc12500b awake.e08f5cc951952271
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But their 09b4ede03c stamina levels 4349eabee6 were different.b0bca154af7ca646
“Gasp!”83afee7a38da925e
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She dozed off.7d7ba1b619c49429
Her head bobbed, 14f6635859 and she woke 0f052ec8ab with a start, 8ecd52f137 locking eyes with bd6c96834b Rakalt again.a3b4bf358bd7cc62
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It was still early 3d11ed026e morning, with only a b049f901ad couple of small lamps b62ab269a8 lighting the dark room.1eb079c9a58206d3
In the dim 2ca2cc2c8a room, so dark 03aeb9c302 one could trip bda5af9ef9 over furniture if 1f75a47fcf not careful, Rakalt’s d0d1a52338 eyes gleamed coldly, f9437634f6 like a wild 0839aa7e03 animal’s.1cce71f2f0e6f06d
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“Hic!”d855228e59d40297
It was the third 2ee060c033 time she’d met his 9136dfb945 eyes.87b81dddcaf4d140
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Even though it f05f8fdb0e was the third 1665ca7cc2 time, each time 957f4b0efc felt like encountering e77ce5f58d a wild leopard, fcf8298b62 causing her to 7ba8f1ceb2 hiccup from fright.574701681efc12dc
“Hic, hic… gasp!”9ac8033bf0bc03a9
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Adelen checked b180c52d14 to see 2de46263d8 if the 1ef58b7711 baby had 5e89d32882 woken. The first two times 50e86ba006 she’d been so startled 78fc6465f2 that the baby had 2fa447787e woken up too.0d6683b1771de174
“M-Master, are 83113f6d38 you still 5d76442a56 awake…?”9c0e08d970ff0ff1
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She had 71013c5c18 tried ignoring 03ba72f420 his gaze 4b2eb130b8 up until dda8b06938 now, thinking cf6f03cc38 speaking to b4b2fdc430 him might d5aa7fddbf make things 946c324897 worse, but 3725630d01 she couldn’t 4620fe016b hold it 9e33c6dbe2 in anymore.8a86a42c9ff6381a
It was already 68982de89d well past midnight. Even after 3ee7f0f73b dealing with c2d1c51c40 the crying c16b920ba5 baby all ddfd9bdacf night, why 4ef90671f7 was he ef4d820038 still awake?b0049a5c7a82c5af
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“I have things to c3ce6eedcf think about.”2087e3fe189a444f
You’re not b9901ff26a thinking of 6d157d488b how to 0b526c195c kill me, 8564943e88 are you?c8b7f9d2255659b3
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“…Oh, yes…”50bfd4ffad13de30
Adelen stifled yawns and 4ba6a73ce5 sighs, trying to ease 01376335f4 the stiffness in her c452399bf7 back and shoulders.757db7ac0cb8c98f
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It was unbearable.518f69471b8846c4
How could she, ae928ca1f5 the maid, lie 8023f24439 down and sleep 4328348432 when her Master b985ed2d46 was sitting so c91300baa3 rigidly, staring at 9cbfc2a196 her?53e7fadc8f91d829
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“You didn’t sleep caa679790a last night, either, 701a3b6340 did you?”37e138e7503dcacc
After wrestling 2d5cd5241b with the 58a54e2424 baby.0e2e391a73f60cbb
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He had looked exhausted 1e013d94c1 when he came to e32b976f00 fetch her, but at d1dcba5d30 some point, he’d recovered 139dc20f29 his energy and was f7af486256 now wide awake.5303a4da9def7432
Was there really someone dd98adf03d who could recover without 549399a9fb sleeping?b8231f9555fb30d5
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“One day c0e5540a83 is nothing. I’m resting right 62ea274504 now, too.”1295e74abf869c55
…There was.381844948f775d8a
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But Adelen desperately 2b0538ab8c wanted to get 6ea5c9a2d8 her Master to 00bcad980c bed so she 041eb5f476 could lie down 011cda5b1a comfortably.5f3b7a36799b38f8
Or at least, if 297e592fb3 he could just tell ab0427e963 her to relax.5255694e22019e3f
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But she didn’t 47803c4538 expect that.43a1f1fb1546d088
Not just her Master, 69fae552bc but all masters seemed a7f8ca7b3d to think their servants 3780b19abd could survive without eating, db8ac5783d sleeping, or going to 71c87d516b the bathroom. They hated it 58223ae5cf when any sign ee3838e3ff of discomfort showed.89af09bd57167f7c
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“Isn’t it different from 3252e40490 lying down and sleeping?”d91f9528fdf8f41c
“This is enough. I’m relaxed.”3ba6e34e522647a2
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“…”9ab0b79926bd88a8
The Master ce8610b16f might be 22b8de832d relaxed, but 8441cca989 I am a97a47012a not.5b16fd1ed446f3ba
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But she had df12765c09 no more excuses b3d8295ead to send him 1b78a9c66b to bed.71dd41dab8fbdead
It looked like she 226d4533b6 would have to endure 0bb3e5534c until she collapsed from 90df3748d3 exhaustion.230cda7aa27937e1
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Adelen slowly f7422ecaff bent her 0a5e7758af back towards 965d9375f6 the sofa. This was her e66438d8b8 last desperate attempt 3fa088ca73 to at least 7a75988db5 lean on the 35a357b034 sofa’s backrest.17719c01533667ad
‘I want to e9cd5edd04 lie down…’fd23e3e549ba8b10
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But her 073ff72dca body was c182ded180 more worn 98df90df6e out than c2ea5a78eb she had f18857d9c5 thought.31f46bd702b2ccbc
Before she could 175a4951e2 even complete her d83eb28412 thought, Adelen fell 1b74166f30 into a deep 2dc9947d6b sleep as if 12c6b3f43e she had passed 86187c0d6c out.35a3fa65da5155c7
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The light seeping through c5b2ed4c2e her eyelids made Adelen 3b74785e07 open her eyes abruptly.b6dd5d01a8e97da0
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She had slept so eb1f0197c5 deeply that she’d forgotten a270f3f6a1 the time and place.4254a07eccd0069d
“Gasp!”d9a8599451792e0e
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However, she was 32b01335d0 immediately aware of d9fa97c493 one thing: she 964f2b7e5b was still holding 5042d588f8 the baby.3177fa3affb276a1
Her ribs hurt. The baby 798bdbc520 had been 858eb2e3aa pressing his 28661024e2 feet against cc267e9dfa them all 9e48a23426 night.9840230992fc425a
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Adelen carefully 1eaeaf362b twisted her db50900b88 body to ff6da13862 free her 1e9159b77b ribs without c4ce50e695 waking the 06ff314364 baby.e51ddbda8e8b6c52
It felt like escaping 3581a551d3 from the paws of 10ab1be847 a predator.dec1100ee0b166bc
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With her ribs saved, b4a04aa110 she let out a de46e1eb1d silent sigh of relief, d48e9b3472 only to meet a c987c45685 predator’s sharp blue eyes.15b2a7f299ecc1b5
“Gasp!”6dc7b610083adf6a
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The surprise wasn’t just 252171a0e4 because she’d met eyes 83c00d7287 with her Master this b9695f1df2 early in the morning.bc03f7e9af2c3469
It was because he 87565a461f was half-naked, swinging a 5781e4875e sword.14b93cea3ffa94f9
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She didn’t 0a6cc2c278 know whether 02028a6d32 to be 50251d2714 shocked by b4adac3457 the sight d0160a8cdf of his 82a0e40d5b bare skin 2898782eaa filling her 152a67808a vision or 2df749a8e2 by the c6c04e4e74 reappearance of bd5d2fce09 the sword 34cba31eca that had a01d2a0a59 tormented her 1f9bb8e5c0 heart all e746d9f6ef day yesterday.ea62499d5e3ba1ab
Having just ea9e529b35 woken up, 0d89ae6dbe her mind f613123feb couldn’t decide. She froze, e9ec04fb3d her mouth 5ceef84ccf open, staring 430b0f5519 at him.d288bfb787432b9f
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“…”ba7c31e1c292aa81
Rakalt noticed her gaze 49ca59b1f1 and glanced at her.049f7746902df5c1
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By then, a9c404ac7d Adelen still cf8120958f hadn’t closed e902df1614 her mouth. Her mind 1be6289068 was still 03de64a3ce in limbo.98f8cbe4b7ace670
But Rakalt didn’t seem 16cfcb9979 to care and returned f9ea4ba846 to his practice.05c623dbfa0fc664
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The sword cut through 67b04f0cc8 the air again.95265afd2d30ab8c
It was d96924c760 only then 6693346719 that Adelen 5a87e78a76 regained her 089bdc83ea senses.b6d83c0cf45d6c67
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She had 437d535b1d been mistaken cca0642155 for a 93f0ab2efa moment, wondering be8e2cb2d0 if he da01f2e3e7 had some 22b35dbe01 kind of 285f510dc0 exhibitionist tendencies. But that was wrong. The thought 59db9e4341 that he e542d049f6 was about b515aa0aca to slice b87c351744 her with 1baff318c4 the sword? Also wrong.86b66956196514e3
He was 2c92fa341b simply training.dd77e53faf4d1eca
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‘Training? This early in the f68cf070da morning?’791b69d858047261
Adelen looked out the f0309c6d16 window, where the sky c8492d55ab was still faint with 3b3cb2b615 the remnants of night.6546a3a5a1854e24
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It was so early 808998b8df that even the servants edea4a401d were just beginning to fba87d498a stir. That’s why 9186905ba8 she had 29b7e3ae0f woken up, 0f144a6919 out of 7dda5b962a habit.526c656eb27e721d
At that hour, her e7bab1b467 Master was already up aca57b3731 and training. Adelen was 45e59c8298 astounded by a165622ba2 his diligence.a9dfd9881ca43242
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Who wakes 3f77e96de6 up before c6330f90d9 dawn to 564b356aa7 practice killing?0dd60cc70de155fd
‘He’s so diligent… It d1e7427280 would be great if 3ebed26631 I wasn’t on the 9613fea9ea receiving end of that bee5f2d271 diligence.’e74fb9aede5111c7
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If she wasn’t 64c60cd4bd worried about her d517813083 own neck, she 09bc074ba9 might have thought 04cf98ca3b it was admirable. But having 5016b08143 nearly died 061f2e3931 several times, 3a98d4f6cc she was ab526b51ce now sick c0fc218767 of even a20b257a52 seeing swords.918c95074d34a3bd
Adelen felt nauseous despite 81f5e117b2 having eaten nothing and f70d458f05 averted her gaze.f7cf7ed0c18b9a23
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“Master, did you 9d07b754b0 cough? It’s Shend.”01e4e0bebe9b9d86
Adelen jumped at the 4a406af60c sound of the butler’s 98e676b61a voice outside the door.3a379d0b305e1628
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It wasn’t just her e613a8ec2f Master who was diligent. The butler had db88059de9 also been up 9323c4f791 early, ready for 5f5bee8dbe the morning.cd77db34bf8ed0c1
Now it seemed like 7aa5b87d0f Adelen, the maid, had e437caa01b woken up the latest. How could a1e60e9ff4 that be…?f3a1f89c0d6f5790
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Suddenly, she 327171cc8b felt the 8b06a4d5eb need to 20b82023d7 hurry and 4fbd8e8e47 do something 24f75f0b54 productive, but 45f090bb9b with the 6d208b06ae baby still eb84ac305b asleep, there e7f15d1be6 was nothing e29d0563b4 to do.60da0a822a8ece64
Adelen sat quietly, fa100ff542 continuing her role e3e798a6cd of keeping still.448d1baa410bce3a
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“Come in.”0ff2ca6043803602
At Rakalt’s command, 400c897856 the butler entered, e86dee969e noticing Adelen and 21074574b6 raising an eyebrow.4d61f1df919abbcc
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“Adelen, you’re awake d8bc7b577b too?”21157b59bf59d3cf
“Of course.”9fe9f55c5522a7f1
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Adelen smiled naturally. She heard her Master 471b3e3bcc chuckle softly but didn’t 6e5c0fac01 look his way.560c654dd0b73673
“How’s your wound, 6b530c2575 Master?”cc6856bf4421f522
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The butler 2f6e31f1b3 set down 322a561ca4 bandages and 04386e2a58 disinfectant on 96bf7a5bd9 the sofa 695d3a931d and looked 4882b42de0 at Rakalt.d11864d4cc5a5091
“I told you, 2d30f3b2aa it’s nothing.”e7c4d6ed7b4170d2
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Rakalt sheathed his sword 35111f2136 and approached the sofa.2cacaa34d5ed2480
Hearing the butler’s ca14c24332 words, Adelen also 176f4a320f glanced at her e52a66e0fc Master’s body.0b99a2a5a2a00701
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Now that she thought c45c091a4f about it, the intruder e0e9b4aa20 had mentioned something about c2a228529f his wound yesterday.c806d011b2e95143
She had 948310837a completely forgotten 1031c3cf82 because he 94a3b4d419 didn’t seem 0faf2c4923 injured at 44a111d424 all.0d9e8d4db06be47a
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Yesterday, despite cb3c2a7963 being injured, 6b4e5d8c3e her Master 2a9df4a382 had swung 46e43e191c a sword, 69fecc4e80 carried both 98a037170d her and b6987f88b4 the baby f656d0e8ef on his 882a2f8b9b shoulder, and bf55975d10 stayed upbfd99f14f765db44
until dawn. Nothing about db1059b5f4 that was 84935d505c typical for cf807110b5 an injured 24eda1bc14 person.421cbe961c0b7866
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Was he really injured?ac9b08a735c0aeb6
Adelen stared at his 5f9f941d8a side.aa727aa00fc2bafa
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“…?”b25458b16f2a273c
And then she realised cb3beda081 what she was doing, 218deb3f2d a beat too late.ebe1bbe7679cc5bd
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At that 136a4b780f moment, her dc64efe48c eyes met eb4a02ed80 his.25c67738bfb095b6
This chapter and the fd3e352976 next 9 chapters will dbc8d185a2 be done by Rumi, fc0a4b5cad my colleague as per 9583b4cd53 our collaboration. Enjoy ~1eca742bef7fd684
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