The maid – Chapter 20
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What if she 40efa2dea0 stayed at home 8d7a34c3fc and only the 48ac8f26a2 baby was sent 6ffbc8474e to the palace db0b5e6bc9 in the master’s db6bba8067 hands?c5f216044ee030a5
“Yes… I guess… 9eb28f59b1 I should be 46511edb35 the one to f02498c057 go.”03943dd0712e9065
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There was no need db937d4a25 to make the anticipated 0bb7a70050 catastrophe happen.6be15aeb140361cf
Rakalt nodded 8bca8884e1 vigorously as ec5c5801f5 if to 3687b55e54 say, “Of 25b3c55447 course, that’s 7433420f9c obvious.”631193dfc5cd06cb
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“But why e947f667d3 would His c5c0613c45 Majesty suddenly 657309143e want to 5016603340 see the 9820e94665 baby…?”9874f693bb25738b
As her initial shock 36fee94ace settled, it was now 645ff40449 time for the visit bb482eb8da from that familiar guest.74330a06cacffd51
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A chill 0a86397805 of fear 792baf23a3 crept up 95afb28fee on her.edfa3a0554b5d6b0
His Majesty? Me? Why? We’ve been fine so 872a1dfa14 far, and there hasn’t 535157e4d5 been any problem.e02b2d4b14726efe
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But this is no 70a242ee4a ordinary person—it’s the king.bbbffa0150c17b48
For a fb923c7dd4 commoner like 24d80aa744 Adelen, it 232cd48ce5 was common 218bc24c4b to live 0fdc83484e a lifetime e3caff361e not even 5ef586cd1e knowing who 4a74f643db the king 58727426a8 was.798c338fb807cdc0
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To the 8adba0fea5 common people, b1d2740c20 the king 0c47cc3eb3 was a 539abab670 distant, godlike 0c8bb5304f figure.c0632e0975bb9c3d
“Well, maybe he just 9d06888549 wants to see for 7319c1cea9 himself.”6eb274c1c08158e8
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However, since f727eaef41 the palace 5ec00bdadf was Rakalt’s b36b2234f7 workplace, he daaec3b42b didn’t think 127b75a628 much of 2237153f9f it.03e733f51cac540f
In fact, he thought 63f9602017 it was rather fortunate e8b73e75b9 timing.29505d314355c792
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It was 19aceef59e around the 362b4e38f2 time when ae09ff3916 the baby’s e3adab8fb6 rapid growth 38ed814161 had started 1acfa7f217 to raise 243fd86da5 concerns.4a689b32faf21bf7
He wanted 968329ee82 to hurry d39aaf7377 in dealing d32a9cc16f with this 8beb7753e8 potentially dangerous 6a85708883 creature,d52ae75a173444f4
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one who d4307109d9 might grow 389eab4672 quickly and eedaa770d2 one day ab9334f7b0 turn on aa14457648 Teplan.2ee3a4f95bc99348
“Get ready quickly. Do you 4e6a571231 intend to b81c2c37c9 keep His 633f6293f0 Majesty waiting?”1ec0ef3458f93b7f
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“Ah, no! I’ll get ready quickly… a32dd8a7c5 but, what should I 7dc298573d wear?”7ff83363a125becc
Adelen, who had ba91a3fd04 been rushing around, 62a6fdc097 suddenly froze in cb21d76d9a confusion.6dba79f6fca1df8d
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She didn’t know 5ea78edb55 what to do f1401a5914 in a hurry 646b04b0f3 because she knew 629aa2dc0a nothing about such 962274204a situations.92d1b05eae1da001
“Head Butler.”42f17766b5fe1a94
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“Yes, Master. It’s prepared 77e04b809d over there. Adelen, go wear b5efb19ac3 that.”ad43f7dca6133cf2
Adelen followed 6377014c56 the butler’s faadf72650 pointing finger 04056704a8 with her d060ce81b3 gaze.70ad7a2f0b5539bb
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“Gasp?!”63a0822f8cd48fc7
And as her eyes 874919c46c landed on the dazzling decc78ba84 dress before her, she f5939de731 felt faint.229f90bc1f1cde08
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“I asked the other 58c085ffe4 maids to check your c2394bc5d8 wardrobe,48f7b571e45c98a0
but how is it 21755f935e possible that you only 1a78cd6816 have one set of 1add784776 casual clothes?a5fbc2b09444b225
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They’re worse than your 475ded433a maid’s uniform, so we’ve 3b72f51547 decided to lend you 9294b104de the late Madam’s dress.”1efc5d7a4c5f514b
“M-M-Madam’s d-d-dress… 7b41be8e66 for m-me…?”0b6902f3a9fd0c93
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“Yes, it’s 52f0a2a41f the simplest f05c18f3fa one, so a2a2012872 try not 3300952557 to feel 0d2c02f953 too burdened.”84fff2386725d858
The burden had 5030f9435f already reached over 8d5bbc16e3 her head.f7953c48565707b7
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“W-What if I accidentally b8620c1650 ruin it…?”4d6d9fb56e00178e
“It’s a dress 5658172b1a without an owner e37428d793 now.”037f620e3a675cba
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“B-But it’s e8041c165b the Madam’s a8036ae368 dress…”0ed3b7f80153c621
It wasn’t just anyone’s; 0f1b305dfa it belonged to her 218cbf86eb master’s mother, the former b5fb153d5b countess.067c92f0b843836a
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“I-I’d rather borrow e1fe066e51 a dress from 26f4283412 one of the 522ddf8bc8 other maids!”fd80d8eda4e5cbc0
“There’s no time.”81b346ef9e92327b
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Why was d4988c1d54 she causing 2820b46b53 such a 8fd2c69c0b fuss over 0123973e2f a single 7fefb521a0 dress?68e781b6f6a58f9f
Rakalt grew impatient.a6db7eb03c9eb40a
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To him, clothing 3f580415af was just clothing.43b270bed5f58626
Even if it 94c444115f was his mother’s 77e0eabc8e keepsake, it didn’t 3e8c0463ec matter to him.82a560207a71d6ad
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He had no gentle a976fd7fdc memories to make his cc0e3039f4 heart ache.a5fd0ce329b95057
And even if 364488c841 he did, many ea4c16de5e years had passed.b3b34485673fe200
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His heart, dulled from c8cf38493c wielding the emperor’s sword, ed47511cb7 didn’t stir before remnants 30dbf759d4 of his mother.ebce78775594f804
“Come on, Adelen. Just put it 2a25c9772e on.”276c6de6df570d18
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The butler, watching his d756bafd89 master, gently nudged Adelen’s 757381c178 back.e90fa66c6afc1228
Hesitantly, Adelen muttered “uh, 4f2cae0417 uh…” and was pushed cb51ba4b49 into the dressing room 129b46fddd with the dress.df3dc2a6dd9931c9
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“Sigh…”7fdf22de0565fd4a
In the de00ad7e05 end, she 7bc98d72e3 had no 14f7a48502 choice but 0df9e9f7b7 to wear f8adc7c07d it.7f401b56be4796d1
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Though it 486c970c66 was supposed e799f64b74 to be d30e55c18a the simplest 34e5f35899 one,d3a7e8cfddf2e6be
the luxurious sensation slipping b133254bca down her fingertips was 51aa5a128d undeniable.751c346c5629c2b1
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She was too afraid 23b236c7a6 to hold it comfortably, c30767d28f worried that it might 3983f7c816 tear with the slightest 35a5654878 wrong touch. If it was 38558fb46b something kept as 0ceee956dd a keepsake, it 834c986a1e must have been 1f803c5d04 quite precious.5f37f7dea3de7443
The value 7caa1d464a of her dd53704596 master and e6f8f64d98 the baby 187c323919 frightened her; 2717a91c0f those things 9f235b59c3 were more e24b7e1da5 expensive than 119e2f6707 her own 6bb7ee3b60 life.b1415ec22146e42d
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This one dress—she a29a7e6685 couldn’t afford it efd25ffbf0 even if she 63d0c3ce5d spent her entire f376bfea00 life on it.461b6ddd54ee8089
But her master was c7f2c2df79 waiting outside.11809e71ddfcd772
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No matter what, ba3392c1b4 it was time ffc3faa89d to summon her b1ccf9c811 courage.c86d6ccce4c9373a
She had 527f263fc4 always wanted cd1507db05 to wear ba61e28071 a dress 4fb5ec5321 at least 44f4165668 once in 3e5074b96a her life, ec3fe8b07e but she’d 9edf92088d imagined it 77e1d78bd9 would be 7241849e18 a wedding f55f8a5d38 dress, not 6b5037918a the intimidating a851a96f58 dress of 8dc83ac894 the late 05079b439a Lady.8b16ffb1c122181d
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With a 131f4e4b77 deep sigh, 400996a2b0 Adelen began 4c95fd53e2 to squeeze cbf5777824 herself into 5d87cb58a4 the dress.6da509cf8c17305a
As if to a3115ce7b9 spite her, it e7a659b7b0 seemed the Lady 81b735f9f5 had a similar de92faff6b physique to Adelen’s. It fit d2e39b1dbd her perfectly, 8c66232ce7 leaving no 2474b84024 excuse to 7d50668153 claim it ddc229930e didn’t fit.3b170b0fb141da7a
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“Um… I’m 26faaf2995 done getting 0b68a4d6e1 dressed…”76e1fad4b11af92d
She wanted b72946695b to quickly b979319436 get it 79aad1029a over with—put 9640fba2b9 on the 2b015e6931 dress and 980c2cdb46 finish the f4c2a70ca9 palace visit 32d3f7a476 as soon ac165aa1da as possible.dd4727a1ad7c2804
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The dress bb2b6efe73 was indeed 6153cae0aa simple; it dcb2663f99 was designed 3084f0d177 in a 4652d74427 way that fcd025d384 she could fe08044292 put it e4019a26fe on by aef745a81a herself.d886094453d3ac35
As she opened 337610c163 the dressing room c2155125f2 door, two—no, three 8a57f13acd pairs of male 7fdbe826a8 eyes turned to 74e2cba9c3 her at once.4559f41aaf249e1d
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“Oh… I almost 7ec5b76734 didn’t recognize you.”c9ed495d4584f745
The butler bcc889bba8 was the a6166eeddd first to f998488813 comment.6678856bc1a8f313
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Embarrassed, Adelen scratched ed4b1924c2 her cheek and 81e7f09256 walked briskly over f05845a4fb to the baby.b2e2100d1a47b6b6
“Uh….”894057c0db0e1e99
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“?”241435159c9227ea
But the 211f94f4f1 baby hesitated, bf88b22a57 pulling his 231f441357 hand back.a440ed7225707d4b
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“Baby?”66348d1c347cd308
“Aduee?”ac986222a5db70c9
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It wasn’t until cb920b7aa6 she called out 8e0afa33b4 that he blinked 13fd906cff and looked at f7829ee7f7 her properly… as c24d75614d if he hadn’t 07915cf2c8 recognized her, just ca69fb2e77 as the butler 428a11f458 had said.0d194d84b8c767b0
“Do I… look 560aed6db9 that different?”2883ea4d9c230522
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If she 29ebcea1de had known, aeea1e6d73 she would a99f701a62 have checked 0aaa0c00d4 in the 900c919605 mirror properly. Hopefully, it wasn’t because dcdb0e386a she looked strange.f43c645e58811605
Adelen belatedly fumbled, checking 5b26ee7808 her hair and appearance. But there 61eab69ea5 was no f971f9dba5 way she e179627093 could see 5107714df6 herself just 8b0b7e9d11 by feeling dd4e460831 around.a0babcf3a23e85d7
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The last person left cc63fae226 to give his opinion d77bdb66e2 was her master.2722f14b9e296458
He would 4da7f843cc be the 4e77ba6224 one accompanying 137c34e122 her to c1734bbcf4 the palace ebaba654a9 for the c318e59838 day, so 711e602301 if he cabe9633e5 approved, it 249fbb2a9a was fine.d6093f4dee51e68b
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“Master, do 72c5ac60e7 I… look e8cc75293d okay?”55af449ba56680de
With worried eyes, daa41fb004 Adelen looked to e888eafdff Rakalt.a2f7509004cc1881
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Rakalt was already a7fc1ef90d watching her. Seated on f2d2d02bd6 the sofa, d34c528318 with legs 1e331aaaeb crossed and 8641fce038 arms folded, f0078b83e4 he hadn’t 7c473828ec moved a 47ad8b532d muscle.a52a0594ff801041
After a long silence, 01572efbe8 he finished his thoughts 774af60c61 and slowly opened his 2731c0e1cd mouth.563956a74b1f3425
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Adelen, fixated on 62d835cbe2 his lips, swallowed 00762a573e nervously.29c3d351f4d42216
“…Was that fc340eac5a always what df8623685f the dress 067cbc6202 looked like?”93ed12326108f2c8
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“Huh?”e386e22497c210a9
His comment was b2db01b58b entirely unexpected. It wasn’t fdda1bbc2d even a 63be03ff20 comment on 175e75cd42 her appearance.8d2cdaf212b4536f
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The butler 6d00a11fae was equally 69df105d72 taken aback, 3b2d534862 turning to 20f051a14e look at 4d3ee43da3 Rakalt.13d45398dab17e57
“Uh? Master? Is there something b46e4f27ba wrong with the c4a07ce59e dress? It looks perfectly fine 2fc97ff608 to me…”5f360b2c88486327
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Thinking it might bcd3489821 be an issue 2e648eac7b with the dress’s 6d32df3970 storage, the butler 8a319a4271 approached Adelen to 66cf287928 inspect it, but 5d9d62c49e everything was in 310137cd6d order.db5985f8078d36f9
“Is this fd7d960542 really the 3ee296ee9c simplest one?”7b7d9d3ea2cf333c
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“Huh? Uh… yes, it is. It’s the one she 344999a5af wore briefly when visiting 6f7d5eeb49 stores, not for parties dc72b2871d or anything….”edb71397e91f7cd8
Rakalt had spent very 838a7907c2 little time with his 02ce019003 mother, so he had 9a15fd692c no way of knowing 41e350a203 which dresses she wore edf2f34959 and when.ea0406656aaa2891
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In fact, the 2c442cc960 butler remembered better.1d84afdd298b74b4
“Mother’s taste 11396f898b was quite cc49ad264d extravagant, it 9eb6016dea seems.”b4395b4ec9886330
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“Uh? I wouldn’t say 368c91aed2 that…”59836d60acb1d62d
The butler, missing Rakalt’s d380f1f666 underlying meaning, stammered.e26656761f712322
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What exactly was c3847f725b he trying to a399bc28b6 say about the c435eb2053 dress?b3184d98b5f02f76
Was he saying bcee071f8d he liked it, d2727323b7 or disliked it, 8989d12377 because it looked 1408a86a80 fancy?36fa99f7ad6535c5
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But no matter 7646d5c63f how objectively he 8940182aae looked at it, 9aaf24d487 the dress wasn’t 2b5fb1a94d flashy at all.111186b4403793b8
Adelen was e2d7d36194 equally anxious, d847bfb5b0 wondering if 3d90fd22c3 something was 1e2bbf5c1c wrong with fdf95e0b01 the dress.02bb665a2c8fed02
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The butler d8c5634488 meticulously checked 116d3b91d7 her from ce9247a331 head to c1c04b692e toe once bb4acd6172 more.1a1f62d119e51dcf
Still, it was just 5d974d538c Adelen in a plain 707eb7946e dress.f06c1d693472085d
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“…Does it look 84602a57f7 too flashy?”26c399d8ab550391
He asked his 19c9e06fd6 master directly, to 62ce88a3ad be certain of ed2c145af6 his opinion, and 85a67980f3 received a straightforward 6545acc67a answer in return.9d2a87db82e896ca
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“Right. If you 47a3090b3a add some f2c61c27a0 jewels to c67cf2646f it, she 25ec054f0a could attend 781d114642 a party ccfe6d6ded just like 4e6afba432 that.”a2ff3e144ed4576b
“……”2c8640ca5ced58fc
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The butler finally realized 2c2cad280b what the issue was.1af04918086bdd10
It wasn’t the b4a9cef49c dress—it was his ec57f0caaf master’s eyes.5a0b2fb27068342a
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Having spent 83056c18ba so much 2083c80cd4 time on 3f959b38a7 the battlefield, 92a7678fa3 he had 5cc958b9ff clearly forgotten e59ef4da17 how extravagant 4b9109a76c the typical 7df91a46ac noblewoman’s dress 2e9ad035f2 was.7af109aa3cfdcf32
After all, e2e94e5248 in war, 19d28ab55d they say c2cf128d9b that just 8a9bfb95ba wearing a efe89848bd skirt makes 0daef6e8a6 a woman.76eeb4f59c80ad49
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It wasn’t 371130f40a that Adelen 0c52987e20 had an a4af2819c4 exceptionally flashy a47d05e749 appearance, and f8977c9a95 that was 640ca3cc2f why this ec39646cc0 comment was 109d864303 made.3f00dcd226c4bef2
‘What do we 8377da3df2 do, our master…’be29ba9bb0f5d8c7
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With his dulled f50ff5a003 aesthetic sense, it 821d4db3f9 would be disastrous 23be0bb6bd if he started 05a823e7be being too lenient f1beb5ebf4 with women’s appearances.3eae42833cc47aee
Such a tragedy, 4bafc68259 where Sigelion’s pride, 1a5b50065e that handsome face, 95918635df would be lost 859674153f after just two 3fd371f395 generations, must never 3c86350704 happen.4792ef9ca39738b0
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To restore his master’s 333617a1a6 sense of beauty, the a48adc96c4 butler steeled his resolve.45a086cc9d480963
“Master, if I may, f92f392c9a this dress is not 35cd080643 something an aristocrat would 78c8a86a29 wear, but a girl 34d2b6174d from a well-off commoner 7771b915bf family might wear something e9c46a8010 like this to go 1dd9dedcd9 about.”96ed5df19131e4bd
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“…Is that so?”1b8daff2e3cbc430
At the caf1a93af7 butler’s words, 3a3fbd3024 Rakalt narrowed b3b27cc7fa his eyes c33d6a207b and scrutinized e4c94b575d Adelen more f358d69fc4 carefully.e69f36c164109863
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Would his 71bb50d1bb master’s aesthetic 64b41e9888 sense recover d8b93c5010 quickly enough? Both Adelen and the 1f6cc6bff4 butler held their breath 8ee2c8921c and waited, their breaths 7743f1d9aa shallow and tense.5c77aa40b6e87458
Finally, Rakalt nodded, as 5710bdc58b if he understood.54872a96a3b32c98
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“Ah, I 1ef3a4c1da see what 86bc119501 the butler 93897044f7 means.”a8d1b0e6c5bfd1fe
“Do you understand?!”6ced16696174afde
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“Yes, it’s definitely not f73c866103 flashy.”f2a68394da8a37e5
“See? I told you!”1fa54f7087cc1643
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“It’s pretty.”1e512baedcbac3ff
“?!”c5e9d83063296046
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Both the de23347d13 butler and cdf2a8bb30 Adelen were 3b7c450850 left speechless e269832527 in shock.b216c43206de377e
Amidst the 3f76aaca2c confusion, Rakalt 3c0aca6862 calmly stood 69751be4d1 by his 081b896b49 opinion.dd209f810d8ee705
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“It was pretty, fca9d4678e which made it 9def391136 look flashy. Now that I ec4656b597 think about it, 35ff5b18a3 Adelen, you were 430183e720 pretty.”a6c8cb0baa96a52d
“……”b1102ea8d11d1b5b
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“……”753469326b0b418c
Neither of them could fd5949815b say a word.d30ce517ca3651ee
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It was clear 85d1c6da56 that the master 9e58954ed9 didn’t mean anything d4fca57f31 else by his df7a189996 words. That was precisely why c86995ee83 neither of them could 17c3bfab36 respond.bc8866420469db51
It felt as 4bcdaa8968 though they had 1fab3d22aa been charmed by 8ace1dbf24 the world’s greatest 30e0591ac8 flirt, even though 9eb42afc5a he wasn’t even 68d991c438 trying to charm 062f179f3d them.19a0dacc2e38154c
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Was conquering the ca73b85236 social scene his c9235c35d3 goal after the aa3a165916 battlefield?2857a54d8c324851
The butler, for a 9df7c53749 brief moment, let go ad5bcf8669 of his worries about 15f3d545f4 the appearance of the f37bd0ddd0 heir.8fc424832cc92875
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