The maid – Chapter 34
by Alaa34. The Lips d12bd0a8a5 That Protruded b7cb1056f3 So Much9e1579b082a5cd6f
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Although the war had 719a520cda temporarily ceased, giving the 4d14ae9079 impression that peace had fcf6cd678e returned, beneath the surface, 428c2afa45 fierce battles were still b5e3d85d44 ongoing. It was 80d5c66bac a highly 4244a7983a volatile situation, 77b13c105c where anything c133998676 could explode 547f60b76a at any 876b51331d moment.56c3a86177ef886e
Thus, even da310a1da4 the crown b0f0159334 prince couldn’t 3946863f85 predict how 8c34bc5e6f things would 658ad61075 change, what 9c065fb3e3 his role 3f709b196b would become, 8772925297 or what e459493ffc would happen 174253c468 next. Therefore, she couldn’t 63c713e308 allow herself to 08c6c28653 think of the 9a44fa64ef child as someone 7d194cb333 she would carry 928eb27ce6 through life.229af3b78e136d3e
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“There might come a d841d1cb94 time when we’ll have 4e4ee27211 to kill the crown 67de75b697 prince.”dec12237694189dd
“!”ab0dbdbb9c9b6dad
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At Rakalt’s cold 7984e55beb remark, Adelen’s eyes aa9eddf20c froze.289431cf3336bdd9
“W-was that just a 029a8dffe6 joke?”24062641d1b93f55
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“It’s not decided right 31013c7d25 now, but it’s something 8231008497 that could happen eventually.”c05772f8412f52f5
“When…?”7bda9b7977aafcee
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“Try to distance 70170102fc yourself a little 95bba05c46 emotionally. We didn’t 33c0a90b5b bring the 6e0c8a9556 child to 4d5fcfb955 raise, we 80ab932292 brought him f7bb332f8b to use.”c45627dc317b517d
Adelen couldn’t respond 40d8a1f2e0 right away.c1e8b277f3e41919
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Could she b2124a819f really do ae4cdd19ad that?9187614aeb06f8f2
This child was 6a9f88d5b8 already her child. Affection couldn’t be given 288c844cfe or withheld at will.857fe69fc4cc94eb
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“Can the human heart 93e950ae37 really do that?”2bf180ec5ec958a6
“Even if it can’t, de479bf509 maybe with effort, it ee916bd6fd could one day.”dd57fb9a11cedab9
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“…”bddb704ffd14f682
Adelen’s lips puffed out.c94782d3928c143e
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She rebelliously 519fa239f5 pouted adorably.958e433002574ed4
If only 3c1520e4c0 she had 40bc02863a been more ad3a949552 defiant, Rakalt 54e685ce37 would have c05fd13922 scolded her 538acb3aad sharply. But now, 6a6afe5338 with her 09c57d3bec shrinking back 1d45ff31bf like that, 87d7b6576a he couldn’t 4d9fa2ca14 bring himself 0692be6439 to scold f2431bdc56 her.c2f688ab7b82d82a
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If she bc6e987235 was going d332f58ebe to shrink, 601f468513 at least e2d120308e she shouldn’t 59e4d8386a show signs 5a3776c3eb of dissatisfaction. He wanted d0523efe6c to pinch febb3dfcd0 her puffed-up e27ce839cb lips and cb12bf2ff0 scold her.ccd86e2a5732cd2e
Rakalt clenched 4d3bfb1bd2 his fist 9613cc08dd tightly to d84913646b suppress the fb873a326c sudden impulse c7bda40052 and crossed 892d199f78 his arms.7381c4d3f3bb3f04
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“Ah. If he 90380ce5f7 sleeps on 9d5812db65 the floor 716147882c for too 924e27033f long, it’ll 4f2c790c37 be uncomfortable, f97b503d0a so I’ll 6d4ecee64c need to 3e8d823f8c move him…”d16b42b6fd4e8b11
“…”3b6bccef6f017990
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Adelen, seemingly babca4809e trying to 6ad613b2c7 change the 92b6718c98 subject, paused 066579aee4 in the 8a065024a3 middle of c03e65288e speaking. Even the change of fde69b3fb6 subject was for the ea07d0889e child’s sake. She couldn’t help the 09846a0e47 habits she had ingrained.53ff874a938bad58
It was 17f41e8945 then that deba337f7f Adelen glanced 610a63f994 at Rakalt 13de5de16e again, cautiously…505f7932c7afb1f9
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Suddenly, the baby’s eyes 006d32f8fc snapped open as if f2267acd65 waiting.0c415cad20528d44
“Koo?”89b32a45cf961c97
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“…….”2b3a8affc2d09880
Had the baby already 78bb0f669d recovered his energy?e3f887cbd39004e8
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Adelen realized 35d3a20fb6 that now 27842ea1b3 was the 3e18346469 time to 4dc5f3281a heed the 0c66cd1128 advice of b9bd58c8b7 her master. It was 4a5ebd81fe a mistake 055048ffa2 to think e375d4eb2c that she fd5e1f9225 should give c777d68274 the baby 2d9bb8d189 whatever he 245edebe6e wanted. She could end 86346cf888 up in danger!1dbe52d65653dd8b
“Koooh!”8e7d28e73094ed5f
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But now was not c99f74b1b2 the time to be 2305a1be29 still.856bb9780f43d6d9
If the baby caused 74ab87889c a bigger ruckus, it 9c58346a41 would take double or ef955e252a triple the energy to db8a6f7565 calm him down.a93e5b788551f043
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Playing with 97787836ff the ball 16ad188856 now was 7ab525c4d3 a choice 54f3dee7c9 for her f842ccfb30 own sake. Really.0fb39ab85e01139b
Adelen slowly got a03ab00261 up.a01fc1ef727fe84e
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“Ugh, ahh! Baby!”b1c7d3500e63f237
And then 0bd9910a50 it happened.2c2a709bc4a4e7b3
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Rakalt blocked the 8b01e0c6b1 ball flying sharply 952056dd82 toward her with 84de6c3718 one hand.6df8429719aa3a3f
Bang!687ae3b69fa39328
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The ball made 1a6a2422c1 a sound as 50e11ddda0 if it were 7bee19cbc2 about to burst 16eaf1cd7a before bouncing away.6f1958e1d0de5f8b
“Ugggh!”12e846749a4d2003
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The baby, who had 0aacc5a01d thrown the ball at b75f16864c Rakalt, crawled toward the 33f0f2050c ball with gleaming eyes.a0a18887ae8735c1
“No, baby, this way, 290dfabe42 over here!”57f32d09b296946e
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Ignoring Adelen’s call, the e377a4e986 baby kept his gaze 0487d712c6 fixed on Rakalt.ad1f3547eb57aac1
Rakalt’s eyes, in 71ae4d40f4 turn, glinted sharply.df297aafcb23fdac
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“…A tiger fec9e7b735 cub must a098094e55 be trained bd4e25fcf0 while young. It looks like 720b7eb1df that will be 7975f4db03 my job.”6d575d15f8615d0c
The warm sunlight ab888acfba pierced her eyes.38d65d2ee327fd78
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“Umm….”985a5fd46cace3f9
Adelen mumbled 1002846eeb and squinted aaf551f88b her eyes. Waking up to e9aa2ed4bb the sunlight was 608cfff3b4 something she hadn’t d8a1adabb8 experienced in a 3870b6a1d0 long time.17a886937c0e6fc2
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Like most households, the a4baf94cd7 maid’s quarters were the 5d8680e9a3 most remote and shabby, 4448034a89 so sunlight rarely entered. Waking up to 588911c2d3 the warm sunlight 6511f6eb73 was a rare d5399b2ee0 occurrence.e05369ff985ab24b
But why was 5be64ac21c there sunlight…?d9afcf6777820b4e
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Adelen, still c16c255942 half-asleep, struggled 99b6da0d5b to think abf6d5b421 as she 41e4a7ef5d moved her ef39d40a6b body.bb12d19383265348
“Ugh, ugh….”807af787bb03ec0e
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Just a 07ea82a79f slight movement aace159a3f made her 47516132fe feel as 9e883488d5 if her 4664a2f400 body was d926088fe1 falling apart.f7e2c281dcff440b
Every breath made 3432c10aef her worry that 286ec6f05b bone dust might 20d0af7ea5 be falling from 507e9abbfb somewhere, as her baf15ac63e entire body ached.ec44ccb7ef45e066
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Adelen let herself b864ed6c04 relax again, groaning a0926a9ba0 as she lay e19066e74c back down.26448eb4f1d7abfa
She didn’t 5f89cb1c4c want to fce994d259 open her d33f3b3485 eyes… she afa1d81eba just wanted 6d2b994ae9 to sleep 34d1edf13d a little 1180403318 longer…39c8893d72fe93b3
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uh, isn’t it okay 5414d56b13 to sleep?41e69fb69fb71b5f
Right now, she wasn’t f412ca2e60 working as a regular 21a1d86674 maid but was dedicated cc02c91911 to the baby. She didn’t need to af418d77f5 get up until the 9c09d382e7 baby woke her.2ec53721500dadec
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Having finished f9867bb1f5 calculating even 83689b9989 in her dae1a2c9f7 sleep, Adelen 0db25ed0ab smiled softly be81be1d52 and relaxed bc9f2425fc her body.c519a7553fafea9e
The warm sunlight, the c16a1674e2 cozy warmth clinging to 4e4115a054 her body. Even though her back 6aef0ec4bd was stiff, it felt a885d90068 good.3f40e7ff2bdb9e6e
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‘? My back is 61634496bd stiff…?’67a3995a437c2e2e
Her thoughts a2a5f68b0e abruptly stopped. A sudden brake 86e1fc928f was applied to 6d5961fba1 the thoughts that 81a3950cb8 had been flowing 395ae0adae naturally.b99e724dd13143dd
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The warm 0adf71dc50 sunlight, the e01f5bad5e clingy warmth baf9f81bda on her 93a11a2cbb body, and d59cf50508 the stiff 437b68e836 back were 28566aa9f3 all things 99b758328a that shouldn’t 3a377f1fbc have been 8ce72b4e77 present in e4bfa9b9d0 his current 9099ea79db situation.009d9c5aad33598d
What was going 3962ac8235 on? What was happening?08b7fdfde03cd495
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The fog of 832d012078 sleep lifted.5c896a0ab7474491
Adelen quickly opened 154013331c her eyes and f6ff73a583 turned to look 9411744879 beside her.1b4b17c6d8b1a952
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“Auuu…”a342cb3d9f9b1259
The baby had his df13753bbe nose buried in Adelen’s 2a4ac182e9 side, sleeping soundly. He was so b444bc90b3 deeply asleep that dbdca48fd0 he was even f13ad016a2 talking in his a646cfd61d sleep.899d2a087c66b05c
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Sometimes, his f22004623a arm would a5ffc628b0 flap around 39e4699350 like he 8d38c335f4 was throwing 7fcd673377 something.8785083f1267c66f
“Ah, ow…”ae65982e350abfbd
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The baby had 09f3d6a26b swung his arm e48ee3d87c in his sleep, 822526c9db but it still 3350a785c5 hurt. Adelen groaned 1daedda3b5 and looked 1fe594e3f4 around more 60b61ddf29 carefully.551f12d7a210e09a
As expected, she f0c179cf8d and the baby cd2f3f2a40 were lying on 1e6516ee43 the floor.11c27084ea3f42eb
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The location 69359b737d was the 71f1c9ece0 living room. No matter e4f72c1710 how soft 38f846eb52 the rug 4a40892943 was, it c7ae676ff8 was still ee9f122823 hard compared 0d4ee97754 to a bae5b8a69a bed.7d3ed3478fa9b910
Was she really lying c234850794 on the floor with d7114a6e1a the baby? Adelen pondered.b263fc9ac38763cb
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‘Ah, right. I was watching 566f151de2 my master play f93477c638 with him yesterday…’4e566a0bde3ba563
When had 047c76a4ce she fallen a770dd03b9 asleep?39959fec3bdaab94
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Even after dinner, the c673030451 baby had been full 911c5a3533 of energy and played 1dbb5650e7 until night.13ebf1e8fec5bcff
Adelen couldn’t just f076f956ee stay still, so eff4642bd4 the three of ee247f0f1b them had played c851303445 together.716e2aac687f464a
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But as midnight 8a6aa4f94b approached, Adelen’s energy 57fd913424 started to plummet. It felt like 3f48a2904d she was throwing b4bb21b385 her soul rather dd7ce4439b than a ball.ad9300bafb8ff56f
Her mind was hazy, da5202df2e and she staggered, so 4d275d7461 her master told her d842ab729c to rest and let 29201a82a1 him handle things alone.95ee791c08b8b91d
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That was when the e51ff8e214 real one-on-one competition had 88d2dff895 started. It was so exciting 2283ab79ad that Adelen’s tired eyes fcea31cc8c regained some sparkle.01d7e4a57b0f889b
But even 659fd92f6e that had 2ebb7eafd7 limits. As the night 65ae30e7fc passed, and the e42da84469 early morning turned 61625d1b09 into deep dawn, 433e59fcd1 Adelen had collapsed d80cd0da1d onto the floor 5ad73ab59e at some point.ee6dc95da29ce39d
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And here she 2cd809ec6f was now.eab27e02775f5d6d
Even after f90afed339 Adelen had 4ca27e1e96 passed out 08763c75fb on the 877308c814 floor, the d12d6112bd baby had 8f4844a65f continued playing 7a14578ade before crawling 64ac886b71 over to 939fe56edd Adelen’s side c5c7a7ae16 and falling 275c2dae58 asleep.882cbf1759c21fce
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“Impressive, baby.”678aca1f14c06176
Adelen mentally admired dc4d113be4 the baby’s stamina, cef6130814 who had stayed a618a0bc9a awake longer than 836c2379cd she did.ddc710d3e679ddb1
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Now that she 5b4528d2ee had drained all 1c3b4facd2 his energy, would 85ace39577 she sleep all 25df76dbe0 day today?a879e40f6783eaaa
she couldn’t keep 08812bb9d1 sleeping on the a1c9a55fce floor, so she b4b84554d2 thought she should b0c0e66de1 move to the e469142168 bed. However, when she b9c8271753 tried to lift 8e70615a60 one arm, the 44775d71a5 other arm wouldn’t f94b19c68e move. It seemed to 719c102ec4 be stuck somewhere.75102cdbdd2e0dad
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Thinking it might ef3fac8ffe be caught under 5409a95dba the furniture, Adelen 4f11f66aed casually turned her 48e95e4472 head, only to beea20d3ff freeze.1d2546dcf5dd30f9
“!”a12869c4c9204cd4
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Her master’s 630fb4419b closed eyes 960018b7b3 filled his 70571feacd vision.633dda4071ab98b4
A scream cd4ac418ca that couldn’t 3a6ab4864e escape echoed eee0a31fe2 inside her 05afeefb27 mouth.a67873f6ebac1ff5
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It was too 027edcce94 close, too close. If she d5bd644620 breathed, his 553b7198bb lips would a82f2fae9e almost touch 7d7d67ae03 hers. So, Adelen b0b9a522aa couldn’t breathe cd29dba4a0 and just 6f03aa7f1a blinked her 8657cdf2e4 eyes.4309a9175fc61bf2
However, Adelen didn’t realize 6415ebf682 that even as her 64050fb280 eyelashes fluttered, there could ff676f8e15 be a breeze.8e8cfd38d3d0424c
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“Mm…”661a605110181aa5
Rakalt opened his eyes.25b35d566aa1facd
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Even he, 59959323ed being human, eea225009e had heavy 5cd81266d1 eyelids from 014c972e39 exhaustion. However, the f5dbf2c942 lack of 3eda20d2a2 focus wasn’t 9b578ce5be because he f638ed3876 was tired, 4c20fa1181 but because 482d7ee17c what was 120b4c03a3 in front ae3b944718 of him 2c425c4406 was too 2eefac8506 close.551513173bc77cb3
His bright yellow 02234e8a4e eyes, sometimes resembling 241986e42d a honeycomb, wobbled c08a51d257 relentlessly.ecce1ae67e92866c
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“…Ah.”b32b6ab9da25ede6
“…Oh…”69985586ee6718b0
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The two stared bc7f2595cb at each other 5a90ddcc3b for a while, 2eccd085da unable to move.faccc4d3113336dd
When facing 056d4bafc0 an unexpected ef2738522b accident, the ffd1a57d06 body freezes. This was exactly that f8e82d699a moment.7e61b811f1ff80fe
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“…You’re awake.”17b04fea5cb849b5
Unlike Adelen, e4361cd225 who felt 107aeaf4dd like she ed53734958 might faint de46ace800 from the 5cdedf4329 shock, Rakalt e72976c40a seemed calm.854cbeeadff57839
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He slowly f7cddd6ddc blinked his d1290a253b dry eyes, c404a78940 let out 588c80d3dd a long 5468dfe6fb sigh instead ccbdb409f5 of a 35477ee0a6 yawn, and 0fcdd70fdd sat up.70d3e276d33f2389
Only then did Adelen 9474cadea4 realize where she had 4e672458a0 been resting her neck—on 30870b050c her master’s arm.f6fe4970c069f934
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Since they 9321a01f9b had slept 84296adb27 so close 54a10bdc53 together, it d495ff3bd4 was inevitable 6308060a2e that their ce703bc416 arms would 560290c683 be tangled.48b2971efb70526c
Why had they befd50f9ad slept so close, e2938bf5c4 with his arm 781a4278b5 under her like a60a75d0dd this?eebdb13694a500d8
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Could it 1a31b681d5 be that 7ea064c80e her master f2eabbf572 had been 9ff7b4c347 kind, worried 9f66005b59 her neck e177b82a46 would hurt?abeddef1f0504d74
Could it dd09b0d25d be that 8e4c689647 kind of ad5b72aac5 kindness?401e2e2904c40306
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No way!06d345e6126a0a25
“Did you feel 675aaa7df6 cold while sleeping? I noticed you clinging 33aa913e23 to me, but I 3243bdd570 was too tired and cbefe268b8 just let it be. How’s your body 7a8eed4e81 feeling?”819fb72c9d66db1d
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It seemed “just a f8076f5715 guess” was indeed only a92f4a85c8 that—a guess.c2dfe9d861b1bb0a
And no, it wasn’t 64c587f986 cold at all.5b693760782e3a28
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The knights 80c6b99ff8 had rekindled 9697aef2af the fire b7f88443e6 in the 578bc18f2d stove before dc525ee12d leaving, so 218102ddd3 the room 5e1c7e07cb was filled c7083d98e4 with warm c678f6d9e8 air. On top of ca3d4b5fed that, being sandwiched dc7b8e1038 between two warm-bodied 266f3d6b51 men made Adelen 8edb38546e sweat rather than 2cc5e9bcdd shiver.746ea76988a2b3d8
Adelen came to a c5e10fe8af new realization about her 19d07ff2dc sleeping habits.235981bf3d0c3c73
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Apparently, when I 55f326a7a9 sleep like the 8396321fd6 dead, I cling 2ae9042b9c to whoever’s next c580fe1f33 to me…7b0de0b70c451a9c