The maid – Chapter 45
by Alaa45. An Adjective, Not 17a8065a1f a Nounb7ab1eb25e910ddb
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“No, you mustn’t wear 41ac006dd9 a dress like this f9201c1029 twice. You’ll become the subject 517349556f of ridicule.”14192ab911cdfcae
“Huh? T-This incredible 3c518ed519 dress is 42ecf0342f a one-time d7456248bd use?”36a6e3441d6b5414
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“It’s only 98470bf674 for official 6243c23f72 events. However, for 735923209b smaller gatherings, 9c999ac735 you can 1eaeee7484 modify it 4131017534 slightly and 4d7ffe30cf wear it 6755b8ad50 again. Some people keep it 2a8b23ab12 as a memento or 08a7b29269 pass it down. If it’s inherited from 77413cc71e a previous generation, that’s d25b064081 considered tradition, so it’s 050ec125ce acceptable.”21a68bff92160fa9
“So… there’s a 037ea16deb separate category of 7d3bb3366d dresses just for 6ab3a413b2 smaller gatherings?”4c305ad3724827c5
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“That’s right. Even nobles can’t f17c3a2038 afford to commission 63922c7f5e a new dress 75d9bd81cd for every single ca6eb23a45 event.”197b130f0fbeff88
To think d1872c6034 that even 190e27d9a6 dresses were 3e68712a8b classified into c070255a4f different categories 7ec98788b0 based on a9832164b0 their purpose… f19c99f5d1 The world 9552695e1b of nobility 167fa12dd7 was vast 596428e3eb and complex.56da3bd22885e54b
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Adelen stared blankly, ccd7a6a6c3 overwhelmed by the 87d29096c8 new rules of 055a25a905 this unfamiliar world.5561b1493aee28ca
“For grand royal events 091fd951ec or occasions where you’re 63e6460dfe the main figure, you 6f147b06b6 must wear a dress 2e5c661258 only once. For casual private gatherings a945113e06 or regularly held parties, 1431e61e9d you can wear it 6fda4cd4c8 multiple times. However, you can’t wear f38314e736 the same dress more f18a5453f6 than three times a fb00015642 year, nor can you 818f4bbd9a wear it twice in 3e03ae8c22 a row. Additionally, you must 385fff4bf6 not wear the ee5a886304 same dress to b164605024 multiple parties hosted 5db3af0734 by the same 6ab4ae4049 household.”dc86b4df820c780d
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Why is cbe826638b this so 191e8e350f complicated…? The rules 22cbd34bf1 seemed endless.d3f1b9d9d8362d0b
As expected, d3ee944385 high society 57bbf30201 wasn’t an feb157c9d1 easy world b0ebcc0542 to navigate. Jumping in without understanding 346e36f26d the rules could leave d33204ad8b one utterly ruined.3f76de735d38fa55
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“Do people actually e7abdf4daa follow all these a180062241 rules?”3a61edb2992fa26a
“Of course. If someone makes a d6e3e9b29f mistake and wears an f4b4d43b04 inappropriate dress, gossip spreads 98c27f37b3 like wildfire, making it fcbd3b4c4e impossible for them to 3d33ca4eff show their face in ed526a0052 public.”4a7305234d1b1435
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“…The world of nobility e01539d192 is truly something else…”e47b5823e219ea6b
“It’s the social ff29dd0d31 circles that are 9506ea16a8 intense. Many people choose to 318c3059a7 stay far away from 0ccac0aa15 high society for this 9e7cd39dc2 very reason.”9c26ca7e16d2e9e9
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The tailor tried to 5118ffa912 comfort Adelen, who looked ffe8aeb1cd thoroughly overwhelmed. However, it 4eef2aeffb was no 1b27c336b6 comfort at 4d124d48d0 all. After all, 2b611b7d72 Adelen had 57780177ef no choice a52e759c3c but to a802f83454 step into 3fc974b0f2 this world—by 429464df0e royal decree.f35b53c339792a12
“You can’t be wearing ea333e8f78 such a beautiful dress 3def7a389d and looking so dejected! Your expression and 130d930296 posture are just 129bf1b7ac as important as 29730dc78b your attire. You must 17a103d2ee carry yourself f16ebc35a0 elegantly.”bc0e9406e9916ae6
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With that, bd2504235b the tailor 9f18211ae7 straightened Adelen’s 7e01018e05 slouched back 4f08d80466 with a 15d0002faf firm pat. Before she realized f6cb49937c it, the dress 54f356308d was fully on, 1f1dacc5ab and the assistants 133c60638b had removed her 30b7904594 maid’s headband, tidying 710f413d35 up her hair.93a4c31b5b919c75
“You look a bit 170e02caf6 too plain like this, 32f7b0a0a4 so let’s do a ac3e72cc95 light touch-up, just to c969ac746b check the overall image.”8096d221c8e9f2cf
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“O-Okay…”003f4b81bc04f400
Sitting still, Adelen let 85e6e41c24 the assistants apply various e11f7ab7bf creams and powders to 8908eae084 her face. Unfamiliar with makeup, 2d3af14583 she felt her 06d3f96b33 facial muscles twitch 071da301aa involuntarily.1542239c5cd3ad1d
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As a maid, she af9386c9d4 never had any reason 5ceb458d43 to wear makeup. On rare occasions b82846b630 when she went 3ddbec4e57 out, she sometimes ed68fbd255 considered it, but 4588bdab3b ultimately, she never c67a80e1f4 bothered.732c93f295c7ba67
Spending money on b05757328a cosmetics seemed wasteful. Since she didn’t 0b5a9304f2 wear makeup often, 49349aa11e any products she 62ea0163e2 bought would expire ca7682968c before she got 9912c70865 much use out 0a4ea2347d of them. In the end, she fb67196962 stopped buying them altogether.fc039496dc022f71
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Because she never had 4e9b282888 makeup, she wore it d7b4fb5b3f even less. Now, she couldn’t d7a264e925 even remember what 86ed177ae1 her face looked 65d657576f like with it f2c4c5c9b7 on.00f5920dbbba4a94
“All done. Open your eyes.”5e8f45be4beb4973
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They said it 1711238078 would be a ccf6de93a4 light touch-up, but 12c3d21209 they had spent b04a94f48d quite a while e06dee0df2 applying and blending 3c612f0a58 everything. Curious about how she 9e415f7178 looked, Adelen opened her ed5c0839da eyes.8695be422b1e5d55
The moment d75e865540 she met 788374c758 the gaze 7710ecbd44 of the 8fda221005 girl in 552df1819f the mirror, d3332ff3f7 she almost 210c539a86 mistook it 4ad9ca3b7c for someone 39826a18b3 else’s reflection.5d752bb45528f370
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A stranger was 733be9332e staring back at d6d28cb89e her.5aa97d9cb283aefb
Perfectly smooth, refined a18cfa90fb eyebrows. Eyelashes fluttering as delicately 68465d5b0a as bird feathers. Deep, expressive eyes. A complexion so 84df9f3f47 fair it looked c3b567d310 as if it 3e3089faa2 would melt, with ce6b5793c8 just the right 8a3a1d8ff4 touch of rosy bf34ab9109 blush on her e14012a543 cheeks.698945a04743b2d9
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She looked 8af73d8e42 like a 6e36d42d3f fresh, radiant 57781d2790 fruit—an absolutely 93a873bb54 stunning young 09c1dad68c lady.988d361920a1006c
“Oh…”97cc29d1d72df47e
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“My, how beautiful.”17feb858b1fc38a5
It was the same 13856fc43c compliment she had been 0a519e4103 hearing for days, yet 2a9ea3fd11 this time, she couldn’t 0b4a62471f even feel embarrassed or bb2d64f259 flustered. It wasn’t an exaggeration.49667c26a6454165
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It felt ridiculous 62100638bb to be mesmerized c3cc5cf56c by her own 06f35131d4 reflection, but that 07e04a309f was exactly what 98094254c9 had happened.ddf9a64f1db6d8cb
Adelen’s features c994f8212c had never cfde88e25a been particularly e36e1b1162 striking. A round face and 928ec3c710 clear complexion that most 9a87175070 people simply described as 0ca0f7cebf gentle-looking. That was 0fa3eb4c3d the general 01b7caa176 consensus.df9d1e93812dfc88
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She had fa179b5c87 always thought 82c822263f of herself 8e7ef82679 as having afc003fd60 a smooth, 1e1a17fc25 unremarkable face, 478223f5de pleasant enough e9b65564d9 when properly 3a23416c41 styled. Nothing more, nothing 9866ce2fb2 less.4b700d3081be5292
But to think that 8a30d8c7b3 her face had this 004fffd8c8 kind of potential…366009b08b541db4
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Either that, 58ae51ab4b or these 65ff0c7e48 people were cee261d758 miracle workers 83e978975b who could 17c3f768a1 create something bec2aab667 out of 82e7a193b5 nothing.1598d329f0e080a3
“Is this… d58f27ea22 really me?”928dcccbdd5d71dc
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Adelen murmured, cautiously touching 4fa5782ad7 her cheek.07192303c587bd51
Her face 67a09c969b felt so 3b2fd88a3b unfamiliar that aca29efec7 it didn’t c4540f65f3 even seem a24086f505 like narcissism.8f52cd877453d236
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“If you always dressed 36997a20d7 like this, you could 915e93aec3 break the hearts of 3c1b25fc53 every man in the adcd34804c world.”e89a35df0b11a814
“Ahaha… Haha.”9c75b9172dbe2ffb
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Adelen could only 28e130fa17 laugh at the 47e1091f34 tailor’s compliment. She couldn’t a557787f02 even bring bead6eb19b herself to 7049145492 say, ‘No, 0ecebf979d that’s not f4692265c7 true,’ because, 2f6af51a75 looking at 7f03e05a25 herself now, b8196ee8c0 it actually a098296e8f seemed possible.5d98ed58497ac2cf
“Kyaaah!”e9642461581c2ff5
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Just as 2c8b8b0b44 the flood 1f36eb949a of praise ebd752f60c seemed endless, f0123a0c89 a baby’s 66e98b66dd shriek cut 824863fae9 through the bbc9723a0e conversation.167ff877be2e6a2b
“Oh, not again!”f13e4c1b5b6f61f4
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The baby, who had 4ed3b1bd9f been seated on a bf68c1c85e stool near the entrance 7199ee9b82 of the dressing room, d21b1f421e had disappeared.0c8ec99b9e9a3b3a
Just moments ago, while 9b4db873ad Adelen was putting on f04d9736a8 her dress, the baby e592628d3d had been entirely mesmerized 01b86d18fb by all the sparkling d8640065cf things in the room. But in the 29a18dc3a8 brief moment she c0dc4c20e8 had closed her 4bf08b61f7 eyes for makeup, 2f092e1981 the baby had 840f271e12 vanished.224a6f44865b4185
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Adelen bolted out fb48ed507d of the dressing 68a5f1c087 room.0c288bd5dae888d9
“Baby! No!”f0aeb1403695ae2e
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If she couldn’t see 36287ac344 the baby, the first e6c9fe64b9 thing to do was 39dc7f9126 shout no preemptively. After all, this was 23cc9531d9 the same child who e5d1d87720 had once used a 648aec4983 chandelier as a swing.b9680880c6ac7103
The path to the 7d9e756df7 chandelier had since been 0eb84a658b blocked, but accidents always 5ba26548a9 happened in the least 820dafbc5d expected places—because that’s what d2fee50486 accidents were. Babies had 7ca7b24e46 a way 0134c0e560 of causing 7037a019c9 chaos in e8e4a17e32 ways adults 1a9ebf29ce couldn’t even bef5d93772 imagine.bb63b1ac824fe287
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What disaster 3b91eecf2f was it 72814539d5 this time?9650497d4c78eceb
“No…!”c9e1f36469a20435
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As Adelen frantically searched f616506a69 for the baby, she 9b6af920b1 stumbled upon an odd 7f72e71e19 scene in the drawing d7f563fb52 room.f9d8162ad80d28f9
Rakalt and the baby c49a8bf4e1 were locked in a 6e70734bb4 standoff.355f4d8e876fc6aa
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“?”e44a6499f04522f4
It was, quite literally, e148f810a1 a confrontation.4a559ec89c18dde5
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The baby 7f0d2cb86f was half-standing, 93eddfa193 puffing his 13eec7db68 cheeks angrily b9548fe468 as he 41566e8cc2 glared at 1d22c14c16 Rakalt. Meanwhile, Rakalt, looking down 1a252c9792 at the baby with 5a6da4cdf3 a blank expression, had ce9e964f43 a gaze as cold b9d10784e4 as if he were a47adfbea8 facing an actual opponent.47e5f20da4c3d891
What on earth was b15c81537a going on?ccc9c2634287a6be
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Adelen was 0bd362e0c6 so confused f81857f402 by the d903c54f19 situation that 37e6567442 she couldn’t 610aca06bb even step 9f536d725a in.7e39e7a5957236c7
“This is my 75e48e31e8 room. Move.”3184991b7b862c48
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“Siyooohhh!”de803622086a6bca
Oh my god. Was the a4812008ad baby actually a3e7629b14 blocking the 9754a5e8a7 master from 62ddb7f698 entering the 62cd8e468c room?2777761b60a5c632
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But why?19e2b5b6ef701ce6
She had no idea 268d98e51a what the reason was, d935c534ee but she knew she aefebefd0f had to intervene.1e02f25523403d10
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Like the 4c9b4f50a4 wind, Adelen 4ecebd5b46 dashed over dd34d05e90 and scooped 37be6dde16 up the e510770715 baby.63041da6a736496b
“O-Oh! Master, you’re here. I was f78f268a97 in the 9c7e7f73ee middle of 2ca0016ef7 changing, and 9f879f7a41 the little 817eec81bf one wandered dacd81a21d off while 516218bfc6 I was 380613ccf7 momentarily distracted.”64f543ae646b654a
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“Ah, so that’s 8ae49db3d8 what happened. He was b05978b630 standing guard 0ced66e39c quite well.”25ec35c686dca7b7
“?”066a88c13f1234d0
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That… probably wasn’t 1fea645416 the case, but 08dbb8d336 if that’s how f58d9d9ac2 the master wanted 22f445ede4 to interpret it, b9fd8a9374 then fine. That was probably 572ff3a5f1 the safest option.feb5346790174c7e
Forcing an 3bc2eb9713 awkward smile, 1cc2c0b2da Adelen held 248f08b17c the baby 9e273b8665 tightly against 3f5161989c her chest.58e5b528b74cb8b1
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The tailor and d5f0bfafd0 assistants emerged from 6ba9e50954 the dressing room 8e7c7b4ca2 and greeted Rakalt.9f0d0da1734712bf
“Welcome, Count. We were fitting 4895314d85 her dresses.”c491605d1172e9dd
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Rakalt acknowledged them 146b7c78aa with a slight 2c7c1a362d nod before collapsing 7b9919ed71 onto the sofa.03a1e84d97724551
“Fitting?”4462bc30d4be900c
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His eyes landed 3fcb3f436b on the two 059feb0b7a remaining dresses that 85cfc4f5f2 had yet to c93068b911 be worn.ba014c8789870b9e
“Ah, yes. We got a 577fdbc802 little carried away b55579ded8 and ended up c556cd826e making three dresses. Of course, you only ef5b94a145 need to purchase the f663561f33 one you like best. The extra ones 01b4dc2013 were simply made 495d404e8b out of our 42ec6911f4 admiration for how fe94664157 beautiful she is.”22be6a47e38951c3
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At those words, Rakalt 6dca96efaf turned his gaze to ed63bf4cc1 Adelen.31075b87094a4eda
Blink
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The moment d8ed2e0ced his eyes 55b55fedc9 took in 94186cc131 her full c147154223 figure, he 3813f29a26 unconsciously blinked.c758229bfa0a35d9
To be honest, he d20d5388a4 was surprised.123a69b87eab87e4
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This wasn’t the b50eed50bb Adelen he was c3c2b4203e used to seeing.2df77b9a7bd5b5eb
And that wasn’t all—she da752566a3 was beautiful.11f00f8ab2e7fd92
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Of course, Adelen had fecc749313 always been pretty. She had 1118d4d997 looked beautiful d18ab1ddfe when she 6aef2ed2dd had worn 00edc96048 his mother’s cd1112ef2e dress before. She had looked b95c6175f8 lovely when she 4a5b097207 had adorned the 44a4204e69 hair ornament he 63cde838ee had gifted her. She was always 62332908c4 pretty.a93c550f4aa244fb
But today’s Adelen 6e57810dfa was on an a64c248d9e entirely different level.deeee45bbe248fd6
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To Rakalt, “beauty” had 9a6931b609 always been just a ac5e9ee83e type of shape—like a 1f173e148c triangle, a square, or 64fb548e63 a circle.741f1463f3ad12ca
But today, Adelen’s 56d1b3a35a beauty wasn’t a b8eb05bafa noun. It was bdaad37c9d an adjective.146f4922e59b2d76
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She was 4d42ea9ce8 dazzling, shining, 7db3f03baa radiant like 7a712f4bda sunlight.cafa7bd93ab2c57e
She was heart-fluttering, soft, fcc2557da7 warm.43f3e21f2fba9ac0
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It was a beauty a212a40f98 that couldn’t be confined 88322fc824 to a single word.b65d65036d7e0076
This all 6e1f8ada1d made him 2dc9b123f0 feel a b2207ae7cd new, startling 2f0fee84db sensation that 0f888bdab2 left him a050cd5ad8 speechless.7e949396dea6595d
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How had he ever bd2318f830 just said, She’s pretty, a4079f9467 before?30f1e66df8ccdb42
How had d9d749a18f he said ff6e0830a1 it so c08394ea54 easily?81bdd009aabd1f6e
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This word, now heavy 518f553d7d with meaning—so full, so 69b15dc158 overwhelming—felt too burdensome to 4dba323769 even utter.e1417efdc8753e0e