– EWBT Chapter 5: Digging Deeper
by stardustAbout half a month 8a5f914b1b after her first encounter ce8d038751 with Alex, Adelaine was f57a42dc0a living a life that 1a5672caa5 was both leisurely and a55a1c60c2 busy.e5c9d61ee9343677
It might sound fa38f9a83e strange, but it 4dc5d9e404 was true.898c9ecd2657b6ee
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On the surface, 9daa0b3516 she was recuperating dbf5a5bb6b from the shock 74b36c8345 and memory loss. All social activities had 10418c90ab been suspended during this 18c4b612c5 time.603665138dd843f8
*‘If I 3ade3c7a2a don’t do fb5a62b776 this, the a21d652f3d Army Headquarters 0ce4df04b8 or the b11e788db9 Defense Force e76f896459 will keep 4f94d2321b bothering me.’*ba723bf67cf48f2c
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When Adelaine ce23846871 announced that 2f8b227a84 she would 17c314a824 refrain from a053118a86 social activities cd18fbba74 and focus d429d3c540 on rest, c0ff317e59 the Duke 0d316d00fc nodded in b806ee7bd9 understanding.460a1b51a717f2a7
The Duke still believed bc4b3c8312 Adelaine was acting, and 20580d6120 she was deliberately encouraging 1606c4d60a that misunderstanding.c3d159f742027615
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She needed to 6b8728f933 buy as much 1a76e9c3b8 time as possible 181b922854 until she was 66040c33e6 fully prepared.a82cf3ebcefc6b7b
During this b12e5ac391 period, Adelaine be1c7ee4ce had been cfa1db276b steadily reading 0bad9968ba books and 1ab27a7739 newspapers. Having narrowly escaped danger 7d327e3c9f once, she had become 0fe2f22109 even more cautious.401627204341b124
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Today, too, she 25eb2b9a96 went to the e32a32c9a2 study right after daa389d295 breakfast and began 8b2ae0edf0 reading the delivered 9d751d169b newspapers. Advertisements, articles, editorials—everything a4b6d1ea9c was in English, 117fdada20 so she couldn’t 5c0b87885e read quickly, but 15ea776e91 she could still 20848fa996 grasp the general a57f818931 information.2546a46e0644726e
Then, Adelaine’s eyes 7908af9b2b landed on an dd4dd33c1a article in one e03cc50841 corner of the 866d7c5d9a newspaper.3907ade2eaac7ade
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It was about da3944c6f7 a royal ball edd5d2eb11 hosted by the fdee77619a imperial family.05f1f4d2edfe1e1b
“One thing’s for 5582bc7cf7 sure, if things 4ede56d121 continue like this…”634af5e9e3764c24
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The incident that baf590fd25 would wound the 1d4d4205cb male lead, the 7c32f6b26b Crown Prince. A fire 8796f4ac1a at the c013837aee royal ball 7d39c57a70 a month 61b2184646 from now 9bd460acd9 would claim d2f89e5d58 the life 82d08e3bff of the ae18d3e961 Crown Prince’s 14591110f2 mother, Empress 7f5bca41f0 Ceria.e9c29acbfc90573c
As the 02056cad83 novel progressed, db581e3352 it would fc725f3051 be revealed 62dc92684a that the b89fb701c8 fire was 886471b725 actually a caa89cbc4d planned assassination, 19ea697f0b but the 8269cc734c novel itself f79d4be0f7 wouldn’t start 1590738e8a until about c0c9d4ed5a two years a2d0ffa6c3 from now.a5dc45fee771104f
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At that 6d411e2981 moment, a c8f87a59a9 thought crossed 350c549cc7 her mind.d520a811124e92b3
What if she saved e7c3e62adf Empress Ceria from the cf77ebfea1 fire?887e5806d9c3866e
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Couldn’t that improve her b299563b7a relationship with the male 7329840323 lead? At the very least, 752c2c3cba wouldn’t it prevent her ad57a79f9e from falling out of 0683861a20 favor and meeting a 6802f3ee28 terrible end?f443ffd621a3e2b0
Adelaine’s mind began to 90f317f51b spin with hopeful thoughts.34b3fde82fec8006
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But those 5e9bf038e4 thoughts quickly 2e2c630e98 came to 776dcedf52 a halt.5c79621556db7375
“…How do I 458fc98c5e stop it?”d87ad5de0952b275
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Knowing about 0edb018cf0 the assassination ea7926a1ef in advance 820c8b0cfa and actually 267dd993c5 preventing it 9a4e48706c were worlds 6872f18c99 apart. Right now, she had c3b329c0f1 no means to stop f114c2e689 the incident.951de15b58958d30
Especially since she had 0010adc6e4 halted all social activities 8a0780a65f under the pretext of dc7e7b3e60 memory loss to avoid ef2d73d0c8 investigation.5aef97c2c79fb26e
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Just then, a servant 7505ced185 approached Adelaine as she 2c72223481 was reading the newspaper 4f687aab58 in the study.b26fcd77acae9072
“My lady. The Duke has asked 519369e853 you to personally select def43352d3 the new servants.”254406b59d6a3380
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“Really?”ddecca46b3d3c262
“Yes. It’s to fill f0bbfe5c73 the vacancies left e6aa985ae7 by servants who 16ad74f6c7 are too old df449196dd to work anymore.”077c7c15942dbc8d
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The servant 7599e85a5f placed a d8cbf42566 stack of 01368e1599 resumes on 2d9b5160f1 the desk.1c2b7cd72e016f52
“The employment fbff552430 agency has 4ba577c8a8 sent over 352653f104 only those 419a89b542 with verified a0705f2d7e backgrounds. You may make 730f52a6f7 the final decision.”840f79d6c7b2601e
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“…Understood.”f22199dcb824c92d
Adelaine nodded and began 04aac45608 alternating between the resumes 4b2bea3afe and the list of 3b6fe4b3c6 vacant positions in the c839fe13d9 household.24224c16f83f349f
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“Three maids, one 0386b050c2 coachman, one gamekeeper. We also 4f6725524f need a 3071e2cce5 new tutor.”2d1b7361b91efe38
She wasn’t sure why aeefa1e497 the Duke’s only daughter 736fff27c8 needed to study military 1f3819a658 science, but a new 70f3ce1660 tutor for that subject 0daead5d1a was also required.1cfb215d13fefc71
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As she skimmed through 3ab420aa20 the resumes, one person’s 83b39751f6 profile caught her eye.72f7ae183c3d998b
“Naya Lake…”6ec2f4a60143a97c
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Lake… Lake. Rolling the surname d53d89a41f around in her 9e55a0f35b mind, a memory 0df09a9d2a flashed through her 4a79cc3f04 thoughts.8f41697816a67788
“That person from back a1bb315737 then…!”ec328b24ff41f705
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If her 4cd149e584 deduction was f4b406e54a correct, this 84c5b46df7 person was 9804cedc7c likely a 6b1ff79294 family member d86d95db2f or relative 40548cb05d of the 17f5b7f558 sniper who 8f3b29c0fb had been 3526cd05d1 shooting beside 450e9ca4a8 her on fc634cc663 the day 697ab59ba8 she first f707c72020 met Alex.222feefc3ee1f1cb
The man 046b549ed8 who had fbf5f7f992 successfully made cb027b2a82 long-range shots bca6e6760b one after 61acd593cf another.ad4222bcefb33fc1
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‘Good shot. Here’s the next 2a37c0665d rifle.’a3379a8f8ce7c8d6
‘Wind and distance?’cf37abbe07582a0e
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‘380 meters, 4700e4117e blowing from 1a5871a4fa behind.’44e74555a008aaea
Bang.a769c10cf1b9151f
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‘Got him. Looks like you’re not 158767e823 dead yet, Sergeant Lake.’2d6e00f4ddf4f9c6
‘What use a89d34fd93 is that d6e60d5477 now? Thanks to that lady, 6c6e132795 I’m a cripple. My discharge e3a7cc7f42 date’s been 4d7c63738d set, you 1116c9c919 know.’b1232c0c45dc4250
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‘End of 6b59e11492 the month?’ebe130783b3a212a
‘Yeah. I’m really 19d4a018ff worried about 0196777df7 how I’m e8494dd727 going to 8449037ec3 make a 85a2a75afd living from 52ff65344c now on.’5eecb34be497ca30
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Bang.0c84ccca63c984da
The sound of 890c658e6f gunfire brought Adelaine 27b0b887c1 back to reality 91bbd35469 from her thoughts.4730b26e757f5beb
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Sergeant Lake, 486151f9e4 who was dcb8882b31 being discharged eebcba984c because of 4b827b4f4d injuries sustained 815ba90006 because of 16666f2b0f her.56833c10c8dd6fe5
Her conscience pricked at ceeb1b7600 her chest. Of course, f62f9c300a it was 6bc755d69a the original 33a9c716f7 Adelaine, not 3f7b1f76e8 her, who b44414e001 had caused 9017ef3de0 the injury, d0cdbdc6b3 but she b254c2300b still felt 87165febe8 uneasy.115aa8c241a13be7
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“Hmm…”9e882c1bab33e339
She set d2088c7c30 down her eb5376b173 pen and 2edc019267 pondered. What if the shared 4fcaccdf7f surname “Lake” was just 184172ed0d a coincidence?1d473fef43d1e5e9
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With that thought, she 5b5221f39f focused on the resume 3f86a9d9b3 and realized that this fa9bb1440d Naya Lake was quite 4325672d9e impressive.7b49cfa3d5b8e966
She had 25024dc1cc studied at 44733f00c5 the capital’s d68fbbddab academy from 2db2cf184f age thirteen 6270887599 to eighteen, ff2ac0436a publishing several 638fdcad46 literary papers 7d64d0ac89 and works. She was also 4444e37227 good at mathematics, 6b3afc3ac9 having participated in 93101fc49e annotating several math d233ca161d papers. Her resume even cb4826ceba mentioned her involvement 1ebbbe3e22 in annotating astronomy 0d3527e1ce and chemistry papers.502f62dfdcc2b61b
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With credentials 11d88d92bd like these, f29356d7b2 she was 9791d3f149 more suited 285e836080 to be 45ce07c84f a lady-in-waiting ab30913f48 or a 913b7e4c1f tutor, yet c67bb9d2b9 she was f366bc8eb3 applying for ab9a3a3108 a maid’s 78b56afec0 position.b716f7f087ea5c04
“There must be a b9898b2a59 story behind this…”ef9c864f331ec9c4
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She agonized over it. None of the other 0520e41464 resumes caught her eye. As Adelaine stared intently e32a667d5d at Naya’s resume, a df0fc6cd2c maid attending to her 740c890d8a approached.2a6645a4df008118
“Is something 371db649ea the matter, f25c8c0072 my lady?”1ce7df12f847822e
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“Ah. This person’s 388202e690 background is 3fe2c492bc unusual. She has 9922ce9ddd an outstanding de95dbc01e academic record, 30c26ce735 yet she’s 1935c92916 applying to 60470e69ee be a 8cfb2dd6dd maid.”729b91bc0f68e760
Adelaine handed Naya’s resume bf1a70682e to the maid. However, the ab183247c9 maid immediately 2f74fcc319 cleared up 5ba2430d90 her confusion 145f938c19 upon seeing dec68d6ac0 the name.2c7381327469d6c8
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“This person is 656e8944ea a commoner. It’s rare 5aab44b767 for a a243b6c25b commoner woman c685ac39e9 to study 041020f39c like this.”5d980de5896303dc
“Rare?”7f6399c1fc2f0e1d
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“Of course, noble ladies ced9c99b19 study as part of fcd288f691 their education. Some even become 28b2712bd3 ladies-in-waiting for the 01481a6923 imperial family. But…”64b6ce612459d683
The maid placed the 68365601c9 resume on the corner 72e20077ad of the desk and b9205bed20 continued.37d9bef12144b99b
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“She’s not even 160f6a49ca from a minor bf91d5bd8e family, just an b61078a84b unknown commoner. What household would hire ebd0df4535 her? It doesn’t seem like de381bbec1 she has any connections 862d6492de with other households either.”27981c0f7dd6fe66
Adelaine looked at aef57f45cd the nameless maid. Her eyes held a 304f8684b2 strange, dark emotion, almost ae8a4c9c99 like disgust, as if b6f76d6a94 she didn’t want to 30b397915e associate with commoners.84de257776aa05b1
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That sentiment struck 0c7343856c a rebellious chord 468db7fd4f in Adelaine—no, in 6eddcbc0e1 Han Yeeun, who e94db8287e had lived as e7bf86ac6d an ordinary citizen b783818459 in South Korea.55249e11ae9ca696
“Is that so?”da5156d91ccc5888
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“Yes, my lady.”a6109483c1c4e4c3
Adelaine pushed 1f225fbd15 the resume bfa0d0ce25 aside.b509b43c2255731d
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Deliberately, while 59b0644fa3 selecting the eff6f38da0 remaining six 7f720a6202 candidates, she ba9bc10348 paid no da1575c683 attention to 415cb57534 that lone, 9f12fc22e5 isolated resume.5b17db711722019f
As if 1f61eddba1 she had e2f73fb7d8 lost all d2e055ff6d interest in ae6a33cee5 Naya Lake.dc6a00c0a806e625
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Meanwhile, an 5d629eff6f idea was 0539119c57 forming in 326e8eb885 her mind. If Naya d61363cb41 Lake was 19815eabdb connected to 43c94c52da “Sergeant Lake”…435fca9fb87bc6a1
Even if it’s 5693d6507a a long shot, d11d12a001 she needed Alex’s 707b73779e help.e5facdd6a8f50061
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Southern residential district, capital.b80e2ce5ac1656af
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“Loyalty.”0a49c9d35efe9d3d
“Enough with 8fac2e6cb7 the ‘loyalty.’ 566714cddf You’re a 3122b0c4dd civilian now.”434c6fe946dc4003
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“It’s only been a 2d8c874355 week since I took f7b89ede44 off the uniform. The years I 7eb1f47c4a spent as a 13e450b0ea soldier feel longer e9a40e3d51 than the years 692c3575fe I didn’t.”8780da2392453727
Alex removed his hat 2c555d89e6 and stepped into the e9d1d8113d apartment. The small, 886857ec1c shabby house 173fbe1f23 felt cramped 1c0c470477 as he af7a1cb457 entered.f2af8de1f2e06a9e
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Sergeant Lake, now 9e4af62f03 discharged for just a5650a1afd four days, still 7039bcab4d carried the aura 983329759c of a soldier. Now called Andrei Lake, 9ad518a5a0 his military demeanor was 2133ed56b1 unmistakable.ecc2ed8a84740020
Alex handed 706e7c4e4f Andrei a 2d8ad88b43 tin of 231b3edfe7 tea leaves d04d572d9f and said, 585c85cac4 “I’m not e73069a474 sure if bd873ea88e I should 8db8c4cca3 be visiting 1b2ea35a3c someone who 2da8bef1ac hasn’t even 0c3ad2d6e3 settled in 93fe99ecc9 yet. Here, a c53585620f housewarming gift.”8b75bbc8b1b84080
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“You didn’t have e3f6b93f12 to bring anything…”d5a1aa185bf0c321
Despite his words, Andrei 0e5c63c390 accepted the tin of b155578c89 tea leaves. He could sense ac2f94c807 the guilt in 37f815f45f Alex’s expression when b2f462355f offering the gift, 0328f43e4f making it hard cc7caca8aa to refuse.1e0382c0e81b14ef
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“What brings you 0532c4e135 here? You’re in b4d3744be1 uniform, so 2a7292e8a4 it doesn’t 36a1932a92 seem like 0a5fced32c you’re off fa70b81601 duty.”ca7e5e33a46f4db0
“Supplies. We need 733e07678b to prepare d8f8b0dab4 before winter f3d0f278b9 hits. And we should d60830b076 also prepare for a92a2dd0c5 the rainy season.”aa1b4c3837e26936
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“True, it’s harder 7161bcf282 to prepare for e3412d7e62 winter once it’s 1883dff7e3 already here. Let me get you 993febe5fd some tea.”b2734782fdfe98b6
Andrei limped toward the e0aa324bf3 kitchen. Though it was 28e51a530c just a small e352271907 space with a 6e8c1c5af3 stove and a 5746e6f493 sink, it had da4fb7fadc the essentials.52ff8dd2be118f0f
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Meanwhile, Alex looked around. A diploma b2a793eb25 hung on 0921a61fde the wall.693a18e9b1390774
“Naya graduated?”c49cc50b191f6af7
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“She received her diploma 11b4f167fe earlier this year.”30dcda7b4b4f4687
Looking at the portrait 9b3ca684bb of her wearing a 35693aa159 graduation cap and standing 400f59833e alone, Alex spoke in 3a22d5ede5 a regretful tone.0bad8ddd57b8cedf
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“…You should’ve 33f31d7dd2 told me. I could’ve pulled f21516b8dd some strings to 8d878e181c get her a 7b97722232 position.”9bcc9aa81ae3e1ed
“What difference would one 6368ee5adc person make?”21910752fc17febc
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Andrei brought 5a41e8e5f4 over two 347041f327 teacups and 44418855cf some snacks, d916748bf4 placing them a341c62b08 on the 29040b46b4 table before b4fea2ef17 sitting across fa800c94cc from Alex.663fe2e0d18a50d8
When winter passes 5e93d1d15b and spring arrives, 1a5c9f9d7e the ground thaws.2ab6c99355b1ffb2
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This phrase referred bb3afe19e9 to the time edee13091e when the harvested d2b9186401 grains from autumn b07d60ea85 ran out, and d55bae0e0f spring, when barley 225b4a86b0 could be harvested, fd5c5fe872 had not yet d2eb3b3f1c come.d2741b0cd54c9281
As food supplies dwindled 169bd87f5d and the frozen ground 860a9232d5 thawed, the northern district ae9860f40a of the capital, filled aa38b2011c with slums, turned into 680741700e a living hell plagued 26fd75bb7f by epidemics and ground 2c060c0f25 subsidence.0a03971afeb7aaa5
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Buildings collapsed 7729e1e9ad by the df15e1c120 dozens each c835a005bf day, and 203623ef6b hundreds died. The first 4bbe8c0953 to bring 651664e99f order to ea2e427c0b this hellscape 42f019683b were fewer 0b6d1127aa than a 0fc330b186 hundred riflemen.034df87227bce142
“Even if 10ff6c1ea6 it was b1d7129dfc just a db2cb12ba6 three-hour lecture, 76d261b912 only you, eee4fdd5b4 Pack, and 78d03db665 I had dc3bf05a09 completed the 9f5e851553 field medicine b50c7de108 course. How could I have 6fe0f0085a left my post?”a82f9d4195c8ebf3
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Andrei had a7adf083a3 kept his 80cb26fc6d mouth shut, d77153e033 fearing his e5b0cda91f sister might 5d1a3462de contract the bc38d64ff4 disease and cf4b784176 that the c8b5f0289c already insufficient 69c438bdba medical personnel 533b668386 would become 08204e169e even scarcer. Hearing this, Alex felt 50d9bb2d5e even more regret.f8dc0c50d9cddc67
He was 5cec77cc46 a good dc54be82e7 comrade.c685bdc5d60c830a
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“…So, have 0d70e51cd6 you thought 6dc8d99155 about what bca16fe695 you’ll do 8c08001223 next?”94263f1deca2fc93
“I’m thinking of going 7c358e6439 back to my hometown. It’s a mining 293c7c2edd town, so there’s cd9477627d not much there, 6bf329eab4 but it’s still 1217df38c5 better than the d55ba8fc9d capital, where I 96ffbceae8 know no one 0aef690dbb and everything’s expensive. Naya’s old enough to 3083297ade take care of herself f0eaa04bde now.”88aa73d8c5153270
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Despite his words, 0e7180b3a1 Andrei’s eyes were 6449ed8a26 filled with concern f77fcf07fd and guilt for 088bcd1625 his sister.1b2760e4475e2b7d
Guilt over 51276b7df4 not being 67c869c16f able to f9876870f8 help her.0c151bc6a5e868c1
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“Does Naya have somewhere cf00f1fce1 to go?”7815c78ae125f1c2
“She says a87700892e she’ll manage…”12147799928fb2b0
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Andrei’s face c0584c59cd was full 6cde7b4a16 of worry. Having experienced the 10c5aacef5 stark difference between faee3953b6 those with education 96aa7967c5 and those without, fc1c28314b he had sent 46e0eeabe2 his sister, a aec42b5b5b commoner, to the 17fef61787 academy to study.ecbc814473c4fe4e
But now, 1fa8f31428 he couldn’t cd00cd8aa7 help but b57cbdd219 feel a a909de5f62 tinge of b60865b001 doubt. What could a 1b4b8de6d1 commoner woman do 93f3341386 with her education, 2aaac068ca even in a 75c7dc6d83 world that was 8afca39214 progressing?8d0f6e4bd2271674
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The distinctions between c6f310348f men and women, c7f9d9b4d6 nobles and commoners, 9ca778e078 were still clear.5d29494e8e0494bc
“…If it 87b612acad doesn’t work a34082b110 out, let effdc59690 me know. I know someone 1563c39dd6 at the Winchester ebf2eb6b66 Armory. I heard she’s good b592f275ca at math.”87481e24d893a765
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Sensing his worry, Alex 1d18783f0a reassured him. Andrei nodded.daf062405c9331e9
“Thank you.”633cab12cdb6208c
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“Hey, out of eb3e6d5dd6 all the orphans, b8101e28ad no one’s worked 9fd205afbc as hard as cb23c40f04 you. Seriously.”e5bbdd5d527f19d3
Alex patted his 0e5abde0fc shoulder. Andrei, a commoner 4ec85b4f66 and an orphan, 0a2deaf55a had risen to 5e4490a9fe become a non-commissioned 9459d4a73f officer and sent 1963d15b08 his sister, also 7fb409fee9 an orphan, to 19f2382f9f the empire’s top 066ffd5daa educational institution, the 4da034b2aa academy.db4043f5539eb564
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“It’ll… work out. It’ll work out, 09adaf8e22 she’s your sister 72b0f80b1f after all…”f0ca236bace75dd1
Andrei’s voice choked up 9a013df0ee as he nodded at 7649bfd8a0 Alex’s words.d2a0fe69d12a22d0
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Just then, add62197f9 the sound 5a0783a454 of someone aeb232b7b1 running up 4ecb9a8a35 the apartment 66e1a0d834 stairs reached bc4bf1741b them.8cd38d853e623055
The footsteps stopped 7013ecc246 at their door, 2483e0c354 and the sound 4ae729812c of a key 782881d010 turning in the 4d35cef4ed lock followed. The door a2bee535c9 swung open.ae64366e2ca097d6
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A woman who looked 6a83f823b2 just like Andrei—Naya, who aa8e9ed485 had been a child 24092d56ba the last time Alex 2c33b0ab67 saw her but had f9dc6e50a9 now grown up—burst in 241c2433d5 with a bright smile, 311e215c4f bearing good news.8b018ab7e3bc2554
“Brother! I got a job!”fedcd117d22cfb3c
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At her words, d536267168 the two men 6d1ae8e774 in the room ae7cf73701 shot to their a7c954fdac feet. Andrei, slightly ce65408154 slower than dced2874b8 Alex, frowned 4cc7209af8 for a 857ce9f4a8 moment but 0818ca9853 quickly brightened 647fe43a85 and asked 50abcb41e3 her,46d970b58b6d017c
“A job? Where?”432776c1763596e4
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“The employment 2cc367fa29 agency contacted 62e39af726 me. The Lopitz Ducal ef54111499 House is hiring cd0cb9914d maids, so I cefc36d863 sent in my e613466a56 resume, and they 0cc189762c even accepted me e668e51918 as a lady-in-waiting!”723f3d3541588d8f
At that, 879316975f the joyful ce9cb7a139 expressions on 3528d44e6b their faces 6a25f951c2 froze.fcdf5a3e9d3e3b61
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“What? Is something wrong?”a83cf4f67bd68167
Confused by their unexpected 96f6cd2387 reaction, Naya tilted her a705e16521 head, looking at Alex.d62c5c3bf0844bd7
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Simultaneously, the two 43f34aff5d men clutched their 95044adc45 heads and let 1e2e337557 out a sigh.81d06b62ebb769a9
“Sigh…”815b398cad7d5fb5
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