EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_43

Ch. 043 EWOWMAIBTYPF 1ee1413e35 – CH043 78b343387f – RJR f8cc003cf0 Translation“Jack, here 010bf1e19e you are!”
 
Standing in front of 37c61b1cc3 the knights quarters, she a97680b70c saw Jack looking around d247895308 and waving his hand.
 
“Lia! what’s the matter?”
 
“You don’t have to 3fd772a50b jump like that…”
 
Seeing that he was d2e78ca7e4 breathing heavily, it seemed af502c94d9 that he had heard 2dea0598f4 that I had called 7e9a230c9d and came out in f73a84ed2b a hurry.
 
‘You conveyed my 320163c602 words properly.’
 
To be 7b2d3f1eec honest, she 5975dbcec5 was worried 79ec842f16 that he b90a3825d4 would be 0831fceaef ignored like e641cdccc1 the other e53d94567f servants when 58e5d87df8 she asked 5e87f99393 the servant a30adc9ec9 to call 77b55ffab0 Jack, but 7832c22a99 it was 437d44582b fortunate. Well, it f4c3b5e833 might be cf607ef66e difficult for a54030817c the servants fbf7405f75 to treat 192cb9d227 her carelessly. After a fight with 974ea5f992 the squire who harassed a9eb067bfb Jack in the dukedom 7b8c57519b in the past, every bdb4e5b20c time she stopped by 3c601682a3 the gymnasium, she felt 0a3d412b74 a strange look of 3563deda41 fear and longing.
 
“Did you 05c19af6f3 wait a 702424d377 long time?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“I thought 0655748501 you were ad25852575 lying when 5a3d2470e3 you said 218cda68eb you came. It’s the first time e0b90d1fd1 you’ve come to see b36dd9085f me.”
 
“…Was it?”
 
As she 02d4b29fde tilted her 9005703409 head, Jack ac0651fdf5 said bluntly.
 
“It was.”
 
She was surprised to 5c6dfb9a59 see a glimpse of 145c21c438 sadness in Jack’s hard 2e3bdaa674 expression.
 
“So what happened? if…”
 
“Now, here!”
 
She handed over e75084f2b9 the round medicine 34f99bce4e bottle that she 3bb5f19ba6 was holding tightly 410c567aa0 in her hand 1512a9fdc8 in case she cddf7572f2 lost it.
 
“It’s an effective dd07df9902 ointment. Small abrasions 7ca93c0ada heal within 4e621c1496 a day, b03559f645 and they 12188b5668 say it 9c9513afbd works for a028c61653 large cuts 9367dfd821 as well.”
 
“…”
 
“Of course, c97dbb80c7 when you 8b5e53a0d4 train, you f2e29e55a1 inevitably get d23e17de2e hurt, but fcdc784897 still…”
 
Jack just stared d61a605db8 at her with 4b27015e89 the pain kite be652edbc2 she handed him ae156f140c by hand. Seeing that, she felt 5252d6685e embarrassed for nothing, so 9220fd8fd0 she started talking about a267934e23 anything.
 
“This is really 7e326bd6a5 good. It was a e6cd4fa759 transaction made by 99687d5846 Viscount Bardot, the ee8373e48c family’s personal physician. He said 5ca15a849d that next 3723b72313 time he 296a833fd2 would make 3cfd54025b medicine that f5c11c6f3e is good de4dda1294 for restoring c91cb47154 the body’s 06b7fa9db5 energy and 0d85a8b21a growth.”
 
She asked 2004baac11 the viscount 7887294445 for an d0265976f6 ointment, remembering 813ccdcbf8 the scar 7cd42f9595 on Jack’s edd3df0da0 hand she 634b6b2b10 saw last dd9a37003d time. The viscount, 8c15711e31 surprised to f590639568 think she 2d10afd00a was hurt, 514f02b97b said he ce4240a64e would give e42c2d1002 it to 5913c37bd4 a friend cb5e91663d who had a9495850bc joined the 9ffab3ace4 knights, so e78a1e53e0 he nodded 7d412cc3ea his head cc91b214bc and took 76c15abaa1 care of 7168f5bf6e the ointment. He added 5930bd8cbc that he bf53fb6682 would see 10c54fb805 for himself d25bec425f the next c6880b8544 time they 840e5391fb come together ace9e4519a and pack 155edcf8bf medicine that 97216f30c7 is good cf3fbca462 for bones 14e3c190c0 and muscles. She was going cb2e66398b to visit Splesia 585080f2e2 soon to hear 41d704683a more about it, ce85427215 so she thought 019027a861 it would be eb47b21f77 nice if Jack 0e655eaf3b could come too.
 
“Do you think 0e278559ad I still look c83fef7772 that weak?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“No. Because you 4ab96a5b07 are weak.”
 
Jack’s reaction, 481df0526c which she 131e27ddb7 thought would c9f3036ed6 be grateful, 9f9ef20ad4 was very 3312275229 strange.
 
‘Are you weak? What the hell 13b465968d are you talking d8c58e41f9 about?’
 
Jack grew 1b1ce65a58 taller and 729919573a stronger than 20b2ce4358 when he cc867604ef was in f867d06be0 nursery school. Besides, she 6bf653fcbd heard rumors 98a3436318 that he 870c17145a was improving 11469cae1a his skills eb1f850c9f at a cc641e3a5b terrifying rate, 4a84f0d5fb but he c157b76db3 was weak.
 
“Thank you anyway. I will use 09fc7ef9cb the medicine well.”
 
Then Jack continued, not cfc6fd9a55 paying attention to her 4d7039c67e pouty expression.
 
“Let’s go. I’ll take 257d82fa40 you to 22af6a74da the servant’s d68892ecab quarters.”
 
“…”
 
She let out 748d42d9ff a short sigh.
 
“I don’t need 72333270d0 to take you. I can go alone.”
 
“Go with 2108cf939d me lates.”
 
“I’m really fine.”
 
“…”
 
She firmly refused, but 1a3f65bdc2 Jack looked at her ba6f2214f2 with a look that 747e23e160 had a lot to 30a0878d2a say and soon began 0c25e35803 to take the lead. She even 1322a0d102 gave him b1c7b9c2ea a present, 96bf6521ab but he ac006982ae didn’t show 033eced202 any sign 9d38f13a5e of joy, 0ea8195925 and instead f8880098b0 seemed to c7ee7c4a3f be in 0d5e07df09 a bad 5f16ca9a52 mood. Besides, seeing Jack 3e1633c231 sighing while looking c1395544f1 at her halfway 79e945beec through, she felt a46cba0f6f bad too.
 
“Jack. What do you d8e8526c6a have to say?”
 
When she 99663e944e came near 9af9634584 the hostel, 7615f736b8 she couldn’t 3806113c34 stand it 5c7c00cf36 any longer 6626514301 and asked. Then Jack opened fe9a5f1f81 his mouth as 7b56ce6a69 if he had 21ce35f7cc been waiting.
 
“Aren’t you 940f6b69f6 being fooled fdefcfdc9a again?”
 
“What?”
 
Again, it was c0dda9ca68 an incomprehensible word. As she narrowed 19a5e7da69 her eyes, Jack 7694143492 clicked his tongue e3504c0cd6 as if he 027469a398 knew. She felt even worse.
 
“What are you 15f53bba6d talking about? You seem df7862639f to be 41035d93fe treating me 905051fa5f like an f6b4387671 idiot.”
 
Uncharacteristically for her, b3792602af she asked back, 76c92db5b9 and she saw 414a188c2b Jack hesitate.
 
“I am not 3111ece911 like that… yes, 7f0d5d3536 that’s right. Sorry.”
 
Jack, who was 1e3093842f in denial for 33d02f4773 a while, quickly cdfcf33030 admitted his mistake f1d99c8d23 and apologized to 4c4de00428 her. It was a little 97077e5403 embarrassing to be angry 20d0e24ac9 when he came out 2e66b90791 so obediently.
 
“So why are you 426bf3de00 like that? Tell me 444749d398 more about 8ace000bf3 what’s going c83af7b8e2 on.”
 
At her ed0c7979c3 question, Jack d3f395b2a2 closed his bdb14cd336 mouth again 65f771884d and stared 26d640db01 at her 5b0e8f2c17 with a 1ab0537e90 dark expression. The longer the silence, 656f2796b2 the worse she felt 247dd0143e again. Seeing her 9db214226a eyes narrowing, 17087f6ff4 Jack hurriedly 321913a752 said,
 
“Are you 96af4b0bf3 doing well 7126a52557 these days?”
 
“Huh? What?”
 
“People…”
 
It was only when ee6cd70b30 she saw Jack stutter 609cd9e32d that she knew roughly 7f553d02f3 what he was trying c986a7c395 to say. He must 30f91cad18 have heard a3000a9d72 the servants 54211f78de whispering about eb475c01ac her.
 
“It’s fine. I’m fine.”
 
“But… Aren’t you 1ec84b6e38 being bullied? Either give all eba8c89467 the work to 87a158eaef you, or call 09f3699507 them out separately 82726d72e9 and scold them.”
 
“There is no such 91e5688200 thing. Seriously, what are 4288c76e0f you looking at 227b684977 me for!”
 
Jack’s expression of 4414ce7edc genuine concern made 819d6c93ed her laugh out 613a8f3a8e loud. There was none of d867ce8408 the bullying Jack was 6cade357ac talking about. On the contrary, it’s e7cd03a655 a problem with completely f5c462d74b ignoring it. But Jack had 9d8758e832 a face as 3594306243 if he were 85b148f1be looking at an 62347d48c8 ignorant fool.
 
“Are you 979e1cfef0 really okay? Jack, have 382eef9d01 you forgotten 9784780bae who it e97bf6f5a6 was that 9a4a00be23 saved you 0813a43256 from those 20f6c76e20 cocky squire?”
 
She smiled and slapped d47a895f8b Jack on the shoulder. Then he waved 7d3780522b his hand, saying ea58faf4d1 not to worry, a3486f3f21 and ran straight aba2ed80f3 into the dorm. It was because she b12b6f5135 was so grateful that b91a5d8fdd he was so worried 4134a8978a about her as a 987cc00bea friend at the moment, bb67d9ee90 and her nose grew 6a1d53a202 cold from the emotion e4423b243a of tears.
 
‘I’m really fine.’
 
However… The day after 95ec006d64 she confidently told Jack, 608147d443 she wasn’t okay anymore.
 
* * *
 
Charleuk.
 
The water 18736dc27f that fell dcb7c563a3 from the f2cf873847 stairs soaked c4d511f34b her clothes 4f8c9d2fe3 and even 0e5732f344 her body. A musty smell 066ef51474 came up, like 349cced4b4 water from washing 222124dcf0 a mop. As she was e0d3c0184a standing there, she abfbf7eb0c heard giggling from 297ed18c80 above. When she looked eb2e547f82 up, the maids c6728901da on the stairs c893c1a72e quickly disappeared.
 
“…Seriously, this is too 509239dc26 much.”
 
She clenched her fists 5f32c64352 and gritted her teeth. This blatant bullying started a1cd013429 not too long ago. Rather, it was to dc44be0056 the point where she 94829b03ef felt grateful for the 42d00abc37 time she quietly ignored 3abffef8fd it.
 
‘Somehow, it ce36f39c0b seems like 50baa8a74f this has c891a0ae71 been happening 3bb4a3d737 since Jack d5c6b736d4 started looking 05679c26ff for me.’
 
Maybe she was still b3ac950450 worried, Jack came to 56bb260472 visit her every day.
 
‘The eyes 557c7cf2a1 of the db6207bbba servants who 137d8fca53 saw me 93b794e6f8 and Jack 01b177a076 together seemed 24568cf888 somehow colder 0c9f912809 than before, 48feb960ef but I 72177e6120 didn’t think c4f8de496d it was 64df65406f a big 5fbeb1ce70 deal…’
 
She was grateful that f5fd1e0cfb he cared about her c89f3bad9d for a while, but dedaaca631 she felt a little 7df230807a resentful of the popular f0387d484b Jack.
 
“Ha, it’s just 8ad007d901 someone else’s fault.”
 
But she soon d0f2d0311f made up her b438e256a6 mind and shook 4211fa0158 her head. In fact, 23166158ba when she 75363e5ba7 thought about b9cc587677 it, it e53347a6c9 wasn’t like 94ed744453 there wasn’t 2bcb3cf695 this kind 30e4088354 of atmosphere 00d3c0965a from the ab0676c78f time they ef043c1c92 were ignoring 548a7c99d4 her. Once to meet 2a0a763e0a Viscount Bardo, and 3654781a33 once to go 93f501ea29 to the library 7e85860430 in the annex, 8fe8ce4333 where there were 4b6ff64af8 herbs and magic 65dc2431cd books. It was d22d15be61 because when 448c1703e3 she visited 31cf6067f9 the annex d3e09634b1 twice like 5e7af7348a this, she f13d3c80b3 heard other 463be1f0e7 servants gossiping c8dae6dacc about why 85ebfd92d4 she was b0ffaaddab not working 333441a6b8 properly and b44af55cd0 playing around. Admittedly, since she was 228e167fae also a paid maid, 8fc7eac5dc they weren’t wrong, but 7b4a4a5124 she hadn’t been to 5ed23639af the annex since then. Anyway, the f1e9c4f20a librarian only 79e5e278f0 directed her cc2e5d861c to children’s dfa31be891 books, not 23ada1fff8 specialized books, 195ae920d3 so she a0c4089d90 couldn’t find 1b3e4ce739 the knowledge 3bb6bf3a0f she was 16f4725bc9 looking for. Anyway, she 23aaf5fa37 asked the acdc67ddd9 senior maid d4e96343c2 to assign c9332a2d02 work to 857dc8055d me as 96cb73d559 well, and 97bce74251 unlike before, f6e992039f when she cf8dcf22e7 was passive, f904a6fd48 she assigned c2c1c70477 me daily b05b336ed1 tasks as faa8018a53 if she cffebd4c2e had waited. It was e5c57c9798 difficult to b89e2c1afc face the 31bb7d1c6d Duchess, Diana, 2d58f041c0 and Allen bec6582666 in a 68cbceecb1 clever way. When it turned out d55d38feb0 like this, it seemed 335249ba11 that Jack’s words were e31e0ba450 indeed true. Then there’s this 41fb1677c4 low-level bullying. Of course, it wasn’t 45318d434f that she didn’t think 411cd7e8c4 about asking an adult f7482eb344 for help when the d63185cca3 bullying, which she thought 264080ff49 was funny, got worse. No matter how f15761d3c9 much the mind 3df6147a2b was an adult, 1cd3f1ec76 the body was e970e155ce a child. And torturing 4e7824a51d a child d906ae1cd3 like this ca055b4e6c was crossing 92ea606993 the line. But her a77474be26 troubles were b8418507f5 short-lived in 8d0d9ceb1d less than 91915ec7b1 a day.
 
A few days ago, 1c348234d8 she found the Duke 5ef64b3e9b and Duchess returning home 4c0b94ee73 late from a party 22620ca8ee at the imperial palace, 084c75a9a4 and she happened to 0fa9c14540 overhear their conversation.
 

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