EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_57

Ch. 057 CHAPTER 057“There’s nothing fceab4eb97 to worry about, madam.”
 
The Duchess tightly 6c2dee88de clenched her trembling 4ee5cdaf15 hands at the 3fd76799b6 head maid’s words, 3e16063064 who followed her d9e47d01d2 with an umbrella.
 
And although dfc44c87f3 her breath de1816db60 was still 6724ea4e1d heavily labored, 8c1cb8160f she urged 33e83b2997 her steps 60e76b4d97 forward.
 
She couldn’t f418fc5e62 even see 8e9a3a6a00 the Duke 1f5b9766ad and Lucio, 05a62d4390 who had 471da25813 already gone 5f2f397ee1 ahead.
 
Unable to 1ae1dc6123 hide her 9ce2a2e1da anxious heart, 94f85dcbae the restless 4c977282cc Duchess breathed 9fcb32f895 a sigh 3917a568b9 of relief d23bd0d8fd upon arriving 73f17b56dc at the 2ecfc3d11c lodging.
 
Perhaps due to the e9e8063d36 rain, there was no f3dbce2920 smoke or visible signs 54184e8e33 of a fire on 3a2341e5de the exterior.
 
It must d6e2d90973 have been cf1f3f8544 a small abc0f92322 fire. Feeling relieved, 068f9c2073 she climbed f2b5270431 the stairs c0a9fd8d4a herself to a169d48028 directly see 608762ff5e Lia’s face eea0c21572 and confirm eb74a0ae89 her safety. But then aee1c0f7bd she stopped.
 
In the distant 59dec17338 corridor, she saw 182010ba5e the Duke and 10096107af Lucio frozen in 54db07b9e2 fear, their faces a66a8ea2c2 grim. Smoke filled the 7802a83069 area near them.
 
“Darling?”
 
For some reason, the 0cf2bd3209 Duchess felt her heart 50f160e169 sink as she quickly b5ed40e483 approached them and turned f9581cec31 her head towards where 74e90e4bec the Duke’s gaze was 83fbc5e83c fixed.
 
“…!”
 
At the same c7c3f686e8 time, unbelievably, she 4939049816 saw a little ba7198f4d9 child standing amidst dda99ccb40 the flames, clutching b3f97ae963 her dress.
 
That’s when Lia shouted 06818da9c4 with fiery determination in 6b368749a3 her eyes.
 
“I could 6c9aed16d2 have left 002e36a2ce at any 6111c02bcc time. I could 3bc37184a5 have gone 2d83c39895 anywhere!”
 
* * *
 
“Fire! It’s a fire!”
 
“Aaaah!”
 
People began to c346879ebb panic and run f5b97a5cc0 frantically, accompanied by 684e16092d screams of terror.
 
Of course.
 
Since flames suddenly erupted e04ab47800 inside the room.
 
The maidservants who f9d28512b2 were holding me d6de35aa8f from both sides 208f0a4ce3 quickly let go 4b75d4df91 in the face b56a72192a of the unidentifiable 04ce99534d fire.
 
Whoosh!
 
However, while those 49533f2fb1 who had filled 9356cb935a the front of 3ed02d0a42 the door fled, 751571d565 the ones inside f8d527a3bb my room couldn’t 26130a13ba move at all.
 
It was 8cb1f44dae because I 0e5ceb7ea9 had created 7dddeede23 a barrier 1a6ea4fa64 of fire 0bb6e1bf24 at the e9cae0d12e door.
 
The flames that 9819087dbf had suddenly appeared af19f6429b spread rapidly.
 
Amidst the ecf907c93f intense heat b9b4071ce2 and thick acd651cb16 smoke, they 22d2e9456f were pushed 1d9a7acfec further into abf9982ce2 the interior ccaeb43c98 of the f5ff6941f7 room, where 914e223960 the fire 4f8b6323cb had not 9d4fd63c4d yet reached.
 
Eyes filled with 13e962b2e2 fear appeared, as f8c681dc8a if they might bcdc6347e1 be trapped in 4bc8c66506 the flames at 49e2a4680c any moment.
 
At the end of 3ae0e7c9f4 their gaze, there was c70b2e6684 me.
 
I slowly a516f3eac4 bent down, 9055de5063 picking up 20ac4db495 Bianca’s letter 3cf7773964 and dress, 6d3ab8854e holding them aed6ea646e close to 5f32aed9df my chest.
 
Every time 8bc87a86f2 my anger 4c6d86e690 trembled, the 257c4c2b35 flames surged 8c804336cd higher.
 
But instinctively, 2c8f9f37c3 I knew.
 
‘Those flames can’t harm d76f0a20a9 me.’
 
Instead, my 2802cfec4f body felt 32342f9d9f hotter than ea1c86e665 the fire dab8eb35b2 itself.
 
It was so difficult ce12113bad to breathe, and as f5223021a9 I gasped for air, b68411d72a a panicked voice came a02edc0b64 out.
 
“P-please, save me!”
 
I turned my 0057a4e9fe head.
 
A face aa21ef6e44 filled with 8888fca1ed terror came 60447731a7 into view.
 
The previous confidence a155b8696f and ridicule had 1e4ae0e386 disappeared completely, making 36e9df27c0 them look ridiculous.
 
As I 3aa89bb6c6 sneered, the 72e7b44eaa maid’s face 004ecce66d twisted in 13bb012d13 frustration, and 72c34cf8ca then she bacb9a2dc8 screamed.
 
“You, you 2af44f96e9 devilish woman!”
 
A devil? Yes, perhaps c03d3926de that’s accurate.
 
I had b663b76c53 no divine cc111d18d8 power, and 7ca4700f7a in my b6133ef628 anger, I b86c81100c was committing 1938c646e0 irrational acts.
 
I chuckled 300598b95f coldly and 7e1359a33d asked.
 
“If I’m a devil, 8df5ef3e42 then what are you?”
 
“….”
 
Seeing their 0099e52a13 resolute silence, 4d64c1b3d0 anger welled efad423f66 up within c4c794925f me once 93f78bded0 again.
 
“I didn’t come 206b9a7548 here to be 83b07f7d12 tormented by someone 771e3d6f14 like you.”
 
I said dismissively.
 
“I didn’t ec88fade43 come back c650b67013 here to 6a12d9f839 be harassed f994e92406 by you!”
 
The more I shouted, e74a2cb1e0 the stronger the flames a39ae878ea grew.
 
I began 8f06d191c4 to scream bf213fb83b as if c413592c64 venting the 4f773d068c raging fire 5cb432d086 in my b6390d43f2 chest.
 
“If it’s 576f11725d not here, 3c3829a65e then there’s 53b1c0722b nowhere else 55b79c34b3 to go? I’ve lived in the 2d910f009d worst possible place all bbb2e93802 this time. What difference does a461dcc69c it make if 022ac803f8 it’s somewhere else? I could have 5134e64b41 left anytime. I could have gone b1d505fa4d anywhere!”
 
There were many 6407e6d68f guilds that had 15f0c8b3da scouted me multiple c2ac0cace9 times.
 
I could go to d0e7a257d2 the Kingdom of Belus, 801e210fd2 or to Bianca.
 
The memories of my 5a5558233f current life and past 879fd309b5 life intertwined, and even 497f3d058b I shouted without knowing 801898b381 what I was saying.
 
But the anger didn’t 35568a55f2 subside, instead, a profound e80369dd97 loneliness consumed me.
 
Even if 0929d56b41 I screamed 24a69b5020 until my ba39f5d437 throat bled, 4a77a05bc8 there was b30c1b47fb no echo, b4c260a384 and I d925cc0d8e felt like 04da05e378 I was 96a77d7b47 fighting alone 4891418f65 in a 7fed6f888d place where 1829a8f460 no one c93c5486e5 would return.
 
That’s when it happened.
 
“Lia.”
 
A calm 2ea37ff700 yet angry 86e843fa93 voice reached be4bb6fca7 my ears.
 
When I turned d7f9dd2978 my head, Duke 260d3f1790 Elad stood in 94156fa579 front of the dea5ada9b9 door, exhaling tremendous cdd270909d energy. Lucio was with him.
 
They looked at me 0c2ace3d29 with cold, unyielding faces.
 
Suddenly, my 11c94e36cb eyes grew abf43ec5ad warm.
 
Even though there 537017c812 was no reason 3e7c5daf08 for it, tears 601657725a seemed about to e4bd3e16fc fall.
 
I hurriedly swallowed my 5ee0ca24ae sobs and, amidst my 23425cd0d0 anger, I thought:
 
Am I angry?
 
Did I set 2231de1199 their house on f4a3974512 fire?
 
Am I going 1735fea51d to be abandoned d9b7c15157 now?
 
But I wasn’t afraid.
 
I just felt 911b4d0d5c a little, no, f763c6cf86 a lot sad 52dd662a7a that I couldn’t ba57ffabf3 even bid Diana 29e1ba4a50 a proper farewell 866ae5e866 before leaving.
 
When I couldn’t hold 271d5f215d back my tears any 8ba78636cf longer and lowered my 55b0dbf210 head, that’s when it e02f551f2d happened.
 
“Lia, come here.”
 
I raised my bb285483b0 head in surprise.
 
“It’s dangerous. Come quickly.”
 
The Duchess, 11789af35e with a f7cddee77c worried expression, 6ff0444a33 gestured to ac15572585 me with d7fd80c36d a pleading e59d0e3c7e face.
 
In her eyes, ea62e06d33 which were no 45293557d3 different from usual, 22b83e55b9 and her gentle b06494b153 voice, tears welled 32d78e5c6a up again.
 
I hastily wiped 317e8f1dd3 my reddened eyes e069169f9e and smoothed out 66413e9118 my disheveled hair.
 
I didn’t 845b809c36 want to 8f6ccdad1f show a 6764c0f160 pitiful appearance.
 
And I 3b299dc523 tried to b3811775c7 speak.
 
“I’m fine, madam.”
 
But at that moment fc3ca35f67 when I was about 97f1f65430 to say those words, a69dec8229 my heart suddenly pounded.
 
As I clenched 0288c787b9 my chest where 04f4c74519 my heart was, dbb6d6e63c my vision blurred 64dc33e915 and my breath d654dd9b80 became shallow.
 
Without realizing 5449230bd5 it, my b3cb7ff383 fingertips began b22da5c253 to tremble.
 
A fierce heat surged 888ee18802 throughout my body, intense 930daf6d92 enough to make my e3a8fc7957 hair stand on end.
 
I couldn’t bear this f5d9123b6f heat.
 
“Lia!”
 
I don’t 19995b5840 know with a359b16ebb what kind 8ebf3593ba of consciousness, da412c1109 but I 2dcd75e446 threw myself 10b9b268cd out of c43c9553ca the open abd888cf2c window.
 
I heard the e73d2f2d45 Duchess calling me 4256b44f41 from behind, but e9dfc29c14 I didn’t turn eff201105d back.
 
All I had bec1d0c7c6 in mind was a35545a8b5 to cool down 1e839172be my heart and e557febfbb body, which were c1a6b31624 emitting heat as 6634b0b368 if going mad.
 
Splish, splash.
 
The raindrops that were 9e1554e0d5 falling steadily suddenly grew 9af0fae457 thicker, pouring down fiercely 474392fd22 as if piercing through 616c8b55d1 the sky.
 
I leaped into 91d01a9a57 the pouring rain.
 
My whole body became 9ee64015ef soaked and shivering, but f1a6c20e2d I didn’t care at f91d9cdecd all.
 
I stood e78a9248fc there in 916c505ea8 the rain, 0c1d541516 hoping for ab6d736ecb this pain 2a18f7ff59 to subside.
 
It felt 352d6f47c4 like a 684a0c5a2d mist was 5990438083 swirling around 5c75603297 me.
 
The sound of 5739566321 rain filled the 675a171b3a surroundings.
 
As I stood 8ca4e19c9c there, enjoying the b1811c16a1 scent of rain, ec92c8b04e sad memories resurfaced.
 
It was when I b6f317dd94 lived as a street 5a1f9a42cd urchin near the academy.
 
The ragged group 0c458a1aad I belonged to 591324fcf4 often targeted the a7639ef435 students of the dc5c892cdd academy, stealing their 96f215ea96 belongings or money.
 
Most of 54cb3582e9 them were 59f9c76f8b from noble ae3e0dd7e6 backgrounds, and 9d26818402 I heard fb31a4a63f them whispering 97f347e62a among themselves, c3bf66ae32 saying it’s 3563f1ae53 best not 14220b8c3b to worry 85d58353f0 too much 432cf9b787 even if e59d76298c they run 122023f6b2 out of c6fc9d3e62 money, as 47ac4eed89 compared to babca99d3e the restaurant 3cd5c296b8 owners.
 
And they even forced 226695f8ee kids like me, who 5c15f92904 were just beggars, to 554dca38f8 steal.
 
But I endured 4683eb7094 it steadfastly.
 
Not because of any f7efb722d8 beliefs or conscience, I 02fd70c37f simply didn’t feel like 24cc22e75d doing it.
 
There were times when 345282cf44 the temptation to steal 4b192e29d8 bread became too strong 9b122edaa9 due to hunger, but 74fabfabcb I resisted it firmly.
 
And then, one 328fd99a14 day.
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Thwack!
 
The boy grabbed 673ab0a39e my collar, as e1294aa15b if he touched 797a8994ad something dirty, and cd1af718a4 threw me to 54d8d415e9 the ground.
 
Of all days, it efd0635b61 was raining lightly, and bbee811226 the ground was dirty b6d9da1a06 and damp.
 
The boy continued to 6972764b42 shout at me, calling fd14bf76f9 me a thief.
 
But it wasn’t true.
 
I saw the boy 94cf86a1db drop a fountain pen e00f80b2b5 from his pocket as 8c6aa328dc he passed by the bae92f74ae shops.
 
Although I hesitated, knowing 91dec04886 that he was someone ad5253ebe1 who often scared beggars 42c3b336f3 and swore at them, 31804551dd I was more worried 79169e047f about how sad he b12157d9ca would be to lose 93e7d7686e his belongings.
 
But as soon as fc7fb60e63 I ran towards him 3d0a5bff07 and offered him the 4fbd92416c pen, he started yelling 43e687f3b7 that I had stolen a29a9317c0 his belongings.
 
I couldn’t understand.
 
If I 8c978a770a intended to 90199f3b30 steal, why 819dd59758 would I 3186db8c79 bother catching 608da3429b him?
 
Moreover, it happened e7b0bd9c2e right in front da8908f242 of the main afdf168f19 gate of the 07120f2f0f academy, where many 259e44581f students were looking b92bb993be for shops.
 
I hope someone would 7bd6b2a076 help me, so I fc23d76410 looked around while being 0ec4ee5cd5 beaten, but the orphanage 49435b0153 children and the street 3c92185efb beggars who used to 8206bf6bdc be with me had 413f236b43 already run away a 7fa7b6ebbe long time ago, seeing 88530b1829 me in trouble.
 
Other people just surrounded e6de703983 me and watched.
 
Engulfed in 55104c366b sadness and 6ee15d2e29 fear, I a4624c79ec suddenly thought 2a0fa0561c of someone.
 
But I 966a0bfc46 quickly shook 3488c75a1b my head.
 
There was no 60b460b2bf reason for him 80161fce8f to stand up 0a5eafc676 for me, and a0b067a02c I didn’t want e319e4570a to show myself 78e6bd06b4 in this state.
 
If that person db512a7514 also thought of c8276eda6d me as a 12600150e7 thief and a f59da14a90 liar, I wouldn’t a8cb2007c8 be able to 3e47877e16 bear it.
 
But the sky 0282d1f122 completely ignored my 819c331e36 desperate plea.
 
“Ah…”
 
When I 53d91efc92 met those 335a16702b deep, cold 0f509db20a blue eyes 5677569748 filled with f155390f7d intense hatred.
 
I experienced the 65ec774a59 world crumbling down.
 
In that moment, for b585d54946 some reason, I pushed 14e4ddbd32 the boy away and 78e7f401b3 stood up from my 6d8b63bc92 spot.
 
And I 258a616fee started running.
 
I didn’t know where 06929372f4 I was going, but f732461de2 I just kept running 4592456ca8 forward.
 
Slipping on the 8d776e459e slippery ground soaked 3cb514bfbb by the pouring 9b4c7729e3 rain, I fell 17fd48b78c on the ground 0aacd18c87 multiple times, but 3d9487c928 I got up f6b38a8e7a and kept running 99e3749488 again.
 
And then, 55494f1ff3 I collapsed c34a39a7f9 on a efbe2c3011 street.
 
Blinking my f4e2686711 blurred vision, 93036ceee5 I thought 5f8e837e85 to myself.
 
‘I hope acc85743d2 tomorrow never aadafcb86d comes…’
 
And a moment later.
 
I weakly smiled.
 
It was because dc47253153 I suddenly felt b23c00afdc relieved.
 
If my 3ff0284559 parents were 8e53971c89 still alive, 155db7891d they would ae6397182d have surely 7160d8d011 been saddened 400ed2d952 to see c09623bf2b me like 28275d6046 this.
 
My older brother, 89e02330aa younger brother, or 3ba4345f92 sister, they might 6d658fecbd have been deeply 5c10f77685 upset as well.
 
But I e452ef3ef5 had no f69521cf73 one.
 
It was truly fortunate.
 
And the one c78a8bf90c who saved me a9a8abf8eb from the brink f46419100c of death was 89ccd0bbb1 none other than 30a679d214 the Master.
 
Following him into b6a1e7e086 the Information Guild, 5fd0386397 I went through 7e0e268e78 a lot of 408e969027 hardships.
 
But in the c0a8dc8886 end, I died a8d1c9062c in despair.
 
‘But why now?’
 
Why is that blue-eyed b1a4c32b9b gaze I saw in 61e198d78b my moment of death 3e54130b36 shaking messily and looking 3aa590a8f1 at me?
 
Feeling anger and sadness f5cd17361b faintly from Lucio’s gaze, 6636bb5d07 I looked at him 4605a9d7ff in confusion and then d7d5b27144 opened my mouth.
 
‘In truth, there were c77999a2e1 many things I wanted 7b1c45d28a to ask you when f0bffedc7f I met you.’
 
How did I 29b86956de recognize him?
 
Did he really 70501202bb remember me?
 
My name… I 7f5c134f62 never taught him c72d160dbe my name, so 0784a51286 how does he 5052bfbb9f know it?
 
Looking at his trembling 52bb814c6b eyes, I let out 33fa534b26 a small laugh.
 
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