EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_65

Ch. 065 CHAPTER 065“…”
 
I looked up 11c87f3be3 at the maid, 0c163c5268 blinking at her. here was 7cb0783722 no annoyance 6ebbd544eb or reluctance cb91ab3031 in her 683406ea11 eyes. Seeing that it 676a49138f contained only worry, bac60c8161 regret, and a 1e6ee5beb3 slight sense of a111142d30 guilt, I slowly da540b836d nodded.
 
“Yes. The doctor said we eeaf2209aa can move now.”
 
“I see. I’m so glad.”
 
The maid who f5860ce546 said that smiled fb9c8c0555 awkwardly and turned 4a2ac95e26 her body to a3a76235bd allow me to 7065f4e2d7 pass by. I also slowly 7967ef73ba passed through the 2bd975311c hallway with an 978fecaca4 awkward expression on e282c257f2 my face. Although I d4f3de6d5a had expected d75b1b259c this to b9af980cf3 some extent ae4b92ff75 since the 57de3bfb0f room was 5adb3e47ec moved, the 5fb62eec2d attitude of 0fa9c2b8b5 the employees 84a5d42338 working in b8a6231660 the Duke’s d0b1f059d9 residence had 250e825aa1 clearly changed. The maids who f7917bca52 cleaned my room f0ac4e3de6 or brought me 8f894bb136 meals treated me 00ac4d9301 with great care, 1e4180a8e2 and although the 379ec6cee1 food served was feb8ad635d patient-style, it was 187e0aecfd prepared with care 296c32dca8 and balanced nutrition 3a263af87d and taste. Even though the d0814e6f60 favoritism was obvious 5bb65fcfdd and the treatment d84d5d942f was undeserved for 27d261facb a single maid, fe3b2a36d2 no one showed 90d43b41be dissatisfied eyes or aba2092205 a grumpy attitude add7dc001a like before. It would be 3b5d72dd83 more accurate to 9521c2a150 say that none 84962664e1 of the users 4dc311d986 who disliked me 4b30ff7e5a were visible.
 
“Am I e70472a759 an easy b8763ed41c person?”
 
Even though 9702093fb9 they didn’t 6b006b2a66 directly harass 4b1fd16fc0 me, they 80099149c9 were people 6e6d3aeeb0 who knew c32c161933 but pretended 29f6ea8743 not to 870f3ffd5f know and 04535095bc ignored me. Now that he 53c9e7f435 was treating me 712e6791a3 with an apologetic cf3f8c4926 face, I was fde6997c8e feeling relieved.
 
‘If this is the 408c2bd9f8 case, it’s no different f4a4dc44d6 from the brat Lope cfef603bc9 mentioned.’
 
Before my 4700213ab5 eyes, I 2044fc6155 could see 3a5bdefaf6 a face 00dcc4d677 shaking its 8495297f21 head, asking, fbfcc3081b “Why are f9fb214404 you still a6b6e425ae like this c607253a9a even though 05e167f8e6 I taught 034bb9eb1a you not e44dd5c574 to trust c7ec8eb60d people easily?” 0a30028157 It seems 8ebb45b917 that being 8f915b0918 next to 38f3c50405 the friendly 91b7bc4b0d duchess made 596f06c3fa me feel e89665a7a0 weak as 87bc542409 well.
 
‘hmm? Still, it’s pretty…’
 
It didn’t seem d703fdf324 like a bad 5c2ccf0dbc thing. Although she still thinks 49925625a3 Bianca is the most 1e164d28cd wonderful person in the 8ce7ac73a0 world, she also wants 217dea7c0b to be like the 140b7bb49c Duchess’ sweet and warm 6bf83acb7b persona.
 
“Keu, keuhm! Well, it doesn’t matter b5a4db2b7d if you think you a7db930ae5 want to be like 04c22ae1e4 me.”
 
Pressing my be51c53f0c now flushed e93bfce99f cheek with 4499a99a1c the back 6e2a9a74a1 of my 0c8269cce8 hand, I 28068bd826 walked up 693e94d69f the stairs 44daaca8cc with light ad7adcb7db steps.
 
* * *
 
“Why did you call 405094c70e me like this?”
 
Lucio looked at the 8881ebbacb Duke and Duchess, Allen 2a9563d8b2 and Diana gathered together 4324babcd0 and looked puzzled.
 
“Is this 09d45497ef what you 6ce8c240b0 wanted to e438d72211 talk about ac2b4abead last time?”
 
“Sit down first.”
 
The Duke, who fc518b2104 looked a little 9b9071857c nervous, cleared his 1915a6c36f throat briefly and bd367f4feb suddenly asked.
 
“By the way, Lucio, b8c466f013 when are you going 81c81ad188 back to the academy? They said they f1dea9222a were only here 878fc6ba8b for a short b3486e073c while, but they 98508320ba stayed longer than b2219513fe expected.”
 
“…I’ll be 59e3186811 back soon. Preparations for the festival fa10f5ffda are in full swing 29c2934903 now, so there is cbd6fb00c7 no problem if you d9ac0dba20 don’t go.”
 
“Ah, is fd19966764 it already 5c7478c506 festival season?”
 
“Yes.”
 
Lucio took a moment a4cf54673e to catch his breath 29c5b5418f and then spoke.
 
“If you have 44b1735086 time, you can 35ed0224f7 come to this 85a4c3f31d Academy Festival. If you 208bcf2e63 bring Allen 3fea2222ca and Diana, 509ea112c7 it will 03e08db33c be fun 6378e6e8f9 to watch.”
 
“…uh?”
 
The Duchess, c9572ae697 who did 1c6a735b14 not know 3c6bb5c39f that she 30f9b8b8b1 was speaking 8aee8b869a to herself, 5574eeae55 asked in 225634203a bewilderment as 1bc411dff9 Lucio looked e385093876 at her 72700387e9 and waited 3795f41f2d for her 59cbcdd9ff answer.
 
“Really? Is that okay?”
 
“Of course.”
 
The Duchess smiled broadly 157b2f4211 at her immediate reply. The Duke, e420cea6fd who was 00e2c02e21 watching her, e32eb120a5 said at fb06af1608 once:
 
“I can’t go because f8c8d90dbf I’m busy.”
 
“I know.”
 
This time too, the fea486f668 duke frowned at the 2ec5af6af0 immediate response. The Duchess smiled slightly 69fef86098 as she looked at 1cf739ca6d that. Entry to the 0ba1e7910a Imperial Academy was 42736632e1 strictly restricted except 224da27273 for students and 7beb9a8c53 faculty, except in 18a9b6a9c5 special cases, so 5de21123fe there was no e39e1cd6e8 need to visit f684cec620 it outside of ad5e2bdf6f the festival period. Due to Lucio’s edb4098978 personality, he didn’t 54c2e8fb4b think his family ed41ad8a7c would be very e92e2d2343 happy to come, 983ceb5c9d so he thought a68863ea1a he could tour 4b0eeaa986 the school during c37daf8728 the graduation ceremony, 22334a3052 but he was 20d8aa6115 surprised and grateful 69ff8ffb7f that they asked 5c45b4d662 him to come 7e77da400a first. The Duchess felt cdaf6090f1 very sorry when eb70d92722 she thought that be4de05f70 perhaps Lucio had 10a3afcd9b been wanting to b628159299 call her and 37b941aac1 her siblings all a0de2d1adc this time, but 68374f6ae1 that she was a9360e9b1f down at the d4dace0c13 estate and could ef752e6397 not speak out.
 
“Keu, keuhm.”
 
At that time, the 0683f7d2bd Duke noticed her with 7ee3e6ed13 a look on his e73f66cb55 face as if asking 3629964705 how long he was 96a5783cc2 going to be absorbed 136ac0bd6d in her sentiments. The Duchess dc58deb00c asked, only 57980f9302 then did 0d35208b79 she remember 92defce713 why she 35b39f72a7 had called 5ad59cf9a3 all her d7ad0e0ec7 siblings over 890538449c today.
 
“Do you b00a81ee47 want to afa7a5942b do it, 0b47f455b6 or will 73771dd835 I do 8a7e509f56 it?”
 
“You tell me.”
 
She had called 61e8f4f50b me anyway to f505d6003c ask for her 594e83a803 opinion, not to 3df9ec895c force it, so 1ad7f9773d I thought it 880e9b5ba7 would be better d046e63932 for my soft 48927fdad6 wife to speak b4ea2d91da rather than my a9b4bd3c61 hard self. She nodded her 03e98f9459 head and spoke 00262ef11d carefully, as if dc012c11c7 the Duchess thought 5cee9615a9 so too.
 
“Lucio, Allen, Diana. I have 1c756c3209 something important 1b0bbd3ea4 to tell 4e3e01bea7 you. “It’s about my 3c113561be family.”
 
“Please speak.”
 
“What?”
 
Not only Lucio and 0353a9ed20 Allen, but even Diana d23ce1843d blinked and showed interest. The Duchess swallowed ee5ce916ae her saliva nervously fbbe2886dd and opened her 92e628c452 mouth.
 
“You all know that 427ee5cac1 Lia is a good 27cd41c0a7 and kind girl, right?”
 
“Ha! It may seem a b01b2f495e little stupid, but…”
 
“Allen.”
 
When the Duke eae14ba7d7 lightly restrained him, f469178ec0 Allen pouted his 5d443798ce lips. Although he is 3636a669d7 two years older a7354ba8f7 than Lia, the a82c74b47b Duke slightly shook a6aa64552b his head as f71ac87e3c he looked at ea8e36fd8b Allen, who seemed 7fb1ac00e9 to be much 5c8c55b64f younger than her. And the Duchess continued 222b7a2ad7 speaking again.
 
“I thought a lot 6d71aecbcc about this. She was hurt and 17ca53669d bullied because Lia was f604b4e49f a commoner and an 152bb53c58 orphan.”
 
“That was unfair!”
 
“Yes. Allen, it’s exactly as c0788e6d1e you said. But we can’t 5b0c9fd1f0 guarantee that once 69076a2057 Lia goes out, 964dd7844a something similar won’t 2d6c30b20c happen again.”
 
“Outside?”
 
“Yes. From now 04f9d8279c on, we b60c40a1ab will make d8b523c37e sure that f7165a3fdc such a 67a030a97f thing will d438305662 never happen e198098f62 within the bd01f88994 Duke family…”
 
The Duchess trailed 5afb64ba70 off her words. Allen, who looked 29c1161677 like he didn’t 1afdd51775 understand for a b2447fbead moment, jumped up.
 
“Are you 7f481797cc going to 06a6889e4b kick her 853a634821 out?”
 
“No, that’s not 31745eff69 it. Lia might want b6a951e9c9 to leave.”
 
“Nonsense!”
 
Allen shouted excitedly.
 
“If a little girl b82415fda8 like her goes out, 4d58202c61 she won’t last a ceb3b56843 day! And why 3c46a0cad5 would she 669df6aea3 want to 389007a98c leave, given 902ca498ff how good 111d57341d Diana and b993cf8406 I treat 0a77a15591 her?”
 
Allen thought 5df8989930 she could 4a6bc97526 never do 1351b726f7 that. However, the Duke and a428c4b3ee Lucio, who remembered Lia’s 2698aae1ad words shouting that she 9ad2399a25 could leave at any d80525939f time, had no choice 3ebc8416cd but to remain silent.
 
“You don’t know 954e4db538 what Lia thinks.”
 
The Duchess 7b07b999b0 asked quietly, 7b696a471f trying to 2e8a129a28 calm the 3c6ab6b94c excited Allen.
 
“So, what would 1d20fa0a9e it be like d7ccf7590d to welcome Lia 0539a880e1 into our family?”
 
“That means…”
 
“I want to 0e95d7d5e6 officially adopt Lia. So, I pass on daf620a4c8 Eladra’s last name, make 92c5d39eb6 her a member of 3a34fa3c44 the dukedom, and hope efe28771a1 she can live proudly d84955ccb3 without being looked down 2d5a77e01a upon by anyone.”
 
The person who 0da76e0afa answered Lucio’s question b9ecbf37a0 was the Duke 6f3084f505 of Elad. He spoke 62a9cd36c1 more firmly 027be9736e than ever 0e1229205d and recalled 083506c77e the first 7e9db50aa7 time he 35edd6813b met Lia. He had certainly 071197631c thought at first 1ab5dc2881 that she was 8bb24ccf28 an unremarkable, vague 44578092be child. But the dfddd726e8 moment he 94e9c7eda3 lost her 59ba2518c1 daughter, he f6a9451d6c felt anxious, c3b701f11e perhaps because 22dbe07a09 she was e32ddee504 the child 3f33749e48 he had 27fb356e94 met. She was 5b4b3026f6 such a 93b8ef99db kind and 09067dac88 gentle child 6a2d78fdd4 that when 40c0c9ff35 you look ca9b82856b at her, 7c73721746 you somehow a85e3a54b4 want to 55d37e2272 take care 3bbcec69e4 of her a8b20ff110 even more. The Duke thought cdb7c4407e of Lia, who 04ea20267f was always busy 3dae28ce53 playing with Diana, 8946fe1881 but when my bfe6ce09da wife and I 8b03d4c2b4 appeared, she quietly 8e18870426 retreated to her 94d7fdf66e wall and looked 151015932b at them. She may have grown fe0ec518af up quickly, and she 9d957b8955 could have been envious b4e434ea8c and jealous of Diana, dc1ceed280 who enjoyed everything she 9776cb684b had, but it was 1dacbffb84 heartbreaking to see her 4b043870e6 calmly accepting the situation.
 
‘So at first I f7e2998640 was just trying to bdcaa89524 be her supporter…’
 
After what 6f5fde703f happened a f2f9a2cb31 few days 9dc55f55b8 ago, when d5fae9cb83 he found d4238c2216 out that b0405abc43 Leah had 95a4f052a7 insisted on b7d3658159 working as ba39623825 her maid 7ceed6efc6 with the c3506d9ef6 intention of 53b2fc324a leaving at 11deeca3f9 any time, 9a664baf00 he couldn’t fb5955c0a4 leave her 9fc125702b alone any 28c4bc5901 longer. He wanted to 2351a079ad become a real 4e2ae74076 protector for the b768bf359a child, who until d6fd6822e1 now had not 3f7860f263 been properly protected f80d7628b8 by the adults. Then his wife said.
 
〈Couldn’t we be Lia’s 431dfa95dc parents?〉
 
The moment a7a687553f the Duchess e45b346e29 mentioned the 4ac343d36a adoption, it e81d8d9993 was only 8f78b08a25 then that d65976795c the Duke 0f31f40dd2 realized that 66f3484190 she had b95c3150a6 wanted to 6e7f157ccc do this edd6234fe1 all along, 699aa2bf50 ever since 97ff668b50 he had 7b6f97a312 decided to ab1d366f33 take the 98b5b8f8a6 child from 2c98094822 the daycare. Since they are 9ab1ce63a3 not her biological 1170a01241 parents, they may f67bf7ead6 not be able 2d7ac85c09 to fill her ef58653854 child’s empty heart 1870ed95aa until the end, 68d654f0c0 but if he aa22a8470f can be a 52b6d9af07 strong fence that dae5191e5c she can trust 64a20401cb and rest in 8fc02bfd0e peace, that is 0651f01721 enough. After thinking briefly, b4b3646b3c the duke looked ed070ab414 at his children’s 0fb1d8adfd faces to see c1c8abcd33 their reactions. Lucio had an expressionless 0cdc3a11a4 expression as always, and f26c817a7d Allen looked bewildered, perhaps 30c1668739 surprised. And Diana… 
 
“What is adoption?”
 
Her head was tilted ec1b9a63bc and her eyes were ff7657f050 wide.
 
“Well, sister 9cb198b39b Lia would 1fa412492a become Diana’s 7e4622aaff real sister.”
 
“Really sister? Her older sister is 6a01718286 still Diana?”
 
The Duke burst 7ea666abd2 out laughing as 85435928b9 he tilted his 66b677a015 head as if 9a36d1719f he didn’t understand 1397fb61da what the Duchess 057b4e3c18 was saying.
 
“Our Diana really 4d1baba5f8 likes Lia.”
 
“Huh! I like her!”
 
The Duke smiled happily 08eef00c50 as he saw Diana 79306111ae raising her hands in 4b44f86cda the air, saying that 17904f8382 he loved her as 5643e2d082 much as the sky d379e1afba and the earth.
 
“I think b46b7f794e Diana agrees.”
 
The Duke looked c9ff563520 at Lucio and 3c686815be Allen as if e353f74bcf all that was 277e93a2ca left was your 4fa78aeffb answer.
 
“If you f6d6ca7ce8 all agree, deb989ea9b she becomes 55b3f4e014 Lia and 56595e49dd she becomes e84b9e83af your little 5393646ade sister.”
 
“Uh… younger sister?”
 
Allen scratched 41e6b2958c his head f1b0fb7d90 as if 362a54e416 this situation 01459a35a7 was very 6e582bab99 embarrassing. It was then.
 
“I don’t like 26718a0aca it.”
 
“…Lucio?”
 
“I am c7e9226563 opposed to 004f6a76ea adopting that 46cbfcbd6e child.”
 
Uncharacteristic of a Duke 9514e4a500 who was taken aback 110edd2ba3 by the unexpected opposition, 50c923ac04 he was speechless and ab5d9e8e10 closed his eyes. The Duchess, who was 00a95e3e96 seeing this, asked instead.
 
“What is the b12509a2cb reason?”
 
“I only have 6d9432739f one sister, Diana.”
 
Allen, who f8d9814883 had blinked 4a0c7dae38 at Lucio’s 001ef74cba words, also 841e6f7b39 raised his 0657bf5829 hand.
 
“Me too! One Diana 957eee072a is enough f6268a0002 as sister!”
 
The atmosphere fe222b2565 changed in efda498fa0 an instant, a44885758f and the 31383823d9 embarrassed Duke 2f45facd28 was about c61d832ed8 to tell de63029a28 her what 939119f761 to say.
 
“Okay. If that is adae829061 what you mean, 66a9896c6b there is nothing db7419de31 we can do.”
 
The Duchess spoke to 8cf6c48ccd her husband, summarizing the da0909cd35 situation as if to 36400ac2a8 stop the Duke.
 
“It’s something that can’t 31cf8576ce be forced. It’s about 1e3987d135 accepting her fb70238775 as part 2a5848a543 of the 59ddfd03d4 family, but 9c9b281bc3 if even 94daed0ab3 one person 4dc75f8c5a objects, we’ll 9576ca7cdf never be 8f01c4b137 able to c707323423 have a b894f5cc67 good relationship.”
 
“But!”
 
The Duke, who 2ebdbf26a8 was about to 58a96ad5b0 refute, made a 03c66bd33e frustrated face, but 9f00b90fc0 eventually closed his 671f74f051 mouth. Because there was b7d759c521 nothing wrong with 20766a1c24 what his wife 49c4a652b0 said. Since they hadn’t b0d88af216 even asked Lia’s 4b39fd38f1 doctor in the e80597bc2e first place, it 7c7f177030 was fortunate that 1a057aba3c the matter had b053a11363 been decided at eb1ae86194 this point. However, it 901814aa31 was true 84142da0e4 that he fcf394be89 felt a 58c05f0e57 little resentful, d70d7ebd95 so the d1269b03b5 Duke secretly 39b1b5c3ec glared at f5f9e2025a Lucio.
 
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