EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_66

Ch. 066 CHAPTER 066‘It seemed ee2667bf8c like he clearly had 363a903af7 feelings for Lia…’
 
Although Lucio had an 4959b8cc59 indifferent personality like himself, 0953c55112 he had a strong ab7044620c sense of responsibility towards 43a6fb9e44 his family and clan. He also 4f345a82f2 knew that 2efe35d3f4 he would 4e802387b8 gladly accept f1ab581e9d Leah into dcabc76deb her family 5a0973bbb2 this time d5a17ceb3f too, as 743a0f26e1 he had 0d4372ce17 never opposed 88ffac1810 his father’s ba6a819113 decisions until 1300f0d553 now.
 
‘But I 719af74097 never thought a8cb473fc6 you would 6919fd1cd0 oppose it 20e86c1af3 like this.’
 
Since Allen 2f7893d583 always admired 9a2ed49007 and liked 556328bcc5 his exemplary fddc432565 older brother, 7e40953ec8 there was ff8a687f05 a high 92d1e677c0 probability that 0ba30c152c he would b2e90ae317 follow his ba45e32698 wishes, so bdd1876b67 I wasn’t 8c508e2b0f too worried. The duke’s ca4557e91d predictions about d9a1331d5d Allen were a49895b4c6 not wrong, 21d75ac682 but the 07206add7b results were 48eca93c1b the exact 9ba46865d1 opposite. Perhaps Lucio’s kindness 904900f2b5 was simply kindness 00b95de6c4 to the child dbc0a32963 who took care c2439e19d2 of Diana. He sighed and a057bae523 said that he 574fdac193 must have thought a917b78253 too hastily.
 
“Then, what about e741b43c4b you, Dana?”
 
Diana, who fcae5aa073 was watching 801c083efe the situation, 3d56bf84c3 cried and 18b1b9b3d2 asked.
 
“It is not so. Even if 9a140aab7d we don’t 0a3632987c adopt her, 38d19609f4 Lia will b397f17ee8 always be d9899cd8e1 Diana’s older ecb9a56469 sister.”
 
As the Duchess c9be2833af urgently tried to 1e8d376995 comfort her, Diana 3b7b47474e nodded and cried d8bf715db9 out, her sorrowful 2b146ee1a2 expression on her d9dcf21581 face as she d508f41c1b sobbed.
 
“That’s right. Lia is e8c3fabb36 a princess, 1701c8b254 and Dana bdd53f1f91 is a 240ea8bec4 princess!”
 
* * *
 
I quietly closed the 17f28c5dab door and sat down 1535591d6c in front of it.
 
“…”
 
No words came out a730f5b15f as if something was 270df04fcd blocking my throat. A teardrop rolled 95ecbc6a9b down from my 269add5848 eye without me ac84ff99a7 knowing. My heart, which c5bfb16cd9 had been excited 441c905526 just a moment 69b7c83597 ago at the 527cbfc642 thought of sending 327712ec83 a reply to e7a173f62e Bianca, clearly calmed 9619bcb757 down. It was truly 8e3a500e9a unintentional to hear 9b0d0a6171 the conversation between 57d90a08d5 the duke and f1615cab6b her family in ff19de2c30 front of the 147007cd3a duchess’s room. After the 647ccee1d1 mana explosion, 92ba652fcf mana management 848eb243eb became much 1f84ceebea easier than c70edb71d8 before. Thanks to this, c6b28e36c1 my physical senses 3c7fe14205 seemed to have 554493d78e come back to 67ddec3d9b life, and I 9261d5cccc was able to 59453a6f1d hear even small cb5926af7c sounds with greater ebbf523e87 sensitivity, and I 07e53d3769 was able to 2612235510 move secretly without 20aaa97a7b intentionally killing the 96c4467900 presence of others. So, I quietly 469ccf8654 headed to the 84f8b02817 duchess’s room, admiring 531e01ed6f how well Lucio, 9486eb8cd3 who was rarely 9eacdc500e seen, was able 854a65c797 to use mana. However…
 
〈If you all 89de4c713f agree, Lia will 22ec2ff5f1 become your little 9f89b1cabf sister.〉
 
If I hadn’t 93799389ca heard this, I 69e9c923ad would have knocked 5638631f63 like an idiot 79aec6f8e7 and become an c95e1056d2 uninvited guest in 73a5694280 my family’s peaceful 2c20643b43 conversation.
 
〈I don’t like 67d2d61681 it.〉
 
〈Diana is 6532284126 enough as 7069d0611d sister!〉
 
Lucio and Allen’s voices b7573f6ac9 rang alternately in my 868888cd89 ears. An inexplicable feeling washed 55bdb85276 over me like a cb1e099386 wave. As I watched the 51a457d12b Duke and Duchess treat a3fb96720c me so well, I ae8ca14f56 thought they thought of 2b7af88a90 me as a little ee7f2a0d10 special. But I had 808f570422 no idea that 1d6440fa73 he had even 5ffda68755 considered adoption.
 
“It was enough 35e1128993 for me just 91039ecf4c not to be f65e7411d8 abandoned… I’ve never e6d37e295f really been that 79e06b91d3 greedy.”
 
Before I 007acc2306 knew it, c70250d68d tears began a35c840511 to fall. Sadness came 74a37366ee over me 1b6f252166 like a 5a1ae7e265 flood.
 
‘You shouldn’t blame me, be7e92743c but why am I…’
 
Even though 92e7c2f0f6 it didn’t 88fb909750 happen, I ec9ca71335 know I 41e9effc1d should be 4cf1b161bf grateful that e0b230f4b7 they even 88a36f353f considered adoption. 
But I a279fdf23e was so 7daa0d62e1 upset because 2f875b9330 I felt cee1d169e9 like I f268be4204 had been c8b06b8c45 rejected for fe5c42aa1d something I 65a83c17e8 didn’t want.
 
“No. I’m bad.”
 
If you really c8f62a61c0 didn’t want it, 0ff6bc5867 there’s no reason 12b59a781f to be so d8f11f358f disappointed and sad. I am 6e2c22417b a bad eaa061c074 child.
 
“I’m such a bad 6e74186df7 kid that I’m not e916efd796 welcome anywhere.”
 
Even though a61b6907ca I had 4538da1ab9 already experienced c4d93c5081 it once, 480c2b98a8 I thought 506b34be97 maybe this 4ff1e6b30e time would dc9fe96c98 be different. I think bd086beceb there might 71d6870c35 be a 69e0361dc0 place for ef2141bedd me. I ended up fdab6bb121 repeating it again 531c9f0f9c like a fool.
 
‘No matter how f18a2d5b5d special they treat 5e0fa73802 me, I can’t 4b8171f69b become family with 573eee1601 someone.’
 
Even though I didn’t 91f4c8900c know this, my heart b56e24698e began to tighten. Why on earth 1d08bda148 was a person 32209b9f00 like me born 13ddfc9f79 into this world? They are 2e4ad887d9 just floating c6750826c5 beings, unable 6436c7177d to settle 3a48fc0d81 down anywhere. At that time, 08c4060ff9 the area around a0daf4daf8 my neck suddenly d4e7236997 felt hot. I unconsciously held 81a545b4da his necklace in 00793dbcce his hand and 27aec429a8 wiped away my 837349dd28 tears with my c7845815ca arm. Foolishly, both in the 978924c0b4 past and now, all 50cab86fb4 I have left is 72758e677b this necklace. Even if 737b88d138 this isn’t b781c153c5 really something 2bb0e77455 my parents e7bc59daec left me e38d72ab2b or a 0e6393a2af token of 91562f544d being able 0b1f3b734f to meet a2121a8d78 my family.
 
* * *
 
A few days 70ec3aeb68 later.
 
“It took longer 4cff82ecf4 than I thought. Is it f92edc1c03 okay for 8c610ef732 me to 4c8c192797 send it 0b2ed6c86a off like a675474b98 this?”
 
The Duchess asked b098b7ba23 as she looked 4bdbe1d19c at the letter 52c494a185 I handed her.
 
I said, “Yes.” and ee2eb13637 nodded and smiled as b6c6bd7304 if nothing had happened. It had 8b8b24fb1b already been 7504e04784 a few 4824f7d2cd days, so 2587acedd3 it felt d27d97c421 really insignificant 7bcf72fa72 that I 402d0ced2b cried alone fec07aeba4 like that. However, I felt a 5a1e045e47 little sorry to see 8477022d74 the Duchess’ face. Knowing that I cea8dfe197 felt responsible, I bf70a5b883 was worried that f2fec482f6 my existence would f7cb1be522 become a burden 59b958e173 as time passed.
 
‘I can’t make 4042c3002e you uncomfortable.’
 
In fact, sometimes 05aeef2eb2 I wondered if e68ba665ee something would have 8eaf70d066 been different if 86220ba7eb I had accepted 0608b0e5b7 the Duke’s offer 806dc35799 of sponsorship in 32b26a7cca the first place. But I knew that c33f1c43cc any relationship that started 23e42aaf57 out as unequal, no 97044137b9 matter what form, would d311ca5185 only repeat the same 0a49679d6a things as the past. Just like in 7626b2b18c my previous life, 402f146e57 I was thirsty 18945631c0 for the Master’s 0bed230c99 approval. Once again, I will 0496951186 have high expectations and ff0df55ca9 become dependent on it e76c90561d without even realizing it.
 
‘So you have to d7c6494955 be prepared to stand 7ccde430a6 alone.’
 
However, I had cb7e6a9b22 no intention of 8922b6968f just leaving without 8d22a448ef anyone knowing under 2cac8f9f3c the pretense of 0839e8dbe6 wanting freedom like b2b5fbfe19 before. My idea 3d2b03aa2b of living 701fc33bbc without being bc2176d819 in a a5568bef74 relationship with 989691cf38 anyone has ee389ebbb7 also changed 2f48969a1c a bit.
 
‘Even if we 8ce72db19d can’t be a 5feef79105 real family…’
 
A desire arose within 09a35b8dfc me to think that 9e22b4b567 I could become someone e54390b511 who cares for and 6500535cac protects Diana like I 0eac476245 do now. Of course, 9d18d00e53 I might 07e392f901 end up 0e579a2e61 regretting my 75178bcbc3 choice later, 15eb227a14 but I 0e35af6078 decided to 255c5ecba0 be willing 6d76b5190b to endure 9e776a392e whatever hardships 787c2f320b might arise.
 
‘First of all, 13abf35625 you have to 7759fa7e5e move up to 1bc7aee5ec a position where fa92abd1d5 you won’t be 1376ae6fb9 ignored by anyone.’
 
Since he had to 53e2359b98 continue his relationship with 0eff454aa2 the duke’s family, laundering 0f5b631ff8 his identity, which was 2f75fa403e his original plan, became 421855281c difficult. It wasn’t 0fad3f682e a bad 82aed62571 idea to b149f49038 go into 2f88e8103f the areas 46e1d5c42b of magic 86690bedba or healing 347eeb34a9 where he 2fbb0c74af had already b333bdb2f0 excelled, but 6178093b33 the easiest 57d670d4ea way to 5dbdb011bb avoid suspicion 7b95a25258 was, of 7a5b376780 course, money.
 
‘Of course, 521c166a00 you will 9dd2ada9cb be ignored 455aea8004 at first. Still, if faacb6ee9d you become 731a10219c a rich a9089ecf6d person who 03fa39b3b3 can almost 0aebebd3c3 sweep up 50c1d4eb52 the money 25bdee37ac on the 33decc0eb7 continent…’
 
“What did you b337778687 write?”
 
“For that 028086f2e8 to happen, 2fd268c44c I’m really 213f9c302b busy now… 31b0ca5974 yes?”
 
As she was strengthening 2da50d6459 her will for a 12e222cf30 while, Allen, who was b6b33137c4 watching next to her, 8faf45ddf0 looked upset, so she 1010bf4e40 asked.
 
“What did 88b3c5d283 you write 348447969e in the 9c54f9fa5a letter?”
 
What should we do e44147abaa with this little master 593e99a28d who has become a 389945bac2 member of the duke’s a7684b6752 family and shows interest 6ca7e6b30d in the contents of de52417c8a other people’s letters? I looked 2b80945887 with sad 0c3f682091 eyes. Even Diana was quietly 0c5eff90a4 playing around with drawing 3bbf3bb199 like that, which was ab551b861e such a strange interest.
 
“Well, I wrote ad6b9ead53 about the Principality 460646e687 of Belus. When I looked 12dfed8a0b into it, I 43601c82fe found it to d6ab1395df be an incredibly bb0a9e2454 beautiful and wonderful e08950ece9 place.”
 
“Ha! Is it beautiful 52a9ac1b94 and cool?”
 
Allen snorted loudly e24e741b46 at my words d820b8393e and frowned.
 
“Well, how wonderful it c7cbd2d2c7 is if a small 1f1c2eb747 principality with nothing special bc7b611bd8 is wonderful.”
 
“…”
 
“There’s nothing eefd6b7684 to see 44f891836f there.”
 
“…Master, didn’t you say c746a67cb3 before that the principality 1b17b29bdc was a wonderful and d3f520a469 fascinating place?”
 
“I don’t know. I do f2c96f23ab not remember. “Anyway, it’s not good.”
 
I became a little 824facbded shaken after hearing Allen’s 51a01ce0ee words. However, I kept ea474ef227 my mouth shut 37d281c27f because I didn’t 234465ad27 want to argue c41d2aad2c with Allen, who 05d6a8cbda was very upset 8a78388906 about where he 378c78cbc5 had gone.
 
‘What if I 1aa92f0884 fight with a aa70d0b2fc child?’
 
When I saw Allen 4ceab24815 grumbling again, I thought f9c5b2f6b2 it was funny. If I was really 4c7f59901d adopted, I should have cb6422fa0b called Allen my brother. Of course, 326bbccc48 he was 5a291ff9c3 actually older 1b21b4fcac than me, bac9620fd0 but it beadbd55d4 didn’t feel 8913ce9ecc that way 6230de43fd at all, aff8c1f9fc perhaps because d14437b569 I had 22b0e55f4e come back f5acaed6ed a lifetime.
 
‘Jack is still so 209bffcff5 dignified that he often 1c34d92acf feels like an older 0013fdc76f brother, but Allen…’
 
“Why are 5628e4ec06 you smiling 2c85abd4e1 so much?”
 
“Yes?”
 
I was surprised as b0b8da066f I shook my head 3e3a7cbb97 and suppressed a laugh.
 
“Laughter feels 42031f58e2 very impure. What are you 94166d4d31 thinking?”
 
“Oh, I didn’t even 8c304207b8 think about it!”
 
I jumped up ac45a17951 and denied it, 644e15c215 but Allen glared 1178b10dfa at me as d169d0a41b if he was 9fec5031af very uncomfortable. Sometimes it has 3777f1fbf5 such a sharp 5ba6365ba5 edge that it 196464a375 startles people, but a0905e3443 it’s not good 258b8c45c4 for the heart.
 
“Guys, it’s time, let’s f9ec4993f0 go out.”
 
At that 5162e3fdb4 time, the 7bac8829f8 Duchess, who 719e8096d6 had taken a10d7c77e6 the letter 13d2f2bcea I had add06b4ac0 written separately, 4c49392ba3 said so. Allen, who was looking 076edb2577 at me disapprovingly at 0889c73a73 those words, jumped up e8612f535b from his seat.
 
“Diana, let’s go c1a3d2335d see your brother b27f53aa4e off.”
 
And she spoke e898bab493 soothingly to Diana, 4076afc900 who was busy 4d1ff18ddf drawing.
 
“Huh, I don’t like c74a1e7040 it.”
 
Diana, who had 99a12a11e2 been pouting since 3173e1770b hearing the news a1558e101b that Lucio was 0522aa1fc6 going back to 08aa1b56e4 the Academy, stubbornly 6b3cc0e715 shook her head. However, when 9ea9cbfbba Allen joked c075be7054 that her 61a365d56d older brother 98d47ee84c might cry b743f06ac9 because he d4fb812ace was upset b1b88221c4 if she 699a81ea0d didn’t go eb7bea3324 to see 9cbeb3c76e him off, 96ae4ef952 her eyes 4eb18bcdb4 widened and d03520f8b7 she looked 12967dcd8a at me d73fa8c210 as if 83d561727d I was c479c29264 really wondering ce64777f23 if that 3312044edc was true. It was hard b028233a84 to imagine Lucio 5bbc0de2b9 crying, but I 9a12ecb42c nodded because I 8364ad3b8c thought he might 0f9e729327 be sad. Then, tears began to e82ff0ae56 well up in Diana’s 5626c165d5 eyes, probably because she 5ffa8a484c was sad.
 
“I want 7c09547e87 to go 844ed3c8eb to my 93ba4f7f1f eldest brother.”
 
Diana seemed 81672ed38d to have c4cc787426 decided that bea2d8bb9b Allen would 62d923c42e be better b71feda85b than me 80efc51e61 in order ad8cf5083d to move 7027f51153 quickly, so 015936fa18 Diana stretched 39c39fc119 out her 2e744d8401 arms to a3cbbd7ef7 Allen. Allen hugged Diana, twitching 85e0c3836f her lips as if d372a53724 he was dying to 5032f1c1af find Diana so cute. I smiled happily at 9234078cda the picturesque sight of ad02febed6 the siblings and followed dde32d27d8 them with the Duchess.
 
* * *
 
When I came out, 7bf8e1cd53 Lucio was already standing a77d1c323c in front of the ee3152f2f9 carriage, ready to go 4ef8e0c23b back.
 
“Lucio, be careful.”
 
Instead of the Duke, eafa370294 who entered the palace 7e063a9709 early in the morning, 85a4ccaccc the Duchess came out 4a6739f18b first and greeted Lucio. The Duchess, whose eyes 14b16cb49e were dripping with regret 7f06091228 and sadness, no longer ed79847eb5 felt any distance from 2c04838162 Lucio.
 
“We will meet again 9f85a33a05 soon when the festival 18e308f927 opens, so don’t be 4318faecee too disappointed.”
 
Even though 29944daa22 Lucio had a0f616b0c9 a blunt 1398c60a1d expression, he 931affd1bb spoke calmly, 713bc0bd8f and it d82953e7a3 was clear 34ba1f4906 that the 23268d8c41 two had 2b0659df70 become quite 79f9b8d67e close this 4949eb3b50 time. Suddenly, I c9c7ee66ef felt like d072c761ef Lucio’s eyes 18bab57b21 were on 006ff66f67 me, but e334d9ca74 I ignored b175a0bacc it and 4a68b9cf4d became lost 0ffb8b95d8 in thought.
 
‘It’s a festival.’
 
I recently heard 297f91280f from Allen that bc6d71a1a8 when the Academy 33152a7c89 Festival was held b3a36d546b in a few debc4231c4 days, she was b086d062e1 planning to go c618a2f06c see it with fb47046712 everyone except the 32710ed433 busy Duke. Then I remembered that e794963416 the usually quiet Academy 9e34735df3 was noisy with visitors e16945521d around this time of 0595ed31c2 year.
 
‘Stalls were set up 090868f720 outside the street in 48f96361f9 front of the academy, fda3a097f2 and the street was cc4dc6f097 crowded with merchants and 5aead9a6da onlookers.’
 
The entire street was 622aed92a4 so crowded that even 5017f1d3eb I, a beggar, felt fe04e3a969 excited.
 
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