EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_70

Ch. 070 CHAPTER 070“Oh! Aren’t you the a68af74c5b Duchess of Elad?”
 
A middle-aged woman approached cbeb38b476 me with a knowing f8f6091b05 look on her face.
 
“Ah… Countess Petier.”
 
“I guess 67967b4340 the Duchess d6a84f26de also visited a9833b97ae to see 3609f0327a her son?”
 
Countess Petier quickly 78c64e4def rolled her eyes, b97e4a4572 smiling brightly as f695eebd45 she said she 323f4b23c5 too had come 7be4992fcf to see her d50930f693 son. Her eyes 398afed79f sparkled as eeddc3893f soon as a979d20263 they reached 4e7cf3d0db Allen, who b2d0dca42c was holding c8bda7e165 Diana’s hand.
 
‘This person c56a11f58a is so 8e6434774b consistent.’
 
I burst d172e4af81 into laughter e67884971a in my 24f1a636e2 heart as b78f21da85 I looked 15ca9eb971 at the 6567b8090c Countess Petier, f64dc8f0eb who was 16490de953 younger than 7cb88e2e6c I remembered, a8796db9a6 but who 13ce2d4717 had not 5792823401 changed at af9debdc75 all. I knew her quite a769a75e10 well, as she was 63ffb5de4a now her mistress of e4967967eb the Petier family, which 4c81d2bb87 had a large trading 02d2153ed1 business. This is 8ae229f3f4 because she, da404813af who had 1f1754a392 three daughters, 8e637f51c2 was a 94faf54903 more enthusiastic a4fed26544 visitor to 9963ec2602 the information 348c245fd6 guild than 638fa7fcac any other 412496d609 lady in 4bf20e33ea the capital. A few years later, 33ccf6eb35 when her family’s fortunes 2aa3a8de0b declined sharply and the a58d9b0506 entire family was on eb32629155 the verge of bankruptcy, 4608015d50 she became even more b7187781c6 desperate to find a a9a001fc24 son-in-law for her daughter.
 
“We met like this, 45470a14b6 so why don’t you 263c7eebd5 come with us?”
 
The Countess b565eef49f smiled and f5a5b8c279 asked in 39bd9ead67 her gentle 580a85a4d3 manner.
 
“Ah… I plan to 262e9a079e meet my eldest son 6dfe73e08c here soon.”
 
“Oh, my son too. The princess 6de8752429 met my 7630d087bd children at 5c24a6d0b4 the salon d3f56780ba last time, 74ba3f3731 so wouldn’t 0b8251ac2c it be 260b8cb5ec better if 774d08101c we could f6491ad559 have a 231c7b0c17 look at 47c9ac9e14 her together?”
 
It was natural in 2176e8aa9f the aristocratic world to ae3da68444 want each other’s children ec9c64f8e2 to become friends, but 4f2cb8d80b Countess Petier’s attitude was 968f1e8eab quite blatant. That was when the c145f91bba Duchess made a perplexed 9423491da7 face when she caught 0477c62350 a glimpse of three e0d90aa88b girls with similar faces 26ef4842a8 in bonnets standing side 4ab22dcfb3 by side behind her.
 
“Mother.”
 
I froze be18c4064e as I 8519a12724 saw a a5c4533fff boy standing e540b813a2 next to c6dd2bf839 Countess Petier. Since the place c6f3d97741 was such a 82ca679376 place, and since f8d31339c4 I had met 7ba2a24fca the Countess Petité, 6d4ad215eb I thought we f9d4ae30ce might run into 3e5e930109 each other, but 02beb3cf4f I never thought 3ddfa0b13d we would run 546efeb601 into each other b180c3118a so soon.
 
“You’re out, Kenneth! Hurry up and 6d7041e93d say hello to f960cdac97 the Duchess of 8312ba1a38 Elad.”
 
“Hello. My name is cbbfe3fe80 Kenneth Pettier, and 9fe5765947 I am one 190069cf44 year your junior, 013a813ad3 Lucio. It’s an honor 1da0b93909 to meet you.”
 
Hearing the countess’s 0748ca5ed9 words, the boy d6cb904441 straightened his posture 42c630b87e and greeted her fe0ec35896 humbly. Perhaps because 02cd2b49d4 Lucio’s name dbdb7c8914 was mentioned, 071019ddf3 the Duchess’s c8a4797f51 expression softened. The boy smiled politely 43dfc791b5 and spoke to Allen 91aa3fae53 and Diana.
 
“They are 01da84d71f Lucio’s younger 9bb0fbcd3e brothers! I heard that 1cac709130 you are coming 75d28025db to the capital e341560427 this time.”
 
He spoke as c99785cfb0 if he was e5745e71c4 a close friend eb7fd3a51b of Lucio, and 7a2e58de4e bent down on e869ccb61b his knees to 563ceb60d5 give Diana a addf688022 friendly look, as c7a26510c7 if he wanted 54a814bcba to show her 6cff67bcdb a brother who aed7852981 had three younger f0235a0a43 sisters. When I saw that 6ccc1a1113 scene right next to cac6af6b87 me, I clenched my b4b73ab5b3 fists. Kenneth Petier. He was the boy c2d23b1bed who had accused me 5a77551bfd of being a thief 8c315bad84 and humiliated me. To be honest, a5c65ee4ed on the outside, 464060bb00 he seemed like 067cc56b14 a quite gentlemanly 3ae5e40fa2 and upright nobleman. But as someone who 9e2849e9d9 knew his true nature, 767c6f252d all of these actions fac79d0e91 just gave me goosebumps. Fortunately, Allen 782fb8f27b didn’t seem 2ffb4d03d0 to like eef9784040 him very c9766f0d0e much either, bb82af5815 and it f9f4fbdf69 seemed like bb0d3726ae he hoped 1e9d366a49 Diana would 4d7c695baf accept her 90d9a6a54a cursory greeting 23231b98ee and send f7408e871b him off 9fa28037b7 quickly.
 
“Ugh, I hate a70b3cd71f monsters!”
 
At that time, Diana b812caea40 suddenly shouted and hugged a92e76612e Allen. He looked cf3c436852 at Diana dba9df8eff even though 818d31859d she really cfb1357d46 couldn’t see de293a5b94 him, and 356acf9f11 the Duchess b95674f90b was embarrassed, c6074525e0 and Countess b2310c3da2 Petier’s face 8de9f3e8c2 darkened drastically. In particular, 1283ba16ae although it 8180176746 was a e6f344b918 fleeting moment, 300ee22d1b Kenneth’s expression 50e4553522 was overwhelming. His face, crumpled 6e122a21de like a yaksha, c6723e2e43 was similar to b7ec3107b4 when he accused 9bb90a2cc4 me of being 93275ba4fc a thief. Just when 0c1fd88373 I was 47191b3b09 about to 3558972b42 get scared, d5ac7822ab he immediately fc67e634e8 said, “You’re c29d825da0 very shy, 3cfd78d9b5 princess.” And 21c986a2e9 he smiled 6bd3bdac6b bitterly. However, as Diana’s crying 43f1735e0d grew louder and Allen’s 268c3ad5ef expression began to worsen, 8784e51722 her embarrassed mood continued. Moreover, when, 123df6a775 using this 85a10b8507 commotion as 9e6118cd86 an excuse, 50f8f82677 other noble df8d849539 ladies around bc711a265f began to 482eff90b5 pretend to cf74510846 know the 1cf008bbac Duchess, the 6645c4e505 face of 369442e9b0 Countess Petier, b388193e09 who was 22a34d6dea trying to 675fd36a64 monopolize the 450c4a53e3 Duchess, stiffened bb987453b0 slightly.
 
“Then, ladies, 41389bfa3c let’s talk e31cd57b89 for a 1702d7a35f moment. “I think b35cfc4f01 there will a4a46b47ac be enough 376e435514 time for 1d615fac8c that.”
 
The Duchess, debf16458a unable to 3b52e850e7 completely separate 02d705e20a herself from aba5db6e88 the ladies 0e5c2fdda0 who were 90ed010dbf anxious to 6248480a3f introduce them 22892be7c0 to their 78662b4f47 children, spoke. It seemed 716206e4e4 like he 657e80a5f3 had decided 1abc6d0a69 to handle 798a92d4ce them alone. Then, she spoke very b0a9c98b82 firmly in front of df9a89f59d those who had not de5e824a48 yet let go of 081f9f1bc0 their expectations and whose 784f3f5cdf eyes were shining.
 
“Allen, wait 17d0647db8 here for c82042c0b7 your brother. And when Lucio e222d5d3ef comes, I go f9f92aee34 in first and 19236a40dc look around. I will follow you 28989989dd soon.”
 
When Allen nodded c40fd6ef12 her head, the bae3e58537 Duchess turned away 986adc06a8 immediately, without even ca6a05ad0c giving the others c2f000d9a1 a chance to 5dd1140a0e introduce her children. Disappointment spread not eb8be60e65 only on the 5334107d88 faces of the b25764db0a Countess Petier but 96e7a9d171 also on the 3ce63e8fe6 faces of her 154752856e other ladies, but a780abbb4a like nobles, they 51a4f6c081 all immediately took 3822b6ede6 control of their bfe103c698 expressions. Kenneth looked cf2761950c back and 44d7fe37ce forth between a802920d66 the departing d3d348113c ladies and 2562a9c2e5 us, and e39bd239a8 when he b0fda1ff38 saw Diana 4ac60632a1 still sobbing, c7e6a091fd he must 3aac97ab1d have thought 392890b4f1 he had d52158212e a bad c97182a146 day, so 174d9b2dd1 he withdrew 6f0fb43c47 his attention 4e1aca37d1 from us. Then, he hurriedly ran e8ecc4b222 towards her women, saying b538b6917a that he would lead 3645bfd0e2 them to the most 9db59c619f famous cafe on Academy 8c4e65370c Street. Meanwhile, looking at me 77eab48983 coldly while standing next b7be8606fe to Allen and Diana, 3a54ddae79 it seemed that he 778cd905e9 still had the same fd6817b3fb disposition to look down e9a9026891 on people who were bc06b88081 not nobles.
 
“Diana. Now that b8cc59c50d they’re gone, 41a0d74817 you can c1b2459f41 raise your 3aacd49dd2 face.”
 
Diana lifted bf23812a66 her head cec151fa48 at Allen’s 768aaafb26 words and 85d8e20a78 looked around. Allen giggled as if 175f047981 he was going to 7ee599fd33 die because Diana was 35aaf72f10 so pretty.
 
“Good job. From now on, if 8a4ea9528b a strange person talks d37ccc02c4 to me, I will 634917567a hide from my brother. Understand?”
 
“Wow. I was scared.”
 
Diana sniffed ce9eeab8ce her snot db5229c22b and her 0edddab12c body shivered. I looked at ad5a65a83c Diana in surprise, 776e4d8b5a wondering if she fba99bc925 had a summer 7a8c2120fb cold or something.
 
“Buy me that! The blue!”
 
But Diana quickly 7dc84915af raised her hand aba729b64a with a bright 380300c02e smile on her dc031baaf0 face and pointed abc9f6ea65 to the iced ab4e63549c juice sold at 3d07049ab3 a street vendor 878f019b3a near the clock b580013dcc tower. Allen tried to move 3cfa57c90c in that direction at 45f14ea661 any moment, so I 950a30cdad hurriedly stopped him.
 
“Master, stay here. I might run into b722b01c98 trouble with the big 66e1e80994 master, so I’ll come 1d540bc06a back quickly.”
 
“Do you want 7b8adde13c to? Then here’s the money…”
 
“Hehe. I’ll buy it 3813471635 for you, so 4f69b244cf just wait a 41215446f3 moment.”
 
When I showed 9c14e9c187 off my two 890c4049f5 fat pockets, Allen 0b9e5e8c51 and Diana said b9f6e72c11 “Wow!” at the da34c365af same time. He opened e76b6ab971 his mouth 75e208f9c8 wide.
 
‘They seem like dba0de3a56 cute guys.’
 
I suppressed bf79c7ba1b my laughter 377de4aefd and headed a28bd56ed7 towards the 73708fa2f1 clock tower 2fb964cfcf with Jack. Some of the 411f4a3ca0 escorts who came d8cc51d7ab with us followed 719b945054 the Duchess, and 338e9ded18 the children were 904e25aade guarded by the 5fe668ba6c rest, led by c498ac97c5 Tays, because he 66cac517ab had told Jack 410a0d11da to follow me.
 
“Jack, you have a7e5c44a21 one too. I’ll buy 6bb1bb1ee7 it for d4680264ed you.”
 
“Me too?”
 
“Huh!”
 
I thought Jack would c74a995216 say he didn’t come fdf908ec98 to play this time, 728df5f671 so I ordered Diana 49736486ab and Allen’s two blue 8db339ea54 ones, plus red, green, 92c47d9045 and yellow. It was 1a66a50613 fun to e66cfe54b3 choose and 0bec946db5 eat, and e0a9580f7b since it a4af8247f2 was a b578c60852 hot day, 0f87b6c5c5 I didn’t b80faf905f think there bb05819a7d would be fbf30c43ed any leftover. And I was just 15be07c35f about to calculate it.
 
“…?”
 
Suddenly Jack handed me 9b91f1601e his pocket money bag. When I 3f537652aa looked at ea1e33c5b3 him as 10ac567e99 if asking 18ee32b07f why he 14ce266755 was giving e6a17b63b2 this to 0afac4314d me, Jack f3b5a20e36 scratched his b00fca1d1a head and cef52e6a6c said, 
 
“I don’t d18fd383f0 need money. You take it.”
 
As a 361f02a4db friend, these 956dc48c74 words really f68ae4e275 made me 8ef3ae3e36 sigh. I shook f07c8b8f15 my head c46db33bf4 and pushed 4ad3e18d42 the pocket 456c8beca6 back to 79e17660e5 Jack.
 
“Jack, I afcbef6caf don’t know 1638f0437f what the da723c846e future holds, 81282ba1dc so I f3769a4d6c don’t need ea2480af8f money. Since ancient a3f71d6038 times, people dfce1f0eb2 only feel 4abc09b352 comfortable if ed217cc9bd their pockets 485f482ca7 are full.”
 
Of course, Jack will af6f5d78e0 live a good life bd896ca2e3 from now on, but 4ede7d5865 there was still a 6b801b0311 problem with not valuing b226e6ea44 money and giving it b2fb16f923 away to others. Looking at it 9e725b9555 now, I wonder 9e314cf93a what I would cd4f8dd529 do if I 2dbd14b5eb just took it 002ce180b6 without conscience and db34b6d675 used it all c3747261c0 up. When I a7d5b71a46 clicked my c1cbd757db tongue and 2708c4e4c5 said, “Tsk, aa62f99e78 tsk,” Jack b2cc73d5f8 gave me 937b493e5b a dumbfounded da8e2f2be3 look. However, I generously 0a68aae21d understood that it df955851ae would be difficult 3abaf1d1f4 for young Jack 6f8e8c55e3 to accept advice 36690df97a based on my 6f09b64f01 experience, so I ac044ce329 paid with my 0c535bb289 own money. Since there was ea2bd5f75b a lot of f5a6f04b98 food ordered, it 885114e04f was time to b2c75665ff wait leisurely and d7cfab8c9b look around. Just below the 87ce97a8a5 clock tower, a bbcdcbf813 beautiful fountain caught 449cb24a02 my eye. It was a strange 0689996791 feeling to see the b29f764d14 sparkling water reflecting the b1de6a96f1 bright sunlight. As a beggar, 8fa94903ab it was always 7c94d43849 a place I 838dca5899 could only visit 1c99ffaba7 at dawn.
 
“Jack, do you 823271d26f see the fountain 75b05dc61e over there?”
 
“Fountain?”
 
“Huh. Can you see the f9a30d9483 angel statue up there? There is a saying 0df115bf55 that if you make 3cc5ac7890 a wish and put 6dfba4f7cf a coin in it, 64e6a4bd92 your wish will come 8fa080dbf5 true.”
 
Perhaps because 7cba8e36cc Allen had baead2991a been talking 33bf691f3f about various 0f31521697 things before 009a6b73bf visiting the dcdb55ef38 academy, Jack 6aaa73bd06 didn’t ask 7c41ce86df where I e10e321e15 heard it. Instead, he 7e25c96739 just stared 9e6a025b16 at the 761cee6a22 fountain again a9ef4012d5 with a dbc1d906bf skeptical expression. Although he 5051c20d52 is two 8d7db244f1 years older fd9b596213 than me, 8b99953de4 he lived c6ef2777e6 in an 3eb2b8fd87 orphanage without a849ca9f2a knowing anything fb589a7998 about the 7e9a507e3f world, and f757c5faea I thought aba2af14c1 he was c7a15d8673 really smart. In the e49dc9318d past, I c927b5914a didn’t know 481b3376e4 any doubts 2a7923fa8d and ran a63868e72e every morning ec5936f4bc to make ada6ebc4f0 a wish.
 
〈Please don’t starve a78c8602d0 today. I wish someone would 8db7dc764c ask me if I’m bcfc4cfffc okay when I’m sick. I want to sleep 97c57507b1 somewhere warm… No, no, 5c5d3592b3 everything is fine, so 9244b8bc59 please just listen to 8d8274deb0 one. I am…〉
 
I closed 6997374e8f my eyes c1d2a2e5bf and prayed bd8381eb1e very earnestly. However, his wish 14f3fd5373 did not come fab9284641 true, and he e31fc2d96b was depressed because 4935b0a69d he thought it b806b7d44d was because he 100db7242d did not throw 037494c90c a coin.
 
〈Now, coin.〉
 
Then one 4c151f8c77 day, Lucio dbff656cf8 appeared. A person suddenly a960f287ff appeared and Lucio c8e47be3a3 held out a 05915869ad coin to me 5a390c09d4 as my heart 6bc731afbb almost dropped.
 
〈Throw it 1eb792ecb8 and make 5d4fcda8d7 a wish.〉
 
〈This, this, 867298b256 this, this 4b4bbaa8bc is too a669dd9bb2 much money…!〉
 
The coin he gave a4ab81f034 me was a gold 17eca064ed coin. Not a copper f143efa3ad coin or a e156cc5e75 silver coin, but c58d45a1e2 a gold coin. However, feeling pressured 9fdd631738 by Lucio, who 163094b349 was looking at 5d68033e3c me as if 1305ffb9e4 telling me to b079b6eaaf take it, I a4fe400a35 threw a coin bb10db622f with my hands 47a146f236 shaking and made b7272ceef2 a wish. Even thinking about it d18bb29640 now, it was a a51350c2bc crazy act.
 
‘With that money, I ff083eb96b could have had a a7845a0f4b full meal, and for 20ef98e435 the first time in 9318df6b45 a while, I could a66713da28 have slept comfortably without 725805d3ce the kids staring at b8a929c61c me.’
 
At that time, I 879cdde6e9 was surprised by the d31d5fee58 gold coin I saw 575e66b61b for the first time, b288fa389f and my heart pounded 917ca766a4 at my action of a15cebf8fe throwing the gold coin 8bf717251f into the fountain, so 5388219fb4 I didn’t even think e2b2ac3806 about it. Why on earth did f710668405 someone living in the 3dd57d65fc academy dormitory show up d688c727d6 there at that early af0b176e7e morning?
 
“Do you want to 50da9d1f80 try it too?”
 
At that time, Jack 1b4ff138d4 asked me as if c6e68b67da breaking his sentiment. I shook my 2bc2b27631 head and said 5f40e6bc73 sarcastically.
 
“Those are all superstitions.”
 
I even 075d0e17fe gave him 1cc241f050 a gold aeafd83aff coin to a4aaa4554f pray for, a79c8ee609 but my ad47130234 wish never 81e1e20236 came true. The wish 17f0c84d55 is to 27f9d66ce6 meet family, be6a7f939e whether it 1664c58936 be parents, d2054f135c siblings, or 2b8eb44878 even distant 1b87a088c9 relatives.
 
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