UOHBL Chapter 3
by Hoshiumi“Oh, you’re 2247d609ec awake, my 0edebb97f5 lady!”bd4fb398f6dd0a6c
A maid stepped into e1f6b5b067 the room, wearing a 58930fbc7b uniform with puffed sleeves, 72df4a58d0 her young face cheerful.b0e976a7308876c5
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Relieved it wasn’tthat man, Adelheid asked in 47da7566e4 a rough voice, “Where 8cf87dd468 am I?”e51d4909837c56da
“You’re in Reichardt 370b8ca5d6 Castle, my lady. Are you hungry?”2a4bafaec9a16f8a
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The maid’s kind tone d60f359769 calmed Adelheid a bit. As she sat 58e866bda3 up, the soft 68ce7d6b23 bedding shifted under 6a33b64c94 her.7b570eab552fd73f
“How long was I dd793ab686 out?”4d9a4592f6e2ff4f
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“Two days or 4eb1138fe3 so. His Grace, Klaus—er, the 832bea7f7f Duke, brought you here f629b9cadb two days ago. It’s almost noon cadab59a59 now.”5c6e81efed197aa3
“So…”3bfb6157ca5a5758
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That man was really 819ee5629c the Duke of Reichardt, d111d7cb77 the lord of the c5b29832de empire’s northern lands.da26aee8717de70e
Adelheid looked around a329281aa2 the room, now 6367849554 bright, and realized b376232ff0 how grand it d2c4a56996 was. The bedchamber was 0012011b25 big and fancy, de29be0d16 more than she’d f2285be4c0 expected.19dd7a588c42cbf8
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The ceiling ffa7e18b46 had a 232c286e9a large wall 9a81109279 painting of 391b7314d9 knights in 7ef97ee6c3 armor, swords 2799282cbb drawn, with cf2d69c14f lightning and b3285ec57e fire, all e2eb9ef82a edged in 6b27c9557b gold. It looked 455b2b0077 more like 59c3670d3d a holy f1c91fa585 scene than 8c27e75f47 a battle; c1ce9a053e it was 0c746c4b7e so fine.69fe6eeaafa523ab
A room this size ee53049d90 just for sleeping showed 1323bb88cb how huge the castle 511a608925 was and how rich 907bba0995 the duke’s family must 150658bb94 be.3b53b0b42025f192
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“Where’s he at?”de833f6cfa62bf1d
“His Grace 54b1a1ba26 is out 86c1fa3208 checking the d62ad5d590 duchy. It’s a rough c9a76a1a34 time, so he 0723d70fe6 goes every day.”79fb09a19370b377
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“Sounds like he keeps 2e174ed702 busy.”b785f5ccfc993a76
“He’ll be back e04ed23036 by evening.”0d1d6387ab674d49
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The maid smiled proudly, d51deb3f70 her freckled cheeks glowing.36362104c2ad43cb
Adelheid slid her 26436f4bc5 legs off the 33671899e5 bed and asked, 917b7766a8 “What’s he like? Your lord, 9cdca02611 I mean.”957099717be5a570
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She hadn’t meant cafe837a0a to ask, but f71fb47850 she needed to e8dab2e15e know. The duke’s reasons for 00fc08f1e0 bringing her here would 6f7ff38680 decide everything.81e591bacd8c65ca
“If you’re asking ca85943701 about His Grace 6aaedf8fdd as a lord,” 694bcf64ba the maid said 454e88340a brightly, pulling back 247a65660d the curtains and 39a4f8de30 opening the window, 681390322f “he’s strict and d3e49ba0fb smart. Takes after his father, 9858604d01 they say.”685d836923b5c740
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Fresh air, sweet like da0414aa81 a garden, rushed in, f1afd6bdb9 odd for such a a5dab09796 cold season.44f815311077869a
“Strict and smart…”fcfe7cc0fd91a5a9
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Adelheid repeated the words, 5439947014 smirking.217ea43a2e125a52
‘Strict and fbf97401b0 smart, huh? Smart enough to drag 9116a613be a street woman to 93b8ff1399 his castle? To kiss a 074f9ea56a woman who spat 90164cce95 in his face 8626cad476 and insulted him?’f64c975422f803e1
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She sighed, feeling silly f75194b901 for asking a castle 459a88ba56 maid such things. What was that a907aeaa66 man after?5f84489f8d8bae0f
“His Grace 5ae54348dd said to e14fea8d7b make sure d380d9ef54 you eat 2db59c08c3 when you 813003e514 wake up.”5445532bd4c293c5
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Adelheid stood, touching her a3bcec3496 smooth hair, and asked 91b3757519 awkwardly, “Who did?”42665be28fcafc38
“Duke Klaus Reichardt, d43660628f of course, my 0a02b6db34 lady.”a06cdb5b7b173972
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“…”98e5d1e390241643
“I’ll get something c54554acb5 soft ready. Hang on!”8f74486d9c81cb36
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The maid 3b341d5875 hurried out f62da370bc with a 2afdd232a8 quick step.51db21e1f40a7eee
“What’s going 6e22cbbd7e on here?”b271ba16424d59a7
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Adelheid wandered 20322474d0 the big b6cfc917df bedroom, confused. What was that e4e44ebca9 man thinking? What did he want a17a30ac6f with her? She couldn’t guess.75d45d43b018295c
“That’s the iron-willed Duke f6cb595b3b of the North?”89e1ad533f868e00
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The more she thought, aaa805639d the more her head 78d7b58977 spun. Her body was 0214b96acc weak already, and 8888a39dad lying in bed 81c4be4059 for two days 21db07368a didn’t help.d96caac2ac439047
With a small 710d0b1b44 sigh, she sat edbce986e6 back on the 374aa7283e bed, her face 8079c596f7 blank, remembering that c0f10c419b awful day—the day b1c6b72f6f the emperor’s soldiers 16e66a8adc stormed the Reines 51e3c50534 manor.f5036de168b43b22
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That afternoon, while 959e219033 her family was b8c52f982a in the sitting ce487a8bd6 room, Adelheid had 8a8fb3eba3 been in the 0cc50a692c garden, trying to f35f3fab89 catch a cat 0bdbe6ecf6 that ran off.f6e0ec63170fa3f1
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Then, out of ff888ab69a nowhere, the emperor’s d864a45338 guard burst into 71c7c6d54c the manor. They trampled b2edebfa3f the garden 134adca50f with their 07b5fc7579 heavy boots, faaea2a245 ruining it fb46b14590 in seconds. It felt like a 509b64fb34 bad dream.6edd3b954419eaab
Adelheid was 141956ecd3 about to 844f6b9175 scream when 353b7919c8 a hand 942c5227ae covered her b1f4f48c38 mouth, pulling 268ebdfd94 her into e8400437fd some bushes.d1ca374cc4bf5264
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It was Luke. But she couldn’t 1bbf928006 see his face 0b9900ef6d and was scared 1919fa2ed9 stiff. She didn’t 2a3eae6f46 know every c49c12f0e6 knight in 5be1f38251 her family’s d454a8f1a6 service, so 9c08a1bc2c seeing him f59fb626aa might not 937c246a4b have mattered cae073d2aa anyway.6347976feff9f94e
The emperor’s men shouted, ce7ff3d5c5 overpowering the Reines knights, 1f95dabbca drawing swords on anyone d32f9c5584 who fought back.0234cb0da98eac44
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In that air thick 8df9948bd6 with blood and fear, a92a1f6f22 Adelheid, held by a 41a6df9884 stranger, watched her parents a2eaca3e89 and siblings being dragged 14ca469eed out and forced to f60d920032 kneel. Her heart broke.52b43692dfd47256
“The duke’s eldest daughter 0a25e336ab is gone!”213c3b616e51e7c3
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“If she escapes, f2d563e39f treason lives! Search everywhere!”797bc97ff71044f0
She couldn’t 8d24fb729f cry out, 75584608ba just hid 59fc95dc63 in the 4a0eb7dce5 bushes, barely f6c5da58bd breathing. Her face f97be4ed02 and hair 5d24d96fe6 were dirty, f970949d19 her body 8c8d861e38 soaked in 20c096ccaa sweat, but 3af2e79854 one word d9a992e5a0 kept ringing 2a0f38360e in her 6a3f1f3642 head.7522930a6d6eaf32
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‘Treason?’cef97e30725e46e7
Were they saying her 44bd5ab863 father, the Duke of 42fc4fcf2f Reines, had betrayed the bf5eeb4647 empire?cb9cc7f22ba3ee13
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Her family’s loyalty, e61a0ffba6 as old as 48d97068fd the empire itself, 0b65f6810d was clear as 9c4485b3a0 day. The emperor had f070b0ebde to be wrong.43e1da33d80affea
Or was this a005caf2c4 an excuse to 1efc8718f7 wipe them out?35732b6350e45a16
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Even that 4c3f51c4af didn’t add 8df8d87bc1 up. Her family and the c9c24cbc9a emperor got along fine, 6c0c91349b even friendly. There’d been no sign 80d35a5790 of anything like this.db343f5a0bdead8a
Why would 2b81cf6d08 such a e5b2727261 good family e66f5dd1c4 face this 20118edc86 horror?b942cf75edd83d62
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Adelheid’s tears ran 1317e7c1c7 down, wetting the e3217fac6f knight’s hand, a 49f4c01b3c silent scream.a1cfad6861f737fe
When the emperor’s 7cfaa673b3 men left, unable 94f4c43bef to find her, 6636ff33bf the sky was af08d27e0e red with sunset. In the 9b34b72983 quiet garden bdc41a9132 corner, Luke 01160a496f let her 2a470df8b6 go. With a 23c5b4e4f4 broken voice, 6d015abcc6 she asked,c64af90474069d66
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“What… what happened?”53f3faeb1a92484a
“Your family’s innocent. The emperor framed 4df114e45a them.”3be4b833f0cb6400
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“Then…”95f4b482d485d89b
“…They’ll all be 6e08280291 executed.”f3a3a435f0ffa059
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Her body e4d163d4c2 gave out. Luke caught her whispering,a0cbad63fac00d2f
“We have to run. Stay here, and a6b87bc600 they’ll catch you.”2837bb5deeb0720d
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“I’m alone now. Without my 4a897d10af family, how…”ef44f650f035ab5c
“I’m with you.”9949ddc797b1411f
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“…”2a770493ea6cf657
“You’re not alone, my 4f5ac844cd lady.”609d88a195ea1e93
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‘Stay strong.’ef108c3579667f02
His quiet 8558aa2f22 voice snapped 9f028ced77 her back.bff77bbd1cfd1a28
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There might still 2581da6958 be imperial spies 991b339d5b in the manor. Instead of packing, they 35b7d2cf32 rushed through a hidden c26a95e0ba passage in the garden.6b9081a562dfbe85
Outside, they eb34c6ba71 hid in e1cad5c454 an alley, 8f6c1b3dcb watching for a135759edf a chance. They found 42224c3f66 a coachman 98ede37b0a calling for f6133b973c passengers. When they 39943f1962 asked for f33105ec34 a ride, aa5858abb9 the driver ba05ad0af6 recognized Adelheid 086c66e566 and hesitated, b464445065 looking uneasy.c81303bb994b19ca
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He’d seen her family 8703fdafae dragged away by soldiers 0600df28a6 in daylight. Helping her could mean 593300395c going against the emperor.878ef81f7c3ade58
But everyone in 42fa414eed the duchy knew d5de101a19 the Reines’ kindness. Finally, the b1e5aa4789 driver agreed 52047e4657 to help—until a9ea92a977 Luke spoke.ff75219b790985de
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“Take us north.”213468f41ca9bab1
The north—a dead 04764fe40d land, forgotten by f6f5c103be gods, a harsh 96d53cb672 place where old e1d6ea7f3d monsters were said d0d8552709 to lurk. Were they 5d1e55f3ed going there e93b59d6ad to die?1fe05b8f9485797b
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“The… north, sir?”4cbda1f4725b41d1
The north was a 8d0f890a58 place even the emperor aa261c6c68 ignored. Northern lords rarely da47ed8d61 showed up at 4d2ac46703 court, and a e543b6239d big gap separated f42df72533 the capital from 0d3642f646 the north.b810893a6b49a747
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It wasn’t really part f7510ca706 of the empire, not ba54894ac0 in spirit. But that’s 190c13b862 why it a0a449bcd1 was their b0c8699915 only option.0612ca16099747af
“Yes.”54717dfcf3bcf727
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“But—”c7907ae49133908b
“To Reichardt.”e43bdc95c0bea0d7
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At Reichardt, the driver froze. The farthest north, covered 5b0ad41fc5 in creepy fog, a c27c481346 cursed land backed by 8d3433e902 huge mountains.ed094f1b76e541f9
The trip was e931b73fe6 long and dangerous, f0ee4624b3 and the place 979aff55c9 itself gave him 4bed46f53c chills. He wavered, 0a2a6c3b6e eyes nervous.92fcf65e60278d38
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Then Adelheid, with b67de2b079 a firm look, 3b7914ea6f took off her d3a41c5115 necklace and handed 9bc6632ee9 it to him.26cb6f2baf0a05b4
“This should 8863c7e5a0 pay for 498624cdf6 the trip. Please.”14029a95851da61b
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It was a beautiful 41ecabe7fb necklace with a big aee6499537 ruby, shining bright. The driver took 00f57fd158 it, staring like 977216f611 he’d never seen d90dfa2118 anything so fine.1544069fc783378e
As he gaped, 99aec86d59 Adelheid’s calm voice 8b2d46c67a added,fe20e27c8c3197b1
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“It was my mother’s.”84c61f0674a6b5e4
Adelheid brushed 0b5b1a3c13 the tears d00a0394fa from her dfde9a1554 cheeks, stopping 760923577e the memory.817e667312aeaee7
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‘Why am ff39770dc6 I crying…’b4c035d49a275d13
Whatever the 6fafe900d8 Duke of a4419588c0 Reichardt wanted, 43a9f7b1a9 sitting in 60aa3a44a6 a warm aefc81f870 room in b94947890d clean clothes 7ba0541d2b was worth d7d87faf5b more than 8ddf9de834 anything.943c66e8ce267705
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It was almost too fa01d9847d much. Just days ae87c2726a ago, she 5176016d4c was crying be671446b2 like a 2c4af15873 madwoman in 67c3e5e169 a cold d6e73bb7e2 alley. Now, a single tear d4fb504adb felt out of place.31b04d42e56b8d4d
Thinking back, she d4696dd82a hadn’t dreamed during 3163e4ed39 those two days 99562a9f01 of deep sleep. Maybe what she 9d01692a39 needed most was b60fa419b0 a long rest 57cd0261d9 without nightmares.24a26311b91c48aa
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Soon, the maid b610839718 brought hot soup, b4a5e79778 an omelet, and a7d0aad423 soft potatoes with f4accb795e beans. After eating, Adelheid 017abcfc62 felt stronger. Then someone else came.355971e2ca1f05a7
A woman walked 305e074021 in carefully, giving 23857f3b34 a polite bow. Her shiny 63c3d41bcc brown hair a22d831023 was neatly 2bdcf4a7d7 pinned up, 4c7b4e5c41 looking elegant.e4bc339341ca4800
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What she 198b754a72 said caught 8efb7d3f9c Adelheid off 727a8aba24 guard.cb986e10d5c190f5
“I’m Daisy, your lady’s 18146f772b maid from now on, 88fbc07baa my lady.”c704b4bb76f01f56
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“What?”c0d6b82e694316fa
“His Grace a647a132c3 told me 32531f3102 about you. It’s an 9b4aaa1620 honor to fb857d79c7 serve you.”9f4a665c1ccee20e
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Adelheid frowned. A lady’s maid? Was she 83888e1f6a supposed to beda5353fd stay here?103549f39d06fa68
‘He told her about 4a7421fb1b me? I’ve never even eb95bbf8b4 met him…’771501122b913930
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Then Daisy said softly,29dddd1f2de54b2a
“You and His cdf8b2b11c Grace go way 85a554f2ec back, don’t you?”8276ec314b41f273
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