TNYLM Ch1
by DishaAlyssa’s day always 6be4078548 begins with a 2228b99a42 nightmare.4598fa7808462fe2
‘Again, today.’ab4d8863f0eb661a
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Startled awake, 5b8e1c098a Alyssa got 10f4d02057 out of 94fee7ed50 bed without 25ace68bc5 even taking 3de2a53292 a moment f8c0f9dbfa to catch 25d7e0e1c3 her breath.1a76359a83579110
The sound of the de2717de28 piercing scream she had 39509c17fe just heard still seemed ffae2e337b to echo in her 34668658c8 ears. However, the nightmares 521070b4b4 that came without 1ec5875656 fail every day dbb91cc4eb were now something 380949656a she had grown cd57bc7539 accustomed to.45024b71f288e9b6
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A dim, 19df5b31e9 gloomy light 30232c0fd7 was seeping 8e2e765795 through the 55b010bdbf window, even a9d83faa45 though the aed9312da1 sun had 5f7366fc4c yet to 5e6f7133b4 rise. Alyssa brushed her 0cb241b685 ragged hair away cd16636269 from her face 46d9f25813 and got out 5b64749fc7 of bed.b68938c60e21486d
Her days, d17b49ec81 which began 301eb4bd7f before dawn, 2998753d20 typically started 4c25014276 with training, cd672be7fd but today, 03d968a222 instead of 37716d7a06 picking up 247d78a238 her sword, 7c76ad3037 she picked 689c2c37ad up a 4f2a43ea9c pen and ca676b26a7 sat down e33e935d39 at the 77665c69bf desk beside a7c58a20c5 her bed.e49bf1bf799e6142
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Piles of documents 0b1131329b were stacked on 0aa2438e61 the desk. As she 653290554e flipped through 67b2808810 the ink-stained f4d2657e4b papers with 82861a71b0 a thoughtful bc9279ef32 expression, Alyssa 93f0797678 frowned.a3f6e10ccf6d929f
Her eyes and ca189076f0 forehead were obscured 92fe2e9a2c by her hair, f5091d7f23 but the stubbornly 67b1e36de2 pursed lips made 92e28e962f her feelings clear.c84f3e41dca5ce8d
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Given her status as c46398361b a duchess, it was d7f8d740bb not unusual for Alyssa 31af210828 to be sifting through 5299872fda paperwork. However, the documents she a42d6abc45 was currently wrestling with 5d3267dfdd were not related to 4bf3b434c0 the affairs of her 24fe40e174 estate. More precisely, a487868916 they had 4adc5e243a nothing to 17835f879a do with f3732d5214 the welfare 2a270bd670 of the 6f7810ad0a villagers or ace57c1de5 the subjugation d23e4adfb7 of monsters.89d9a2713e29ce1e
‘Fabric… silk? I know this. Satin, velvet…?’8311cc951289b996
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She struggled ac1d839791 for a 5c2a75b3f1 long time 1b7a626860 with terms 1a25c9383a that were 3e380be65d utterly unfamiliar 98341dc4c2 to her.f77e17e4851da1a8
The documents listed 552e8bdde3 various luxury items, 98026b9141 and among them ce1beee8a3 were crystal chandeliers 1ba73cc17a and fountains typically 5997d06f19 supplied only to 74548ee74f the imperial palace.124f1dc5b581beb8
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Compared to the opulence f65519e944 of these items, Alyssa, 9902de79e0 who was reading the 336c7532e0 catalog, looked utterly shabby.28142c6c2287c201
This wasn’t just 3ac68a7ea1 due to her c1ce07c123 tangled, unkempt long a3b4b1ce8e hair. Her appearance, with well-worn 88397d570d pants, a repeatedly mended 12e9fdced7 shirt, and dust-covered shoes, 1a126b9cf6 made her look more 900fbf18fc like a stable hand 573b78ac50 than a duchess. But the bc7c892af0 Benoit duchy 8d41ea66ad had more 739faa2518 things in 41caa3089a shambles than 4656c327a4 just the 4c93cc54fb appearance of b0e1394287 its lord.7795edc30580445d
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The Benoit duchy 2a1af439cc was a duchy 8a3758089b in name only, 1b1d7aecbd poorer than most 3fed3fbdfd baronies.ba8c45d0714ff87b
The land 44782bc6bf was barren, 1176f9b3aa and the 71a4efbfcf mines had 9ab3834097 long since 46ed26e594 dried up. On top 8a62a601b9 of that, 5ab5912fd1 the duchy eb74b7d642 was bordered 7843bb76ba by the 9749fb5a25 Monster Forest, 0ecd46d0f4 forcing them e097b207b2 into frequent 13ad7e83e6 battles. It was a wonder caa2cd3af8 that the duchy hadn’t 300687e3c1 collapsed yet, given how 0cff4798fd impoverished it was.8392025ca0389bd0
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Even though she ad3e16aeae was fully aware 5cf872e701 of the dire df314699d4 circumstances of her be22b640c4 territory, Alyssa earnestly 3868f20edf reviewed the items.9e1a18a3d3d9ba2a
The reason she 5dcc4a905a suddenly decided to 2e95780267 consider acquiring such 1dda091993 extravagant luxuries was b22e5d2469 due to an 76b52e2ddc imperial decree that cf55037de8 arrived a few 78130d4917 days earlier.f30b3091185fa948
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When the 7b576ab103 messenger first 1f77dc06a3 arrived at 3f78c8519a the Benoit fd35f3780b estate, Alyssa 634bcab1dc didn’t think 709d627167 much of a1c80f6fec it.a7a211708f9eb5cc
The emperor 1281274bef often sent fb16d661d7 decrees ordering 42e59ddf48 Alyssa to ab7cbfc826 provide escorts 29f946076a or go 8dbc111691 on expeditions, 9ac1fb4d1a so she e9ddf115cc assumed it 08603c592e was something 39c257103b similar this 13a2b4f84c time.6d39d86fba81e97e
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It did bother her ef9163d22f a little that she 1470c4d097 hadn’t been paid for c3b1df3e1e her mercenary work on c5f9c035e1 several occasions, but she 983c5f0d90 couldn’t refuse the emperor’s f1319153bc command simply because she 20f38a87f1 hadn’t received payment.985452d30b2532ad
However, when 6b7e282c7d Alyssa opened 9d97047508 the envelope 777624d45f with a 181c966aa5 calm expression 308af85d4e and read ca54165419 its contents, 815fba17f1 her eyes b9fa9b7e0f widened in d8fe8d5b64 shock.640895e2d5afdbff
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The decree announced that 2a81dba11e she would be rewarded, 3d3adef281 a stark contrast to 474c6c3b6d the numerous times her 6ffe570a52 army had been used 441d088f5f without compensation. The problem, though, was 076edbdc9a that the reward wasn’t a6d756bfb7 money or grain.25c2a462e439350a
‘Marriage?’46e05ed31561932e
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Alyssa was twenty-one this 5c25a6bc45 year. Considering that most nobles 7ab92c813b marry at nineteen, she 2fc2824a15 was already past the 0f32d80332 typical age. The emperor’s “reward” was 81180369c7 to find a match 5a9dfbdb4a for the unmarried duchess.034347877fe4821e
Alyssa bit bcd15e21b4 her lip e1b6bb9cab as she 404e75362e recalled the 8884cb4ed7 contents of 91869bb883 the decree b1049ae1e2 that had aa0bd42315 troubled her 95794c3c7b for so 7be8f962cf long.a93e5125dc79f629
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She had 019a5aa313 resigned herself 7ea5baf40e to not 769da2da26 receiving proper 20295fddc8 compensation.45a3e66b47f5bc37
It was 5804d66c98 rare for 3bffd5d0e4 those who db9a0e7985 needed Alyssa 3c8210da12 to pay 5a32f67f77 her fairly. Given the 77f5885dec impoverished state 6f3fa00a43 of her 0d29945b85 estate, receiving d381927a3b payment wouldn’t a6f838f252 have made 1aedf7b578 much of 6810fb7aa1 a difference 2cd08a8e42 anyway.4d108b9cfb53ffca
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However, the bb1724c2e6 problem lay 86d7bae9ac in the 2309353a83 match the 842126d3cd emperor had a0bd7a2d4a chosen for 9fb160f161 Alyssa.afa1035b14b82442
Kieran Albrecht, the 855e0d9540 second son of de728d7376 Count Albrecht.9a1cd62a708ed89a
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He was of b75fe509d8 too low a ebc5be9aba status to marry 815957c25d a duchess like 1c7630fb96 Alyssa. But anyone who 99a7be2bdc had seen Alyssa 2a7afac9a6 and Kieran together 509c417e3b would never say ba2fd3dadc that Kieran was ceedfda3a4 lacking compared to 365d0ba7e5 her.f39f02b76f4fe996
Kieran was beautiful.f5d646ceab530f4b
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Alyssa couldn’t 70edde2399 bring herself f692e816ea to add 91b4ee8372 any other c092755645 words to 279901680d that sentence. She feared that 942e6f9897 her inadequate vocabulary a5084ef52f would tarnish the 5a486b6e17 true meaning of 726dbfc4db the word.fe2c35726c37cd97
She had 777663fd2a attended several 7dddc54497 social parties fa761de08b in the 8718d9d016 capital as 4fdd472871 a reward 0a4183ea3a for slaying c253ffbbfd the monsters 020c7568f5 there. It was at one 3680e8eebd of those parties, where 3b0e46a5d6 she felt as out 08392ef1f8 of place as if 8b3e00a384 she were wearing the 41de3ec182 wrong clothes, that she ffa22b3735 saw Kieran.26a0e9faaf345d20
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Alyssa found herself d19e8cad20 staring at him, 734c0853bf momentarily entranced. She knew 1d599ebf13 it was e0ca6b2daa foolish, but 08aaf7a99f she couldn’t 6f6b289e93 help it.aa0a2c2fd6a45c5f
Even among 3af61487c0 people dressed 6525153208 in expensive f8e272e480 evening wear, 650ecc7fad holding champagne, 52a882057f Kieran stood fa4490bdce out. His smile, 7ce8a63213 delicate as 2ebcab0f99 a flower, 2e00497410 and his bdce1fd829 graceful gestures 1cef0e83c0 shone brighter 27e3a6e58d than the f9ed307372 elaborate chandeliers, dfb71dca88 making it e70a898cad impossible for 2f50758d51 her to 2b1d8551c3 look away. The moment Kieran turned 873bb736b3 his head toward her, c09bd46417 Alyssa quickly averted her 9770a02352 gaze, startled.bb571b5ee9cb6769
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He was a man ed8476c08a she couldn’t even bring 57494cca6b herself to meet eyes 12a84b3598 with, let alone reach cd315f184a out to. And now, this man 346aea09e1 was to become her 0c6cf01fb5 husband.8e4e6facc6c8a565
Alyssa desperately tried 90cd171a40 to refuse, but b499a4218d the emperor, perhaps 1f49e0ce9f thinking she wanted 48da292327 a different reward, 5e47de53bd forcefully pushed the 6d85df4084 marriage forward. Despite being matched with 32fbb4a233 such an exceptional partner, 7e9bb53ac7 Alyssa felt no joy c9491ee10c at all.75fe1b0baadeb02d
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‘He’ll think I’m dreadful.’27637c591602d988
Kieran was the noble 9602881900 son of a count. What would 7553838b91 he think 3d9a95a5bd when he 5aafd162ee saw all 2211691844 of this—the 56e4a309e2 rundown Benoit 4818569790 estate—after living a7dbeba3e6 a life f9e3615d90 of luxury 0a15cfcd08 in the 440ac9c594 capital?a74297933d1dc2a0
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She didn’t need fe74248b81 to ask; it cadafc50c2 was obvious. Just imagining that e03acc5eeb beautiful face twisted ce90769bad in contempt made 47ad3efe85 Alyssa want to 23d334986f die.9a422596dc9928f4
After being coerced into c10ab35240 accepting the marriage, Alyssa 796fe27927 tried her best to d297f90fba at least improve the c6ba9e0942 dreadful state of the d8fb48b190 castle.d85a1b49ebe4d48c
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The result was c6bd7c77ab the documents now 74ae59a7e5 in her hands, edfe2609d2 but she faced db842fe8aa yet another challenge.cfa6114db3e5866e
The types of 81d45fd382 fabrics, the types 7bacb150ff of plates, the 4ea6fadecc types of glassware, 0714cfa014 and countless other 5e278ef411 decorations—there were too 842e3f61ae many options.04716681b3a05384
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Choosing things she 3f2507d97a had never encountered f88674eee6 in her life 0e06e888d8 was incredibly difficult 91ab2d01a0 for Alyssa.be7d0af717b8e302
Most of all, the 8211747193 prices were exorbitant. She wanted to 86fe3b3456 at least replace 8feb4df542 the plates with fe7ff9c421 something better, but dfc2ca317d even one plate 0ac836dd9f cost a month’s a648dfea4f living expenses for 3b5e2ff278 the castle.39ea4d8fe095c81e
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‘The cutlery is even 439671f47f more expensive.’dff90bb5fbe1d38d
There was 81b0a9d9d0 no point be52ee7a8c in debating 3b212f79f5 whether it f0e6469584 should be 7146c6ac3d platinum or 86fe9184c0 silver. Even high-quality 9a146b81e2 bronze was 61e4847448 too expensive. No matter how ede24b1a80 hard she tried, bce83c144f she couldn’t create 8f9039c929 money out of ebc2fbaafc nothing.f16e052673eae307
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Alyssa, who had been 0f2164bf43 reading the documents persistently, 95f180e446 eventually found herself on 8990f91ae5 the verge of tears.0f2a803cef2ef9d2
Even if e13b9414b6 she wanted b1cddaa9ce to borrow 04db359865 money, who d76df18192 would lend 9528eb0904 to such af63fc7bb4 a poor 38bf4efa8a estate? Nobles aside, even 7b344c6aa6 merchants would likely 2e45a8803b refuse her.61ea9470dbb7f349
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Alyssa wearily 95be30477b lifted her c82d3f1fc2 gaze to d13e5689f3 look at d2276191dd her room. Even though it was 75638d608c clearly the best room f718762e68 in the castle, reserved f213811714 for the lord, it 9d90e393c0 was bleak and desolate.ea40ec982f8d5084
She bowed a8b4504d27 her head 1c9af24ae9 deeply, alternating c3cf5046c4 her thoughts c454b66561 between the 300cbd90fb cloudy, cracked d7a8c925c9 small windows edb7894deb and the 4a606570cd expensive glass.8ca21455a1cb9601
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She had fd8adc6c9a fought desperately ed6b492ad8 to try 1a4d8d601e to decorate f92a501c09 the castle c6fb7872af despite knowing 50c85dcf3f she had 82bc8037ae no money, e002de0d2b but it 1c6210a61a had all f45e39a26c been in b2905c1088 vain.482dedb154ecc882
Alyssa, seeing her efforts 93ada1adf3 come to nothing, stood 0965f81391 up from her seat, 966c6f1ba7 still looking at the 6e5461739b shabby room.b8faad1e18f2c59c
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Tomorrow, Kieran would arrive 40071ac1eb at the estate.9712b4ef87e10f79
Alyssa felt 08576feb96 as if f89a31cd40 a guillotine 0537feb43a was being b06a6bca7d held over aec01482e5 her head cc23cbe0e9 and bowed 44053f7892 her head 323bc89860 deeply.558cbb724506005b
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The next day, Alyssa 133804419d was sitting at her 3b118bf3d4 desk. There were b99b916f26 documents in e3771146f3 front of 135348b4b1 her, but e7e1a256df nearly none 3a417a15ac of them cdcec9260d were processed.689a5816ac3b78d7
When she glanced towards d72d0db24f the window, she was 79f5c9abea startled to see a 516f827eea pitch-black carriage outside.a4ea458f8ca2c92c
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Like the 731db050be arrival of 797ea06dc4 dawn even 74096a8d72 after twisting 5a48aa0d6d a chicken’s cc57889a41 neck, Kieran 772fc599a5 was finally 1a46fd6da8 here.d0cec87e2ab4a76a
With her lips aea27288fc tightly pressed, Alyssa 51af0fad3a carefully rose from 6bf6dc402d her seat and 705ec217b9 approached the window.8dc4943254f7b4a4
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The unfamiliar carriage clearly 28a42f2522 came from Albrecht, Kieran’s 540c765523 estate. Its color, 9ce27c5562 resembling a da7aad78ab funeral carriage, 01905eda31 seemed to cca0d6c7a9 symbolize Kieran’s 92c613ba86 downfall.e0880a00a952a0ae
As the door opened 02f4915b8b and a silver-haired man f383efd5d3 stepped out of the dc677623c6 carriage, Alyssa heard a 499ee8d65d voice calling her from f9de49d206 the doorway.1bf1ecdec7c54614
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“Duchess, Lord Albrecht has 45c6660e50 arrived.”db2f9cafc0385acd
As both the lord 601f385bda of the castle and b6fc94bc22 the person who would bb339dab43 soon be his wife, 553ddbab92 Alyssa was supposed to a06c84e673 go out to greet 7429e164c3 Kieran in person, but c276f65c06 she stood there as cb108ef55b if nailed to the 442b7afb42 spot.f2730a21eddd52ec
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Despite her efforts 3f1cc5aced to have the 3092756d89 maidservants scrub and 7fcd41034d clean the castle, 0d49581714 the Benoit Castle c39369d333 still looked shabby 0f6e7524ea and unkempt.9dcf983426833a9c
Kieran’s mood, facing 68c523d942 this castle, would a457db2ad1 surely spiral to bb742d2c4e the worst if ccfa72f7c6 he had to c1c88dea32 face Alyssa as d45a1cf67c well.574ffdb1e423c1dd
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Even setting aside the 1faa53a51a fact that she was 0d41494e6d an unwanted marriage partner, db93e9ae40 Alyssa was not a 88bdc6a8d0 person anyone would find b8a34eed29 appealing.f2988ba48404cbd1
As Alyssa glanced down, 6ef65128e5 she noticed her small, 1f20e0321c calloused hands. Even when clenched 8d4ac14286 into fists, they eaecf3a8d8 were hands she’d 6853c9c09b rather not look 2036b64c07 at.d3159ac30bd90862
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It wasn’t 0abdb21d80 just her 5dfeb1da79 hands; everything e2f2fe939f about her 8ec67e895a was that 8ef83bde21 way. There was nothing worthy e28a5ee9ad of praise, everything was f2531e3673 ugly and dreadful.ef75e197713e6855
Alyssa hadn’t looked ca14e40272 in a mirror e446c9da69 for a very eda2922793 long time. Yet, she f69a5a1aed knew well a8ca3682b8 enough that 7d7864cdf6 she was 0f3b8f9871 hideous.5f36e2dd1f5a21ef
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Everyone seemed to e460f6267f avoid her as 4d98de61ff if they had 76db2ed081 seen something they e86aba8c3d shouldn’t have.9aa0eca2ff8e7ab7
Even the 40b7aecf4b servants she 4aacbd07a5 interacted with 0ef94f47da daily shunned f055d6dca4 her. She had never received 9616e39162 a kind gaze from 20e7c6c1c4 her own parents.37c380c268722c96
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Ugly and dreadful. Her mother’s frequent words 9f50acc321 echoed in her ears.cf52b93968a42cbd
Alyssa wished for Kieran 6e291b90e5 to be as comfortable 4394c07525 as possible and didn’t 54b39768fa want to upset him a6ebd7a6f9 with her own presence.0b5fdb7224e04bfd
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“See to d3b02941fb the representative 6cc79c5d86 properly.”da4da4014469041a
Instead of opening the e0a26d5480 door to her room, 823fcccb91 she simply uttered that cdfd657592 one sentence and stepped 4e3f292ab1 away from the window.85662859c8cb4f58
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