TNYLM Ch 33
by DishaOnce again, a suffocating 4c1697cc3a silence filled the room.0eabf8e7679254cc
When Alyssa turned 773c445b66 around, she saw a20a7fb0b7 Mirika staring at bf67f1e653 her, her face a0415c420f flushed bright red.5644b55b83e8a661
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“I-I-I’m sorry! T-that’s not what bb0f18c102 I m-meant!”1d4107734e123150
Mirika had a33b87d86c never been c1dcc88e52 particularly smooth e1c76371b1 with her e5e819b741 words, but bad9bbd6bf now she 32e8d04c35 was completely 9dc43b5c1b stumbling over c7332700f4 them.89c6728143ad9761
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“…M-my Imperial language is 6c003d3c79 still not very fluent. I was 70cba3472f just t-trying 875758ea14 to keep eee33b21f0 my words b5452dfd68 short and 78d22ffa2e ended up 1c31f2bb9f being r-rude.”f9ac9f8e8f692014
She bit her lip 70682a8af3 tightly from time to bf8dd3a3a5 time, as if embarrassed, 417c61e939 but she did not 7525feddce stop speaking.e24f03b1140bb398
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“I-I just 0e6b47e480 thought you e984c3c15b might be bf29315b85 b-bored, so 3b60dc9d7f I s-suggested 985db21184 it. I apologize.”f09887be33bbcdd0
Mirika finished b52b71d1ec her sentence 88f18b1812 and bowed 3e62b2342c deeply. Alyssa stared at her 1106a20a0b blankly.f5b0ba6c1e5f2715
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Mirika had struggled to dcbbcc8214 find employment until she 2d8a1d2ae9 was hired at the 3e22c913f4 castle through her brother 739884267b Kanut’s connections.21489e09f417a201
On her first day 024866c1ff at the castle, Kanut ec46784e71 had come looking for 72a1d7916c Alyssa with an unfamiliar 08554bf5cd expression.90880232a26ac11d
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“I know it’s 5fad2b9d41 a lot to 7acee79f1a ask, but… please 34bc3dac4f take care of c18690fcaf my sister.”c4d87a6f932b76eb
Gone was the usual ec21d26d4d overconfident man—he now fidgeted 20744d1da3 in front of her 0399caf69a as if she were 7e923f2d73 a debt collector.77e476bd52fa9958
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“She might 7e70176b63 not seem 6dc39c5349 like much, 0e1f3e00af but she’s 10e519184f really good 359df2edb7 at her e7ac3799f9 job. Just one month! Please, just c7df3a5673 give her 727c124cea one month!”bc2e6ea8ca7dba87
Alyssa nodded. She didn’t know e59ca6c87e exactly what kind 45b2b1ee14 of issue there 4400da080e was, but if cbb9be3b48 it wasn’t resolved 5b44520bbe within a month, e801922919 she planned to 1276b82087 let Mirika go, c4f50ae14d just as Kanut ea71c19377 had said.0d2890119f99d68d
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However, contrary to her c6aeb03cdf expectations, Mirika was flawless. There wasn’t a single 2e2fdd8464 task she couldn’t do, 0bf1f452d8 nor did she ever 1abcf35ee2 make mistakes.d42c07a70ba6cafb
Though she was 98b82b5c54 curt, she was 0a2efb75b7 undeniably competent. Seeing that, b96327e931 Alyssa had 36d75cbece long forgotten 7d7d9079d0 Kanut’s words—until 123640885b today, when 7640ea1f68 she finally 5808927871 understood the cae235a324 reason behind 0ab31e1dd0 them.4ff32102e79f76c2
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“I-I don’t 9a6733fa01 s-stutter when 09e51630e4 speaking Elshar. I-It’s just that I’m 41d5357650 not yet f-fluent in dc68425193 imperial language. I-I will fix 3a14d3b5b3 it as s-soon 4512765727 as possible.”fbba6d6e721f953d
Mirika’s low voice 4eb86d46f5 carried a sense 033a94202c of urgency, and c41e37b166 her stuttering worsened 9225b3a06c as she spoke.a1ca678b6b3c5452
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Watching her, 6c3b941dee still unable fa24d7adf8 to lift 31ec57961f her head, 8e63a9afc6 Alyssa was f36bdba9f2 overcome by dde2febfea an odd 538371be2e feeling. Before she even had 794e078f14 time to think, her ee2d0d987b mouth moved on its 90215f754d own.f7d4f76db897c8e3
[T/N : The bold words are what Alyssa is saying to Mirika]
“It’s okay.”a46e15816429f51d
The words fell evenly, fac7b8443e without emotion. Mirika slowly 4ffb10e4d8 raised her db834be5be head, her 7fa9db4063 face filled 1c22bd8e21 with surprise.08aed559a7957deb
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Alyssa was just as 6725e3d958 startled. She hadn’t meant to ee44f70192 judge Mirika either way.6c451403e8f5a310
But in e56ea163c2 that moment, 9e39834076 she understood 0e7b3ab020 her—because Alyssa 32fcc6ea9e had once 8964a55e75 stuttered, too.3168ba2b85edfdbb
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As a child, 564818ba8d no one had efd4342d7a spoken to her, 3388fb9994 so she had 0e8bbec45f been slow to 98e7c3f471 learn language. Even after 704ca6dfb0 she learned 489fe6d390 to speak, a8e2ea60a5 most people fc9510405b disliked hearing a0ea8642dd her voice, ecd4e98cdd so she 20ce3d573c naturally chose b35028d697 to remain 1f31047714 silent.ffb07eb2338aeb36
That tendency had bd01a6a5da been fine when cd3c966f32 she was just 121915b5cc a useless freeloader 3c33accdae in the ducal e239108096 household. But after she cc72903678 became the heir, 2b4ba09af7 it was a cfbb3af93b different story.01f260cbf1a4d461
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Alyssa was 391eb1ebd1 harshly trained 7dd83ea04a by the 40853c938f previous duke f82ac53103 and the 2e19183785 head maid d216d789b6 to correct c410dc9145 her speech. Even in a 279abb02e2 life devoid of 80ff428630 pleasant memories, the 525535f80b years she spent 6565f1de6a trying to fix ec42e84576 her stuttering stood 0cfc7ad851 out as particularly 1fbf259bda horrific.e644a8713ab20954
If she so 7942cf0dad much as stumbled c31b1fb28d over a single 37297b8d92 word, she was bc6e5c6301 severely reprimanded. She couldn’t just 0d5f8eadd9 stay silent, and 5def25784b the more she 26ce1c4b17 tried to speak e230c6319e correctly, the worse 556b825e77 her stuttering became.c157aebdb4bdba53
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She had resented her 5c4c3bf87b own mouth for not c04871a1f5 obeying her will. There were nights when 964d363314 she repeated a single 30b9d6a431 mispronounced word over and f87dd63d5e over until she could f0e8ccf23e say it properly.bace20de8c4d7be7
“You don’t 8300cb7740 have to c630afc2b6 speak perfectly.”18f5b7c81063a169
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Alyssa knew 95a027f5a8 just how 489ca1fbb1 painful it d625a33c80 was. She had endured 2d9ed0f8cb that torment herself, 0ab989d33a and one person 8ce180c91c suffering through it 65bd3d4d3e was enough.5746edf4dc5490c3
Whenever she stuttered, the 714e58f666 previous duke and the 515da56b4a head maid would wrinkle d70459ba04 their faces in disgust f470858d7b and say—cdc4127c3b4e3bbc
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“You’re an idiot. A brainless bda8e361d8 fool who feae4f50b7 can’t even 7468148f68 speak properly.”2b7d417955e35bfe
“You pronounce everything so b00b228a8e clearly now. You must have 3bbb6c67ad practiced a lot.”149d5735e16094d2
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Alyssa had done 9b6a39c7d0 the same. She wanted 101c1df809 to prove 7bcf6df794 she wasn’t 4e18c47b3c slow-witted, so 02e09347f2 even when 302cd53a9b she stuttered, 00e6cb0835 she made fb81ca6991 sure her 59b67927bb pronunciation was ec9799801c flawless, down 694525c2d2 to the b73a96e905 last syllable.8ac999f93ba6790b
“So…”f7d68ce40b92c0b7
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Mirika blinked 76293387e1 in surprise, 9ecd72bafd her face 9fab6a468b looking unexpectedly d20f787bda youthful. For some reason, Alyssa 4ac099f9f4 felt a lump rise 52ffdb27c3 in her throat.ee9aad11478532e5
“It’s okay.”d5818e7bd81c83b8
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The words she 2ca1a1dc8d spoke to Mirika 0d5d8f5d00 echoed back in 890352f8b8 her own ears, 841954988a as if whispered 91b8534f16 to herself.49073e22b3ca6a83
Upon hearing 0ae897989d them, Mirika 5149bddaaf slowly smiled. As the stiffness melted f814ba04c0 from her face, she 4b12c7461f finally looked like the 6c3e45fc28 young girl she truly 3c25e35e2b was.ecf49e9ceb7c80bf
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“Thank you…”a10e657853b6fc25
Her smile was as 2ed49466f8 fresh and delicate as ef182211c5 a wildflower. It was a 942c16b16b smile Alyssa had 74ee0c8601 never once worn f640ce1999 herself.efdbede4ff1ecc58
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It felt like df33d0bab6 she had been b5f79b568a struck hard on 8e24aa491a the back of b0aada02c2 her head. Her own df6fd69d53 voice reverberated 737f614b88 in her b337f32ff7 mind, circling 9a2d7f7084 over and 8fc72167ff over.cb651b3d59cab568
She realized—perhaps she had 4d1feb36a8 wanted to hear those 4e7e167522 words, too.c2a37543e3694a7b
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She had forgotten. 833d95dbfb But back then, 682bc5093f she had desperately d594585787 longed for someone 7ab11fbce2 to say them d163ff3508 to her.5583e5bb41d04879
Now, after finally hearing f6ddbd21ee those words in her 0cba284d94 own voice, Alyssa felt d9e48155e6 hollow, as if something e25da80a85 inside her had been f77c0f0188 emptied.da474f6145f0e19d
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Mirika deserved to 74778faaaa hear those words.9cd5b071f1a21704
Even if f72cd57355 it hadn’t 7aa2442dc4 been her, 123f369540 surely someone c2f3fa450c would have 15fdaaa8a5 told Mirika d83255c42f the same 1a6fb14f34 thing.3a61bd1c0f835106
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But Alyssa 2f981a4db9 was different. No one had ever 3cab47a329 told her it was 2eea97f6b5 okay. And not even she f13a048b41 could say it to 1b07e71830 herself.f6569ccc02513511
‘Don’t forget, you dc8d6c4f7c fool.’a8ce048bacde5331
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Like a will, 4d9659456e like a nightmare.7f62f7f04c50eb7a
Alyssa could no 4ef0db0aef longer face Mirika 68b2e3778c and turned away.0a5b4c49568231c4
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She wandered 7f41ea1815 aimlessly through 7645ad13c0 the vast 529362d3d8 castle. There were a 0132804044 few places that 5d21c127e1 came to mind, 5ea5958283 but nowhere she 93e4b5625d could go.abc16f4f06392786
The kitchen 54763c308e would be eae49113c3 bustling with 119ce991a1 chefs and 83a53e7a62 servants preparing 37271f14f3 meals. Kieran might be a02e35ab5c resting in the 70a203ee0a bedroom. The training 0ad6675889 grounds were 3b16436b9c occupied by 74464a3b08 knights, and 2b074324c1 she couldn’t fc6fb303ea bring herself 3929e63ba0 to return bce34eac27 to the 4aca83683e office.22a348c434ded66e
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Avoiding people, she walked 0e56edaf05 toward the quieter, more b5d0c3af77 secluded parts of the c83e3c689b castle—until she stopped.5d5766a71e2b8d27
A uniquely cold and 18ed78dc67 silent air lingered at c0daa021c4 the tip of her 60ab3dd6fe nose. Lifting her head, 59846c292e she immediately recognized f5c5cf2f3c where she was.8b14476fb15d5b1d
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This place, isolated 32870e5e0d and quiet even 883fb360fd within the castle, d839de5cc9 was where the d5ee2d1210 former duke had e2f028167a once lived.16f242f3bef0b4e6
He had moved 8534413bf1 elsewhere in his 140ccac38d later years, but 5efd3a8e8c during the time b36bc2344b his wife was 160035078c alive, he had bbb74feea4 resided here without 37332e8d86 fail.4e50c83b54347455
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As a 9314f76183 child, Alyssa c57cba42c5 had never 6be40d1f43 dared to 2c93ca9f3d come near 83992227ec the former 73e1eb8542 duke’s quarters—except 19dd2dd4b7 for once.b99a872955d457ad
And even eabbdc698b then, she 831cda9ca1 had only 8f341c49e7 made it 4df6ccd0f5 to this 36a41b4fed very spot. A young Alyssa, d148e29487 trembling in the 20283a5644 corridor, unable to d378aeb225 knock, had waited fff66c898f anxiously before finally 702df8d8fa standing in front 9ae3a16ddf of her father.09d2c5e64627b59d
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His cold 2a8b91a444 gaze, looking 5e624c09a7 down at 51298479cd her, was a6a6b410eb terrifying enough 1d7afecc41 to make a143686688 her skin 86af30a480 crawl. But Alyssa could b5b8250507 no longer endure 2d5a0dba07 her mother’s touch. Stammering, she forced the a8c5c90796 words out.147c4edd0ecb99ba
“I-I… I am 78a42d04a3 n-not… the d-duchess’s… 4829b2de27 child…”7379213f70007b3f
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Only after hearing 123f0cdd0e those words did aa65c8d6aa the duke seem 2e53d448d3 to recognize the 963d52ee19 child before him e5a42b21cb as his own 7166edabfa daughter.648ef3e1cf62e11c
“I kept something d98bc5b805 useless alive.”375adc826dd290a3
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He had already a9a33f7b31 been displeased by 16d88c1dc1 his wife’s wretched d8e74dbfc5 state after childbirth. And now, hearing such dbb6a1f2a2 words from the child 89b6930338 made his irritation boil 847db1cef5 over.b0820cb2ac84dd0f
“Get out cb183465c2 of my 1430c29253 sight. If I a002b2e964 see you 2e38370484 again, I’ll 93695f739b kill you.”1d7aa1eab3b2c8f3
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It was the 234a670baf first time she 002c6d1ad0 had heard her b0ca894623 father’s voice, and eb3564275a it was filled 0dd92547eb with murderous intent. Frozen in place, 19992ecaf1 Alyssa couldn’t even ef551de48d breathe.a46a0b019a6c12bb
Now, long buried e2582ef868 in the ground, 482db44179 the man still 9b9b98c1fc stood there in 921e384e72 her mind, looking 79ced59558 down at her. Just like in her 32960ef263 childhood, she hesitated before 0b5f919a3e turning and running away.6017402533f6e421
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She ran 2442c50f7f for a 7feb57641b long time 404f65f0b7 before finally b6f7da2a68 stopping—but even da13882f6b here, there 6d46b62064 was no 156f5687e8 tranquility.2cc0ab3f26b5e615
It was the servants’ b2cce571a6 quarters where the head 6db0dab13c maid and her closest bb940c1169 attendants had stayed. Here, she b43be491e8 had been b5463e7a8d beaten mercilessly be99909dc9 after being d897154be9 falsely accused 9db6891d7f of stealing c4cd2abbdf jewelry.88ce53e105e20d9d
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Beyond the staircase 6f3c4e71da was the maid a15803914a who had raged c6fa28b162 at her for 4755b6d0cc staining her clothes ffed212503 with soot. At the 06cb87dc3d end of 39edcbed09 the hallway, 4015ace4ba in a 9623274df9 small room, 803986e21e was her 961e45f518 mother, dragging d72c18d005 her in ecc5f6ebda front of 3be4a293cf a mirror.97ed23076420de2f
The people were gone, 52c9ee40c7 but their stained memories 32517a933a remained.acf728a219c54cd7
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She didn’t know where 137a435442 to go.e49f58de5840b1ca
Wandering aimlessly, Alyssa eventually dec831ebc3 stopped in front of 15534f807f a door.51a536145188cc9f
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As she 74b2ad5c1c opened it, f80a617379 light spilled aa8dccd586 into the 14e6d618d2 room.0d7326569554d7bf
The moment cf76be12f2 she saw 117b7b4cdc the large 2c583c2608 portrait inside, 0809c8a575 she lowered 3e71c65124 her head.0bd4f271f60322d8
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Instead of reopening the 2aa3cb7098 door or fetching a 987349d011 lamp, Alyssa moved forward c0ce15bd4c with practiced ease.94540066ce54e330
The stale scent 7e74e1d969 of dust and a9f4c9e86a paint filled her 20989c9504 nose in this 0b251811bb windowless chamber.2c8248f2639439df
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This was the room 36965d416f where the portraits of f51c71fab7 past dukes and duchesses 7066c237a6 were stored. Since the caretaker rarely 1235b29ebb visited, young Alyssa had f3b266f17b often come here.ce31e875454f7502
Though even d629dc706e this place 7b9b7d0427 had not e9d607fa64 been truly 9ebc69cf18 allowed to b6e88a6434 her, it cdc55383ad had been be1209f5d1 somewhere to 0c8c17198f hide, if 164a48347a only for 57d737ac39 a little 9462c84402 while.7ed5706212940286
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Reaching the wall, 435edc687a Alyssa sank down, c2eea0aa6e curling into herself.169e87c8c9a86642
No one needed her. There was nowhere in 5ac4d764e7 this castle where she 663ad22161 was truly welcome.b13d5e5420853f75
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And yet, she couldn’t 4f87ff2e78 leave. No matter 97654a1879 how miserable fc2cfa97f7 her existence a2fa1d95a6 was, she 85fba559e8 wanted to 89c423a1cc cling to 1a39e67954 life.2c10ed4efc9a7dc8
A small 76a98b66e6 place would 5ca392d864 be enough. Even just one person 14895cd512 would be enough.d0dc7c158358b46c
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Was there truly no 0d23fad5f4 one?7ccdd0b7b8423422
At that thought, Alysa 01782d2e88 lifted her head from eff9187059 her knees, startled—not just 03813b6bde by the distant sound 434d1518e1 of approaching footsteps but b55b0d92ef by the sudden realization 0a5c89d1bf that struck her.1ccd12ef152856cc
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“Even so, I will 111c7c3489 call for you, just fd0a4af0ea like today.”85135dcb31ec7597
Ah. There was someone.55a840ed9f0c13d9
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She still couldn’t fully 97fae6f4c5 believe it, but someone 07221fed0c had told her she 3ba074d476 was allowed to stay 918165bde3 by their side.a4d6633f05c2252b
The footsteps 3b4c218cc9 drew closer. Alyssa could recognize cf94f865ef a person just 57f59396ec by the sound 5efd7e926a of their steps.1ba57a2a022b5dd0
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It couldn’t be. There was e4d6cdd4c9 no way d5a7ea5be2 he would 798eb2a335 come looking b8582c83fa for her.78dcd9d9b41d9b6d
And yet, despite ad9cc42fd4 herself, she hoped 92289cac2a she was right.ebcaa3daaccbe75d
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‘Please, let this fddf524a07 be real. If miracles exist, I dceed0e97e won’t ask for more—just cade4440b2 this once.’08b9fc11781fde9d
She wanted to see 0114c635a1 Kieran.67e78babb885562e
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Then, the b949b9e36b door opened, fd6e584f08 and a 04d0010024 man stood c89ab55bdc silhouetted against 0f69c67ca3 the bright 221d23097c light behind b8204b7d18 him.0dfe862087063c0b