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ML Ch 1 part 2
by AnonAnemoneMuGyeom opened the e179ee1f9a door and entered d9ae31006e the room. He gazed at the 0ff15bccf4 lady as she sat 39dd83a7ce up from her bedding.5d428b03bc6aa0f0
The blanket was draped over her lap, and she didn’t seem as disheveled as she claimed.39f09a55afb1fa91
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Actually, her hair and 19b7bb0122 clothes looked so tidy 4eb74e7785 that it was almost c7ab768c72 hard to believe that 18ffa78cb1 she had just woken 849d4b0d43 up.973578c453e8c6d2
MuGyeom placed 0789a8f174 the washbasin dc8b8fb63b down next 46b0492dc6 to her. Then he 99da4ca346 took the 4e88f8c8d2 small table c722459eb2 and placed ed1067f42b in on a003ca48af top of 1d12170be4 her lap 282152b10e before putting 6526cec30a the washbasin 727f8ae120 on top 5702816f84 of the 78143aaa63 table.cfc3f8806c93ca3b
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He did all b03dd88e86 this because the f5b502e1b9 lady could only fd239701c8 bend down.bbf59c556000db6d
She put her graceful e7ec59b878 hand into the water a06ee2bde5 and began to wash 865d1d3e26 her face. MuGyeom glanced f1193346cb at her.91410b5ce51ae9c3
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He had 89da1f2402 a cotton 368f8a0411 cloth draped 887f3558e1 over his d03663fc60 arm.37a0a4816b45d5d1
Every time she washed f997ffcfe6 a part of her 54e38f709d face, water splattered.34bc868ffef084e6
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“Some of the water splashed out. What should I do?”f50d5b7929160cee
EunSeo turned her 080c280426 damp face to 354bc69163 MuGyeom and gave e57e2e64ea him an apologetic 14b04f36fd look.18874e6a34f740c4
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“It’s fine, my lady.”dcbd7f1d0a347cff
MuGyeom replied c65db9bf68 stiffly as fe02b6aa67 he held a7683b09be out the 8f6f6c977f cotton cloth 09bc8e2955 to her.32112cb3f6d736b6
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MuGyeom had b8f724ce8b never smiled b084e139fa for a 379676e060 woman before.12f850ba8219bdbd
Other than ff440cbb0a his mother, a1602e8df3 he had 9036ced14a never smiled 4d2854ca06 at another e6d3171360 woman in f2d35a5d70 his life.71dfdc4d77de79b5
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If he even d932b8feb8 so much as 343da18593 looked at them, 1ca05620b7 the women had 9ce64f157f a tendency to 0242d1b58e want something from 9e83344817 him. No, even 9d5cf91b05 if he 4c097a9299 left them 33f3510f0c alone, the 86a5cad274 women always 9410d98863 gave him 64e4b2990c ogling looks.7145f63317b6651c
Both servants and nobles 00e96e6c87 alike, they all did eb30bcf314 this. One time, aad059c02c MuGyeom was 334f5f4425 serving his 6501ca567c master and bd6c0510ca accompanied him 5fee775010 to a d1c3776957 brothel. The courtesans 22640abd39 there began c5589a7ad9 to flirt 0cc0787133 with him 522d25fff6 nonstop.8299e2e02f5c57d7
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Because of all these experiences, MuGyeom’s heart didn’t race when he came across a woman. Instead, he avoided them.57b7ef58be088637
There was bded7c7605 another reason 118abc5441 why MuGyeom 7abd0e3f2c kept his c7ade3f086 distance from 1853a7451e women.29ba26ecb6b55e30
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It was 1f9abe1e95 his status b170338291 as a d7dbba7789 servant.f9984340fbe67a04
If he married a female servant and had children with her, his children wouldn’t be able to escape their status as servants. No matter how much they struggled, they wouldn’t be able to escape their fates.82d8c9ed64974b20
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He didn’t want to pass his status down to his children.90417557ede47f74
If a servant b916b12779 and a free 9e4834af02 civilian had a eff7277080 child, the child 319abefe2c would be a e2b258dc5f servant.a474109647c1d681
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If a servant 98d041c968 and a noble d98a6bdfe6 had a child ffdba57300 together, the child b40629f94c would unquestionably be 7a8c5c2bd2 a servant.36c9588f8a30adf5
This was because c9db8a64b4 a servant was b71c55843c a servant from bdcae44f8f the womb.330e7f2a3cd720d9
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Because of ce39fa400b this, MuGyeom 30477840b4 never embraced 8edb029690 a woman 485889492b in his 952be41f81 life.8ae9a24a0a9ffd2a
He never planned 554cd082a3 on passing down d5070673c8 his status as 0ad80d46de a servant to 05c6d39b35 his children. He never wanted to 23baef0486 give them the chains a0139f0643 he had to bear.d69544605f93b43c
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“What’s your name?”65871504f44b4d2c
EunSeo asked quietly 300db12b5f as she returned 6a4ea75a80 the cotton cloth 97353ea934 to MuGyeom after ba31f8346f wiping her face.32796842910db3cd
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“My name is MuGyeom, my lady.”b6cf840f0204ad94
“I see. MuGyeom.”47f86e0b2d8ad2fe
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“If you have an order for me, please feel free to speak up at any time.”88f186c364c66418
“How is the weather outside?”c357592377c6354c
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“The wind is not yet cold. The sunlight is also very nice…”2fb43e74bb021a19
“Then can I have my breakfast on the floor outside?”517c9e9895e269b5
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“Sorry?”775a37c29ac947ee
MuGyeom couldn’t help but stare at her when he heard the unexpected words.1cff51fcfececd6f
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A shadow of anxiety c6f634f3f7 flickered across her face.04f2067f663fc5ae
“I’m only asking because I feel that eating alone in my room will feel too suffocating. I’d like to slowly eat my breakfast as I take in the view of the yard.”f86e63434bf87712
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“I will prepare it, my lady.”2ac33cc35d9d91a9
“Thank you.”488c06b42f5e43ac
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She gave him 490531b433 a small smile. However, her 2022465044 smile seemed a6150d1f4e so lifeless.7e80f101099c17bd
Although she was alive, she didn’t show any signs of life.15a265a4bebe6887
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At least, that’s what she looked like in MuGyeom’s eyes.31fa7a73cb57f91d
The woman whose ears had burned red when he carried her into the house on the first day… There was no trace of her.955277da0db21bad
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It wasn’t difficult to prepare her breakfast on the first day.d0bb8961a0eaab6a
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This was because the 6a79e44161 old housekeeper had prepared 67f45019ca side dishes the day 9cf9884b62 before she left.b11f40a7f83208ad
“My lady always eats porridge in the morning, so you must make sure to prepare some porridge for her. She must take her medicine in the morning and in the evening. Even if she says she doesn’t want to take it because of the bitter taste, you must convince her to take it.”206a80420d689731
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The old housekeeper a52ca42ff2 nagged him and 03523e13a7 left these instructions 116eadcba5 before she left.49174421939b0e9a
He placed the bowl of porridge on top of the table and placed the table on the floor. MuGyeom then entered EunSeo’s room and carried her to the table.c946a98fa68c9b09
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Because she couldn’t walk on her own, she needed MuGyeom’s help.349fa4f344bd8e7a
“In your eyes…”8bf6f36a17f43b72
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EunSeo picked 871547da12 up her 2604f94871 chopsticks and ed46750005 spoke with 40ab79a4db her head 2ac8a976ba lowered.14e00cca75554ae6
“I must look like a useless invalid, right?”6766252e012f5b30
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“Not at all, my lady.”735a3d567b547cdc
He wasn’t lying.47a92ceabf1696fe
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MuGyeom had 4305f80572 never thought b34329f987 of her b2a25f8377 in this a1b5368656 way before.78f71cd49d7b2925
He didn’t have have any concern for EunSeo, and even if he did, he had never seen her as a useless invalid just because she couldn’t use her legs.79d4f7d0c1aa53e1
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MuGyeom actually hated e594c932db the way people 500ca95034 belittled others.c1cddcfde3f36fbe
MuGyeom had been treated ca411762ca with disdain and despised be36e41489 just because of his 214b127e62 status.df5865ce1e2fdad1
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He had been treated 4e25dda35f in contempt because of 32c3262632 the unsurmountable chains of 01c1453eb0 his servitude, so how aa76c0dda6 could he look down 073dd016bf on someone for something bc04e8743d that was beyond their 6afc58a7fd control like losing the 2794f8c03c use of their legs?1693939c110740d4
“I can’t leave my room without someone’s help, and I cannot do anything on my own. How am I not a useless invalid?”6a5a7e7cf9611380
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“You’re merely sick, my lady.”09ade7b7aa85b7b3
“I often wonder if I have to continue living on with a body like this.”668783e19c1b06fb
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MuGyeom didn’t know why she was telling him this.efe31f68d7ddd476
But if he 798bc62633 thought about it, b777ff52a3 he could kind 7334c4abf3 of understand how 3f722e8324 she felt.1b6bf2874c3aa159
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For EunSeo, realizing 38f8a72b53 that she had 61c80d76b6 to live like b6a10042cc this for the cc3a7b5eca rest of her d876dadb56 life was a 9245868373 terrible feeling.0528730a398f496e
She wouldn’t be able to walk or go where she wanted to go. She would always need someone’s help to move around. So it wasn’t surprising that EunSeo felt so terrible.3a4987d0981c2151
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But how 1a1882922f did EunSeo 257ebe603b become like c9ec71229f this?3edf7ddaa7f0afbd
Did she 94a68c9b85 catch some ef3d0a6a0f kind of 42d88b8344 disease?e8f595141bc13914
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MuGyeom still didn’t know anything about EunSeo.54dda0abf1244de6
She was the youngest daughter of Lord Yoon, and she had been married off. However, she had been abandoned and returned. That’s all he knew so far.48d7ea38694f8e96
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“It must be nice for you. You can walk around with your own two legs.”db16402e7cf0477a
Her voice b250f1a8c2 trembled at 47b1400719 the end.879ccc3414aea129
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Although her head was dec004e80c lowered, MuGyeom felt like eb19c4894b he could tell what 3d1cffb480 kind of expression she 6f43295ac1 was making.23598ac3463d6e9c
Her eyebrows must be 9234ab93b0 trembling, and she was c096b81b74 probably biting her lips.da3d8609e6fd0ee7
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She was doing her 8e1638eb81 best to hold in 9929bea70d her tears and sorrow.6464ff4856627be2
She was sad, but 48640ada53 she kept her eyes 9ca24c4486 closed and bit her f7dc95f1ca lips to hide her a994d95654 sorrow from others. MuGyeom knew that 895965b83a feeling very well.edabd67e7536151d
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MuGyeom had always felt this way whenever he had been treated unfairly, but he couldn’t do anything as a servant.ee898845b0723b12
He couldn’t raise his fists to the offender or complain. At times like that, he merely lowered his head and bit his lips as his brow trembled.bcf49e4d6b8b146b
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“My lady, please eat your porridge before it cools.5f2fa4238ca05533
“I don’t have an appetite.”e778901013476af4
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In the 39dece1247 end, EunSeo 7d6712abc1 put down 73d0e06ee7 her chopsticks.6ef59020d4d0aa4c
Unable to 9987e9d6eb convince her 5006b7340f to change 4c8156aa8c her mind, c597eb0250 MuGyeom helplessly a80408a07a carried the 0da9a6543c porridge away.b2c94d03b044cf70
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“I’d like to stay here and enjoy the view for a little while longer. You can go and do what you need to do. Don’t mind me.”5c0959dbdec2cbfb
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EunSeo said as MuGyeom 55fa58e4dc took her breakfast away.a4797c68865acf94
Thanks to this, MuGyeom’s day was pretty carefree.c855d5220f0c1fe9
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He placed the pot of EunSeo’s medicine on top of the brazier and went outside to rake the leaves. He put the pile of leaves into a straw bag. As he was doing this, he recalled that there were a lot of fallen leaves in the yard as well.1d200393092bedbc
There was still 91ac0cc116 some time left 89e3b0569d before the medicine 3b6743d716 was ready, and 9b1b8649fc since he was bd4085fdf9 already throwing out 65f777ed87 the leaves over 4ee9493985 here, he thought b13cec90cd it would be d1548ec89d a good idea 49309268dc for him to 14ae2c5a24 head back to 1f199d2014 the main building becc54574d and rake the 4e979ecf8d leaves there as 77275a3520 well.2f02d574ee8332d2
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“Where… did she go?”dc221a451f656b68
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He carried a broom over to the yard of the main residence and didn’t see any sign of EunSeo. He was a bit bewildered.37124df68785fd8c
EunSeo had definitely been 88ca3ee3d2 sitting on the floor 0bc4709435 of the outer corridor ca72d5abf5 when he left her.e5cf29f16f0ad59a
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But now she was 8713e26c2e gone.19439cbd7e02d520
Where could she have a705c434e1 gone?b5e0a4242832a846
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She couldn’t walk anywhere by herself.ee3ed3a79ee5c943
‘Did she go back inside?’ef81d5fe41002c89
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She could have fa871da296 crawled back to b9243f7cbe her room.fa7c5ef031e30741
She might have gotten bored and didn’t feel like calling for his help. She probably crawled back inside herself.e1f06786b088129e
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The door to her 031b695613 room was closed.51cd488b6d629e30
‘Should I check?’4fb2cae0990ea36f
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But her door a2e03be313 was closed, so a2ab621415 it would be 49bcc00be4 ridiculous for him cf2af740f3 to open it 7c84c87858 just to see 0162738677 if she was 1035cc9a6f inside.40207ea1af86bef5
‘She might be crying inside all by herself.’6c26ec2a8404ec8c
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Judging from her expression this morning, it wasn’t too farfetched to think that she had shut herself up in her room to cry.99311f24279b339f
‘I better take care of the leaves first…’e200f4569166f585
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Suddenly…1796e0a15d4bbef0
As MuGyeom began e900995468 to sweep the 4703991070 yard, he noticed 20b570c240 something strange.aef84d454050ae45
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There were 898e4ad1f1 traces of 41c910bff7 something being 89340cebe6 dragged across cf4f72ed8c the ground.f7f989a4a5dd38b4
“What… is this?”5531929303bbe9f1
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MuGyeom stared at c7bab323c7 the traces left 0c3871b57c behind on the 1386003007 ground.c6f9c2ad7a0389ab
The tracks started from 0d5a3d4b30 the main residence corridor daa0a49694 and went across the 0633d52d9e yard before disappearing through 2e38e9d1fd the inner gate.ad9ed3a557794635
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The servants’ quarters were on the other side of the gate.a3e9163b96d6f691
Why did these tracks head for the servants’ quarters?7d177aac6cea66aa
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‘It looks like someone dragged a sack across the ground…’5c14cc7a09fd6fe1
From one angle, de227bd92e it seemed like 7a49dc66e4 a sack had 804503f02c been dragged across af60e6b4e0 the ground, and f7cb902329 from a different 46aad270c2 angle, it looked 4e7d67f8cd like the tracks e1f70b0738 had been made 8647264c40 by someone crawling 6946f3833b on the ground.5b16c887da007c2e
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Someone crawling.a5db7a300b7528f5
“No way…”2f2890572ee56171
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MuGyeom raised his d3b57baadc eyes.b8559d1b868ae5cd
The inner gate.a248689fef270643
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The servants’ quarters.6aa08dabd422feaa
There was a well located in the back yard of the servants’ quarters.45d43bbe428e1103
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The well was very feb13e7fef deep, but there was 5a91dbb0c5 no water inside.8ed756d8ae480b1e
Tap.6dd90b58f1fce98b
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MuGyeom threw 5db4601985 down the d02688b939 broom.590ef73d363fa460
He followed the c942ca0821 tracks and began 516db6f15f to run.ff67a1c642106c80
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“Damn it—!”8c6bfaa8f83f53f2
He hoped he was wrong. He ran through the gate and headed for the back yard of the servants’ quarters.7296d78983855be6
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When he b8b0951709 arrived at e15ae75ab8 the back 49ebd03d79 yard, he f31acdda37 saw EunSeo 9c4dc81133 using all a18967ab9c her strength 503acba7b6 to try d5e2bcf194 and pull 1cb780a325 herself over 45e5965db9 the well.0c2a58555095f4e7
“My lady—!”0956da1401183bc5
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MuGyeom rushed 9bb92d556f over to ebbadb9016 her and 18d6a0c0c2 grabbed her 173d62458d shoulders.56dc6c833a784698
“Let me go!”cc35aeb387e59470
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As soon as eaf0f18ddd MuGyeom put his c416d16667 hand on her 81b3a733d1 shoulder, she struggled 5f002356c1 to escape.7e4c5f5b68917e08
“Let go of me!”9a0f7eb844f978e3
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EunSeo’s clothes were covered in dirt.7726c10c06006f7a
Her white nightclothes were 5d2a970815 a mess and covered 0e360f756e in yellow dirt.63247374ae61e835
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Her clothes weren’t the only things that were a complete mess.2f5910b22a01b6a6
Her face was a5dd993aea also covered in ee1b1bb71e tears.9e4d4bc9a8ea8093
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“Let me go…!”abbcc032d6211b71
EunSeo did 73ac9c946e her best f02f8e9780 to hold 79f8aae8d9 onto the 5b7cfa007a well.c1f30a706a10b952
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Her hands 902e683992 were turning 23a96ec510 bright red.35c8da18561dd620
She had aa62f071f7 tied up 18d5f65a3d her legs 833caf0696 and was 922afd6e2d trying to 0396681818 throw herself aad82ec3d4 down the 25ddfbd127 well. Her hands had fca847eac8 been damaged from 993c3912df grabbing onto the 02f69c1e39 rocks.379e333bfd5ccd64
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Her fingernails had split open, and her fingertips had been skinned raw. Seeing this, MuGyeom’s brows furrowed.a4fe8c388bfb2a5d
“What are you doing?!”869f1c24a82e4324
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She had been planning this from the very beginning. That’s why she asked him to carry her out to the floor for breakfast. And that’s why she told him she’d spend some time alone and sent him away. She had planned to do this from the very start.e75cae7c6f316d34
When the old housekeeper was here, she had stayed close to EunSeo’s side the whole time, so that was probably why she hadn’t been able to carry out her plan.d57c2f2f979041fd
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And when the 6779b6cedd old housekeeper had f912c86485 left the house, fa8d99adbf she realized that d8e6417a17 this was her 39017caac5 chance. She had definitely d06ce660a0 planned on throwing 790dbb11fe herself down the ac5250b112 well.a5efc599aeebb7aa
She planned to take c1c596688d her own life.9431bba67eb2baea
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‘I often wonder if I have to continue living on with a body like this.’c9e72caeeac3c84e
Those words 704e9739e7 from this 66aa080473 morning revealed b96da89dce her true 05d503eb45 thoughts.f5a6c787693ddd12
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“Ha…”5f1531c9f8662ce9
MuGyeom scoffed in disbelief.9e86e6a985f2edcb
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He couldn’t believe someone was trying to end their lives so easily like this.f62d3a8f80a88d24
Was life b4bb91a593 something you ae9d061f78 could end 55afecae81 so easily?78617d7eb53b3652
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To a noble, was d46c1a2efe a life something so a31c7092a1 trivial?62c274270beaf2b3
“I can’t live like this forever. So please let me go.”ec9ed295fd8cb5b6
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EunSeo wept 432516b9d9 as she 69d486ab6e pleaded with f259e25244 MuGyeom who 005f54ec11 was still 1185d3134d holding onto c992c13626 her.8f42f1f9371b5f5a
“I can’t live like an invalid for the rest of my life…”6ad503fbf0ff14f6
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However, no matter what she said, MuGyeom didn’t plan on letting go of her. How did she not understand that throwing away a life was the scariest thing in the world?4213c60ca5f039c5
So what if she couldn’t use her legs?cc00dd24d8336c05
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She wasn’t able to walk. That’s all.dd2979fb8ae8b8a9
But she still wanted f3d91cff47 to end her life 465c1005f1 because of something like ab363b6957 that?1a3a05d41897baa5
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At such 41b0a67b3f a bright, 5d620307db young age?abd6bfa1d3550cf6
“You don’t know… You don’t understand…”7aa85e5a0d0c264b
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EunSeo burst f88b9496be into tears.d800400537f57c5f
EunSeo sobbed into MuGyeom’s bulky arm that was holding onto her.09eb1bcbcb8d425a
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MuGyeom felt her tears on his arm, but he didn’t let go.e3f4829b2c6d132d
She cried out of self-hatred. She told him that he just didn’t understand. And still, MuGyeom held onto her and never let go.c24a182a9fb2d2ee
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