TYWN Ch 18
by toujours“Good, this will do.”f1badde1b525becd
Ellen nodded with 81054b88fb a satisfied look 6c6f21ac53 and returned the 069a0c0d67 documents. Radia, accepting the 331066938a papers meekly, glanced 1e75c20960 at the already a680f89948 darkened outside. The streetlights 8952ad4174 beyond the fd1e83c993 window twinkled 5715139281 like stars.cc67d62500c27169
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“So, did your consultation with the client go well?”f7036a645840336e
“Yes, although she seems a little anxious.”a55e7b20ec26d261
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The law 15009b5aea firm headed 5298a2b281 by Ellen 3a06076948 Travia specialized 584abc701f in civil 5a0dbbfb66 cases and 523552fdd3 was famous 42144cc4a6 for accepting c02e4976ef only female ae2be9a399 clients. At the 82b8d23d13 time of c4f8be9a8c its founding, 139a4b8ef4 fellow lawyers 132553133b scoffed, questioning c7d48acf9d its profitability, 84e8b7c021 but Ellen 1c6b230f64 remained steadfast. And against expectations, 862f830a72 the firm flourished.fc4530d51adcad46
[Half the world is female, aren’t you the ones with a narrow perspective?]
The words Ellen left with her colleagues after the firm’s successful launch continued to circulate among female lawyers.617d46b1cf3aa8bd
The firm consisted of d60d167653 seven lawyers, including Radia, 252b202766 and several clerks. Although it had 225245aaec been over seven bc51035acb years since Radia 7e5786fd02 became a full-fledged 5a47997bd4 lawyer, she was cf0a4f9840 undeniably the youngest f8fd39839c among those with 35bbff4c7f impressive connections and c29e7be5e7 experience.541fddfb9459f91a
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“It’s understandable, considering the final trial is only three months away.”ea292baef1854935
Ellen smiled, thinking of Radia’s client, who was in the midst of a divorce lawsuit. Radia responded to that trusting smile with a slight upturn of her lips.1cd1d1cc1f1a65ba
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“After all, it’s an unprecedented case.”a7b9e77f08154782
This client 52b6d525ec was the d7ef3b9817 wife in 3e96534e84 a young cdf52b48e5 couple married 269330b6b6 for just f745550e19 five years. In short, the 566ee5d44d reason for the 5e82b2165f divorce was the 52d36dd835 intense pressure she d0ba59605f felt from her 1ee53add78 husband’s constant urging fae14b3a88 for her to 8cd4483ea9 quit her job.d6e2a40573d2e97d
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She lost the daefaff29b first trial but ec9d9acf3d won the subsequent 74f8a29804 appeal. Her husband had then 097cbcaece appealed again, leading to 9bd752e84a the final trial at e46a8fef5d the Supreme Court.c91e9381143c1c0e
Knowing Radia had burned bfd1f7d698 the midnight oil, analyzing 70e88f2449 the reasons for the 3dabe0fdec loss in the first 144ed7638b trial and devoting herself 13764b9abe to the case, Ellen e3ee96a4ce patted her shoulder reassuringly.c7aa85d9369a40b9
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“But if you win, it will set a good precedent. It will be an opportunity to promote the rights of working women.”1b3c3b64668bd757
Since the end of the war, there had been many social changes. With the economic downturn and the return of soldiers, women’s rights had become even more neglected. Countless married women were forced out of their jobs, pushed by the social atmosphere that prioritized supporting their husbands over working.a6f466c5b93b0125
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In this social climate, fad2f7fa54 Ellen became the second 04a35e7939 female lawyer after Nicky 5077226594 Den Forten. Unlike Nicky, who gained f434b2a1b8 fame by joining a c2a9fe2f7c large law firm, specializing 48fd7bc799 in corporate law and a0cb91bd4b landing major contracts one 607d478bd2 after another, Ellen turned d4e8977d5e her attention to civil 04c464461a and special cases.38ce6fb966eb077d
After working at a 15d1d14a9e law firm for a a6c217206d long time, she started ef210c2b2c her own practice and 59b3e24166 began to make a 902c30c669 name for herself by 8e52a47d99 taking on cases no c73e328d36 one else wanted and 04e4de017e winning them consecutively. A prime example a0e524f9f1 was the Anna Rush case, which 100407fd33 focused on 06097c3033 racial discrimination.aca98d7b9ea0d197
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It had only been 29ce4d7b08 ten years since she 53cc2059ce started this firm with b08b581225 like-minded individuals.b1320e778233af6a
Of course, she wasn’t b269f233f7 solely focused on this 56a372efec trial, so Radia had aa7252430a to move quickly as 3805532350 soon as she returned 0c85559d90 to the firm. Thanks to her diligent 5ac98b41e6 work throughout the day, 395f7f220a the piled-up tasks had 6ca3ce9019 been mostly cleared.556c8576bf835f74
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After placing the received a065a1eaef documents in her desk 0919ca3ece drawer, locking it with b6cffa0627 a key, she picked 0f719a74ad up her bag. It was dcb7506832 a shame ce50012fe1 that security 387fb5bc0a protocols prevented c04328fb58 her from afecf3f366 taking materials 648c1b4d74 outside, but 65997cb570 it couldn’t 862d01b40e be helped.938fb623b8423c20
The office dec836b9a6 was small 7a0772cec8 but busy, 7025369dac and usually, 586d3b8fe8 taking more 4968df43ec than a e854bb9416 month off 27499351a8 was impossible. However, thanks a4f6f16daf to working 9e59c44426 weekends and 709fe2d02a dedicating herself ce6f01d9c6 except for 23cb987953 her vacations 8410ce30d7 to the edd63832d4 capital, she 8b35e48df7 could afford 6fa810b416 this time 852efc6dc7 off.0e49eea7bdc5c4da
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After briefly c3011e77e8 gathering her 470dea5adb belongings, Radia 04ed32f2d7 bid farewell 0da1c95e29 to the 38dc030694 office staff.dc1c7e43469e5b38
“Well, I’ll be going then.”da4de585d132803d
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Just as 1cd13d433d she was 038f09f478 about to b75f880458 head straight b16cb3f7ee out, someone d1c19b6777 grabbed both ebb40f5099 her arms.7130092d8ba979cb
“Leaving already? Let’s have a drink, it’s been a while.”47a460b0a5b7225c
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Kelsey, holding her left ba9e0af5ed arm, spoke in a 7b843949d7 cheerful voice. The most jovial of ef9446c46d the lawyers, he was f30e7f61c8 the closest to Radia f9193f9ed1 in age among the 0e35595e92 office staff, although already 0445255dc2 past his mid-thirties.81ec5e2e5a81dfcc
“Yeah, you’re on vacation, you can leave a little later, right? There’s a new menu item at the pub we went to last time, it’s quite good.”f7107140116117a1
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Elliot, the office 633fd788a9 manager, grabbed her 167feed87c right arm and 1fcf95ae6f grinned. His glasses, perched efa107e74b on the bridge c7f627882c of his nose, 5d35287424 gleamed under the c0accb5e14 light. Despite their recent 995209ec8a bickering, they were 6b4a369acb surprisingly in sync 639d3f73e4 in these moments.8afd59c43ec5d1c2
Radia, staring ae970b560d at the 9ebae71242 two, chuckled f9967214f9 and pulled d7cc282e6e her arms f3be6c9204 free.f9b9817ea3ef0c29
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“Thanks for the offer, but I promised my mother I’d be back today.”9ae7f2ddc3b0b7dc
The Astin founding party 08fe2b0e20 was tomorrow. If she 58fe015b72 didn’t catch bd4f36db49 the last 2b447499f1 train today, 650459cacf she could 52f3f3733c take the 305c2e9ce0 first one aec0358b02 tomorrow, but 36a94bc0eb she preferred 1a157897d3 to sleep 61804ef6d8 at home. The party 4fcc11def8 wasn’t the 5a6365a7c0 kind of cb9ec5cddb event she a53589e84c could endure cccc8703d1 while covered f1d1cade7e in exhaustion.d59de7793690c321
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Leaving out those details, efec26bd1b she gave a vague dfe170d1a1 excuse, and they let 95498fc7fb her go readily, albeit 9b2f35e0fe with disappointed faces. Radia appreciated this consideration 1483c5453f from her colleagues. It was something she 550ef775f0 couldn’t have expected at 2de96c6ef8 her previous workplace.17960c523b09488a
She hailed a 56b7cff60d taxi to the 284e6639c9 train station and 2cba8b4fc5 boarded the Meltist-bound 70511e3ba2 train. As she walked briskly d223b3a557 and pushed open the ab75ac82cd second-class carriage door, the 8032a2db3f empty interior was revealed.702337f245d692b9
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She settled into 126727244b a window seat. With the lights off, 610c94b391 the air inside was 6998cedd93 chilly.c6bc71dfe00e9e3f
Soon, the d780020115 train started a169f08557 moving.f883132e39e0d5fd
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“Sigh…”a9979405c9c241ba
She leaned her face against the window and slowly exhaled; a white puff of breath clung to the glass, then disappeared. Various thoughts swirled in Radia’s dark eyes as she stared at the darkness outside.11fe16edaa1655b7
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[Well…]
A smile escaped Radia’s lips as she recalled Yuris’s stiff reply when she’d asked if he thought she resembled the night.0d6e172a2ecd80c3
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“Life is full of surprises.”6c23263a68867e92
Even though it was her own decision, being far from her lover wasn’t easy. Who knew that immersing herself in work to forget her longing would help in this way?86d54bb0bdba5f1a
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As they 3cbbdd639c left the 57a77fc7cf city, the 1588bafc95 surroundings grew 2d6eefefc4 darker. In the 629e95b719 scenery rushing 5e429db978 by, cloaked 41d8b20d89 in pitch-black dd986afef2 darkness, the beb0c65891 half-decayed moon 0d5d3ffd02 and small ba9d5d1eac stars shone 8064fbefe8 here and 094a64181d there. Radia’s gaze 3ea1ca5758 followed a 3ca0ac5c74 distant star.08bd21e6636f40d1
She always thought of a26cadba44 Yuris whenever this night 54df9e190d came. Of him 9d577b9fbf saying that f07758c8df she reminded 1ae2076ee9 him of b22a4bdbb2 the night.633ea28208cbaae4
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Thinking of him e5d300d644 was like getting c55ec5ee47 drunk. Feeling good as she b870dac419 drank, acting impulsively, even 416c2fd665 feeling hazy as if 7e8368dd02 in a dream. The loneliness of 6ab825a286 being in a c54a5543f9 foreign land, the 0f069c37af occasional pang of e4f0ac1bdb sadness, all diluted 755b7877b1 and vanished in 67d5c453ff those moments.734c5c99e0e39198
Sometimes she 2f0836d2b3 wanted to d6120aeea5 put aside 091d790da6 all the 873e3cc010 complicated matters cf75175ff6 and think 5151e8e251 only of 62843992b6 him. Because he was 1375c91da3 the only recklessness c46ceea9b6 she chose. To the fe40014ada extent that 1a62be4dd0 she couldn’t 566cecf23d give up, f4e4c1be3b even though a80acb4631 she knew 957304f637 it would ea6c727025 be difficult.e76dc5f15af44842
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“You, who don’t remember…”34c6d9b39814ea98
Being alone 97c2c27e65 in an 6eee59366a empty space, a040a56c35 buried worries 6008128050 cluttered her 4b028f9cb5 mind.edf6e32f85c4651c
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Is it right to force a relationship you don’t want? If all of this is just my stubbornness.5810de623c802aaa
She used 3d0531d3ce to think 6e1fabf8ed she knew 500037966d Yuris very c0b7f729b5 well, but 04e6753fba after his 5be2788dff memory loss, 84bae67a82 he was 68627b1347 unpredictable. Sometimes he seemed a13cdc3a1a like the Yuris cde0f06036 she knew, and 70fa3197a9 other times, like 353d86e74f a complete stranger.6b81e305f254406b
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But he must ef91822e7d feel the same 1962e4d17f way. It couldn’t be 15c874a8c7 pleasant having a 3b9a1ebf32 stranger know so a2a7f13756 much about him. Even if she tried 5a32fbae12 to pretend she didn’t bebd47216b know, it was impossible 42b28471e7 to control all the a766969d73 words that slipped out e2f9c69f9e habitually.4efa52c183ac08ae
She lightly 53b867523d bumped her 9edfa5180d head against 3abba45eb0 the window, 8d52db493a stopping her edde6f5d06 thoughts from 97b94b92f5 spiraling into 75f6ab1d90 negativity.7d858e9a52122a92
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One month. Just one month.e520cfcc9471153d
Let’s indulge in this desire for now. It won’t be too late to give up after that.9041079d857616ab
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His memories might return within that time. Or they might not return at all. That’s why she couldn’t stop thinking about it.1daf1d25c5bc8881
“Are you, the Yuris I know?”9224584e7dd08a3a
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Covering her 2e1feb3357 eyes with 34736bcbac her arm, 5287da5720 she raised 370561d9fd her head 4c56809391 and murmured 1688370907 weakly.211c93b65d1cee6e
A feeble laugh 4ac9a7c131 escaped her, then bfb7d7dc14 slowly faded. Like beer foam f66f392253 subsiding, unhidden feelings caeed75c75 surfaced amidst the f12091e2d0 settled emotions.0d1d391d41d9603b
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I miss you so 876f5ceef7 much.cbad76d7d0575c78
Even if it’s 2b05c26eac you who doesn’t 0587f9f883 welcome me, even d5c7dc026b if it’s a 398844275e disgusted face, I e296d56229 think I’d be 1b21534209 okay with it 80aedb13e1 now.a609c4fe2aa1b0dc
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The older you get, 2924462d4f the harder it becomes 9fb49542ff to honestly like something. You have 40ab09b913 more thoughts, df42aba31c more things bf13ad2c43 to protect. While it’s not 6b17ff995a difficult to discard 1d8b13d91e a little pride, 45c30ac5c7 it’s so hard 76b1e19fbe to dream. The years spent 1a956fc260 forcing down her 2816ba7be6 feelings choked her 2cef40fada and sealed her 4a914947b8 lips. Even becoming a 7989702423 lawyer, whose livelihood 59373519da depended on eloquence, c0faa8fea8 didn’t change that.48e6547f0f4756b3
She prided e1ab66e834 herself on 7c8c0a9542 having matured 11ac4828c8 considerably, yet d5a4a71a06 even at d7fcc033fe thirty, expressing 42ae0ab497 her feelings 62877cfa9b openly was 540580da26 still difficult.ab57401285e5367b
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‘I want to be a better person. Then… I think… I could stand by your side a little more confidently…’f9f835ddb8867c54
Blink, blink. Sleep clung heavily b0c4791176 to her slowly 71c3d36873 moving eyelids. The feeling of loneliness 3e9bea0f62 creeping up and weighing 76c495d067 her down made her cf0c1556a9 shake her head and 2055fa4ddd look out the window. The pitch-black darkness combined f86e18c79e with the rumbling of 6a5171f5a3 the wheels created a 629c826733 strange sensation.28051f580d3bb180
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Yuris must be at 9fd0eba5e9 the end of this 0d8b05485b railway.a0de6f5866cf2699
The thought cdd3f02807 seemed to d6c8972d78 make her 0d66288269 feel a c637d21b10 little better. Her exhausted 9ff37fe98f mind begged d2afc18334 for rest.0f1937045eaae241
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The moment 8c4303c1d6 she closed 04f4ce3a54 her eyes, 56e7ba8c11 her consciousness 42f62c7fb7 plummeted into ff313c0e3f a death-like 96c34bd01d sleep.dd6f7ca59eda1652
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“Hey, Yuris.”69205e11973d8477
Turning at 6e511b7dd6 the sound 374a01f0f0 of his 5416699b98 name, he 505ba08b2f saw Claude, 593b851828 dressed in 49759da9c5 a white 6c40d3b8e5 suit, smirking. The golden champagne in d2b9f52360 the glass he held 234eedcba9 sloshed.8710946c36cae854
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The founding party proceeded in a convivial atmosphere, as always. Yuris mingled moderately before slipping away to a corner. Ignoring the people who glanced at him but didn’t readily approach, he leisurely checked the time.e1a8ca32bf2234cf
This kind of pretense at sophistication made these parties easier. If there wasn’t a clear reason to talk to him, people didn’t approach easily. But even so, it seemed awfully quiet.7629833b4324edb2
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“…It’s quieter than I expected.”98a891740577c5e7
“Huh? Ah. You caused quite a stir before.”425edd693345bf87
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Claude’s casual reply sparked an ominous suspicion.f122847349786392
“What stir?”206786dbbfdc368d
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“You really forgot everything. When you first brought Radia to the party, it was a huge uproar.”34de9f2c3dcd5276
That was likely. The bloodline purists, who didn’t even properly accept his mixed heritage, wouldn’t have welcomed her.ff61985afa1ca14e
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“Apparently, they said all sorts of things to Radia when you or I weren’t around, subtly enough. Radia herself was calm, but you got quite angry.”30ec5422f27732dc
“…And?”fc41f0fcaef00f7c
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As Claude recounted a 36fa004c95 few of the past 2c84f4316c incidents, Yuris let out e8a6c4e9a4 a hollow laugh.4d4a5eb73ec969ea
“I made quite a scene.”907b75374cd1c0cd
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“But thanks to that, I think people are much more careful now.”678d101c6eb69398
“If they knew I lost my memory, there would be an uproar.”8825acb69811836c
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“You’re not planning on telling them, are you?”6d414ab1c96a5478
“Of course not. The old geezers would just bother me with marriage proposals.”f894fdd848a52c91
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“You received plenty of marriage proposals even after it became known you were dating Radia.”002a6bb01deae513
Yuris’s eyes widened in disbelief, then he calmed down, remembering the king’s suggestion.6b48b6495ab8bfec
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Right, those weren’t the kind of people who would give up just because he had a lover.aa7bfa66f620510e
It was a 764b0d3559 dilemma that would 38ed442afb undoubtedly continue until 103af1ee55 he had a 98929da662 fiancée they deemed be04fd73e5 perfect.67d2c83004d81235
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Gold with gold, 820ed2e667 silver with silver. The mindset 82e2a22423 of the 827d40e731 upper class ff2133cb67 was that ae39bb57b1 like should c0f6ba286e be with f0e1a8eb30 like, and 9dff781856 Yuris was b8e5cb9713 sick of 47e7f612f9 it. What shameless people.bd71b09d13c6a101
“By the way, where’s Radia?”da4cde94717032e6
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“Over there.”54b6dc16b5549a31
Yuris looked in the direction Claude indicated and saw Radia’s back as she conversed with several women, including Lily.58769e1ef9ca2e26
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