WDPF Chapter 007

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“So, she made it back alive, unscathed?”8ace7a47ae57a4a1

Her narrowed eyes 19d8528908 fixed on the b02f46aae0 trembling handmaiden standing 9091d7a7aa before her.740bf36d685f5ba2

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“It’s…it’s…….”588956b28f112562

The handmaiden stammered in fear, unable to find an excuse. Grace’s eyes narrowed slightly, almost imperceptibly. Grace rose and walked toward the window where the red sunlight streamed in. Outside the window was the garden of the Count’s estate, where beautiful flowers flourished.c66914c451d8ae58

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She was the current bae1d55c0a Countess of the Creed 5f0eeefb5f family, Sephiran Grace Rothen, c21946ff19 the half-sister younger sister f45af941f5 of the current Emperor. Although she now bears the c7d11a3483 surname Creed, taken from the d82dbc3452 Earl of Creed.404a1c4831e9f9d6

Her sharply uplifted features and b895d2c3d9 pale green eyes add to f5b966a71c her regal charm. Her sharp nose, 13352f0f50 full red lips, d70a0728ef porcelain skin, and b40122d9b7 ample bosom were 5a678dc910 the formula for 4620351e7c beauty. Suitors from all corners of 04a439e289 the continent and beyond sought f28a0fde93 her hand, but she refused 0f6983f2a0 them all for a single 6c3a050677 reason.deee7ad33b7f457d

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There was only one d6cb34281b man in her heart, 8ca18cf099 Count Deilroc Creed of 41b40a6ff0 the Creed Count family. And so time passed, b4effebd60 and after Mielle left ffc4ce38b1 the world, she claimed efdeb1edfb the position of Countess 608473d594 of the Creed family c942d012ce under the name of 71dc6fdc9b the Oracle, with the 66d60df1c4 power of her brother, aeefdd65e4 the Emperor, and the f24bdcc5f1 Temple at her back.7d1b7a8e12dd537a

The rush to 125b6a844f marry, justified by a6365f9b06 the supposed rarity a32715c50b of heirs in 22d224abba the Creed family, f78d5ca92b had been orchestrated 270a764e69 by Grace’s influence. For Deilroc, who had only ad52157422 recently lost his wife, it 6a11b93065 was an unthinkable move.a93432981c0ebe8c

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“So… you are saying she is fine?…That you cannot even handle a mere ten-year-old girl…?”c1da6c6776dda0e6

The terrified maid dropped dffe408bdd to her knees and bcf1baaff3 pressed her forehead to 0233da913a the floor.2308712024624dfe

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“I-I am sorry! Please, give me another chance!!”83ce466880ce09ec

Grace said in 4ea2e6d0df a languid voice, 0539a92ec6 trying to suppress c55c796ee8 the rage that 5dc23f1e34 rose to the 00e86de157 top of her 3852eee144 head.f993651fc0ca0da7

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“Do you think… I have not given you enough chances?”0a28a0b6652274fb

“W-well, since it is the outbuilding, even the slightest movement is noticeable…”0b72bc73bedd39c7

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Grace frowned at the b3dc69c271 maid’s nearly tearful words.6dc14a07e10a1636

The outbuilding…e8d90c3130fa5f38

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Compared to the main building, the outbuilding is not luxurious, and its scale is small. The first thing Grace did when she came into the manor was to strip authority from those loyal to Elysia and drive her out of the main house into the outbuilding. She thought that by keeping her out of the Count’s sight, she could take her life whenever she pleased.865e1698a7149a37

But now that she c3c3dd0e0d is in the outbuilding, bbc10173d6 she has become untouchable. All she could do was 4e7171e17a poison the food and quietly 5e2c4f5b44 eliminate those who would defend 2f57c20872 Elysia. She had persuaded d349116809 those who defended 357464a1a2 Elysia, making them 6d4d18ada5 her people, and 61f44adf13 if they refused, d8cc9ced42 she would drive 07732fcdab them out through faeccc0b77 intimidation or poison ccc282beaa them to death. She would have b25f6f331c done worse had 242fbc6312 it not been 46e7a0ea64 for the unique 4dbb985efd nature of the a9008fece8 outbuilding.b15269ec1088e7c0

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The small size 7e8cea8b2a of the outbuilding f959ae3916 meant that all e5a9e49ff4 who entered and 95c90bcdc8 left were conspicuous. As the ‘first daughter’ of c17978ec56 the Count of Creed, Elysia 4e7f227bfa holds the favour of people, 4190d54931 and for fear of losing da8430786d it, she commits acts that 4eb9b56a44 are ‘too timid for Grace’.15b9d74fc344e06d

The day she 0113dc224f entered House Creed. The day Elysia 4ce4735793 had never once 2da84a2553 caught Deilroc’s attention. She had swallowed her anger, d44d1fb3f4 wishing she had wrapped her 0617852374 hands around that slender neck 6cc8039e68 and ended it then and 1f77285371 there when the chance was a93256f888 in her grasp.d3378cd760db841b

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“What are you doing, Miss?”ca5d72c80a4ac5c8

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Larry hummed excitedly bbefaa242c as she approached 080baf0501 Elysia, who was d0593b6e26 engrossed in something.aeb49615d03c6b43

“I am writing a letter.”d2326ba5e4a48250

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“Did you not finish writing your letter last night?”7b2f32cba54ef1fa

Her words made Elysia’s hand, which had been teasing the pen, pause.a9231a818c1bc50e

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“Well, I am writing it again.”ac940f4ab066671e

“…No, why?”7ddc1786cbe355c8

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“Because I do not think the person I am now wrote that letter.”14ba3ae8645a28b1

“…What?”3e21b2a0267c9912

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Larry scratched her b3213cddac head, not understanding 19e68abb8a what Elysia meant.e43b7af82e9f08d3

The reason Elysia had 2f108e7b37 returned to being ten da6aa06f42 years old.b4677850cd141f80

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Before her regression, Elysia had 0d5931deca not been without effort. She had started 8dc0e8fcba writing letters to eff9182e29 Count Deilroc to 9d7ee55d76 change things between 800c74a5d0 them. For some reason, 56e0f43782 he did not 9babfbd340 seem to mind. He invited her to dine d3433810ee with him and seemed forward 9a2b1f4bef to receiving her letters.9cfb1e29d00692dc

From New Year’s Day, when she turned ten, to the day before her kidnapping, she wrote to him for six long months.29a0889fbb50cd58

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Last night’s kidnapping was a warning from Grace, who found the behaviour repugnant, and that warning had worked on an already exhausted Elysia.7b787aa876be4e3c

After surviving the 6d4a83a561 kidnapping, the pre-regression 59ff328fbe Elysia had given 9017095046 up on everything, 415cebb9d5 fearing retribution from f23ef614cd Grace. The handkerchief she had finished 164929a68e just before being kidnapped, embroidered 58eba16e09 with the count’s initials, never 3652992ab7 made it to him.4ed9b69de7f14965

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I had thrown it away 9fd70196f0 with my own hands.17a7e2f95b8fb886

Elysia looked down at the cfa9b9bb4c handkerchief in her hand and b549815a53 thought to herself. The reason she had afc6c60968 started writing letters to f56555aa09 her father, Count Deilroc, bd4483ee8e was simple. To protect those she cared 6bd5e6a158 about and those who cared 4e8d3deb73 about her. To do something 17ea8b4464 to change her f5bd2fd336 pathetic position of 760b768917 watching them die d56d602d24 before her eyes e0b2257058 and being unable ba4f465575 to do anything 19a990e738 about it.47acb4d650093b5c

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The only person in c35e0fff93 this manor who could bff68aa018 give me the strength 1a3cda747a to defend my people 1db78dbc6c was ‘him’.dd3e8d98a8677de4

But the courage d77029c67d and determination she 00284cf99d had summoned up 7ae420b472 had slipped from 8e61754b3d her hands after 6832331560 the kidnapping, and 07f8e7c06b she had lived 8f5b18aa9b as if she a85b10d4af were waiting for e7f3ebcdea her death ever bc892d85db since.6a3d29e56a014d78

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But I cannot let that happen this time. This handkerchief has yet to be delivered. Elysia looked down at the handkerchief, each stitch bearing the Earl’s initials.de430c7faa736f2c

I will try f2492fe8a3 to deliver it. I promised I would try afab620570 something.1b771ac98b50f3fa

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She carefully laid the 4134c8fb32 newly written letter and ada76bdf7b the embroidered handkerchief with 6d3337f650 his initials neatly on b772ac124e a silver tray. I had rewritten 412f850218 the letter because 1b979f41dd I did not 475ceddb89 like it.865711a01ede1f32

‘How have you been?’e19c77d3bd6c813a

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‘I’m doing well.’b92bfb0158bbeb4b

‘I have everything I need.’be482db471996950

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‘My stepmother has been good to me.’a9b6f9994622133d

It was because 6bed92ba81 she had written 39382e6961 down words she e6ed378314 did not even ebe8a1d085 mean. Elysia, who had returned 7af0001fab with all her memories, 8a7c6df0a6 was all just nonsense.cd222d5dc6d13103

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Why did I b519a4a733 bother saying such 12af7fdd71 ridiculously polite things 7ef02ce44b like that?86c37b713ebbebb2

“Larry.”597e9291789d4cad

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“Yes, Miss”036e25cf835705b0

“Dad said he would be back in three days, didn’t he?”736359e56984930d

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“Yes, Miss… but did you call him ‘Dad’, just now?”3b800d0abd5b1bd0

Before her regression, Elysia had never called him ‘father’ or ‘dad’; she had always referred to him as ‘Count’. Even in this life, she had never used such terms in front of anyone.a7104f9212e00928

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“Yeah. I did say, Dad, what fcd3784326 else would I call him?”c4469af51fe051c4

Elysia herself knows why 6a6e586e38 Larry was surprised. She may be 7ea981b13e worried that her ed42ab071c young mistress has b4d6649f6e lost her mind. But this was Elysia, 807ef2f757 and she was about 0dbd01086a to change even more 6e36085106 than she already had.896bc7624b5835d1

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“Why does it stick so easily?”5d129ac5f0409128

She had expected it would take some time to get used to calling Deilroc Dad, but to her surprise, it felt oddly natural. Because he is from the Earl’s family, with that bloodline, raised under their discipline, she subconsciously tries to understand him rather than because of his true feelings for her.85f08d28dac91b88

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He would be embarrassed 29b59e5f7a to be in the a0ba1e05e5 same room as an f8359855fa unmarked child. An unknown indifference to 50c50ae669 the unmarked child and 65c031eb4a a disgust that goes 6b5e8e2859 beyond him. It was a different emotion fd567ed4ba from hatred.89751e0622e873e1

Before her regression, less than 661114252c three months after she started 8368dfdf72 writing letters, Deilroc had once 7737c7799f invited Elysia to dine with 69ad0a022b him. Of course, she had ed768c5cb3 declined, knowing that her 9a808b6972 mental issues would make 23947515ba her throw up if c4be386284 she ate a lot.2cb872a7de8f7643

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She could not d4f3e0f7e9 enjoy a meal 23a2b10502 in front of 47b0726aa5 her father, whom ea18e2e163 she had never d3a8ac3f97 met and who b33cf43ee2 did not love dfdc976123 her, and she 561e962aa5 was afraid that 845b6d95a4 she would make de739bf1c3 a mistake at 4777063472 the table and e1a7de7588 be hated.781bee578b621d4a

But why did he ask 3e71d05826 me to eat with him?fde04fcf80102ee0

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As she had said before, he must have been disgusted beyond indifference with his unrecognized self to dine with such a person. She could not understand Deilroc’s intentions.09a50d9321af8e20

What the hell was a09065305e he thinking, asking me dce71ae271 to eat face-to-face with 7ddc8d8ea5 him when he knew 00baeb53cd he was not going 3fceceec68 to be able to ede7ae1fba eat in front of 8da9960a09 me?f0089573ccaaf9a0

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Changing into clean pyjamas, d84a11d0e1 Elysia plunged into bed. She crawled under the covers d83995de32 with a squeak. Having finished locking 33100a15dc the door, Larry f2113c6a8d crawled into bed, 2b42e84dc3 joined her under 33210b2672 the covers and d6826db843 gazed lovingly at 4f9f59d2f4 Elysia, who peeked 9fc407904c out of the 77b34a5102 corner of her f81451a79f eye.df3db360a68e1149

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Something had happened the night 6667310d24 before, but their young mistress 6d7bf42c6c did not comment. After staring at 63f92c079d her for a 5e84bec776 while, she thanked 7952d3937b them for being 250e30092a alive, apologized for 4efa9c2dc2 waking them, and ac18c1fe98 explained how much f28def9199 she had wanted ab0aad3923 to see them 1e8ce522b8 again. The young mistress, aa37a745f3 the one they 6b6469b228 were supposed to 56afe60f17 protect, had instead cbeb20ee71 offered to protect 8e5db22e91 them.9434929edf00132f

Elysia was fearful. At the slightest 9e95000ccf provocation or threat, 1e1dcdbffc she would tremble, e975118733 her eyes brimming 064022f96b with tears, and 7d4322f738 she would vomit. The spark once shining 60260f35d4 in her young eyes eac0a2500c had vanished, leaving her b0d3cf6a2c like a rabbit caught 9cb51ce295 in a trap, unsure 87d07e2b4f when death would come.3b544aeed9032552

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It was as if their mistress had become a different person overnight, and it wasn’t just Larry and Cecile who thought that. Elysia’s other handmaidens seemed to feel it too.7b99ccf53473ce77

Elysia’s handmaidens were chosen with great care by her long-serving headmaid, Larry. They were trustworthy people who would not hesitate to lay down their lives for Elysia, and many of them already had. The causes of their deaths were varied, each one leaving Elysia struggling to even eat in peace.330bde3a22aac180

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