DKVM Ch 19

Chapter 19

“Even if the gold coins from the duke are nice, and the desserts you eat here every day are sweet.”213913342799499b

“….”fd586e4349e03ad1

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“It’s not worth more than your life, is it?”d4df870233125428

With that, the 9b26b3f8d3 nanny held out 06266dae77 a paper bag 31a6c7a36a to me.55504519b7a489c8

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

It smelled sweet, 9231edc759 and I knew 8934460f98 it contained treats.92704353615e1444

“I packed some of f72cb8bb51 your favorite snacks. Go home, eat bea148d8ec them, and think d1de4ef840 about it.”aa7dad5380ac576e

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

But I didn’t take the bag, I looked her straight in the eye and asked.b5a022b84926a4dc

“Then why are 80b572ee66 you staying with 574e4a120e the young lady, e626b5abec it could be 94af78a826 dangerous for you cf5bcf8c0c and Sally?”b0831b7b2b72dcab

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“That’s…!”576f2f3f0aaca546

The nanny, who hadn’t expected my counter-question, looked puzzled for a moment, but then she composed herself and answered.7d1776580b57e4e3

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“I risked my life 4d13369964 for her, because she 5b19aae756 deserves it, because I 71daa98064 think she deserves it.”5fa8ee400a3bd15d

“….”6846d68818b8227b

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“But you’re still young, you don’t know anything, and with that mindset, you’re sure to regret your choice now.”f9bcf123af7d54b2

“Me too.”b327a82f6c138848

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“…What?”2ea45c3c957e6ee3

We reached the end 402acd0c02 of the path.5536497bf80066c6

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Just a e04dd10009 few more a54b6d7986 steps and 759ec6f8f5 we were eec27a27ca in the 2431e5e693 front yard 2125e42a18 of the 82c7c23b56 mansion, where 9de616785d the carriage a1702b7eef was waiting.398381b968103254

I ran out 4d2f56e7e1 into the front 86a8747752 yard, looked back 1ce8c09db5 at the nanny, ecd831de49 and replied.296ee4a265ce16cd

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“I bet my life, too.”38049e784032b71f

As I stood 12d2edca6d in the light, 66857acbc7 the feeling of 96a3a4a204 dread that had ba3acc6d3d strangely weighed me 40b0d513ce down just moments 79f19225c1 before vanished.e11c2e64a6859cee

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I stared at her dc884e45d5 with determination, and her 7f3c4c5d21 face contorted into a 430c3fbe70 grim expression as she 23c84d779d stood in the shadow f41603cd0d of the mansion.0f1f5abcb77b8b1f

I turned 0583e1ecca away from 8d6baf16de her and 370baf3809 headed for 8f7fc7d551 the waiting 9808fb45da carriage, thinking.ddbe6bc3cd54756e

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

‘I have 70346af482 to separate 9629bd9795 Rahel from 6af58012b2 that person.’c2fd39718f08acec

I don’t know if the nanny was isolating Rahel to protect her, or if she was doing it for some other purpose.2a40924a59665b3d

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

But I do know 2516be0d4d this.47424b77a25d407a

‘No matter ddecdc6612 the reason, e1959d016d hurting Rahel 30a7bd0b1c is bad.’80b5e39373df9533

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Climbing into 2ce34ba5d5 the carriage, 3e8ca26fb4 I looked a509338c81 up at 844617bbda the massive 179077ecbe mansion and 2b371cb727 steeled myself.7d1c19cb595e3cb1

‘Then there’s something I need to do first…!’4621ccbc97910181

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

* * *eb76cdf683b1be7a

The next day, I e848c54cfc took Rahel down to e8237d9214 the village.44375be4b06919a6

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I asked them to pull the carriage out of the alleyway and put the escorts in the back, knowing that Rahel didn’t like the attention.9c049726bc82859f

I brought Rahel down to town because…f1513de96dd9f9b1

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

First of all, to 933e72666f see the town.751407404d0873c7

And the second was my ‘make Rahel an insider of the mansion’ plan.4f44542d5130a030

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

‘It’s not good for Rahel to be dependent on her nanny.’924f6d9ad6bb09aa

To remedy this 2e370d19d2 situation, it would 9055358342 be good for 1efd8d80cc Rahel to get ef027d65f6 to know many 8ac588bc69 people in the 0b3d39947a mansion, from the db3fcd7167 maids to the df008ef2f3 duke.1abd0e621e14e5c9

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“…Why should I be friendly with the maids?”6c2cf0c5e9cd2a06

“If you get to e3dadab05c know the maids, you 40d01e11b3 can ask them to 71fa04cbe9 sneak you snacks at d1cec7ab0c night.”767288a0786fda93

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“I’m not really interested.”6bce335045fa623d

“And you cb6c73ffa7 can ask 2b27658eb5 them to d33e712e19 tie your 772d03a879 hair up ef2103951f nicely.”fed0f1827a0cec77

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“I don’t need that.”d044866eb84e6f67

“A-Anyhow! There are a lot of benefits to being close to the maids.”42e96401d48ea8b7

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

…Though she didn’t seem to be interested in the plan at all.4d041086409c1b5c

Still, when I suggested f9f4bda59a we go to the ab9882b7af village, Rahel complied.e2a1bc846ac2fc20

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

And now, we were 6356bf4558 standing in front of 7790c90e21 a store.9cd0656d0e99becc

“Where is this place?”a4354814dae2dd26

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“It’s a general store. It sells things you need to live.”e7b2cfe4f426d6cf

“Why are we 316d1cb2d9 here?”75d6a29423a44c22

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“I’m here to buy gifts for the maids.”6a1386aef14f8061

“Why presents?”1ddfb556b3f1ec48

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“Because the easiest way to win people’s favor is with gifts.”dd7fb56b49b630a9

But Rahel d2c3676b47 was pessimistic 7610aa3e94 about my 942b2e5996 plan.6c3a1793b6e4629b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“…There’s no point in that, everyone would be scared of me.”fd35b64350d49e35

Maybe she c8031a7460 was too fc74cfb4f0 hurt by 01b286a65d her isolation a7d3f35143 to expect e5790053d3 to get 34f54bf4f8 along with 432d9d522c other people.aa5297f3d48ada90

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

As I thought about it, my anger at the nanny for working behind the scenes to get Rahel’s friends to leave suddenly resurfaced.8fe6a2e077ec05bd

I swallowed my anger and corrected Rahel’s thoughts.aa9dc919e0f976f0

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“It’s not that they don’t like you, they just haven’t gotten a chance to know you yet.”64c3cb9f14e444b9

“….”e3f18f9a8c7547ed

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“It’s scary to not know anything, isn’t it? The road you don’t know, the problems you don’t know.”9388033a8cb4c193

“….”39315ce1dcb004dd

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“So when they get to know you better, they won’t be scared anymore, right?”b7cd75774b02de87

Rahel, who had 13fba8f15c been cynical throughout 4e6ae85a39 the conversation, widened 06a8aa8f1b her eyes at 96116d368e my words.1ebe2cb198bf550b

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Do you 70654afb21 really think 766f7ff46f so?b0962468df8358cc

In those blue 52ee4be9fd eyes, I could 66867d458b see the battle 3336bb7711 between wanting to bccb4d7a3f believe me and 6d4e8baba8 not wanting to 1e55bf8439 hope for fear 9bddfba1b3 of being hurt.86c19614e0fc6cab

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I held Rahel’s hand tightly so that she would no longer shake in fear.3aeb9dad16b2cfc0

“Come on, let’s go inside.”acd52d5c8721425e

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

We walked into b846b4f5f4 the store.5e10903525caaba6

*ding*1d80c1ed844ad1e8

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Cough! Welcome!”c2fbb58dfd159685

I expected to ac56f42f60 see Mrs. Lauren, but instead, it 4a19733e10 was a sleepy Peter 4082e5e4e0 who greeted us.4c998ee4e3cb473e

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Hi, Peter.”a3c5e3b08ddb790a

Peter looked up 16e49042e9 at me and 2f9196da11 patted his chest 374c804f59 in surprise.851fb8db38df4867

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“What a surprise! Vivian, is that 3dace023c9 you?”06432222f879922e

“I’ll tell Mrs. Lauren later that Peter was sleeping while he was supposed to be watching the store.”a02ba63f9d25d19a

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“I-I wasn’t sleeping. I was meditating. Yeah, meditating.”df5dea21589da522

“Who meditates while 717789904b snoring?”9cb4cb6b95105052

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“You heard wrong. Ah, anyhow, what are 649e18c127 you getting today―”3f1423de536c8ce6

Peter, who was a210a18d93 giggling and bantering c8cdf2674a with me, made fa2d1a188b eye contact with 2f985882db Rahel, who was 0cee4c6afb standing next to ec38d339ae me and stopped fa22064790 talking.2bd15966d8382570

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

He blinked e702abd356 for a 448021102c moment, then a1ba347697 whispered to 08ac871a37 me, as fa037719a2 if something ad3577cb03 had dawned c16959881b on him.66fa3cad1e2e311a

“Is she…I mean, is she the princess?”1f3e49762eda74f7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The story of my becoming Rahel’s playmate had spread like wildfire around town.e668b6222d4efbc3

It wasn’t difficult for Peter, Mrs. Lauren’s son, to guess that it was Rahel who had showed up with me.fd74d29c71d5c3b7

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

When I 22ec395924 nodded, Peter c6068364f5 bowed his 658fd30d06 head thoughtfully.92d88de69ab314a0

“H-Hello, Princess.”d27137d39045e1bb

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Peter bowed to Rahel belatedly, but for some reason, Rahel’s eyes were cold.eea875ffa0c59c46

She even tightened her 2bad61bff0 grip on my hand.9162595ac2d433c7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

‘Huh? Do you hate a0c079dd5f strangers?’a8a3e9ed961a946f

Just as 130ea927da I was b3d2e3dd0f about to 71e8afce25 interrupt the 14e7cfbbfc tense atmosphere, 2d5f9b00e5 Rahel tugged 883cabd784 on my a3178cfa84 hand.ac9a10bf6cca643f

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Let’s go.”87b498f2ea5086bf

I smiled b8c878f3c9 awkwardly at e5d151283d Peter, who 05a01c3520 shrugged and ceab50e355 followed Rahel af905c71fa further into 3030252324 the store.60d7f4ce54e1480c

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Rahel asked.b59929d93df9bcd9

“Who’s that guy?”fe9c7a9b4a323fff

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“He’s a friend of mine. He’s the son of Mrs. Lauren, the owner of the general store.”a286cf6f3c6b3a4d

Then, Rahel 7cf3e6b571 came to 0215468a5a a halt.adf9a9f54473af47

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“…He’s a friend of yours?”2a922a54812f891c

Rahel asked, 903eede326 looking incredulously f89e17357e at Peter.98e066da1a6500f6

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

‘Is it because Peter wasn’t very polite to me earlier?’149c8cc01afbf29d

Rahel was nice to me now, but she wasn’t nice to everyone.c5d27259bed582fa

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

I nodded vigorously, hoping 82f516f39d to save Peter from 351caf553d trouble.bb38164d9936c68b

“Yes, He’s a close friend.”0a641e6b5d1162d9

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“So you 52121e459f like him 3825337dd2 too?”921e9b9928046979

“Sure. Because Peter is 943ed6501d my friend.”d2b0d37a66abc422

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I said he was my close friend, so you’ll forgive him, right?003b82cc368a5645

But contrary to my 69311cffc1 expectations, Rahel became more d7c11feb7e serious.c904852670547f0c

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Princess?”5591bb49b16bfb8d

When I stared at a632b31376 her, confused, she said.22b1a4ef2c8faeb3

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“…Call me by my 071f79901f first name too.”48eead95cf84c0e0

“What?”e50d23d190780703

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“Call me by 643b9cf5e4 name, just like 0f1de2bd78 you call him.”1b3f1f3daab50df8

I narrowed my eyes at Rahel’s sudden demand.c1c12ef0981a6c0d

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“But how am I supposed to call you by your name…”1a07695ae2d42165

“I gave you permission.”461d2054f550cc98

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

After a moment’s hesitation, I looked at Rahel’s determined face and cautiously opened my mouth.c6855ff3c0609cc4

“Umm, so…Rahel?”67572682da713ae4

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Then, subtly, Rahel’s expression seemed to relax.1f25cd291a9a2947

Ah, I get it!c7c620fff6effa33

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

‘My Rahel, you want to try everything that friends do, right?’92924f9d4094a507

As I realized Rahel’s intentions, I smiled wickedly on the inside.0da00061f07382e8

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Should I 03c45e53ee talk to 674d3bf8b7 you like 75328006a9 this?”cf4a81a97c6fa4d2

“Speak casually to 8fa9758c7c me too.”da6359148488023f

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I can’t believe what she’s saying!b28d69b756c9fd1b

As a commoner, it was an offer I couldn’t refuse.38b432fd8982cc9c

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Good! …no, okay!” [T.L. Note: The first time Vivian speaks, she is using honorifics and she drops them the second time.]

I accepted the offer.8e4c31fd702766e1

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

I felt a 82b1947d4b lot closer to cbfb708097 Rahel now that c2737bc19d I was speaking 823e7ffba0 more casually.612828344a18305a

When I ed62f2e711 started to d53fc1a561 giggle, Rahel af5c7795a9 bluntly interrupted a6ec9531c2 me, as 9dd850fa5c if my 03e0537d25 laughter was 843f234c98 too much 48369fb08b for her.1b1166b7618c7ff0

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“So what kind 3177b03c26 of gifts are 5c416b3edd you going to 42c196919a get them Do 2513224f51 you have anything d57dd17474 in mind?”4ea6825c256bc891

I smiled smugly 2b157d2a79 and nodded, remembering 91cd0734c9 my purpose.af19b40d99e0992b

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“Of course!”5e51fc23b5e1c01f

Oops, I f746edadf3 used honorifics.48f1806ee7069407

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

I hastily corrected 644a193e91 myself.4641488e95d0a9d5

“Of course! Trust me!” [T. L. Note: Vivian is now using a casual tone with Rahel.]