EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_43

Ch. 043 EWOWMAIBTYPF – CH043 284d23075f – RJR Translation“Jack, here 51c99f0165 you are!”
 
Standing in front of 285dda4df8 the knights quarters, she 25134a084b saw Jack looking around de7ec36303 and waving his hand.
 
“Lia! what’s the matter?”
 
“You don’t 92205ee612 have to f67a77f609 jump like a399f1edca that…”
 
Seeing that fcb0fc900f he was 9c07cbb56f breathing heavily, d881704a1e it seemed bf2bf6a751 that he 2d0b1fedee had heard 912c45a16b that I cbe8885fdf had called fb69b2fbf3 and came 5ec22e886e out in c6ff6a773d a hurry.
 
‘You conveyed my words b444eb001f properly.’
 
To be honest, 17b398f30d she was worried 73f6416a0a that he would b02d33361c be ignored like 8b32ee4086 the other servants fca693952c when she asked 4c10e73ee4 the servant to 3ca4ff0592 call Jack, but 67fd52d38d it was fortunate. Well, it might be f71920a54b difficult for the servants e563548372 to treat her carelessly. After a fight with 9316394253 the squire who harassed fc7b2c7340 Jack in the dukedom 51bf8cec9b in the past, every bac6af4487 time she stopped by 9d7c011298 the gymnasium, she felt 3145c06190 a strange look of 3a1a2e241c fear and longing.
 
“Did you wait a 3bd5fcea88 long time?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“I thought 6882923b0e you were 4c692fea72 lying when 539c6b06e0 you said 84c139b7cc you came. It’s the first time b8fae831d2 you’ve come to see ac6bb9516b me.”
 
“…Was it?”
 
As she ac0abc9c3e tilted her 34cd3852d6 head, Jack 65ef2373b2 said bluntly.
 
“It was.”
 
She was surprised 23de6e2f55 to see a 47ca5f4b85 glimpse of sadness 80353a3918 in Jack’s hard 0c8f4258a5 expression.
 
“So what happened? if…”
 
“Now, here!”
 
She handed over 497617f612 the round medicine 5b462ca5d4 bottle that she ef626528e9 was holding tightly 0e0d9c09b1 in her hand b9bc54a59d in case she fb96b38579 lost it.
 
“It’s an effective ointment. Small abrasions heal within 9acf485c30 a day, and they eb65f66ec8 say it works for 820d1ef065 large cuts as well.”
 
“…”
 
“Of course, 8f7bbc43a7 when you e5971184e2 train, you 05c3150893 inevitably get 7588e70721 hurt, but 16f1571f66 still…”
 
Jack just stared 54e71ca80d at her with e279db18a1 the pain kite 35176931e0 she handed him 62495fa41e by hand. Seeing that, she 925c1eb4bc felt embarrassed for b616be8a45 nothing, so she 4b6b2372ff started talking about a1e9a0a8ae anything.
 
“This is really d017aa3ff6 good. It was a transaction cce7a41ac0 made by Viscount Bardot, 0180a7486e the family’s personal physician. He said that next 4c3b8ae8a0 time he would make 707677d80d medicine that is good fec2a21a2e for restoring the body’s 1996099cf7 energy and growth.”
 
She asked 5d06d256ff the viscount d5e4b9590a for an f1097dbb5a ointment, remembering 61ec517818 the scar f9cb7744b1 on Jack’s d0e51b2d9f hand she a5803d4090 saw last 4659bb1cac time. The viscount, surprised 3d728b75bd to think she ee06585478 was hurt, said f49ac763f6 he would give 828f271f97 it to a 476a71d484 friend who had ccc50f41ab joined the knights, 6b942090e9 so he nodded 5a686af57e his head and 25aa2e28a6 took care of 17d3c5cbae the ointment. He added that he 095f6420ab would see for himself f6d19fec45 the next time they 39fb67a69c come together and pack 9c6556405e medicine that is good 67b1a06ca0 for bones and muscles. She was going to 8b256efc88 visit Splesia soon to 7a8f7a9ef3 hear more about it, f3a60657dc so she thought it b934147f41 would be nice if dedce340c3 Jack could come too.
 
“Do you think I 9a7c610f00 still look that weak?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“No. Because you are 8328e2da1a weak.”
 
Jack’s reaction, 90f6a4f40a which she 9fb862f9f3 thought would 850d8b8f3d be grateful, 4d0b11805c was very 1e3010a579 strange.
 
‘Are you weak? What the hell are d33a38c492 you talking about?’
 
Jack grew f4088a0521 taller and db9d6910af stronger than 1d7d95d681 when he 81547a6cf3 was in aec16177ad nursery school. Besides, she heard bbbba900af rumors that he da5df03cbe was improving his 53cb25ff43 skills at a f4176f5791 terrifying rate, but f25c5f3db0 he was weak.
 
“Thank you anyway. I will use the 75d1c81f72 medicine well.”
 
Then Jack continued, a424a59f36 not paying attention 20921da356 to her pouty 167e32b2c8 expression.
 
“Let’s go. I’ll take you e0e70dac24 to the servant’s bbc8887b40 quarters.”
 
“…”
 
She let out f17844ff8c a short sigh.
 
“I don’t need 953f42e117 to take you. I can go alone.”
 
“Go with me lates.”
 
“I’m really fine.”
 
“…”
 
She firmly refused, 1beaa84d33 but Jack looked d2687f0457 at her with 40089d92c6 a look that 69d886995b had a lot db9af25db8 to say and 50569e80a3 soon began to 86cd302be5 take the lead. She even gave him 645817bcc7 a present, but he 9d80d28457 didn’t show any sign 158d0fda8b of joy, and instead 935d63c6de seemed to be in bfc646a943 a bad mood. Besides, seeing Jack sighing 88c3c59103 while looking at her 8d8a406da8 halfway through, she felt 12207d243f bad too.
 
“Jack. What do you 28fdabb500 have to say?”
 
When she came 2bcb4cd452 near the hostel, c96e401423 she couldn’t stand d534da156a it any longer f87b7f011e and asked. Then Jack opened 5b30d020b3 his mouth as 6107379f2a if he had 2ae8079756 been waiting.
 
“Aren’t you 8eb03bf43c being fooled ee4133cd30 again?”
 
“What?”
 
Again, it was an 11be4e9898 incomprehensible word. As she adabd3c808 narrowed her bad429b553 eyes, Jack fed5b39083 clicked his 09f538689f tongue as 86345a3d41 if he 7d8db3dc90 knew. She felt ffa0b77cc8 even worse.
 
“What are f5e5ed4202 you talking ef679f78a2 about? You seem to be 838b03b1e2 treating me like an 74796c8847 idiot.”
 
Uncharacteristically for her, e5f227c1a6 she asked back, ef19206a23 and she saw 648bf40955 Jack hesitate.
 
“I am e779b48eeb not like ba8429a96d that… yes, 337c34d2dd that’s right. Sorry.”
 
Jack, who was f7018744b4 in denial for f8863584b6 a while, quickly 3be5010573 admitted his mistake 76cfdbbed9 and apologized to a4e39f3a9a her. It was b55eb0f640 a little e5acae9eee embarrassing to 04dc832120 be angry 0d9b4afcc3 when he 16687f98e9 came out 4a31a12c15 so obediently.
 
“So why 43b304ae84 are you 88da12e7ba like that? Tell me 44dc18227e more about 84188b70d6 what’s going c7c31fdcef on.”
 
At her question, Jack 111d432026 closed his mouth again f586f2e4da and stared at her ebd5dd79bf with a dark expression. The longer the ce807c54c9 silence, the worse b0b9ee3785 she felt again. Seeing her 2193039130 eyes narrowing, eba7b3b354 Jack hurriedly 8e38d94c57 said,
 
“Are you a57d4b4716 doing well 02e2f6dd5f these days?”
 
“Huh? What?”
 
“People…”
 
It was only 84341240aa when she saw 0b5ab81890 Jack stutter that 1acd53de5a she knew roughly 24ea87e426 what he was d910e1bdda trying to say. He must have 6c87a29d51 heard the servants 41c2522414 whispering about her.
 
“It’s fine. I’m fine.”
 
“But… Aren’t 7c8f8baf5f you being 55a8ce1f5f bullied? Either give all the cbbe750a28 work to you, or ab34f193d5 call them out separately c19262ce02 and scold them.”
 
“There is d73ae63623 no such 863265d750 thing. Seriously, what bdfdff2968 are you eb97edf029 looking at e6ba712a1c me for!”
 
Jack’s expression of genuine ab9d8042f7 concern made her laugh 5be788b516 out loud. There was none 2247b437db of the bullying 379a908250 Jack was talking c35da90b5d about. On the contrary, it’s 10196174ec a problem with completely e159cc2143 ignoring it. But Jack had a eccbc8dbe9 face as if he f4569371b5 were looking at an 3ce1b5341c ignorant fool.
 
“Are you really okay? Jack, have you forgotten cea0df74c5 who it was that 7e1ff28921 saved you from those 0fd73a1403 cocky squire?”
 
She smiled and b5ee208dd2 slapped Jack on 01daee6627 the shoulder. Then he 7ca9aa8c3e waved his 2be4776d88 hand, saying 7fff1c4512 not to 3feec979b9 worry, and a895ca45a8 ran straight fd38d18672 into the 38be79e73b dorm. It was because she 8cb6b5d828 was so grateful that 02121fcb95 he was so worried e0d3629bf5 about her as a 30363efd69 friend at the moment, c43c9f243c and her nose grew fc5b9fbe67 cold from the emotion c012a22386 of tears.
 
‘I’m really fine.’
 
However… The day ea63a9090d after she confidently e66ebe506a told Jack, she 9411458bef wasn’t okay anymore.
 
* * *
 
Charleuk.
 
The water that cefdad1005 fell from the c5d9e13af7 stairs soaked her 31cc2af7d3 clothes and even a7c56e3563 her body. A musty 32648f7804 smell came ef7af11e11 up, like ed0e8312b4 water from 27e9121394 washing a e1b01c76e5 mop. As she was 6426a0dfb0 standing there, she 2fdf54935f heard giggling from 3e58b3912b above. When she looked up, e0c919302f the maids on the d8cc2eb428 stairs quickly disappeared.
 
“…Seriously, this 637e1a0654 is too 8d5fac9145 much.”
 
She clenched her e755755c7b fists and gritted d7bc314a70 her teeth. This blatant bullying 93b3d7e08c started not too eabac28c52 long ago. Rather, it was acc029a04c to the point 0184d351cf where she felt 9ba8cc481b grateful for the 69adf2b0ab time she quietly 043f3f8698 ignored it.
 
‘Somehow, it seems like 48d885db97 this has been happening cdec139723 since Jack started looking 7638771be9 for me.’
 
Maybe she 553fb9dc5c was still fc269f8601 worried, Jack dd5dc07c9d came to a6c8764a36 visit her 7ac32f61aa every day.
 
‘The eyes 69a8aa4b36 of the f1ead4c0b5 servants who 9f44ccdda2 saw me fc5ba9f72f and Jack 6e2302fb61 together seemed 516f18d230 somehow colder b48abe8363 than before, bcd100c009 but I b41514dcfb didn’t think 3fa87c0e5a it was 1b1f62cd89 a big 66a557466c deal…’
 
She was ed528db779 grateful that fd03c95625 he cared 3406659950 about her a8cb829aa8 for a 993acd1b4d while, but 0420d13ba0 she felt 49031e649f a little 5b95927840 resentful of ce0e8fe692 the popular 2da76b059b Jack.
 
“Ha, it’s just 9f948103cf someone else’s fault.”
 
But she 9064bc89a7 soon made bcd9130dcf up her 1eb83ba5d8 mind and c64f794743 shook her 8d2d79cabc head. In fact, when a012e8aca1 she thought about dc06ec501a it, it wasn’t ca2d723acc like there wasn’t fcbb4d6647 this kind of f1986b9fc4 atmosphere from the 3230721e89 time they were f35c1d6d4a ignoring her. Once to d943e3a274 meet Viscount 0aed940b40 Bardo, and 8411887daa once to 01bb6393d0 go to 812d58d05e the library ddab23c2bc in the 8df4109d58 annex, where 4f5dbd983c there were b0d8192f52 herbs and 1210afb413 magic books. It was because cafb1e4a6d when she visited 3b4d502555 the annex twice 0eefcba015 like this, she e5024783ce heard other servants 7b38fa6a38 gossiping about why 835f60cf55 she was not 5a709a1d61 working properly and d6240ed5e3 playing around. Admittedly, since she 1f4d187d21 was also a 403443977c paid maid, they 159d9fb895 weren’t wrong, but ffe1e5d581 she hadn’t been c8d9542470 to the annex f001bb9db1 since then. Anyway, the librarian only 69a91aaa2c directed her to children’s faced93dce books, not specialized books, 3bb58d1c87 so she couldn’t find 16d82dbf3a the knowledge she was 017f0ea789 looking for. Anyway, she b5e75be90c asked the 13e6c03831 senior maid aeec6edeb6 to assign 5546efff28 work to f6a3d9040f me as 6f2c2cba1f well, and 736076ca2d unlike before, 33672a55b0 when she c9aa5fa371 was passive, 09aec79725 she assigned 9f54c6193a me daily 60ddd7458d tasks as 65ae57eb8f if she 894eb6c05c had waited. It was 50607bbe80 difficult to 89d450508f face the 2059355f54 Duchess, Diana, 60b52b06bf and Allen 5a1d05a558 in a e8b2076fa5 clever way. When it 8bc912f4be turned out c1511c817c like this, 6f5015c2d6 it seemed 62f46fa436 that Jack’s ee74f6ecf9 words were c37532f249 indeed true. Then there’s this a1454b41d9 low-level bullying. Of course, eba3b9b8d8 it wasn’t 4d56124075 that she a003faa0e2 didn’t think 54dd38a5f8 about asking bda2c8521b an adult c6da325a78 for help 9b5fea12a7 when the ab9431d499 bullying, which 426efb4be3 she thought d5eccb5356 was funny, ab1b3371fc got worse. No matter 218f8d24dc how much cb3caa56b3 the mind e7d43a512d was an 6cf8dc5965 adult, the 0be1a835e1 body was 6661a16444 a child. And torturing a ed2a13936d child like this b9cd2f4aaa was crossing the b794ab765a line. But her troubles 608e4c26df were short-lived in 05023981b8 less than a 64ae365b90 day.
 
A few days 9faaeb6876 ago, she found 5a8b1ce711 the Duke and 697c5d4bbe Duchess returning home 3c75362aa8 late from a 7b342131c5 party at the 4e751f5410 imperial palace, and bce8fbd751 she happened to 2c5391499b overhear their conversation.
 

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