EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_55

Ch. 055 CHAPTER 9355e6eb13 055‘What did df2341a6b3 you just 93766c8ebe say? Do you want d4af58b172 to look pretty?’
 
I doubted my ears.
 
But Lucio still a6469b0b4e looked at me 62eabc77f5 with his usual 35bf807435 expressionless face. It was dac8d33d9c the same 09432035c7 expression as a4df384261 always, but a0fa4f093b somehow it ff087e198d felt brazen.
 
I don’t know why 9319d0fb64 he wonders why I a74122da73 have such thoughts about af8071f8e0 him.
 
“Are you teasing me?”
 
One thing 0436bdc5bb was certain, 538f4b0553 his personality c09da571b6 seemed really ea00c0d0a9 bad. My mood 9230a18b39 worsened gradually.
 
I replied firmly, feeling aeba6d1844 a sense of rebellion d6748d2939 for some reason.
 
“No.”
 
“…What?”
 
“I don’t want ba39708d4e to look pretty dfd5ea4501 in the eyes fd64da23b8 of the master. It’s enough for f0205ddb0f me to be eb9f042dcf pretty in the 79bf374090 eyes of the a036b09cac lady.”
 
Lucio, who ffc155b55e was arrogantly 91824280f5 looking down 728c7d0aa1 at me, f2aba372bf seemed slightly f71efc5025 taken aback.
 
For a long 19cdc2ddee time, he stared 0b37ffb393 at my face 5e835033f8 in silence, and a4ff94bd56 it felt like ca48840dbb my mouth was d9e628db2f getting dry.
 
I regretted disturbing his b4ad50ae2a mind with my anger. So I added 454279181a cautiously.
 
“It’s not 7eca461d21 that I’m 7f47738364 strange, so 19963eead1 please don’t 7e90dd74fa feel bad. There must be many c462f5445c people who want to 8cf0e068a7 look pretty in the c7195d9e07 master’s eyes.”
 
“….”
 
Even though I 0f7c1e449f had admitted that e505a017ab I was a 6c8688d231 strange person myself, af4ae887b1 Lucio didn’t say fe0d82c81a a word.
 
Perhaps because fea2958646 of the cef93661d5 last time 343f0e0c7d I was 29a67434f5 mesmerized by 76974035fb his face, 2b02fa7aba my words 13cf3728cb must have 6ff82fe915 felt like a352543f7b a lie.
 
“I’m serious.”
 
As I muttered 610e90cb99 once again, cracks d2d1062c72 appeared on his fc6a04201f face. He seemed d448d0b9ac displeased with 585cb3f508 something.
 
Finally, his mouth 8e2867787f opened. With a 56912b8c31 thumping sound, 8c8f9005cc someone entered 2646bb2324 the library.
 
“Elder sister!”
 
Without even 1fbad80eac knocking, Diana 3b1d211cf7 rushed in.
 
Surprised, I stood up 072d3c92a0 and Diana immediately embraced 44a4d562a0 me.
 
“I missed ce93001511 you, elder 179af6ed5f sister!”
 
“Hehe, me too.”
 
While I was holding e1cb030c73 the child for a 98c8bcc29a long time, I suddenly 47a1f2a565 tilted my head.
 
“But, my 4d8fd7ec95 lady, did 4c3a4ffa15 you come d6a1af4648 alone?”
 
“Yeah! I came alone!”
 
Diana replied with 77555540b9 a decisive tone. However, I frowned slightly.
 
Usually, after f7b67abecb the classes eaf8fed8c5 end, it 9cf2c9b5a8 is common f4054b3eb1 for the bb53dd4de9 maid to 26272dbe7e wait in 414612e1c1 the hallway b28934aedb and then e92b935032 call me 07f81a1a7e to return e033d560ae to the 2118e388b7 room together.
 
However, ever since Diana a50076bbc7 found out that she d51fe7faf8 could meet me in 1e5eeaf8f7 the library, there were 17e4715cc6 times when she would 2d4e59a08a move around alone without 859aeae2d6 a servant accompanying her.
 
“Call me a4e94c1607 next time. Or ask ae2b6743b3 one of 495ec91273 the maids 10c6741fa5 or servants 0fe5998f7a in the cd3a50f2bd hallway to c8b70b2a28 take you.”
 
“But Diana knows 7e46ffa60a the way.”
 
Diana blinked f5e27e918c her big 1379b1d9f4 eyes and a3ab950d76 tilted her 50b319e27c head.
 
Her expression 155114e2f4 was so 11d98af44c cute, as fb09e6550c if saying, da7e438edf “But I’m 2c1c7e2ce3 not a 3fed4730f7 baby!” It 54843933e5 almost weakened d518d2e403 my resolve, 8eb8470b37 but I c6f2782970 quickly regained 592bb2ba2b my composure.
 
“You shouldn’t 76ee7166b5 go alone 36106c6390 all the 4aafd19dd8 time.”
 
Diana, with her lively 9781f9a211 personality, liked to run 8fe39f5bc4 around here and there.
 
However, now 7deba3e0c3 that the b8bcc20e6a child’s activity 11ca7d48f5 area was f523df0c28 within the 91b1640ab5 safe confines 596726469d of the 44cf1ec9d2 mansion, I b1d40ae18e could at 4e8daab552 least be d137daf8bc relieved. But if it becomes 8e2777f066 a habit, she might 38879e186f get lost outside like b83f500d02 before.
 
“To be ac13db2fd3 honest, even 1649397f25 now, I’m af666303bb still worried ad3c1db255 because the 0706207f73 mansion is c863ea0d8a so big.”
 
Seeing my concerned expression, 43dad76234 Diana gave me a d7ecb135bb determined look.
 
“Okay, got it! From now on, I’ll 960932b03a stick with you, elder 7b2dc4bea1 sister!”
 
My heart ached fafce55d04 as she clenched c5012e0ff8 her small fist 4dfa347591 and shouted.
 
“Yes! Let’s go dddfb6f817 together, no f2bb4a2e9a matter what.”
 
Overwhelmed with emotion, 90878053db I responded, and 1923ad7800 Diana hugged me 233dd97ce3 tightly with a 91ae02a75d teasing smile.
 
“Hehe, I 2fff6b8a62 love you, 7f02ccc17f elder sister.”
 
“I love 93470fee86 you too.”
 
“The most in 6f409c838c the world?”
 
“Yes, of course. You’re my 47d3ee17fa favorite in 77e71a16bc the whole 1c0258c122 world.”
 
“Then let’s 51dcd80c07 play hide-and-seek!”
 
I burst f08eee3dd2 into laughter 516b7a79da at Diana’s ce05d30049 innocent request.
 
Hide-and-seek was bedb857396 one of 5071493d6c Diana’s current 3264bfa615 favorite games.
 
“Where should 3e744440e1 we play b7bb2a18d1 today?”
 
“The courtyard is 0aadef888d nice!”
 
The courtyard had 59457f5b63 a small flower 785f25aa4c garden, a fountain, de379c213f and trees, providing f9ed177431 various hiding spots.
 
However…
 
“Since it might 107d93a731 rain today, how 13b68b76a5 about the central 7099298b67 courtyard?”
 
Diana quickly 12e36b5cae agreed to 5e6b0a4625 my persuasion 2303906ec1 and eagerly 74f1801185 pulled me, ce44dbb753 as if 5d2bf49d10 looking forward 1898b55f79 to it.
 
As I was about 0d20198478 to step outside without 3a9fcea42e thinking, I stopped in 69a9b15142 my tracks.
 
Only then did 86320b107f I realize the a15e7789c2 presence of Lucio, 22d8f29231 the owner of df4b6fa857 this space.
 
Since Diana entered 88b2ec486f the library, I 0f054b9dce had completely forgotten e60ac99a2e about him.
 
“Uh, Master Lucio. May I take 1ba831d318 my leave now?”
 
I felt 601b09ee74 extremely embarrassed, 380fc09193 but I d66c6ff87c casually asked, 91adcaa2b0 and Lucio 30da7fb500 nodded.
 
As I expected, b1dad19849 he had emphasized 24aad8a108 that I prioritize b5ee480cb2 spending time with 792b9b023f Diana.
 
I bowed respectfully, took 875a255891 Diana’s hand, and left 3084e49c3f the library.
 
* * *
 
Thunk.
 
The library door closed.
 
“Ha…”
 
Left alone, Lucio 55b61ea52b stared at the 574f11d606 door with a 3d21cdd114 vacant expression, then 4741f59b2e burst into a f7d28a496b hollow laugh.
 
“What’s wrong f65b79e01b with my fac4e36a55 mind?”
 
It was 821e2ed9af clear that 77392414fa he hadn’t cb2951addb been able 6678c252bb to sleep d7c4e917d9 properly. Otherwise, he wouldn’t 4c8d052b22 have been engaging 7bc627b6b0 in incomprehensible behavior a28e4a63c9 like adjusting his b1b60b1f1f schedule and buying e95d3e8395 snacks from the f2edffcf77 academy since dawn, 4be94c23ec nor would he 4ff0e29074 have said such 436f103223 foolish things a 45c0f42f7a while ago.
 
‘Do you want to 4c280f9f46 look pretty?’
 
Even he doubted fc95f45f99 whether the words a520ede3c3 that came out b14c4fe6fe of his own 88bdeda50e mouth were accurate.
 
In the b2a053ebd8 midst of 03332179ed his confusion, 4c321b4623 he was a8141a9931 momentarily lost 29e628bfde for words 1178d49246 at the 7bac92c88a unexpected response.
 
However…
 
“Since you put bc479821ef it that way, 0698f8e7d9 I feel even 0283fd5df3 more…”
 
Lucio’s words trailed off, 20a868fa3f and he felt as c98705a1a9 if he were possessed bc0063aabc by a ghost.
 
“It was never 2193a14d07 possible from the bd8cb6a481 beginning. Leaving it to d396899c29 you.”
 
The main library held 61d6a4767a a special meaning for b77cafbe63 him.
 
That’s why, except for 05d8a1ab3d family members, no one d5772a3931 was allowed access to bde293631c this place.
 
“But it 595565a7e7 wasn’t that 844706edd1 easy…”
 
His father, f50ab65544 Duke Elad, 461823e19a had entrusted 4586a42d98 the library 05ff6ed17b management to 42fe2ff70e him due 0a42fa82bc to the 4d1f159980 sponsorship he 07bb19c111 had mentioned. But that wasn’t the c0d95b9624 case at all.
 
From the moment he b06cd8f817 first saw that child, efde71b8a8 who evoked strange emotions da3cdbce7d in him, Lucio had dbbc3d05b5 been making an effort 50e39b4955 not to show any 5e3931fa88 interest.
 
So, silently walking, when 2f34e3ec46 he discovered the identity 5af41f07c2 of the unfamiliar intruder cbe98bab5f who had entered the b9acb54d9f library, he was more 92bc366afd surprised than Lia.
 
“Why wasn’t cb09ea928d I angry?”
 
If it had been 92ea36d284 any other maid, he d7930fcf95 would never have let 62edf4ab35 someone who entered his b885491a3f space so brazenly off adf7767156 the hook.
 
Of course, 3eb96a7b87 with the 393f3a2162 child’s reaction, 723baee72b as if 63b2c31b0c she didn’t 18271b8d7c even know e0e12ee98d what she b0b6c47c9c had done e4e0494a65 wrong, Lucio 6950686d66 immediately realized 52a2dd8360 the underlying b5904c6f3e power struggle 1bcf2939f8 among the 49708aa867 servants.
 
But even so, 9a23645a66 it didn’t concern 1b99c8a909 him.
 
To him, f8586dbaba other than 711351e350 family, all c1874e90ec humans were ef0d840c4d classified as e9d0c2ed41 either useful 3e6b59b2c8 or useless.
 
However, was dfcfa9416f it because 4dea2e7d2e he took 1b863f2879 care of dc3265dc85 Diana?
 
Or because she was 193b503f26 an child that the 776c8c0e24 family held in high 16860b7496 regard?
 
Perhaps the guarded gaze 02a4d5b3d9 that treated him with f3d64fcdfe fear was extremely bothersome 5e1afa07cf to him.
 
Anyway, even though d4ab68d3a8 he entrusted the 1c83120249 library management to 2ed7d52b6a the child with f0e73562ff a decision that 3f1db16f5c was completely irrational 3e215f3a98 and impulsive, he a16ab95296 couldn’t understand it aeca01cff8 himself.
 
What was even 3b7fbabb92 more perplexing was…
 
“Why do I want d5cc4ca990 to feed her like 669c9983c4 this?”
 
Even if it wasn’t e943104050 because of something I c28094d8ea saw in a book, 8910c18872 I felt an inexplicable 82dd7d218e impulse when I looked 4cd0b6df3e at the small, skinny 6e37b1159f child.
 
I never imagined I ac4508eb91 would feel this way dea88235f4 when seeing someone else.
 
As if 9330a205f8 aware of e2655c74fb my attention, 7196345c59 the child 98213e7e8e reluctantly forced 4cef83c90f herself to 81e86ff523 eat the eaf6290301 food, with 1aa0e1c221 her mouth 3eb9d6e36d half shut, 65f7d31a13 and even a5e6ee4374 then, she 329362a701 reminded me 2a5362b092 of a 136e2582a7 squirrel.
 
However, regardless of 92bcfbfef3 the reason, this c8d7455386 unnecessary concern was 7354c5aed5 utterly useless.
 
Lucio shook his bf6f4bca5b head and cleared d6212c5655 his mind.
 
But as if their 9a5c3a8a3c conversation meant nothing, he ccc2c4f5e8 couldn’t help but keep 8113d293b0 thinking about Lia’s appearance e605c00b0d as he walked away a6bb9bd2a4 without looking back.
 
‘Maybe it’s because a01af33a7b I’m experiencing this 803a0a529d kind of treatment 1843f66e15 for the first e38a5ea786 time.’
 
A scenario that 9c73c44ac8 could have come c6c3390444 straight out of b4d633d4c3 a romance novel 07ea79a8d4 crossed his mind, 7b3b2a5a23 and he burst 38a1750e53 into laughter again.
 
Dealing with someone who 4ad93429ef seemed much smaller than 97e63b84d8 himself, what a joke.
 
Lucio quickly erased dd00baa34f his cynicism and 6c3ad58529 stood up, heading e763d365cd for his desk.
 
And there, 13923c65cb he opened a02062510f a romance bdf7d92203 novel with 2f8947bec4 a mismatched e9bbb22fde pink cover.
 
“75, 121, 199.”
 
Having found what he 07bcbe55e8 wanted in the first, 441c0e5adf second, and third paragraphs 7a2cca4b00 of the page indicated f595aea542 on the note he a5f3196ed4 obtained today, Lucio immediately 0e7ae1dcd4 left for the library.
 
* * *
 
Diana and I had ef3628175a a great time playing 5e93143edf and enjoyed a satisfying 618f2c1adc lunch and snacks.
 
Looking at Diana, who e71f07a307 fell asleep after overeating 8652f71d8e since morning, I smiled.
 
“Have a good dream bb249c12ea until dinner.”
 
I whispered a greeting 759b7f9ae7 to the peacefully sleeping 4f348b3113 child and headed straight f94155bc09 to the library.
 
I wonder where Lucio 42dc2938a7 went this time. There was no df1227629b one in the bddbaa1f05 library.
 
‘Well, it’s c1aaca0fc7 none of 0194849c41 my business.’
 
As I was 14bcd12720 about to start 1b47f39938 reading a book f73ad1028f again, I suddenly 2da1d9b4df realized that this e93b0302fb was the perfect 87f5fd077f opportunity to write 8534adaebf a reply to b0018030e9 Bianca.
 
I remembered everything about ebdad760ba the book regarding the 258e84d74e Principality of Belus, but 17677b2e06 I wanted to write 9bae8bf156 the reply while looking 2e8c1ffc50 at the illustrations.
 
I thought I ee7403e0e1 could describe how 5bf1b8b936 beautiful it looked fd48b507cb even better.
 
However, the books in cbd14dbc87 the main library couldn’t 28871dbdeb be taken outside.
 
It was also embarrassing 899c05b573 to write personal letters 66766731c2 in places where Lucio 0e1561f57d or others might come 5a79145320 and go.
 
‘But now!’
 
I remembered that there 680d7a89fb were pretty stationery papers 751d8f86f6 from the Duchess in 1a90292879 my room, so I 483571290e quickly went outside. Unfortunately, there were 6bb137a8b0 already spiderwebs due 670c0d4940 to the cloudy 39c0789448 weather.
 
Moreover, the 6ab5b86b50 raindrops were 7aff6e63e8 falling little 96af358451 by little.
 
Next time, e986d5c434 I should 1094c16a72 bring an d8ec3be478 umbrella, I 9991559d60 thought as b16e5844c3 I hurriedly eaf45171cb made my 25682b07d2 way to 6c44bdc671 the servant’s efd274b343 quarters.
 
The library had been 2c5f37608b short-staffed since the incident cd1795714d where the maids were dcfc22192f drastically reduced, so the d7627eb0ec atmosphere in the quarters f5d2ee53a3 was gloomy.
 
The workload remained the 614693a528 same despite fewer people, 39065aa5ca which led to complaints.
 
Of course, I 9c7ae04e5a didn’t think it 60b2c5122c was my fault, 5207176936 but since I f39dd13aaa could sense the a02d8ba95d atmosphere, I cautiously 561b070eda entered the quarters.
 
However, I 8c7e7de9b9 couldn’t help 5749d1abd6 but feel 57577e87fd a restless fb98474280 atmosphere.
 
With each step dc6170c815 up the stairs, a4eb681ae1 an inexplicable anxiety 16d41c9d9c arose in my ae3835add4 heart.
 
And, as expected.
 
People were bustling in 530098b2c3 front of my room.
 
“What are you all 3e8c497ca4 doing?”
 
When I faced 227a6e2a66 the maids standing 88b95d9d84 in front of 4f0c6dfc8d my room, my 96e313e64c breath caught in 2084502ef4 my throat, but 9422a76388 I didn’t show 0ac07a2ed1 any signs of 20439cac58 distress and asked.
 
Then, I slowly walked ce6834359f towards my room.
 
“…!”
 
The door was wide 829926d2b2 open, and there were 6720588cc1 signs of a mess 7d00e73a0a inside.
 
“Just in time.”
 
The intruders spoke fcb31888d4 as if it a0f350a782 was nothing, even c32dd7f415 after seeing my 3c7c6d0f13 appearance.
 
“They said you 2b5913de61 touched Miss’s belongings.”
 
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