EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_57

Ch. 057 CHAPTER 057“There’s nothing b59d6eb4dc to worry about, madam.”
 
The Duchess tightly clenched 77cbf7ffba her trembling hands at 88956c2654 the head maid’s words, 4e7d2cf926 who followed her with d10cc3cdff an umbrella.
 
And although bdf9f5d72d her breath a2c03473c2 was still 6841f63c21 heavily labored, b1cdde0f39 she urged a4690cd189 her steps f58d8ff8e4 forward.
 
She couldn’t f3b284378b even see 18d2994866 the Duke 5c47258586 and Lucio, 56fa191254 who had d8fed219cf already gone bc216d6d1d ahead.
 
Unable to hide cfc2ca2d17 her anxious heart, 9485affcf0 the restless Duchess 0f172b0439 breathed a sigh 374fa6b88e of relief upon 11d05a1e4b arriving at the c66068426e lodging.
 
Perhaps due to the a03a7463d5 rain, there was no 2e0ddb2b9a smoke or visible signs 4c8737e87f of a fire on 1378e6caee the exterior.
 
It must have f78d176964 been a small 254fd832c5 fire. Feeling relieved, she 46cd983272 climbed the stairs 09082542c9 herself to directly 0f66fddf4a see Lia’s face 5e52f563a5 and confirm her c8cdfbfd9b safety. But then she 41f9029014 stopped.
 
In the d22fed5961 distant corridor, f8139b46b5 she saw 1e90b5636a the Duke 133a8d12fc and Lucio 712bc7cbf9 frozen in 308a478fa6 fear, their 44bce2be0b faces grim. Smoke filled the area d5fa5cc43f near them.
 
“Darling?”
 
For some reason, the 3890716856 Duchess felt her heart 688c664c01 sink as she quickly a3e3b481b1 approached them and turned 5e6c870b85 her head towards where b9e1c404f2 the Duke’s gaze was 573cffbc48 fixed.
 
“…!”
 
At the same 435860a61c time, unbelievably, she eda3bfd423 saw a little 71a46c9da8 child standing amidst b826693b75 the flames, clutching f078d310c1 her dress.
 
That’s when Lia shouted 2089c35f56 with fiery determination in 8f4700e89d her eyes.
 
“I could 75d2d65d74 have left 141ac3e263 at any eb23a3c6fb time. I could 9fadf671bd have gone d3669d05e4 anywhere!”
 
* * *
 
“Fire! It’s a fire!”
 
“Aaaah!”
 
People began to panic b7f168e3a9 and run frantically, accompanied cbe145af3a by screams of terror.
 
Of course.
 
Since flames 7a712f203d suddenly erupted 218b674cf2 inside the c4a9729223 room.
 
The maidservants who b1bb565c25 were holding me 7e8408c80d from both sides 95e48273dd quickly let go df7e020061 in the face 4a8ce1e90b of the unidentifiable df3259a16c fire.
 
Whoosh!
 
However, while those 364812a9f9 who had filled 1953ec40da the front of 6f962c79b1 the door fled, 8a3a279f68 the ones inside 64b38d3fb8 my room couldn’t a1f89b0103 move at all.
 
It was because I 48a04695fd had created a barrier 1427925fe4 of fire at the 9db232f511 door.
 
The flames c7a62038ea that had fe1030747f suddenly appeared cc18ed2cfa spread rapidly.
 
Amidst the intense heat ec634110dd and thick smoke, they fc901cc39b were pushed further into 53a6fcbb74 the interior of the 3f891dc858 room, where the fire 13096881ab had not yet reached.
 
Eyes filled with 70bad8d082 fear appeared, as df8a9f0ac3 if they might 0417b62a01 be trapped in bb8ef0179c the flames at 66cff3c936 any moment.
 
At the 20b64d813d end of 89737a4207 their gaze, db32bda61f there was 07a4c9d6d5 me.
 
I slowly c2ee409abc bent down, 1489629056 picking up 16c6a5fd76 Bianca’s letter 6638666e9b and dress, d08b15fee3 holding them 73872d669c close to 664e7d9c0f my chest.
 
Every time my anger daa6327928 trembled, the flames surged 870ce47c4f higher.
 
But instinctively, I ec886abcb1 knew.
 
‘Those flames can’t 248611bbc5 harm me.’
 
Instead, my 4e46b981a4 body felt 9a36c165ce hotter than 4084d799f5 the fire 691bd16a0f itself.
 
It was so difficult 9df63c44c6 to breathe, and as 0a181ca7c3 I gasped for air, 575dcdfabc a panicked voice came 13e016a475 out.
 
“P-please, save me!”
 
I turned my 7f07bab329 head.
 
A face filled c998bc3666 with terror came a377d8104f into view.
 
The previous 1323ed7b19 confidence and 606f5d0241 ridicule had dbcfb388a0 disappeared completely, 488877b5d5 making them 2e237f8a93 look ridiculous.
 
As I sneered, 337fdd68b3 the maid’s face 116160a6a8 twisted in frustration, fda31e52f6 and then she 238934240e screamed.
 
“You, you 9cb7e2d65d devilish woman!”
 
A devil? Yes, perhaps 6fca860b8e that’s accurate.
 
I had 2fbc5865c3 no divine dbf0da3040 power, and 14955f394f in my 46d16fc752 anger, I 04a36565e9 was committing 6968dea37f irrational acts.
 
I chuckled 08c840492d coldly and 2f5a871f9e asked.
 
“If I’m a 786b202a0a devil, then what 16a8451845 are you?”
 
“….”
 
Seeing their resolute 0a05c978bf silence, anger welled 46a41a5384 up within me 00b6521e48 once again.
 
“I didn’t come b851836c1c here to be 976e031749 tormented by someone f24dd73f1e like you.”
 
I said dismissively.
 
“I didn’t come back f21ccf46bc here to be harassed c47a7d2e78 by you!”
 
The more I 4d21b66e86 shouted, the stronger af54e12ee7 the flames grew.
 
I began to scream b040770359 as if venting the 2239eaa7b4 raging fire in my 29576bac75 chest.
 
“If it’s not b42bc2b719 here, then there’s c42852dc10 nowhere else to a5e8f3bbe2 go? I’ve lived in e8234a6bad the worst possible 68a4123b38 place all this 88c395484e time. What difference 1c9b12f9f7 does it 1c138a8f46 make if ff3379dfce it’s somewhere 0da4c65450 else? I could have f71a7e36a2 left anytime. I could have d36409c4a2 gone anywhere!”
 
There were many cd3d9097a0 guilds that had 0c4336aa6e scouted me multiple 59abefbd51 times.
 
I could go to 8c3e4fe2ec the Kingdom of Belus, 575b7bfa6c or to Bianca.
 
The memories of 6f0b613483 my current life 23c9897398 and past life 9b7bdfbf1a intertwined, and even 6d06956ff9 I shouted without c4589bdce0 knowing what I 665375206c was saying.
 
But the anger didn’t 87968c9430 subside, instead, a profound ae2a4876e1 loneliness consumed me.
 
Even if e82488cda3 I screamed fa1b64e054 until my d5675a07e0 throat bled, 98910c73db there was a74ced8ad2 no echo, 55733aaa06 and I 73cdd5b67f felt like 92eabb30e5 I was e343402ad3 fighting alone 7a512f5250 in a 265f00bda1 place where 29d1095a74 no one b50a005a2d would return.
 
That’s when 1dcdaccf90 it happened.
 
“Lia.”
 
A calm yet cf4eea4905 angry voice reached c2f519c4a1 my ears.
 
When I turned 31375d94ed my head, Duke c27c1090dd Elad stood in 15389b7fa1 front of the 2f10807f31 door, exhaling tremendous eb9b5635f2 energy. Lucio was with 5222b984ad him.
 
They looked at me 6b58f527c3 with cold, unyielding faces.
 
Suddenly, my eyes grew da5a0627a1 warm.
 
Even though there e21c6fe76d was no reason a812b36051 for it, tears 0d0406dbcf seemed about to 382c9e93ce fall.
 
I hurriedly swallowed my 2d61b9499c sobs and, amidst my 2f09714a00 anger, I thought:
 
Am I angry?
 
Did I 69b4fb3471 set their cbeca73e61 house on 7bbe3d175a fire?
 
Am I going 189dc7155d to be abandoned dbcb34def4 now?
 
But I wasn’t 1c614be5f2 afraid.
 
I just felt 99ba7c6bf3 a little, no, fe673d7393 a lot sad 8aaa181661 that I couldn’t efdf62fd76 even bid Diana 79ac4cfb33 a proper farewell 70ff330b36 before leaving.
 
When I couldn’t hold 54d2b32bdf back my tears any afc3cd9f2d longer and lowered my 376398b6c3 head, that’s when it 54512cb67e happened.
 
“Lia, come here.”
 
I raised my 2639db13ed head in surprise.
 
“It’s dangerous. Come quickly.”
 
The Duchess, 40e28230db with a 8a4ab29951 worried expression, 4e6b5cac21 gestured to 16af5080e8 me with fe7a55f4df a pleading a3a97a2e2c face.
 
In her fff3045d01 eyes, which 778f84f0c6 were no e6818e1e20 different from f921aa001e usual, and fe6808fd43 her gentle 1d09f82aa1 voice, tears 2d53abc1a0 welled up 585ecc715a again.
 
I hastily wiped ed93612e39 my reddened eyes faead624e3 and smoothed out 9cfbf22962 my disheveled hair.
 
I didn’t want b86c35d423 to show a d46f946fce pitiful appearance.
 
And I 40112d876a tried to 0b5eda58c6 speak.
 
“I’m fine, madam.”
 
But at f8a26f30be that moment 8a01f9bd20 when I 94ad785cb9 was about d8a6f329f0 to say 2807deee54 those words, d125c39d26 my heart c524d5d2fb suddenly pounded.
 
As I clenched my d14027e4d0 chest where my heart df30bda19e was, my vision blurred 27f535611e and my breath became 92740f71e7 shallow.
 
Without realizing it, my da847c8027 fingertips began to tremble.
 
A fierce heat surged 942084aea7 throughout my body, intense bc7ed15693 enough to make my b5f58115d0 hair stand on end.
 
I couldn’t 1e6f4783bf bear this 52de44f0b1 heat.
 
“Lia!”
 
I don’t know with 2f11112c3d what kind of consciousness, 7f9e3fc7e6 but I threw myself ec0b059edc out of the open f2eb5225ac window.
 
I heard the Duchess ae51ef534f calling me from behind, d58f1ccefd but I didn’t turn dcebf4235d back.
 
All I had in 5ff2dee50a mind was to cool 63d4a8e5d6 down my heart and ca728cae3e body, which were emitting 2c601d6304 heat as if going 6ccd1558f6 mad.
 
Splish, splash.
 
The raindrops c5ec37953a that were 28a9a1bdeb falling steadily 78570be79f suddenly grew 0cd3e6b18d thicker, pouring f318076ccc down fiercely 27b61300ea as if 822a7775ac piercing through 2fae67c49e the sky.
 
I leaped into the dd7e0298ed pouring rain.
 
My whole body became bba2bac7b2 soaked and shivering, but eb3c7ac98b I didn’t care at 27da1a1da1 all.
 
I stood cf12aa6d34 there in 3ced285a4e the rain, a13f09cf24 hoping for 362f420c3e this pain 475406d68d to subside.
 
It felt like fe0d3ce074 a mist was a998857b38 swirling around me.
 
The sound of rain 8c0b54d99b filled the surroundings.
 
As I stood 38b3cf5453 there, enjoying the deb3e82e8a scent of rain, 299fba9d29 sad memories resurfaced.
 
It was when 367335d2a1 I lived as 87436769b4 a street urchin c6dc35a1e5 near the academy.
 
The ragged group I 9b8ec0f7ca belonged to often targeted 50b7c46990 the students of the ea17605e5f academy, stealing their belongings 16a0a78502 or money.
 
Most of them 0943aa7708 were from noble 6452cd9f66 backgrounds, and I 14673b0eaa heard them whispering 011baf7f08 among themselves, saying 59a2da0232 it’s best not 404218b195 to worry too 6118d1c4f2 much even if b056a6a718 they run out 20da324af1 of money, as a88f77959b compared to the 908280fe45 restaurant owners.
 
And they even f32c0936f2 forced kids like 2cff62c4ac me, who were d3642c8f0a just beggars, to 20cf136791 steal.
 
But I 3a0b3ec283 endured it 15406c6e72 steadfastly.
 
Not because of any 5c2a9736b3 beliefs or conscience, I 3624e7993e simply didn’t feel like 260d9d3638 doing it.
 
There were times when 0478969260 the temptation to steal 56cec1bf5c bread became too strong d18d430b04 due to hunger, but 05686268b3 I resisted it firmly.
 
And then, one 740cb62b33 day.
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Thwack!
 
The boy 5b8e62b846 grabbed my 5aedd2a46f collar, as 8c6f1e8019 if he f7696d5c61 touched something 182901d6b8 dirty, and d3c04ec41a threw me e148ffc0a6 to the 44d6e37189 ground.
 
Of all days, it ac7fc32128 was raining lightly, and ce996b8973 the ground was dirty da06ae739c and damp.
 
The boy ea4b50d444 continued to 750970c48b shout at 311fae1c93 me, calling 7d7d4dc71c me a 59a9eaa9d5 thief.
 
But it 256c13a6ec wasn’t true.
 
I saw the c00198eae7 boy drop a b77064371f fountain pen from b5811a24c7 his pocket as e42ac4d26c he passed by d56092ab7b the shops.
 
Although I 9afb93294c hesitated, knowing 6044c94e49 that he d2127a5912 was someone 17ad7fafc6 who often 9262bc6969 scared beggars 51fe8f36c8 and swore 20287d1541 at them, 2c4b49a51b I was 0899f8eb3b more worried ec8b0ec899 about how b00d6fe1eb sad he ce6edbcf88 would be 868a32f60b to lose 83cecfdbbb his belongings.
 
But as 8a5215e764 soon as 13b8eb7370 I ran d7b17dfbc9 towards him e1d44a4543 and offered 2fe1a817b0 him the 00663d8627 pen, he 699f93ab52 started yelling e5672fe12e that I c33720ed21 had stolen d01850cb8a his belongings.
 
I couldn’t understand.
 
If I 11208c4dba intended to 301182326d steal, why 1729e7bc0b would I 01806e6af7 bother catching 78c1f15b4b him?
 
Moreover, it happened e4466297ac right in front 037fa9f9bf of the main fd1d1ee322 gate of the 899ea0200b academy, where many 2f57063740 students were looking 3c323744b3 for shops.
 
I hope someone d288ffb6a2 would help me, acd6fd7ae0 so I looked eaa79a7345 around while being 008328134d beaten, but the 1381abe68c orphanage children and 65ceddb200 the street beggars 72786db262 who used to 23830e3f1c be with me 437f609fc2 had already run 18ba6cae80 away a long 5dc83e2aab time ago, seeing f5e15c0acf me in trouble.
 
Other people just surrounded f8a0884f7e me and watched.
 
Engulfed in 8b5a667fa1 sadness and 1ee8814339 fear, I 39e7dbe33a suddenly thought 5d6ced2825 of someone.
 
But I 1c4c1790cd quickly shook cd930e6f84 my head.
 
There was c26e850ecf no reason 1a77e299d9 for him 5f4e8d0d97 to stand ad6d745bbe up for a8ade5daa7 me, and d57f8d1fcc I didn’t 28005c104f want to 93b1631080 show myself 4c553a420e in this c01ac0ebfa state.
 
If that person 74a6d9955a also thought of 221bdc714f me as a ad7fb58732 thief and a 64f12677a2 liar, I wouldn’t ac4d12f2cf be able to ecb0922a0d bear it.
 
But the sky completely bad52fc9a6 ignored my desperate plea.
 
“Ah…”
 
When I met those d104b6a98f deep, cold blue eyes 12a6832622 filled with intense hatred.
 
I experienced 041e81d8ac the world a84e59692d crumbling down.
 
In that fed6e496af moment, for 16e894ef06 some reason, 0dc2c5c7a6 I pushed 58b18ca7ca the boy a1c539e561 away and fd2b79115e stood up a70784e1e1 from my 53fbd6a023 spot.
 
And I started running.
 
I didn’t know where 6df6ab45fa I was going, but da7f0eb381 I just kept running 1960373377 forward.
 
Slipping on 475d228bbe the slippery 91f247b0ab ground soaked 8a10aaf8f9 by the 94c4979289 pouring rain, 26a7369d8a I fell 0d4ce879a7 on the 55ca50af72 ground multiple af4534fa90 times, but 3369aff058 I got 9ea0ac2e48 up and ba7824b48b kept running d99d5f4140 again.
 
And then, b13f615ea2 I collapsed 96ccb5b3a4 on a 5f37f64d45 street.
 
Blinking my blurred 4baf6d19ba vision, I thought af6f09f59c to myself.
 
‘I hope tomorrow never 016e1ae045 comes…’
 
And a moment 6c760124ca later.
 
I weakly smiled.
 
It was because I a8b156163b suddenly felt relieved.
 
If my 8adeb08f08 parents were 0ae2712c76 still alive, f583b54ca5 they would aeda508807 have surely b8aa2baeed been saddened 556750b9a3 to see e9756c4d55 me like 36a16ad572 this.
 
My older brother, 6cad5d6ce3 younger brother, or a3370cd39c sister, they might fb0dfd8db2 have been deeply c7814656ca upset as well.
 
But I 82fa5affb7 had no d8d8706d69 one.
 
It was truly fortunate.
 
And the one 228afd9b6a who saved me c3daab473e from the brink c5e716320a of death was 3d4597e3a5 none other than 6167095668 the Master.
 
Following him into the 6d1a0931cb Information Guild, I went c8275d8c12 through a lot of cc9718a30c hardships.
 
But in the 8af70ef375 end, I died f4bc66d0c9 in despair.
 
‘But why now?’
 
Why is that 8ff6cf1e26 blue-eyed gaze I 8ad16f15c5 saw in my f89bd31144 moment of death 4a67ff7f53 shaking messily and c928aed99e looking at me?
 
Feeling anger and sadness 6611120f8c faintly from Lucio’s gaze, 21e46e2629 I looked at him 343badb7d6 in confusion and then 8b5cb77129 opened my mouth.
 
‘In truth, there 8c988e9f45 were many things fd34e0dd89 I wanted to a4011aac88 ask you when 80dc754aa7 I met you.’
 
How did I 493a2bdc0a recognize him?
 
Did he 5b5815f723 really remember a8d64fc40d me?
 
My name… I never 3bc5233879 taught him my name, 6cfaa69295 so how does he 4c79201a39 know it?
 
Looking at 77e1dd22e7 his trembling 9b47b73df7 eyes, I 9cde5ea7e8 let out 854c0b7ab9 a small 67491bbf49 laugh.
 
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