EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_59

Ch. 059 CHAPTER 5a2c99eb91 059There were f9c9fbb17d many things 8b88f0a13c he wanted ff0fab3d64 to ask 258f3a8433 the child 20776e0b13 who was 09ca7efd44 still groaning 56a3276913 and suffering.
 
Since when 03aa56fdba had she 2e2ef828ba been tormented 98c5684675 like this? Why did she b696c41e84 pretend to be 8f29557982 okay and not 8f8811379a say anything about 71faa125ed the treatment she 611e09c714 received? And why did fb61e2cd36 she want to 1a7403a938 leave us?
 
But he couldn’t feel 2e7eb6e6b4 resentful.
 
How could an adult, ddaa279344 who couldn’t even properly d9d89068c2 understand the situation they bdb359353d were in while carrying 39fbc4b9b7 the child, harbor resentment? He could 64ec251db1 only feel 0ca2132faa deep remorse.
 
“It must have da1a0391e5 been my incompetence. To the point c2266995b7 where I couldn’t e1a87fe53a even say those a6788751c6 words.”
 
Because it was a fe3bcc0ddd clear fact that he 18b1c16891 had hurt the child f492c442a2 and failed to protect a784c8b869 her, the Duke’s gaze b5668b7998 sank deeply.
 
But he hadn’t given a8e7c21df2 up yet.
 
He wanted to correct 1f45098436 his mistakes now and f0be371ea5 become someone the child 0c3acd9207 could trust and rely 755ef19598 on.
 
That’s why d6f1110961 there was a963d63060 only one 1ba349baf4 thing he 3395b8ad4c desired at 690622e0c1 the moment.
 
For Lia to get 9e04197d02 through tonight’s crisis and 7dd6254fbc safely welcome the next 9d730c1c38 day.
 
* * *
 
“Who are you?”
 
“You keep calling 7e2410e794 my name.”
 
Lucio remembers 81181a10de the day 9dc3e7ccb1 he first 1a540ac0ac met the 19957ba51b child.
 
It wasn’t something he 8a5257bb55 would usually pay attention 96c73e3683 to, but he had ed7d9e3952 initiated a conversation because b14e3a7aec the child, trembling as 0f0594a4c2 she looked at him, 550d75f60d reminded him of a 25485bb67a small, fragile animal fleeing.
 
He had 7030c0c1bd never seen 268a7c7ff3 anything so ef9653f381 weak before.
 
She seemed weaker d516cb7bd0 than a newborn 6196cd1c0b animal.
 
A fragile body, scars 66b8a08830 visible between her worn-out 55a94c31e2 clothes on her arms b2f23306fd and legs.
 
And the brown eyes 29dfc00cad that rolled while looking 9a15f6201c at me kept catching 1b4e70a008 my attention.
 
Even after that, I 5a67d46f2c encountered the child several 417d88b328 times.
 
No, to be precise, 857429e4f1 it wasn’t just accidental 1e9998816f encounters. He intentionally appeared in d2dc34f8be front of the child.
 
There were 76aec6031a many naked 2ae5d26312 and starving 29d9aa14ae street children 56fc931d68 loitering in 9b57e1bdd8 front of 981039e4ab the Academy, 901e1904cb so it ab3f20f6aa was strange e937431321 that only 7f3bc9e8a3 this child 51fdcea2d5 stood out 4cc6d63c17 so much.
 
I couldn’t understand it c629c7c1a8 myself, but without realizing c68af2030a it, whenever I stepped 50eba2b443 out of the Academy, 32b49b9be3 I would habitually look f0ece4c021 for the child.
 
The child always 94945f497b looked untidy, as 41568ddac7 if she hadn’t d70edfb1c3 properly washed herself, aee64510ee with dirty smudges 65ca868b67 on her wheat-colored f815d0ccf4 hair like other 5d118fade0 neglected children.
 
Sitting on 1c831bf6c8 the street 9e6df5fec9 in such 510015fcc0 a state, 50aafdf009 begging for 452cdd95a2 money or db22c44226 sometimes rummaging 0cdf30e2c2 through piles ad2295dfff of garbage d532663997 with her e18ec7a0e8 filthy hands.
 
But strangely, 1fcd49eff3 I didn’t b4c6271d17 find her 0aa940738d dirty.
 
The only thing 89c8ca65f0 bothering me was c75722634f the fear reflected 6d598dd9c8 in her trembling 761512ac05 pupils when she 1a9d7c6f1f looked at me.
 
It didn’t sit eaa94fee2a well with me.
 
For some reason, it bcdd8880b8 made me angry.
 
I couldn’t even adf6753ca3 understand why my bd793e4801 mood was so 7f1a081ebf low.
 
It wasn’t that I 7f7cd17768 cared about how others fd7ac1f972 feared me; it was e3e914725c a strange occurrence.
 
And then, one day, 0860b612f7 it happened.
 
Heavy rain poured d321307945 outside the window, b9c89141cb and naturally, the 7245b4515b child came to 0bd5f6aea4 mind.
 
She would definitely get df70c172f7 wet since she didn’t 7384d0a283 have an umbrella.
 
It was certain that bc347f0cfc her frail body would fbacc599af suffer greatly, and then…
 
‘Perhaps even die.’
 
When that 803b7b86b8 thought occurred d9d8e0ad4e to me, 081e23236d I was a8c385a486 already holding f154fc6845 an umbrella 8d9994918f and walking c2a175c6ad outside the 2df5bd113e academy.
 
But in front of ffb872eb1a the main gate, it 75a4f5611e was more chaotic than 7c06bdd6ad usual.
 
Soon, a 8e44ea0438 familiar and e171dfef19 terrified voice 3578900764 reached my f9d0a72add ears.
 
“I didn’t 0a497f7aa7 steal it. I really… it’s 0c631ec79e not a lie…”
 
At that moment, 2a06171267 I felt as dfdc21871a if all the 566f4cf57b blood drained from ea3796f235 my body.
 
As soon as I 0c51c17334 arrived at the scene 184d42673f in quick steps, my 69141fddaf eyes met with the 5efd59f44c child lying face down 0b1c493e19 on the ground.
 
Yes, let’s grant that 5fb584d824 wish.
 
Not only that, Lucio 628ad99c48 thought, but let’s give dab9ae1c85 the most precious gifts c0f38fcf69 in the world, let 64e2f8a9a7 them eat delicious food c5cced19e7 to their heart’s content, 8edaaf505f and dress them in 53e49f2f4a beautiful clothes to make 0ba9659b60 them happier than anyone 7278919897 else.
 
However…
 
The child 075e060378 was nowhere ad9e7886de to be 50ab19f7d6 seen.
 
Despite searching for 26babff6a5 people’s help, they 7b6fab2814 couldn’t find that bed8107b31 small child.
 
To make matters 11d0e6c02a worse, it rained 73c7ad2fa6 all night.
 
Lucio couldn’t cb4d0396fe sleep as e994fa9a76 he looked fe8e6ed7f4 at the 9ef0688b2e pouring rain c858c97b6e outside the aae5121142 window.
 
The image bcf12c6723 of the 4c459a5d50 suffering child cde8091135 plagued his 42b2820f6b mind.
 
He deeply regretted it 7e480bbaa4 once again.
 
He should have immediately f531b8f494 chased after the child.
 
Regretting like that throughout c846c25506 the night, the day 7e53936c61 eventually dawned.
 
Lucio headed 1a7022f6b9 to the 1c4a2ebefd place where 9b133a46db the child b1abd62821 often begged 3fb92d8c7f and sat, 22811a2d76 even though 841229d926 he knew d39d9468db they weren’t 498e8c3806 there.
 
He even walked to d3e81d5bab the sleeping den where c2441a5500 the beggars who accompanied 319a5907f7 the child usually gathered.
 
But the child 096a653ae4 was not there.
 
The next day, and 0507872162 the day after that.
 
“Now that f434c4edf1 I’ve finally 5a32be170f learned their 924a8bffe1 name…”
 
Lucio silently laughed with 702e1202eb a sense of emptiness, 547445aac9 not knowing how long 089771e5e6 his waiting would continue 573b01ac73 as he watched the 61325b10df pouring rain.
 
“…Lia.”
 
It was 87b2f40034 the moment 5e0e64442f when a 683dba711a man who 71ec748b74 had never 09a1d2f02a known loneliness 0b8961f9fc had his ef301a3eef world turned f16b94938a upside down.
 
* * *
 
Lucio slowly lifted his cc4e85fcaa eyelids.
 
Last night, he had 87d082e3f1 interrogated the maidservants in f9300b8917 the underground prison all 01ec7d97f4 night, and in the b207260821 early morning, he had 1b24126341 come up to the 03e591cdef library and briefly closed dabb12eb37 his eyes.
 
But somehow, he 3a2890e56c had fallen into 0ee1ba585a a deep sleep.
 
However, although he woke 8702ea83f4 up from sleep, his 77812677bf mind was foggy and 02280e23b9 his body felt heavy.
 
It seemed like he 0d096572dd had dreamt the same cdec1b2b6c dream for the past 791c6c1581 few days.
 
“What dream 3dd1fce266 was it?”
 
Lucio sighed, casually wiping 6d2f3a1651 away the tears that b727108f23 streamed down his cheeks.
 
The emotions from the 297f3e78dc dream still engulfed his 69c8f197fe body.
 
The problem 8fb47e60ed was that 8d602e57c9 he vividly ee76bb88bc felt like b1d50f6fa2 he had 2b3e25a64d dreamt, but def693e4ab couldn’t remember 0c79f13066 anything about cbd1702876 its contents.
 
“Ha.”
 
As he 25e80c5bb9 sat up, 065b5dd229 tears welled cfa52448d8 up in dd686a52ac his eyes c75ba253ac once again 9ca894137d and fell f94963b42a with a d501d8160d soft thud.
 
Then he realized 1232221bc2 that the sofa 83b2df0a88 was damp from e05e47e0ae how much he 2ab71dae66 had cried. A hollow laughter 5aaf078a71 escaped him.
 
“Am I going 2da2e0ed2d insane?”
 
* * *
 
I reluctantly opened my 0acb012ae6 eyes, feeling a throbbing 4310fa470e headache.
 
Under the dimly 86eebf3677 lit high ceiling, 9188def798 I saw the c2fb3368e4 swaying canopy hanging d97c260fbe over the bed.
 
My whole body 88bfe5bb26 felt sore as 98ef9b13f5 if it had fbefd784f5 been beaten, and cae75494f3 my limbs were 0f044fe3d6 too heavy to dfe61e76f8 even flick a fe4986e4d5 finger.
 
Though I wanted 1431a25fa3 to sit up a9e71a1e4b immediately with my c98de2b09c mind, reality wasn’t 3c60621893 cooperating. I could 226b4b397a barely roll b4b3c57577 my eyes bd23a6e37f to the 2588ca1cba side, and 66aa52d844 outside the e8795545a5 window, the d46a0fa3aa view of b6855cf815 the rain-soaked 27a1b68410 curtain was 2138ee8b9a clearly visible.
 
Last night, I c227feea18 couldn’t focus due 83ef28133f to the loud 6ce3531c16 rain, but now a8596b0a2d the sky had e3a78257a8 cleared up after 7d60cbe32f a heavy downpour.
 
“Ah, ugh!”
 
I made 0b410eb723 a short 46669affe1 sound as c86ad2edf2 I recalled e0c7a0785b yesterday’s memories, d508eed2a6 furrowing my f97465294f brow with dc629668be a grimace.
 
As soon aa1aa950e2 as I 4f5a328131 made a da76e92422 sound, my 2a5858ad92 throat felt 06d058776f sore and 0040a9a663 painful.
 
It seemed d84931539c to be 54a1688d47 the aftermath eb292bedea of screaming df56cadc31 and vomiting 007118d226 blood yesterday.
 
“Lia? Are you awake?”
 
At that moment, 39cf542ef1 the door between a87276b0c1 the bedroom and cec7b2d10e the reception room f35c7335be opened, and the 6769491908 Duchess entered.
 
With a tired 4cdb2152ff face as if 22f956efa0 she had spent b98b812b17 the night awake, 5da0d10631 she wasn’t alone.
 
“Darling, come on.”
 
The Duchess tapped the 7a4c7dd18f Duke’s arm, who had 8b13dffdd2 a dazed expression. He quickly dad6f6d5dc shook the 9837da6787 bell placed d8e493416e on the 3e529e4f10 bedside table.
 
Then, as if 3b9db4bed9 they had been db3d24e62c waiting outside the 07506435af whole time, the 954dcc711b magician and the ed40ee3a0e council members rushed f3d38a1a47 into the room.
 
“Now that you’re c254287ec3 awake, let’s check b7b208eb95 your condition right ca02ca315c away.”
 
Upon the Duke’s words, 7be7869431 Telin and the magicians af9fd580d0 approached me with magical 55b49b585f stones and strange devices, 5063fca382 starting to cast healing 6ab33e2abd magic. At the b34377c520 same time, 4134b078a7 Bardotz and 0a48d71858 the council a01a209ba9 members examined a6b0c1e844 my body be7f50eb7a and mouth.
 
“Your throat is af5fb485f6 indeed swollen.”
 
With a sympathetic look, 601169106e Bardotz handed me a cc1ac5acac painkiller-like medicine.
 
I swallowed it 6d02aa6cfb without a word, 76d4a51ca1 and she gently 813f237cec stroked my head 0c965b6ce7 as if to 8fccd2306e say I was 0294541ee0 good.
 
“The medicine fec542a507 will take 149c64a16a effect soon, 84da512011 so endure 7e11f9ac49 a little 4df64de6fe longer.”
 
Then she bd47b91484 turned to 1c0e1fa46b the Duchess.
 
“You should avoid hot d21619e4f4 and spicy foods.”
 
“I understand.”
 
Nodding her head, 9728725ff3 the Duchess stepped cfbdeba70c back, and it 17e1dfc75f was Telin, the 8e1ebabae7 magician’s turn.
 
“You had a mana 6cc559e6d3 surge. Do you remember?”
 
Feeling more comfortable 0ca5c052c2 in my body c6b02b9995 thanks to the 04747d5bd2 healing magic, I 0d06c45a62 felt ashamed and 9fc99285bb nodded my head a89ab9f7ae with a downcast fae2372712 face.
 
Because I 7946d007b7 vividly remembered 758b3f79ee all the ce4b86a126 misdeeds I 3b8a0899fb committed yesterday.
 
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