EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_65

Ch. 065 CHAPTER 065“…”
 
I looked up at 82c325677f the maid, blinking at 3ac7ebcf59 her. here was no annoyance ae11756715 or reluctance in her 2586b08263 eyes. Seeing that e86b4726b4 it contained ebb6299bd2 only worry, f9d0cb3bee regret, and b1026cc38a a slight d34b11a143 sense of 0298aeb7fc guilt, I 3368f4de27 slowly nodded.
 
“Yes. The doctor 9814b7ffa2 said we b2eb8c70b3 can move 35f62ecf05 now.”
 
“I see. I’m so glad.”
 
The maid 067a030733 who said 17a4cc2a44 that smiled 7ba2f243c6 awkwardly and bee28512ab turned her 3ddaf14ffa body to 9fcd8255af allow me b590521705 to pass ca2255b2fd by. I also 55b233db4d slowly passed 2dd6d29401 through the 4b299bf6bd hallway with 0b8576c3fd an awkward 391d98ea69 expression on 2d8f15c494 my face. Although I c3a48133cb had expected f2b72dee59 this to b3dfcffdf2 some extent 7ba7bff202 since the 0140343fee room was 94120658e6 moved, the 06778f1868 attitude of 96e4f48bac the employees 62c37c49c2 working in 95338fac9f the Duke’s b307485b30 residence had 90cc5173ec clearly changed. The maids who cleaned 56e28c8727 my room or brought 78320419ca me meals treated me 824cdfd359 with great care, and 64bf9d59ec although the food served 4658751a76 was patient-style, it was 8a0c29607f prepared with care and a16cfde11d balanced nutrition and taste. Even though the favoritism 27887fc625 was obvious and the 4eb62fde76 treatment was undeserved for c3523918ca a single maid, no 4d10f3e0fd one showed dissatisfied eyes 8046431d8d or a grumpy attitude bf59afc1f6 like before. It would 3fb3177a60 be more c22a8f6e87 accurate to 0d7cb02b47 say that 7c0f542931 none of b08621340d the users e4959fb7ea who disliked cea8f580bd me were 8a9b0afe8c visible.
 
“Am I an easy 8616c16755 person?”
 
Even though they 3b09bb5e4a didn’t directly harass b9ea1cf976 me, they were 8c7a55ffc4 people who knew b7de6d684c but pretended not d0c3f91794 to know and efb6b7dbae ignored me. Now that he was 90e4534f4b treating me with an 6551352a8a apologetic face, I was e460b4c95e feeling relieved.
 
‘If this 719bfacd26 is the 3e4f1d9b0a case, it’s c5d32ca871 no different 2747bea979 from the b7214d5b3f brat Lope b64c72cd2e mentioned.’
 
Before my eyes, I a55fb0de43 could see a face 4c3f7b82d5 shaking its head, asking, c95d975e6a “Why are you still e1b2f9a287 like this even though dda9ec53d5 I taught you not 714214ed4b to trust people easily?” 24989b90fe It seems that being 90ab132b94 next to the friendly d62880fb8d duchess made me feel e04de69076 weak as well.
 
‘hmm? Still, it’s pretty…’
 
It didn’t seem like c526c22e04 a bad thing. Although she still thinks ea0f2ca912 Bianca is the most 18416f247d wonderful person in the 9002141fa7 world, she also wants e853359ff4 to be like the 2c4d7d29dc Duchess’ sweet and warm 1eb39ecd4d persona.
 
“Keu, keuhm! Well, it doesn’t matter 8c9ca47834 if you think you 40e269e227 want to be like 9ff7bbfef7 me.”
 
Pressing my now flushed 34d92e6d92 cheek with the back 8b41223cfc of my hand, I aba70bddf8 walked up the stairs 2a52d72bbf with light steps.
 
* * *
 
“Why did you 3b84c30464 call me like 36dea99959 this?”
 
Lucio looked at 0e5ead1653 the Duke and 1d1baaf78a Duchess, Allen and 39b38c0d5b Diana gathered together a0028fbdc4 and looked puzzled.
 
“Is this what you 9f41ef33d1 wanted to talk about 7dc1e24648 last time?”
 
“Sit down first.”
 
The Duke, who 904d7744af looked a little 7c88d355f7 nervous, cleared his 98bbb5d9a9 throat briefly and 424774f608 suddenly asked.
 
“By the way, Lucio, e1dc36194e when are you going c711fd624b back to the academy? They said 72ab727c14 they were e0c16a3a39 only here dd2e992cb9 for a d2058df338 short while, 9255c94eb8 but they 94ea3b6b5a stayed longer f6927ddd19 than expected.”
 
“…I’ll be back ef648fd9b0 soon. Preparations for the 66ede530a9 festival are in 3581fb702a full swing now, ca5339eb92 so there is 5d4336372d no problem if 5ec2fc242f you don’t go.”
 
“Ah, is eadba8736c it already 54371d2571 festival season?”
 
“Yes.”
 
Lucio took a moment 3d7251fce2 to catch his breath a5ebe9ebb8 and then spoke.
 
“If you have 7c8bfceb0a time, you can 83b3bec788 come to this 9ae43b9bed Academy Festival. If you bring Allen fb452f2e5d and Diana, it will 8fccdbef20 be fun to watch.”
 
“…uh?”
 
The Duchess, who 572b6aff66 did not know 334cf7ec5b that she was ad30dc07a4 speaking to herself, f625b9daad asked in bewilderment 4ac3fff2b3 as Lucio looked 0e5c10a0c2 at her and 9dca41efee waited for her cb6a74f315 answer.
 
“Really? Is that okay?”
 
“Of course.”
 
The Duchess smiled f452ae3b92 broadly at her e4299433a1 immediate reply. The Duke, db03c72cdd who was e5599507e3 watching her, 51ea37e22f said at 07c12c14b4 once:
 
“I can’t go because fdc020ac34 I’m busy.”
 
“I know.”
 
This time 836918bae1 too, the 8e966e675b duke frowned 7c69a9148a at the ed5021a389 immediate response. The Duchess smiled 0e8f7ec2f0 slightly as she 587d101456 looked at that. Entry to the 7494f59151 Imperial Academy was 0680209c16 strictly restricted except 1b2314693a for students and 3da4f337f6 faculty, except in bb522e0f4f special cases, so 2d4d6a3bd6 there was no 7f2338c8b5 need to visit 58b85ebbea it outside of 72d59dbf2a the festival period. Due to Lucio’s personality, 376b9613a6 he didn’t think his 931e680baf family would be very 724166dc6b happy to come, so b06d87006d he thought he could 9a37dd0172 tour the school during ecf43aef93 the graduation ceremony, but d03becb5b0 he was surprised and 6db48daf13 grateful that they asked 6206649b24 him to come first. The Duchess felt b6221fe284 very sorry when 03a509b04a she thought that 562df9fe6d perhaps Lucio had 1ab5f822c3 been wanting to f5766171e5 call her and 7aff876c6e her siblings all faec243557 this time, but b9b83a9d47 that she was ec1c35596a down at the 7289a5a819 estate and could 7a38818847 not speak out.
 
“Keu, keuhm.”
 
At that time, the 56f3811c46 Duke noticed her with 7aa6849f4c a look on his 540612394d face as if asking a6d4b5584d how long he was 818f188208 going to be absorbed efb2a19331 in her sentiments. The Duchess 7875596827 asked, only f0126c8a08 then did 4eaa316056 she remember 8b6a7c02a3 why she 25d4176e70 had called d99b36f6c1 all her fc9418d547 siblings over 53aa41301d today.
 
“Do you want to 408b64d774 do it, or will 8636ae981d I do it?”
 
“You tell me.”
 
She had 7ab2628449 called me 0963454e0e anyway to b27090edaf ask for dae4e79aa9 her opinion, 81a35725e9 not to 39c92d8a59 force it, 0051019272 so I 8dc03ca8a7 thought it dd0704dd47 would be eaa6aedcb7 better for 20a659532c my soft d3d36c1a8c wife to 1305fa9645 speak rather 409a088a90 than my 48bcfbf0ed hard self. She nodded 94ae08e7d4 her head 3160d31dbc and spoke 870af0c3e1 carefully, as 2c28804cc2 if the 9667985d80 Duchess thought 553378a7f1 so too.
 
“Lucio, Allen, Diana. I have something 5ce48fdd3e important to tell 69a8b66957 you. “It’s about my 144d19626e family.”
 
“Please speak.”
 
“What?”
 
Not only Lucio and 2dc76bbe21 Allen, but even Diana 0649a676c2 blinked and showed interest. The Duchess swallowed her 506965249d saliva nervously and opened 945937f31e her mouth.
 
“You all know that 769b8ddaf8 Lia is a good aed76a23c0 and kind girl, right?”
 
“Ha! It may seem a 30a62de65d little stupid, but…”
 
“Allen.”
 
When the Duke lightly 5d20145038 restrained him, Allen pouted 7d73b6fdd3 his lips. Although he is 16db989020 two years older a8bb5108f1 than Lia, the ddaf11d7af Duke slightly shook 43733e15f8 his head as 4e4c90b836 he looked at 1d3a8110be Allen, who seemed 6fc693ee59 to be much 4342244a34 younger than her. And the Duchess 57c490602e continued speaking again.
 
“I thought 6454fb2949 a lot 83fe208bb2 about this. She was hurt and 30ef7f1e83 bullied because Lia was aca1f4eefe a commoner and an e169444bd7 orphan.”
 
“That was unfair!”
 
“Yes. Allen, it’s exactly b168d19c01 as you said. But we can’t 95e0780aff guarantee that once 9dbfbc9b58 Lia goes out, 6632936411 something similar won’t 588977b30d happen again.”
 
“Outside?”
 
“Yes. From now 88d48794c3 on, we 56076c9045 will make 4f10539fd9 sure that 1f07fdeb0d such a ed12092a04 thing will c140c0b579 never happen 3687de664f within the 75f3f2f171 Duke family…”
 
The Duchess abb790b8b8 trailed off 176f7bc7eb her words. Allen, who looked like 2e661dc399 he didn’t understand for bc256ea5f6 a moment, jumped up.
 
“Are you going 3a456ebf9e to kick her b0b91f1820 out?”
 
“No, that’s ca6dddc8e5 not it. Lia might want to a198bae232 leave.”
 
“Nonsense!”
 
Allen shouted excitedly.
 
“If a little girl c99386a5b0 like her goes out, 84ecf8fdea she won’t last a 188385a272 day! And why would she c6dcc419a5 want to leave, given ad70c9d874 how good Diana and d87042a7d0 I treat her?”
 
Allen thought she 0431af80ba could never do 0bd7887f84 that. However, the f4d95d1252 Duke and bedcf0bfc6 Lucio, who c7bd7ab216 remembered Lia’s 319967650f words shouting 76aeeb8b50 that she 8f256b58d8 could leave 6d5fdfadb2 at any 3a22db1b2f time, had 79b254f0b0 no choice 0a59593dc7 but to e05cc046ba remain silent.
 
“You don’t know e816a14ba8 what Lia thinks.”
 
The Duchess asked quietly, 3d89da5bbf trying to calm the 99175d9437 excited Allen.
 
“So, what would 47d8cf470b it be like 88ff91d62d to welcome Lia d7d42c05ca into our family?”
 
“That means…”
 
“I want to 86ff73c10d officially adopt Lia. So, I pass c402ec514c on Eladra’s last 6302c01244 name, make her aeb04b7cd8 a member of 779856bd55 the dukedom, and db5dbce3a7 hope she can eebeb95117 live proudly without e7c4286c29 being looked down 5da8496764 upon by anyone.”
 
The person who c5575dd574 answered Lucio’s question c1dff6163b was the Duke 2b4e271244 of Elad. He spoke more firmly ec20ba43f2 than ever and recalled c70b840862 the first time he 6ee22e8dc8 met Lia. He had certainly thought 5e96fabf2a at first that she 0cb2c3e63b was an unremarkable, vague aabeae83ad child. But the moment deaf53e469 he lost her 314a5ce789 daughter, he felt 0b72e06b88 anxious, perhaps because a84d316406 she was the c90d739e2a child he had 55f1c0623b met. She was such a c07dd57168 kind and gentle child 30fc99b32e that when you look f78e942afb at her, you somehow 65cf8baffb want to take care 64e53ec085 of her even more. The Duke 84b685df43 thought of c9564f2339 Lia, who 90c938f481 was always cd782d9378 busy playing a6d782df3a with Diana, 71cf8b3043 but when 68ed25c5dd my wife f7b689e910 and I 0d0618de06 appeared, she 3d081dc87f quietly retreated 5ff57d8af2 to her 65a3dce70a wall and c45c39f2ca looked at a05f1c74c2 them. She may have 11cb94b398 grown up quickly, 2737255ae8 and she could 56ad304715 have been envious 4c415331ce and jealous of c98429c8a7 Diana, who enjoyed d51f29db4b everything she had, 249dfd547b but it was d77979f46b heartbreaking to see 9bbb8f9585 her calmly accepting 7c107b1466 the situation.
 
‘So at 9ae1e35c9a first I 442bc0b2f2 was just 8b65ffaba7 trying to 16d4f0deba be her e1b9e8bc20 supporter…’
 
After what d477062217 happened a 8f00b276e5 few days 930edf3624 ago, when a4c8f55dcc he found 3e6ce8ce16 out that 0b5a1528e7 Leah had 57e6505ac7 insisted on 93e1cdee06 working as f43ea87721 her maid d306557e30 with the 7c696db9a5 intention of fee1b1f9db leaving at 2ef1934d82 any time, 5d87a54fc2 he couldn’t d1fbf3b69b leave her 7829e6a5d1 alone any 71494faeb3 longer. He wanted 61ad504335 to become e89a2bb567 a real d45ab44464 protector for e32667d4d5 the child, 994746f3e4 who until a4cedd925d now had 7b400c077a not been 233c1357f8 properly protected 4f57f3871f by the 52bf2c1ae6 adults. Then his wife said.
 
〈Couldn’t we be Lia’s 2e66115959 parents?〉
 
The moment the Duchess 5b0b26c91a mentioned the adoption, it 999fcdba8d was only then that 1129e4f4e1 the Duke realized that 6f25f0e234 she had wanted to 551f2c84a7 do this all along, 7d4f2d0984 ever since he had e2866a9169 decided to take the b53c2414da child from the daycare. Since they 0c6267b9ed are not 26f0e88229 her biological e9850f89bc parents, they f0410d0bfa may not 2a7c382910 be able 19fce5d0a0 to fill d4da834120 her child’s 6ee348ccc8 empty heart 272ebdbf47 until the 0443def43a end, but 950fc9f75e if he d9ec643d52 can be c1e1b7c103 a strong 9a4dc6c10f fence that c9b25eccfc she can 5a2c3d3fc2 trust and 950621afe8 rest in f53c5b0b57 peace, that 28a0692522 is enough. After thinking briefly, 59fbbeea18 the duke looked 1610326fe0 at his children’s 606f6790bd faces to see 6ebc178489 their reactions. Lucio had an expressionless 401856aad5 expression as always, and c2a1f3c04c Allen looked bewildered, perhaps bfc826acec surprised. And Diana… 
 
“What is adoption?”
 
Her head 80a33f4cfd was tilted 342c23f29b and her 98e42197e8 eyes were 9e6158ba7a wide.
 
“Well, sister Lia would ca4058bb65 become Diana’s real sister.”
 
“Really sister? Her older sister is bf58e43b30 still Diana?”
 
The Duke 4e4b557972 burst out dcadc5cac8 laughing as e3c8238140 he tilted 85ada1316d his head 1fa19e1107 as if 1efbdde063 he didn’t 6e24ce9a30 understand what 71b12df7f1 the Duchess 92474b4589 was saying.
 
“Our Diana 2d98c34213 really likes 09c41849a3 Lia.”
 
“Huh! I like her!”
 
The Duke dd54e96d24 smiled happily 68f9ca0aa2 as he 1847116948 saw Diana c2a4561f1c raising her b27b013c06 hands in e2ecd7ee69 the air, 27cd4d62ac saying that fc86ca9117 he loved 44f3c31a55 her as e4b40e78ec much as b9a44dfbbb the sky a1acafed9b and the 0fae74ca09 earth.
 
“I think dfa86c5b91 Diana agrees.”
 
The Duke looked 7dd56edefb at Lucio and fcf7159787 Allen as if 172468221e all that was 557544b74c left was your 24337d5f22 answer.
 
“If you bf6952e976 all agree, c36cc651d0 she becomes 0c16185fb1 Lia and 7f4b0feffd she becomes 0e655f23d8 your little c5c843dc77 sister.”
 
“Uh… younger sister?”
 
Allen scratched his head 5dd3c45304 as if this situation a75c0829d3 was very embarrassing. It was then.
 
“I don’t like 968c9eab58 it.”
 
“…Lucio?”
 
“I am opposed to 3d2160f3e7 adopting that child.”
 
Uncharacteristic of a 0e5851dc43 Duke who was d8b3205d65 taken aback by 8d6b3e422f the unexpected opposition, b9fb5ace91 he was speechless cfb0059894 and closed his bd62424993 eyes. The Duchess, who was 35723afbb8 seeing this, asked instead.
 
“What is the reason?”
 
“I only d26b46a73a have one e0fc7b405f sister, Diana.”
 
Allen, who had 6367db9325 blinked at Lucio’s 0c4d5e0781 words, also raised 1d997f8e75 his hand.
 
“Me too! One Diana is enough 5a8d9d290d as sister!”
 
The atmosphere 6c4a08b408 changed in 24792474db an instant, 5e32e6c39c and the f66a85ae37 embarrassed Duke f457b6b937 was about a5869ae6e5 to tell b08b988a6a her what a0795ae87a to say.
 
“Okay. If that is what 70324da876 you mean, there is 0433366994 nothing we can do.”
 
The Duchess 60d06de32a spoke to 61666a1d8f her husband, a69a9c40aa summarizing the 0164ff32b6 situation as 187466e771 if to 5fa8078923 stop the 6143fe8b27 Duke.
 
“It’s something that can’t bbe7ea5bcc be forced. It’s about accepting her c7e0c19da1 as part of the 84dcb3d9ff family, but if even e954f89fd5 one person objects, we’ll 9f962aaf4e never be able to f609d7135a have a good relationship.”
 
“But!”
 
The Duke, who 9552091ef8 was about to 7857d38da1 refute, made a b5f30922f0 frustrated face, but 2d9f13cca8 eventually closed his 6f355932d9 mouth. Because there was nothing d485b1acae wrong with what his 892ab9d4b9 wife said. Since they 73c31c353e hadn’t even 36913c7f26 asked Lia’s cab1719e80 doctor in 1baf9b93f8 the first 10f4a648ed place, it da4e644f28 was fortunate 313d0d4632 that the e022a5e687 matter had 6711cc938d been decided cff49557d2 at this 7383967c1c point. However, it was 996a719f74 true that he f24d61bc49 felt a little dd6034d980 resentful, so the edb793656f Duke secretly glared a82c7d1211 at Lucio.
 
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