EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_70

Ch. 070 CHAPTER 070“Oh! Aren’t you the Duchess caeb70709d of Elad?”
 
A middle-aged 0744f7383d woman approached ea67b99aa7 me with 27025d3090 a knowing 7bff9d3999 look on 9556bde33e her face.
 
“Ah… Countess Petier.”
 
“I guess the Duchess 3f1bcb59b0 also visited to see fd1ac1ece8 her son?”
 
Countess Petier quickly eab3893c66 rolled her eyes, 7576c784cb smiling brightly as c2b90f6085 she said she 1c60516b79 too had come 39c0e5c001 to see her 90ac846546 son. Her eyes sparkled as eec4f7716c soon as they reached 01c61bc435 Allen, who was holding 5c795327f4 Diana’s hand.
 
‘This person is so 6f9d45b157 consistent.’
 
I burst into 1afc28cf66 laughter in my 7df6e7d01e heart as I 9b48d816eb looked at the ae9c9a5b9f Countess Petier, who 88edf94f1d was younger than bcbffc2c19 I remembered, but 4ac522f2f2 who had not e1cd9af130 changed at all. I knew f3a21ee70e her quite 124c4f3a2a well, as 42995f0d3f she was c43c740eaf now her 63fbd7f9e8 mistress of 609e110245 the Petier 0c8bfc8ffd family, which 076eece61d had a f4d9cbec0d large trading 82b6b0a70e business. This is because she, 6f3902c156 who had three daughters, af2d7a3b00 was a more enthusiastic 84273774ac visitor to the information 553e167213 guild than any other 9bf46e33af lady in the capital. A few years later, 925ab2383b when her family’s fortunes 78fd5b23a0 declined sharply and the af2904edf2 entire family was on 62d3133282 the verge of bankruptcy, b069166265 she became even more 5b8b8e49b5 desperate to find a dca0e89bc4 son-in-law for her daughter.
 
“We met like 38c69074a6 this, so why 54bff59fc9 don’t you come 0a07ec23d0 with us?”
 
The Countess smiled and ff7d8105e2 asked in her gentle bc22187172 manner.
 
“Ah… I plan 3b8e015517 to meet my 956da2588d eldest son here bde8e07f32 soon.”
 
“Oh, my son 5e0bea4539 too. The princess met my ed45f6f281 children at the salon 4dc601f50f last time, so wouldn’t 0e58f38ed3 it be better if 7ef664454c we could have a 0c403278ba look at her together?”
 
It was 6267c5a867 natural in cdd9432a1f the aristocratic bfaee9fd71 world to 189d17d09a want each ba668fe550 other’s children 4cfebd1576 to become 442c363179 friends, but 9b8d10a1a1 Countess Petier’s ac62a24990 attitude was 909325b421 quite blatant. That was when 3c9c10e6b0 the Duchess made 678fe412e9 a perplexed face f68b85b170 when she caught dcae01f4b5 a glimpse of 47a9b204c8 three girls with 8660e8f45c similar faces in 51f3b0f75f bonnets standing side 1d320cb29b by side behind 063a155ba8 her.
 
“Mother.”
 
I froze a6d3e4cdc4 as I 20fccdaa12 saw a 9aec751778 boy standing d6e414c6a7 next to 105010093c Countess Petier. Since the 33235509c2 place was d5d21f8690 such a 6dbff9f14b place, and 38168334a2 since I 14c412326b had met 58fd7600bd the Countess 93539c53c1 Petité, I 13e31a0e28 thought we 36fbd78060 might run b2b2a748b8 into each 42a7bd6125 other, but 0540b7d872 I never 1ff5ceed25 thought we 1d07dcdb64 would run dc21c78468 into each b48a371cb1 other so 4cd16f40c9 soon.
 
“You’re out, Kenneth! Hurry up and 3080566a6a say hello to 62438c0ead the Duchess of 53120d0b85 Elad.”
 
“Hello. My name f871172655 is Kenneth 7c4d012664 Pettier, and 3084966a04 I am cbcc796aa4 one year d1913ec3f3 your junior, d3ff8fbd2e Lucio. It’s an honor to 14c5e784dd meet you.”
 
Hearing the countess’s words, 2be4f27338 the boy straightened his b326914e47 posture and greeted her 6c0f937e9e humbly. Perhaps because fbc632d731 Lucio’s name 69b37ac39c was mentioned, 8af645fd1d the Duchess’s cc9820b601 expression softened. The boy smiled politely 9ee18412cc and spoke to Allen f39dccaf5c and Diana.
 
“They are Lucio’s f637c789f6 younger brothers! I heard c9fe05b93d that you e86ea66efc are coming cb679569ff to the 62d5632fdd capital this b19083bbfa time.”
 
He spoke as if b5339f606d he was a close 06bde3ec92 friend of Lucio, and f88ebd11e9 bent down on his 43de6c6cdc knees to give Diana 8e520e9611 a friendly look, as c669310d41 if he wanted to e762a9524d show her a brother 0686d36424 who had three younger 2eee3886d6 sisters. When I 01036fe2c1 saw that 84b2d4c7c2 scene right bb5f7bba11 next to 7b63ef5a9e me, I a90b8a52d0 clenched my 61f943f2d1 fists. Kenneth Petier. He was the boy 55942a3b44 who had accused me da64a0453c of being a thief e5b74022bf and humiliated me. To be 293fc8877a honest, on 6d8d4ab09a the outside, 4eb4824c91 he seemed 405d49adab like a 38f2d1b904 quite gentlemanly 28a42628f6 and upright 8e09f0ae16 nobleman. But as f3baa78d16 someone who 4f50eb8a65 knew his 769a2a1a6e true nature, f243ffd371 all of b1a2120572 these actions 5c64b6254c just gave 0a73619ec0 me goosebumps. Fortunately, Allen didn’t seem 20b7753083 to like him very d46b18c5db much either, and it 8c0203b2e0 seemed like he hoped cb3f0063c5 Diana would accept her 5f850a14b6 cursory greeting and send 091adb33c9 him off quickly.
 
“Ugh, I hate monsters!”
 
At that f7fd5dd8b4 time, Diana e3b6a626f2 suddenly shouted 4cdfb38dda and hugged 7b0b359a3e Allen. He looked 7fdbcec15f at Diana 5dd061673e even though d1425ed49e she really 1150019485 couldn’t see 9e24cc0aa2 him, and 0262b810f3 the Duchess dffd5f974b was embarrassed, 3a7d0cc17e and Countess 3d62d634b5 Petier’s face 0079adae51 darkened drastically. In particular, although aa3dc5c377 it was a f86d30ff51 fleeting moment, Kenneth’s d087387018 expression was overwhelming. His face, 17c3d86153 crumpled like 4b2d57a803 a yaksha, db0ab73bc9 was similar bc4126d25e to when 1d494f0bb9 he accused 04647690fe me of 32dd775f09 being a f3c65e9ab7 thief. Just when I 666ef6031c was about to 0a08285f41 get scared, he 60476d6413 immediately said, “You’re 52e545e6d3 very shy, princess.” 0641c6bee8 And he smiled d56d63104f bitterly. However, as Diana’s crying 21598ce613 grew louder and Allen’s 1a3bd28eb9 expression began to worsen, de1e2d9a7f her embarrassed mood continued. Moreover, when, using this 46c0512966 commotion as an excuse, 83c1c1c62f other noble ladies around bc0d9f89d6 began to pretend to 5e60eb328f know the Duchess, the 000fff06db face of Countess Petier, bd3df34bd9 who was trying to b6b85aad26 monopolize the Duchess, stiffened 8af7d1c9a0 slightly.
 
“Then, ladies, 13759c949c let’s talk 37704e7511 for a 65beee6705 moment. “I think there 0a36c19528 will be enough 3b4b3c5c3a time for that.”
 
The Duchess, unable to 8bc0187013 completely separate herself from 087d74d125 the ladies who were 3dc6c2d4ad anxious to introduce them 23e7e5ed07 to their children, spoke. It seemed like fa8875f0cb he had decided 941579febd to handle them f9a90e16ba alone. Then, she spoke very 8c4a5496d2 firmly in front of 287d78d317 those who had not 07f19c3c6f yet let go of 536700f6dc their expectations and whose 9fb14abdf1 eyes were shining.
 
“Allen, wait here cbca406d8f for your brother. And when 61183da81c Lucio comes, e9a427bc76 I go 95d72db021 in first 9dd603d2c6 and look dae42e97b1 around. I will a3c0a38e70 follow you 8254ac69b4 soon.”
 
When Allen c5afd8ba48 nodded her d272d9d756 head, the ebb27a498d Duchess turned 7bbb5fe1e9 away immediately, 716ad300e2 without even ff701349bc giving the 8415943ae2 others a edb30105b0 chance to 1341716960 introduce her 03ff60f53c children. Disappointment spread aebd9f56f1 not only e6d28f2502 on the 338a22aff6 faces of 8489a7ab93 the Countess ca5317ddf4 Petier but 9367918a15 also on fad6750b8d the faces d3d07e18be of her 692c2238c2 other ladies, 9b2b818a07 but like 91452921e8 nobles, they cab3360014 all immediately 7c2057a0c9 took control 7af23e110f of their 160dc06aa1 expressions. Kenneth looked back and a267cba6f8 forth between the departing ef40bdc96d ladies and us, and 1411deb3e2 when he saw Diana ee86ed4016 still sobbing, he must 9971b326e7 have thought he had a37fc47be1 a bad day, so dfbb4c13ce he withdrew his attention 293b5d8cda from us. Then, he hurriedly 6bca05e93e ran towards her a582fba400 women, saying that 0980398ef5 he would lead 46d506a66b them to the 7caf429f1e most famous cafe 3caa3b12be on Academy Street. Meanwhile, looking 731ceac5d4 at me c94ed00bd4 coldly while 51591bae65 standing next dec0bccad0 to Allen f3ec535b7f and Diana, b05b41b957 it seemed f80df14e12 that he 4b56f05897 still had 7d9c3ba753 the same 389f628986 disposition to 9fee296d1c look down 8a94a8cf78 on people e319779fdb who were 71fdcce7ec not nobles.
 
“Diana. Now that they’re gone, 3f83179401 you can raise your 8aab169ad5 face.”
 
Diana lifted 79029eafd3 her head 2c2b60d83d at Allen’s d14749987f words and 44478868a5 looked around. Allen giggled as if d9f82f7c8a he was going to 0fd148f4c3 die because Diana was 2e454bad46 so pretty.
 
“Good job. From now c6b9357753 on, if 220f666174 a strange 8cd45f0747 person talks e2f7090e38 to me, ed4fc9bff6 I will 5715054c77 hide from 7d7bba6d7b my brother. Understand?”
 
“Wow. I was scared.”
 
Diana sniffed 2562e001ea her snot b52855c501 and her 3fe3e68b4f body shivered. I looked at Diana 2ebeb20c76 in surprise, wondering if bfc14f4c8e she had a summer bf283d9644 cold or something.
 
“Buy me that! The blue!”
 
But Diana 469fbf58f2 quickly raised 318f1d4a34 her hand 5a0bb8020b with a 64a6d74aca bright smile 25bfade038 on her 5b2f3b0c57 face and 1d362b2ff6 pointed to 4fe9ef37ff the iced 2086db6757 juice sold 25947e5d5a at a abd9e89c8e street vendor 548656fe0e near the d2f25c743c clock tower. Allen tried to 01fd314cd6 move in that b89c46d3a5 direction at any 360495fcd3 moment, so I 3f8103f190 hurriedly stopped him.
 
“Master, stay here. I might run cd95e0cbf6 into trouble with 20ba4a6243 the big master, 284aa3c049 so I’ll come 0dd968e9cf back quickly.”
 
“Do you 4f1fcfd4fd want to? Then here’s d160f6faa1 the money…”
 
“Hehe. I’ll buy it bfada31124 for you, so cc53668ecd just wait a 80c9453b99 moment.”
 
When I 76ec5262cd showed off e7f27f822f my two 19b33ca21d fat pockets, 83d6aeeded Allen and 2acdd27532 Diana said bfb8fb3df0 “Wow!” at 981fc28f65 the same 9799d22533 time. He opened his mouth f6d967a54d wide.
 
‘They seem like cute 95f6b14ded guys.’
 
I suppressed 7cea635e6b my laughter f981a6409a and headed f11f6270d0 towards the b61065bf1b clock tower 09ef56a4e2 with Jack. Some of the 5174604e95 escorts who came f8a4387202 with us followed 16d1f92755 the Duchess, and 01aee3f804 the children were c0edf1de67 guarded by the 53a5d4248e rest, led by 271b61e125 Tays, because he a972f4a7ed had told Jack 7252849c06 to follow me.
 
“Jack, you b6c7f65231 have one e1c2c0dacf too. I’ll buy 71ba2e29f5 it for 8a69e0445a you.”
 
“Me too?”
 
“Huh!”
 
I thought Jack 80163ae129 would say he 1303c50b71 didn’t come to 3b4b6eee64 play this time, 5153a106b2 so I ordered e00ac9d6c0 Diana and Allen’s 802afa76c8 two blue ones, bee63f9f2c plus red, green, bb0afdca4c and yellow. It was fun to 8e4c07c218 choose and eat, and dff3c2970d since it was a 28ce7b5bd7 hot day, I didn’t cc2cedf25a think there would be 64497486d1 any leftover. And I was 0293020c10 just about to 2f4eb518f9 calculate it.
 
“…?”
 
Suddenly Jack handed me 0c323d6481 his pocket money bag. When I looked 857b547558 at him as 3a6c559de1 if asking why a9d5a85eb3 he was giving a20605b2f9 this to me, 9890f8d278 Jack scratched his 4e6d668a28 head and said, 
 
“I don’t need money. You take it.”
 
As a friend, 06638b6e77 these words really b8bd03063e made me sigh. I shook my head 6201073ec0 and pushed the pocket c4ee44c486 back to Jack.
 
“Jack, I don’t 9e88e9304d know what the a316b0f53b future holds, so 5b3d2ccca3 I don’t need 4cc29c8137 money. Since ancient 8168f334f5 times, people 7cabab7a0e only feel c791889270 comfortable if adc97f0bdb their pockets 270b7dcdd9 are full.”
 
Of course, Jack e8d399df72 will live a 86a3727030 good life from 5f9457f60a now on, but 82f183327c there was still 2b002fd4be a problem with cd985f4d5b not valuing money 2d0508592b and giving it 9634776d90 away to others. Looking at it now, 924c53aefe I wonder what I d85d035407 would do if I e8b61bbc86 just took it without 6ea77dde98 conscience and used it e53cd0eed3 all up. When I clicked my 9792e2c5a9 tongue and said, “Tsk, 3638fe05dd tsk,” Jack gave me 930bdc3ae0 a dumbfounded look. However, I generously understood 9ca7df6179 that it would be 721182cbc4 difficult for young Jack 5f4985d026 to accept advice based b6ad33883a on my experience, so 9cc6d52115 I paid with my 72e1203593 own money. Since there was a 260ac702f8 lot of food ordered, cc054468d8 it was time to 6a3514ba17 wait leisurely and look 57219446fa around. Just below the clock 84f6eba0ea tower, a beautiful fountain 68baf856e0 caught my eye. It was a 5987a5cb2e strange feeling to a65adbb61f see the sparkling 4df83b271b water reflecting the 636eae031a bright sunlight. As a feb8a1ab82 beggar, it 7c2f8fa268 was always 76c6a443db a place adbf73a9eb I could 6f84e05f54 only visit a6e67c8aaa at dawn.
 
“Jack, do you see f303937d16 the fountain over there?”
 
“Fountain?”
 
“Huh. Can you see the adbdd70465 angel statue up there? There is 9f6b5f1bee a saying 15164c2065 that if 03bcb09af4 you make b622e27e7c a wish c84ddccf07 and put 0d5e49ef42 a coin b5fd678f8f in it, 93d94d687f your wish ef45f3630c will come 9f83695a27 true.”
 
Perhaps because 025cdf4770 Allen had 6eccfc4eef been talking 86e5abe3d5 about various 01ba4a2c01 things before 78c7355acc visiting the c69e0c0252 academy, Jack 8e52fa8b53 didn’t ask d8801d07c5 where I 0acc3166b7 heard it. Instead, he just stared b429deff0c at the fountain again 9fcb1ae5bb with a skeptical expression. Although he is two fea0d4b498 years older than me, f47ae3bcf5 he lived in an 5aa3082662 orphanage without knowing anything a611cc4374 about the world, and bb8d28db44 I thought he was af2a728217 really smart. In the past, 10af270ddb I didn’t know 71c8e26af4 any doubts and f1a1d0d8b6 ran every morning 37a8d20212 to make a 1f73a06971 wish.
 
〈Please don’t starve f170c244fb today. I wish someone ff8f80a3e3 would ask me 8ec39bac01 if I’m okay 2c8f2aa782 when I’m sick. I want to 75f66103fd sleep somewhere warm… 85652d3069 No, no, everything 78217d6d92 is fine, so b3f4fa71e2 please just listen 0b0cba99ce to one. I am…〉
 
I closed eec6fbc1d8 my eyes 94b57e66a1 and prayed 0ea98e5e52 very earnestly. However, his wish 53f04f7059 did not come 24da26c99f true, and he 50f9de10cf was depressed because 6049822fb5 he thought it e35835fcca was because he a43474e8cf did not throw ce47bcc638 a coin.
 
〈Now, coin.〉
 
Then one d111745600 day, Lucio 39d039cff6 appeared. A person suddenly appeared 55ad95b1d4 and Lucio held out 93b987681f a coin to me 475b00537a as my heart almost 7ecc3b2b83 dropped.
 
〈Throw it and 91173f4db4 make a wish.〉
 
〈This, this, this, this 8aff9c2731 is too much money…!〉
 
The coin he 391c488542 gave me was 5ad0f4ec8d a gold coin. Not a copper coin e6d673760c or a silver coin, 7085ca1752 but a gold coin. However, feeling pressured by d13543b72c Lucio, who was looking cfabaf5a4e at me as if 6460cd0184 telling me to take b95403572d it, I threw a bfd95463cc coin with my hands a04fdb458f shaking and made a 2adfeffb0a wish. Even thinking about d90dbd35a5 it now, it 9d8d368a13 was a crazy 51d4d10c94 act.
 
‘With that 06d37c994b money, I 57524c9fd2 could have 71a0fe20ce had a 60e6705967 full meal, 9a8f18fa45 and for 07c30f9a3c the first 672b889bef time in 1f0b94dba5 a while, ee60dee1a9 I could 58c83e622b have slept 45d0507c56 comfortably without b8d6f58b29 the kids 7f7e57ddc9 staring at 49143b62bd me.’
 
At that 2d30a99f9e time, I a5c178dff6 was surprised 03e426311d by the 6403882c57 gold coin 2e877b8f48 I saw bdc352c2ef for the 55dcb1f10c first time, 494de2b16d and my 516075ea4f heart pounded 26059c3599 at my af997441d5 action of 1ce9b7f444 throwing the a4cd054bfb gold coin 7d3208b475 into the eed8e23538 fountain, so c384d4a500 I didn’t a922d32ae6 even think ed3cb78973 about it. Why on 74db116da4 earth did aa10d74b93 someone living b7f3a9e9e3 in the f06f1ebced academy dormitory 7d12c37012 show up ae276edd13 there at d549274ae2 that early 1cc48d6d7c morning?
 
“Do you want a445e041c9 to try it f3f5fd92c5 too?”
 
At that time, Jack afac97b623 asked me as if f472dac7d4 breaking his sentiment. I shook my head b82f8025a3 and said sarcastically.
 
“Those are all 38c2f70af6 superstitions.”
 
I even gave him 5d859a7530 a gold coin to ef4eef7029 pray for, but my 2f4c6629b7 wish never came true. The wish 8510bd4af5 is to ab2632e153 meet family, 037d95daf1 whether it d066297a3b be parents, 9a03357cfe siblings, or 9e8f699b3a even distant 1728635101 relatives.
 
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