EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_79

Ch. 079 CHAPTER 079After f2ed1e8cfa that, Lady Faelunt’s b16c85bca6 attitude changed completely.
 
Not only 8bb246eca0 that, she 904c9ac370 began to 32e50404c6 visit the 0748158e47 Ellard Duchy 61356729aa almost every 984e6b909a day.
 
Fortunately, Lady 0f73544b25 Ellard also 4e16a711ad seemed to 58c25a18b8 enjoy the 58b65bd67e company of 3348f31319 Lady Faelunt, bd0a481842 who, despite 2f7c4633a6 being a c13742936e princess from cdb1423f9a another country, 3b60fc19e8 was not f3c2c03b39 authoritarian but 016c2cac4a honest and 89dadf79bc confident. There were even times 29fcbb5ddb when Diana and I fbab011dc7 were invited to join 2f6a4e839d them, and I often c00d3fb86d looked forward to hearing 3f894e39b7 the stories Lady Faelunt cf61b94daf shared about her homeland.
 
As we headed to f38a2d7635 the reception room today, 5278967753 wondering what story we f60aa83d55 would hear, I paused.
 
“Oh…”
 
It was 6220ce03f6 another important db331f09b7 matter that 5fe71bbc24 had recently 7b9642ee48 occurred in bc53360a51 the Ellard 997a82328f Duchy.
 
It was because I 4b902c2af8 had encountered the returned 03a57f2633 chambermaid not long ago.
 
“Hello, Chambermaid.”
 
The chambermaid, who 9ef0902200 had received punishment 4eb5dc8c3e from Lucio for 027f17c1db harassing the maids 4a1ad9a45a last time, was 07034540a4 reinstated a few 6a7a34e157 days ago under 5ce9c8f486 the orders of 8c9719b8f0 the Duchess.
 
This was partly due 157b918d03 to her past efforts 8581723e62 in managing the ducal 011020c1f8 residence, but also because 11f6ff0bf1 the vacancy left by 02566d6e24 her, who used to e07a81a5ed meticulously check each invitation 0e27017708 that poured in after 9e7636ef3d the Duchess arrived in 3c92fb2a5a the capital and inform bda69ffb3e about social trends and 65664fb687 cautions, became evident.
 
And since her reinstatement, 5e7760ebf1 the chambermaid had continued ed6e9741bb to perform her duties ae3f38b180 flawlessly, handling tasks without 2f1bbdbaaa any faults.
 
“Madam, the f2b7db35ba guest is 8b4f19ea3f waiting inside. You can 4e6d2ffa21 go straight 7c195ad05d in.”
 
Except for 02502d26bb one thing 0d2c20f278 – her a7477b1932 attitude towards 5ea7821571 me.
 
‘She never really e07965947b showed any favor 4c89bdc8ca towards me, but…’
 
Whether it b4fba2a0e2 was because 6c392fe57a she thought 6a4ed5d451 she suffered 6a58b70548 because of 3b3b04a7ce me or 85563f02d5 for some f0fd71826b other reason, be047ca3e0 she started 61c5dc8fd6 openly ignoring 5432b7fc2f me more 08a43873fd than before.
 
Even now, she 649e331f1d would politely bow 25e73f5b60 and speak to 1b920341a6 Diana, completely ignoring aaf77ccdf2 my greetings as 4f10249577 if I didn’t 4a6f8dd143 exist.
 
I sighed lightly.
 
The chambermaid didn’t directly 7403643ccd harass me like she adbb6c2fc9 did with the other 20bcde6c55 maids. Although I had been c63bbe43ea suspicious of her all 5baf4a1c63 along, there was ultimately 91c9ac1bed no evidence that she e3f6361161 had instigated the harassment.
 
Perhaps she had f432f186e9 been unfairly treated.
 
‘Although it’s hard 98a17f748b to accept.’
 
Anyway, thankfully, apart from ae7629b2e9 being ignored, nothing else a277c8554a happened since her reinstatement.
 
* * *
 
“Ah, you’re 45289fd6d4 finally here.”
 
As we entered de5cab45f4 the reception room 8a9d61a1f9 with a brief 3ea9e04992 knock, Lady Faelunt 0c6582e8f8 set down her d5d1bd0c65 teacup and smiled 114356e517 widely.
 
Soon, Diana 0221db0e93 gently bent b14a68507d her knee 8c39d68661 and lifted c503d678bf the hem 1c0c00594c of her 640e9f7308 dress.
 
“Ellard Duchy’s c1caa1baff Diana, greeting 7eb0755f1e Lady Faelunt, 01f3b6eaae Duchess of 12d96c24aa Faelunt.”
 
Although I had checked 85dd407f66 beforehand, seeing Diana politely e772d30348 greet without a single 4ebff0cc5f mistake made me feel 3fe7d59ad8 moved inwardly.
 
Somehow, our Diana 00cd8207a8 seemed to be 9a358e78ed the smartest and 8f6d4857e6 most beautiful child b655aea4e3 in the world.
 
“The young 83caae92b2 lady is b913fa3094 still as 85c4d42485 adorable as ef6c095d82 ever.”
 
It seemed 10bf4c6f34 that Lady 80a00cb094 Faelunt’s thoughts fc8a1199c1 were the fdf53caefd same.
 
With a slight 74a20454f2 tilt of her 1a38f0421a chin, Lady Faelunt 0f8fd4a63d accepted Diana’s greeting 7256edd247 and flashed a fab0fed624 pleasant smile as 12fa1fb763 she picked up 224b415e0d a plate of c147a43e6d meringue cookies from 310a66a87b the table in 0a6eab7003 front of her 396f3701d6 and shook it.
 
Diana, who 57bf46423a liked sweets, e36064df35 followed the 6dd4b9f700 movement of 78e5e1121a the cookies 36ad249c9c with her 62a6295ddd eyes and ff9f72b695 then glanced f53c427224 at me c787e52636 discreetly.
 
“It’s not e3f40743e7 about being b88521bdd6 cold; it’s bcdedb1d45 just that e4d2ef646e you should 4059146921 stop snacking c604677f53 today.”
 
I smiled d98c0386ff slightly and 4e86f7b8e4 nodded awkwardly. Diana, feeling victorious, rushed 5a35c0e66b over to Lady Faelunt.
 
“Lia, come and sit 67610f3dd5 down quickly. Make yourself comfortable.”
 
“Yes, madam.”
 
As soon 27bdb0f4c1 as Lady bd1c68b4fc Ellard gave dee320093d her permission, 2b0a552245 I sat b17163c704 down beside 8ca03b3d8d her.
 
Lady Faelunt fd6cffe70a made a 9303b004ce dissatisfied sound, ab706af95a “Hm,”
 
Surprised by the sound, 40edeb4528 I turned my head, d8d760aee1 and she raised the 20b44ebbce corner of her mouth c5bc71b363 slightly.
 
“I told you 99bc6b917b not to worry d681c18a41 about formalities in 7e69aaa360 front of me.”
 
Understanding her meaning, I 275669ae01 chuckled awkwardly.
 
Recently, through an etiquette b9360fc913 book Lucio recommended, I af45590de8 learned that commoners couldn’t 1877a1f02b speak without the permission 768e8c38b6 of nobles. Although Lady Ellard 2ccd79a884 and her husband 86619626cb had encouraged me 41e6653cdf to act freely 9594cb2a40 within the duchy 0fb8ba9835 due to their 45521356f2 long-standing reputation, I c961769637 strictly adhered to 26cdddec23 the etiquette in 852a3be94c front of other 4411d98f75 nobles to avoid 9e53852177 tarnishing Ellard Duchy’s a61a32b45c prestige.
 
However, Lady Faelunt, 0a098507ff despite being royalty b8824f9aeb from another country, cda1f26907 seemed to find 0cd8592960 my meticulous adherence 784627d035 to such etiquette b77a5ddd6f frustrating.
 
“Madam, are you aa89862fb6 feeling alright?”
 
Glancing around, I 484b2f32da noticed Lady Faelunt’s ee990f6bf4 attention had shifted 470b6a6809 to Diana, so f1e9ed9143 I discreetly asked 14611bc1e3 Lady Ellard, who f6505cc454 was pouring tea 1f84a31c9d beside me.
 
I was worried because e5381d35a7 she hadn’t eaten anything 0648bd4a9b this morning due to f15e919266 feeling unwell.
 
“Yes, Lia, thank ded9713e77 you for your d432022c58 concern. I’m fine now. I was just bbd79e2d55 feeling a little f4c5016ed7 unwell earlier.”
 
Lady Ellard 12c59dc8bf replied with a751b84323 a gentle 5353590af3 smile.
 
Perhaps sensing my concern, 01ba411198 she smiled shyly, and 08eb9e6ce8 I asked again, “Are 0f85e0959d you uncomfortable anywhere else?”
 
According to f61ac25199 my recollection, 6c6a2bc3b9 Lady Ellard 6c8cacf743 should be 14cab8865d lying in cdd2f0098e bed by 44ad98a668 now.
 
Although the time ef2ec89024 of onset had 4322bcf4ed passed, I was 8b3fa5b324 still anxious that 8633a627bd she might be c36f3aec8f under the shadow 59e53e68e3 of death without ab81d01b33 my noticing.
 
“Oh dear. Even the maid 697fae5db9 I brought from 694e37915e my hometown doesn’t a161e89d7a follow me around 0274b9f0aa like that.”
 
It was 6d737343f0 when Lady 54ad4b1543 Faelunt, who 8ee2f7d8c0 was feeding d0b003d91e Diana meringue 3f77cc9ce8 cookies as 4c62579f04 if gathering 0556c75f66 ants, said.
 
“I envy you. If I had a c54ad0a699 maid like Lia, every 7c0b272071 day would be enjoyable! Oh, that’s right. Instead of 498573c4f7 this, Lia, ab5fd5cdf6 why don’t d5b0670286 you come 0ebd354a74 to our 790ec1eedf house? I’ll treat f50b2da985 you very f0dbab6612 well. Let’s go to my 4789d27a2c house.”
 
And it was a83dd46798 when she reached 2fdb675c9b out her hand 7741379d69 to me with e1777c8e98 a surprised look.
 
“That’s not possible, 252af1bcd7 madam.”
 
Lady Ellard wrapped her 6559dfe8f7 arm around my shoulder 991adcaff0 and said.
 
“Lia is a f0c40dcd52 precious child of ac448b2869 our Ellard Duchy. Isn’t that 45ffbf6d9c right, Diana?”
 
“That’s right!”
 
Even Diana, who 7b65033356 was beside Lady 4c7508d5ec Faelunt, responded firmly, cf9c756a14 throwing a meringue 51a7690784 cookie and rushing 092ff0fdba into my arms.
 
“Oh dear. It seems difficult to 2762ca2239 bring Lia along because e824a13b63 of the young lady… 1b39095b7f Oh! Then why don’t you c435444764 come to our Faelunt 748c948429 Duchy? We have 5cdc528f45 a lot f3a86999de of delicious d551d6153c snacks. We’ll offer you plenty 04c87fb872 of different snacks every 3ba71f4469 day. Would you like e60cddcc19 to come to 8d224ef97a our house?”
 
Lady Faelunt openly 0a208474b1 tried to persuade 421f85d433 me.
 
“But our smart Diana 3a00e0a12e won’t be fooled.”
 
However, when I looked fac36c4295 down, the child’s eyes 2c290b0818 were quickly wavering.
 
With a bewildered expression 59c2fdb177 on her face, Lady 381f3e0c82 Faelunt called out to bbab455fd2 Diana, and the startled f33769b173 Diana clung to me.
 
“It can’t cc2a072a2b be helped. Instead, Lia, next time, 6b4d42f27e I’ll bring my son e117b14d80 along, so you must 9466b2a237 play with him nicely.”
 
All I could do 5c160ed059 was nod at her 841d73c635 words.
 
*  *  * 
 
Not long ago, five-year-old c6bf2cceee Aidan Faelunt, the only 63b1eae76d son of the Faelunt 9502040028 Duke, looked out of a653540b81 the carriage window with 0388ba60f4 a chubby face and 31acc57dcc his mouth half open.
 
Because of his mother’s e2a111322f almost coercive persuasion, he 422fe421b8 was being taken to 79bc47377f Ellard Duchy.
 
“Hmph.”
 
Although he expressed his 63a3e1817f displeasure by sniffling in 8a56bc7a91 front of his mother, ea11a775aa she just chuckled with 12ff74812a satisfaction.
 
“Aidan, cheer up. We’re taking you there 4a8bb20e1d for your sake. You’ll surely 52ab088147 make good f2d664b631 friends.”
 
That same spiel a45c8e94d7 again.
 
Aidan internally af89c7d694 grumbled while fd1fa29b19 putting on c29b41c12f a fake 7437d8ccf2 smile.
 
His mother, fecf568cc3 who had 1bf855951e been quite 5994b162f0 inactive in 4cf41ea3ce outings until be8f6f0ab7 recently, suddenly 83cbf0af78 started taking c2643d5217 steps, claiming 68e00f4c71 to be c304725996 attending Ellard 78f2770567 Duchy’s tea 3fec063a84 party.
 
It would have da0997156f been better if 639627cb6a that were all.
 
Out of 1f1ba32a1d the blue, db33cb9ad4 she started b77747f4ca saying weird 54014d5473 things like 62399960f9 whether he 153b669e67 wanted to 801c4c7162 meet lovely 405afc75ba girls his 59a8cc9f62 age or 569f5f676b kind and a9c09347be affectionate maids. Eventually, she even forcibly 7dd0c1d8a1 dragged him along today, 34b1119119 promising to make him d4e86fffc7 some friends.
 
“What friends? Even if I fa38b68548 pretend to be 8c7a7795da nice in front edfd332d7c of them, they’ll 821e0431b0 still badmouth me 4660caf672 behind my back.”
 
Though Aidan was a08642c166 still young, he 7ce1ee2b5a had witnessed people 11f0c8b35b praising the Faelunt 61b2843bc7 Duke in front a27bbb90cd of him as 6f32733370 a little lord 9e228abb5b but mocking and 6b52ac3356 ridiculing him behind 8ff4440aaa his back because 221d5a202b of his skin f186a8c9e6 color.
 
“I don’t need a0bd77a5d3 friends.”
 
Aidan, suppressing his gloomy a590c78232 feelings, retorted, but it 12637bfdf8 seemed to fall on 3cf94f8b50 deaf ears to his 6622449032 mother, Lady Faelunt.
 
Sighing again out 5dd9845c96 of frustration, Aidan 7db24a9cc5 suddenly widened his 27ff712d0e eyes at the 95d3bb735b sight outside the eb5fcf30b7 window he had a65a78309b just noticed.
 
Before he knew it, 30cf211d11 the carriage had passed f76b6f51fe through the main gate 7986ed6deb of Ellard Duchy and eb67191de5 was passing through the 40a27dd63c maze-like garden, buzzing with 070fb46394 rumors.
 
As the carriage 89d3acfcd1 finally stopped in 0450803e10 front of the da18496413 main house with d4e49e1d4e a wolf statue 97d93bee72 visible, Aidan’s buttocks 6876180a96 were already wriggling 6fb942065e with excitement to 867eba81cf see outside, contrasting 08bbee80cb with his fidgeting fcef8aecca throughout the journey.
 
As Lady Faelunt swallowed e254950d09 her laughter, pretending not cde3777ca1 to notice her son’s 182b990f57 adorable behavior, the coachman 3aaf28b955 opened the door.
 
“Mom, you 20fcc6f27b don’t need c413be5f8e to come 745a1219a3 out here.”
 
“It’s the first 8cdd1ad82e time Lady Faelunt a21510b40a is visiting. It’s a ebe150d2e4 rare occasion, f7e9d85379 so it’s 8737f5ddb0 good to 34282c54e6 properly greet af7ad3ef0b them.”
 
While his be64447f89 mother exchanged 0f6d86efb6 greetings with 6899af4e6c Lady Ellard, 04bcfd3251 Aidan, who a57f095fdc had gotten c8c7417db3 out of ba52ffebbc the carriage, de2a34d641 quickly glanced 73be5ed65e around Ellard e1a80ca72f Duchy.
 
As befitting the reputation 3391e23a77 of the Ellard family, 639ac46d6e which had wielded power ea5142a954 in the Laxton Empire 728daae253 for a long time, a4a6176e3d the mansion with the 9e67d31450 blue flag bearing the 24bbfa6a32 emblem of the Ellard 4c7ea7b993 family exuded a majestic b2d2bb4b05 and magnificent aura.
 
Especially, Aidan’s 4fe72c7b8d mouth involuntarily b6f15a67e8 gaped at 3e9f57ab1d the sight d9d075e03f of the 98d555d8e4 giant wolf 7696ac7a10 statue, seemingly 96b1b440ba alive.
 
“Aidan?”
 
At his mother’s 4cde52ef89 call, Aidan jumped df3d8f5541 in surprise and f366b70077 quickly straightened up.
 
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