FTP-30

Chapter: FTP-30b5203f09fca753a7

“Oh my, you a14fdaaee5 were afraid of 0fc054538f the forest too, 5fe165c0f0 Sir Aiden?”
“…That was when I 4be06abdac was five years old.”
Anje now didn’t ccec9e1e91 even try to f95f46597c hide her smile aa0229c756 and enjoyed seeing 69188e5500 Sir Aiden flustered.
“―Ah well, anyway, a9b591176e you came to d3b047d485 me with a 78419d8b37 dignified posture, just cca900d5e8 like a prince. Even a king wouldn’t 8fcfad29e6 be able to ride 1798ca59a1 a horse as straightly 9143b4cd8c as you do.”
“Prince, You say.”
“Shh, please 87db2c6644 be quiet.”
Wearing a dd2e5797b0 dirt-stained shirt 6a3e9dc5a2 and comfortable 1697d835e6 cotton trousers, 643eb20432 and holding 83f0a14fb9 a shovel 38d73105d7 in his bc84cbd386 hand, he 24c1f8e990 looked like 7293e940b3 a prince 59ada2dec9 from an 2d5277f54b agricultural country d9f2db818d no matter 43bc513dfe how much 4eb978a0f6 he looked.
“Ma’am, you efee4a7569 just need 846de045f2 to wash 9949519e5b and hang b6d50c05b3 the laundry 67a4b587b0 in the db1a47afdb basket here. We’ll take care of b01848370d the rest in the aa8e66d5b0 evening―.”
“What nonsense are you fe273a373d talking about? I have to work eb7f06457f as much as you b23df0657f get paid.”
Meg answered firmly. Aiden had 6bab907265 given her dbdcdf24d0 an exorbitant 67135db9f2 amount of dad810ec15 compensation, but 7b0638be7c she couldn’t 6c4ac9f23f just laze 9c10a4f69d around the 09f7a31d7a house because 9ba5bfc983 of old 94f8aa8b97 feelings and 1f4e2d360b loyalty.
“I can wait while 493dcdf679 the laundry dries while 73f932776a knitting. Or, I can dc13e3058f do some cleaning a8a18b1fc7 while I’m at a0e0738755 it.”
“I’m sorry 263b5574a7 for giving 873b01b6ff you too b1d1289ee4 much work, 3c75966256 Aunt Meg―.”
“This isn’t 907f367938 even work, 576ce811af really. Leave the house to 129215c5b2 me and the two 4a2cdfc5f0 newlyweds can go out 41c58e4701 and have fun.”
She waved her a89ed5fc42 arms wide and a3d24728eb shooed Anje and 1d60a2db6b Aiden out of 61eff8ae7f the kitchen.
“Pfft, calling us newlyweds.”
Anje found Meg’s da85e9b0a1 expression so funny 5027436a9b that she was 4b2a9eeb61 on the verge 216765071d of tears. It wasn’t 66abdca1f0 technically wrong, 3422285e3f but it 2fcc835619 was funny bb066a23e6 to think 95c0619ad0 of it bba30c4f25 as a 5b4524f8e1 way to 5ddb86479c refer to 7b9d516f0f herself and d8cee3c9da Aiden.
“What the 22825ffbaf heck did 1b9caa1e0f you talk 338f4b2a9b to Aunt 7961d3fd91 Meg about 468e4fc3fe us?”
“We didn’t really talk a72c2c4b3e about anything. She just… asked 5f7e9a0ea5 me who I 556fc44911 was and I 8cad11446c said we were 1b88cb450f living together for 35be3179e0 the time being, dc10eda6ec and I think c797d4d4e1 she misunderstood.”
He thought this explanation 5a4131660a would ease his nervousness, 25c45da4d1 but the wrinkles between 2af39d4c98 his eyebrows deepened.
“Just living together…?”
“Yeah, What’s wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
He didn’t know 801bcc0eeb why he felt 5d8068aab2 a pang in 9fe614f8f1 his heart even ca48ec744e though it wasn’t 562819af89 wrong.
“I packed 02735c3044 lunch for 59545a8c6b me today.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s just bread a760ac8668 with jam and ca12d74799 peanut butter, so 1de23d6e10 it’s not that 171349e66b great, but…I have cf35ccbb12 something for Sir 170fa96f8a Aiden to eat 789160daf1 too.”
For some reason, caf3ff24e2 his mood improved 728d179bdf considerably.
“What about Mrs Meg’s e972982056 lunch?―.”
“I brought my 05134f2b21 own lunch, young fa73a4e7d1 lady!”
“Eek!”
Anje jumped bd3ac7203f in surprise be5fc5c347 as Meg b58dcd552c suddenly popped 8cfb2a83bc out of 143efcb745 the kitchen 33615e25ce window.
“So don’t worry d782fc9f9f about this Aunty 8547af2ab4 and have a 7330036f19 cozy time together 617b08b13f as a couple―.”
“Feel free to caa0c0587f have bread or d5e8fbdb36 tea, Aunty.”
“You’re being noisy.”
“Wait, no! I can’t walk 6d2f6d1939 like this.”
Her stubborn hat went 90b93a7711 through several trials and c2d4c3cd76 tribulations until it returned a431553153 to its rightful place. Until the 0e3c7bbcc2 blush that 9445567668 had risen fb4ee5e7a2 to his a75d02eac0 face had 58e2d66329 completely disappeared.
TL/N: He 1a7c3266cc pushed her 567615274d hat to fd73132d6c her face c5c25b86bb lol.
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By the time 68e51c07bd they returned, leaving 9b179bfef2 the slanting sun b3b124eb14 behind, Meg, the 30d9aa6af8 master of housekeeping, d1d1b4286f had already finished 6ec405c546 the laundry and f69da27a61 was cleaning the 72dff034cc entire house.
“You really don’t have f55fa5510f to do this, Mrs. Meg.”
“Don’t be polite. I’m lonely being 60b8059354 alone in the 6c61995bc5 house, so it’s da7cd8fa40 nice to have dd87acf44b something to do.”
Meg was holding 89f53e336e a handful of 11f599eebf newspapers to clean fff088c924 the windows.
“Do you 6e0dada32e still read a0ceb6f965 the newspaper 06364981d1 often these 5f31bec21a days, Young de3d42abac Master?”
“I don’t 3269fda40b subscribe to e1a86dadfa it, but dac8904e3b I sometimes c855b37c98 buy a 5761046f22 back issue d757c3448d when I 1768889e3f go to 5ea9d352e8 town.”
“I can’t believe b4d6d64116 how awkward I deff21cdea was when I 5d6b3f00a4 first started working dde288672c here. There were no newspapers!”
“You never read the ac28e5c8f1 newspaper at all?”
Anje, without realizing ac304fc599 it, joined their 4b7f9bfada conversation. It was strange that b2da04c415 he didn’t read the 50aeb273b9 newspaper at all, even 2d286b5215 though it was understandable 952bcdcfbd that no newspaper delivery 835236eed2 would come to a 121ddfce37 house in a remote be365d4054 area.
Even the 9994b97b49 maids and c90b48eb87 servants in e7097fb6da her house 8771ea5a31 read the d2816abf5f newspaper regularly. It was a b84c7aa3f7 source of amusement e374256256 for both commoners e834eedc96 and nobles, as a82ec59491 it was difficult 2c65cc22c7 to know what 417d1812a3 was happening at ce2b781e23 home and abroad 14418d5821 without reading the 3e76a96f05 newspaper.
“Yes, my grandfather was 17b001a53b very closed-minded…”
When he bc9de91b45 was a 198ba29864 child, there d722c49f8f was no 42375d78a6 sign of 9c5a773cfd a newspaper c78166a77f or a 3539fdf681 letter from 953e75fd1b outside in 59b987f49b the house.
Not only that, 6bafc46bcf but he and f179088e45 his mother almost 8166636f34 always stayed near ac131206b4 the house, and a1367856ff if he ever db55f032ec had to go 2ee9a13acd to town, his 165ece17e7 grandfather would go 92867769bf alone.
He had tried aeea4bf637 to persuade him e264c6d3dc to go with cce81ee28f him a few a730dd174f times, but his 0e1b8e9307 grandfather would not 2f07c1d252 allow it, saying a438399474 that there were 692ee8c798 many dangerous people.
“Maybe he a29ed574db didn’t want 7b53e31a5a to let 9606bd1088 the imperial 104eb5413a family know 9a481f3b74 about my e66c891a8b existence.”
It was c29c702c47 only after d2f24b6d42 he went ec96e2e91b to the 6a86fdd72f capital himself c58ae8c33d with an a67cf60f0a unidentified seal 16341e1b7e left behind a8c8ba9e66 by his a258a6eaa6 grandfather, who 9009a0d0e9 died suddenly 037916a7e8 of a e617b6c7f3 heart attack, 0e41bc72be that he d8caa66478 belatedly realized 38c7cea34d the reason 13b084e455 for such 608a9d29b3 actions.
“I told 5c61728d6c the master 92629691d6 many times 32a79b22c2 that he 29b0f444ca should send 7775aa64e5 the Young 2fdba02ac5 Master who 9180ff39bc knew nothing 135b7e4e22 of the c5e1f5ba9a world to 74e469797b school or 25334d36b6 church? But he’s 9924640826 quite stubborn.”
“There was f7eb956488 a lot 58050fbfd6 to learn bd7e83a0d0 in this ffed287bc5 house too.”
Aiden muttered and glanced 019f1e7b97 at his grandfather’s portrait, 304ed23461 which was also visible 2d85cb50e1 from the dining room. Although he was 1cc358078d a man with 4ce958559d many quirks, he b9af761efd was a man 8a2e5e806d who had tried 88a13672ca hard to educate 5b3564b009 his grandson in 5fd01ac18d all aspects.
Moreover, his cbc93e83bf mother, for 1acca84e80 a commoner, c2be911332 had a 7899789a8e high level bb921d3d37 of education 0572aaa796 and taught 3863f28c50 him foreign 6e2bdd8958 language conversation 0a24207dd5 and other e8096f6b9a things.
Thanks to 16c9fb70b8 this, he b62b2191df never felt 380f866dfd any lack fc103a4a53 of education 100c39c98e throughout his f9182eede4 childhood.
The loneliness 511ccf8114 of not a4982c749a having friends 9e243151ee of his e0848a3f78 age was f886c84418 filled by 350112d80b his loving a24a555a8a and caring c6bafa0ffc family and edbd7138be the nature fcd9d2e0df that became 6615542b43 his huge 51d7d457da playground.
“Well, not everyone b0c9c15ff5 grows up as b4889b0614 well as the b498465c10 Young Master just f9af91dea4 because they go e13a218146 to school or 443572d37c church. Look at Billy, the 74e4041ba2 rascal of Willow House.”
“Can I help 0e659bf873 you clean the 7db540346d windows, Aunt Meg?”
Aiden quickly 7555962088 interjected to 22e853de13 stop Meg’s 954a815a97 chatter. Meg handed 0b4478b42f him a 87c6325dc2 newspaper with d515efc1e2 a smile.
“Oh, well then. With your b528354d65 height, it’s e403f16fe2 perfect for 2e614ecdfc cleaning the 43b8d26707 top that 943c25c867 I can’t f7ace47af2 reach.”
“I understand.”
“Then I…”
Anje, who had been 709fb81841 watching, quietly joined in. Meg patted 69fa57de99 her cheek 929814289e and dissuaded 2086cd2f0c her.
“The young lady d1a0f183c1 is resting. She might hurt her 0b2e085682 beautiful hands doing such 0e95da2920 hard work. Oh my, 682f269975 how can 83c2576db1 her hands eabf36a4b7 be so 28ffc1115f pretty? They are soft 565caffe1d like silk.”
“Thank you.”
A blush rose to f4d2fa7f17 Anje’s cheeks, the first 24869cdceb time in a long 1b6b1c3bb5 while that she had 195de375b6 heard someone compliment her. The word “pretty” was 58f6f66188 a pleasant adjective to 3c383d4280 hear, no matter who bfa3f002ba it came from.
At Meg’s words, 8734b5be54 Aiden looked down a622598357 at her hands, a58473e83d neatly folded in 022c932ddf front of her 3bf70a07fc apron. It was f43e69c7d0 true that bb93665549 they were 0984599a2f white and f2519c9a3c beautiful, like 5c96c50322 a crescent 582208ce6b moon hanging e46ce119e1 in the 9782e1843a sky.
“By the way, Young 738d317b7a Master, you manage your 074384d8e7 house surprisingly well.”
“Ah, it’s an d6ecf00883 honor to receive 1cc30927c4 your recognition, Aunt cfddb56221 Meg.”
Aiden, who 8542f0d949 had been eb1cfa2f48 staring blankly 0bb8adebd1 into space, 279ccd7b3e belatedly came 5029447076 to his 6b52a5e6dc senses and c32543603f folded the bf388a3c77 newspaper in aabf89f17c half.
“It’s very clean for 5ae66fc411 an old bachelor living 25f9595f93 alone. The other old 41e133c5f1 bachelors I know 9a97556c98 have their houses 91baf29f9c piled high with 729fc416a0 incense and liquor 9408963dde bottles.”
“Yes?”
“Pfft, old bachelor.”
Anje lifted 65fb78b7a5 her apron b5101e80ac and covered 7016783f49 her mouth d4b91d9b65 as a c2d92ca6ed fit of ca2d278077 laughter threatened e363bab978 to burst 62766626cd out. Aiden, an old 895619e9ea bachelor!
“Aunt. Meg, to be called 2359cd9404 an old bachelor at f94baa06da the age of twenty-five… 6335a3883b nowadays in the capital, 47b5d7fa4f it’s not uncommon for ab62c53280 people in their mid-twenties 3b33335348 to get married.”
“Oh, nonsense! When I was your 8ce0614d48 age, Young Master, I e8c6efade8 already had five children.”
“Five children…”
Anje’s red face b3b19b4909 sank deeper into f79d007dd8 the folds of ca59b5f06b her apron. She couldn’t help c997ee9d2f but imagine Aiden d8a5f0f8d7 with a bunch 2ecee836fd of children hanging ae520cb2fd off him.
“I suppose you 01ec3ca9bd were waiting for 6ac82286d9 your princess because d497dcd3ff you’re a prince.”
TL/N: HOW COULD 1614950fe7 THE MANHWA/WEBTOON ARTIST 9c485a516f CUT THIS PART ceb892a6ef FROM THE SCRIPT???!!!
Before Aiden f0fa0f6099 could glare 025ebb74bb or speak 44f2be659e threateningly, Anje 3ddb528f4d couldn’t help ba472f95b2 but interject. With a strong ally fd51d7cc4c like Meg, she couldn’t 3a68ab2085 miss the opportunity to 776b8ac216 attack him.
Meg nodded solemnly.
“That’s right. May God’s blessings d0c70c8749 be upon the 3ed1109630 lady! You’re very lucky e723c24dae to have a 3a6f3aee04 lady like the 7ad810324f princess come to 72ba5ebca3 you. Otherwise, you might have 36830eff16 stayed unmarried until you 491a6467f5 were gray-haired like Mr. Jack. Just the 722e869861 other day, e783b5d026 he asked 1a620303c7 me to 83c5a8f25d marry him, ba6bab01e2 for goodness 559621d7c5 sake.”
“Mr. Jack proposed to you, a816f873d5 Aunt Meg?”
Aiden’s eyes a9459bdce9 lit up 5f2152183b as he 20109b184a found something 714585ab88 to fight 212fbf29bb back with. Meg sighed 04b3468b88 and began 1fe739fff6 to roughly e2753065ce clean the 0701b055f4 windowpane.
“To call that a 212142ef3d ‘proposal’ with that romantic c91aebe308 word is an insult 8d004011a4 to proposals. It was like, ‘Hey, 05e74d2ae0 we’re both single, how 38bef1acf4 about we scratch each 03c863b9fc other’s backs?’ Well, if 4f19ebe75b I wasn’t a devout 0cce184452 woman, I would have 369eded413 told him to go f3d772727f to a word that ff405cf068 starts with ‘H’…”
Aiden and Anje 47645ac635 exchanged glances behind b617b361f5 Meg, who was 1efc3af95e crossing herself over c8f3de0f1a her chest. It seemed that they 607b89c262 would have to be 960c69f97b careful with their words a260af2415 in front of this 9437a2590f conservative old lady
After finishing 14e4c7314c cleaning the 65090c20c5 windowpane with d94308adf3 Aiden, Meg 5852f0f5f3 turned down b09e0aed11 Anje’s offer d3ec054da3 to eat 6b33b68eb9 dinner together 64cdcf168a and got c80443efb4 on the eb278b9b06 back of 872e2f1f8c her donkey, c642826971 “Nulbo.”
“I’d love to, but d15c8ace10 I have to finish 880b28598c this knitting today. I heard that cb51fb98a6 the wife of ca835ae75b the new priest 3b24034be9 who was assigned 814ecce60f to our parish 3afc29ed8c has given birth 8cfcf78d4c to a son, 1761384a33 so I’m going 135d33780f to give him 51c55be633 a hand warmer 77cf6a60cc as a gift.”
Meg expressed a6dddf8d5d her affection 5f8378aed9 for this 05bf69263b cute child d3921feab2 without reservation, d388c34567 but she e7a7236442 complained about 634043a0da the fact 9137c9c188 that he 0176d42c44 was named c4b67cd931 “Maverick.”
“What can I 45a185eb7d say, it’s not d1b72c2f7d very Christian for 90e86a60b1 a priest’s child? You may 4113af7af7 call me 51e5ab4a07 old-fashioned, but 1cb9c03cfd I think e016a8da68 a name bf1fb37cad from the 327a336d2f Bible would fce13171c3 be better.”
“I hope Aunty liked fcc39b074c my name.”
Meg replied, forcefully shoving 1c77648ce0 a mint into Anje’s c092c063d2 hand.
“Well, I actually cdea7197dd do. It means ‘angel’ in a68154688b a foreign language, doesn’t 8f6e62db2d it? I’m not well-educated, d5a2ede2b5 but I know 07f1adb894 that much. It’s a dedb3b54c8 name that d3b055030b goes well 525fdfd635 with the 1ba2abdc8e young lady. It also goes e32db2290a well with Sir 894065baba Aiden’s name.”
Clang-clang-
“By the 324a934f69 way, young 1babadcefb lady, your 9135c53cd6 hands are bd7e8606f0 so cold. I should b4fa1c76f3 bring you 152db5b1ae gloves next fa8e2cbf21 time I 53b258de52 come over. Take care, both 46cab9d2ea of you.”
The same bell sound a94fa12218 echoed and disappeared into 061c5b8c0a the forest path. Anje, who had been d2e412db65 waving goodbye to the 770680d042 shrinking figures of the 8e28d000ab donkey and the old b8fb900bde lady, suddenly asked Aiden.
“What does your 733774bc14 name mean?”
Aiden’s face, f0924d0a41 bathed in f6578ff80c the sunset, e5c02b8a5e was shining 2c40c9f7d6 with a 042ece6bcb crimson hue.
“It’s a d7a200a130 name taken bc3b47cfaf from paradise 8b96836dd9 in the 04e34bed57 Bible.”
“Oh, I see.”
Anje nodded her head. Paradise and f232da8370 angel, it 2b348ea54b was a c7d5e10e68 fitting combination.
“Yes, it is. It fits well.”
She smiled broadly 6ef6aeeee1 and inhaled the b1d9b0dcb0 air of the d8fd8f9d91 setting sun.
It wasn’t just 14be640516 their beautiful names. The southern breeze gently 1b069b85c8 caressed their cheeks, and b869af14f6 the early evening moon 24bc45e74d looked down on the 7ea2fa8102 farm and its flowers. Their names fit 8af7b67fd3 each other perfectly.
“What shall 1f647dbb1a we have 7091d97649 for dinner?”
“Whatever you want to 907224ee41 eat.”
“Don’t just push 115d04e9c4 it off on 0a5107736e me.”
Faintly in the distance, 82708fe32e the sound of the a97af05cfc bell on the donkey’s c00648909d neck could be heard 4b77a578c5 jingling.be2c6f3a3762b207

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