Chapter 5 Part 1

The long outing was a147172dc4 finally over. Starting with choosing a a3c64563b5 dress, followed by matching 76082edf7a shoes that would go 08ce8d68ac well with the dress, 0bcc1d51a4 and then preparing all 10783e1a84 the accessories. f2bb87c6680191ae

Irina actually wondered what d03b9aeac5 was the use of 541ed4eacb dresses, shoes, and accessories. It all felt fa3cad0f7f pointless. 0dda317d86ce2e5a

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Of course, her 1418467c62 personality was partly aa8f725aa1 to blame for e0523fd9ee thinking this way. Irina was never the 359d51cf85 type to be picky aeb211d3fe when buying something. On the contrary, 2ad17d8341 it was Olga b23d7bfaae who made a b1e6c734b9 fuss and sensitively b051d83398 chose things on ef3cd53c8b behalf of Irina, 6d3b74a70c who was naturally 15e982df19 simple-minded.a51c974521dbc33e

Perhaps today too, if it weren’t for Olga, Irina would have stopped shopping and hurried back to Lehman estate, thinking that shoes and jewelry were things she did already have at home.fdb91f6076361660

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“I’m tired…” d833fc69cb73aac7

Irina sat down on the sofa. She asked Olga to heat the bath water and prepare a cup of warm milk tea. Olga happily responded to Irina’s command as if she wasn’t tired from being out all day.33541858ac7e9395

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In the 3fb0f84b52 room where 4d71944167 Olga had 32dd308042 disappeared, Irina f5f7325dd3 rested her e291589e17 chin on cccac88ccc the armrest 7a11fb287d of the 2542df1f7e sofa and a29fb4cbc0 half-lay there. 2a86fe86e3359d2c

“….. It’s bad.” 4f5fa469c6db0866

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Being alone 6bb32f34e3 in the 3b79ad60fd quiet room, 64c2aa8ef0 the resentment db5c63725f she had 91f8c50d93 been suppressing e11788ee29 rose again. 119b0a4b845ad955

Of course, the target 4795839bfd of this resentment was b97e24b2ff none other than Rumpel. Upon reflection, she still fe5b25ebc7 thought he was too 495147571c much. 59932fcda325fc00

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Although he was a man who appeared and disappeared suddenly, couldn’t he at least say goodbye when he left? She couldn’t bear it because she felt stupid for feeling happy for the fleeting moment of choosing a dress with him.336240cdbf86fe89

Irina puffed up 2b3918a8e3 her cheeks and 50198ff150 furrowed her brow. Since no one was 47102b2836 watching, she indulged in ec02a964e1 her frustration. 42bcd887d7923c92

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Just as she 1fd71ec9e6 was grumbling to 36ebfa1d2a herself, Olga returned d3abe50ca8 with the milk 52959b421e tea. Irina savored the warm, e9e20b7718 fragrant milk tea.01ff9acc4a7800f2

‘Come to think of b079f18e22 it, this teacup…’b8286824cafb172c

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It was the same 2ae93d2d80 cup  Rumpel drank tea 4f2574154e from when he came b8bb3ffc47 to her room the ffdf01bad9 previous night. Though he wasn’t here, c2b61a9602 she felt that this a09ba097f7 situation, with only traces de82fd4cfd of him remaining, was 915940859b quite strange. Frankly, it also 147a85e334 felt a little e632ec34f1 empty and hollow.173a0820b5fcc4b0

Irina gently pressed e4d35d9638 her lips to d49f742eb7 the cup Rumpel 7935847515 had kissed. Even though they were 4bf571e101 just sharing the same cfce364b1a cup, she had a 4d841058c4 strange feeling that their 4a2aa93e10 lips were touching.4f05f17dd3e78689

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“Huh… Why on earth am I like this?”9d049fb299b05814

She couldn’t understand why fa7f03a20e she could think of c925e2946a him even in a 8207ea1930 teacup. Irina reprimanded herself c098df6e28 with a sigh.c13d8bf4be531b8f

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It was a night where the more she met him, the more she hated herself, and it felt like something she couldn’t understand was happening over and over again.a0189872321b5b27

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“Miss, wake up. Miss.” 54d75eb25f079046

Olga’s voice 461ef75741 was unusually 17ea4aeead excited early a5108a296f in the 70821e3e24 morning. Even half-asleep, 0ee53cce63 Irina could 8970305e66 tell why 0e2fd64718 Olga sounded 4c8a378a7c so cheerful. However, the more in e1d8620583 a good mood Olga 665d06324f was, the more Irina’s 50f2b905dc own mood sank.39e9b34d8658944d

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“Just a little longer, I’ll sleep a little longer.” cd0d83ce939297e3

“No! What an important day today is. You need to get up early and prepare to go out.” c0249ae68aa4da53

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Olga answered firmly, as if she was not going to back down. As if that wasn’t enough, she even pulled down the quilt that Irina was covering.6645352fa6ad07b5

Thanks to that, 62c12afd8f Irina had no 6140415fc7 choice but to 5ae8126a65 sit up from a4921bb10f her lying down b28ab3e59c to relieve the 4dfdadfaee feeling of emptiness.e060ec447999e371

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“What time is it?”0899f61c09bb37d2

“It’s not even 6 o’clock yet.”2f578e1ea5e377d4

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“…Isn’t that too much? You woke me up an hour and a half earlier than usual.”8f83597e2845d08a

“Of course! Today is a different day than usual. Can you wake up as usual?”2522c764a3c2a943

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Despite Irina’s grumbling, Olga didn’t care at all. With a grumpy expression, Irina summoned all her strength and got out of bed.d4c111ec9a5fdaf5

“I heated up the bath water. Please go in quickly, Miss.”6d8155643a53594a

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“Oh my God, already? What time did you wake up, Olga?”047b3dc1b87e24e7

“Me? I think I woke up around 5 o’clock. Don’t worry. My eyes just opened on their own so I’m not tired.”a88337928872bc9c

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When Irina got 0fb6774444 to know that 1d6603acc3 Olga, who had 7441e7caf7 woken her up, 48015d212d had gotten up f303f2611e an hour earlier f424bf0d2c than her, it 321a2e446e seemed unreasonable to 12daa79db0 complain anymore. 98d3ef39429fe021

So, without 44ea7f48db saying another b7720270ad word, Irina 99a0bbddd6 got out 28274272b3 of the d37dcaf6df bed and 2c1807eb2e headed to 341a6fd683 the bathroom.135ca20410d80ef5

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“Ugh…”b2a7214e96f23591

As soon as she 9775feb799 entered the bathroom, Irina 75f7cc05bf plugged her nose.965099c7a01bd107

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She didn’t know cad102e1c9 how much fragrant d34b639259 oil Olga had a7c3f21394 used, but the 827d7ef67a bathroom was filled 71297e0bc2 with the scent 05e10c0223 of flowers. Irina didn’t dislike c8358847c9 the scent of 169508bd2d flowers, but the e97def29f8 combination of so f83f9c259a many fragrances was 3a1a113497 giving her a f1e3b45151 headache.f327e99a9a960e83

“Olga, how much fragrant oil did you use?”13f89b9aad7cbb5d

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“Four kinds! Should I mix in more?”c4d6f1817fe0c17b

“No, no!”7506a747589f897a

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Irina felt 9a8462066c exasperated at 9b5be44fde Olga’s response, 4477770a29 who seemed 46f45d1964 ready to 789499e547 pour more e2fd8b0850 fragrant oil c6629e472e into the 78b781e5ef bathwater at 7fba81d2f7 any moment.a83350f579e69449

Getting up an 19c6008e81 hour earlier than 415238e53c usual and the a41ab022d2 bath was covered e9e27bae2d with fragrant oil. In addition, e9b2c976ad there were b1d7b11893 makeup, hairdo, f89dfb9038 and changing cadf15364a clothes that 5f4c14185a will follow.f73ee77d28928c63

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The thought that it was all for the sake of attending Emperor Knezh’s banquet was exhausting.b56294ce33b57dc4

The people 1722559d9b of the 0cf86155ea Lehman family, 32aa10316e including Olga, 3bac8da6f1 were overjoyed 14ff53cce7 and excited bcf59960fd when they 27224daa6c heard that a5c6da3ba0 Irina had 46d9b905f9 been invited 2257e17d34 by the d545ed37ba Emperor and 8127ddfdcb that a 1c694a6f20 banquet was 341467fbb2 being held 00860011e8 for the 744a998de1 Lehman family. fa1c4ee6486766b7

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The problem was that 7bbd36c594 for Irina, attending that df86598aee banquet felt nothing but f2c5ceabce depressing and gloomy. Unable to express these 84bd3d0720 feelings to anyone, her 3b248e0fb5 chest felt tight and 676ff23872 heavy, as though a 7bf6cfadeb stone had been placed e0deb400da on her heart.c14e4fb72962891e

On top of that, Irina’s instincts keenly wanted to express an ominous premonition that something bad was going to happen.e91328fda27b7737

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Irina desperately wished that 69d249fcba this anxiety was just a4c3af122d her imagination.3bd09b455be73c4b

“Miss.”ec00525f9ca17fda

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She had been taking d2bb62781f a bath for a bd455b5a5d while. Irina, who 0c7b09b99e had surrendered 0b9da31365 herself to 805f59e310 Olga and 6409d911ff closed her a426ea827b eyes, looked cb42f42c45 at her 665c56e160 at the c07bcf0a61 sudden call.203c441b049309f2

Olga was 9b5a49f3bc staring at be89ff8b9e Irina’s chest c3f3ebc9c9 with a 2f40ae0b0a puzzled expression. Irina, without ae09d96e65 thinking, followed 93bfcb3d35 Olga’s gaze efb22f4100 and moved e9a49931b9 her gaze 048e888bf6 to her aa950a80fc chest. 79804b39230c5cfb

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‘Oh my God…!’dc52106a275ac191

Irina’s face 2f435e9361 turned red c2cb997069 when she d0241a2269 saw the 689b39ed43 red spots 9740a077af on her 957dc94474 chest. She knew exactly where dfb159c502 they came from. They were marks made 6a2f345fea by Rumpel.592f83a2cd622777

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“Did a bug bite you?” 8f54745f1bcfe56f

“Uh, huh? Well, I guess so…. Yeah, it was itchy…”f2933d3e85f9bc1d

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Irina struggled to ba618c5847 hide her embarrassment. She found a 8fd8994e48 way out thanks 6f32b489ae to Olga asking cb3409a5b3 her first if 87f573940f she had been b62466fe01 bitten by a 2927c9576b bug.778b808368c96175

Irina nodded her head vigorously, trying to conceal her embarrassment. Olga’s expression then softened with relief.b72704f91f48b964

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“That’s a relief. I thought you were unwell… … . Anyway, I’ll tell them to get some herbs right away to repel the bugs.”24368dd1164e3835

“Y-yes. Thank you, Olga.”3d1889410cc0c066

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“You’re welcome.”7d0e4f91cc775398

Irina calmed her pounding heart. Once she realized that the hickey remained on her body, she knew that Rumpel’s marks wouldn’t be just on her chest.d024a598c711dca4

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Rumpel had touched and caressed Irina’s body as if it were his own. So, his marks would be all over her body.8819f6df939cac4f

She had managed e0488aa7b8 to pass it 32d8c49238 off as bug 07931f3b3c bites for now, f51e2db0e7 but she was 2d4b27a7e3 worried about what 26e097ddb9 to do in 831e2b31ea the future. Irina swallowed hard, b2c93a3e13 trying to keep 7936ffdf99 it from Olga.5dc28939f71189d5

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‘I’m sorry, Rumpel. I’ve turned you into a bug…’eb55280b0cc3f7a9

Irina apologized inwardly, even 8ef20851e3 though she knew Rumpel ef8b10666e couldn’t know about this, aa7ec9d968 feeling a sense of 8c9330a65e guilt. In fact, 11077c7a7e despite the ec6fcf96cc fact that 60b107d041 all of 9692387e98 this happened 74095ccf15 because of 7bc4617c46 Rumpel.d8bc08c3abc2673f

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After taking 420491d530 a heart-pounding e80fb75608 bath, Irina 9b300e0c01 was surrounded 655a90be5d by three 830b82cd5a maids who fde4d32910 arranged her 3c6aef4908 hair.e2e1a5e65d44b6e6

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They carefully a0d4d491a9 dried her 1eebf2a0d4 wet hair e08cb364fa with a 1ec2dd43d8 towel, brushed 7b3aaa316c her hair 38b0ab3876 with rose 206df41a78 oil several be9b41142a times with 36cbde60af a large, aded2d45c0 dense comb a4599290ca to give eeaa8a01a0 it shine. The smooth, f87637b958 rich hair b10d5dec88 created bouncy 8b7ea06031 curls.049d10a160c7dc1f

In fact, up to this point, it had been a daily routine. So, it wasn’t something that would make her feel particularly tired or distressed. Nevertheless, Irina felt so sore today that she couldn’t bear it.981f3596bc6d2494

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“Miss, please stay still.”d728e8f1fa0e1423

Olga finally couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke. No matter how close Olga was to Irina, there were only a handful of instances where she spoke in such a scary way.ff852a23bf1f246d

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The fact that Olga had said a word proved that Irina’s bottom had been fidgeting incessantly.7dd9aa5348d6ceca

“I’m sorry, Olga…”65faee339d7f7d8b

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“Do you not want to go to the Imperial Palace? Other noble ladies are upset because they were not invited to the imperial banquet, but I don’t understand why you dislike it so much.”fc02be1fb433031c

“…Was it that obvious?”0e5c57357dd0d5d4

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“Of course! I’m not a fool, how could I not know when you show such dislike!”a8945886702695c1

At her exasperated reaction, cceb36f705 Irina bit her lip 5e70ea8a62 in embarrassment and cautiously e3da5384f8 looked at Olga. Then, Olga narrowed her 01ce152a3a eyes and dismissed the c101f217e0 other maids.dcf19b283b287f01

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As the most experienced and highest-ranking among the maids, Olga’s orders were quickly obeyed, and the other maids left the room.cd5b1269771771d8

“Tell me. What’s the problem?”f06223285d8bd831

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Once they 53a3caadc4 were alone, fad1fa5437 Olga asked 96bb3d2f04 directly.3be89747938fd48f

Irina looked at 3f28c7b6a5 Olga and moved 23f5baaf33 her lips several 3bc6cabda5 times. She had 9cbf148a08 no idea 78268bb9a1 where to 4a0da55de4 start or f912a6a542 how to c90867e13f explain this 906e81d455 complicated and cae8c76e5a confusing matter.6e41b558068c936a

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“It’s just that…”84b0c90dd1e077a7

“Miss, I’m your person. You know that. So, you can tell me.”f3a52060f83b1639

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“Olga, it’s not that I don’t trust you. It’s just… I don’t know where to start or how to explain this.”2b682a6c5f87d844

“Really?”16dd75939245379c

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“Of course. If I have to trust only one person in the world, it would be you, Olga.”923b4efabe76c0bd

Irina spoke sincerely.f16cc8ecc19c1fcf

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She had been hiding the truth from Olga, but it was definitely not because she didn’t trust her. It was simply because her heart wasn’t ready, so she couldn’t say anything.110be401faf620f0

Irina desperately eca0456a11 hoped that cdf465bfd7 her true 9cf3145a57 feelings would 0a6e126a77 be fully d894b170c7 conveyed to 46e3352e3f Olga.c963a60204837053

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“I understand, Miss. Thank you for saying that.”39149372a5956c33

Fortunately, Irina’s feelings reached Olga. Olga nodded with tearful face. Irina looked at Olga and calmed her troubled heart.13ae1a51dcf27d0f

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If she were to tell everything as it was, the unknown man named Rumpel bothered her. Again, it wasn’t because she didn’t believe in Olga.2caa68af15addf26

Rumpel was a man whom Irina herself didn’t know well. So, she doubted whether it was right to talk about him.ebc02b95f41c9bf8

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