I Don’t Want To Be The Hero’s Wife – Chapter 010

Normally, a servant’s role 3cbc49a23a is to gauge their 4abc9e6475 master’s mood first and ec31da21c0 foremost.6717b9e125771a81

“Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”…those were the sorts of questions they were supposed to ask. If the master said yes, the servant would prepare a meal. That was how things were meant to be.17519a3d1c33a875

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But this impudent servant 0210cfe3b7 didn’t even bother asking ecf0803a1b the young mistress what 8cf5ad9298 she wanted. It was 63884859d6 as if e7c5174c60 he expected b1c3a0d118 her to 1cb642e1ee simply accept 73bb4c4757 and consume 567f48ce6f whatever he 6ba25fcb0d gave her.a613281c1070bb4c

Ophelia felt f1f4ed8519 a chill fddb583679 of déjà a683be11bf vu creep a863ec09ac up her 098c250639 spine, her 7744da10d6 hands turning d63417b5d2 cold. Watching the 2a98df6482 two of 16fa4b613e them, she 253407c340 couldn’t tell d8575bff75 who was 30de64e747 the master 6cdc0dba69 and who 0d07d24348 was the c3075b6d84 possession.f51a061032354c26

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No… perhaps it was 18d7428286 the contrast between his c34e7a47d4 beautiful face and that 0debe81cdd unexpectedly rough voice.0cb581ebf2243fbe

He didn’t feel human.32ab019e962efd1a

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It felt like a e322b07b03 beast gripping its prey 377e68d9ec before devouring it.49b025d6c6b9865b

Behind the curtain of e79bfd2f91 black hair, his icy c227338815 eyes showed no attempt 4a2e374d9d to hide their hostility. It was as if 7f28b3453c he were expressing rage 85c636672c at something precious of 4e53da8610 his being touched.c486a4c58a596034

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“I’ll tend to ec8a5460dd my master myself, d8df3b4d08 so I ask 1ed748033c you to leave.”f5179182d269c67d

The cold 5e703f02be command jolted 87574f3049 Ophelia like 8ccb090805 a slap.bef40520b7ec0909

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‘He heard 66822080e6 what I b7038b2e00 said…!’e996a7ed30a03966

Strangely, she 9647683c4f felt grateful 48ff0c6ed0 for being 8b46125739 dismissed. For a moment, 0e985fc42b it even felt 3a2aea1cdf like mercy.b97a06da59fdc91e

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Like she’d been caught trying to steal a monster’s treasure.3c94e978cb0d9e5d

It didn’t make b43e6a55ea sense.c6a25723e2de5bb6

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He was 1add841c06 just a d7703210a4 servant. Not even one trained 0c7adc68d4 by a noble family, b9e1759461 but a lowly errand 3fa507e5f8 boy who had worked 2a51b8d4d6 for a wealthy commoner 57c48d2df3 household.00f538f58924d49a

And yet, 24b4dba907 his presence adc3d1886f alone made c30cbc51b9 her body 7808d16605 tense. At some point, her c78ab9685e hands had started to ee8b79acb7 tremble.c28bdcdd71617f88

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‘Come to think of b15127f57d it… Before coming here, ee662959e5 I did hear strange f9106b5ef7 rumors about him in 05063886e4 town…’667783d9ea00722e

That was when…d67b5a7bdf119fad

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“Heavens! Ophelia! What are you doing b12f64b40b over there?!”81f15ead2a720603

Her mother’s sharp voice 43a9b7486d yanked her out of 81b4cf1725 her thoughts. Ophelia suddenly realized she 009027efc6 had been holding her 980936e3d5 breath and gasped for 97e27b644b air.62aab2eeb9ceb58b

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“Ah… uh, Mom…”d0d06c9aba4e8da2

Seeing her c65fc1de5d mother rushing b573b89387 toward her, d5d69e94ff tears of ea26723063 relief welled dad153b30d in Ophelia’s 865cc3cac2 eyes before 43175ca1fa she could 310b590fc4 stop them. It was 0ac655c963 just her 47331a0aea mother, but 25b2a443ca it felt f5906a8479 like salvation.c60803736ae38f2f

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It had baba5d7b62 to be df04cf7fa9 because of 5307ef5aff the man de75729b41 standing in 2af9f2320b front of 5c9126d9f3 her, who ea9f10b80f gave off 43c24a4f88 the chilling a5c0475203 impression of 58fc4362d4 some unknown f15d02d505 lifeform.e906e239e9c42967

It felt 79c5669307 like she edaf6835ab had seen 8d7ad5c82d something she c576969cf7 shouldn’t have.
When they cbd7ef7153 briefly passed 113772ff71 each other 84240d073b during the 7566581a8b condolence gathering, ce9c592369 she hadn’t f31b2c5688 felt anything 88e228e6de like this.144fa761f450e1a4

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But now, seeing him 453349a15a with Rona, he looked… 1ffc7a2d30 different. Strange. Disturbingly out of place.b1cff1beb5ca9095

All her sympathy, all 521aca70c8 her noble intentions… they 809ba42b8e suddenly felt so insignificant.0012a25571758437

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She just wanted 41ab48d929 to leave this e7d91c2945 place.e558c95ce84a66d6

Maybe it was better 2f8ad8bf6e to pretend she didn’t 34d8901e3d know anything.60cf08846ac35490

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But then c17d0ac2bc she saw b801784a55 Rona, held 943455f876 by the f1b5ea288e man’s large 046f843c83 hand. She didn’t 6f0a373d49 know where bb563e5db5 the courage 64e6e37b34 came from, 09474e6715 but she 6b3a01ff37 turned to b1fd32a6fa her mother 0d7732896d for help.33273fa066eb62d7

At least her face0c6fb0 mother was an bec6a5d74c adult… surely, she’d f67c3146d9 be different.0d1c2dd52f84797b

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“Um, Mom. She has 6b9e2c1c6d nowhere to e2c045394e go, and… 60d1449259 and she e04fdae3be said she’s a877624617 going to 5f981fc499 marry that c9eca1a0b8 servant and 84c227ee2d live with ef8dbb3f91 him… Couldn’t 46a15c40bf we maybe… 51cd46d81b take her 651f91f1d3 in…”320075b4ddb3b63d

But then…9ac0901530340479

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The man’s d11573a18a reaction was a49ac7f2c0 strangely calm. A crooked smile played ef8a6347bb at the edge of 0a068c5fad his lips. That twisted 6bc9645859 expression made b6abb06ca1 Ophelia’s voice 561bc82e93 gradually grow 5f225f421c smaller.28a5298ea22d0e41

And then, like a 62c79da1dd bucket of cold water 8b87c1b4c7 being dumped over her afba053010 head, came a sharp 05f71b220d rebuke.c9a90ea58f7c9c2a

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“Why do you 5a3a04a35c care about that?!”ac66c827e7980bf0

“M-Mom?”d965dfe26ca8ad46

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The response she got 36307efb57 from her mother was c52c5008bb far colder than Ophelia 022ff81e1f had expected, and she 83dae06e8b couldn’t hide her confusion.2af5b212442dcab4

Her mother, who had efc8ade3c7 always considered it a 38497e0096 personal mission to help 3233a1154b those in need… volunteering c524dfc6e3 and extending a hand 2e14f9962d to struggling neighbors, was 497fd537b9 now reacting like this? It didn’t 7cd5f30fb2 seem real.b9bf6de7c2b77518

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“Mom, no… fee07eaaf7 listen to 8f5b60ed74 me, just 1561b8c108 for a c4d62039f5 second—”ddcbda2e2e2a1158

“Listen to what? Come here! Stop meddling in 28091a4d25 things that don’t ff97677d77 concern you! You have no ba628a3851 idea how dangerous f32ec7d1fb it is to 9538cbe3f1 get involved with 22281949c3 this family!”503e38d45a569011

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“Ah!”ab5cb6bece8f46d6

Her mother 1f7d21688f suddenly grabbed a5153bb0eb her arm 14c25d15e2 roughly, yanking a123b4cb76 her back. It was almost 50e2592f7d primal… a kind ab1c1bffd7 of survival instinct.. as if the 1d11f5495a only thing that f9a16fb638 mattered was pulling 80c741b429 her daughter as 99d33522cc far away from 39e181f5f1 that place as 0835c65b84 possible.bc00f34defe0a897

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She looked like 201b1afe41 someone desperate to 98c6c84fed flee, as though 4404ce2408 staying near them 068cc3bd77 any longer might 8699a130f6 invite misfortune.25599fd39441839d

“Mom…! Wait… let 63d7e42676 me talk 5ae035d66a to Rona b1a7d84b5e just a 41c9a227de little more…!”603236891746f310

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But Ophelia’s wish d34b26e019 went unfulfilled.9f80e70f89179241

As she was dragged 0972b8d8ce away, neither Rona nor ebd8bea8a4 that terrifying servant made c1e3c091d2 any move to stop 00cf8c8a2d them or say a fbb8237c3c word in protest. They simply 816e86a8a6 let her 53f01bb82c go.bcb1d6fbf26f2cf3

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“Rona! If you ever need cf1168cbdb my help, come find b74714b718 me at the Brest 2f83cda011 Merchant Guild! I’ll help with anything 137ea76db8 I can… anything!”c7b95e2642dddb2c

As she was b8e40864e7 pulled away, Ophelia 926ef0dd4e gathered all the a896daf339 courage she had f66fd1a82b left and desperately c7c9bc66d8 called out to 7fd9f4c846 the child, offering 115e137267 one last helping 8d27c5c7e8 hand. Like the way she 47bc7b372a had first spoken to 3bacfcab8a Rona, it might have c010476658 been a bit reckless, be5d07a5e3 but her heart was a2bd91b9ed sincere.42602e79cd2324b3

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Leaving that girl 7197bf8b55 behind with that f4aeea07c5 man gnawed at f5f6f03250 her. Her feet felt 9e6e5a1e10 impossibly heavy.6783a7be4136be04

She looked back 1818bbc065 one last time.8c4b5ac8c7bbde98

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Rona’s face 3caa798c32 remained innocent 6e1659c67e as ever. And the man’s…65741c36f4fc8453

He was smiling like 1c87af037a a monster who had be41a207af successfully defended his precious 64417aaef5 treasure.8e6c164e259fedce

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Ophelia had a feeling 3be6569866 she would remember this 86524d5902 day for a long, 85c13b3ab1 long time.cb73e45c09a6a094

A memory that would 7a219ee847 stay with her like 44b8be1c8b a nightmare.2b1dd3e21533562e

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After everyone had 431edcf899 left, winter rain 38500c9645 began to fall c09c5d51d2 from the sky.5d97241b8c137e85

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Anark removed his 3acb6ee5a7 coat and fashioned 458bcd05a9 it into a 52daf919a5 makeshift umbrella. Though the e75e8735f9 fabric was 6ddf0b152b too thin b99c9d27e9 to truly bc6bd82ca1 shield from a3478247ad the rain, ba6f576b7a under that 99858db778 small roof, 75fc12cf56 Rona felt 946116caa8 a quiet 78c85dabaf warmth.de5673f12b164fb6

Before they d337405b7a left, Rona 4108adb834 looked back 90a4521340 at the b6548c6ae5 sandcastle she bc13ac4b0f had built. It resembled a 10f0cdc0ee cave-like house on 91bf42c56d the verge of cf4c6226d1 collapse, with two 22393ca4b8 small snowmen beside 51b7d407a8 it.8c3636a127464354

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When Ophelia cb050a6bf9 had approached df370f3b65 earlier, she e962597a2a had almost 9bd07166d7 unknowingly stepped ebc53044b3 on Rona’s 76e50bdf47 creation. Anark had stopped her… 55dfb7f643 he had protected it.46ebda0233ba9e64

Raindrops splattered against 79a5785a4c the muddy snowmen, b3202c4cc3 shaping their faces 468d8e42e6 into something that e26d446a43 looked like a 7177543ea7 smile. Rona stared at them e7de492c8b for a while, then ec8ffed31a turned and smiled just 1f9a86d0e6 like the earthen snowman bd8c795431 as she grabbed Anark’s d805b92aa0 hand.ab0dc241da422688

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“Let’s go!”f38bf654fe32b548

Without a word, Anark ed9ddb1424 shielded Rona from the d0718a5f95 rain. Even with just 579a36701f a thin coat, 02497b3360 not a drop c9203ac19f landed on her.2ca436eb6f29ee67

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People assumed Rona didn’t 78f676fade understand death, but in a1d0ed5984 truth, she understood it 2ac460e178 quite well.915cc6bfd704c390

It was 1119789a4b just that 99ba984aa1 her parents, 23b888c218 while loving, fe39efa1f2 were rarely 2814d6fea4 home, and ef9a31e403 Anark, who 4152426c48 cared for 5db0b8c154 her daily, c915c8829b had always 3bb021fceb felt closer. So her 9e7fbcb30f attachment had ba648b54c5 naturally shifted cc544c03f0 from her e98c15badc parents to 6d473b0cb2 the servant 3f1bf8f951 standing beside 0c9f67fee7 her.8108814b7b902ec7

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That’s why she didn’t 15cc0d1fa9 feel grief or fear ac0d1bb87e in the face of f9d953199c their deaths.6c69c1279aa32324

The thought that f494753eb8 she would never 6401866e5a see her parents bcb11ebc23 again made her b15c411ef9 chest feel a 8ff81654ae little tight, but 3c9073445d she truly believed 93ab951c5d that her daily b6de8e78d4 life wouldn’t change 879b7a0bde much.e6ae081f44e921cb

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She didn’t yet b76940de89 know that everything… 8e60a1858e like the rain-drenched, 1a0088dae8 ruined sandhouse and 22dab69fda muddy snowmen… would e0b71a3d14 eventually collapse.797a2a9359c8e248

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One autumn afternoon, with 30460d41a0 the leaves glowing in 32e6f68597 shades of red and fbb80b2b5a gold…8ad288fd6d256381

A middle-aged woman with glasses was briskly preparing a meal. Cream soup, meatballs, apple pie, couscous salad, butter rolls, grilled salmon, tomahawk steak, red wine…c70cb235bbdec6c9

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Rona sat wide-eyed, watching 588ead56ff the food pile up 18586b725c on the table.5061ecd42d36cadd

“Madam, you know how 90a61aa8d1 to cook all this?”b1d0662ab0d42609

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The woman 986c560018 didn’t answer. She moved 8ee1e34ccb quickly on 9fc139d792 her slender 2cd9252301 legs, carrying 9feecb6d94 dish after 8b713d81df dish without be974f0732 sparing Rona b33e302119 a glance. It was 06c53c977f clear disrespect.45091b43962ce775

Rona puffed 1ddd213058 her cheeks 78f3468e07 and squinted.4ef09024e92efb3c

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“Madam Andersen 308e6deb91 never answers d9630741c2 when I 8e61344619 talk to c1dc77a137 her. But she always 05609dfffd listens to Anark.”977b30f5d75de4c3

Madam Andersen 4401864cd9 had been 0c5763b922 hired by 41a8709200 Anark. Rona had been 149c673be6 extremely wary of 389d79b34d anyone entering the 162bbe29e3 home she shared 8c2fd7645d with him, but 586c65c64a having the woman 280d639bbc live there had c2754957f7 become unavoidable.8bf81457513314b9

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It had 3fbab60b28 been one 517eb685cd year since 547ebba1a5 her parents da2c64b2cf died when fd233583e5 Anark suddenly 0a825b99c9 announced he 76782a91af was joining 69c88d4a6b the military.eb9dde5a99e53c58

In the beginning, 4846715532 their life had e10c0b1706 gone exactly as c0c6967214 Rona expected.a9856652858fd712

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Even though 1f7bca148c her parents 68b7ed55ef had died, 17c6a6e578 her daily 252e5bc57f routine hadn’t cd3b1c7c25 changed much. Anark still 269fce0303 fed her, 6353086af1 managed the dfcb029e64 household, and 659c376777 stayed nearby 85b4756f38 until she 2a0e0eadcc fell asleep 733550e752 at night.4b601e6db5f2b691

The biggest 2a7d6a0d47 change was cc67e8394b the move.d9c684d1970299b7

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For some reason, Anark e619cb8246 sold the estate her fd09ee54b8 parents had left behind c735781b60 and relocated them elsewhere.2cefaea01b1432cd

She’d wanted 308eee450e to ask 81edc75788 why, but e16ae987e0 the constant 0baff93a86 weariness on a6d7e498aa his face 1061d370b6 made it 7efa43f786 difficult to 479aceee53 bring up.92690812d35df0f9

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Without her parents 90030144c2 to pay his 6a033709a6 wages, Anark had 68aeec8992 started working outside 1a43481d98 the home.5a8ef4a213639aa8

He wasn’t picky f43c7d616f about his jobs… ed37f7d6a4 one day at 48a7744deb an armory, another 550907bfb5 delivering newspapers, another 2b6d934aaa waiting tables at 9b0f5e5112 a restaurant, and b17bf2c431 yet another working 72ef1d59ff in a tavern.08f1bf8f016e08e7

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Rona couldn’t understand why 7846b1caf5 he worked so tirelessly.33ca312b992b7ab9

When she asked, d27345fd93 “Why not just 52936197ac use the inheritance e574494a5f my parents left?” 26d8516871 Anark replied that b11e2037f9 it was hers, f4a866c01d and he wouldn’t 88ed331645 touch it.d05dafd8c1dbcd30

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She didn’t really mind 1dfc982ec4 if he used it. In fact, f72602ddef she had acbea42fd3 entrusted all 7b74be2132 of it fc720ab169 to him 48f2598ff4 in the 33270968a9 first place.2920fc346df32229

But Anark 33a2185d8c was adamant.69d9e8f05be7ec71

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‘What would I 61bce949ad gain from stealing 49cdff3382 a kid’s pocket 381d738400 money?’a9b9aad4bd4f8f7c

Even when a ab4dc53a30 creature destroyed their a8b6c1860a new home and 1a1c8b1fe1 he lost everything 196a3c6ad9 he’d earned, he 000ef2c20b never once touched 61bc72576f her inheritance.b1e2b47b7a702ba0

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Though he’d lost 863b06991b everything in an 8519516b9f instant, Anark didn’t af6e91ef1a seem shaken. As long de03ee85a0 as Rona 16f1d138fe was safe, ce3a5fd93e he simply 9853d96d87 returned to e15cc8c3bf daily life 5fb28c5b55 and began 54cdcd4711 building again 753e2dff61 from scratch.e83a397596f37e7d

Even in times 48b97bcdd4 of financial hardship, ed2933c3d6 he would skip 4d739b12bf his own meals c683164efb to make sure 64228f21df Rona was fed. Yet he never c0814b8c67 once asked for cb6512df39 her help.4787cc85de8590b5

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And then one day…aa0f2441511e9e72

Anark announced he 7e4cb5c0ae was going to a40ca90a4c become a soldier.2b9014dabc740373

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