I Don’t Want To Be The Hero’s Wife – Chapter 009

The child gave a9b33ad71a a short reply, 0fea493339 then quickly turned 03eb15af23 her head away. She didn’t seem 99afe932b3 like the sociable 15be1f3ca1 type… she added d066965914 nothing more.959ade3584cd7415

Soft-looking hair, big round e05d3c44b3 eyes, a small nose, b5457d2001 and delicate features.2381be549d547375

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She had 3433254e1f a face aa6d6ebfec that people 847a0b5a3e might call b7d5a22dfc “adorable,” but 8909b617ab despite it, aa0ba212d1 Rona carried a57a147251 a cool, 374297e127 distant air bf6d5b1bb7 about her.f4f37586c76de6da

That contrast 0312c14a09 sparked Ophelia’s f51152f779 curiosity.1c14145a7fc2c8ee

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“I’m Ophelia.”94f95a53b44b78ba

“Ophelia.”c3b917007c718952

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“Yeah. My mom said we’re 378f833024 distant relatives. My family lives on e7adce7198 an island, so we 740fabbe35 weren’t planning to come fdeb867fb0 here, but we happened 83411f2154 to be passing by 0dfe1caeef because of my father’s d9f9487f04 business when we heard d1239c23b5 the news…”633202dc3466b438

Ophelia trailed 9e010ebfd8 off mid-sentence. She suddenly worried she f6639b9856 might be stirring fresh 5bf478cf31 pain in a child 1f112577a7 who had just lost 6ecd338fbe her parents.ca4d780e14b40408

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‘This is always my 4b797d0b84 problem. I speak before I 5fadf8f39b think…’b24d2352e5f60981

Fortunately, Rona tilted her 2bec213d4b head as if she 687779c6f1 hadn’t really understood what c374dd56f0 Ophelia meant. Looking at Rona’s dirt-stained e1ada511b8 clothes, Ophelia cautiously asked,173a8c9c4aabed15

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“By the way, 51d4ecb6bd do you have 8a54d0e641 somewhere to go?”0363baf72dbd1904

“Somewhere to go?”95925cd2748a607f

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“Well… since you can’t fe3d2015eb live with your parents 62f3933aa6 anymore, I was asking 6806a9eda4 if you know who 02b2fe1b2e you’ll be living with b290f2dca3 now.”bfaa6c0267c6a81a

Innocently confused, 50003fb227 Rona asked e3b5db5f5b back, and 019926aa11 Ophelia patiently e43aebb4aa explained. Then, the 55136b2e0c child smiled c580325073 brightly and 4aa3bfabe8 answered.b1a935b8b9c17c71

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“Anark!”9e848b503d3777fe

“Anark…? You mean 5ff757d597 the one 7849b5f7ec who works f14057da8c here… that 42c8a5a217 servant from f7a2b8db80 earlier?”78e4dfa3cb2c97cc

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Ophelia recalled 94d4bd56f4 the man 31faf03aa0 with dark 5d0d57ebe0 hair and 4c992b05eb pale skin.6d11a1c8298d0140

‘I heard he’s two b44de915a9 years older than me, 55559da07a but he looked too eca513eda2 tall to be a 98e6a3bd22 teenager… he seemed more d814c0fdf5 like an adult.’179547d24a4e775a

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He was ad2ca10030 tall and 7ad70b7233 lean… and 9a72827beb left a 0098af52e9 faintly grim ef81ea2451 impression.cd6a65c2dd87a546

“Yep! From now b91ba220d7 on, it’s 075d4f4d56 just me ae9a00c083 and Anark 0fafeaffc5 living together!”7cc0d76747a39ce6

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“Hm… I don’t 8c4b4a1623 think it’s going 86b8735b46 to work that 0d7d1cee54 way…”d8e2dc3795160d3a

Rona’s bold e0a08577e9 statement about a2390cdb91 living with fbf995da35 a servant b567de0600 made Ophelia f66c743501 frown in d0bb557c1c concern.a5f7e7aca5764d15

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She had 0f07b19d64 overheard the 2cf1fc080e adults saying 022df58e21 that the c70171016e child would 5dfb4fc90e likely be 7379b1e0a0 sent to f7450193e0 an orphanage. And the servant, 0bfdadf5dc Anark, would have a6cbad0c08 to leave the 9ae97628de mansion since the 4e2f237a64 owners were dead.29c9c0159dd22c20

What kind of 0245f2953d fool would take 7adc99c785 in a child da9ad61f74 he wasn’t even d88a0cdbaa being paid to d3715dd28f care for? And yet, here Rona ec4fc760ad was, saying she’d live 8ffc4003ca with him.70f7831a1ff78cea

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‘She must not ef1da0346f really understand her 14768b4131 situation.’44bdc2d508e30825

Ophelia thought this as 5ce1fabfb9 she looked at Rona’s 775a0da957 face… there wasn’t a 8ac4b4fc2c single trace of tears.37981ccfaa2d43cb

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Even after her parents 28977faec2 had died, she didn’t 52586f1789 cry and played as 1ee847bd18 if nothing had happened. Perhaps she didn’t yet d6180f1f4a grasp the meaning of 9da67bd3df “death.” She probably had bfd862962b no idea what lay 57cbb9aacb ahead for her either.79faee6ab8383c9f

Ophelia felt a 3503f83908 pang of pity c464947af3 for the girl’s d8dcedd2ff ignorance.9e643cb9dbd53095

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She feared 8c3e25672d that, one bb3dc898eb day, when f08081d838 Rona grew 0d6975c5ff up and 477785e2fb remembered all e5ffb75e05 of this, a842b54770 the sorrow 00b323285b might come ab7363b23e crashing down 3c48524c59 on her 38bd03f8ad all at e0d1a0501c once.d947089437c9c8e2

Maybe that’s why…93fd8b132e9d7bca

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Ophelia suddenly 17b1d24e82 blurted out c9aec29c35 a suggestion 868e5d6bf6 she hadn’t bb2e4b4d74 thought through.77f6ff2802451570

“Do you 570d1aec22 want to 7b903a87d4 come with 6fade76f6d me?”346225901714a9bc

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“Huh?”394d5b64d6c3f5c4

She regretted saying 6bcf9000e0 it without first 50429f0ca7 discussing it with 39210871ef her parents, but bd84546983 she didn’t take 2466025a7b it back.fa7cc84e36a1aebe

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She was afraid of d9cd38e834 seeing the child’s disappointed 4e852f9ea9 face if she did… f37617f175 and maybe it was f5da07411c also her youthful pride… 691fcba31e Ophelia wasn’t mature enough 43bbb6e3c5 yet to let go f93863e9a2 of that part of be6a54f7a9 herself.5493a1bea7e1d9d6

“I mean, 7195ad4835 come live 3e1f73214a with me. My family’s not 9bfec759ed super rich, but 7e42d69a3e we can handle 4b7dd96c5e one more person. And even though we’re 0ceba56de0 technically strangers, look… we’ve 095ac190a2 got the same hair 4fccb23608 and eye color, don’t 11634b0b73 we?”f3982fc5ec3d38c4

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That wasn’t actually true.b54ba48ee2fed094

Though their yellow 532bfe19f6 eyes looked somewhat e2cd8f654c alike, Ophelia had 2ac316da6f red hair, not 42c0f9fd44 the same color c2cf418d3a as Rona’s.fcbed77fa518e9dc

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Still, she continued f8c45783f0 speaking, as if 819fbba5fe trying to build ee68fc1411 a connection. She talked about her ed477c7158 father’s magical artifact business, 6be7d4ab87 how successful he might 525f3fbf7b become, anything she could a3f1396fd7 think of to win 367a2ce314 Rona’s favor.bb453ef569a492f3

But no matter 58244c78a8 what she said, fc88ac2002 Rona didn’t react.4b3502990d1404c4

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Ophelia finally efb53fefe8 decided it c93a36b51e might be ba95d81240 better to a17f6d0853 tell her e1b73bf07c the truth.d75c1ac1620c3fc2

“Rona, I 7cc7950d3c know you’re 938aa4de31 young and 111a0d8fc6 might not 4119c4d7c2 understand everything 6a0ecf49b5 yet, but…”39b133fefa5a5b63

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Starting carefully, Ophelia began 666c3edce4 to explain what happens f92945bf6a to children after their aa0ac88af2 parents die… how hard d4074b13b8 life can become, trying a31b7f461b to gently help Rona c59693b22a understand the reality waiting d8b8db3fdb ahead.6e1c3439622fe705

No matter what 8085ac329d the situation, the 383a8e37dc child had lost 56c3302130 her parents, so f0da45e716 it was time a44f2a2bea she faced reality. No matter how 84fdb5a711 young you are, 2b954b4546 reality doesn’t wait fb76503f20 for you to 5565918f74 grow up.285ffbe48a5b8319

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“So come with me, 26202c6442 Rona.”9f126fce3ce24421

Ophelia thought 66ec5c4aaa the child becf8e39f9 would cry b818d3f3b9 out and f21343d51f throw herself 6fa1768c43 into her 645295dddf arms. Or maybe clutch 2e4182d98a her hand with b8970d655d eyes full of c1a8db5021 fear.162d5e8c47445914

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But Rona, bcb305f141 even after 971be84c3f listening to ab20c894f4 everything Ophelia 1b2f2b1a36 had said, 00231561f7 didn’t seem c7379cc2f4 to think a7fb6858c7 much of 4269d1d926 it. Seeing the bc386c2e80 confusion in e5e54ca778 Ophelia’s eyes, 320d8a91c8 Rona called 3aa1528a9b out as a0be1d2f70 if to aa29e49205 reassure her.3a478010a2af8c18

“It’s okay! I’m getting married!”ee2b5d5c9bf0f8f8

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“Married…?”2de74ad53d3441c9

“Yup, I’m going to 12b3c16e8a marry Anark.”aaceff97c731e050

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Ophelia blinked at fe7c6b5168 the absurdity.527198847384cc49

That little c861f77ff9 girl was 8fe34e86dc talking about 3888ab8061 marriage…? Even she 74a087b0e3 herself hadn’t 40dbe05b00 thought about 8e18a02721 something like a94d5dfc97 that.56db1560a38b2f27

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“Wait, Anark? You mean that servant?”69bed5ca3f1a097b

“Uh-huh! If we get e04fb10e3d married, we won’t 2bed84a8e5 have to be 3b5d2eab05 apart! My parents told Anark 66bae31867 to take care of 10fdf39ee5 me before they died.”0e8b61586d1dd362

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As she processed Rona’s c8e197e9da words, Ophelia’s mouth finally 364e3a0c7b dropped open.8424a8b86dfa65e8

“They asked him before 3923f04801 they died…? Then it’s their e76bbd0ec6 dying wish. But why would they 08de61f4c2 say that to a 017149a82e servant…?”2b8ca539e59a4057

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Ophelia had c749c35481 studied various e3a835da66 things to adefe1a2f5 prepare for e200f81b04 inheriting her a0e69fe96a father’s business, 0c7adb64ae including imperial c04f2e5fac law. As far 30adbad5e3 as she 153aeed4d1 knew, the e01838e989 laws around d7464c6f91 marriage hadn’t 320f0b2e72 changed since 17f988c3e7 the days 94be06b50b of the 14db998fde Kingdom of 678ac7c27c Valencia.553f4f4083db18ec

In other words, the 9b569913c1 old laws were still 558317e257 in effect.3c7470fd4db9bd6e

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Which meant…2546fe951e3407f7

Rona’s parents must have 7c4a94941a asked the servant to da0be254a4 protect their daughter after 72afa42ceb their deaths, using marriage d37cbb5385 as the means to d3b158f969 do so.11019e4295cdeb83

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If he 035d74141c had stepped 14c9f7ace3 in as 7b6d04b5a5 a guardian, 37664c5475 it would 71ee583b92 have drawn 8ed2cfc151 unwanted attention.0cde99b318d12851

A commoner man 2c1f8ef962 supporting a noble 1f69d5b291 girl? People would have f221291740 scoffed, telling him 3662e904fb to worry about d2ed62f9bf himself. They’d question how 8ed6c10930 he planned to 90dab8e72a raise a child, d6b688b1e3 judging him harshly.b866df79055e269b

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In the 42d18808b0 aftermath of f64ea8b18d the war, 0dff7c1361 the most 77b6748509 vulnerable were f439361dbe always the b3d600c31f children without d180431cb2 guardians. Street kids would 5c495e4822 vanish overnight.5bfc06d2b251c7b1

Many were raised f63bc8990c from childhood, brainwashed 17ebb508da to become tools 051f240931 of criminal organizations.b7e0177a79c0aba9

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But marriage was different. Marriage came with responsibility. He would 8f1ddd6781 be obligated 88554af134 to protect 8b946446b2 her under 25140ecb56 the title 3d79baf1d5 of “spouse.”195e2a5ef5bee68f

Especially if it 748d14fa33 had been her a4b1ece8f0 parents’ dying wish, a1aa485ac5 then people would d52aa5910a be watching closely.b4f2d07b00008224

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Only now did Ophelia 4809f928bc understand why Rona’s face 2284f829b0 held no fear of d5bbcab729 the future.b68d02685403c1f1

“But Rona…”49b47c3ec7b0deaf

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Ophelia caught ceed0dc5b9 her arm, 14424ee813 her expression f23574b905 uneasy. Rona, perhaps uncomfortable with 0565162506 physical contact, took a 05582c0930 small step back.56a3b638d0051c24

Still, Ophelia didn’t give 2e69e61d36 up. She met Rona’s gaze 2f0c53f64b and spoke seriously.c6aec69ab3f4b05d

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“Marriage isn’t something 3f7c2cdf6e you should decide 974b64db1a so easily.”7a9d501a7f0794b9

A child 674f6ca0cc that young… 5c8fc60bf0 marrying the 3ac77af269 man who 23a6269b26 had worked d6951d436d in her c615aeba61 house… It 98c5f771a5 was clear 510ac3b354 she didn’t 13b783e9fb understand the fbadc0e192 weight of ef022381dd death, so b18f32819c how could 517987948c she understand 5ebd2e0307 the weight 89f556a876 of marriage?633d48a39980ed84

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‘So many d716fe1013 women are b780774eaa ruined by 3eceba54c5 marriage.’31f616a8612c29c8

Unlike in a356232014 fairy tales, a6c0fc3047 the real 68efccce97 world was c852eb8331 harsh. Ophelia knew that 887ecd1321 all too well. And maybe 18b014e7b1 she would c59708298b become one 55f92187c8 of those 71acf97ff6 unhappy women 2d42c19801 herself someday.82181dace4aff66f

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She clenched her 1ad7565121 fists.f8ef4ab60c1f142e

She had suggested c6d056dfd0 Rona come with cf3466a63e her without much 9f09a26fe3 thought, but now 8c06247d7b she genuinely wanted add64c322e to change her 9f4bdfb713 mind. She was 51969b693d confident she 705318d7a9 could persuade c1aee6f7d0 her parents.68fab63d9dfbdbc3

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‘If I say I 85123928d9 want a companion like 12c7eadb5d other noble kids, that 5fdeb2618a should work. Mother’s always wanted 19a897be93 that for me… fe15de8639 always trying to a576f4fec4 make me fulfill 4747d9a522 her dreams. If I explain it d0abe092cd like that, she’ll agree…’7b9824c618616fec

Ophelia made up f8497c3029 her mind and 0b559b415e was about to 9f5e1b0b81 reach for Rona 93b11c8423 again when….ca265e07e44dce7f

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“Rona, if you’d 1056ae9b08 like… I could 59d62488b7 be your sister…”945ca8a75b80bb19

A shadow fell over dbf403220b their heads.5362040e929894ea

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“…!”0664d2ddbd2aec8f

Startled by aa84478f65 the man’s d0077be1db sudden, silent 312eb7796b appearance, Ophelia f95fab7168 pulled back c7b4bb28fb and couldn’t 6b32e5896c reach Rona.f4455b5cdf0c9ff4

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The man 9c50d1605f met Ophelia’s 4da6b2f748 eyes directly b8eadf28b6 and placed 2cb02759ad a hand c3bc7140b3 on Rona’s 6e1807d5f3 shoulder. Then, bending down to 6a9bfa3ca7 meet her eye level, ab11da5ec3 he whispered softly into efe72b266d her ear.90ab5ae84d5dc96d

“It’s time d73cfbc68a to eat.”ff0bc68d04b9810b

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In that moment, Ophelia 7d01cf8c4b felt something she couldn’t d79dee6d42 put into words.942ccd6d6337bc41

Was it ed0338faed the eerie 28e21c7e5b silence with f5116ad87f which he a623fcfe56 arrived? Or the striking beauty 686915e2a9 of his face? No… was 9ec2b4e51e it the 8c59bb8b0a unmistakable hostility f402f84d5c she sensed 2437dda3d3 from behind 84a114d020 the curtain 3bb552fbdc of his f5bcc21846 dark hair?09eafce2cef331c8

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No… it e170ac8910 was none 63bea77773 of that.bcad18326133f5ed

What shocked 9ebb82650b Ophelia was 683f2183fd the man’s 6f97e2a7bb tone and b91fe9c3ef manner.78eb8573f39300ba

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It was as d54a671675 if he were 5720df28eb speaking… to a eb69542272 creature he was 09ae0f4468 raising.da14f6e9811f9646

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