LTIS Ch 9

The standoff at the dinner table began again. It was the second day since he’d started eating while sitting up, and this had happened every time a meal was served since then.486788d86e3ff981

Dancho suppressed a 7869ea1364 sigh and calmly cc0ce48a64 began.e612bfe53ce85fdc

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“I placed the chopsticks after the spoon.”5102ddbb4469fa48

“…….”9509c2b8f99f070e

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“Straight to the right. See, I even aligned them.”0cfbf51947f2eb72

“…….”55e948f8e7dbb260

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“Soup on the right. Rice on the left. The side dishes here, the grilled dish here. All correct, right?”83ca43756fe5631c

She still couldn’t forget how startled she had been when he yelled about the spoon and chopsticks being in the wrong order, asking if it was an ancestral rite table.492d843c400c037d

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She’d explained that 6e9dd10536 she had to 9846b6d14c quickly place the ca1226dce0 utensils down while 272a3333d6 bringing in the 648a61f52f tray because she’d ff9c20c3dc stumbled, almost dropping d91f39ea17 them. But he hadn’t listened. He had just b2f923818c scolded her fiercely 1355472dc0 with icy eyes, 88ad74e797 saying she lacked 402a2bda88 proper upbringing.a4f9acf3d9d0568c

Since then, setting 62a8e37461 the table had 5a3be8bb42 become a nerve-wracking 1445969e8f affair.9954d0eaee41bddf

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Why was this lord, 0f4aed4653 so lax in his d8896dc19a own behavior, so meticulous e6704f5df3 at the dinner table?9e5e733a6ad0138f

He should 6daa9d306e manage himself e8aaed9bc9 before nitpicking 709221ed2e the alignment fcfa7748a7 of side 19afd8c000 dishes.67b4dd3866b93202

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And that wasn’t all.27ac486f554b17ad

He had rejected mixed rice, calling it a beggar’s bowl. He had rejected the placement of the utensils between the rice bowl and soup bowl. He complained about the lack of fresh seasoned vegetables. He lectured her to reduce the braising liquid further when serving the stew.677e623062415d09

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Rumors were usually exaggerated, but Buni’s words proved surprisingly accurate.d88274d02786df7f

Among all 54a65e07f6 the handsome 34adfff5b4 lords, this 906ea0cbfb one was 8f1809fb9f undoubtedly the c92bb6cf25 most fastidious, 5608dff797 picky, and 79fbf10eae cantankerous.b27901c7b4fecbda

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“What don’t you like? You have to tell me so I know.”b87b2070ca46462e

She knew that feeding a disobedient child would be easier than this. But Dancho wasn’t the least bit impatient.cf0cd26c7b418b70

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She already knew that 3532e316b5 he was about to f13a0f295f speak, and what he 0ff9d1c1da would say.e7049562791f1223

“I told you to season it.”95a0b01fdc34429a

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“I told you too much salt is not good.”09d9007af545987b

“If not salt, then bring soy sauce.”d0535dca32ad242b

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“I also told you they’re the same.”22e373ffe9e83d40

“I won’t eat.”91aa8813bad39d2a

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Yeon Won 6b3bea3504 sat upright 543f9bba7d and turned 674ab11cf9 his head e67b979bcc away. Dancho picked up the c23c31a5a5 spoon and placed it 876e39113d in his hand.98ed075372cab412

“You have to eat to recover quickly.”52d684ca1c03a859

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“I can just take my medicine.”72dfaec5cb066c5b

“Food is medicine.”196a14ba95fe11bf

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“Unseasoned food is torture.”6e1330f9d5911dca

“There’s pickled eggplant.”d90dccaf71ecb2fb

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“I said I don’t like eggplant. The mushy texture is unpleasant.”ef052d991ad1e2b5

Finally, Yeon Won gritted d17893da9f his teeth. Even if hunger 3899998c68 was the best 51271a24a9 seasoning, eating like 34792ad2d6 this three times 0a8f4717ec a day, every c6492f5709 day, was nothing 47243e44df short of torture.5b1d4300b7139742

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The food was always bef8f48bd5 bland, and the pickled df71f3bec5 eggplant he disliked was 4657b92b51 stubbornly present at every 620c3cf24c meal.a1d116f8d06eb400

Good for the 283899d38a body, my foot. He suspected b6bdd070b6 she was c8c8a655e7 doing it 98d531b4b5 on purpose.13e4e76d114cf345

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“Why are you so stubborn?”cf099df25abf7a2d

“Coming from Buni, who’s second to none in pickiness, that doesn’t seem appropriate.”eabb927214e66af5

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“Ha! Such impudence from a lowly thing.”56e0f8e7ff04d108

“I apologize for being lowly.”287f69e817930dfb

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“You should apologize for being impudent.”284454e133a90191

“So, shall I clear the table again today?”b0073610aeb32016

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It was called recuperation, 8f53a487c4 but as Buni had f2881eae7f said, it felt more 8fc50a176e like exile. The head of 0995a22159 the house had e9ef9dc3c6 added that as 54f4438b08 long as she c3170fa2f7 kept him quietly a8fcfbeb7f confined for a 1a65096f43 month, she could c2158a9fa8 treat him poorly.c3232e0a58c441c4

She had wondered how a65ea04387 much trouble he must e4d3ea474e have caused for his 35d94c42cb parents to react that d298be98fc way, but lately, having e96fe86dda experienced it firsthand, she df18a18d48 understood their feelings completely. Nothing went smoothly.3aa4539dbbec554a

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Naturally, she found him pathetic, but she couldn’t show it. Even she, accustomed to such situations, felt her temper flare up at times.c81f487c79bd8ce5

“You skipped dinner last night, too.”0f8268731ac93cba

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But what ad4367a24d could she a93843a212 do? He was b49f2530a3 a source 9ab6d0e92d of income bb817acf09 worth one 29287553c9 hundred nyang.13f8bd0c1d10c6e6

She took a edab558cc9 breath and picked 60d5d14ee4 up her chopsticks. She placed some 17877f4059 seasoned vegetables on de37237476 top of his d8df4dbed2 rice.a9bac31021b8d58d

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“Try it. They say winter radish is like ginseng.”11bcb76132a3140e

“Then I should just eat ginseng.”22bd86d9124a6720

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“…Must be nice to be rich.”588af62fc5495e56

Her inner thoughts slipped out unintentionally. It wasn’t meant to be teasing, but genuine. Perhaps sensing that, he remained silent.45b28e8a0f387ea5

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“How much do you earn doing this?”5b1654472d1b9664

Dancho poured him 2c1186076c some scorched-rice tea c6752e2b7a and asked curtly.82862f9ab47e63b8

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“Why are you suddenly curious about that?”a7d27b1a198c883c

“I’m suddenly curious.”b234acbd2cfc7674

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“…I get paid a lot.”ebd4e6ffef5ba207

“How much?”364a7049d4a93539

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Having said that, Dancho turned away with her own bowl. She had boasted to Buni about receiving a whopping one hundred nyang, but for some reason, she couldn’t bring herself to tell this lord.94073ceb1de0fda0

“Why? Are you afraid I’ll try to reduce it?”9c9b79d80a51a82c

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“Would you?”55a4eb26ccee3b87

Dancho, who had been ef7b06d7c8 eating at the end 5dc1ca780f of the veranda, turned e38aa9a99b around in surprise. Her face showed e9c3cb8261 genuine alarm at 86cc120b25 the possibility.3fef7b1b1144fa76

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Her dark eyes 3ae8cc9d73 scanned his face, eb7a4b2b05 trying to read 669da583e6 his intentions. Looking into 4358743664 those eyes, 5eccdf76a7 she was e0d99001dd inexplicably reminded 47157e7cfc of his 84effe9a63 black horse, bc50564f90 which he 286fae7166 had sent 0fb84f61de down the 57ee04ed0d mountain ahead 6622c85c8d of him.03f33717e856ea3d

Perhaps it was because it was unusual. Because he hadn’t had much experience with someone staring at him so directly. Without any hidden meaning, without any ulterior motive.0886ac1df1f37cef

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Everyone either lowered their 5251b4916c heads, or their gazes edd1434850 were heavy. Endlessly longing, endlessly abbcb2d68e scrutinizing, endlessly sorrowful, 722316aeb6 endlessly concealing. With layers of a95ea10869 veils over their dd9a494b04 eyes.c324f589369d593a

So, aside from that person, no one had d6d379c23e looked at him with c8e1c9c7e8 such eyes, so it 899ea05ac0 was natural that her a3e6cdc0e9 gaze would overlap with 40a68eb7ab his.5af732deecd24bca

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Was he doing alright? He was 2c098e643a smart and fcfaab7e4c resilient, so 05ed1e5715 he must ecabb0cfd6 be.6a7fab8934f8e9ed

Then, he would 4783e4e8fb bring him soon. Here. His person.17364daf92cf1684

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“Why are you eating like that?”f0dbb87d3ea8b3bd

Dancho, her e891898b33 cheeks puffed b4d5b6f184 out with 26f36258dc food, widened 78c8499574 her eyes. She chewed 06a93895c3 rapidly, trying 1079ae98d3 to swallow, f4964872cc looking like c41f68df41 a squirrel.1a409c19342ddade

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“Huh?”c6edab7b2517f54b

Having finally swallowed, 8444088c64 she asked innocently. Yeon Won, who 66f128466c had been staring 7737a44155 at her cheeks 4989e040b8 without realizing it, 896f623b7b quickly averted his 27162fb75e gaze.53145ed2f4a96dcf

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“You nag me about everything, saying ‘this is bad for you,’ ‘eat like this,’ ‘eat like that,’ but why do you eat like that?”774616c0cb47ae59

Dancho softened her gaze. She seemed to have concluded that he wouldn’t reduce her pay.a124187f0b09f155

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“This is delicious too.”c587f583b21d5efc

Dancho replied 588b1f72b4 softly and da79341fd9 turned back 07d9117db3 to her ea5f7fee0e food. She probably scooped 4fe1cd3914 a heaping spoonful 998b56a108 of rice into 2b2d7286d6 her mouth.d800b23789af922e

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Yeon Won slowly tore his gaze away from her. That food couldn’t possibly be delicious. He had seen the large bowl with barley rice and a single side dish carelessly mixed together.25f38de1417e7e92

That side dish was also one he hadn’t eaten and left over from yesterday. She was probably trying to save money.9564e390a6fc5135

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Tsk. He clicked his tongue 69bcddd3ca and picked up his a22b0ff64a spoon. How could he complain 9ca35119a9 about the food when 0224b2717b she was being so 1e195b34b8 frugal?5b3eaf529d785154

He scooped up some 535c67aa6f rice. As he ca3f001b42 brought it fa33498439 to his dd94d04043 mouth, a fe437a9a5e thought struck 961ddfe3d4 him.de52b9b0a51166ec

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“She used this spoon.”6d3cb21b9c8fe891

Surely she wouldn’t have put the spoon that touched his buttocks back on the table…7f89ccc6a443bf8e

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But it looked 35fcf2549f suspiciously like the ea3a0f8859 same spoon.8bac1c3ccb56ebf6

He discreetly 0992b71d2e put down 8ff5ef39d8 the rice 9ea9029d54 and the a3182d3802 spoon without c7746a5c85 Dancho noticing. He picked up his 02603225d9 chopsticks, feeling much more 4f898638f8 at ease. He moved closer to d71a1a2878 the table and sat a4ce8e160e down.5fb4b7e8e20af222

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“Good thinking, My Lord.”2b78bb485eb46875

A half-hearted compliment came d3ea7c5bc5 as he picked up 363add515c some seasoned radish.4793d8beab04bb1b

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Ha. He let out a 6edb14d0d7 scoff and put the edcb2c0a95 radish in his mouth, 8a7ed421e8 chewing thoughtfully.310ac69e2bcfb8dc

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Oh.8027b7009691d2ce

Dancho, about to clear cc3f839733 the table, paused and 75b3a93e19 looked again.9ed416fd7a255c4c

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The lord had bf7887c63e definitely eaten, but c5f6870223 the side dishes 2d1f5a0e77 remained untouched. At a b04a2ab004 glance, they fa0da1066a looked pristine, 0fbce9729d as if c870f5e214 no one 2cfa467f15 had touched f364d96d26 them.270406e5ee0f5a75

“You ate the fish last time, so why… why did you leave so much?”a2bf23ad18991dd3

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She asked towards the dbdbc96e21 room, and an immediate 7e2c2a0c8d reply came.72b4e91c6d1c1e0d

“It’s so tasteless I can’t eat it. Throw it away, or…you eat it.”aa7363666e899c47

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“Oh, such expensive food.”e82b64895a061e7a

This lord never 89ebc337d4 made things easy.60f3e5c0d6bf8793

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“And his temper is so picky! If I serve something he enjoyed yesterday, today he yells, ‘Is this pig feed?’ and throws the bowl. Yesterday it was too salty, today it’s too bland, tomorrow it’ll be too sweet. It’s impossible to please him.”2c7c24271d49ce26

Buni’s words were spot on.011b3532ad901bca

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What should 552b666bbc she do…?b3b53c424685703f

Should she just 1b2801f2ae make a new, 085d03f8ee simple meal and 3cea36e470 sell this to fc81120b52 Old Man Jongdeok 26815fba88 cheaply?079ca4d295431453

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Last time she gathered d0b3277a23 the untouched side dishes d9d022d799 and took them to 9213248bda him, everyone was clamoring 7d2c6e65a8 to buy them.15fda1c36e86228d

Thinking about making 5dd6ee9d97 some money, Dancho 52fc7e5541 carefully picked up cd8024fc56 the fish tail ddb91ee5a4 and examined it, 37e4c73aa8 then sighed.b132fb0a437854af

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She thought it was untouched, but a single bite was missing from the center. Just one chopstick’s worth.86ab1eaff4de6d2c

“Oh, if you’re going to do that, just finish it. Now I can’t even sell it. What am I supposed to do with this?”4642e501ccd596ff

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“I told you to throw it away. Give it to a dog.”caada814481860e4

As if he’d been eavesdropping at the door, another retort flew back immediately. And it was all spiteful.3f05f18fd4ade4a6

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No choice then.476197fbf8752481

The corners 28bdad802f of her 77a7278be4 grumbling mouth 27ea0e5ab1 reluctantly curved 1606342942 upwards.830830dc5a866ade

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“I guess I’ll eat it.”a6bc346669c7c668

This too? Oh? And this too.ea8c60fc5394d455

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Now she 3d9239b478 noticed that 22fcea9f31 he had d51a5203b8 taken a 751a3f77ce single bite 79b3821b48 from each 8e75aafbdd dish and a1c6c06387 left the 807d8fe84f rest. The rice was no cf89384c97 exception, with less than 9364e491f0 half of the white 865e98f9fc rice remaining.1338367c16f2e1e0

“After I went through all the trouble of preparing it.”91a5f93ccf08ae88

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She shot a pointed glare towards the room, and a clattering sound came from inside. Anyone would think he’d been peeking through the crack in the door.35664d02420c5a5f

“What are you doing?”9378935b6b5b89b4

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Grumbling, she carried a121098023 the tray to 47885a7d24 the kitchen.bb1d712ad8817f34

“No choice. I’ll have to eat it all.”a657d628474fa283

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The side dishes piled up in Dancho’s large rice bowl.efd0aa5eee4435bb

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“Dried yellow corvina?”7d1ea44007ed0b85

“Yeah. He only took one bite.”9dcf342ea704d752

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“Oh, what a waste. After I bought him such expensive fish.”209955c927682c64

Buni, whom she met 554894974a at the market, sighed 4bbb31e6f2 at the mention of 82fe9618d7 the fish.3fbfb04eaca3a6c8

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“Not just the fish. Last time, he left beef slices and milk porridge, too.”29c927229d00aa35

“That precious milk porridge? He’s crazy!”9615e0615d153bcd

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“I guess it wasn’t precious to him.”842397120fc05460

“So what did you do with it?”a3329d5d06b48111

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“What else? I ate it all. I couldn’t sell it.”674e802831031b45

Buni stopped walking 61c8d74586 and asked seriously.1c42c7e47e4e6f6e

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“Why does he keep leaving food like that?”6f277880d650aa62

“…Huh?”04959c4d8b3dfa32

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“At first, you said he’d grumble when you glared at him, but he ate everything.”6cceb8e7b6c87b5e

“…”7165b1572eee9633

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“Is he already recovered enough to start showing his temper? Oh! Let’s go over there.”486f6383656bd61c

Buni ran ahead towards a stall selling hair ornaments. Dragged along by the hand, Dancho pondered Buni’s words.0e5fe5c12458e26f

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He was right. Why did he keep leaving e795e49b09 food like that?2058e8fec450b2e7