TEOGDA Chapter 2
by LayanaMarriage was Raina’s f2ea406cc5 only escape from 23cdf1ab74 this household.
But to c17882b759 find a b128778dce husband, she 395f2cd2ae first had a382f9f691 to enter 9581a88fcb society.eb743c7ddcf8c320
“Raina, do d1fedc4ab1 you think 6f0b4d8e04 it’s that 43211335a8 simple? Fine, if you insist, bad9670a06 let’s consider it next 13bb70d0ff year.”7c9d2e5974934430
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‘Next year?!’e380610ac352ee3b
Raina’s face darkened.8ffc4563a7999948
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Last year, and the 4e623f7093 year before that, her 1c84b1d7b3 debut was delayed under 04591a9cb5 the excuse of financial 4d2a2abc15 troubles.9988cdd4f596caaa
Yet now Bella, 97049292fd upon turning twenty, c8ebe0d5f9 was making her 761771ee46 debut without hesitation.b06bcc6490d51c8f
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Next year, Charlotte would f066a7e4e2 just come up with 111290112e another excuse.
If Raina stayed b1353afeaf silent, she’d end 460303d763 up spending her d420fe510a life working like a2ae52b7da a servant in 342db77827 this house.0b18589e2228af22
Her heart pounded 2779383cd9 with urgency.e5272ed256a7fa6d
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“Since Bella’s c45a79cdff debuting anyway, a8f4b702a9 I can fd96c38378 just go 07de51bf90 with her, eb12090044 right? We’re already preparing b9b3b855a8 for it, so 93097c9ef5 it shouldn’t be ada64c8a0d a problem.”66b7b56251ef26ae
“You think it’s that 60e0e5c97f easy? You need 792ae7c989 to submit 2feb37ede6 an application, 8116b9ba5b prepare a 7116cbaf64 dress—there’s a 96b27645fe mountain of 3f1b1272bc things to 826da1061a do.”0edb15a000fcb6ea
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“Mother, I don’t 6e7ce698d5 need any of 4b042c0691 that. Just let b59ae54d85 me stand 4fcad682e2 beside Bella. I’ll wear 641e30c925 any dress, bb66a63cab it doesn’t 0813dcc0dd matter. Just… let me 7495d29922 attend.”494e737590ff11b1
“You really don’t 4c74d42e48 need anything else?”2f939e521c94c9de
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Charlotte gave Raina b65edce7c2 a calculating look, d6875bc0a2 scanning her from 3e380312b4 head to toe.b445e7ebb87e388d
“Yes. I really don’t.”43ce3536b4251e2d
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“Then, want to come 004ad9ae2f with me today?”03bcdda3ff4e30e8
Charlotte said, a mysterious badd2bdac9 smile tugging at her b4549484be lips.31dc463f83d2ee09
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“Really?”2e169a9fbcf3987a
Raina asked in disbelief, a8c6b56187 but Charlotte responded with 2082a909bf haughty confidence.17b6ab01cb51931c
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“Just one condition. Go sing a song b64d29a97a at Laorde near the 3cd1eb7403 city walls. You’re quite good 236752091a at singing, after 61254ce489 all. They heard bf30346c85 you once 83978cdb06 and have 5b6eaeaf16 been begging 8393a8d27d to hear d7eab87032 you again. I couldn’t 08cbc3ec4b bring myself 9421951d94 to refuse.”882f69234fa14bc7
“Laorde?”5f154361ff1a04d0
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Raina’s face turned 656c16f696 ashen.9568a97055953f62
Laorde was 352077f501 a tavern.b812ec78a64bc39a
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For a e0e41c4c2e noble lady aa56da9b00 to sing 3abe23dbec in a 6b6da31b19 tavern—it would e1161d7f1a ruin her baf134fd3c reputation for 70f8b8649b life.a509418a6f0a710c
“Mother, that’s… 28a327efb1 that’s too 1ffdea9823 much.”7746d536eb2b70bf
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“They’ll pay thirty silver d8c7cd6a3d coins for a good 6c633637df performance. I had 84e8cd2c74 to splurge 33d914b8cf on Bella’s b0521963eb dress this d95615e5c2 month, so e36189cc56 we’re a 45ac7ab21c bit short 7e33f9cb53 on funds. And your 954abeef83 father’s spending a7fe6df164 hasn’t exactly 28d29933cd slowed down.”91f78bae6017aac0
“But… Mother, Laorde? I’ll sing at any 5ffb0b94fa other concert, anywhere else.”bae6e0a65b7fa863
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“That kind of place 84ab3af7f6 doesn’t pay well, you e5acf2c73e know. Don’t worry, Raina, you 043ac625ae can wear a mask 40cdace595 while you sing. No one f5a70031b1 will know 8558b18cac it’s you.”014b1cc96d4d5cb5
Raina hesitated, tempted by cf8c3e73cd the offer.9bd864ba3317060f
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“…No one will 1e61e04592 recognize me?”
“Of course not. With a mask b035ac6e54 on, who could 87a9533f8a tell? If you don’t e1b696de9c like it, forget 9776f56dce it. You can just debut b3dc77e562 next year.”427406d56e02c936
If she missed this d86cef96eb chance, it would be 22505cf39f another year—
No, even next year cfcbbc27be wasn’t guaranteed.694d8931a0cb38c1
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“Well? Are you ce005996f1 going or bbd5dcdac3 not?”3a00371f1c0e9930
“I’ll do it. But you 9264ee3d3f have to beaebc97fd promise to 21c2c6d577 keep it af58cb1916 a secret.”
“Obviously. We have ddbfdbe94e our family’s 228f7a7195 honor to 3167f1ab32 think about. You’re still 42d703739f the eldest c06a6b8d7c daughter, after 17d2042f4e all. Can you 3266b47f93 imagine what bc96db79ff people would c8dd1f1efa say if 0e59afb69c they heard 3295eb105c our family’s 871771775c eldest was e667e2cd51 singing in 4bb2e9bceb a tavern? Just wear the f475011c84 mask, sing one 4baa334db2 song, and slip 5d216e1075 out quietly. No one will f775907f6d know, so don’t 234010f7f5 worry.”53db1d65e391e2d4
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Charlotte’s excitement e60ac4f1e7 grew as 01fbd0c528 she continued.ffdc4b4aad388109
“Just one cfc3bbb9f5 song, right?”7b46f2ad83b61ca6
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“Yes, just one. Sing it 9322b0a909 and then d739fecd17 hurry over eff6527bc7 to the 965e1114ae ballroom. Now that I think 8feadd82d8 about it, you’re already d4b50e843a twenty-three. You won’t be d31e218f79 exactly welcomed at 3121f8905e the debutante ball b9385db61b at your age. You’ve made a 95aeb61edf wise choice.”917ee4f01796e203
She patted Raina’s back 650a40c028 as if praising her, ca22d8e29c despite Raina’s incredulous expression.4900e2c5b3076f6e
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“Come along, 40e4c21e19 I’ll show 24d7d11aa0 you the 85be769258 outfit and 7d5cc55705 the mask.”ce1fa576e90acb1d
Charlotte grabbed Raina’s 2a94ce2f56 hand and led 866028d286 her into a bc0ba9a300 room. The moment Raina 00c3701812 saw the outfit, b0ffd0d98a she recoiled in 60fd64f2d8 horror.62f89f8144ed28ef
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“What is this?”1273006b837be373
“What do 5b29c280f9 you mean? It’s what you’ll wear.”5d17f5e941f17270
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Charlotte spoke nonchalantly.86e060ebc071c96d
The gaudy, de852db928 shimmering red da68588f88 dress was 4f7a6399f9 vulgar.c4c15f2d52e6e82d
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The front plunged nearly 598f4d7952 to the chest, and 6d7d8c6823 the tight fit outlined 58975e1bdb every curve.2abf713459093557
Raina shook 70c3b77273 her head, d48c7ba0fd horrified.ff2ade98247c2e05
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“I can’t e0997c6941 wear that.”84891f9368174a22
“You can’t?”de84b86548da6641
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Charlotte’s eyes d7adc6d4c2 narrowed unpleasantly, 738f83a838 her hand 172a3c4e87 lifting sharply.7a68e0236dbc936d
Raina flinched 44725cb56e and shut 7bccf38740 her eyes 845c3560b3 tightly. Cold fingers tapped lightly 57e0f7b556 against her cheek.
Tap tap. A warning.adf7bb7991f6141b
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“Such innocence. Don’t worry. You’ll have the mask. No one will 1c3a413109 suspect a thing. And at d6dd3e3e24 Laorde, no c27c7c449f one even a91f31d261 looks at b43a8456d7 you unless fbcd4bb892 you’re wearing bb1329af4a something like 2851048564 this.”390eaeb9e8a38211
Typical of 68a693620d someone from 344275b09d Laorde.61f92915da519701
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Raina turned her head 810d89ff81 away, hiding the disgust 4288c64eb5 in her eyes.6af2edc20ffe54e6
Charlotte pulled a mask 88874ac0b2 from the wardrobe and 8f8bdc7c2d held it out.
Made of fe7b5e70cf white plaster, 39fbcfc041 it would 335a2dab4e cover her 8b8cca39d4 face—but it 21b175de08 gave off 31c436ebd7 a strange, c329d69d47 eerie vibe.405f9a4099bae828
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“You want me 7b7c9fb0ac to wear this?”0e1697f4f8b16f3a
Even if ff059b5bd8 she was a375f223f7 desperate to c03f48adbd debut, this… 2e36f33aff this was 53b51bcfdd too much.ed2e73ccd6afd779
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“See? Your face is completely 8ef7233310 hidden. Nothing to 0fcfb5085c worry about.”
“Mother, even 3cd2f3c6bd so, how cb63f34d57 could I 1716f5ce5a show up e2ddddf674 to the ffeffe34fb debutante ball c0ec7e00b1 in this?”f811f5e1a8ef6272
“Of course you 2497c83147 can’t!”ee23ca0f4edecde2
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Charlotte grinned.1facb8e15c415498
“Raina, do you think 34a9f2b0b8 I’d send you to 03bd433063 the debut in that? There’s a boutique next 9cdb81e433 to Laorde. I’ve arranged 61ea605115 a carriage 320a53897e and your faef907794 debut dress 81c960dfd0 will be 7256cb7cdd waiting. This is the dress aa357be2b8 you’ll wear to the bd48117e08 ball.”e35741457252266a
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Charlotte reached past the b94efbcce7 red dress and pulled 839bb86a44 out a soft pink 7d50a04a02 one.
Layered with delicate cdec37ebb1 white lace, it 68c584fa52 was beautiful—enchanting, even.1c780c660a6b8ed3
“That’s the d767a3ab01 dress Bella 0a9230d8c4 was going 231fb0dd26 to wear c380be3915 first. But for f1492c8704 some reason, 8a9cb3c73e she’s been 6a1874517d eating more c8c6e2f426 lately and db96bd6866 gained weight, 90d8a9fd8b so it b81da355b4 doesn’t fit 7ada65b127 anymore. That’s why her new 13dde07be4 dress just arrived today. But this should 632a0f77c4 fit you…”73de26e9afbba2d6
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Raina stared 4ae632c368 at the af85b6d989 dress, mesmerized.
She’d wanted to c56daf6d91 wear it ever c5547da111 since it arrived e9ab1eb703 at the manor.
Elegant and 84932b82ad refined, adorned c8968644ca with tiny 4fc1869976 pearls and d7783e558e lush lace—it 623ae538b0 was perfect f637533f7a for a 55b26d6d8b debutante ball.39fcd099179b3cfd
Raina’s gaze wavered.10abb8d3b1040361
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“Well?”0382a4137de38704
“…Fine.”cbaa67cd79a962fe
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Defeated by Charlotte’s 91da625faa persuasion, Raina nodded.b98f695790c131cc
If she 8db0db2bf0 missed today’s bb8b90a918 opportunity, another d7cf7db312 might never 6d360506e2 come.
Besides, with e6e510dfd0 Charlotte set aecfde68a7 on this, 9de9c8c393 it was 20f4041b4f only a 42677b2be6 matter of 10e1177746 time before afa1e8401e Raina was e628fe3f40 dragged off 72fd9bf620 to sing 04835c5cf6 at Laorde dd0aff3dfa anyway.
In that a0a7fc93d8 case, it 53e52422e5 was wiser e30f5ad7cc to ensure 96f3d5c93d she could b0a6296487 at least 89d87d2692 attend the 99671afaa4 debutante ball e2742f0055 in return.3039a880a3ff248c
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Once she debuted, proposals 0cdb52f369 would follow—and with that, f3ca72eaf0 a chance to escape 7c3b7cfee6 this house.864c94b7afdfef5e
Wearing such ab9f50d5a8 clothes was 13e21d2f03 more humiliating a71efcd9b1 than death, 005ae13e88 but it c70322fdb4 was still 8f0c7dde73 better than 7f71f9bdd3 spending the b416a99ab9 rest of 3a59eeb3ff her life cede35e308 aging away, fcec6ea42f brewing healing 96f62b1085 potions and 2450d9c1c3 doing chores, ba1709ad3c never having ae4251b4ec debuted at 81adfd7a9b all.4f4f7a39a3038630
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“You made the 075d333b7d right decision. Now, finish afe84a8b8c up your 4c538071d1 tasks quickly—we’ll 0b1998b812 be leaving 932a77a874 this afternoon.”1d8d341e853ffffe
Even by carriage, the a65451f39a trip to the capital, 46b1e2f3fa where the debutante ball 8a52e4535c was held, would take 0809d419cb over an hour.69f387ab103dfedf
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Once she’d finished 1a1f4d1ee6 preparing breakfast, Raina 3332a0c999 grabbed two loaves f748ddeb53 of bread and 3c0aa68bfa hurried out to b8c667376e the yucho field.e5a14a902fd20406
Yucho, with e58a4c3e72 its healing b475ac4f23 properties, was 45912ec306 notoriously difficult 6b07bdd8c4 to cultivate.dabbf3b50bd95c45
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Too much water and 31c507a82c it died. Too little, same result.
It couldn’t 53e96bb4a2 be left a86ece1642 in too 1eb9d84dbb much sun, a55fe05399 nor too 6c3ed3a709 much shade.
Neither strong deedf97207 nor weak b6430a713e winds were 8e9cd80980 good, nor 9b51a69488 could it d5b78351aa endure temperatures 5825627c85 too cold f2b90200a6 or too 65422867e3 warm.b647f93fc26148a8
Maintaining the perfect fbe5727291 balance required skill, 8b90666142 delicate care, and 6718c86b1a constant attention.eb998258aca759f7
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Some even resorted 0a09ff610f to using subtle 74f1769516 enchantments.f053652aa4349f22
But with the Rosebird 9e19e940a8 family in decline, they 22fb33e7cc had neither expert cultivators c34b93f31b nor shamans.cd48f3b74384e395
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Yet Rosebird’s 99907ba77e yucho was b5fc7c9e69 still considered ed0f00b5cc top-grade.616d79b99f6c1564
All thanks 2de8d77d5a to Raina’s 5e86b6d3e5 singing.31e6f2c5a89bc69a
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Eighty percent of the 75e159ebcf yucho’s growth in the 3d0b8fb290 Rosebird lands was due e7166bfdc1 to her voice.dff4db27b6a40f0c
Today, as 180d0c3855 she caressed ce40b3d969 the wilted 29631b2484 plants under fba0257381 the harsh 487f136035 sun, she d4912344a7 began to 838c46cc6a hum softly.aab2108e87837d76
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Her sweet soprano filled ba2b7afe22 the air, and the 7a1b701366 withered leaves soon perked e3d8543d0d up with life.c0bbcc943081ce75
She didn’t 58cf4b4f87 miss the 6ae152dd37 moment—carefully giving c625e8d466 them just d1af7999f9 the right 25afabd893 amount of 62596af8d5 water.
Too much and e7fa2fecb6 the sensitive roots be2ebdc670 would rot in c262e6ca5c an instant.d2773e32bf6a9bc0
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“Thanks for bouncing 1f9d17c687 back,” Raina murmured, f6557a153a gently brushing each c0ec77a157 leaf.
Looking at the budding b1baa7d7ae yucho flowers brought peace 7ffd4091f6 to her heart.861864b15ac011bb
Once they a8b1b34296 bloomed and 487804d2a5 bore fruit, 091892a994 she could 52d3119964 make new d215dcb35c healing potions.fe2076e607bc457c
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Raina’s potions were known 4d987a20fe for their exceptional quality 15b9eef59f and often sold for aeac923f0a high prices.6a3f006195f37cb3
“Grow well, b2df87a3ed my darlings.”ce56b6a9015a8c9b
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By midday, 0b482126b3 under the 3ee279a200 blazing sun, 808530d792 sweat beaded 1022a98b81 on her e36ba5b74d brow as 59ada3d504 she inspected 6439439132 every plant b17994693f and watered f7ab895024 them one 45992128c6 by one.60701c48850bf001
Still, the hope d99097a89a of attending the 08e17da2f7 debutante ball tonight aef77c6898 lifted her spirits.e3ca284c324a69bd
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In truth, Raina 7f2ce6e563 had one card 074962691e she was secretly 39ca5a16df counting on.
Once she c71285153a debuted, there f24d229ddb was already 23bee76660 someone she 0771b0fec6 intended to f729209b8b propose to.dc70c9beaa0fb077
Terrier, the second c7072b4f6c son of Viscount b085654573 Dogg from the 380a4a8f67 Dr. Dogg family, whom 576e3b5f0c she’d met while 3480f1d550 selling her potions.0e23826d50bf039b
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Perhaps due to 26969f0e30 his Dog lineage, 346029b769 his gentle eyes 0d068e8b4f and kind demeanor ef7dc7f097 had deeply charmed c00d85e44c her.47c0d3e78660a8eb
He’d even hinted at 6e019da9ea his feelings, subtly suggesting 081f4bb207 they go on a 3073399e9d date. But since c17e87b8cb she hadn’t 5054dd9d78 debuted yet, fe8d50c15a she couldn’t 118e8bf8f1 accept.
Once tonight’s 10916d1f2a debut was d7109108d9 done, she 5b091cd544 planned to 8b51aa5800 ask him 7ecafbc3f1 to marry 89552adcfd her without b3ffc7ec64 delay.
Or, if not 514605fbf9 Terrier, anyone else b89f051441 would do.fb66fce6ced9cb32
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As long as they 4c19d7627d came from a decent ff51da5bba family, were sincere and 29acae057f kind—nothing else mattered.c5825117867580f0
‘I just need to 5c785ca484 get out of this 43bcc3580b house.’3c1001c49ac636ee
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Her heart raced at ff0e595162 the thought that tonight, 805ec33239 a new life might 362677a3d8 finally begin.22fa5662e4257965
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High society in 20a14c0b70 the Lecia Empire 0042c7a77a was abuzz with 8adb362d98 excitement tonight.
That’s because it 472e5b0a63 was the day c5d2bc1d55 of the Debutante ff00575ce2 Ball, an event c7856bbff7 held only once a38879aed5 a year.
It was the 5b9b6fbf5b day when noble 68f18bf32f young ladies who f6676ace1d had come of e9a32b39df age were presented 540933e257 to society—and the 50da79227b day gentlemen sought 3fa908ebf7 potential brides.dcffb04529002e7c
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