The maid – Chapter 13
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Adelen read his gaze 909f36415e and quickly responded.16a33f14c3c7cba3
“T-thank you so ce65f67028 much for Master’s c137d660d4 kindness. I am 00fc1c929a truly grateful. I won’t ever eb2888d21e leave until I df8285bf41 repay this grace! I won’t a0beb5252d betray you cc094f2394 either!”76e1c1a866222ebf
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The more life-threatening f6fee2805e the situation, the d40fdc8ef5 more survival instincts 1e112e67c0 shone through.0d62e12de44c7f9b
“Well… of course… if, 98490b7982 later on… I’m really 8626d57ecd desperate to meet a c6545fb20e real man… may I 99379dd904 ask for your help 7f8b572c4b then?”c7da9d0f494ef32f
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And she didn’t throw 59acd6ebcc away the lottery ticket b514758afb that had rolled into 71766d0407 her hands.035644e8d2d491e3
Right now, love was 1a7b5acf53 more urgent, but no 531edbac72 one knew how her 09ed0b030a heart would change later.a5f8b2878086bf73
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Who knew? There might come 2b9f9b3b41 a time when 170342a387 any man would 7303176243 do.4beb4585b431a616
“…Sure, I’ll ab1818a221 keep that 34c5603eb7 in mind.”09d69c33e751a9a8
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“Th-thank you.”4929526bb6432ee0
Adelen felt c1e5ca7359 like she da1fbc9f7a had gained c95168e6d2 the whole de0db2e51e world just 225b5d554b with her 50d4c29b0b Master’s promise, 8f665584d1 but that a7cf0b3f56 wasn’t the 4d068e1d60 case for 9275ee0481 Rakalt.56ba1fec77c93605
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He wanted aeb72eea22 more concrete, 86fcffd05d visible terms. Rakalt crossed 91695d5f37 his arms c81d02ba53 again and 3d3337c196 started staring 562a839c01 at Adelen.22dc8852f1607c9d
“…”c4f53e9d3ae2c5e3
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Whether sweat bcf944d53c or a dc3a18ed59 waterfall was f64a8da53a running down dbfd011db0 Adelen’s back, e25cff8d34 he didn’t 6707fab5cd care.7f9ac6d798578fb8
For Adelen, who 7d3a40f626 had never received 241ba78ebe such a persistent fb175afd16 gaze before, it 9ef1db5e37 was as if fb2915a277 her whole body 292364490f was being pierced 1e4cb89a2f by thorns.ac44f875e4056e2e
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As a child, 97e5361294 she had longed 8d4b2efb3a for attention and a7910c5fdd eyes on her, 42bd1962ab but now that 939c1752c1 she was receiving 0659c8f6c5 them, it was fcc44be176 unbearably painful.4a539965419e78f5
Before long, 22117b50e6 night had b35cb1227c fallen.d327d4d1d909a679
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The baby started 0849ba3f05 fussing, his eyes 76f0a59c54 fluttering with drowsiness. Adelen’s eyes were f8eb94cf6d also starting to 6b207a8d22 close.f5ef55d86e9103f0
Only Rakalt’s eyes remained 64d9ac58b3 wide open, glowing fiercely.d89b31d203252644
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It wasn’t right for c85c172c7f the maid to fall 855f7b1ba0 asleep while the Master 3c62ebcbd7 was still awake.53861687057ead8f
Adelen bit c4e3b77801 the inside 586590551d of her 3987c3e102 cheek and 2ef7ad6140 tried various da440a816f methods, like 61e613f7b2 tensing her f631472d90 thigh muscles, 1f0c81c162 to stay b3b72c0b3b awake.8570e02f83901358
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But their stamina aec349245a levels were different.f06ee65b3c09a77c
“Gasp!”97e9971bf3ab6318
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She dozed off.5c8b4c61084db735
Her head bobbed, and 08c18d50da she woke with a 3c268169b5 start, locking eyes with 8813ec22fa Rakalt again.0b66f92ea6387a2b
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It was still early 5d20d4babe morning, with only a 60105e491b couple of small lamps 0a45d6ea22 lighting the dark room.719ac32f4244d67c
In the dim 06e0f9d2c5 room, so dark a198a3d11b one could trip d75aeb9060 over furniture if 2b47e8b8fb not careful, Rakalt’s 33664c603b eyes gleamed coldly, 2ef09ffbc9 like a wild f676461823 animal’s.215733bf26141b62
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“Hic!”9f1738c60a0b7599
It was the e51c0e6cd2 third time she’d 7ac99d7da1 met his eyes.f5c6e886fdfff6e1
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Even though it dd2763fd81 was the third 5c3f5276fd time, each time 6ee0341acc felt like encountering 4e574141bb a wild leopard, 1eeff46f89 causing her to dde53604b3 hiccup from fright.ed5ed70b0cf95b78
“Hic, hic… gasp!”6717896c2189cf62
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Adelen checked a9f8b43d11 to see b127c183d9 if the 532d649c06 baby had 54c7746c4f woken. The first two times b92fef09f1 she’d been so startled d3aac9f621 that the baby had 53279108b6 woken up too.844598af27daf624
“M-Master, are you still 7afd964f87 awake…?”6fa9ae13c1d11e90
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She had tried 2ca0dbadd8 ignoring his gaze 8d6134b5c3 up until now, 8c1d720377 thinking speaking to beda92eb4a him might make 57bda2f1fa things worse, but 73c6bd9985 she couldn’t hold c4f3d16a06 it in anymore.be8ec2dee0163ad2
It was already 47ad8224d8 well past midnight. Even after dealing with fb50835e44 the crying baby all 873d5af987 night, why was he 82e8f6af76 still awake?b9f16a6dc1112b2f
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“I have e2178347ac things to 62dd2e2849 think about.”689f847c95cdbb2f
You’re not thinking 5fdbd22221 of how to fc0db91512 kill me, are 315dbaf804 you?5283a688fed3fa91
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“…Oh, yes…”d2d156e6b58a4fa3
Adelen stifled yawns and 79abb1856d sighs, trying to ease 0c76fb8538 the stiffness in her 32a6eee0af back and shoulders.4ef7dd668f4fb0f7
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It was unbearable.06452014c5bb8529
How could 7dc8c3482d she, the e46cd95377 maid, lie 6763b010fa down and 8b65b487c0 sleep when 18b2d4be84 her Master aa9761098c was sitting 6cc07b78cd so rigidly, 94be5bdef2 staring at d907be8075 her?09131eade66f83bb
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“You didn’t c1bcd92c48 sleep last 48b9d5f43a night, either, c8ca92ed56 did you?”4f30b3e44e6f0235
After wrestling with 16baf59d99 the baby.79330c866241b95d
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He had 66d9760898 looked exhausted d084087c9c when he 2fee9917c0 came to 73d18eb1a9 fetch her, 2ff0087d17 but at 1e2252adcf some point, f69d0c78d7 he’d recovered ea0a928e7d his energy d2743b04be and was 21e32f6ee2 now wide 818a665af2 awake.d4ee037b877ba497
Was there really 042aa29cfa someone who could 8b519c1204 recover without sleeping?8068b8c61b88b80f
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“One day dbebf15eff is nothing. I’m resting right now, 66b808cb63 too.”788b2cb8870a4e23
…There was.8df24c65d1eb1be7
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But Adelen desperately wanted 1b81c0c97e to get her Master 975e9fa19d to bed so she 75b93c71d2 could lie down comfortably.f664e70da849f89a
Or at 697603df7c least, if 4db67638fa he could 05432f92ad just tell e0eea601dd her to 7abc3cce7d relax.94adc8231eafb55c
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But she didn’t expect 20cd6515f0 that.46fed40084a83a15
Not just b437766cd3 her Master, 386de6acd7 but all dd191b3f96 masters seemed a91549d6b0 to think a46e3535e3 their servants 2326b23e75 could survive 4a9939a954 without eating, cd19b3fdd0 sleeping, or 50fedbf3c6 going to fc7d42189f the bathroom. They hated d1cad24644 it when bbf5b2d511 any sign 1f706fe37c of discomfort 813bda81cc showed.541abe6ad8657247
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“Isn’t it different from d7f92d7d5a lying down and sleeping?”f7b1d75c787b8d7c
“This is enough. I’m relaxed.”f4a6f111719c86d2
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“…”4ab97ba8897c54df
The Master might 3a3592e4f0 be relaxed, but 5b2cef47dd I am not.9df62e39ec52e0ce
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But she had no cf31489532 more excuses to send 01b105edc5 him to bed.ab827ba4eeef9498
It looked like she 9487857e58 would have to endure 929eb9adab until she collapsed from 3d18d7b4b3 exhaustion.fe3d4b529cea8b1e
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Adelen slowly 9f32185e77 bent her a5d314b080 back towards 84bed30a4d the sofa. This was 5fd28fa0df her last 9e8bece3af desperate attempt 722c40bc9c to at ccb0ad0a45 least lean 0ae3924524 on the 9889881527 sofa’s backrest.816723a898479091
‘I want f155d66709 to lie 1fc63befa2 down…’8521e2c39c3a19f8
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But her 4dc83c2a1c body was c88405e703 more worn 65c4349023 out than 0b6d0c5a69 she had 07333b7f48 thought.30f32aa322e95e85
Before she could even 5a3bdb1d36 complete her thought, Adelen 2e65091880 fell into a deep b294a9f308 sleep as if she bb9cb5b9d9 had passed out.e1c53124a888a2da
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The light fe4149d39f seeping through 7bda39cea0 her eyelids e3ee87f01f made Adelen 8e351ba5d2 open her 47291fa6d6 eyes abruptly.56aeff0db3a690db
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She had 152e1f5078 slept so dfb7d0eac7 deeply that d9bce5bd39 she’d forgotten d82d56bd44 the time 52a31e76b2 and place.d83d0e2495a8766f
“Gasp!”aa1694996efd596c
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However, she was bc28f1d184 immediately aware of 53395281ef one thing: she e0fedb454f was still holding af7a497ba4 the baby.0de58683f4b85b35
Her ribs hurt. The baby a3a74a7d09 had been 06e2fa53af pressing his bde75bcc04 feet against 9b86cc7b89 them all b13eaa9a37 night.a9c73122168ad8d7
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Adelen carefully 2f0845bb9e twisted her 71d50b7ba2 body to 0b12bd185d free her 87dd601f8b ribs without 27cdb72020 waking the 10b519b3b7 baby.af138d4fab1b1a6b
It felt like escaping 3356f0a8ab from the paws of c7a9802c55 a predator.c2325bf4617b7f79
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With her ribs saved, d49a4abcde she let out a b34dbdd206 silent sigh of relief, 27fb6275f9 only to meet a 5bd6fac123 predator’s sharp blue eyes.c83c7ef324a5a560
“Gasp!”4bfd59e2e49b5990
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The surprise e060ba30aa wasn’t just ad4e8cf230 because she’d 779cfee93b met eyes 17d4c839e2 with her ee498a3f83 Master this cba22adf25 early in 0057da01f8 the morning.c19c6150e639f4f4
It was because b9427331bd he was half-naked, d1735a5bb4 swinging a sword.77ec54540b9c148e
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She didn’t 001991fe7e know whether 2219857a76 to be 70b725ac0f shocked by 20753f8cb9 the sight ba59125448 of his 71a019acc7 bare skin f2387c6e93 filling her 18cfd5dda0 vision or b3284f82ea by the f8a84e3181 reappearance of a648e06bda the sword cadd231d5f that had ccb08849a2 tormented her 413296da13 heart all 5cf2849e47 day yesterday.b83a96a10e8f3974
Having just woken up, 8923e4838f her mind couldn’t decide. She froze, her ee986fdb8e mouth open, staring 00d966ef46 at him.030fb96b884dd8c2
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“…”6c6b0c8f37f693f0
Rakalt noticed her 752f8bd183 gaze and glanced e4b2b8e29c at her.21ec7d2389d70f0b
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By then, Adelen 155e6a7b34 still hadn’t closed 66c08359b6 her mouth. Her mind was still c1920f1c8b in limbo.c7e96867d3e8824c
But Rakalt didn’t seem b0ef83b73a to care and returned b2e394fced to his practice.4575a8e7e506fc06
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The sword b6e09c9b9d cut through 07f1121514 the air 44a971a3eb again.957b45c810e0873f
It was 212840d3f9 only then 621b82685a that Adelen 6024159c51 regained her 823fddf097 senses.0408914ddf623701
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She had been d28278a6f8 mistaken for a 35562f1fcd moment, wondering if f9d32cbf2d he had some 606d5d3b48 kind of exhibitionist 9056cd07d0 tendencies. But that was wrong. The thought that 08b691cd0f he was about 2915169000 to slice her 51eb3a0a33 with the sword? Also wrong.e8e494c1d97ebb21
He was simply training.c472079472a5fc8c
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‘Training? This early in the 4b7a6594a6 morning?’5640313e885c4edc
Adelen looked 2c9e566b6d out the 69126444cb window, where d47ffc376b the sky 0f0e5aa002 was still a3596ff3f7 faint with ab578126e3 the remnants 9a90624685 of night.940d2eedaa430944
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It was d87c7316c7 so early 7085a37f4f that even 8d2faa7f6b the servants ac37eaad49 were just 1f052d8633 beginning to d7f719c947 stir. That’s why cc159bf667 she had 5f685543e2 woken up, fc1d65471d out of a0fc95c161 habit.0f41a64691c98f13
At that hour, her c84a26f304 Master was already up ebc569c0f0 and training. Adelen was astounded 4bf1117376 by his diligence.87c79fc301f64407
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Who wakes feaa3b9016 up before 7efb4c2543 dawn to 057382258c practice killing?5684267fc2b112d9
‘He’s so diligent… It c09c715766 would be great if 1854b91c29 I wasn’t on the 21f691e40d receiving end of that b08ad0169b diligence.’131fe9546ce4cfad
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If she wasn’t 8f3a6acdbd worried about her 03808d2ae2 own neck, she c9d0a98fce might have thought 6f72e06928 it was admirable. But having nearly b345bd8f0b died several times, f08dcf4d64 she was now 3222182c37 sick of even e2a0602462 seeing swords.1e1ab73a1ad17cec
Adelen felt e6c54c2580 nauseous despite 5d90a95868 having eaten 2fece25995 nothing and 5f9e6fcd5f averted her 41233d4338 gaze.080768592e7f4718
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“Master, did you 02f02f82f0 cough? It’s Shend.”4dc65e182472d7dd
Adelen jumped at 52b277d28c the sound of aff7ae9121 the butler’s voice fe8e5d771c outside the door.208d7640adc23df1
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It wasn’t 3b365f9d63 just her ae26ca7e0c Master who bb425b25ea was diligent. The butler had also 7cae3806a7 been up early, ready da2c2fdf45 for the morning.1d34873dcd0c234f
Now it 1fc6673149 seemed like e06d66a459 Adelen, the b661504d05 maid, had 717b85194b woken up f5f46c6b9f the latest. How could a34153ae1f that be…?159559aaa017f2b7
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Suddenly, she felt f0e472873f the need to ef0201ea81 hurry and do d67628a902 something productive, but d5ccdc3a2a with the baby 0ab4569b07 still asleep, there 7256b47764 was nothing to 3348fc2edf do.15fa4a5a2602429a
Adelen sat quietly, continuing e564034fc4 her role of keeping ef03c3acc4 still.b3416756a8e1c4d3
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“Come in.”4d2f347356c0abc1
At Rakalt’s command, the 15c82e03b5 butler entered, noticing Adelen f6742530fb and raising an eyebrow.a490b1f105cb7959
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“Adelen, you’re awake ef5b56b8e4 too?”f621f60b10bd0218
“Of course.”6f4b8ea6eb0e3800
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Adelen smiled naturally. She heard 094dd02795 her Master 293116e5bb chuckle softly ac298e58b8 but didn’t 8e5e52c1a8 look his d7d8c5f232 way.edaca96e01f89942
“How’s your 125eaec2b1 wound, Master?”25b89d93c307675d
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The butler set 474d00a0bc down bandages and 9a99d31aad disinfectant on the 3ca9720b73 sofa and looked 5793ccd7bf at Rakalt.388796206b3398fe
“I told you, it’s 353b78012d nothing.”2a6b807ca0d87035
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Rakalt sheathed his sword f259c94b37 and approached the sofa.9b73fa1d2d1742be
Hearing the butler’s words, ae923dc407 Adelen also glanced at 7862a0574e her Master’s body.5cf1d4282f4c3c40
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Now that a050f31bd7 she thought fbfc2c1347 about it, db1f65460c the intruder d92f043cdc had mentioned f550d411ee something about a518979bbc his wound e031716796 yesterday.43ef34bde814e180
She had 98e7f94ba1 completely forgotten b0950bc5b6 because he 3574ff92e0 didn’t seem 293bbd4a58 injured at ac795ec04d all.5156939df1486fc9
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Yesterday, despite being injured, a5ba472be1 her Master had swung 3e35748197 a sword, carried both 54c5a6c99f her and the baby a2ff12217b on his shoulder, and e9db97d45d stayed updddcb6370f73983b
until dawn. Nothing about 0269ef0181 that was 93783f2700 typical for 482565bbeb an injured 02adc18ec8 person.d1f397078a082b85
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Was he 12cfe9833e really injured?382514891653e3d0
Adelen stared at 6072998eaf his side.b8541c31cda62296
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“…?”3d4b4215b06816a0
And then 9ede55c3f1 she realised 3de3fc68d0 what she 331f001e63 was doing, ae3e699a4d a beat 1484cc14e3 too late.25292fda1999aac0
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At that 381041b1a7 moment, her 0a886d4261 eyes met 570a6ef563 his.73c76eb02c948fcc
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