The maid – Chapter 14
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Adelen quickly lowered her 4623ea3613 eyes in frustration.e8441ab8cc8a5e99
Even if d36c8c14ef he was c8bf89aa69 a man, 941470e7e9 staring so 3f62737017 openly at a95a8733ba someone else’s 86ad10adc6 body felt 1cd5f8059c inappropriate.d9edb6c90796ec99
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Thankfully, her ccc2b508b4 master said 8efc5f2b40 nothing and 2f514945ed let it c1a4c84754 pass.60cc853e956b0636
“How is b3995851ce this not 2fefdc9f25 a big a5d96e5a83 deal?”9c53fdc1a00a5e4a
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The butler spoke rather f708389969 sternly as he clung 84f355de0d to Rakalt’s side.2e714afbc174ecac
Carefully removing the bandages 94b7299606 and adhesive plasters stuck 6a54e4cbfd all over, the butler’s 6361bb217e face was as serious bada81f650 as a surgeon performing c55cbfd98a an operation.5d2903c94dade29c
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The intense atmosphere 69a6454984 made Adelen glance 151611b45c back at Rakalt, d3977be7ba though nervously.5c37ebcfaeaa3ac4
“Gasp!”0d1146d8ce93979d
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The wound was 89d090c833 larger and deeper 3f32fb1797 than expected. Bright red and torn, f872813088 blood still oozed from d0a1f6e301 the gash.6db29f8b851827cc
Adelen was so ae9d494f15 shocked that she 83a2caa64c reflexively shut her ebb1598289 eyes, as if 289748c059 the injury had 2be842ae6f appeared on her c2166e5aa6 own body.9971c62da0807ba4
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Rakalt glanced at fef49bc293 her and let 8daa6220f0 out a small, 1c0ec3d02e incredulous laugh.097a54181d27b2f7
Could anyone b293475ac3 be more 7427e35730 easily frightened fe0c73b886 than this?84fe5b3346426803
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“It looks like daa225f531 it will still 7807dfded9 take a long 1cf4f4a48d time to heal, 7a15c198c5 master. We should call the 09c7c2a335 doctor now…”59109c338de123e3
“I said f9292999d0 it’s fine.”69ddaf7685c8137f
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“But if it e1ef6bad5b gets worse…”8e1d139035d11a75
“If people b16cd90063 find out d5820b0624 my injury a04d8d0abc is severe, d63743240c it’ll just 58072ce00a be an 7a9e2a3461 invitation for 9c49c2cf38 more attacks. Inside the mansion, e63692e69f fine. But outside, I have a0f40ba8f1 to assume that everyone e39944f7cf with eyes is watching 03ca4e490f me.”e130c8df2bd4b73e
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“…Yes, master.”1da6af5117d9594b
Listening to 9e7cb85fa2 the conversation e6609f3f08 between the e5fa7378fb master and 03f89f6f62 the butler, 6142c01550 Adelen timidly f8c5fce564 raised her d5c9499b6f gaze.0670bf73dac73864
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The one in 57cc01f662 pain was her 51a013ff67 master, not him.ab797c6704e81738
‘So the master does 7256fac083 feel pain after all…’6257b1297cbf24d4
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He wasn’t 88ff309e20 immune to 5c6192abed it—he was 0a74b447f9 enduring it.5471abbf1b3761a5
Knowing that 69cfae17df made Adelen 13c84046d0 suddenly realize 759c91d6bc just how 88b05a8d69 rough a ed05692594 general’s life 5befa75f09 must be. Of course, it was 086db73b31 something that should have 31e8522f79 been obvious, but since 306a4c1a7f she wasn’t seeing battles fbbfde08f3 firsthand, it was hard e8ca7cf302 to imagine.8377daa97e616753
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“I will begin c4183f844b the treatment now.”440727c23d89f4d2
The butler quietly started 09f1a64537 treating the wound.0bfb0000e63e6a10
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Adelen, too, ff9cf75536 started to 8973acd371 glance at fbe4f78cea the scene e6292105d1 of the e8753273c4 treatment out 6f24403bf9 of the 7dbd060e04 corner of bb70d504c1 her eye.17b65eba2ee36bae
“…?”2472db557e8eb9bc
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After watching 523bdfba80 for a b43766b354 while, Adelen 0c7dc7fbeb tilted her 94733ca727 head to c687ff8365 the side.cd10636cc096aa5f
She wasn’t a cf20b720c1 medical professional, so 1790396efe he couldn’t say 97b7ed71cc for sure, but 135ed63d8a even to an 9176e7e89e untrained eye, this ddffb0a5a3 didn’t seem right.0f17c6e30b82eb9f
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The antiseptic solution 932cdf3200 dripped all over 23c9dc000c the place, bandages 230934d936 were stuck on 37ce098738 in clumsy layers, 4a90c3e6c7 and the wrappings d7fa405950 were loose.2ba353576afbd5a8
It seemed sloppy even 0ca82c7eb6 before they were removed. It wasn’t that f8e6a99564 time had loosened ae5234d870 them; it was 95b07cca02 the result of 192ae6bd07 the butler’s lack 0cbd199482 of skill.84a28e066fbeec2a
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Is this really okay? Will the wound heal ed22532758 like this?4dfb87a225a6a511
After debating whether 4b61134b4b or not to 5d18b18215 speak up a fc3bdf6c94 hundred times, Adelen bfb1fd1f68 finally raised her 151ae331cd hand.5e67d5c6594f08a2
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“…Um, excuse me. May I try?”f777888b61505891
The butler, 366e19eec0 sweating profusely 9415e63e67 while wrestling b1aab9b752 with the 1deb354143 bandages, turned 23ff3cc8e7 around in 49064b18cb surprise.290f6ff9fa22b9e3
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“Huh? Adelen, you know how 6fe7e33fd0 to do this?”b8fab41ec6e77a69
“…”a59345e8800bd509
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There wasn’t even 76a0730fa2 a polite refusal.ef1838bb17fe76fa
The butler was f89e719669 clearly at his ed8ce2fb66 wit’s end with c496b74950 his own inadequate b46d451191 skills.17d23afc5ba26fda
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“I-I’ll give it a 78d0ec9b4f try.”6d7033410ae58431
Adelen wasn’t an expert 9b2a3edc37 either, but she was fce79ecf74 confident she could do 66326bb7c5 better than the butler.a2868604e0b15433
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As if fc6938f942 waiting for 93b5316861 this moment, d88149c692 the butler 96d3ad6e82 handed over e9ba8d6e9f the bandages f2a6112942 and stood 1e4f88f9cb up.cad3cab7c3088699
Adelen carefully 8dca363156 set the e5ea111df2 baby down fa318b6a32 on the 86769a3dd1 sofa and 54123d89a4 approached Rakalt.ac92bdf37eb9c88b
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“Pardon me, master.”1c3d5d651566e6a1
Rakalt watched da5927e84d her with a178f1f0ee great interest.6c81c0c77bbdca15
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The coward who fainted 62e5ebfdc8 at the sight of 196abccb7e blood now volunteering to ad21489996 handle it? Was she trying 86957595fb to earn points?f123d429ee24090a
Whatever her intention, 9e6e50cbd1 Rakalt found it d83e8c19ed somewhat endearing.4e1a8e7a35b4bbde
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Adelen steadied her trembling 3543509f69 hands and approached Rakalt’s 22bcdba6e2 side. She had 52a456e6ac stepped in 533a81f1f9 because she 897c4e1c94 couldn’t stand c4d1793d96 watching, but 7356ded9ca the thought 41c796c9d3 of directly 1228c7a7bf touching her d9b2746b37 master’s body 6113f2d620 made her c92bd4f22d shake.bda08d47feb56447
She was trembling 382f519635 from the sight c15745f795 of the blood d8bc699626 and from the f11494d969 sight of the 6c08fb4eeb bare skin.74c5d60c73cc4ec1
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“….”b9276b9744b20333
But as soon 21c0ee7d1e as she looked 84d3118a5b closely at the 405fafbd36 wound, Adelen forgot b884e901b5 about her trembling 221ef07ac2 and furrowed her ebea6b45fc brow.fd4771293ab103c9
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Up close, the wound 4d4b13d177 was even deeper and 860d9cd6ac more severe than it e73e331e37 had seemed.3b186ae4951e0d53
And it af398502c7 wasn’t the 10a1fcc855 only one—scars 4f34063da0 covered Rakalt’s 06978318ec body in e4e076006f various places. Were those 3ae816e727 also hastily c74c3e9b16 treated and d582af8e91 left unattended?4338d88cb1c1e8d9
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Count Sigelion. The king’s sword. Praised as the most 9f299597c3 loyal and the greatest 318203c140 general in Teplon. Behind that legendary 2a55752bac life was a 880af1e2bd body covered in e2ff74facb rough wounds.fecb4c486b631b50
The master’s life wasn’t 73e618273a as radiant as it 665d9312fc seemed from the outside. Everyone has their 1a92acbd5a struggles, but Adlen a5a8a2f84d had thought that c0fc76e467 people in high 5086c5dec4 places like her 6f638aefe2 master must live fc0935bbb7 in happiness and 0ad49d0905 splendor.cf65b30e9fcc43bc
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But to fbe1052299 have a f79f94be05 life marked c6000ecb11 by so de391324b7 many scars… 030c0580b3 How many f066ce7561 hardships had 607ab1acb4 he faced 22803cd45b to get 2d59cdafe9 to this e2042697e6 point?2ecc1b1bc644ea3d
Seeing the scars made 32be2e2f7f Adelen realize that her b2d3bb5afa master, who had once 6c350581db seemed like a distant, 16a5cd1d93 god-like figure, was human 627b0a60f0 after all.7e73ff71ea444012
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“I’ll start by disinfecting 869047e3c8 it again.”8512ae6e1919b6e2
Adelen carefully reached c6685669a8 for the antiseptic. Or, she tried 3ed1ca1dc4 to.ff2479f74c91d728
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Before the antiseptic even 910a81c170 touched her body, Rakalt 7d6819d61e flinched.1dc15078b2867eca
“Oh, did 45b9d6b0fc it hurt?”0f4955220dc714ae
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Adelen was startled, afb40e1111 even though she 66e8518b9e hadn’t actually touched 0cee9ce834 anything yet.d5390701465cf8c0
The master frowned as e3b83cd19a he looked down at 5aa133f017 Adelen.fc76520aca673d04
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“It itches.”fa0e3da3c5156001
It wasn’t the 58ef19b0ea wound—it was the cefe0213be spot where Adelen’s 12493f697f breath and hair 74dd7eeaa3 brushed against Rakalt 2a41525845 that itched intensely.ad21ebfcb23f962f
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Understanding now, Adelen hurriedly 1bd7a5b2ca backed away on her fd1aa6090d knees.80fa301b04b64629
“…I’m sorry.”08c026872d666f1a
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Like someone suffering 421e801e8b from farsightedness, she a4ddb1ae48 leaned her head 5e97ca3b9f back and stretched a0ee88777f her arm forward 8d6632ba06 to apply the 21f553c403 antiseptic.7c360885ff7d8b98
Though it must 44b14a7216 have stung terribly 6b05c0862e when the disinfectant 5d15a150ab touched the wide-open f8cc8f2df7 wound, her master 2074493d90 didn’t flinch. He remained 8957d01969 expressionless, as 6c71b5bdde if it 66e2742ae7 was someone 00b217b9a3 else’s skin.8695b75d291d49b7
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The flinch from when 1915d134be Adelen’s hair had touched 47f05801d4 him had been his fccfe929e5 biggest reaction so far.65112fb9d1586b44
What an odd man.26b90916737b2f91
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He couldn’t stand itching 5cca09df25 more than pain.e65bdf6ed7a25365
So, determined to a483308072 avoid irritating her 7b8ca36c18 master further, Adelen 3655edb648 applied the antiseptic d5f9f97443 thoroughly and diligently.76287f529a2dcb49
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As a result, the 15afefcc09 wound was perfectly disinfected.f02718dea7205a85
And somehow, 8f67ddbbbc the psychological f8faecc4a4 trauma Adelen 9239d8e8db had from c68d1fb5e7 constantly being ffef0437a1 threatened with, 38de16c5a8 “Do you 7b6baf198d want to 17cb6f0b47 die?” seemed ddf5f86dd0 to have cdb2b6bd8c healed a b631f7a5cf little, too.8868952fbd483f70
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Revenge is 10f7a56645 the best 11cfdbfc86 therapy, after f3d94a27e7 all.595ac5eaf7c9de32
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Humans can adapt to 726d6502de anything if they live 6160af71ba long enough.dba931c75c952abe
Both Adelen and the 67f3c2c46f baby started to settle 63405c585c into their new environment 7969066cfc after a few days.ba7a52f9bdb704c2
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“Butler, here. Last night’s bdf176dc71 diaper… Please 55498edf2e take care 8d1886de11 of it.”e9f15a27d4f8b9cc
“…Fine.”e3101ffcf3477af1
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Adelen also 3a53f9f456 began to 891ca5ec39 understand how 1271f0b550 her master’s 22156bf747 household operated.c7991732b3ac6c40
Every household f984eaf88b is different 7f6714e00a in how b7a0128e1f they manage 899b51bbd0 their servants. Some require 0536678c51 their servants 55b101ecc5 to handle 0bdded8d22 everything from 955ca903be head to 9a2760e040 toe, while 34fc578cca others don’t 820f92772a allow them 8b3eeef1bb to touch 782f6fb541 a single 60403b9397 thing.a9d9beeb1914c1bb
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His master was 70f62106a2 the latter.1cd1b67d776c34fd
Rakalt took care ffc4135151 of his grooming 54580f46c3 and personal needs a7c0cea8cf himself, while only 7d49749824 relying on the 82dbac4d54 butler for small 03ca05a033 tasks like tidying 063f4a7f14 the room.5c880a88a9dbf19c
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Now, that included handling 5e95a4156d Adelen’s requests.3e499f7f006cd876
Adelen had no choice, 173da81d5c as she was practically fc01aa273c confined to his room.e2f51bb7e5cb697a
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“And also, could 93e2c92fc5 you… perhaps bring 636aa1ef8c me a glass b2a207bc6c of juice…?”ea921fd84eec0bbd
“….”a6f713b9a649a204
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“I’ve been 2e39b8c762 chasing after a17b3d0611 the baby b961e2dc4e for an 64d9e9f6f8 hour straight, 66f819b110 crawling on 4d338bae0e all fours… 5a6ff12989 My hands 1818aac6f4 and feet 966b71e3f3 are shaking. Is that okay…?”7e7e533434cb5648
“Understood. Wait here.”c9293b7de9d03280
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At first, even 719aea6050 asking for anything de24dcc185 felt difficult, so 2bef4af6df Adelen would just efc851bcd3 hold back and 09d7ec7c97 endure. But now, she’d progressed 9aa14ce676 to the point of 336c0d73a8 at least trying to 54536d6941 voice her requests.372c00d4c316f184
“…Thank you.”5d04c4cac5b8b158
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Sipping the juice b38663ddcd that was brought 1cefb92969 to her, Adelen 648bf964b3 finally caught her 5dc960ef36 breath. The baby had apparently dda2b6b455 grown comfortable in Rakalt’s dccf6ad6c8 room, now rolling around 14be85073e the floor while shrieking. After several 6789bc60be hours of 12ff034e4f this, the e281113509 baby had 79b4b68bcc finally settled 122e3a8c3f down for 4d73986ae2 a nap.b854ee62b1c33c50
“It’s almost time 3fbc33f766 for the master dad5ff3d7b to return. It’s a relief the 9deeb73e12 baby fell asleep just d6c799dc83 in time.”da79a6d62d969030
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Although it was 8313ba3c33 Rakalt who had 39d8a17e7a commanded them to 6c7e309ad8 stay in the 93ff8900c9 same room, Adelen 32f896f688 couldn’t help but d8414109d1 feel self-conscious whenever cacd709fb2 the baby screamed 410f9c910e or cried.0c02cb6799220a4d
From observing 3c6c496f1d for the df8bc1cb1c past few 48b421cccd days, Adelen 0ad89daa65 had realized d5239ae0aa that her ebdb8bd672 master’s routine 25162e9f28 was as 01551a8ae1 precise as a642e552ab clockwork.4957e5f87589bdc2
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He would rise before b351dab3bd dawn, take care of 6016d6c2b9 his grooming, do some d5b8eafab9 personal training, and then 5e787f9df6 check messages and reports 331eaf55ac that had arrived overnight e8f6c3f374 from various regions. After that, he’d 242eb3e668 head out for 5b393ee376 the day’s schedule 067b6409ad with the knights, 219ec979b2 usually eating his 80d4eab555 meals outside.d75fcf310bcb9f96
In the late f2bc57cc8f afternoon, when the 55deb629b6 days grew longer, c00b3a068e he would return 1d430a0e12 and spend some bce77ff4e5 personal time. And what did he 5d36f5aea1 do during this time?8ca9bb4721ae8a6a
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Study.18b46ccca8d995f7
Yes, study.65d9c295893d8e46
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Adelen had never 702cad9260 seen an adult 0d62bf7e20 continue studying after f019efba5a reaching adulthood, unless 797d03f964 they were a 82eaa72353 scholar.43bab1a4f6283078
According to the butler, 4abd9dc58a Rakalt had never stopped 7146158352 studying warfare tactics and 9d0dd14725 the management of his 476ed58596 estate since childhood.8c1aa9d883a80c79
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Then he 546c1f95fe would either 135ee4181d train again b773712c49 in the 9f45548d2c evening or 190ebbd13d visit the 4942be1b50 royal palace 06a4f5915a if summoned. On those 5a372357b0 nights, he’d 82ad0610ac return very 3906ab2bd6 late. That was ae7c7400ff the only 959941a46b variation in 53ac673917 his otherwise 898bca7234 rigid routine.40b8af656ce7512e
“It’s amazing that b228f6266e after being away cf3031f951 at war for 32befcb515 so long, he fae4b5ee24 doesn’t take a 1e8f9d3548 single day off.”cbedc13317340608
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“I’ve known him all 6bd66c2821 my life, and it’s 19111496ae still amazing to me 40a053c90f too.”9e5f2cdb16aeabe4
“Right? Other than heading e09de60074 to the knights’ c9bc01b26a quarters or the 6bafa32b13 palace, it doesn’t a46cfcc208 seem like he efc197135c has any other b216923e90 engagements.”beaf1f4ea7ed4f21
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“Haah…”bab1d80376fe4a72
Adelen, who also had f67f61d56f no friends, found it 0383bf938a surprising that the master, 2b584ef1b5 a nobleman, seemed to b80bbc11f2 have no social life. Don’t most nobles 17e3de45b3 live for social 1b62dddb7a engagements?7836896b98e2a1bf
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“That’s why 586648e0b7 I’m so a4c90f54ed stressed I d37ab57c83 could scream!”0bd110862cfb2f9d
“?!”01bad5261c450338
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The butler 121e571336 suddenly clutched 7c433a18f3 his chest e908addc24 and shouted 44d1880e97 in frustration.5874f6f20edc5957