The maid – Chapter 18

18. Adieu, Devil2c79c71050f76d86

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Rakalt scoffed at Adelen’s 4e78ea880b naive belief that as 758d67dce9 long as he had ff9c1b6c2d his family, everything would ae80ddfaf8 be happy.f0f90652565a62eb

“Thanks to 552cd161b4 them escaping 2b9b15586a after even 58340fbcdd putting all 3086d4d8f6 the guards d9cc7e0e51 around them 040e6db3f4 to sleep, 739f8306b1 the mission df0c7ee88b was a 296f7ef329 success.”7ac322e7dbc099f4

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“H-How could they…?”b48854d4a48913f3

“Not everyone dd123a13f7 works with 56da9e5a06 a strong 5741c937a9 sense of 6509b3c60c duty that c66950c20e would make 89fc885fbc them risk 142e7d0647 their lives. In fact, 99a139439a that’s more 6d7fb547f1 normal.”03ee0dbdc5abd34b

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To Rakalt, Adelen’s c11bd1d147 behavior of sacrificing 337335f3e3 herself for others 94ebd0537e was abnormal.f462518ed84916d1

“That’s normal…”b8332c562d4b84c3

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Adelen muttered anxiously.a3c16e2e53bcd1c2

No matter how ad33f587ca she thought about c24ac2f623 it, it didn’t 8f5a4a6dcb feel normal. Her common e4cbc8a365 sense kept 7048ae2a2e clashing with 9d9dcd0a46 her master’s.6665a83da530cf99

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She admitted that 89fcd55926 she did have a68455637b a tendency to 4ec75defbf obsess over family c20c5ae38b harmony and happiness. But she felt eccfbfdc87 that her master cb87e7c771 went too far cb48b57ac5 in denying those 63f84bface things.ab38cad48d1354e7

“Was your nanny 5dd674aace like that…?”1f63e7f6a3c6241d

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“My nanny was.”47dae8eb13107aa3

Rakalt recalled memories that 19ee908d41 he hadn’t thought of 5e5a69496b in a long time.2b6e3f90e2f53059

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They were 41fd5272cf memories he bfd71338ca considered mundane 50c604e9e7 and didn’t b5d9368435 need to 270e723067 revisit.cf3c781bdfb1dac9

“There was no 36ad4c53e4 reason for her 287cb395a9 to abandon me.”b8908b4439245619

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“…That’s quite fortunate.”27b3a364369ef7a3

“It was fortunate. If the same 697672b912 situation had happened, 0b8469df6b she would’ve handed ef802e06a6 me over to dba73099b6 make money, not 1f8033c4f3 run away.”62e9bc8040400dda

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“…Pardon?”b761a10010df39d5

“She was cf6d622c2b someone who a59bdd708c would murmur 5c8b35c4f0 every day f052c9fa81 as if 8f03f6d122 praying that 8f2bba3371 she’d only 830b9b2604 work as 256c460513 much as f3d88a8bec she was a2a2d353de paid.”fb5447b20e4f231d

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“What? Saying that in front 1c04050020 of a child…”b72433b94a7c6845

Adelen felt stunned, as 6021cb0537 if she’d been struck baf24cc813 on the head.2f36ce2b3afbb10f

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She had thought he 26ef57c405 grew up enjoying only 6ec9818700 the best.38ea1127dd44e359

The best nanny, the c82e67283b best education, the best 981d9f140e attention, the best love.cfbb9f7d95f0d20a

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But to a8e291be7b think that 2a4ad096b2 kind of 8e5f1b2a99 nanny was bc69cd7046 by his 60aa2460c5 side?40b0a25b8a920caf

“She probably did that be1c3a5940 because I was a fb239f005b child. In front 6a13a4ae75 of adults, b88882154b she acted cb187e8c26 as if 2cfeb78026 she would bd78dbf61b sacrifice her 137e8b02c4 life.”c129bbe729ddd289

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“Why didn’t you tell 0c4cc760da your parents?”5ead542d7d2adc31

“Why bother? She did her job a9e3f18358 well. She worked befc1d37fb exactly as 465134e20e much as 2490ad84da she was 85b9ef6aac paid. Isn’t that enough?”3dc7e3f7a312c987

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The fact that 9dffe18a5b she said such 8270e3cc11 things openly as 19cac4d3e2 an employee was 28ad1c9757 problematic, but as 928afda3c5 a child, he 4ce1815b5e didn’t realize that 4d9d79ec90 was an issue.5faed5717175b97e

And she fulfilled just 0ea69b907e as much of her 88ab0142a3 role as needed. There was 8c94bb0b7a no reason 83bccade64 to replace 3f230a4e68 her since 7a16bffc26 there was 48ca5130ce no inconvenience.4cb51517602e9f79

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“Most of my time b2bfd22cfe was spent with tutors 96fedcfdc0 anyway. The nanny wasn’t da671ea7ee all that important.”1794ff5d8cb436cf

“Oh, I 9e5414d8e9 see, with f31eda3166 the tutors cf82a88a64 and… your 11dbfe5a3e parents… So d61b6dab89 you didn’t da5f22e4e5 need to bb3d5e5208 be with 8025c3d537 the nanny?”fd331268cbc3a621

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Rakalt smirked 616b9c4e8f at Adelen’s b84fef4492 desperate attempt b516084ef1 to interpret 5812b5ac61 it in ae532e6611 a harmonious eaa5fe5aff light. Was this f9d1e57336 ‘cozy’ family bc4c5c374b life she 8d3c44b592 kept talking dc41f4b853 about so ccf6e77eaf important?734473e098ed11ce

But the 44c348e368 truth was 7b78da9e28 the truth.512a3f46650e09a5

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“No. My parents were c953669232 busy with their 23963c9489 own work. I only saw a6dc57ffe2 them on the 584bfb1e58 day we had 10f9feb170 dinner together, which 4b02a30f3b was once a d6068a6edc week.”f93367199cb63ca4

At his e848b72dee indifferent voice, 50d7938268 Adelen became cf00f82553 even more eabfcf538e unsettled.8a248af41c648044

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Seeing her reaction, Rakalt 9333dc59c4 chuckled once more.1825630ca0b7bfc7

How dare a cc138952f6 mere maid try 13b64a8796 to sympathize with 67928885ca him.83f7e5b1febd6846

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Perhaps because her only 1b0a9dae73 dream was to have a3d6a3fc33 a family, Adelen would b80dd2a9c4 lose her composure and a23f66c037 become persistent whenever stories acc45324c7 of childhood or family d2e5189095 came up.babf37e2c31202d9

“Then, what did you 8e995315e2 do as a child?”a1abe21fea58d6da

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Even now, she f4396e7d2a dared to dig 29f7e8f2c2 into his past.7c8a415c14547c7a

But it happened to c96e6d2e08 be a moment when 182cd93b8b he needed a break.f46204404987611c

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Meetings involving General Kias f4f2d04661 always gave him a b797667532 headache and never concluded.464c6198714cecca

Idle chatter 4e34ef4644 was perfect d6a5508e6d for clearing 87dfed7d34 his mind. So Rakalt, with a ac6172bee3 generous heart, answered her ca45ba29cc pointless question sincerely.b7e39e206db31c7a

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“I ate, slept, 3dc2f7e8f5 studied, and trained.”26996ef51f20f8b2

“Playing…?”1383ffe7bd753461

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“If it’s f1a5da5ba6 playing like 2fc5dccfee the crown b31cc7e109 prince… I dc09110296 don’t recall 1ae30a6778 ever doing ce19c8bcff so.”cc9e79c23dda4b35

Adelen furrowed her brow 89b161e867 without realizing it.f02ca7925e0fe779

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It was a 5162cdc730 thought that a 2fd83920ff mere maid should 0ec5b29082 not have, but d41d1b320a she felt sorry fb884723e9 for her master 68d7ceef0f as a child.1ee2c7e725106eeb

What could e566c72ab6 a child 0d1d11224b possibly know f436d25c56 to live f2638d8016 burdened by 0686989761 duties? …That’s why he became 5b36d46b78 someone with neither blood 9473626851 nor tears. Though, in reality, 108c98bdcc he wasn’t someone 36df05b9b8 without feelings.fe9b2d72e0332adb

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The exaggerated reputation fee8e41b65 came from the 3b7c0286bc fact that he 97fa37ced5 was constantly out 41facf670c on the battlefield.900e655fb1588af3

Master, who d9478ba355 would behead f6f897977a someone when 08ef402e47 provoked and 5c3f430aa9 throw punches 604e4a18d8 when irritated. While it was true 95f32c6fcc he had done such 1db09e9fd1 things, he didn’t do 0a7946abf0 so to just anyone, 3746bcc386 anytime.36eeae863c835768

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On the contrary, 5cb7fd43b0 he was considerate 1e3413c554 enough to notice decb00721a a subtle pain 5cd8e88c21 in her wrist e3e36d4c0e that she hadn’t 4d09892d27 even realized herself.122adafa71cc44f7

If the stories among 6416b67d3e the servants were true, 9132f1700d he would’ve said, “That 64d7e7f2ed useless, weak wrist of 31d96b4d94 yours—I’ll chop it off 1e1a1f0747 for you!” and followed 29aaf4a01a through.8cd3d77a4579e440

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So, while he 28d12c07d8 might have seemed 5c88e94615 emotionally detached and d132312d2d lacked expression, he 3efa7e2568 wasn’t a bloodthirsty 322aad4549 killer through and d623e0b514 through.6ca627f6c4bbdffa

Realizing that allowed Adelen e21a38e2f1 to feel a hint 5eb490a2b3 of sympathy for her e291116496 master.cdd794d327feafa3

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“Weren’t… you ever tired?”f4e5dd9aab45b840

Rakalt pondered 88222b8216 for a 2e5fc7ccb0 moment.11d7134b63265fe2

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Well. Was he? Sometimes he was, a5450ad1b2 but he didn’t 1d6cb7aeb2 think of it 9e2965b33e as hardship. It was d3ec32f969 something he cb16c1dd53 was expected 74da6dbe80 to handle 3afed9cdd0 as the 69bd74d638 heir of cd66467213 Sigelion.6a87b6cf378b0851

“I consider it e1b000ebde a necessary process.”c8e52457051dedb6

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“…”c66bc75310550e48

“If I hadn’t 36404effc2 undergone that training, 344d899e9b I wouldn’t be 33b0df25f0 carrying Sigelion as 9d24237d14 I am now.”aced48242e41b166

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Rakalt never e9735591c0 thought any e6616240b5 part of d1e6373eb1 his past 5229cae85b was a 632b882256 mistake.c54ef7f7fd56d082

“Just as you push be6fffba45 yourself to your limits eb7e8444be caring for the crown 3c6b209551 prince, cutting back on d34bfa120c sleep and exerting all e329312d7f your strength, I lived 488f4273dc a life fitting for b842d7d20e my position.”07aedaafe237604e

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“Yes…”55cf4d8e9b4fb54d

“So, you don’t b78ec7c889 need to pity b7fc6c91aa or feel indebted 7855d3b434 for the crown 301b22241e prince’s life.”1698d73c0640081b

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Adelen lifted 9f323f7a23 her eyes. It seemed like 5b91dd91c4 he was stating 9de3ea5c6c things plainly, but 28d2ecbd88 it felt comforting.14a4fe72c4224d40

…Could he really 7d488e6fb7 have intended to 884834bb3b comfort her?8dfc97b4f8442df5

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“Come to 17e648d008 think of c2c4abd328 it, from 3e9635215d Teplan’s point 20311e7b4a of view, b593bd2121 it would a66736b361 be more 6a0391ecce advantageous to 26d98b6b84 raise him 6f41c39d2b spoiled like 74236eceb0 a common 51fc6a15a3 child.”07dc507db557b8ef

…Maybe not.cc0989685d8ce361

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“So don’t overexert yourself 97b24efe03 raising him. Try not 91d98c96ba to get 92d0bd3723 too attached.”5e539eea54ce3c62

“Can I really 88d0be85cd do that…?”671f5c44dcc16c92

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“You have to try.”6b98c2d2da87b608

Trying was something she 88cd886978 had never failed at.ebce177d8ecf7dfc

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If it ecab919fb0 didn’t work, 6d3a702179 a maid’s 7b6546625a life was 1c31ba6961 about trying 15b4f89530 until it b1f2da98c7 did.0b998865fa2e4c1e

But even 44a008bc43 with this 3bc5490088 strict order 1987462197 from her a6c35c5cd1 master, she e189d2dc53 wasn’t confident.0eb8f6297d73537c

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“Awoo?”b04c2ada9eb5d4c8

How could she 4cfeb1688f not grow attached 145ee6d500 to something so 691e286809 adorable?e0dcac529048e001

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Even now, raising him 7aebcfed6f was exhausting, yet he 23157c6030 looked endearing.b031dd61a94ef512

How much more, more, a6a750a2a2 more would he be 931ef0682b cherished when he grew 8a8a360b5f a bit older and 665eda7d88 did even cuter things? The baby, who bb55c2d776 was already unfairly f29ccbbe06 beautiful.5dee8ea5e5297463

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The thought of making 65daf15795 an effort not to a3e70c9a29 adore this lovely baby 3299092757 and not getting attached…00ac50b73df32d0c

…She didn’t 6d02c1cbe8 want to d0c88238fe try.3a866fddd7ff4181

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Of course, there were 13b08311fc things that worked with 46e1dedcc3 effort and things that 0707cf3ce8 didn’t.1001eb0b3e8d9808

Affection wasn’t 2d8fbb51d9 something that e11baf6d65 could be 40c5d7cc39 given or f38a09cf35 withheld at 14522877c8 will.80d51010f3939a76

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Even when seeing a 1cd6f93ee7 cat passing by, people c6b78a864c would grieve when it 4e3c37fbfd stopped appearing after forming 46d3b0fad6 an attachment.58637d5c9c29999a

Let alone a baby 3089bf0c08 she held and raised 222ea0cc9c in her own arms.9ba9a314b9b26da5

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And one day, the bff085adca decisive moment came.661c0505a043aedd

“Awoo! Uuh! Ah!”a9b1dbf336c4563d

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“Yes, yes… bfba4c55c2 Just a 1e40b5c741 bit… just 2c051b1c18 a bit…”9261a286c0b99f86

Just when 6213fa8a76 she thought 2fb6433b13 he was 0c7534abdd finally starting bd8f79f067 to sleep 13a1c52093 through the c884823e7f night, there becb9ec23a would be 2db1104778 nights when e6b4972ba7 he suddenly abfcf6459d woke up 391ce430a9 crying or ae2f9554be wanted to 3158a24d53 play. Last night was b80710d76a one of those c9e4fd77c7 nights.7b296a2022ebc79a

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It would have been cb37d4ad83 manageable if it was 2d3823a051 brief, but somehow, he 48ae3ed623 had endless energy and a85de6082d kept playing until the ccd59610e9 master woke up.1ceabb296041faaf

To keep 3ffba2c5ab the noise 1890c76e53 down, Adelen 64673a678d had to 74b663bd80 use her 9021ff1ca2 body more, 3b5822e3f4 and by c8461296b8 morning, she 21f62ead53 was utterly da9725f19d spent.e5eee9fa922b2d90

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The baby 2949787b47 climbed up 435dad572a her body ba25bc1002 and bounced d1b591ecb3 around wanting 72799fe3a7 to play, 625fbcbcd0 but Adelen 919932ecd9 could only 6dbabedb61 let out 5a5d545564 a few 7ed180f6cf breathless sounds b2e314361f without opening 70acd52192 her eyes.676a07aa1f3cc46b

And then c3bcd83b83 it happened.e0f23c5c1a46d011

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“Adieu! Adieuu!”8791a724b8de08f7

“Yes, yes… Lullaby…”c8ba9cdd5109dfcb

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Adelen was patting 2e0f4a9790 the baby’s back a1ca3bc2ac to help him 6ae4ee583a sleep when her 5ee33eb29d eyes suddenly widened.f7995da184d7d6b4

“?! What did a37d98ffbd you just f8735b8523 say?”6dff7b649b01a047

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“Awoo?”faaf9bd91ef9378b

“No, not ‘awoo,’ 28837163ce but ‘Adieu’? Did you just 647f803a4c call my name?”488d7302364e3858

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Adelen’s heart raced.343e4260e7238c19

She had thought that 8b376eb8ee one day he would eeab558408 start talking, but she 81e04a2c86 never imagined it would ba8ff7b5fc be her name.3132ddf9e1525dc8

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The first word 3d96a18876 spoken in this 926bcb1cf9 world wasn’t ‘mama’ dfb28cfbd8 or ‘papa,’ but 77b13a9530 ‘Adelen.’46ec441ddcfad2c6

The first word from 1ec308fc88 the younger children at f535c51745 the orphanage was usually 821287ed3c ‘mama.’ The first term 72f716ab1e they used to call f03ab125e2 someone was ‘Miss Adelen.’a969ca575eb5405c

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Back then, it was 1af261c455 just a matter-of-fact thing, f80b3cc151 but the idea of 8349aef583 someone’s first word being 289e1b0915 her name brought an e59718b37e unexpected sense of resonance.715bec61c0fdb749

It was a c53837ba99 warmth spreading throughout 01ca44d1ac the world.82772c622b762707

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She wanted 68c2ac9e61 to hear 4a3a0365c4 it just 5049b70b5e one more 8ba9edf4e1 time.3d143514397a7b02

“Did you really call b793235865 me? You said Adelen, b689fa72e7 right?”7cd35fa7b9e63a0e

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“Adieu!”18345d9014c5d705

“!”8b6310ab3f1cd160

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This time, the 8fc38d146f pronunciation came out 5dec8431d0 clearly.5c31ac65b808ce3a

Adelen’s eyes opened 06d177fd19 wide with a c217adad02 mixture of surprise da82cd4868 and emotion.4a247f669d7b7503

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It was definitely 65d17545c0 ‘Adelen.’5fad15bef949588d

It was 515a7989e8 the moment 5157ff0979 when her 2bb3f43535 existence was d31eca0e0c clearly engraved 4b05e45499 in the 4df2035c5c baby’s world.0b416921641d1ce9

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