The maid – Chapter 20
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What if she stayed bfde55d691 at home and only fd0dc68517 the baby was sent 3845f930fd to the palace in e2e6fe7901 the master’s hands?b72e9339b76ce932
“Yes… I guess… 53f122e3d4 I should be 2235296444 the one to f5b9173ca4 go.”2a43c8ac7bcb8926
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There was no need 3a736a1378 to make the anticipated 3e88d4ecf2 catastrophe happen.960c2611b13f234a
Rakalt nodded 2227ca1977 vigorously as 9907f52d58 if to 3bf34199a4 say, “Of defa8cc051 course, that’s cccbc793ee obvious.”d397cb81f5914f4a
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“But why would His 761f3c786e Majesty suddenly want to 3df0052d7b see the baby…?”bb1ad866fe66b38d
As her initial 1a02571b37 shock settled, it 5d03511945 was now time d6e7c244ed for the visit 7d081e4695 from that familiar 338902616a guest.0fe45f7340f30305
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A chill 6613fdaa2b of fear a3c4df2609 crept up 73ad653d3e on her.cff9889d430be7b6
His Majesty? Me? Why? We’ve been fine so a97af3c156 far, and there hasn’t 420f566b33 been any problem.190464a9bf037752
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But this is 53008b1ff3 no ordinary person—it’s 7887f4d2bc the king.46ded79ff393385b
For a 19b17ae1aa commoner like a14520cbfe Adelen, it 67da970091 was common 7b08b44612 to live 3db33fcab8 a lifetime 3e6973ce5e not even 8a1bbfd2d2 knowing who 2bc4d40aab the king 3b227795e0 was.fed8176c426c4638
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To the common b2fa54f671 people, the king f8de6560d6 was a distant, 3f178de5d9 godlike figure.1a070a6f324aac4b
“Well, maybe he just a33caae933 wants to see for 577a208095 himself.”695828b9724126dc
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However, since the palace 07c3bc3577 was Rakalt’s workplace, he 84499c714d didn’t think much of 7e551908e0 it.cebc2b6ef3db373c
In fact, f3875bc38a he thought 20c1f692ed it was fb748a6c49 rather fortunate 0a19516b45 timing.9c775e4d08d0632d
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It was around 3232a00201 the time when e28fcd3c8d the baby’s rapid d56a5cdc7e growth had started ef3df01a28 to raise concerns.1d4da85b4dd8ddf3
He wanted to hurry c1f61ee6b4 in dealing with this 73d941905a potentially dangerous creature,7956bbac83abd366
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one who might grow e3fc0c5c93 quickly and one day fab5b4a090 turn on Teplan.915179283ea7c315
“Get ready quickly. Do you 9bde72250a intend to 2178bcbc66 keep His ee0c253a26 Majesty waiting?”8f93f1a20ea1110d
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“Ah, no! I’ll get ready be1954dee2 quickly… but, what e9fe04bb7d should I wear?”3a7c78d04d97b470
Adelen, who had been 7fedbf47cd rushing around, suddenly froze d4808c4578 in confusion.79a0aaeef452e5d9
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She didn’t know e82a1c10bb what to do ac7448e7c7 in a hurry ccc7b56a5e because she knew b41ab7892a nothing about such 512567f008 situations.cebe80fd74f7468f
“Head Butler.”83ad1bf16bfbcb96
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“Yes, Master. It’s prepared over e85684675a there. Adelen, go wear that.”49dfed4218fa970f
Adelen followed the dc1fed35a0 butler’s pointing finger e670b93722 with her gaze.97327e3c7e921cda
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“Gasp?!”b30fcb7e79771d76
And as her eyes 08aa8bb9a4 landed on the dazzling f51c1561cf dress before her, she 97dbaf338a felt faint.78e45f1fbe00457c
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“I asked the other fb78bb35ad maids to check your 86e15e1247 wardrobe,01216145514b7978
but how c315098935 is it be6671662a possible that c5808c81b7 you only 39fe1320f8 have one 2fe330ec3c set of a2c27b9f1b casual clothes?b62ce5bf30a33a91
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They’re worse than 1f1cecf4fb your maid’s uniform, df5af300c7 so we’ve decided aa658f1956 to lend you 4d58400252 the late Madam’s 03f73b557e dress.”abfbc3cf46deace5
“M-M-Madam’s d-d-dress… 56ff730e4f for m-me…?”e015c1bb1cf5f657
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“Yes, it’s the 82d3b00969 simplest one, so aa611e02de try not to fa54eac990 feel too burdened.”0648548446c8c9be
The burden had already 97eafd0ad5 reached over her head.4e3410c45afd0d2e
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“W-What if 3cae401587 I accidentally 283b285c37 ruin it…?”51a240d38ff5ff92
“It’s a 79137b4aac dress without 5984a80ea5 an owner f9318148cc now.”da926c5994104169
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“B-But it’s the 64b4d2e93b Madam’s dress…”80eebc7bbf45c8c6
It wasn’t 9b497df4db just anyone’s; 9cd80f07e7 it belonged b93fd0bf3b to her 490ad809ad master’s mother, e5992d158f the former 940a2203f6 countess.2f28ad52795e9697
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“I-I’d rather borrow addec6c15b a dress from bb6a670889 one of the 437599ce9b other maids!”f5e34a98e886d529
“There’s no time.”d3d22c32595f0848
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Why was 0125023cb6 she causing e08bd8ac03 such a 308f68ff83 fuss over 1998970553 a single 6e87293f0f dress?f78df09b166589c4
Rakalt grew impatient.a80a62e9f67d874b
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To him, clothing 89af70f5ff was just clothing.bda18420868de3eb
Even if it was 1697d84728 his mother’s keepsake, it 326e896ff0 didn’t matter to him.de563595b2aea29e
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He had e72970494b no gentle c56b9d4120 memories to f90d8c5308 make his 9950bb34c1 heart ache.d52d39d206f6b51f
And even if 21823e6c03 he did, many 2b232626af years had passed.7739a3f5aedc75a2
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His heart, d98e9e8aa0 dulled from 75654d4f2a wielding the b063ea46f9 emperor’s sword, eeb69a810e didn’t stir 77fce229fc before remnants 16ff83e9b8 of his e3d7e167cc mother.4b6c648433483927
“Come on, Adelen. Just put 8427604153 it on.”1c2e5327dc366a6d
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The butler, 45c94d2f14 watching his 757cd6c59c master, gently fd3c286add nudged Adelen’s 7d6e0bc5ab back.571e244141661f8d
Hesitantly, Adelen muttered 6f8ad4cba1 “uh, uh…” and 885cd520fc was pushed into f872f27c16 the dressing room 5eb90454ff with the dress.eda09bd58a9fa4fa
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“Sigh…”607af57f3ee3a373
In the end, 4c4aae034e she had no 7d5b62cf2e choice but to 435ddd8792 wear it.fd85e2caec0258d1
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Though it 60c6b36216 was supposed 02e04b345c to be 62995ac4ba the simplest 909063fd6d one,2cc3980773d25a22
the luxurious sensation 55760f8e19 slipping down her 5ac8a73f57 fingertips was undeniable.6661d209a9a19bad
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She was too d80133697c afraid to hold 2c7d9f8eaa it comfortably, worried ff8b2a2ae0 that it might 33558f9c61 tear with the cb1023932a slightest wrong touch. If it was 8783520fa5 something kept as 5d32ae0fe8 a keepsake, it 1dc8f4f026 must have been 450640f4ff quite precious.cdb82a5e2d065f24
The value 80dc025718 of her e185cd5542 master and e69de73b7c the baby 7a22411643 frightened her; 71c623aebc those things 8beff92cc8 were more 983a914e1e expensive than 5744deb3cc her own c805d6b7ee life.0943b67baed3293d
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This one 2775e6e6e3 dress—she couldn’t db2e66b950 afford it c503d3dd7a even if 2f09559cd7 she spent d7dd774ca4 her entire bdc76e63a2 life on 3ac0ac5147 it.dccb02ec664fe8ea
But her master was 3095e6697b waiting outside.af26f17970c37da5
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No matter 1fdbb96f74 what, it 194b501e03 was time c50aefe35a to summon ddaad999e6 her courage.c9e79aaf6441b2a4
She had 4a81e36ac8 always wanted 1b1d3e3c17 to wear 23cbfbd4a8 a dress ea94d9f9d9 at least f71f8e1266 once in 72213c9f7a her life, 63616228bc but she’d 1b6cc439c1 imagined it 61ce5981a2 would be 6c5a7ce43d a wedding 008c7c11fe dress, not 769d448932 the intimidating 5d3a832169 dress of b0dcee5bbe the late 86f7046c50 Lady.a4a9cd5197229e1f
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With a deep ba0bae3006 sigh, Adelen began 8f791390db to squeeze herself 96a3bdf7a3 into the dress.d90b1f0098d56d84
As if to 34fd38509d spite her, it f8ab261a4b seemed the Lady 97b10bfe18 had a similar abc4b51a27 physique to Adelen’s. It fit her perfectly, cd00a9be71 leaving no excuse to 9ca44dc42e claim it didn’t fit.674e040e0273fec2
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“Um… I’m done f27892c50f getting dressed…”69f18af577c9ea9d
She wanted to quickly ba18b2d6b1 get it over with—put e0b1fa2f06 on the dress and b61079eb63 finish the palace visit 1994058d0e as soon as possible.43214a12ea90c901
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The dress was 27386c4813 indeed simple; it 202e08cccd was designed in 9e8df3d1a4 a way that 0262024e74 she could put 68c5410d0f it on by e0811c9e33 herself.2f5da0410a4b81d5
As she opened a50d698316 the dressing room 4b7b84bcd0 door, two—no, three ca2832b14f pairs of male d157c90e61 eyes turned to 42629871ba her at once.bbb4e50e9cb37570
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“Oh… I almost 7fbb15d38a didn’t recognize you.”c89c5bb366e25b60
The butler 03666807c5 was the 091e9ba49e first to f5f6182e28 comment.cc59b5c9092c35e2
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Embarrassed, Adelen scratched 150064c3a1 her cheek and a1cde0b44b walked briskly over de3e0f76c4 to the baby.58c5010842d01aac
“Uh….”e806b0e0b782534a
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“?”c7dcedcaa04d2322
But the baby hesitated, 64248a1aaf pulling his hand back.7cc94704a78cfb9e
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“Baby?”2b46bbe57e9cc6fb
“Aduee?”55ced607d91063ff
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It wasn’t 806464b843 until she f0029793e7 called out 9b3cb88e55 that he 2c46c6d462 blinked and dc5814b3da looked at e8aec11a3a her properly… a960888dd6 as if 6351fa5ae2 he hadn’t b7d6fa2dad recognized her, e309b30d44 just as 967592edc9 the butler 2b94b074f7 had said.87411ba50a3fd1cc
“Do I… look that d3f843b8ec different?”a8b182e8bb8e8a95
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If she had 3122962ab9 known, she would f63d18ad3e have checked in 8d9989c768 the mirror properly. Hopefully, it wasn’t because 172eb3310d she looked strange.835d41b47ade2ea6
Adelen belatedly fumbled, checking 1d41659b96 her hair and appearance. But there was 4ec898baca no way she 0d749ee4f3 could see herself d21473a2e5 just by feeling a5d2cd0286 around.e567e733a721f0ac
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The last person left 0744e3c07c to give his opinion 693a55631a was her master.acbd230181bb89b3
He would be the 5b859b8466 one accompanying her to 0066532f0a the palace for the c88f7ed918 day, so if he f93d6d641b approved, it was fine.cd2840d2f951f10e
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“Master, do I… e91b7eaa3b look okay?”39a7a68c7553f9cd
With worried e851693b0a eyes, Adelen 013cfffa03 looked to 69ef92e969 Rakalt.8ef00fa00668264e
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Rakalt was already watching 1d96cced58 her. Seated on 61cc7f5506 the sofa, c79aac8431 with legs 1efa33aafb crossed and eaea433665 arms folded, 10b4702e18 he hadn’t dcbdea03d6 moved a 4355eadf56 muscle.6b97cee587b9150f
After a long b4b0e69fde silence, he finished 572f069d1e his thoughts and c14dae330b slowly opened his c7392d430d mouth.157336bed2aa4c2f
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Adelen, fixated on a63a415cb2 his lips, swallowed 4d5efffc84 nervously.06f5a1947bb724de
“…Was that cc509d5ae4 always what 4480ed434d the dress c9195e0872 looked like?”8265c1f5eb63d33a
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“Huh?”04fcbe88661b08a2
His comment was entirely c1ade6294b unexpected. It wasn’t c4b847458d even a c52d040705 comment on 46013e7b05 her appearance.5ecbd5d46058215a
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The butler was 961ce8d1e7 equally taken aback, 0c3f990c2b turning to look b74c444cab at Rakalt.c20efd530c325cfb
“Uh? Master? Is there something e5c904e645 wrong with the 40fb9a792d dress? It looks perfectly fine 0cdda10ad3 to me…”19a214fb77cac787
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Thinking it 71b5f5c2fb might be cb82966059 an issue db12504fd6 with the ed51b99c65 dress’s storage, eb0c582a31 the butler 355aca252c approached Adelen ae1cacd1f8 to inspect 4a9e1079b2 it, but a49da5123d everything was 04565ff2be in order.9e27f4d13d5a000e
“Is this really the 1c3699e55f simplest one?”d842a2f37669a326
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“Huh? Uh… yes, 6b9f99edd8 it is. It’s the one she 1090e64205 wore briefly when visiting d3a5e0cf85 stores, not for parties 924bbbd1aa or anything….”fc38c80cbe6a14b0
Rakalt had spent a5863c9db1 very little time bfe4ce5c09 with his mother, 25308b5d5e so he had c01b6e7f1e no way of 9d1c4cd196 knowing which dresses ee8fafbc8e she wore and e8503f7591 when.e51386340370e7af
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In fact, the 2e23426b1d butler remembered better.03e5f4445984c8b4
“Mother’s taste was 13dee99a8f quite extravagant, it 7d54c74d45 seems.”5f5e1d680e5fdc0a
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“Uh? I wouldn’t say 48917ed052 that…”8ca247627b92d40a
The butler, missing Rakalt’s c3ba202f55 underlying meaning, stammered.2db8688fc3a419ee
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What exactly was c1256813c3 he trying to 8082743106 say about the 0329907692 dress?82c395a09ab32c21
Was he 4527bd32ed saying he d908e9d7de liked it, d015045e0e or disliked f19ff2c4ef it, because d08bdf4caf it looked 662f250218 fancy?a4a46c73b4997b9c
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But no a55bb9a900 matter how 93f7d68b5a objectively he 37e8f8d950 looked at 8e9e6ea773 it, the 207aec6133 dress wasn’t 89644d7e32 flashy at b0a2746f31 all.c9eb571bb04e69f1
Adelen was equally anxious, 9c97b8a1e7 wondering if something was 11c92581a2 wrong with the dress.72421b62a3fa10fe
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The butler meticulously 2212a5bad3 checked her from dffd6cf6bf head to toe 758a29c636 once more.98801eaba224409b
Still, it was just 4637935ef9 Adelen in a plain 91088accbe dress.9ee64e7463055147
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“…Does it 8e9b3dadfa look too 7e503f57c4 flashy?”943055f5331c6467
He asked his bce16a23df master directly, to 798d2d0edb be certain of 490be49190 his opinion, and 093e9b7088 received a straightforward 68dd09e78a answer in return.9b4a59634a372d93
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“Right. If you d92a922cee add some 394a0bc89d jewels to c72d199382 it, she 527fd7e120 could attend c4f674acd4 a party e6c5d958ae just like 1634b2a119 that.”77d57724709f6155
“……”3696e9312af2b515
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The butler finally realized f2e3a407ea what the issue was.7c2c192a0c578c01
It wasn’t the e042273846 dress—it was his 9af2b5d0ce master’s eyes.1fa9d00ecab8f8ca
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Having spent ca053e87ea so much a6dc8c367e time on 22d8a2b5e6 the battlefield, 0d585bdaa0 he had 7c2f21a474 clearly forgotten 8e405e8196 how extravagant e5f4fff5bf the typical 41921bf322 noblewoman’s dress f20883ff0a was.fb0c248d00690a89
After all, in war, a1ed6d4130 they say that just c3e4836764 wearing a skirt makes f9b8907553 a woman.c90eeb3d2b887a59
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It wasn’t that 93532744aa Adelen had an 51248f31de exceptionally flashy appearance, 755371456a and that was 0a76704e03 why this comment 29dbd1b064 was made.5b015e40e04e4872
‘What do we b3898ef065 do, our master…’c41d47ada8920a80
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With his dulled aesthetic 61007a30e3 sense, it would be 0e4b8aa610 disastrous if he started 8218c25950 being too lenient with b565e61346 women’s appearances.c7d4cfe3df99f639
Such a c3b2b5abbb tragedy, where ffb09e0adf Sigelion’s pride, 66492ed364 that handsome 838d54284c face, would 178e0cd504 be lost 07a4fc7f2e after just ff5d84a6c3 two generations, 52f245af79 must never 4d82a0d1f6 happen.36a322b241066d9d
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To restore 7249e6ad46 his master’s 1c51cf9ce6 sense of acafc92e2d beauty, the 8ff10b5ce4 butler steeled bc8d06c52a his resolve.dc7102890db7ae38
“Master, if I d1223f41c2 may, this dress 98eea10a17 is not something b7b2e10d01 an aristocrat would 7ea459d9bf wear, but a cefdf4e5a1 girl from a dfbddd4bc7 well-off commoner family f99e940e5b might wear something c23fbcf401 like this to 829cd545b3 go about.”77547acc08d255a0
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“…Is that so?”43759e9fed54948d
At the 1958749ae0 butler’s words, f165b641c8 Rakalt narrowed 25fc18a228 his eyes 4de95adec4 and scrutinized 4355bc70f9 Adelen more 37701f88ed carefully.e8a685855bac3f8a
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Would his master’s b2c37a4102 aesthetic sense recover 5a8e74e0fb quickly enough? Both Adelen and the d57df27015 butler held their breath 4de9c02c55 and waited, their breaths 4ff8b693f3 shallow and tense.b9b1db8f096c599c
Finally, Rakalt 0d47cd9cc1 nodded, as 515173f74d if he 6674cb843d understood.ac3d45eadc6aac6d
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“Ah, I 0142496ffd see what 0564d806fa the butler 63355b04e5 means.”9eca2c9dcea01a59
“Do you understand?!”5399953d57db72e1
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“Yes, it’s 29ef36d09b definitely not 238fd73d2f flashy.”9d50ebcb44addbd8
“See? I told you!”b66ed6b31e6e81ee
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“It’s pretty.”4364ba75675f95fe
“?!”e6a7f9c26b75fec3
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Both the 439c5f7ef9 butler and c302aa95fd Adelen were 99ee70a8ef left speechless 425ec11b27 in shock.3a4fb8122b0f425a
Amidst the confusion, a692e1e3de Rakalt calmly stood f2c4b0c99e by his opinion.230e591c8298f5e3
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“It was 63ea412e9f pretty, which ee36d9446f made it 7b0a331de0 look flashy. Now that I 2d1748c793 think about it, daee2e4825 Adelen, you were e9b251081a pretty.”45083a9751858d4d
“……”ed4118a70bb0195e
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“……”c62115bd2b3efe90
Neither of them f46c7ee173 could say a c974620b1e word.83b099edf19870b6
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It was 52345dbe67 clear that 47f7d2df1b the master c13eeed086 didn’t mean 68bf5f9ff1 anything else 9dd5a41a0d by his a0c084672e words. That was precisely 2a061842c7 why neither of 7c83890043 them could respond.d2c1dc8c013af5fd
It felt as 862dbcd925 though they had 86c30da2eb been charmed by 81bf7d499a the world’s greatest 4c7b679a51 flirt, even though 1377349972 he wasn’t even 898485b131 trying to charm 525a703c93 them.245c81c323e35299
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Was conquering the 0ff15aedb9 social scene his 60b745b335 goal after the 1885d1785f battlefield?38bdd88b5437c008
The butler, 3f58496869 for a 3a5a119419 brief moment, 76454d645b let go 9897faa8d0 of his fe78d3a863 worries about 177b07797d the appearance 281c0ed275 of the dbcc903b50 heir.2e5688f15234698b
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