The maid – Chapter 34
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Although the 0d91ebeccd war had 18e04a7a1e temporarily ceased, 23758e611a giving the 2252becfa0 impression that 7551586c91 peace had 4690166ce4 returned, beneath adac96df52 the surface, 7713ad26f1 fierce battles 9347be67fa were still b596dd01e7 ongoing. It was a a83a05fd2d highly volatile situation, 5d5f5de09b where anything could 9214dcc029 explode at any 430a9a22e1 moment.df56b72c2038f647
Thus, even 74492c61b9 the crown d1f749323a prince couldn’t 43a07d350f predict how 82dae6dc23 things would 5e3d85ea1e change, what 645c67d6e5 his role dd6fe45896 would become, da2a8512ba or what 6a433e1b47 would happen 391d789881 next. Therefore, she couldn’t allow c0a12a41a6 herself to think of c2f3ce4d97 the child as someone 6bb0e5da26 she would carry through c62a9e5052 life.894a06c9d51341c7
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“There might 1b4087d18b come a 44e3b5a773 time when 67675606c2 we’ll have 240c2d9d73 to kill a0173b945b the crown 80c3f8fd9c prince.”a90e6160c7b4f5ec
“!”8b1ce32850251518
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At Rakalt’s cold remark, 1674be3548 Adelen’s eyes froze.74432a255f309588
“W-was that 85a28b8497 just a 3f12ea2505 joke?”d4e59ee1a4e57420
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“It’s not f7db2d2f5e decided right 4dba4251b3 now, but b188c6bcae it’s something 6e06166bc6 that could fe0cfba68a happen eventually.”a12f4782dccd3f6f
“When…?”58939b8849deea22
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“Try to distance 9ea47d185f yourself a little 3c050ad9aa emotionally. We didn’t c440e4f80f bring the 33bc7100ec child to 73098a1cb2 raise, we 0a4789948d brought him fde1311c36 to use.”6571e5b3bbb96f8c
Adelen couldn’t c09b3eea46 respond right f746d6e425 away.72360d608dcdf6f0
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Could she really 24749407c3 do that?0e6784970dd53eed
This child was bd60fbbbd8 already her child. Affection couldn’t be given 3230831d92 or withheld at will.8e8839dd8aacb35f
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“Can the human 7caa4e24ee heart really do 7f4c301321 that?”12eb0167ebed21ae
“Even if it 6416e63202 can’t, maybe with 135674d4a8 effort, it could 85b24975fd one day.”6ab394293535aba1
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“…”8027b8d85f61ffd7
Adelen’s lips puffed out.7b0b8e5d9affa896
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She rebelliously pouted adorably.5a3d0a8723ddd64b
If only she 73f22d77f7 had been more a6bbf3a19b defiant, Rakalt would 553dce97bc have scolded her b05a4b9c4d sharply. But now, 1d2f89de73 with her c1092f2073 shrinking back ac5451b185 like that, 3b2a9da8ce he couldn’t 29968e27ef bring himself b3cd8172b7 to scold 7e3efeac1b her.ff4ece43113a6637
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If she 40128b9b59 was going 48749927e9 to shrink, 19201746da at least a68b2b9fe3 she shouldn’t 2b901ffb7c show signs aeb3a6eec7 of dissatisfaction. He wanted d0153cdf33 to pinch 67f1187d04 her puffed-up 626cb11fe7 lips and b2cf82dde5 scold her.c339e4ce8ee4f454
Rakalt clenched his fist b1d79d87ec tightly to suppress the eb229dc4ba sudden impulse and crossed fb40ec50be his arms.26efc919e8691c35
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“Ah. If he 6529e47fb3 sleeps on b741537668 the floor e6fcd4bc69 for too b3b43e8db9 long, it’ll 57a5688450 be uncomfortable, c732b4a0de so I’ll 3bd9e2a9de need to 26dd844962 move him…”95cb34782abadcca
“…”c6f1008d3f90b1c2
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Adelen, seemingly b83ad49cb3 trying to 8d7a7f0196 change the c9a85aca12 subject, paused 9ed89cc014 in the d028ee6f94 middle of 221efd5e36 speaking. Even the ca3f1577f9 change of ae63151f4a subject was 13825659fd for the 78355eff54 child’s sake. She couldn’t help the fdbe7f7e0d habits she had ingrained.c3b646f003d2ab12
It was then 9bcce1f872 that Adelen glanced 33365a733c at Rakalt again, 81707373ae cautiously…e065496969a6e4bd
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Suddenly, the baby’s 8bedebe6c4 eyes snapped open 80e7e6c5cd as if waiting.4fb0d6a0d4655c48
“Koo?”5d9cb1ab3c05cd78
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“…….”a75398ebdba32ec4
Had the baby 0561e76dec already recovered his 58db542a85 energy?afb195c241e1f705
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Adelen realized that now 16360c11c3 was the time to 14a657a010 heed the advice of f43ac4d380 her master. It was a mistake 486bc182ba to think that she 4c4d2075b8 should give the baby 56fd7688cb whatever he wanted. She could end up afe5c7ae85 in danger!2cb3890db872eacd
“Koooh!”0bde95af364ca0d7
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But now was f1a3dfa7da not the time bd4089f8f6 to be still.ea43086a8ab786ab
If the baby caused 371a2ea29b a bigger ruckus, it 5b0e8ee8a4 would take double or 5271cbd213 triple the energy to 1868698f48 calm him down.395c33a96e170495
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Playing with the 674cbad596 ball now was 5d4d1bbb9b a choice for 83d6d1169e her own sake. Really.cdd2ed54b9879ac0
Adelen slowly got 4d332c1eb1 up.c2b65391dac97ee3
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“Ugh, ahh! Baby!”e709c0e42e9a28b7
And then it 107ead5185 happened.f4b9cac474df8899
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Rakalt blocked 24e6efde64 the ball 457780f654 flying sharply e431915579 toward her 5369951df9 with one 3dcb1b8b10 hand.0354964378ea88cb
Bang!5dd994041dd3040c
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The ball made c08650e09d a sound as 0376419fde if it were 7e42015a5e about to burst eb3c1c386a before bouncing away.cc34c537f26f735d
“Ugggh!”8c4fba934f3038a1
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The baby, 4067d22c89 who had 9ee2f30afd thrown the debeaa02e6 ball at f34a67fa68 Rakalt, crawled 0ee3b56aef toward the eb8041cf95 ball with c33d3fd7d3 gleaming eyes.3ef1ff4e5db7be90
“No, baby, this way, 68ad407c9f over here!”3aae3ee1352167ec
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Ignoring Adelen’s dc2f1cc7b9 call, the 32023bcc8d baby kept fc37f85073 his gaze ae71bb9246 fixed on 41fe30c137 Rakalt.3977ec7883fa1cd9
Rakalt’s eyes, in turn, a874d13e09 glinted sharply.5c6037bf288b7422
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“…A tiger cub a6fe253ee8 must be trained 9e6001725e while young. It looks like that f98e14ba57 will be my job.”ba5393b9896785cd
The warm sunlight pierced d253c4edd4 her eyes.b9dcce8c293b7ab0
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“Umm….”002916d9f5bfd33a
Adelen mumbled and c71e3ec49b squinted her eyes. Waking up to the 500e33dcc5 sunlight was something she fd44a2cf1f hadn’t experienced in a 887a5d0c22 long time.f749a5932f8e5f31
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Like most households, the 5cb969178e maid’s quarters were the 62fcade4d7 most remote and shabby, 703c2c8e6b so sunlight rarely entered. Waking up to the a43c5386e2 warm sunlight was a 819dec4bce rare occurrence.00bcab5ec3347e7a
But why was b2a0ee414c there sunlight…?63030dba7d8493d3
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Adelen, still half-asleep, struggled fa2b5c4c81 to think as she e1bef20022 moved her body.ce7486ae4d3d941d
“Ugh, ugh….”aab9e5ce9682cc12
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Just a slight b60e0152d2 movement made her 4ee73ab212 feel as if efecedbfa0 her body was a6c3c0e356 falling apart.937bc0026adf8ebd
Every breath made 2a8d563336 her worry that f7136536bc bone dust might 8560fba154 be falling from 99e1f23244 somewhere, as her 0269d8b062 entire body ached.bcbe5c934ec76fb8
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Adelen let herself relax 6f1d96354f again, groaning as she fb67cf9142 lay back down.4c6411aa917a0b85
She didn’t 13f5846346 want to 590e44fbc1 open her 2e2b7d76c9 eyes… she 27b3760429 just wanted 4fc0327a47 to sleep d7eaca748c a little 6d447a509f longer…08dc36cfdf4e5837
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uh, isn’t it okay 7189eca12c to sleep?061b837a4b084373
Right now, 05252a2486 she wasn’t 34e53099a7 working as 1695d1b411 a regular b9623f0dfb maid but 9ad601d752 was dedicated 2dfdeca62d to the 20a9a5e8a7 baby. She didn’t need to 4658005fab get up until the 4b635f6f39 baby woke her.c3fa55ed4ea77e58
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Having finished calculating 11257512d5 even in her e71a7881c4 sleep, Adelen smiled 17428364c0 softly and relaxed 6b40a658b7 her body.2f4ae6c5f4d8ce99
The warm sunlight, 73356c9b20 the cozy warmth 9aaafbbd5f clinging to her b33d583efb body. Even though her back b2fd750b8d was stiff, it felt 2e64673e3b good.8f2b307716ef0574
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‘? My back is stiff…?’6896175edcb5ef40
Her thoughts abruptly 5e9ced8199 stopped. A sudden c5e20186bf brake was 65abfd32e7 applied to efb1c0d8b2 the thoughts a27c084f0d that had 3628d6ef5e been flowing 17c2ca223f naturally.9269bf6d66ffb12a
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The warm 30626e1cac sunlight, the f13bbf44c9 clingy warmth a3689be6ad on her a3a5940b1c body, and af74c5c83b the stiff 3a69b99ac0 back were fd81bf6b92 all things 01bd069553 that shouldn’t 44027f167c have been bacb8336fd present in 6201df52cc his current c4575b588c situation.68f6399479be8fb6
What was going c5e869bc50 on? What was happening?81d56e913ecd33ff
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The fog of 903430ad58 sleep lifted.b1af3a1962de06c4
Adelen quickly e98f651689 opened her 65c81341bc eyes and 6cb491019a turned to 00bc0436ea look beside 59499fc5c7 her.cdd12ad15a117c03
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“Auuu…”659ad7ea54600484
The baby had his bbb4a50baa nose buried in Adelen’s 71ae1c90c4 side, sleeping soundly. He was so deeply c6711fd553 asleep that he was 7c2303b100 even talking in his 53991643e3 sleep.3a4bef34d4cdab7a
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Sometimes, his arm 44600368f4 would flap around 2f79730199 like he was 25998198a9 throwing something.56969a195138c84b
“Ah, ow…”32c0ea4fc154f649
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The baby had swung f0da3ae872 his arm in his 76133731b3 sleep, but it still 03c014e55f hurt. Adelen groaned and 6536bb8fe4 looked around more cd99e725f9 carefully.b10a4a63e98fa7b4
As expected, she and 5b460ffd8b the baby were lying dccbcbbc5c on the floor.3c9c9109d60b8dc1
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The location 4187352685 was the 557fd4ba43 living room. No matter how soft 5e941adcbc the rug was, it 77d7c84c53 was still hard compared 400c94c737 to a bed.8ce62fc36cdad771
Was she really f64f1de379 lying on the 33dafbf953 floor with the c34c05ee70 baby? Adelen pondered.f8c46bbe695ce906
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‘Ah, right. I was watching my bde3c1ba6e master play with him 4618aa16af yesterday…’bf79b64c13688f93
When had 2a23e46391 she fallen 02532647fe asleep?6864310cd48a08d9
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Even after dinner, 6e498703bd the baby had 94d714aa90 been full of d1e1580957 energy and played 8e15b0c06a until night.86aef67ec0c9dc00
Adelen couldn’t just 9338d6c48c stay still, so 0f9866a7ad the three of da010115d7 them had played 4f4c9d9531 together.16ce6a4b369bf7a6
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But as midnight aab2a4580c approached, Adelen’s energy 67a77e943b started to plummet. It felt like she 1d51c9174c was throwing her soul 379be975ce rather than a ball.3de7e15ca80bfcab
Her mind 957d577acb was hazy, d6c7983bfc and she 4b8daed64c staggered, so 4360a182e1 her master f9653cabd4 told her 974f97d1ff to rest 6b047c4353 and let 44a0d39990 him handle 1713faec46 things alone.cb5f8f5a15c17955
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That was when bd9ee983da the real one-on-one 62dbe81fb2 competition had started. It was 99a31b59c8 so exciting 84773968ee that Adelen’s 53ba7189e2 tired eyes fa65080506 regained some 379a59425f sparkle.ec747c18a735a340
But even that 91123082c4 had limits. As the night 6be4ca32a6 passed, and the 5c30194a28 early morning turned d2dcc9287a into deep dawn, 17e20e802f Adelen had collapsed 4835dfbf22 onto the floor 23785ef683 at some point.847becdc28a63d0b
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And here 4405cf855d she was 2ef3f8cb9d now.cd8b66dcff4fb972
Even after Adelen had d2e88a24b1 passed out on the 5b0dc1da13 floor, the baby had 889565bef5 continued playing before crawling 4bc57a664a over to Adelen’s side c641176c8b and falling asleep.8352bf11d201537b
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“Impressive, baby.”3c5ca68e48b96878
Adelen mentally admired 296bc20792 the baby’s stamina, 6806d97090 who had stayed ff2148fe0e awake longer than 595aa6d56a she did.d7ca8885f6ed4abc
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Now that 0d70e35a7e she had a77b0ae6e6 drained all a06b11c550 his energy, 38b988cb6f would she bfef777a06 sleep all 6521975c3f day today?5ee09e68859bcf72
she couldn’t keep sleeping 8f20d2caa3 on the floor, so c0b63cb5a4 she thought she should d131f2eca7 move to the bed. However, when d39ad650f9 she tried bf58935b92 to lift 7f1dec599b one arm, 75d0425cc8 the other 886ac985d3 arm wouldn’t 54f098a3fe move. It seemed to be 028fdb6dd6 stuck somewhere.3b253a5d7630969f
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Thinking it might 27609bd2c9 be caught under ab2800c482 the furniture, Adelen c28f60b48c casually turned her c572660690 head, only to 04f7e871e2 freeze.8e3a179fb3eb2a0c
“!”7a536cb2786dd8e0
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Her master’s closed eyes 947f2b62d5 filled his vision.4d77bab7eb1e9ae7
A scream 33825981e2 that couldn’t d25a8cc230 escape echoed 147594d0db inside her d329e33889 mouth.e1e7d140cbe3097b
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It was too da3326a155 close, too close. If she breathed, his fbbc8a6173 lips would almost touch cf9a87aea8 hers. So, Adelen 872fe4c2bb couldn’t breathe 39ca253918 and just a2462af741 blinked her 2582ad2a51 eyes.9ced76b1243cf23a
However, Adelen 0831522035 didn’t realize 908a014faa that even c76d75c0b5 as her 724085a10c eyelashes fluttered, 2fedd5d8a2 there could 45abc50440 be a 807284589e breeze.ad12609b7f543448
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“Mm…”b9159b4578cd6b97
Rakalt opened his 6fadbc06e8 eyes.26e9bfb6cac3087c
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Even he, being human, a548de68a0 had heavy eyelids from a06cdf191e exhaustion. However, the lack 34a9ce21d1 of focus wasn’t 181974167d because he was 3893033d41 tired, but because 9fb7ed4774 what was in be8d8174ff front of him 96e12c97b0 was too close.fd69c546c9df41ee
His bright yellow 0aac4295b7 eyes, sometimes resembling 3dedfe3038 a honeycomb, wobbled ef47d79b0b relentlessly.bd63563a398da677
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“…Ah.”864b9316f7c460af
“…Oh…”f301c3ee34bcf871
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The two stared 800f1d6ceb at each other bf4ee0b7cd for a while, cc33fa1faa unable to move.54c3de19813bcd3c
When facing an ffcceb43ab unexpected accident, the 4fcd718cd8 body freezes. This was exactly that 2dd2be72f2 moment.4165dfc30f43ef8c
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“…You’re awake.”5696a36b4334d519
Unlike Adelen, 60b35e2476 who felt 80cbae6380 like she b4fa177dea might faint d473cf1e20 from the 5ab9710051 shock, Rakalt 7ef33e113e seemed calm.7a728e1c1bc89dcf
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He slowly blinked 268d048682 his dry eyes, e658319bfe let out a 5fdc226663 long sigh instead a836986f9d of a yawn, 80b71d2952 and sat up.073baa8988b60e64
Only then did Adelen 6bd850f15d realize where she had 2f1c7f53e8 been resting her neck—on 4907cf5768 her master’s arm.3a17549cdd18409e
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Since they had fb3cdc61a7 slept so close 8171e2663b together, it was 814807d63e inevitable that their a51d078ab4 arms would be 7885443fd4 tangled.56bd7a64c89cb0cb
Why had they slept 632ba8e314 so close, with his 65834b8fd0 arm under her like 33471bded7 this?56c6b6f90c53061c
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Could it 6b784cc918 be that ee6fdca86e her master 884802e821 had been cf038a8026 kind, worried e44f953c96 her neck 17d859f3ca would hurt?aaccc1ec1835048c
Could it be that e875b44fbe kind of kindness?6cc72840f288b9b9
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No way!760d81552e44dbcf
“Did you 39b645164c feel cold 24d749830a while sleeping? I noticed you clinging b9f6155888 to me, but I 9f7418b69d was too tired and 2ffb951bd9 just let it be. How’s your 59de754925 body feeling?”e400a721053bcb3f
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It seemed 76448f4e22 “just a 6f8991aa65 guess” was 612d79296d indeed only 145bf03fc3 that—a guess.83cf90b3f389650b
And no, it 4b9e728889 wasn’t cold at 266a5c238d all.d93b7e191fd62c7f
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The knights had 622352e879 rekindled the fire bad42d94c8 in the stove 47c5324ddc before leaving, so 6d3ceba31f the room was a39fb753db filled with warm d75ffddd59 air. On top 76f20226a0 of that, 4a2ebff039 being sandwiched 2b680a236d between two 99385b2b22 warm-bodied men 58ef804159 made Adelen 586908d1e7 sweat rather 4048e34554 than shiver.e0b9c2731e2cb261
Adelen came to 6959a82185 a new realization 1db57d10d5 about her sleeping c7de14a06f habits.efa08549997dfcfc
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Apparently, when ed723b85fd I sleep b8b379d120 like the c5e494cfe6 dead, I b30a56b9ca cling to 7c2c1a8160 whoever’s next e888a491a6 to me…ada85ebdd6e2ca45