The maid – Chapter 44
by Alaa44. Rather a bc2fd0cd44 Venomous Snake d43b433c46 than a 2b96c5753b Flower Snake46ee09cc8fda082d
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“Oh my, did e45ec501e1 I hit the fe76c1fbb9 mark?”0e5c39b70e669d56
“No! Absolutely not!”164df10b43cf160b
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“Really?”b9e07162f88fc9ac
Maltina blinked in 18390a113f surprise at Adelen’s b78001b96d frantic reaction. She had truly believed 3925337dac it to be an a9892dd348 undeniable fact. Adelen rubbed the back d7d94383be of her neck.4c62e63fb7abc305
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“Why in 79cffdf0e9 the world ec01bca761 would you 27c83f9404 think that? No, wait—does everyone else d85074c079 think that too?”4f69c5b0ef54ab53
“Hmm… maybe 6e25072787 not everyone? I just have 844a2043f7 a good instinct 2bed259cd7 for these things.”f7215f073afdbaed
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It was a relief d44a32c3c3 that Maltina was the f2842bd567 only one with such 2c914fefca a misunderstanding. If others thought the 214a9bfe4e same, her future would 4f76baa709 have been bleak.2f8e81a7563be7cb
“It’s really ef833c95fc not true. Seriously. The master is 9b4bcbe824 barely ever home, 821f696347 and I’m too e58b8fbfed busy taking care e2b64793cf of the baby 6fbaba4d93 to even see 5e9fcc3f5f him.”655fa67fe3241365
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“Really…? Are you sure…?”b0c537d56ed934e0
“I am! And besides, the ba0e6e7083 master is going 9adb3d0f33 to marry you, 1728c587d8 Lady Maltina. How could something 74fb9d20d6 so ridiculous ever 4b2fce6740 happen? Who in cf0d7daa09 the world 569c9915b8 would choose 183a5e67e1 a worm 2b54ee9ff5 over a 60d6f4a846 dragon? Even if 247c03f9ac my master 0637b7a84f has no 443998a6c4 interest in 0178eef1e4 women, he’s ffbe77550a not a 539f96a9a9 fool—of course, d3019b7324 he’d choose 40c3163846 the better f1471a0e24 option.”681d5c8952269080
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“Oh… quite the 3bd0ce01e3 description. Alright, I understand.”9a4be0dd29808a0b
Maltina quickly b0f7090b2c let go 188dad4d52 of her cef8c50142 assumption.99603ead59dcc559
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Adelen sighed b3d1c4f5c4 in relief, 71570f9a37 grateful to 5422ba82a6 have avoided 5c165626f0 an unnecessary 07d9944291 misunderstanding.fd0f3c28aedc0544
But then, Maltina added 7fff2e6c9a another piece of advice.ef59da2d50e1e288
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“But don’t call yourself 2a6eb9a6d2 a worm. At the 5f9c8f2cd0 very least, be86562c59 you should e592b14445 be a c2b1dd883f pretty flower 76da65a75c snake.”17bc17535492ea40
“I’ll work hard and f4729443bd become a successful venomous 5aa3404672 snake instead.”748c5294a3c24858
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Of all eb3e44c724 the snakes eb8f691aef in the 014917576e world, why f9df99673f a flower af09af8bbe snake?21a912656f5d5240
Even if 58cc753945 she meant 2bbb32aea6 it as dd3ee49006 a compliment, c60338bc50 it still d12c61515f didn’t sit 9f397cedef right with 96e2e0814c her. If she had to 0be11a2318 be a snake, she’d 40be3fb480 rather be a powerful, 0e26c03d07 venomous one.e69bb2b4cdba2a19
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Maltina burst a82ce9538b into laughter eba27f2791 at Adelen’s 70291629e5 determined response.b54c1e42a74a9e8f
“Good. With that 1e3350139a much drive, 476bca4d25 you’ll succeed 6133d89984 no matter 7516f6d108 what.”b8fd68822da24f5f
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How could a 8665ebb156 maid even ‘succeed’?476a7f3aaacb760e
She wanted b564ea720d to ask b360dd601e but held 7beb15c2b9 back. Maltina, still amused, de6fb14acc added one last c37b8ec497 remark.0f909ec67d30b02d
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“And just so b5900efc2c you know, it’s f784908348 not certain that 7b28e7016d I’ll marry Lord 309fc86c8c Rakalt.”c43cb0f640c70514
She said 25adb1afb2 it wasn’t b9c8e172f1 certain, but 0616ce3b7e among nobles, c9b6172ad9 such words 7f793958b6 were practically c2d9bbebbe a direct 753ede7eae rejection. She had known 47749af895 she wasn’t particularly 750c1dc4dc interested, but she efc9f1804c hadn’t expected it 81b76d3cea to be this 0d69371e36 clear.bb28239a0b3945d4
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“Uh… why? Is my master 5c2337d80e that lacking?”b8e465453268c0fd
“It’s not about f93de91e27 Lord Rakalt. It’s my personal cc0809664b matter.”235902e3c7c81286
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“Personal matter…?”d351c743eeea89cb
Since she called it 089a24536e personal, she couldn’t pry f2275a6e8e further. But Maltina, as if a735722b6a feeling generous, gave her 10c5b8e627 an explanation.28518e708e94e286
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“I’d rather become 382ed4cda4 a duchess than 03faab88ec a countess.”78dbff892088a563
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“So, I’ll either a29e467ca6 bring a man 1df1c4184e of lower status 67435cb7f7 under me or 6de73a7254 not marry at dc48b16692 all.”ef08a54c2cce3c66
The real venomous snake 2ca404d0ec was Maltina.54538c95b566f283
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Faced with the ambition c75f2ff43c radiating from her, Adelen fadcc4e09f quietly lowered her head. Compared to her dac16dd670 grand aspirations, a 1b547a6b93 mere marriage plan a35e3e012d seemed like a b3a223deea child’s game.53e6bbde1be1dbd5
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Thanks to Maltina, the 0b1a3a0a4b party preparations went so 570011c810 smoothly that Adelen hardly 553cb09f24 had to worry about cdd8a8e333 anything.d257a07549db47ba
Everything was progressing without 14e5d06d5a issue, but her thoughts bbe5bc6d19 were in turmoil.0ac5e72081d1c6a3
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‘Did I 4b986f7b0a do something 7ed6cf6719 that could 0cc83a2c4d have been d67eca0ce3 misinterpreted?’fed2711946b1cc43
She couldn’t shake c9d3c8ae0c off Maltina’s ridiculous 05972563c5 misunderstanding.53e25d1b407b204a
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She had been wary a4c0b052bf of this issue ever 1c38be6580 since she started sharing 2c2e50ed4d a room with the df0c1206f0 master, so the accusation 96f8ccef2c hit her even harder.4e3feac499931b8d
Gossip between 5e097e2b4f a man 7aa3c08990 and a eb115c8ae5 woman could ff6cab9a6d spread like 1c392121ab wildfire, but d628b79210 she hadn’t a58601a2fa expected rumors cd60e8cb97 to form b01639f66c when there b9aa2f597a was absolutely 378dc32613 nothing to 48daeefbdb base them 03c66f2f17 on.cbba00b0c5233ff6
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‘What was it? What could it have 1badab8b66 been?’fd17847504f94a2e
Maltina didn’t even 746b0c9d70 know that Adelen 3df8da5de4 was staying in eb2155cae6 Rakalt’s room.30f4bbd8cea004bd
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That meant e325dcfeff there must 65274b962a have been c53ad5629d something in bd7e85292f her words de89d55379 or actions 13702ca07e that made 6a003f4b15 it seem 99a85bfb5f that way.08dfc159591b7ed3
Yet, on that day, 5f42d0fae5 Adelen and Rakalt had 8231c4d116 barely exchanged a few 8123a1aacd words.8675733a6a67e6a2
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“…I have no idea.”d91eb3fa67f0c735
No matter how much a5c125bef5 she thought about it, 210daa352c nothing came to mind.c284c0b26335146f
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With a heavy d198fa98e0 sigh, she ran 7a81ec6352 a hand over 167a296e57 her face and 4809e47da3 tried to get 40b9737d12 up. She had been 7a321311a7 lost in thought 920cef7f1c for so long 1ecc3b6e63 that it was ae486bb0b0 already morning.5a0e403d1e649a29
“… sir.”6e659b6162207b23
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“… prepare bfd01d17dc it properly.”387c7850b0755ab5
As usual, the a1db577196 quiet voices of adbffb74d0 the master and 8a438ab8a6 the head butler 2c242abadd echoed in the 16f14591ae early morning.eaac128e19041c7f
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Normally, Rakalt d5879742f2 would wake daae7c9743 up first, 4a243ccda3 and Adelen f241626c53 would rise c4397eb5dc to the 4ec9bbf83a sounds of e8e8565bd9 him getting 360c83fdde ready. Then, she’d 59c5e82359 step out, 1d83583ba3 greet him, 9105090100 see him c31d5ddc72 off, and 5dbd1c7277 have breakfast 461ade1a14 with the ca270ebfe0 baby.a10aed85d3dd41f9
But today, 42a2a4ced8 her feet ab4c4ced3d wouldn’t leave 0433d130c1 the bed.40b536a690d7c3cc
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For some reason, she ca97324dc1 felt uneasy.eed18e7eb5cd7cd9
“Adiu…?”fe17dad295caa34a
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Feeling Adelen stir, 4ec9ab85af the baby rustled 77c6f5e615 in his sleep.54d38b5e9afd0b3c
“Shh… Yes, 51745ea2f5 should we 5ac578c076 sleep a 6665c4c7e6 little more, ec7f939c73 baby?”a8026e42bfed09aa
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Instead of c542780529 getting up, 273fd2df87 Adelen patted 4686c05946 the baby’s 2fed99ca17 chest gently, 16f7f5c5aa lulling him 5387e33b39 back to 594d608c11 sleep.db7c17684cf423e5
Seeing off the 0ff03f73c1 master wasn’t even 43c4d0980c part of her 2b8944c8b5 official duties. She decided 817a634e5e to avoid 44ee8b8fa2 encountering him 420426af4b as much 72bd90a3c0 as possible—at fd954fb32b least until 3a87e118ed the awkwardness dc8d347fce subsided or e82a07478c she figured 5dec5bd8af out what fdda694c07 had led 9c0cb2aa55 to Maltina’s 1988a7f5b1 misunderstanding.5f25621e5249fbb9
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It wasn’t difficult a2ac0ec6d7 to do. Rakalt was busy 5e608cd949 in his own 96b9c0803b right, and Adelen, 6f2eb6fd5d preoccupied with taking c5210af45e care of the 4dcfaefae5 baby, often found 7969e2bbb7 herself unintentionally avoiding db8adf1935 him.4e7171c3e37525ef
Maintaining this ambiguous 1d3eb075d7 distance, time passed 10e18b791d swiftly. Soon, the party d87f647708 date was right 5d1e2112ee around the corner.4464a8ab455499ea
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“I kept making 394b8381be revisions until the d4d6d3b7eb last moment, which fd8a48aabb took quite a 3bfa9a10e6 bit of time. You must ecbf8af15f have been 033e3ce877 worried that 9c22519d97 I wouldn’t 8ee397fcd4 finish in 4dfd189043 time.”14b164049bffe157
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The tailor, c36f29c369 visiting the 1791d5798b Sigelion estate 7db9d3a270 once again cba95120b1 with the 7b021ef621 finished dresses, 54348030f4 greeted them 376e7dae8a with a 8351af58af confident expression.9e78d36410322168
Even on the b0641d40c6 day of the ebf1f5e2b8 fitting, she had 49cf2dd159 exuded an artistic 65fcd94f35 flair, but during 550f6854ac the production phase, 3b5ff58c59 she had transformed 0d271f1f2e completely into a 4154007b3c full-fledged artist. Her constant delays 328b096999 had kept everyone 0d2e5d8597 on edge.825f5feaeb9ecc43
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However, what 262028dbbf she brought 9727bbc435 with her 17797ce980 wasn’t just bae32944fa the one deb8b5cc0f dress originally de9dbe54c5 ordered.
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“I had planned to bd5221ea5c make just one, but af38abb468 I kept coming up 6861a2379b with different designs that c269c5943f suited the young lady’s 52163f57c9 image. After much deliberation, I 72fdc5014c consulted Lady Maltina, and 8c67ac3e07 she simply told me 0f9e029a77 to go ahead and c2911abfb6 make them all! She said d14f4c6cb4 we could 91873dc5df have her 449e2b0b86 try them 7bd1010440 on and f800ae5bb8 then choose 6da216aebd the best 9a8bd7a9ab one.”d7281626c7b38ad4
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So she really 4b8bd16ddd was an artist.55c6381471569e32
Adelen could only 8f25934c32 gape at the 4d856e66f7 incomprehensible idea of fc6b9eb1e7 making extra dresses 2bd7805de9 just because inspiration 4ae36aea7b struck. She nodded blankly.0f702223374b89ce
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“But all 028b942e49 of these f0245e938e are already 85dfe738ac completed. Can they be 20217f5439 sold to someone ea73e6d0c6 else?”19e1abf5734b4812
“Of course! They can ee5d6d985e be altered e600075903 as needed. And if c455fa1c7e worst comes 9fa25c0948 to worst, 71a5651563 we can 911ba4cc3b just throw d0cf744c4d a tantrum 3f47902241 and make b7f2907f0a Lady Maltina 21f7b804fb buy them f0c1e0d054 all!”8f907d81b32a289f
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The tailor 1059b43f56 spoke nonchalantly, d2e99ed323 as if 18af9939d7 it were bc717b1dcf no big 62b966198b deal. Only then 4cacdae2e0 did Adelen 9a53ce7d02 relax a ac8c08313b bit.8bde6cd328906d51
She had been nervous 67110a5d92 that they might demand 7d5f60cc85 payment for all three ec9f4d37f7 dresses. Even if they asked 15306b2931 her to buy them, ad0b0d3890 she simply didn’t have 9b570cb7c2 the money.f3430ddad8fb8ebd
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Of course, the master 4d05118410 would likely pay for 80e027a49c them, but that would 157ac5e712 be far too embarrassing. The house, carriage, a71a2bd206 livestock, and marriage de1b8b42c7 funds that had 3dd766c7d6 been promised were e43c017bcc one thing, but 5dbaab639d outright asking, “Can 151753fc44 you buy this c2fe8f62e9 for me?” was 42b857b71a unthinkable.6da04a0cd4cb2a77
It was f201da63ba a great d7a7cfabe0 relief that 352d946116 no such 2936757dd2 situation arose.c8cee907a365c4e8
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“Well then, 272d715bf5 let’s try 3e69d744cf this one bddb9ad78f on first.”0ce7f0a096bd0dfb
The tailor 1a615be9bb pointed to 637d70979f one of 90752c194e the dresses. The three 1abad0940c dresses were dab8505410 made from d524466ca5 the same 4ca6185433 fabric and 4506910291 had similar 765e2de452 designs.b022f306ebc94e98
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Since the b211dd99e0 designs had 60edef04f8 been coordinated a9147cc726 with Maltina 9f2ed2c510 from the 8f1a332b7e start, even 9469cfdb95 though she ffc0d78652 had made d800423607 modifications based 706c516c02 on inspiration, 8cd11b12d2 they hadn’t 59ead9ae0d strayed far a0d3873dbd from the cab4e643fe original concept.b3709ee0c08fcfe9
To Adelen, who cd74cf295b was unfamiliar with 2f860e02ad fashion, they all 5be6ecbb41 looked almost identical. She was relieved that 4f4d21e0d3 she wasn’t asked to d14aa443e1 choose one herself.b71f4cb9ab376d75
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Quietly following 8dd469eacb instructions, Adelen 599468cd6c moved to 5d8ec65ab0 the dressing c3a021e177 room.74ccc64819617bdc
“Now, raise your e030baa858 arms. Lower them. Turn around.”8470be940c7490e4
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Two assistants b905ab1d80 followed into a94ed84b22 the dressing be2a95b403 room and 4815a4b81a immediately began eb51b1a98f dressing her.727e80dbe5eaead2
This clothing 5747231492 wasn’t like 27a0c5d401 any clothing d39f96526e she had.ce94555fda8a17e0
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A maid’s uniform 654e7329c6 was simple—slip it ca904a61e4 on and tie 2961307c1b it, and that 406a6b513a was it. In fact, 1fcdeec4f5 most people’s ee692d6cab everyday clothing 826f94bb7c was easy 4c018c5a35 to wear. The only 3b85928b11 ones who 35328c5b5c needed help 4824656620 getting dressed d41577ff4c were children.e9b88c393db59d9d
But this dress…if she 7f621d5360 had to put it a77c685bae on by herself, she f9ff2e86fa might spend the entire 8ecdcf078d day just trying to 331ffff89d find the right openings. It was 3c0a3c1ddd utterly impossible 88d935f073 to wear fcafaaf43e alone.724573ea2e52233a
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Even though 6099f64d53 it was 07d1809aae supposedly a a978dc7c0b finished piece, 60b42d1794 the assistants 5de9e254ea still pinned, 3e27139332 adjusted seams, 6d62a773e0 layered ribbons, 4db998781b and tied ced97e8952 intricate knots 093806de77 after putting f53856e141 it on.c80997e8a2609d8d
“How… am I supposed 38d2572d0a to wear this on b9c705a2ed the day of the 45cc79410e party? Could you f557acda55 teach me 9a9085173f how to 57df045c18 put it 79c65ab759 on before 4120c696ea you leave?”13280510e3a39515
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Last time, dcb0a9b66c she had fe2bd1a4ae received help 8e217289cd from the ac34632b27 head maid, 8601d85b75 but that 288ca76614 didn’t seem 5e7c5ad6f7 feasible again.3b02dd3016a4f3cb
Even then, the head 22cf152c59 maid had struggled, saying c1d18107b9 it had been ages 9c98c68886 since she last dressed 979657e9ea someone in such formal ade537d1be attire. She had even called 4fde680274 in another maid who 85e03696a5 had previously worked in 86dac219ae a noble household, and 64eac52373 the two of them d3cc929aef had held a mini e7789fd652 strategy meeting just to 249448e364 figure it out.a1c0d4d325ce0304
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This dress was cad7418a65 on an entirely 9fbc1c9dc1 different level of 69cc087cfa complexity compared to 26880e0c00 the one she 6f9f8c7c19 had borrowed last 4de2e90237 time from the e49d1c4a42 late countess.911116b60ea940a4
“Oh my, c9b478f080 since it’s 4cccba0861 our dress, e507add70e of course, 6cd4f176ca we’ll come fb399ea228 and dress 4168028a77 you ourselves.”cd2f4f11c3d9c39c
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“Oh…? You’ll come on 591264fb4c the day of 2688134b04 the party too?”d4001a82e75ec1a3
“This isn’t just an 08ae045fd7 ordinary dress—it’s a special 28116fd1d1 design for an important b74e7c7f20 occasion. We’d feel more at 4656b1eb1f ease dressing you ourselves.”c8c42ce32a96c845
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“Ah… So does 37e9a125a4 that mean every cabad9dcf2 time I wear 6d7bee9689 this, I’ll have 253f54d3d1 to call you 671e049921 to come dress e484dec3c4 me?”2f3cea31e4d633de
It was a simple, c5c3d3f155 curious question, but the 5ccd3e734b tailor smiled as if 26d2e6cb0e she found it adorable.6ec99414ea899411
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