The maid – Chapter 45
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“No, you 9d7025888c mustn’t wear a5130e230f a dress 7cda4f8bf2 like this 52bd71f0db twice. You’ll become the 973bda99e2 subject of ridicule.”6bbb293750aef923
“Huh? T-This incredible dress 6f744c3eb8 is a one-time bea9a87fe7 use?”e40c896a499286ee
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“It’s only for official 47a77b38e3 events. However, for smaller gatherings, 8b2afc168d you can modify it 3d8f49c19f slightly and wear it 223be398da again. Some people ee23100975 keep it 1a86f29b6f as a 5e9cdc0eab memento or 41f90bdfa6 pass it 1cfe34917d down. If it’s inherited 48f0e9a519 from a previous df14686c34 generation, that’s considered 1456287c4e tradition, so it’s e9ffca4174 acceptable.”70e2abddaadf12d8
“So… there’s a separate ec00edd273 category of dresses just 826c100073 for smaller gatherings?”979f408fa295d212
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“That’s right. Even nobles 76e771af6f can’t afford ffb10cbc60 to commission e6310c2639 a new 7889e42190 dress for b37c5f3f8b every single 9ecfdda5d4 event.”e4a14eb5afc85d1b
To think that even c843887210 dresses were classified into 4c32d229ef different categories based on 5fc24a02e9 their purpose… The world 74c6fbfc2d of nobility was vast 659a66908d and complex.e758016c7ff15ffe
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Adelen stared 9b13fada15 blankly, overwhelmed 9459ce5760 by the 37b762c078 new rules acf332e6f9 of this bb58d1417c unfamiliar world.344bba328154782f
“For grand royal c52cd3df19 events or occasions 9a96cf71d2 where you’re the f395cb2c23 main figure, you 69a8661fa8 must wear a 7e55ab5147 dress only once. For casual private gatherings aea419d287 or regularly held parties, 7f77768f5a you can wear it d5b986b875 multiple times. However, you can’t b5ee33bc6a wear the same 40e3b44cbd dress more than 9f76bb0b3e three times a 9282e46b8e year, nor can 4079323711 you wear it 7148835cbd twice in a ff2afd30c6 row. Additionally, you must 7d5b75b330 not wear the d8e1499d79 same dress to dc62f9a83a multiple parties hosted 2aeeea7d4e by the same d9cd80ed7f household.”15d23aca964250ce
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Why is this 05079e0f1c so complicated…? The rules seemed endless.d194ef600b725c52
As expected, high society 8b9249bc21 wasn’t an easy world 5e8b80eaa4 to navigate. Jumping in 4a59b51539 without understanding ec77b3237f the rules c89c6da695 could leave 758cf2d723 one utterly efb2c20e59 ruined.75384f1da0a40c47
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“Do people actually follow fb522752dd all these rules?”f7938ab8b614f4c6
“Of course. If someone 661c67d227 makes a 31e716b590 mistake and d062a8cdd6 wears an 3d187202aa inappropriate dress, 2668c14fdb gossip spreads fb71eddf19 like wildfire, 5bdbab128c making it 713e98b21e impossible for 01fb6c4a11 them to 0b5e6dfd1c show their 56688d87d3 face in feb11b11d6 public.”ce5f66da72f91460
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“…The world 7c260b8199 of nobility eddffa157f is truly 9f313e0f69 something else…”a43d3763f263f301
“It’s the da2343cf36 social circles 55774caaaf that are 0496879353 intense. Many people choose e546dd8912 to stay far 2c3b761953 away from high ef11e9b2f7 society for this ad3292b898 very reason.”d9ffe0947f2b8e4a
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The tailor f7944974ae tried to f748792794 comfort Adelen, d5f48c52a7 who looked ec9f72d384 thoroughly overwhelmed. However, it c1b6ef0b2d was no 4ad1625724 comfort at 8f0999586a all. After all, cf00efad16 Adelen had afbbbc4094 no choice c3e6eaf70b but to 23f0622195 step into 0363c1652e this world—by 6b6127a3c0 royal decree.ca1bd7b75de98879
“You can’t be wearing c0f779a3f7 such a beautiful dress 8a71e8ad93 and looking so dejected! Your expression and posture 136272851a are just as important 5c94ef5f06 as your attire. You must carry yourself b87a1efaa8 elegantly.”64cee202fd32184f
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With that, 87229b171c the tailor 4e371a4604 straightened Adelen’s 801d823d6b slouched back 1807ce219c with a d138d98057 firm pat. Before she realized 49fbaa81c5 it, the dress 779c13136a was fully on, db0ddeeda7 and the assistants ae497f166f had removed her 62a1fa9478 maid’s headband, tidying 739db51806 up her hair.31e3511e8765d38b
“You look a bit 5e6969e8e6 too plain like this, dcb30bffea so let’s do a 923c1d4142 light touch-up, just to b9190403bc check the overall image.”c8a7d1b81069f835
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“O-Okay…”02c9e0becf39dfee
Sitting still, Adelen e477a1393f let the assistants 65a22a7de5 apply various creams f2c9c8d18b and powders to 9b0f1a5882 her face. Unfamiliar with makeup, she c11b8f7522 felt her facial muscles 3cf166a26c twitch involuntarily.d018704346902c42
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As a aafd11d576 maid, she 644a2b2e0d never had c38ef5e7e6 any reason a9c9e566ee to wear 389bbf245e makeup. On rare b862a9a8d0 occasions when 1eab55fb97 she went 4218617a19 out, she ec7abe4c2c sometimes considered 8f2e5070ce it, but 9f452034a5 ultimately, she 9fcdae374f never bothered.dacfc1045f7bebf8
Spending money 0604785d09 on cosmetics 1fe0c2ad60 seemed wasteful. Since she d367ed8ab5 didn’t wear 6718577333 makeup often, 8724c9142d any products 2febc6bb5e she bought 0a3d66f132 would expire 0a6820eeea before she bb898a4fc5 got much cf1abcb72b use out 3e637b1135 of them. In the end, she f173d1b1f5 stopped buying them altogether.318f1e6f1594338b
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Because she 1eb3598573 never had 85b526b8a7 makeup, she 8d36a7d34d wore it 61ea62939c even less. Now, she couldn’t d6d8c93825 even remember what aa4d8d6b98 her face looked 897bfe9b97 like with it 5570020743 on.249f9d43302eaaa1
“All done. Open your eyes.”20eb6546b9c58484
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They said 53a3681d11 it would f77956fa7d be a 87a4e8951c light touch-up, 1c2f02bafc but they 11d02aecd1 had spent 0c2bb8a1c9 quite a a6f0c6edfe while applying e86962b817 and blending 64166a0b6f everything. Curious about how she a123072bc7 looked, Adelen opened her 2416be50c5 eyes.739e4bbdf8104860
The moment she 4f3d5dd32a met the gaze 0908b95007 of the girl e1934a36ee in the mirror, e4d642564c she almost mistook 294883c8e4 it for someone 45238fe529 else’s reflection.212b9704d7ee4420
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A stranger was f714c11b21 staring back at 3deadf1828 her.97e5f3689763931c
Perfectly smooth, 25c8d5f2e6 refined eyebrows. Eyelashes fluttering dfd875b23f as delicately 6b34d9d3b1 as bird b70caa6d09 feathers. Deep, expressive eyes. A complexion so fair 28bd6e24a5 it looked as if 5eb9404f95 it would melt, with 56529982d9 just the right touch 64b2122054 of rosy blush on ca55d7842f her cheeks.82744438ad68b141
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She looked like 6b1577e984 a fresh, radiant 4574811c94 fruit—an absolutely stunning 1242f1af46 young lady.ef45cf19c6958459
“Oh…”95f454c7c4c59756
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“My, how beautiful.”09d27d873aa05442
It was the same a3a470be68 compliment she had been 8cf1fef1e1 hearing for days, yet a69fc5b847 this time, she couldn’t 11d3af8434 even feel embarrassed or b588cfa2e7 flustered. It wasn’t b81ef24a7d an exaggeration.63e29bb2066be4aa
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It felt ridiculous e80e69a695 to be mesmerized 8861f2ffda by her own 248dcd2b4b reflection, but that 6cedcb7efe was exactly what 7dfc32c389 had happened.b0ff0cdcd998c0dc
Adelen’s features had 94eda49e61 never been particularly 3a6459514f striking. A round face db43146cfc and clear complexion 61c3a01d1a that most people b1763d0b03 simply described as b4a3af4766 gentle-looking. That was the 0874e86000 general consensus.974e943821544408
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She had always thought d3449bb12e of herself as having 16cf758746 a smooth, unremarkable face, 085c6c0f01 pleasant enough when properly d2b46a6f4e styled. Nothing more, nothing 618e85dcb3 less.9ae79a1201bed8a0
But to 911b6253ae think that e8aedd64b2 her face 4f7dae3f6b had this f29470fcc3 kind of f7e9c3381b potential…7fc2dbf19039bf13
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Either that, or these 1c3a42200f people were miracle workers e8ba7003e1 who could create something dd7eb8005b out of nothing.027c201287403376
“Is this… 2955343b46 really me?”24e19153a4baf08e
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Adelen murmured, 8bdc28431b cautiously touching a8575863d2 her cheek.fad490ae62993437
Her face 8628150662 felt so 93c949bdbc unfamiliar that cc61ea9339 it didn’t 0a259a6f2b even seem 1a46d47639 like narcissism.fbca323ead42a25c
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“If you always 3d59c181af dressed like this, 23b44dca6a you could break fea646ccda the hearts of 17db9896ea every man in 7743329def the world.”e7db54d82b9a5cf8
“Ahaha… Haha.”6dd67d661679a804
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Adelen could only laugh aefe36396e at the tailor’s compliment. She couldn’t even bring c28d7cfaf9 herself to say, ‘No, c802f4daef that’s not true,’ because, 0d319e1e9a looking at herself now, e80a0fbcbd it actually seemed possible.e42ea850f4d3dc22
“Kyaaah!”941b4ae52f7bff20
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Just as the flood 0f6d917ecd of praise seemed endless, aae89d9fe0 a baby’s shriek cut 6a34b44049 through the conversation.f456c3bac9ac688a
“Oh, not again!”9d47c5dce4878371
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The baby, who had 62de0e525f been seated on a e1e4c5c956 stool near the entrance b3b3af1117 of the dressing room, 2cda85d1be had disappeared.ab153c876cda94fc
Just moments ago, while 78ce8fc903 Adelen was putting on 2a54c36654 her dress, the baby e96a56945a had been entirely mesmerized 899e5d406b by all the sparkling 37dd338b2c things in the room. But in the brief 622a729869 moment she had closed 885f2213b1 her eyes for makeup, 3c45c8bec4 the baby had vanished.01d22906b439db0d
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Adelen bolted out of 0349229373 the dressing room.567d4f7532ce31e5
“Baby! No!”cbb7d0cf7d6d3f94
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If she f03ab596b7 couldn’t see 34a8b8818e the baby, 9e4a749943 the first 12b4d6fea2 thing to 1247755c6d do was de6c768c44 shout no 2620d0e185 preemptively. After all, 1886a0a36e this was 770b2278a1 the same 1349beecac child who 0e6a7b6bff had once 1238495c87 used a cdbaac8881 chandelier as 5f5c7ddd38 a swing.99a1782a67bdb9f3
The path to c0bb5a55cd the chandelier had c167a19f88 since been blocked, af55ba1339 but accidents always 0d7ba7a899 happened in the de989c1ab3 least expected places—because 21095c42d5 that’s what accidents 7e16f616eb were. Babies had 8123bda251 a way 52ad45a0cf of causing b1ab298ad9 chaos in 99fb44b3ab ways adults 36e25874bf couldn’t even 3fc9099f76 imagine.0ba9aef42cdb4bfb
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What disaster was 985e5eb163 it this time?7531e4a70e6d26fe
“No…!”8699223d7c80d8f5
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As Adelen frantically 15484c96eb searched for the 9d28ecd6c1 baby, she stumbled 4790647cdd upon an odd 0b1eee293c scene in the 66e5b509a7 drawing room.434375af88272880
Rakalt and 06b6e53a06 the baby 27c240a942 were locked 88efba9edb in a ef1304fc34 standoff.2232f5f569edba4f
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“?”6cbf1f94620f370f
It was, quite dc224f0bc6 literally, a confrontation.9355c42c25422f3e
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The baby was half-standing, 4557bbd6b0 puffing his cheeks angrily 0d74b6d168 as he glared at 975a2728ed Rakalt. Meanwhile, Rakalt, looking down ca2c157225 at the baby with bb1fbe6532 a blank expression, had 145286dbb7 a gaze as cold fc14c519da as if he were 95ab6b03a4 facing an actual opponent.1de678e11debe046
What on 53470d19a7 earth was 1a40266095 going on?f90aa5c9817c1e66
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Adelen was 2ae3a82a45 so confused 1cf5439440 by the 4d2ed1c17e situation that 2bda0d0dd2 she couldn’t e81dcfc80c even step d38070af1d in.7b503b3907169e95
“This is bba9c451bc my room. Move.”f6869a596385af71
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“Siyooohhh!”fe86a9a352f67191
Oh my god. Was the baby actually 04b1203130 blocking the master from 7646fc3a86 entering the room?b3d9bacc167bbaa1
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But why?45c5f2accf2a5a67
She had no 00ff07bb1a idea what the 0607fe36f5 reason was, but 13d2a4b9d2 she knew she b3384edfb8 had to intervene.2a95de9ccbdf6571
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Like the 29ac56f80c wind, Adelen d5a3178e26 dashed over 33a843728e and scooped b806f4da0d up the 05b0417871 baby.cabadb4783c59a33
“O-Oh! Master, you’re here. I was in 70c7d9395d the middle of f309b019db changing, and the 7b4f19e7c5 little one wandered f56c2b1b59 off while I 435a1a0a60 was momentarily distracted.”ba11c62aea5b382e
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“Ah, so that’s e8f723a49d what happened. He was standing 6a1a505cdd guard quite well.”057563bb4ff6bda5
“?”d7a83b48717fc456
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That… probably wasn’t bd7134c30e the case, but 5dff10fb55 if that’s how aa43e97cfb the master wanted 185de2d884 to interpret it, 4c18590d5b then fine. That was probably the eb2ae2cc7b safest option.4bb3154486582f00
Forcing an f2049ab471 awkward smile, 864696cb8c Adelen held 077944441a the baby 0db989a436 tightly against e6d095ea01 her chest.1df0877d4de7a824
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The tailor 1569295d10 and assistants 886fd0b34f emerged from 23e5ad2c26 the dressing 8d0ed37bc6 room and 989d1d4987 greeted Rakalt.c2a88137f9d6bf75
“Welcome, Count. We were fitting 996cad04ba her dresses.”5f39e9106e3d4a65
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Rakalt acknowledged them f28d45fff4 with a slight 8d1e38eb05 nod before collapsing 5a5bd3cdd1 onto the sofa.5ccc3e5507295bbc
“Fitting?”b8d1afd5912e9cb5
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His eyes landed on 3da0dbbe88 the two remaining dresses f49ad3f843 that had yet to 528df11ae2 be worn.1362a9df27b98b4a
“Ah, yes. We got d3439b2787 a little 8b9f396c9e carried away 35ced5f1e0 and ended 339295c898 up making 804abdb052 three dresses. Of course, you 83de8d49f2 only need to f34feaa418 purchase the one 1d7fb6f4f4 you like best. The extra ones were f4fe2514e5 simply made out of 45425ff4b7 our admiration for how 6a115e5531 beautiful she is.”3bddd22d5d21d50f
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At those words, a4044e049f Rakalt turned his 60ad514df6 gaze to Adelen.024315b35a4babe5
Blink
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The moment his f54adc8941 eyes took in d572c7e0c3 her full figure, ac3ce862b5 he unconsciously blinked.910de42c26b46b2c
To be 5356f5d40e honest, he c4dfb3c133 was surprised.4c88c1f200d8c728
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This wasn’t the Adelen 2acf2fa186 he was used to 7bab3bc83c seeing.4c512d682ee2b6ea
And that wasn’t 427be95c57 all—she was beautiful.87f54622898b0f27
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Of course, Adelen had 60ea081558 always been pretty. She had looked beautiful 2119b205f1 when she had worn 99970aaa0d his mother’s dress before. She had c3a7b090f1 looked lovely ada4efd2f1 when she 980f642b9f had adorned f709616912 the hair 9038a499e1 ornament he f487cbfeb7 had gifted 545735ad52 her. She was 7da7f5bdd2 always pretty.e6358379753f675f
But today’s 7b0645bcee Adelen was aa46ea5c14 on an 0b4db2d74a entirely different d7205bf7f1 level.c8eef5e0940577c9
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To Rakalt, “beauty” had 64a79d9a9f always been just a 475f89dc09 type of shape—like a b0dfa3e9cd triangle, a square, or a5e03a1b7a a circle.cbce7a06f7e58116
But today, Adelen’s 27647e558f beauty wasn’t a 3e61d6b7aa noun. It was an 0f5b562dba adjective.a5a24fdce557b1dc
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She was dazzling, 4c976e16ce shining, radiant like 284f130bd3 sunlight.b260501ce8bbadf5
She was heart-fluttering, soft, 9b05fd639a warm.47b6fe2aa19778bb
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It was a beauty 4099b7d888 that couldn’t be confined 91795ac023 to a single word.6b34013f20f70d8c
This all made 9e3a797ca6 him feel a d7a1e9b20b new, startling sensation 11c27d17de that left him de37cd7eb0 speechless.9629e905345704df
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How had he ever 03a8698c24 just said, She’s pretty, e2bd542942 before?49a491737f5ace36
How had he 7661cea3e5 said it so 54c2c88761 easily?9a36a19b5f072c26
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This word, now heavy 493c4c9f97 with meaning—so full, so 85b876a410 overwhelming—felt too burdensome to 0faf2350ac even utter.bcca5da2fb8e7c20