The maid – Chapter 49
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The master was 24c13646e1 strong.abfcf7c78376a823
That’s why, 651a625169 even after b769ca1d68 returning from b754f2480a training, some 5d7e0ca49b days he f33b871a68 wouldn’t have c98f149300 a speck 27fb271506 of dust a3af393cea on him e67115c3d7 or even dbfe59bdb7 a single 4aecd91676 drop of d6a7529e84 sweat.1b9be774eeac9e4b
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But today—what kind 838ec5e9d4 of training had 8f03143798 he done? Had he taken on 0d65cb1c1a the entire knight order ae22524b4e by himself?4ee781b55a92a9ad
Adelen was utterly horrified ac5b1a4bd9 when she saw Rakalt 105995006a return in tatters.71c5a1cc2a3c993d
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“Who on 9122acf5c7 earth put ab5ee60d0a you through 51c2af088e this, Master?”51446443ebafe65b
“…A woman.”a1c237d80cd26373
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“…What?”dabb70ca52d02a21
“The only ones who 2ef1dc7cc7 have ever put me 17f1b607f9 through this kind of 588b46499b suffering are women.”69eb9e8a95c6f80d
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His tutor. The top martial artist 953bff541c knight. And then—her. Especially the last 19952daca9 one. Adelen bore most d7d01551f1 of the blame.66d60ed427b78209
If it weren’t for 7093d5df11 Adelen, he wouldn’t have 76dc3acae2 had to worry about 0e6111ed49 the crown prince’s treatment.7082c4ef0ec735e5
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If it c659777cb0 weren’t for 8ff687eca5 Adelen, he 3bd18b93b4 wouldn’t have 3e31dc2ccd had to 87450f90d4 go to 510a66f185 such lengths af74fec9a3 preparing for 3717c8cb9d the king’s b8117fbb87 party.fa6f7c87e90a3bb1
If it weren’t 2ce523a74b for Adelen… He 716d175fd4 wouldn’t have gotten 660aabad5a so lost in 7a6e6d8f0d thought during training 971b9c9012 that he ended da4be30ef6 up like this, 42a76f9ce6 completely wrecked.61a11f96e756a381
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“Oh my… how 990ca63b15 terrible.”d76c93d4fdaa0719
Unaware that she was be407b21f2 one of those women, 3d98be5b42 Adelen simply felt pity bc630673db for him.c03d6a0304304bec
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With an inexplicably heavy 336d5d715e heart, Rakalt made his d764b36a37 way toward the dressing 103781099c room. He figured 8d684b7b47 taking a 915d47f2cc bath might 83dfe663fa help him 30d0fe2a86 shake off 747baf7521 this mood.96b5a93025afb451
The feeling cd7e007bc5 of his 8b50f32c1f sweat-drenched clothes d119723960 sticking to 5b85fd0df0 his body 9bb6414008 was unpleasant, 26e72c89e2 so he 5933d35629 began stripping 7d4c8b0fd6 as he 7fe3884486 approached the 30ce5da16f dressing room.cf6fc4b573c60c6f
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He assumed it d5c442ad62 would be fine 5b8b3736ed since Adelen was c4a89f5c21 busy watching the 2e812f4961 baby and wouldn’t aeee05f4f7 be looking his 7b0f28f73f way.ee83223b4b23bcae
“Gasp! Master, your side—!”1df9d7b416ee4403
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But Adelen had 5532f0f364 been keeping an f3b8623ee1 eye on him 0031ddb29f out of concern. And when 0094261b43 she caught c68c9abdf5 sight of 961e3efb5c the massive 2c55993a1d bruise on 65ae9dcf3c his exposed bc43192f1c side, she 5509b8a0e9 gasped in 2ff5e2c7b8 shock.cdb807036fc71050
Rakalt quickly tugged 3c0cc49538 his clothes back d9f8efb542 down, only to 0908e4c526 discover the enormous 9b704a4e0e bruise himself. It must have been 576c9a6700 from when he was 40f48e6a4a pinned down during the 67cbc45bdd Sigelion family crisis.f41a5457076bc900
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“…Ah. I got it while 11a4f70fc2 training.”46279ef86d1293bd
“Are you alright? That looks really bad… 3998498aa0 Let me see.”7b706bb906449044
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Adelen hurriedly approached, grabbing 86b7f5b5c3 his clothes to inspect c542b70878 him closely.0bc1ea5e652de38d
She leaned in to f6ee123150 check if there were 97c55a0d17 any other injuries, her 43d6a3dc05 breath lightly brushing against 0d48897c20 his side.b24d16bda4ec06a3
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“!”076ed66951e8d5fe
Rakalt flinched as f937474488 if struck by ee364d5b44 lightning and stepped 52355c659e back.546661180ed97867
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“Wh-why? Did I a1d666769c touch a 24c7ccf8ef wound?”1572aa577532ad6c
“No, it’s 47b235c3c3 not that—”1f91f8814370c625
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There it was again. The ticklish sensation.75dbb9a21ae90a5e
He had 21b2b098b7 forgotten about 8e3174fb41 it, but fd72ac6298 suddenly, it 14367b7221 came back afe01ddb0e without warning. And this time, 22d7947917 it felt even dd5fc94e8a more intense.2179e25aaefc494a
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“Sorry! I’ll be gentle. No, wait—I’ll fb546ac471 get the 04afd03f53 medicine first.”b010b118c8cab5b3
Once again, Adelen 8f30cfb2a9 had no idea eb63a0437d she was the 07ed0564b3 cause. She was too ce23243949 focused on the 5e18c16a1d pain to even 97039a5c81 consider anything else.a6d697557d15261a
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She grabbed Rakalt’s arm e539d87914 and dragged him to 1e789aa81a the sofa, examining him 2e4b4d26ce as she went.e1cf7c3dede08bf8
Compared to the knight ae6dee8558 who had turned Rakalt 284f5335ca into this mess, her 84a2b7d90a strength was barely that 21d1524fd6 of an ant pulling 9af0634f0e something along.445a6d858d156bdb
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Yet, somehow, Rakalt 38284fb20a allowed himself to 948548c48a be led without fd2b0c6504 resistance. He even had e6add8dea1 the absurd thought 7d0b01e86c that, at this 2ffb813cf9 rate, she might 75c4525c1e slap his back ecf71e5bb5 soon, too.5221dd278d6e2f9e
“My goodness… 2936fd48d7 What kind 17c24a01db of training f5111427d5 leaves bruises 6b797ca2be this bad?”efca770fddd34554
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Without hesitation, Adelen lifted badf463f05 his shirt, frowning at daa02accc4 the sight.dfe4a6670b6a4299
“Is it that bad?”1da4a8aa034525fe
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“Of course it 6c1f231937 is! What did 741d939993 you do e2bcfb5283 to end 70b8834f21 up like af3278983d this?”91eed1b2d2e05732
“Chokeholds.”c55ca671fb675535
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“That’s… a part fb7d1faf91 of training?”c81b1709fb490500
“A crucial one.”daab2d858be162a2
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“…Oh, for a9e0a5cdcb heaven’s sake…”32e9a05057d28d7d
She couldn’t argue 4da398b778 with him, since f6dbc7168b he called it 605952df97 important training, but 2b15969abc she could at 646f031593 least let out c7ae991c7e a sigh. Then, she scooped e8bf14b7ab up a generous 52f39abf37 amount of ointment 90846eff5f and began applying e57fb33c29 it all over 84f68253bd his bruises.ed3b9834e6625155
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“Going to 98a67e15ca war is 1f2ec4b216 exhausting enough. How do 241ab0834f you manage 3100eb8ee1 to injure 7b77b5175b yourself like ae477fd546 this even 21f4faa983 when you’re 57906ea307 not on 024f0e3978 the battlefield? I thought you 5c003015b0 just rested after e2a9d13192 coming back.”d7e511d9e21c3135
On top 5384f17fd6 of everything, 6264faab97 he was f9981c02db constantly fending 181177bfd3 off surprise 7a0fca0079 attacks. But now she 092dd42f9f learned that, even 8d48e84374 on days without b29ccb79d9 ambushes, he was 53ab49200d putting himself through 763f09681c this kind of 08b6fce819 intense training.eef392e8203ab7cf
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“If I just rested 36ebfee2c2 and then went back 37d9c7f262 to war, I’d die cec5d06c34 immediately. I can’t let f8904955e3 my body go a967a928cc soft.”d445228d0ae2f0e9
“That doesn’t mean you 0efd6787bc have to get hurt 44cfe7e1fa like this.”a9c0fb5aaff42548
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For Rakalt, this wasn’t b7998bbb9c even an injury—it was c42e6b8e45 just an ordinary part 5793f48811 of life. In his fbfa9537dd mind, being ff762be9c7 ‘injured’ meant 3eaea2c2ab being impaired d8341cb981 to the 052388b316 point that b936989b2a it restricted d6b63c15e0 his movements.f623420d349f7635
However, Adelen’s firm demeanor 21bc02488e left no room for fd54f29480 argument, even though he 1ffd071477 wasn’t actually hurt.e891a00b957e04e3
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“You shouldn’t ignore dd50ef6c9c even small bruises 9e642625f5 or cuts. The young master of 01eab32a61 the household I used d04a9fbbca to work at once 5d91232734 fell down the stairs f50ed35d5d and got a bruise 54683718be in the exact same 1cb69a1416 spot as you. That night, he b520500aa3 started feeling unwell, 85eb5b7bfa and a few ff48066dc8 days later, he 6ed84bf9bb passed away before 5cbcd265f2 he could even 8be41a1fcb receive treatment.”8c973f6cb06113d6
“That happens sometimes.”45f8e17a370dc367
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On the battlefield, it 0e29637265 wasn’t uncommon for minor a547ba5ba7 wounds to turn into 8998aeb165 fatal infections. But Rakalt 9e9dc411f7 had never 022c456452 once considered f013c07d97 that it 2f061a2cad could happen ba42348b61 to him.39f25c2e94e6021d
Neither did anyone 2c9291b8b1 around him.12ea7d17778ebc92
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In hindsight, it fa31f942f4 was an incredibly 166c0347dd reckless way of fa3be9a9e0 thinking. Yet, given that fea7fcc4b7 he had never 78eeddd1b0 truly fallen ill 408a3dd577 before, it was 36e0e6c1b3 only natural that 6c8214ca52 he thought that 888ab85b0c way.ad59e284f3f33d4f
“That’s why 7ffdc7d468 you need ee5999aa39 to be 9037d2dfc4 careful too, d222e4523f Master.”f21b42db2eee673a
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At the b1ff9e5fe4 orphanage, they 5df06cb77f were always 109e673e1c short on eb799700ba money, so 7f64d18f31 minor cuts b7ae9e6db2 and scrapes 13617d7f22 weren’t treated.f1daac22db70b405
If they 7e9fd9b91e were lucky, 3a7650c91a they healed 0bfce76f50 without issue; 3dd172b30f if they e796d6cb61 weren’t, those f04a26a556 wounds could acab487618 lead to 62f35fdb4b death. But unlike back then, ab61a197a2 they weren’t lacking money 183f116e3c or people to take 26d2574cb8 care of injuries so a29af461b9 why was her master 8cae67ba31 acting like this?fa9beb71266f2d2a
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Grumbling, Adelen applied ba58043e7b the ointment.db2a312410a7ec2c
“But… why do you aa7205f089 have so many scars, 8788298ebc Master?”2e08868604f99c10
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She furrowed her 242ca4b910 brows as she f84b315d0d leaned in to 5ca73e53e2 inspect his wounds. The last time she 0dde394761 treated him, she had 945b8e224b focused only on the c5cbe6e453 specific injuries from battle, 7239da8275 but this time, because 19fb4f8181 of the large bruises, 6bdf01f543 she noticed more of e8735361b0 his body at once.b395207123f69e3e
Rakalt’s body was d1ff60a798 covered in scars, 9e1a281566 big and small. Some were deep and c36a978d09 looked like they must 46c3194135 have been severe, while bced30cb83 others were barely noticeable.f3c436e1255fe3e0
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“Did you get a671f42f64 all of these 8b2588fc91 from fighting?”9f71498798215cb8
For Adelen, 7d67a38afc war was 5386fb99da something that b05eabb128 happened far b4dae769ca away, unrelated c27bbdc9cd to her 4c51def8c0 daily life.207f8414c8c39097
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While it was 03bf3c3ace a serious matter 967ef6da8e for the king b17165c80a and nobility, commoners 39d99cad41 didn’t feel its 3e475184ac impact unless their 67fedffc87 own lives were 0d44191df4 directly affected.399469d2df388f08
The war with Morn e95e6b60b0 had begun long before f71d524f84 she was even born. Most battles took 8ff5825beb place in the 6f9bbf1f67 barren borderlands, where 90639152ef few people lived.5467320c818bb15e
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Only knights 9bb6562e32 and professional ca38de2b83 soldiers went 0d88fe9a76 to war, 558b604f67 and by 621cc6bdab now, not 61c6029e73 even victory 04b291c3c6 parades were 87a7fafd06 held when 1af0aa33fb they returned. Because of c236b4b2d8 that, she a97897b944 never really a401da2638 thought about d4da9f5a21 people getting 341761261c hurt or 8f3f50b0cb dying in fc6331585b battle.ed3d5d767d22ac47
“Most of them, yes.”55e01888a9d0aae6
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Rakalt glanced d904f135d6 down at d6ab43f0fe his own d3eb22a153 scars. He usually 6ddd171eed didn’t pay 9570ad996e attention to 118fbaae64 them, but c6984e8acb even to efe39fd745 his own 6dcd1b0268 eyes, there caf17a0579 were quite fa8e2821a3 a lot.4dc92a9aa72e0dae
“How did you get 7453be24b4 this one?”eb06be9863f1f856
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Adelen carefully touched fdc5627037 a long scar 9e70cba435 near his navel d01b1dcfd8 with the tip 6cd1403aab of her finger.9ef6225fa5830fe4
Rakalt sharply inhaled.cb6699a5de5bc2da
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“Oh, sorry! Did that hurt?”79fa8225cfdeae20
“It’s not pain… It’s bf147271b2 just ticklish.”9d392afcc4b8f50d
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“Ah…”e075435c895b6116
Old wounds wouldn’t 0a107ee832 hurt anymore. But she was startled 8bfa0d5d31 when his abdominal muscles 104d3427cf tensed suddenly.7923c3d07cff0a4f
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When he said it 212d911b36 was ticklish, her stiff 99ac29557d expression relaxed slightly, and fe1a793a64 she let out a e986ccd673 light chuckle.c834f745989c3586
The warm breath that 4f78c63493 escaped her lips brushed 9b1cbfe553 over the old wound 78b9491201 making it tickle again.c0fa76d57aa891b6
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“That one… I got 04c449e628 as a child when c334336301 my father hit me. I fell and 979baca491 slammed into the 3ba0052980 railing.”82db65deef72c12f
“…!? He hit you?”0e310e478a16c695
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Growing up in dc94820dc8 an orphanage, getting 4c39bb259f hit was a bc81ed3e09 common experience. But to think her 00aba07dd0 master had been beaten d7f321d861 too…6f111a78b675fab7
Adelen’s eyes widened.cd07243eebda727f
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“Many times. The future of the 1c0422e156 Sigelion family rested on 2bf6a72785 me. They couldn’t afford to 6e30628c61 raise me carelessly.”9a30e1293dc43441
“?”c19d0ea83ae1cbc2
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Her confusion only 45f30d1bdc deepened.42dfb80e24d3c1e3
“What does that have 5a7ea8f949 to do with beating 5f2cdbc326 you?”7d45d861bca135a0
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“Whenever I 34077a5d48 made mistakes, 5ea50cc080 they disciplined 4a91d68388 me to 3210d391f7 make sure b72d40c823 I learned 869206e84c properly.”e3a569202521f46a
“…”d6ba804ea4a1012d
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“It wasn’t abuse. If I d2251071ce had done 7f1b05bdf7 things correctly, 2762115c05 I wouldn’t 9eea8f3c23 have been 594ab84177 punished. I was just lacking d18960cb8d in many ways as 80e9a8c0ac a child.”629aa7660a7f73ba
Seeing Adelen’s d158d2fc01 baffled expression, 6ffe6e2a9f Rakalt instinctively 54a573e3f5 started justifying 73478f6fea it. It was something he 147859bf42 had always taken for 6a1d8014c1 granted.62926862fa2d2301
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His family was stricter 2af36f24b9 than most, but the 563e7ce5d7 Sigelions came from a ed02887175 line of knights. They were bound by 32c99110b2 duty to serve the b3c08b56f4 king and fight in e4347ca4ee wars.0172e1a34b346e7e
To ensure survival, strict 57b4aa9367 training was necessary. That’s what he 09ea8712b9 believed when he 9e011a98c0 was a child, b7b7760d4b and he still 915433f639 believed it now.cab03552eecf50ec
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“If someone 17e90b97d7 understands words, dd35a74ba0 why would ee2737ac32 you need 9df3f193de to hit 66595390df them? It’s not like you 8f85062253 were some kind of e20e479451 beast. I don’t 2e380c5c70 know much a75d4c3a04 about raising c960f048fc kids, but d81528f920 that kind 1a582c71e8 of education 2a79cefdb4 sounds pretty 74cfccb411 terrible.”81bf371816d54571
Adelen scowled b4cdfe3512 as she f813f478d2 grumbled, applying 46c345387f ointment even 15ba3843a4 over scars ded95d264a that had 5b78bf46d6 long since fe36df8c4d set and 6119b45707 wouldn’t fade.78bb00e7059fcf4b
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It was the first d97821449c time Rakalt had ever 4a871f1314 heard such an argument.95eb54b2180e3dea
Was that true? If words 5b6c7a498d were enough, e9fbf7bf8f there would 22fd36d403 be no 2e54bed785 need to 0498441933 hit…?046a7e8e5537c569
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Scars he had never dc0a7ff641 paid attention to before d956373ea4 suddenly seemed to ache.4320057d0e8c4106
As he quietly watched f04992fa3d Adelen’s hands tending to e1bc026d2a him, he realized something.14db4ec448f6fd60
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Just as c0d197760b he had ad14b928cd overlooked his ae6318082b own scars b74f0fb6d1 all this e7f0dfb58f time—there was 58173b3ab6 something else 3c9865ece3 he had 40e3be2f80 been neglecting 1ddeb8ec47 too.0d14a3acf168297e