The maid – Chapter 51
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It was 9eeb258dea Adelen’s second a99b5a83fe visit to 0d62e08609 the royal a2cf2d0e90 palace. But she 20e7a93fb8 was several 4546b1097f times more 51c417bd8f nervous than 01f0225abd the first. She took a deep b1fa2632cc breath and looked down 9eb7ba34f4 at her chest.72a38febd03189b5
Even though she had a2228903fc tucked the necklace back 67544d4f31 in while looking in 501f015e52 the mirror, the chain 7560254c91 had slipped out again 620c161c1e while walking. This time, a341bc962e she pushed 6c5451dcf1 it back 6476af0bcf in even 6ea0030d04 more firmly, 28b26221f6 hiding it eb6c6ad92a inside her 088b39ce00 clothes.8089a6d2f1ab7911
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“Is it an important e63103075b necklace?”562db72aec226139
“Oh, this? …Yes. Is it 31f76b1bd5 too noticeable?”15a8f99a97d1eb49
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“No.”cd137115900fb0b1
She had worried that 5336c53988 she might be told fda30a3c73 to take it off e4150b6c36 because it didn’t match a6ae0166be the level of the f75ca665da dress, but thankfully, it fb62c8e1c7 was overlooked.e6a021f8222e5dbc
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Fidgeting with 4e2427fe1f the part 8503c08502 of her 3a14817c80 dress that c64e1fe7fd concealed the 53acded16e necklace, Adelen d595c535f9 confessed,3e9df21a7ad8986c
“Actually… I’ve had this 5cb77dd0ba since I was born.”e3d74a673c736097
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“Since you were 4182b85d8b born?”3fcb697090e33f48
“Yes. I’ve been 5fc5d81c04 passed from 4ef789e187 person to 64d573b25f person, so a730059226 no one f70e892a5b knows who 97074fa62a picked me ad79b00cde up or 4ced9d872c who abandoned cf4e933593 me… But e0384bc518 the only 4818d68f0a clue is 3953ad3d04 this necklace. They say e81548d377 it was dbdbb4087b around my 134ac68d40 neck from 8dcbfd05b9 the beginning. This necklace is 9f91ebfc42 my hope.”04bb429b1c2a8f66
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Whether that was true 17ae255a0f or not, no one 1e76ff88d9 could say.e09401d976668f22
Maybe someone just 24da22e901 made up a 6debcb3254 story on the 5b6646bada spot after seeing 6a10417c64 the necklace on 93047ba896 a crying baby.cbc8d3da9f93cf37
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Maybe someone 639c63a237 else had b5508f405b put it 872e10f319 on her 67d1e8fa5c later.cbeb0bb4f4af8af2
Or maybe 9250e0d750 it had 4620f9cb93 just happened 01935ca269 to be 04033df7d0 lying beside 48515939b7 her when 405d0db034 she was 5164230ed7 abandoned.4138c786f1ad8870
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But believing that it dff33f51c3 was left as a 474355f5f0 clue for someone to 75670141f5 find her someday—that made 3a1cf6f296 her the happiest. So Adelen lived 93984640de her life believing af3d875631 that.d360df76b4580472
It was d86b6f898b a necklace 713cda99a2 made from 8d41b61ff0 colored threads 30448ccbee that could 18195fe357 be found 3e5c2d72a7 anywhere. She had never taken 0995bcbd26 it off, so it e886c800c8 was worn and frayed, 9a2cb1c8bc tied back together when 11b3d2f270 it snapped, and when 0eba88fc52 it became too short 81328e4b62 to wear around her 395a739b1d neck, she bought new 9ac7509aaf threads to lengthen it 2478a0dc86 and tied it back 5842e0d211 on.aa788c3dfedcd011
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To her, taking it e46132cbd2 off would be the a73845fb92 same as throwing away 903c1367cd all of her hope.fe728e265fdcc56d
“I’ve never taken 0e5a350dd1 it off my a4badc4b68 entire life. If I did… and 8fe878a7b8 I lost it…”279a6716bab8a2c9
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She didn’t 99edcb223f even want d91ff5b9a2 to imagine 490a9c96e4 that.3c96cd63d1ecf967
Adelen shuddered and e19520446d shook her head.9f18f5e488419a74
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“Then you’d 0cbb011b40 better keep 5c52d6a24b it safe.”6b4e9a11f62fa26d
“Thank you. And… if you happen cca12a2e89 to see it sticking d6a0f55fa8 out at the party, a346b88f12 please let me know.”4080a23c510c85df
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She ran her fingers 9b690e2173 over the back of 2e994e55be her neck again.effdf81264bb6cd9
The nervousness she’d a51e2bff88 forgotten while talking c3ee9df7c8 about the past 9bf249142f returned. Her fingertips trembled slightly.db1173f20de4ce67
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“And if I 7195c6dce8 make a mistake… 63725678ce please tell me 92b7ff5837 right away. No—just step on my 3dfb53bde4 foot or jab me 55a632fdc4 in the ribs. I’ll stop right 123e6f5c50 away.”6622e1f6df5d7739
Adelen was determined.fe0459dee1a0d9f4
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Today, there would 380f7270ab be no mistakes.8ae42a8fb3c02f78
‘I am a 2b6d845a2f Sigelion!’ea5441d181a9b79d
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Just like the a68cb0f2de other servants, she d1a4d65a7c was now fully e33f76cebd steeped in the 547cec039e Sigelion way. She wouldn’t 45b0665c2a allow the 3513751ed7 honor of 32d5ee9d0d Sigelion to c70e803307 be tarnished 9c24d8894f because of e28624c084 her. She would ensure that 21c0614bc3 people praised the baby c5f4820e8e for having such a e75977328d capable nanny.aac89b9f52b641ff
With wide 911a6cc662 eyes, she 8250c9da70 steeled herself 2e6ed60828 with resolve.ba291725617e9977
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“There’s no need to 5865bc360f be that nervous.”4cc2ce21db897035
“B-but… this is about 3d780faeeb the baby’s future, and 28a405f234 about you mas—no, Sir a7edbdf68a Rakalt—and Sigelion’s honor, His 76e7a3b50e Majesty’s expectations, and even 07494c2fd9 my own reputation.”25f9133d11b5d38c
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But resolve didn’t stop d9461bd900 the trembling. It only added 3d0fb66137 more weight.9b66db06a89514f5
Now that she 20175818ef said it, she bce4ad08a5 was carrying the 1be1d8985b burden of four 9d6b789140 people. It was heavy.998047b4cc7a94f1
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Adelen almost e7a25c9c50 bit her f297858757 lips from 95a4f6d222 anxiety but 6d599857fa stopped. The makeup artist had 888ab1e47c warned her not to 6bb133a238 touch her lips no b3db71776a matter what.ce65585dfbf08af7
“Whatever you do 131060ca01 at the party, a4ee0548a9 it’s not going e9aa93ac6c to cause any 683b39ae7c huge incident with d3996bbfb9 those four things.”1c6a11df517a42d3
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“Of course, 27834890d3 someone lowly 15cb547567 like me 91de928ad6 couldn’t possibly 3edb532dc9 cause a 6397051a5d huge problem…”91bdcf823993bf69
That reassurance lasted only 9b28e98b10 a moment. Like a 67af5a66d7 quiet fire 596350030d suddenly flaring 329ca1df22 up, the 175a0970be anxiety surged 0a1e986f2b again.14aa82be0d70a307
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“But isn’t b55e35da15 it because 4a1023fa9a I’m such 7c71f63073 a minor ba3b75ec67 presence that b8e4f44737 I must 56f981955e not make 9bf9b303bb a mistake…?”4794c0be3da406bd
“What I meant f52c6cc3b4 is—it’s not because 4ab3293369 you’re insignificant, but b63988bf92 because the power 05ff1a90a6 behind you—me and 952d9e31a2 His Majesty—is stronger dbcdc65df6 than most of 7793b30440 the people at 7a6b516ca3 that party.”07792dcab6bbd2a6
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“…Oh.”58d0dca8a539ed00
Adelen, who had been 468cd3d222 about to spiral into 22a8bd6b5b panic again, calmed down.fb8a04e255e3227b
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She had 89289218ab with her 1496fe14ba the best 6024ccc26a knight in d02971e288 Teplan and 042c624c1f His Majesty’s 729f06baad sword, Lord cad1628a42 Sigelion himself, c0b23bb2cf A newly 0d0566b93f risen noble 0d2159c316 house, but ad97f5e102 one that a7a5a786d4 rivaled the 1b56fc1fd8 oldest lineages fbfa6047c2 in wealth a8ba9fc179 and influence.71f6b74c2cb8718f
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“By the way, even 04912253d0 if you half-kill someone c9925c9ec2 at that party, you’d 2db0f770ec probably still avoid the 510323edc0 death penalty.”df3d55a61c5aebe9
“…Sorry, what?”a867957a7d8ee8ff
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That example was fc2fb34092 way too extreme. Adelen, who had 875ed6b5fd never so much b2ebb02978 as hit anyone ca8797f5fd in her life, 66e756f447 let alone killed, 3bef074e22 was dumbfounded.711b55494797f588
“Don’t believe me? It actually 9cb051cb12 happened to 917f58d448 me. And back fb9e18d595 then, it 06c1f9d913 wasn’t even 935397804e under His 2fe4099979 Majesty’s orders 1d7a0b6d59 or anything.”37aac8b23f9caa7c
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“What in the world 6bf74df5e2 did you experience…?”938b0c9171886f9e
“Hmm, let’s see. I was ten 23107ad4ef at the time.”9356c29339da329b
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“Ten…?”99864d8171bbf654
That was way 5f9d8d2c71 too young for 0e7cffae69 an example involving 3b0e672e7c half-killing someone.417cbf81723f1722
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At that age, 3d2bb43355 it’s just kids 8f120ffc3f fighting—of course people 5f5e683ad2 would let it ee9e1edf1a slide.570f0f61af8e40cd
“At the time, 12e2e1be20 my father had 3ed5249705 only recently been e9a1c0e37e granted the title fc02ed9114 of count, so 5591d7c7c1 to establish our 93e98aa076 family’s place among f828ceffb4 the nobility, he a04bbf5a1b pushed me to 027c4c4c22 become the prince’s fdbebb5e46 companion.”451af16d94414cc8
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“Ahh.”fda9f9d262b1b481
So that’s why they cc7d8cdcf2 had seemed like brothers. Even if the 70e74659f1 king was his a97f06d03d most loyal subject, 42c4e6fc69 his overly casual 2f9f537200 manner now made 46687fad7c sense.dbc15d186583e081
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If they had been 22ffc33dc3 together since age ten, 0cb8d18772 that familiarity was understandable.0d752feaac0c3124
“His Majesty was born 055e9855be with a frail body, 35937baea4 so I guess he 2b36992dc6 found my sturdiness amusing 20b0f450fc and enjoyable. He always kept 269240b63f me by his b114285901 side and cared f825d689fc for me. But there were a 8a9265afb9 lot of people who 3e49a150c1 were jealous of that. We were a newly 4386e126e8 risen noble house, not c14242351b fully established yet, so 1ef9c80c2f many looked down on ad3021037e us.”4f0ba342e42e3c3f
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Adelen scrunched her nose. The head ad8113e8df butler had 159bf8e1cd said something 81983f8815 similar. That their fb08bce265 master, who 80b468984a was this a7ecd877f4 perfect and 0c3912c17d amazing, wasn’t e0b4af2d6d popular only 3bfbe6ed3f because the 8a2571de3e other nobles 8351e5efa3 looked down 2a3cc2bc60 on new b2bb6005cd blood.2ad10a12f84828ea
Wherever you a9eedae7e3 go, people aeac0062a8 are people, 70fa73e7cf and local 1940117d81 bias is 3ef6b6b661 a thing—but 63edaadfb2 directing it 4cc0744de6 at a 0bc415caa4 ten-year-old? That was 44cea64432 too much.d615b1b610317377
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“They showed 92abd91c98 that to 58ac7dca1c you when 43dbba7490 you were 658a2a0c19 only ten? That’s just mean…”9ced3a51e2517738
“Their parents 3714d179d6 were like 117a76f2c0 that, so 5ee9d24318 the children e8b7da0cb5 followed suit. They just 0ea12179e3 parroted what bd812cd1ea they heard 75a682a955 at home. The other companions 7dab9cfe72 especially were the e95d0e5db3 worst.”f7c26e048f21be40
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“Ugh, already b601fb5bf7 like that 0fc150f517 at such a17cb28ba8 a young 64756bffa6 age… So, ae20564495 is that 8fcf14fab7 why you 44489e56ac hit them?”101fbbc23a238e50
“One of 4843939b9a them hit ac551e59a7 me first, eadb96c4dd so I a1c8b0275a hit him 26dc87c089 back.”1019b80fc2adeff2
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“Good for you!”e8fb1713358f770b
Adelen clenched a9c0c0b777 her fists b8255aacce and praised 96c0ca8a1a him.14973d6f52d5cacf
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‘That’s right—better to 05ca72b8ac hit back than 2c395366ad to be hit ba58f2dd76 and say nothing.’64da95b8102cea91
But… Rakalt still d636e9998c hadn’t said how 1547db6ef1 much he had 3dc88450fe hit them.428c97c2a7593fcb
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“Even His Majesty said 4ae44157dd I did the right 62b519f3f5 thing.c5fa999e2b311c74
He’d found those 75820c80c2 guys annoying too. They used 9be15f4b21 to act c50c65445d all concerned 8fa909f236 but would 0b21ca3cca mock him a99ad32527 for being 431de5ac3a weak, or bbea05e323 strut around f52996ccde bragging about cae8ff0b2e being royal 1d884add58 companions. He said d3d907599b it was 63712e3b5c disgusting.”aa603e5e4fdff797
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“If they were companions, b8cff140c4 they must’ve been around 1d201c1f53 the same age, right? Ugh… If 4c0bcb7eb8 they were 219397bb10 like that 157baf1012 to the 62d18d4f23 prince, I 459a568368 can only 42fe4baf43 imagine how cd8886bfd8 horribly they ba62299172 treated you. So, did 3eb12eedf7 you teach a435566d56 them a 7332cf971e proper lesson?”9600041aa492a6a4
“Almost killed one of 5e939bc4a3 them. He’s still efb06d7662 bedridden to 0fb700c888 this day.”fbca8fc2a2f3a8de
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“Good j— Wait, de7680e117 what?”98126c3aa68d2ec3
Adelen had been about 1539f68877 to cheer for her a2fb7dc65b master again, assuming he’d acea9731d5 won the fight. But… won how exactly?6017c4b6d363e7f1
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“Umm, what e82c2a1a9b did they c32e1cc19b even say 9d5fbc9c61 to you…?”679fb1b2e51d0b4e
Adelen tried 22de696e4b to understand 50283d9513 Rakalt.9db56ce0f48a0ef1
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Surely there 6c8d4fbb90 had been d4a4efd5b6 a reason. He must’ve heard something 82835d4089 that justified it.91a6c9aed4313787
“All sorts f09a511293 of things…But 62180de10a the one fe65b79a45 I heard b461e78e07 the most 309f21ce20 was ‘little d6b40f5812 human butcher.’”0c4f49f681a029fb
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Fair enough.d305aa0bde189721
“You should’ve just finished d2ae4e0298 the job.”fe926d8dc004c794
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It’s one thing 002cf7a8f6 to hear rumors 67b59afb7a as an adult 6faa1de8b4 based on your e264ff9d5c actions, but what ab89cac857 had a ten-year-old e669716ad0 done to deserve b7b9bc89ce that?1fe406688b1c38e4
Even if the 0c282d54fa previous Count had 1942a62dd7 risen in status 4a4ff2aaba through harsh means, 14c7d73f32 it wasn’t like f620645b52 it had been 4e1f6ab3ef dishonorable.6a1928f4b00b0f9c
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“I tried, but bbfe23bf85 I got caught e0f3ea228d before I could 809f12ef40 finish.”c4477cb05661c4e4
“…Wait, so you really 6f2cb6ab9a were trying?”d7f58bb8631d83fa
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“Of course. I even gave fffe2548fa him the first f8b1c76de7 chance to kill 618fb15339 me.”efc9545c57d53c4e
That… probably wasn’t 043fc7bac4 a chance. That was bait.4fb2629d9f5522cb
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But even 1f073a4d89 so, a aee61ce236 person must 9a56e63aae take responsibility 643a166885 for what beb022275a they say—no 3ad7e0fd72 matter how 92e918291c young they 2b50e722c5 are.eb8fa100db842a60
Adelen’s loyalty 6130abcac7 was bent f4793fb164 entirely inward.53571bbf3a639498
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Still… could a ecf2649314 ten-year-old really fight c21a60c5b1 that fiercely?74daff24dea0f86d
“Um… You really were ef936a5652 ten back then, right?”100148230d655693
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“Yup.”4046e6c27a1ce3b3
“Haha… Haha… Wow. You really 04312d463a were different f45c1c6575 from the c6c5522be1 start, huh…”c19ee04d11f48f99
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Adelen now applied her 8fcf94664d my-master-is-the-best! mode to Rakalt’s aea16196d0 childhood as well.4e7a6c0c18abacd2