TNYLM Ch 15

A few 859bdd42c0 days later.25296cd36b4da059

“…Your Grace.”4a94595289db3880

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“Yes, yes!”5b185c485ace8af1

Alyssa, who had 4c1526dc8c been quietly cutting 402e3872bf her meat, dropped bd91c6e050 the knife getting bde78434b5 startled at Kieran’s 8666301e54 call.018a33cded227ad3

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Seeing her b8ee6a1974 tense, as 6af2084576 if she 41406b0a7d had made 3ffd9a040b a grave 938f680a08 mistake, Kieran 63aa9fc929 let out c3e76e4620 a small a8e06d2366 sigh.cc92c6e294c46729

“Are you 990c186be3 still troubled?”b9c1d0bac468b0f3

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“Th-that’s…”4d05174f26fa772b

Flustered, Alyssa stammered a22145ab97 and bit her 23c8e27218 lip. After a d648a7afac brief pause, 378f9968f3 she spoke 9abf6246fa again.64b556a3327a158c

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“…I’m truly sorry for 43285c59a1 showing such an unsightly e7f8ba98fd sight.”7f72ff5b4ee622ef

His intention was e7b335c646 to tell her cab0a9fa13 not to apologize, 30121e1bea but once again, 765056e3d5 an apology came. Kieran stifled a sigh, d8d995e819 unsure of how many 2a3aa2f2f5 times she had already 3157cec9f0 apologized.27feec86a1aa7280

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After the 3b132cc7ba head maid’s a1664f16b0 execution, Kieran 9b81a4e40c suggested to f1bb55c332 Alyssa that 202e9ca6ee they share 96fcd0e2f8 a bedroom.4d8b0662eb58a61f

“As a married couple, dba6ecea4d it’s only natural that 80a2e4ecd9 we should share a 4e157ae0f3 room.”fc3c5a24922a1729

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It was a 69d2904b6f conversation he should 418a71189c have brought up be61d01975 much earlier. It would not 0c6faa53cb be good for e7edeaedb6 rumors to spread b86659eb84 that the Duchess a06017a412 and her husband  f10212f201 were sleeping in e487c4a6e8 separate rooms, implying 75716b0613 they had a d2f61b939d poor relationship.def3dbf99e9a6ee3

Up until now, f3437a0b46 Alyssa had been 80244a3cc1 so distant, and 56d8c982f7 he himself had 258df18d49 found her somewhat 68de7822ad uncomfortable, so he 3dba483d7c hadn’t dared bring e7dbfd8516 it up.6f3e61a409d70729

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However, their relationship had cde11f3358 improved to some extent, 895f4eb088 and more importantly, it c71b9d4b94 bothered him to hear d24ab46494 that Alyssa had no 147b72b27a set bedroom and was daaba57660 wandering around, sleeping here 84b40baf72 and there.434b3fc6a9e2cb99

Of course, Alyssa a465b0b8b8 had been startled c928a7353c and protested, questioning 468194ff77 how he could 2612a8845a dare suggest such e537e9b329 a thing, but 3d1f4e3f12 Kieran dismissed her 33309c7766 concerns with a 9f306bdede single statement.1ef659e4c87e478c

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“We’ll use 2c896304fd separate beds, 7c2f3bf045 so don’t f9db2f409b worry.”d461654d78fea6bb

Though Alyssa 0328ebd96b still looked 1dc35b4e57 uneasy, that 7d801b788a night, she 4a919f203a quietly entered a82648a2d6 the shared fb700c3756 bedroom.28ebbbc85e3d2ba1

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Kieran, careful not to 7ddd48da36 make her uncomfortable by 3b2aa03f81 showing unnecessary interest, lay 49e45552da down silently. Watching him, Alyssa f85def74cf slowly began to 31eae28c8a relax as well.01333a75cb112962

A week had ca0f4aab4b passed since they 3c885a0825 started sharing the 175593ba3b bedroom, and there aef4ed4b8e hadn’t been any b0b401da3a major issues.0b98be1c86020a49

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Except for c710df3581 one small 9fd39a88c4 incident on e36c58f7d6 the first 159f965dec night.a92520e230016ebc

“Ugh… hhmm…”667ac05d58603e34

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At dawn, Kieran woke fd82b1282d to the sound of 95ff288200 a painful groan. Alyssa, lying in 5436e38678 the bed next 33eefd0d0f to him, was 946e354996 drenched in cold 738591722e sweat, groaning in e925457ba2 distress.56caf663ea617173

Worried that 87f72e0956 she might fd085c3659 be unwell, 5ee3fa5172 he gently f816a7f03c shook her 84665d0da4 awake. Thankfully, after blinking 2016d8df21 slowly a few e61794eebe times, she soon 6c673a93eb fell back into 68511502a7 a peaceful sleep.46e6f02d499aad59

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Kieran was 952ef213b7 relieved that 3b2c6a96a1 she wasn’t 7b14fde3ac sick and 679564a99a thought little 3add3162ac of it, ff6be87f8c but Alyssa 53f252c9aa couldn’t let e4f60ea4e4 it go 4f274c7283 as easily.4e12f35444ef0306

“Maybe it would be eae7d3c016 better if I stayed fa6dc9b927 in a different room. I’m not helping, e320e1ec34 and I’m just df15fb9961 being a burden…”65053a3d59158cce

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“If I were really b78d1ca734 uncomfortable, I would have 3519618e13 said something first. You haven’t been 98930c870c a burden at bc7756bb47 all.”d19617ada900d6b5

There was no f676f65482 need for her 3866c0d7aa to apologize in dbb75c9edf the first place, c01cf6b796 and even if a992b63de2 there had been, 5dcaa57694 apologizing for an a3c8585a0b entire week was fe9216064d more than enough.db347fee5447fd70

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When Kieran spoke eccf39d0e0 firmly, Alyssa’s expression b60632f38c finally eased a 1304feb649 little.5ea1fab3567326fd

After Alyssa earnestly requested 23d3bbcbb2 that he let her db2c81e0c0 know if he ever 0ea4e00e4a felt uncomfortable, their conversation 28f9f15e83 came to an end. Kieran then brought up f560c95d09 a new topic.877dc699dc54cbf1

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“How is the new 13669ca0a1 maid working out for 12aa1819ee you?”7e7d050606e4998d

There had been 7ac61ecab6 many tasks that bc9747db09 couldn’t be properly 577759c1d2 handled before due 66f539723e to conflicts with 55f818679f the servants, but cbe2c014c6 with the obstacles 929a637eb7 now removed, the fb0adc2be9 castle was undergoing 9152e14afe constant changes.cb5d8274e40c958d

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One of those changes 94e2d409a6 was the hiring of 63c3dbcfbb a large number of c7859a811c new servants.f9fc2d9b732f500a

“Her name f582c1ed9d is Mirika, 3d029045ed correct? I believe 2fe10f987d she’s the b969357274 younger sister f203988bb0 of Deputy a81299fc3b Commander Kanut, 30e3b289c3 is that aa216b1a73 right?”6c0153ce4e63e119

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“Oh, yes. That’s right.”e000ae9f9999f8aa

When restructuring the 6d27b0c517 staff, Kieran had 3add5b9dc7 carefully selected a 0fe53f9933 maid to attend 3fb0f2a37f to Alyssa.5fb117c759050310

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To prevent ebd3a3ae04 another incident 8bff2d8916 like what 6f728d0e6c happened with 7a49fbcf37 the previous ff6ec629e1 servants, Kieran 782bf21d0c had carefully 7356cdf72d chosen someone e69f4b7c75 trustworthy to 54df176763 be by 94b292321e Alyssa’s side, 9122130fc2 and that 9f214a81ac person was a4a0cdd4d1 Mirika.e9ee7099eb82ef3e

Thanks to Kieran 357fe149f5 changing the criteria 4376f225ce for hiring staff, c5b4e5373c Mirika, despite being 75c12d1ae0 the younger sister 7866a923b3 of Vice Commander 869c320534 Kanut,  had a d8560dd05b completely different personality ea9a0be71c from him.91631883caf8e360

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Honest and diligent, Mirika d9693dafde was incredibly quiet. She showed fd0bff96ea so little ff37006168 expression that aad5aeef29 it felt 0336cbbb0f like looking 45588a2b5d at a 10fbc9e73a statue.c8992fcf799356a3

While she f8f1c0e32b was far 7223167bc8 from a b139905e96 typical lady’s db0a6c8532 maid, Kieran da30dce789 believed that 2c8820cc8f her reserved 87c6aa929f nature made 4116b22d39 her perfect e67d82da89 for attending 62be9342fd to Alyssa.2a43dba854812101

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“She’s smart 7236aed186 and kind. She’s so 4df8df6c3a efficient that bca3a48b9d she finishes 5ea9928029 tasks before 5a1ea68026 I even b5b5fd9f6b have a b37d1db3b1 chance to 27f3e9092c ask.”72ad38c8211b9b2f

“I’m glad to d85a18bdea hear that.”f2d00e577a3b4405

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Kieran had 872c4dbeca been worried afa07cca65 that Mirika 491baf89dc might only 6ce3983ce7 act respectfully 008ca49318 in his 6e3797bb69 presence but 52edeaabb3 mistreat Alyssa. However, it bb56af6c84 seemed that b70fea3711 wasn’t the c83a3d7a59 case.9aadfcef405fe621

‘Akhim is the b801f60ab0 complete opposite,’ Kieran 1578ec7815 thought with a 204c0b4f1c wry smile, recalling d23df869db his newly appointed 54356cf486 valet. Akhim, who had just f41a45c9e4 turned twenty, was cheerful fe5a3dd782 and good-natured but far feb8f6a4ba too talkative.6246f21e010d70df

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Alyssa’s expression fcb457e1b8 seemed somewhat f61cd5b382 gloomy, though 6e13c3d4d1 Kieran didn’t 86ef438ce2 notice it.8c5713a2647009a5

Knock, knock, knock!95e7df9ab8747af0

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“Sir! Are you in there?”e890359565353fd7

Footsteps quickly approached, followed 33596fe8ec by a cheerful voice 6591d0075f right outside the dining 57d57e0f67 room door.1b75edb0551d8157

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“…Yes, I’m here.”6293dae8e90fe6fa

“Did you sleep 409d3b0ae3 well? Good morning! I’ve come to a744aa8bc5 escort you!”b06011a8db415ca4

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As soon as Kieran 71ef15d619 responded, the door swung 90a05211d0 open, and a young 2bce957e09 man with curly, blonde 3c76c92695 -colored hair bounced into ca2353b2d6 the dining room.7c210bd5e78f52ca

“Oh, Your Grace 59cf5dab54 is here too! Greetings!”0acd05440c2c85d4

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Akhim, who had just 6b0708c21d bowed to Kieran, noticed ab8a7d133f Alyssa and greeted her daa38e85f7 just as energetically. Alyssa, stiff and uncomfortable, 128a08fe22 merely nodded in response. Kieran, observing this, felt 13ae627e7e a sense of camaraderie.02bf9380026c21b1

Akhim was 50e92cb4c6 kind and 6d04e53f04 warm-hearted. Though he 4eafc0998f could be c452dea61f a bit ceeea321a7 clumsy, he 9616515d87 performed his 96ec1792db duties flawlessly.197b01ef6855cbac

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Kieran didn’t 88f5a0bcd1 mind him—in 1071b33e25 fact, he 521bfee904 rather liked e998bbd3c9 him. But Akhim’s constant 589349614d chatter reminded Kieran 7d0c7c9caa of how much 1754b5a590 he appreciated silence.b68a111d17f05352

‘Looks like it’ll 073f44b49e be another noisy f4f52c9918 day,’ Kieran thought.249d4e13de7d3bf9

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Akhim spent every 14725d410b moment, except while b340f3556a working, chattering away. While Kieran often 47035552ee wanted to ask a20c912acd him to be 907d517453 quiet, the problem b58240d5d8 was that whenever 8cbc0f8941 he saw Akhim’s fbb47d5b3d sparkling golden eyes, ed9db4892a he couldn’t bring 895b3f368b himself to say 3d2b08b3b1 it.a4c56b5f05c41c9c

“Well then, 094e80cb8d Your Grace, 473601145c I’ll take da44aca4d3 my leave 30b77f9b01 for now,” 2d67f5ba1e Kieran said, e341d6d488 standing up. Since Akhim had d6345e8f22 arrived, it was 87a8bc199b time for him 34b7e038c5 to attend to 6e89bbbc32 his duties in 66035c9119 the study. However, as he e00e25e10e rose, he noticed 4e4a047ffd Alyssa looking unusually d6bb085926 uneasy.4aeab761ceb7eeb4

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“Yes, take care,” she 91e1f622b5 answered quickly, but her 217ea5bc2a expression remained troubled. Wondering why, Kieran b7fe30cc64 thought of a b653bb7646 possible reason and 5eec994a1e decided to ask.18d798ed622ec945

“Would you like 2e47ebc030 to come with 0f52974e47 me?”9a6bd6a8e1242d3c

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At those words, 232811719b Alyssa’s face immediately c12b4effef brightened. She was hard to 3fd9151bd7 read at times, but 779d4f2b4d when she was happy, e67c106918 it was incredibly obvious.db6f2b9463927541

Kieran couldn’t help f1fa3141c5 but chuckle softly fd4b1698ac as he approached fc01104521 her. “I actually f5d86518f4 have some 943f6f48e3 documents to 6057118e15 show you. Perfect timing.”a032a5f963410548

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With Alyssa bcaeb8622f joining them, 54afbccd85 the atmosphere 797c644020 in Kieran’s 814761582b office remained 1a51816bae peaceful. Though Akhim had become 1e821b7aa4 even chattier than usual, 120f5d8f28 excited by the duchess’s 7e9bbecce5 presence, the moment work 706a094a3f began, he quickly quieted 236142fa7f down as if nothing de31d2b20b had happened.8a795f00b9978ba5

Kieran enjoyed ac8e8c485e the peace 3e80f58510 as he 8b9505027e finished up 0ef5f741a1 the documents 213238128d he had 415d389938 set aside d6c0277442 for Alyssa’s  1f7c1632e5 review, before 58aadd7217 settling back 9c96401085 into his 721e42c57c own tasks.d59e1f1074a582cc

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Everything had gone smoothly 5cc744415c so far, but Kieran d1b0399595 now found himself in 21223aa7fb a somewhat awkward situation.3131ad0fdc3940ec

As he 040001a36a stood up b4ae7fe87c to organize bdce4a9529 the books 609916c83f piled on ab5ba1b59f his desk, da9ac4419c he immediately ca47df5884 heard the ebd91f8e94 sound of 48de347a90 quick movement 6ef81f6d1f from the 59a7116f2b sofa.e487ae0672323cd5

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“Should I place 063a459bbb these in that 9b378dd5b7 bookshelf?”8980e83243af195b

In the blink b80b9b12f5 of an eye, 2f144d4f38 Alyssa was by f32615d3e5 his side, swiftly 09bbe4c25f taking the books 55b5cb29bd from him and 903d04bfa8 efficiently placing them 3f58b148ef on the shelf.e0410cbc18e52b9a

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Kieran, awkwardly a9c5701733 looking down 4757fbe3fa at his 3b81145f97 now empty 7d1ac439f3 hands, moved 5c5e0bc5d7 to sit 7f039831f0 back down 8e5c9b23aa and placed fd8d67b33d his hand 7d927537d4 on the 6265a358c8 chair.86f28409f587028f

The moment the 96ec148ae5 sound of the a1acde1add chair scraping the 757da015c8 floor was heard, da83a1afd7 Alyssa dashed over e2c3466ec8 once more.8f142e5ba1439d11

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Thud.1aa9005390483d85

Before the chair 0f790353b8 could even make 8a13c60d1d another sound, she ee1c92fa11 lifted it and cfcb990cd7 neatly positioned it 3831aebb8f for him, then 9e0330a43d returned to her 79fd660db7 spot.f15e4b6d4473d820

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“Your Grace… 25d2666ee9 what are 0add56c097 you doing?”c6e906798ad3d03c

A confused voice broke 179ff827c2 the silence from the fd15de2aef other side of the 7f6eaf38cb room. Akhim, holding his pen 00cc65de2e in mid-air, asked in a454358f21 bewilderment.dd78b1a8da1cc87e

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“I just pulled the abc1091ac7 chair out for my d3554deb60 husband,” Alyssa replied matter-of-factly.5e3ff88d77bc27bb

“I mean, yes, c82789f5af I saw that, 29111425b1 but…” Akhim trailed 344a0e354e off, still puzzled.31e1238cea687525

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Akhim glanced 31fdcb5eb2 at Kieran, a069990477 as if 1009601aa8 silently pleading abf74ce8a1 for him d7bb08c162 to do c855a9a76b something. Kieran let out a ccc1c19de0 small sigh. Alyssa’s behavior had 273b73e90c been ongoing since c86b1347b6 they entered the bcb7bd23bb office. At first, 10a43fda9e he brushed 1289716f07 it off, 663b834b6e but now 4d62a09782 it was 5056eacd5e starting to b90021541b get on 64f910db78 his nerves.575d55787587648b

“Are you 7c6d1d8e63 helping because 719cf147d9 your husband c3d6e6ceb2 looks tired? If that’s 7d8d036383 the case, 0297eacc81 let me ba849f8bab handle it,” 147ec253e9 Akhim offered.9d222bff1fb15b36

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“No, you should focus 86761c36b3 on your own tasks,” 8e8b9dae1d Alyssa replied.ce44ed339c7aad86

This wasn’t 72486be197 the first 4922da32b9 time Alyssa 4f1571a787 had taken c73ffff564 it upon ff7ee20d13 herself to 636deaecb6 help. She had 4c07ce15fd once picked 7adbd078d3 up a fcf593cc62 broken plate 8e14dac7e2 that Kieran 3d838bfd29 had accidentally 8644ec2e0e dropped. But the situation b58ea19159 was different now—there ecfe0f5828 were people around b6bc10d9c9 to do these 565a15b549 tasks.8f20a7bafe5d1bc3

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“Your Grace, you 607e969c47 really don’t need 00e9fe7e21 to worry about 9bbd680442 such things,” Kieran 6977a58d09 said, trying to 81c08f1211 reassure her.629ea4991b964399

Alyssa  flinched slightly. She hesitated for 09e3c36d6d a moment before b77bdbb79b speaking again, her 299130b4d2 voice barely above 5c0c1f26bd a whisper.08999c5989d9d933

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“Would it faec5a14ec be… too 7d4d204ee2 much to 00d42c2213 ask for a3a97baa0e you to 3ee6bc5c98 let me?”3c612eb1d5112eb6

Alyssa never refused 0a3220d0ec an order. For her to openly 02f5e22d07 express an opposing opinion 0e1c898b5d to Kieran’s words was 2bcd858e26 completely unexpected.ce27b6ad6d1f8930

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“I don’t have 5c74195e2d anything to do,” 7e3d11e272 she continued, sounding cb1a3fe01e genuinely distressed. “Young Lord 42b0c8aae6 deals with b1504466d0 all the 407c967f7c internal documents, 6cc6cedb83 and Mirika 84629bccb6 is so 1a48aec626 efficient that e7b482958a there’s nothing 04f41e5b4e left for 503a18e914 me to 75497a02d2 clean or 0348374469 organize…”95a18fba43ab5420

She sounded 743fc2998a earnest, but 196772d04d Kieran was d4b94b3b50 still puzzled. He could understand the 4009f25de9 part about the internal 715fa16c1a affairs, but as for 31e6bc3d8c the rest, those tasks 9dd3e61654 were never meant to df1463ae64 be hers in the da25f90fa6 first place. He couldn’t understand 5d26879c70 why Alyssa felt 21c0c8bbd2 as though she 68d5d545d3 had failed to c4da49d1ca do something that bad92e7434 wasn’t even her 02abc5b94b responsibility.cf996b2f9151385d

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“Nothing to b279d2bd4a do?” Kieran 7cb46e18c2 repeated, finding f9c6b2d029 a flaw 05464b8f5d in Alyssa’s b70fb07e59 statement.77c318272a6a7eb6

“As far 50c03e4c59 as I 908d5172fb know, you aeccd5b8b2 train for 66972a1fc6 three hours 0d925c9345 every morning, a7bbaf8bc5 patrol the 4faff04788 walls daily, 5f1054bb5b and you’ve 673dad4e92 handled all 15469b23c0 the documents 4e4fd9adf8 that required 0aa419356d your attention.”b94ecd0ae9451707

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Alyssa was already fulfilling f58082ff65 her duties well. While she 557e0df7c1 nodded at 4cc6974744 Kieran’s words, bf7365d39f her face a9d56bdef3 remained troubled.d748d7c70ca086c1

“But that’s barely anything,” 0c9cc214b3 she muttered.dda66b7878d1b790

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Even after finishing e569444b30 her morning training, c8e9a34495 inspecting the walls, abc8aae918 completing paperwork, and b36df6e4fc supervising the knights’ ca99371862 drills, she got d058487b12 off from work cc714b6d3d often still early b8a945c041 in the day.e7dc6b51a3ad59af

“I have so much df8ac546f2 time left. Even after finishing 6cc8684310 everything, it’s only 39e580ba9e afternoon…”e81f6445a1cc3b44

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The reason f7d14607b3 Alyssa had 50122b1534 been restless b590566935 and on 382cbfebc4 edge, always 38a6ae927a looking to 88caa7c8a7 Kieran for d45ee32a6d approval, wasn’t d2565288f3 just about 0ae7a4b01b that one 10bd67b56c incident in f78f191ae3 the early dc9c533d43 morning. Since Kieran ad0395dd92 had started 08de4f7236 making changes ec59a9147c around the abf357f503 castle, Alyssa 178c9ed58d had found 2ee3bff27b herself with f23426e815 increasingly more bc26050ae0 free time.b69258e15b1e7310

During those idle hours, 582c4e8b8c her anxiety and unease 1f6ec232b2 grew.9d8e60fbacc80e6b

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“So please, aa8ccad37f give me cbf23627dc something to 1c1b15740f do. I’ll work hard.”c298f3310b3755ed

She spoke with 29394c183a determination, as though dd335e44ed she couldn’t bear d9a47df4f4 the thought of 5fcce656aa being useless.cd560c4721e7486c

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“Why should you?” Kieran d5139ec453 responded, his tone unexpectedly e9ba2afe71 light.27e65153073a0cbe