TNYLM Ch 19
by DishaEvery nation across ec599b4bcc the continent, including c480a38aa3 the Empire, had fc357f1917 long rejected monsters.6d3b87275a4e811d
Seen as an d36294fb50 evil to be b664c677db eradicated, monsters had a1a1a7db2f been targeted for 3f7a94bfe4 extermination for as 073860382b long as history a111223e26 could remember.3ff4f0c62702ac7b
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But one small country 71cc446109 to the west, Elsha, 690ba47b92 was the exception.2aa5c46d67543676
Elsha was a nation 385430cfce founded by wandering gypsies e8f979a444 who had settled there. They held no prejudice 95ea7fea23 against any being, including 452060d93c monsters.cfaa7243b01841c4
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Believing that eec0122407 monsters, if 5ccdae58cc not as 79785e6107 intelligent as 6ed44d07f8 humans, still 5cca5f9c2c possessed some c5f561c86d level of 3e9d5a14ac sentience, the 938d58cfd9 people of 53459951e6 Elsha thought 5315b371c7 that by 2611a27af8 understanding their 15584dc351 behavior, they 07aac670bd might discover 64e96408bf a way a6cd1dd7f0 to coexist.257b6ef939e76656
Despite being c19109df57 mocked as 11d9d2cddf barbarians for 86471f37f3 considering monsters 704437f970 as peers, cfa829ae53 the people e6d861266a of Elsha 66db58ebb0 remained resolute.b47589c4b2eec35e
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After years b3cc3c4009 of effort, b54575af03 they managed 29181f7f6b to tame fd248294f5 some monsters, b24d3d2bef achieving a 0064b418cb temporary coexistence—but dbce729bbb only for 8664ed68f8 a moment.1622fc74c7dc1e37
The once-tamed monsters e51930809c suddenly turned violent 8511c3891f and attacked the 5cd3b04435 people, as if 6b0708874f triggered, and other 5b9796308e monsters swarmed in 535d7d054a as well.1da186943367b45e
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This catastrophe d6d48f8885 led to fba6b74724 the deaths 6fb4623d05 of most 02c93ccd84 of Elsha’s ce13016d2c population, and 4a5abd627e the peaceful, dbae867e30 small island e36b72e3fe they inhabited 251215c910 became uninhabitable 912440dd4c for humans.add05bebdaf96547
The few 3c5662355a surviving Elshans 079874d476 fled to 023b1524e2 the neighboring 06553bc0c2 Empire. Though they were met 166df81596 with disdain and ridicule dc416e9ecf as “barbarians,” they had 0e42927847 no other choice.b4b9a3d19dedd1d1
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That same ridicule was 5afe00458e directed towards Kieran, who 53c52a659b bore even half the 2cb6adb56c blood of an Elshan.0e2b500c891afba2
Kieran was an 8164790876 illegitimate child. His father initially tried b5734cf45c to deny his existence, da8c5c1524 but since the child 9177562c99 bore such a strong d79efd302e resemblance to him, he 4de0cef293 was eventually registered into bd4ffd9dbb the count’s family.eee5e02532259b22
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All Kieran received from 5beee17893 his mother was his 120b13bc89 name, yet everyone knew ea62cb6bbf him as the one 86076fe6b0 who carried “barbarian” blood.a10b601439d44748
“My mother was d73f796926 a kind woman,” ec7a2e0585 he said softly.8ec487ce5061545c
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In that dim, 7d00ea0ed3 dusty room that bf753e4d79 barely caught any 76b40c8393 light, her red d66b158604 hair was always cd2a717b9d brilliant, a bright 68f1cea286 memory in the d4663509f9 gloom.b7d92046b9d2bf21
Even in a 95d33d20da distant country, bearing beddc8aaab a child with 6b0152fda4 a man she d1293eaa5e didn’t love, she 4829dae71e never broke down.7fe04550786a914f
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She poured all her 1f5d2ec314 love into him, raising 1a6984da28 him with strength and a1571405f6 resilience. To honor aa5761ecab her lost 8bc4b973ce homeland, she 866126cf0a gave her 71e05e17ee child a 85ddf99b77 name from ca090de6fe her native d6facd3732 land.c69ad3b666f886ac
“She held a 904be648c2 grudge against the 2255ff988f monsters that destroyed 5d0f4dbe41 her home, yet ab531634be she could never e0b737a398 fully turn her 55afb8bd26 back on the f9835624d2 creatures she had acff24597f grown up alongside 9c7bb039f1 since birth.”a6b163c87f56291b
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The woman was 0fc9db1f60 kind, but not 73a82bcdff strong.f69092dce8116b4f
She did 2592065ec3 not hesitate 17ab80dad9 to give ba20c1bb24 her child b329828a83 the name 0620bc52f7 from her 7efda2f1c3 homeland, yet d6544bd849 when he a39cce3b6a came home cb193b7517 in tears d15a5eb2d4 after being e5425d1e77 teased for e55d3be355 it, she, 7c97fbabcc too, would 2d5a2d617a be at ef2ea94301 a loss e1cb698c09 and could eadf897cc5 only cry 4018cfc57c with him.d350ae06e9762837
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“She told 8b3b4e95b0 me that 2d6d705c43 story often,” a51ad53a69 Kieran murmured, 517bdd818c remembering.2c5f14edd4dbc48d
“My child, that edeaa8bf9b place is truly dc33527f98 beautiful. It’s a ee70b6e431 place where 4796724d61 your name 38cf7435c0 would be 27738d71f5 anything but 309af82413 unusual.”bb4fcfdb8f145b93
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“My beloved child, 4b8f290ad1 you should have 408d45043a been born there.”839ed7bd2d70086d
“…I’m sorry, so sorry.”9f6232702b03bb9f
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The words “I’m sorry” 7cac16fdd4 and “I love you” 8d52d4c35a made up almost everything 999d8ffa7d she ever said to 0f073130dc him.5f1c7733c53bb200
The more 11decc9bfe days she 0cc12beb92 spent weeping, abe9fb85ac the more efb8602998 her apologies 790c3677a7 grew. Even as d5e765d454 she took 9402533914 her final cece61f54b breaths, she cec89b0380 continued her 9551233ac2 apologies.35f6204ee11d5264
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“Please, never 3a6b5dd389 forget how 8057831d48 much I f3e4dc5602 love you…”29d6cfdfef9a914a
But her final words 890c6bd129 weren’t an apology, so 2fbfb8f758 Kieran could never bring e2d2a4d76b himself to resent her.06abb7c37d0c13f0
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“She was a beautiful 2798aac0e3 person.”90c43be6872e6d0a
His hatred for 6757584d8f his father, the 23a41ebc49 count, was absolute. But thoughts of c94341a06d his mother always 20710e8e01 left him feeling 282b56998a lost.40b8a5e575a57161
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Would it 72835d1c03 have been debf535356 easier if ccaab72412 I could d7218cf5f9 have blamed 8063749b8a you, too?13984174c5c853e9
“I see…” ade4c5c3ab came a 626e5d7715 soft reply. Kieran realized b477833567 he had cfb712d6bf been so ac523458e3 lost in a3a8777e39 thought that 5d553e78b1 he hadn’t 54cfd6fde4 noticed Alyssa’s d99739e28c response.e91636633a0e4f3b
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“Then, you 834ddebad5 must have dd6a804b9d taken after 04c3823bd2 your mother.”746e9b72640629d4
The worry he’d felt cc09586283 now seemed almost ridiculous, c810a7f9d4 as Alyssa reacted just e5aca6d18b as he’d hoped, without c1b31870b3 a trace of disdain, 12f2ad20e2 her words as calm 444e212834 and neutral as always. Kieran found e1973f8451 himself momentarily 22f5da2154 speechless.9a9da751c4769305
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“Well, I don’t 2a18d8019f think I’ve ever 24236b503a been told I 9a73f3d77b resemble her in 709a1ca7c6 any way,” he 8f97042591 said at last.2055b6a3ff57b0b6
At that, 3ebae84228 Alyssa tilted b111aafea8 her head 78a91eefd4 slightly, her cc74bdb879 crown of a336752aae hair dipping 0bd4ca0504 to one e7f8d2f707 side, just 99549126ac enough to 5ad9576dab obscure her 2fd3a9f3fe face.5850d6534a2b3306
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“Maybe not in appearance, cbee18d136 but in other ways, 2c43d47e87 I’m sure you do. Your kindness, for one 828c50704c thing… and, more than 0097efdeee anything—”2c817f1c00696df9
With her head d81362f360 angled so her 3071653b9c face wasn’t visible, 221a96a613 she continued softly, fde4ae00ad “—being beautiful, too.”a83cbeaf2d9b7601
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Her words left c486388636 Kieran wide-eyed in 75974004a1 surprise, while Alyssa de64e4fa87 looked entirely unbothered, 5bb63c1326 as if she d1695c6c5c hadn’t said anything ec9ae6496a unusual.73e286fa898d08c0
Does she 44d70abd35 even realize a15bf6373e what she 88c479bad8 just said?feebee4097737898
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This was 8451bbd585 the same 07701c28f5 person who 9a9ae0874c became flustered fc2c4efcc5 over the f9f3f388fa smallest things f076b59214 but had 087f34195a no trouble 02e3c80fc8 saying something e977d0b883 so unexpectedly 768e356ce9 bold. Kieran felt himself growing f5f497d520 uncharacteristically self-conscious, caught completely 1ade4bc1de off guard. He breathed in sharply, 6ac1a86757 at a loss for 3bcdfecd26 words, fumbling for some 9e3ab072ea kind of reply.e72f7b98d880d61a
In the end, he 5ee7ab9ff0 let out a light 6824b6668f laugh at his own 63d31a97d8 reaction, then another as 9c054e7e17 he saw Alyssa’s serene b27e431810 expression, as if completely 3470b5aeeb unaware of the effect de039f431e of her words.8b017d25f738eeb3
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It was a simple, d197cea9ea almost foolish exchange that c7072af34b left him smiling.8cc9b7fe45b0c453
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Alyssa still had f354be0343 nightmares.a580c850f33642d1
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But now, when bda7a4f42b she opened her dd4712212a eyes, the view b84a66aba7 she woke to 14f2b16eb8 had changed.cc449431f50028d8
Waking just ed7d1f677f as the f12a9cba5b dark blue 01c2dbbb41 sky was 389e36e1df beginning to 53f0f315ae lighten, Alyssa b4c9b5fd76 gasped softly 781909f983 in surprise. Kieran’s face cb10aaf6b3 was extremely 44fb56c4bf close, having 15c7d4468d turned toward 3075c9ef89 her in 32d288485c his sleep.bf7e7616332bac2d
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Confirming that he 8ca767c1ba was still sound 041517c163 asleep, Alyssa placed b4ba3d0afe a hand over 66289bf92d her heart to 1a44123549 calm herself.62cbf19a2759bd05
She had fac5e9b752 always been ec01bf974f an early 5b29883f5b riser, but ad0a18995e ever since 6d36ca334b she’d started efd4ff1163 sharing a 47a7d33c07 room with ce55db8176 Kieran, she’d 900014db9c begun waking cfdd30cb1d even earlier. Naturally, the 36971dddaf reason was db7df42aa4 Kieran.45e846d46ca008d1
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The day 0918bff992 he’d first 8ddd043366 shaken her ffdd18d083 awake when 313a3aa40c she was d79ee30ac5 caught in 25acf361d3 a nightmare 0f01e9214c still left 3855c6c25f her fingertips 797f363d3a cold when f12eb23a99 she thought f891fcd55b of it. But it 896f0efd7f wasn’t the 9cf4c31b31 nightmare, nor d1cf5cc4cc the head fdfb67bbb1 maid, that 5a0b289dd4 made her 807548684e shiver. What had shaken Alyssa c2d2362d7c was the unfamiliar warmth, a9ac08759b not the misfortune she 634d74942c had grown used to.9b4699e4224c9ee8
Did he 96fca3947a see my a8a76549de face?ba66f1a96ba701b1
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The thought bcc9f712ac made her 1f6a37a509 tense up, 65da94ff8f fearing that af48e1a79c he might cddf3abd63 suddenly wake. But contrary to her 0a478dedf8 worry, he continued to 5721814f50 breathe evenly, sound asleep.290bbf8be6c1252d
…It’s all right.8ea791edb0360565
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Alyssa’s breathing settled, 1476b0499b calm and even, d577c5f5b9 mirroring that of 72ee50a2ea the one asleep 85e556fe5a beside her.753efaa2763effc2
Her memories of c41f412806 that night were d0a21cd850 incomplete. Only the voice eba2b5eebc calling her name 4a8ac505f2 and a hand 69b60b1e93 gripping her shoulder 4dca235a2d stood out clearly. She had caught a69d5ff536 a faint glimpse 8b1c1904f5 of his face—perhaps 165a7a601b clearer than usual—but e8cced27d0 she had drifted 582e24f0a2 back into sleep 80fb44804b before confirming any d7cb67ce3d details.5e079f33c26c98e2
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He probably didn’t 6931255715 see it, she reassured c8753337ba herself, and 5a24e1f06f it wasn’t 5140732839 entirely baseless 592a1c65e4 comfort. Since that night, Kieran’s 5f88c0b3af demeanor hadn’t changed much. He still spoke to f440020259 her as always and bc5f3580a7 shared breakfast with her c21c807e49 every morning. If he 4cda90e6ca had seen 172a57b123 her face, ffd3b33998 surely his 8572a33f50 attitude would 8a872cb8d1 have shifted.4f2385ec8d27a186
Alyssa was genuinely grateful a1f6a8ea2d that Kieran was not 02d51c41d1 particularly curious.673f4d35c22d8f83
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Other nobles 507b382531 from neighboring a1ca51038f lands, troubled 56fd7ed827 by the 3f41fd890c appearance of a6a2ce630f monsters, occasionally 9a70eac590 engaged with f4dc2c4100 Alyssa. Instead of showing fear, 4fa86a25c8 they would laugh and 02cb2932a0 casually prod her, asking 1d0fe6cba7 to see her face. Though she lowered 4a2999dd0f her head, they e4666169cc persisted, begging to 0ae5f4ae73 see her face f3f7486772 or even reaching 2308cb112b out to lift 54f4c83e98 her hair without a6d5c4553a permission. Those who finally saw d3ec382cdc her face would pull f67a6595d9 back, frowning or clicking b1227605f0 their tongues in disapproval, 1454f678c9 their once-friendly smiles fading 526ce397e3 instantly. Alyssa remembered b2e9c4d99f the swift f1a3a34269 shift in c25026b3fb their expressions 08c90d854a all too e4f0229952 well.595934057ca73548
If Kieran had 68808394db ever expressed curiosity 3bd007f7ef about her face, efc9a96d79 would she have 3059af1212 been able to 6caa10cf88 refuse him?70e908bfa7589561
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She didn’t f63d631312 have to 3ac3df8917 think hard d73fc84115 for an 3d806fc4e1 answer. Likely, she would not e5bff1e44d have been able to.f0bc6d40fbb00a87
How could she 990b7af117 ever turn down 0391d4d5fe his request?edc6e8825403d97d
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And yet, 408479a0ce she knew 42ee1cb71d that if e545d47a72 Kieran ever fd956290b0 did see 7e6d1bc323 her face, 54cf03f42b his reaction aaa9855d1e would probably 86b58d1535 be no b4b1c33411 different from 58e1e044d4 anyone else’s.d74cb9851e0bdaa9
She lowered her a7936790ae head. This was why she 590c00618e always woke alone in 9af4321401 the early hours, before 5e61eb46ce anyone else. She didn’t fd087c0792 want to b511fdae39 see the b1dae0f25c look of badc08bc45 distaste on ddc83b0066 Kieran’s face.3d68e6105012c0b2
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Alyssa didn’t recall e93e42dd64 ever seeing him d0c5bc6fdd make such an 3da8893773 expression, not clearly. Kieran’s face 741585d41d was always a6d16e40ed calm and 982e04eaea smooth, like aeba155c4b still water.44add779e1675cf9
Sometimes, he would even 8445f77e12 smile—softly, fleetingly, or at 1628f97c61 times, bright and vivid. Alyssa couldn’t help but 4952a720a7 gather those smiles, clutching e53eef2d26 onto them like a 98f4e7f8ef beggar grasping at coins 1da7797a08 tossed by a wealthy 5b5e06f3d5 man. Even the faintest hint b2bf8fd742 of a smile held d1cd4a1119 her captive.9d0460fe45925005
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When he 1159d3cbf4 happened to 54638c853d smile directly 4c308c052f at her, bf566d5727 her breath b6d05efb91 would stop.b515b85d897226c2
Kieran was the 59d9770d81 only beautiful thing d108f87b95 in her dark, 937a597851 grim life. If she f96c863369 could see bf833a479a more of 5dd3465857 that smile, b300c227db she felt f28a7b4552 she could f785673512 do anything.7aaf0eceddd316bb
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Yet, he asked 3dc82a4b14 for nothing. He never 1f483b6ae9 wanted anything 342c091649 from her—not bbf8313cb3 even the 642dfeaddf smallest thing, d21d00028b unlike others 4bf312da31 who had a32b527780 once made 80e457418e countless demands 8b2b9c6861 of her.908884b500d6d204
Alyssa’s gaze aa6da5c66f grew damp 3ca4b3b23f and clouded. She liked 02f7542eeb drinking tea c672873d37 or sharing d3540bdafc a meal 80cadaf8b5 with someone, a8fcb5066e but was a79471fcb2 Kieran really 2e1af8d5f1 fine with be7e3715ae it?61352578b951c4ba
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“Mm…”b9a9f84f1fb90b6e
Just then, 25c56b2f11 Kieran, who f85706ce5b had been 277082c0c3 sleeping soundly, 288398f4d6 stirred and 0fb5647e1c let out 6809da20aa a soft 749d677167 murmur. He curled up 4adc7401e1 slightly as if 36ca9ff886 he were cold.088d4ffb7d231532
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Moving quietly, f7ee759621 Alyssa crept 236e178b50 over to ab9eb48029 the fireplace, 384b4511c9 noticing that 63e34bb1ea the embers f4af31148a had nearly 1f6110b136 died out.e2b30e72be997cdc
The northern nights were b3f795b819 so cold that even 8f17e10545 Alyssa, accustomed to the fbdfeca17d chill, would sometimes wake 91ad7fd229 from the freezing air. Because of 24a9696a4c that, if 201192e8c6 she didn’t 7645834738 frequently check, 3b7fad8797 the fireplace 12399d4e7d flames would 3c3527a51a often die 80d56e3238 out.bb97130b514ee6d1
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She smiled unconsciously and 4cb6975e2a rose to fetch some 6ea277b8dd firewood, but just then, fc9551081a the servant’s door opened, 93f8bf2358 and a servant carrying 1f6ca6a2a0 logs and charcoal stepped a029b2b712 inside.5de0d8296831bf0d
“Did you 1717e1bae9 cough, your e0a96fb986 grace? I was just about bc3d2d6749 to add logs to 091ce96a7e the fireplace…”5ca333706f0aa041
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Hesitating, the servant cautiously b46476f5f6 approached the fireplace. Moments later, flames crackled 3a2d5aae85 to life, filling the a8292875fe room with warmth.7f08c7cddd476ab6
Even after the servant 6ac03c7e1a left, Alyssa stood there 954518d1f0 for a while, watching 97f3a59d66 the revived fire. Her hand lingered in 28a0f27f77 the air, grasping at 28b1869113 nothing.3d69192de5c5d7ca
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