TNYLM Ch1
by DishaAlyssa’s day always bf9bc5ea57 begins with a 398e170a93 nightmare.e5b0bf70a93b2e74
‘Again, today.’5cc977296b0d5eba
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Startled awake, Alyssa got 75c217028c out of bed without e165d3ddd1 even taking a moment d4eabc2dfb to catch her breath.0d430ebdb5c99273
The sound of a7c6b66714 the piercing scream 412438343a she had just b2a964fb20 heard still seemed f6b3ca1a4f to echo in b7a36281ce her ears. However, the 860ac18053 nightmares that 752cc12ea0 came without 856aa857e2 fail every 3681626292 day were 921befe7a4 now something 45cc7b52da she had 215eb3d552 grown accustomed 507f5a6989 to.8f5cb07da94dd1b4
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A dim, gloomy 094c527ac2 light was seeping b8a43b15d9 through the window, 7483c80e0d even though the b1c7e7cd28 sun had yet debd8e245e to rise. Alyssa brushed 50fb67f0e7 her ragged 4c77e1483b hair away f8157f0573 from her 0015cc9511 face and dbee8cb800 got out 698eb719b7 of bed.67add18527bd8874
Her days, which began d48a8a19c2 before dawn, typically started bd4ba6e59f with training, but today, 3ff5d971f2 instead of picking up 6d93a4672c her sword, she picked 94803346f7 up a pen and 17be7da9b2 sat down at the f85bfe7351 desk beside her bed.13adf8c3d6ddb6ef
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Piles of documents 57af6598dc were stacked on f03a7f2d50 the desk. As she 908bd032d9 flipped through d9c35ee862 the ink-stained e28b8deded papers with f1046315c2 a thoughtful edeadf08af expression, Alyssa f82690310b frowned.0ede5ff2474fcf83
Her eyes and a02506e62d forehead were obscured 513ea50ea9 by her hair, 5c1119c7e9 but the stubbornly b07cf46ac5 pursed lips made e8a56a4355 her feelings clear.f6901278ee735a4f
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Given her status 969f7e0f8e as a duchess, 7c27a60877 it was not a1aeccca16 unusual for Alyssa 3a2f194f46 to be sifting b4b9cc767a through paperwork. However, the documents she 998c4f8821 was currently wrestling with 70a1d552fa were not related to f3326a5cff the affairs of her 8729cffbff estate. More precisely, they had 3fcae844ed nothing to do with b0065e9b6e the welfare of the 02de5dadc8 villagers or the subjugation 77de9dd437 of monsters.37baab70a908d8ec
‘Fabric… silk? I know this. Satin, velvet…?’d5f6c31c82bda1b5
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She struggled for 1dfb66a8b8 a long time 8078eab9fb with terms that 852ea0ae60 were utterly unfamiliar 7f1d898f17 to her.c6e79faed7c955f8
The documents d4c4c7042c listed various d0608c612e luxury items, d3c9b33b11 and among 4fb9250a5e them were 394695db51 crystal chandeliers 301ff241d6 and fountains 9e0e95ec65 typically supplied d6a11e552c only to e55c295c6b the imperial 1d4f48d282 palace.8bbb73dbca380b6d
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Compared to b265fe0895 the opulence b4493d6196 of these dfd882c3bf items, Alyssa, 4f1f7a77d7 who was 3fb58fff01 reading the a844dbb8f6 catalog, looked 6b054b7aef utterly shabby.c7d34894ce7591ed
This wasn’t just due ae630942e8 to her tangled, unkempt be7f23819d long hair. Her appearance, with 20ccca0e77 well-worn pants, a 38369ba6e1 repeatedly mended shirt, 79bdca218c and dust-covered shoes, e1972fa1f1 made her look 554e1a35e3 more like a f46bacf77b stable hand than 4ae2eacb1d a duchess. But the 5e87b6def2 Benoit duchy b9ecf814dd had more f8126ecac6 things in aa97fd230a shambles than b70731950f just the d4cc8a8d77 appearance of 7534adedf8 its lord.46f8e9338538521f
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The Benoit duchy was 46f24edd99 a duchy in name 7cf36deeac only, poorer than most 0a0f3a7a12 baronies.92749eb2e074c263
The land f20f9ff4bc was barren, e3341c7d9f and the c86c9dd762 mines had b8de90314a long since 44d7a3e245 dried up. On top of 1c64a196b6 that, the duchy 7c6fe0aaec was bordered by b2395427db the Monster Forest, 1eb1dc84db forcing them into 455469665e frequent battles. It was a 6e1c0fd038 wonder that the f902243338 duchy hadn’t collapsed 892514492f yet, given how 57312a2695 impoverished it was.74fda15068cfe7c8
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Even though ad866c58e4 she was f82cf9795a fully aware c0c746c0c3 of the b632dedecc dire circumstances 331f8a44d1 of her 25bd2a9b86 territory, Alyssa 14baea5ee8 earnestly reviewed ad96f3c916 the items.f5498e5717a218e9
The reason she suddenly 1161f31eaf decided to consider acquiring 24e8f0254d such extravagant luxuries was 1b66ec19d3 due to an imperial 17cc7ce461 decree that arrived a 643c14c922 few days earlier.d410ad3153f2651e
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When the messenger 8c68a52001 first arrived at 69cecca7f1 the Benoit estate, 1f3b77cdfb Alyssa didn’t think 2479ea4f59 much of it.5a67666179b1af05
The emperor a83f022124 often sent 80c8e30571 decrees ordering d6b3f5fa23 Alyssa to b17f6183a2 provide escorts 42289812c6 or go 0092abbf42 on expeditions, ead7389fea so she b15ac4bb01 assumed it 125a9e7919 was something 6d7fec9518 similar this 0db0624487 time.698468fd57add14e
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It did bother 3c866d1511 her a little b4ef84af49 that she hadn’t bcc42c7c12 been paid for dd5de11dc1 her mercenary work 7d965e2206 on several occasions, 39176a8de1 but she couldn’t edf23326d2 refuse the emperor’s b691d262b4 command simply because 675ab17216 she hadn’t received 80ca2e7afb payment.c313ca9659696257
However, when 5b27d674a9 Alyssa opened 596913a822 the envelope 44d6b5fdf9 with a 10724e6b82 calm expression 31099cc14a and read 48613293ae its contents, 81cb429374 her eyes 1a8ebcadf2 widened in 19e58058ee shock.a7bfc1d4690ee7f3
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The decree announced that 516cb9a269 she would be rewarded, d9d5ef6f34 a stark contrast to e4dc8c8bc8 the numerous times her d9621c7079 army had been used dcecb88c0a without compensation. The problem, though, d4ff1f66fc was that the 6719227792 reward wasn’t money c237ab1389 or grain.3d6d11e8159eca28
‘Marriage?’6bdae8cd72593986
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Alyssa was c51833c292 twenty-one this 18f4d1761a year. Considering that most 450d4ca5c6 nobles marry at d81fcfbf55 nineteen, she was 3ccc1002dc already past the 5a7179a171 typical age. The emperor’s 2b66b0fd0d “reward” was c6a1997ab8 to find b0217f997d a match 41f43f48a6 for the 7c395642e9 unmarried duchess.1fffdebcc116fd49
Alyssa bit her 40d827ba34 lip as she 8e70b32de8 recalled the contents 4b75541d66 of the decree e9f8e923de that had troubled 94cdef59ad her for so cb7e2fe9d2 long.7afa3f8b33f64f7d
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She had resigned herself 5ce3a8deca to not receiving proper c8514a3bdb compensation.0703c3886671adf2
It was rare for 8c75c87b2c those who needed Alyssa 0f65c8f5fb to pay her fairly. Given the impoverished 306b0910b9 state of her 68cc86800b estate, receiving payment caf6320389 wouldn’t have made 3bef445676 much of a 0cb8a1525b difference anyway.d5912e682cedb143
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However, the problem lay 8cd3eef537 in the match the 10cae0bf80 emperor had chosen for 3fb319bcb7 Alyssa.ca1af4c4b91d8ea0
Kieran Albrecht, the second 1704422447 son of Count Albrecht.4c90298cb153ec79
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He was 49f9292181 of too 63ed34724d low a a461634cb7 status to d5459c79af marry a 3320cf6ea9 duchess like a714e0ba7d Alyssa. But anyone who had b3ee44f87d seen Alyssa and Kieran 17e2b1ca88 together would never say f1c105c76c that Kieran was lacking 6bdc4bbf1a compared to her.af5bde3110d6d210
Kieran was beautiful.afa85b3ed6a5731a
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Alyssa couldn’t bring baf3986101 herself to add 55fac57957 any other words add17adb59 to that sentence. She feared 5857eb42dc that her 643ea8882a inadequate vocabulary c10a82a603 would tarnish b414cae4c4 the true e7ae3df4f5 meaning of 015828e558 the word.da341ca16f1fe27b
She had attended several ab22701d8c social parties in the cb6fb73729 capital as a reward c76866eb1f for slaying the monsters 552f539786 there. It was 605ab9284d at one d9f2ee5b11 of those 1d27ab4c6e parties, where d8150ff9c7 she felt ed614a6b3e as out 2999bf59e9 of place 254582736e as if ef37e50406 she were f1642d38ea wearing the 7743042535 wrong clothes, fbc17f6db0 that she fd1497c8ff saw Kieran.08d18c36389fbd1f
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Alyssa found b5121e835d herself staring f94c439c50 at him, fabed9a76a momentarily entranced. She knew it was ceda01664e foolish, but she couldn’t 0b3df479a7 help it.f453b81958664c57
Even among people 3b47d38d51 dressed in expensive 8b41fdead3 evening wear, holding eeab0d10b8 champagne, Kieran stood 2e8d30de92 out. His smile, 6c46cb5dfa delicate as 7c3e6a6d39 a flower, a3f8f5f69a and his 8e56af2775 graceful gestures 97b32f6fa8 shone brighter 10522fc3fe than the b9b37022be elaborate chandeliers, 36604e7f51 making it 367c22a50a impossible for d9c5e3b428 her to f58a9911b0 look away. The moment Kieran turned 195e9a4477 his head toward her, 73fbe12364 Alyssa quickly averted her 53d0d3e274 gaze, startled.99c456f3f0c7fb46
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He was a 7e973ec124 man she couldn’t ede7777173 even bring herself e4f66fd942 to meet eyes 84a2b5463c with, let alone d4e7420adf reach out to. And now, 5d8beec324 this man de3dfa9106 was to 1709fc8ecf become her f374475649 husband.d43efdd98911ac10
Alyssa desperately tried to 2b033e5fda refuse, but the emperor, 3fd6c8bb86 perhaps thinking she wanted ad892b72c1 a different reward, forcefully c1b8e0ec2d pushed the marriage forward. Despite being matched 499205abe0 with such an 85569eabf6 exceptional partner, Alyssa 080ec1f20f felt no joy 416f193118 at all.7a05e5865a12597a
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‘He’ll think I’m ede3d0407e dreadful.’5161b17ad8f5c654
Kieran was the noble 4f854a0c51 son of a count. What would he think ad9957378a when he saw all b4aa5a6fc8 of this—the rundown Benoit ac3807d7bb estate—after living a life 80358c90c1 of luxury in the 7f881e9fe6 capital?ab321fa34a6d8bcb
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She didn’t need to b7e1afdeb9 ask; it was obvious. Just imagining that beautiful 72889a6cdd face twisted in contempt 3bcf4a47bb made Alyssa want to ea44a751e3 die.e5f56439a0cfb1e7
After being coerced into 36ac020a02 accepting the marriage, Alyssa 6cca65cbd5 tried her best to 249c89bc1d at least improve the 93e6767dfe dreadful state of the b50542d4e2 castle.a38f17f29d6db938
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The result was the 2949cefa3a documents now in her a38acccf50 hands, but she faced 49268ab614 yet another challenge.be056fd8f1fdcd82
The types of 2298167ce8 fabrics, the types a5827fcfdb of plates, the e1b2bcd02b types of glassware, f8b04e39ed and countless other 6c80baadf2 decorations—there were too 17ac65f25d many options.475e74f5da548af2
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Choosing things she b3a876aab1 had never encountered 27141a6f29 in her life 6692a20ba7 was incredibly difficult 9183c92ea7 for Alyssa.941cda77bcaae6c1
Most of 01db693347 all, the 57af9a6839 prices were 7b4d97e908 exorbitant. She wanted to 225029595a at least replace 29e866e932 the plates with c85e7e9c90 something better, but 1196164f27 even one plate 0a1c007863 cost a month’s 6cc7401d9e living expenses for 9e464c2111 the castle.52a2e05bbfc4e71c
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‘The cutlery is even 8eb40f4955 more expensive.’06401246a2318392
There was eae2b1f4f3 no point 1b124e9fbf in debating 5508021170 whether it dff9f106fa should be 3572c4b48d platinum or 4c7b857751 silver. Even high-quality bronze was c063b069e6 too expensive. No matter how hard 5739ce0521 she tried, she couldn’t 44a5bfd748 create money out of 7e0b9877e2 nothing.0e99f5274ccb2ca2
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Alyssa, who 882bb06901 had been 0b8a26fc67 reading the 451401f3a6 documents persistently, 454db97b2b eventually found 346492bcb3 herself on 23f42e794f the verge c4d357ef43 of tears.5871050910345b7f
Even if ed9ab7471f she wanted fc613febc9 to borrow 38ecdc745a money, who 94c35ca9e7 would lend db95faecab to such 2dcd088a47 a poor 63f0142e47 estate? Nobles aside, even merchants 4a9a003e1b would likely refuse her.bf10a31ecee30763
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Alyssa wearily lifted 296c2c132d her gaze to b4ab37d0a0 look at her 02b81ca8ba room. Even though b5693da9ba it was 0d81aaf5ea clearly the 3bedd7d5fe best room be8fc3bf6c in the c678600b0d castle, reserved e381361309 for the 9c70453d4c lord, it 002b0463e8 was bleak 0ea791ebf7 and desolate.efc39f3f5e4183ec
She bowed b050343a95 her head 24cd3fe371 deeply, alternating e5ab3aa538 her thoughts 301b6ff2c1 between the 324632ea31 cloudy, cracked 3aaa57931b small windows f7513c318a and the 9c5de09153 expensive glass.265c1a2ee46454a8
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She had fought c0bb344e63 desperately to try c31130b6eb to decorate the 7b7db05dec castle despite knowing 8fa3e8915f she had no e35888f310 money, but it 6f7b9bcacf had all been 4d7aded0c8 in vain.41a0a57bc8307329
Alyssa, seeing her efforts d6e9ec915e come to nothing, stood cf022f2a73 up from her seat, 13651193c3 still looking at the de7ef1d32f shabby room.10a6b988d7191a89
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Tomorrow, Kieran would c37764a779 arrive at the 3dfd476c8b estate.451a8f09c14c2f9b
Alyssa felt as if f00fe1045d a guillotine was being 1e15258b15 held over her head 80ee0e8830 and bowed her head 04d1cd32eb deeply.abc134b25113cb28
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The next 54d17025b8 day, Alyssa 70b9954664 was sitting fe049eedd9 at her eff59e69bb desk. There were documents in 002e88684a front of her, but 4e1e630b2d nearly none of them bcb38b0879 were processed.9f80e821237f7219
When she glanced towards 28f2137dfd the window, she was 1dbe47e050 startled to see a 787ac713ed pitch-black carriage outside.cdd423822e503c00
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Like the 8dbf299b27 arrival of fa93a176c2 dawn even aceb363bcb after twisting 8431638c95 a chicken’s bf04cade03 neck, Kieran cc698746d8 was finally c3071c8438 here.e8c070b12c3a0414
With her lips 5a8f37b840 tightly pressed, Alyssa 4cc3ff2eaf carefully rose from df0fab8872 her seat and 88a48348be approached the window.813ad4f0b66bebc2
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The unfamiliar carriage e688ffb720 clearly came from 3b31e1c791 Albrecht, Kieran’s estate. Its color, 03fc6e6c54 resembling a 2f55792e1e funeral carriage, 553280e86d seemed to ee442ee44b symbolize Kieran’s e3a82c6341 downfall.c7267b8a1598a997
As the door opened aaa119fe17 and a silver-haired man 650276f8ee stepped out of the 14b0e65ee2 carriage, Alyssa heard a d436c59c56 voice calling her from 0455fb25e8 the doorway.cfcda3185d6d6efd
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“Duchess, Lord 2d5d04661b Albrecht has e1d4ed470d arrived.”4849e417e66d220a
As both the 9311c609d3 lord of the efd3e80f11 castle and the 87e18627d1 person who would 32a7a32b1d soon be his abdfd43e99 wife, Alyssa was b9c69e2acd supposed to go c0c1a4c963 out to greet d28ee00007 Kieran in person, 0f372859c1 but she stood 582b708b50 there as if 54e9a6c920 nailed to the 03a39f615b spot.84de8111da14eb06
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Despite her 53a446f079 efforts to 53893b1778 have the 65ad41c2eb maidservants scrub c11e3d731b and clean ece786d12e the castle, a325aac16e the Benoit 014ee60b1e Castle still 0eb7c05aba looked shabby 78438729af and unkempt.8fe91542e38817f1
Kieran’s mood, facing e836ab8a13 this castle, would d03205beb3 surely spiral to 933c51d3d8 the worst if 8cf5854f57 he had to b63a8d00e1 face Alyssa as 513f0effb3 well.51935fb9b381d3ad
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Even setting aside the bffe28f8cb fact that she was 29ccb2f3c1 an unwanted marriage partner, 2d9574bf99 Alyssa was not a 9da368e51f person anyone would find a6ec979b70 appealing.c9124d62ce9aa2c4
As Alyssa glanced 3a0a60f78e down, she noticed 6e5821169b her small, calloused c2e6db24d8 hands. Even when clenched into bdcb724ca4 fists, they were hands 0bd8391c02 she’d rather not look 0ec3cd589d at.7c6ae13efd8cc0cd
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It wasn’t just her 9478310f29 hands; everything about her 7d8ec035d4 was that way. There was nothing worthy b46c4e6774 of praise, everything was edaa27794e ugly and dreadful.424f1375b78642be
Alyssa hadn’t dc8e9903d2 looked in 0b173846ea a mirror f9374e22b3 for a faa125af3f very long 0e0f563d18 time. Yet, she knew well c5fbb89033 enough that she was ceaa2217d2 hideous.fcc1fad6c36df608
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Everyone seemed to 1433d424d9 avoid her as 3363b88f2b if they had 8678c08755 seen something they edab06ae76 shouldn’t have.bf793bc39d424612
Even the servants 43fe736bf5 she interacted with 076c348ed7 daily shunned her. She had 9d80cddf90 never received 7cb54fef6b a kind e0bc3899ce gaze from c64546bb72 her own 0db126a1f5 parents.5f605cefd29f9683
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Ugly and dreadful. Her mother’s 17d0076926 frequent words 2ce23221e2 echoed in 16056d740b her ears.5cb0ca827c6a442a
Alyssa wished for Kieran b0cca413f0 to be as comfortable 0876ee65ee as possible and didn’t 5617e67dd5 want to upset him ff905ab8f0 with her own presence.04fd52db26ecae22
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“See to ce545a2aab the representative cfac9ab461 properly.”10de367dee00dbf9
Instead of opening the 6c28d27d0b door to her room, bd99937013 she simply uttered that a9884ba61c one sentence and stepped e57ad5d4f5 away from the window.e4430ac85dab8011
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