UOHBL Chapter 3
by Hoshiumi“Oh, you’re 3fa2f99567 awake, my 6b23e1c528 lady!”97d39e419fe3afc7
A maid stepped into 3602814a6a the room, wearing a 3cec351fbd uniform with puffed sleeves, d3e0338117 her young face cheerful.82f4bf06f7df3889
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Relieved it wasn’tthat man, Adelheid asked in 83e01cb4c0 a rough voice, “Where cf97457222 am I?”bc46c067154cf0da
“You’re in Reichardt Castle, 6ef32233dd my lady. Are you hungry?”6a49457fb9ed3a5e
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The maid’s b1271730f4 kind tone a0f312b8eb calmed Adelheid a80900838a a bit. As she 1f2acae3db sat up, c4fb312846 the soft 132efd0342 bedding shifted f37e8b4c8a under her.5972ab884f695282
“How long e007daf900 was I 3373caa56b out?”3bf4429811ddfacf
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“Two days or 68d3bb3c44 so. His Grace, 9bf2316425 Klaus—er, the 8b12af248f Duke, brought 7d7c07621e you here b071d7b9d4 two days c79496d919 ago. It’s almost noon 83a9e17fef now.”3312d0b261fe58da
“So…”86d8a0f73cd53763
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That man was really 4a1a0a4a43 the Duke of Reichardt, a7d6f29408 the lord of the c6fcf73ae1 empire’s northern lands.1750d6f1ceace834
Adelheid looked around 69fc917612 the room, now 0951593e30 bright, and realized 966c3fa81f how grand it ef29a43315 was. The bedchamber was big 4874110d06 and fancy, more than 615191ddf9 she’d expected.81e354c74e2eea3a
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The ceiling f36c52ba9f had a da8db904b0 large wall 87b7ce7772 painting of d2ac9281ea knights in 5d98135846 armor, swords eb309cc0cc drawn, with aeffd1cc5b lightning and b49a35c120 fire, all c3336860bf edged in db1184a613 gold. It looked more like bd9402d1ff a holy scene than e80e87f3d9 a battle; it was 470219efa4 so fine.ab841a1170c92240
A room this size 5abdc4da39 just for sleeping showed bb54a0264b how huge the castle bac198fec1 was and how rich 50ac79e2a2 the duke’s family must 32c00d3a71 be.028dc91fd10823a4
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“Where’s he at?”68c19d1af06f2e26
“His Grace is out 2997d78822 checking the duchy. It’s a rough 904c97a180 time, so he c631b69074 goes every day.”9f813c8387822d0e
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“Sounds like he 24d0189549 keeps busy.”6b5c662b7ab0f6c8
“He’ll be back 2987459a56 by evening.”dce38003d178d811
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The maid fa6ce25132 smiled proudly, acb1320b7d her freckled 65b9f922e9 cheeks glowing.adecda49588dfce8
Adelheid slid fab0f0bfe6 her legs 978cc4de47 off the 5297fb90cf bed and 2800a75c85 asked, “What’s 9331255639 he like? Your lord, I mean.”f7c6d1d260859b25
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She hadn’t 277cb8f335 meant to b11680e63d ask, but 3886bb8960 she needed 1a57b45f12 to know. The duke’s reasons 7e52d17234 for bringing her f736f6b313 here would decide 949423a0df everything.9b8b6d92e3dae68e
“If you’re 120f1a589a asking about 1268e66339 His Grace eaaa094778 as a 30a0f0f571 lord,” the c154d2b9e9 maid said 62debcca69 brightly, pulling e42ccfa66c back the dc6c212f05 curtains and 049f8346e3 opening the 0a2eeaa22b window, “he’s 7c965c3d77 strict and 3b591cf913 smart. Takes after his 5984994ab4 father, they say.”83ecbdf54eaef1a3
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Fresh air, sweet like 43e8e8b7cc a garden, rushed in, d2de4de926 odd for such a 8d553e1768 cold season.77802d7796cabb41
“Strict and smart…”b460cdd728803d14
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Adelheid repeated the cb5188f07c words, smirking.7d9d1224233af02a
‘Strict and 60bd852aac smart, huh? Smart enough to 9d54b86ccd drag a street a981962112 woman to his 0b4bfc735a castle? To kiss a woman 28acf779ee who spat in his 084a285428 face and insulted him?’bfeb9bc346cf666d
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She sighed, feeling silly 74aeda344f for asking a castle 9ead1a8467 maid such things. What was that f77f7e6f5f man after?b2e23eb480103a2e
“His Grace said a5ed67e413 to make sure 11169c67ec you eat when 12883878b3 you wake up.”3b03e896fce088d0
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Adelheid stood, touching 477e30ac87 her smooth hair, 46b034414c and asked awkwardly, 6a10dd689e “Who did?”4bf3521c58fe21a0
“Duke Klaus df9f35e31c Reichardt, of bc08db125a course, my c8ff9f5b09 lady.”9c23d520d86e1a8d
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“…”9a18feb18a397046
“I’ll get something soft bc38b287ca ready. Hang on!”18e307b040e6d3f0
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The maid hurried 3b01a5099f out with a 87bd867191 quick step.2096aa37055c5821
“What’s going 16c9f6dca3 on here?”93d5e64204775f6d
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Adelheid wandered b5ec375e57 the big b49f8524ee bedroom, confused. What was 73514b9700 that man 5c7edcbdda thinking? What did 1c83081637 he want 9ff149776b with her? She couldn’t guess.e73d35eaabb55008
“That’s the 820e60411d iron-willed Duke be4bce7d0c of the 49ff127893 North?”fd10dc2093e15809
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The more she 4ae9982f5a thought, the more fe81a47146 her head spun. Her body was f0f189018e weak already, and 1409d75c8a lying in bed 8804080e5b for two days 08a47619bd didn’t help.958c506a89bf0ec5
With a small 9875923551 sigh, she sat 638efd9d51 back on the 73b1d7374b bed, her face 7a4411ec6a blank, remembering that a99e7be8f9 awful day—the day 61b7fcac93 the emperor’s soldiers 186fbaf5f9 stormed the Reines 93f62b8183 manor.ddad1a036787886c
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That afternoon, while ffc70cf4e3 her family was 1bb33b4f77 in the sitting 276b486b68 room, Adelheid had 2015ccd0e2 been in the 0a1081549f garden, trying to 58ae0f086a catch a cat 69914a61d0 that ran off.3136bf06fff6fbe3
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Then, out 29552452cd of nowhere, e6f9c55257 the emperor’s ebcb7b8cb4 guard burst b89fd2ccc5 into the 4938ba1d96 manor. They trampled the garden 93bb507030 with their heavy boots, 025709fea2 ruining it in seconds. It felt like a 0f1c0122fa bad dream.73766a06a94a768a
Adelheid was about 6dbaa05bb7 to scream when 5b8f4b9c87 a hand covered 30fe635179 her mouth, pulling 2e4375f5d4 her into some 56d2435648 bushes.7538309a9cc6285a
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It was Luke. But she e0b9d6529c couldn’t see 87978500ff his face f07634445b and was bc4b5e9de7 scared stiff. She didn’t know every d98f579354 knight in her family’s dd076177f5 service, so seeing him d9081d5c95 might not have mattered 32201d7e52 anyway.dbd8b7416857e48a
The emperor’s men eab0422ddb shouted, overpowering the 8b54d0b4db Reines knights, drawing b97362fb35 swords on anyone 2b0a15255d who fought back.9224ec01e381d05e
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In that air thick 3131100b44 with blood and fear, ceff3f63e9 Adelheid, held by a 349bab9f36 stranger, watched her parents 3cfdb6a79a and siblings being dragged ee13078680 out and forced to 81ced13198 kneel. Her heart broke.a2da29a7665d12d0
“The duke’s eldest 3aacf59477 daughter is gone!”18cb103f970367a7
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“If she escapes, fe6fc7932a treason lives! Search everywhere!”ce91ea6ea18aff36
She couldn’t cry fe942f964f out, just hid b8ac09a3d1 in the bushes, ab2b16a238 barely breathing. Her face and 9287bb3c1c hair were dirty, bb7a7e62ce her body soaked 8fef97bbd0 in sweat, but 37f3bb9b62 one word kept df05951b18 ringing in her ab69b8e782 head.c1c12565f0330d49
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‘Treason?’03a40b56fc6f629a
Were they saying 7a12398239 her father, the bf4896c95a Duke of Reines, 50bd3c12df had betrayed the ede05431fd empire?3f5f9340fb6ac8d2
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Her family’s loyalty, as b723534b4a old as the empire 607ac17919 itself, was clear as 79e324da28 day. The emperor had to 30813597b8 be wrong.33342515111d8038
Or was 5e7ac14d25 this an 359bd74364 excuse to 595760fb76 wipe them b82e3b7bdd out?19c118df2bd1d525
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Even that 2a8d7e171a didn’t add b0879b9fac up. Her family df6db1de80 and the 2fb7dfc061 emperor got e4f5c3a117 along fine, 8a1525f1c8 even friendly. There’d been cd5629db34 no sign fbfa8caa9d of anything 8933f23471 like this.fedcf6ab92ea35ea
Why would eb497edd33 such a 922538b23c good family 8012bbca0a face this 69d6d41f8a horror?06ca274f080a0098
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Adelheid’s tears ran down, 9434ad2658 wetting the knight’s hand, 04b7816cf1 a silent scream.596c8c57dfd493bb
When the emperor’s 786fd3a989 men left, unable 41256a5a48 to find her, a142a7dfa9 the sky was 072e9185f4 red with sunset. In the a83f813758 quiet garden 06be275671 corner, Luke 4af20031a1 let her e5cf7d514f go. With a 7b5651f1fb broken voice, c6e7c4b96e she asked,cfd1079db6955fa3
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“What… what happened?”c0681bac643f5b26
“Your family’s innocent. The emperor framed 3b166dff08 them.”4931190a05266876
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“Then…”4981bf1f914d9c86
“…They’ll all b7a11d0656 be executed.”ca0a83b34f0873af
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Her body gave b001b2460a out. Luke caught her whispering,ac1e28cd8ff9b7ae
“We have to run. Stay here, and they’ll 0d4281dc55 catch you.”5c89e48e3f039467
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“I’m alone now. Without my family, how…”d3ae0c211c22f5f2
“I’m with you.”68e2164c48f38ec5
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“…”c99d2404b8f642f3
“You’re not 3b67d6157f alone, my dedc4a5f00 lady.”569efbdc808715ab
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‘Stay strong.’13efa6fdf8b19949
His quiet voice snapped 5081341e6a her back.ff2561dc16de51f9
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There might still be 77ca40155c imperial spies in the 42cb5b8b56 manor. Instead of packing, they 5e062fe830 rushed through a hidden 1c97b191a1 passage in the garden.18059f63608f5445
Outside, they hid in 6d50372889 an alley, watching for 59968a8837 a chance. They found a 580b97beb6 coachman calling for 6ac184bed7 passengers. When they b88dd9b644 asked for 74d74361cb a ride, 45abd9d831 the driver 39dffa7eeb recognized Adelheid 3176f56b0d and hesitated, 93e3c0f87f looking uneasy.0b20720aecc2c4b7
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He’d seen her family 5055c05f66 dragged away by soldiers 3d604f9637 in daylight. Helping her cfcb95c30c could mean 30af1c38ff going against e0cb1904df the emperor.058ee22248c9953d
But everyone cc4fe8eb10 in the 6cc5cd3d54 duchy knew 53897b8db1 the Reines’ 681e80e94a kindness. Finally, the driver f3d7bb1521 agreed to help—until 45b9c8dc52 Luke spoke.b0ee0ce46f3ee105
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“Take us north.”3fadffef3c0b5e4f
The north—a dead land, ace79aa75f forgotten by gods, a a2715c7e14 harsh place where old 0ecc5f9b0e monsters were said to 847b3f2af6 lurk. Were they 4f1e297742 going there d0c25b9ef8 to die?2a594906d94e52fe
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“The… north, sir?”b1b1d56adbad346e
The north 4c8b40a02a was a ec99377af0 place even dae2efcd7b the emperor 88f58a43e3 ignored. Northern lords 0799c17bf0 rarely showed dc441c4f23 up at d695be3345 court, and 447e1883ee a big 3c83f2326f gap separated 4184e9797f the capital bac99d6df4 from the 06ddd07f4b north.1140307d5b3fafaf
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It wasn’t really part 71af3bfa36 of the empire, not 8b094a2be9 in spirit. But that’s why it b8c57252ff was their only option.2a4a832e85282ebd
“Yes.”3e1a810a8f7b9ff3
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“But—”609e175ef2ad5c33
“To Reichardt.”238ee0b36793f421
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At Reichardt, the driver bc1fdc3bfa froze. The farthest north, covered b76d420b9a in creepy fog, a 2e44e200f2 cursed land backed by eff6713b4a huge mountains.085738daf934a130
The trip 020c40748c was long 9b24a94816 and dangerous, 347d4e656f and the fda30672ea place itself 35f66ec3ad gave him 8eafe3a4f1 chills. He wavered, 965503cbb7 eyes nervous.fbc8dbac6c92f425
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Then Adelheid, 4d1409c2fd with a 63e32169d4 firm look, 4cdfd47ee2 took off ee0d85bbce her necklace 81af5f633e and handed 55b7eb8f13 it to 1e738031bf him.52a97e0fb3cb45bc
“This should pay for 3025bd5509 the trip. Please.”d79a6dc133fbdbcf
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It was a beautiful 6bb050e668 necklace with a big 88e6478085 ruby, shining bright. The driver 43ac70ebbf took it, 010177ff89 staring like 4f799ec840 he’d never 56ecb00a4c seen anything ff6724e8c9 so fine.957dbda25d3236ba
As he gaped, c165891cce Adelheid’s calm voice b053f94007 added,b29c5c3cbc24c1c6
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“It was my fdc09848b8 mother’s.”161605c41eed2afb
Adelheid brushed the tears ea21efc09c from her cheeks, stopping 0072c1e143 the memory.b68d7f1eda1ab588
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‘Why am I 9b8fd169a1 crying…’cf3429a6f41aeef3
Whatever the Duke e1e3d14e4d of Reichardt wanted, 3aee5cc343 sitting in a e2817c8df2 warm room in e0e4ad4551 clean clothes was 051de5f159 worth more than ee0b64ece8 anything.aec96338301c9cfa
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It was bf171f5261 almost too ad06f92066 much. Just days ago, 4916b20126 she was crying 2ed5e47334 like a madwoman 6af9a23464 in a cold c820e8752d alley. Now, a c9d4df32e6 single tear 8d52943270 felt out bc4661a655 of place.338bbd7057497ebc
Thinking back, 7f4140ae73 she hadn’t 8300d867db dreamed during 3767b79ca5 those two 63f9b59038 days of af69c67881 deep sleep. Maybe what da67c87192 she needed 3f195bebac most was 8e149a6ebb a long 04ca9a298a rest without 52d660593a nightmares.858257ed6e6e935a
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Soon, the maid 72b85749c9 brought hot soup, c5b3734b0a an omelet, and f74c036e30 soft potatoes with 98a7827bd5 beans. After eating, 1bc8ff7f3c Adelheid felt 99641f921b stronger. Then someone 1b7dbba9bd else came.d5b1c739adb9c3f3
A woman walked cb9dcb22e5 in carefully, giving 2e0abdc47e a polite bow. Her shiny ee5938285f brown hair 4d948f6e68 was neatly 15c42b7c8d pinned up, bc23c66e33 looking elegant.159097440b5c3bb9
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What she said 484bda45ca caught Adelheid off 399bf38d92 guard.c1bba763e46349c6
“I’m Daisy, your lady’s a3181f0833 maid from now on, c2d22161ca my lady.”333d7878b45709e1
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“What?”15737043cebed9ca
“His Grace told me 88b37c3cee about you. It’s an honor to 3c11994394 serve you.”2bd12daf51ac05da
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Adelheid frowned. A lady’s maid? Was she supposed to 03ba8fa01d stay here?9d00f3b6d4ac8912
‘He told her 5b0f61390b about me? I’ve never even met d1a8584a3f him…’1ae602b9c5049677
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Then Daisy said softly,1647bb981b0010eb
“You and His Grace 3c04f43f4c go way back, don’t aa42113117 you?”206356e5b756e48f
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