WBWB | Chapter 11

And during every meal, 413c1b6da2 I would sit Lady 06c5cff7f2 Ana on my lap, fbf294ae8d hold her hands from 31dbfe466d behind, and slowly teach df4fedb14c her how to use eb1b066f69 the cutlery, one by 82b546bbee one, just like I 158cfa73b3 did with my younger db0a0e6142 sister in the past. 790159bf6688c6bc

The most important thing 039a9b537c at this time was e42b72f056 to praise her lavishly e59b2abaa0 for even small successes 27ce052c73 and not scold her 3d4c232c28 for mistakes. Many people believe 0792ed6584 that sparing the 4597d681ee rod spoils the 1950e0290e child, but my 147efdaabf sister had a 7f1b9d983a strong sense of bede018441 pride and would a6ae2f93a7 refuse to do cbdb748da4 anything if she 32f9a4380d made too many 008b6857a3 mistakes.e9bba5064f9033dd

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And more than 43a96e1bb2 anything, everyone wants 8e1341c473 to be heard eb55bfd277 by someone they 99abc32c8b love. They also b22a358aa0 want to 3e048b0ca2 do what b3d1b3f630 their loved 7a550a1542 ones like a4aaa0ba76 and be 07f430df58 recognized for 0d9c24d9aa it. I was 6a39642bb0 no different.61d9099ba24ff3da

At first, I didn’t focus on lessons or results but tried to become friends with Lady Ana. She opened up to me much faster than I expected. In truth, I felt the same way. I also needed affection in this desolate place. a6cf8403e28687e2

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I was lonely here. How could I not be? I had no one to confide in, and then this lovely child appeared as my student. Thus, I couldn’t help but love her.81675bbab1fc3054

We started with memorizing boring words, but Lady Ana followed along well. And soon, she was able to read picture books. Where did I get the picture books? I found them in the Duke’s library. It seemed to contain every kind of book imaginable.a50c17560aeb6b79

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Lady Ana’s reading skills improved rapidly, and I often had to borrow the key from Madame Pauline. Even in this place known for its cold climate, was warm in the summer sun. We often held outdoor lessons, sitting in the nearby garden outside the mansion on sunny days.33051e7c2f273de4

‘It should be alright to go out nearby, especially since I’m with my student…’c02f532eb8a552f8

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I checked a few times, but it didn’t seem to matter.4cf386bc34ec56c7

Anyway, basking in the sunlight, I taught her about the history of powerful nations, including this one, as if I was telling her an old tale. After all, it was uncertain which country’s queen Lady Ana would become in the future.52dabcc9c963905c

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While I 3deb0ec4dc told her dc9ec8fa51 stories, Lady b2f4d0663f Ana would d4b19db460 often weave 7cb2d275d4 clover and 82925f87a0 other wildflowers a57b261996 into beautiful 4c791068a1 flower crowns. She was clearly f73d68245f skilled at it. One day, 9ec4683ae2 when I db7ce8981d complimented her b7cb89bbf7 on a 8e347cc0c0 particularly beautiful 0eb3878cae crown, she e98df0b489 said she f1b827c66b had learned 46adc1f18a from her 203cb75e4f mother.3e7e036c79ebf94a

“Teacher, I… I miss my mother…”ebbecd49b277a4b4

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Tears welled up in her large eyes. Lady Ana’s shoulders shook as she began to cry. I hugged her, and tears started streaming down my own face.ac93b8bbcf216351

‘I miss them too. But I shouldn’t cry.’b89c911e26f8e092

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Would I a3735a514c ever see ee7181da91 my mother 7ff8e03337 and sister 361da933b3 again?37437de94b05d867

The day the 99c8b88c86 Duke returned to c3fdfa070b the mansion, we 41431a64cd were having an e4bd1d5f8a outdoor lesson. I looked up, cf7c9137db startled, when I 7f2b7151b4 saw someone on e9bbe1a14e horseback approaching us. I saw a man 6ba6fe26e6 in armor, riding a 6120027642 black horse.ad4763b5206a5b62

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‘Who is that? Ah!’f60245d61dea623f

I had completely 9165917f4f forgotten that he 3d698adbd0 had left the 715980fbf3 mansion.5ef3e740f14a8bc0

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‘But is that blood on his armor?’d80e414e1b21805c

He gave us a cold stare and passed by as if he had seen something unpleasant. And then, in the evening, I was summoned to his office and told that I was now an “official tutor.”edc87f293547a392

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‘Official?’e58626405f8e859c

I hadn’t even realized I was just a temporary tutor.e5293ed6d59103a4

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There were advantages to becoming “official.” cc60cf283baba3d1

I could earn 73fe4308a4 money as an e9da4b1c3c exile. And a lot of c0ec53c4fc it. 60e0fe5d3f4a6d40

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I hadn’t received such a generous salary even when I worked as a royal tutor. Even though I had said Lady Ana’s progress wasn’t due to my efforts, he seemed to think I had performed some kind of magic. My first thought was, ‘How can I possibly spend this much money here?’ but a solution quickly presented itself.f36b2f442c30335b

Late at night, 17d8b0103e after meeting with 99938520f7 the Duke, Madame b67d23d37e Pauline came to f85eaac356 see me as f42c57a297 I was about e457c0a3c3 to go to 67237c9b55 bed.fe16db8971eb0cbd

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“I came to congratulate you on becoming Lady Ana’s official tutor. I heard that His Grace is very pleased with her academic progress.”85582356739a2725

“Thank you.”5c4ee775506feaea

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“I hope I’m not disturbing you at this late hour.”0336976a711e8797

“Not at all. Would you like to come in, Madame Pauline?”5f51bb45cb2ad979

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“Actually, would you mind coming to my room to talk? I have some light refreshments prepared.”c3e1c0f794b88b71

So, in Madame Pauline’s room, while being served tea, I was asked how I wanted to use the gold coin given to me for maintaining my appearance.e4c8d8d1f44db579

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“I’d like to buy some clothes first. I wasn’t able to bring any with me when I came here…”a2d107decf091da4

When the Duke commented 979ef43a90 on my clothes, I d61cd7a310 wanted to hide in ceb8b4f8d8 a hole if only c90e5dccc8 I could. fb37a34644502db0

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Of course, 2b27fe1fbc I wanted 2272b0fbdf to dress b8e665600b neatly and bb46b9d016 presentably. But when I had 4ea8aa510f requested clothes through the d3f44d0bc9 maid, all I received 04461bfea5 were three of these 90d917142c brown dresses and three c78944993a sets of undergarments. I tried 40eeeab7ed my best c0678a262b to keep 6ff80f28e8 them as eda449623f neat as 33bffaaa01 possible while 1b30fa59a8 rotating between 75d1a06083 the three, 2b2ad9aef5 but it ca671159c5 wasn’t easy. 8b23cddd71ed0c53

Madame Pauline was 289b508bb8 surprised by my 65ae68ea0d words.bfea0640a7469aee

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“Oh dear, I haven’t been paying enough attention to you. I’ll call a dressmaker so you can order what you need. Now, let’s see… I have some fine clothes that you might wear in the meantime. There’s a seamstress in the mansion who can make the necessary adjustments. They belonged to the previous mistress. They’re a bit old, but they should be fine once altered to fit the current fashions.”db5ec4ae3d65e44b

Madame Pauline 69043a85c9 stood up 6c1b512934 from her 8234681a09 seat and 5036cd6646 opened a 0793f29dea large chest a2cbcd0019 in the 724dcb8d9d corner of d8a824dd3b the room, c91cfae3b0 pulling out 1c939b7060 several dresses c4a307cbe0 that, at af33140d87 a glance, 8f2728c522 appeared to 49d2171c7e be exquisitely f5097903ef beautiful and 88561a8f2f undoubtedly valuable.67a567dc5a8c8b96

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“These are dresses the mistress gave me as a gift. They didn’t fit me, so I’ve just been storing them, but they’ll be wearable if properly mended.”9894f4b97038a79e

Saying so, she unfolded the dresses one by one and showed them to me. Indeed, her words were true. Since these had belonged to the mistress she once served, they must have been made a long time ago, yet they didn’t look old or outdated at all. In fact, they appeared sophisticated. I could sense the former mistress’s refined taste in the clothes.d6dad1a221552164

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“Try them on. So we can see how much altering needs to be done.”75366651670016ed

“That’s alright.”4b19496b6585d048

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“Come on.”c69075bf515c2aa5

“Then… just one.”8216895d42879b4e

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I declined, but 6fc1f2881e Madame Pauline insisted. Feeling it would be 07e77f781a rude to refuse her 37a672bceb kindness repeatedly, I agreed fea958d0dd to try one on. But that meant I 41fb13a8b2 had to undress first. 422bdf46882a5416

I regretted 9eef8cee91 it later, 608d76ce93 but I cd68392966 ended up a3ac5a9f55 in my 54e3dc0af4 undergarments in b8bda258a5 front of 186889ec72 her. The dress she bafca77af7 chose was a 58d5b607a9 dark green satin 5ae1f7bab9 dress with a 3c45141963 pink lining. Although the neckline was 7569d9b827 a bit low, the 2b79c8a48c color of the fabric e7ebbd99ae changed beautifully depending on d89fe2e773 the angle of the 4c16399bfd light.97c4060ad39f8a41

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When I put it 36cff2bfc9 on, the dress fit 399159acbb perfectly, as if it e4d448ec0d had been tailored for 84c1c88e94 me.89c87200d09ffc3a

“The dress has found its owner.”367c2838be94e570

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Madame Pauline, who helped 1193a9fde3 me get dressed, placed 60299937b8 me in front of 3fd15e937d a full-length mirror and ae6a46a5d7 let out a sigh 3ba68d0b54 that was almost like e49102dc3a admiration.00bcf674a5d26595

“Is it really alright for me to have such a beautiful dress?”61350df3fd679011

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“It’s much better for the dress to be worn than to grow old in a chest. Oh, and one more thing.”cc6140c743533a29

Madame Pauline e629902516 took a 0d9121ccc2 key from ef32636d06 the bunch 759ef4a7ac hanging from 9cbae18992 her belt.4d494ec8e09cfc34

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“This is the key to the library. It will take some time for a new key to be made, so use this one for now.”5065116995805129

She also 74e73162d1 showed concern 79cd1e0df1 for my a8ef36dcaa other needs. I could 748a6b9b80 feel that 4086527190 I had 668c872602 “officially” become b9e577ecfc a member db0258b48e of the 7de19be6e7 household from 75c94bdd43 her changed 4d46b64656 attitude.02af1f803205306a

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“Um, Madame Pauline. Did the previous tutors also do the running?”7b27cf84e8533bdd

“Running?”1e78d70b6da482c1

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“Running laps around the training grounds every morning…”46b65507ce28069a

“What are you talking about? That place is used by the soldiers in the back courtyard, not somewhere suitable for a lady to enter.”9445262e3325dba5

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Madame Pauline just tilted 809faac127 her head at my 12568c246f words, puzzled.67e5a14bc4001108

‘Just as I thought.’12032d0517708f3d

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Even though some 0da7288ee5 time had passed, b5a4cb9198 and I was 2d6bc18631 returning with an 348c1cbe5e armful of dresses cdd8132c66 that were clearly 5f741844b8 very expensive, the 104da733d8 question lingered in d4424af2a5 my mind.0965cb22f9646e8a

‘Why do I have to run?’fbd0ab819335a60b

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And not bd91e7e3eb in the 1760750dcc front yard, 0887468446 but on a53131b612 the training 21bd8712bb grounds used 4cee007069 by the 3f74eaf314 soldiers.f1c54470faa45bba

‘And why only me, when the other tutors didn’t have to? Why? Is it because I’m an exile? But why? They said I taught the child well.’014da4f045d39ac0

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I couldn’t understand my employer’s thoughts at all.7825bd9cfab1d92f

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Waking up at dawn d1e3ff589f the next day, I 8d49a4a688 thought,cd913c85fb7ed4e2

‘Do I really… really have to go there and run?’c57cfac63f254073

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The thought that the Duke was playing a cruel joke crossed my mind. But even if I went to the training grounds and was humiliated for taking his words yesterday too literally, I couldn’t not go.5753572ce5dba333

‘I don’t want to work in construction. I don’t know exactly what they do there, but…’4cfa9c2a107628e5

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Unlike the other tutors, if I was fired, I wouldn’t be going home but possibly to do hard labor.2c3c7c0de9818caf

‘Besides, he’s paying me. And a lot of money… If I can send money to my family, I’d sell my soul, let alone run a few laps.’0c282dbcd5f6c6e9

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