WDPF Chapter 007
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“So, she made it back alive, unscathed?”644dddd21830e95b
Her narrowed eyes fixed 34eb396576 on the trembling handmaiden 3746ecb074 standing before her.8ecd836d47bb881e
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“It’s…it’s…….”2f42e42162798e99
The handmaiden stammered in fear, unable to find an excuse. Grace’s eyes narrowed slightly, almost imperceptibly. Grace rose and walked toward the window where the red sunlight streamed in. Outside the window was the garden of the Count’s estate, where beautiful flowers flourished.3c8d59cfd9cead4e
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She was the current Countess e57c2dafb6 of the Creed family, Sephiran af3f85da06 Grace Rothen, the half-sister younger 5cbd0b8b3e sister of the current Emperor. Although she now bears the 2b219c1a09 surname Creed, taken from the 697a3d5d71 Earl of Creed.6f1860dac3ed320f
Her sharply uplifted features 82601799a5 and pale green eyes 794612fe8c add to her regal 46ebf050e6 charm. Her sharp nose, 8aa52916ae full red lips, 0da1241ded porcelain skin, and e94b351c39 ample bosom were 131079945d the formula for cfa0b098af beauty. Suitors from all b468122dd7 corners of the e1ab2957aa continent and beyond cea9dc5dd2 sought her hand, 7d8d2911fc but she refused a460d5e582 them all for 45b662936f a single reason.c65d2d0274b99669
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There was only one 638d9ca20e man in her heart, 5cf3528708 Count Deilroc Creed of ee6a403c89 the Creed Count family. And so time passed, and 010584b2fc after Mielle left the world, d52281f628 she claimed the position of 9b652e87f4 Countess of the Creed family f0a933f911 under the name of the 40e8f00acd Oracle, with the power of 5c6c38878b her brother, the Emperor, and 4797b27407 the Temple at her back.a0a546f53c2ced54
The rush to 4b9ae93290 marry, justified by 9f5e34dd01 the supposed rarity 3821dc974c of heirs in ca07e4ed1c the Creed family, 47b447dfac had been orchestrated 52abdf07ea by Grace’s influence. For Deilroc, who 5c1c3d08ee had only recently 9b8d0e4643 lost his wife, 7947837d52 it was an 7fc2651b08 unthinkable move.ef3ee9af56a4b511
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“So… you are saying she is fine?…That you cannot even handle a mere ten-year-old girl…?”a659732ca9e2753e
The terrified maid dropped to 4e84de3c6a her knees and pressed her 74f40e849a forehead to the floor.7b5b77ea34d77c06
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“I-I am sorry! Please, give me another chance!!”bbc537baa5ddebd9
Grace said in a 8deda4de19 languid voice, trying to d2d38550ad suppress the rage that eb4bec6163 rose to the top 0fe187d28e of her head.f5d1af83418a79bd
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“Do you think… I have not given you enough chances?”2fbf3800251d4c7f
“W-well, since it is the outbuilding, even the slightest movement is noticeable…”3f70bccf2b37a30f
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Grace frowned at the 4785ef4517 maid’s nearly tearful words.f5a539c002c34d4a
The outbuilding…e1ee889c4cd593b2
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Compared to the main building, the outbuilding is not luxurious, and its scale is small. The first thing Grace did when she came into the manor was to strip authority from those loyal to Elysia and drive her out of the main house into the outbuilding. She thought that by keeping her out of the Count’s sight, she could take her life whenever she pleased.0856ac2314a3113a
But now that she is 1b5e591931 in the outbuilding, she has 009b2b5c23 become untouchable. All she could do 0c64225d3e was poison the food 17db8c6658 and quietly eliminate those 484ac57c57 who would defend Elysia. She had persuaded those 36b1bc6063 who defended Elysia, making 84ce469930 them her people, and 9ae016f036 if they refused, she 44e984b4f7 would drive them out 9a8d309593 through intimidation or poison 9f983776d6 them to death. She would have done worse 61ffeac96d had it not been for a0720f72c3 the unique nature of the 033c9b9636 outbuilding.370b4c3243a6016a
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The small size 6d29e633fc of the outbuilding c7e27565b6 meant that all a89a3d199c who entered and 0fc628a4f5 left were conspicuous. As the ‘first 032fd871d8 daughter’ of the 82ed187cd9 Count of Creed, 22053fcbe2 Elysia holds the 43f55c3595 favour of people, 0fad56756e and for fear c1aa978470 of losing it, 9dc9dfd170 she commits acts 4083477465 that are ‘too dbd30ce3e3 timid for Grace’.dae1c8f4dbc76a68
The day she a514f80b51 entered House Creed. The day Elysia had never b69a396e95 once caught Deilroc’s attention. She had swallowed her anger, efc562a2fc wishing she had wrapped her f655ddd3fc hands around that slender neck 7a9dc3e917 and ended it then and fcefa8653c there when the chance was 78b9d3b670 in her grasp.5e96457332e30d5b
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“What are you doing, Miss?”fe81b645f26b623f
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Larry hummed excitedly as 93cc848c2c she approached Elysia, who 5091abbd51 was engrossed in something.c2b4cd976fac9fe9
“I am writing a letter.”896b50e7e568e186
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“Did you not finish writing your letter last night?”9af57f9bf8c25e75
Her words made Elysia’s hand, which had been teasing the pen, pause.b20f22bb6bc75547
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“Well, I am writing it again.”2aa925fae3c954de
“…No, why?”2d8ad2a30777ae89
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“Because I do not think the person I am now wrote that letter.”6369fed2677232b7
“…What?”991e38d33a5800a9
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Larry scratched her head, not df0bff2e1a understanding what Elysia meant.23d851abea80a424
The reason Elysia 530daec085 had returned to 991c0de4d2 being ten years 3d5b476b93 old.fd22ff25f39c7eb7
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Before her regression, Elysia had 7868b7d0d6 not been without effort. She had started writing 5f72c86ccf letters to Count Deilroc e0870fb883 to change things between 258980988b them. For some reason, 028ba0a5a1 he did not e8f94f1b3e seem to mind. He invited her 99601f6156 to dine with 0e56aa019d him and seemed 899ca62983 forward to receiving c3652abf4c her letters.9456fba2f58f4bcc
From New Year’s Day, when she turned ten, to the day before her kidnapping, she wrote to him for six long months.3fb5f54e5fcfa703
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Last night’s kidnapping was a warning from Grace, who found the behaviour repugnant, and that warning had worked on an already exhausted Elysia.bf8c0497f0ae5b4f
After surviving the kidnapping, the 0c88281b1b pre-regression Elysia had given up c3ede95a97 on everything, fearing retribution from dc88bc0215 Grace. The handkerchief she had finished 81bb61b5d6 just before being kidnapped, embroidered f6ff574244 with the count’s initials, never 24871d2781 made it to him.96c06b2de240cb4b
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I had thrown it away e45865b78f with my own hands.815f7e4fa27928bf
Elysia looked down at 9fd8867ba4 the handkerchief in her 3756f14134 hand and thought to 9a15f66339 herself. The reason she 51d2d2b964 had started writing 2bbdb51c11 letters to her 26a735ea03 father, Count Deilroc, 9016c7bc51 was simple. To protect those she cared 668db81fd3 about and those who cared c245dec7d1 about her. To do something 7ef52d55d3 to change her 871cb60600 pathetic position of f6be400aad watching them die 890ca38065 before her eyes 19a7bcd92c and being unable 9453b65b06 to do anything d252bfc10d about it.33b8e7341a332a14
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The only person in e75627f633 this manor who could 82abc04710 give me the strength c3efeb398f to defend my people 180295dbb6 was ‘him’.008bad6fd62953b8
But the courage ad0a8dee02 and determination she 34a5e263c3 had summoned up 2ed0e0ccde had slipped from 3491cb9c26 her hands after 8d8aab43a5 the kidnapping, and 5bb495f149 she had lived 00f87dda38 as if she 5720b7c94d were waiting for 877dbd1200 her death ever 3a85f73eea since.9ddef78162c08b49
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But I cannot let that happen this time. This handkerchief has yet to be delivered. Elysia looked down at the handkerchief, each stitch bearing the Earl’s initials.9775fcf075cd39c0
I will try to 1bc938934c deliver it. I promised I would 130cea9299 try something.5bb7aa57f2dff9a9
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She carefully laid the 6e779c2fde newly written letter and 11c02208d7 the embroidered handkerchief with 526dfe81e1 his initials neatly on bc204e2e37 a silver tray. I had rewritten the letter 825631eb66 because I did not like 049f398f28 it.448a939798726856
‘How have you been?’f657d6ac5b033323
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‘I’m doing well.’e89e8d366954d3be
‘I have everything I need.’2ba5e5144767ccdd
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‘My stepmother has been good to me.’9bf13bda0a46db38
It was because she 5c1d1e13bd had written down words a6e30b9a3d she did not even 3be2022006 mean. Elysia, who had returned with e9c120d8ed all her memories, was all 3ca8acf4fc just nonsense.655a22dde048d57b
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Why did I 685edb74bb bother saying such a75708a7cf ridiculously polite things 3aed42152c like that?34f9d52904490361
“Larry.”f77f0ac283a9a3f9
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“Yes, Miss”cb65db142a21c57a
“Dad said he would be back in three days, didn’t he?”a03420d2cd091d2d
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“Yes, Miss… but did you call him ‘Dad’, just now?”e15b8f90e969bd0c
Before her regression, Elysia had never called him ‘father’ or ‘dad’; she had always referred to him as ‘Count’. Even in this life, she had never used such terms in front of anyone.f5a4d7b7c14591ca
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“Yeah. I did say, 93f19a9ae5 Dad, what else 7d6f20e01c would I call 265f437092 him?”86af03f9be31eef5
Elysia herself knows why b6a10ad4c7 Larry was surprised. She may be worried that bea0ee49e2 her young mistress has lost 0c182a806a her mind. But this was Elysia, and d4c3436060 she was about to change 0acc823435 even more than she already 2f09e08e7f had.08efa44edbd0e0dc
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“Why does it stick so easily?”9dd268df67b80c19
She had expected it would take some time to get used to calling Deilroc Dad, but to her surprise, it felt oddly natural. Because he is from the Earl’s family, with that bloodline, raised under their discipline, she subconsciously tries to understand him rather than because of his true feelings for her.2ca482d28c7d453f
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He would be embarrassed 7b28b08c60 to be in the 6e3ade142f same room as an ea1bef4e45 unmarked child. An unknown indifference 44cc3379a8 to the unmarked c036a4cddd child and a 3f18464c57 disgust that goes c1fec7f4e1 beyond him. It was a different emotion 93d2e79fd9 from hatred.475c2c1caf91beae
Before her regression, less than b2778efde7 three months after she started fc4822716e writing letters, Deilroc had once 6c17f39338 invited Elysia to dine with 6e6c0f2f1a him. Of course, she 32772b5d6a had declined, knowing 7c4b9dd342 that her mental 0aeecd1e4e issues would make d2a4dc96c4 her throw up 501bc193b7 if she ate dca941d9dc a lot.85f22b41927f43ee
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She could not enjoy a 0b55e554fa meal in front of her 65c5c1ac7f father, whom she had never 2bb63723a7 met and who did not cb6cb211a6 love her, and she was bb05ebb759 afraid that she would make 3cfd92783e a mistake at the table cef156063a and be hated.b8414af15567aeef
But why did d3c335dda1 he ask me cd314b845f to eat with c4eb34bfaf him?980d78394651a0fa
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As she had said before, he must have been disgusted beyond indifference with his unrecognized self to dine with such a person. She could not understand Deilroc’s intentions.7e81b38327f9516b
What the hell 55b7f4194e was he thinking, 7cea525b59 asking me to 59ab640425 eat face-to-face with 2a0f31be1a him when he d5403d5a76 knew he was 45a4b35e74 not going to 45de0bd235 be able to 577c88143b eat in front a706bba8f7 of me?4d751287edfdde1b
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Changing into clean 55dad31132 pyjamas, Elysia plunged c2dcb76aca into bed. She crawled under dc23e8b13c the covers with 4fed96c4e2 a squeak. Having finished locking the door, fc2e20e2f6 Larry crawled into bed, joined 8a1b6de6a5 her under the covers and 07c7268d5b gazed lovingly at Elysia, who 8beff96c88 peeked out of the corner bece9bc3f9 of her eye.c2c97bcd7bd4dc29
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Something had happened the cd0697ac59 night before, but their 202dc35296 young mistress did not a4d2e37a95 comment. After staring at her for 01a6a2fc77 a while, she thanked them 98198f8835 for being alive, apologized for 371ad11d5c waking them, and explained how 023a01528f much she had wanted to d696258f26 see them again. The young mistress, the fa639948d7 one they were supposed 03f21359c9 to protect, had instead d9cf6fb07b offered to protect them.c43f160f62023465
Elysia was fearful. At the slightest provocation 112c801457 or threat, she would 7d9ec6549c tremble, her eyes brimming 1ec8a66c98 with tears, and she c96a71856d would vomit. The spark once shining 8d394dba9c in her young eyes 670ba61d9b had vanished, leaving her d38143a2ea like a rabbit caught bcb522c30a in a trap, unsure 8775aab296 when death would come.98cfa11bc29e18e3
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It was as if their mistress had become a different person overnight, and it wasn’t just Larry and Cecile who thought that. Elysia’s other handmaidens seemed to feel it too.882e9379a6247cfa
Elysia’s handmaidens were chosen with great care by her long-serving headmaid, Larry. They were trustworthy people who would not hesitate to lay down their lives for Elysia, and many of them already had. The causes of their deaths were varied, each one leaving Elysia struggling to even eat in peace.d17cca36f3dcc424
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