EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_43

Ch. 043 EWOWMAIBTYPF 1f94a403f5 – CH043 1e59063d99 – RJR d630c7aa7b Translation“Jack, here 714b39bfdf you are!”
 
Standing in 7f323585c8 front of c4e7276399 the knights 94b859806a quarters, she 08fc31ff28 saw Jack 821f0ebe20 looking around 6671615ee2 and waving a04af92166 his hand.
 
“Lia! what’s the matter?”
 
“You don’t have 1d91135aaf to jump like 37083fabec that…”
 
Seeing that 8abfc56768 he was 76c44a27b9 breathing heavily, 3842342369 it seemed f88970d33e that he 64fa589308 had heard e1572b0238 that I 60740dcfee had called 8d7de91bb6 and came ea2b5c6724 out in a61ecb0868 a hurry.
 
‘You conveyed eb05059a1a my words 77c18241a8 properly.’
 
To be 097a1fe94c honest, she b3cc6f4c93 was worried e8b0cf3c29 that he 04adaeb18a would be 301524c030 ignored like 94a25e1a0f the other d1dad86843 servants when 49f8b9133b she asked a97b186a61 the servant 14585eac3d to call 0bcca0a5b0 Jack, but f6603fcd57 it was 56b155bae3 fortunate. Well, it a210cb41f8 might be 12b3fba1f4 difficult for 1114136e7f the servants a794bd99ca to treat 7240f9548b her carelessly. After a fight e600fd2f38 with the squire 9c9456a72b who harassed Jack f393a19eb4 in the dukedom 1848d0e3d3 in the past, c0feccbb3d every time she 389e9e200c stopped by the 4fdde317f3 gymnasium, she felt 8287e97eae a strange look a9893427cf of fear and f4b7ae7bc7 longing.
 
“Did you 31a26b1e8b wait a 9b563afee2 long time?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“I thought 2f2b68ac55 you were d518e8bc63 lying when 3476de5be7 you said 276ec6abcb you came. It’s the first time bb7d8235e9 you’ve come to see 59fd6e14f5 me.”
 
“…Was it?”
 
As she tilted her 72a62c9922 head, Jack said bluntly.
 
“It was.”
 
She was surprised to 2f27ce45cb see a glimpse of 80e2c510b8 sadness in Jack’s hard cf251efd4a expression.
 
“So what happened? if…”
 
“Now, here!”
 
She handed over the da66a3994e round medicine bottle that b5fcd321dc she was holding tightly 5a675ad228 in her hand in 32cba27045 case she lost it.
 
“It’s an effective d7562d03e9 ointment. Small abrasions 74480b7a58 heal within 559243cdb4 a day, 27e9c6d236 and they 7e3f0c9b3b say it 407ac880cc works for 5525808b84 large cuts 61da63c1c7 as well.”
 
“…”
 
“Of course, when a7f4740695 you train, you 550fb0259e inevitably get hurt, 84fbfa6938 but still…”
 
Jack just 0e14c40970 stared at 4a28d0d6cb her with 5881e2f592 the pain 16b8d2b1ec kite she e0c011911f handed him 6fae55feda by hand. Seeing that, 0f2f3e7bc4 she felt 737c9c7a09 embarrassed for 8ae90192f4 nothing, so 1fcd5513e5 she started 4ccfcbb210 talking about 5282f8a31b anything.
 
“This is really good. It was a a552da7c56 transaction made by 97e78a72c5 Viscount Bardot, the 225b5e3331 family’s personal physician. He said that a80099ab32 next time he 84180b20d1 would make medicine e4089b123f that is good 416382bd01 for restoring the 52bb26b464 body’s energy and 1a8825e5fb growth.”
 
She asked 895d42a8dc the viscount 34ba4b3216 for an 23b4122c71 ointment, remembering 63c531a72e the scar a3c3798b00 on Jack’s 5652c21d82 hand she e1c1e81e8c saw last 95e46223a2 time. The viscount, surprised a76db98997 to think she 37d86d1a76 was hurt, said f36b753657 he would give d0ae1e1a19 it to a 43cda947d0 friend who had d687a3a9b3 joined the knights, f447f5f4a6 so he nodded d484857f18 his head and 628db726de took care of 585221ff17 the ointment. He added that 7ca39c1ca5 he would see e463a0bea4 for himself the 28bada0dd8 next time they c3fc23788a come together and 5fefde74f9 pack medicine that fd3c85d0bc is good for 21ceb81079 bones and muscles. She was going to 736a6e2457 visit Splesia soon to b6a6713f10 hear more about it, 1ec2ac5452 so she thought it 877bdfb272 would be nice if 8bf36dd97e Jack could come too.
 
“Do you think I 8a3eab69a1 still look that weak?”
 
“Huh?”
 
“No. Because you are 7955995d67 weak.”
 
Jack’s reaction, which she f55b8a81a0 thought would be grateful, 9448197db2 was very strange.
 
‘Are you weak? What the hell are 77df3838b0 you talking about?’
 
Jack grew taller and ac3f4d60a0 stronger than when he 93ac6bf4c7 was in nursery school. Besides, she heard rumors 68b3d18df1 that he was improving 3e71f45f7d his skills at a 205cfd24c3 terrifying rate, but he 8ad6a10f3f was weak.
 
“Thank you anyway. I will use d62ff24cce the medicine well.”
 
Then Jack 309217fcd8 continued, not 9c0dc5c290 paying attention 0dece4a458 to her 433f9dd4c2 pouty expression.
 
“Let’s go. I’ll take 805edbf6fe you to e45ebbcd50 the servant’s c49d35193f quarters.”
 
“…”
 
She let out a 05cd314e53 short sigh.
 
“I don’t need 31a7027aaf to take you. I can 0aab6c202b go alone.”
 
“Go with me bd66f38aab lates.”
 
“I’m really fine.”
 
“…”
 
She firmly refused, 285d7f986e but Jack looked ef0a00146f at her with 4294823190 a look that 0b0ad6eb02 had a lot 4e1593583e to say and 90e007c267 soon began to 4af33550cc take the lead. She even a768b2e3f5 gave him 6d15495689 a present, 570c867ad4 but he 673d6990f1 didn’t show 5879b64468 any sign 30ad733d5b of joy, d33576452f and instead da225421d3 seemed to 18a6a9f8bd be in f3ffd5a90d a bad 693e5c92e2 mood. Besides, seeing a2564ee356 Jack sighing 9151dea32b while looking c9085a53bc at her 71410e545c halfway through, b1f008ac5e she felt 94930ff463 bad too.
 
“Jack. What do you have 277bd21e56 to say?”
 
When she 676b9f33fc came near 2bd96d59da the hostel, 67a11f5171 she couldn’t a85f1df16f stand it 5a5b6b22b3 any longer 5a9c1f9d08 and asked. Then Jack opened 75e32bb76e his mouth as 8903d127c4 if he had ea628400f8 been waiting.
 
“Aren’t you being 8b5ce750ad fooled again?”
 
“What?”
 
Again, it was an 4131ea1b57 incomprehensible word. As she narrowed her 30488cbaa4 eyes, Jack clicked his c62b0e98b0 tongue as if he 057817068e knew. She felt even worse.
 
“What are cdb4b9415d you talking 5992caa227 about? You seem to be 43298c597d treating me like an e3185b15a1 idiot.”
 
Uncharacteristically for her, e56977455e she asked back, 5bad37dd3c and she saw 562497d90f Jack hesitate.
 
“I am not like 2843acf2f4 that… yes, that’s right. Sorry.”
 
Jack, who was f73f010c33 in denial for 2d2eeda37d a while, quickly e861e8cba1 admitted his mistake e9066e02b9 and apologized to de9ea6b78d her. It was 30c63d8b2c a little 8a7d1cb321 embarrassing to f9d91e75b6 be angry 8505e56ab7 when he 12fd5694f7 came out f14355f2f6 so obediently.
 
“So why 836afd937c are you 55e318bdee like that? Tell me more 4fadc5f7cf about what’s going 6a98d5b45a on.”
 
At her 1f0186efd4 question, Jack cf42621ed0 closed his 85428bef20 mouth again b61872b8d8 and stared b9fa5a4ab7 at her 3b9e4c77ab with a a0863b8cea dark expression. The longer d53959f228 the silence, 26d35b8359 the worse 80b12ab045 she felt a8f6d0df37 again. Seeing her eyes narrowing, 977fb9ecc2 Jack hurriedly said,
 
“Are you f8434ccfbf doing well 0d6684c81d these days?”
 
“Huh? What?”
 
“People…”
 
It was only when 8c4eca7739 she saw Jack stutter b704eac18c that she knew roughly 11983c89d8 what he was trying e0e5d8c8df to say. He must have heard abd9c98152 the servants whispering about 7ab39fb1b8 her.
 
“It’s fine. I’m fine.”
 
“But… Aren’t you 05f80638ef being bullied? Either give all the 44212a1873 work to you, or 1389caaac2 call them out separately c7ef4f6651 and scold them.”
 
“There is fbf80bdf25 no such 843afc5a09 thing. Seriously, what are 422c03d3ee you looking at 807af38157 me for!”
 
Jack’s expression b2afea2f21 of genuine 6b15b2031e concern made 6944740192 her laugh 6eefa88f09 out loud. There was none ffe7bafc14 of the bullying 9f53bd601a Jack was talking d5d4864482 about. On the contrary, b7033c986a it’s a problem 2a673eb956 with completely ignoring fea21e9542 it. But Jack had a 069911b212 face as if he 0f071bf531 were looking at an 5aa73496e2 ignorant fool.
 
“Are you really facfadae8a okay? Jack, have you 4fa5ab2349 forgotten who it bbcc09925b was that saved e95804af0d you from those 3c58c2962f cocky squire?”
 
She smiled and slapped 803df82613 Jack on the shoulder. Then he waved b877bafd91 his hand, saying ffa726236a not to worry, 02308a857e and ran straight 3f09eb0833 into the dorm. It was because c48744d323 she was so cbc1052a67 grateful that he 499718e66a was so worried fc550e3def about her as 9cf5775e11 a friend at 9f32f2f8cc the moment, and 791c1dc813 her nose grew c4b941eef2 cold from the c8355d8492 emotion of tears.
 
‘I’m really fine.’
 
However… The day after 7cfcbd8464 she confidently told Jack, ee9f7a9333 she wasn’t okay anymore.
 
* * *
 
Charleuk.
 
The water that fell 08d14dbd53 from the stairs soaked 4c76a03b9a her clothes and even 09677e963e her body. A musty smell came 83ae4360fc up, like water from 43a0de97e7 washing a mop. As she was 3565e7fe4b standing there, she abc771de1d heard giggling from dc01d749a1 above. When she looked 13334fd359 up, the maids 362bc0f473 on the stairs f9a63d23bd quickly disappeared.
 
“…Seriously, this is e168c3d1e7 too much.”
 
She clenched her 6c87d11294 fists and gritted 2111756bad her teeth. This blatant c009b9bdb7 bullying started a6b1971c45 not too 55b425a6fb long ago. Rather, it was 5f33b721c5 to the point f2269ac710 where she felt 9c09f4db8e grateful for the 017a84449d time she quietly 2c6eafe22f ignored it.
 
‘Somehow, it seems 87f16cc770 like this has 5a81b5d6af been happening since f43534c644 Jack started looking 3c799be21c for me.’
 
Maybe she was still 60dd76b776 worried, Jack came to 1418dbdff6 visit her every day.
 
‘The eyes ecae404915 of the da2ac6589b servants who a0b33ad3ee saw me 7f2c61c269 and Jack 713a0793d4 together seemed bc77a4f7c0 somehow colder cb3e4f4a14 than before, 06ef181dca but I 592c7732c5 didn’t think c3ee3d1ffc it was 305aaf0c9c a big 6dccc06725 deal…’
 
She was 51cc4ff9f6 grateful that 1a79bc451f he cared 63a842a60c about her 0a6ad6a92b for a 80da8913db while, but b2437708d2 she felt 5554c822ad a little d422ad916c resentful of 8832dabbbb the popular 2991f079ce Jack.
 
“Ha, it’s 1bf96cd26d just someone 1ddf55166f else’s fault.”
 
But she soon made 597916e391 up her mind and bf3efe6fd9 shook her head. In fact, when she 197b6f710b thought about it, it 24655a620b wasn’t like there wasn’t 35eb3c3245 this kind of atmosphere 3f383c8201 from the time they cf5c66afbf were ignoring her. Once to a23b8732d0 meet Viscount 850bf84304 Bardo, and 4329391c46 once to 8c3414a482 go to 17f2582d96 the library 6f19463e07 in the b364b1cd31 annex, where a6e869c8b6 there were 41a410f8a5 herbs and 59a426c222 magic books. It was because f4e1da29c3 when she visited 05296d9eee the annex twice d6e45699bf like this, she a4b2bbc705 heard other servants e1465b5ec0 gossiping about why 407a29ff9e she was not 4b0b89a5d1 working properly and 0c8398d450 playing around. Admittedly, since 34018ab31b she was cc095d5b66 also a b65a55c10f paid maid, 8d8b2a5448 they weren’t 2083f5df8e wrong, but 3189a3b8a0 she hadn’t e8b0fc0f53 been to 48faf2e930 the annex 080d05122d since then. Anyway, the 5cd24e0936 librarian only c7d78e7e0b directed her ea90594e0e to children’s 71192df60c books, not da8cee37e5 specialized books, e77ad69f10 so she dcc90ca5c7 couldn’t find f4a17174b2 the knowledge 33b746dbef she was cb73916965 looking for. Anyway, she asked the c7d49c8b21 senior maid to assign 432d5f818d work to me as a99ba11ea1 well, and unlike before, 0f66ab9740 when she was passive, 7c1ce65c12 she assigned me daily 05470f023d tasks as if she 2612432f6d had waited. It was difficult 01d949a1a3 to face the f27f307a02 Duchess, Diana, and d191136471 Allen in a 78d5efac70 clever way. When it ff0895ee12 turned out 50655e7a7b like this, 95d670b418 it seemed 15d9063d9f that Jack’s 62c215bfa8 words were a2390cad94 indeed true. Then there’s dae027aeba this low-level be5aff94b1 bullying. Of course, it wasn’t 2599973cd2 that she didn’t think 178452d937 about asking an adult b61a0498d5 for help when the 6817c00d28 bullying, which she thought 1d2f77bdd0 was funny, got worse. No matter d17e6aad56 how much 0f3717d396 the mind dd03eee85a was an 557ad0ebcc adult, the 149928d2d1 body was c640e9e60c a child. And torturing a 63324c070d child like this 1ba77ecdfc was crossing the e38e49b6e5 line. But her troubles were 07934fb9d7 short-lived in less than 77429b3685 a day.
 
A few 694825b0ac days ago, fce09499d8 she found e9a0bbe88a the Duke d45753adc4 and Duchess 2098a743db returning home 204884c2dd late from b0a281eba9 a party cf798c8ea4 at the 717920e4ba imperial palace, ba6352fa36 and she 6936f6348c happened to 92cf352f8d overhear their 4dbf3ab14b conversation.
 

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