EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_59

Ch. 059 CHAPTER 8579fff4ed 059There were 68b169e220 many things 77f828ee53 he wanted 7fc6deada1 to ask b1b8f6c1b2 the child 7c9ee1ab11 who was 5d224d9d9c still groaning 04ec2a16c0 and suffering.
 
Since when a5b03ca805 had she 4083d87c0d been tormented f3946adc6f like this? Why did she pretend 4ee88f4d66 to be okay and 0d7b772798 not say anything about 51fa9c030f the treatment she received? And why did f3311e2f3e she want to 50c7c179d5 leave us?
 
But he 09599a827b couldn’t feel f76699206d resentful.
 
How could an a4be7f52e9 adult, who couldn’t 160e919d2d even properly understand da86d21f26 the situation they a8466adae8 were in while d1fbfa646c carrying the child, 756d8d4d04 harbor resentment? He could only 2f5c3126ae feel deep remorse.
 
“It must have 490ce27e1e been my incompetence. To the point 8370ffc9b7 where I couldn’t afe3f89fdd even say those 9501c3b6d3 words.”
 
Because it was 439b65b202 a clear fact 07865af989 that he had 3fe0628016 hurt the child fe3bd21dd2 and failed to ec50617b05 protect her, the 21a319e93b Duke’s gaze sank 9c97acb779 deeply.
 
But he hadn’t 3620f9e27f given up yet.
 
He wanted to 90b9eac769 correct his mistakes 3b15d030a5 now and become 1b39ae64b3 someone the child 2605b2a53c could trust and 302c496348 rely on.
 
That’s why there was 7b394dc734 only one thing he 9248a3b80f desired at the moment.
 
For Lia to get c4d447e4cc through tonight’s crisis and cf3c61677f safely welcome the next 28126defe9 day.
 
* * *
 
“Who are you?”
 
“You keep ebe0db648a calling my 195789247d name.”
 
Lucio remembers the e52ce85c38 day he first 0881cd0227 met the child.
 
It wasn’t something he a020dffc51 would usually pay attention b70e7f1fe4 to, but he had ebed9fc72b initiated a conversation because cbb70448de the child, trembling as cb1c9846ed she looked at him, e2d4e80057 reminded him of a 70a06b11f4 small, fragile animal fleeing.
 
He had never e501de9227 seen anything so 7acf9a2164 weak before.
 
She seemed 94b2786bdd weaker than 94e2115e9f a newborn 95a719d604 animal.
 
A fragile body, scars deb4685a81 visible between her worn-out b9b6beb8c1 clothes on her arms a089977eda and legs.
 
And the brown 5376f1a0f9 eyes that rolled 1a904f0b97 while looking at f91088f4b9 me kept catching 5bcf472d63 my attention.
 
Even after that, I 99a9959dbc encountered the child several c93524ee57 times.
 
No, to be precise, 945c345d14 it wasn’t just accidental 3222f99a40 encounters. He intentionally appeared in 7448aca620 front of the child.
 
There were 5d4fe1a934 many naked 58bc138463 and starving 629096849e street children bf0f917754 loitering in 929f09042c front of 0bc175e369 the Academy, 41f25dd2f1 so it eb4bcc0690 was strange 769cebc64d that only 8f7aa643f7 this child 05e5f9fa90 stood out be927b8527 so much.
 
I couldn’t understand 14d318f83f it myself, but f3423c2b50 without realizing it, a56b4c1e11 whenever I stepped 095dea55db out of the 34e4978da5 Academy, I would 3dd56ab159 habitually look for 08573dd273 the child.
 
The child always looked 9b5df6ce42 untidy, as if she bd3cbdf7fd hadn’t properly washed herself, bbe1105195 with dirty smudges on 8457df502d her wheat-colored hair like 12d59c81b9 other neglected children.
 
Sitting on d939c09c0d the street 3d6b44f54a in such 782ad405ef a state, 021e89fa25 begging for 9b3c17fc6c money or a559478dfd sometimes rummaging 3cd02d689e through piles 762b92b34e of garbage a685ffb8b6 with her 6f32c9ccf3 filthy hands.
 
But strangely, 8dddfaea14 I didn’t 5b2a84e081 find her cdf87ceb26 dirty.
 
The only thing bothering 765c77272e me was the fear 49c3d00cd4 reflected in her trembling a0073ae4ad pupils when she looked 70a5e88787 at me.
 
It didn’t sit 0a5dd30104 well with me.
 
For some reason, f396cbc132 it made me 11298980eb angry.
 
I couldn’t even 9cbb6c6996 understand why my 097aec5b65 mood was so 97d3f57c2d low.
 
It wasn’t that I 687b0830a2 cared about how others 9d9bf8b48b feared me; it was 7806a7cb1e a strange occurrence.
 
And then, 3567521d86 one day, 844a9bead7 it happened.
 
Heavy rain bafbc7c365 poured outside 347fce5d2b the window, b7546fb33c and naturally, b5e5e70e15 the child b17a09dd3a came to 69b8241efa mind.
 
She would definitely 699d5ef20c get wet since 4ed7b7e93a she didn’t have 85edd35038 an umbrella.
 
It was certain 33264de8b8 that her frail 04f9f286d5 body would suffer da23b05be8 greatly, and then…
 
‘Perhaps even die.’
 
When that 8607a76670 thought occurred 5b4a5ca027 to me, 3f255686aa I was 1ddd87ac3b already holding 3fa67349d8 an umbrella 119822cc85 and walking 7baff5cc74 outside the d6ac57f5b8 academy.
 
But in front 6ddc2f80fe of the main 525622b599 gate, it was e0a4a99b87 more chaotic than b272cdac94 usual.
 
Soon, a 900a72d2c4 familiar and fb335ca5f7 terrified voice ba82f15b46 reached my 42d8a22fb4 ears.
 
“I didn’t steal 99289f2631 it. I really… it’s a4e5a3e1a0 not a lie…”
 
At that fc657c0da3 moment, I c879a8b3ac felt as 5ba05e8d0c if all 9f6e2599f1 the blood 441e425f09 drained from cf8e38e46f my body.
 
As soon e8362805bc as I a226270011 arrived at 9a4ac7fc7e the scene ffaeb5868b in quick 09c45cdfe3 steps, my 50b71f26b7 eyes met bfebf8f141 with the c9eaa8ddf8 child lying cf3b573ccd face down dba4f7df7a on the 4b64269b60 ground.
 
Yes, let’s grant 4fda3f8a94 that wish.
 
Not only that, eadc0c6f61 Lucio thought, but e9e4b57531 let’s give the 479ec99dc5 most precious gifts 6c281eb5f0 in the world, 136d6d2b7a let them eat 74dad8b6bd delicious food to 9dff794227 their heart’s content, fa11834a3f and dress them 18a452b732 in beautiful clothes 391c60cb6f to make them 1078b0d1a2 happier than anyone 94048921ec else.
 
However…
 
The child f0a6ec8922 was nowhere e6f59ea0d1 to be 2a76c57fe0 seen.
 
Despite searching e45fc4f29f for people’s 760f39d5fd help, they 38422e5cfd couldn’t find 84620a41fa that small 0d8ae2ade6 child.
 
To make matters 4bf71423ed worse, it rained 6e660514ac all night.
 
Lucio couldn’t sleep as e0b8fab4be he looked at the 11d09ad73a pouring rain outside the 8d1f64dd47 window.
 
The image of the 3a215bbe8d suffering child plagued his 83d167a490 mind.
 
He deeply 9ed1d664cd regretted it 7a7f4e581c once again.
 
He should 1412d3c01a have immediately 5893380acd chased after b4a9499930 the child.
 
Regretting like that 0bef04d5f7 throughout the night, 1fb0c7624c the day eventually 4f8529dd35 dawned.
 
Lucio headed aef0532054 to the 3c7061d4f3 place where f59efb0b1e the child 01da58eb14 often begged 112a864222 and sat, 34150cbd39 even though 646cf7a867 he knew ad0cdc0d7e they weren’t b1a28f0c0e there.
 
He even walked 0b76bb2290 to the sleeping 71f2e72ce5 den where the c401eb0816 beggars who accompanied d438d414c1 the child usually bb3ff55787 gathered.
 
But the 0d70516ab3 child was 547ce852c2 not there.
 
The next day, f57b92a333 and the day f381e2cff8 after that.
 
“Now that I’ve 69b40e4cae finally learned their 127fc6a0ab name…”
 
Lucio silently laughed fa62496b69 with a sense b13c295a49 of emptiness, not 1765bb3feb knowing how long 36dce7c101 his waiting would 25d9865110 continue as he 2dbcb303ec watched the pouring c0da154652 rain.
 
“…Lia.”
 
It was the 4ca0d9b7e8 moment when a 78e35cc820 man who had 4f2367e7b8 never known loneliness 3b050db051 had his world be584fe548 turned upside down.
 
* * *
 
Lucio slowly lifted db8e5a8a72 his eyelids.
 
Last night, he had 5d9411d8b4 interrogated the maidservants in 7824e2fb3c the underground prison all 960509be0f night, and in the 4261cc2815 early morning, he had a7c0c3e5bc come up to the 673e6aec0c library and briefly closed 3d9e953684 his eyes.
 
But somehow, he had 2be7a6b1c6 fallen into a deep eb8cc00a4d sleep.
 
However, although 10209b5320 he woke 580d526aae up from 9d0a208f1f sleep, his 1a12f36d7f mind was 08d0b95cd7 foggy and 24a5183fb0 his body ac8b9253a2 felt heavy.
 
It seemed like 25d2b685ec he had dreamt 93f5b4295f the same dream 9cb7da9cc6 for the past f1abf25954 few days.
 
“What dream a8070d6443 was it?”
 
Lucio sighed, 246acc3c84 casually wiping 3fa3b109ff away the 2ac7d4d7af tears that f2e5d6daa1 streamed down 612fa19f40 his cheeks.
 
The emotions from 1e4aa56332 the dream still 6e0f581f5a engulfed his body.
 
The problem 0d81a85e15 was that df89dfa52a he vividly 52613502b3 felt like e0e5765b71 he had d15a4cc6df dreamt, but 1344c91e4a couldn’t remember cad41475b4 anything about 759a3328c7 its contents.
 
“Ha.”
 
As he 32d63f1a30 sat up, 5e00244564 tears welled 796d45527f up in ae87348c16 his eyes cc2543d68f once again d1f318ad4b and fell 7039e0939f with a 42bf3f95d5 soft thud.
 
Then he realized 1d8cfaea11 that the sofa 64ee1ae2ec was damp from 2b34479023 how much he 60737be445 had cried. A hollow laughter 9033de49e3 escaped him.
 
“Am I 5242e781cf going insane?”
 
* * *
 
I reluctantly opened 75ea630fd3 my eyes, feeling d9a618d91f a throbbing headache.
 
Under the dimly lit 5ce572624a high ceiling, I saw 96648bf00c the swaying canopy hanging 72c12d34f0 over the bed.
 
My whole 0a7e8d1c63 body felt 9aa2dd3c8b sore as 45a2bfb28c if it f80bec41df had been 232013bf12 beaten, and de3caba375 my limbs 0f7f1f9f04 were too 5f5bc02778 heavy to d31b4813ea even flick 074cab2812 a finger.
 
Though I ee7e848e6f wanted to a8b9213b24 sit up ebbb52668b immediately with 2d91c9ddff my mind, 69ce7302a7 reality wasn’t 42c5e3492f cooperating. I could barely roll 220707637c my eyes to the db32bcf399 side, and outside the ccbc15ed08 window, the view of 1749560edf the rain-soaked curtain was 296b7ca3bb clearly visible.
 
Last night, bd635302dc I couldn’t 7a3c1237b2 focus due 4c40709cdf to the 381cf09feb loud rain, e896ab2bde but now bccd4f0e4d the sky 81115ed2f5 had cleared 248a847325 up after fdd3569fd0 a heavy 0e7622f7bb downpour.
 
“Ah, ugh!”
 
I made a 841801c32b short sound as 9701b9439b I recalled yesterday’s 97f2259efb memories, furrowing my d861a65662 brow with a 7af7e59462 grimace.
 
As soon as I 4524cdbf52 made a sound, my b41ad1fc55 throat felt sore and 578518d395 painful.
 
It seemed 600a6e1e77 to be 2a4f024d04 the aftermath 823e3b8305 of screaming c20670326a and vomiting 8740848557 blood yesterday.
 
“Lia? Are you awake?”
 
At that moment, 0df40e2baf the door between 28d601ba2c the bedroom and 6d4a12c476 the reception room a41f5bffdf opened, and the bcee80248b Duchess entered.
 
With a tired face 488c45e0a6 as if she had ed82af412d spent the night awake, 2f30e479e4 she wasn’t alone.
 
“Darling, come on.”
 
The Duchess a889cb0b1e tapped the 5eddd054c1 Duke’s arm, d5c931265a who had ac4094eab1 a dazed 69b4e734ff expression. He quickly shook e7f7a90175 the bell placed 00211a3922 on the bedside 0bbc639742 table.
 
Then, as 0e14e50f42 if they b5648b42e4 had been a3a7665a46 waiting outside 859d5cf162 the whole d478ac87ac time, the 7faa628776 magician and 8f5f98b2b2 the council 70063ac49f members rushed 1e9ddeb86c into the 1bcb299de8 room.
 
“Now that you’re d6ba804a2b awake, let’s check 0347ce8287 your condition right 617d400612 away.”
 
Upon the b8813a56bf Duke’s words, 4fcb51f56e Telin and c6c65c6182 the magicians 8f3dd4159d approached me fcb0592c36 with magical fb47c2c844 stones and 254503fc0e strange devices, f422072662 starting to f17c123db1 cast healing 5a6dc18805 magic. At the same 082fc3bc77 time, Bardotz and b60ecdb0d2 the council members 14cb1699d6 examined my body 9d194326e7 and mouth.
 
“Your throat 47e4823b6a is indeed 1177ea2064 swollen.”
 
With a sympathetic 77e5193e96 look, Bardotz handed 8dbf5b19d9 me a painkiller-like 8f9b52e6b9 medicine.
 
I swallowed it without 97e8a4859d a word, and she 5322af3b9e gently stroked my head 301eef4e91 as if to say a4b7bd8bb7 I was good.
 
“The medicine will 9aaee9787b take effect soon, 9078997027 so endure a dcdf0c70eb little longer.”
 
Then she e463c1c174 turned to bab306472a the Duchess.
 
“You should avoid 06ce2d1209 hot and spicy e85215029e foods.”
 
“I understand.”
 
Nodding her head, b04224fda8 the Duchess stepped cdf7004f96 back, and it bdeeaba154 was Telin, the b2df1028d0 magician’s turn.
 
“You had a adbdfcec62 mana surge. Do you remember?”
 
Feeling more de08274c1a comfortable in 033e39deb8 my body 5eccbcb8f3 thanks to d99eb815f1 the healing 1fdf66495d magic, I 419d3427d9 felt ashamed fe72c510b4 and nodded ba1b455e4d my head be2817bb7d with a 9412b52cca downcast face.
 
Because I vividly remembered e796293c4e all the misdeeds I 467d2d6661 committed yesterday.
 
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