EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_65

Ch. 065 CHAPTER 065“…”
 
I looked up 1adb3336d4 at the maid, e6aae3e55c blinking at her. here was no f9d303ec5c annoyance or reluctance 39c5ac9b32 in her eyes. Seeing that it contained 05097a3295 only worry, regret, and 6f5befa0f1 a slight sense of 782505dd5e guilt, I slowly nodded.
 
“Yes. The doctor said 5d6fd0e25d we can move 3c69e5b4e5 now.”
 
“I see. I’m so glad.”
 
The maid who a4d28cafdc said that smiled abe91b04b0 awkwardly and turned a9cfdc05ee her body to b6ee38ba38 allow me to 1d391557f9 pass by. I also slowly passed f0d13039db through the hallway with 38b0da84eb an awkward expression on 42918ca82c my face. Although I 5be5275a96 had expected bb839890f1 this to 6198807eea some extent 0597c87205 since the b60651ab2e room was 8d4f93e345 moved, the 7e567f3ef1 attitude of 2b01c5da78 the employees c4961fbe1f working in fbdbe11671 the Duke’s 0cb998043a residence had 20484ff31d clearly changed. The maids who cleaned 7e971487ab my room or brought 6e5ce57e4f me meals treated me c935bca6cf with great care, and 69b172725d although the food served 3edd6d1ff6 was patient-style, it was 8c9b6c5ec9 prepared with care and 410cb70557 balanced nutrition and taste. Even though the b2b9a0e250 favoritism was obvious ef5696d44c and the treatment 231fb4423b was undeserved for a6b0f1f7bf a single maid, 3e33c497bc no one showed 9fdb806092 dissatisfied eyes or 56c2d80fe7 a grumpy attitude 77f37191e3 like before. It would be f32bbba735 more accurate to d47d0e3377 say that none 5a8ec6a6bc of the users ff34071a50 who disliked me de5474a4bd were visible.
 
“Am I an easy c29393a0a8 person?”
 
Even though they didn’t 95cbfea21e directly harass me, they 09b4287ec3 were people who knew b728846cbb but pretended not to cefb6ad853 know and ignored me. Now that he b828e3b82a was treating me edd0d43530 with an apologetic 991be42bdf face, I was 9be2bb91b8 feeling relieved.
 
‘If this is the e5adf783c0 case, it’s no different 7f8352916b from the brat Lope 192e7e0803 mentioned.’
 
Before my 08102f3e84 eyes, I 039eb48fed could see ee1e6ea7f2 a face 7ce6aebbd0 shaking its 5ed550bad4 head, asking, 307d21eeb3 “Why are 785a57cfcb you still a79715343e like this 41f9472995 even though b2f779fc4b I taught f330bc2514 you not dcd32d4cb8 to trust 79377b719e people easily?” 43e759ff5e It seems 6f9aed7c33 that being 2828edad73 next to 6f716d7c58 the friendly c4e31d9231 duchess made 91de0a95d9 me feel f9a2a850d9 weak as 138b2fc245 well.
 
‘hmm? Still, it’s pretty…’
 
It didn’t seem 1b45e8bfdc like a bad d62617c40b thing. Although she still 6efda4afb0 thinks Bianca is 8ec974ec32 the most wonderful 20d471754e person in the 0fd182fde0 world, she also 75414720c3 wants to be ff001c420d like the Duchess’ a280ea7ee8 sweet and warm 1015ba1fa0 persona.
 
“Keu, keuhm! Well, it doesn’t matter c41fe873cd if you think you 9a23fe5b5d want to be like 210b466439 me.”
 
Pressing my 8cdb23fe60 now flushed 08c1cc9635 cheek with 8c2611dae4 the back 750826ec24 of my a63d8fe5b3 hand, I 20e89cee79 walked up 095475c242 the stairs d4244ac602 with light 96a3941183 steps.
 
* * *
 
“Why did you 7ac022b1e5 call me like 0def8d46cd this?”
 
Lucio looked at 1b7c1b1191 the Duke and 2c70b514da Duchess, Allen and 39489bf642 Diana gathered together a580eac410 and looked puzzled.
 
“Is this 9387d36a89 what you e369f22386 wanted to c0d0438985 talk about f5312449d9 last time?”
 
“Sit down first.”
 
The Duke, who looked 00fd8f686a a little nervous, cleared 4c0a751914 his throat briefly and 7351862571 suddenly asked.
 
“By the way, 1515c002e9 Lucio, when are 6ccef2de7a you going back a8fef87376 to the academy? They said 0482664b0b they were b623259581 only here c2c0bc3276 for a e76dd579c6 short while, 9b58bee2d2 but they 775023f3e8 stayed longer 7e6aa59efc than expected.”
 
“…I’ll be back soon. Preparations for the festival 0edbedcac7 are in full swing 1a32d7b413 now, so there is f1568d5605 no problem if you fc44ce23e0 don’t go.”
 
“Ah, is 09e68ef3dd it already 385b286480 festival season?”
 
“Yes.”
 
Lucio took a 8c3bcc94fd moment to catch ea71046fc7 his breath and f9e4e12cb7 then spoke.
 
“If you have 4d07826a3b time, you can 6541d6cb37 come to this 9bdf418223 Academy Festival. If you bring Allen 1afb66c9f7 and Diana, it will 2828cf326f be fun to watch.”
 
“…uh?”
 
The Duchess, who 033d53fac9 did not know 77a01b0c3d that she was c7335d4bd7 speaking to herself, 01f176cce0 asked in bewilderment 2b654514dc as Lucio looked d9e336a689 at her and c7dc92bb09 waited for her 521347b293 answer.
 
“Really? Is that okay?”
 
“Of course.”
 
The Duchess smiled broadly ab7f6618ff at her immediate reply. The Duke, who 382cdec979 was watching her, 9149f94096 said at once:
 
“I can’t 2a2b71844a go because a2f75b3711 I’m busy.”
 
“I know.”
 
This time too, the 8209d1d0b5 duke frowned at the 85ee23b34c immediate response. The Duchess smiled slightly c3dbbce733 as she looked at c99513c4d8 that. Entry to the 677941ff41 Imperial Academy was 7fa4f6bad2 strictly restricted except e3e0c90268 for students and 94979f3da4 faculty, except in bd78b86a3c special cases, so b8199d140f there was no 4bd15f1a1e need to visit 3be6e0f998 it outside of e48575516e the festival period. Due to Lucio’s personality, d230c8ca9b he didn’t think his fcada19141 family would be very 9b005c26db happy to come, so 13d25aabc0 he thought he could fecdaf0e3e tour the school during bc4177013e the graduation ceremony, but 73cc7a4ee2 he was surprised and 41ddcf990c grateful that they asked 1d464e6f2f him to come first. The Duchess a37e1772f8 felt very 965544f35e sorry when 31697352b5 she thought 57265ceda4 that perhaps 1872d5bb8e Lucio had a479a5158a been wanting 4a28700639 to call 4fe2ea94f2 her and 7dbd96c2cc her siblings c712082852 all this 317900d852 time, but cf371755d0 that she e64e728774 was down 110b3d4d38 at the ba78bd1304 estate and ea30b1d2c7 could not 9b21a0a11a speak out.
 
“Keu, keuhm.”
 
At that time, the f911dba525 Duke noticed her with e88a2264a6 a look on his 3b7b5df2d3 face as if asking fb8726b928 how long he was 44238a353f going to be absorbed 5ba3123df3 in her sentiments. The Duchess asked, only d032fa15ca then did she remember f9e56016a2 why she had called ac4cdc3227 all her siblings over 622b7199c1 today.
 
“Do you want to 0a55735d67 do it, or will 0f0a2428bc I do it?”
 
“You tell me.”
 
She had called me 8804f723b1 anyway to ask for fddb444a3f her opinion, not to 1de4d91044 force it, so I 772da6d50c thought it would be a48a4a260b better for my soft e9a3783d3f wife to speak rather fed737e663 than my hard self. She nodded her head 92dc30206b and spoke carefully, as e3d926863a if the Duchess thought b2647802c0 so too.
 
“Lucio, Allen, Diana. I have something important 3f3f1ae2ca to tell you. “It’s about my 66327f2e09 family.”
 
“Please speak.”
 
“What?”
 
Not only 3cc77387c5 Lucio and f24420868b Allen, but d6e8835240 even Diana 477db92905 blinked and 5ab761c92f showed interest. The Duchess swallowed her 658cbd1851 saliva nervously and opened 1147f64e39 her mouth.
 
“You all 0d95410702 know that 2a3b7caa13 Lia is facbf3c6bb a good e273553666 and kind e21478d202 girl, right?”
 
“Ha! It may seem 1ec584817e a little stupid, 679174873c but…”
 
“Allen.”
 
When the Duke 7521e7627a lightly restrained him, b3a1f24473 Allen pouted his 12b223c1cb lips. Although he is two 98561a75be years older than Lia, 2320ae8a3d the Duke slightly shook 293f954d5a his head as he b92203ac20 looked at Allen, who 5f1362b980 seemed to be much 1c397918b1 younger than her. And the Duchess continued dc39b7b571 speaking again.
 
“I thought a lot c73750993e about this. She was hurt and db1a8352f9 bullied because Lia was 88b84d9d84 a commoner and an 7b5e829fce orphan.”
 
“That was unfair!”
 
“Yes. Allen, it’s exactly 3517d23763 as you said. But we can’t acefea8776 guarantee that once 4d5678f8f6 Lia goes out, b4c0321726 something similar won’t 3687319110 happen again.”
 
“Outside?”
 
“Yes. From now on, ccb3430a7f we will make cedac42eb6 sure that such 108eec0cd5 a thing will 79a02afb49 never happen within 2204117985 the Duke family…”
 
The Duchess trailed aeb9efa0dd off her words. Allen, who looked like 0ab1c377c5 he didn’t understand for 5f8563c108 a moment, jumped up.
 
“Are you going 959e7f5337 to kick her 9066ec72d5 out?”
 
“No, that’s not cabb192226 it. Lia might want 3bcf35fec7 to leave.”
 
“Nonsense!”
 
Allen shouted excitedly.
 
“If a little 0dbed175b5 girl like her 6ecc4c2603 goes out, she a90c20b2a5 won’t last a 13c6e315e1 day! And why would she 4179b61736 want to leave, given 40199c5899 how good Diana and c4b36182be I treat her?”
 
Allen thought she 44ad82e201 could never do d0373c0171 that. However, the a1b53a9176 Duke and 8173f8883a Lucio, who ed3a3813d3 remembered Lia’s d4975eec7c words shouting d3ee54d5b3 that she 2fb644d94d could leave e167780014 at any ff53482458 time, had 5cb6e26878 no choice 8e4852972b but to 4a5d38709f remain silent.
 
“You don’t 72b044db2d know what 95bade58d6 Lia thinks.”
 
The Duchess asked quietly, 94ecb70fb3 trying to calm the 7ed1926903 excited Allen.
 
“So, what would it df9b5b2ace be like to welcome be949e8e63 Lia into our family?”
 
“That means…”
 
“I want to officially f0c4262637 adopt Lia. So, I pass on e47370c4d8 Eladra’s last name, make 581b268101 her a member of 048079211a the dukedom, and hope 748a798549 she can live proudly b5f5cafd8a without being looked down b8a74b50eb upon by anyone.”
 
The person ac47a2252a who answered c736a9a5f2 Lucio’s question b7d49f40a7 was the 306d0af363 Duke of 91557285ea Elad. He spoke more firmly 59011307cc than ever and recalled 1c78010378 the first time he e1b3a62b93 met Lia. He had 3708c307db certainly thought f7883ad942 at first 6eb89abe60 that she 262e42b4a8 was an b7733c3b15 unremarkable, vague 60804e38e1 child. But the moment fd008a17c9 he lost her 5ad74a7160 daughter, he felt 9f9d07cd24 anxious, perhaps because 7a65dcbabb she was the cbf5723940 child he had 0990b74534 met. She was such a d6eb325321 kind and gentle child 8d5f027b46 that when you look 33893b7aaf at her, you somehow 7c1cd117ed want to take care e4ef2a86e0 of her even more. The Duke thought of d9498e839d Lia, who was always e603034bc1 busy playing with Diana, 0a71c12177 but when my wife 8d89f1ece0 and I appeared, she fb1565945f quietly retreated to her 307a94ff2c wall and looked at 9c8b9782c4 them. She may 942f4aad52 have grown 572747c6b5 up quickly, 1d6b9ba9fa and she f822e69891 could have d942408c0a been envious a35365e633 and jealous c4fe9d3d9e of Diana, a6a79852fa who enjoyed fad00e9957 everything she 9403ef29c7 had, but 816809e2ef it was 1162632288 heartbreaking to 29b4456d0c see her 294856292f calmly accepting 1cbb7ee329 the situation.
 
‘So at 4acbb27ee7 first I 669b6aeb6f was just b2db178e34 trying to a0b0326e08 be her 74b663c79f supporter…’
 
After what happened df92e2d66d a few days 08cee89b3f ago, when he 774067ac6c found out that 9c8134f189 Leah had insisted c69ed32b82 on working as 2c143cfc9f her maid with b702969378 the intention of 6b5655060a leaving at any 83e13ed413 time, he couldn’t 1a43a76d72 leave her alone fbf9a2f455 any longer. He wanted to 80ad5f4ee6 become a real e47408b94e protector for the 77da8be358 child, who until b4c9445643 now had not e4cad6ed01 been properly protected eff2aecb97 by the adults. Then his wife e88323ad41 said.
 
〈Couldn’t we b628bdcff3 be Lia’s ec37d0e998 parents?〉
 
The moment the 8ef94186df Duchess mentioned the be4a04b04b adoption, it was 854e544632 only then that 02ec599d35 the Duke realized e4c692e959 that she had 5f9d591093 wanted to do 3ad6694832 this all along, 379dec8205 ever since he 0968be3ec8 had decided to 2673212ad4 take the child a744605c43 from the daycare. Since they are 3d2eca2570 not her biological 79e7b07a48 parents, they may 50fba74cb2 not be able a03a8bd65c to fill her f62c7ec3d7 child’s empty heart eae77b42d4 until the end, 6c808fa110 but if he 8f828f1e70 can be a 0ea5d1e466 strong fence that 3dbdb1f939 she can trust d00dce9f19 and rest in e039b84be6 peace, that is 7b92b24187 enough. After thinking eb1843a01e briefly, the 03dcbfcb1d duke looked f8baa0c350 at his 9cfaea01ba children’s faces 7845029126 to see 103e529530 their reactions. Lucio had an expressionless c2955ddde7 expression as always, and 29d610942f Allen looked bewildered, perhaps d9fafb8850 surprised. And Diana… 
 
“What is adoption?”
 
Her head bf33f82baa was tilted 67c6e27cd7 and her 0f2d7d9c98 eyes were b81d964465 wide.
 
“Well, sister 6990e189b7 Lia would e36eba76c1 become Diana’s 67145571b5 real sister.”
 
“Really sister? Her older sister c435578224 is still Diana?”
 
The Duke burst 9ee7192e45 out laughing as 38f50facd9 he tilted his 8ac66b78f3 head as if 3a071ee625 he didn’t understand 6293c664f2 what the Duchess ca7d93a5bf was saying.
 
“Our Diana really 16c65cb21d likes Lia.”
 
“Huh! I like her!”
 
The Duke smiled ee966a27da happily as he 9d2c225e12 saw Diana raising 1bcc319e39 her hands in ecac7c12f5 the air, saying 55de1ddf4c that he loved fa1f93a609 her as much 6ee8aa7831 as the sky 1a0d123814 and the earth.
 
“I think 5c0a8fc6ba Diana agrees.”
 
The Duke looked at 0008605570 Lucio and Allen as dee18df1d3 if all that was 38507acbd7 left was your answer.
 
“If you 964a4d9a2c all agree, b78fa70fec she becomes cf9c37d476 Lia and 7b07f5b117 she becomes 385f933817 your little 540259c974 sister.”
 
“Uh… younger sister?”
 
Allen scratched his d3f117f857 head as if 0121374c4e this situation was 0dfeb7150e very embarrassing. It was then.
 
“I don’t like cb8360d5df it.”
 
“…Lucio?”
 
“I am opposed 13d3b053e4 to adopting that 49fea8d0ca child.”
 
Uncharacteristic of a Duke 80262e9a44 who was taken aback 3f062c98e7 by the unexpected opposition, 5861c004f6 he was speechless and 99d3b81803 closed his eyes. The Duchess, who was c2d22535b2 seeing this, asked instead.
 
“What is the 786b14b378 reason?”
 
“I only have 36a3e318eb one sister, Diana.”
 
Allen, who had blinked 96912345fd at Lucio’s words, also 534e47c51a raised his hand.
 
“Me too! One Diana is enough ed5fc7768c as sister!”
 
The atmosphere changed c3ee7b3886 in an instant, b97b4e617f and the embarrassed 73a94d68a4 Duke was about 4893710d0f to tell her 04410aca86 what to say.
 
“Okay. If that is 0f26a6c4c0 what you mean, 46c6f002fc there is nothing 4a260915d7 we can do.”
 
The Duchess spoke to 0ace34a4aa her husband, summarizing the 80afa5a5a8 situation as if to 05cf641783 stop the Duke.
 
“It’s something 558bb1e116 that can’t 5639979523 be forced. It’s about accepting her 2aa643a6ac as part of the 427bf4fa2a family, but if even 4905326614 one person objects, we’ll 09e91462ff never be able to 30c15a1742 have a good relationship.”
 
“But!”
 
The Duke, who was 22ba4568fa about to refute, made 383c4f14ce a frustrated face, but a7f83068ba eventually closed his mouth. Because there 77a86e5fd5 was nothing 445e6c1680 wrong with 8a2ea38027 what his 4e53eb5d07 wife said. Since they hadn’t even 33f0470c7c asked Lia’s doctor in bf82b75114 the first place, it e5530baae1 was fortunate that the a8ccc45db7 matter had been decided 2453290863 at this point. However, it was c6e71dc876 true that he 8af8b9ed06 felt a little 666671d3ca resentful, so the 706274164e Duke secretly glared 5e226e8f08 at Lucio.
 
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