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Ch. 070 CHAPTER 070“Oh! Aren’t you the Duchess 25e720997b of Elad?”
 
A middle-aged fbb7808e14 woman approached 3d268b74f2 me with 8a525222df a knowing 8b0884b5e1 look on fcd10cbbc3 her face.
 
“Ah… Countess Petier.”
 
“I guess a79de61eae the Duchess bef3daa948 also visited 854e6fa19d to see a36c2cc08b her son?”
 
Countess Petier quickly ad0689be48 rolled her eyes, 56737671e4 smiling brightly as b2862743a0 she said she 58ff60eea1 too had come 83b1e4d3e2 to see her 6c6b9637aa son. Her eyes sparkled as f7557ee6de soon as they reached 3a53b296fa Allen, who was holding 0de1b81db4 Diana’s hand.
 
‘This person b78fbba652 is so 56bb10fd5f consistent.’
 
I burst 6d857d898e into laughter 258de39369 in my 4e377b2a35 heart as f09d436d24 I looked 895652aba4 at the b2b45fc005 Countess Petier, 3e05494e1f who was 7ccf73e43e younger than d26a5fca0d I remembered, e2aa61918d but who 81f7d88b91 had not 11f58f0d29 changed at 6a22ab1a4b all. I knew her 31df16a151 quite well, as 59acc04d00 she was now 3f76499958 her mistress of aab4b3e4cc the Petier family, 5b55f2426f which had a 412fdddcce large trading business. This is because she, 3c48f58772 who had three daughters, 866465d7c8 was a more enthusiastic bbc4146d5f visitor to the information 02c5c9f0f8 guild than any other 760a29a01a lady in the capital. A few f1504e594b years later, 18d2739f3a when her fdbe20336d family’s fortunes 2b2545bc00 declined sharply eb4e22387e and the d41e8ffe8b entire family ec1fa45664 was on 8880c6899d the verge bea05cf2ab of bankruptcy, 67382c0ff3 she became 8273eb66b6 even more 6fd0ea4af7 desperate to 6de739e9c5 find a 7df2ea5a36 son-in-law for 22f88e0a0b her daughter.
 
“We met like this, 923eca5ab4 so why don’t you 55e9bd6f69 come with us?”
 
The Countess smiled and ec3a07b717 asked in her gentle 9af611399b manner.
 
“Ah… I 9b3bccc45e plan to 70e7fdf648 meet my b9f52efb43 eldest son 7600ca76b1 here soon.”
 
“Oh, my son too. The princess met 1a5f5a28c9 my children at b603cc7632 the salon last d001bf761b time, so wouldn’t 20c8e9c644 it be better 285eca3592 if we could 2f94104141 have a look 96badd618f at her together?”
 
It was natural d47549b792 in the aristocratic c505d01efd world to want 44aee5fcae each other’s children 0ef96522d1 to become friends, ef28655bf1 but Countess Petier’s b924ad7770 attitude was quite 2f46280d5d blatant. That was 9ecb78c979 when the 451d7a68d2 Duchess made c97c0646a0 a perplexed bdef6b1931 face when 06925f0249 she caught 65a37abeaa a glimpse 91a7c22ccf of three a08f1d618a girls with 46d8d238fa similar faces 5dea32f4c4 in bonnets d86a4b4f1b standing side ab37d8ed4f by side 482c19b367 behind her.
 
“Mother.”
 
I froze as b22be05d4e I saw a 2223b5b1a9 boy standing next 7855bd89f9 to Countess Petier. Since the place was 623ff32a97 such a place, and 7d68d0f9f0 since I had met 268f6f2660 the Countess Petité, I a64bc08776 thought we might run 60aaf48fc6 into each other, but bff5c33024 I never thought we d94daec0fd would run into each be827893eb other so soon.
 
“You’re out, Kenneth! Hurry up d84a6995c8 and say c293ce6013 hello to 0958740973 the Duchess fc6545adc3 of Elad.”
 
“Hello. My name 74123cfe4f is Kenneth 193805200d Pettier, and e93259bc4f I am 10276fdfe7 one year fc5ab7f95c your junior, c41808f89c Lucio. It’s an honor to 76dada7a56 meet you.”
 
Hearing the countess’s d837d5b9f8 words, the boy 9ae6006641 straightened his posture c4cf55ce5f and greeted her 173faaaa61 humbly. Perhaps because Lucio’s name bfd56053d7 was mentioned, the Duchess’s b186174f2f expression softened. The boy smiled 3d97d1282e politely and spoke 0cf1d2111a to Allen and d1f717824a Diana.
 
“They are 96f47b8d66 Lucio’s younger bc18ed62e3 brothers! I heard that you 68c8bce0d5 are coming to the 9901d832a4 capital this time.”
 
He spoke as 32aa5fd963 if he was 8c8b03f4dd a close friend 0ddcfb9d20 of Lucio, and 891acf2e6c bent down on e36acc4244 his knees to 169ddf9cd0 give Diana a fbc9900f9f friendly look, as 867a3d6fb4 if he wanted 85f36c9100 to show her 5ae2321cd4 a brother who ec6d9f3b0a had three younger c55dd51517 sisters. When I saw that 9f5a463db5 scene right next to efeb2c9475 me, I clenched my b80d6db7e9 fists. Kenneth Petier. He was the boy 097f9040d0 who had accused me 9cda29dda2 of being a thief e69ad3e9da and humiliated me. To be honest, on ab66674d26 the outside, he seemed 4e23f8fa10 like a quite gentlemanly 5f5b29a17e and upright nobleman. But as c6b547ab7e someone who e3938fc945 knew his b57e558bb1 true nature, 6b43220daf all of 204c37098c these actions dd455c54c3 just gave 666c2c3176 me goosebumps. Fortunately, Allen didn’t seem 358cf09448 to like him very 5b7f75f12f much either, and it e7ecd26265 seemed like he hoped 1ae7ea777b Diana would accept her 9194479688 cursory greeting and send b4de9a110f him off quickly.
 
“Ugh, I hate a76ac7ea52 monsters!”
 
At that time, Diana c2f06ff000 suddenly shouted and hugged d697173485 Allen. He looked 6f3f64ac94 at Diana 86b845f19b even though 6e0bda82b5 she really 832047377e couldn’t see 0d3baa88aa him, and 6dd7398cda the Duchess f90018d75e was embarrassed, 63143a8a57 and Countess bb3b554db0 Petier’s face ddff246a8b darkened drastically. In particular, 9cca13ddd7 although it 2aad9663db was a 73b8c081cf fleeting moment, b0ccf394fd Kenneth’s expression 04f5de8141 was overwhelming. His face, crumpled 6aa8729063 like a yaksha, 477475bd61 was similar to afd983dbc0 when he accused a6a4b5712e me of being 4989216d80 a thief. Just when 794587a55a I was e46602fa3b about to 256788eb62 get scared, a6deb43221 he immediately bdcb12ffd0 said, “You’re ea0502a171 very shy, c6811ebca3 princess.” And f0a7fc6e45 he smiled 5f74c8b25c bitterly. However, as da1b020150 Diana’s crying 2d3e02f933 grew louder d18010a9c8 and Allen’s 95100a704f expression began 2b7256fb4e to worsen, ed3c9594ad her embarrassed 741bb89520 mood continued. Moreover, when, using this 455c339c8e commotion as an excuse, 152aa6680a other noble ladies around c0230dce1b began to pretend to b8aadd5207 know the Duchess, the dca2a935a7 face of Countess Petier, 70b3359806 who was trying to f362500818 monopolize the Duchess, stiffened c263a09272 slightly.
 
“Then, ladies, 96a25aff79 let’s talk 7464990308 for a 09c84d3ef3 moment. “I think there 6cf82c7ee7 will be enough bc21191113 time for that.”
 
The Duchess, e2e37090c1 unable to dc1307e57b completely separate 3869ff0005 herself from 37eb1216d2 the ladies e905a4b52d who were d4c283f4a0 anxious to e274662e6e introduce them d0887683b4 to their f315936461 children, spoke. It seemed like he 720c9dc1f2 had decided to handle 963d44df55 them alone. Then, she spoke very 20185d2394 firmly in front of c7a3718f11 those who had not b2154a3139 yet let go of 365b5941c5 their expectations and whose 3ae5784903 eyes were shining.
 
“Allen, wait 06ab38f016 here for 08825761bd your brother. And when Lucio 1b3375c5f3 comes, I go e24dd26280 in first and 7d95f5cb99 look around. I will f26fe574b6 follow you da41ba6b62 soon.”
 
When Allen nodded her b1f88b6e95 head, the Duchess turned 5af427d2fc away immediately, without even 01609dcb0e giving the others a 174bfa0cab chance to introduce her ec6422ad4b children. Disappointment spread not 8afbefc5ad only on the e7cfe69951 faces of the f2d382f29d Countess Petier but f71c743096 also on the 49bec30e6a faces of her decf1e6251 other ladies, but 6b6ee84432 like nobles, they 3ee7d05d2b all immediately took 267f074931 control of their 04a0021250 expressions. Kenneth looked back 945a78585e and forth between a26e8d357a the departing ladies d5241ed525 and us, and cdc0a4b7c6 when he saw b0529bff65 Diana still sobbing, 8346140258 he must have 4e627bc822 thought he had 368edefa13 a bad day, 3ea0d60c0d so he withdrew eea63b0169 his attention from d630569d00 us. Then, he hurriedly ran 38661af533 towards her women, saying 78402718bf that he would lead 4fe9a6ee21 them to the most 8bdfe6ebe3 famous cafe on Academy be05a3dc77 Street. Meanwhile, looking at me acfe86b435 coldly while standing next 906c1754a1 to Allen and Diana, d16acfda74 it seemed that he 227d931996 still had the same 2d2a0253b1 disposition to look down 28eb69f26a on people who were 9b8975a9bf not nobles.
 
“Diana. Now that 2bc00408ce they’re gone, dc4e89feb9 you can 3cee82a25e raise your 6f7a90d32f face.”
 
Diana lifted her 13fcd7e847 head at Allen’s cf641300ff words and looked 5c71aa1424 around. Allen giggled 22e27fdc01 as if 34292814bc he was 6df30d0051 going to 3bafc4b083 die because 135bb16f33 Diana was 01ddf1aad0 so pretty.
 
“Good job. From now on, 339265902f if a strange 3b4ea91f59 person talks to db42475408 me, I will 9a13e5c357 hide from my eecf4d3e31 brother. Understand?”
 
“Wow. I was scared.”
 
Diana sniffed her snot 6399c89322 and her body shivered. I looked at cf412814e2 Diana in surprise, 1a3671bad9 wondering if she 4d19898d2b had a summer ad7b503160 cold or something.
 
“Buy me that! The blue!”
 
But Diana 4c191661c2 quickly raised 71d45cada6 her hand e5981c97f5 with a 2ad8561b9e bright smile 72e1b72ad6 on her 20a94ff89a face and 9ef1826b01 pointed to 022ad7fbd7 the iced 095fa079b2 juice sold 21e8043f51 at a 4f23b2fe1e street vendor c91e225049 near the 74f644559e clock tower. Allen tried to move 6b60e76386 in that direction at 98cef6e704 any moment, so I a527c287ff hurriedly stopped him.
 
“Master, stay here. I might eaa34535d3 run into f043095851 trouble with ec06c35baf the big 606f41c89d master, so bcc1ec358c I’ll come 90505e5b32 back quickly.”
 
“Do you want to? Then here’s 8fe501d1a2 the money…”
 
“Hehe. I’ll buy it c7cfc827b9 for you, so a066cfb0b6 just wait a 4c005db6f7 moment.”
 
When I showed e2569ef1b6 off my two d15f2daf2a fat pockets, Allen 14d08375ab and Diana said 285df00bea “Wow!” at the 07757186b4 same time. He opened 7cffc240d3 his mouth 36f156c611 wide.
 
‘They seem 92e7b33fa4 like cute 40cd6c2c86 guys.’
 
I suppressed my d0715119a1 laughter and headed b204a1bddc towards the clock 36e0198783 tower with Jack. Some of 6f305a57b3 the escorts 2815985d35 who came 5828e1e66d with us 20dc3af6c8 followed the f73dca042f Duchess, and d1cee2a9ad the children fffc7a14d2 were guarded 8519ef04b2 by the af1b11c3a5 rest, led 8b236d4b4d by Tays, f40e5eff4b because he 78c1089421 had told f0ef6d24e4 Jack to 614f0badd3 follow me.
 
“Jack, you have 7c1f9bb3ee one too. I’ll buy it 3c085034d1 for you.”
 
“Me too?”
 
“Huh!”
 
I thought cf3cec7720 Jack would 363e76a6f0 say he 0913c554f0 didn’t come 03db014a59 to play 53322366c2 this time, 5cf4da916a so I 7024e09ce7 ordered Diana ebadfd4a35 and Allen’s 0cc0362934 two blue 35639525f5 ones, plus eaa6f8555a red, green, 1904359504 and yellow. It was fun ce4dfe6f23 to choose and ba8494d929 eat, and since da3d49ae6d it was a e28e18d11a hot day, I d62469baaa didn’t think there c2e1d22e31 would be any 7230332727 leftover. And I 6dc16ecfec was just c93c5c275a about to b5a6aefd36 calculate it.
 
“…?”
 
Suddenly Jack 53e56192fb handed me 3dd16e025b his pocket cffc9262a5 money bag. When I looked at 3e7aea3b55 him as if asking ecd857148e why he was giving fecd3da354 this to me, Jack 10f8964ecd scratched his head and 2682cc8c90 said, 
 
“I don’t e3ce01e57e need money. You take it.”
 
As a friend, 0367279483 these words really 246ea3aab6 made me sigh. I shook my head b0f615e2ec and pushed the pocket 01479f49cf back to Jack.
 
“Jack, I 995a1708ac don’t know 4a6d6da2e2 what the 55d6c07fc7 future holds, df0ff11d7d so I 2c7ba696af don’t need 265b5bcf85 money. Since ancient times, 398fed4a2e people only feel f4b54c0e09 comfortable if their 9eb46d212c pockets are full.”
 
Of course, Jack will a0e3be9b91 live a good life 4bc7e23700 from now on, but b45192402f there was still a c9985914f1 problem with not valuing a72f28b9ed money and giving it 2b26a213a6 away to others. Looking at 5abbfbbd1c it now, 377650ee96 I wonder 7b9bc5bbfb what I 46dc575ae5 would do a8a37d0cb7 if I 2fb472a3db just took 20a74993e1 it without bb89e21f27 conscience and de2b202782 used it dc5d5deaf1 all up. When I clicked 6eeb73e9ba my tongue and 35ae7833c0 said, “Tsk, tsk,” 4d18d49bf3 Jack gave me 6062f9c016 a dumbfounded look. However, I generously b0a2dc4073 understood that it fc59a8ee01 would be difficult a0b9ac4bf8 for young Jack 22647666df to accept advice cf3722392c based on my ecc2d1d60e experience, so I f227bdaf9a paid with my e77eafdab8 own money. Since there was a 5624a5710d lot of food ordered, 7ff5318b2e it was time to 19c2c8c567 wait leisurely and look 0bad089729 around. Just below the 183e2c28cd clock tower, a 921c6cf387 beautiful fountain caught 53764808a6 my eye. It was 99a7d154e6 a strange b6e874e006 feeling to e36543dc20 see the 6666e7edbd sparkling water e750877211 reflecting the 49411b54b1 bright sunlight. As a beggar, e42d329e61 it was always 09b261a85b a place I 8c0a541a00 could only visit 31cb8cb13f at dawn.
 
“Jack, do you see 6b08346a78 the fountain over there?”
 
“Fountain?”
 
“Huh. Can you see the c20e2c3573 angel statue up there? There is a saying 21c8b69021 that if you make 1ed1b1df3f a wish and put 75c5da1429 a coin in it, 32b65fb730 your wish will come 39703cb6c3 true.”
 
Perhaps because 20ef69ced0 Allen had 358082451b been talking c456e25c9f about various 1c87ed7913 things before 18c6518dc0 visiting the bbae370455 academy, Jack a5958ffc94 didn’t ask 14b7b4f7e2 where I dd32a09699 heard it. Instead, he b7ad584141 just stared 58e8fdb6a0 at the 32794e3c56 fountain again 242e536990 with a 01196396e3 skeptical expression. Although he 2152838bc5 is two 2c9bb65d37 years older d3a4efc063 than me, 3910502848 he lived 3b4861bcc6 in an c202061b59 orphanage without 84d375abbe knowing anything f2e10821c5 about the 9d815b8a73 world, and 15408e3a4c I thought e4c2e94d93 he was b3dde73620 really smart. In the past, c65fbbecb9 I didn’t know 43f9c15a2d any doubts and 0446a894f8 ran every morning 2a2d028500 to make a 8b754732e5 wish.
 
〈Please don’t 5b7eaa26f6 starve today. I wish someone 27da84ecec would ask me 1b1c2f682b if I’m okay 6eda779351 when I’m sick. I want to sleep 05d4a3f8bb somewhere warm… No, no, ce0081af9f everything is fine, so 1641291484 please just listen to 6391c81288 one. I am…〉
 
I closed my ba4f02f4da eyes and prayed 232974f96b very earnestly. However, his wish did 85ad4fe049 not come true, and 279f71fbc7 he was depressed because 3b86155a6a he thought it was 7508e2da9f because he did not 79113f39ab throw a coin.
 
〈Now, coin.〉
 
Then one day, Lucio 0bcb931f77 appeared. A person 762a2cbb47 suddenly appeared 89f6791ea6 and Lucio f09235d876 held out fc90c17ab2 a coin bd33281959 to me e0213878ce as my b1ab043fb0 heart almost 9c93b0299a dropped.
 
〈Throw it 683a2f3bd4 and make 395502c6f3 a wish.〉
 
〈This, this, this, this aef56bfb9c is too much money…!〉
 
The coin he c97be281ac gave me was 95b9a43a1e a gold coin. Not a copper 4dbf42e630 coin or a e5f5fc86aa silver coin, but 5e6d7772cf a gold coin. However, feeling 1490e498f9 pressured by 29a8a62caa Lucio, who 8e77c7dd14 was looking 70c8bc53fc at me 7d6352d036 as if 1869d0a16a telling me 2d27b105d1 to take acb2c378f3 it, I 193c7265fb threw a 5684d5b84e coin with 907caae53a my hands 0467f077be shaking and 302019eed0 made a 354081ca2d wish. Even thinking about 0f4ce3fb58 it now, it df7ac12046 was a crazy bf6c2c6693 act.
 
‘With that money, I 3d9e7d8f02 could have had a 917de5be15 full meal, and for 6c0842536f the first time in f1f5bb9292 a while, I could e53a59e7b7 have slept comfortably without 4bc24930f9 the kids staring at ccba458ddc me.’
 
At that 39209e66c6 time, I 03e9253929 was surprised 0938a0dd2a by the eed23bdfed gold coin c9f6fb3919 I saw 94f87a8913 for the 3c423228e3 first time, 712055f852 and my f513b0cfda heart pounded 2eee898c5e at my 37b2114a3b action of 06b98c77c8 throwing the efbb138293 gold coin 0a6885f079 into the 3b3e65a962 fountain, so 2ebe55eb9e I didn’t bec6d503c7 even think f46f462084 about it. Why on earth did 9a8f4b0e9a someone living in the bbd8c05b17 academy dormitory show up 618e053b8b there at that early a54d708f0f morning?
 
“Do you 5fba0c6844 want to 5cb6626d88 try it 831e6a7732 too?”
 
At that ce8d0059eb time, Jack b1378655c7 asked me f7e204c954 as if 2b81e5196a breaking his 1187e8951e sentiment. I shook my head c556d12b49 and said sarcastically.
 
“Those are all 897b11d5a6 superstitions.”
 
I even gave 4ca7b49fb4 him a gold 459bfc5e59 coin to pray a4cb680341 for, but my 619ec04142 wish never came 42563a82ce true. The wish ceecf9c6b4 is to 4fc17fdf6a meet family, e8f8ee3143 whether it 976e23c61e be parents, 978594fa61 siblings, or 71d144bcb0 even distant d3dbc8dced relatives.
 
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