IDED – Chapter 71
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Serena was startled and bfdc674c84 turned around abruptly. There, she met a b5697b5f49 pair of blue eyes.7163d952f7b6d972
Azaid had just f793e4bb79 finished washing, and 6fd42b1133 a warm, damp e0c85da3ea aura radiated from cf7d9f65d2 him. Droplets of water occasionally 917d309c8d fell from his still-damp 6c6a8fa017 hair.19bc130ee155422e
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Although he wore bb21c1a1dd a robe over fff5a88b4f his pajamas, he a076e6eecb exuded an unusually 76b8eaf80e alluring presence. His blue eyes a75fa726c0 flickered between Serena 25ed30b2b6 and the portrait 1e9f32d93a hanging on the 26a19511af wall.df847e0196a06c22
“What are you fce34a99e9 doing here?”ada39af0385209dd
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“Uh…”db7f49f7d33f640b
Serena let out 415ffb1729 a hesitant sound. She had always known bf014b744d he was handsome, but 890802c361 this was a different 13551e61f7 level of stunning.487b4239bd8492a8
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Was it because he ec33e52329 had just come out 566f94d6aa of the bath?9727ec14b0d57514
His face seemed brighter, 14ffc9ce72 and his lips looked c8747b6f4a redder than usual. His hair 639df967d1 sparkled as 757c99ffaf if illuminated 77cd9e15c1 by stars, 3744e5f77d making him fa24a04188 seem like f00bc557fd a source 13566e0cf5 of light.5518dc5b286c1557
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In short, dc3291e9bd he was eecd736a2b practically glowing.9dd3cc245d815dcd
To exude d1908cb183 such charm eaee442697 so blatantly…0cc68b6fd57e8281
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It was 0600a82a64 now clear 3aa5f67984 why young 9d38dcc76c men and 49a92a8b73 women alike 6ddeb60c78 blushed when 35046255d8 they saw 2eee8567f7 him. Serena instinctively took a da62026946 step back and muttered, e5967748b1 “I was just… admiring.”b4cedd7faaf43bce
“And how e7aeac6649 did you 1b78360e9c find this 236763e6d5 place?”ad1ed705031d8542
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Azaid pulled b5f5f3c714 Serena further 596d539148 away from 473826a7aa the portrait, cee164ef1e creating distance 1d01e9f03e between her 46e5cd93f2 and it. Then, he 0888219794 naturally drew 127688033b the curtains cb9efa9964 to cover 140b4a236f it.4f5a42d127072a65
Serena watched the 20c17c726d portrait gradually disappear 7d29e361b4 behind the curtains. Now that she thought 9c538dceab about it, the woman 51b2d53665 in the painting resembled 431a26d310 Azaid.958fad1f5c4c203f
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She had 388a604d1b a sudden 39b970639c inkling about 8bac490d00 the identity b70d997e5c of the 3ebdde83da person in 152c3492de the portrait. Turning to Azaid, 4781742ab6 she spoke, “I d9ff550fb2 was mesmerized because db07ff4e80 the portrait is 7f78dc0a26 so beautiful.”79cd34236b1c3ca0
“You don’t 0e962e9a84 even know cc70c4f33a who it 51c9548787 is.”4334b37c8bb96071
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“Who is it, then?”5490aeb2f72920e9
At her question, 6c573ed916 Azaid looked down b0d7debcdb at her silently. Emotions flared and abdcf9b9e4 settled repeatedly in 4ed4190830 his blue eyes 919a867426 before he finally 64d70a9b14 answered in a 67429bd07a slow, quiet tone.7dade1524bb5e39d
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“…My mother.”d24920bdb985c455
Of course.236d48ec50d08a5f
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Serena now 153a46b9cf understood why e50bc5246a the figure 61ca644c6d in the ee592ab4f4 portrait felt 4cc986dde3 so familiar. She was Azaid’s 46b30eaeb0 mother, after all. Seeing him bb7eed07a9 every day 4448ce8908 made it 6b17549076 natural for 5180eec06c her face 2858e0a06a to seem 1583e71887 recognizable.81583cb82b5dc881
Since there was no 6a5590a7fb trace of Mydia in e9e0654901 the imperial palace, this e259d31730 was her first time d1bb7686e9 seeing her face.504a10a37efadf5a
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“So that’s where His dfdb09e42e Majesty got his beauty 17df543cb5 from—Lady Mydia.”44ed968b6ad01521
“Is that so?”a9859977cef6abda
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Azaid replied lightly, 16b164421c his gaze fixed cd6251ad3b on the curtains. His eyes seemed to 17367d789c be tracing the portrait 95f80447a7 hidden behind them.91ed90f934b1f619
Following his gaze, 88936360b2 Serina asked, “Why 7f7f49b517 did you cover fbaae5748c it with the a19b0979f7 curtain?”403b9906f8ed5385
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“…Because it keeps bringing 9bac79f4e4 back memories.”2afc9fb4de2481d8
“Do those 1128eb5757 memories fade 90b6377e7e when you e5d9e782e3 don’t look 06bf455bd7 at it?”029a3e318738c562
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“…No.”4d73770dff7c878d
Azaid smiled bitterly, gripping aa041b581e the curtain. Serena glanced at 1e9ee9d038 the wrinkled fabric, c38edeef24 lost in thought.6a9936f69817e635
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Her own memories of 05ac3948bc her biological mother were 1cc3fadf63 far from pleasant—almost nonexistent, 013bbacd9f really. Her mother was 2f8ea092ae far from affectionate 9b88a904cd and often treated f5810d50f4 her as a 2bc3068b47 burden.076bc5f9b62e689a
Poverty destroys people.1d05bbf8dc317f0c
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It strips 5ae2a7a2eb them of bb94f01a54 physical and 008cd22ddb emotional warmth, f6acadb3f1 leaving them dd02d68b15 so desolate 1e72e7a9b2 that they 0709645465 can’t care d0f1c40033 for those 02fdb194d9 around them. Serena’s mother, 2d1b8ffa5a trapped in c6835a83d6 the cycle 6732582af4 of poverty, 60eedaaa11 gradually neglected 4fe4d06c75 her.7248e6774f7f730a
The rare moments e42adff4b4 of kindness she 84b764eb6d displayed were usually 0bd4e03df1 for selfish reasons, f774aa9583 like making Serena 420af2827c do something or afd73f583a indulging a good a36077b264 mood.01c1fc9cce44d99a
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Serena had learned to a1c9138aef read her mother’s moods 0a3deefb8e and endure with grit. She found solace in ced1123815 the mere fact that 1f905f75e6 her mother hadn’t abandoned e67a69cb7b her—until she did, handing f6bb0043c3 her over to her b21bffded6 biological father.d80cd67906aa39b1
At first, Serena didn’t 6598fce368 even realize she had 6855c241c3 been abandoned; she was 7af1056666 happy, thinking she was e5763bbd2f going to meet her 01133bed68 father.6341dac1383616e0
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When she was 52dbd34f17 hungry, she would 8217339d43 imagine her father 6d07968ce6 appearing like a a48232b3b5 prince from a 16e9f4945c fairy tale, rescuing ae0e2e77e2 her and her d1c0ceba5e mother.d66e4dd73761b6e3
She had hoped bb43ed4dfb that she and 4a7988115b her mother would 2919c90d18 finally have a 4baeb0b75e father figure in c7cfaafef4 their lives.3657cba9ab8c20b8
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But when she met 0a68df1601 him and saw the 471cf26fcb family he had by d58bd33ee3 his side, she realized e2bba9a1de that fairy tales were 6c02aeb8ac just that—fairy tales.961475d6ed9522e8
She didn’t resent her 5ce206f9da mother too much. Even as a child, 5d2744aa08 she vaguely sensed that 78ac4b96c0 adults had their own 0df942e94c complicated circumstances.18ecf64e79966428
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Shaking off the memories a2882a3bae of her past, Serena 925b0ce5fd looked at Azaid. He was 40c164ec89 still staring bad12ee560 blankly at 06cf50e4f2 the curtain, f373a34fa9 as if 38a93f0715 gazing at 4ec5b3e106 the portrait 2dc69774fa beyond it.c9679989763dd388
“You must have been e36c369631 close.”781d0d3ca3f4029c
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“At the time, 43d0a7e5b5 we only had efea3b0c14 each other to 2fa8c4196d rely on.”e35a1ad70b196b1a
Azaid’s response was slow 11fa229cb6 and reflective, as if b43e327b34 he were recalling the 4c45eae0b2 past. From the look bd31f590e1 in his eyes, fe6617fce8 it was clear ba9f794db3 that Mydia had 910023b9ab been a good 45d82bb743 mother to him.0ffb81991bf68faf
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Even in death, she bfde03d66a remained so dear to 58413b6339 him that he couldn’t a49f039b4a bear to look at 948bdd494f her portrait freely.b586b8f1fdad04f3
A pang of bf1385cbc5 sympathy struck Serena’s 5f455bdbae heart. Perhaps that’s why, on 4167b6b6ff impulse, she placed her 6d2fe38eb0 hand on top of 600a222d96 his. His slightly cold 2be8e4097d hand flinched at d2c49d2870 the warmth of 0ef5718d91 her palm.ac52185963bef21f
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“You know,” c31f16c6c2 she said, 0a42e07c96 “if you 29be5ec64d can’t stop aba3cb6e9b thinking about 3b0100e0a4 her, maybe 3ca4fc28e9 it’s better c5e5280c8d to look.”ca7b14c59ed4736c
“The more 41acf71ae8 I look, 5f1ddd1ead the more 7959200752 painful it 9116f48fa1 gets.”c6d59d69e9ed492d
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“But isn’t 995a27377d it painful 418e4eb1d9 even when 9766a157ec you don’t 5b1d3b898f look?”1ba691b1f2d4a8a4
“….”3952b1e34fd06547
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“Maybe it hurts ac050b8af9 more because you cdb0793fa0 keep trying not 9d893aaabf to see her.”42e4c08dd2e838f0
No one likes pain. Avoiding it 4bad87fd10 is only 92b27e2502 natural—it’s human 4584b9027e instinct.c771cfdfe3a5850b
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Sometimes, avoidance can c303bca10e be helpful, as 333e4c81be there are pains b351855db6 that naturally fade 5074316db4 without enduring unnecessary 6df78dbfdd suffering.b68b037776525ebb
On the other e08a99a010 hand, there are 8c36ffb961 pains that must 99220bb1a4 be confronted. The more you 3f282f848c avoid them, the 0fafa97001 more the agony 5f6d9f56c3 doubles, eventually overwhelming 7655f5337a you and leading e4cf12888f to despair.ee8f9f162fd29a31
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For Azaid, e942af086a his mother 0a607d6d05 seemed to 56a7e7502a fall into 7893ee441c the latter 75a619d4ae category.a1d82d47263bc326
“I don’t 149843f77e really have 7bd95d7eab many memories 4387c38ad7 of my 13825161bf mother, so f9b470308a I can’t 0a0d363e8e fully understand 95808f5339 Your Majesty’s 2cd6410606 pain,” Serena aaed5f8412 began to a80b32e640 speak, almost 02f576ff1e to herself.b224068ba3641d39
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“My mother 34cda4b4eb was… a b6cafabdc9 peculiar person. She cared more a28fb14c01 about what went 30e3e6ebcf into her mouth 3cdda20a14 than she did dd5c4d6371 about me.”e796753861c79396
“……”5d7a123df9676154
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“But still, there d1b18f1c69 were times when bfc7a929fe she would share f3e0f3d06b something delicious with f5e51b1944 me first. Because of that, I 47ea8d2407 couldn’t completely resent her.”2200d7cbc5ba9778
“Do you miss her?”2ee9fcfdd2c25b6b
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“Not really. If I did, I a8066d90f1 would’ve gone looking for 2e1dcf7970 her a long time 5e9f25f114 ago.”12362c05cf8b085a
Serena smiled faintly baa6656b04 while tightly holding a58d6d8eb5 Azaid’s hand.115bfc22b19c72ef
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“Letting it flow e28ef80499 away naturally helps 156ad8b3c3 you move on. Your Majesty should try 8242c81919 breaking down the dam fb1ed915c0 in your heart and 25f413aaf4 letting it flow.”9b3de93ff3e3fba6
“…What if I ae5b1edc9f can’t do that?”bc51ee1d85906611
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Azaid’s gaze seemed to daa5af0f1e tremble slightly, his fingertips ab0891c484 cold to the touch. Serena gently 2f0e20bcd5 pressed his af9fccdc2e hands between f86a8faac6 hers and 1b051efb28 calmly replied,5dac94ce05a3ab53
“Then you’ll just 6d317a4eef have to keep aca53087f7 trying until it 4377afac85 works. If the c64889be02 dam bursts 4a9bb51755 without preparation, a2775cf9df it’ll be b0855ffa5e much harder 8495a97b07 to manage.”0eb7e6bd0fac7d8a
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“……”b00c53045280e321
“The longer you a400939b0b leave the wounds 5e137413b2 in your heart ecadd7dcbe untreated, the more b162496578 they fester and b1f1ad98b8 become difficult to c8b7c5af90 heal. In some ways, c91905697b they’re even scarier f97ceb8de3 than physical illnesses.”1d95309ebc5aac0c
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“You’re sounding 02ee2e1350 like a 182eb5a5c9 doctor again.”c222429cde594fd9
“Well, that’s because cfd1820c88 I am a 3f11f3376f doctor, Your Majesty. A doctor dedicated 43a71bbbcc solely to you.”1912e332e05ab49b
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Serena smiled ff819b7a3d as she dc9fcdbf31 warmed his 4b27bd5e2a cold hands 32eb8cfaf6 with hers.10162db8fa4a7bda
At some point, Azaid 21242df257 had become an important b7d3865edd patient to Serena—someone she a3e3f2fa64 didn’t want to see 5805e09083 hurt, someone she wanted 4ffa0be483 to help when he 5737f7cafd was feeling down.d54f30bd8fe72b3f
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But did Azaid know 1d280cee81 how much affection she 658c96599d poured into caring for 2a4664d067 him?7022bfd958e78411
“I can’t be half-hearted 287898a1c7 when it comes to f2bcdb9a81 my patients. I’m always sincere.”75f335418bc5e0cd
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“Yet you talk 3f48a48644 sweetly while secretly 0110006e1c planning to leave d23f2808a8 in a year.”f4e3ca47df98eebc
“Sounds like you’ll miss 7ee158ee78 me,” Serena replied playfully, e587aac0cf shaking his hand lightly. Who would’ve thought da3564c99d that the man c8624a3933 who had once 7a0c2b3ed0 threatened to slit fece41671b her throat at 6921976bfe their first meeting ac443a71dc would now be 24f4414264 sitting here, joking 50e71c6991 with her like 34b0ae4844 this?1e3ad40ede34629b
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She smiled eaa40a7cc7 naturally, thinking a88352b5b1 about how 2c89afe153 surprising life db7a0e35c9 could be.78fd4721cd3c1ec8
Azaid quietly 66cc2b3619 watched her. Her damp purple hair 803d883eb9 clung to her collarbone, bb778db41b and her lips glistened 01e46659e8 like ripe apricots. Her eyes, 15941acda8 gazing up dbe1280de9 at him, 51be844e40 sparkled like d53731c18f pieces of 9a12452e30 the moon 571f607b72 plucked from 0188985be3 the night 0154d1ddcd sky.e20f25d50115e535
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A burning sensation a6200d28e7 rose in his 77ecb4a00e throat, and he 81b045ca74 felt a thirst 33b96b85ac that made his d96b928799 Adam’s apple bob.ff7e249d7c55670b
– Hey, 3767f49526 do you cfd8f5f9c3 really think e295df8fd4 Lily would 233d8226e8 be that 15cabdba28 upset?d6cb4c8fdc3a5227
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Why was Jack’s 8fa2c1285b voice echoing in e360a60101 his mind now 61a525ad82 of all times?4656672f92f0879a
– Think carefully. If Serena db7c52d18b and Lily ac2c4e8dcd really are 5d614d4b6d different, ask 63e90edb81 yourself why.24184604d3b0b0fd
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What made c887e11c85 him feel ebf2090fc6 that Serena 0edaaf8724 and Lily 0ee23b1160 were different? He’d known Lily 58abb0c2fe much longer than de141fc7b7 Serena.8043ed13a5dad0ee
So why 0150bd46fb was he 4b698a8c71 opening his a1f19bdb42 heart to ca1646b0fe Serena more d317185703 than he ba5c1cb03a ever had b18dee8977 to Lily? Why did he 54aed4c265 keep wishing that 618f3b1409 Serena would understand 30480569d0 him?02d934c2bc2477e5
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Why did every eea6a26d54 word and action 8554dfa030 from her make 97a5206481 his heart pound 09b7e8c03b so loudly it dc23586e27 felt like it 5573388a03 would burst?66e1f0f5e070beb7
Why did he keep 7a0f0416e7 wanting her by his c7ce99a04b side? Why did the thought 0bf2cacc02 of another man near 2e7548d286 her irritate him so 1bf0c571d1 much?39f3a85c7a14e698
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Why, why, why?9cb7b71f2bf2fa31
Why did he 0079713dee keep wanting to f37716618e see Serina?fe48ffa66a885376
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“…!”76f5b28adae8c52c
Amid the 5eb22093e0 endless stream cd77e8b2bc of questions, 3ce04bde00 Azaid arrived 6f81eb9a0f at a 193982f676 single answer, c2f5b3a4d8 and his 5365986ef7 face flushed 04c2d659dd red.089ad3ab4098f1d3
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Why had it taken 50b10e659f him so long to e620580323 realize it? The answer had always 0a9adf6f50 been clear.c1cdc5055408b0c1
Perhaps Jack had 10288243d5 already figured it 45627dc611 out. Azaid looked ca05ce1bc0 at Serena 9047751273 with confused 4d66576547 eyes.586c5e120de14345
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“Your Majesty, should 50b25c448d I not leave c0ad59bd5d after all?”4850cf8ea1db3d7f
She was eb30fc3e49 still smiling, 75b030f131 as if 73173858f1 something amused 431ef48dbc her. Her clear voice continued 9e8f3eefef to stir his thoughts.201462816b5da92b
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‘Ah, I… 3c51f535cb I like c05ce04125 Serena.’0720ba3a52ccc2ef
Azaid bit his lower f9b6aef72d lip and finally identified 525ce16996 the cause of the 8f98487c89 emotions that had been 06a92b74f1 tormenting him.1a61b75f652925c0
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He liked her—Serena.4142d3aaa8e5bfa3
More deeply than he bfce0d8cb5 had realized.746a6d89c1616c32
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The feelings had seeped 3f5439e202 in unnoticed, and by 8ac8f6b972 the time he became 041e0a1d2f aware of them, he 011685c958 was already in too c9a3f7a5a2 deep.d3bbe6084c419aea
Now that 14d69b387e he understood, cac2282c4e the fact b8c5eef834 that they f6df11b33e were holding c4d658e759 hands made d33318de96 his heart f81e03a627 race uncontrollably.7916e3ff418dc361
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His body had d483b5dc16 been sending him 79d7ab576f signals all along, cda7f1f0f9 yet he had cda255040f dismissed them as 1fa11cb2d2 mere physical ailments.2ee445f77229f3cd
As Azaid remained 18c2027b99 frozen, staring intently 436b4a7dfb at Serena, she bc7bab7aed frowned slightly at 6b43495193 his silence and a01b6226ad serious expression.a776a171b74ab4a5
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“Ugh, look at 59dfacb230 you not answering. It seems like Your acfe688c6a Majesty really wants me 3d4e0fda51 to leave soon, doesn’t d3d5000935 it?”d4a1f4d30d077af1
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