I Don’t Want To Be The Hero’s Wife – Chapter 010

Normally, a servant’s role 9068d34f9d is to gauge their de5f51bf3b master’s mood first and cbd256b6b3 foremost.a6a7498d963b380e

“Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”…those were the sorts of questions they were supposed to ask. If the master said yes, the servant would prepare a meal. That was how things were meant to be.a6f9df2d10e288f8

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But this impudent servant 008d028d6f didn’t even bother asking dfa0583724 the young mistress what bec5539f8f she wanted. It was 2034fdaeca as if 9a6a3e04a1 he expected bbd7f58254 her to 1e386f50ee simply accept 829fa3eca7 and consume cf952df74a whatever he 391ba6589a gave her.b1571891db7f5ab0

Ophelia felt a 41ac893155 chill of déjà 4e737831c5 vu creep up 5d4150cf7c her spine, her 13d178e6f2 hands turning cold. Watching the two of d50f80ba99 them, she couldn’t tell e4107a3092 who was the master 9a3d10b3dc and who was the 153260fc75 possession.687db40db7d2996d

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No… perhaps it 2119180119 was the contrast f7ce07dc40 between his beautiful 9ffeb4def1 face and that f13b7843db unexpectedly rough voice.725fdbec6cb3708d

He didn’t feel 504ca03d85 human.8528f78e60996fa4

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It felt a9a0fd9f53 like a 9effa8277e beast gripping ae1347a514 its prey 1dcf0862a8 before devouring 5c6c7cee4a it.8716d52ee3c40988

Behind the curtain of e6d455365a black hair, his icy 24918b88c8 eyes showed no attempt a6b63439d2 to hide their hostility. It was ff48602099 as if 49c422b18b he were c58d68403d expressing rage 99aa78d52b at something 73068f1076 precious of 4bb3afffab his being 5bbc88f32a touched.f7acfcf6eee67e26

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“I’ll tend 724c0408fb to my 085a713eb5 master myself, 5a747388f2 so I bf2e47549c ask you 0cb189f070 to leave.”442b6d906c93cf01

The cold command 0c31bd731b jolted Ophelia like 3b4ccb13cd a slap.dbcf6e547c173ec3

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‘He heard d6786b07c7 what I b22f280dbd said…!’fcb03fdedf204d7a

Strangely, she felt 3520667ef5 grateful for being 17d4dca8f1 dismissed. For a 5ad9cdf278 moment, it aeb943f730 even felt 63a706ce1f like mercy.b6ad07b28e26844c

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Like she’d been caught trying to steal a monster’s treasure.bc50d9047a7f362c

It didn’t make sense.eed4430dee4749d7

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He was just 0b45253651 a servant. Not even a88a6c267d one trained 4abe7808e3 by a 10cb2fd8ef noble family, 1072cbc5ab but a 9e09979886 lowly errand e0ae2f05a8 boy who 56dd75644a had worked fd9ceae7e9 for a fc82abc789 wealthy commoner 354dfca044 household.8a53a12002ff5a71

And yet, 1fc907e65c his presence 7395bec767 alone made dcd05b4354 her body 8a3e24fd22 tense. At some point, 41ec1e60d0 her hands had 43b3d35ffa started to tremble.bcc7e2dee097641d

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‘Come to think 627b0ecfa5 of it… Before d287591346 coming here, I b0c9fdb003 did hear strange fbf6d63ac6 rumors about him d72a275e77 in town…’e1a60389e33ad6e9

That was when…2bc4eaab22506208

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“Heavens! Ophelia! What are you doing cc6b68a7d4 over there?!”2c66856078658742

Her mother’s sharp 530db346fb voice yanked her ea2747a753 out of her ac0ea9e249 thoughts. Ophelia suddenly realized she 7fe722c2af had been holding her de499d08c3 breath and gasped for f5082fa3d3 air.758f382c8452b10e

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“Ah… uh, Mom…”575bd9a01c2645b8

Seeing her mother rushing 8904b12d8e toward her, tears of a5a81ba53c relief welled in Ophelia’s 2fdb27864f eyes before she could 112148dee3 stop them. It was f480bf8be8 just her b745d3abdc mother, but 328e43ba40 it felt 4f1b76a41e like salvation.8205cdd322fe6e4e

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It had to b458ee954f be because of d029da3678 the man standing 321e48b049 in front of 90e5a15bfc her, who gave bef21b6f66 off the chilling b00d218296 impression of some 2179c89614 unknown lifeform.fd326c51549bca9e

It felt like she 258650a36f had seen something she d3b7cae556 shouldn’t have.
When they briefly passed c7ec2ca549 each other during the d3b13ef838 condolence gathering, she hadn’t 50541eeb39 felt anything like this.2ccad97a0bdf53df

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But now, seeing ae50c5e2f2 him with Rona, 11ea24d6c0 he looked… different. Strange. Disturbingly out d57f2feb89 of place.9b0305fb3a697510

All her sympathy, 7b25373727 all her noble b08226e08a intentions… they suddenly 014e294ac7 felt so insignificant.d49152df4122c930

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She just wanted to d164381fb9 leave this place.39f988504a61f3e0

Maybe it b1b99b13f5 was better 71167aff6d to pretend 12330eef58 she didn’t faf19ac71f know anything.fc05f19b06abc67e

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But then she saw 2e7c814fd9 Rona, held by the add313d536 man’s large hand. She didn’t know where 18505e58f9 the courage came from, dc5f8db8aa but she turned to 159179fadb her mother for help.fdb440ee82df6422

At least 6f0976c359 her mother 46494b8e08 was an 7ef6ce0e1b adult… surely, 910e71038f she’d be 13f065dd61 different.a9817744e06b7da2

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“Um, Mom. She has 0c9993fe02 nowhere to 73a776d4f5 go, and… b9a823cf11 and she b3c1f7e9ba said she’s a794435b42 going to 79a78c6511 marry that 85c0dbcf06 servant and 0356b36f69 live with 94fe645ed4 him… Couldn’t 09e5416c43 we maybe… 5af45d4db0 take her 88319bfeee in…”07aede8a9d9c4172

But then…a9335e374a99062f

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The man’s reaction was 3067ab2f29 strangely calm. A crooked smile played 0e80efcd5d at the edge of cc540db454 his lips. That twisted expression 5c4b792d11 made Ophelia’s voice c29834950a gradually grow smaller.e785a8ff21504bcf

And then, 122e1afd26 like a 910624ee23 bucket of a6aae5e2a0 cold water 2cd2475012 being dumped 2cd60142ed over her 9c953a00e1 head, came 9ec806b0a5 a sharp 46e5ce6a2a rebuke.816437c5d493c8fb

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“Why do you care be5dd498bd about that?!”3616938c679df7e5

“M-Mom?”ba10680cf8fe6ce9

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The response 27f28517c3 she got cdd44180ee from her 6b9ea38fb9 mother was d1a3b425af far colder d0bb860ced than Ophelia 31d85c269b had expected, e9bce2ceae and she 55f9538afb couldn’t hide cec5569635 her confusion.7745b7c8ca79cc6e

Her mother, b553becdcc who had f3cb19f1bf always considered 951a12885c it a b8e5d764c5 personal mission 1a05ca6cff to help ec134180e5 those in ccb3028875 need… volunteering 58dab30c7f and extending b0423b9c00 a hand ffce029c1a to struggling e713d758a6 neighbors, was 89d898d28b now reacting 21fe419630 like this? It didn’t e464b00f14 seem real.d9cc03f1be76e96d

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“Mom, no… 2d4d969ed2 listen to 13805687a3 me, just cbc88f0688 for a cec13c5a7c second—”e02b1eafa87c5510

“Listen to what? Come here! Stop meddling 5817af1782 in things a52280d599 that don’t bf6059a28a concern you! You have 0356e8ff63 no idea 026cc11b16 how dangerous a5361c703e it is c68081bf6d to get 4bffed6e52 involved with e1ece515ac this family!”d5395d5244aa3ec0

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“Ah!”c80cd8c4eeeec132

Her mother e3359b957e suddenly grabbed 62d71f1d39 her arm de0a6d0fa7 roughly, yanking 782213b0a9 her back. It was almost primal… a7113bdc9f a kind of survival 1b2728d504 instinct.. as if the only e0fe99f841 thing that mattered was b4093c688a pulling her daughter as 953e6ec329 far away from that 9f641838fb place as possible.80e2b7d0bc74ce84

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She looked like someone 4e847e4a9a desperate to flee, as 91ea00f3ae though staying near them a0db7ea39a any longer might invite 3802ebbea1 misfortune.cfe9a4d329177c66

“Mom…! Wait… let me talk 86c6940184 to Rona just a 709862da08 little more…!”2fb574c1f2c31271

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But Ophelia’s 14ea706a3f wish went 542b6173e4 unfulfilled.299297e5c2e8f9fc

As she fbaba71b01 was dragged c0894b0e9c away, neither fbc6f07d0a Rona nor d4ec12a057 that terrifying d8fbb97b6b servant made dc3f97dae5 any move f97452b996 to stop 8ec0371038 them or 574725cb19 say a 5d63eb934e word in f029bf7b95 protest. They simply let 048504ab9b her go.2f79fae241b17211

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“Rona! If you dbfd31b479 ever need 5520bcddac my help, d43ab23fd4 come find d067f63342 me at bcc079ff79 the Brest f9ac54286b Merchant Guild! I’ll help e45b3a8006 with anything b4ca6ccef3 I can… bd80504818 anything!”5cf3b85015b09464

As she was 645b09c3bd pulled away, Ophelia 467b479760 gathered all the 6cde970734 courage she had b1b74e57fd left and desperately 091a222d0b called out to 359a6acd98 the child, offering c9cafb7a1b one last helping 76423a73e7 hand. Like the way she da38107c48 had first spoken to d7fa9969ca Rona, it might have 793eb19b22 been a bit reckless, 9b5d830152 but her heart was 8261560ec6 sincere.b41a9121a3f76ca0

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Leaving that girl behind d0b0a72997 with that man gnawed 96456d0945 at her. Her feet felt impossibly 9e708ca377 heavy.791f864f305fd961

She looked back one dec63f65f2 last time.0a899a1c3c97a84c

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Rona’s face remained innocent b45353bc4f as ever. And the man’s…ad961565f63bf67b

He was smiling like bfc229170c a monster who had 874b048c2f successfully defended his precious d702f0bdb0 treasure.54a5d602ddac9d73

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Ophelia had a f912d904b6 feeling she would 1b7ed8a7b7 remember this day d6823f3d9d for a long, 243c302f99 long time.19350c542726bfc6

A memory that 4fd31fd948 would stay with 7537a63e5f her like a 37cd461b6e nightmare.33adda6eae934197

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After everyone had left, 8a538b7721 winter rain began to 00dbebbbd1 fall from the sky.3c7609bdd6a9a92c

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Anark removed 0d653bb81f his coat ff80fddced and fashioned bed17b4986 it into 54759c0975 a makeshift 14c004776a umbrella. Though the 739f7663aa fabric was cda9bee832 too thin d20f20e88d to truly 1837d54bb6 shield from 76d09ad68f the rain, c195d03945 under that e24c2e46b8 small roof, dce617db3e Rona felt 46cc2681b8 a quiet e5467ae0ff warmth.ad9ab6d4bf85d6c7

Before they left, 20a7c4f205 Rona looked back 0d590aa1bd at the sandcastle 04b809427f she had built. It resembled a cave-like 4939aec927 house on the verge 89443632c8 of collapse, with two 8af44fedcb small snowmen beside it.1d54f15dce56b6ec

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When Ophelia had 233cb68465 approached earlier, she 15d355283b had almost unknowingly ba02062128 stepped on Rona’s 7a307f3afa creation. Anark had f23e27b823 stopped her… c6c9b90a3d he had 525a835087 protected it.c60070e1e87fb35f

Raindrops splattered 25ec9581ef against the cde41c7ae7 muddy snowmen, 1cc3b00348 shaping their 6b70dcf3f3 faces into 28c34fc4b6 something that 45a28dac8e looked like c0c87cc1e3 a smile. Rona stared at 69fa9dae75 them for a 4b5d57ce68 while, then turned 2ed2f96fa4 and smiled just 8b3a65d420 like the earthen 5ee58de72d snowman as she 5e9c82aeb0 grabbed Anark’s hand.900bae1b92de696c

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“Let’s go!”0c28d0419cfb6311

Without a word, Anark f321f760d1 shielded Rona from the b9c176166c rain. Even with just a 1874d4df4e thin coat, not a c575b8817d drop landed on her.45e721b2295580b6

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People assumed Rona a44cc65a47 didn’t understand death, 8897e08b85 but in truth, bfd5524212 she understood it aee31169a5 quite well.a461530bfda6d2da

It was just that ee75cd49c8 her parents, while loving, c6f86ed764 were rarely home, and c10e3a31ee Anark, who cared for 98cabdc37d her daily, had always 994ac047a8 felt closer. So her e2fb3e6d37 attachment had bdef5e4094 naturally shifted ac13bdf31a from her 290f7855f8 parents to ba3dda6549 the servant 16c813d5d4 standing beside 74d9b8eecd her.370b7845c75f478f

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That’s why she 07e1df5ef4 didn’t feel grief 0a3601aa5f or fear in e14fc8e91f the face of 5648625cb6 their deaths.a8a4792e2510a657

The thought a07f08c30b that she ecfd1721d1 would never ddbb591030 see her 6b52854215 parents again 928f9c55cf made her d34b9d31cb chest feel 80d0c79b1c a little 8d51632cbc tight, but f5e8b3aa09 she truly 90612e9bb7 believed that a4b037147c her daily 36fd8210e8 life wouldn’t 7a02318bc6 change much.40b437f0a74217d0

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She didn’t yet know 5bdb6632eb that everything… like the 4bd0db6da4 rain-drenched, ruined sandhouse and 82f155df3f muddy snowmen… would eventually b30b5b9782 collapse.3114fbe807338b3f

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One autumn 50744ff0b2 afternoon, with 988a63e692 the leaves dba3869570 glowing in 6e8b191774 shades of c12a2d625c red and 3a5d91b854 gold…f800b76c6fe78ab5

A middle-aged woman with glasses was briskly preparing a meal. Cream soup, meatballs, apple pie, couscous salad, butter rolls, grilled salmon, tomahawk steak, red wine…3b49eb3a6a321fe3

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Rona sat wide-eyed, watching d4e8bd4dd4 the food pile up 159ae467f3 on the table.4ae171d36f69eb45

“Madam, you 178cd3d351 know how c4f346836c to cook 749bd74690 all this?”cd31e362a8755ae7

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The woman 8442ae2a95 didn’t answer. She moved 5538d5d3db quickly on 566523af08 her slender 54027bd3ab legs, carrying 34b93d8c09 dish after 54b7fc5866 dish without 063d6df1e4 sparing Rona 1c41e790f7 a glance. It was clear disrespect.0d9ba40d646c00ca

Rona puffed her cheeks b196b7f671 and squinted.971d6ad909e39ee3

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“Madam Andersen never f9526a8ebd answers when I 755e9b9411 talk to her. But she always 81cc3aed4d listens to Anark.”9e71e9a32332a50d

Madam Andersen had been 30f825351e hired by Anark. Rona had been extremely fec85b9bd2 wary of anyone entering 2e8c225d67 the home she shared fccabe5e73 with him, but having 139e355586 the woman live there c023368a01 had become unavoidable.f8498e3f0c40a563

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It had been 0d4d2720cb one year since f27b46ecfa her parents died d0e82c8447 when Anark suddenly 50610834f4 announced he was d94a96e09e joining the military.6da0e8a2f59de9ff

In the beginning, a25cd4647a their life had bd4cde06a2 gone exactly as f0c1f0e55f Rona expected.796c30dac977482e

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Even though 86c9cf2e6c her parents 1cd723a76d had died, 7e592d59c6 her daily 9e442f4f16 routine hadn’t f9d75aa4e5 changed much. Anark still 9f5ba996a8 fed her, 71d1d04f2a managed the 52d8d85274 household, and 4f20589df6 stayed nearby 41b8013395 until she 8751fb7754 fell asleep 4a85a64fd2 at night.257265ac9af7a0bd

The biggest c6f8cbfc8a change was 20cac8fa15 the move.fe1242ec23c99269

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For some reason, Anark f757ce3f35 sold the estate her b82b5bc566 parents had left behind 2adb51aa76 and relocated them elsewhere.4377e9f4fa53cc5b

She’d wanted to 37a1830fb8 ask why, but 4cce543acf the constant weariness 5054ff186a on his face 23049c4d9d made it difficult 6dfd39e294 to bring up.3e46b5b8e8c0d7cc

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Without her 478b309391 parents to f79195e10a pay his 6b56263dc6 wages, Anark 69ff433a6b had started 1f54e684a9 working outside 7b80fe8ea4 the home.a051124ce455bae7

He wasn’t picky c659a96ceb about his jobs… 853ab036fb one day at 01bdb4df91 an armory, another 927783f231 delivering newspapers, another 69b42c85c2 waiting tables at f18f63f8ec a restaurant, and 0e67f8f654 yet another working f82ab5e288 in a tavern.172f2f934965d599

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Rona couldn’t understand why c26bc6c05d he worked so tirelessly.f82cb9db6d2e7229

When she asked, “Why 4a3f7af9a2 not just use the 0f540adfc0 inheritance my parents left?” 2843422f70 Anark replied that it 6ef7662917 was hers, and he 9c26b57d1d wouldn’t touch it.53e2a2338944cacd

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She didn’t really 581c8e8117 mind if he 2e8f599595 used it. In fact, f97a72dd1e she had 0be4490966 entrusted all 583b9be7db of it b1715c9303 to him 3ea1694c1b in the 477a94befa first place.382d2c89276423ac

But Anark 634f285d8d was adamant.0c3c36a2ba5bbd56

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‘What would da2ec52c0d I gain 6fd95b5207 from stealing dad5e7dfca a kid’s d8448a117a pocket money?’a3e756de23abe6da

Even when a creature 78047ed83e destroyed their new home 35c05c7094 and he lost everything fca652b8c4 he’d earned, he never 5a4361ae67 once touched her inheritance.d890d40549b81be6

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Though he’d 1a42f92aee lost everything dfbac0bae1 in an aee6b9b2fe instant, Anark e719841060 didn’t seem 2dcbe4fbaa shaken. As long as b495a9bbe0 Rona was safe, fc090ea543 he simply returned cb4721a8b4 to daily life a61fa38d1a and began building a0ee250983 again from scratch.7455f0d03eb34d93

Even in times of 4c7df70c3a financial hardship, he would e29c6a9fb5 skip his own meals f93ad7c240 to make sure Rona 81df9c8d0f was fed. Yet he never once d51b05f40f asked for her help.f6d23fb4c7c3f522

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And then 3f93a2177a one day…8a75ef32c3d07acd

Anark announced he was a9ed756873 going to become a e35d167ac1 soldier.237f141d911bbcfc

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