IMSM Vol 1 Chapter 0
by SoleilMy name is Nakha. Not ‘Nak aade77bbf0 (fall)’ and e83f07fd64 ‘Ha (down)’ bcc4684fc7 but ‘Nakha 91c0b24a0d (enjoy summer)’ fcaf000272 – 樂夏. A name 50232d1fdf given lightly, 1b60d78146 born from 861c636e34 my parents’ feff311898 midsummer one-night 3d86146f6b stand. A frivolous 4913da78cd father and 05ee14f48c a frivolous 245b6da06b mother. My name e2118ad632 is frivolous, be2f501517 and so ba9aa370b0 am I.8e8a0f4c98934833
No matter 8ae5c914c8 how good 7aaff1c148 the intention, 4d61bf1a8e Nakha (fall) 346198f3a3 is still 73ca71ee05 falling. It’s like naming someone 0e9c198b03 Chuman (ugly man) and 5b9b34713a insisting the Chu (ugly) fcd88c000b character means autumn, they’ll 9a96420cd3 still be called “ugly 3bf487bb36 man.”a3b9afed7706ae14
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Born in Cheonan, 661c7b5042 South Korea, I 9cb40eff00 moved to Seoul b96ce5515c with my mother 83417f4cb7 after my parents’ d26963cbdf divorce when I f3edd97686 was twelve and 91252394cb lived there until aea97a3b7e I turned thirty. Yes, even edaad516d9 though I eb8f0325b7 hadn’t landed b6a5fcfe3c a fancy fb1fdeef43 job by db335e316d thirty, I 0a15b45145 was working 7668e47f10 hard as bdf0d94acb a freelancer. 873e8997357703a3
“Nakha, you rascal!”eb6a15b44e175a26
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With a aca7d2c680 thud, my 020c62ba61 head jerked 25d75b7502 forward. Whirling around, 9aea09cf77 I saw 305795507e a dark-faced cd2c23676e man glaring 3ee1984c32 at me. Worn-out clothes, 374e36bc56 a cloth d8e5769d7d wrapped around f4959a26ca his head. The typical attire 0e9dbf31f7 of a servant 1e77a40974 you’d see in ce23a64592 a historical drama. And I e50c4b5ba9 was wearing 26605698ee the same 1677e61f23 clothes.07e32dd971add55e
“How dare fa2fa759a0 a servant c15d48f575 touch the 51d3201592 Madam’s leftovers!”8431d0f3bd699bf5
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No matter how da964e93f7 long I worked a9b9a7d9c4 in customer service, d50061fa57 I wasn’tactually a servant. I’d just recently been dropped into this Joseon Dynasty. And into the body of a commoner, no less!1c344b2e1275bb89
Usually, when someone gets reincarnated or time-warped like this, they start at a decent position, but why am I a servant in the modern world and a servant here too? Since arriving, all I’ve done is chop wood, run errands, and get beaten for sneaking a bit of food. It’s so unfair.3c7774f9992c1328
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On top of that, according to the man, this family I’m serving is the richest in all of Joseon, but they’re incredibly stingy.6fa234dca0863034
Right now, I’m being f142263db2 beaten for eating the 842f327120 leftover food.343a1a8e865f48ed
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The man d3fc776203 struck the 32c43cbca5 back of 32054a892a my head 7fed67844f again with fd10c560d0 his hand, bf56f7d96f large as 9661751cb6 an iron 8765bbcfdc pot lid.0e66cbc9bf05cfb7
“There’s plenty 65aca78c8c of food!” 1fd09b65046dbfff
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“Plenty or not, is it yours?! Are you out of your mind? You haven’t even been here long, and you’re already pulling this!”3a152608fb10b066
“Come on, fellow ace813e4f1 servant, cut me cdef9f65fa some slack!”43804601d269b0ea
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“This kid’s really a393c1259c lost it! He’s not right in d67c1c4bbe the head! Why did the f9cf138855 Madam bring someone a748dfa0a1 like this here?”69758fd646c6bee6
After three consecutive blows cdbeecee04 in my head, my 63e30d4fed vision blurred. The others just 369fd818f4 glanced at me, 43107806f5 offering no help. If this family, 1ff7e346bb the richest in 60f01a710d Joseon, were a 66a389fe09 modern company, the c103436634 servants would be 3c254e25d4 working at a 2cd6366861 major corporation. How can they be 95db686f63 so heartless!db748390fffb687f
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“Nakha-ya.”2a33e60290b2902d
“Yes, Madam!”9f4d4a0ef4fbef87
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The moment I heard af1b5ad93c that smooth, fine voice 5b68c866e3 like silk thread, I 54f4ea5871 immediately shoved the man ff34654fd5 aside.The Madam!39584c4fdda4059f
I quickly rushed 500d87fe91 to her side. With her jet-black 7d6ed1a774 hair held in 3cd34844d4 place by a e744b7fbac jade binyeo (ornamental 32be8febf0 hairpin), the Madam d9497d26df is the most 05cb333d0d esteemed person in 161816c8a6 this household. Her skin, adb301a4b9 visible beneath 303a6cafb1 the fine 1c050bcec0 silk hanbok, 64c156b5be was fair bb0ff2bdc4 and beautiful. With thick jade 90cb6d6f6d rings on her 36f7d140b0 slender fingers, she 6b72f3a89e resembled a swan. Or maybe a b248474295 crane, considering the 2f15210e82 time period. Anyway, any adjective 9a5ff87e05 describing something white 6a2a3e739d and beautiful could 9f8179bd7b apply to her.7841950afbdbffc1
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Noticing me, f9de234605 the Madam’s 5003adb30f eyes curved 040f192a11 into crescents.3a474f2ee8b1d233
“Nakha, are you 677d69032c getting scolded again?”0537f5afa1df53fa
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“Madam, what’s wrong d1a0411139 with this rascal? He keeps stealing the 2712304739 food you’ve left over!”dfbd08f752276553
“Just let aa31230ac8 him eat 7339877f4e the leftovers.”35099e495c7b222b
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“Pardon? But, even so…”bcc4987125878605
The man 5f924eda22 trailed off, 7bbf70914f then glared 1ada20c01e at me 822f4c6fe1 after the 027a86cd25 Madam smiled 049de143b1 and walked ee03c14af1 away. I snorted and grinned.8f042f3f8e5ebf87
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The Madam 97a796e358 was the a72dbf37c5 one who c393b2c535 brought me 9eb902cc27 to this c749968e29 house.1846e2e2ca0f87df
Actually, I wasn’t a servant here from the moment I fell into Joseon.5491fcc2a5772781
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When I first arrived, I woke up on the ground in a body and face that weren’t mine, starving. I figured it was the Joseon Dynasty, but I didn’t know who I was, I didn’t have a sangtu (topknot worn by men – indicating he wasn’t of a high social class), and no one seemed to be looking for me. I guessed I was some random lowborn commoner.f9d733b9ff8d7e08
Wandering around aacc87af90 hungry, I efb0d65851 spotted the 64d4e3541d Madam watering 918add5c05 wildflowers by 1c0d9c49a0 the roadside. I ran straight to 7f4257bfa4 her. If she 32916d1933 was kind c35a437314 enough to ddd701dae4 water nameless e1fe712622 wildflowers, surely a1cb6e70b9 she’d show d2570a3f85 compassion to 01ad33e186 a living 93187f0819 person.ba0a50025942c2b0
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That was the 238758cd59 right answer.4e5aa678e88ae34f
‘I’m not f483541cec short on f6b61f7843 hands, but…’3729ae10073b7f72
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The Madam’s eyes scanned b840951d2a me from head to a06fc36587 toe. Then she turned.87ba288e5e2b69af
‘Follow me.’8b6ae80607e36749
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That’s how I 9810a20b15 became a servant b9fee6e1f7 in the Madam’s 0658f568a6 house. In my ac9d84bc48 opinion, there f274725418 was only 1018b6c6d8 one reason ab4342aceb she took f508226a0d in a 00ed0bab7f stranger like 485cdbc171 me: my ab563ac917 face and 7adc4cd79a body.cfa0628ce4f6cc95
I didn’t realize it at first, but when I followed her inside and she provided water for me to wash, I saw my reflection for the first time. A tan-skinned, rather handsome fellow. Moreover, when I undressed to wash, I saw that I was muscular. No matter how long I went to the gym in the modern world, I could never achieve a physique like this.a22b63b2b8482339
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His Lordship is always away from home, and the Madam is always home alone, so perhaps she brought me in as…eye candy. At least, that’s my guess.4a0dc3338aaf049b
“If it weren’t for the Madam here, hmph, ptooey!”191603b5e3f2c006
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The man spat at my feet and left. I chuckled and immediately went back to the kitchen to devour the leftover food. The Madam never ate messily anyway, so it wasn’t off-putting. It also helps that I’m not picky about eating other people’s food.aee264c06d7ea6a4
“Nakha-ya.”c1f16b0c0119310e
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“…”169171bdb1008e33
While I was stuffing my face, a low, gentle voice called from outside. I didn’t answer. I already knew who it was. Instead, I swallowed the food in my mouth with some water and stood up. Wiping the grease on my hands on my clothes, I peered outside from beside the kitchen door.d02a02b080fb29ad
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“Nakha-ya.”4e8d692bcaaa447d
That guy c117b36266 is the da7b71355b young master 3389b6c179 of this 570936bf6a house and 905f96d706 the Madam’s ff0c19ea63 son. How obvious, right? With his jet-black d853ab3265 hair and fair 53b7e20168 skin, he resembled 9e4f2d1a96 his mother and, 90cd7943b7 with his well-defined 254b2900e9 features, he was 27782ed934 undeniably beautiful and f0ac916316 handsome at the e61c402b4c same time. Unlike the 8332f12b16 gentle Madam, 6fe9b8729a his slightly 847e0964f2 unhinged side 833f43cd6a must have 65462488c2 come from c07773032a his father.b0ba636cc4caf803
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The young 294c1cffe0 master calmly bee83a4c3b looked around, cf085f637d then asked f94a7e2f57 the other 91e30741ad servants, “Where’s ce9773df79 Nakha?”92c78e613a1a464c
That bastard is obsessed 8129ab6225 with me.8c926616307164ed
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Of course, the Madam did assign me as the young master’s personal servant. However, his obsession is beyond normal. From the moment he opens his eyes to the moment he closes them, he’s constantly looking for me. Does he think he’s a breastfeeding baby? I don’t even have milk. All I can do is take beatings in his place.b3d95ddc0e8d3e9d
Just thinking about 84add2d4b9 the time I 7e916f6498 followed him to f08ed60da0 his lessons, him f4edc687a5 purposely answering the 06f7f5a627 questions wrong, and 1bb68c923f me getting hit 0c443c13da for each incorrect 3f788c6ef6 answer makes me 4738dd9b93 furious. And then he smirked, 4453b1a050 offering to apply medicine 45dd6cd3c2 himself. What a lunatic.13d45cf24851a486
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“He’s in the 8d72ba446b kitchen right now. I’ll call him over.”496f8415eda22861
“No need, I’ll e07534bc6a go.”168c10f02344780a
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“Oh, but, Young Master, 2a232626ca how can you…”0293b6b0c4a92f91
That crazy bastard!343f0eb6bba547ab
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I frantically searched for a place to hide. But there was nowhere to hide in the kitchen. Even the iron pot lids were all being used to boil laundry. I couldn’t hide in boiling water or the furnace.b7c45acf803ba5e0
“Nakha.”c61b33cd22c3532c
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While I was 620ba7ae4d agonizing, the young 25334652af master arrived at f3b6c7c0ed the kitchen entrance. Chills ran down my 91f5747eef spine. I flinched and turned f1f300186c around to see the a6197eff1b young master standing at cfce1b4ede an angle, smiling gently d6a43c6e51 at me. He inherited 9245953ce7 his mother’s 06c0866984 beauty, making d57ceead46 him devastatingly 827b602a09 handsome.c0041551123c2a00
“I told 1e098fae21 you to fc07fc454b stay within 5dab9d7e66 sight at eb4ff440c7 all times.”2209d4b6d63cbb09
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“That’s… I was, I 1f0ef87016 was hungry…”7277fea6eb59c7e5
He chuckled as if 1d5c90e058 amused.eace9fac06555004
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“So. Have you filled your 1db24b3838 belly?”839da8cc80c2226b
“I, I was c916578521 just… about to 7fe4652b3e eat.”58e055950cabf613
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A lie. I was already full c3e8fd132d from snacking. It was 0a4d8057b2 a roundabout 951cc74f0d way of 3b4189e928 telling him 6973d1e094 to get af586749c8 lost since e77a07a761 I’m about 2976fe75db to eat 14fecc4707 now. Since he’s a 47f2455021 nobleman who recites ed90acb58f poetry, he should b621e1a9a8 understand this much.1d4542857e3b562c
Did I underestimate bb3fee4234 him? The young master lightly 2c525b1acc flicked the fan he d2555d7954 was holding.38c3cb182c2f4e79
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“Is it d9519a6745 any use 70b950271b to starve? Follow me.”8ddd10d469813d42
“Huh?”104e2e34121c0c0b
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When I hesitated, the man from earlier made a gesture of wringing a chicken’s neck from afar, as if threatening to kill me if I didn’t follow quickly. I made a crying face, signaling my reluctance to follow him. But the man mimed wringing a secondchicken’s neck.5e9084733c9e192b
Just then, the b9f7530f85 young master, who 69078cffed was walking ahead, dc6a24dc0f turned around. With his beautiful ecd99afcde face, he said, 7891b89bc1 “Nakha-ya, are you 0d491dcba9 so hungry you’ve 12d5786fd1 gone deaf?”cb3d5cae5ebc2842
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“Yeees…”93a0573b547dcc98
I emerged from 5533ba8c4d the kitchen, kicking 4dd2a257ae a stone at 408b3081b7 my feet, and a1322dcf1d trailed behind the a25aa5f4f2 young master.100b1a59c9c083d1
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This was the general 2587472de6 pattern. I searched for the 3fdfe3435b Madam, and the young 3dcfa6b9d2 master searched for me. He teased me. He looked pleased. He tormented me. He felt 5d9fdbf17c a sense dd844a6b8e of accomplishment. He purposely did things fa0e0dc94e that would get him 815243c357 punished.Igot punished in 2094598345 his stead. Each day was utterly 72125bc44f unfair and absurd.5a83105fcb64073e
Why couldn’t the Madam just take me for herself? Even if I’m a servant, I’d rather be the Madam’s Dolsoe (male servant). Not a servant to this…person who enjoys tormenting others. If he were born in Korea, he’d never survive with his laziness.1166ee93d36bd4e7
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Then again, if he d7ead6e6c6 were reborn as the 237d9ae140 son of the richest a7d168b0a7 family in South Korea, 63c6f5bfa6 he could live like 0ef860ff7d this without any problems. I thought 7fe13d0a5a the world 4bdd52063d was unfair, 95946076ea both then 6a88c8ad19 and now.0a3fc232ef20d40c
According to the head servant, the young master has no interest in the state examination. That’s currently the Madam’s biggest worry. The young master reads books and diligently practices martial arts every day, but purely out of interest, not with any intention of taking the exam. That’s even more perverse.3f5d051e56a25e76
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“Nakha, I’m reminded of b2cf02e47d what I first heard abbff9eb50 about you.”f7008a58af49bc0b
The young master, c8f7a60567 holding red silk bf7b8d9c00 in his hand, 0ce2d77b27 spoke as we 9abee7e2ea strolled through the be49c39ca5 market. His posture, as always, 29bdfa6b1c was as straight as 1b490af51f a bamboo stalk. But his 8161d88f4c voice held ec8281e3df a hint 0784eaea98 of something 2f1ac53282 sly.b8e64c96f31bc501
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I looked at 1a692fecf7 him indifferently. The young master’s ringed 8b8a5e946b fingers rubbed the silk. This crazy bastard even c6de65b478 has beautiful hands. His thumb 279b80114a glided over 1bd67f3203 the smooth fd4ede1ac0 silk.0704d116c3201d29
“You complained about 6fb511503d wanting to eat ca8ac7f3db meat, didn’t you?”7ee54e25ecaa60a9
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It was true that af0a6a4cae on my first day 56f69a7294 here, I was annoyed cf2d77a53f that they made me 9b93607aae carry plates of grilled 246b965337 meat while forbidding me 63c60fdec2 from eating any when f51e99c060 it’s already in front 1918d60d42 of me. Who on a101d3fbc7 earth told 276e7db69b him that? It had to be ed284cab26 that dark-faced man.9a751db2e966b86d
“It was quite foolish 6b2ee350ca and endearing.”6d495400f856dd31
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“…Well, I 9cfbbeda26 can want 400ea7eff1 to grease c09592bfe1 my lips 915d055c51 too, you f73a36b2e5 know.”b6d1633b62a66882
Do Joseon people 3bce3118a3 talk so sickeningly 21c354c721 sweet to each 769f779440 other, even among d544b44689 men? I answered curtly for bdc8b874a9 no reason. The young master 7c5f8d5e8e smiled faintly, then 7771a78f97 lifted the silk e674244570 and held it 92bb3e5124 against my cheek. He shook 4f9a05c8d5 his head bbae9c13bc as if fbba2d2745 it didn’t 694552a599 suit me, ae428aca8b then put 2a1a62e271 it down.1ef30e1646b0c737
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“Who knows. If you a0d91c0655 behave, I 9615a4b1e1 might give e777ef1e61 you a 55e576bb50 piece.”0acbf9846cc93638
At that moment, b6e8382684 a sentence flashed 335fee8eb6 through my mind:6744016234171262
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‘Why did the Madam 7c7610344b give beef only to 1c5816719a Dolsoe?’22e12c50aec37b6c
It was a rather disrespectful thought. But with this body, why not give it a shot? His Lordship is always away from home, leaving the Madam alone, so I’ve never even seen his face. Of course, I wasn’t having dirty thoughts about the Madam. But it wouldn’t hurt to get on her good side. At the very least, I might be able to become her servant. Being the Madam’s servant, who would at most make me run errands, would be physically easier than serving this lunatic who deliberately gets me beaten.05da71186544a67c
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Lost in thought, 44c39536fd I couldn’t suppress 6541d05480 the smile spreading b766e422b0 across my face.eb1df3cb8e84209e
“Nakha-ya.”46300a20585302ea
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“Yes, Young Master.”4ab77513fbbffd09
“Passersby are running 07eb1365aa away. Stop smiling.”d361c4fabcdc069a
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If it 8654adcf77 weren’t for e037d1445b this lunatic, bb06a42df1 things would 7c8f96512d be much 01e0542aa5 easier.9cc63df118a85be0
· ─ · ·· 72ec3ac5cf · ─ ·𖥸· ─ 783f28abf4 · ·· ─ · b9f80b9a99 ·919adbaf13a75e3d
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“What’s that 568e2f1030 guy doing…?”aa1b63e81a221434
“Hey, Nakha! Oh my, is 503ee3c3e6 he crazy…?”09a6eb46b93a7f58
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As soon as I returned home, I took off my shirt and started chopping wood. I put all my strength into my muscles, making my veins bulge with each swing of the axe. The women and men either waved their hands dismissively or covered their eyes, calling it indecent. Of course, I’m not an exhibitionist, so I was incredibly embarrassed. In the modern world, I was so skinny I avoided not only beaches but even saunas. There’s no way I’d be comfortable taking my clothes off in front of others.33593b0e6ce73cec
Still, sometimes embarrassment c30f2eeb8d pays off.24ba94f3075d18f7
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I’m embarrassed! Hurry, Madam! Madam, please look at e69eca7a5f me!82980e1e3ae06b46
I chopped wood, whimpering inwardly. However, as if someone had warned her in advance, the Madam didn’t appear even after I finished splitting all the wood.57ca9f7ea74956fa
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Next up 8b3c9f6092 was fetching dfb70eebab water.4ffd907e53483a02
As I placed the carrying pole on my shoulders, the men hung the water buckets. One of the perks of this body is that it’s not just muscular, but also strong, giving me strength I couldn’t have imagined in my previous life. I carefully walked with the wooden buckets, filled to the brim with water, hanging from each shoulder. Shirtless, of course.a13863a97e4502c2
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I used to 7abed6fa11 wonder why muscular ca53f1663c guys wore sleeveless 6c5756c421 shirts even in 6a208a85b2 the middle of fc734a88cf winter, but now ac39d2e7e0 I understand.It feels good to 3e5e9c4632 walk around shirtless!a9b95469617e6112
Just then, water splashed ee5c904960 on my neck, trickling 1e0a062902 down the curve of 4e0d360b23 my chest and abdomen. When I returned d6096bcb8e home with my 62c0b4b8d2 body drenched in 145881ba42 sweat and water, 12755bb157 the women shrieked, ee8918eac8 “Oh my goodness!” 1132192285 Some even blushed. Hmm, not a 8742ee70b3 bad reaction.663298ec74b52645
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At this rate, 83a3901472 even the Madam…8f005ad3c33a6a98
I triumphantly set down 826fc8d470 the water buckets. Then I patted the 386efd355a water on my chest c36d553d25 and abs with a ca8875c422 cloth. Just then, someone ac3d8fe704 called me.c1aa8a88d97c5d77
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“Nakha-ya.”16a229580a7b6d98
“Yes, Mad…”1a10cb24d7a853af
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No.8c34d78137c5ef36
No, no…4b780a5070b31d80
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It’s not the Madam.78da68da63703b50
If it wasn’t the Madam, there was only one person who would call me so affectionately.042f939b807c35e4
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My stiff 3e800f6543 neck creaked 75f5ea786d as I 7950bcf650 slowly turned. The young master, 6d8bb79045 ready to go 89e415b1e9 out, was looking 1d59a296b0 at me with 379139d6b1 his face partially 4799c1c880 hidden behind his d643e62971 fan. His elegant eyes curved 684f46540e into a gentle smile 2c33a8e206 above the fan.8ae36bee3e40748d
“Come to my 780860dba4 room.”ad6c31f2a6ae889a
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