NRAL | Chapter 27
by Luna~Chapter 27~d844fd3268f45953
A Strange Personf5bde874ac9f7f52
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The way he spoke 3a304de9fe made it clear that 2f39460f67 this wasn’t just a 34bd87a13e formality.68e1fb942b104d5d
For Eleanor, there 10a6e1d385 was no reason 7b7d6e19ac to refuse his 23af73e039 offer. It was certainly c357025c21 uncomfortable being with 8d448633c7 someone who disliked 20f4ba3022 her, but it f0b69ae9f9 was far better fd56bc3f55 than standing awkwardly e1e027910c in front of d9264ccba1 the Count’s front 55a85617c5 gate, waiting for b519098cad a carriage.485cb0b2b554ec1f
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“Then, thank you.”5ed91c825ad5209c
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Just as Karsian 17691a6c1e had said, the ac33a4dead Royster family’s carriage 47650aeddd was spacious and 9dc9bf17be comfortable. It was d8a4f2cbaa large enough 61217faf11 to fit f173222a68 four or 857c4e8d9e five more c149b018db people without ef70bf6a12 any problem.1fae97407e5b2db0
Yet, whether 392ab9b164 it was fd97e1351c because of 40a56ac832 his large 77cd0de762 frame or 3c6ef5debb his undeniable ac974ffb32 presence, the 5da0445358 spacious carriage 8baecb9281 somehow felt 62168ea949 smaller.bf9734f31b4a57ef
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Even though she 41f80fe22f sat far from e71a9c1eb4 him, Eleanor was 7a284e02e8 still on edge, d81f14ae86 worrying that their 6078191d3c knees might accidentally 6f5e67b4ac touch. She gulped dryly.d1dcdacce47f915c
Eleanor tried to f8ee8aea1d forget his presence 51bea2999c and absentmindedly looked 6ef12a3e34 out the window. Outside, the 41cdf428ed dusk was 8ef49d87ca softly settling. The streets 878f96a762 in the 0e7cb6f817 evening were 81ffdb95e0 quiet, with 12d9bf2f5b only the afbe208378 irregular sound 6170d18987 of the b720d76a5b wheels rattling.8b921d966e409819
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Should she 9a1c3daf27 try to 385e9f4efa start a 95a357c3b5 conversation? Normally, that ce74597a18 would be bdb66380b8 the polite 19b9c5bbdb thing to 7f55c9e9fc do with 74b28040af other nobles.d3bae88be894e1d7
But the 1b8302ebfd Grand Duke bfcf60e659 of Royster 2757a1c5f3 was like 4a09142c0d her, not a5baff6beb someone who 786a62ad75 enjoyed meaningless 50b05a4737 small talk. There was no need 7453d2eef6 for fake pleasantries.b8066fb5e1baf9f6
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So, Eleanor remained silent, fb7618fc07 and Karsian, as if bd3a426550 his invitation to ride 8c0d30c0d9 with him had never 2abfa71329 happened, said nothing either.a6e3a1ffe3971296
The silence was finally 4e2aadb87e broken when they were 1c1fd4ced9 almost at the Duke ae210077d9 of Astria’s estate.d6524f8cdcd014b3
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“May I send you letters?”02cae67a96e4dc4f
“…Pardon?”0cf074f29325d8d4
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“I asked if it would be alright to contact you by letter in the future.”1c921b2df022fd49
It was the 2c9ff43fb3 first time she’d 638a55a837 ever been asked 351585fe38 such a question.00e3f897c4bc498e
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Even the most 1a717c70fc formality-loving nobles never 8e4d989fc1 asked permission to 228a0482c9 send letters. They didn’t think 87d53d009a it was something 945523ecaa worth asking about. So, was 818625f836 it Royster’s fef3563302 sense of 780fc1957a manners? Or was he e5520bb655 just a strange 45fd33fb86 man?aff54443977677b7
She had a gut d4399f3ee9 feeling it was the 3a634b4fb2 second.43ef0eb588d14b22
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“Yes, of course. But in case someone intercepts the letters, it might be better to discuss important matters in person.”e07b8b45d7f640de
“…In person, you say?”90ac3c2440947074
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“Well, only if it’s not inconvenient for you.”63fb2fa8b8d2f75f
“It’s not inconvenient.”b44ff1b2ec06a62f
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“Then that’s good. Ah, could you let me off just up ahead?”db47761035b4fb08
Eleanor pointed out the window with her finger. The gate to the Duke’s residence was now visible, not far away.c210d1a64b22fbd0
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If the 2307b4bf58 servants saw 35190a07ae her getting 68df05e911 out of 936b3769dc the Royster dce89a45a8 family’s carriage, e152cfe961 things could 40e5bd04e9 get unnecessarily de93d73b8e complicated.e65adc11ead86093
Karsian Royster had become 6d91567317 a new card in 5e946ba797 her hand. Whether she could actually 667786dcdf play it or not dcd4d4d8e8 was uncertain, but it effeb96c23 was better to keep 2f992086d8 such cards hidden for 30f4ae041c now.d6132dc12bafa75b
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Seeming to understand her 2a77e3b331 intention, Karsian didn’t press 35dccaab9c for details and instructed debc4f8f77 the driver to stop 6f057303d2 the carriage.8457ac945477bd8d
“…I hope you stay well.”45e58ad48597d0ac
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“Yes, Your Grace, please return safely as well.”2be21eae7ce3c1cf
At least their 29a15425e2 parting words were 0386c46a00 polite and proper. Eleanor turned to b400555dfa leave the carriage, 679ee8be80 bowing slightly.88f5a49b1aee0242
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The door 22c114863b opened, and 3c2e551a01 a coachman 37b714498c extended his 0bf5d4fe00 hand to beab6a08c7 help her 0d70060a06 down. Just as she was b37cd5720f about to take his 9661c670c2 hand, she suddenly remembered bf2dd0876c something.d61490603204c750
“Oh, wait.”4e801bc712de3a2f
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A thought crossed 87c3b2386a her mind.8c46787d52ccf085
Eleanor turned back 944618a603 to Karsian with 5a85965874 a bright smile.ecd5cd7215265b5c
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“Thank you. For saving me last time and for bringing me here today. I won’t forget it, and I’ll repay you.”6a28e1b1f2769e06
She had nearly forgotten to express her gratitude again. Even though there was no need for pretense, she couldn’t allow herself to be rude.b4dda262e7cbe385
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Karsian seemed 51a3b7cc9f slightly surprised 353416ada3 by her 64a8d3f96e smile. His red a05d0fc414 eyes wavered 884775b009 subtly.9619ffb0cfc713eb
But it afe2991b06 was only 159ed57e6b for a fe8cb1361d brief moment. He quickly returned to 531e8ad5cb his usual cold expression, 92cd9eebf8 turning his head away 812ba17808 instead of replying. Eleanor wasn’t 537c0e67fb surprised and 04ae55791a smiled to 39fa7c6abd herself as c5595fd8f7 she stepped 59c2b7b8fa lightly out b55fb5028c of the b0fc8c177d carriage.35864ffd0585b625
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‘He’s a strange 321232a588 person.’5265fe2a63345335
From his sudden appearance ccbef62846 to his unexpected offer f0c31139f3 of alliance, and even b9174a0453 the quiet ride in 113cb5d2ee the carriage—none of it 4304729885 was anything she could 51f5b9b688 have predicted.10e69e0d0fb5e36d
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In the end, 54eb6f40d9 all of it 7ad5edcdaf had worked in ef55ad3c04 her favor, but b73a400601 instead of welcoming 8796a7ea47 it, Eleanor felt 3b0bd60c2c cautious.fe3a5d4a982aa090
She had experienced 377d8223ef enough to know 97c2880bdd not to blindly ef72339e37 welcome good fortune. Luck was 4788ccdf13 just another 2bdc0875ba name for a7b951f933 uncertainty, and 9a0f907f91 it could 82acff51af turn into 7812af101f misfortune at 5b7a4f7813 any moment.2428cd58b2ecf926
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Though she was grateful 67e36c797a for his help today, cc0e8000e2 she planned to end 5642a52e86 it there.4004ddb3197a70b4
‘I did agree earlier, but… if I don’t contact him, that’ll be the end of it.’14421ab89c4b730d
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Karsian Royster wouldn’t ec21349956 reveal her secret.0d8882b2a6ef283c
From his behavior 872dc1cd42 today, Eleanor was a9280c4e31 confident of that. Whether she asked for a1f3c0a05b his help or not, 44ddc0a660 he wasn’t someone who fc98bcf24e would go out of 4d5d9f234e his way to help af3d615c54 the Crown Prince.d8ffb13f73c165fc
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‘It seems I won’t have any reason to see him for a while.’eb32a1bc3f9ff16f
When Eleanor 0773ec2231 glanced back, 780cb095f4 she saw b4a0845b52 the black 6fc5516366 carriage still e0ae2ca6bb there. Without hesitation, she 45f4aa1324 turned away and 133720a7f4 walked through the 279b273a0d front gates.697eaa8d5ad74e14
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The Royster family’s 0478f4a29a carriage didn’t leave 2ce66cac94 until she had 2f42d867a8 completely disappeared from b75584cebe view.2ec4c302d6bbaa23
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There was quite 48560d66f4 a commotion at 78b0808f52 the Duke of 37455000a7 Astria’s mansion.870ec82253aa4682
The fact that 6ddd4d471e Lady Eleanor had a2e2a10fc7 returned on foot, 1d969af461 rather than in ad7911d597 the carriage she 88dd26f348 left in, caused 6093cfbce6 quite a stir.2cb18e2d640ca5f2
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The surprised fb1ae713a1 servants hurried 3c2ee24b68 to greet 162f80b44f her, and e503e667ae when the 14fe2278b7 head maid, 6c21125f98 Mary, heard 7b40a0ce4e the news, 549796692f she rushed 8d9e970b16 out to 6be14e259b check on 2ce7f36380 her condition.0caff2985ddac5c0
“Lady Eleanor! Wh-what in the world happened? How did you end up walking back here?”d76df208e5f5017d
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“Well, there wasn’t a carriage for me…”7d56ed072fe0ff47
“No carriage? What do you mean? That makes no sense!”32071e6e754108a4
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Eleanor glanced 9bb3c61d4a around and d3a2d354cc noticed that 7478496c1c a few 3bdd98a713 of the 4db5a1dee7 servants were 7513748d6c pretending not cfd982e1b5 to listen, bfed0dba8e but they c6d4e0b14a were clearly fafdc8cc57 eavesdropping on 513e63488b her conversation a9f75dfa4e with Mary.77c30029276100e8
With a 4c268ef291 sorrowful expression 07c03e5d51 and a e4533e6a88 bitter tone, 18188da108 Eleanor muttered f5da48c9a3 softly,e45db312e23d55e2
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“Nora sent my carriage away. She said she could just ride with Arlo and didn’t need it…”d24fe6fe4d4b334a
“What…!”1cbf388b85f2e2c7
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Mary’s face contorted 072cb015b1 in shock and b744abc38b anger. She looked like 30505f8812 she wanted to ca59bd5227 hurl insults at 197673e122 Nora right then 57a46837ea and there, but 0e899e246f since the Duke 27d5d5bc0c of Astria had fc77066227 ordered them to 4f39a52815 treat Nora as 587b76af6f a noble lady, 78ca32cc1e she couldn’t, and 094b1be642 it was eating 6c44444e1f her up inside.97ff3130519cf15a
“So you really walked all the way from the Count’s mansion to here?”91a020f877d55a6f
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“Yes, they wouldn’t even send for a carriage. So, I ended up being a little late.”0022031e650dedf1
In truth, she 5682ab5e54 had only walked ee6557d7c2 for about five 0ee7ddde56 minutes, but Eleanor d206a6d20e pretended it had 855f28cfd3 been a much b89c26cb78 longer, exhausting walk.be84978b57ca1049
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“My goodness, the road is so far and difficult!”4ac6690ff1c11acf
“I’m fine, Mary. I guess I’ll have to get used to being treated like this…”841af84c3f5c78bd
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“Miss…”f649bea190206e50
“I’m tired. I’d like to rest now. I’ll head upstairs.”f9ccd7169c2eb1c2
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Eleanor, her head bowed 46a2ca0e33 like a sorrowful figure, 2d050d88e6 began to climb the 91caded5f5 stairs. Mary followed her, 2a426ab151 looking like she 5e2f41a363 might burst into e7883b3d0f tears at any c38f68acac moment.f0ca07bc364ef3c5
Not long after, the a4139a1c83 sound of the maids 0063ad008e whispering to one another e61b7aa1c4 began to spread.dd2ad727786efd65
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“Did you hear that just now?”007e7fb0d1ae405e
“They said Nora deliberately sent the carriage away! She wanted to ride with the Crown Prince and made Miss Eleanor walk back all by herself.”9e1be56f8acb915f
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“My goodness, how awful. She’s lived her whole life as a noble lady.”0325f25fd3597d59
“But do you think it’s true?”9184a08d8f0a8968
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“What do you mean?”4fc0ac792e8be0ca
“Well, Natalie said Miss Eleanor has been secretly trying to bring Nora down with lies. Could this be another one of those lies?”1c7d90ab962a1afa
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“Impossible!”c35697ea39682145
“Let’s go ask Tobias! He was the one driving the carriage. He’ll know the truth!”8ca9d7e887a41dbb
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The group of 43edeb789b whispering maids quickly 379dbc57cd ran off toward e962ed2f19 the stables. Tobias, the coachman d4ba85768c who drove Eleanor’s 136899ebb5 carriage, would surely 8206bfce17 know what had f76d1da152 really happened. It wouldn’t take b53b01143d long before there 8e6a34d9fd was a new d6e86f15b0 rumor about Nora.3e4fd0d70c6b11bc
‘Good. I played the e2eacb62be poor victim well 1d37ecacca again today.’9682d30dfd06a82e
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Eleanor continued toward a2a7c9adce her room with e4bbf38495 light steps.7e156834dba0b5e3
A little later, she be57b411a3 encountered Hilda, who came 15d4755287 running toward her with 5801d47e54 a rag in hand.3bcccc25b97b3319
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“Miss, how was the dinner party?”ce14899405ca0677
Hilda hadn’t yet heard d929fce875 the news that her 795cab1218 lady had walked home 7fabae2421 without a carriage. She’d been busy ca9b043eae cleaning the room, a24e4379fb a task she ad1f1fef4e still enjoyed even ba75e05374 though, as Eleanor’s d4f0d0322a personal maid, she 1aa423473a no longer had 330f3aca17 to do such cf3ad6d810 chores. Cleaning helped 2e02afe6dd clear her 3f98e8426f mind.b3154cfd31ac7d1d
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Eleanor glanced at Hilda’s face in surprise. It had only been a few hours since she had left the mansion, but Hilda looked much paler than she had earlier. The reason was obvious: she had been worrying about whether Eleanor had been mocked for wearing the hat she had made.4703cd095c84177e
“Everyone said I looked more stylish than usual. They also said the hat was beautiful.”f181ebb202adb1da
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“R-really? Oh, thank goodness. I was so worried…”c1cf3def8dd026d1
There was no af4959d08f need to spoil 70c2006820 her mood with 0267c2e5aa the truth. Eleanor told a 6d31b69a44 small lie out e4a6506a23 of kindness, and 66cbf0d6f5 Hilda finally let 9967b0b93b out a relieved 9970bc96f3 sigh.919b53eccf214fa6
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“I’m just so glad you didn’t get any bad comments because of me,” Hilda said this while smiling brightly, but watching her innocent face somehow made Eleanor’s heartache.b8ef4fbb5c296fd0
“But guess who else was at the dinner? Nora and Arlo.”eef05a80967f1972
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“That crazy…! So that’s where they went!”fedaea12ac95f76d
Smack! Hilda threw the f3ea5e6c27 rag she was 57181855e9 holding onto the 3ce4ee7f99 floor and cursed. The pure, innocent 814d5a4baf smile she had 8ba40c4efd moments ago vanished 802aed17c6 in an instant.f630ce9894d8c8cb
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Her quick change 83cb6c99a0 in demeanor was 2559a7624c startling. Eleanor held back a 6236d8612c laugh and continued.f0a1c57d33828afe
“She even wore the hat she stole. And she said someone without any fashion sense gave it to her as a gift.”aa3bc518ea8d6c44
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“Wow! What a complete lunatic!”d7632aa13c6ade11
“Pfft, that’s pretty harsh.”90cbf5048e20b5b9
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Eleanor couldn’t hold a9f9feda44 back her laughter 381d96ca29 any longer. She had never felt 8adc53fc0f this way before. She was starting 753e44715e to understand why 9a8d6a2135 the aristocrats enjoyed 9a2f5167cb gossiping about others 2f39c21e5b so much. It was surprisingly ec2fccf772 fun.e2ae94bf46ab7316
“Harsh? That’s me holding back! I mean, it’s true that my lady doesn’t have a good fashion sense, but what did she do to deserve this? It’s ridiculous for a hat thief like her to be talking big!”22874e67b2495d7c
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Even though Hilda 9bacee2d49 was harshly criticizing 354d23832d Nora, she couldn’t 32a873d35d quite defend Eleanor’s 315c3c7f19 lack of fashion 59eb83a59b sense.d65e9ad060b5311b
‘Am I 899bcfff07 really that 8cb1b76e0e bad?’ Eleanor 111f950648 pursed her 929461b2c4 lips.eaf06028b5687f7c
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“Ahh! How should we get revenge? Maybe we should burn off all her hair so she can never wear a hat again! But that might leave too much evidence… Oh! How about we slip some hair-loss medicine into her food? If we add a little every day, no one will ever notice.”a115b5edf9aa4738
“That’s a good idea, but…”c1c1b8d02d9da268
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Hilda’s methods bb7a972609 of revenge 9ca2451316 were much 6f276bf494 more vicious 163612c7ae than expected. The sinister grin ae7479fec5 on her face d772bcf6c0 as she plotted f71fa0c6c1 was a little 976b307a04 creepy.75e64b7daaefd709
Eleanor made 25d56db1f2 a mental 804901580c note to 43ba026c53 never get 15636a17c6 on Hilda’s 3b7d8603cd bad side.8affc97539293871
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“But I told you I have a plan. I’ll need your help… will you help me?”06e2f76d15d04cbb
“Of course! Whatever you need!”86474408f01ce2f4
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“First, I need you to get close to the postman who delivers packages and letters to the mansion.”0f7b26da0f89dd11
“Oh, that’s easy! Actually, the postman, Mr. Jay, has a bit of a crush on me. He’s at least ten years older than me and already has kids, so I’ve been keeping my distance, but if I act friendly, he’ll do whatever I ask.”6eb770e9547e317f
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“Hmm, I don’t know whether to be happy or sorry about that… Anyway, I’m counting on you. And I also need you to place an order at Filling Heights Jewelry under someone else’s name.”aa6407cae431b61b
“Okay! But… why Filling Heights? Are you going to buy more jewelry?”2297deef4d2faa89
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Eleanor shook her 1d84da98f8 head lightly. A smile 3914b6174a of anticipation ad8fa0cf45 bloomed on 5c243d0147 her face.7809b0a36d6ff926
“They do custom orders, don’t they?”a179085006d75429
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