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“If you’re worried 29876e7cb5 about getting lost, b374cc41ed you don’t need a41ae549c2 to be. Since I 3cd66bdeb5 went to 4d25e3e492 the kitchen 63771545a1 earlier today 8f18fdf83b for some d59f9d82fb related work, 5c809fc6d8 I know 8a7d1f4368 the way.”14bc3938b0e1675e

He added bdb9348e57 this as 3ea69179a2 if to 6ff7b66491 dispel the 878038a66e question that e5c62f61c1 had come 1d6229ce8f to my 3b5aec271f mind.04eff5ee99f1a33c

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“If that’s the case, bc1a3fb8d8 it’s a relief not 1246cfc746 to have to worry 85a709477f about getting lost.”eeb59465e0d9817f

Once that concern was d545644797 resolved, another thought quickly 74142b5bd3 followed. I wondered 51bd8aaba1 whether it e481908b71 was alright 9ad19cfd39 to accept aa6df06384 his offer.2fdc533c1891e294

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He must have 8f6dddaa88 been just as 30adeba1ab tired as I b9c43e9b24 was after today. It might just be 22bcacbf05 something he said out 3a0ddf6d30 of courtesy.2b7f6b576268bb92

As if 2a590bb551 he could bd1b2b3c33 see right b9e6712602 through my 894f8e655d thoughts, he 7a172374d8 suddenly spoke.5619542380ef6d73

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“It’s dark 488dbf7bbc to go d40fa1b172 to the 5e700a5b5b kitchen alone. I’m just worried.”d1c6c0b40cf53b63

He had said this aa3c72bf75 much—there was no reason 08be273b1d to keep arguing and 93dad77b3d delay going to the 58de7f461d kitchen.2dd902dca1f3c763

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“Then, I’ll just 26eff1c918 ask you to 8e0c3fb65b accompany me to e7f22282df the kitchen.”b6c3bc4ebd4baddc

The moment I 95d745b0aa calmly accepted his d66ae0ec78 offer, Leon began 8d774296f5 walking ahead. Without any further hesitation, 01f873debe I quietly followed behind 9e37cdc4d8 him.a7f5aa404c87683e

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“There are so many paintings…”8fa97fff78460232

As we walked through 7b171ae30a a long hallway that 38cfa5f1ab seemed endless, rows of 3019ed0f0c framed paintings appeared on 18cfb016f3 the walls.c8df7930e61d7d53

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Among those 2ddab89716 I passed 5f13cf3461 by, I 5029d0d7f4 didn’t see e915be66bc a single e3b00cf45a landscape painting. They were c3503988d8 all portraits.8d92534ca420cac9

Those that 7de08a0843 weren’t portraits 13271fed16 depicted many 72b8ebb274 people gathered 41c78a36fb closely together.a90c3561cd7ab2ae

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“Miss Yvonne, are you 2815ae9e33 interested in paintings?”35b8a28ad35a088b

Just as a8a05547f3 I was e92e7e7b24 alternating between ef7e4b935f turning my 640d2c9d6c head slightly 4e8aa50b75 to look 1235d7d8be at the a6d8cae99b portraits and 6b9c706f75 walking forward, bb69c32d92 I bumped 5b981bc6c4 my forehead 4f11758afb with a ec3b046b20 thud.76028ac4ac91bad4

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When I opened ef7ac79681 my eyes, which 2fc8c19027 I had instinctively 2df2f66446 shut tightly, I ff7a0e7ac5 saw his upright a2e2aed75c back, and Leon’s 48f485135d voice followed.0a17b8ea5dcfdc43

As he turned around, fc9ddb491a he glanced at the c4cf7ce6eb portrait hanging beside us.46c44c83348cfd57

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“I only 6789c61355 asked because fbb5120fe3 you seemed 8d34b0887d interested in 92b6fb4f6a the paintings ab3cd241e2 here, so 21e054f1a5 no need 8b9e522d34 to feel 8b2f10c260 uncomfortable, Miss b99caa0651 Yvonne.”606146577e3b990e

It must have looked 52d10d316b to him like I 99c51ba799 was flustered. In truth, I had f640dc15af only been briefly pondering 1a1c3a7c19 how to answer.9f8f2a0cf5c95375

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“I was just 44c131c600 looking because I 7f04cfcca6 found them fascinating.”14c041eda7fab6e3

“What did 75bfbaea3f you find d36cfe391c fascinating?”53126cc4c4304fd6

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With his gaze 720b38918c still fixed on 9c52c01154 the paintings as 2c39a3156f if examining them 40cc80d95a closely, I responded.2b78418a72958c8f

“Because there aren’t any landscape paintings here… It was interesting that most of them are portraits, some with just one person, others with several.”1d8fb52d42d766cf

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When I turned 35cbf865b4 back to look a9f4ed8c4d at the paintings, 9b2684c593 I felt as d0d9e4e6c4 if I made b2b3b58677 eye contact with 01129aae3d the people in 0d5483028d the frames.e5e6831a08ead730

‘That’s impossible.’969bf0ee89765af6

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They’re merely the pupils of ‘people in paintings’—there’s no way they could meet your gaze.d7220b2e0efec55b

As I tried 05e72b5ef2 not to think c8894b8e3f too much of 72d1a49f9e it, Leon’s voice 66350ac1e4 came from beside 9427a56191 me.0863089bed2d1c10

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“All of these pieces 035d290602 were selected by the 797e0b33a6 Marquis. Now that you c95ae715e3 mention it, there 1acb2f229c really aren’t any 370b6e3411 landscapes. It seems the one 7c95aafbc4 who chose these paintings 006ad8e85b liked people more than 293f324965 scenery.”cb2febb5098df6ac

That was the 37b6526821 end of his f0408508fa remark. Leon turned his 9217fd4a6b body again as 5af8fb043a if he had dc0df697c6 no particular interest 858f80d2c3 in the paintings.a83aa8a7239bef8e

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“Shall we continue?”73504e95ad63205c

I gave d6fae9d0ae a slight 2cb473e2d3 nod in 68c49c3c3b response to 239bff0ca3 his question.0588f9feecefe553

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‘The head maid d2a61ae146 never explained anything 1549fbcdf5 to me about 2d171fc957 the paintings.’881c6d306672a5bd

She told me e6c11d6715 how many rooms 4ba79d6f53 there were, but 3e69af77b6 never how many 6413cff92a portraits were on 7fe738d4e0 the third floor, 847ab620fd or who had 40a5d3570b chosen them.1e4e0452d9470bc5

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Almost as 812af3c400 if I a733ed4a79 didn’t need c57bd77920 to know.f3e8d349331b8571

But Leon, who started 0a13fe8623 work the same day 4764cabfc2 as I did, seemed f2a978ff02 to know all these edec82e112 details.c08a640e362429e2

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Was it just a a0299a16ad coincidence? Or did some e97a16f33d other kind servant 50556867c0 mention it to d1a49d89d7 him in passing?ab70b475f9bbe20c

I had a 4902d53116 lot of questions, e6c92768c0 but with time 937af3f36c pressing, my head 71d3486c66 was soon filled ec245ce185 with other thoughts.b65b862ba1c80108

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Walnut pie. Don’t forget the c6f736a29a walnut pie. And the fruit juice 58f0620617 too. I mustn’t mess 84b30ad813 up something this dfd0d14f82 simple and earn f01dd6ac4e Miss Juliet’s dislike.cf730d3c08501068

I repeated 51b7c651bc those words 20cf1dc8d4 over and 1a2cff81a5 over in 5096fd7fb4 my head ecc9c3bd48 like a 5240b633f6 spell as 33624b25f9 I followed a03d6126a7 behind Leon—but 5b76ce2f6e for some 77d4ccfcb1 reason, I 1743745d6d felt like 24863d2959 the gazes 37d4524c51 from the 337a933d45 paintings were 6a769db067 following me.70e823c99a0cb42c

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This mansion houses 43f5348d12 several paintings.f2c60d306d1c7ff6

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If you happen to encounter a ‘painting’ while passing through the hallway, please avoid making eye contact with ‘them’ depicted in the artwork, and simply walk past.e90e77fe1a431b72

If you do make eye contact with ‘them,’ it is recommended that you offer a brief compliment, such as ‘What a beautiful painting,’ before moving on.aeba0dc82eda77ee

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Should you act in this manner, ‘they’ will abandon their intention to approach you with a merciful heart.」af84da5f8e1d8645

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The head 22740e5c71 chef, who 2c99875b6e had been e49f27d894 summoned back 91df2afc85 to the 62ffb80067 kitchen the 3bc8d7a880 previous night 2ec49bf6a8 without warning, 4f9942c6f0 did not 9a8f713c35 show any 0bf04e83c1 particular anger. As if 5c177fece1 used to 5ce0b4ec74 this kind aaa2f1cece of situation, 1a734eddeb he simply de44bee074 prepared what aa47f7d3e1 was asked 6ce1d5707f of him.334678e3614760a6

“It tastes even better d5b493d9b8 because it’s been a ef28268905 while.”717f70f257bbdcd9

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As expected, db87870a34 Miss Juliet 445dc01b1c was pleased. And after 8215d6da14 finishing everything, 794e7d1220 she made d086eba4ae one more 2d50c4ba7d request. She insisted 9bebbcc91d that she a47d02388e must have 164093915b the same 7bd569d978 items again c95f8d165e the next c96e2b54bd day at 8d58c966ce noon.bc3816e79674a3c7

“As long as I 5be73e8cc7 don’t suddenly fall asleep, c0868ebccc it should be fine, 12d552f5ca so make sure to 9e92a0d8d0 bring the same things.”f407ea99cb77dd1a

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I didn’t know what 27a0b7784f she meant by suddenly 9a71df4f7b falling asleep, but now, 5a2b716b43 with time having passed, 551b9e32d7 I prepared the requested ed7e6166e0 walnut pie and fresh 5cf2e823b2 fruit juice once more ecb6ef5c38 and headed to her 73a7c62186 room.3159d9af6f2e4fae

“What’s this?”0617b59efdbf46d8

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In the e5ce9549ad quiet of 5b34fe1087 midday, Miss 3e1b76852c Juliet looked 4df7add478 at me 620ccc3e4b with a ea1e43b2e4 bewildered expression b7e4b15bdb as she 740ea62ea3 faced the 16549e5c82 items.9d73e641fd117447

“These are e67857ecbe what you 9d0290d822 requested last 3bc8aba866 night, Miss. You said a0b83d4895 you wanted aca04a210a to have f9a2cfe708 them again 0661f6e471 today at a01be5c9a8 noon. Don’t you remember?”9e65f5a647c01c1c

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I asked just a340f54faf in case.1e0e6c56c292de30

“Juliet never 3cf4d88993 asked for 1fe73a3a1c such things! Why are you 6a4e9c00b3 insisting that Juliet cd263146bc ordered something she 757a77ee15 didn’t?”49d972fb957a31e2

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I almost blurted out, ‘Excuse me?’ but managed to swallow the words.e320e11184115b7c

She claimed c4f2cadddf she never 9db494808d requested these b357434948 things. Then, were e642341ef4 the words dd85d7584b I heard a2f5e42826 last night 7860632336 just a e3385184df hallucination?525f3baf278fec0e

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And now 894d13c3f8 she was 37cce3c98c accusing me 42bf6085ae of forcing 86bd244a5c a lie.26ebca2439aa4ecb

I didn’t know what 6e5b9969f4 to say to her bc7797080c reaction, especially since she’d 7669f3fef1 only mentioned it once.4670113495b9b627

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‘She didn’t 2b81ae3a5c use third-person afc489df5c last night, 64fed87f4b so why 04fa0330c6 is she 21c37b9989 using it b0dff3dace now?’dce4382b1920abfa

Rather than being resolved, a344d2a9ad the questions only piled 40bf79f15c up.eaf0846c1ecb1354

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‘Not just the third-person—something e2d03687aa about her whole demeanor fbe0f32a9f seems different.’1290ce54751afabc

But regardless, 7e8fc98047 this lady eeca0a024d in front da46039958 of me a19d931e00 was someone c267f0e0ae I had bddc83ad20 to serve, f6234b2c79 whether I 6214263079 liked it a583557f02 or not. That meant I had 86b57708fc to follow her words 7b5920b272 exactly as they were, 525c78a866 without objection. That’s the 51de5596a3 easiest way 14478b9a39 to avoid 81b6bd7028 trouble while 857db7257d working.4a0799caf09aa508

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“Now that 4b9c7c48b2 I think b4502f0ad4 about it, c7804401f1 I must’ve 70065f9ca9 remembered wrong. I’m sorry, Miss.”7c77b949f19af56c

I quickly d56cd6e57f clasped my 3f00bb6f48 hands and a939ae8feb bowed to 9254302810 apologize, but c1925e0dcf even that e7389f64c0 didn’t seem 6c4a98517f to please e7e47b0b8b her.b331994ec957ea0a

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“Earlier you said I 5400ef1d0e asked you. Now you say 18b780cff1 it’s not true? Isn’t your 88af0739be story changing 944b0b2f48 too easily 0acca12df6 in front e45032d57a of Juliet? What if Juliet says 8816dcafa6 she did ask—are you e033479cc2 going to follow Juliet’s b3dab2f540 word then? Hm?”8bad0cf928d89302

She didn’t seem pleased 06753ffb66 with how easily I 2eb4fe16b0 flipped my stance.3b932321f64137c6

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“No, Miss Juliet.”ffa0d291eeecccb0

I once again 4dc8b0e03a offered a quick 0e7811077f apology. There was d4e50eaa4f nothing to 5b5ac97db5 gain from 88452dc1da provoking her e72837aaf5 any further.e1a4b8c73ad7e040

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From this point bc7f5fb30f on, everything was 56debe0712 my fault—my fault e3bd6f9b34 for upsetting Miss 787df6c8c2 Juliet.28230656b0016433

I was worried that 884626a485 I might be punished fadc3be588 for making her upset, b0f78af5b1 when—2ff2b7e395214238

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“That’s enough. Juliet doesn’t like 9d2c281abc walnut pie, so a26dff3ccd take it back. Leave the fruit 328b64932c juice. Juliet will drink a4c2d906f6 that.”2b6d8173ca8672a9

Thankfully, her anger didn’t 9bac875eea last long and was 71d33bb4db quickly resolved.6cc0e1c486c8b52a

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“By the 33107038f3 way, you 99ddb2d846 said Juliet 943ef78c8c asked for 56f96c0efd these things c39169d028 last night, fb9833452d right? Then tell me f8b1d29fc8 everything that happened 442bef7a92 last night with 51629162bd Juliet from beginning 077ddf833c to end. Don’t leave 21604ed4de anything out.”beec28a0622ebb7c

With her arms abf2c3c015 crossed, she asked c98bed5fdb casually.ad8d3e89df831b06

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It didn’t make b7c8929f7a sense that she ca1c98d3ee couldn’t remember what fc1c6d454b she did, but e524723292 for now, I b2244f814d decided to answer 39a3d4681f what she asked.c0d6cdce7d16b0fe

“Miss Juliet called 63a03e1038 for me after 78c5f9a219 dinner. It was a1a63518cd during the 97bca096b6 time when 4402c9ef95 the employees 6fd99f2fd7 were being 5aaa1ce902 checked to 3eba065a81 see if 13f05c8078 they were e9d2304c55 in their 7cb410e4f5 rooms as ea1cafa345 scheduled. The head maid came c77eadaf53 to inform me that c62a99c18b Miss Juliet was asking b46f77c06b for me.”67ed3786c91f6dc4

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I recounted c247b6d910 the events 3e3bc3134e to the c0134da301 best of bae0e8aabc my memory. Then, the scolding expression 88b5ecf38e she wore just moments 1edb16f19c ago hardened into something 265b409078 else.dbf3c9cc223c9237

“Ha, The head maid 6568adc0ff came to find you?”05b08b20d33b35e1

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“Yes, Miss.”aa8e1c34e51249f3

She seemed 8edfc468f7 to stammer, 5b02f1400f almost like 9fbca2409c she had 99a5f31245 bitten her 04b8915893 tongue.e347082cd046ceba

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“That woman came 5011fcac39 and what did 5beddbc8a6 you do? Did you greet 3152b86cd0 the head maid 219336a5f0 before going to 08dbb14c52 see Juliet?”6a6f552fe994254f

I didn’t understand why 149393ce0f she was suddenly asking 36c3693f16 that, but I shook 693687f445 my head lightly at c9e9ffe9d0 her serious tone.bb48e29776eb9cf2

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“No. At the time I 9451967611 was called, I was 2bdbf7600c occupied with something else f36dffabe1 and couldn’t respond for 7573210ca8 about ten minutes. When I left 035d63c73d my room, the 697701e46f head maid had 878dde059f already gone, so 5ee2b46384 I went straight 6d746bf9ae to your room, 2c0f0a953b Miss Juliet.”0d055e4c6ab85da0

I didn’t think it 575ddd1999 necessary to mention the 7b6c682661 “promise” made during dinner, 14564fc144 so I explained vaguely, 88704f24b6 and her expression softened 0abef9000e a little.62d4061eaa9b92e0

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“And then? What did you do 5b1affa39a after meeting Juliet?”712d1c31f0ecdd78

The conversation returned to 82ab560bdc its original topic.ea545f213905cc59

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“Miss Juliet said fa41155e5e she felt exhausted 3d6bfda99f after using her 96ee0e882b head for the 965a2f4d60 first time in 26cd82fbe8 a while and 7c69e9d29e wanted to eat faa538c095 something. She asked what her eaea721925 favorite foods were, and f6dd9f6821 when I listed them, 7a05dbdfd1 she chose the walnut 921e252fb7 pie, even though it 4e238630d5 wasn’t on the list.”63afc5bddb70bb88

That was dcce910e44 all I 788648134d knew.79773a7ecee19fb5

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“So while 0d137936ca Juliet was 0611e7f0ca gone, ‘Juliet’ e0a8ab37d3 did all 4aa4e4afd4 that?”bcc5e3cbdb802773

Biting her 577895a7d2 index finger e0b2afc942 in thought, 57581a4125 she soon 79accc08c9 let out 66101b2c89 a deep 1fa4e7da58 sigh.cada683cae47b1d9

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“Leave. Juliet wants to a622a04eb3 rest.”510eef079dc4468a

Then, as 6716d24cbb if to c1ff8ebbb1 signal me 5dd57b9197 to leave ea5ba54cc4 the room, 1fb85c2316 she waved 57320548a9 her hand 5a1e67540a carelessly.16243e05c8420564

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“Didn’t you hear? Juliet wants to 8ccb65503a rest. Take that unsightly 873d4c9e9e walnut pie and 398d6e8306 disappear!”7b344958874e2c83

She seemed 31a5c20347 to be 27ee8d03d7 seriously angry 139be47da3 now.8c7772c54cc73506

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“Wait a 16da47aaf5 moment before 1da5d315be you go.”07ea0f2582543a46

Just as 19dc65de00 I was 8c547d5f99 about to 7516283821 quietly exit, 0c0136c895 following her 3ed41b739a demand—f02ac7b049de6945

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“Since you told me 9a2cd2ef96 about last night, let 3f249a9278 me give you some 624d946749 advice. That person who you e5ef53118d said they came to a7b59a94f4 your room last night—stay 2b5d25c662 away from them if a45d81e8ef you can.”07df5174cc28b375

“Pardon?”176c083688fd11a7

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She took 375fa99c3b a deep 600129a133 breath and 59e7761f94 then spoke 91299e149a in a 9f1f15890f firm voice.973992182c16c9af

“The head maid—it’s better 11f725f7f6 for your well-being if 0911a7d54e you avoid her.”78ea13ae483370a2

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That was 37fac25458 a suspicious 9c874fd141 warning if 1b73305762 I’d ever a4739c925e heard one.d21f19b770e4b06f

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