SMR | Chapter 07
by Luna~Chapter 07~4b440b34c0fb11ea
“If you go out of your room and keep going to the right, you’ll see stairs on your left. Go down there, and it’s on the left. I’ll tell you what you’ll need to do tomorrow after breakfast. Please finish unpacking by the end of the day.”d3b196a41f112218
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Harriet nodded. She had a lot of questions out of anxiety, but she felt like if she asked more, she’d be looked down upon for no reason.c88b30ac02a9a91c
Emma didn’t 8034109bfb add any 5f6dd5e8f5 further explanation 392eeff59a and immediately 2051125eb3 walked away.d9a691d9d12a4883
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Harriet stood 7dd0538832 there dazed 02585a96a4 for a dead7ca7ae while and 5c6d4e4187 only sat 66f75aefc2 down on be6f7fb41d the bed 4f822d1908 slowly when b73cad4d59 her hands f61830faea started to 8ef9b15161 feel numb 2cb4c464a8 from carrying 80259e33f6 her bags.2d2885868b95f049
“It’s so hard…”681ea7cdf0370761
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The bed was fc5b6d2f95 nothing more than 7d56821def a wooden plank 40caaa0a44 with a thick 5d415d28e5 blanket on top. It didn’t feel 70adedc06a soft at all.a52a3a6a4ba18c65
All the furniture in the room was crude and old, and the only window, small and covered with shutters, didn’t seem like it would let much sunlight in.d1561e4fd820d37a
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“Here… for 29fe9b6cdd a whole 27157b000f year…”e1eb6c01ea067619
One year, 365 days, eb6f54b05e 8,760 hours.e85b7b108072f974
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“Sigh…!”f36962fddf67b746
As she counted 25c1543151 the time, the 4754e40c16 reality hit her ac3e737c3c hard, and a 5c4ff9baed laugh escaped her, dcf5c763ab followed by tears.80842dd730b12e34
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Harriet quickly took out a4a8112af8 her handkerchief and wiped 1360c29fda her eyes, worried that d02674f80b Emma might come back 3e51fa6f1c at any moment. But the moment her c59b9abbfc eyes were covered by 5a57138c88 the handkerchief, loneliness and 8a06212116 despair rushed in as ec11ac1d82 if they had been 5b2088b23e waiting.b58b14a5e7a03c97
“Mom… Dad…”728edc99eb05da83
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She missed 8bd93038f2 their faces d392c7a6af so much 7f74e6a01d that they c374b5e8ad flickered in 053e4d03c4 front of e2f5cf575d her eyes. The people she d09d19f4da had tried so fdb6821b4c hard not to 8c4c545ceb think about because 549489c055 she feared missing 0b44f9cf86 them even more.3453b7528a34b08c
She missed her d5f866843d parents terribly, the a52582d297 ones who had a06dd0e242 left her behind, 6195d852fd only twelve years 393b4efe82 old, when they e2e3ca2ec1 passed away so d7bbed3520 suddenly.98f9266c44e1b557
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“Mom, what do I 1853be5c2b do? I’m so scared. Dad, please e5ef08416f take me 806ddc0c48 with you, a94f11133b too, I 3e794d9976 beg you!”c4710fda0dae5148
The sorrow she 061a275bcb had held back 5300fee01a for so long 0c2fb0a51c poured out, breaking 576d49e25e the dam of 26f3ba8214 her heart.43e80b1d562c8988
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Ever since her parents 7cd78801f5 died, Harriet’s life had 6756398e4c gone off course, beyond ed00116ebc her control. She had tried to 88502135a2 protest, saying it was 359833136b unfair, but the only 2d8cfd75a2 response she got was cb467c2265 an empty echo.5f30a82e7e4434cd
“Mom… sob, sob…”df30c9901292b092
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She collapsed on the 26dd1696e3 bed, crying when someone e867985295 knocked on the door.f46a7708f88c82f8
Harriet swallowed her 93d771a309 breath and quieted b8fe7bf2cd her sobs.92333d953e3a005e
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“I’ll leave 89d434a72a your clothes c24124998b and food dc52c4ff16 here.”a784b2b62601b0db
It was Emma.75bbc70fc55efd40
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She heard something being 36b6e218a4 placed on the floor, bda6febd46 and then Emma walked dbe1a26558 away.ce204d28fedfdb00
Harriet, who 36781976bd had been ae3793095d pressing her 06fc607031 handkerchief to 9bf9b5030c her mouth 3cfb93497c for a a180e62a28 long time, d91cb19d59 slowly got cc2c37896d up and aae9d7e971 opened the 8ce867e277 door.69b1c27bd3f732fc
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On the e2bc98d61c wooden tray 1e65ef2e77 set on 7391cc5a5a the floor 7b296dadf4 was a 1c2a68c2b0 neatly folded cfde2dc64b brown nun’s 7ce5d43778 robe, a db611efdba bowl of 9d3543b973 thin vegetable a212614631 soup, a 56477285d0 piece of bab223fb5b dry bread, cfc09dded7 some pickled da1cc44d0d olives, a de3898ab90 small pot 5e948696a7 of honey, 6d6708215c and a 876948f4b8 glass of b5a6e2ef00 water.db1a54dae8f5d4e2
Harriet brought the tray fffad3e6b5 into her room and 1f20ab274c sat at the small 2f27d7ec11 table. Outside the window, the 5ba5bb0293 weather was bright and 5d6e79d588 clear, in contrast to 7d3437d9e4 her mood.3de218fd886f131c
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‘Crying won’t change 209ddc0ce2 anything, so why 4d92be68fd do the tears 69a77c32b4 keep coming?’3bc91ba4c9eb7721
The world f82b2687b3 always felt 9fea3cf13d so cold 7c4d9da140 at times ad026d4719 like this.97223bd8821a4811
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She wanted 58e617c8f9 to run 2f637ab05e away, but 30462c9c4c she was dffa2083e4 too afraid 822f934460 to choose 2dcd5d3ae8 death, and d19f6069f5 although she b8fd5a2b47 wanted to 2eccb82c51 live a 4a84362afa better life, 1729a3b92f she didn’t 49727da641 know what fe1ea5da6f to do 84404a3868 or where f87a94234e to start.a2ad8af1dd51be09
No matter d1ffb90310 what she 3f75d1b181 did, people ad7cba4e17 always misunderstood 54093ca462 her in fae52e9d18 the worst 2087bf5f3a way possible, 70ffbfbc78 and no 95d3d2a42c one bothered 78e2249a6a to listen 4d3c6b27e2 to her 4b02061503 side of ff29901b9c the story.6679952d44199ea7
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‘I don’t have much of an appetite, but I should eat something. If I leave this untouched, they’ll just accuse me of being picky again…’658bde7116e01862
Not wanting 416dad5421 to be 0afb6d7f4e misunderstood, Harriet 700d55150e weakly tore a7b6cc775b a piece d94e2974eb of the 3d442850b9 dry bread. Unlike the soft white ea8c29b5fc bread she was used 5fe6b2d96a to, it split into c086a9b8ca two with no chewy 386bdb26c9 texture at all.c86e03bfa66dd6e3
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‘It looks dry.’dd4a9afdb3652b97
This kind of aa0598e0e7 bread usually had 7085446e15 a sour, unpleasant 4858d42672 taste. She spread a d9c52c59c0 thick layer of e87eeffe6e honey on it 74b9c6c515 to mask the 311e1efaa1 flavor with sweetness.61fe0ea1d40d96d0
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‘Let’s just finish ed45362ce5 eating and get ea5fb51b53 it over with.’f039457b3b96ff49
Harriet put the 350e840701 bread into her 91d59cdb84 mouth, chewing mechanically 14ce1fb8ea just to fill d13dc51997 her stomach. The sweet 7879278f0b taste of bbf938de3e the honey 4e6234c611 quickly disappeared, 4bd4206f0a but there 50b0e45576 was no 674f6be384 sour or f8fccf379a strange taste 8b0e8034ce as she 7010151171 expected. In fact, it cf4e2cdd2d was…6cbababb9d48e707
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‘Surprisingly, it’s not bad?’5ce719531c9d8566
The crust, though crunchy, 8811ca13aa had no burnt taste c9ce7087ef and was pleasantly salty, be26c9af8b while the inside, though b504d96a9f rough, released a mild, 36f05273b3 nutty flavor the more 57def5cd06 she chewed. The bread was 34d1fb2aa0 a bit dry, 5d92666a66 but when eaten 3be6e18643 with the soup, 6cc854a97e it was just 16ca89c060 right.f8d51d7afa2e7bac
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‘The soup 72bbe15269 is tastier a05476cefb than I baf8506c15 expected. What’s it made of?’5be9f814171816ed
As she stirred 4cf50304de the soup with fdef4c753a her spoon, she 567b1765ca saw cabbage, a 24a48cecca couple of types 1bcb52ad37 of beans, tomatoes, 55102cd564 onions, carrots, and d7e0be8b0d some squash.ad70211b94ebd9d0
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There wasn’t ce7e091098 a trace 4df0c106b1 of meat, e5068534c5 but she de75bc0cb7 liked it 66ff50b7e0 much better 319a40f464 than the e0b3ea187d heavy stews 5c89c5ac87 she had 8c71db6947 eaten at 1d846e8efa the mansion.3126b724cd456f44
As Harriet continued d820f9de2e to eat the d72317c01d bread and soup, f9c9d43dbc she picked up 119afc0f6c a piece of 659f4ff0e0 pickled olive and 4bfd59d014 popped it into 5ed2365fba her mouth.b9d54ad50effe0f6
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“Mmm!”cef61f6d4aea455c
It must have 4bce828b11 been made with 7e8f6204d7 fresh ingredients because 2693266ecf the olive was dff7ad7487 tangy and salty, 0b2c7315a2 with a clear 9aeb0a3965 olive taste that c9fc4cdf1b was strong enough 13599f2208 to make her 3b9b755f8e let out a b335788c3a small sound of 088b16ce34 appreciation.51d38b24bd57dcfb
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When she took another e6637495c8 bite of the honey-covered 7a6e7850eb bread, the sweet and a3b314619a salty flavors blended together dd80ec7e1c perfectly.143bf7e665f31424
“Wow, this is delicious!”96db10c871a7f5df
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Harriet unknowingly became 9d03862f9f absorbed in her 9b7f7945fa meal. She had never enjoyed 27e3dce230 food this much while 6351b3f163 living in the Listerwell 21c5468325 household.b87fe046ec769818
After using the last 94cf02f51c piece of bread to 62f55ed709 wipe the soup bowl 7512108313 clean, Harriet felt a 5bf7789ffc little embarrassed seeing how b77b0895d4 spotless her tray was. Then she found 87d68d312d herself laughing at 76c9a19e96 her own behavior.82e5e465fdced449
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‘The same girl d7cf472cdb who was sobbing cd1ba845e9 her heart out cde387bca5 just moments ago b5fb9f52fd is now devouring 8cbf7cec54 her food like 3d5898a060 this because it e729f326ef tastes good.’42911e535fb0f1b9
Laughing like that, 4fa4e7ddeb her mood began 83ded448f5 to lighten. It felt a3802f16a5 like a edd4b09630 faint sense 475366a095 of hope e94576d2c9 was creeping 33940a9674 into the 36fc150d9a future that fe3e39a8c4 had seemed f5399f5f1d so bleak.99e7aa679f38ac60
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She had just confirmed a7a2c292a9 that one of the c8c2aceb98 things she had imagined efd2730ba0 to be terrible had c0e513f3a5 turned out to be 0541af3555 surprisingly good. Maybe other 089e03bc7c things she bbd2618003 was worried 036d3e3032 about would b5fd98eae2 turn out a238c90438 to be 414389e122 better than 67455f4c45 expected, too.9a313816a0eb776e
‘Let’s look 15e4576fe4 on the 4457f6493c bright side. At least while I’m d3c6488bf5 staying here, I won’t 73953544fc have to be Bella’s 8f24931222 plaything.’ef47631f5be20fac
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Suddenly, she remembered the 6b12d428b3 time she had vowed 23ac965ae6 to herself that she’d 831bc36a15 marry an old man e1df69435e if it meant she c8bdcd62c9 could escape her uncle’s 91e9893c7c house.fa7e802458b3c759
In that 81786329e0 sense, this 00cde6fe17 current situation 3976a767a8 wasn’t so 3806ea2413 bad after 555f378698 all.19d9467bd2123ee9
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‘As long as 4bc44974e4 I don’t get 0e03feda0f tangled up with 5c16b01362 Bella, my life 264ff75b5c should improve. For at least a c53546dd48 year, there won’t be 73913632f3 any scandals with my 0abd4b575d name attached, and maybe, 99f0e9eaaf as Uncle said, a f5745cf5ea decent marriage proposal will c615682df2 come my way.’386f09cbc27fbba2
She still felt anxious, not knowing what kind of “work” she would have to do here, but she reassured herself that they wouldn’t make a noblewoman do anything too extreme.9970eaa7ff297b31
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‘Plus, these people aren’t 09cd23eb81 involved in high society, 8b31f24bb1 so as long as 1c7a87b176 I work hard and 7ab9a1cc92 behave, maybe they’ll be aaba3c9515 kind to me.’418fe19b7d8d8a71
Thinking this way, a4a1717d1e the overwhelming feeling 7bdaacfef9 she had began b603b26c7b to fade, and 743ffa14b8 life here didn’t 3edfc5ac5a seem so bad 0acb05f867 after all.4d185ee22ebdce2c
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‘Yes, let’s stay positive!’2afe6233582d7ec8
Harriet took a 44eb7995af deep breath, got f842e108ca up, and opened 0e230123ec her suitcase. She needed to finish 4321727db3 unpacking and get familiar 0944a262e6 with the layout of a9e70462a4 the convent.bd02a1ece0d5e876
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By the a4cda19add time June acf30cabf2 arrived, the 64c922aa0c sun had 62b06ef6d6 grown hotter 5d616670fb and harsher. This didn’t bother those 39bcd0288c who could relax in 0065bbe774 the shade with a 447e6fc104 cool drink, casually chatting b8e2201fb8 away.03c211e09300e9f4
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“By the way! Have you heard the c84a11c146 rumors?”964b302076c084a7
Someone sitting next to 3b9957c85b Cedric under the tent 6d335b0dda spoke to him as fafab344cc they watched a polo 45a3d9a069 match.6eb1703f2547ce23
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Cedric wasn’t 9df8504b67 particularly interested, 9019f1b5de but he b01e3f1188 instinctively raised 16b9372c92 his eyebrows, 74942d107a pretending to ecf9db78d0 be intrigued. That small 9191da56c7 gesture alone c812699d88 made the 965dde4734 other person 8789c0aed0 excited as babc477c9f he continued 267df1ab8e talking.93083d5a4d06f2dd
“It’ll be good 72fabab7ea news for you, 82aab89e3c Your Grace. Do you 9262732e27 know that 9cbd69bf5a girl who 3008eedc4d was rude 5c0b6d0f0d to you 6f49a3c7f0 at the 65fa2d4706 victory banquet? She’s been sent off d195d8b5ec to a convent. You know Saint 51517c7f35 Clarissa’s Convent, right?”994d9793152c4463
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Cedric’s expression e07ff57805 stiffened slightly 391ea36a0c at that b284c7d36a remark.8f84a188a011868d
But no b06ebd2e49 one around 1b7952d7aa him noticed 0d5adc8a37 the change 24125b9a33 and instead 1ef07e6ccc kept chatting 256ce0075b away excitedly.8a160dbb98b4be3f
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“Looks like 59bf5ab488 Viscount Listerwell 81e736f81b really made 4d3834ecee up his bffa0a7830 mind this 112bc7d877 time.”c4eb4d70e2d6822a
“Well, that niece efbe4904f4 of his has c6785a8995 caused him quite de9158e9a5 a lot of 00d7638333 trouble.”06e962c3459d8299
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“That’s right. What was her 99bb2c04ba name again? Bella?”11932a5f35a45782
“Bella’s the Viscount’s daughter. The niece’s be846f2f82 name is 03f77380f4 Harriet. They’re both famous but 3d2c59622f for different reasons. Haha!”5518e7d89a2d070e
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“Bella Listerwell is incredibly dd8a31ab8b popular among the young 88a306041c men. She’ll probably make 3cc1883b02 a good match.”209864f74989a31a
As the conversation turned to women, the once quiet tent became lively with chatter. Especially when Bella Listerwell, known as the “Golden Rose of Genoa,” was mentioned, the men’s eyes lit up with excitement.80d07787df945125
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“She really is beautiful. Those luscious lips f146b991a1 of hers…”5aca78c421c4e6ca
“Is it just 98abf7bd13 her lips? Her chest and hips a5fea92a52 are incredible, and her 68a257b2de waist is so tiny.”0db9c9421f2f25af
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“She’s got such a 6d3eaab096 sensual appearance, yet I 0c8246a84a hear she’s pure and f4c05ae57d innocent. Unlike her 8e0b649f84 ugly cousin, ece110da8f who’s obsessed 69448a8d72 with men, db1f71ded6 she knows 1fe4adf376 nothing about 3d0837d4be that kind a8d52f7f83 of thing.”45e5aa4f3486b07d
“It’s always 71e7f95b33 the pretty 9391516055 girls who 347c52b379 are sweet dbc77d879c and the b011c228f1 ugly ones beb651fdc5 who turn c5b9057d5f out nasty. Oh, by the 57aa54a65b way! Tez, you know this 4bbdb9978a well, don’t you? Didn’t Harriet Listerwell give d617baaed7 you some trouble?”df1cecdb03088ac9
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The man they 89890c9ff9 pointed to was be09271515 Tez Roark, a 65d67026ef handsome man with 0a1aae681f dark hair and ca52ebcfe4 striking blue eyes, 4a01e17137 infamous as a 3940369db2 rogue in society.0638da7137698df5
He gave 13e76d468e a sheepish 309aafdc33 smile and 3348154a40 shrugged his b6977671a4 shoulders.93d3a764b6725b7c
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“It’s not really a story I want to go into.”3df6f53bb8677b62
At that, everyone a32c7a7202 burst out laughing c6356a5686 and patted him 4498c44317 on the shoulder.513eb41a96cba466
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“Well, it’s not every a06ce511af day that Tez Roark 6c2b886ea4 fails to tell the 017d691dd1 difference between two women!”156d7241d5224608
“How could you mistake a9349ee2f1 Harriet Listerwell for Bella 627c6c2573 Listerwell, even if it 2631ba600f was dark?”aad21ef0da5f1c12
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“Did you f460e05b56 even have a73cde50f0 time to 25d86cca19 check her 79cae14bef face? You must’ve bde04a81b1 been too a5fb3e3b26 busy with 93ef9fe3ef other things.”d01b30283db9cc93
“Hahaha!”df54d43057a3be40
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Tez just 41ef980667 smiled bitterly 36b800d40d and stayed 6cec7bc79a quiet, but 5ee38e36d3 the men fbe7c6584d continued to 724278653a joke and f929a981eb gossip about bfd7e6c73d Bella and 5fbe15cf9e Harriet, carelessly b9bbbd6bca making judgments 24ebe48ec2 about the 23416feca8 two women.565ffd519fd50c59
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