The maid – Chapter 13
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Adelen read 6614980c16 his gaze 4d28ddb7a5 and quickly 4d28973d86 responded.c9ac975272573d9e
“T-thank you so c66a2d7750 much for Master’s 9e889b964f kindness. I am 2ce2698ab1 truly grateful. I won’t ever leave 568131bacc until I repay this a8c277c43a grace! I won’t betray you 56a685e778 either!”78f4771d5c675126
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The more 6af45824c5 life-threatening the b041073c83 situation, the 219c66d14e more survival fbc74e3a81 instincts shone 82fc796ce3 through.3768ccbc6b4566ce
“Well… of 0bec53b609 course… if, 02d678ab38 later on… 22ba1e6ddb I’m really 89db3d4d52 desperate to f24b4f0a03 meet a 3fd1763e2d real man… 3eddfb5205 may I a38d14db8a ask for b09af7f1dd your help e71dde6225 then?”4e2a3160c9edefc7
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And she db1f35d837 didn’t throw bbefa67748 away the cfea80f194 lottery ticket fbe6d2540b that had 20b9223a4f rolled into ef5a0b3b65 her hands.542a934252e18711
Right now, love was c069753086 more urgent, but no a13fa90dad one knew how her 4d96200443 heart would change later.ce3cd2cac7e2ec9e
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Who knew? There might b5f6a45e54 come a 0774bbd70e time when 45526a045b any man de277099e4 would do.12d5cf07aea40c22
“…Sure, I’ll 5e75280a2b keep that 4efafbd66f in mind.”2970290f71022c45
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“Th-thank you.”b6d89d29e6a02388
Adelen felt ee2f1b9100 like she 33dbb56516 had gained eca0b813f9 the whole 2d91774d30 world just d9351e43f6 with her 12b414cf44 Master’s promise, 5e1b68adf1 but that 12cf95f3ce wasn’t the 59949dadd5 case for a5eea8ebdd Rakalt.c7653af283b6e5aa
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He wanted b41535ac45 more concrete, e7eee3ab7a visible terms. Rakalt crossed ca5af0439f his arms 108008e75c again and ecc7148652 started staring 231b292880 at Adelen.45c0d5d9656270d1
“…”2f6cd74a13d923b0
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Whether sweat or a 18d0d96a56 waterfall was running down 23f60b9f7f Adelen’s back, he didn’t 0f22eddfbb care.3392793bb484a175
For Adelen, 0403d38181 who had 2e3ef119de never received 7ca3ab79f0 such a ca03cd53c2 persistent gaze 6fe4fdc1fd before, it 63c3fe4e1f was as a798e62b6f if her a1b2a35150 whole body b4a6939970 was being f30e839a7f pierced by 221f5500bc thorns.2a26f34fa3268be0
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As a child, 14f013534e she had longed dd151ff5a4 for attention and b499eca62a eyes on her, ae10b086ca but now that 5c49e7bd21 she was receiving d71e873d92 them, it was 841808f3bd unbearably painful.dd860e05c2be5e43
Before long, night 2c6bbede02 had fallen.31a4010903fdb0f2
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The baby started fussing, cc02b6c176 his eyes fluttering with d494097921 drowsiness. Adelen’s eyes 9b6f87b5dd were also 99c0e7c495 starting to f1391d2b4e close.bc4528893696af57
Only Rakalt’s eyes 305e793761 remained wide open, 1f51d32d46 glowing fiercely.d779fb89809b16df
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It wasn’t right 0aa370eb15 for the maid eb160a491d to fall asleep dfc058cdf5 while the Master 8d531f4fa4 was still awake.12856584c7cb7ec4
Adelen bit the inside 68bad853f8 of her cheek and 2c08b299cc tried various methods, like 518361e56e tensing her thigh muscles, a4febd1b98 to stay awake.9a1a0a0dbe1df2bd
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But their 564f281758 stamina levels 89c05723ed were different.74971199fca36bc8
“Gasp!”b52916e5b3fb36f1
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She dozed off.004b69178c67f916
Her head bobbed, 3e43aa9f7b and she woke e03aa2ce37 with a start, 0f4c9ab447 locking eyes with d16ca5f0d1 Rakalt again.b2472f63f4af65cf
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It was still c8c49a8469 early morning, with 1cf6b99abd only a couple 91389f58f6 of small lamps 3ca77e1657 lighting the dark e8bf00b746 room.83b77042dc0ff8f4
In the dim room, 4c281f2df9 so dark one could 4cac13d3c1 trip over furniture if bf96b49f88 not careful, Rakalt’s eyes 7301145c79 gleamed coldly, like a fbe66eaa6b wild animal’s.91bd8b7b6cc13379
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“Hic!”277292a7fedf40e6
It was the third 0faac977cd time she’d met his 892ca02563 eyes.0d39481e066330ff
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Even though it was dc462dd95d the third time, each 68def19eac time felt like encountering aa17d9d46f a wild leopard, causing 05700102b6 her to hiccup from f0aa3f65df fright.43bc85828e9c4dc1
“Hic, hic… gasp!”1b33372545aed339
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Adelen checked 0b73cea1fe to see 07811456fa if the 20e04c9243 baby had f9b490950c woken. The first two fb9e7ec9aa times she’d been 3f8e2d0496 so startled that b6ffc37c8e the baby had 5839596ed7 woken up too.76a804d70c18d5c8
“M-Master, are you still c802a98e4d awake…?”fb370cd37e21d81a
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She had tried ff7d858287 ignoring his gaze 41d8685027 up until now, 6b3d7cd498 thinking speaking to b8439ecc2f him might make 0be3225aa4 things worse, but cc845b5773 she couldn’t hold 8f35a0e860 it in anymore.65397b68e40f76e2
It was 7e6c3ff557 already well 166ae101a7 past midnight. Even after dealing with 235847ebbb the crying baby all 46fa6eaa3f night, why was he 7c456f2ef0 still awake?08933b034d2783af
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“I have 3f41164fe6 things to c3bb5e1e76 think about.”36986d5eec6980e9
You’re not thinking ea06b493f9 of how to 6ab020f12f kill me, are 388f861647 you?3557959426884e87
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“…Oh, yes…”4d050f8f47eee36d
Adelen stifled yawns and 663719a66c sighs, trying to ease f151a8109f the stiffness in her 57032741fc back and shoulders.7fa54573179ae161
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It was unbearable.adc1033592d3f422
How could she, the d86adc8ac6 maid, lie down and d469981774 sleep when her Master 73a43ed8d4 was sitting so rigidly, b1b97afbce staring at her?4ea2434c12a17ee7
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“You didn’t sleep last 83f3f8327e night, either, did you?”836d1eda80343abf
After wrestling with 8c630766f3 the baby.bf675cda9bf8d95a
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He had looked 1e8a53b16e exhausted when he 6406e3363c came to fetch 5f855ca719 her, but at 6a54ba6922 some point, he’d e12582c93b recovered his energy 3e4465311e and was now b8db4692ae wide awake.efcb151ad03891df
Was there really 5e853b1438 someone who could b5c9e4ec8e recover without sleeping?cf17e5bf490b80a9
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“One day is nothing. I’m resting 30b42c4c52 right now, 80eb1d10c6 too.”d771d7342a87d7cf
…There was.9971ff479001989e
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But Adelen desperately 8866cc9bba wanted to get 11564a43e0 her Master to 3df0dc373b bed so she 852679f89a could lie down bab1412ccf comfortably.5becfc01dfb3857c
Or at f1f2f71215 least, if d0c6ac4f59 he could 9a403c1245 just tell 4db826d8d8 her to 32a32f42f6 relax.a28ac5b85af52450
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But she 1b41816f14 didn’t expect b5a06de330 that.2acd3d632dbc4f3b
Not just her Master, 0ea774480b but all masters seemed 2465f21b2d to think their servants 7d72e6fb93 could survive without eating, 937b1ea577 sleeping, or going to aad4c049ac the bathroom. They hated 388a58c816 it when 341a756e08 any sign 73f3c7d4c8 of discomfort 6b1bc8f13e showed.18624ac0d10856e5
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“Isn’t it different from 86d94713a3 lying down and sleeping?”346bd2a776f20a70
“This is enough. I’m relaxed.”5ef2186ea112d167
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“…”cb3955e7da5c4a95
The Master a22e34c824 might be 2e71d30596 relaxed, but f2e10ad2e2 I am afbc688c3e not.d7b6fc7b91e90bb7
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But she 297dfa050c had no e4535fbabb more excuses be90712f21 to send 0f2524778b him to 74ca489e9c bed.1c3bb93f227a3dcd
It looked bd6d796608 like she c1e4babe50 would have f285e4d34e to endure 4c268f0abd until she 4ca01bf3a7 collapsed from 032fee1456 exhaustion.174f64c97c5e0a5f
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Adelen slowly bent 1928dcdb90 her back towards 9fb9837792 the sofa. This was her last 3f85964a28 desperate attempt to at 941e5268ba least lean on the f84520e1e7 sofa’s backrest.3fca239adfa2397d
‘I want to aad7e1c040 lie down…’71fbaa91b719e682
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But her body was d99c4f3273 more worn out than 04a67648fe she had thought.7df5e86b07819848
Before she could even f84f4005f9 complete her thought, Adelen b9f1ac6923 fell into a deep ad72c4b089 sleep as if she 357bab0dd6 had passed out.56af5390a5e26163
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The light 4a4e2cc4d2 seeping through 6dc51369cd her eyelids 46abad05c8 made Adelen 15a1f358fc open her 90a87ad270 eyes abruptly.b7b733d38adda8f9
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She had slept 627a118fee so deeply that a02a59d849 she’d forgotten the d7c08e2605 time and place.4cdb74ab4313d058
“Gasp!”9a51134d542e27f4
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However, she was 66cdcbf9e4 immediately aware of 97fc7e40bd one thing: she 995a16d43d was still holding 943acb2abd the baby.d23008f319dccbf9
Her ribs hurt. The baby had been 06d40f4376 pressing his feet against 33e2fbf76f them all night.1a5018de70307b35
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Adelen carefully twisted her b51efb8b22 body to free her 052ebb5bd5 ribs without waking the a7b537324a baby.767657e234b24594
It felt like 8cc8672be6 escaping from the 027e6f911f paws of a 15053347a8 predator.93f0ef9281acc45f
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With her ribs saved, 7a500c1a0c she let out a 68fdea229f silent sigh of relief, 2ce6f66a69 only to meet a f88854d47c predator’s sharp blue eyes.71f16a661f4c2b79
“Gasp!”53209a94dc6a5b07
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The surprise wasn’t just d28253222b because she’d met eyes 8be67a9603 with her Master this efb8059e97 early in the morning.b7590f930c534a0f
It was 0c92f09900 because he 34df778c64 was half-naked, 6dc76f053e swinging a 009e81d1b5 sword.74b032ac2dc71505
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She didn’t 0f07763dad know whether 48e8c32fac to be cfd5d64c38 shocked by 22fa22d981 the sight 018f1b4cf8 of his ebcd980637 bare skin 1bfb97e07e filling her 3859c6e986 vision or 9262b2e9e1 by the a3c1f93167 reappearance of 02c4040a25 the sword 23c9b15fdf that had c5d9166699 tormented her d6f14048ff heart all fe2dadcf6e day yesterday.d998245a8b9a3078
Having just woken up, d0b90b1f21 her mind couldn’t decide. She froze, her mouth 40080ca8ed open, staring at him.a52d94644e14065e
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“…”42c5273995706b0b
Rakalt noticed her gaze e428fe58e1 and glanced at her.aa375134a56a4fda
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By then, 7233bb2511 Adelen still 2bd5c8d9db hadn’t closed a35f0e0ca5 her mouth. Her mind c91a2a75ba was still ef7cb375fc in limbo.83f95bace11c75d4
But Rakalt d034d3246e didn’t seem cf0e32df0b to care 00356bf19a and returned 5bb0917699 to his b03f13c932 practice.a1e1524f26e4a7eb
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The sword 2bbecaa444 cut through 19f400a937 the air 91b0af622e again.42f6451df1c878ed
It was only 5b9e64f5a4 then that Adelen 7226005529 regained her senses.003d0a42123f8965
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She had been mistaken f9d2948777 for a moment, wondering a21dfaaa4c if he had some dacd89bf96 kind of exhibitionist tendencies. But that was wrong. The thought ee7960f386 that he 846d813a12 was about 817bac265a to slice 751b79da95 her with 765adb32b3 the sword? Also wrong.1e834c76b337c66e
He was 3f19ca27c5 simply training.3b41274a85822b1f
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‘Training? This early 2b145f6418 in the 2f1c3e6d0a morning?’485153cf819594e3
Adelen looked out the 792b7d8207 window, where the sky c13725216e was still faint with 769a57e45f the remnants of night.ac2a550e05babe80
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It was so fb5e3d7a06 early that even 9d417644e5 the servants were b653d37cd4 just beginning to 5df4ccf733 stir. That’s why she ef7b964a7d had woken up, aeb65bee59 out of habit.70bdc7646264556f
At that hour, her e2757eeb38 Master was already up 250022b77d and training. Adelen was astounded c35e2c4958 by his diligence.c686c0cf9a2eb2bd
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Who wakes up 7ab5d10cc8 before dawn to 2dd2425f20 practice killing?0a9e29e43c5117a9
‘He’s so diligent… It e9a336cc3d would be great if 70110e5ca6 I wasn’t on the dac32c8a71 receiving end of that fdbaaea01b diligence.’2cca0f1a947585f8
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If she wasn’t worried bde043cd26 about her own neck, 1461d9deab she might have thought 2bf50de58c it was admirable. But having nearly died c7ecc83f92 several times, she was b78e3ec2fb now sick of even 4dad504f6a seeing swords.1680b11e3f61cfff
Adelen felt nauseous despite 11613578bf having eaten nothing and f71d91543e averted her gaze.c0e49d3088c6bcb4
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“Master, did you cough? It’s Shend.”903938ea74bb22ab
Adelen jumped at the f75d917352 sound of the butler’s ea576fb4cb voice outside the door.4db5e913fd7b1360
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It wasn’t just her 5c095c9fc8 Master who was diligent. The butler had also db6b4edf8a been up early, ready 784b11d07e for the morning.4f85b64acdb39249
Now it seemed 14f3bbc6fb like Adelen, the fc1fcae1e7 maid, had woken 9c57029f45 up the latest. How could that be…?c16ab30dc1dff5e1
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Suddenly, she felt 70b9322f9e the need to 8585cfd7a1 hurry and do f13d1bc826 something productive, but fb9bba46b3 with the baby 4a5d4275b0 still asleep, there 8d2d4dcf66 was nothing to 53d4deb2e0 do.8701d9ea9c46401c
Adelen sat 448af767b6 quietly, continuing ceea72cbb6 her role e9d73f5993 of keeping 44d66d2772 still.03f77f78368ae3e0
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“Come in.”bbdc411a48357ba5
At Rakalt’s command, 22638baefa the butler entered, 5c9d2dcd1a noticing Adelen and 82fb69dea8 raising an eyebrow.eb21d740c37ef1a0
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“Adelen, you’re awake too?”77848d9e2330286e
“Of course.”a24d38f3049e1276
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Adelen smiled naturally. She heard her 638d136453 Master chuckle softly aced51e34d but didn’t look b7237c1b6c his way.374b01bd850199f1
“How’s your wound, Master?”64a62fe8c555454a
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The butler set 60328d45f8 down bandages and c4a89adf7c disinfectant on the 10aa616d1d sofa and looked 950b85f94c at Rakalt.23e1f2097c93dc7c
“I told you, fa1499d536 it’s nothing.”22c02106822a3a06
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Rakalt sheathed his sword 8410bb0b31 and approached the sofa.0d8ac076324e96e8
Hearing the 1991bb1a24 butler’s words, a21f3147d5 Adelen also ba3bb7607e glanced at 4d51495f23 her Master’s fda3972237 body.2f761b7968ddb71c
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Now that she 248700c7a6 thought about it, 80da46f83f the intruder had 4a5cdd9bb4 mentioned something about 65a61c8cad his wound yesterday.343f43f73e1832f0
She had completely forgotten 41426f3b63 because he didn’t seem cba03fe151 injured at all.052ed8f14f6b276e
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Yesterday, despite 62846307fe being injured, 60afdc7467 her Master fb9dc2e33a had swung 7fa67f82c9 a sword, f2a339e6e0 carried both 583a0ec010 her and 6f7a0ddf7f the baby 9294d52d96 on his 59213d67cd shoulder, and be483d2037 stayed upc14e563a3df4b2b1
until dawn. Nothing about 4e2f9298bb that was 096d3b5b8b typical for 6627c660ca an injured fff68d10f8 person.f4fc1706ab9db9c6
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Was he e8eae5b4ab really injured?8a6ca3ffc3a8a3a4
Adelen stared at his ead81a3744 side.e5666ec816254366
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“…?”3fc108bd4f0230dd
And then 042c473489 she realised 39b604118e what she 1dde65c1e4 was doing, d1cfa58409 a beat 24d0049ce3 too late.811cacd01d55f096
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At that moment, 99f8ed6536 her eyes met 3dbd2a5808 his.a20921e3fae8b6ae
This chapter and the fcb3f88279 next 9 chapters will 99c20dfd79 be done by Rumi, eb50bdb749 my colleague as per abe6fb75bd our collaboration. Enjoy ~3f5ceeea6625167b
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