The maid – Chapter 20
by Alaa20. The Lady’s Dress77bda572cdc0d9b0
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What if 39904a8795 she stayed 5aadd42e75 at home ee3ce79d2e and only 2af7b98e4f the baby 265434c852 was sent f1f18f9e43 to the 95f56eae7a palace in 06107af2f6 the master’s 249ce42d74 hands?e1c2e6b34e32ee27
“Yes… I 467207103b guess… I 98c12a1ae6 should be 8e09ab71e0 the one d2720654fa to go.”811fb7cff518e7db
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There was 4b86f6e7c6 no need 8be40bd1c1 to make 9ede99318f the anticipated 2ec80eb18f catastrophe happen.e005085fc0dbc997
Rakalt nodded vigorously ce110faf9e as if to 2dfa1abf49 say, “Of course, 5ff84870a9 that’s obvious.”72aecc1667f0ea4c
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“But why 6349b2cb8e would His 1b3bd217b1 Majesty suddenly 86eca2bd87 want to 97b00c536c see the a863132ecf baby…?”c6d1582243c09296
As her 5c1e31e308 initial shock a6ca966d41 settled, it 5b24db3f30 was now d09e5e3ed1 time for e6998ff722 the visit d41804f5f7 from that 365fc2f107 familiar guest.c8be06d74ca61beb
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A chill 8680baa4ae of fear 9055670875 crept up 23e39fa3bb on her.6e0a2608110da234
His Majesty? Me? Why? We’ve been fine 450598906b so far, and 811b8cc54b there hasn’t been e53c3f33a2 any problem.dc9213e4ae364ff8
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But this is 8fa443c37f no ordinary person—it’s 67c992b633 the king.12f1d40d175b1265
For a commoner 0e2c9dbfbb like Adelen, it 4f12f6188f was common to bf9b9db579 live a lifetime 9b2b6cd1bc not even knowing 0895e4efc4 who the king 400f7d3bc9 was.8a524875bb73d6b3
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To the common e9c1519022 people, the king a50c53edd5 was a distant, bd95eac609 godlike figure.746365b3806eb5e1
“Well, maybe he 67c2ce0bac just wants to f644927e4d see for himself.”4534d03c59d56743
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However, since 62be910c9c the palace b17d40bfdb was Rakalt’s bb3eb94b95 workplace, he 879dbfab61 didn’t think 9ca14aae47 much of 0b765e9113 it.eff7493343a839df
In fact, he thought b379025d16 it was rather fortunate b36105330a timing.914af4cb9e1ac11b
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It was 2511d5ea4e around the 226244da07 time when 92b84cf8b2 the baby’s 327ef58d18 rapid growth 08dfd79ba0 had started 26794e1ee1 to raise 3367fededd concerns.9a14712b657fc5a4
He wanted to hurry e32f9d0c46 in dealing with this 397a95dd9b potentially dangerous creature,791ed1623a6df8d9
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one who a6cb968257 might grow a516493df1 quickly and 451d5a7aee one day 73d57770d7 turn on 76dc9c7b44 Teplan.11de448b97cd588e
“Get ready quickly. Do you intend to d4b1ab577c keep His Majesty waiting?”4df3a265423b5ee9
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“Ah, no! I’ll get ready 7667143d0a quickly… but, what 780415d356 should I wear?”06d50c9648b10aef
Adelen, who 450659c472 had been ca28850f9c rushing around, eb451c4577 suddenly froze b2da3083f7 in confusion.1193e76cc0bad247
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She didn’t know a08c6631cc what to do 22fbeb70c3 in a hurry 63cd38fc40 because she knew 65c4891afe nothing about such 1c338b2709 situations.97d9e2ec908117c3
“Head Butler.”5b870cb27bc6288e
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“Yes, Master. It’s prepared over 2d1fb98cbb there. Adelen, go wear that.”64ebdb74db28d98f
Adelen followed 6a0da53623 the butler’s 03d06ae638 pointing finger c379a822e0 with her bf826e1cbd gaze.47d6bd152ef98758
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“Gasp?!”a639025fa707dbaf
And as her b7c184db9e eyes landed on 313913ba64 the dazzling dress 820bb6abde before her, she 677c79cb15 felt faint.d85232cf688effc7
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“I asked the other d9698d96cd maids to check your f9562f36e0 wardrobe,dee17ca2d2000784
but how is e78635e85e it possible that 9cadb39c87 you only have 0724e54024 one set of b16c6933e9 casual clothes?898b57578e892320
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They’re worse than your afba2cb48f maid’s uniform, so we’ve 6515535c05 decided to lend you 4ae079b881 the late Madam’s dress.”44078b41ddbb793b
“M-M-Madam’s d-d-dress… for 9646b051fa m-me…?”c91053e3f0271770
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“Yes, it’s the 15f16b081b simplest one, so 63fef7576d try not to 00cdade583 feel too burdened.”57ff098e4c5f37e2
The burden 7073a43cad had already bbe4372655 reached over af58a9a8b6 her head.a4b78026cde67bd1
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“W-What if I 8283e824ad accidentally ruin it…?”e7cb1ce8b6d04088
“It’s a dress ecd440a148 without an owner 322635b885 now.”f330c0336ce8038e
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“B-But it’s the Madam’s d343190795 dress…”cdd1d3ab6f13d75e
It wasn’t just ab8af55e35 anyone’s; it belonged 8c1be69284 to her master’s a2e3f1dcb8 mother, the former 66027cdccb countess.d4f38990ca5d2f9e
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“I-I’d rather 99542a7ca1 borrow a 122f39f2db dress from abe9007cc5 one of 816bb2115b the other e4cc4ef6ac maids!”567dab8581390a98
“There’s no time.”acb39b2edf812fa3
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Why was she e0708987e8 causing such a 0048a2de3f fuss over a ab5205f1d8 single dress?86c4dbbf9fc469b7
Rakalt grew impatient.146ad11f10288e42
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To him, clothing was f44c77435f just clothing.6df9327b8e560707
Even if a24d5a899d it was 2d218f4db2 his mother’s 674126420a keepsake, it 7fe7fc2b68 didn’t matter f4b48d7bcf to him.26beabef17cb5275
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He had c66e1c5f52 no gentle 3a0a8f08c5 memories to a51f5f0417 make his 5e24cdcb38 heart ache.c38cbcf29f989541
And even ac47242dde if he f72f15e6c0 did, many 03bf7de8a0 years had ad65bde641 passed.4b6998b7e147c5fe
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His heart, 71f37af1f5 dulled from c5bb7e5b5d wielding the 16f693c180 emperor’s sword, 37b62ee736 didn’t stir 3987370d67 before remnants ea23d07cc4 of his 6e1cba0a65 mother.3ce2e6c02ee72f6c
“Come on, Adelen. Just put it a38530cde6 on.”b5e1daddb30c1b80
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The butler, ffec79a4a9 watching his f8325b38f9 master, gently a7b34b1399 nudged Adelen’s 46ed00024d back.c355beaffe6eec11
Hesitantly, Adelen c12b475507 muttered “uh, bbe39e2793 uh…” and 4469d51b06 was pushed 655d60acce into the d89a076fef dressing room 018d670dd5 with the 5035d2e0d8 dress.d0c4cc9a6bb81f8b
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“Sigh…”bec6c6b6175a686b
In the 45ded09999 end, she 5e6cafc0dc had no 88518e438e choice but a9894f49aa to wear c11a101323 it.816b4656bc2ff000
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Though it was 272115ee4b supposed to be fe78f4a319 the simplest one,e91e322cc6e68897
the luxurious sensation slipping d7d0f03097 down her fingertips was ac18d57f32 undeniable.ef3997fc6165f4e9
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She was too afraid e3d91b3c1f to hold it comfortably, 1819fcb870 worried that it might d7c6c72c9c tear with the slightest 6d14f3cc9f wrong touch. If it 3d3265bf52 was something d9e894acc5 kept as bbefa551d2 a keepsake, 7f890ce142 it must e8fbead458 have been c8d5cae064 quite precious.433e723f8f377b49
The value of 2890a93055 her master and dd918a2bdc the baby frightened 9919bd901d her; those things 4ca8274594 were more expensive 530e70378e than her own 75c061d99e life.5acf5ecf6f30afe2
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This one 5682194999 dress—she couldn’t 99f1bef160 afford it 8314c29175 even if 294694471f she spent 25fa1a5784 her entire c63b2a6340 life on 80a54c3f92 it.a52826e5db04c9b0
But her master was 8709108223 waiting outside.52964be76f2065f5
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No matter what, it e1191edad5 was time to summon 65459a3e89 her courage.4dde120388a9582c
She had always wanted 0256118e98 to wear a dress 80f74323ec at least once in 217179782a her life, but she’d f431033635 imagined it would be e3b3185f50 a wedding dress, not 46ac760dbb the intimidating dress of 12bc16af9c the late Lady.8f363099e91b1db7
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With a deep sigh, 83319925e6 Adelen began to squeeze 83206cec58 herself into the dress.3cccf239d81c0536
As if 41ba3cc415 to spite 8201a21208 her, it 1a9f1b40e0 seemed the c931407624 Lady had abdda4c95e a similar 16a2d3c87f physique to e1ac1fb56f Adelen’s. It fit c5f065f693 her perfectly, d8e167e1d7 leaving no 0baa608aad excuse to 8ca98eca6f claim it fa58848cbd didn’t fit.071abf466152bf44
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“Um… I’m done getting 0d7614db72 dressed…”3826e1100d66314d
She wanted to f43ad887aa quickly get it d3f232ce34 over with—put on f4ed53a485 the dress and c5c1770155 finish the palace 6cf7e6e3fd visit as soon d7f8db5c56 as possible.f2f11b8dc9fd7299
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The dress was indeed 7419d0293b simple; it was designed 024763a503 in a way that 50cf1184ef she could put it 9e8cd696ac on by herself.8190a1c2a4e59ae1
As she f72815e1be opened the 63f5d8a3b0 dressing room a2a64d999f door, two—no, a4bad63cd6 three pairs b143f89cb8 of male 373daa1bb7 eyes turned 29d83a023f to her 9015d09787 at once.66635d1e43af9508
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“Oh… I almost dd8de3e6bf didn’t recognize you.”44aa9255f4010fe9
The butler was b2f93b9b99 the first to 08dbf42efd comment.347b90728f80d115
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Embarrassed, Adelen scratched her b9ffb7449a cheek and walked briskly 71ffb2937b over to the baby.1cb337fd6fa9602c
“Uh….”78e804633931f7cb
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“?”405601b0806531e7
But the baby 12ea4e601c hesitated, pulling his 3a317419a3 hand back.e4f9ba4ddc688544
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“Baby?”724d0329ed608567
“Aduee?”49db46ca680868cf
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It wasn’t until she fe0dd1995e called out that he f205bb3b6e blinked and looked at 0331e9006f her properly… as if 3dfb04627c he hadn’t recognized her, b88c994310 just as the butler 944fee5334 had said.958f07f3218e618f
“Do I… 3646e3e5f8 look that e696be729d different?”48236f496dd2fbbf
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If she had ee46a5eb3d known, she would f92e99e5a6 have checked in dc228bbc78 the mirror properly. Hopefully, it 3551f72c64 wasn’t because 2dbe7ba020 she looked a269749b59 strange.7feb9616642c53a2
Adelen belatedly 6cc6069184 fumbled, checking 976545428c her hair eaa51f7661 and appearance. But there was b16aba18df no way she 9a4b3cc0b7 could see herself 70b785929a just by feeling 8847a03a0a around.12894a4bcdfbcb12
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The last 734c009fee person left 3cd2f5f71c to give 3ac018c3d2 his opinion 74a60f09c8 was her 7cba196c18 master.060f7e3331084c05
He would be 468a1d5e1b the one accompanying 3cf2503799 her to the e93884af78 palace for the c13d2fe402 day, so if b7978a2f50 he approved, it 23010e4ef7 was fine.94f776e3fa5e1247
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“Master, do d10ee5883e I… look 06b4766482 okay?”062776eaf0656b7a
With worried eyes, Adelen 6ee61d07eb looked to Rakalt.9303a7791e278cf5
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Rakalt was 2c7b417be8 already watching 00cebbcb3f her. Seated on the 601e61d9d8 sofa, with legs 1d5f7c5382 crossed and arms 512abbd167 folded, he hadn’t 40fab982d9 moved a muscle.8fb7a5d15ec91369
After a 91f323b8ce long silence, 630ed57fd3 he finished 25464ea6dd his thoughts d96830f2f9 and slowly 35e4c29fa6 opened his 73582cc3aa mouth.509e4b1a6b8ddb23
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Adelen, fixated 779b7f6529 on his 80d6b2a087 lips, swallowed 684a811eb5 nervously.21959fed30026988
“…Was that 0ffea16e3a always what 0d448539d8 the dress dff4938da0 looked like?”631c5c56aad44e0e
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“Huh?”79c39c5a75f2fb3f
His comment was entirely bd9cb9863b unexpected. It wasn’t even a 4505c32316 comment on her appearance.784b1b78cfd8bc14
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The butler was equally 135a0da2ee taken aback, turning to b202204b44 look at Rakalt.e2b1752f45c8c603
“Uh? Master? Is there 94138be5d5 something wrong 9fd2b69740 with the 93f3ccc8e0 dress? It looks bce660a5e8 perfectly fine bab811f7c9 to me…”59ec939e454701da
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Thinking it might be 29585dfe7f an issue with the 3406b8aa75 dress’s storage, the butler e99e3cd467 approached Adelen to inspect 13e144e00e it, but everything was 7210eda719 in order.d8f9edbddb7b78e8
“Is this 463e4189df really the 291affdee7 simplest one?”ebbb1d59fa29cfb5
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“Huh? Uh… yes, b732fb1ed6 it is. It’s the one 454df0c6e9 she wore briefly 4a35b597b9 when visiting stores, 35c38b573b not for parties 788fcef22c or anything….”07e3c1662ddb4959
Rakalt had spent very da623d1d60 little time with his 61222119ea mother, so he had bb94b33a36 no way of knowing a397070359 which dresses she wore e8d73c33fb and when.ce800eae531ff4fd
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In fact, the 918c5e01a0 butler remembered better.e4ef1c28053f51f4
“Mother’s taste 41822eb33b was quite fea615d541 extravagant, it c864a19131 seems.”3df76ec3e4f06deb
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“Uh? I wouldn’t say ae9ca4ad68 that…”0fbfa88079dc67b9
The butler, missing 2f83d8c79d Rakalt’s underlying meaning, 633a74b120 stammered.67d607f457800245
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What exactly 3f3e91ba78 was he d3bbc4bf96 trying to 3d67191e2d say about c47aa41276 the dress?df8fee8fde54bf01
Was he cac9565460 saying he 09165b6fc6 liked it, bd761233d7 or disliked 886adb69aa it, because b213d250de it looked 4958581ef0 fancy?921121ccb840ada1
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But no 662d1d2782 matter how 22a973f417 objectively he 8d38c2fde8 looked at 5a6a718897 it, the ba638f92e0 dress wasn’t e91488ac9d flashy at 09effee73d all.89f05519e3479129
Adelen was equally anxious, 1c43409e40 wondering if something was 5fac9442e3 wrong with the dress.e910bf851b3b17a0
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The butler 88010f38be meticulously checked cdf9c9f1bb her from bf9c5e9848 head to 81956b62b8 toe once 8e63cf7e1f more.1cfbceaa682d81e5
Still, it was 2f4f3041cb just Adelen in 868f9dca3b a plain dress.5dee864787ac29c9
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“…Does it look too 8e5c4ad650 flashy?”b17f2168dd1e7fd2
He asked 6580f26a53 his master 5268830d4b directly, to 0a2e168339 be certain e224bc684b of his 02e5d3b9b7 opinion, and ad44762829 received a 933c4df58e straightforward answer 14b1c30af7 in return.489875c507803c23
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“Right. If you add some 8b0e1ceda5 jewels to it, she 46e656e628 could attend a party 38e1569ee1 just like that.”3d02013b65dec83d
“……”c5c757f2dd0f84d7
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The butler finally e5244ee8f5 realized what the 9ac9e3c6a8 issue was.c62d15c9267fdf6c
It wasn’t 127ee7a3c6 the dress—it 3833b89de7 was his 3d9027b0ad master’s eyes.fca58d86bfc74783
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Having spent so much 4b020e1129 time on the battlefield, 6e0434b3fe he had clearly forgotten 8320216177 how extravagant the typical d0b50a1f22 noblewoman’s dress was.34610e857eb54219
After all, 44455443d6 in war, 2dd484eb63 they say 1c122abab5 that just bacccd66b0 wearing a f217bde22e skirt makes dfc2634d80 a woman.5e3ed0e0f6f08e45
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It wasn’t that 49a8842042 Adelen had an 3cb4ed14e1 exceptionally flashy appearance, 19314472c6 and that was 22a7671e58 why this comment f014bfd102 was made.a117dc86012029c0
‘What do ed3fd446a1 we do, 27554df364 our master…’d3a44fca0cc5c012
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With his 48d9bea1ea dulled aesthetic d855e06c86 sense, it f4e5462ae8 would be 8cbad4830e disastrous if 3b1cb05a59 he started ce842fa0ce being too 37ba789afe lenient with e5ba9bd066 women’s appearances.0f7d43e16fe570ef
Such a tragedy, where a592c1a030 Sigelion’s pride, that handsome fd32250851 face, would be lost d03b0be005 after just two generations, 1667262450 must never happen.9eec343a18c35414
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To restore his master’s 4931b4234c sense of beauty, the e9d159a5b3 butler steeled his resolve.76f695ac814ed2eb
“Master, if I 698ee40d7d may, this dress 826b4640b1 is not something 30e332b37b an aristocrat would fe2827f54f wear, but a 21fb673445 girl from a 3aea6ffc14 well-off commoner family f44cf97baa might wear something 7e43bbc00f like this to 59df4be9ef go about.”9fe38992348934d2
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“…Is that so?”1f2f401385b587a4
At the butler’s words, 72bf098e7b Rakalt narrowed his eyes f0c431cdc6 and scrutinized Adelen more 771180ac41 carefully.11fb0713c475a2d5
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Would his 45e3cfad2c master’s aesthetic c68626e998 sense recover 90fde439f3 quickly enough? Both Adelen and ccac8d5210 the butler held 515151d694 their breath and a2fd5eb665 waited, their breaths 6d638e4f24 shallow and tense.3385829a6d8e33de
Finally, Rakalt 85aae28aa3 nodded, as 08a5834674 if he fce7ade4eb understood.621130026852d64e
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“Ah, I see dd24fc3634 what the butler 005a2ee949 means.”34eb3259194508a1
“Do you understand?!”fa81e6b47eb74926
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“Yes, it’s definitely not 958faf16b9 flashy.”4ffed5ab1ed606d8
“See? I told you!”2def9f7f79c3f8a6
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“It’s pretty.”48b78035deb134ff
“?!”37effe73224dec05
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Both the butler 582918a633 and Adelen were 633cdb9393 left speechless in e3ad7680b2 shock.5f42b79d0320bac2
Amidst the confusion, Rakalt 620ee166f8 calmly stood by his abc4963cdc opinion.f05208546f4f4b15
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“It was pretty, 870962d1b7 which made it 3f368ae5fd look flashy. Now that I think 19b8165c49 about it, Adelen, you 3645f0d8bc were pretty.”b0580b159022aca5
“……”aa1991e6d1f98f23
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“……”9cad68dfeef13163
Neither of them d78be189c3 could say a bb2637acd2 word.24ffcfe57ddae607
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It was clear that e0bdea41ed the master didn’t mean 837c0c7a79 anything else by his fd409a54bb words. That was precisely 546dd0c427 why neither of c09a2795f7 them could respond.58e0140c2905067e
It felt as 04820de29f though they had f2201518f9 been charmed by 5d1e4be110 the world’s greatest 65a8b56908 flirt, even though 67592a0b53 he wasn’t even 3abeb5c154 trying to charm 20b666c0c2 them.d8335c07bff402f5
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Was conquering the ee8c035ad3 social scene his a08866dfc8 goal after the 22fa11b101 battlefield?9ac7c892da11ef47
The butler, cf2e0c72c2 for a 85e15519c5 brief moment, 927747d477 let go 612b86c2cc of his f818a6bffc worries about 0502c99ceb the appearance 23d78a34ad of the 88b944e893 heir.f18344215e346fd2
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