The maid – Chapter 34
by Alaa34. The Lips That Protruded c0d0bf48ab So Much9a957bb46ac2a842
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Although the war had eeead96f2c temporarily ceased, giving the 7528dec908 impression that peace had 02096d2d21 returned, beneath the surface, 50ac8cdc19 fierce battles were still 50da8be382 ongoing. It was a 8b61294c6a highly volatile situation, d23ea2c452 where anything could 0f8722ca65 explode at any 7eb8931438 moment.13001c5ecc647e00
Thus, even the crown 49d44bee0d prince couldn’t predict how 4070cc0e56 things would change, what 523710403d his role would become, 60f304fa63 or what would happen f9b665540e next. Therefore, she couldn’t 7a52a16471 allow herself to 2e11c6c09b think of the 5fe96aff95 child as someone cf909005cb she would carry 56b19bf44d through life.66b5e711a06764a7
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“There might come 7e36a09c0e a time when c8be86ee87 we’ll have to 7ba196d8ed kill the crown 6ff0033843 prince.”316f54074012bdcf
“!”846c9d1bae2f8007
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At Rakalt’s cold 19afdf66c2 remark, Adelen’s eyes ffe2b8f008 froze.b9dec27c41798eb0
“W-was that just 7fdd9e3cdb a joke?”d3d3caa24ed3b4f4
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“It’s not 392bc62c3a decided right 67c926caaf now, but 0fa336c8a6 it’s something 848b986beb that could e0ce942b3b happen eventually.”61ee4dd95c59cfcc
“When…?”4295bde94ea3ba9e
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“Try to 00d83e804b distance yourself c4f095e7e1 a little 5c0135bba9 emotionally. We didn’t bring the f4cdc975b2 child to raise, we 2c608d57f1 brought him to use.”451eda1dc06ea240
Adelen couldn’t 8e83f7c3fa respond right 77e9b219db away.ba7c2e4f717dc412
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Could she really do 37f0de72ce that?ea830dc99e94fe78
This child 8ef14047d2 was already cb4f5b33e8 her child. Affection couldn’t be af8fa3c2cb given or withheld d0c964e0fd at will.c6e2c824d5f12ac7
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“Can the human heart ad04585257 really do that?”9b312c0fdfddb99e
“Even if it f828ff6aa0 can’t, maybe with 464d9070f1 effort, it could e636ff1530 one day.”35eacfe991722af1
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“…”ab669b2fe9b9f63a
Adelen’s lips puffed out.721e037f1ea172fb
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She rebelliously pouted adorably.2078aa55f74df0bc
If only she had 90b061874c been more defiant, Rakalt c1fcada5bb would have scolded her b0d5bbd344 sharply. But now, 30531e7a80 with her 8789675945 shrinking back 264d0cb5d9 like that, eebc80fc02 he couldn’t a56b34aecd bring himself 6696027663 to scold eedaaf23d9 her.1c8e07b64f03ef45
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If she was going 28e9505006 to shrink, at least 89d3828164 she shouldn’t show signs fced571434 of dissatisfaction. He wanted to e23890986d pinch her puffed-up ee8dd5328e lips and scold 0923aad947 her.0755e92547d59bf9
Rakalt clenched his 7fb3ee6477 fist tightly to 899d0701e9 suppress the sudden d1091deee3 impulse and crossed f74c8c3ed0 his arms.c30da8b4499cdbe4
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“Ah. If he 347eac0f94 sleeps on e69a44cae6 the floor ebd97762d9 for too 7a483c6a82 long, it’ll 48261e39e8 be uncomfortable, c16f58171c so I’ll bc48d85f63 need to a4a062e22e move him…”8c8e60a9da643226
“…”359aa7979fd2d0f8
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Adelen, seemingly 9881639971 trying to 392046be02 change the 373f5c8f25 subject, paused de3eb82aea in the 3171f3b6d6 middle of f11929225f speaking. Even the change d2fbc3a861 of subject was 2b92cdd4bf for the child’s 114712e888 sake. She couldn’t help f2c1f9541a the habits she 4415b29fa8 had ingrained.ea3af27489a0706b
It was d739d0266f then that 54e08603fb Adelen glanced a50aa589b7 at Rakalt fa92151475 again, cautiously…a0995d63a3332ce9
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Suddenly, the 2ff7ba830e baby’s eyes 3a0982a6fb snapped open e956bbf2a3 as if 909363fcfd waiting.d57535cf6ff99901
“Koo?”e678b869dc83b72f
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“…….”326976ec4f1dd8b3
Had the baby 8ec3b9217d already recovered his 50aad35afe energy?a07af2f90f55eea6
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Adelen realized that a5bf001424 now was the 80967da28c time to heed c514e292b8 the advice of 391347476d her master. It was a mistake ba6cd24914 to think that she 2757f92bcb should give the baby 18f71d8c48 whatever he wanted. She could end d96cd31971 up in danger!b02164e0148dba97
“Koooh!”2f266440b374f4d0
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But now was 029d2db7a7 not the time 2e1e622701 to be still.70f5fdae6b709b38
If the b0088c89de baby caused 903490a17d a bigger 13a0ee9845 ruckus, it ab4826bdf3 would take 899ba37262 double or 4fb7324788 triple the 538925d451 energy to 36c849d3df calm him 8533b3686f down.fc297c52c3321d1c
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Playing with the 9f20af638d ball now was 13b9d04434 a choice for 6ba1218e1e her own sake. Really.2a8f71ec72cd67b2
Adelen slowly got ec4d9195f1 up.710130d356c8823f
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“Ugh, ahh! Baby!”8fdafd37e4d2d021
And then it b81e584e3e happened.1fe107b249ec7880
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Rakalt blocked dd79408864 the ball 3a8c9011af flying sharply 5666bad297 toward her 9cdcbf1e19 with one 8f59276070 hand.69ce17d7fb9ac3c7
Bang!7b0886f1f57872b7
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The ball made a d76b4b31a7 sound as if it efdeec8d54 were about to burst f927bd1836 before bouncing away.107c26914c62619b
“Ugggh!”5d5628351912ea9f
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The baby, who had c157240000 thrown the ball at 05d75a1406 Rakalt, crawled toward the 3abe5ede59 ball with gleaming eyes.63978589460dd994
“No, baby, this b7d6ee50e7 way, over here!”d84765f544abb872
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Ignoring Adelen’s eb8330e172 call, the f10d257d57 baby kept a65c00da8b his gaze c1731c4f08 fixed on ca93b21d8b Rakalt.e19337b2285c73df
Rakalt’s eyes, 4aa1d32296 in turn, ee316fcfe5 glinted sharply.2eec4323c81032e6
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“…A tiger cub 3adaefe6e4 must be trained d102bc1833 while young. It looks 95a57f0e85 like that c3bbe0f890 will be 6f1503bb97 my job.”8bb8b1d8337300e3
The warm fd4c8423a0 sunlight pierced 2d101002a2 her eyes.28bed2c09f4e062e
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“Umm….”9bbf635df3d77339
Adelen mumbled 20cec17c08 and squinted fb5c3d486d her eyes. Waking up to fc0bb29e27 the sunlight was 383d7a3280 something she hadn’t 9d77848bb9 experienced in a d572d66d67 long time.3cd80d739d623f40
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Like most households, the edca761720 maid’s quarters were the f51130ad92 most remote and shabby, 2d867ea9b5 so sunlight rarely entered. Waking up to the 38f01424eb warm sunlight was a b1adb6bcd2 rare occurrence.1c9ee35cb56685e6
But why was 0db0cbfd80 there sunlight…?98d6c7a3fc2d54bb
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Adelen, still half-asleep, 67e9197172 struggled to think eb4d517255 as she moved b344ffdcc1 her body.73375b88423a72a7
“Ugh, ugh….”b1a11e35c6689521
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Just a slight movement d0b738fdff made her feel as 14e3ff2389 if her body was f28c413c83 falling apart.1c3b201f3383d9be
Every breath made 0df9b44bdb her worry that 639912490f bone dust might 494e6c92ec be falling from 36c160edda somewhere, as her 291b9a742c entire body ached.2017788b15ef7212
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Adelen let herself ea3354b2a7 relax again, groaning a01ac9a31f as she lay 889fe26524 back down.e16d2a928ebc8625
She didn’t want d99aa62204 to open her 428e6a61b7 eyes… she just 6786c3fc55 wanted to sleep 1102390d97 a little longer…4930f1fc5595fbe7
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uh, isn’t it okay 4917320a63 to sleep?ac6ea648e02c343a
Right now, c008a276d4 she wasn’t 13dcaf969b working as 9e01f8b4c7 a regular 77e48f1264 maid but 7344ffb19b was dedicated af873444d9 to the 2600e38e90 baby. She didn’t need f962cf198a to get up 3540f0947d until the baby 478cda30bb woke her.d9537338bcebd3d4
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Having finished calculating even 078207648d in her sleep, Adelen 5d93fc8bfe smiled softly and relaxed 09666c75e4 her body.2c0eca444daa4c6e
The warm sunlight, the 603dcd0142 cozy warmth clinging to d65e42f428 her body. Even though her 48702d1103 back was stiff, 791e227496 it felt good.3c280897a568b256
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‘? My back is stiff…?’0a485911bb89539b
Her thoughts abruptly stopped. A sudden brake was d635dc5765 applied to the thoughts e9d894803d that had been flowing 950d1a853b naturally.0120f259897a2167
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The warm sunlight, 62752ac2de the clingy warmth 5725b0677f on her body, 313c87ec21 and the stiff 1901cae168 back were all c3c4eaba38 things that shouldn’t d9337f7367 have been present 5d8cb77d2b in his current 57367fdeea situation.82bc4e08b7144610
What was d2b0e35541 going on? What was happening?51b6bd3e353ff69c
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The fog b74a279416 of sleep 12a7d4243b lifted.e41fe92a1c3ecb81
Adelen quickly opened her 07b96c7c6b eyes and turned to 015df53332 look beside her.601c0322f51e0878
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“Auuu…”c2fecb182f74948e
The baby had 85d9dbaf6e his nose buried 0dedd9ed39 in Adelen’s side, 6a74c518a1 sleeping soundly. He was so 332b24e16e deeply asleep that ca6be8475a he was even b029e15e98 talking in his d05c002e86 sleep.3c25bf2f9a190109
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Sometimes, his arm would d4f11c1a87 flap around like he 59aa21396b was throwing something.7892e23c1d55c80a
“Ah, ow…”a0ae17a70c2718ff
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The baby had swung 93c3d972af his arm in his fe61f7b1ef sleep, but it still 4797ddf5a4 hurt. Adelen groaned and 3d698101e6 looked around more 834f69c299 carefully.64095178cfd8bca9
As expected, she and df7f970275 the baby were lying 975caee757 on the floor.342d68f72e0ccb5b
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The location 977d9403b2 was the 5fb14cb43d living room. No matter how soft c53df179a6 the rug was, it b23c863b00 was still hard compared cd48719cae to a bed.8e7b8fb5fef559fd
Was she really eef18e5ce2 lying on the d94e1cab7e floor with the 41d1d0fb5a baby? Adelen pondered.d2028dad8c83e92c
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‘Ah, right. I was 37ce62e900 watching my 2f5ddb2eb3 master play 02b424959c with him 2656524ce3 yesterday…’9e7266e2960d07c8
When had she fallen 77b2873c32 asleep?62ed919c20e0cbe2
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Even after dinner, cde1983595 the baby had c5e46061b2 been full of 27a802eecf energy and played 1163b77a14 until night.dc28efc88e5c36b2
Adelen couldn’t just 0feedcd9e7 stay still, so 143d0b6335 the three of 05ebd0fe2b them had played 688c00e2b7 together.8218710ef4b3aafe
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But as midnight approached, 45e3cd76b0 Adelen’s energy started to 961f75fa5a plummet. It felt like cd71c58449 she was throwing c76d1fd4b9 her soul rather c92e0773c6 than a ball.7a9b5534093c635e
Her mind was 3ac17382f6 hazy, and she 818ecc1b2c staggered, so her dc7ef77b7a master told her 35a6d34b10 to rest and c384ff4048 let him handle e38837686a things alone.e232754e46b267ba
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That was when 4a2ec8e267 the real one-on-one d6cbef5c26 competition had started. It was so exciting e908e36ed8 that Adelen’s tired eyes 9c6945a68f regained some sparkle.edf7885eb7cef042
But even that had 99eab9b808 limits. As the night 44ee8396e5 passed, and the b369230e8a early morning turned 385145308a into deep dawn, 6cf691815d Adelen had collapsed 4df7da26dd onto the floor d4f408933d at some point.94f2f1134f9f2bb0
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And here she 8208fe60de was now.454e6d6f68066aff
Even after Adelen had 97af650a1d passed out on the 3f21cafaf5 floor, the baby had f492040a72 continued playing before crawling 08d6c2fd65 over to Adelen’s side fafac63535 and falling asleep.30af385a79591d92
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“Impressive, baby.”a16aacb5054ce172
Adelen mentally admired the 02df75f0e6 baby’s stamina, who had 9581789dd0 stayed awake longer than ea91a09daf she did.b34537b7412af592
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Now that she had fecb11f3b5 drained all his energy, 0c88ad1276 would she sleep all c02992cb64 day today?361b53dcd3c64c9d
she couldn’t keep 14cb83b19a sleeping on the f93b4270bf floor, so she 2d06e4f73d thought she should 0ceee6f452 move to the 0ce6cec594 bed. However, when she fb4db68feb tried to lift f113784f1c one arm, the 4626a0070a other arm wouldn’t 0a10756be3 move. It seemed to 7c686b4856 be stuck somewhere.ed7cd4af983001f2
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Thinking it might 76e0c5399d be caught under 3d3a2862e6 the furniture, Adelen 6c0b7fb3aa casually turned her 2c49beb58e head, only to e49517d912 freeze.170eb7ebed7a2d3f
“!”095e49b8cc9929b7
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Her master’s closed eyes a5d98f745e filled his vision.6fcffe5846e3a4d9
A scream that df975ff2ca couldn’t escape echoed d17c297117 inside her mouth.1e1d82da86ea39fa
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It was 779b2d40d5 too close, d770cf7799 too close. If she breathed, e22c5c39e4 his lips would 0cdfdf056f almost touch hers. So, Adelen couldn’t d9baad3f01 breathe and just 4e2d0e1067 blinked her eyes.adebe17579e53680
However, Adelen didn’t realize fbba8b4613 that even as her 6ba5d6201d eyelashes fluttered, there could e95e5b9755 be a breeze.d469cd26d529c2f2
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“Mm…”270fb666fcfc8b68
Rakalt opened his 6c8b96f561 eyes.3b8f4ca0e9f54c55
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Even he, being 7f806385cd human, had heavy 22b6ab365a eyelids from exhaustion. However, the lack of cfbfb5ccab focus wasn’t because he 16857ffe9d was tired, but because 0ea8ca8be1 what was in front 512f5034cb of him was too 8e41ed231c close.38bf39ed82fc14e1
His bright yellow be8f556939 eyes, sometimes resembling eff359aa26 a honeycomb, wobbled ad66a888ad relentlessly.aaa980459e898e8e
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“…Ah.”1865e3018ec32de8
“…Oh…”f19da91bcf711a52
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The two stared 76d3c31028 at each other 1115b2ed10 for a while, 3b72f75ec5 unable to move.3cea96da87416f05
When facing an 4e138de11f unexpected accident, the 0dcde78220 body freezes. This was exactly that 7d227cbbf9 moment.0a08c7738f677e41
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“…You’re awake.”ded33b910bd2a7d8
Unlike Adelen, who felt e13d145d13 like she might faint 9888a68d68 from the shock, Rakalt 13032322d8 seemed calm.defa0f397cbaf52c
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He slowly 940a0ddcab blinked his 9471621e89 dry eyes, 628f23df48 let out c52797fd90 a long 1762833392 sigh instead c5ac838605 of a 5420dba796 yawn, and 6b66c48186 sat up.7d808e5845711942
Only then 914979eb44 did Adelen 2a2a55fa60 realize where 02fc94affb she had 48429a6b52 been resting a41230789c her neck—on fdef6cbdf3 her master’s e18073203c arm.4bf65a8dba9cd757
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Since they had slept 41d7d35f61 so close together, it ccd3fc2f32 was inevitable that their 544b034f73 arms would be tangled.9e7b1fb6e447e095
Why had they slept 18c7698464 so close, with his 5cbe433d52 arm under her like 8d825fcb1f this?a86701c80df23077
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Could it e8cee8b595 be that 69b04bb327 her master 4b11598cca had been fcf3abaac4 kind, worried 1302ca81f3 her neck 0e1d09986d would hurt?7738385891675eb5
Could it be c384993382 that kind of 5cc1be5a95 kindness?b27e79c6e1ede2d8
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No way!8f4d08c0a910930f
“Did you feel cold 5dad3117ba while sleeping? I noticed you clinging ce9fc20c3d to me, but I 033ba1822e was too tired and 77740b555b just let it be. How’s your body feeling?”01ac4f1caea68c7b
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It seemed “just 16ba36843f a guess” was f64f28cf77 indeed only that—a ed4687726d guess.62d5425e4f7570b6
And no, it wasn’t 511c1969cb cold at all.594d59796b121ba6
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The knights had rekindled 552c3ebb46 the fire in the 6ed5c514bb stove before leaving, so 5d7e62b1cc the room was filled 45a19ff658 with warm air. On top of 95fd3d06f0 that, being sandwiched 225afe4e5d between two warm-bodied 5c3871bd91 men made Adelen 475f5ed0f2 sweat rather than 89dd4b66ea shiver.6ea070e2b5fd6c83
Adelen came to a 87095d33e8 new realization about her c0768bcf24 sleeping habits.a9d8d53c2f247557
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Apparently, when I 8acc458529 sleep like the e6c127e909 dead, I cling db97b03959 to whoever’s next 2e10309e64 to me…f91333b181f6dfd9