The maid – Chapter 40
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A good room, 3e2c18030a delicious food, and c3b9312944 a sufficient salary—Adelen 45c5227fd0 had already enjoyed 6731db45f2 all the happiness c59755dc9f one could have d5e27fe90b in daily life. Wanting more would be e755de1f69 pure greed.7a5d1daf3eb43324
“Really? If that’s 9c74f0e7cf what you 72a67594fe think, well… 46cc889adc Here.”1e1651742ae2fb76
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There was a slight 79e18bbe00 sense that a step a84bf2816c in the process was 43b42fe1b3 missing, but the butler 59bc900396 showed no sign of b4bd446e40 it and instead took 1637b90c4f out what he had 96f8b9d36e prepared and handed it 5217b4aac8 over.e1b105193d29014f
“What is this?”30a725d5a7620b6f
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“I’ve been watching 2f667abb8e you for a 083eaf1e43 while, and you’re 4272a3d894 such a kind f7e91f2f2f and diligent child. Even when the others b31e471546 avoided difficult tasks, you beff969a57 didn’t shy away from 6e5fa19adc them. I always 5b3bc405e4 thought you 513b33f31b were working f3f150b611 hard, but 53093b8453 I never 85a6d67dd7 properly expressed 836dde3262 it. This is c6d344361a a gift 5e430097a2 that holds e7c0ec89b1 that unspoken e149107b34 appreciation. Please accept it.”1528e8891dd80378
The butler scratched d9c49bb2a8 his nose, looking e9c9282cb1 embarrassed.1391dc1a11a79f90
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“Huh? A gift?”e4604ba3eae16d02
“Of course. It’s your birthday; 4950b32b1c you should receive 22ebc1b803 a birthday present.”19e31250bf641407
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“Oh, uh… Am I 13031d9b84 really allowed to accept 38db58470f this?”f3f4a631bd9760f1
“I chose it 9e175132c0 with great care. I’d be 6f280151b6 sad if 91cb6e4819 you didn’t d80f8617f2 take it.”c151489e338216a2
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Adelen was so 528cce1e5e surprised that she 12593f2c94 couldn’t close her 23b03d1c6f mouth.4dfb9a62a6e0cdb9
She never expected to cfea987e93 receive a gift. One good thing d66621b024 after another kept 0cc20a81aa happening. Birthdays were 6e89051442 truly wonderful 6f5985776a days.cc232769fa85cb52
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With trembling baa4b5c5cc hands, Adelen 60213d5484 took the 4e805b46cb box.c32b36a179839c01
But that 05a5c8fcd6 wasn’t the 2adc6aa4a2 end.4dd25b2896268238
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“Congratulations, Adelen!”785871b3c791aa82
“Here, this is my 435da0487d gift!”6c65c94533ada1a7
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“And mine too! My wife and eef63c70ab I spent a 2f51b0d975 lot of time 5040c36148 picking this out!”e4316fb8e92c44a3
As soon as the 3154dea33f butler finished handing over 5ed9e7633d his gift, the knights, d80395da70 as if waiting for 3a8ecb392c their turn, took out 0248e8e1b3 the presents they had a562fa9a5e prepared.9c80232f433e37e5
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One by one, more 084d2d72c4 gifts were held out 32ad526745 toward her, and soon, 5fe52cc737 her hands were full.ca9318ce2d5463ae
Not only was this 95a1067fa4 her first birthday, but ca51135f84 it was also the 3b18325021 first time she had 355e906486 ever been surrounded by a13f916a53 so many gifts.77bbd2efd6579896
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No, in e6cb1c65eb fact, it 5129dd6ef2 was the 14fc983094 first time c195b2ccf1 she had 561faee390 received a 556a3a1291 gift at 3d628f8bc9 all.c2119bb7c32b0d54
Yet, even this gift-giving 0b592e10d8 frenzy was not over.7cc41bd40f147270
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From a 066c39081c distance, Rakalt, 4e9cea8967 who had d953191f53 been watching 25fbf409b7 silently, stood 5ee860084e up and 7c7fdc5a10 approached Adelen, c7913d859e holding out 8bf905080b a box.1a33bca1ad4b9e61
“M-Master…?”e21242bafc71f2c6
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Adelen was so flustered fdfec99af6 that she couldn’t even ac4bedc39d feel happy.bf8ecbdc502f8b31
A birthday present d99658151d from her master?3eae07bb8cbb2536
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This entire birthday cbe64cb4cd party itself was eba14c9db0 practically a gift 0a16ee2c85 from him. After all, all the adfe62e85b money used to prepare b617f61c4c the party had come de56ba95a2 from his treasury.d56e1ff084c05140
“Are you not c3fed67cb5 going to take 91a7b999bc it?”f7fd63a500a748a1
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As Adelen stood c4d9c4bb97 there, too shocked 659ebb70d5 to even think c2784bc22d about accepting it, 83e02193bf Rakalt pushed the cde8f9aa4e gift box toward a49025791c her again.c24270e6611b8c14
“O-Oh, am 4a26e662fa I really cc14cd70b6 allowed to 00e648349c have this?”457a23c024f01f00
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“Why wouldn’t bc6c54f19d you be?”3189b2ca90edb1b7
“N-No! Of course, I’ll a20a7d0041 take it!”565e247adea27325
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Adelen quickly eaac702bce accepted the 707df0cac3 gift box. Her hands were already 7b9df97e09 full, so she had b77628764b to clutch it against 7ac89c7a3e her body, trembling all 5d51a8249d over.53ccaf86f0e32f64
“T-Thank you, Master. This is too much… 1789ab74e3 I don’t know if e17528bb4c I should…”57f3eed6e4b9c93b
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“You don’t even 49dff3fd25 know what’s inside. How can 1c055cffd1 you say 6820265f71 it’s too a994037a9d much?”7641a402897a0a90
“If it’s something you’re d02e728d4a giving me, Master, then 217bcad570 it doesn’t matter what 334386a5a8 it is. Just the fact cc159d26e5 that you gave 3eee53947f it is already f8a38642f4 more than I 34945ec5ac deserve.”2b648e428b5ac3b6
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Her lips curled 5798d63b79 into a smile, e0647c386f only to quickly 4643f1f924 lower in worry. She licked her lips 3084333888 nervously, shifting between joy 8c68836680 and tension. Adelen’s face bd7c02963d was extremely f2278a64f7 busy with 3aa756d655 emotions.30e2c44c7d1694a2
Watching her, 429c2482c4 Rakalt clicked 3ccee00e5a his tongue, 3c3d4df896 openly displaying aa98f3ad26 his discomfort.2bdf6d6aeea65576
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“I told d447de04b9 you to 534ffc16d1 take it 17d075162f naturally.”e818d04e6da42832
She was so 6c675ee164 stubborn.9371612fdcab1c78
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“A-Ah, yes! I’ll try!”8096e7f62ff7e0c2
Adelen responded with exaggerated 23d33eaae4 enthusiasm, standing stiffly in d42d654948 place.31ae96624127cad1
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“You won’t 383f239b85 know if 2732fb829f it’s too 2fe2ab0ffc much for cd54a17fc9 you until 02b7bc676c you open add04c02a8 it.”0ecb5af8f20b27dc
“O-Oh, right, right!”a55b68ce933cacc0
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Pushed by Rakalt’s cc8e3e974e urging, Adelen began 7bf79b756a unwrapping the gift.2727bf9b2f20c27e
The box 64e7f6ef9f he had 10c3578ac3 given her 017422f791 was huge—large 4e0c2409b5 enough to 7b4ccdaf18 fit a d2f7b42c9b baby inside.7cd4b1766758630e
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Everyone fell 2668ef4930 silent and cd7e9506e0 watched as 038ff58b12 she carefully a7465d8d03 peeled away 94ed78b49d the wrapping.94ed603d8b726dcd
The tension in the 5c04d2f0c6 air was so intense 29e4d25f8d that even a baby 3d2db93b11 stared, mouth agape, completely 3f580dee51 focused.a5b6481732beff8f
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Adelen cautiously removed the be3f3b43a4 wrapping paper and opened be343a2cc6 the box.46b2b985288283b3
“Ah…”40fbaf11e7e934ef
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Everyone’s eyes daefb86d65 zeroed in 572f7461e4 on the 94654e5903 contents.ec9cfd82ef8b1ba7
Inside the box…4a9832ccb431f18f
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Was another box.b0f456b02556a8c1
“…The box itself 87532a494c isn’t the gift… 991b4ade33 right?”47d70d739b33a96e
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“Keep going.”ec553c1733d0e9e7
“Y-Yes.”1dacdeae1bb655d6
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Adelen opened the b6342d1573 next box.c5b5cd3cf2d1d34c
And found yet another f19c7b4ca8 box.87a63c1119a1a980
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“…?”306feb1ada836811
Why was it wrapped 7994e5b233 in so many layers?3a6051d82cd2c872
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If she opened all 7e79ff90ba these boxes only to 8ee42aab73 find something like “My 3d2dc5c140 Heart” inside…?de5c0767ded9dc4d
Honestly, that wouldn’t be 53d2952579 so bad.4dd935f7e02e489a
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The thought cd459ad256 alone nearly 49e249ce69 made her 3efa807d04 laugh, but c61fbfb184 she pressed 956bdedbaa her lips 953e4fd8b6 together tightly a3e71edd48 to hold 2076e62460 it back 6081fa5b77 and continued f694873175 unwrapping.6176079eec201284
The boxes 9aa5d5be1c were endless.141a742d47e60792
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Some contained scented flower 04c279692e petals. Others were wrapped f56a4e2db3 in fluttering silk.aef78419eff0f07e
Just as she was bdf9444155 starting to grow tired 1ffe60d2f0 of opening box after cbf17e6ed9 box, Adelen finally decided f8c87bb62f to be bold and 1c8a6d3e03 threw open the next c79f69b834 one—f62b2c0067fa68db
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And froze e72e87f8e4 in place.705f12a7504e5127
“What? What is it?”4f0cf09a11705916
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“I can’t see! Show us!”53fcccc972b0b593
“You have fb0efec252 to brag 8dfb937553 about it!”c87d8476ebc7ee84
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The knights stretched their 0130d9d1f8 necks, trying to peek b1d374fa12 into the box.a2e57472714f0077
But Adelen was 6efeb42f82 too stunned to dfd752fbe2 hear their excited 0088bf2bcc chatter. Her lips were 055abcd4a5 parted, unable to 8e8d441e6e close.09d593c02ed1f822
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“M-Master… This is…”3a96304c8b17859b
Everyone who saw what 29cbb4978f was inside fell into 81a9563dd0 the same state of a1a26ea45e shock.34febe0fb19bb6d1
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“J-Jugan, this is…”84c571f3481d9662
“Uh…”3a22009c3ffdb69c
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It was 751b043aee a gift aeb46c5483 that left ecfa4d9f42 them utterly 82dd426c5a speechless.c5f9e96f6c720252
As everyone fell into 4b7cbbcef9 a stunned silence, Adelen cfa53c983f was the first to 3f0116b79f regain her senses.84333e1e66733c06
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Her master cdabf3da8d had said—877c92377ba77720
“You won’t 7634c6a4c4 know if 911f7d5b17 it’s too 730806b1bc much until cd0b890cb9 you open 5c8c18b4ed it.”0d945f163f8759b3
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So she gave him 65e9e7aafc a clear answer.d7f63e3b4929189e
“It’s too much.”c66fa72c62421483
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Inside the e013780375 box was a0b21765e8 an ornate b6d6441ca4 hair ornament, 1bb0218e02 shaped like 65f3240a3d a cluster 729254da18 of flowers, 82eeabe324 made entirely 5123aac80d of precious 8bf44be769 gemstones—an intricate 277c71d73f work of 174d975d0b art.316850665813f6db
“This?”fbc3b89949fca79a
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Rakalt couldn’t cf178788fa understand her 54fdcf4014 reaction.21b8bf2738527e28
“I-It’s far 6ca11783a5 too extravagant 411894fbc5 for me 5abbaaa294 to accept. Something like 86d65399c6 this… It’s c159a97f25 not something c4debe8f21 a mere a5959a1ec1 maid like f09ddd8b07 me should f0653c5a12 have.”ae684a97e83e874d
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This was fa2266b972 truly excessive. Even receiving an 95ff035065 engagement ring from e19be952f6 a friend would bb97d9d926 feel less overwhelming 6dda86694e than this.aae6e389282286c8
It was 3133bb4e4a simply too afa964a80e much.8dec007c1c3f383e
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She couldn’t even begin a6b264d5b1 to imagine what her f23d545235 master was thinking when fec89c9a88 he chose this gift.69c6fa8c468ac43f
“I’m already more than 0e73f114a2 grateful just knowing that 279b559a9d you thought of me, 0f7e1f5421 Master. This… I’ll d2cb0500d3 return it. I was careful d7e3877ea8 when unwrapping it, da6a4094e9 so if we a6d76d2415 pack it up 7345983fdc nicely, maybe it 09cc54edec can be refunded?”3dcfeb548d777977
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Adelen lowered her head 9e1069afda so deeply it nearly 40c7643d24 touched the floor, pushing 32a0eb2dee the box forward.81c1e3dedb962531
“You’re saying it’s too 10faad31bf much for you to bef7ef9b0e accept? What does that even d55c4f1d26 mean?”1d413fe6363b9851
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Rakalt’s voice hardened.19da91985b6aec8e
“People might talk if cb68a113b6 I carry around something c22e316478 so extravagant… It’s also c22da5bf34 personally burdensome for me… dabfbd9bd7 And I’d constantly worry 46acdc57f7 about losing it…”10cde83cea09360f
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There were cd7fb1b8b6 plenty of 493934d285 reasons. As Adelen 2edc5bda91 listed them dcd4049e91 one by 9b7b3bbe89 one, a 8387639fc8 new crease cd617cf41e formed in 1236fbc865 Rakalt’s forehead f2cf00d3f7 for each 7bfea71aaa one.53bb593b1d373586
He hadn’t 2e11fb9d76 considered any eafc4db686 of that.4c0f853abf9bdb76
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“So, you’re rejecting it d66987da95 because of what others 647a8eca60 might say, because it 46a531d628 feels burdensome, and because ee1d51ee22 you’re afraid of losing b504507602 it?”566276e4afbaec6c
“Yes, that’s right.”75e0610912634dc6
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“And why exactly 554f90067e do you find 5f8ad0b1b3 it burdensome?”ef2187ba6bad2282
“Uh… It’s just 7977159c0a too fancy for cf24a39e8b someone like me?”3d08dc0f8137f00b
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Adelen scrambled to come 3fa82d8e19 up with an answer, 2b32b82a6a knowing he wouldn’t accept 510dbeee69 her refusal otherwise.b7ab62efa89a52ea
Rakalt stared at her.edca7456367cbab1
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Even the 4e6ac28782 floral crown bc9a1c4e91 she was b6722151c4 currently wearing 821dcef2cd was already 85cb27dc20 extravagant—crafted from f31ec1b42e the most f510ddf7de stunning flowers 971c740881 in the b3c338e8d9 garden, as 5de7f6ceab if even 48e0405cfc the gardeners 22714ca990 had worked f92742b11c together to 7a0d42be7c create it.44bafdae5d9f4f28
It looked 0244ec2ab9 more fitting 3e8dedb79d for a f494e2cf9e bride than 334c343e60 a birthday 810f7dc640 girl.b86dff27b99551ae
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Yet, Adelen’s face 8c03f4d753 stood out beautifully add7090835 beneath it.ca181b5acb66ac13
Surely, that meant the a211a21dbd hair ornament he had f19697f6ff chosen wouldn’t be too 337adb1909 much either.139b0c33096c08ad
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“Put it on.”da0264c2455e5bc2
“B-But I just 8e2635de33 told you it’s…”73cf1dfd12b40582
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“You won’t know until 252c790711 you try it on. Things look different on 8c917af8e5 the head than they cb88fab442 do in the box.”a282dc074255810f
“A-Ah…”453c0ac0ab60ea25
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“If it f7ed5605ce truly looks 3543eb3bf7 out of d6eff41479 place on 22b256c19a you, I’ll 75e3d4e616 take it 8dfd9b1c54 back.”a5bd61572c6f22a0
“W-Well…”c931ae128ef7a660
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If she wore 9f34e5470b it, wouldn’t that f5f3c4e776 make it impossible 53816f1458 to return…?803000fdbedf5e1a
But Rakalt’s 00039a5f6b sharp gaze fa9acd4323 left no 8e2219c50d room for b616791f63 argument.6ae9e45011434d82
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She shot the 2b89120d54 butler a pleading 7bbc8653cc look, but his d3003c9f3b priority was always b71ae05af6 his master.b55267e680e79317
“Come now, Adelen. He prepared it with 2b188dcdbc care; it would be 7f91cab090 rude to refuse without 36b4459200 trying it on first. Hand it 940e66ebbe over—I’ll help.”f4cf4c55e639a368
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“…Okay.”26010a941974127c
Resigned, Adelen quietly handed 939b34a332 the hair ornament to aa4138ca4a the butler.175af181a3c45f1b
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The butler, 69725790b3 not particularly e191138be8 skilled in fca875ff4a handling women’s 2b096f8682 hair, awkwardly 097e1dce83 fixed it c9961d40d9 atop her 680ba4d5d0 braided hair.48514f1046fc2334
The hair 07ec3cc82f ornament wobbled 7676d64d90 precariously, mirroring 1dda3c8848 Adelen’s own 642b551eed uneasy heart.f32f9b3783efbd9a
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“Uh, uhm… How ad2a09d3af does it look, dce6ad20dc Master…?”2f76be5a0d88e6d4
“Aduyeh, ipbba!”f9b03795c045b6c5
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Before Rakalt could answer, 8c5dad422a the baby shouted—f93d1322204cfb95
“Cute!”b4067ecddbc8efd0
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