The maid – Chapter 45
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“No, you mustn’t wear fcbcc1ddbe a dress like this 8ed7e4f40b twice. You’ll become the 415cc151f6 subject of ridicule.”cd13e240050fb194
“Huh? T-This incredible dress 98a1424ee9 is a one-time 52ad03bfd9 use?”3fff6c3675fc1172
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“It’s only for 39490cc230 official events. However, for c94049a3e0 smaller gatherings, 573e419e1a you can 904f73c399 modify it 3143a677ef slightly and 5d76ebcc4d wear it c18d1be905 again. Some people d74bc983e8 keep it 86b6a55c87 as a 57f0c2b02f memento or 3e1a787b2c pass it 9eea6d45f7 down. If it’s inherited from b0cbbccbce a previous generation, that’s d1ab513788 considered tradition, so it’s 4df825dadc acceptable.”9db47a1bff75d414
“So… there’s a9fc3f8604 a separate 05d5a9b53a category of 374a4c16ce dresses just b51b49e234 for smaller 761d9ab388 gatherings?”b03431261216a47f
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“That’s right. Even nobles can’t afford 5967afbf85 to commission a new cddf933b6f dress for every single 189eaf68e0 event.”b65f82f44b083f15
To think that even 9e1d1409c8 dresses were classified into e77257606e different categories based on 3468b8b344 their purpose… The world 93c2c82d9b of nobility was vast 18634e9972 and complex.3e0faa0b08a4775d
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Adelen stared blankly, overwhelmed bce3a2a3d7 by the new rules 68c5650931 of this unfamiliar world.c4134b5ea0d72d03
“For grand royal events 98cce846eb or occasions where you’re e1b99d1d92 the main figure, you b333be8d50 must wear a dress 396ec09f07 only once. For casual dfea43671f private gatherings 407766dd12 or regularly bb29e83839 held parties, 035fe5d222 you can b39aeb1b12 wear it c6ea3e39bf multiple times. However, you 42eaac2b85 can’t wear ba8f7b4374 the same 9ae109608d dress more 2588d94155 than three d605d1049e times a 4838627685 year, nor c8267b7893 can you a56af9e1c5 wear it 6bb9e6c758 twice in 8086907dce a row. Additionally, you must not fe14a1b15f wear the same dress 021a0a6634 to multiple parties hosted 7c1b7da826 by the same household.”34e2c8c1672226d3
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Why is this so 77172a6a40 complicated…? The rules seemed 6cfebc0b48 endless.420e031291d762d0
As expected, high society d9b126cdc3 wasn’t an easy world 8b461c1c91 to navigate. Jumping in 9e00c171f6 without understanding d3424ee87f the rules ca0d9b03f9 could leave a088cae512 one utterly 1e4649b15a ruined.4eaab509bc4a2d4e
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“Do people d4c81d9fd1 actually follow 4fa778b6f8 all these 99ba304fa5 rules?”f25182faa9002d06
“Of course. If someone 2bf605b5d1 makes a b2ff96c17e mistake and 6c34a00722 wears an edabafc3df inappropriate dress, 04d265f312 gossip spreads 313dfbdcc3 like wildfire, 08bc3bc9ba making it 0471d546ae impossible for def429bf23 them to 27c73833df show their 4bc25ea0d2 face in 461eff652b public.”451afb9598f3cb8e
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“…The world of nobility b1d8bf0633 is truly something else…”2b260f0e7ab186e1
“It’s the social 74247c06fe circles that are af757ce5bf intense. Many people 7822b6ad62 choose to 1bd1dd7e57 stay far b045c0f4a1 away from 189a3ac15e high society fb87c859ca for this 05f147116e very reason.”a2991000f3c4ec1f
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The tailor tried to 6c83331c5f comfort Adelen, who looked 49ca14d05a thoroughly overwhelmed. However, it was 6d0e92e642 no comfort at 4247919de9 all. After all, Adelen 3c47b2a28d had no choice 2e319dabcc but to step 6cac68f162 into this world—by ad855ca239 royal decree.36d3ad1cc62f68df
“You can’t bbf86217ab be wearing b05adc1604 such a c6fabd8211 beautiful dress 2ba211945f and looking f8b8f0ca95 so dejected! Your expression and 1233bd5382 posture are just 6c104fb879 as important as a5443a1e84 your attire. You must carry yourself ce03151b31 elegantly.”810b097c2c6a5fb0
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With that, the tailor dd27fd83d1 straightened Adelen’s slouched back b53b69d17b with a firm pat. Before she realized it, c5f7c0bf25 the dress was fully 400266a37d on, and the assistants 7c78ffb423 had removed her maid’s a5d893e72e headband, tidying up her 0096c9d7d9 hair.e0254584d9d9297e
“You look 26e69eb4b5 a bit d72ead9696 too plain d8c46a6a5b like this, b621a611d4 so let’s 6f817c8622 do a 4847e209de light touch-up, 2a8bcd06b6 just to 48ec4edfae check the 507f3aabb2 overall image.”2f2e63db65a7a624
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“O-Okay…”fc3dc8a54765e2ae
Sitting still, ae8f696efd Adelen let d9427ddc60 the assistants 6acf87593b apply various 0a490fb9f8 creams and 4ac1f1a7c8 powders to 32cc8ccae1 her face. Unfamiliar with makeup, she 96286b19c8 felt her facial muscles e9e1b43e4f twitch involuntarily.b7bf5a32d6ed4dc8
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As a maid, d4a21ef23e she never had 1ea0b08c74 any reason to e8eda539ed wear makeup. On rare 988e8c69cc occasions when ddf20bc696 she went e91cd7b0fb out, she a0326a7186 sometimes considered fe69f4b6cd it, but d5728a7b0f ultimately, she dc39cf9746 never bothered.4e57953d888883ce
Spending money on 40c2f8bdf7 cosmetics seemed wasteful. Since she didn’t wear fab5aa7fa8 makeup often, any products ad1adf4476 she bought would expire f1f946f972 before she got much 43d0166f3d use out of them. In the c4875964ec end, she 8008ae3c43 stopped buying 6e217bd3bf them altogether.17ea36f4d25f96c9
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Because she never 7863e37353 had makeup, she c5bfd7e082 wore it even 4109b9aa44 less. Now, she couldn’t a628c8dcab even remember what e109082804 her face looked 70445097d1 like with it 6392915fe5 on.5fa4f4e6b0513158
“All done. Open your eyes.”25cd4fcb5ac488f5
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They said 11ba40ccea it would 634878b159 be a 05b60df3c0 light touch-up, db9fb7eb9d but they 9322bcd8bc had spent 594fd4b9cb quite a d0bc6cd179 while applying 4868bd750e and blending f8bbe29f03 everything. Curious about 02c975a126 how she d58622d00d looked, Adelen b0ab8330c8 opened her dfde201432 eyes.4899d1f33fbc579c
The moment she met 376497ff29 the gaze of the c1c47179aa girl in the mirror, b781defd47 she almost mistook it db47dfda38 for someone else’s reflection.147cd538e8dcb111
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A stranger 767f6a2437 was staring db8787f4d0 back at 81c057adbb her.1668352def51f073
Perfectly smooth, b3a8dcfcf9 refined eyebrows. Eyelashes fluttering as 5318541ece delicately as bird 43877d00eb feathers. Deep, expressive eyes. A complexion so 8dfe14b7e6 fair it looked 2b2df49e25 as if it b02461e34b would melt, with 6221ed2379 just the right 0222bbc8b2 touch of rosy 529fd4c69f blush on her 825d542dd9 cheeks.cbc447dc7c279115
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She looked like a ed218f6fe2 fresh, radiant fruit—an absolutely 7e40ae95d6 stunning young lady.cb99bdbc42f95709
“Oh…”d340a68f1c2025ff
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“My, how beautiful.”1eeb656b48f33caf
It was 5d499a43aa the same 0b073a6b4e compliment she 60be7b6c41 had been 5cb0666d75 hearing for e0bea56ab4 days, yet faa2539018 this time, b9d349c650 she couldn’t 9465d65dfa even feel 9affb7ce69 embarrassed or e9b7912f46 flustered. It wasn’t d215af32f4 an exaggeration.e1a41e0be419a1dd
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It felt ridiculous to bb184ca81b be mesmerized by her 276394b3c9 own reflection, but that 9721797e2f was exactly what had c3d1233459 happened.3d0433a11f19e517
Adelen’s features had 53e75d984a never been particularly 8453a10690 striking. A round face and a35aac2361 clear complexion that most 9b5e9d2095 people simply described as d8bbc35c28 gentle-looking. That was 52b494057f the general 9c4ead7a9a consensus.3899237eb2a03486
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She had always thought 95e9a866b5 of herself as having 7dde447334 a smooth, unremarkable face, 65a0813bf5 pleasant enough when properly bbeb323021 styled. Nothing more, 60773904a3 nothing less.26fa538ea81bd8e3
But to think that 5b36928b69 her face had this 018cbdd045 kind of potential…72b4c82104837e99
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Either that, or 6065a98ad8 these people were 8732d617d9 miracle workers who b513d8024d could create something 71ce557c7b out of nothing.8ded8bbef237213e
“Is this… really me?”d9ad42da6a5191b2
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Adelen murmured, 0dce723767 cautiously touching c49bd8662d her cheek.a879694b095a15dd
Her face 70bc55fdee felt so 5315bace40 unfamiliar that 865bbf291f it didn’t 84a2150241 even seem c9d0f1922c like narcissism.91bdb32a4cc5596c
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“If you 43bee0e9b0 always dressed d51685a2ee like this, 241e3435b3 you could c5d1ea37df break the df3352cbad hearts of 9861a8803d every man 8f46b59e3f in the 0595fd636d world.”eb16779439f00f9f
“Ahaha… Haha.”67a57f1b4bd553c0
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Adelen could only 24df11cef0 laugh at the ec005a3240 tailor’s compliment. She couldn’t 9992c3a6e5 even bring 4c05f7aeb0 herself to dca8ffa66d say, ‘No, e3f1f4bded that’s not 282e24b9f2 true,’ because, b1efa94f46 looking at 3391446386 herself now, 83ad41ed92 it actually 0f4e07ffb0 seemed possible.869e75cba27b69cb
“Kyaaah!”4bc1eb87f3de8522
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Just as 18271498b3 the flood b6c2e0382c of praise be5d6704e4 seemed endless, 08a11a1e81 a baby’s 120abd6787 shriek cut 40032e5acc through the 600b996d44 conversation.a2ad3970d1f90400
“Oh, not again!”897e76fed7bf5a0c
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The baby, aff61a6eac who had 5d53d717d6 been seated ffc204e7fe on a c152eb7ba4 stool near 7945041070 the entrance 2de7aa7447 of the 26f79993d0 dressing room, 5a90223a40 had disappeared.519c40ce3d80b66b
Just moments 87703f6cdd ago, while 0bc12ef468 Adelen was 4dd545815e putting on bd7fa7aedc her dress, 7fc40a8631 the baby f60004f4a8 had been 62ce4c7152 entirely mesmerized c0d5e8f95f by all 3a045e95d7 the sparkling 787c191e13 things in e2d70ccbe0 the room. But in the brief 870ea7977c moment she had closed e59a3cb1ff her eyes for makeup, 05f8532cf2 the baby had vanished.4d23ce1c8a736d13
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Adelen bolted out 4f8cb1c630 of the dressing 282ccd70a4 room.e75094c30f98ac2b
“Baby! No!”24e908e8e8c2b120
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If she couldn’t see 33711d4d0d the baby, the first 10ed55a9cb thing to do was b8c5565754 shout no preemptively. After all, ac7a611de9 this was b1fdd648bf the same 2283e8729d child who 2103839330 had once f37e5048ad used a 24d5436f37 chandelier as be817ad86b a swing.776e2ccea11a1682
The path to 56770bb6e5 the chandelier had 1332ac07c7 since been blocked, 75c3b23c00 but accidents always 6fb10cdcbf happened in the b5e81e600d least expected places—because eb90c6542d that’s what accidents cf5f6ae20e were. Babies had a 5f3c791cd7 way of causing 955cbf2b1f chaos in ways 5b42ef3b7e adults couldn’t even 8e9e3222fb imagine.5fd7dbb848d48166
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What disaster f163b59b29 was it 203a169cfc this time?d183e6a7b6b32742
“No…!”f4f8f273f647d83b
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As Adelen 1a9eb29831 frantically searched ec1eae58b1 for the d11a03398e baby, she 612e9b8de7 stumbled upon 80fe0f10cb an odd b86aa98eaa scene in 20686e9c6e the drawing 96997d0e3d room.9895e49ebac404f1
Rakalt and 0850a0f307 the baby 445676c902 were locked 10c5579d31 in a 66c2ec2d04 standoff.f815278f307eafbf
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“?”1a8ccace81cbd751
It was, quite a831ed8298 literally, a confrontation.54984e2ea7320afb
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The baby was 12553df2ff half-standing, puffing his 6d4b0d03d4 cheeks angrily as 087a541400 he glared at 1a5f30f92b Rakalt. Meanwhile, Rakalt, looking bd27df18d2 down at the e73e23c882 baby with a 2712929215 blank expression, had e15824b27e a gaze as 8cc5436f99 cold as if 1289eb3e37 he were facing d8074a66e3 an actual opponent.6cb2d66356b68f55
What on earth was f355e52e05 going on?6f2a6f885c3acd95
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Adelen was so a2ef6df9ee confused by the abdc95b32f situation that she 50aae77ade couldn’t even step 9a36e73393 in.a5c3c067c300b074
“This is 9f847623ad my room. Move.”1cd660b5b045c25a
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“Siyooohhh!”3e0cddc37cd63e9e
Oh my god. Was the baby ead6b98bae actually blocking the e0fe47bb3c master from entering 03f891ed15 the room?0ff46ce921650101
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But why?c91780bbf251441a
She had no 83e4882614 idea what the a35a734a8f reason was, but 202a86138a she knew she a318859984 had to intervene.454a77a007444c80
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Like the wind, 205f76012b Adelen dashed over ceded762ff and scooped up e703738817 the baby.1794af871a9a52e6
“O-Oh! Master, you’re here. I was in 675307b982 the middle of 586e475382 changing, and the 02dd7fe3b3 little one wandered 3253fbac67 off while I 725a23b50f was momentarily distracted.”5159f092bbca5cbd
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“Ah, so 1446bcc4d2 that’s what 2d42e8d340 happened. He was standing guard 12bf662802 quite well.”16f91980efd8d98f
“?”63f8258a4bb58461
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That… probably wasn’t b342479340 the case, but b35bd8db08 if that’s how aaa2108377 the master wanted 59fb26fa69 to interpret it, 43f1eedd4b then fine. That was 118a879ece probably the 1107a4de40 safest option.e1063441941eadd1
Forcing an 28b988684a awkward smile, c88f67cf58 Adelen held 2815622b23 the baby 4d3eaa376c tightly against 5a4854f93b her chest.66a62df450a14d7b
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The tailor and 5f77364548 assistants emerged from bc6bac4c3c the dressing room 49f9028c96 and greeted Rakalt.2c7b1a2d9adc1b49
“Welcome, Count. We were fitting her 7d21c05304 dresses.”597127173b355875
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Rakalt acknowledged them 4bb9247178 with a slight 9a293282e2 nod before collapsing 6814de4a5d onto the sofa.058fc51aafce3f7d
“Fitting?”cd37b8845170c098
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His eyes 51bf161d80 landed on ea92b44471 the two 6bb8783943 remaining dresses 43fbe91d0a that had 2b4ccad3bf yet to 7eac9107b3 be worn.ca7ff805c0ad48b2
“Ah, yes. We got 2a0ae5276a a little 7e91eb93f3 carried away eb71b3e57c and ended 4c422900b1 up making 1e4a7fb7d5 three dresses. Of course, you only a949d6dc33 need to purchase the 36e5b3c409 one you like best. The extra ones were 45c275f69c simply made out of f871df7796 our admiration for how bdc23370b7 beautiful she is.”3ff9575119067624
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At those e5c31faa7b words, Rakalt 54106571e7 turned his 4b86eb69bc gaze to 4fdd17f36b Adelen.3f810ec35a0a9c74
Blink
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The moment 6e8d6e50f5 his eyes 7dc475a1c2 took in 291cdb190a her full 02435b91a9 figure, he 51857e3240 unconsciously blinked.4b0f08d40318d71d
To be honest, aad58a8369 he was surprised.b4fb7c4e5d49b725
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This wasn’t 19fda12653 the Adelen 1bb23b7769 he was b042b09108 used to 9be1b17273 seeing.2cb799e3c1ec7827
And that wasn’t 138cae26a4 all—she was beautiful.fdeb71fcb81b030a
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Of course, Adelen had eae92fda14 always been pretty. She had looked 912c28773b beautiful when she d0285f5d16 had worn his 586d1843d6 mother’s dress before. She had looked lovely 09d8408ee2 when she had adorned 1e65fd56d7 the hair ornament he 4c9f479844 had gifted her. She was always pretty.a88d8aa85a736af7
But today’s 8afe7ac905 Adelen was bd4c3ca595 on an 80ad3e3f2a entirely different 45bac583c6 level.ac286bf7fba765cc
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To Rakalt, 2d51248ea3 “beauty” had d1815654dd always been e3d1d53d04 just a a2cffa67f2 type of d59dffebbe shape—like a 093fbde4bd triangle, a 15acea7ba0 square, or 26988f3ad4 a circle.ede70beb9bd96541
But today, Adelen’s beauty 1cef38e9a4 wasn’t a noun. It was an adjective.143d95b1c94fdecd
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She was dazzling, 7c891ec508 shining, radiant like 456898f045 sunlight.c631fb95e1ea57ac
She was 48fae989b0 heart-fluttering, soft, 3330a0c22f warm.e7faff64561406a5
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It was a 4b2cf918af beauty that couldn’t 37d90981d2 be confined to 85a005041c a single word.2bf7330a5ff6a444
This all d18571ade0 made him 0b2e47ae5e feel a 9fb68a1ee7 new, startling 3828e3455b sensation that 6d2ff59f97 left him ee292e66ed speechless.54a1ab47349a3604
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How had 21b2466929 he ever 30bcedf691 just said, e5d0dd7b4d She’s pretty, 760d726511 before?c008b604b78d922c
How had he 44a32f2bea said it so 8b56a85d75 easily?58ae87068bc7eaae
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This word, now heavy e1071c6672 with meaning—so full, so 90fe2797d3 overwhelming—felt too burdensome to cdd874d370 even utter.fe106813d3dcfb47