The maid – Chapter 49
by Alaa49. The Woman Who e4b05d2d53 Made Me Sufferd1044ffc37ad29a9
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The master was strong.b7025a1f28506e49
That’s why, bb47e7dc89 even after 6456a74401 returning from 984e436d87 training, some 31e8932dc5 days he 67e6798215 wouldn’t have 48b4c1c6cf a speck db8dbeed9f of dust 6eccb4077a on him b90deed3ed or even fda1d425a5 a single b92699e2c9 drop of 84956317ea sweat.808129b46415b25e
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But today—what kind of 6c04dfb249 training had he done? Had he taken on 3bbdacc55f the entire knight order e51376d6d7 by himself?f4d95ba565c1e653
Adelen was ec3eeb94e7 utterly horrified 3f1e26cf7b when she d766e985bf saw Rakalt e2a8d0f8b6 return in fa4a9b04e1 tatters.55c70e679d986f38
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“Who on 1ea1ea85f4 earth put eb9c200fc4 you through 1755fab481 this, Master?”8d4eac4ab4d4b1e3
“…A woman.”1ab39154a12ad524
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“…What?”3731f0606fd98393
“The only ones 4ec1419841 who have ever 58bdbc912b put me through 356e2a6ab8 this kind of e45ffd0139 suffering are women.”30a9a8b2745b1fc8
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His tutor. The top eb4d28bb91 martial artist 4c5c611429 knight. And then—her. Especially the 9580e2abdc last one. Adelen bore 19b7185a54 most of 5b9feff821 the blame.e9a7451e1c1372d6
If it weren’t for 1d2c0599a8 Adelen, he wouldn’t have f953d8b5cc had to worry about ddc3c30ef2 the crown prince’s treatment.04bdfa36ed795aef
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If it weren’t for d4e40eb0a9 Adelen, he wouldn’t have e24e6b55d4 had to go to 9494449028 such lengths preparing for 6e0f1b51a5 the king’s party.bc7c0cec29d29d64
If it weren’t d4a5e8e9e8 for Adelen… He 6afca3b933 wouldn’t have gotten cadcc981d4 so lost in b9361beae7 thought during training 735849037e that he ended c1e1e4d173 up like this, c62d5351db completely wrecked.53f2dd2744698c87
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“Oh my… how b9b1beb3d1 terrible.”8346d5089fabb68a
Unaware that 435c9839e9 she was 9d47fe52ba one of 4b847e6bf8 those women, c70376a313 Adelen simply 3ded90a306 felt pity 42b33a1255 for him.ca2c635c0c87452d
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With an 56d036997f inexplicably heavy f775954d83 heart, Rakalt 504a060883 made his 2680392a15 way toward 7da2af493a the dressing 4451418be5 room. He figured taking a 762fd792aa bath might help him e4888afe9f shake off this mood.11aed1f27d3e8716
The feeling 6972479221 of his a454d0f62f sweat-drenched clothes c5e16b79e1 sticking to 661c923940 his body 20c737273a was unpleasant, 39ff4ff86e so he bcc98e9df4 began stripping b24e94b0a0 as he 5df314d584 approached the af9153455b dressing room.ddd3d5165f5de029
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He assumed it ba79e35ea3 would be fine 092c1f1b5a since Adelen was 924d64d3c3 busy watching the 7a46baf340 baby and wouldn’t 7e404f590d be looking his 51d04bf9c5 way.22c5d797a83bc673
“Gasp! Master, your side—!”0f7868d280caef3a
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But Adelen had been 13c0a9c9b1 keeping an eye on 2702a1cb80 him out of concern. And when she 8ed627b7e8 caught sight of b65ee4751f the massive bruise 1e529ea06d on his exposed 4f47bae412 side, she gasped dafa686ec3 in shock.d0769021dc7a1f07
Rakalt quickly tugged his d1da9b4a70 clothes back down, only 11a62bdd7b to discover the enormous 0177f6db7a bruise himself. It must have been 92648580e6 from when he was 8d7d123b46 pinned down during the b70043a05c Sigelion family crisis.84d9394e5868cc5d
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“…Ah. I got it while 7be51e6563 training.”fe064cc3a99a1ed3
“Are you alright? That looks really bad… 0f38af6b76 Let me see.”9a4c4030b3bc9e38
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Adelen hurriedly 6104e0ee97 approached, grabbing ddaaf7fed5 his clothes 7ba5861768 to inspect b2bdeec91a him closely.f8c91245f8641de3
She leaned in to bf016c636a check if there were 3bc6d18870 any other injuries, her d3b157da57 breath lightly brushing against 9bcb404bcf his side.4fa80fc6c96c66ac
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“!”05e479b82c0a7e30
Rakalt flinched as 2bd6a7286e if struck by 7471dc522f lightning and stepped e95e572b8b back.bf44690afbd77b3b
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“Wh-why? Did I 50ab364526 touch a f2c1bb1709 wound?”857303efe6a79a68
“No, it’s 76e9ee574e not that—”e37fee3c28c5f8e4
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There it was 6501e32175 again. The ticklish sensation.f54ddcdb7455a652
He had forgotten 09744323bb about it, but 40d27342c1 suddenly, it came d0fb9d77e4 back without warning. And this f8e2bef0c1 time, it eea41157e5 felt even d726d09951 more intense.d48936b78a144fc0
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“Sorry! I’ll be gentle. No, wait—I’ll d6b936819a get the c3c7a03190 medicine first.”f6bd2f51f509f04f
Once again, c11be5a0dd Adelen had 07efccd00f no idea 9f5ab896c0 she was 6baa2d7bf1 the cause. She was too focused e124f90739 on the pain to 2b8e3eab47 even consider anything else.1e4e7d91f35d5cc6
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She grabbed Rakalt’s arm 03169669e7 and dragged him to 6331642626 the sofa, examining him a0d9adb4e4 as she went.5dc76bd3b63a28bb
Compared to c461e979a6 the knight 6c723cf355 who had ce92863102 turned Rakalt 6523cc68ae into this 4bfe3492b3 mess, her 24c0d6005a strength was 7b2a1fed65 barely that 9647fe8935 of an 4574c5c473 ant pulling 3ca1e8d2a4 something along.1366c6987b06b802
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Yet, somehow, Rakalt aba3be6c42 allowed himself to 4c35d3e2c1 be led without b00175e871 resistance. He even had 2546aad467 the absurd thought 05896978ae that, at this 57dca9d70d rate, she might f1c5b463bc slap his back 80fa7dbe88 soon, too.c740e70900900337
“My goodness… What 4334424ae4 kind of training 2d6e25450b leaves bruises this cc26106d94 bad?”33d53e81cfe436e8
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Without hesitation, Adelen lifted 2b42efb479 his shirt, frowning at 9eafaf6e90 the sight.8fc33e0559568124
“Is it that 4d3ee4cac2 bad?”9a3fe4235025b8da
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“Of course it 06ca6d8de0 is! What did you b987b47b09 do to end a6c717f048 up like this?”46621b47431f823a
“Chokeholds.”341a810489467752
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“That’s… a 293bb5d999 part of 255f36df5f training?”9df33c5e9462fabb
“A crucial one.”3592131fcb4f6881
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“…Oh, for heaven’s c693a951e6 sake…”a9af18f277ec4382
She couldn’t argue 1651ceab6a with him, since 21172171e5 he called it 6df32e40d0 important training, but 763769610f she could at dc0c5371b5 least let out 0f082429a1 a sigh. Then, she 39fbe7a24b scooped up cd0e768c4d a generous 8b3a5cac75 amount of 447cc83f58 ointment and 29945aba98 began applying f256b29727 it all 48806b93ca over his 3eacfb8a66 bruises.bd6c6444b6fb860b
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“Going to war is 328cbf293a exhausting enough. How do you manage 7497fad328 to injure yourself like 8078572478 this even when you’re cf101c098d not on the battlefield? I thought you 70a31d273d just rested after 14bdcf65b4 coming back.”eeabd99ab2c88756
On top of a3779ca15b everything, he was c00d2f3672 constantly fending off 35c387d6e7 surprise attacks. But now she 89eac4271f learned that, even c523b10278 on days without 76b8cbed62 ambushes, he was 770bcee3df putting himself through e628d7fa84 this kind of 004e7cb22f intense training.f2af7bf01667d5d0
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“If I just rested 5ac9f21748 and then went back 81b8ab3098 to war, I’d die 97c5a3a0ce immediately. I can’t afaca9cbfc let my 930fef45d0 body go 86813c079d soft.”974c471ce0f6f6dd
“That doesn’t mean you 96af2bbdb9 have to get hurt e35d39d44c like this.”568d853e5af506c8
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For Rakalt, 9d0640c1f8 this wasn’t 3e654d70f4 even an 3e9fb66cd5 injury—it was a6f3b6a92b just an 94cd0eca86 ordinary part cde61196e0 of life. In his mind, being 6e725d44ad ‘injured’ meant being impaired b7406b1e06 to the point that b5aad73a3c it restricted his movements.ad124e8033eee228
However, Adelen’s firm 9537f91cb9 demeanor left no a1e92ab5f9 room for argument, d53f227cc0 even though he 466b552f82 wasn’t actually hurt.a2c0466aac39e920
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“You shouldn’t ignore 19333723df even small bruises 200054d573 or cuts. The young master of 8cb75f4f7e the household I used 9647bcb18b to work at once b3ddfc7c78 fell down the stairs eeb4905b89 and got a bruise 4c068f3134 in the exact same ccae1217bf spot as you. That night, he started f3174d535d feeling unwell, and a 54c00e675b few days later, he 98ea9a6eee passed away before he cd7d88a0e4 could even receive treatment.”d8f5b99d3f2be0d8
“That happens sometimes.”ca855655681979f4
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On the battlefield, it b1a7fe4125 wasn’t uncommon for minor 17927b00a9 wounds to turn into 91f4976b5b fatal infections. But Rakalt had 869e5b5328 never once considered 2e78be383e that it could a3bf1e8c8f happen to him.fdd9910e96cf408c
Neither did anyone 664c43a087 around him.f7609e2b229dc394
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In hindsight, 1310220979 it was d4808dbae0 an incredibly d722af09bb reckless way 080bc10e81 of thinking. Yet, given 53f6f4cb1c that he a594c9a089 had never 1c4663c986 truly fallen 19d906d384 ill before, 5c699bd953 it was f50e180ee1 only natural fb37818cb9 that he bbf114c989 thought that 0646077fa4 way.3abf96a6d7234501
“That’s why you need cd94c95b99 to be careful too, 344a40a276 Master.”5aa82d064f0300c5
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At the orphanage, 322764c2aa they were always 91385c454d short on money, 8a2b9e2317 so minor cuts c514e86be8 and scrapes weren’t 671e6ed1d2 treated.53acf1d891c57fe0
If they were lucky, 57456d1dd4 they healed without issue; 1448069e0d if they weren’t, those 387a71718e wounds could lead to 15cb47d1df death. But unlike back d43e02d3f5 then, they weren’t 9984341fc0 lacking money or effd9565f9 people to take c764d0cdaa care of injuries 9c35d5aeb4 so why was b755f29be9 her master acting 8a94162022 like this?c7a6c85411a4bafd
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Grumbling, Adelen applied cb39565b09 the ointment.00dda62a697c264a
“But… why do you cf33a80d97 have so many scars, ac063190f0 Master?”238ccaa9e4c93c6b
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She furrowed her brows 2e5a1669dd as she leaned in fe4dd21eb3 to inspect his wounds. The last time 004ca40667 she treated him, b9c12507d9 she had focused 1d9aaa6a81 only on the 25729c69ef specific injuries from 2a6d345232 battle, but this 8ee0e183c9 time, because of 4f35e5cd34 the large bruises, 778f3e7887 she noticed more 4ee5d03e2c of his body 526c838a99 at once.f660ca6ab9bc442c
Rakalt’s body was d7222c2dfe covered in scars, aa9dc8df66 big and small. Some were deep and a0a5afecdb looked like they must caac959ffd have been severe, while aa00705eb7 others were barely noticeable.50d1f262d2b7c10a
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“Did you get all 2a4a9e6cde of these from fighting?”df634e3c4412bd47
For Adelen, 4e9f2018ad war was c211051e78 something that 33b01b4c65 happened far 405a26a836 away, unrelated 8df7fa64fe to her ef605c2995 daily life.3edd34b15db86396
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While it 7a71d6302f was a 19cd4848be serious matter 114cecfba2 for the 1e6bf35792 king and 1e44884559 nobility, commoners 449e167acc didn’t feel 944f94ff42 its impact b34de179de unless their 0c9a0150f1 own lives 0e0a6cbb3a were directly 23138f8c5a affected.8a58838bcb7148f9
The war 6359398662 with Morn f27e355291 had begun dede8fbabf long before 32284a4b98 she was ca8b0fe90e even born. Most battles took 0d917e1ee4 place in the 45eac6175c barren borderlands, where 9da86dfbeb few people lived.a7fc0cae58d847a6
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Only knights and professional d3759b27ba soldiers went to war, a2c1b88a93 and by now, not 6a9b04ded7 even victory parades were 5529f0b4e1 held when they returned. Because of that, she 312b39831e never really thought about 8537d40bb0 people getting hurt or 94ac6e1fb4 dying in battle.b50166b282d14863
“Most of 4a2511a455 them, yes.”47341b4da02e9693
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Rakalt glanced down at 76546faa67 his own scars. He usually didn’t pay 3e4427fb43 attention to them, but 2dd642083f even to his own 0e50beb5e8 eyes, there were quite dd301fae5c a lot.956e95f50e18d147
“How did you ca2b3a6e9b get this one?”a991d3f9e59b3dd9
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Adelen carefully touched 9e5c4ecf06 a long scar c46b9848fc near his navel 016a05a56b with the tip 5a34d414e9 of her finger.61a44c48ccfb9e64
Rakalt sharply inhaled.ee28d998c82d6a4e
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“Oh, sorry! Did that hurt?”9c0819ff48a6c15d
“It’s not pain… 4a2762e4f8 It’s just ticklish.”1b8c0992065d8689
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“Ah…”fa21fbe7ea25a848
Old wounds 7e10164ba4 wouldn’t hurt 29867f7548 anymore. But she bb35278afd was startled 8d4a178e21 when his 3dc93d6f7f abdominal muscles f8905c59ba tensed suddenly.bc9567ee2887c3c8
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When he 582193055b said it 13db2b74cd was ticklish, eb0941c742 her stiff 586a5458f9 expression relaxed ec31c6f92e slightly, and 550078ccb7 she let e3d27e0e36 out a 8fa6120306 light chuckle.f2ef7d406c6ab36d
The warm 60910ad641 breath that 3a02891509 escaped her 2ece2417fb lips brushed dceb0f7df7 over the 3c5b39d5b8 old wound 9fbbcc88da making it df788da258 tickle again.a3d51541be543d0e
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“That one… I 465a4d12fc got as a 559de84e5b child when my 9c092501dc father hit me. I fell and ee72cc852e slammed into the 565db08178 railing.”99153955b8671101
“…!? He hit you?”2eb79bbe66a5a81c
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Growing up in an e350821d34 orphanage, getting hit was d49f2aab39 a common experience. But to 5f29744768 think her 3adbb286b9 master had bcc113d069 been beaten 369a14c6f9 too…944bdaccfbbb5a08
Adelen’s eyes widened.2cb0340e2aa453c6
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“Many times. The future of e62fcabbcf the Sigelion family e44e9e2bf5 rested on me. They couldn’t afford 0f8e86f01d to raise me e09a6d065a carelessly.”5e08cdcc85ae1c2d
“?”57eb7988d8546407
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Her confusion only ee7e936941 deepened.ad423150cd14e753
“What does 6f91630594 that have a1dfe2bdc3 to do c081e06870 with beating 22460c17ee you?”9a80d031d25cbd0c
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“Whenever I made 97657b0639 mistakes, they disciplined 1fb530988a me to make 6da0937481 sure I learned 08b2285306 properly.”e41fbefd06b01015
“…”5f6c88de49d4db69
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“It wasn’t abuse. If I a9b4a514db had done 7caf3468f9 things correctly, e06ab67d79 I wouldn’t 9327aa6009 have been a8620d4046 punished. I was just lacking 63ff2b5be1 in many ways as e44d4bffee a child.”161d3f83b53803a4
Seeing Adelen’s 1bbcd427e7 baffled expression, b0312364a7 Rakalt instinctively d7b6484e32 started justifying 72bbea3589 it. It was something he fd348af81d had always taken for c1f7ca45fb granted.1a178620f82f5afd
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His family was stricter a3eaa222b4 than most, but the 71ea9b48a0 Sigelions came from a 2144e384c8 line of knights. They were bound by 3ee8a5ddae duty to serve the b2ac7c2b45 king and fight in 5831c1d3aa wars.7839d43b5a26fcbe
To ensure survival, strict 25e866d4e6 training was necessary. That’s what he believed 0a3c1c4b53 when he was a 5f5fb774fa child, and he still c1d34d376b believed it now.a14159f1fdafaade
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“If someone understands words, b709e7691f why would you need 4c7ef59259 to hit them? It’s not like you 142a75a4b8 were some kind of 436ff57c5b beast. I don’t know 876adc6a72 much about raising b220f295b9 kids, but that f868bc3ce9 kind of education c570d04324 sounds pretty terrible.”930c01c126ba176b
Adelen scowled as she afcf490f34 grumbled, applying ointment even d67a2570d1 over scars that had a897bf37b9 long since set and 7a0a362c3e wouldn’t fade.03a3fb29e7589281
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It was the first b675d39f4b time Rakalt had ever 5880213e8f heard such an argument.1626c0adc12105b5
Was that true? If words ec9ecd0ba8 were enough, 6f65de9ceb there would 1f002e3b26 be no 015aed7acf need to 1adef145c3 hit…?1af2a6827b2f947f
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Scars he 3ab280078c had never e74cbde7e3 paid attention f1d94f8320 to before 926b368452 suddenly seemed 9ab6aeccd0 to ache.34194376fe2d07e5
As he quietly watched a1852f67a3 Adelen’s hands tending to a2748f93ba him, he realized something.bd9c3ac139646e4e
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Just as d0061e0d8e he had 51c5c563c3 overlooked his 453b21df97 own scars 30e0f79928 all this 0b386e7ea6 time—there was 7501789fce something else 3fd53c5e71 he had 092fb9212a been neglecting 3fe1a354b6 too.5a6a2b17929b4b3c