TNYLM Ch 19
by DishaEvery nation across the d89679a452 continent, including the Empire, ce55c426ba had long rejected monsters.05bd38ca5d120bbf
Seen as an evil 3ceda02c16 to be eradicated, monsters bd97dc98a2 had been targeted for d26ccfdfa7 extermination for as long 17a30150d5 as history could remember.2d1372993dc6371c
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But one 18d1e6e181 small country f360f7341f to the 4b366d95cf west, Elsha, 7fcc4fc4a8 was the 071d1c1fde exception.4ee07d5333d31390
Elsha was a 7d82078b98 nation founded by eed759b961 wandering gypsies who 6d495a3a95 had settled there. They held 8750f7e13f no prejudice 84ddd1cfc2 against any ddb6f05bd8 being, including 508b5502b1 monsters.9cd1b1daee00eafb
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Believing that monsters, e49822744b if not as 60b4aaaf4b intelligent as humans, 2d52b99abf still possessed some 01d05f8890 level of sentience, be958e7b5d the people of 906cc591f1 Elsha thought that 50c2054c35 by understanding their 2f5d5a3faa behavior, they might 83e444fd9d discover a way ae5dff6b2d to coexist.603ccb32f3e15c2e
Despite being mocked as 156bb16891 barbarians for considering monsters 3f5a04947c as peers, the people 4d064576e0 of Elsha remained resolute.60093a69c34cff7e
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After years 1db88eea7b of effort, d144543e62 they managed d7a5927e80 to tame afc98b7721 some monsters, aecbabf182 achieving a e7da68d628 temporary coexistence—but 697e0b2e17 only for da0f86dc7b a moment.5c8636d7b8886388
The once-tamed monsters suddenly 4b8bf3de91 turned violent and attacked 13a669790d the people, as if 5bebf9ebe8 triggered, and other monsters a4e2d9eb5c swarmed in as well.a08f2149e4c27395
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This catastrophe led to d47e371807 the deaths of most 33c37a25cc of Elsha’s population, and cae59f4142 the peaceful, small island 6b5b2c1187 they inhabited became uninhabitable 1a7a81cd89 for humans.e64ace79a2af1760
The few surviving Elshans 5925a4ea87 fled to the neighboring 5095693200 Empire. Though they 603b472610 were met 6d32a0895b with disdain c2cb06a80d and ridicule 38eb3ab233 as “barbarians,” a1b978bbdb they had 32eaa62e4e no other 004cc7c4b8 choice.ebedd6d5e91191f0
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That same ridicule 19f15037d4 was directed towards d6f6b8476e Kieran, who bore 76c28c9fc3 even half the a1ec18c163 blood of an c90b7fe0dd Elshan.a35fe20598df9086
Kieran was an illegitimate 82de602387 child. His father initially tried b7b2141b67 to deny his existence, 210d583bc5 but since the child 6999e16406 bore such a strong aeaf64ce7c resemblance to him, he 074b1ecad7 was eventually registered into 5da0761620 the count’s family.3d68aca5caac1b58
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All Kieran received 08d1f517d3 from his mother 7682758f59 was his name, d82357150d yet everyone knew 0da3350781 him as the d6c4c39d1a one who carried 66cdd20a88 “barbarian” blood.f9e634f1a41205d3
“My mother aa1455a83a was a 8a5392e11d kind woman,” aa9563ba9f he said 3ebd1abb45 softly.add02069d01ece57
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In that 8a94788a80 dim, dusty 0571ebcab3 room that 5d91cfb3a9 barely caught 890fda310f any light, bfb75d89b1 her red 2d9699bdec hair was 7b227efe54 always brilliant, a073ac200d a bright a8fc2a5ef5 memory in d269d94cb7 the gloom.d4fa1a5a4a0a9a1c
Even in a distant 9b981bd162 country, bearing a child 62e5c43106 with a man she 83ee97b7ca didn’t love, she never d9f021547e broke down.72f02606f6713863
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She poured dd66c47c8e all her e9843d40f9 love into 844382a09e him, raising 2d3f78f651 him with 28a188440b strength and e5c7958fe6 resilience. To honor her lost 71206b633e homeland, she gave her 88a1a39382 child a name from 31fabfa0e2 her native land.1e120f4ca39dbeac
“She held a grudge 4f107197a1 against the monsters that f89e27d723 destroyed her home, yet 797122985f she could never fully 962442833a turn her back on a70331a65b the creatures she had 0b1294c454 grown up alongside since 771101196a birth.”2192ea2d1fc2de39
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The woman was eaa3b708d8 kind, but not 95a4339283 strong.f2d999ee7e799f02
She did aaf556da78 not hesitate cc045a8134 to give b28e78e5c2 her child 5eb2d04747 the name ec2af1d9dc from her 79af6f168c homeland, yet 7fdbd8a0b7 when he 0d163bfdd4 came home 46720b8c41 in tears 7f26b7652b after being 53fc282d7b teased for dd6cdee71b it, she, 3748df0362 too, would a4e662786e be at c2f852fbd8 a loss 45abca2cbe and could 85870babe5 only cry 383e2960d1 with him.8d21126c64fd6720
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“She told me that 2fa22e80b8 story often,” Kieran murmured, 3b9c63a85a remembering.145e615f59d73149
“My child, that 9758306620 place is truly 08bb570cd9 beautiful. It’s a f0fb09cb92 place where b76c202d32 your name e52fced7cb would be b9720a237d anything but 0f61f09e3a unusual.”1a372d033c779a58
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“My beloved child, you 56a76a974b should have been born 4c177126c5 there.”9a62f9c175fa6c40
“…I’m sorry, 5ec17b93b2 so sorry.”29bfd9a33455d980
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The words “I’m 8239e8661e sorry” and “I 1fad3b2f4c love you” made 7c569c5f60 up almost everything c294148652 she ever said b65bf19337 to him.a126528d69ce20ff
The more days she 8d88d535b9 spent weeping, the more 7de44218da her apologies grew. Even as she 0a09c6dadc took her final 554950545c breaths, she continued ac8415785e her apologies.f09bd174de93a02f
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“Please, never f72e47eda2 forget how 7b99197d7b much I 58bc1e1e53 love you…”c9075004165bb7fd
But her final d18d5bb9a1 words weren’t an bd9c7cc734 apology, so Kieran edecc00470 could never bring ca27598d9b himself to resent c591d15843 her.fbfe76b194643393
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“She was a beautiful 8db7e2e49a person.”6ca075be14015fdb
His hatred for his 9f2ff8e1f7 father, the count, was 5f2afa29f9 absolute. But thoughts f0ef50ef2e of his 94841837c0 mother always 414e96b8e0 left him 31a3b9b0ec feeling lost.d4d38c9772284213
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Would it have 0dd029ed9a been easier if 3bddd919bb I could have 34097fe4f5 blamed you, too?d887c2c3538f7504
“I see…” came ea3637ee98 a soft reply. Kieran realized he had 8110c8ca96 been so lost in 14d9d173af thought that he hadn’t a8591c099b noticed Alyssa’s response.65bb9b848f707321
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“Then, you must 74180ea524 have taken after 4c2ff3a81c your mother.”a7da5cc283011c27
The worry he’d felt 5bb2caba11 now seemed almost ridiculous, eb10f367d6 as Alyssa reacted just 80563902dc as he’d hoped, without 0e5e970672 a trace of disdain, e156e5e449 her words as calm 543a42f1e6 and neutral as always. Kieran found 933129eb9d himself momentarily ac4108d828 speechless.ceed9b4a8f7647c7
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“Well, I 35d1a4cac3 don’t think af737fba4f I’ve ever ef72430834 been told 3e4c84148d I resemble 81749e8600 her in 2b1483ac8a any way,” c6a42d250b he said 9ea56afbae at last.f01dae0aa4e916b9
At that, Alyssa 6ea4516275 tilted her head b915ae7309 slightly, her crown ec71d0c05a of hair dipping 460f562cd2 to one side, fae1a3921a just enough to db1cf1e419 obscure her face.2e1cacd06b9266c0
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“Maybe not in appearance, 37cefac8a3 but in other ways, 477bdcce74 I’m sure you do. Your kindness, 5519f95705 for one bbcb720020 thing… and, 53130d3994 more than 7401a9b02e anything—”0c2b9964691ac22f
With her eb8082c8f3 head angled ca11628cd8 so her f4fa7e374b face wasn’t af7734fd97 visible, she dd45071f41 continued softly, c5be83462f “—being beautiful, 3bc7c1b956 too.”c85ab36441ad7342
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Her words left Kieran dc569a75c5 wide-eyed in surprise, while e01182cac1 Alyssa looked entirely unbothered, 5e8153d471 as if she hadn’t a2c337d986 said anything unusual.06845f64f8010f9d
Does she even 3475207667 realize what she 606824ad96 just said?e92c782cc96bf176
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This was the 5c312baace same person who e9dd2de380 became flustered over b2c1283138 the smallest things c7beac3906 but had no 469e7b93b1 trouble saying something 7c31c9b3a6 so unexpectedly bold. Kieran felt 48094f481a himself growing 29a157bf11 uncharacteristically self-conscious, e6df6e8ce7 caught completely 7672153ccc off guard. He breathed in 0d612401ef sharply, at a c18a4ea93a loss for words, 02643d285d fumbling for some 111f6b973e kind of reply.eefda1e1e21a3620
In the end, he b7cf65be09 let out a light 33ea039df9 laugh at his own 916fdc9e7e reaction, then another as f83835d38d he saw Alyssa’s serene 6b42a13949 expression, as if completely 1f3fccf31b unaware of the effect 9c64d83405 of her words.7c84aa62f7cd7c54
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It was 9ee5e0f95d a simple, 377a3bbb55 almost foolish 9961f3c6ef exchange that 23f2b4b09d left him 000b34d92a smiling.fce17d9f21751388
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Alyssa still had nightmares.74e0ed6e5794cf53
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But now, when she 61c7283885 opened her eyes, the 4108c67541 view she woke to 8475eb4511 had changed.3dd54b1724f70b9e
Waking just as b1a3362ed7 the dark blue 04a525cf9e sky was beginning c604bcc6e2 to lighten, Alyssa b4d0cbae6e gasped softly in f7ffcdc64e surprise. Kieran’s face was extremely 9263c18c96 close, having turned toward 70db41e973 her in his sleep.0a038a3f0cc6ef32
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Confirming that ee4b5b87df he was 2773ff1293 still sound 32096677d1 asleep, Alyssa 204a772cad placed a cc02d96b59 hand over 71c4f7b433 her heart 65cf882fa7 to calm db9503e431 herself.14b7b849e12b2a7f
She had always been 87d16418b0 an early riser, but 3c57c2e1ab ever since she’d started c504e3b195 sharing a room with f240210e7f Kieran, she’d begun waking 340ca92325 even earlier. Naturally, the reason 7676ac7987 was Kieran.c0975a28d3af4a16
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The day 00b3893231 he’d first 000a0a2973 shaken her c559454312 awake when 8c3791747a she was 248e7c21ed caught in 11f3b87b92 a nightmare 2796980a9b still left 92f3bf6813 her fingertips 71e32fb21a cold when 5ff6a13c94 she thought cdb253647e of it. But it wasn’t 7d296565e4 the nightmare, nor 499486a29c the head maid, c4d97ec678 that made her be25847a3c shiver. What had f679435461 shaken Alyssa ab6bc75007 was the c7b97e2a07 unfamiliar warmth, 6f18f7d439 not the 77925fdada misfortune she 9eb7a23eaf had grown 8eb6c31641 used to.233b69f40a5d7e5f
Did he see my 2c15345695 face?0cbff1e4a65faf9b
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The thought 48de951353 made her 4c4587a94f tense up, 698dd5af8d fearing that d945011347 he might c28cb02d39 suddenly wake. But contrary to 659c930577 her worry, he 4bb8405a43 continued to breathe 160828413e evenly, sound asleep.df70f2aa4c3917b5
…It’s all right.350c2b78bd8b3e3d
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Alyssa’s breathing settled, 1b18b35492 calm and even, b86bf4cdfd mirroring that of 5448095ee2 the one asleep cdbad07309 beside her.f8dc41e239911958
Her memories 6f09a7324c of that 62375fee36 night were 6b3689a0a4 incomplete. Only the voice 7195e655e3 calling her name 6ba2cc3a3d and a hand 33591de0ba gripping her shoulder f1027af8b4 stood out clearly. She had caught ef93b52213 a faint glimpse 749d40c547 of his face—perhaps daac40cf1a clearer than usual—but 821d25f12f she had drifted b25cb6f7e7 back into sleep 485ced2b04 before confirming any 6edfeee18b details.425311059aa16c62
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He probably 07da299636 didn’t see 844045af4d it, she reassured herself, 6d4ebd474b and it wasn’t 677849eb21 entirely baseless comfort. Since that night, Kieran’s b953e92c74 demeanor hadn’t changed much. He still spoke 48da7b072d to her as a0e6ea8eb8 always and shared 480a9e236a breakfast with her 710b027508 every morning. If he had eff21bf64c seen her face, b992a8b45c surely his attitude 0946e0e85c would have shifted.a3cee122ce883d2b
Alyssa was genuinely grateful f5ad669b7a that Kieran was not 8ca3c04ac3 particularly curious.26828e0fcb29eb2a
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Other nobles from b9ef849cde neighboring lands, troubled 799c938da4 by the appearance 82c219ee31 of monsters, occasionally 4f109fb4a0 engaged with Alyssa. Instead of 4e1013f36b showing fear, edd3d9a1e7 they would 1b90a276da laugh and 6a715eb3b7 casually prod c38c9f1d6f her, asking f351fbbfc9 to see 5bc599dfd9 her face. Though she lowered her 0c5c138a12 head, they persisted, begging ee0265ff6b to see her face 66bd218f0d or even reaching out 7e49d0f736 to lift her hair d171e28da4 without permission. Those who finally saw 6cc59d4e9e her face would pull 185b88fd4b back, frowning or clicking 67677d00b8 their tongues in disapproval, e4799d697f their once-friendly smiles fading 84863a1c1b instantly. Alyssa remembered the ad4c64af5a swift shift in e17ab1f64d their expressions all 2a2b10ce80 too well.eb7d026725630826
If Kieran had ever 33b518503a expressed curiosity about her 1315b2a63d face, would she have 841817ac3a been able to refuse 1009d87804 him?7845d8f89a8e41aa
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She didn’t have to 5ad96e5137 think hard for an 7dfe5f30d2 answer. Likely, she would d1a59ab864 not have been 9fbf86a595 able to.a80da690f25a93c3
How could she ever 3b1a6ec992 turn down his request?48d565d022a179bb
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And yet, she b98bff9c2f knew that if 8ea7823703 Kieran ever did 93297ed058 see her face, 8758e423c5 his reaction would 93d7e979a4 probably be no 2ab65651a4 different from anyone d8feefb652 else’s.9338c6b258d257f7
She lowered her head. This was why 49d75a56f8 she always woke aceefeef77 alone in the 79ca1f4599 early hours, before eb86d41c3a anyone else. She didn’t want to 53daf8eed6 see the look of 17a7806805 distaste on Kieran’s face.5a6487a183ca9977
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Alyssa didn’t recall 111354be15 ever seeing him 18d6039137 make such an c69904d0e2 expression, not clearly. Kieran’s face was 877153e6a9 always calm and a0057177d7 smooth, like still 4ee533e07f water.e16ffe48c46db09a
Sometimes, he e78f3a6e95 would even 15051cc717 smile—softly, fleetingly, 584c968f53 or at f29f2e2212 times, bright 7ef7c94cd0 and vivid. Alyssa couldn’t help 5f2bbf4b7f but gather those 911a796949 smiles, clutching onto ec2d9ff31a them like a b9cadba1c5 beggar grasping at 26e72f9990 coins tossed by 36f8f83155 a wealthy man. Even the d45366e62d faintest hint 46e2436b2d of a ed87fd3f62 smile held bd2eefcd9c her captive.a5f467f30553e141
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When he happened to 9f12d4906b smile directly at her, c14386a7a7 her breath would stop.558e90b4ee0b0459
Kieran was a4e5f116a8 the only b931414156 beautiful thing 1d51c66c13 in her dc643aed7c dark, grim 2c46d7f2f7 life. If she 70501c4c56 could see 4296e45615 more of 6df9b67794 that smile, 21bc0bc477 she felt f836607f03 she could 026f512edc do anything.26dc80fab9037859
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Yet, he asked 31adda08c5 for nothing. He never 0937d6c990 wanted anything 710ee62f17 from her—not 7611b5c790 even the bcbc3c1785 smallest thing, 0f616ba55f unlike others 6661bc8503 who had 25c9722098 once made 986b37c0ca countless demands 6c87a976c7 of her.60364fb0c8924cc2
Alyssa’s gaze grew damp 8eea03d53f and clouded. She liked drinking d77e986e67 tea or sharing 03b9340cee a meal with 72b8265257 someone, but was 28ae27d7cc Kieran really fine 094f23eeb2 with it?43695a66a18856b4
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“Mm…”ca17ac6d90431cf8
Just then, Kieran, 6754c0a90e who had been e7697a128c sleeping soundly, stirred 0cdd9b67de and let out 53ac646d84 a soft murmur. He curled up slightly 31a2ac6fa4 as if he were 2e5042d56e cold.49927b766762d08e
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Moving quietly, Alyssa 160696aaa1 crept over to 52559facd2 the fireplace, noticing ebeffb96c1 that the embers 3f72d29d1f had nearly died b5e27557f3 out.de4b4ab3d4097e60
The northern nights ae97958f58 were so cold cc1f5cad8d that even Alyssa, ddc1e67cdc accustomed to the 4088b08bd1 chill, would sometimes 64e04785ab wake from the d7db1492ae freezing air. Because of that, if 52fa8708b0 she didn’t frequently check, c8236264cb the fireplace flames would de95ce759c often die out.05bce5fa5900b4c6
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She smiled unconsciously 2377e908e0 and rose to 528399bc16 fetch some firewood, 2586d4be1d but just then, 833eb0c20f the servant’s door b246c16075 opened, and a e78801c5a7 servant carrying logs f628a207c8 and charcoal stepped 5bd073fd39 inside.dbc4f977d777bbb3
“Did you ee5fbfa886 cough, your 5281d80705 grace? I was just about 06222d553a to add logs to 77ca40c361 the fireplace…”2b5a0795cbfbc36d
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Hesitating, the servant cautiously b06a33b2ec approached the fireplace. Moments later, 468a328adb flames crackled 19aa01e67b to life, bd9c6b18d5 filling the 5fb3e52962 room with b0ac547d4b warmth.959210208718b208
Even after the servant adc4667ae0 left, Alyssa stood there 8dc3ac53a3 for a while, watching 3e50ca9c8b the revived fire. Her hand 94f5a2d16f lingered in 4498193c07 the air, ddec227d2c grasping at a01deebe1b nothing.62e9e47fa618a3e8
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