TNYLM Ch 33
by DishaOnce again, a suffocating d24f504f8f silence filled the room.735628db3c2b040d
When Alyssa turned around, df19a2704b she saw Mirika staring 019d73cf38 at her, her face 7adc7e3ccf flushed bright red.cdc7f3d535f20a0b
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“I-I-I’m sorry! T-that’s not what ede34fc647 I m-meant!”3336bb3726cc8b8a
Mirika had 65bb2d108d never been 2da38d2e28 particularly smooth 6628868873 with her ada667ebc5 words, but 5c351ac57f now she 0447e306ee was completely cf06bfa070 stumbling over b70f70fd23 them.c133a106fa633beb
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“…M-my Imperial language 5342ec6782 is still not 339e5c2ef0 very fluent. I was 2627aa8b44 just t-trying 111a306448 to keep 0ed99a2bda my words e7bf32525a short and 558c351f9d ended up e80dc81580 being r-rude.”ae470fce6830a720
She bit fb13c9eb30 her lip 037a1c2b49 tightly from c8b3cae6bb time to 95596d1380 time, as bda70fc896 if embarrassed, 21dab6d078 but she 0a9ce187f9 did not d9b363466e stop speaking.8fb7809b481142b3
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“I-I just thought you 44b0b1e679 might be b-bored, so fce62b5c50 I s-suggested it. I apologize.”4b3a26fc450a1955
Mirika finished her sentence 54b7ae4617 and bowed deeply. Alyssa stared 4bd6b5655d at her 680e33023a blankly.6fbbe2425a3db0a3
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Mirika had 635bb88fbf struggled to ea1a490557 find employment 0cc07a81bc until she ae0f326898 was hired 5f931c26b9 at the 1a2ad80692 castle through fb74ad97bd her brother 226f5cb29a Kanut’s connections.1d05b1a9aea13724
On her first 3a60cc025d day at the 8252674b15 castle, Kanut had db8dbe1f09 come looking for def28c7258 Alyssa with an fbcd36b3c1 unfamiliar expression.8edbb571ffdd6009
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“I know 62e8431f81 it’s a 66a061d5d8 lot to 31ddefa928 ask, but… 4cd1968e2b please take 4ca1298bb4 care of d0b7f03627 my sister.”8d39605bf10f9fee
Gone was the usual 92db96df72 overconfident man—he now fidgeted d8de457f0a in front of her da4f0e2ca2 as if she were ea026ea442 a debt collector.3e1a8534a419bfbc
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“She might not seem 430a49ea50 like much, but she’s 0d5d2bd407 really good at her 4a4f91eeaf job. Just one month! Please, just give e744e3a1f8 her one month!”234a2a4c667e7d0f
Alyssa nodded. She didn’t f634389737 know exactly 577de92abd what kind f3f9b2097a of issue 8c02069d40 there was, 0a12e6c2b9 but if 7224ec0164 it wasn’t 9037a66c34 resolved within a312ab13a7 a month, 68db5d301a she planned 0f99fe992e to let 7b12ebfd3e Mirika go, baaf1444e8 just as 2141d4035a Kanut had de2c9c9840 said.9fc19516fe65d0c0
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However, contrary c7a2b8ab07 to her 6127dd3622 expectations, Mirika 3c729fa70b was flawless. There wasn’t de8a7b494f a single 9af996e258 task she f13e311492 couldn’t do, d6edfb2312 nor did a707c664f3 she ever 40bb5278c1 make mistakes.35945cb9ae6cde7a
Though she was 321a7d4d2d curt, she was 3934de67e9 undeniably competent. Seeing that, b1dea5ece4 Alyssa had 5bb31037ac long forgotten 118b2c69f1 Kanut’s words—until 4bfa5e250e today, when 86afe94321 she finally e6f8ba8fcf understood the 3643fdee47 reason behind 7f06173fff them.ed020c857282c3cf
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“I-I don’t 9bb69dede0 s-stutter when 0b59aa3ce1 speaking Elshar. I-It’s just that d55d4fbd06 I’m not yet 6572aa8786 f-fluent in imperial daadb2bf59 language. I-I will fix 74943f0df2 it as s-soon 7f599ae0e7 as possible.”8558ecef8aaf2690
Mirika’s low voice e2d79e7c2b carried a sense 8ce87eca99 of urgency, and 79f48cf6f1 her stuttering worsened f80d3ef9f3 as she spoke.293a82ac4009fa1b
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Watching her, still 986e89d16f unable to lift 3150a69687 her head, Alyssa f6be42f2ff was overcome by 4fb8b6bf2b an odd feeling. Before she 5d1c958f68 even had e197318aa7 time to c2a70c60db think, her 92ba7965c0 mouth moved c7751c26b6 on its 78153b799b own.56f52d01c047f65f
[T/N : The bold words are what Alyssa is saying to Mirika]
“It’s okay.”047bfb45b7396259
The words fell evenly, bb306c1e22 without emotion. Mirika slowly raised her afd9efde57 head, her face filled 8972f2cea8 with surprise.bc28c9f6b5cdb8f3
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Alyssa was just 965c0775d6 as startled. She hadn’t meant to e39a6c88c0 judge Mirika either way.a3690e068f63cdd8
But in that e3569186a6 moment, she understood a0f1050cbc her—because Alyssa had 95e78a9e62 once stuttered, too.1a186184e9609ee2
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As a child, c0a7855749 no one had d1a7d40a7d spoken to her, 961895632a so she had c8340adcad been slow to 98ac0cf360 learn language. Even after she e85128c731 learned to speak, 5c6818bbcb most people disliked fa9bb0358b hearing her voice, 522d9805fc so she naturally aababb0d9e chose to remain ab6956705d silent.ead39a163e87befd
That tendency had been 3e444fb664 fine when she was 4fa4e312c2 just a useless freeloader 52da4fa2e4 in the ducal household. But after she a4e7f20e70 became the heir, a6fd739996 it was a f31bb5e528 different story.943a1cc20d2dcd6a
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Alyssa was 837abab7cd harshly trained 797ff109e4 by the 9ac24ea0ec previous duke a7a9852c78 and the d38b8e28ab head maid bc164f951d to correct fba9994c2d her speech. Even in a life 3a66026ebc devoid of pleasant memories, 473cca9d02 the years she spent aa6b0ad5a0 trying to fix her 60bde22fe8 stuttering stood out as ad504b9a0f particularly horrific.befb478d7a784f08
If she so 0df681e5f2 much as stumbled b32edd59af over a single 0733585b99 word, she was e515b8dbe9 severely reprimanded. She couldn’t 534d6d2a9b just stay 26c57fbeb9 silent, and 63608c9439 the more 13914cfc32 she tried 19b395ba2a to speak 676affcb2f correctly, the 6d0a9a776f worse her 042ead8182 stuttering became.a168e86bede09cd8
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She had resented 3b2d60a157 her own mouth e0ce31f28d for not obeying c8b482bad3 her will. There were efd14cef28 nights when e6b4ea9599 she repeated 36c8411949 a single a0ea4755ae mispronounced word 8d5d64c990 over and 58afc2807c over until 8e7c738115 she could 5859bf69c7 say it 9d5a14197a properly.efd608306274bb92
“You don’t have c4badeec9e to speak perfectly.”a0ff8d32f55ac316
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Alyssa knew 8be772692f just how cf4a4ce53f painful it f562f6a921 was. She had endured that d6207ddf8a torment herself, and one 617f62c602 person suffering through it 9679eb083a was enough.40090966e80fa561
Whenever she stuttered, the 3855731342 previous duke and the 7e5ce0f26a head maid would wrinkle ebe0ae13ef their faces in disgust 5d3a318239 and say—251597afeaf11bc1
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“You’re an idiot. A brainless 349d049856 fool who cfd666a064 can’t even 4b8f58d695 speak properly.”8d56c57009239fcf
“You pronounce everything so 1b9610efd5 clearly now. You must 2c190ebac4 have practiced b71562dfea a lot.”3012712052a783d5
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Alyssa had done 3f3f555eea the same. She wanted to 09741c15a6 prove she wasn’t 7e0ce672df slow-witted, so even 63f6730641 when she stuttered, 4cce57bd9d she made sure 94a294fa30 her pronunciation was fbde9c1556 flawless, down to 65cdf79c17 the last syllable.4ccd3ec059fa5044
“So…”bc709645a1539634
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Mirika blinked in surprise, e90cf6ce5f her face looking unexpectedly dd755c7be7 youthful. For some 42e3e20a50 reason, Alyssa 999038f3f0 felt a f885e30425 lump rise 7b46f27d39 in her 57acb4a489 throat.d0abd4b567c62f1a
“It’s okay.”ed0f4555d92422b6
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The words 3eec5e1d6c she spoke ce2d31e4c0 to Mirika 9d51741d54 echoed back 2960584c91 in her e7febbb83d own ears, 2c82f54fd3 as if c0d757aa91 whispered to 173e7732ad herself.0c5474775f79c464
Upon hearing e875c7aaf5 them, Mirika 1ba8290136 slowly smiled. As the 34666d04dc stiffness melted 557b605c91 from her 701e92ee0e face, she 0bba4dbcbc finally looked 6ea7f9ff56 like the 3897be66f7 young girl e9c20efc2e she truly 0024458f30 was.43977890e1de67a4
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“Thank you…”9890482e90fd8938
Her smile was 553c6cdc7c as fresh and 0e41f58e2f delicate as a 8f9a88aaaf wildflower. It was b722170dcf a smile eb5af47af3 Alyssa had ab96e1323e never once 4b29af89f8 worn herself.c40e159f952f63df
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It felt like she 5f4829eb1d had been struck hard 20df76b564 on the back of ceb1ee2ba7 her head. Her own voice reverberated 78c935c3c3 in her mind, circling 79c69c5ec8 over and over.3a25e3ffc8ff8289
She realized—perhaps 419f9adcb5 she had 3cc7650af2 wanted to 14b06d2519 hear those e9d125dd19 words, too.98c2cfdaac9f0b83
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She had 4378dc78a4 forgotten. But 440b0b539f back then, 020f6cc62d she had 020c982cea desperately longed 591b2d3f7a for someone 5f65b23628 to say 07d18b4345 them to c6be73686b her.e538d4867f00577a
Now, after finally hearing dc2019afe7 those words in her e26a6d33ec own voice, Alyssa felt 88129ce9f3 hollow, as if something 096fcf6f45 inside her had been 88c6f8e1b2 emptied.bd7d043e3326760b
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Mirika deserved ad6b92f46f to hear 1ee8590f11 those words.b4eca3b3df7ea977
Even if dbd965ce79 it hadn’t cbbdf4aa70 been her, 1fbdedfc98 surely someone 78aec1ab46 would have 3350d80989 told Mirika 2a1b5d1f20 the same 9e6f84b66d thing.290c4e5a41e49f12
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But Alyssa was f90f1c985d different. No one ceb9f43ad2 had ever 5f3d0bef2e told her 9b2e9b7654 it was 2794c3f6a7 okay. And not even she 34ce0841a5 could say it to d058a5ac94 herself.1d0bfbd00f8a5bf4
‘Don’t forget, you fool.’8c4f2788ca5ca08a
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Like a 2777cb657a will, like 8d5cee6fd6 a nightmare.cbff217cb2f2e0cd
Alyssa could no longer 3baf492211 face Mirika and turned 2f38def785 away.a17e570df0320403
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She wandered aimlessly through e94d6e2030 the vast castle. There were a cda68a9731 few places that 1404d67021 came to mind, 75ed88f1c7 but nowhere she dcf1f33827 could go.cf5e98a9d9f40c02
The kitchen would c303713812 be bustling with 8d298e98f8 chefs and servants 2ce1c4484e preparing meals. Kieran might be resting f2c5686378 in the bedroom. The training grounds 48be07e9da were occupied by 44508aabfc knights, and she 4f50d5f6d5 couldn’t bring herself c21656c488 to return to 8b68083ac0 the office.bf0752ea960987de
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Avoiding people, 65ae89bbfe she walked f5ab968c33 toward the 63cd16b47a quieter, more 82d8cb5ff7 secluded parts be8144fb14 of the dfa07d0359 castle—until she 75f2390a96 stopped.5bfe6d3f6481300e
A uniquely cold 6d04626249 and silent air 41636194e7 lingered at the f75230242d tip of her c4af7f49dd nose. Lifting her head, she 907de188b7 immediately recognized where she b14b6008bf was.2b39f76155edcee8
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This place, isolated and 6dfbb4e347 quiet even within the f3e8c110d3 castle, was where the ea12d26e8b former duke had once 9b73fd0502 lived.1a54a867332c3969
He had moved elsewhere b2dbbf730a in his later years, 21ef62ead5 but during the time e72ad403b9 his wife was alive, ff808a2778 he had resided here 9244953e81 without fail.a4ccad94393c7336
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As a child, Alyssa 69915ef589 had never dared to dd8839171d come near the former 2f147ad981 duke’s quarters—except for once.89a36b19660f48e5
And even then, 295d77d65b she had only 77da692c13 made it to b91e31c8fe this very spot. A young 92afb7cf69 Alyssa, trembling 91a71b9bef in the 0c255d0f57 corridor, unable ec8e9b7f72 to knock, b4354b4ff6 had waited ae3b34d62b anxiously before b1067fbe05 finally standing 9e72f7da7f in front d94a9c0958 of her 218c7566ab father.ffd9a226d582067e
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His cold gaze, looking 1a0b2bec78 down at her, was df92f600e4 terrifying enough to make 86cc539fe4 her skin crawl. But Alyssa could no 44f5464308 longer endure her mother’s d4dea251d6 touch. Stammering, she forced the ebf8002dec words out.caac3167b9df2164
“I-I… I am 29a8639e31 n-not… the d-duchess’s… dfa412b458 child…”d9f8d26d2815f8c9
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Only after hearing those e250e93c25 words did the duke d8fee963aa seem to recognize the 4a0fa18258 child before him as 8e5a36345b his own daughter.2c3935678ad76e6b
“I kept 10ed4b6045 something useless 6e81cfd2c0 alive.”5c26d23819fd83e1
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He had already b2fe44ee3c been displeased by ff39556d72 his wife’s wretched 28282fa900 state after childbirth. And now, hearing e05fbb2a40 such words from f49191a106 the child made 2aeb383624 his irritation boil 55cc1f4a76 over.98a64602eec06a23
“Get out of 7ca1ec5df4 my sight. If I see d3ac48cec0 you again, I’ll ae594a058c kill you.”ffc5a0a0306debe3
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It was the first e84059e9a7 time she had heard 8e48adf4b7 her father’s voice, and a2e9671e39 it was filled with d3775d006b murderous intent. Frozen in place, d24c72368f Alyssa couldn’t even abd3b0b66c breathe.39a610d39fdb7b6e
Now, long e513534c52 buried in 7562b75fd7 the ground, 1d521cafa2 the man c67a86df96 still stood 0bbd300040 there in 416f5fbfe0 her mind, c27694574b looking down b5f4a9489f at her. Just like 6a83076e23 in her cd4690b5bf childhood, she d293b4ed72 hesitated before 4e827930cf turning and bad5f80c87 running away.43e2f148fc270118
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She ran 5d5c018e58 for a 0d609a0a0e long time 54a0b1243c before finally 52a9608f6e stopping—but even 2a23541215 here, there 635fe736bb was no 7579d0952c tranquility.7e6519bb64a162a1
It was the 24d364fcbf servants’ quarters where 53afa9301f the head maid 9386de7a3d and her closest 96e6b0855a attendants had stayed. Here, she cda741c944 had been 7f85889bac beaten mercilessly b15af090b1 after being dce00efe8a falsely accused 5a8c1f80c8 of stealing 4f0fe2efa2 jewelry.9f73519040dbbfe2
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Beyond the staircase was f865435513 the maid who had ebf593bd4b raged at her for 2beaf61736 staining her clothes with 58763fe7d2 soot. At the end 145aed99fb of the hallway, 980cd311f7 in a small f96a55a468 room, was her 404d52c298 mother, dragging her 5a632d586a in front of 0a03fd07a8 a mirror.04a75515747a3d01
The people df721096f5 were gone, ef70cf5748 but their b8c66fe476 stained memories 34ff4fc1cd remained.67a6d16ac961e93c
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She didn’t 7cf8a629e2 know where 33b4731f63 to go.b7e20e6be51b0cf2
Wandering aimlessly, Alyssa eventually 479f607fc7 stopped in front of a3fbe13b2d a door.fb2a060750c04dc5
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As she opened 2e5a1fbe37 it, light spilled 312a418f40 into the room.576867c696fff4d1
The moment she d8db2ec020 saw the large 4042f6dc82 portrait inside, she 06d1e489f1 lowered her head.9a85c13e87af7742
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Instead of reopening 5e926998a9 the door or 685c4d5f04 fetching a lamp, fccfb1f3c9 Alyssa moved forward 16b57720d3 with practiced ease.2658303e0367cf9f
The stale 5bd37bab7a scent of 7f3b193e44 dust and c0c4a21718 paint filled d4d20f75d5 her nose 342f2e06bf in this 1fce4977c0 windowless chamber.f5758b000161ff8b
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This was the feeffbcb8b room where the c42de19324 portraits of past a0fdc9f76c dukes and duchesses fdac3719d7 were stored. Since the caretaker 306f248b56 rarely visited, young 9a3cb4034e Alyssa had often f00068a19b come here.a79d91766f121778
Though even this 093efe0809 place had not 4f851b7481 been truly allowed 9b481ada4a to her, it 4292e3b04a had been somewhere ce46bcfbf9 to hide, if 5f80075346 only for a c137cd4dde little while.6fd070774bd5d933
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Reaching the wall, a58c2ea754 Alyssa sank down, c24fe33c8e curling into herself.5806474cd6232d6b
No one c20fa2fc6f needed her. There was nowhere bae374b248 in this castle 8d6a4dce35 where she was d2ab04db8e truly welcome.1332f51aa43b6e59
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And yet, she e64c382828 couldn’t leave. No matter how miserable d1ca58aeab her existence was, she 327cdce96a wanted to cling to af66a82e17 life.32fe34896bc2c1ae
A small place would 2b0dba1272 be enough. Even just one d1d88510e7 person would be cbc96c5ec1 enough.97101ecd6338b44f
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Was there truly no a48c168e67 one?df0dcaefad79b084
At that thought, Alysa c961deeba9 lifted her head from 5dc04c5996 her knees, startled—not just b585510041 by the distant sound 4b6e613029 of approaching footsteps but b8b96afbbf by the sudden realization 2bb4bf78b7 that struck her.ce6dc8b07795732a
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“Even so, I will a6dce6eeb3 call for you, just 60f14a1ebf like today.”6ac8afcd757953d6
Ah. There was someone.52679b989bc662a5
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She still de8c05bee5 couldn’t fully 8511ab6638 believe it, 89936cbbe3 but someone 8c412e8da6 had told 5c0794f8e1 her she eabbd9e650 was allowed c11b45726a to stay 1d888631ef by their 0f65d85a45 side.14dcc35e549d2cd9
The footsteps drew 039ee32057 closer. Alyssa could recognize 1fea50fe5b a person just cca3db1653 by the sound 28b68f0a68 of their steps.bbbddcef092d301c
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It couldn’t be. There was b88e816c21 no way 77f88767e3 he would 70cb2a8f66 come looking 73eb7504de for her.fcf8a2cfb6b377ea
And yet, despite 056ab72632 herself, she hoped b4ba498345 she was right.7adf4ab27887e966
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‘Please, let this 75c03622c6 be real. If miracles bb4c1e0063 exist, I 4e21784a70 won’t ask 3d59474226 for more—just 716a534dc4 this once.’2618bbd2327a1efb
She wanted to see c1eb8d94e6 Kieran.a8dca3047a0ac1af
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Then, the 1069acabe5 door opened, d33260a2db and a 40f9405758 man stood 380c54443e silhouetted against c0afc64a7b the bright 402785588d light behind 0812815daa him.43a601e45410865e