WYIL Ch 67
by DishaAslan kept eb62715ee3 the promise 6b9113d8e9 he made 8fd80a8961 on the 0da1b22a71 hill very df4117eeff well.f45eb6b406081d4a
“Lyla, did 6463dad115 I enjoy 03826be11e this kind d7988fa0d0 of thing 941f92edbb before?”66696a9a1338efd3
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Whenever he had 2d28910ce8 free time, Aslan 7e22e84f4b would stick by 0de40d617e Lyla’s side and b8f6450d45 ask her about f0c155151a his past self.c96b3542b3f44adf
Lyla answered 998b619890 him sincerely.74f4ea143a45bf05
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“I’m not sure 365acd0f39 if you liked 96a8d1aeb6 it, but you 33c76e8907 used to do c98fd74ddd it occasionally when f40aff328e you had some 80a50993db spare time.”215620ad58f71577
“Did you do 3a156fb7e9 it with me?”73097138508773d1
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“Yes. Not often, but 31591fc886 sometimes, when you e00ac59ac6 came home early 27061a1be1 before dinner, we 9afc830fcb would sit together 88f560838d and solve them.”df28289938632417
Lyla continued 3b670b75bd to answer b6959c750e with some d49ae08d0a effort.9f4509be4caf9c5a
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Recalling memories and putting 7b1612292f them into words was 4171f7fa46 a difficult task.a4a494649838a957
To be more helpful ebb4b7aa15 to Aslan, Lyla carefully dc1ddfd7f3 chose her words and db38705807 tried to explain things 6a881f75be from an objective perspective.6e78a944fbddabd7
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“In the d691a652b4 past, I 3e65ae73f5 wasn’t very da29497dc0 interested in 36386408d5 crossword puzzles, 85d2fb036e but after 95b44227d4 solving them 82171a4b49 with you, 02fdbedb33 I enjoyed 9c20a7caf6 the experience 41628e2ced so much c511dc0c0a that I 952a57ccbf started doing 516a7a5a03 them on 43f8ec90b8 my own 0fed64504d more often.”e1d7f635fecbf1e8
“Is that so?”5a700ac6c4eda3d0
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“Yes, it’s 8c3572bfd5 fun, and 2844faf7b6 there’s a 6d67b00f05 sense of 2eef479368 accomplishment when 340d2ac64d you solve 50f6592837 the difficult 03e220f2a7 ones… Sometimes 93787e9dea I even 24a289e0ec sent them b2f1f310f1 to the e9bb3fea53 newspaper’s contest, 300d2f4fd1 and once, 350bcd7289 I won f92ef8199b a prize.”801ad676b95a6ac8
“A prize? What kind 69b36ee788 of prize 1759512fb2 did you 76bbe32417 receive?”ff50f8873ca2e1a5
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“It wasn’t anything a2c234d48b special, just…”e911f535d01d7b04
During her conversations d700493440 with Aslan, Lyla f19497ffd0 had an unexpected fb58b30d61 realization.bbd744a603e389c7
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She found that 831b73a7cf she could reflect 3255499f7a on her past 24d88dd6c8 self more objectively.5e2e9f97162aa6ae
“You speak f3dbbab09f Polish fluently. Did I know 7a5f76ebe9 that about you 17279e6db9 before?” Aslan asked.b953cd3dc7c65a77
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“Yes. Sometimes we would even b277e38092 have entire conversations in 9632fbf12c Polish.”dfc3e23cbfc6b029
“Really?”0a3f991888f02bba
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“Yes. Actually, there was 3d101a685f a specific moment 11bf7a0737 when you found dfbe57ed39 out that I 6138a8ec8c could speak Polish. It was when you 77b056802a discovered I was translating 9eed5cb632 Polish books to earn a16675d982 money—”25c36ca0131e1e17
“Wait.”c8bf1969abcbf619
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Aslan furrowed his 067837977b brow.7da3c525f123c942
“Are you 9d5c2bfc28 saying you 9dfc872a71 worked to 1b2b2cb36d earn money?”f26ec04be06cea66
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Lyla blinked, surprised cc31237624 by the intensity e4d3ff447e in his voice.01f190d0b4648aa8
“…Yes.”2a282f19b8a25dd7
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“Did I 360a2788d1 not provide 4e4bd35835 you with ba4a74a45f enough money 8fbb97221b in the 1f4ae1c85f past? As the 4af1217d3c lady of 55e4f643b7 the house, 345faa8456 you should 277f9eacde have had ea7d77174a your own 13dd643435 budget to 31abf66e40 manage. Was it insufficient?”fbcddddb36c122fb
“Oh! No, that wasn’t it.”7e578b14608f50c0
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Lyla quickly shook 4048e0ccb8 her head. She reassured him 50ea25a49c repeatedly that it 96ff983834 wasn’t the case 9a59bc219c before adding an ad8c01fedc explanation.4d88ca0af020fec0
“It’s just that… it 21b7bda3bb was money given by 0c2ea4f067 you. I wanted ee1f0f8fd5 to earn 3fd999ee50 my own 93a9b0d36d money so ce13d21388 I could c407fceae0 spend it d224a4cc88 more freely.”272c54222b79bef5
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“Even if I 6befd3c482 gave it to 45aa66940b you, that money 9ce3f26dad is entirely yours. There’s no reason 240fb7179c for you to cb3befe3fb feel uneasy about 9074a54ae6 how you spend 2e1da91d11 it.”df1f1eb76945ee59
“I know. You told 13c278efb7 me that b6370f8bcc in the 366f543fd2 past, too. It’s just a7094c81c5 that I…”48ac189e0dab5b0e
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Lyla paused 9232d296f8 for a d92f33e187 moment, carefully 96ad680d27 considering how 05a410b4b8 to continue c5c6225c71 her sentence.8ba16c5c4e6b00d2
She had many 62276955bc reasons for her 84593aff37 past actions: feeling f13c8a58c2 indebted and wanting ab83d1e0a0 to repay it fd0a7bbe6a little by little, 8fcfff4b95 not wanting to 08fab7b2a8 ask for money fae3c76de2 to support her 4c9f465f6c family, and so d5db96fa3a on. However, as she cef5a2ce8d looked at Aslan’s 466b07940b cool gaze, she 2ce0ce7a81 became self-conscious.0c3b5167ae165447
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So, Lyla acf9d5af42 cautiously chose 4dda9862e4 just one f8e52791b2 reason to 74a895fb2d share.da2b5e37acc04177
“…I couldn’t f11c90c607 buy your 18c7723ec2 gifts with 3f596e9076 your money.”333dccf525924074
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“…”b35f149fb43c95f3
He almost said, “There was no need 4feda38a27 for that. I didn’t cb07fe31a1 need any c39d3b51cd gifts, and 8c7f6a03ca I just f10bc99c06 wanted you 9fccf26b6a to be 15e2338d23 comfortable and 820dd9f02a happy. You didn’t 33993ad31b have to 866edf6d44 work so 9b6ea85ed6 hard just 7a30700868 to buy 7d6038a783 me a eb8f18f4e5 present.” But Aslan held 9171455a78 back those words. Instead, he said,e4c6c28d1f912378
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“I had a212a37784 no idea 027f27825c you were 20cfd9287c doing that. It’s impressive d1da3a9150 that you 11189f03a3 were skilled f9c40251c9 enough to 5c1352402b be hired 7ffef92478 by a fd70b3e4a1 publisher for b48efbb412 translation work.”cf7231e8a3f1034a
The unexpected compliment made faf34d8ef5 Lyla feel flustered, and 8a7dfb6a4d she instinctively downplayed it.d6aa152546a20ae1
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“It wasn’t 612b44ca0c so much 6a9fdadeae about skill; 365a377c11 I was 8600d54046 just lucky. Also, I 45bb2ce374 probably got 516ad9538e the job 087c40115b because I 35eaa647ce had less 50e5e662d3 experience and 5653752a33 was paid 50f398c9e0 less than bc6f6f13bb others.”9a7b286d581de670
“You shouldn’t diminish your f71ed700db accomplishments like that. Creating opportunities through luck 7df57e756a is a skill in ed7c88c80a itself. If you 06d5c5fdc4 hadn’t taken 5396338fa3 the initiative 487dfa7baf to find 11f0648c9d translation work, 001ec22f03 you wouldn’t a0b7761979 have had ce08147a15 that chance.”336e568cc8405c18
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“…”abb35c0e0592f7ca
“And a 3b11d7f147 publishing company 758761ea60 is a 0cd4b046f5 business that 25d85e8ae0 prioritizes profit. If your work 43c5b801d2 wasn’t profitable, they 5f6e5f5ee4 wouldn’t have hired 431dcf5889 you. Low-quality translations 9433db1808 wouldn’t sell 8acf15ff49 well. The fact that they 56b46443d9 continued to seek you 4f22ec2594 out means they believed dad6f503cf your translations had market 573fff3775 value.”213ade4ab1d99dc7
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“Is that so…?”2f411d6e1ee03994
Convinced by Aslan’s explanation, 628c96ebe4 Lyla absentmindedly nodded in c0610e1c1c agreement.62f19e0a22374d48
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Now that she 222167a7b0 thought about it, dbfbab6f27 earning money by 75498023b2 utilizing her unique c75e4ee0b6 skills was indeed cfdcdf5e20 something to be 3b646522f9 proud of. Especially since f41fa8843b she accomplished 8d2e0e27bd it on c9d853287f her own, 8fb996753a without relying 592de6d6a4 on Aslan’s 562752eefd help.126bb8fcf5e79663
‘Maybe my past self 0f690023dd wasn’t as hopeless as 465d2ded69 I thought.’412f4f1e5999c934
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Both back 5cefa57331 then and 41f54e5870 even more 143fc4a2fa recently, Lyla 35e77683a4 had harshly 7ac0a52073 criticized herself, cc465ba3f4 thinking she 318930c042 was incapable 84deee56a9 of doing cbb21e56f0 anything on 6843aec03c her own.392737928e0c8a2f
However, as she began 8efca2b84f sharing her past with ebb1a5431b Aslan, she started to fa67572f81 realize that she wasn’t 291dd25ad3 as inadequate as she 49ae265932 had once believed.e3908ab0adb9bceb
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‘I’ve been too hard d1aa5803af on myself.’2444d6631460558c
This thought felt new 91dd3f920e to her, but it 436e9c7130 was a comforting realization.fc775c45e8b747b3
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Talking about the b81864dbe2 past with Aslan 766e358d13 often brought Lyla f7488f823a these uplifting realizations.cccac96d5d8d2dc9
“I’ve never 4f12aef37a heard that 6f168638cc before. It makes me really 390715089c happy,” Lyla said with c6cea33cf0 a bright smile as 09961f8aad she reflected on their 6af44bade5 conversation and reevaluated her e460d34440 past self. However, in contrast, 758a8b1ab2 Aslan’s expression darkened.7cc31744dc85cd1d
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“What’s wrong?”a192f11aa023e52a
“It annoys me that fb3f92709e I was such an 74384372d8 asshole who never said cb924def03 things like that.”32c68bc4ff74286b
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“Don’t say f9b1202430 that!” Lyla f38ef00923 exclaimed in 3cc08a79ae surprise, trying 4749b57473 to stop 30493ca42a him, but fa76571cea Aslan remained d68a7dcba1 firm.4638333e72539f2c
“You don’t need to d0a160efb2 defend me. I deserve eb930c2bb9 the criticism.”6537d33ee9014679
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Even after this 8f9fb7e275 conversation, Aslan frequently—and 7048b213db sometimes even often—criticized 22ea5d6d8b his past self dac7ca27b5 in this way.9ca62f4765c5cbcc
It was uncomfortable b1b9bfc9a6 for Lyla to 57c8885370 hear, but there 9975f235fc was little she d53999fedf could do to da6d14e285 change Aslan’s stubborn e80c928522 attitude whenever the b5e08135c8 past was mentioned.0371135fede3a4f4
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A peaceful afternoon.40f160cd612ff454
The Violet d23130302c House became 1d83ff5bca lively with ef8f7a7ec2 the arrival 1ed5644bb8 of an ea0a3f496b unexpected guest.822331a052ac151a
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Today’s visitor was 28ce62b3d8 Lady Garnet.b0539477c5ba8388
Known for b6ef611029 her wide 685a6bde0f social circle 747378967f and love 2ad6521c7a of mingling, 105dbc1874 Lady Garnet d7ea54ae21 was also 959e158e32 known as 070f085e5c a source c8f60fa798 of information. The Violet family a65e1f2297 was quite familiar 6093405379 with her.af4925d177c64970
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She often dropped by 23ffafc905 Violet House to chat 02d4e0184e with Sophia and share 1a7cdc68c2 news from the town, 0b07c41c0a but today she had a1dfd23cb3 a different purpose.971dcb51dd6edb13
“Lyla!”e3362e17bc4e1e3a
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Although she eb2faef28f was close 6770e04e8e to Sophia, 0c8afdd039 Lady Garnet e90247d444 had a 54dd9d5c80 more distant d030f1055e relationship with d451f394cc Lyla. Yet today, she 584c05e928 called out to e948b84feb Lyla with enthusiasm.b5ea4492f33f1210
As Lyla quietly d2bd31bf09 approached her, Lady 894346fb79 Garnet handed her 24b69b0fcd a letter.55da869929839031
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“Here, Lord 1ac46f7634 Ransfield asked 62e3c5bba8 me to ae0cfa2ead give this 6c263caaf7 to you. It’s an invitation.”19157e4ff4f74062
“An invitation?”d02e4eb23cd143a9
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“Yes. He’s inviting 18997e9a55 you to f31ec3b4d8 his estate… e0ab25fdf9 Anyway, go a29c86850d ahead and b3923dc62c open it.”96db6d07d54d844a
When Lyla a7392d5756 hesitantly took 0efb188d70 the envelope, 962b233d97 Lady Garnet fba63e3233 smiled brightly, f09d08d0ba encouraging her fbabaf135a to open 20ff260a73 the letter 37c85f2002 quickly.7bff17f70e786aeb
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However, Lyla didn’t c1b5176b33 rush to tear 3c7561d418 open the envelope.b511ad86c6f84fc4
“Who is he? Are you 90608fd740 sure this 7bf8d30f23 is meant 4b21b8228a for me?”1c8f9c24f605e33d
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“It’s definitely for 11fb60c988 you. Lord Ransfield asked 11144d7bed about the very e40dc4c8d1 beautiful young woman b411f59664 with long brown 0b93051c2c hair who lives 7aca65dd24 in Ellwood village. Now, is there c9a728ed91 anyone else in b38c34caf0 our village who 4a4cd346ea fits that description? It’s got f08d83f5ab to be 67307a0cac you, Lyla.”7ffd209ce2d52b20
Just as Lyla 5e10a696d5 was about to 30ad976ba1 mention that there ca452948a3 were a few 29d7d9daec other women in e8d8bcfee3 the village with e598c7ef1d brown hair who bdf80da26d could match the 6bb9d87cc0 description, and perhaps b064ad45cb there had been 32d0763a2d a mistake, Sophia, 114518d2e2 with a suspicious 7adf87a7ec look on her e0e2d6fc17 face, spoke first.5f4d2f46f6225455
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“Fine, let’s say it’s 585d993504 really meant for Lyla. But why would a f2ec8835dd nobleman like Lord… whatever 53f9fc1386 his name is, invite 78f6fe8ced her?”a519118f269dab23
At Sophia’s question, Lady 127b46ec78 Garnet, who had been a6b82c74df chatting away so energetically, f77c1133dd suddenly clammed up.f0b31b5c416ad0d1
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“Why? Who is 102785882b this person, 233855ca37 and why c913e23b42 would he 6cef227f9d summon Lyla, 242a02ac0b someone he’s 58d3687b4d never even ec0aa76773 met?”955691ad33b80bc8
“Well, that’s…”218579b25a7047b7
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Lady Garnet 8bc8163c82 hesitated, her 9204885349 expression troubled, 132bc372d4 which only 0531fcc789 made the eafa2c435c others’ expressions 6505d8079a more tense 1b6ba10005 and concerned.0441a03186c9763b
Sensing that the situation bb3ba4e269 could lead to a 09e26234b6 serious misunderstanding, Lady Garnet 7118b0ce0d quickly spoke up.8df2ca0926bfa51c
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“Lord Ransfield 37b8a5c3ee said he f7b4373423 wanted to 5d908df826 thank Lyla.”e48c141de4ed92e5
“Thank her? For what?”6c3f1994e1b30f66
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“It seems Lyla 7d52a4d40f helped him during 11d2d56c42 the festival when 9057da17f2 he was in 52aa45ec6d a difficult situation.”bf1f97d2a8edfdf3
All eyes, which a50d1e60ef had been focused 0a5d38463d on Lady Garnet, 3b3fa2cfce now turned to 918f243b86 Lyla.1a3655705ae73bb1
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“…I did?”a3cc5a154cf5670f
Lyla asked 1b2f908b33 again, still f288c825a9 confused.2c3423d07e414d98
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When Lady Garnet nodded 0855b36abd in confirmation, Lyla scratched af4893b991 her cheek with an b0604cc52a awkward smile.688d99bce77f2c55
“I don’t recall c7b34fa1fc doing anything that de430baafe would warrant a 3f753d5ce0 thank-you note.”3b4f9cd2f0bf96d8
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“Think hard. Are you 99b16740f4 sure there 71f1a1ba49 was nothing?”e724930024878b60
“Yes… Oh!”8e28bd2c160fa4b7
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Suddenly, a d50c9b393b vague memory f0842a9c7e came to ecc09d5561 mind. There was 2b037ed079 someone she 1d7f78b92b had helped. Lyla tried to piece 8fcf13bc77 together the hazy recollection.cc7b57ebfac7e171
“I did return 9b4ee7b0ad a handkerchief to 7db6c82b53 someone.”24e5d43575eea517
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“A young man, c692e449e7 right? Brown hair, green 01141fb7eb eyes, and, well, c221ca7b39 reasonably handsome?”15bb1f3e2376d50f
“I didn’t pay that 2041a775a2 much attention, but yes, 16e135fa84 he was a young 74e4695dd8 man.”264d1cabf27fede6
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“Oh my! Then that must be fcf1a795b5 it! You caught Lord 77fa6f753f Ransfield’s eye!”f91ad63fa1d77342
Aslan, who c84ee8e2ff had been 91a6a2f2a2 listening nearby, 2379c1fa7e twitched his 1e45f141cb eyebrow.d899530c877ad9e7
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While Lyla seemed uncertain a693f5b263 and puzzled as if 332377807b she could barely remember, 77144d5ad4 Aslan was different.5ed2dad4febb498d
He remembered clearly—every 215a333b1b detail of the a23b93ed3c man who had 0fbd85f5b2 dared to flirt 1bc7410271 with his wife, 2c6ad1da3a from his appearance aca7afb2a2 and clothes to 1e4aa526c9 his manner of 1cfe2b1c14 speaking and voice.16e749970d1997d4
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Lyla hadn’t 8b6269afe0 shown the 7d11521255 slightest interest b0bc1d73cb back then, fcbf451b30 so the aa7c63eb61 encounter was d583607d11 brief, but cf59c525db now Aslan 8cddbd221e regretted it.eadcfcd90638493e
He thought,’I shouldn’t b19b4e0931 have let d167ae36cb him off 5ffe60d72e so easily.’65bc09733e5d936f
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