Disguised as a Male Servant in the Duke's House (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 24

When Rozelia hesitated to speak further, Nadia lowered her head with a self-deprecating smile.

“Here I am, unable even to afford medicine for a single day… and yet clinging to such fragile pride.”

Rozelia slowly shook her head as she looked at Nadia, who kept her gaze lowered.

Then, gazing at a painting depicting an impossibly brilliant sky, she murmured softly,

“That was your last bit of self-worth, wasn’t it? The one thing that let you endure, Nadia.”

For an instant, Nadia’s hazy eyes turned toward Rozelia in surprise.

Rozelia offered her a deliberate, gentle smile.

At that, Nadia’s face flooded with the sorrow of a child who had, for the very first time, found someone truly on her side.

Tears began to drip steadily from her ashen, lifeless eyes.

Rozelia simply watched in silence as Nadia buried her face in her knees and wept, her thin shoulders trembling.

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Holding the carefully wrapped painting, Rozelia cautiously stepped out into the imperial corridor.

It was the painting Nadia had given her as thanks for saving her.

Ever since learning Nadia’s circumstances, Rozelia had hesitated to accept it—but Nadia had insisted that receiving it would ease her heart, leaving Rozelia no choice but to take it.

Moreover, Nadia adamantly refused even a single coin, her earnestness only weighing heavier on Rozelia’s conscience.

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