I'm a Commoner, But I Live to Seduce the Duchess ch1

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>A huge window made of beautiful glass.

>A lamp made from expensive magic stones.

>A gorgeous bed that clearly belongs to an aristocrat.

>And me, a total commoner, sleeping peacefully in it.
>...What am I doing here?

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>...Eh? Wait. Hold on.
>Aren't I gonna get caught here? Wait...

>Woah...
>What a pretty girl.

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>Lyra!! Thank goodness you're awake!!
>I was worried about you!!
>!?

>Seriously wait. She smells good.
>Wait, no! Try to think, me!

>Eh? Um.
>There's people there!!
>How did things get like this? If I recall...!

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>I was sold by my adoptive parents.

>Hey! Don't just drink here! Keep your eye on the goods!
>It'll be fine.
>I gave her some drugs!

>She'll won't wake up until morning!
>And even if that kid were awake,

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>what could she possibly do on a moving coach in the middle of the woods?

>Drugs... Were they in the soup I had for dinner...?
>...Hah
>Hah
>Hah
>They pick me up, work me hard for twelve years
>and sell me off once I become a nuisance.

>To be sold... or to die.
>I don't want either.

>...These woods smell nostalgic.
>...Are they like the woods I used to play in...?

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>The girl I met in those woods.
>She was so kind...
>to someone like me.
>It made me happy...

>I wanna see her.

>Milday!
>Wait! There was someone there...
>...Could it be?
>You can't do that!
>Milady... You can't just...
>...!?

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>Lyra!?
>Do you recognise me!?

>...Eva.

>Lyra!!
>When I was young,

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>I met a princess in the woods.
>"Let's be together forever."

>...Eva.
>Yes.

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>Eva.
>...You remember me...?
>...Even though it was... ten years ago?

>There's no way I'd forget you, Lyra.
>I've been wanting to see you ever since we parted ways.

>...This is
>like a dream...

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>*(sound of her stomach)

>Eh?

>Okay, Lyra.
>Say ah~<3

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>W-
>Wait a minute, Eva... Lady Eva?
>What do you mean by "Lady"?

>Earlier the maids said
>Welcome to Duke Maiyer's estate.
>...y'know.

>I'm a commoner, y'know?
>>Great!
>>King - Duke - Marquis - Earl - Child - Man - Commoner
>>Here
>I had no idea there was such a difference between our social standings...
>>Here

>You're my friend, aren't you, Lyra?

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>My maids understand that too!
>>It's alright
>...

>...But I can eat by myself.
>You're so beautiful that it makes my throat tighten up.
>Ooh~

>Y-...
>You've also...

>...become beautiful, Lyra...
>Wah~

>Miss Lyra.
>ahem

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>Lady Eva may be the duke's daughter,
>but she does her fair share of the duke's work.
>Improving the geological surroundings, improving farming tools, dispatching magicians, etc.
>She works hard to make this land a better place...
>Hold on.

>...You mean she's the "gospel of the frontier", Evangeline Maiyer?
>Eh? How did I get such an embarrassing nickname...?

>You're just that famous...
>The noble daughter who's reshaped the village countless times.

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>The image of the Eva I knew as a kid
>and the image of the gospel of the frontier I had heard about are completely different...
>To think they were the same person...

>That's right. She's really changed since she was little.

>Ever since she parted ways with you, Miss Lyra,
>she's been working really hard to become independant and find you.
>Geez, Esther. That's embarrassing.
>...Eh?

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>I simply decided that I'd become independant
>so I could use people to find Lyra for sure.

>This is all like a fairytale.
>Th-Thank you...
>Even though Eva's the daughter of a great duke,
>she still takes notice of a commoner like me just like when we were kids.

>So there really was someone... who cared so much about me.
>Um... I'm really... happy.

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>Oh my.

>Getting along nicely, aren't we?

>Mother!?

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>What are you doing here?

>I came to see the commoner you picked up.

>Hah
>The duke's wife...!

>She's no "commoner", Mother. She's my childhood friend Lyra.
>...It is an honor to meet you, esteemed wife of Duke Maiyer.

>...A curtsey from a commoner?
>I taught her that.

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>Looks like you remembered it well.
>I'm glad to reunite with my star pupil, Lyra.
>Long time no see, Master Adele!

>Am I the only one who doesn't know this commoner?
>This was back when you were in the capital city, Madam.

>Lady Eva threw a tantrum going "I won't study unless we're together",
>so I had her join in our lessons.
>Ah
>Noooo
>It went quite smoothly~

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>I'm surprised you remembered something I taught you as a child.
>Even things I've only spent a short time learning have value.
>I see... Well, I don't have the means to send you home today,
>so do stay for one more night.

>Mother... Like I told you last night, I want this girl to stay here at this house!
>Eh? First I've heard of this!!

>Don't say such foolish things, Eva.
>A duke's estate is no place for a commoner.

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>This will be the only time I allow her to join us for dinner.

>..H-

>How do I use all these!?
>I normally just eat with my bared hands!!

>As a commoner, she shouldn't know the correct eating etiquette.
>Eva... You'll understand how the different the worlds we live in are.
>...That's

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>probably what Madam is thinking right now.
>I haven't taught her dinner etiquette either.

>However...
>That's right. It all starts by observing Lady Eva.

>If Lyra's learning ability is how I remember it,
>she can learn posture and procedure just from looking.
>She can even reproduce how much strength to put into the knife, Madam.

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>>Misfire

>Haaah~
>I managed to pull it off~...
>!

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>Eva.
>You didn't tell me Miss Esther had a sister working with her.
>Who's this lady?

>...!?

>Lyra? What are you talking about? Esther doesn't have any sisters.

>Eh...? But...

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>this person isn't Miss Esther, though?

>Lady Eva! Keep your lips away from that cup!
>Lyra! Stop that Esther...!

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>Eep

>Wha-

>Hah!?

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>Hyah!

>...Hey.

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>Were you targeting Eva?
>Owowowowow

>>*The real one
>I don't believe it.

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>To think someone managed to infiltrate the estate...
>...What a conspicious way of doing things.

>Why is Eva being targeted?

>The "Four Great Dukes" and their families have a lot of enemies...
>Lady Eva in particular, being the "gospel" and all, has a high price on her head...
>More importantly, that was amazing, Lyra!!

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>I could never move like that!
>Kya~
>...I don't think that's "more important", Eva.
>You were almost killed, y'know?

>...Putting your movements aside,
>how did you know "that" wasn't Esther, Lyra?
>Nobody else figured it out.

>Eh...? The position of her nose
>and her frame were different.
>Could you tell, Lady Eva?
>No way! I couldn't tell them apart at all!
>Hmm...

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>I guess I've got good eyes?
>...Eeh?
>That's the issue here??

>Now then, Madam.

>Wouldn't it be beneficial
>to have someone who can tell when something's off at the Maiyer estate
>so that this doesn't happen again?
>...

>You're more clever than I took you for...

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>I shall allow Eva to hire Lyra as her guard.
>!!

>Thank you so much, Mother!!
>Just make sure you understand your position, okay?
>Right!

>Kyaaa~
>Fu

>Who's the clever one, I wonder?
>Hiring her so suddenly.
>...Watch your mouth.

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>...The duty of "protecting" Eva...
>...falls on me.

>Lyra.
>...Can we sleep together?
>It's been my dream since I was a kid...

>Fufu... Since it's our first time, I'm getting kinda nervous...
>...Eva.

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>Is there anything
>...you'd like me to do?
>...Fweh!?

>U-U-U-Um, we're still too young for that kind of...
>Hawaaa

>...
>I want to repay you.
>My only two choices were being sold off or dying in the woods.

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>But you
>gave me a new life, Eva!

>You're exaggerating.
>I just wanted to be with you...
>That's what makes me the happiest.
>I want to live for your sake, Eva.
>...I swear

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>Hyau
>to protect you... from anything that dares bring harm to you, Eva.

>You can't do that, Miss Risette!

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>I've found you! It's you, isn't it?
>The commoner
>who seduced Eva!!

>Wait, why are you sleeping together!?
>Seduced!?
>...?