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Now eight years old, Alicia is the eldest daughter of the Williams family.
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"Alicia, I'm on my way to the Smiths' house now. Henri and my brother Al are going, too."
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Alan's brother came to me in the garden wielding a sword and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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The Smiths are Master Finn's family, aren't they?
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I want to go there! I haven't been out much at all lately, it's been so boring.
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I'm coming! I'll get ready right now."
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I hurried to my room and changed into my going-out dress.
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I used to like fancy dresses until I remembered my previous life, but now I like simple dresses.
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It's not easy to wear a simple dress at the age of eight, is it?
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Well, I went to a fashion high school in a previous life, even if only a little, so I guess I have a good sense of style.
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I put on a slightly brighter yellow chiffon dress and stone earrings of the same color in my ears.
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Alicia's face is so well-defined that she looks good in anything.
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Her hair is not long enough to be tied up, so there's no need to mess with it.
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Alicia in the game used to brag about her straight, silky black hair.
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Well, it's understandable. In fact, it's incredibly smooth.
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I tucked the right side of my hair behind my ear.
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You don't look a day over eight. You look so much older.
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I feel like ......, a real badass.
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I looked at myself in the mirror and swooned. I never realized how much of a badass you can look with just the clothes you wear.
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Let's focus on fashion from now on.
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"Alicia!"
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I heard your brother Alan's voice.
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I hurried toward the front door.
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We took a horse-drawn carriage to the Smith house.
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I have to admit I don't like horse-drawn carriages. My butt hurts after riding for a long time.
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I want to go horseback riding! ...... I remember I used to get tired of it so quickly and quit.
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But the senses are ingrained in our bodies, aren't they?
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I think you can make it work if you try. I'll practice riding when I get back.
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The scenery in this country is so picturesque. Oh, if only this world had cameras. .......
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"Ali? What's wrong?"
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My brother Albert looks at me with concern.
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Oh, I'm afraid I've made a bad impression on him.
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I'm sure bad girls can come up with a lot of terrible words at times like this.
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I wish I could say something.
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...... I can't think of anything. You're a long way from being a bad girl.
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I just smile and cover it up. That's what's so useful about an ambiguous smile.
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"Ali's really changed, though."
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Brother Alan said this while looking at me intently.
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"Have you changed in any way?"
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""Yeah, a lot.""
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The voices of Alan and Henri overlapped perfectly.
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Have I really changed that much? It's true that Alicia was a lot worse before she remembered her past life.
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She didn't make any effort to be a bad girl even though she was a villainess.
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How could she really be a villainess like that? I wonder what would've happened if her memories of her previous life hadn't come back. I dread to think.
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My brother Albert looked at me with a serious face.
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"Now that you mention it, how did you become so ...... serious?"
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"Serious?"
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I tilted my head. Am I serious? I'm serious by the way!
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What to do: ....... Sure, bad girls are serious, but they don't let people around them see it.
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"I'm not serious. I'm just doing the bare minimum I have to do.
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I said with a smile to clear up the misunderstanding.
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Albert looked a little surprised, but smiled kindly at me and said, "I see.
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