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　I was practicing in the garden as usual when Eric came to me.

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　Oh, what do you want? I stopped practicing and looked at him.

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"Alicia, now that you are ten years old, why don't you go to town?"

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　I visited the poor village every day, but I've never been to town.

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"I'd love to go there!"

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　Master Eric's face lit up when I said that.

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　I wonder if we're going together?

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"Eric, what are you doing?"

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　Brother Henri is coming towards us.

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　Oh, I wonder if he didn't know that Eric was here.

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　Big brother Henri put his hands around Eric's neck.

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"We are going to the town with Eric now.

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　When I said this, his face turned grim. He is glaring at Eric with a sideways glance.

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　I wonder if he is angry at being left out. I guess he wanted to go to town too.

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"I'm coming with you."

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　Brother Henri said with a smile. It's a kind of secretive smile.

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　It's like the smile your brother Albert used to smile.

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"Where is your brother Alan?"

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"Alan's got a governess watching him study right now."

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　Oh, so twins don't spend all their time together.

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Let's just get in the carriage.

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　Master Eric said with a slight pout on his face.

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　I'd rather go on a horse than a carriage. I can ride a horse now.

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"Why don't we go on horseback?"

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　When I suggested this, they froze.

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"You mean you're going to ride with one of us?"

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"No, brother, I want to ride the horse."

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But, Ali, you are a girl, right?

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Can't a girl ride a horse?

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"No, that's not the case, but generally speaking, ......"

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"But I will still ride a horse. I'll still take the horse, but your brother Henri and Eric can ride in the carriage.

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　She is a very bad girl when she stands up for her own opinions. Three years of training to be a bad girl has paid off.

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　She can speak like a bad girl so naturally. You've already become a great villainess, haven't you?

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　Your brother Henri and Eric both look puzzled.

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　Brother Henri sighed loudly.

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　Oh no, you'll lose your happiness, won't you?

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"Okay. We'll go with the horses."

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　We did it!　I feel like a winner. I can beat you alone, Henri, I can.

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"I know. It's funny that we're in the carriage and Alicia's on the horse.

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　Master Eric laughed.

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　A beautiful smile is so destructive, isn't it?

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　As I was staring at his face, Eric covered my eyes with his hand.

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"Don't stare so much.

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　All I heard was Eric's voice. I wonder if he's embarrassed.

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　No, he couldn't be embarrassed just because a younger girl looked at him.

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　He must have been annoyed by those sassy eyes. She's got the look of a bad girl, and I like it.

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"Let's get out of here."

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　Eric took his hand away from my face when my brother Henri said that.

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　Oh, Mr. Eric, your face is a little red, isn't it?

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　I wonder if maybe I've offended him that much: .......

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　That's great, me. I can make people angry with just my eyes.

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