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　Oh, morning has come.

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　How am I going to look at my brother Albert?

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　Can't I skip sword practice ......, no, because if I don't try, that's where I lose.

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　I left my room and was going to the garden when I heard someone talking in the hallway.

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　Was it your brother Albert and your father?

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　We ran into each other too soon.

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"I've offended Ali."

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"Should I still tell you the real reason?"

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　The real reason?　I'd like to hear what it is.

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I don't think that's a good idea.

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　Oh, my God!　I'm curious!

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"Let's hear it."

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　Feeling guilty for eavesdropping and wanting to know why, I involuntarily appeared in front of my brother Albert and my father.

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"Ali ......"

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　Albert's brother looks a little uncomfortable.

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　Don't worry, brother, I don't care anymore.

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　But let's not say this out loud. I want to torture him a little more. Like a bad girl.

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There you are, Alicia.

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"Yes, father. What's the real reason?

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　Your father was tight-lipped.

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　Why won't he tell me? Does it have to be a secret?　I have a right to know.

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"Father?"

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"Alicia, I'll tell you by the time you get to the academy. Is that okay?"

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　...... I have five more years before I go to the Magic Academy!

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　Something you can't teach a child?

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　But since you won't tell me anything I say here, I have no choice but to agree.

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"Yes, Father."

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　When I say this, your father pats me on the head and says I'm a good boy.

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　I wish he would stop treating me like a child, but ten years old is still a child.

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　I wonder if I should apologize to my brother Albert for my insistence yesterday.

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　...... but I didn't say anything bad, so there's no need to apologize, right?

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　Besides, bad girls don't apologize so easily.

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　My brother Albert is looking at me with sad eyes, but I'll be patient.

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　Because I am a bad girl. ......Bad girls can be pretty harsh. How much easier it would be if I could just say "don't worry about it".

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　Oh my god!　It's kind of boggling my mind.

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　I want to be a bad girl, but I don't want my heart to be unsettled.

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　But if I tell you not to worry about it, it'll sound like I'm being sarcastic.

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"Mr. Albert, it's time to go."

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　While I was thinking about this, a lady attendant came to call my brother Albert.

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　Yes, Albert has school. Albert went away.

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　What should I do? I can't come up with a solution to make this blurring of my mind go away.

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　Maybe I should talk to Grandpa Will about it.

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　I've never been to the poor village at this time of night.

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