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"If there is anything we can do to help, just let us know."
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As I was about to leave the room, Master João said to me.
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What can I do for you ......?
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Ah! Oh yes!
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How could I have forgotten?
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"Please enroll a boy named Jill, who lives in a poor village, in the Magic Academy with me."
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Everyone froze except me.
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Oh, I haven't told you that I go to the poor village yet.
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"The poor village?
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"Alicia! You've been there?"
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Father, don't look so afraid. A smile suits you best.
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And don't look at me like that. It's as if I've committed a crime.
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Only at night.
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I wouldn't be intimidated by this place. I'm a bad girl.
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"At night?"
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It's safer at night.
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So you've been there in the daytime.
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Oh, am I digging my own grave?
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But I don't see any reason to be offended.
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Because there is no law that says you can't go to the poor villages.
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"Father, I don't see why you should blame me.
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I straightened my back and stared at him.
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"The boy Jill is nine years old now, but he is smarter than I am.
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Yes, Jill is really smart.
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What he learns once, he never forgets again, and most of all, he has great ideas.
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He will be the head of the country for sure.
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"Do you remember when I told His Majesty the King about the terrible situation in the poor villages?"
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"Yes."
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"At that time, I did not yet know the real poor villages. I had never been there, after all. That's why I went to the poor villages to see what they are like now.
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I could see the king's eyes glaze over a little. I continued.
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"The actual conditions in the poor villages were many times worse than what I had read in books. It was hell. People are so impoverished that you don't know whether they are dead or alive.
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My words made everyone clam up. Even your father doesn't seem angry anymore.
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"Gilles is a boy whose parents had been killed and who had lost all hope of living. When I first saw him, he was being treated like a discarded rag. A five-year-old boy was being beaten by a large man with an iron rod.
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"So ......, what happened?"
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Master Derek said with a pained expression on his face.
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"He wandered between life and death, and in the end he chose to live. He will become a man who can lead his country. Please get him out of the poor village.
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I appealed desperately to the king.
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I promised him that I would take him to the bright stage.
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It would be a bad girl if I couldn't keep my promise.
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The king wrinkled his brow and gave a small sigh.
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"I think I can handle being Alicia's assistant..."
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"That's good enough for me."
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I replied immediately.
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"I'll see what I can do."
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"Thank you."
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I bowed deeply.
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Maybe I should ask him about Grandpa Will. .......
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But I wonder if Grandpa Will really wants to leave the poor village.
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I'll ask him next time.
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"Alicia, how did you get to the poor village?"
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Your father looks at me curiously.
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I shouldn't tell you this yet.
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"It's a secret."
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I smiled.
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Your father looks disapproving.
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I looked at his face and realized that I had forgotten something.
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That's right, I haven't heard it yet.
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I'm going to enter the magic academy now, so it's okay to ask him.
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"Father, may I ask you one last question?"
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"What?"
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"Why couldn't I take the sword level test?"
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Your father froze for a moment, then immediately smiled gently.
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It's better to smile than to be angry.
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"That's because the ants were too much."
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...... I'm not convinced that's the reason, but it's a compliment, so let's say it's okay.
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