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"Jill."
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I saw Jill walking down the hallway and muttered to myself.
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What an aura of intimacy she exudes. No one would guess he was a nine-year-old boy.
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"Alicia!"
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Jill immediately recognized me and ran toward me.
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She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at me.
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She had never seemed worried about me before. .......
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I wonder if she was just hiding her expression.
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"Are you okay?"
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"Yes. I'm fine."
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Who was that?
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Jill asked me with a stern look on her face.
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"It's the Duke of Seeker."
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"The son of His Majesty the King?"
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"Yes."
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Jill turned her head over, touching her chin.
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I wanted to tell her that she would look like that if she wrinkled her brow so much, but she couldn't hear me talking to her when she was thinking about something with this look on her face.
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"What did Duke do to Alicia?"
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"You kissed the necklace you gave me before."
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"Huh? Could it be that those diamonds were given to you by Duke, His Majesty's son?"
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"Yes."
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Jill's eyes widen as she looks at the diamond shining on my chest.
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Surely, it's a surprise to get a necklace from the King's son.
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I froze when I got it too.
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"I guess the reason I didn't do anything until now is because Alicia was still too young ......"
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Jill mumbled something, but I couldn't make out what she said.
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I wonder if Duke has ever been like that.
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I had heard rumors that he was cold to women. I don't trust rumors, though.
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But in the game, he is kind to the heroine, Liz.
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...... that's why he's been so nice to me, isn't it? Where in the world did I get the Duke to like me so much?
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But maybe I'm still his little sister.
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There are different kinds of likes.
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Alicia, look over there.
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Jill's eyes were looking toward the courtyard.
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I looked toward the courtyard as well.
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Oh, there's Liz.
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And ......, I think she's a teacher at this school.
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Gray hair, glasses, small and fat, he looks like a professor.
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Is that a paper you wrote?
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I want to read it. I wonder what kind of paper he's writing.
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What's the topic, anyway?
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I guess we'll just have to get the fat doctor and ask him to give it to us.
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Jill.
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"I know."
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We went out into the courtyard to make sure Liz was gone.
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I wonder if she'll give me the paper that easily.
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We walked slowly up to him.
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He immediately noticed our footsteps and turned around.
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"Oh, you must be Alicia and Jill."
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The teacher smiled when he said that.
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Our information is already known to the teachers at this school. That makes things easier.
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"My name is John. Nice to meet you."
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You have a kind of a soft air about you.
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"Come in."
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With that smile, Dr. John easily handed me Liz's paper.
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How did he know I wanted the paper when I hadn't said anything yet?
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"Thank you very much."
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I took Liz's paper from Dr. John and was about to leave when I heard a gentle, calm voice.
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"Welcome to our school."
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Dr. John told us with a warm smile.
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