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...... stop?
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"Why?"
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I said in a hushed voice.
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"I don't want Alicia to be in danger. What if this happens again?"
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I can see in your father's eyes that he cares about me deeply.
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But don't worry. I work out every day.
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I can take care of myself.
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I said that clearly.
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"She's just a girl of thirteen."
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Your father said in a low, commanding voice.
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Oh, you finally noticed me.
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"Ali, if it had been a bigger group, we could have been killed, you know?"
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"Don't worry. If I had died then, it would have been ......"
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It's the saint's fault, I thought about saying, but kept it to myself.
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I didn't want to worry your father any more.
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"It's all my fault. Ali had a special talent and I asked him to do a lot of things.
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Your father looks pained as he wrinkles his brow.
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"Don't worry about it, Father. I'll be fine. I will do what you ask me to do.
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I will be in trouble if I am relieved of my watchdog duties over Cather Liz now.
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I have worked so hard to be on an equal footing with you, Liz.
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I need her if I'm going to be the bad girl who goes down in history.
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Your fathers may think I'm a pawn, but I'm actually using you as a pawn to make my name as a bad girl.
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What a bad idea I have.
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This is a perfect idea for a bad girl.
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"Still no. Now, I know how much of an a**h*le I sound. I know it's unreasonable to ask you to suddenly stop. ...... but Ali, I don't want you to get hurt anymore."
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Your father looks at me with a serious expression.
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I know how much he loves me.
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But it's really unreasonable.
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It's true that you're too flowery-minded and your cronies are brainwashed, but I'm not hurt at all.
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There are a lot of things I find annoying, but a villainess and a heroine?
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I've known from the beginning that we disagree.
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I'm not going to back down here.
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"But I won't stop! I have chosen this path myself and I am determined to follow it through. No one can change my decision.
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I raised my voice.
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I felt the air tighten around me.
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"That's too selfish."
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Well, you may not like it when people call me selfish, but here I have to give it a shot as a bad girl.
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I'm probably being thought of as a very inscrutable girl right now.
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And I said it so loudly that I'm sure the servants in the house can hear me.
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I hope everyone will start gossiping about what a bad girl I am.
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That would be a great development. .......
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Alicia, you have to understand.
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"Absolutely not."
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A bad girl never changes her mind.
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If I were the heroine, I would have listened and given up right away. ......I'm sorry, Father, but I'm a bad girl.
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Father looks at me.
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I won't change my mind.
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I really want Ali to be happy.
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Your father said in a calm voice.
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I was a little shaken.
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I wonder if I should have such a terrible attitude toward my father, who thinks so much of me.
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...... but I have a dream to be a great bad girl.
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And I won't let anyone get in the way of that.
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I won't let anything you say stand in my way.
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"Father, I won't stop ......."
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I said quietly.
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Your father looked me in the eye.
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Then he gave a small sigh, as if he had realized something.
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"Well, I have a condition."
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It was the most dignified voice I had ever heard.
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I got chills down my spine. I could feel the air change.
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I've never heard your father's voice like this before.
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And it's strange to put conditions on it, isn't it?
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But I'll do whatever it takes to keep an eye on Cather Liz.
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It's better than being forced to quit.
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"Fine. But you have to promise me that you'll let me continue to watch over Liz if I meet your conditions.
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"Okay. I promise."
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Your father gave a small nod.
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Everything he did was full of dignity.
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"You must not see Cather Liz until Ali is fifteen. He must not see Cather Liz until Ali is fifteen. You will live in a hut at the end of the compound."
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Your father's eyes glinted.
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"And when Ari turns fifteen, he will have mastered level ninety magic.
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I beg your pardon? Level 90?
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Normally, at the age of fifteen, a student would have mastered level 20 and be enrolled in a magic academy.
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The first sentence didn't make sense to me either, but the second condition is that you can't ...... do it.
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You thought that if you put a condition on me in advance that I couldn't do it, I'd stop being Cather Liz's watchdog.
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That's a pretty underhanded move to even think about.
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Here's the deal.
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Your father's low voice echoed through the room.
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These conditions are really too strange.
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But it seems to be the only way to keep Cather Liz under surveillance.
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To be honest, I could torment her as much as I want even if I don't continue as Cather Liz's watcher, but ...... as a bad girl, I have to go through with what I've decided to do.
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When history records it, she'll be remembered as a big, half-baked villainess. I don't want that stigma.
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I understand.
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I said in a high pitched voice.
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Let me show you my bad girl spirit.
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I don't think your father expected me to agree.
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He rolled his eyes and froze.
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I don't care if you regret it.
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I'll make you wish you'd asked for something tougher.
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"...... shed?"
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Yes, I'll be fine.
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Alone for two years?
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Bad girls are lonely.
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It's part of the training.
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I know. But please provide me with books.
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"Level 90......"
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"I will learn it."
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I said this with a big smile on my face.
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