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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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 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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 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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