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Jill's eyes widened for a moment, but she immediately put her hand on her chin and wrinkled her brow.
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She was mumbling something in a quiet voice, but I couldn't make it out.
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Suddenly Jill looked up and stared at me.
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"Maybe in a week or so you'll be able to use it," she said.
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Jill's voice was so gentle.
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"How do you know?"
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"It was written in a book. The eyes have magic power too, ...... and if it were to suddenly disappear, wouldn't it still be useless?"
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"Will the levels stay the same?"
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"...... I don't know about that either."
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Jill looked a little troubled.
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If my level is down, I'll be removed from monitoring Cather Liz.
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But first I have to see if I can fool everyone for a week without using magic.
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"Hey, can't you use magic, Jicchan?"
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Jill said to me curiously.
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......You're right, Grandpa Will is a Seeker, aren't you?
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But he doesn't seem to be able to use magic. He's the king's brother and he's in the poor village. ...... Oh, the mystery only deepens.
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The more I think about it, the more my head gets messed up.
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"Maybe the Duke would know."
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Jill muttered quietly, her face expression expressionless.
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Surely, the Duke would know.
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But he won't tell us.
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"What do we do now? Magic."
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Jill said in a serious tone.
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"Well, for now, I'd like to go to the school and see what's going on."
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"What? You're going to the academy?"
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Jill is looking at me with a stunned expression on her face.
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Oh my God, what's wrong?
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I didn't think you'd be that surprised.
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But first, we need to find out what's going on with Liz.
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We need to know what we're up against.
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"Hey, can you continue to keep an eye on Cather Liz in that condition?"
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"Is it true that your brother Henri and your father are in a terrible fix?"
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I asked, ignoring Jill's question.
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Jill gave a small sigh and a resigned look on her face.
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"That's right. Henri hates me one way or another."
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"Poor you, and your father."
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I don't think your brother Henri knows that I'm on Cather Liz's radar.
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And he thinks that your father has made unreasonable demands of me.
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He's labeled me as a lousy father who made meaningless demands of his daughter.
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Well, if I didn't know any better, I'd be furious. Normal brothers would be.
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In my case, I wanted all my brothers to hate me, but not my brother Henri.
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I guess Henri is the big brother who loves his sister. ...... but in the end even that brother betrays you, bad girl.
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A bad girl lives a life of a lone woman.
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"Okay! We're going to the academy now."
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"Now? Are you sure you're not going to meet Arnold?"
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Jill gets to the heart of me.
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Oh, she knew right away.
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Because if I see her, she'll make me test my magic level for sure. In my current state, that's not good.
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I mean, you call me Arnold.
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I guess we're getting pretty close.
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"Yes, I need to get away from your father for a week. In the meantime, wait outside while I change quickly."
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"Okay ...... Hey, Alicia, why do you want to be a bad girl?"
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That's the first time anyone's asked me that.
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It's a simple question for a normal person.
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I've always wanted to be a bad girl, but when people ask me why I want to be a bad girl, it's hard for me to answer.
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But I do want to be a bad girl.
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...... because it's cool is too poor an answer.
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That's a pretty hard question.
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"That's just the way it's meant to be."
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I said the answer with a big smile on my face.
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