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Alicia walks toward the courtyard without saying a word. We walk after her in silence.
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I don't see Alicia's eyes once. When the hell did she realize we were here?
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She doesn't seem to be using any magic,...... or signs?
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Alicia could be a top-notch assassin if she could sense our presence.
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But right now, I'm more concerned about Alicia's relationship with Emma.
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"Alicia, can I ask you something?"
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At my words, Alicia stopped a short distance into the courtyard. Then she slowly turned her head in my direction.
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Her eyes were so sharp that I couldn't help but stare at her. Normally I would have been afraid of her, but her mature expression held my attention.
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"...... what are you thinking?"
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"Huh?"
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My mind leaked out what I was thinking.
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Alicia wrinkled her brow a little and looked at me curiously.
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"No, nothing. I just wondered why you threatened them earlier for Emma's sake."
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"They had gone too far."
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"How did you guarantee that the knife wouldn't hit them?"
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Oh, you're preaching to the choir?
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Just checking.
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"There was ......."
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She said this after a short pause.
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A saint, those words popped into my head as I looked at her. Wasn't Alicia the real saint?
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She may be inferior to Liz in terms of magic, but Alicia is superior in terms of intelligence and physical ability.
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Emma will probably go with Alicia.
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Finn was standing next to me with a look on his face that said he didn't know what I was thinking.
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I don't know whether to be happy or angry that Emma is going with Alicia.
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"Emma is a believer, Liz, you know?"
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I only believe what I see with my own eyes."
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"What do you mean?"
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"I've never believed the demonizing of Alicia, and I think the Alicia I've seen so far is more of an angel."
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"To me, that's the worst possible assessment. I don't think I'm an angel. ......, that really sucks."
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Why do you hate being called an angel so much? Normally you would be happy about it. .......
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I looked at Alicia with that thought in my mind.
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"Besides, Emma likes girls."
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"Yes?"
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Alicia was the only one surprised by Finn's words.
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Apparently, Jill knew. She did not change her expression at all at what Finn said. How in the world does he get such a vast amount of information in such detail. ...... I felt fear for a boy much younger than myself.
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"That's why I like girls."
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"Let's see, I mean,...... your love interest is..."
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""""girl."""
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Our words overlapped beautifully.
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Alicia still doesn't seem to understand Finn's words. Well, that's a pretty shocking fact, I'll give you that. Not many people know about it.
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"I think Emma's already fallen in love with Alicia..."
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"I didn't do anything."
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Alicia's voice was a little flustered as she said this.
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"I think Emma fell for Alicia."
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Jill said with a deliberately serious expression, as if to add to Alicia's anxiety.
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"You're going to feel Alicia's attraction to you when you're around her, no matter how much you don't want to be."
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Jill said with a slightly sarcastic smile.
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Yes, that's true. It's hard not to be attracted to her. Even when you think she's a jerk, you're still attracted to her.
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Alicia is more attractive to me, even though she's the opposite of Liz.
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"If it were Liz, she would have either called them up in Emma's presence and forced them to make up or she would have defended Emma. Well, that's just my guess."
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"Cather Liz is a hero to all of us, and she deserves at least that much."
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"I think the real hero is the one who is threatening the killer without Emma's knowledge."
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"I'm sure Cather Liz wants everyone to see her beautiful heart, so she's going to gather a crowd and then say a lot of nice things."
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"You two are so close."
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"We just had a disagreement about Cather Liz."
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...... Liz is treated badly. Not that I'm taking Liz's side, but both Finn and Jill say some pretty harsh things with pretty faces.
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I mean, for the first time, I know what Finn is thinking. I had a feeling that Finn was on Alicia's side too. It seems to me that only the brightest and the brightest are on Alicia's side.
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Is it a matter of course that talented people gather with talented people?
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I wonder how many of Liz's people will move to Alicia's side. It's getting pretty interesting. As an outsider, I'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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