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"Did you want to save the world? Or did you want Duke to turn around?"
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Cather Liz froze at my question.
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Henri and Duke are silent, waiting for her to speak. I want to hear what she really thinks.
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I'm sure it's true that she just wanted to fall in love and be liked by Duke, or that she wanted to use her rare ability to bring peace to the world.
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But we are not espers. We don't know what burdens people carry deep down inside.
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"...... I wanted to be Duke's wife and bring peace to the world because I was greedy. But you know what?"
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She takes a breath there.
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"I had to have Duke. Even if he wasn't a prince, I'd still be in love with him. I'm sorry to say this, but I've never had a hard time dying. I could have been born a commoner and run a bakery all my life. I could have been born a commoner and run a bakery all my life. I was so happy with the world I was in that I never felt the world was unfair to me.
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"Then why did you want to make the world peaceful?"
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"Because I thought it was my role. I thought it was my mission as a saint. So I thought it was best to advocate for equality and to eliminate the poor villages. But I never took action. Maybe I didn't really want to change the world that passionately."
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Seeing Cather Liz speak so matter-of-factly, I felt a sense of humanity.
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I had always found her creepy, but now I felt a little closer to her.
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"But now that I think about it, maybe everything I've worked so hard for has been centered around Duke. I wanted him to see me. Maybe because I wanted him to think I was different. ....... Alicia, you're right, I've benefited from the fact that not everything in this world is created equal."
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"It's okay to have impure motives for striving. I'm only trying for Alicia's sake."
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A little comfort for Cather Liz.
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This is not her enchanting enchantment. I mean it. A little happiness for a saint who was not only pure and innocent.
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"I've been so full of myself. I hated Alicia who always had time, energy and above all was liked by Duke. So I tried to be the opposite of her. Alicia was a distraction. I never wanted to be friends with her.
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Liz seems to have given up somewhat, letting all her true feelings out. We watch her in silence as she becomes desperate.
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She must have been in a lot of pain, holding in a lot of emotions. A saint does not show her hatred. She has to keep her bad feelings bottled up inside her heart.
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"Many people love me, but no man looks at me, and they say that Alicia is dead! I'm just an ordinary baker's daughter! I didn't know anything about the world of nobility. No one told me the rules!"
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"Liz, I'm sorry."
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Duke's calm voice brought tears to Cather Liz's eyes again.
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"You're the last person I want to apologize to."
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Her trembling voice echoed quietly through the room.
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