... Quit?
"Why not?
I said that in a faint voice.
"I don't want Alicia to be in danger. What if this happens again?
If you look into your father's eyes, you'll see that he's worried about me from the bottom of his heart.
But don't worry. What I work out every day.
"You can protect yourself."
That's what I said clearly.
"I'm only a thirteen-year-old girl."
Your father said that in a low and dignified voice.
Oh, have you finally noticed?
"Ali, if this was a bigger number of people, they could have killed you, right?
"It's okay. If I was dead then it would be..."
It's the Virgin's fault, I thought I'd say, but I kept it in my heart.
I don't want to worry about your father any more.
"It's all my fault. Ali had a special talent, so I asked her for a lot of things."
That's what your father says and gives you a painful look with a wrinkle between his eyebrows.
"Never mind, Father. I'll be fine. I'll let you through if you ask me to."
If they dismiss Cather Liz's watchman here now, I'll be in trouble.
I've been trying so hard to compete with Mr. Liz so far.
I knew Mr. Liz needed to be a bad girl to keep her name in history.
Your fathers seem to think I'm pawning, but in fact, I'm trying to pawn Mr. Liz and keep his name as my own bad girl.
I wonder what a bad idea I have.
This is a full score idea for a bad girl.
"Still no good. I know how shitty I am right now. Do me a favor and stop suddenly. I know it's unreasonable.... but Ali, I don't want you to get hurt any more"
Your father looks at me with a serious look.
I can see how much I am loved by your father.
But it's a really irrational story.
Sure, Liz is too brainwashed with her head in the flower garden, but I'm not hurt at all.
There's a lot to be done, but the villain lady and the heroine?
I've known from the beginning that I didn't agree.
This is where I don't back down.
"Still, I won't stop! I chose this path for myself, and I decided to do it. I can't change my mind for anyone."
I raised my voice.
I feel the air tightening on my skin.
"That's too selfish."
Well, you may hate it when I tell you to be selfish, but I still have to put a shot in here as a bad girl or something.
Maybe they think I'm such a bad girl right now.
Besides, I said it out loud, so I'm sure the servant in your mansion will hear you.
I wonder if everyone could tell me what a bad girl she is.
Then it's the best development......
"Alicia, you have to understand."
"Absolutely not."
Bad girls never bend their minds.
If I were a heroine, I'd have listened well and given up right away... but I'm sorry, Father, I'm a bad girl.
Your father looks at me still.
I would never change my mind if I looked at you like that.
"I want Ali to be really happy."
That's what your father said in a calm voice.
I just got a little shaken up.
I wonder if I should behave so badly towards my father, who thinks of me so far.
... but I have a dream of being a fine bad girl.
I won't let anyone get in the way of that.
This is all your father would never give up on anything he says.
"Father, I... won't stop."
I said that quietly.
Your father looked me in the eye.
And I sighed small as I realized something.
"Then make terms"
That was a more penetrating voice than I had ever heard before.
I froze my spine. I could see the air changing.
I've never heard such a father's voice before.
It's weird to make terms for that, isn't it?
But I don't care if you can keep watching Cather Liz.
Something much better than being made to stop.
"Fine. But if you fulfill that condition, promise me you'll let me keep Mr. Liz watching."
"Okay. I promise."
Your father nodded small.
Everything your father did was full of majesty.
"You must not meet Cather Liz until Ali is fifteen.... you shouldn't even see your family. The place to live is a cabin away from this mansion."
Your father's eyes glistened.
"Besides, I'll master level 90 magic when Ali turns fifteen"
What did you say? Level 90?
Normally at the age of fifteen, you learn level 20 and enroll in the School of Magic.
The first sentence didn't make sense, but the second condition is possible... that's what I'm talking about.
You thought I'd quit being a watchman for Cather Liz if you poked me with conditions I couldn't do beforehand.
Such a cowardly hand to think about.
"This is the condition."
Your father's low voice echoed into the room.
These conditions are really too weird.
But this seems like the only way to keep Cather Liz watching.
To be honest, I can abuse Cather Liz as much as I want without continuing to be her watchdog... but as a bad girl, I knew I'd have to do what I decided to do once.
It says she was a big, half-way bad girl when she was in history. I would never like that stigma.
"I understand."
I said that in a hectic voice.
I'll show you my bad girl soul.
I guess your father didn't think I'd agree.
The eyes are rounded and solidified.
Oh, you won't regret it, will you?
Let me make you think I should have given you tougher conditions.
"... the cabin, huh?
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You've been alone for two years, right?
Bad girls are lonely things.
This is training, too.
"I know. But just pay for the book."
"Level 90......"
"I'll try to master it."
That's what I said with a full smile.