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《無法控制的魔力》 第三部分
兒童日記（9）
VOCABULARY LIST
「Yes, Reana,」 Giovanna said, turning to reprimand Reana Brodsmat
for putting her elbows onto the desk.
「Fire, fire, never tire,」 Reana muttered under her breath, aiming her
stare at Kathryn』s desk. Within moments, Kathryn』s desk was in flames.
「Kathryn!」 Giovanna shouted, hurrying over and almost tripping on
her black dress. 「What are you doing!?」
「I didn』t start it!」 Kathryn shouted.
「I』m sure you did,」 Giovanna said. 「You have been practicing your
magic ever since you arrived, even though, outside of magic arts class,
magic is strictly forbidden here at the Academy. You will receive
detentions this week. I will be expecting you in my office.」
Hot tears ran down Kathryn』s face at the unfairness of it. She had
been practicing magic when it was forbidden, yes, but everyone always
accused her of wrongdoing without even thinking twice! Kathryn jumped
from her chair, slid her things into her magic pouch, and ran to the upper
chamber, where her brother, Hum, was practicing various spells.
「Hello, Hum,」 Kathryn said, throwing her pouch into the closet.
「What』s up?」 Hum asked, removing a charm he had just put on
Asweet, his toy elephant, and turning to Kathryn.
「Reana set fire to my desk,」 Kathryn said. 「I got the blame. Now I』ve
got two detentions this week, Dad will be so disappointed in me after all
I』ve tried to do.」 Suddenly, stomping her foot, Kathryn spun around to
face Hum and cried, 「I don』t even want to be a lady! I never will be,
anyways! Dad promised to take me beyond The Twin Gates into the
Unknown Land, and far away to the Valleys, where Mum was born, and
even farther to the Realm of Iosis!」
「You don』t know that, do you?」 Hum asked slyly.
「Oh, shut!」 Kathryn exclaimed irritably, turning back to the closet
and taking her smock down from the crude wooden hanger. 「I』m going
to change now, so go.」 Hum, who had no desire to see Kathryn in her
undergarments, quickly ran off. When Kathryn was sure she was quite
alone, she took off her hot dress, flung it into the back of the closet, and
redressed in her smock.
「You look better in that,」 Hum said, eyeing the smock respectfully as
he came back into the room.
「Lady Anna would swoon if she saw me like this,」 Kathryn lifted up
her dress to reveal her square boots. 「They』re so manly,」 Kathryn
mimicked in a high-pitched voice.
Hum laughed so hard he fell over onto his knees. He hastily rose, and
said, 「You』re not like those other girls.」
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「Yes, well, what do you expect?」 Kathryn asked. 「Dad didn』t marry
one of those awful noblewomen who 『train』 their daughters. Pamper,
more like, seeing how these girls are terribly spoiled. Heck, I』d like to do
some Dark magic on Reana.」
「Well you can』t. You know that,」 Hum said regretfully, muttering a
few choice words under his breath.
「It』s not fair you boys get to do magic at the Academy without it being
within the time limit of Magic Arts,」 Kathryn said crossly.
「Look,」 Hum said, 「Boys get to do magic because they』ll need magic
—defying demons, slaying wrongdoers, and defending the old and the
weak. Girls of noble birth like you only need magic in time of
emergencies, um, like…like when the tea is too hot or cold, you can
change that with a few words.」
「But it』s not fair!」 Kathryn shouted. 「I want to slay wrongdoers, I
want to defy demons, and I want to be a Magi Knight!」
「And you won』t be able to,」 Hum said shortly. 「You』re a girl.」
「Kathryn?」 It was Lady Anna. 「You』re to go with me to Lady Edith』s
office.」
「I didn』t start the fire, I told you!」 Kathryn exclaimed crossly. 「It was
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