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Huh? Looks like Bern's talking to someone.
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You seem to be in a good mood, Bern.
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Augh! D-Dorothea! You scared me!
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Hehe! Sorry about that. It just looked like you were enjoying your conversation.
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That was a man you were talking to, right? He walked away before I could see who it was.
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Y-yeah, but it's not like that...
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Oh no? It sure looked like you were getting along well. Who was he, hmm? Is spring finally springing in the heart of my dear Bern?
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No, it's not like that! Um, do you remember the commoner friend I had once?
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You mean the one who vanished from your estate half-dead?
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Yep. Well, it turns out he's actually alive! And in our army!
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That's great, Bern.
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A childhood friend thought passed reunites with his treasured companion amidst the fires of war...
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A noble daughter and a common lad! A love that knows no social boundaries! Ah, this is the perfect plot for an opera...
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Yeah, that sounds impressi— Wait! No! It's not love!
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Yes, but if they made it into an opera, that's how it would be portrayed.
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For example, there's a series of operas known as the Empire of Love, and their latest could be the Bernadetta Saga.
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Absolutely not! If that happens, I'll lock myself in my room and melt down the key!
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Then I'll have to keep it secret. A shame though— it's such a lovely story to waste...
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It's not a waste! I'm taking it to my grave!
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I'm sure you are. Still, I'm glad your friend is all right.
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Perhaps your father wasn't as cruel to him as wagging tongues would have us believe.
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Actually, he says my father was protecting me.
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I guess someone was trying to kill me, so he had no choice but to kick out my friend.
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Um, but if that's the case, doesn't it mean you can patch things up with your father?
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No... My problems with him go way beyond this one incident.
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I mean, yeah, it seems like there was a bit of a misunderstanding around this one thing...
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But even if he was protecting me, it wasn't for...love. It's more like how a smith protects a valuable tool.
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That sounds very much like my father.
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It does?
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Yes. He tossed my mother aside like some worn-out tool because their child—me—didn't have a Crest.
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That's why your situation feels so personal.
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I really want you to overcome your struggles with everything that happened with your father and find a way to be happy.
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Um...
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But I'm already happy—really, I am! And it's all because I have friends like you, Dorothea!
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Then I can be happy, too. Because I have friends like you, Bern.