1. Ah, Annette. Good day to you. I see you remain as [cdb]sprightly and sweet as a newly bloomed flower.
  2. Hi, Lorenz.
  3. Oh my. Have I done something to invite your [cdb]displeasure?
  4. You just kinda brought back a bad memory from a [cdb]long time ago.
  5. Back at the school of sorcery, there was this one time [cdb]this noble guy made fun of me.
  6. What manner of cur would dare do such a thing?!
  7. If a noble ever presumes to mock your genius, [cdb]point me in their direction so I might give them a [cdb]taste of their own medicine!
  8. Well, then pop the cork on that medicine bottle and [cdb]take a nice big gulp.
  9. Hold a moment. Are you implying that I am the one [cdb]who mocked you?!
  10. I'm not implying it—I'm saying it. You made fun of [cdb]me the first time we ever met.
  11. You were all like, "I say, you there! This is no place [cdb]for a child! Now run along to your parents before I [cdb]summon the watch!"
  12. "We simply cannot abide a common scullery maid [cdb]wandering these hallowed halls! Why, we'd be made [cdb]a laughing stock!"
  13. You thought I was some lost kid—and you called me [cdb]a scullery maid!
  14. Yes, I do seem to vaguely recall the incident. Oh! So that scullery maid was YOU!
  15. Er, that is... You were in fact no maid at all, but the [cdb]noble niece of Baron Dominic.
  16. You have my sincerest apologies for the error. Pray forgive my impertinent tongue.
  17. Oh, it's fine. I mean, it would be silly to keep hanging [cdb]onto a grudge like that, right?
  18. If we'd had but another chance to properly converse [cdb]back then, I'm certain the matter would have been [cdb]cleared up with some ease.
  19. But sadly, that day was both our first and last [cdb]opportunity to meet.
  20. Now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing [cdb]you around after that.
  21. Yes, because my father swiftly summoned me back to Alliance territory.
  22. After the king's death, the Kingdom had become too [cdb]unstable for me to remain there any longer.
  23. Oh, right. That was right around the Tragedy of Duscur.
  24. My father worried that relations between the Kingdom and Alliance might become strained.
  25. As such, I was forced to leave school mere days after [cdb]my arrival.
  26. Huh. Kinda funny how we keep ending up together [cdb]like this.
  27. Yes, it seems fate strives to keep us together, whether [cdb]at the school of sorcery, the academy, or here. And I, [cdb]for one, look forward to seeing what the future holds!
  28. Me too! But if you ever call me a kid or a maid again, [cdb]no amount of summoning the watch is going to [cdb]save you.
  29. I swear on my life, those words shall never cross my [cdb]lips again.
  30. And by way of apology for my odious blunder, I hereby swear to come to your aid if ever you [cdb]require it.
  31. Just say the word and I, Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, [cdb]will hurry to your side!
  32. Ahahaha!
  33. Haha...ha?