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Dia Firebird was a competitive child from an early age, and when she was young, she loved to compare herself to her brothers.

They secretly climbed the tree together, Dia wanted to climb faster than Diffindor and Dino, recited hymns together, Dia memorized the fastest and most fluent, and even when they ate together, Dia wanted to eat the same as them, and she didn't let it go—she subconsciously wanted to do her best, until one day—

"Miss Dia is a girl, and she shouldn't play these games with her brothers anymore. Diffonor and Dino need to learn swordsmanship, fighting, and she needs to learn embroidery. ”

This is a little girl who realizes for the first time that girls have no rights to compete with their brothers.

But because she was so young, she didn't understand that she was suffering from the loss of her freedom.

She learns things she doesn't really like, and still tries to learn the best she can.

Until another day, she diverges into Bea instead of Orria.

"If Miss Dia were Oria, I'm afraid His Majesty would be willing to marry her, but it's a pity...... It's a pity. ”

This is a young girl who realizes that she is worthless except to be an accessory. She can't pursue anything she desires because everyone thinks it's "something she shouldn't do."

Fortunately, her fate was not sad.

She has the best friend (although Lina is a commoner, Diya has never felt embarrassed to make friends and talk to civilians), and she also has an excellent literary teacher.

Ember Waping was an ordinary man who was born fit to be a retainer of a high nobility.

But he is a different person from the men that Diya knows, he does not think that people should be limited to a certain fixed view, and that people should be born with the right to do what they love and are good at.

"The world doesn't change overnight, and it doesn't happen to an incompetent person like me," he told Dia firmly and gently, "but at least, I want you to have the opportunity to learn what you are eager to learn." ”

Ember Waping is a good person, he is unbiased, he is never preconceived, and he is willing to make decisions after understanding.

Therefore, when Dia learned that Ember Waping and Lina were in love, she did not feel the slightest surprise or resentment, because she believed that they must be the best for each other.

As a result, Diya also gained a strange joy and peace that they would all miss.

Until, until Pamu Autumn Crow descended on Dia's life.

Dia is willing to marry him, because Dia knows that she has few choices, and she can't afford not to choose.

But......

But how dare he insult her, insult them, how could he maliciously trample on the love of others without knowing it, and even be proud of it? In the face of such hatred, Diya felt that she could not help but do something.

Yes, she thought, if no one did that, she would be that person.

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Dia Firesparrow stood up, and she looked straight at Moshi.

"Mr. Moshi, please tell your father that I was the one who killed Pamu Crow. ”

Mo Shi was slightly stunned.

And it is clear that Dia did not discuss this decision with the two behind her. When she said this, Ember Waping and Lina were shocked.

The dog-headed girl and the young man standing beside her glanced at each other hurriedly, and then she threw herself forward and knelt before Miss Dia, hugging the crimson, rose-petal-like skirt of the noble maiden.

"Miss, you just said that we came here to confess to Lord Moshi......"

"Yes, Lina, that's right. But in any case, it is enough to pick one of the guilty people, isn't that so? ”

The girl stood upright like a cedar in the middle of winter, and her gaze turned to Moshi.

"Tell Father, and then, let him choose what to do with me. I know that I am not strong enough to command you to obey me, but I am willing to exchange the 'facts' you want to know. And if you are a smart person, you will also agree to tell my father my name after you have listened to the 'facts'. ”

"My lord, my lord, you must know that things should not be as Miss said, Miss is not at fault!" Lina turned to Mo Shi and pleaded, "A lowly person like me is—"

"Shut up, Lina!" the aristocratic girl clenched her fingers, gritting her teeth and whispering, "Actually, I shouldn't have let you come too, but I'm scared." When I'm scared, I want you to be by my side......"

Mo Shi looked at the three snowwalkers in front of him in a daze, forcing himself to think carefully.

Like a trapped beast, a young and panicked trapped beast.

- Is the truth in exchange for cooperation?

This may be a desperate move, but it is indeed a condition that Mo Shi is very likely to agree to.

But to be honest, this feeling of having the right to make decisions is not pleasant.

"Please come and sit down. Dia's skirt left Lina, and she slowly walked to the table and sat down, "I'll tell you a story about 'why I killed Pamu Crow'. ”

Dia beckoned to Ember, and the literature teacher chose a seat at the table.

She looked at Lina, who was still on her knees, and gestured to the seat next to her.

"I ......"

"Come here. "It's the same as usual." ”

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"As you say," Diya sat across from Mo Shi, her bright, piercing canine eyes staring at Mo Shi, "I have a motive, but no chance to do whatever I want. ”

"What, what do you mean?"

"Including killing Pamu Crow. ”

"What does he mean to you?"

"The man to whom the hatred is directed, the condensation of all the malice I have made it so for, a mark of my own destiny, an Efaya who may seem very innocent to others. ”

"So, the most wrong thing he did was to marry you?" Mo Shi asked.

"He doesn't want to. Diya smiled, very pale, "Well, trying to marry me wasn't the worst thing he did, but he accidentally walked a path that quickly led to death." ”

"It's not like that......" Ember covered her eyes in pain, and Lina almost lowered her head to the point where she couldn't lower it anymore.

"No, that's it. Only Diya remained so proud, her tone trembling slightly, but her voice was clear, "That man has forced my maid, he has defiled a pure and unbeatable girl, and has threatened to make her his 'extramarital lover'—before my marriage to him is consummated. For that alone, I will take revenge. ”

"No ......," Lina began to sob.

Mo Shi felt that there was a painting in front of him, and he tried to cut the canvas.

Unwaveringly, Dia continued: "I hate being bargained for as an object, I crave violence and blood, and I do not allow anyone to insult my dignity. I knew I was a weird, sick woman — women shouldn't be, and I've been told. ”

Mo Shi's throat moved, and he felt like he was being choked by a stone.

In his time, no one would have belittled himself for such reasons.

Diya continued: "So, if I was the one who was in the prayer hall at the time, then the one who killed him must be me. ”

Lina pleaded in a low voice, "It's not like that, miss, it's not ......"

Mo Shi coughed lightly: "Miss Dia, no matter what you think, you are still not the murderer. Please tell me who the man with the dagger was in the prayer hall that night. ”

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In this sinful land surrounded by "heavenly punishment", there are 24 small months in a year, and 12 great god months;

Sixteen months ago, it was the spring and summer of this land.

Rain mixed with snow flakes lapped the earth and stone bricks.

Dia sat in the hall, beside his father.

In the center of the hall stood the Autumn Crow clan, and among the leaders, Pamu Autumn Crow was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was full of energy. As soon as he walked into the hall, his eyes wandered over everyone's faces. Dia didn't know if she would like him, but she had a sad premonition about her marriage—she was about to be sent away by her father, and her long-dead mother couldn't give her any blessings.

Her father didn't care what kind of person Pamu Crow was, and as long as he was decent enough, the deal would go well.

Dia never trusted or loved her father, and the Duke of Firesparrow was a lord and was not stupid, but he was not a good father. After the death of Dia's mother, the duke soon had a new wife, numerous mistresses, several of whom were legally married to the side room, and even a canine-headed commoner among the "extramarital lovers".

Through the veil, she stood up and saluted.

The huge hall seemed to have only this veil barely soothing her mind.