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There was no helping it; since his girls were still in class, Durin had no choice but to stay in the classroom, simultaneously storyboarding his short film and discussing with Lina.
"The Human World is really strange. Do you need to go to school for this kind of thing?" she asked.
"Haven't you ever been to school?" Durin countered.
"Of course I have," Lina replied seriously.
Thinking about it, Durin couldn't believe that such a master of chemistry hadn't gone to school.
"What about you, Maria?" Durin asked.
"I can write my own name!" Marilli answered promptly.
Durin's drawing pen halted: "You can write your own name?"
Maria turned and ran toward the classroom door, but was reeled back in by Durin's tail.
"Starting tomorrow, you'll study with Melinda and Xialu."
My maids can read poetry without any obstacles, and you two silly girls are preparing to embarrass me, right?
"I don't want to." The little wolf girl was on the verge of tears.
