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第三章 禁止恋爱
Chapter Three: Romance Forbidden
Article One of the charter: members of this council are forbidden to fall in love.
Saeki read the line aloud. Shirayuki did not look up. "Reading it a second time will not lift it."
"Then who wrote Article One?"
"I did." She spun the red pen once. "A rule written for other people to see is called a charter. One written for yourself is called a diary. Diaries are not made public."
Saeki put the charter back in its folder. The gilt on the cover gleamed under the lamp like a sentence that refused to be spoken.