EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_48

Ch. 048 CHAPTER 048“Hehehe. Which book should I 8a302fd01e read first?”
 
I gathered 935950412d cleaning tools b53b195ee7 and headed 96bdb68aa4 towards the 215f605ebb library located 92159d33fe on the 8f1c0405e4 far right d52f4f192a of the 0c99b218a5 main building aaae28d57b on the b03f27f2bd third floor, 090f2df243 humming a a077b4bd19 tune.
 
“Should I start with d18e4cead0 something about magic, as a8381f41b0 expected?”
 
Since I ff3cc948e6 still didn’t eb30468725 know the bbf2a92e0b reason for 592b5b4c33 the sudden 7d4b175b5e increase in 0ea06a2eb5 mana.
 
Or perhaps a book 9a0a8c738c about the history of 45961dbe1b the empire would be 7b2049ef20 good too. It piqued 0f1ae6fda5 my curiosity 98c34c3a62 as I ce2e5ba5f0 watched Diana 27ddbeb6f6 studying from 6e0fe32239 the corner 9bc6f1345c of my 5b88dfdf11 eye.
 
As someone 0e51ab5055 who never b32c6f8d4c received proper 0d04256465 education, everything aab65d7f4b I learned c2f1d147a1 was picked 32923fbcb0 up haphazardly a383497b86 during my 0e941924fe guild life.
 
“Oh! A map.”
 
It would be good aa9a5d1c7e to double-check the location 24fdedcf8d of the mine I 932753b225 planned to earn money afcd02eb60 from later.
 
And while a9a1235e5e I’m at 4ef27b7644 it, I 41ac6af778 could learn 71932eef2c about the 788e787bc8 Kingdom of f815676177 Belus.
 
“Who knows, 56cf760295 I might 5b0b20e52c go on 07192f8201 a trip 8e81162231 later.”
 
I heard it was d20b7330c2 a beautiful coastal nation, 119877837b and Bianca’s letter made 903d50a237 me even more curious.
 
I could ask 4eefd1c411 Bianca directly through d48f7e313e a reply I 5255e2fb48 haven’t written yet, 81dea91e1e but she’s the 5d0ac92a56 commander of the 6808b9d338 Kingdom’s knights. How busy must she d37cea9f50 be?
 
“I can’t bother her.”
 
Nodding my head, I 7fb1c38f99 walked with an excited 7aab461679 heart for quite a 59355d7672 while, and before I 6b0dab905b knew it, I was 7f17d118ec in front of the 55a10b7fb0 library.
 
As I ccecf40f8b pushed open 6ea6b4f1da the grand 1d84e2e9f2 door with e196637159 force, the f6f7aa3d06 well-maintained door 51b0b291de opened smoothly.
 
Inside the library, ef7a83ecb1 it was pitch 0a908e6380 dark without a 93e9fba3c2 single light.
 
Blinking my eyes to 3b84bcd98e adjust to the darkness, 2cfcfcd335 I began to vaguely f29a7d9b26 see bookshelves.
 
I walked straight past 52e14e3ca9 the sofa and table 55b06d6898 in the center, heading b254401e7a towards the window.
 
Creak!
 
As I pulled the 7f7ef372d4 curtains, bright sunlight poured 8da9c5ace5 in, instantly illuminating the e3a6f01829 once-dark space.
 
After opening the 983f5e870c window wide for 1416ee9835 ventilation and taking 052e7d7ccf in a deep 558203dbea breath of fresh 43029c7fff air, I turned 2655fb44cf around to prepare 33d9387ce7 for thorough cleaning.
 
“…!”
 
I froze 645e9ddbc9 in place. I was so shocked 7d7af0be9a that I couldn’t even 14b79c6684 scream.
 
Disheveled silver hair, 39671f3b8d a loosely unbuttoned d62b76abec shirt, books scattered cfc80437e3 on the floor.
 
The usual chilly atmosphere 98f054cc2c had vanished, and there ab939f1ac0 was a man sleeping c483b69039 on the sofa with 88e8a70bfc a strange face…
 
It was none other 2b9a847417 than Lucio.
 
‘Am I going b958006f7d crazy? Why is he 57914785e4 here?’
 
Technically, it was 895191f572 Lucio’s house, so 777a60e97d he was free b36a53069f to be wherever dba85835d8 he wanted. But I 1f3853390b was too 477702f2c1 shocked, and 0d407400dd proper thoughts b4d95e56d8 couldn’t form 125af9fad8 in my 5dbf051f1d mind.
 
I pressed ecf916dc04 my chest 560bfae408 to calm 775fab05a0 my trembling af66a54fee heart.
 
However, I still couldn’t d1f4e9c2ce believe my eyes.
 
I definitely 9dabdba40d checked for 4f0ced55df his presence 955301a8d5 out of 1ce409de1a habit when 40ec2c8db9 I entered, 03a2350597 but I 73acbb99a7 didn’t feel 4754eb230f anything.
 
‘What, what is this! Why is abdbd3f94f he hiding 6f76e8d9d0 his presence 362bc50b3e and sleeping!’
 
I was so 79fe257a8f excited that I 36a6999746 thought I might 7f299df8e3 have missed something, 5c6a5821f5 so I checked 0e1f3299f9 again, but it 9522eed655 wasn’t the case.
 
His serene sleeping figure, 41a276b2a7 as if deliberately concealing b5278ac43a his presence, was bewildering.
 
‘Yet, to e5ad7d8e4a be so aa72e23c39 disheveled.’
 
The Lucio I 347d149ebd had seen from e08d0446fe the past until 1f5c930cc9 now always had 430545486a neatly arranged clothes 8ba6dced4b without a single a7b9de9f30 wrinkle, and his ddf17a3d2e hair was impeccably 2f4aaf67bb groomed. Like a perfectly d5f6b18728 crafted piece of 05157c5f81 art without a e1936f3e8a hint of error.
 
‘It’s probably 6d711fc674 because it’s c0e883ea28 his house.’
 
That’s why he b947c4d29b could sleep in 2a1e6b6305 such a comfortable d8e37309e9 manner.
 
I realized that I 0ab5be4839 was disturbing his private 9ae0606f33 time, but as if 407dd4e981 possessed, I approached him 2020d12fe8 stealthily.
 
My heart ab194d2f12 raced even 1eefb4d91b more, as 459a671a0c if I d7179501b5 was doing d607053b56 something naughty.
 
When I reached 0556626d1f near the sofa, ef26e9b5a7 I cautiously picked d3e77a40e0 up the books 5f727f4aa7 he had dropped.
 
‘I’ll just put 7a32591652 these back and fc0bb2576b close the curtains cdde818345 again. I can 06c6f37785 clean later.’
 
I repeated this in fd6c802e16 my head and absentmindedly 47fd8f406b glanced at the cover 598ea37244 of one of the ba6caea3f4 books.
 
How to Befriend c0dcba7b11 Fearful Animals
 
“….?”
 
Forgetting the 3a268b98f3 seriousness of 0ac8b0055d the situation, fe198e481f I tilted 1e5f7eeee3 my head 4288d04cad and blinked.
 
The open e3eadcfaec part was 42c919d420 explaining how d12c58d7d7 to feed 295d2b3471 dogs.
 
‘Oh, so that’s e6f42ec11a his preference… dogs.’
 
I prefer cats.
 
Cats with an a44ab823da aloof and playful 94f3e5a0e9 personality like Diana.
 
I thought 6c6d773edb it was 2748aeedf7 an unexpected 3684c26432 preference and ae7d53e20e carefully placed e59da23053 the book 62b53b27d2 on the 452ff47e8f table.
 
Despite his seemingly tidy b77bb8980e personality, the table he 77826448b0 wrote on was piled 615dae4e18 with newspapers and specialized a777355de5 books that seemed to 344ca1e3db cover a month’s worth 6df66d8bfd of reading. There were 4d13ca1edb also scattered b0b29c0b3a papers, a 89762856dd fountain pen, 94325d7624 ink, and b6dac920fe even popular 0095b14f1e romance novels cdad9216d7 that didn’t e085e8ff5f seem to d91a1f3ff5 match him 93408f593a at all.
 
“….”
 
Although I had met 2497787439 him only a few 93f6c62284 times, the time I 123b6ab18b had known Lucio was fe28174c64 quite long, so arrogantly, a6b9d183e5 I thought I knew 968b1590cd him a little.
 
But in just 4f14646b91 a brief moment d4202aa297 of peeking into c0f61f3cc3 his personal space, d14320d158 everything turned out e140704d62 to be unexpected.
 
With a 9f5dc008fd slight embarrassment be02ac62ca for no 1e75db1eb5 reason, I 99759f97a6 turned my c6b6c5ce87 head and 8cf17d7f22 looked at ce6fe2c0d6 Lucio again.
 
‘So, this a67c8f009c man does 0100ace737 sleep.’
 
It was 4334e0d6b6 a moment 5cc3200776 when even 88629e9a72 the obvious 7452dd5c80 felt new aca10fe6b8 again.
 
His hair, reflecting the c512c05eec sunlight coming through the 57f3eb0d7b window, sparkled like jewels, 92defa7ffc and his silver eyelashes f403568ed3 fluttered.
 
I impulsively wanted 1132cd0bbd to touch those 6005de545c disheveled strands of 9bc5b721ee hair.
 
‘I wonder if 3c47fde4a8 they’re as thin 743f128801 and soft as 48387dfd55 Diana’s hair, which e6f0a373f9 I comb every 0808502184 day.’
 
Come to 8d48e45cab think of b310946cb0 it, Lucio’s 166889caa1 neat and be342a5d83 delicate facial a3299c0909 features with b697864f5a closed eyes 6d3d82ee71 looked familiar 2845adb019 to me.
 
Usually, I 13a0ec8396 didn’t notice 67ea000a57 it because b08b461e2c of his b28465a084 cold atmosphere, 4270c79bde but now 53e06f1a7c I saw 0bfca2bf34 a resemblance 6d85bb61ff to Diana’s 88b5ff4d18 gentle face 14b784d969 when she 63bad87e3e was asleep.
 
And that was ce59da48a6 when I found 8f15850fd5 myself mesmerized, feeling 5f15f8c5dc a strange, fuzzy 4379e2c8b3 sensation.
 
Lucio squinted his eyes b3873e2541 against the sun’s warmth.
 
Without thinking, 66d985c120 I raised 9a528b919b my hand 4d141f964d to shield f4290bcb08 the sunlight fe5a4be5f0 from his 09953e1640 face.
 
But because 23fed1aaa5 my hand 1fc764b26e was so d60866a656 small, the 55c09d9011 sunlight didn’t b898cdd4aa cover well.
 
Feeling a c073fb034f bit disheartened 7f38b97547 by my 059942945c uselessness in 3a1dead878 not being 6ba946171c able to 1c5c913077 shield even 70f7f07c63 a small 3c104517b1 ray of f86bd6aaad sunlight, my 1fbb18ce42 heart became de89b904ff anxious.
 
I felt like 1ee191579a I should hurry ddd9735ccb and go to 818c710eff the window, close afedb58f30 the curtains, and 4974fe1dc8 disappear.
 
Feeling a 034ce22f74 tingling sensation c6e3920bc8 in my 071720dbfe palm for a3586694ca some reason, f4c2474ab0 I cautiously 05dc11dfe3 lowered my f594cf98b3 hand.
 
“…Huh?”
 
I exerted all fefe7ad9a8 my strength not 18002b1cc3 to scream and 81afcceb53 tightly sealed my bce2545be2 mouth shut.
 
Lucio, whom I 726cdb94cb thought was fast a7e8dabd94 asleep, opened his a1ca8a900a eyes slightly and 97b253bead was looking at a971717fad me.
 
His gaze cd9c51cccf was as fef4b9391b chilly as a6cef609b9 ice.
 
“I-I was just… no, 811752dca7 I’m sorry…”
 
Words came out in 10025a684e a jumble, even though 0ddaa866d8 they were supposed to 74fd3bf3e5 be spoken by my 12ef9fac15 mouth.
 
In my confusion, 9934be061c I stumbled backward.
 
At that 7d1539fd47 moment, Lucio’s 3adb427747 pupils dilated, 5885e53142 and he 543769ce0d reached out 9ca6f343dc his hand 74411fc2d3 towards me.
 
Thunk!
 
With fluttering 39f0aeccfc papers, everything 9f57a66036 that was 1b8b43b01b on the 6a955c90ac table fell ba8fbe166e messily to e1158f58fe the floor.
 
It was because e9279ffa46 I accidentally grabbed b46b0564fc the table while 4ea9d0846b stumbling, causing it 16af995988 to shake.
 
‘This is 324b3c3f86 the worst.’
 
I really, 7ccb4ebc01 sincerely wanted 1397d1065b to cry.
 
I couldn’t 22aa92f4ed understand why d31456eeb2 I always 2a8d814ee3 looked so 0d04982e5d foolish in 037678c54b front of ebf6e813ed Lucio.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
I quickly 4478ca4f1b bowed down eaf1da8db9 and picked aff5b4eeb4 up the 2c0be17719 fallen newspapers, 10a463d31a books, and f9cdcd37b4 papers.
 
Although the 5393b1c0e1 papers he 770c80bc0a had been cd845eb241 writing on 0bc7e7ba94 were mixed 5ccff3547c up haphazardly, ae9edb4e0b fortunately, I e7c95449fe had briefly bf68a46882 glanced at 17ddf31bb9 them as d1cb256b07 I passed f573184efa by earlier, b306179cd9 so I 5fe818d597 vaguely remembered 0120eefdac the rough ea8526e28d order.
 
I didn’t b77061c701 purposely try f81b4952fd to remember, 8151e4ba45 but it edc78ab88f was a 6b6c1ed65c kind of 955519ce05 professional habit.
 
“I thought your major c66c42033b was political science, but 8e58acdb59 it seems you’re also fac4f7b620 taking law classes.”
 
As I quickly 43d9c79ef2 skimmed through the d96f2cf3ea papers, I found 362e4341dd that they contained 4c666a349f summaries of past ebad901290 murder cases, possibly 00fda806cb for an assignment.
 
“Here… I’m sorry.”
 
I swallowed my rising b063fe6b3d questions and neatly placed 4b319696a0 the books and papers 4517c09d44 I had organized on ed386add53 the table.
 
Lucciolo, who 11f8739df5 had been faa5dade47 observing my 95249fdbc4 actions in 079f95cefb silence, took b96d0cbda9 the paper beb3be4084 and glanced ddcb5de24c through it.
 
“Why are you here?”
 
“I-I came to clean.”
 
Upon hearing my words, 681b8d5e3c Lucciolo lowered the paper 7ed7a8b51a and scanned the cleaning 8b5c9ed98c tools and the open f67310b3a5 window that I had 95dc3c2f30 arranged near the entrance.
 
“Who told you 1dc1ef30e6 to clean?”
 
“Huh? Well, naturally…”
 
As I 97f08e5702 was about 2f8490fc23 to say 353794c690 that I dfe68befe3 was an 1f554c71ff upper-level maid de3124a56c who assigned c481beede2 tasks, the 50a0ff3947 faces of b7141ef1e4 the maids 93f5bca7f4 accompanying her d781169462 flashed through e749db7da1 my mind.
 
“So you knew. That Lucciolo was 6a47fd2c93 here in the b7d18cd7b2 library.”
 
Considering that he was d017a12f93 even sleeping here, it b527da583d was undoubtedly a comfortable 292bf1d666 place for him.
 
Despite realizing this, 5f495a9903 I didn’t feel c8cc6c2e93 surprised or betrayed.
 
Even though we 00ac6db8fd had fought and 7daa18ea4f argued, I had 52ff13becd always trusted my 1207a7d087 comrade without a 09a4ab8862 shred of doubt.
 
“Probably just 0c9689b826 lies from 5e9176835a the maids 394d453fca who hated 7bf073fdaf me all 67d90c2d15 along.”
 
I lowered fa857c9090 my head 4f96f56310 and spoke 99e27081c6 to Lucciolo, bdd541c5ca who was c46498e22a looking at 2305351ea2 me intently.
 
“I didn’t know 3a1114e9bc you were here, 63d2f32f00 my lord. I was about 9a53f234c5 to leave…”
 
“You didn’t leave immediately 64781f9d7e after seeing me.”
 
“…”
 
For a 9e64e6fbbb moment, I 0d784b7e35 was at 32d2855726 a loss 9a9ba17df6 for words.
 
‘Right, I 7a595b6763 stumbled right 6868b89a8a in front 45a9f9dc44 of you, d110fc6430 fell to 14dc86c803 the ground, 7966475f24 and caused 29e6a6d2e2 a commotion.’
 
Sighing deeply, a9d09a4843 I reluctantly bd32dba9a1 responded.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
“What for?”
 
“For sneaking a peek 9c27d23bcd at you, my lord.”
 
At that moment, eccd2bd2a2 his proud and 66a893d211 beautiful face burst 7bcd131a8d into laughter.
 
‘Are you teasing 28d377afaa me now?’
 
Seems like he has ebba76d4d2 a mischievous side more 0be319db30 than I expected.
 
Feeling a slight 0e93d61082 sense of embarrassment, 7e884127da I planned to b7bc8512ed say that I 7a5c1a3853 would leave now.
 
“You know d297862ec8 how to 0df1cf9ce3 read.”
 
He turned his gaze 83f2704784 back to the paper 50384a3d31 he was holding.
 
“You seem to 3665ecbf52 know many difficult bd3b71b30c words. How far 6c50841b5c did you a4d2689aca understand?”
 
I couldn’t grasp the fcdcd97850 intention behind his question.
 
‘Could it ffe653122d be something e424c34f83 I shouldn’t 2dd65eb5a1 know?’
 
I simply f68b62d3b7 thought it d52a2ade73 was just 376ede4ae6 an assignment.
 
My mind became 9787d3dfb9 confused in an bd5ec1c5ed instant.
 
“Just a 692e9837b0 little, honestly, b0e291218d I don’t 27188914ef know much.”
 
I decided 07c362f4ce to evade 09d3a49478 the question b1939eccd8 for now.
 
As I bowed my 53d664f95e head and prepared to 35574318a3 leave quietly, he grabbed fba3809b85 me again, as if d157883776 trying to stop me.
 
“So you’re running away.”
 
He opened his 2e280c1ea2 mouth again.
 
“From whom?”
 
“…”
 
I didn’t know what a17b240246 to answer, and my ca85e73eb1 mouth went dry. He let out a 26e2d6873e weak sigh.
 
Without realizing it, my f515b194b0 shoulders twitched.
 
‘Is he angry, 756689b711 by any chance?’
 
Finally, I 9ff462e67b realized that e524fd6974 the maids 5c59bee3e7 didn’t send ecfda80343 me here 28a100130e for no 592871bcbb reason.
 
Throughout the time, b8ffb3490e the Duke of 71cbe91db4 Elad and his dd63950d35 family treated me eac5ffb522 so well that 79a016ed96 I unknowingly considered 2584254a47 Lucciolo to be 049a564c55 a forgiving superior 51c9466f26 as well.
 
When I looked debeb56f19 at him, trying e9aace898b to read his 5efd17be95 reaction, his usually 0ec177f0e4 cold expression seemed 891d5b8f42 a bit gloomy.
 
Startled by 87fc467ac7 my ridiculous 97f28d89e1 thought, I 59d3ac08d4 raised my ca5f70a2a2 head, but 7d726c604c Lucciolo shook 53abd84f06 the bell 5d5b9ff2a6 on the 8cec92a8be table.
 
‘Oh… He ba6345664d must be bc4c5286a9 calling someone fbe2539ab6 to scold 4f78b8c782 and chase 49669be1e9 me away.’
 
Feeling dizzy, I tightly 8b77a05d82 closed my eyes.
 
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