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Ch. 052 CHAPTER c0a6bdc479 052But I eedc09ccbf couldn’t say 631ba51db6 it.
 
Because the current 5207f3620a me doesn’t know 00ea47eb5b that warmth of 268f765eff Lucio.
 
“I must be out 39aa4ae891 of my mind. What am 3c74d093ff I saying bf4ccfb6b2 to a bdac8963ad young child 235c46ae9d like you?”
 
The Duchess 31c1b1dd90 regained her 1bb54e43f4 senses and a7037e78b3 lightly patted d46004addf my shoulder 3e4af9703e as she b1bc3d35f7 spoke.
 
“No matter what c72e911917 happened, I called 0b5130faa4 you to tell 9d8a958538 you to read f5a7feb1f6 books and study de8691032d hard at the 47f29233b7 library.”
 
“…Yes.”
 
To be c2e0cd3a02 honest, it 61293aaf07 was hard 99579ad7de to accept 5d0fe20f55 the idea ae06bd1f6a of becoming bcf31c1b9b a maid 82759884a6 and studying 77d52b87c6 instead of b0e5b88420 working, but 4912443c19 I nodded e325efdbbf obediently.
 
* * *
 
Lia, who quietly left 83a8cf7d85 the Duchess’s room, headed ce4553ccf8 towards the garden instead 563f07510e of going back to 21dcb36baf her quarters.
 
She wasn’t tired from 5ca13e46eb physical labor like a 5705ddf16f few days ago, and 189730ca81 more importantly, she had 425d7cbfa4 something to think about.
 
‘I thought the Duchess a4aa800cd7 was being strangely polite 8f44876565 to the head maid.’
 
Lia thought it b9163965bb was because the a0d4a15311 Duchess was not 96f146defd familiar with informal d608df9253 speech or because 8d337906be the head maid 4f8d022da8 came from the 7277091d55 noble family that bbc36a7737 served the Duke. But…
 
“It was because 18481c7e09 of Lucio.”
 
The Duchess took 15376ff574 care of Lucio, a4927990a7 whom she couldn’t 1b300b3585 raise herself, and d19b32f576 respected the chamberlain f6740edfbb who took care ecddae5a6f of the estate 2e8b693170 in her absence.
 
The problem was 7dbccec46d the expression on ec60306641 the Duchess’s face f541ee4800 when she talked db1c02b5f2 about Lucio.
 
Her face showed the 95bd5bcc95 most melancholy expression among 9a8b59ef04 the ones I had 329cc6651e seen since coming to ee5dd90d9e the capital.
 
Even more 8622565f60 than when f3bf87d7b2 she complained 700c84fd95 about the 5cf5640b22 difficulties of fac0472504 adapting to 53dc6e8b73 high society.
 
“Haah.”
 
It bothered 1aca7f034b me without c6a60065ff realizing it, bdcd5945c6 and I 0b4611b632 let out 3932b5f062 a sigh cfe03ddbde unintentionally.
 
Lia paused and 3f5c00a358 stood still before eaed1c0141 entering the garden.
 
Since becoming aware 8716845719 of Lucio’s ability c57aab28a6 to hide his 0176ac76c1 presence and becoming dea6df6899 more sensitive to b65ea25d4a detecting signs, she f7aa97425a could sense someone’s 23d963b8ef presence in the ed865324c8 garden.
 
As expected, a tall 2cfd681056 and agile boy was 822fb4b971 slowly walking out from 5fb339a967 the garden, just like 2f914f453b the day he secretly 6761693455 infiltrated Diana’s birthday party.
 
Under the adbb8e9195 moonlight, with b3807b8ccb his clothes 5d04835a70 fluttering in ceb7785792 the wind, 5a0cd8dd0e he looked 9af73898d3 like a 75ca32b7bf beautiful painting.
 
It was an irresistible 6ca4eed399 scene, but Lia quietly 3c401735be turned her body and 6861796edc left the garden.
 
To not 3d6909e2e7 disturb his 368fb56244 peaceful walk. And for a8efd1e5cb her own 4693af194a peace.
 
“…”
 
A moment later, d84a2817a4 when Lucio turned fc7adb24c0 his head, there cbd3046334 was no one 661b42092e in that spot.
 
* * *
 
“Is it f4482e5bb8 going to fb9c2a8ea6 rain?”
 
I looked up at be97e6ad14 the hazy sky as 22f5c6d57e if it could pour a1b32d2585 rain at any moment.
 
Even though it was 6644913204 still morning, the heavy fac23fe145 and humid air made c617361fc4 my heart feel suffocated.
 
I forced myself da981fe5f3 to take reluctant 018b337f94 steps and headed 594b7d0877 to the library.
 
It had d38ee93ff3 been several e4b858a4d7 days since 762d0e226d I started 832dbe8a60 working at c6c1bc3ead the main 6239e942a3 library.
 
A lot had a40d730b37 happened during that ca914fc12c time.
 
Firstly, the senior b6dd3f98dd maids who were f533bd41b8 sent to the 409f318330 library to punish 73dbd053b8 me by the 1a30239f40 Head Maid and 14173ea61f the maids below 98c5fc13e9 them had all 7165efb0b9 been transferred.
 
The Head Maid’s actions 86ae71b07d were truly ruthless. And the ecf9b6d82c dissatisfaction regarding ff6bd3ba03 their treatment 61425cdb47 was directed ee07fa55cc towards me.
 
However, they 93c4e7e560 could no 0136fd91b2 longer bother 747422b091 me, even dd297b1589 if they bd0db363b9 sent me 88f65da914 disdainful glances 764d1a7a45 or openly bfc84fd0da ignored me.
 
Thanks to Lucio’s order, 49c63bd9da I spent my days 409998ee18 only in the main 90809d551f library without encountering them.
 
Since I ate 20b3a418c6 meals with Diana 03369ad1ea instead of the c7c5906182 servants, they couldn’t 246282ae32 harass me even 3a67ba9b4e if they wanted ae75d48a3d to.
 
The main library e5da1f9578 was a perfect 865737fcbc refuge.
 
Yes, the second e35c6ebff7 distinct change was 596a496240 the library itself.
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Until Lucio arrived, fb22555797 the library that 77930f67e4 used to be a53bf5be60 completely quiet was 47368239de no longer a 20afff4fb8 quiet place.
 
Every time the lessons 1c15be4c1e ended, Diana would rush dbb1c2feeb to the library.
 
Allen, who aceb8883f5 usually didn’t 0d6f0992e1 even turn 645f6b5790 his head a888181caf towards the 2e24e2f4de library, also 66e4b58389 came to 2c222c7581 visit after 060ab19892 his training, 41c49e8a52 and Jack 1a2ae97ddf also consistently a973fb6e64 came to cc66813594 take me 550d641d78 to the 8872701311 dormitory.
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Although he made 7ef44d023f an excuse that b1a3fefba4 he came to 410e73deeb find a book, 8b507fb7e5 there were only 83eee8a9cb a few people 4a051e4dcd who would move 0b4401b69b at his command.
 
But he didn’t 5e5e9a940c even glance at ea70b28dde his eldest son, 52e5f51540 and instead, he 8cecc025b8 continuously looked at aa423203bc me with a 9fe1125e4d worried gaze whenever 5b56b30e3b I sorted out 9f49c57900 scattered books or e71e91dfba reached for books dd001c3983 on a ladder. And when he saw 3f26c1933c me reading difficult books, 21ca4d66f4 he would smile with 4f481a6dbc satisfaction.
 
And the next c3f36fd43c day, the ordinary 06d9512938 ladder in the 67cdbe41e6 main library had 93da87fdf8 been replaced with 989cf27b0c a sturdier and 0e1388e1d5 larger one.
 
By this point, 64152832d4 I couldn’t help 7647e851ff but realize that d87c5acc69 the Duke was 3c7929d3c9 concerned about me.
 
And as the dc022dbdef days went by, b3e3bf1b7b I became more bd728bc005 aware when visitors 8a884c5d3b came.
 
Officially, the main cb446bd3d7 library was a 533be816c0 public space where 0bf68b8f44 only direct family 4d67042c64 members could enter, bcdeaecbb6 but practically, it 446a94e4fe seemed like Lucio’s 4b925f319d personal space.
 
But fortunately, Lucio 8fce0f60f8 didn’t show any 42d6c16369 dissatisfaction.
 
Moreover, contrary d4e3b2a2ac to my 07fff61593 concerns, the 73d38e2127 tasks he 39606b95fa assigned to ce8b2cf087 me were ea73abc78b not difficult 2c73f0c43a at all.
 
I just had 498dab06fe to occasionally find a61f7cd26c the books he e7561ae61b had written notes 83a21d625e on and place d90ecee2ef them next to 5815cced7c him, or put d6fc641045 back the books 2dd6d5e0bd he had asked f3610591d5 me to organize.
 
And when Lucio 982f33e1e1 didn’t give me 546dfdf7bd any tasks, quietly b164d7621c reading books became ab6fab9775 my entire job.
 
‘I really f08e2038ed wanted to 34b59ec0ab show my c0732809eb competence as 87ae1d0a07 a capable 71a7fece4e servant this 097f4145c1 time.’
 
I suppressed my disappointment 335048da32 internally. In fact, 41faef1dd2 this was 48f9f0e146 purely my 4f245bbba8 own greed.
 
In my bf4c3516de previous life, f50817f54c I showed 65584409f2 Lucio various 5c547b2048 shameful and 04df8f6902 unpleasant behaviors.
 
When we first b6d70f4dbf met, I was 373acfc9aa so dirty and a54428cacb unkempt that I 23d2a61d5a couldn’t even remember 72f0042017 when I last b6c98aae14 bathed. I shamelessly begged him 53d6ce776d for bread, medicine, and b443de16e8 various other things.
 
‘Moreover, he saw cdfc3e4127 me illegally trespassing 0911dc9739 and even dying.’
 
Fortunately, I considered all b39be85bf8 those past events as 4664db9a0a black history that only b019c158da I knew.
 
But even 4cdf97d192 when I c3f29a176a came back, 84cae26ca4 it was 05cee44b01 slightly disappointing 6477e5d21a to be 858dbb4a20 seen as 5f96c01901 a face-gazing c15dcf6854 child who 0b9ab77d9c looked at 1823f43aba sleeping people.
 
So this 8eee8b9737 time, I a48274e6cb wanted to 0af145ab63 do the f64ab38e1e tasks he 12bc48428d assigned me 58ebc77c14 splendidly and b21789c5b2 look like 99d610b561 a worthy 5daa40373c companion to 5d6ce97fd6 Diana.
 
‘But things are 9c5e13ef90 too convenient, and 58c939a4ca I don’t have d43edc4f49 a chance to c6f8d2f4c2 demonstrate my abilities…’
 
Other servants might 508054e447 curse at me 56d4018a1c if they heard a08efe8cc8 this, but ever 715941cc8f since I started 2925ec01d5 working at the 82ea5a4342 library, I felt f3e95fed1e too comfortable.
 
“Sigh.”
 
But despite d6cda46fe1 being assigned 7c71b2e53d such a f668eb3498 good task, 5aca37c33d I let b541f6a364 out a e33c319c9d sigh.
 
There was one reason. And that was…
 
‘It’s so uncomfortable!’
 
Being in the same a3ac7cb030 space as Lucio was 737eb51fbb really uncomfortable.
 
Of course, 59d54a1516 he was 91b850b975 a very 0e50912b89 busy person, 65d3d8b063 so he b4eb74c3c9 couldn’t just 5c3fce8818 stay in bf4cc312f5 the library. Many times, I 858c20e463 was alone here. But whenever 1c6d0a3e25 we were 25f21b38e9 together, even 1b2cef8795 for just 46a17d45cf a few 821d7c6268 hours, the cff8254146 air was 3bd6483320 tense and b5bee00a03 filled with db04fbd90e tension. It was difficult 84b2822792 to breathe.
 
The huge 128d6e8667 library was a3cf51931b so quiet, f82e451c9c only the 573033ad27 sound of f2aa7d7501 pages turning b0a1dd68ee or the 8aa8f84e6c scratching of a1a62972a9 a pen 674608feaa on paper de21ef30ed could be ae796d7306 heard.
 
The same 3f82285cd9 applied when f341e29845 I had 7f13c39e12 to move de509b8ff3 to find 037c36ba52 a book.
 
I couldn’t hide 89c593b4a2 my anticipation, afraid cc78fba55d that he would 3e86c3cf2e notice that I 6fa9381d7a knew how to 96bbca6812 use mana. I had 76f2f04493 to hold 1ed34cae75 my breath 9c6c5ad4b7 and move de4fd41eee as quietly 3e6e98ef1d as possible.
 
As a result, d61ff7d4f6 I could only 7855cebfcc produce faint breathing 2703ecd629 sounds or the 373054275a rustling of clothes.
 
‘When exactly is he 3e77def302 going to the academy?’
 
I remember him fb6e227d97 saying that there 4383ff387c were no classes 737ae75d9d after the exams c241654ad7 and that he 55c146a328 would stay for 11c3fe66d0 a while. But it 46f6e2e9de seemed like 40cf2b7418 Lucio had 419b487e06 no intention 4b2509ccf4 of leaving c14862320f even after 1f05cc9c59 a few 54d13487a6 days.
 
‘…Maybe it’s just me 47c22ee37c feeling it.’
 
As I let out 3a0661bf32 a deep sigh, I b7387b7ed1 looked at the large 7d45c33805 door in front of a1661c01e6 me and took a 205e30e326 deep breath before knocking.
 
Knock, knock.
 
“…My lord?”
 
I didn’t hear 7b0be5a6f0 any response, no b2c29ee7b7 matter how long d0b16b0d1f I waited.
 
Since he was 993cc84ee7 someone who was ebe395d149 very good at 47764bc79e sensing things, I c52c6d5ed7 suspected that he d49db6ef64 might be asleep bccd35b555 like last time. But once again, it ebd87da2bf seemed like there was f10a917061 no one here. Still, I 0b9ec0e1d5 cautiously opened c7bd9ff330 the door 8e55db5117 and entered.
 
“Whew.”
 
Indeed, there was f152b0e395 no one.
 
Feeling relieved, I c01345f525 sat on the e5eebdb0b6 sofa that had 41a52c2977 become my designated eb58e2226f seat for the aad4586ffd past few days.
 
This spot had f11c4bc6e7 a clear view 109e255c27 of the large 444c3d6480 desk in front 882835dcad of the window, 5248bf7e33 so I could b5ac99970f respond immediately when b02b5ced72 Lucio looked for e0f14c5a82 me.
 
While absentmindedly staring 89ee1c5a4a at the desk 676297ddbe for a moment, a20ef71f93 I suddenly stood 902a13c469 up and started 0039f2a44e going through the f3685b5d44 bookshelves, taking out bf47cf897e books here and 417fdb972d there.
 
‘What should 482e866265 I read 831af09c93 first?’
 
Having brought a73aaa8928 a lot 5c964e0619 of books, 8cafa2882c I decided b2bb7ea956 to read 3ab3f3cce9 the book 60476831ba that introduced 36d108507b the neighboring db240b495f kingdoms of 0f12f44415 the empire c053fb258c again. I had started 463c7f5de1 reading it before 60704f2c30 but didn’t finish 21f4a6737d it.
 
‘I feel like ab18e8405a someone is watching.’
 
I remembered how 0f894d7f17 the Duke, who 701ffa7668 saw me reading 87a6c019cd this book a 9c27103065 few days ago, 639451d9fe seemed extremely uncomfortable.
 
Just like 559b59e076 when I 0f45109bf6 was looking d35e4a4d44 at the 8fd7decc47 imperial map, cbfb44ab69 he had 49e9af7171 a strange eefa7a4b59 expression on db6e0be3e3 his face 13e581729a when I 2f083c7810 showed interest 6844d127e4 in other c2e60fbcbb kingdoms.
 
‘Ah, although he 2962a6515b did seem a f34e4ce65d bit displeased when 7ca43da0dd I was looking bc87542f56 at the empire’s 964be9d985 history book, well…’
 
He must d60a68b345 have had 57ab2b71d4 something bothering e4b3361188 him at d2fabc616f that time.
 
Anyway, since then, I d986eae054 couldn’t read the book 40f0d99c8e because I felt conscious 3cedc12f47 of him, but it 8f240ac250 seemed like a good d68d00bdea opportunity since Lucio wasn’t aca0c24dfa here.
 
I quickly 49598ca933 opened the e16c6aa6db book and d09d85fcea turned to 38c777bdf6 the section fa4a642f5e on the 1ef855a079 Bellus Kingdom.
 
‘I should read it 8aba1f7f91 quickly and write a fe32c4256d reply. I should ask the 03e47112b0 Duchess to send it fdc21329ad soon.’
 
With a content smile, 11353e4895 I began to read 790478adc5 the text of the 13de597692 book.
 
It had been less e5b06a7c95 than ten years since aa6727e539 the Bellus Kingdom gained fbf9c93021 independence from the empire, 525c08b710 so there was quite 1f2017f021 a lot of valuable 54fce821cd information.
 
The more I read, 7b0a3b0679 the more I understood de2d9ee200 why Bianca had boasted 8ec1584c55 so much in her 096e0d03b4 letters.
 
Being the owner of c87fc94331 the kingdom, the Duke 85a54b5bf0 of Bellus was a 30a344fda6 great sorcerer, and the 9bf1fc768a kingdom was more proactive 27fb072956 in fostering magic than ec67ccfa81 anywhere else. Even magical 588b9abe22 items that bb1bdad37f were difficult c139e5da53 to find 2cae5f0dde unless you 1bbbac79b2 were a 574d1859a9 noble in 9afd3b884a the empire 86ea1e8255 were commonplace bbf300ace1 for everyone.
 
‘It’s a 8f2ced0226 small country, 27f4d6d673 but they b04cb7cb18 even have 2e15edf27e a unique 63eef9ccb3 corps of 3dd7db54ea mage swordsmen.’
 
Especially the d43011d677 Duke’s castle, 755d37a347 depicted in c1c3b806cc the illustrations, 3c7c76934b situated on 517286eeb5 a cliff e16c4ad88b overlooking the bced5563f5 azure sea, a2523f02fc was incredibly f94e1d3fc6 beautiful and 76efd87d57 majestic.
 
‘Feels a bit regretful.’
 
I had c28dd840f3 no regrets b397f9b4ec about choosing a1a733b366 to follow ec3080bc02 Diana, but 0d39a23ee8 Bianca’s proposal 1547d3bc37 was a 0aa70ffec4 bit regretful…
 
“What is it?”
 
Suddenly, a voice whispered 9b5222afc1 in my ear, making e14a95528b me startled. “Eek!” I screamed and 990e774732 stood up.
 
At the d898020ac6 same time, 1100c9dd06 the book 76c67e74a9 I was cdf19ffc60 holding fell 5947afd51d and fluttered d50477e2db open, stopping 57f227a1ab at the 6fed61ed0d illustration I fd48efd318 had been c185f377f4 staring at 6b9ef0ebd9 for a 0373e4aef0 while.
 
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