EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_48

Ch. 048 CHAPTER 048“Hehehe. Which book should I 890561b44b read first?”
 
I gathered e5e423b318 cleaning tools 3d25e748a3 and headed 9fcc70d477 towards the 48beeddba0 library located 9205b298c5 on the c1ab5d3bdf far right a7ab4fb751 of the 36d02ede66 main building c127dec846 on the 79fd294356 third floor, 12655ae00f humming a b0b90e8a24 tune.
 
“Should I start edb14728ec with something about 2f502747bd magic, as expected?”
 
Since I still 0551e8ebae didn’t know the cb2901a95f reason for the 2caee39c38 sudden increase in f7864c145c mana.
 
Or perhaps a adbdf513b4 book about the 8a64277cb5 history of the 1ea4a40c15 empire would be 98eb2302fc good too. It piqued my curiosity 3b8a95b1de as I watched Diana 9f55168ed1 studying from the corner 473745499c of my eye.
 
As someone 8d6eb7ef19 who never a116be551f received proper 38b1b42cd8 education, everything 697b4a2b5c I learned 3a176a3c23 was picked 57e9dc9f23 up haphazardly 7844d7cd0c during my 9da9fb62c3 guild life.
 
“Oh! A map.”
 
It would be 0f27277c9f good to double-check d0e107320d the location of c72b1b88a5 the mine I fec3c0732d planned to earn 5dc4e64b98 money from later.
 
And while I’m 7396509c43 at it, I ba639ead58 could learn about e913362ba0 the Kingdom of 1cee3d6276 Belus.
 
“Who knows, I 6ef6d2993d might go on 421dfa11b2 a trip later.”
 
I heard c92d0e926a it was ea1ecab868 a beautiful fbda35a8bd coastal nation, 59021d7f9f and Bianca’s b5cb19adf6 letter made 9b204153a8 me even eb6f70d53f more curious.
 
I could ask e1e7af68c5 Bianca directly through 0dd8fbe5a1 a reply I 201a17ccdf haven’t written yet, b190ca227c but she’s the 1f964772d8 commander of the 0e165750b8 Kingdom’s knights. How busy 4c05000648 must she 5cc8b65f4c be?
 
“I can’t 5652459e4e bother her.”
 
Nodding my head, I 869a0616da walked with an excited 2248aad56d heart for quite a 944fabbd61 while, and before I beb12f860f knew it, I was eb5edfffa3 in front of the c1d5dab555 library.
 
As I afc76bddea pushed open 42c46f88f1 the grand 47adbd0421 door with eb1711d267 force, the 5c086e7bb4 well-maintained door 3614b652e7 opened smoothly.
 
Inside the library, 47ed7d12db it was pitch 322c0ae66d dark without a 56636976e5 single light.
 
Blinking my eyes 10f17ca9b9 to adjust to 9d874daf90 the darkness, I c425bf660a began to vaguely 00789d4b39 see bookshelves.
 
I walked straight b1dcd82975 past the sofa 7f8bb00496 and table in b99cfbca74 the center, heading c0ca8c0f6f towards the window.
 
Creak!
 
As I 6d09f163e3 pulled the 330b46dfab curtains, bright d40c5943da sunlight poured c2f5c2e33d in, instantly e0e173bc81 illuminating the 2ff5cf8065 once-dark space.
 
After opening the 6842639634 window wide for c1ec01df09 ventilation and taking 41269d2af0 in a deep 7b29f8786b breath of fresh dd2cb03f46 air, I turned 4503afeecb around to prepare 696d01f8ad for thorough cleaning.
 
“…!”
 
I froze in 3276647fd7 place. I was be7ba625e7 so shocked ae6f0cf403 that I afdfa07f88 couldn’t even d31bbc315b scream.
 
Disheveled silver hair, 4e0a91bfc1 a loosely unbuttoned 28e3ebfa18 shirt, books scattered 854013fa07 on the floor.
 
The usual a13a7e6c8c chilly atmosphere 2ac917b2ca had vanished, 97767e5fad and there a6ce301456 was a 0447ab7603 man sleeping 462da11d02 on the 31afb209d1 sofa with 57cf17888b a strange 5fead5b59d face…
 
It was none other a89b8b017a than Lucio.
 
‘Am I going crazy? Why is he here?’
 
Technically, it 4e522da8c4 was Lucio’s 36c152d02e house, so a1ebbd9e43 he was 4fc6c11bb1 free to 54e1c48e5a be wherever 78cae022c1 he wanted. But I was too ffc7478741 shocked, and proper thoughts 969fe5300b couldn’t form in my da3c1164b0 mind.
 
I pressed my chest db5a094305 to calm my trembling 4b722de7ea heart.
 
However, I still couldn’t 83a01f807c believe my eyes.
 
I definitely checked 5a6fba6b1e for his presence b95ee627cf out of habit b690c68d04 when I entered, c560462df9 but I didn’t 21fa3e96e8 feel anything.
 
‘What, what is 1cafea7641 this! Why is f3d93dec8d he hiding 603ac456e6 his presence 56a6b3bc23 and sleeping!’
 
I was so 6f84f8d0be excited that I 00d490045d thought I might 1723849f58 have missed something, 830d482280 so I checked 93f9f9255b again, but it 43273d1a72 wasn’t the case.
 
His serene sleeping d2bccb664f figure, as if 2e209ae615 deliberately concealing his e0e2e7d834 presence, was bewildering.
 
‘Yet, to be so cc180f4ce4 disheveled.’
 
The Lucio I c237d92948 had seen from 05659c1123 the past until ecbf4f6d52 now always had d6107c34d3 neatly arranged clothes 9d66782bcc without a single d28e5da23c wrinkle, and his 31336de249 hair was impeccably d52f48c6e3 groomed. Like a perfectly crafted 65cb7a7ce8 piece of art without e11ebe5e4c a hint of error.
 
‘It’s probably 73676f1ef2 because it’s cb084987cc his house.’
 
That’s why he edca9e0865 could sleep in ed1e032931 such a comfortable aeec864a9d manner.
 
I realized that 44b3358e7f I was disturbing 7875e823fe his private time, ba68d042ed but as if 3aed370268 possessed, I approached f1eb043e30 him stealthily.
 
My heart 5b5c7ec668 raced even e02ad8d2fc more, as 0db4c77a70 if I 50f922bf35 was doing b840f3ec1c something naughty.
 
When I reached near aae845f051 the sofa, I cautiously 990fdac531 picked up the books d2e8dfbc47 he had dropped.
 
‘I’ll just 86b95f0349 put these 7f1831f8cd back and 0b2063f267 close the 10a9a10412 curtains again. I can clean 17989d6de9 later.’
 
I repeated c546e908f7 this in 8adc8a2ed1 my head 2e6153570c and absentmindedly e008ddac4c glanced at 2f96adc898 the cover b7923cdecb of one d52745bf3e of the 18e6e0a553 books.
 
How to Befriend Fearful c963676a5b Animals
 
“….?”
 
Forgetting the seriousness of 584e64ec64 the situation, I tilted 601799b4e9 my head and blinked.
 
The open part was 2faabf863e explaining how to feed 156e2104fd dogs.
 
‘Oh, so that’s his ca0f7d701b preference… dogs.’
 
I prefer cats.
 
Cats with 8e929d221e an aloof af19547560 and playful 05df456869 personality like 83de436a7c Diana.
 
I thought b5c391af04 it was 57802e258e an unexpected fbcc42305a preference and 5115a2f7fc carefully placed 1c7ee09dc1 the book 78f521fb83 on the df05b02b86 table.
 
Despite his seemingly tidy 5da7843195 personality, the table he e8e9f3f383 wrote on was piled 5b55c431fe with newspapers and specialized 2a1c8f9535 books that seemed to c06ea9a8bd cover a month’s worth ea163febc0 of reading. There were 2be883e3ef also scattered 0eb3b9fbd7 papers, a 8532a6e85e fountain pen, 56e4ed9924 ink, and 63d2ed6222 even popular 6dfc478aff romance novels 21a4ed9ae2 that didn’t 081e7effcb seem to 975043c763 match him dbde6dc00e at all.
 
“….”
 
Although I had 414f50986b met him only 46ec12ce25 a few times, 6211f189dd the time I 01244021e4 had known Lucio b04653480d was quite long, 488853275b so arrogantly, I 794cee5486 thought I knew e82a8e06cd him a little.
 
But in just a c8be95d3d0 brief moment of peeking 4a16bd4adb into his personal space, f00e7379b1 everything turned out to 59ebe49735 be unexpected.
 
With a 5e51f9a1de slight embarrassment 3ca99cc50d for no e4d57b7a14 reason, I e1e192d5d7 turned my e1cfa93b6e head and b8d0b58537 looked at ac3f3dbb70 Lucio again.
 
‘So, this man 4bd0b27f8a does sleep.’
 
It was a moment 7b945465b9 when even the obvious 2144fbb1ca felt new again.
 
His hair, reflecting the 7a25d2075f sunlight coming through the a2716028c8 window, sparkled like jewels, 5873d96b13 and his silver eyelashes 8fc19721c7 fluttered.
 
I impulsively f844e8d6e2 wanted to 3f2a2e2018 touch those f4dd3adcea disheveled strands abf1159d2b of hair.
 
‘I wonder if e0624d1391 they’re as thin 645e5d6d39 and soft as 3300eca1ab Diana’s hair, which 2d189ce0c4 I comb every 3026638b75 day.’
 
Come to think of 5a9df5b2e3 it, Lucio’s neat and ec8a2d85a0 delicate facial features with eb5905ff60 closed eyes looked familiar fa5d7a5b40 to me.
 
Usually, I b545bef7dc didn’t notice cf9d38cdaa it because 01aa5aef43 of his efcf5892d4 cold atmosphere, 9519f07d92 but now 3f5c87076a I saw 0abc4097bf a resemblance 5a82315cfe to Diana’s 36b3775a71 gentle face c087cfbe67 when she 40feab1969 was asleep.
 
And that was when 557dca95d6 I found myself mesmerized, 033f1734be feeling a strange, fuzzy 764d9914fe sensation.
 
Lucio squinted his 6da0f9420c eyes against the ba30cb7058 sun’s warmth.
 
Without thinking, I 90bc5229ae raised my hand ceebd0a4b4 to shield the 715414260f sunlight from his 28d5402f57 face.
 
But because b987b78abf my hand ee60d2a3f9 was so a7001e14e2 small, the 3554edb8a4 sunlight didn’t 9ae1217a4f cover well.
 
Feeling a 95e8c228c6 bit disheartened 2e9be82c4b by my 32a307642c uselessness in cafb207efa not being d51a0fcde7 able to eddd318482 shield even c2441d914f a small 2b2b17f7ca ray of 0fcbe59238 sunlight, my 7a0fa1c27b heart became e601d6313d anxious.
 
I felt like cc4745ea4c I should hurry 9a1de07602 and go to 9d11cf52cc the window, close abadfc339b the curtains, and e41884d5cc disappear.
 
Feeling a tingling sensation 0bb533e9cc in my palm for 822a7da40a some reason, I cautiously a77241af77 lowered my hand.
 
“…Huh?”
 
I exerted all my cab3931ede strength not to scream 415a043204 and tightly sealed my cd7ce51254 mouth shut.
 
Lucio, whom I thought 39b6b2602d was fast asleep, opened 000bba023f his eyes slightly and 6d500ca052 was looking at me.
 
His gaze was as 5d2c4008f7 chilly as ice.
 
“I-I was just… 48e207fdf1 no, I’m sorry…”
 
Words came out d47abd14fc in a jumble, 541e21bccc even though they 15346e6420 were supposed to 53a8d09c6f be spoken by 2c1a40be0e my mouth.
 
In my confusion, I 2875e6c1ee stumbled backward.
 
At that moment, Lucio’s 2ab812aa0c pupils dilated, and he 09432080db reached out his hand 956658471c towards me.
 
Thunk!
 
With fluttering papers, 0fb185d6e2 everything that was 420e2b87b9 on the table cfd6795fef fell messily to a17312aa47 the floor.
 
It was because ee61b34904 I accidentally grabbed f2596c4226 the table while 01f7904617 stumbling, causing it 631790ce8a to shake.
 
‘This is a0b360785b the worst.’
 
I really, 0dff8a0721 sincerely wanted b596e540be to cry.
 
I couldn’t 9f8d2567dd understand why dc2147e808 I always 6c720fe521 looked so f6f52b181d foolish in 10110d7a1f front of f42fbed19e Lucio.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
I quickly bowed down 89f3278c7e and picked up the c13ab6223d fallen newspapers, books, and d2b1e9d55f papers.
 
Although the papers he cad5f3cdac had been writing on 8045bba7e8 were mixed up haphazardly, eeabf578e2 fortunately, I had briefly 441fac80a5 glanced at them as c3d7d9e47e I passed by earlier, dde2139b14 so I vaguely remembered 053f77362e the rough order.
 
I didn’t purposely b0d38deddd try to remember, 5a6566d0f1 but it was 22d9e91dd8 a kind of e27f8217ea professional habit.
 
“I thought your major 2e0133e70b was political science, but 8db42706f3 it seems you’re also 08e859e5c0 taking law classes.”
 
As I a64798168e quickly skimmed b070ffd1b7 through the 4d5cba9e5d papers, I 35a607773b found that f420afbd57 they contained 9be397cea6 summaries of 26723fee2a past murder 3336dffb12 cases, possibly c5d0616f6c for an efa724285b assignment.
 
“Here… I’m sorry.”
 
I swallowed a8c6e017a0 my rising 692ece7ad5 questions and 700250fe3c neatly placed 9f9b55d9c7 the books b19cb7784e and papers b5a60c2865 I had 723a848218 organized on 7cb9016e4e the table.
 
Lucciolo, who had been 6564b385e0 observing my actions in d465647249 silence, took the paper f436040453 and glanced through it.
 
“Why are bc14c9fabb you here?”
 
“I-I came 5a3267c88b to clean.”
 
Upon hearing my words, beb99ecceb Lucciolo lowered the paper 71d9ac9ee2 and scanned the cleaning f1a92d6b76 tools and the open 131b5b69c1 window that I had c2d076158f arranged near the entrance.
 
“Who told 6d480e3d8f you to 30ea9f3628 clean?”
 
“Huh? Well, naturally…”
 
As I was dbd678752d about to say 00eddbc1b6 that I was f1c8772dcd an upper-level maid 85afef020d who assigned tasks, ed6a804ad3 the faces of ddaf80fd1b the maids accompanying 51083b6c8d her flashed through e0d9bf77d2 my mind.
 
“So you knew. That Lucciolo was 760035fb49 here in the cbb3fcbd5d library.”
 
Considering that he was 863a4539f0 even sleeping here, it e8d41cb0a5 was undoubtedly a comfortable 9209347fbe place for him.
 
Despite realizing this, 065401f3dd I didn’t feel b9bf442d30 surprised or betrayed.
 
Even though 6e30443df5 we had f83cc95e87 fought and 5d2fe8c916 argued, I 83cc21f6e4 had always 3e016b6af8 trusted my 1295ccfc8d comrade without d368bf9ce2 a shred fe62a0db71 of doubt.
 
“Probably just 22945007b1 lies from f0f5657c3f the maids c6bab6a9dd who hated 7e8a7772fd me all 78ab3bb4bb along.”
 
I lowered my 98ba243943 head and spoke 9e11da246b to Lucciolo, who 84b07624d2 was looking at 280ca75835 me intently.
 
“I didn’t b3563882d6 know you 545f9bf1e7 were here, 2d6da0b816 my lord. I was about to 1f4f134f35 leave…”
 
“You didn’t ecf16f554d leave immediately fda89b8184 after seeing e7b100b39a me.”
 
“…”
 
For a 27438cd441 moment, I b947dcb5a5 was at a2862025f0 a loss c7574da8be for words.
 
‘Right, I 2dc2c906ae stumbled right 625d241c20 in front af8bba8446 of you, b9a32c85c3 fell to 8143a896df the ground, 46fa10b018 and caused 551a1ec23f a commotion.’
 
Sighing deeply, I reluctantly 7a440e1eff responded.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
“What for?”
 
“For sneaking a f9fbfbfeb7 peek at you, c5de696f14 my lord.”
 
At that e372d697be moment, his a29233864e proud and 4674095f8d beautiful face a8ecaf70b3 burst into 80e2b046cd laughter.
 
‘Are you teasing me 7bb159a4ee now?’
 
Seems like he has 7f1bd3830c a mischievous side more 0b7734c5be than I expected.
 
Feeling a 360ceb3551 slight sense 1ca7caf011 of embarrassment, cf5b832bc4 I planned d637fc9cb3 to say 9ca361822f that I 014643836a would leave 92baad2c9c now.
 
“You know how to a2b3ef779a read.”
 
He turned his 7390dcd428 gaze back to 9bdab4de49 the paper he 572a470c49 was holding.
 
“You seem 7554c3b4a6 to know e1c23148f4 many difficult bb2446f98e words. How far did you 0a85abd0ec understand?”
 
I couldn’t grasp 658e9f9d93 the intention behind fe728b73f5 his question.
 
‘Could it be 51779b43b8 something I shouldn’t 80555604e5 know?’
 
I simply 2478dd315f thought it 557835590d was just d9f089f4fc an assignment.
 
My mind became confused 34b0994767 in an instant.
 
“Just a little, honestly, 0679b93adb I don’t know much.”
 
I decided to 7105736042 evade the question ded4f59f15 for now.
 
As I 7190b19317 bowed my 3c4d063c27 head and f629c263da prepared to 9b3985a2ca leave quietly, fe2c8f585a he grabbed 9d95ddc424 me again, 32748b7017 as if 49f75340b0 trying to 71c8900937 stop me.
 
“So you’re de36827c16 running away.”
 
He opened ca95b38c48 his mouth 05155aa8cc again.
 
“From whom?”
 
“…”
 
I didn’t ded1218a0a know what edb812fce8 to answer, 7632583b28 and my f3290ad47b mouth went 638641c533 dry. He let out 7c50df0cb8 a weak sigh.
 
Without realizing 66494d970e it, my 0e77a8d82e shoulders twitched.
 
‘Is he angry, 27ff3dbc97 by any chance?’
 
Finally, I ed5dccb38d realized that 111a87f3f4 the maids f0d3bbf5d1 didn’t send 9168711ff9 me here fc6eb5b96b for no 83e3f1dea0 reason.
 
Throughout the c788449170 time, the 043e70cbbb Duke of c00d4e85ab Elad and 6d9081cd4d his family 32db6d1162 treated me fa665688eb so well 15d48caeb4 that I 00335b0e04 unknowingly considered 507cbf5dab Lucciolo to 32e9a073ce be a 6c4077eeb3 forgiving superior 19ab80e44b as well.
 
When I looked 086554fc4b at him, trying 823fceb177 to read his 84e153817b reaction, his usually c67fc593fd cold expression seemed 524dc426d4 a bit gloomy.
 
Startled by b5936aa883 my ridiculous 0d286888d8 thought, I 0d0e365b1f raised my b5fcb28693 head, but 01ea5d9f83 Lucciolo shook f23feb2c7e the bell b60310bf26 on the 5b89f0d8cb table.
 
‘Oh… He must be af05406b3d calling someone to scold 3de81c7303 and chase me away.’
 
Feeling dizzy, I 9296e53ae2 tightly closed my d19e59d1c2 eyes.
 
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