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Ch. 052 CHAPTER 7be9a914dd 052But I c77f549792 couldn’t say c635ab9b46 it.
 
Because the 899772a2c1 current me 3c9b1a973d doesn’t know 884dafb4b0 that warmth 5e7c7fe441 of Lucio.
 
“I must be out 031038a949 of my mind. What am I saying c2231dc82b to a young child 525ae42adb like you?”
 
The Duchess regained 851566f452 her senses and 7e5cbd0a98 lightly patted my d6b4b381eb shoulder as she 26793b0b59 spoke.
 
“No matter what happened, 77ba9341e0 I called you to 3483ecfae2 tell you to read 1d64bc1cab books and study hard 4a3a09283b at the library.”
 
“…Yes.”
 
To be honest, it d0ec2e0097 was hard to accept ba7fbd7732 the idea of becoming dd28625739 a maid and studying 51a5ad6097 instead of working, but 6a1c5af7a1 I nodded obediently.
 
* * *
 
Lia, who quietly left 01ab51c2a4 the Duchess’s room, headed 841d0b1ccd towards the garden instead 4a12b3d133 of going back to e16cb4a6fc her quarters.
 
She wasn’t 695683c6d4 tired from 37a0135342 physical labor b126250f68 like a aae358da92 few days 3e85d9926b ago, and 45f05bc99a more importantly, 4b1c785d2c she had 813fbbc6df something to dccbc5d56e think about.
 
‘I thought the 7c62c5c068 Duchess was being 5afef8daed strangely polite to 58d07c6c00 the head maid.’
 
Lia thought it was f542576bf1 because the Duchess was 51e95ae100 not familiar with informal abec3bbdc9 speech or because the fe919c00b7 head maid came from dca014c38c the noble family that 36551fa64e served the Duke. But…
 
“It was 0f7599a8eb because of 339433ab6f Lucio.”
 
The Duchess took care 2cd04cb2a1 of Lucio, whom she e90ff424c4 couldn’t raise herself, and 7156e7a051 respected the chamberlain who 4971959af2 took care of the 097d939900 estate in her absence.
 
The problem was the 8ff4dddeaf expression on the Duchess’s f344d2a433 face when she talked ec90c89771 about Lucio.
 
Her face showed the bec25f3376 most melancholy expression among fd6b403fde the ones I had cf314019df seen since coming to 8bfa9f1264 the capital.
 
Even more than when 645b35cf5d she complained about the 40b2a04d5b difficulties of adapting to cf3a4134c7 high society.
 
“Haah.”
 
It bothered me without d635867eab realizing it, and I 3492c89d86 let out a sigh 4b375670ec unintentionally.
 
Lia paused 4a2710ed2a and stood fa31d149ca still before d20b654efe entering the 07dbf66324 garden.
 
Since becoming aware 99eb4661ae of Lucio’s ability f6952158cc to hide his c2681a5080 presence and becoming 3ce4d2b6a1 more sensitive to 1f876ddb91 detecting signs, she 11053eab7a could sense someone’s 154938a9f2 presence in the d854c1b72f garden.
 
As expected, 9d32b5abf5 a tall 0489ab1640 and agile e9bf1301c0 boy was d712780ae0 slowly walking b55fa47ee1 out from b8ca51ae14 the garden, 7c4c983d1e just like a6a75cefa3 the day a7fe6429a3 he secretly eb0c834d89 infiltrated Diana’s 7736b1e1a8 birthday party.
 
Under the moonlight, a23458bb36 with his clothes aeeec018c3 fluttering in the 4f36fb6db3 wind, he looked 8d3f0ad835 like a beautiful bc08078199 painting.
 
It was an irresistible 93bb6759eb scene, but Lia quietly f9d3aee22c turned her body and ceb4d1fbdf left the garden.
 
To not disturb his ba99e1a4b8 peaceful walk. And for her ee0ef8fa0d own peace.
 
“…”
 
A moment later, when dfbec34ee5 Lucio turned his head, b1dbab0f50 there was no one 08ddaf3161 in that spot.
 
* * *
 
“Is it 6c50227a28 going to 747a4eec35 rain?”
 
I looked up f2629dce5d at the hazy 0f9f9dae99 sky as if 83a70bc2a1 it could pour 52e89d9ded rain at any 3435bce0bb moment.
 
Even though it was 6faef2a8df still morning, the heavy eb905ba017 and humid air made 59f57a3f25 my heart feel suffocated.
 
I forced myself to 748b3db8f2 take reluctant steps and 3a36a74f82 headed to the library.
 
It had been several 50c0072e67 days since I started 2463348479 working at the main af027a525a library.
 
A lot had 148ae34be3 happened during that 570c5e7d69 time.
 
Firstly, the senior maids c72c5d37d4 who were sent to bdd436f482 the library to punish a74d293109 me by the Head f25ad2e458 Maid and the maids 81117230c6 below them had all 082fdab326 been transferred.
 
The Head Maid’s actions 7c6af804b0 were truly ruthless. And the dissatisfaction c3ee3ae87b regarding their treatment 45266e6d5f was directed towards 9a71ba0089 me.
 
However, they could no 459b5cbf0b longer bother me, even b8d27eefd2 if they sent me ddcedc7483 disdainful glances or openly da10a1e180 ignored me.
 
Thanks to 3326fb0817 Lucio’s order, 00ac32adb2 I spent bc7572ff4e my days 7c4dfefc41 only in a282ebc990 the main 7354034f8a library without 211e557753 encountering them.
 
Since I 8aa5ab5984 ate meals d35f5416dc with Diana e61d9a067c instead of 21461087f4 the servants, 9c2f97fc4a they couldn’t 3175c5238e harass me 5c525564a0 even if a687ebb47d they wanted d6f60766d8 to.
 
The main library c39a8299af was a perfect 9bad962afa refuge.
 
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Until Lucio arrived, the a8dcd33a3a library that used to c5147b38d2 be completely quiet was 8724cda9ec no longer a quiet 5d24f4fa61 place.
 
Every time the d6ca3d4ece lessons ended, Diana 9ca2e9b2a8 would rush to 75f0811c2f the library.
 
Allen, who 8c85c82df2 usually didn’t 7f3f59c7b4 even turn 91201335a7 his head 77e8d99d45 towards the 97fad19126 library, also 3c1d62a284 came to fede7c90c8 visit after d81523f635 his training, 8939ddc141 and Jack 67092efbaa also consistently 477f9eddb2 came to 9b56a56416 take me 6a3646c49a to the 995126b1fa dormitory.
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Although he made an fd7a96589e excuse that he came 9c83d89856 to find a book, b7285d4009 there were only a d44d2466a2 few people who would c48a64f1c9 move at his command.
 
But he didn’t even 23652b0868 glance at his eldest 2a28b85b61 son, and instead, he 762f6326f2 continuously looked at me 1df1f90237 with a worried gaze 6f6be6232f whenever I sorted out c2ae8bf300 scattered books or reached dd2957c04f for books on a 55ba8bfed0 ladder. And when he saw 4d18a8a26e me reading difficult books, 7b0affed09 he would smile with 62ee90cc6b satisfaction.
 
And the next day, d29aaa4512 the ordinary ladder in e2e0464049 the main library had 0cd1f0f7cb been replaced with a b83f31ba29 sturdier and larger one.
 
By this 65e8050576 point, I 270800c0a8 couldn’t help acdc05252d but realize 813aede2af that the 7cd5c2d4fe Duke was e5d0a75856 concerned about 1ddf8fd642 me.
 
And as the 7719ab12fc days went by, 1573e8b7c7 I became more e7be555979 aware when visitors 62693323b8 came.
 
Officially, the main library 2d177f3f75 was a public space 4d69a5005b where only direct family ff51bddf51 members could enter, but 30d7e947c8 practically, it seemed like 8c0f6f2155 Lucio’s personal space.
 
But fortunately, 253c265ce2 Lucio didn’t f8840bf3ee show any 7fdf1ed49f dissatisfaction.
 
Moreover, contrary to 8e45b0adfc my concerns, the e56978bc43 tasks he assigned ad94978a76 to me were b749f4f5ed not difficult at f0156158f2 all.
 
I just c820c9945f had to b07f02be80 occasionally find 4009aedb78 the books b36d6d5244 he had 139177e3a8 written notes 5fe58f7c7e on and fa0bc10089 place them 26ba880a2d next to 382e402a7e him, or 70550ea0f4 put back 6d5a1f8769 the books e26efc3161 he had 1726d4c469 asked me e04f7af671 to organize.
 
And when Lucio 9d9c2f1bea didn’t give me 681c584d91 any tasks, quietly 2891d41a8c reading books became 6ad0f44be3 my entire job.
 
‘I really wanted to c07b37777b show my competence as 016f6d6807 a capable servant this 7665887e62 time.’
 
I suppressed my 32623300de disappointment internally. In fact, ecdac03475 this was 093b967814 purely my 4c85ce6443 own greed.
 
In my bd89a70a22 previous life, 990255d9c5 I showed a8dbf54817 Lucio various 4e96834af8 shameful and f4a46dd2b7 unpleasant behaviors.
 
When we first met, de0d4de42d I was so dirty 45d052b3ac and unkempt that I 8c6671586f couldn’t even remember when e38216ab2d I last bathed. I shamelessly begged 792a9a5d99 him for bread, 1ef7b42f83 medicine, and various 93837bcd99 other things.
 
‘Moreover, he saw me 450cf2d126 illegally trespassing and even df964f3d5e dying.’
 
Fortunately, I considered 00a034b470 all those past bc2bd19780 events as black 9010081af5 history that only 5a402b328c I knew.
 
But even f0945f62cb when I c12641abd4 came back, 1bbc8f5dc3 it was cffb1c0e50 slightly disappointing aaf57c2674 to be 496c7e9513 seen as d554dd1b66 a face-gazing f4c882f9db child who 7c57fcf1e4 looked at 3168406a57 sleeping people.
 
So this time, 4faf588dc1 I wanted to 2951404a0b do the tasks bb88e33e02 he assigned me f9935d1422 splendidly and look cb0a0c3173 like a worthy 47dba508e1 companion to Diana.
 
‘But things are 9a7607bff6 too convenient, and a07207ef6c I don’t have b3c8c69fb8 a chance to e67da2d3de demonstrate my abilities…’
 
Other servants dcfaa145bd might curse 47e47ac2a9 at me 72e0551689 if they 5678fd300b heard this, 86ec0ae019 but ever 63380aa2f9 since I 8b6aee34fb started working 7523c38920 at the c92431f7f6 library, I 332993b69c felt too e6f82c7e48 comfortable.
 
“Sigh.”
 
But despite being assigned a103578d2b such a good task, 3a657014f2 I let out a d0625d5943 sigh.
 
There was 653f1f24e2 one reason. And that was…
 
‘It’s so uncomfortable!’
 
Being in the same 8601e4b829 space as Lucio was 3df641066f really uncomfortable.
 
Of course, he was 279c2ddc8d a very busy person, d960a05916 so he couldn’t just b0653a6b1e stay in the library. Many times, I was a148d77066 alone here. But whenever we 54e2cd5ec2 were together, even c2e39a1024 for just a 37d47385b0 few hours, the 8d76cf40c6 air was tense e18ef2c69b and filled with 676217f8dc tension. It was difficult 5a33363ff8 to breathe.
 
The huge library 9bb012c3e0 was so quiet, 156b34e1bc only the sound c034d4733a of pages turning 404192556a or the scratching c6ac505d4b of a pen 2af77ba924 on paper could 46ea4441ee be heard.
 
The same f8b0dd87d7 applied when 0fbd2cc118 I had c5b0d24f9b to move 4da3f13b7a to find 8b6e5e448a a book.
 
I couldn’t hide e50a7f2ee4 my anticipation, afraid db9131678e that he would c41133ec0d notice that I 92730293ef knew how to f62705d011 use mana. I had to hold 7597634e95 my breath and move 69ae234288 as quietly as possible.
 
As a result, 1aa90ccfa4 I could only 639f5b8348 produce faint breathing 4edc86f9b8 sounds or the 85b5e333da rustling of clothes.
 
‘When exactly 88bc7d3e60 is he 85bf46a26c going to d0a0bb3c9c the academy?’
 
I remember 71d9864a4c him saying e277f9bd15 that there 78754f86d8 were no 207a015a9e classes after d5e6a08e91 the exams 6f7c74d002 and that b8f5c2630f he would 7fadaa7217 stay for 813693b2e8 a while. But it 0fbf3d7de6 seemed like 5678d766b3 Lucio had a5006b25d1 no intention f94b5c8d2d of leaving 3674959fc2 even after b602ed85a6 a few dcc06684ae days.
 
‘…Maybe it’s just 14a0ad28c9 me feeling it.’
 
As I let cdc093d56f out a deep 9cf2adce28 sigh, I looked 90bb178e85 at the large 0744505ef0 door in front 6da8a1c753 of me and c97b243e3c took a deep 6c95634af5 breath before knocking.
 
Knock, knock.
 
“…My lord?”
 
I didn’t hear any 103fca9faa response, no matter how 5d5b11789e long I waited.
 
Since he 4a1df5f721 was someone 887ffd029b who was 33c6847e9e very good 2166cc7a95 at sensing ac7997c0e6 things, I 64a993cabb suspected that 1b47958b7a he might 9e78241a28 be asleep 7715a43a29 like last 87bcb10ce2 time. But once again, it 5a47a823a8 seemed like there was f658fc7863 no one here. Still, I bae4632cd4 cautiously opened cb7321cb02 the door 2024b0d8a5 and entered.
 
“Whew.”
 
Indeed, there was no 1b6512d5a6 one.
 
Feeling relieved, I b205e25c5a sat on the 6534388308 sofa that had 01e177029f become my designated 95c90b69cb seat for the 323225b37c past few days.
 
This spot 28451d98d2 had a 6a7b99dfd1 clear view 7c206e1568 of the 7e6e709c01 large desk 53f6f37c5b in front 78cec46662 of the 0c92b895a0 window, so 9927ff558b I could afbaa7d7bc respond immediately 860a205145 when Lucio ed220b0b3f looked for 6404a2b477 me.
 
While absentmindedly staring at 95485ff32b the desk for a 9c4d8c73ea moment, I suddenly stood 6ab30267e1 up and started going 737a08e7bd through the bookshelves, taking 8ae32e71cc out books here and 79e5b06cb8 there.
 
‘What should I cff18ea78f read first?’
 
Having brought a lot ef5a848a98 of books, I decided 1c0dc6687b to read the book 6f497454d8 that introduced the neighboring 576e2c03ef kingdoms of the empire 2b0161127c again. I had started e721483e83 reading it before 1abfe70b9d but didn’t finish 19440d9307 it.
 
‘I feel like f3dbf09f13 someone is watching.’
 
I remembered how the ebd97c3903 Duke, who saw me 8482b073fe reading this book a 67163c4c5d few days ago, seemed 5069358adc extremely uncomfortable.
 
Just like when I 25481c8a3d was looking at the 6c54520c72 imperial map, he had 3fc675431f a strange expression on 71fe4ef634 his face when I c154af5388 showed interest in other 78c8ff1e18 kingdoms.
 
‘Ah, although he aa610070a8 did seem a e74956e182 bit displeased when a63afe9eec I was looking e2bead6223 at the empire’s b3bd2c9104 history book, well…’
 
He must have 084ae05579 had something bothering 9a7c56007a him at that 109bae7338 time.
 
Anyway, since aa03627a2b then, I db0fd78b6d couldn’t read 55870e9f78 the book 2eb3b39a13 because I 786cfc591e felt conscious e7995b009c of him, f336abb267 but it e1bedd856b seemed like dbdf801f38 a good 314a7aa139 opportunity since 613457f6e0 Lucio wasn’t 7949b0919c here.
 
I quickly 732a3d3f4a opened the fed4423be0 book and 8674ab4288 turned to 405ea60d5d the section 0e41ebd265 on the 5494eed551 Bellus Kingdom.
 
‘I should 533517a5ff read it e59263f6a5 quickly and 13b174c500 write a 4339001859 reply. I should ask the 0cbe89380c Duchess to send it dda0f9ea8a soon.’
 
With a content smile, 9d320db6d3 I began to read 8be0b9c6fb the text of the a599dcb02a book.
 
It had 3e78c74bdc been less 6fb03d02e7 than ten 8e347a5709 years since 2b0046da89 the Bellus 488ea04031 Kingdom gained d99867c57f independence from 0306588fd9 the empire, dfd6e71051 so there 58306dd731 was quite 25c3c84fe2 a lot 7794a48da3 of valuable 6d58c14082 information.
 
The more I 40e1751767 read, the more 911cb8627a I understood why 8813cf3b0b Bianca had boasted ed89f500df so much in 82a33ac585 her letters.
 
Being the owner d635f6da47 of the kingdom, 5682662ed3 the Duke of 35ec85081b Bellus was a 2d8f4815d6 great sorcerer, and 7fee9d8472 the kingdom was 4edef03afe more proactive in e896ef3418 fostering magic than ed3cea1f2a anywhere else. Even magical items that 6ca1f340af were difficult to find 58c4de2fe7 unless you were a 62d641d988 noble in the empire fa09ea6f0d were commonplace for everyone.
 
‘It’s a 1e81a41eed small country, 964622d541 but they 1c063d9a3a even have 56ab1f12c9 a unique 83ba07be44 corps of 47769339fd mage swordsmen.’
 
Especially the Duke’s ed96f1ad72 castle, depicted in 2714d8481c the illustrations, situated d4610ffbfb on a cliff 996f109ed4 overlooking the azure 01848df627 sea, was incredibly c2fcbf3d16 beautiful and majestic.
 
‘Feels a 967b741d66 bit regretful.’
 
I had no d192babfe7 regrets about choosing e52a2bb8d7 to follow Diana, d45b8eaef6 but Bianca’s proposal bddb5b0cb3 was a bit 7775e77a18 regretful…
 
“What is it?”
 
Suddenly, a 7c542bb253 voice whispered e794fbe59b in my cfbaee3d15 ear, making 7bef95618d me startled. “Eek!” I screamed f45581164f and stood up.
 
At the same time, 9de2a99193 the book I was c7efbf7de7 holding fell and fluttered 35f724e87c open, stopping at the 7215ebf95b illustration I had been 86438d6d74 staring at for a ad7f04dc41 while.
 
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