EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_72

Ch. 072 CHAPTER 072Askart’s b9babb59ed face was gradually a4b8d57a33 turning hard as 4aceb87432 the number of f8b72dddbe people and gazes e088f401d2 poured in, wondering 4d2fe32e19 if Lucio’s words 8f326b7249 were lies.
 
“Yes, library… fd2a2d500e I have 224e330026 to go.”
 
However, Askart hesitated while 21fd99baef answering, as if he d6fba8587e had some regrets. As soon as 7dff6f2545 I made eye 234613518f contact with him 693e5c1566 again, I asked 65d6b2c656 as if I dd3cf3018c had been waiting.
 
“Isn’t the 99adc4478a academy library 4274a1e5a8 really big?”
 
Although the Duke of a702e5a7de Elad’s library is very c3dfb1680a large, it cannot be a0d86d132a compared in size to 8246b9d20e the Academy’s library. When I was e7520482f0 living as a c17cb86969 beggar and struggling 1bd24c5bbf to learn letters, 926fbf9e72 I really wanted 5a0749b62a to go to 348d221806 the Academy Library, 2368b8d02d a treasure trove 30a9835229 of wisdom. But I 956104beac couldn’t even eae9786011 dare to cbb911e8db go inside 68746d4d23 the academy, 4191843cfa let alone 2cc5a17b5f the library. Of course, it may 08f1859575 have been possible to 33292390ca sneak in later when c9ac81c9c3 I became an informant, ddc3f00363 but I never went 29deb90e9d near the academy, which 3b9f1be82f had bad memories.
 
“Then! It’s incredibly big. Do you 7e58661009 like books? By the 68dd0cfe03 way, the 1271dfb09b name is…”
 
Askart was pleased with 59873e4fc8 what I said and 71d43c8d83 asked. I was about 27b8b0c5df to say my 65bbff7b14 name, as I d2f4667f75 wiggled my fingers b4a4bf5e5b out of embarrassment c3393b731e when my expression 34fa454b0d suddenly brightened.
 
“It’s Lia.”
 
It wasn’t ceef24d9b8 me who a029eef3f7 answered. I looked 30b632bead at Lucio, c87e4fa0df who had a94733ddbf intercepted my 4373eaf2f1 words, with 2e106206b1 a little d4c2053417 surprise. He must have known b093dd451f because my name was f0b44755b8 called several times a da8b58585b day when he was 40e404adb9 at the Duke’s residence, 44a788e0f9 but Lucio has never acc7ab5368 called my name even 9617634d74 once. Somehow, the last f5d27fa723 memory of my ba59b7189e previous life came 27cccaaa60 to mind and 6550addc43 I felt strange.
 
“Lia… Called.”
 
At that time, 33530dc545 I heard a b9e0a2a22c voice that sounded c892eb513f like I was dcab529807 going to collapse e366bc811a at any moment. Turning his head, Askart ea55a8e5eb said with a pale 772ab01896 face, “Lia.” and called 05a1533013 my name. His green-blue 795a134480 eyes under 5c0169a0b4 golden eyelashes eb7be3ee54 looked as aceb75bffe if they 420c6b953a had been 743097c0ad moistened with dd2fc704b2 dew. 
 
‘I feel like c352ac0418 I’ve seen that f56c1fb3cf somewhere before.’
 
As I suddenly felt 179cd4b4e8 a sense of déjà 28a317f774 vu, I remembered the 0535b882ec time I met Bianca e7c3bf9e63 after escaping from the 2096296cae orphanage. Even back then, 90e0422034 Bianca asked me 2dba48cfa0 if my name 46132fc155 was ‘Lia’ and 4383d025cb she looked so e90125fb88 sad. I tilted 3e181ebb52 my head, 9df03b2356 thinking it 7e73f82ca6 was strange, d0f14f5323 but Askart c0b7fee5bb asked with 903ea37c51 a bitter 2a9242c41b smile that ea016f5240 seemed as 0f9110b524 if he 595ec533bb would faint 714cbd89ce at any 56a1df1a87 moment.
 
“If you’re curious about b1ced29d68 the library, would you 655ea9ca49 like me to show f56502f4c5 you around?”
 
“Yes?”
 
“Originally, outsiders are 4a8501b964 not allowed in, c2d2cb4f92 but today is 707310a18d the festival period, 9812449b60 so you can 20f0d90c16 go in if 5bbfd4b655 you are accompanied 43d8e09530 by a current c1d1f4a3e5 student.”
 
Askart pointed to a 4ceb18f360 large building right behind f4cf3cdfec it, saying that it 08c6d180e5 was not far because c850b60f29 it was centrally located 4a343a6af5 so that it was cbd4cb4c79 easy to get to 41e17ccafc and from any academy.
 
When I asked, with 2115999c03 sparkling eyes, if that 90ac5e81a7 would really be okay, b0a541b661 he said, “Hmph! Why come to f958f2470e the festival and e354e8f85f visit the library?” aeadac926b And Allen intervened.
 
“Diana, don’t you want a263e11afe to visit the library c2df9e0026 too?”
 
“Ugh. Sister, come back.”
 
Diana waved cdf0bdcc68 her maple dcd2d3e001 leaf-like hand f14d508719 as if 92106cc1a0 she really d094c2735f didn’t want fcd1cea1b7 to go 6db6096481 to the 3eee619243 library after bcfe36138a hearing Allen’s 31ff920e16 words.
 
“Diana! What’s wrong a4904f4f9e with you?”
 
“Then, lady, I 1ff597ea57 will come back d244174add quickly! I will definitely come c16c0892e8 before the fireworks.”
 
Not wanting 85eb6080d7 to miss 12494b7b99 the opportunity, c882d72b71 I answered 2f3ad1b4d9 right away a65da4bdc6 and looked 4c5a901285 up at 56871347c6 Askart. Then Askart asked 2cdfce6b27 shyly.
 
“Hey, would b62a9d102c you like 6eb731fdd2 to hold e6386fa2d3 hands?”
 
“Yes?”
 
“… What if I 8633b3859a lose it? There are d80c465572 a lot baca19a43e of stairs 7a5adc6bb5 in the 42d3bf4498 library.”
 
“Ah.”
 
Now that I thought 3ea90162c4 about it, I remembered e4a7bc3b72 how many times I f3cdde52ad had reminded Diana before 7ef9f00560 leaving that everyone should 2906f18b16 hold her hand as d89eee1b88 there were many people d9a6dcc569 around. I felt strange 97099bedfe when I saw 5a080dd21a Askart holding out 62956a30cb his hand to 718857192d me. Normally, I 21742dea90 would have 2d93d96305 been embarrassed adf7da42f3 and reluctant 7781a77314 to be d1d83b0f01 treated like dc9900b3ce a child… 501b260bd5 Strangely enough, 28dc17a547 I didn’t 807e4fd889 hate it. As soon be219ccf2f as I 2ac411a0bf took his 38f631e03c hand, Askart aa0d808753 opened his 5fb51f278f eyes wide 0b9f671ecb and immediately 5cf9f4ffd6 smiled brightly.
 
“Ugh!”
 
“Why, what’s wrong?”
 
When I groaned and 084aaf377d covered my eyes with 3ee18858a8 my free hand, Askart 76f1be22ff asked in surprise. I giggled and 8dee56b089 answered.
 
“He’s so 886a22a000 handsome it’s 3d6c449074 dazzling!”
 
“What? Ha ha ha.”
 
I thought e9a788273d as I a48e949c95 headed to ef394e92f7 the library 931e7c6d0b with Askart, 1a594266d9 who was 4231e0c0a9 smiling more 768ad3d0d2 happily than 4243a598b3 before. I guess I c7804f1a78 wanted to erase 60cd4c4ba8 the sadness from eb4eb49ad8 Askart’s face.
 
* * *
 
“…It’s ridiculous.”
 
Lucio looked shocked 26f7d7e3e0 as he watched 8795cca9e1 Lia walking away 168c8e5983 while holding Askart’s cd67620453 hand. I was 25d3c636f4 thinking of e4cf6ceb14 introducing him f8eafd22a3 to the 5dfa248381 Academy, as e637064e69 his father, df5741e22c the Duke 8e4f62cf04 of Elad, 0e31766607 had said. His plan went e509843dee awry from the 4487d18c7e start. From the moment he c1f64f214e greeted me at the a1f0d09ca5 front door, nothing went 81537e180a as he expected. Lucio was 1cc7913f37 embarrassed and 0fb7ac4bbb agitated when 9aeb362fbb he could 68371e3f0d not see ce7f2f325c the face b2ae144e8b he expected 71cac0f988 to be 909668653f there. It was ridiculous 9d325bc912 that he felt f93603a5bb relieved when he 6f0f7ce22a heard that he 2a7ddd27be had gone to 37e881423c buy drinks with f8aa53fc8a an apprentice engineer 469e656d85 whom he had 7920ba83f1 known for a 7bf5ee53ad long time since 9b0d9b0ca7 daycare. In the 9664f67d6e midst of 636df79aa9 being overwhelmed ba8652124e with discomfort 9ad31f5b21 and irritation 353ef35ed2 due to fb490d0bc7 uncontrollable emotions, 1fdf0cbe49 he felt 6d7c25b1a0 very uncomfortable e96cb058de when Askart 4acb4005d9 appeared and 9bd972ca75 did something 76c8ecae88 unexpected.
 
It was then.
 
“Anyway, I really 6aa6e9f6d3 told you that 41a4c459cb a man’s looks 2707fe02a4 aren’t everything!”
 
Allen, who 167c26dea8 was next bf4c8e0cd6 to me, 54cb3c5a50 started running 26b745c433 around and 0a926ef98e making a 03cc6e250d fuss.
 
“No matter how 2599a32b71 handsome he is, 3b7bafaf32 does it make 4df612c226 sense to grab 78c585b5e3 the hand of 98f6496712 someone you’ve never 8c925103b6 seen and follow 5c221d78ca him?”
 
Jack nodded his f2e2cba1a2 head as if 61e6b24287 he strongly agreed d83ceee51b with those words. When Lucio turned c4580fbb1b her head as 8ba7c6be1a if to ask 8dc548933c what she was a5e4fc7992 saying, Allen huffed 9f9c29c552 and said.
 
“You don’t know, right? Lia, that person’s real ceab82ecc1 face looks really good. I really 46bb596c10 like handsome 8b6fd28894 things!”
 
“…okay?”
 
“That’s right. He told me and 6eb968244b Jack that he was a236e6b19f handsome.”
 
Allen didn’t notice 0333751b18 Lucio’s face slowly 5cec260684 hardening, and she 96e1cb881b continued.
 
“By the a3226d7dc3 way, you 62259d2872 did it ee6703cbd7 to your a81b409110 brother too. “I look like Diana.”
 
However, Allen said that b51f05497e his taste seems to 0050dfafdb be toward Askart, adding 061cb1f8e5 that this is the de8e9a1cb9 first time he has 0192960f8f seen Lia react so 3e3c9e1f2a passionately.
 
“Askal is handsome, 5e58271cf3 but he doesn’t 38defb42ca go anywhere. Do you like blonde 8e134b586c hair?”
 
“…”
 
“Besides, the Yeongsik b9b74cf7dc I met earlier abbbad4bb8 also had blond c1c685db50 hair, although it eaed876178 was dull. I guess the face cd9d89dffd is the most important. Right, Jack?”
 
Jack, who was c2396dcd6e still unable to e6aa632241 take his eyes 6d8f908267 off the direction 69626208db where Leah disappeared f47af153f0 after hearing Allen’s e12477e7d4 words, slowly opened 75b5a7fcdf his mouth.
 
“…I’m not sure about f48aea599a that, but if you’re adf8c657a2 talking about the Yeongsik 1c7694a214 she met at the 15bab261d6 front gate earlier, Lia 2f14396b7e clearly disliked him. She seemed a little 483802f7a4 scared.”
 
“Is that so?”
 
Lucio asked, looking 3694ad4760 at Allen who d3a12c2a23 was tilting his 7eb2e44047 head.
 
“Who did you 18509e120e meet earlier?”
 
“Huh? Ah, the Count 7d738e3ad7 of Petier! He looked fine, 93f9ba58ec but he seemed b8f6c53ef6 a bit unpleasant. Diana kicked him ef0ce6e911 out. Right, Diana?”
 
“Huh!”
 
Diana, who was busy 80c98b654a looking around the Academy 3d050d4f79 and the people watching bec47fac39 whether Allen was talking 4db5d6d932 or not, nodded her 971d11d042 head saying yes when 39c870f7b4 she heard my name. It didn’t seem like a400fc32c1 she had heard or 338243a1b7 responded properly, but Allen 65e3d577e0 found her so cute 458f22182e that she couldn’t help 1609d48767 but hugged Diana and b17cb4f6ac rubbed her cheeks. A low voice bea28ecc49 sounded in the f56ee8b7b9 ears of Jack, fd31b870e4 who was looking befc727935 at Diana, who 3d3b72b264 was trying to 27807a4c7c get rid of 2c529278a8 her in annoyance, cd14f64328 and Allen, who 8597c4c5b8 was clinging to 33ee048b3f her even more.
 
“It’s Kenneth Pettier.”
 
Jack turned 2f159ba72d his head 4c349d008b when he db8c73279c heard Lucio’s 0615d909cb voice quietly 257c2b39f2 chanting his 7d79dd42df name, and c01ad8aee0 somehow had 61fe4e746b a premonition 7de9711a89 that the ebef7fda5f future of 3bada58c83 the person 4f2d94e070 he met 6127cfcb1a earlier would c4073a786b not be 3f05ea68c1 smooth.
 
* * *
 
The road to the fe8d53489e library with Askart, who ddb7777798 was meeting me for 36dff5971c the first time, was c28781853f extremely awkward.
 
‘What were 492f9dbde9 you thinking 02eab650cf when you d4ba81a215 held my 2e4671165a hand?’
 
My body e2d8e1b2ab twisted in 5baed6633d discomfort. Nevertheless, I couldn’t complain fa34345af9 at all when I 979c474bc4 saw Askart walking slowly, 14c6e170aa stopping me inside so 2868a01cf7 as not to get 4287fa893c hit by people passing 4913929c6d by.
 
“Is there 74c15492cc a place 5068425c40 in particular d1327f67b7 you want d11b466447 to see?”
 
As soon as we 2e48a54656 entered the library, Askart 6b632662a1 whispered quietly. After thinking carefully, e06423fdcc I answered.
 
“I want to see 6f0e7f8aa0 the grimoire.”
 
Askart looked surprised, probably 0b0b6112f7 because my answer was d244946669 unexpected.
 
“The energy of a6c42c5f8e mana, ah…”
 
When I released some 35825ad17e of the energy that 266fa3fb15 had been stored up dfc732d030 for him as he 8a8b69e74b was puzzled, Askart’s eyes, f03faabe20 which sensitively sensed mana 53dd217b13 even at small changes, dc889b30c0 quickly sparkled with interest. After the e12e006e4e commotion at e0a74e100c the duke’s e21bc3d381 residence a f3fcf583f5 while ago, ba876b0ab1 no one 19d87af84e who uses 4cba2fd03c me knows f19e34416f that I 96dc7ef1c7 have mana, 07e05578de and I dee4cb8353 no longer de50af8f1b feel the de4801b264 need to f6aaf1eff4 hide it. However, the reason 005b8f21de I didn’t bother d0bdf60b7f to inform Askart cfda62d329 of Mana’s existence e4cf35b2fd was because I 234b910c8f didn’t feel wary c8c717f2f3 even though I 25c1c33008 saw it for 1256e43d68 the first time. Was it because his d7ab4287ee atmosphere is so gentle 7daf225399 and gentle?
 
“Then I can go 664ff25330 to my place. Now, there 0ff36be292 are a 31bd9a8810 lot of d78bfb62ec stairs from 62e77360d7 here, so b1b965703e you have 081e21ab82 to be c202956847 careful.”
 
Askart, who clearly 77810e3e46 looked at me 4f7bf922c8 with a completely d86487ea14 different look as dc4c914ec4 he was the 5f6fa095b4 heir of the 358947587a Principality of Belus b31081c0e6 who owned the 445d485c18 Magic Tower, immediately 06e583d46d led the way. Seeing him looking a a63678feba little excited made me 02ff16b33d feel better. So he spoke as 9c3d58fa39 if bragging.
 
“Grand Duke, I ef7a4ce6f6 actually met Bianca 3b54d94c9c before.”
 
“Huh? With Count Maretta?”
 
When I nodded my 091cd8c2f4 head excitedly, he asked 4899eb61e8 curiously.
 
“He is someone b48897d7b5 who rarely leaves 581c09adbb the principality, so a034e8cd0e what happened?”
 
“Hmm. Somehow I 532bb89a2e found out…”
 
As he spoke, it aceabb6b11 seemed that Askart had fa981e5c6e never heard of Diana’s a4fb3961e3 kidnapping, either from Lucio 6534cf9f42 or through the Duchy fde293db2d of Belus. I hesitated 46c5d947b7 a bit, 6866f6c389 trailed off, 2e4075358b and changed 6d30267bbf the topic.
 
“After meeting Bianca, eb6c8b1ee4 I became interested 049879b050 in the Principality 2cd0540904 of Belus and 2daec12572 looked for books. It was 5750f78666 a really fb477278a2 cool place.”
 
“I see. Yes, it’s 353e50b0e4 a beautiful 7d697a5693 place.”
 
Askart’s faintly smiling 5f4e01fa47 expression faded again e4b556d3d4 as he said 6de0cef94c that. As he looked at e66ef0a04b that scene, it felt 60e4c7e441 like his heart was bd0256805e constricting. At the same 1bed1b23f4 time, I became def13617ce curious.
 
‘Why does ec9001a571 he make ee2628dde4 such a f9eb2c21b4 sad face 39ce42557b when he 45e348d4f7 thinks of cdbf967e0c his own 9a2b1cab56 home?’
 
Diana smiled brightly be42b28769 and loved it 00e20ad6e4 when she heard 3b9fddff37 that it was db85c3327a her house.
 
“Now, here.”
 
At that time, Askart, 77e614c3e6 who guided me to ac21b295f1 a space filled with 9c5c8b7c95 bookshelves, introduced me as 8bf5d08c7f a place where books b78defb948 related to magic were 937c65f2ed collected. Perhaps because it was 5c415e3c5e festival season, there was bbe51cdad9 no one there. As I went d3b8af43d5 deeper, I saw 673a6a2a8a a very large d4e2aca8b0 desk in front 1815cf8e97 of a window a6e07afce8 with curtains drawn. There was a 5b45505dfa pile of books bf5978e423 spread out on 8f48eb7e27 the large desk, 7715bb71e8 probably because Askart b439538a98 was the only a9e9f68819 one using it.
 
“Oh! It’s so dirty. Okay, it’s not 8bcce8dfc4 usually like this.”
 
Askart made an 274a41ad6e excuse, hurriedly clearing 551752c067 the desk with a3cd8b5b1c his embarrassed face 3a1eef8aee red up to 2ef66c2037 his ears.
 
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