EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_48

Ch. 048 CHAPTER 048“Hehehe. Which book aee6aba6d6 should I 4157c7a6b2 read first?”
 
I gathered 3d6bbb804b cleaning tools 10a416180b and headed 35b6bf5ba6 towards the a0441ce0ad library located d43a1f0547 on the f22dc80b56 far right bc977f019b of the b772ee7e0c main building 36238496a5 on the ced96fe595 third floor, 6730374891 humming a 2d5694c52c tune.
 
“Should I start 906919f6dc with something about e2bf02e081 magic, as expected?”
 
Since I still didn’t 7fde4bded7 know the reason for 01f81d3469 the sudden increase in 18bbfabfb9 mana.
 
Or perhaps a 8818f4000e book about the 9bdd619d6b history of the e0acebeb5f empire would be 850aaaeb35 good too. It piqued my curiosity f74aa4c59f as I watched Diana 5ecaff0517 studying from the corner f046df5003 of my eye.
 
As someone e5de69c5a1 who never 8f2fd8994e received proper e441b3ba71 education, everything 7ac835fcf9 I learned 1a40d0113f was picked b8303c0a85 up haphazardly 0a27969b23 during my 0879a522cb guild life.
 
“Oh! A map.”
 
It would b0e81e9714 be good 4e3fe7cfba to double-check e05ca0313d the location 18fc53b755 of the 5f0f42cc37 mine I 4c7c4af188 planned to 70935d841c earn money 103aea4f55 from later.
 
And while I’m fb01ee5b12 at it, I 0b345f2fd7 could learn about 9422969848 the Kingdom of 5e60cce72b Belus.
 
“Who knows, I d000e3ae5a might go on 712cfe9e8a a trip later.”
 
I heard it 9a34a7d666 was a beautiful a4757fb689 coastal nation, and 754e6c34e5 Bianca’s letter made 14a7b4d2ff me even more 6363671b27 curious.
 
I could d9e2693b5d ask Bianca 364caa0007 directly through 27e5afff09 a reply 946b23303d I haven’t b9a652bb51 written yet, 9fe888da52 but she’s 3a3a8c7488 the commander e6c1f6f006 of the 883ee06ce6 Kingdom’s knights. How busy must 5c4e01c679 she be?
 
“I can’t bother 936ec49244 her.”
 
Nodding my 4e0c2d29ce head, I d449955c83 walked with df9e65fb9f an excited 60d50d4466 heart for 7ada02a290 quite a 8fc2859c84 while, and 55992f9514 before I 987aa1949a knew it, 148486b4a6 I was 1941564298 in front 8be7204a52 of the de3a747d72 library.
 
As I pushed 82844dc10c open the grand 3a211bf949 door with force, daea7ce8c0 the well-maintained door 03e198e36a opened smoothly.
 
Inside the library, 85cde8f3fb it was pitch c9c4bcf402 dark without a 4770c085c5 single light.
 
Blinking my eyes 6b1caaf446 to adjust to dd8fd4842a the darkness, I f03c33dad6 began to vaguely 30c052fa45 see bookshelves.
 
I walked straight 5d1970915b past the sofa 206e773fd0 and table in fe591aafbe the center, heading d1622ecdc1 towards the window.
 
Creak!
 
As I pulled e8ddb3c407 the curtains, bright 7624043a0a sunlight poured in, 3b156b5f77 instantly illuminating the 24d89e5f9d once-dark space.
 
After opening the window 3af4e4d3c4 wide for ventilation and 35d1e532ba taking in a deep 8f0d22ffe0 breath of fresh air, f5dd6c63e7 I turned around to e8c3d3234a prepare for thorough cleaning.
 
“…!”
 
I froze 14bc94aef1 in place. I was so 84d227208b shocked that I 7b21827316 couldn’t even scream.
 
Disheveled silver 8d9bba6525 hair, a 28541dd801 loosely unbuttoned a0e6628360 shirt, books f3d2c90950 scattered on 293c9d2dc4 the floor.
 
The usual 6c4b108d68 chilly atmosphere 6df9789721 had vanished, 78a58527a6 and there de7a00422c was a ba40dfd6e6 man sleeping df37b2f9c8 on the e0b7574652 sofa with 5e2fe49931 a strange d805a603a4 face…
 
It was c0f526a4a0 none other dbf3c7f5b3 than Lucio.
 
‘Am I going cdad48d9db crazy? Why is he 5d64942f4e here?’
 
Technically, it was Lucio’s 2e2382d3ac house, so he was 5180d16183 free to be wherever 64989fdf15 he wanted. But I was 042e469a99 too shocked, and 35b32c474b proper thoughts couldn’t 58a89512d9 form in my bcac23c3e5 mind.
 
I pressed d9ca8db370 my chest 2a71ee7632 to calm 6a7f9eceda my trembling 252f4ffc55 heart.
 
However, I still couldn’t fd7451f672 believe my eyes.
 
I definitely 2f9b661d16 checked for 4a9939161c his presence ee1885c276 out of 65c2d554db habit when 60f8095be8 I entered, c947dfaa30 but I 57472d4572 didn’t feel f3f087ae6d anything.
 
‘What, what is dddf76a570 this! Why is he hiding a9d8a36365 his presence and sleeping!’
 
I was c37fd08901 so excited 6a70470cf1 that I 2e9c8a4e9f thought I 87a533feaf might have 48ddf21dd2 missed something, 79fb7b6684 so I a07e56581e checked again, fe7cb3f2c8 but it 3f978843b7 wasn’t the a3a594aa7a case.
 
His serene sleeping 1c972b7ddc figure, as if f2544ff1d9 deliberately concealing his 5083a6a5cf presence, was bewildering.
 
‘Yet, to 701cc6adc4 be so 2e59dda5f9 disheveled.’
 
The Lucio 5695f60432 I had 97648b05f3 seen from 0487ec5703 the past 33e58b34b2 until now 58da3b2699 always had 190ea56f20 neatly arranged 39e55786c9 clothes without 7042a4e2e6 a single 44ed11750b wrinkle, and b79a31f0d1 his hair 5706c8388d was impeccably 9f5997628f groomed. Like a perfectly crafted 9e37a3b4a6 piece of art without 507aa207d0 a hint of error.
 
‘It’s probably because it’s 9909060824 his house.’
 
That’s why he could 4dfb934d01 sleep in such a 615ae88b89 comfortable manner.
 
I realized 40c3bc4ce4 that I 712bcaf814 was disturbing 444536a9c4 his private 6733797258 time, but 7c07b9ab0a as if cd97477131 possessed, I 6e0cceeeae approached him 129ffafd42 stealthily.
 
My heart raced even aad1ccee4b more, as if I c8356aa9fe was doing something naughty.
 
When I reached b94b842d49 near the sofa, 1fabfc285a I cautiously picked cc1f77c39b up the books d5cac87904 he had dropped.
 
‘I’ll just d3597d9e52 put these d56d7ff220 back and c26695127e close the ee6f8a773b curtains again. I can f03cc175f5 clean later.’
 
I repeated a3858da74f this in e113ffc0cd my head 25d3954be4 and absentmindedly df7bed68b5 glanced at ab4d44c6d6 the cover 781594f01e of one 916a5c17f3 of the 523e04be50 books.
 
How to Befriend Fearful b80bc7e7de Animals
 
“….?”
 
Forgetting the seriousness fccfb66537 of the situation, f5800c22ee I tilted my 776c6a65b4 head and blinked.
 
The open part was cad64e8a0a explaining how to feed fc9c9909cc dogs.
 
‘Oh, so b46af28ad1 that’s his 02beb53d4b preference… dogs.’
 
I prefer cats.
 
Cats with an ac15e6cae8 aloof and playful 9df3f06958 personality like Diana.
 
I thought a8a7ca6fa5 it was 382e7855c7 an unexpected e1504f7933 preference and dbe2c769a5 carefully placed f9965d09e3 the book db299ab754 on the 8ee91741b6 table.
 
Despite his seemingly tidy e811693e48 personality, the table he 7bf2cc2a8d wrote on was piled 09ba3126a6 with newspapers and specialized 02f6ee0100 books that seemed to 6060854211 cover a month’s worth 136e9ac4f4 of reading. There were 19c537ecc7 also scattered b60de0905d papers, a 7ec77df562 fountain pen, 380d2f0b17 ink, and 73bed6196e even popular 105756faa9 romance novels 9d603ab33e that didn’t ea41806fcd seem to c66f28f098 match him 5b65b975a0 at all.
 
“….”
 
Although I had met 9d9cdd08ac him only a few d15772fcb1 times, the time I 9f3bb1de1c had known Lucio was 7d221c076c quite long, so arrogantly, 4ac7cdc7c3 I thought I knew b9d48c1487 him a little.
 
But in 9d2d11f64e just a 273f6f3d25 brief moment 300af750e4 of peeking 10e99d6c10 into his 4ceab700ae personal space, a69a540b3d everything turned 9522a8ac6f out to 6133d317d1 be unexpected.
 
With a slight 5d5920289c embarrassment for no 5e9326f040 reason, I turned 891fd821ae my head and 3f71cd9737 looked at Lucio 10cf38b71f again.
 
‘So, this 982fd80c21 man does 9227f5aa00 sleep.’
 
It was a 77df1cfb01 moment when even fffafc97f6 the obvious felt c5abf0208d new again.
 
His hair, reflecting bc2b9da0a6 the sunlight coming 2916d3dc81 through the window, 8929bf46dc sparkled like jewels, aa652d2929 and his silver 8fff450e28 eyelashes fluttered.
 
I impulsively wanted to 148c2f7293 touch those disheveled strands 0ba3b97ee7 of hair.
 
‘I wonder if 01b3a11336 they’re as thin 1209c16b9c and soft as bd1a2fafff Diana’s hair, which f5c9abd6fd I comb every d5ee9d092c day.’
 
Come to 40d8308156 think of 9696deaadc it, Lucio’s 09a9a1e872 neat and 3b1706af2b delicate facial d7162579da features with d78e24b6cf closed eyes e3fb029655 looked familiar cc016b9758 to me.
 
Usually, I d3c5724b9d didn’t notice 0f7a441320 it because 31a0aae013 of his 5d1d3bee51 cold atmosphere, 1f69a2e41d but now 1547b8685b I saw 093721f35b a resemblance cf9ca90676 to Diana’s 1e319054e0 gentle face bc62ff4020 when she 5f5888bf63 was asleep.
 
And that was fd8b01ad4d when I found 9841b57070 myself mesmerized, feeling dacfeabd1e a strange, fuzzy eebd0bc328 sensation.
 
Lucio squinted his eyes d23dfbc7ad against the sun’s warmth.
 
Without thinking, I raised 2848627919 my hand to shield 3fad06fda3 the sunlight from his e84dd4333f face.
 
But because my b3d1a2c4ac hand was so 5b233c3b8f small, the sunlight c66bbb8fb5 didn’t cover well.
 
Feeling a 671f1f361b bit disheartened f1c3dee395 by my 6d54d5f796 uselessness in 33ce3d85bf not being 1b9a0990ba able to 9a2247b4fd shield even b559eb4cb8 a small 074d2f458e ray of 74a7247ee7 sunlight, my d67f558590 heart became 408ba2ca57 anxious.
 
I felt like 9749f535c7 I should hurry 2f9bbb6c40 and go to 270387c6f6 the window, close 61f2c29813 the curtains, and 3fa59f99fe disappear.
 
Feeling a d421ff0c17 tingling sensation 6f7296e2ea in my 788ac8a3f6 palm for aeef368da7 some reason, 971423ba98 I cautiously f249978b5b lowered my b8a61fa122 hand.
 
“…Huh?”
 
I exerted all my 98ba52cb74 strength not to scream b953f0efdd and tightly sealed my 07bb8c0843 mouth shut.
 
Lucio, whom I thought c213645033 was fast asleep, opened 4a7ab7ee37 his eyes slightly and 0849bab5c6 was looking at me.
 
His gaze was as fc74abf0f9 chilly as ice.
 
“I-I was just… no, 7f53f0f45d I’m sorry…”
 
Words came 3113acc00c out in 8ce284cfc4 a jumble, 043fadf374 even though 92e49df5b4 they were 60c2dafff4 supposed to 03c045dcf9 be spoken 6c4ed5c637 by my be761825f1 mouth.
 
In my b97ee8c058 confusion, I 383307bd84 stumbled backward.
 
At that moment, db59d524c8 Lucio’s pupils dilated, e8ed4afb2e and he reached 906597341c out his hand e1aaf459ad towards me.
 
Thunk!
 
With fluttering papers, a7312a5f02 everything that was e5e8c0c692 on the table cf94bca837 fell messily to 0ed3d08ec1 the floor.
 
It was because 45f97b172d I accidentally grabbed ff0621ef11 the table while 175a78e294 stumbling, causing it 851069179e to shake.
 
‘This is the worst.’
 
I really, sincerely d6e9c6818b wanted to cry.
 
I couldn’t understand 4c5dbec341 why I always 9e9a8fb5c4 looked so foolish becca42cd1 in front of 173185d6d3 Lucio.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
I quickly e02bc51bc2 bowed down 69e1eccb48 and picked 2cb07ac161 up the c804132815 fallen newspapers, cc2b0f21ad books, and 738623e35f papers.
 
Although the ca37111050 papers he 7da853f18e had been 85c5f2c211 writing on 1a19d2fe08 were mixed e8df4ccc8b up haphazardly, 1421de08bd fortunately, I 59ae6ac3e1 had briefly bfd5b8706a glanced at 143f0c6dbc them as 0ace52d81c I passed 9acaddf69d by earlier, ba4583776a so I d738ce24ef vaguely remembered 5dfac10983 the rough bc148ec1ee order.
 
I didn’t purposely a1c805fe39 try to remember, 37e79c9aa1 but it was f5ea6089f7 a kind of 02352aeebf professional habit.
 
“I thought your major e3e9b72bdc was political science, but 0c6d56a18e it seems you’re also dd73cbf47c taking law classes.”
 
As I bccd20a986 quickly skimmed 5b9ac378a4 through the 4179783374 papers, I d286cce815 found that 6629ce9b05 they contained 5fd43acd7c summaries of e3db82df3a past murder f653c22a9f cases, possibly c29f1e566c for an a2cd0006e9 assignment.
 
“Here… I’m sorry.”
 
I swallowed my 429dfd2363 rising questions and 1dc1c6dd15 neatly placed the bd961cc77b books and papers 833e3ce3e3 I had organized 2c7e778d92 on the table.
 
Lucciolo, who 80307dcfeb had been c07517f0d0 observing my 1491b27386 actions in c988f2d049 silence, took b9d88b160b the paper 99ed6ec27d and glanced df8fce7c17 through it.
 
“Why are you here?”
 
“I-I came to 6328600d47 clean.”
 
Upon hearing my c3e8ca1d07 words, Lucciolo lowered 38883690bd the paper and 46736eedf7 scanned the cleaning 3345cf420c tools and the 5e1fe387c9 open window that 27feec5a94 I had arranged f6458e5189 near the entrance.
 
“Who told you 13deddfad3 to clean?”
 
“Huh? Well, naturally…”
 
As I was 1aec26e93f about to say 7660b6880b that I was b863e48e6d an upper-level maid 2ece1ed3e0 who assigned tasks, 76a598b0a2 the faces of 6ef336f672 the maids accompanying bbda714f87 her flashed through e8fe074f6d my mind.
 
“So you knew. That Lucciolo was acae5af25f here in the 9c6b438497 library.”
 
Considering that 2956cc317a he was 028d294e16 even sleeping d661c1ebb4 here, it a717c34abb was undoubtedly b9ffa7d563 a comfortable 2a3c98d60c place for 9a35ab6841 him.
 
Despite realizing b63e3c2af3 this, I f6ff29f416 didn’t feel 74c9159a63 surprised or d29a90ffc9 betrayed.
 
Even though we d873c6ccc4 had fought and dec1480e6a argued, I had 3ee2f141aa always trusted my eb8a82b519 comrade without a 2ce18e6e6a shred of doubt.
 
“Probably just lies from 2af142fe45 the maids who hated b6bffffc1e me all along.”
 
I lowered my head 3112a9a237 and spoke to Lucciolo, 6c79a0d1b6 who was looking at 6afb87228d me intently.
 
“I didn’t know cad8c6642e you were here, d64f2e4b56 my lord. I was d222cfd2cd about to fc6695cbff leave…”
 
“You didn’t leave immediately 2b3a135b4f after seeing me.”
 
“…”
 
For a moment, f4dd56d92f I was at f2d8b8f630 a loss for 1054e7df6c words.
 
‘Right, I stumbled right 4c20e0e5d5 in front of you, 37946e8675 fell to the ground, 8b48c6a4c6 and caused a commotion.’
 
Sighing deeply, I 72f2586f75 reluctantly responded.
 
“I’m sorry.”
 
“What for?”
 
“For sneaking 89080898b9 a peek 5d966ccbd0 at you, ba3e7e61eb my lord.”
 
At that moment, his 77dc4349f4 proud and beautiful face d461e60b45 burst into laughter.
 
‘Are you teasing 2458ff0656 me now?’
 
Seems like he has 58e84f4d6c a mischievous side more 3bc5d06403 than I expected.
 
Feeling a c9faeb984c slight sense e37bfc527d of embarrassment, 646049fb70 I planned 26e1cf9d43 to say fd9d1e46f6 that I bd4caa315f would leave 827e604222 now.
 
“You know e145659a91 how to c96c29e1d5 read.”
 
He turned his 1492349b32 gaze back to eb1e6823a9 the paper he bbe0bbe5c4 was holding.
 
“You seem b2283d2320 to know 2fd7b7b0a1 many difficult 0745e1708a words. How far did you 6384c70c5d understand?”
 
I couldn’t e28095be28 grasp the 7c5f8f456a intention behind 2dd5473244 his question.
 
‘Could it be 29e36c5f8e something I shouldn’t e173d973dc know?’
 
I simply thought 309833fe8e it was just c82b8c7364 an assignment.
 
My mind ac08849171 became confused 4389f0a7a5 in an 39922f440d instant.
 
“Just a little, honestly, c0710914d3 I don’t know much.”
 
I decided to evade a46dcafdd3 the question for now.
 
As I 7ed21a9757 bowed my 236a74ce9f head and 66830ca7fe prepared to af57eb606d leave quietly, c09c4cba90 he grabbed 4e702b10d2 me again, 5290a7012b as if 29d1a57185 trying to e6dab08778 stop me.
 
“So you’re running f2b36ac4a3 away.”
 
He opened his mouth 7f875d4d7e again.
 
“From whom?”
 
“…”
 
I didn’t 8a0d34f40b know what a450272068 to answer, c77d9e665b and my 934c094a02 mouth went e3884328b0 dry. He let out a ad1b64f0be weak sigh.
 
Without realizing 8ab5391d80 it, my 5d0befb41d shoulders twitched.
 
‘Is he 23f2041391 angry, by 88ddefe39e any chance?’
 
Finally, I 91480f14fa realized that ed2cb26ff2 the maids 0279dd56ca didn’t send 244527e6a9 me here 722acbb988 for no f08c4308ac reason.
 
Throughout the time, the 131dc7a34b Duke of Elad and b8039d8c98 his family treated me 4d0295437a so well that I 1b81e2571f unknowingly considered Lucciolo to c6d3df8165 be a forgiving superior 1c6d6e97e3 as well.
 
When I looked at 33a7a3a19d him, trying to read 26c8656742 his reaction, his usually 9ee55fceeb cold expression seemed a ee3bb40cbd bit gloomy.
 
Startled by my b4b6b83e60 ridiculous thought, I d8edd98d51 raised my head, 6f542e5cc9 but Lucciolo shook d359215d5c the bell on 081c0f59a2 the table.
 
‘Oh… He must be 579f9458d7 calling someone to scold c044fd821c and chase me away.’
 
Feeling dizzy, I 83b8b82322 tightly closed my d71401d5fd eyes.
 
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