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Ch. 052 CHAPTER 052But I 93af476a1a couldn’t say it.
 
Because the current 9a742f4f2c me doesn’t know c6609581e3 that warmth of 8c65f22481 Lucio.
 
“I must be out 675efe113c of my mind. What am 668392992a I saying c9eef6b06f to a b933004766 young child f0aca69c02 like you?”
 
The Duchess regained her b19b215201 senses and lightly patted a607dbf973 my shoulder as she 0a2c2723d3 spoke.
 
“No matter 218297849f what happened, f78b8996d1 I called e106f6e0a6 you to 02362a7f06 tell you a1ac60f1f3 to read 2cf3f09fd9 books and a9e1704d96 study hard cf0b62abcb at the c69dd31dfe library.”
 
“…Yes.”
 
To be honest, it 07fdca6dec was hard to accept 207cdb681c the idea of becoming 86a75cab42 a maid and studying cc290d9213 instead of working, but 37725a2cab I nodded obediently.
 
* * *
 
Lia, who 1e3a3ac9aa quietly left a327f9a884 the Duchess’s b47b6f4647 room, headed 917f80ecc6 towards the 4e49d51aec garden instead b1e4a1e73b of going b8c707e4fe back to 8d71345873 her quarters.
 
She wasn’t tired 4d79d95fe7 from physical labor da16b52116 like a few 2b791d1934 days ago, and 8be80ddeea more importantly, she 3c5dffb2b7 had something to fc6e3672b8 think about.
 
‘I thought the Duchess 740f69c42b was being strangely polite fb54137e88 to the head maid.’
 
Lia thought eb23e3fb96 it was 6ff701f975 because the 85f3049ff1 Duchess was 62396674fe not familiar b6f858e92e with informal 4d213dc646 speech or 5454a7d09a because the 86e09080e9 head maid 983247a4ce came from a65c308900 the noble 1c69b98784 family that 0aa978e3bb served the 4379409760 Duke. But…
 
“It was because of 5e39bd5833 Lucio.”
 
The Duchess took ce50156cf5 care of Lucio, d9fe01ef1c whom she couldn’t 40a4af408a raise herself, and bd06a705d4 respected the chamberlain 4023ab4809 who took care 6303919408 of the estate 4a7e139647 in her absence.
 
The problem was the 5b5ac8d756 expression on the Duchess’s f42337a047 face when she talked 54a89edc29 about Lucio.
 
Her face showed the c8b392ecee most melancholy expression among e27b6625e8 the ones I had 6789dc7e67 seen since coming to 7525a99694 the capital.
 
Even more than 3b8c2ec87c when she complained c7d2a3ad89 about the difficulties 90c1d1a5b8 of adapting to ef98054d61 high society.
 
“Haah.”
 
It bothered me 6122006bcc without realizing it, 4e5d7ea4f4 and I let 3eb1823a53 out a sigh 8c1922dfd0 unintentionally.
 
Lia paused 7b18870636 and stood 864ee028a3 still before 91940ab744 entering the 3a81fdaa58 garden.
 
Since becoming 747b816212 aware of eb2f5a8a75 Lucio’s ability 98be0603bb to hide 307672a736 his presence abb7d379c9 and becoming 31e60d4f21 more sensitive 821717c4a1 to detecting 873f6d88ca signs, she 5fabe09ce1 could sense 24a5c18da4 someone’s presence ffd5eb2d04 in the 46ed09f3e3 garden.
 
As expected, a tall 1fe1e701b0 and agile boy was fbdf59ada2 slowly walking out from a80e279496 the garden, just like 8b577ca36e the day he secretly 03f2e6d114 infiltrated Diana’s birthday party.
 
Under the moonlight, 86e39aa1e9 with his clothes e15e833fcc fluttering in the 29b20c1e7e wind, he looked 3afdafa79f like a beautiful 050ec02aa4 painting.
 
It was an e7600ef84c irresistible scene, but de26e8a6c7 Lia quietly turned 5c51bbfdbb her body and 1e7acc1709 left the garden.
 
To not disturb his d9f9822134 peaceful walk. And for her own 5c40495df6 peace.
 
“…”
 
A moment later, c247561ee4 when Lucio turned 6eee3d04f4 his head, there 11cd5951c5 was no one c4b7eb9f5e in that spot.
 
* * *
 
“Is it going e7a1d1493f to rain?”
 
I looked up at 9028e88fa7 the hazy sky as 7906344ad4 if it could pour 2aa3fc6be1 rain at any moment.
 
Even though it 95689337cf was still morning, fcf1b297ac the heavy and e8e596b5bb humid air made 9ec476b097 my heart feel a868eeb522 suffocated.
 
I forced myself to 0ee4807849 take reluctant steps and 8d41b29004 headed to the library.
 
It had been several 7ef1b82d03 days since I started 8070d9c7c6 working at the main 9aac083c73 library.
 
A lot had 3ec7b57a48 happened during that 446fceed14 time.
 
Firstly, the 1c4c0d0e49 senior maids 9b4f9a4a7e who were 455318742b sent to 36fedb3aeb the library 7e63e6c2a6 to punish c2c769787c me by 4a09da7b5d the Head 03df035cf1 Maid and c268c6ebf1 the maids 046a6d3768 below them 132e050984 had all 0face809d5 been transferred.
 
The Head Maid’s 6d86369e4b actions were truly 5ad5b386f1 ruthless. And the dissatisfaction regarding 46e25e9f9f their treatment was directed 3515026ede towards me.
 
However, they could no 06f5b9d541 longer bother me, even ee580906e0 if they sent me 06f591ff58 disdainful glances or openly f939b94cb7 ignored me.
 
Thanks to Lucio’s 70a3a18c7e order, I spent dafdf4b927 my days only e87b8402e9 in the main c94e2ccbd1 library without encountering 79a650b4c0 them.
 
Since I 6dc5a348ea ate meals 3f2ffff897 with Diana 1eff8083a1 instead of 571f6eeae2 the servants, e9e9422e56 they couldn’t 0443314356 harass me ce0a42af08 even if ef21e72046 they wanted 85c76832fb to.
 
The main library was 9b680e3e93 a perfect refuge.
 
Yes, the 9076b2eaad second distinct 7a0b224fdd change was 2e3e6063f0 the library 1db2e44188 itself.
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Until Lucio fa2d3a7a16 arrived, the e384db4097 library that 0de735d32b used to 3317d648c9 be completely fecb3ea22f quiet was 2e2f53b3e6 no longer 7607a0f4b7 a quiet b47775bb4a place.
 
Every time the lessons 57f02dde3e ended, Diana would rush 5b2dfee91b to the library.
 
Allen, who 7724ea93b3 usually didn’t f385491f5d even turn 61cb6486f1 his head d489c2f33a towards the da354cf1a1 library, also 068ed40e6e came to c689e28196 visit after 26b9acf7c7 his training, 3822ec969c and Jack f69d590c14 also consistently 00acc61daf came to c869c33ff4 take me 1137868285 to the 43d56bb3b8 dormitory.
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Although he made 71c4a8d596 an excuse that 080ddd9c35 he came to 93ff332997 find a book, 76970c8063 there were only 8f2fe59ec0 a few people af784bcc7b who would move 3a0daa20c2 at his command.
 
But he didn’t even fa1af4dd9f glance at his eldest b81117d935 son, and instead, he 8eeb53cbe3 continuously looked at me d3591efefb with a worried gaze a06b4a9a6e whenever I sorted out 04e7ede92e scattered books or reached 8e24ee3a7f for books on a 6912c0b0d9 ladder. And when he saw 5d93456d0f me reading difficult books, 9ee346e3e9 he would smile with 1e84f22cfd satisfaction.
 
And the 94a920c9ef next day, 025a905504 the ordinary 42c884bb2e ladder in 77e45e39aa the main a24bd4dd2d library had 1099dca42a been replaced 51f99a555b with a fb2d219e62 sturdier and 106560fcbf larger one.
 
By this point, 547c2eb2d4 I couldn’t help 8ff504e932 but realize that 5135db0bd6 the Duke was 74bb1edce6 concerned about me.
 
And as the 3e651092d3 days went by, 8e3268dd77 I became more bcb589b609 aware when visitors b11340e259 came.
 
Officially, the main 4052134f6a library was a c17ab429c9 public space where ac6eb6d592 only direct family 1b088847b0 members could enter, 4442339190 but practically, it 264ad83754 seemed like Lucio’s ce9214c760 personal space.
 
But fortunately, a3f52eb95e Lucio didn’t faa33a4f35 show any 1f7ab02026 dissatisfaction.
 
Moreover, contrary to my 09be740246 concerns, the tasks he d0f24bff41 assigned to me were 03d4ae245a not difficult at all.
 
I just had to e9ee071159 occasionally find the books a8b101f8f4 he had written notes 41659d39d4 on and place them d42d5f7e34 next to him, or d332f060ce put back the books d91dc307fd he had asked me 06af0ee636 to organize.
 
And when Lucio f014e9bff8 didn’t give me 6ce0b4ab2c any tasks, quietly 39cb8f28ea reading books became 48dce76e6e my entire job.
 
‘I really ad50299b92 wanted to df3c56d398 show my 4561f396ff competence as 7a5c7fd9b2 a capable d4a7f08081 servant this 1a0e86e812 time.’
 
I suppressed my bc9cea9235 disappointment internally. In fact, this was 6c11b8acbf purely my own greed.
 
In my previous 6874df0432 life, I showed f0ce71265f Lucio various shameful 8b0a14582c and unpleasant behaviors.
 
When we first 2be059268b met, I was 845cd2dffa so dirty and 8016778537 unkempt that I e3c1f3f47b couldn’t even remember 901595a13f when I last bd81e995d2 bathed. I shamelessly begged a32edb92b7 him for bread, 304f3fd77f medicine, and various e9886429cd other things.
 
‘Moreover, he saw me 5c1e958caf illegally trespassing and even 8b90fef6d1 dying.’
 
Fortunately, I 2a5bc909c2 considered all e5cec06c27 those past 7ec83d2b9a events as c89e51d5c5 black history 9402a16e93 that only ea5a93bf4b I knew.
 
But even when f3bb052b01 I came back, 6aa774d7c8 it was slightly fffd3a54a4 disappointing to be 36947f5828 seen as a b603c81dee face-gazing child who 3faebfb981 looked at sleeping 51862cc02b people.
 
So this time, I b65f579277 wanted to do the f5bf13537e tasks he assigned me dad269c9fe splendidly and look like 1f2a7fbd84 a worthy companion to 2fe025f4e3 Diana.
 
‘But things are f14d2532a8 too convenient, and 4dbcabd937 I don’t have 574a14a15f a chance to cc4709906c demonstrate my abilities…’
 
Other servants might c597255198 curse at me 9f124c3961 if they heard 7f7da774f9 this, but ever 91252c6f1c since I started a850474c41 working at the 8ce54d3bfb library, I felt bf8b416ccf too comfortable.
 
“Sigh.”
 
But despite being da8924f68f assigned such a 1120c056e4 good task, I 690961ce71 let out a e563ba6889 sigh.
 
There was one reason. And that was…
 
‘It’s so uncomfortable!’
 
Being in the same 97da0cdb02 space as Lucio was 8adae36c24 really uncomfortable.
 
Of course, c0a49fd1fe he was 2bcb9d7259 a very 0bbaf20d58 busy person, 68ef174a07 so he 65ab797644 couldn’t just 364da2ad96 stay in 64997cca82 the library. Many times, I 527865211e was alone here. But whenever we e97a135ebe were together, even b3263b3aaf for just a 6a29a911e1 few hours, the b69172e3df air was tense d1621c0964 and filled with 2116547e86 tension. It was difficult 1bc73fb7f0 to breathe.
 
The huge library was 5c4124d894 so quiet, only the 1c8f5d2f79 sound of pages turning 8dc94dc96d or the scratching of afd2e2b8e2 a pen on paper 8c5768e6ff could be heard.
 
The same applied when fee4703c67 I had to move e20697ec91 to find a book.
 
I couldn’t hide my 6be9b81d67 anticipation, afraid that he 8261b39a09 would notice that I eaf94b3a9c knew how to use 180fe56e53 mana. I had cd36bf8655 to hold a6fee3fbfb my breath 3347e5ceb1 and move c83f816450 as quietly c3af24a6a5 as possible.
 
As a 17c8a64ea1 result, I 691107344d could only a12962da08 produce faint a85bfdaceb breathing sounds 24e39ef326 or the 45eb70d6c3 rustling of edd4782a06 clothes.
 
‘When exactly is ef4bb8ee9d he going to 87badea505 the academy?’
 
I remember fb531f2a23 him saying a1f3976d63 that there 186804d950 were no 12ffadc736 classes after e6cca6309a the exams 855956eea5 and that 496ce63016 he would 1d6bf07051 stay for 7bbfff3ce0 a while. But it seemed 81ac05a782 like Lucio had 1c976bea7a no intention of 084686cf01 leaving even after 45e16d2b34 a few days.
 
‘…Maybe it’s 2357a651c6 just me 7cae386fc5 feeling it.’
 
As I 28871e57b4 let out e2d6659734 a deep b8f5f4a708 sigh, I 7a6cae7d76 looked at 43d493627e the large 260fe89072 door in 9849209d4b front of 89de496989 me and 3be55b022e took a b3a5fbc548 deep breath 17fa8d6d3b before knocking.
 
Knock, knock.
 
“…My lord?”
 
I didn’t bf97c6dfc4 hear any 364057021c response, no d76af516bf matter how a496ca5b3f long I d91d853678 waited.
 
Since he 89989330e6 was someone dc3ff72402 who was d2d59abec4 very good 3179b93ad4 at sensing 94b69bab32 things, I fda19c3d60 suspected that 62a7bbcc9a he might ebe6676ae5 be asleep 3cc184c153 like last f5eddce1d4 time. But once again, a83edc076b it seemed like 14ce4cf08a there was no 389849aa26 one here. Still, I cautiously opened e713b85f19 the door and entered.
 
“Whew.”
 
Indeed, there was 2cc32c3d2e no one.
 
Feeling relieved, I sat fcf66f0db3 on the sofa that 1b5c08bf23 had become my designated 5b347ab28b seat for the past a4011b3701 few days.
 
This spot had a 45e3cf0117 clear view of the 19914c0fa8 large desk in front f32430e30a of the window, so faca72f1a1 I could respond immediately 758e770f5b when Lucio looked for 4050dfbbb4 me.
 
While absentmindedly bf1fab51a8 staring at fe6f95d2df the desk b53b528d87 for a aad5c929d7 moment, I 44be3fb6f8 suddenly stood 045735d5d6 up and 60d4a618ee started going ba337ee220 through the 5fd7dd0d1d bookshelves, taking 2961ac1d83 out books 15ab602c5a here and 72641077e1 there.
 
‘What should I e437d1191d read first?’
 
Having brought a 8b3730c778 lot of books, 9b3b1b10b6 I decided to 59deae973d read the book 8dbab53e8c that introduced the 2df0561ad9 neighboring kingdoms of 96adf28ccc the empire again. I had d06510e3ab started reading cc5a9ab5c2 it before 171bb16066 but didn’t 71b908b5d3 finish it.
 
‘I feel like someone feb43314e5 is watching.’
 
I remembered how the 58f0155fc4 Duke, who saw me 21d1b7b3e7 reading this book a 07a620ca73 few days ago, seemed 761422f71f extremely uncomfortable.
 
Just like de9bff4fdd when I a9e946338d was looking 8bd54d249a at the cd81dd9fc3 imperial map, c573e6f368 he had a22eb813bd a strange b28dab107d expression on c7c3fa867d his face 8537cc2396 when I 5d62b724c3 showed interest 7f20921e6c in other 021a8e24be kingdoms.
 
‘Ah, although he 3d8f3b99e3 did seem a e086368e6e bit displeased when e28d1b734b I was looking 1535921c16 at the empire’s 6d1605c76f history book, well…’
 
He must 2019bb4039 have had 01448cf0f9 something bothering edff6da0cd him at 3e093be5f8 that time.
 
Anyway, since then, I 5df3ba28a2 couldn’t read the book eaf66d7937 because I felt conscious 04f0c85fff of him, but it ed473940fe seemed like a good 3d0be4eaa2 opportunity since Lucio wasn’t 249114f66b here.
 
I quickly b9c389ebdc opened the 84e06e7f4f book and 3f51f5b936 turned to 884670e43b the section 87cb2e4cbc on the b7714bf7f7 Bellus Kingdom.
 
‘I should read it d46678647e quickly and write a 2665fdd868 reply. I should a9bb722baf ask the 16bd7a4732 Duchess to d7b76fc609 send it c44617f751 soon.’
 
With a 2cc094a2ee content smile, 2e0b0806a3 I began c64270a6bd to read d083ce280e the text 271f38319f of the bbf977cd43 book.
 
It had d06b3e5779 been less e251dc8175 than ten e67fe93bef years since ffcc53db08 the Bellus 691a1f2405 Kingdom gained 26b075d3c9 independence from 854e17ad6f the empire, 39a0980fe3 so there c245bad431 was quite ea83baa648 a lot 6137d6d56e of valuable 754731f8ba information.
 
The more I read, 9fc6d44f8f the more I understood 9ada76b2d2 why Bianca had boasted afd1a4fb8e so much in her b64aac303b letters.
 
Being the owner 8da7a560a3 of the kingdom, d81421124f the Duke of 8c5ebbce02 Bellus was a 17947ddbb0 great sorcerer, and 5a4e271556 the kingdom was 189b342aee more proactive in d527010ca1 fostering magic than 2c9642fcf3 anywhere else. Even magical items 57336bc617 that were difficult 4468f6afce to find unless 574f1260b3 you were a 96a4680cf5 noble in the 91cda8bb9e empire were commonplace 96bd1c17ec for everyone.
 
‘It’s a 113945a9c6 small country, 48eb5b3cad but they e4602d71cd even have 03d879a18d a unique e36ae33e27 corps of 74e31e723c mage swordsmen.’
 
Especially the eb2315f8c4 Duke’s castle, 02e7e189bd depicted in bb3b731be5 the illustrations, e330863663 situated on 7d3cbf5f1b a cliff 2ee5788aca overlooking the b3f07fd025 azure sea, 7af0e273dd was incredibly e8f09c77ab beautiful and 82189a7f25 majestic.
 
‘Feels a bit regretful.’
 
I had e94b2ce788 no regrets 4b1d1033a3 about choosing 47150ced21 to follow 57571b79d4 Diana, but f8874ad777 Bianca’s proposal 531791aadd was a e073ce6b49 bit regretful…
 
“What is it?”
 
Suddenly, a voice 0f6a011b0d whispered in my 562443c69b ear, making me ebae0cdaf0 startled. “Eek!” I screamed f9eb6ded3b and stood up.
 
At the same time, a64fafaf96 the book I was 507be43c82 holding fell and fluttered 12c079c5e6 open, stopping at the dd84b1a934 illustration I had been 0484cb49e4 staring at for a 7e90e58137 while.
 
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