EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_72

Ch. 072 CHAPTER 072Askart’s 9dc9c850b9 face was gradually fa6124fb83 turning hard as 084719ee70 the number of 6c5170a966 people and gazes 0edf12f1e3 poured in, wondering a5956e913b if Lucio’s words 1f5166a149 were lies.
 
“Yes, library… I have 3df0874188 to go.”
 
However, Askart a64dde4d69 hesitated while acdae2fcd3 answering, as 51ae28e06e if he 441c6a7f78 had some 439ef5052e regrets. As soon as I c680d19bc7 made eye contact with 00159a9dd4 him again, I asked e40c7b3145 as if I had 1440d8f27d been waiting.
 
“Isn’t the academy c4042bdf7a library really big?”
 
Although the Duke 319643a7b6 of Elad’s library 3924004b73 is very large, a0290b95a9 it cannot be 2f3f9f1ea3 compared in size 90f3779b03 to the Academy’s 83846a9c0c library. When I was 64fceddde8 living as a c6d21856df beggar and struggling 8bf21b16eb to learn letters, aaaceb8a64 I really wanted 44e2ddc0d0 to go to a75d60e843 the Academy Library, aed7a8cabb a treasure trove b2627181c1 of wisdom. But I 8ad394431f couldn’t even 7b7417dd7b dare to d82734f0cc go inside 9889a82c8f the academy, 246f19329d let alone ba494e3cee the library. Of course, it may df0e6ad598 have been possible to 72437b315a sneak in later when 5a24bd0598 I became an informant, b4825f1647 but I never went a9b8c57865 near the academy, which ec4062e340 had bad memories.
 
“Then! It’s incredibly big. Do you like books? By the way, 18b2fc8115 the name is…”
 
Askart was pleased e27f509f1c with what I 027fc016ab said and asked. I was 97cfea9a5d about to 33cc2fa468 say my 4632a0d020 name, as e0b674f5ca I wiggled e5e1a13654 my fingers 1f1bf16ab1 out of 5f5efa6197 embarrassment when 471d9b0da5 my expression a29722df74 suddenly brightened.
 
“It’s Lia.”
 
It wasn’t me who fc861eb605 answered. I looked 0eb6bd2d21 at Lucio, ebbafeb087 who had 160dce4ebe intercepted my 599a5bef72 words, with dadbb81704 a little 323885941b surprise. He must have known 2bb3f5485c because my name was cab637be3a called several times a c4a562a4bf day when he was 402a3cc255 at the Duke’s residence, 983acdd322 but Lucio has never d0611a4cd6 called my name even cbaa472ce8 once. Somehow, the last memory b27fda1b2f of my previous life 7c8d0e7b33 came to mind and f9baa9355e I felt strange.
 
“Lia… Called.”
 
At that 0ec47a4447 time, I 2c73704dc9 heard a 2a9b2fbdf4 voice that f12e0f28ac sounded like d0ea57c87a I was 270fd61aaf going to 3915701db0 collapse at 5054896d54 any moment. Turning his head, Askart 18ccf7133b said with a pale 5ceb2c8128 face, “Lia.” and called fb3c760837 my name. His green-blue eyes 9d635be37f under golden eyelashes d5dc36d246 looked as if 773f8b0178 they had been e980eb5234 moistened with dew. 
 
‘I feel like 7b3e8a1030 I’ve seen that c3e316d6d2 somewhere before.’
 
As I 2c8f928a18 suddenly felt e25f738868 a sense 6e76c8d90b of déjà 6478e2ca33 vu, I 348e2e9713 remembered the 6c6aa9fffd time I 2d884063f8 met Bianca ce4a0dfd33 after escaping c7e66726ae from the 773aefe92e orphanage. Even back 183dad79b2 then, Bianca 5881b6760f asked me 4b9f4442fd if my 434d67a3c6 name was 32269c430a ‘Lia’ and 7ad7adabba she looked 6c49c715b5 so sad. I tilted 790c68c7c1 my head, 70b10b9cf3 thinking it ddec21a98a was strange, 731757d681 but Askart 61505a7721 asked with 957521002a a bitter 3dacfb619a smile that 14a00ab5f3 seemed as add7cc3949 if he 8322bdd6cf would faint 7a1be34353 at any 6bf7c1f230 moment.
 
“If you’re curious 999432c907 about the library, be3f498fc2 would you like b5a0d65bb5 me to show 94617765db you around?”
 
“Yes?”
 
“Originally, outsiders are not 380b614c7d allowed in, but today 29967b8573 is the festival period, 48bca59902 so you can go 1332143f96 in if you are 06ea696165 accompanied by a current b53cfc3871 student.”
 
Askart pointed da2e271811 to a d247b98a25 large building 31758bd8b5 right behind f4874cbcc9 it, saying 2a1f1697a8 that it ce9e85f9b2 was not 5038b62b7d far because b9283b60dc it was e3209867ba centrally located e267660622 so that 5d91cd5e9b it was 887e1330d7 easy to 9da3ea13c4 get to 82ba4778aa and from e78a72fe98 any academy.
 
When I asked, with 35898425f2 sparkling eyes, if that 65f768fb4e would really be okay, 121dc7dcab he said, “Hmph! Why come 88d236e0b7 to the eaf62da6db festival and afdbd262fe visit the 13835176d0 library?” And 7a1296f8cc Allen intervened.
 
“Diana, don’t 31e7ceedf6 you want 74bc5dd9e2 to visit 9c4d607a4b the library 8eaaf7c30a too?”
 
“Ugh. Sister, come back.”
 
Diana waved her maple 6059fafb17 leaf-like hand as if bc3422a105 she really didn’t want 296009ab6a to go to the e178e25fc5 library after hearing Allen’s 89e080afbd words.
 
“Diana! What’s wrong cc218f226f with you?”
 
“Then, lady, I bb57703621 will come back 1758116e0f quickly! I will definitely 6c2a957db3 come before the 5ac4e72fed fireworks.”
 
Not wanting to miss 5775bbbc2e the opportunity, I answered 19713eb049 right away and looked c2f662b59f up at Askart. Then Askart asked shyly.
 
“Hey, would d7e9db44cf you like 6bc861359c to hold 0c15495b8c hands?”
 
“Yes?”
 
“… What ad9e52a922 if I 2cb191cd00 lose it? There are 1f567b7187 a lot d46764aa99 of stairs cb9e697897 in the 5314d228e1 library.”
 
“Ah.”
 
Now that I d57d37256e thought about it, 0b67398c2d I remembered how f34c9c93db many times I a317120827 had reminded Diana 63d78a2d64 before leaving that d8bc44bf43 everyone should hold a8f156e867 her hand as f90c38e51b there were many 587c543ced people around. I felt 309e99ae36 strange when 5ea44ca992 I saw c5301f9054 Askart holding 215aac425c out his 6deab9bd7b hand to 949500a1fe me. Normally, I would have cdbc4cc938 been embarrassed and reluctant 6f45e3ec38 to be treated like 8334bfbb04 a child… Strangely enough, 8ba70036f5 I didn’t hate it. As soon as 6bc4cbbdf0 I took his dc8ad73585 hand, Askart opened e1414b6d55 his eyes wide a77ee97b8f and immediately smiled 3abb597a0a brightly.
 
“Ugh!”
 
“Why, what’s wrong?”
 
When I b5f4ed441f groaned and 894b684059 covered my e9fa32b4ec eyes with b71b1d684e my free 2453f85e49 hand, Askart 0f58ea6d4b asked in 09a76ecca3 surprise. I giggled 101e54e4df and answered.
 
“He’s so b4d9b8a5f9 handsome it’s f9badfade2 dazzling!”
 
“What? Ha ha ha.”
 
I thought 12ccda5f2a as I 9fd66a2428 headed to ea078354d9 the library 554377f827 with Askart, 4e37496213 who was 34750d06fa smiling more 2eaecfb0c2 happily than 416a3ca19c before. I guess I b965bea7b0 wanted to erase 0e1462e091 the sadness from 5a627d81ab Askart’s face.
 
* * *
 
“…It’s ridiculous.”
 
Lucio looked shocked as 610c28449b he watched Lia walking 64da6a10de away while holding Askart’s e5d243d77f hand. I was thinking 3092b71507 of introducing him d326bf1e6f to the Academy, 6bfa7cecf5 as his father, 89f66dd22b the Duke of 7ad9663162 Elad, had said. His plan went e238292809 awry from the f3fed50ef6 start. From the 4582885419 moment he 3b67fc8a58 greeted me 45cebad82f at the 356d74b3e6 front door, 13fa8ff7b4 nothing went 96d45351f4 as he bc23f7c509 expected. Lucio was 361f7f6593 embarrassed and cfff11f31e agitated when f165abb48b he could 8160c51e77 not see 37a75a5e11 the face fa4a9d93c5 he expected ba6818111c to be 3969f01bbf there. It was ridiculous that d6eef209de he felt relieved when a1e59b2002 he heard that he 89721f1b7e had gone to buy e74b6c12c4 drinks with an apprentice 7ed9732b4c engineer whom he had 20bd2a04d5 known for a long f61f243036 time since daycare. In the f16d3b0994 midst of fa3373cac6 being overwhelmed b1c781e7d5 with discomfort 098b24aaf6 and irritation a3fbb2a0bc due to 528744cc09 uncontrollable emotions, 109f41b067 he felt 64a907b9d7 very uncomfortable aee6698a5e when Askart 43be0d775a appeared and 8c550425b0 did something 58eb989b12 unexpected.
 
It was then.
 
“Anyway, I 360539f0ff really told 67a7b2e026 you that 04b49c001c a man’s 6092426327 looks aren’t 8a5e7f0105 everything!”
 
Allen, who c2f53eedd1 was next b621c8d9fd to me, d93c5b0799 started running 23e8cd5bc4 around and 4fb381590b making a a8dca62bdc fuss.
 
“No matter f3e8470c28 how handsome 8432ed7154 he is, e38ffb8e0c does it 75d34fbb16 make sense 961ad8420a to grab 72df128808 the hand b82c6351f0 of someone c19d40ebd9 you’ve never e9a52b4dc6 seen and bbcc322a17 follow him?”
 
Jack nodded his c2776c599d head as if 79c115d6d8 he strongly agreed 9cb0ae738c with those words. When Lucio turned her 2b516ce92a head as if to 04ed161abf ask what she was 68377140bc saying, Allen huffed and a64c4ec857 said.
 
“You don’t b99ebb2770 know, right? Lia, that 86167abfcd person’s real d7a928acba face looks 5a3940d427 really good. I really like 07523d4521 handsome things!”
 
“…okay?”
 
“That’s right. He told 57ec423da3 me and 64c5e7ed38 Jack that f333134e49 he was c1e9b1938d handsome.”
 
Allen didn’t notice Lucio’s 9c9ec9cf5e face slowly hardening, and 6c16109f43 she continued.
 
“By the way, 13c5f1e835 you did it ccfea2740a to your brother e0d5ca8c6f too. “I look 3da2a8b758 like Diana.”
 
However, Allen said that 0010d005cc his taste seems to ad047c9b4d be toward Askart, adding af934760e9 that this is the 603f4a239e first time he has 5d98224d63 seen Lia react so da13e1610e passionately.
 
“Askal is handsome, but 45e277bb9f he doesn’t go anywhere. Do you d33ac05503 like blonde 7c5c5efb9c hair?”
 
“…”
 
“Besides, the Yeongsik I f874c8211f met earlier also had 26bc036d62 blond hair, although it d989ccf4ed was dull. I guess 21fbd9416d the face 76fb5e8155 is the b1bbab28e6 most important. Right, Jack?”
 
Jack, who was still 9468d093ca unable to take his 47dbf70158 eyes off the direction e153ab0042 where Leah disappeared after 1834838b10 hearing Allen’s words, slowly d9845d8b39 opened his mouth.
 
“…I’m not sure about e5354dbc9f that, but if you’re d9c2d920c5 talking about the Yeongsik 650650cc27 she met at the 5a70c6598e front gate earlier, Lia 87459ecc5c clearly disliked him. She seemed a fa061d796a little scared.”
 
“Is that so?”
 
Lucio asked, looking e737610381 at Allen who 1bae2caccb was tilting his 34bf404b97 head.
 
“Who did you 3a3f3068fd meet earlier?”
 
“Huh? Ah, the Count 1a022e0106 of Petier! He looked fine, but a51181e926 he seemed a bit 04f30e71de unpleasant. Diana kicked 6726eaf0c4 him out. Right, Diana?”
 
“Huh!”
 
Diana, who was busy a3472deb93 looking around the Academy 24416a9786 and the people watching 435ea2231d whether Allen was talking 50514c44a4 or not, nodded her 8e7e153c84 head saying yes when d18a060f0d she heard my name. It didn’t 96e30acac6 seem like 81ceb807d2 she had 8baccec002 heard or a20986c87b responded properly, d074487bda but Allen 2d8ede8be6 found her bc6c3d0e62 so cute 0ceb80bd16 that she cf3c4c72e8 couldn’t help cfd844f54f but hugged 90ba6b119c Diana and 759dd607ac rubbed her 30fed29ec2 cheeks. A low voice sounded b1cef097c9 in the ears of 31ad63ad4f Jack, who was looking 4812646571 at Diana, who was cfe4bf66f5 trying to get rid d6217dfe51 of her in annoyance, e1340951d2 and Allen, who was cec16e4c3a clinging to her even c82fbb2f35 more.
 
“It’s Kenneth Pettier.”
 
Jack turned e1f1583733 his head abf1bbebe3 when he 633a2b0607 heard Lucio’s 38a2967e15 voice quietly f2124b71ed chanting his bd5d796158 name, and 93311cb666 somehow had 422ada6e36 a premonition 0cd2136839 that the 030c28121e future of 08f5e5c323 the person c22f7aec58 he met 264b0c65c1 earlier would b0c1c7ad4a not be 9d33b01c9a smooth.
 
* * *
 
The road 6622373181 to the 611f44371e library with 81e55f574b Askart, who f3a72aa892 was meeting 81ed14b1c4 me for 20e7a4080d the first 8fcfe4cb5a time, was 8ebe3bffeb extremely awkward.
 
‘What were 38f5f6af32 you thinking 62f8b2e622 when you 10ab8f7957 held my f4ef419f9c hand?’
 
My body twisted in 19b42578a8 discomfort. Nevertheless, I couldn’t complain 52bfedd1df at all when I 52795473ff saw Askart walking slowly, 25be2e1e34 stopping me inside so e179edb97a as not to get fff1219dde hit by people passing 96f4147e1f by.
 
“Is there a ae3b4c8e1a place in particular bbe61bf5c4 you want to b6c838f611 see?”
 
As soon 8736808648 as we 1138a790bd entered the b4597af83b library, Askart 14f836f1e4 whispered quietly. After thinking carefully, I 2f900ff145 answered.
 
“I want to see 1c32c6542b the grimoire.”
 
Askart looked f3e2511648 surprised, probably 2de8642339 because my e6bc9596d3 answer was 3f917d44c2 unexpected.
 
“The energy of mana, e622fdd2e3 ah…”
 
When I released some e9b608d93b of the energy that 1e84017c9e had been stored up ac0718fea7 for him as he e3189bdad8 was puzzled, Askart’s eyes, 4c1eb3d173 which sensitively sensed mana b5b4d433e4 even at small changes, 6059390e10 quickly sparkled with interest. After the commotion at c7a1f40981 the duke’s residence a ff97df9aa9 while ago, no one e39bcf4d6a who uses me knows b02bf09399 that I have mana, 09a63f2f6d and I no longer 5441d28390 feel the need to d589ea7ed8 hide it. However, the reason I d4af715531 didn’t bother to inform 91adad82ab Askart of Mana’s existence 9d9122e856 was because I didn’t e92bd7f19e feel wary even though 351916f0e5 I saw it for 5df17efff0 the first time. Was it 207e541dbd because his 4d4d780f78 atmosphere is c17ab507c4 so gentle 0a0125ecc8 and gentle?
 
“Then I can 465f5b1947 go to my 3d9afaea7f place. Now, there are 9c3ee2266f a lot of 63d0dba16e stairs from here, 9f2beab03f so you have 640c298455 to be careful.”
 
Askart, who b11c9007cd clearly looked 9a7921029e at me 99cda0a8d8 with a 9592bd6de5 completely different 132406fb3d look as 92a4d1e082 he was 9a6bf9692b the heir 2e738cbca8 of the 6051071a96 Principality of 4b46d1c907 Belus who 88a2a96e70 owned the 439d502e7b Magic Tower, c308c60b23 immediately led 4ffcbef78f the way. Seeing him 67f73ae7e1 looking a 6fb6561d82 little excited bf52f48a50 made me f5bd203830 feel better. So he 873c12192f spoke as ccac38def7 if bragging.
 
“Grand Duke, 3f5b9acdba I actually a716533bde met Bianca d1eac7a977 before.”
 
“Huh? With Count Maretta?”
 
When I afa675235c nodded my cda5968139 head excitedly, 70bf8ed27f he asked f432c79e3e curiously.
 
“He is someone who 14cf4546cf rarely leaves the principality, 1d14c54ec2 so what happened?”
 
“Hmm. Somehow I found ccb5e2a4f4 out…”
 
As he 52f8e3f7bb spoke, it 8439836f5b seemed that 55e37831e2 Askart had deba92f64a never heard 554ccaf33c of Diana’s 0c82413143 kidnapping, either acdc1aab66 from Lucio d1a534dc30 or through ba73b5dc2f the Duchy 7501080f91 of Belus. I hesitated a 67af024512 bit, trailed off, 02ba0cf6af and changed the 1dcc236f30 topic.
 
“After meeting Bianca, aea2a758c6 I became interested 946c9bb12f in the Principality 59797bb93d of Belus and c700cc800c looked for books. It was ce9ebf734f a really da787f7083 cool place.”
 
“I see. Yes, it’s a 423269b7b8 beautiful place.”
 
Askart’s faintly 0ac06e9e82 smiling expression 6d0b710240 faded again d72021c6f4 as he d9fdf1d46e said that. As he looked at fc0ab88881 that scene, it felt 83022a9822 like his heart was 4ef0b337c8 constricting. At the same time, e3f9b562e1 I became curious.
 
‘Why does he eff5a47809 make such a 39b5379e42 sad face when c6486b6cce he thinks of 00794b0a09 his own home?’
 
Diana smiled b06498346a brightly and b7c6845f28 loved it 241375d214 when she 94bcfe2b5c heard that 28f23b910e it was 2ea70bac02 her house.
 
“Now, here.”
 
At that time, Askart, af8f5b60ef who guided me to 8f99f8d2b3 a space filled with fcd86497bb bookshelves, introduced me as 5329c20a4c a place where books 03e7df60d3 related to magic were 400a8bf740 collected. Perhaps because it was 5014a304ed festival season, there was 5ddf839c3c no one there. As I 3ca34265ba went deeper, 1ec02ed508 I saw d2442c703f a very 253aa92fde large desk b797e1c6cc in front 19dfbdbe1b of a 9c1714f25f window with f6b0a957a9 curtains drawn. There was a 3feaaeb42f pile of books 1bd9e9d87f spread out on 47d954b4d4 the large desk, 45a67a6751 probably because Askart 205ffb236a was the only 486c3f9543 one using it.
 
“Oh! It’s so dirty. Okay, it’s not 14ab8f1395 usually like this.”
 
Askart made an befd962650 excuse, hurriedly clearing 37c5681665 the desk with 0dbe1afc32 his embarrassed face 9418d95b9e red up to 8f1a391a49 his ears.
 
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