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Chapter 36

With my head tilted to the aspect, I cautiously spoke to Sir Odil.

“Um, might I ask you a query?”

“What’s it?”

“Properly… The books on this record, um. It looks as if they’re books beneficial for kids of about ten years outdated. Are these actually what’s getting used for the knights’ coaching…?”

Though it’s true that the knight trainees have been younger, they weren’t that younger. Moreover that, a lot of the noblemen who have been coaching to be knights should have already been educated strictly whereas they have been rising up. In the event that they’re actually being taught with these sorts of books, then it’s going to be a multitude.

Sir Odil simply stared at me with out answering my query, then he averted his gaze. What the, why are you being awkward. I appeared in the direction of Sir Endymion with a grim look on my face, however he was simply grinning anyhow.

When our eyes met, he tilted his head obliquely and appeared elsewhere, pretending to not know. What on earth are you all as much as?

As my grip tightened, the doc I used to be holding bought barely crumpled. I appeared to the aspect to see Sir Ares and Damien sitting there. As anticipated, these two males, who had been quarreling with small voices till some time in the past, have been speaking about one thing utterly totally different.

I turned my gaze again to Sir Odil, a grim look nonetheless there. Sir Odil was nonetheless trying elsewhere with a very blunt expression on his face, however he quickly turned again and met my persistent gaze.

“It’s as a result of…”

“I’m sorry for being late!”

Simply when Sir Odil was about to say one thing, Regulus swung the door open and got here in. Astonished, my eyes met with Regulus’. He smiled broadly and ran straight to me.

Opposite to my prediction that he may blush or be flustered round me, he simply ran to me excitedly. He appeared detached to it, so in opposition to my expectations, I’m the one who bought flustered.

“Noona!”

“H-Howdy, Regulus…”

“Umm… I used to be going to stand up actually early right now, however I overslept once more. I’m sorry.”

“Sit down, Regulus.”

With an enormous grin, Regulus sat beside me.

My tense, stiff posture steadily loosened. Giving myself a brief second, I licked my dry lips and glanced again at Sir Odil.

However he didn’t appear to wish to discuss in regards to the e book stock once more. There should be some helpful books right here. I don’t assume Sir Odil’s somebody who’d waste his time on ineffective issues. It made me wish to scratch my head, however I didn’t ask in regards to the record once more.

With no extra directions to offer, Sir Odil turned to Sir Endymion and spoke.

“Endymion, take Lily to the library.”

”Alright.”

“Commander Odil, Commander Odil. Can I’m going with them too?” Regulus requested.

“…Go forward.”

“Hyung, Hyung. What about me?” Damian requested as properly.

“You may’t. Ares, you keep put, too.”

“…Okay.”

Damian and Ares have been about to comply with Regulus as they stood up on the similar time, however Odil dismissed their pleas with a chilly voice.

I don’t know whether or not Regulus couldn’t keep in mind what occurred final evening, or if he thought it’s solely a dream and doesn’t care that a lot about it, however for me a minimum of, it’s an enormous reduction. If Regulus began appearing awkwardly or acted embarrassed in entrance of me, I wouldn’t be capable of keep calm.

I adopted after Sir Endymion, then Regulus adopted after me on our approach out the convention room.

Strolling silently till we reached the bottom of the steps, Sir Endymion glanced again at me and stated,

“The library is on the third ground. Lets go now?”

“Sure.”

“Noona, you’ll be shocked whenever you see it. It was embellished very well!”

“…Sure.”

Regulus continued to talk cheerfully. I couldn’t even smile at him as a result of my face felt so stiff. However the issue right here wasn’t Regulus—it was me. I bought flustered each time I checked out him though he was appearing the identical as he normally did.

Maybe he didn’t really feel that one thing was totally different than typical. As we went up the steps, Regulus continued to speak.

“You recognize, I attempted to search for you twice, Noona.”

“Oh… Did you come throughout my day without work?”

“Sure, so I bought disillusioned and simply went again, however I abruptly heard that Noona might be coming right here. It’s a looot higher now. I can see Noona on a regular basis now that you simply’re working right here.”

I smiled a bit as I watched Regulus communicate, smiling brightly like an excited child. Properly… Regulus didn’t know what occurred, however I couldn’t be awkward too. I tapped my very own cheek for a bit and erased final evening’s incident from my head.

As we reached the third ground, Sir Endymion pointed in the direction of the door to the left and stated,

“We’re right here.”

I took out the important thing from my uniform pocket. Opening the door, I might odor the acquainted scent of books together with a touch of a cool scent.

The curtains have been huge open, so the library was shiny though the lights have been off. As I stepped ahead and admired the inside, Sir Endymion spoke.

“The renovation is nearly achieved, however in the event you want something, please be at liberty to ask me.”

“…Ah, sure. Then En—I imply, Commander Lucen.”

“Please communicate.”

“That is actually a library, proper?”

Regulus was right here, so I couldn’t name his first identify freely. Maybe that’s why Sir Endymion stared at me for a second as I spoke, avoiding my fast query. He appeared to be doing what Sir Odil did only a second in the past.

“That’s proper.”

“What do you assume, Noona. It’s wonderful, proper!”

“Huh? Oh, sure. Um, it’s wonderful, however…”

I don’t know if it ought to be known as wonderful… It’s extra like a small private library than a library, interval. The inside was huge sufficient, however the issue was that relatively than being designed as a library, it appeared extra like a lounge than something.

The second I opened the door and went inside, I noticed a white picket desk proper there. The ground had a mushy carpet on it, and as I walked in the direction of the desk, I noticed that the cool scent I smelled as quickly as I opened the door was coming from right here. There was a lit candle in a glass bottle sitting on a small pedestal.

“Is it alright to maintain this candle lit?”

“Sure. It’s not sizzling in the event you contact it, however simply in case, please don’t contact it. Over right here, this small door will lead you to a storage room the place you’ll find different scented candles. You don’t have to fret. The fireplace gained’t unfold, so simply take the scents you want and place them on this stand. Then it is going to be lit once more.”

I’m nonetheless frightened {that a} hearth may escape, however I quickly nodded at Sir Endymion’s rationalization.

He was very attentive. Whereas there have been scented candles, the chair behind the desk had such a thick cushion and it appeared extra snug than another chair I had ever seen.

Moreover that, alongside the partitions of the library have been some lengthy benches like those within the library I used to work in earlier than.

I questioned if I might actually use this. After I appeared on the tables, chairs, and tea units, which I couldn’t determine why they have been left there, I might solely really feel dissatisfied. This place… What sort of place was this actually supposed to be?

And there have been additionally pots of inexperienced crops in all places. It’s going to be tough to handle.

“Who might be caring for these?”

“Oh, the knights themselves might be caring for them. You don’t have to fret about these, Miss Lily.”

“…I’m glad. I’ve by no means taken care of crops earlier than.”

I’m a human being, too, so I like working comfortably. Simply as I discussed to Maria, I didn’t essentially like work, however I preferred the time I used whereas working—the time I didn’t flip into Lilith.

However at the same time as I say that there must be some degree of consolation, I couldn’t see myself working right here. Um.

“Commander Lucen. Will you actually use these books for the knights’ training? From the very starting, the swordsmanship academy already drills the fundamentals step-by-step, however I can solely see kids studying these books…”

“All our coaching stems from the fundamentals.”

I’m wondering if he might actually say one thing like that on this place. Once more, with a grim look on my face, I insisted to Sir Endymion.

“There are too few bookshelves.”

“Properly, we will add extra later, can’t we?”

“However it’s an excessive amount of to even say that it is a library…”

“Noona, come over right here!”

Recalling the directions that Sir Odil relayed to me as I appeared across the room, one thing was bothering me irrespective of how a lot I thought of it. Inside, Regulus waved his hand, and after strolling in the direction of him and what he was pointing in the direction of, I then realized what these males have been planning.

“Why on the planet is that this right here?”

“In case you really feel that you simply want it, you might use it…”

“……”

Endymion defined with a shy smile. After I noticed the luxurious full-length mirror with golden borders, I might solely ask—what sort of want would I’ve for that in a spot like this? The mere considered it gave me goosebumps.

“Noona, there’s one thing right here, too.”

“…There’s a door. Is that the storage room?”

“No, it’s a room. There’s a mattress inside, too!”

“Why on earth?!”

I ended up yelling again at Regulus. After I opened the door nervously, I noticed a very well-decorated room inside. It’s not only a mattress that’s there, it was a completely furnished bed room.

“As I stated, in the event you really feel that you simply want it, you might use it…”

“There’s no want! W-Why is there even a toilet?!”

“……”

Whilst I questioned Sir Endymion in regards to the lavatory inside, he chuckled below his breath. Why the hell are you laughing? It was a room that exposed these males’s intentions so clearly and plainly.

“Didn’t Commander Cygnus say something when this was being renovated?”

“We even have rooms in our places of work, don’t we? That’s the way it occurred.”

“N-Regardless of how a lot you say that…”

I used to be speechless. I don’t assume that is proper. With a detestably cheerful look on his face, Regulus got here out of the bed room and chirped.

“You may dwell right here, Noona.”

No. By no means. I’ll do something however that.

It’s so bizarre. I’m not a delicate particular person, it’s simply actually bizarre. Moderately than making me work, it was as in the event that they introduced me right here simply to maintain watch of me. Do these males really want to control me within the first place? That’s simply an excessive amount of.

With Regulus being unusually excited like that, Sir Endymion spoke.

“You appear to be in a very good temper right now, Regulus. Is it due to Miss Lily?”

“Sure! Now we will see one another daily. Lily Noona, can I come right here typically?”

“…So long as you don’t neglect your work, Regulus.”

I answered as if I used to be unaffected, however for some time, I knew that it was going to be awkward to be collectively for some time. I stood there for a second and saved Sir Endymion, silent questions and calls for for a proof taking pictures out my eyes, however he didn’t take a look at me in a different way than the standard. In the long run, with me about to burst, I opened my lips first.

“There’s one thing I’d wish to ask you, Common Lucen…”

“Oh pricey, it’s already time. Miss Lily, I’ll be again at midday.”

“What? No, however…”

“So long, Noona!”

“……”

With out giving me an opportunity to reply, they each left instantly. What the, severely. Is that this actually okay? I simply know one thing’s fishy, so I appeared round half-heartedly as I fastidiously sat down behind the desk.

My head hurts. So I don’t have to wash up, and once I wish to relaxation, I can relaxation. So long as I lock the door correctly, I may even exit. Moreover that, I may ask for days off freely.

Regardless of how a lot I give it some thought, it doesn’t sound like I’m a maid working on the imperial palace…

“Arrrrgh!”

The extra I mulled it over, the extra I bought goosebumps throughout my pores and skin—so I screamed in frustration. If I used to be actually an abnormal maid, I’d by no means wish to go wherever else as a result of this new work surroundings was simply too good to be true. However since I wasn’t simply an abnormal maid, all the pieces simply seems to be suspicious.

Alarms have been going off in my head separately. I couldn’t pinpoint which precisely.

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