Chapter 75 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Delicious inn’s food.

Greeting from Gordon.

Investigation at the library.

To keep the books' pages from yellowing, the library uses opaque curtains to block out sunlight, and the inside is illuminated by light magic tools.

Similarly, the room temperature and humidity are also managed by magic tools. Dina s.h.i.+vers from the room temperature that makes her feel somewhat chilly. Noticing this, Souta puts a blanket on her knees.

「Thank you.」

Dina smiles gently and thanks Souta in a hushed voice.

「Hm.」

Souta answers with a short word that can’t be considered a reply.

Some time has pa.s.sed since Souta and Dina started their investigation, however, there are no other visitors who come to the library beside them.

There are only the sounds of turned pages resounding between the two. Thanks to that, nothing disturbs their concentration, and they finish reading the books one after another.

When the already-read pile exceeds five books, Souta stretches his body.

「Hu–nnnnn, so tired. Dina, it’s almost lunch time, should we take a break?」

Hearing that, Dina raises her head.

「I agree. It’s interesting to know various things that have changed, but as expected, my shoulders after reading continuously are……」

To loosen her stiff shoulders and increase her blood circulation, Dina turns and stretches her shoulders around.

Souta ends the stretching he can do in a sitting position, retrieves the blanket from Dina, and puts it in his dimensional storage.

Souta stands up. After stretching his lower body lightly, he goes to the shelves with the stack of already read books that were on the table.

Upon reaching the target shelves, he checks the book numbers and returns them to their proper places.

「Did you find anything?」

Souta asks Dina while putting the books back on their shelves.

「Umm, I found many things, but whether it will lead us the truth is a little…」

Dina tilts her head as she answers Souta and pa.s.ses him the books.

「Mine are also questionable. For now, we shouldn’t look for new information, instead focusing on the difference between the known truth and our memories.」

When the two, stood side by side, return the books to the shelves while groaning, the female librarian comes over.

「What kind of book are our dear guests looking for?」

In the last visit, Souta got information from the book she picked out. It reminds him that his work progressed smoothly because her selection of books was on point.

「Hmm, it’s difficult to explain…… There are some books about the story of the battle of heroes with the demon king a thousand years ago, right?」

Souta decides to explain while showing her the cover of the book.

「With this story as a basis, we want to find different ones, or something like that…… I don’t know how to explain it well either.」

Souta scratches his head while frowning. The librarian is trying to comprehend Souta’s explanation by breaking it to part.

「… I do not know if I can find the exact material you wished for, but I will try to look for it in a bit.」

Souta stops his hand that's scratching his head and looks at her with a surprised expression.

「Is it okay?」

She nods.

「Perhaps, the feeling of congruity comes from reading many books. In the first place, there are some strange parts in that legend.」

「… If … If the hero from that story didn’t kill his fellow heroes. Can you add this as precondition and find it?」

Feeling some kind of sympathy from the female librarian, Dina, who only listened quietly until now, adds that information.