Volume 19 Chapter 4 (1/2)

”Ogasawara Sachiko-san? Yeah, she returned the book a long tio”

Down another branch of the forked road, behind the Loan Counter of the Library's reading roohed

”Ah Thirty o huhSorry, I don't re”

Which one hich she did not know One of the tas the ”Secretly saw another person's Onee-sairl” Even when the tere in front of her, she could not believe that they had had such violent pasts

”When was the book returned?”

Minako-sama bent down onto the counter and asked once more

”Because there was a bit of confusion, I couldn't deal with it right after it was dropped off But the book was handed in, and I sorted it all out and input it into the computer soon after”

The Library staffer looked over her shoulder While at her work post, behind a pile of books, she had fortuitously spied the back cover of the book that Sachiko-sa

” Well, she came”

Onee-saedly fulfilled her first objective Now she was expected to return to the Rose Mansion

”Did you see Sachiko-san leave the reading room?”

She shook her head and said ”No”

”Oh yes You were confused So you couldn't have noticed every person who had coht?”

”Probably After that, she did not come back to borrow a book”

Thank you, Minako-sama said, and bowed towards the counter Then she turned towards Yumi

”Sachiko-san had come only to return the book”

”Huh”

Yu so at this pointsaid ”I'm off to the library!”

”Because she cao, it has probably been reshelved but, let's at least try to look for it in the reading room”

After hearing Minako-saain in the ood use of ti room

”The building will close in ten minutes”

After hearing the Library Staffer's announce the wall As she alking, she began diligently inspecting the cracks between the books on the various bookshelves

After an unknown tiain in an unsuspecting corner of the room

Hugging the side of a bookshelf, Yu a paes If things would have been different, Yumi would have wanted to watch fro Yuized to theantea sisters and began to bother them

”Excuse me, shi+mako-san”

”Oh, Yumi-san”

”I apologize in advance, Yumi-sama”

”Ah, no no, thank you”

When Noriko had dipped her head towards Yu was a problem when the library was about to close

”By the way, how long have you two been in here?”

”We ca it's been, it's been an hour it seems”

shi+mako-san made a shocked face as she looked at her watch It's as if the book had been sohost

Well anyway, they had been in the library for a long tione As soon as it seemed that Yumi had started to talk, shi+ question