Chapter 58 Maxs Resolve (2) (1/2)
Chapter 58 – Max’s Resolve (2)
Aderon rose fro behind the parchment paper with several explanations written down As soon as he left, Max bolted for the library in haste It took her several hours just to record the cost of the h at her pathetic acco behind her back She looked back in surprise and was greeted by the sight of afrom behind in the far corner of the library, enclosed in a pile of books
“Ru-Ruth…”
Thehis light gray hair Max didn’t kno to react, so she replied with a blank stare in turn He was now sitting on top of the precious ledgers there?
“Why are you so noisy these days?”
The wizard suddenly frowned and co the lady of the estate while sleeping on the library floor Max stuttered back, bewildered by his i the castle…”
“The castle is the castle, but what I’ about is madam Calypse’s business”
“M- in the library for the last few days Did you know you have been greatly disturbing ape, asha her piteous acts of groaning, sighing and tearing at her hair She instantly felt furious with hi her his presence had been nearby in her ti reproached instead of getting an apology
She didn’t knohich of the three emotions she should react to While she stood there astonished and unable to respond, the ht before her
“Are you… a bookkeeper?”
She hurriedly snatched up the sheets of paper on her desk, bleakly hiding thenored her effort to conceal the papers and nimbly picked theible handwriting The next moment, the wizard’s eyebrows quivered
“… just how many miscalculations do you even have?”
“Gi-Give it…!”
He turned around to keep the paper away fro over the contents in sheer horror He blurted out a low groan
“Why is oneunits, right? Please </eht now… I-I was in theit…!”
Max desperately explained herself to Ruth, as on the verge of foa at her with squinted eyes, instantly went for the books she was hiding behind her back
She was flabbergasted at his straightforward behavior A gentles without permission, or so she had always been told The act of forcefully snatching away a lady’s belongings without per only a ruffian would do
Max pulled on the heive it back! Ho-ho could you, dd-do, do so so, so, rude…!”
“… Just how much have you spent in the last few days?”
She flinched and carefully looked up at him The wizard’s face was horribly distorted and her heart sank at the sight of it ? </eathered the strength to ask
“How much?”
“We-well, that’s…”
Cold sweat trickled down her body as she tried to think of an answer
“Ri-Riftan… said not to worry about money”
“But you should at least kno much you spent, no?”