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After Story 4 – 'Ultimate' is different for each person

I closed the journal that the Great Sage Inaizu left behind then turned my eyes towards everyone around me.

Everyone had mixed expressions on their faces.

I know how they feel because I also felt the same..

Because no one would have ever thought that the Great Sage was actually someone with such a career.

Of course, everyone would've thought that he had a flashier life, but as it turns out, reality turned out to be rather sad.

Although I wish I can cheer him up, the person in question is no longer in this world.

If there is afterlife, then I hope he stays healthy.

However, we now know the location of the ultimate magic spellbook.

Apparently it's in the mansion's basement.

But I remember that there was no cellar when we investigated earlier.

The fact that it can't be found by normal means, could it be that there is a trick to find it….?

Somehow, why do spell books or other precious items……always have to be hidden in such a troublesome manner? Can't they just hide it in an easier place to find?

When I say that, Kagane gave a long sigh. Was it really necessary for her to preach to me about the stylistic beauty behind it afterward? Well, it's been done already.

Stylistic beauty my arse….

Normally speaking, isn't it more important to keep anything important within arm's reach? Why do they even bother to hide it in such a troublesome manner is beyond me….

I couldn't understand it since I lacked precious things like that.

As long as I have my wives with me then I'll be just fine.

Anyways, we now knew that the spellbook really existed.

Let's just try to find a way to the basement immediately.

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[…..we simply can't find it..]

Floyd muttered.

At the moment, we are searching for a way to access the basement from the first floor.

Because it'll take a while, we split into groups to search it.

When I picked any of my wives to go with me, the others would complain, so I ended up searching with Floyd and Siros-san. With my wives split up in 4 person groups and 3 men + 1

With Meru who sat on my head, we searched each rooms in the mansion.

I refrained from letting the goddesses from manifesting to help search since Siros-san wasn't familiar yet with our circumstances.

[Right. I don't think that it's in this room.]

I replied to Floyd's muttering.

Actually, there seemed to be nothing in this room.

We also heard that the other groups didn't find anything.

Then where is it….?

At the very least I hope there are more clues.

[…..I've examined the place again. There's nothing that looks like something we are looking for anywhere.]

[This is troublesome. If we knew for sure where the exact room is, then we could do something about it….. Destroying the floor randomly just to find the cellar won't do any good.]

Floyd and Siros thought with troubled faces while they kept looking.

I also kept looking but I too, thought the same.

Unable to find anything after all, I opened the Great Sage's journal once more, hoping that there is actually a hint that I missed.

Whilst I read the journal, Floyd and Siros-san continued to search while talking.

[By the way, I can see that you're actually still quite young, but also a [★５] member of the bookstore guild?

[That's right. I simply work hard. After all, I love books so much that I couldn't stop working once I started.]

[Couldn't stop, huh? I see that you also love the scent of paper and ink?]

[There is also that. I like book as it is but those other factors also helps]

[Hoho, I see.]

[But even after working in this job for a long time, I still suffer from lower back pain from time to time.]

[Is it really that hard of a job?]

[Yeah. It doesn't happen everyday, but things like『Whoa, this is bad……』sometimes happened. Although 1 book is generally light, taking care of many of them at once is different matter, as we can't be too violent and put some caution when handling them.]

…..what on earth are those two talking about?

It makes me want to tell them to search more thoroughly, but as I am preoccupied with searching myself, I just chose not to.

[So care is required…..that's really a problem. By the way, I have 1 thing that piques my interest.]

[What is it? If it's about bookstore then you can ask me about anything]

[No, it's not about bookstore, rather, it's about Siros-san's own behaviour.]

[My own behaviour?]

[Yes. For instance, why do you refer to the female manager with ”-sama”?]

Whoops, he said it.

This is something I need to hear as well….

[Ah, about that. That's not a difficult question. …….How should I say it? Simply speaking…… she's like a dictator. The person who can be said as a ruler in the bookstore where I'm working at, whose knowledge regarding books is vast and detailed. Not many people in the world can attain [★８], not to mention [★Special]. It's like she's a supreme existence in the world of books]

[Ho! So she's that kind of person]

[Yes. I do have it tough sometimes, but it's out of necessity. When the female manager is not working, she's quite lively and has a cute persona.]

[I see…… That means, you like her?]

Garagashaaa! The sound echoed throughout the room.

Removing my eyes from reading the journal and turning towards the source of the sound, I saw Siros-san with his eyes swimming like crazy, apparently just dropped something he previously held in his hand.

He was completely stupefied.

Ooi! Floyd, what did you ask something like that!

[W-w-w-wha, 一why are asking you about that so suddenly! Ahahaha! Of course not! O-of course that's not the case!]

Siros-san. It's no use. The truth has been revealed completely.

What's with that…..even those working in the bookstore can have that kind of feeling too?

Of course! Although he's an unknown person, no wonder that the others were fine with him.

That's why everyone looked at him with warm eyes….maybe.

However, Siros-san was too upset.

I heard it――but maybe I shouldn't――anyways, I felt sorry for him.

[Ah! Today's weather is fine indeed.]

Siros-san, Siros-san, the sun is setting and it's twilight already; not to mention that it's cloudy outside.

[Oya? It's cloudy outside….. Well, tell me more about your relationship with this female manager]

Stop! Stop it already! Don't push any further, Floyd!

It's obvious from Siros-san's state!

It's a state that you shouldn't prod around!

Perhaps, if you prod more, you'll only step on a landmine!

Don't do it! Just leave it be until his emotions have settled.

I have to do something with this root of all things before he did something harmful and immediately!

[Diee~~~~!!!]

I threw the book I had in my hand.

…..damn. It was the Great Sage's journal.

[Ha! I sense killing intent!]

Floyd evaded the Great Sage's journal that I flung at him.

You couldn't possibly die just from that, could you?

The book, having missed Floyd, actually fit itself inside the empty space on the bookshelf.

At that moment, a faint clicking sound can be heard and the bookshelf shifted itself to the side, revealing a set of stairs that led to what seems to be underground.

[ [ [………..] ] ]

Even Floyd was taken aback by this; everyone on the room can only look silently.

Who would've thought that trying to hurt him actually brought good fortune this time….

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[It's really in here. Honestly, I thought that the only way left is to tear the floor down with magic.]

[As expected of our husband.]

[I see. So the journal is the key]

[What do you mean?]

[…..please explain.]

[It's quite simple. Now that I check on it, the journal carries a minute amount of magic in it which probably play the role in shifting the bookshelf. The journal itself is a form of magic tool.]

[Ho. To think he made his own journal a magic tool. Truly fitting of a Great Sage.]

After the stairs to the basement appeared, I gathered my wives.

Meru was already sitting on my head from the start. Can't be helped since she's still just a child.

Sleep……dragons grow while sleeping.

However, it'll be tough to keep her on my head if she keeps growing bigger….

Not to mention it's troublesome, it'll also look weird.

Can she turn smaller through magic?

Next time, I should consider investigating that .

My daydream was interrupted by Salona speaking.

[But you found it anyways. Normally even I won't find such a thing. How did you find it?]

To that question, I can only mutter incomprehensibly.

I couldn't just tell the circumstances behind it just like that.

Floyd also read the situation and chose to stay silent, while Siros-san is looking out through the window.

It's alright, let's keep the secret between only the three of us.

[That is…….how should I say it. Ah right! Me and Floyd worked together to find it, that's why everything went so well…..]

[Indeed. It really can be said as the result of a collaboration between me and Wazu-sama.]

[It somehow sounded outrageous….]

Because I couldn't tell about it any further, I just brushed it off by [Now now, at least everything went well]. And so Floyd, Siros-san, me and my wives went down to the basement.

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The basement wasn't as wide as I thought.

At beast it's about the size of two normal living rooms.

Magic is still at work in the basement, seeing how everything seems clean. A lot of miscellaneous items are scattered all over on the floor, table, and wall.

Maybe because it's the result of one the sage's researches but there's a vicious looking sword leaning on the wall and also a bottle containing what I think to be poisonous liquid on the table.

Honestly, that seemingly poisonous liquid actually looks delicious to me.