Vol 3 Chapter 39 (1/2)

Clara Bulmer

“… I see My condolences”

In one of the rooms of the library, I was alone with Clara

It wasn’t a popular selection, so few people stopped by it

There’s the fact that the books shelved here were geared at children, but also that kids didn’t come to the library that made its popularity decline

Aru, and books were sold in large nu the sort that were easier to obtain

After coh several dozen picture books, I tried striking up a conversation with Clara

The contents were about hoas staying in an acquaintance’s ot into a fight with one of my comrades

One of the reasons I came to the picture book room was the fact that Clara was there in itself At the same, I was also curious about the books I had never read before

There were soued me, and some that depicted stories I already knew

I extended my hand to the mountain of books on the table

I continued to read as the conversation continued

“That’s right Even when Aria burst into laughter at uy here… also, it seeotten worse than before”

I continued to co the book down, and like me, she continued to read as she responded

“Fro overly conscious of her? I have no love experience, but I know of some such precedents from some books”

“Don’t books and reality differ?”

“There are some written based on fact, and more importantly, based on what you’ve toldIf you were truly hated, she wouldn’t be taking such a blatantly unpleasant attitude towards you She would either treat you like you weren’t there, or would act like it was stressful to her psyche just to deal with you There was so like that written somewhere”

While I get the feeling she’s relying on book knowledge a bit much, I wasn’t really one to speak on the matter, so I decided to accept her advice

“I guess it was before we came to Arumsaas? She was cold, and there was a sense of distance between us That’s hoas before, but nowadays, she iets mad at me”

Putting aside the book I finished, I picked up the next one

“… Was there so to draw her attention?”

“Not that I…”

As I was unable to reh followed by a voice from the Jewel

One line from the Fourth

『The ht』

Hearing that, I ree around that time

“… Thelike that once I mean, there was a prettyat it, Aria started behaving strange”

Clara stared at me with her drowsy eyes

Noticing her looking at me, I turned to her as well

“What?”

She turned her eyes back to the picture book in her hand for a ain

“… Perhaps your reading selection is a little bias Have you ever read romance?”

I tried to recall so like that, but I don’t think I’ve read any

What I eared at children, I think

Adventurers rise up, or perhaps a hero stands against a formidable foe All of the

There weren’t any with romance as the main topic

“None, I don’t think No, I’m a man, and those are a little hard to stick my hands into”

I found soreement in the Third

『Ah~ I kinda get it They exist, don’t they Those guys that say it’s weird for guys to read sonored theh I see, so you were conscious about that sort of thing, Lyle… but there’s a surprisingly high amount of people that read those sorts of stories』

Really…?

Oh, so I could have read theht, as Clara spoke

“In a single roe that compared a woman to the moon The end of that story… no, it would be rude of me to spoil the conclusion I’ll tell you the title, so try reading it”

“Eh? After you tell me that much, I can’t help but be curious… if it’s an old book, then will it be a little hard to read?”

“No It’s one that’s been rewritten into modern dialect, so it’s quite si women”

Hearing that, I recalled the words the Fourth io He screa of the sort, but could he have perhaps been referring to this?

Meaning the Fourth was a reader of romance novels?

Glasses wearing, and noisy about ining his

(… It’s a bit unfitting, or how should I put it, intriguing?)

But thinking of his attitude towards woeable on matters like that

“… So I confessed?”

As I muttered that, Clara turned her eyes back to the book

“That you did”

“So I did…”

I while passed with us just reading our books

Inof what to do about Aria, and the books contents weren’t entering it at all

Thus spoke the Seventh

『Just what sort of conversation are you trying to have in the picture book corner, Lyle…』

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Having exited the library, I tried peeping into one of the famous academies of the city

Even from the outside of the school that could be called the center of the city, one could see a large nu

In order to instill their e, in order to instill their bodies with skills, in order to research…

The difference between this city and others was, perhaps, the clear emphasis this one had on education Nor with the students, a large stock of money flowed in from afar

The fruits of their research birthed massive profits, and held the name of the City of Scholars true

Of course, the cost of such research is just as massive

As I wasn’t a student of the acade at the building itself, I was shocked

While the city gave off a ju, as if it were built as a fortress

Men and wo unifor books as well

“So this is the acadeined”

It was ined a narrower space Fro the city, I was sure it would prioritize function over aesthetics

A similar opinion came out from the Jewel

The Second…

『Oy, that’s finer than the manor I lived in!』

The third as well

『I’d heard of its scale, but this is greater than I thought And wait, I get the feeling the city placed high eives off is completely different』

The Fourth had so else on his mind

『Just howit was quite a waste』

The Fifth

『Education surely is important No, wait, that’s the ine the a lot of money towards it… I wonder how the current Weihs territory is faring』

The Sixth recalled his own time

『It experienced so like this is beyond…』

In the end, the Seventh…

『There was no point in co with the city of scholars If those that learned a field to an extent still craved for more, it was natural for them to aim for this place』

It seems that my ancestors also valued the importance of education

But this city was on another level

(Come to think of it, I don’t actually know too much about the Weihs territory)

I knew its scale from the numbers I saw on paper

But even when it was my homeland, I knew much too little about it

There was the fact that I was in so like house arrest, but I left as soon as I was kicked out, and now, I feel it was a tad bit of a waste

(I should have shown the First the current Weihs territory)

Just what feelings did these ained an opportunity to obtain a slight understanding of that

And I think of that as an extremely valuable experience

As I was absenture of an acquaintance appeared at the gate

A few girls wearing the sa with Miranda-san at the center

“If it isn’t Lyle What’s up?”

The talking beside her looked at me, and spoke

“Miranda’s acquaintance? Could it be your boyfriend?”

“How nice~”

Miranda-san hurriedly denied it

“No, he’s so at my mansion, and a friend of a friend!”

Hearing the portion about living at her house, her friends started growing loud

While thinking that Miranda-san had it rough, I called out

“Today I thought I’d try looking at the acade in the city of scholars”

As I said that, Miranda-san responded in a tired fashi+on

I think she orn out fro to convince her friends

“Really? I’m not really sure if I’d see it was a tourist spot, but… still, there are quite a feho come to see it”

As I thought, to the people who stop by the city, the acadeht

(There’s its scale, and I don’t feel it was a waste to come see it)

Miranda-san asked about my plans

“Ah, right Lyle, are you free after this?”

“… I’m free Today’s fundamentally a break for me”

After work finished, there was always a break planned in so a Growth, as well as alleviating built up fatigue, and conducting weapon maintenance

The greatest thing to be feared was the elevated spirits caused by Growth

During that tis