episode_0014

We walked into the library, which was close to the training center.

“It’s a children’s book…”

While he was alone, Elisias began to look around with a little pleasure, looking at various books and ancient books.

He jumps up and down places that are out of his reach, and when he notices me, he gets a ladder and takes out a few books.

The library was quite large in size, and compared to its large size, there were not many people there.

At the exit of the library, where there was a lot of dust and little sunlight, an old librarian wearing glasses just quietly flipped through books.

I left Elisias, who was looking at a book, and approached the owner.

“Hey, are there any books on multiple spells? Like a children’s book, there are lots of pictures to make it easy to understand.

The old man looked at me, licked his index finger with his tongue, turned the page once, and then pointed to the side with his finger.

“Oh, I see there is…thank you.”

Surprised that there was a book about what I was talking about, he nodded slightly in greeting and then left.

The letters of several notable books can be seen between the bookshelves organized by letter.

I thought it might be helpful to me in many ways, starting from how to use basic mana management and types of magic, so I took out a few of them that seemed useful.

“Hmm…I’m not sure even if I look at it…”

I looked through various books to see if I could get hints on how to use magic, and I understood the theory to some extent, but I didn’t know exactly how to use it in practice.

I quietly closed my eyes in hope.

When I watch a cartoon or animation, everyone does this, so I try to follow suit.

“…”

I tried quietly meditating, but I don’t know what it means to feel that mana.

Are cartoons and reality different?

I gave up, closed the book, selected some books that might be helpful to Elisias, and headed to her.

“Oh, Elisias, do you read books?”

Elisias’s hair was very gently blowing along with the curtains in the gentle breeze that came through the slightly open window, which was the only place near the window.

Like a flower gently blowing in the spring breeze

I was momentarily entranced by that sight, and Elisias must have noticed me, closed the book in some haste and greeted me.

“Uh, uh…did you pick all the books?”

Those urgent words came to my senses, so I put the books on the desk and sat down next to Elisias.

“What, what book were you reading?”

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the book she was reading.

“Now, wait a minute!”

Elisias quickly tried to cover the book with his hand, but the title of the book had already caught his eye.

“Weak knight?”

The title of the book I saw for the first time caught my eye and I was puzzled.

“You were reading a novel that told you to study magic-related?”

Elisias turned his head as if trying to make a joke.

“They say he’s a weak knight! Ho, or something, I thought it might be helpful in martial arts.”

Elisias, who tells lies that don’t even work

“I have no intention of saying anything, so what is it about?”

At the question, Elisias suddenly changed his attitude and turned to face me with sparkling eyes.

I pulled back a little to land on her face, which was so close.

“This is the story of a weak knight with no strength or ability who overcomes great adversity for the princess he adores!”

“Oh…really?”

When Elisias accepted the story as if it was a little interesting, her expression became more lively.

“Even though he doesn’t have any strength, he does the best he can for the princess, and when the princess is in danger, he doesn’t hesitate to set his body on fire, so it’s really cool!”

“Do you have the most lines you’ve ever spoken?”

When I asked, a little surprised by the difference in appearance from usual, Elisias cleared her throat as if she had finally noticed and returned to her upright posture.

The old librarian at the library who was watching us make a little noise glared at us, and I lowered my head as a slight apology.

“What…is it like some kind of romance novel?”

“You can say that…Why…is it strange to read a book like this?”

They whisper quietly to each other and a kind of secret conversation begins.

At her hesitant answer, I just smiled for a moment, opened the book I had brought, and turned the pages.

“Well, if you say you like it, I have no intention of arguing with you, because at your age, it’s probably something you liked in the first place. I also like stories like that.”

Elisias, who is on the younger side, is most interested in love and likes these pseudo-romantic novels.

“Do you understand…”

Elisias blushed and opened the book again and turned the pages one by one.

“There is a passage in the book that says that when you fall in love, no matter how weak you are, you will have the power to overcome any adversity and do anything… It’s really amazing.”

“So?”

I asked her soft, yet somewhat lonely voice.

“Me too…I thought that someday I would like to have the romantic experience of the word love with someone.”

Elisias speaks in a vague and pitiful way.

Something about those words made my heart sink.

It felt like something was drawing a line between me and Elisias, and saying those words in front of me seemed like they didn’t see me as the target.

“Really? I will support you.”

I glanced at Elisias, responding indifferently, feeling sad that something had happened, but she just turned the pages of the book without saying a word.

The dull feeling that I can’t have that kind of relationship with her actually irritates me.

I have a purpose and Elisias has a purpose of completing his mission.

If I show affection for Elisias but she finds it burdensome, this kind of relationship will go sour.

She will feel uncomfortable and reject the help that I thought was my goodwill, and after experiencing that rejection, I will collapse again without achieving my goal.

You don’t even have to start, you just have to not harbor those feelings.

Only if I let go of these feelings will I be able to bring Elisias to a happy ending and achieve my goal.

Even if there is a one-in-a-thousand chance that Elisias has feelings for me,

I, who am hiding a lot of things, probably don’t deserve that luxury.

“Hmm… It was something that made my heart ache.”

Elisias, perhaps having finished reading the book, closed it and stretched.

Feeling the annoyance I had just heard, I bluntly thrust the theoretical book on multiple magic I was reading towards Elisias.

“ character. Now that you’re done playing, it’s time to study.”

“Is it studying theory…”

Elisias, who was pouting and grumbling, rolled her eyes and looked at me, but I tried to ignore her gaze.

“It’s not quite a children’s book, but I brought pictures with pictures to make it easier for you to understand.”

‘”Hmm…I’ll read it sometime.”

Next to Elisias, who seemed reluctant to take the book I brought, I took out other books and read them slowly.

How much time has passed

Other than Elisias’ occasional groans as if he didn’t understand, we couldn’t hear any other sounds, so it felt like we had created our own space.

“Anyway…this is how healing magic works…”

I wasn’t used to feeling something strange and confusing, so I took out any passage from the book I was reading and read it to break the mood.

“Um, why is that?”

Elisias answered, leaning to the side and slowly reading the book I was reading.

“You said that when you use magic, you use it by visualizing the image, right? For example, when an arm is cut off, it reattaches! If you think like this and use healing magic, isn’t everything okay? It’s almost like a cheat key?”

“I don’t know about that, but I understand that the available range for healing is small. It is possible to treat things like scratches and small wounds without leaving any scars, but it will be difficult to treat the serious injuries you mentioned.”

“Hmm…I see.”

Nodding my head, I understood the answer.

” Now that I think about it, why did you apply ointment instead of using healing at that time? There should be enough mana left to use healing.”

I thought there was something strange and asked Elisias, but she just turned the pages without saying anything.

“Isn’t that romantic?”

Elisias says with a slight smile as if he is embarrassed.

At the same time, the wind blows again through the cracks in the window.

Unlike the gentle wind at first, a strong wind blows through the open books.

A little dust blew up between the old books, and I coughed, fanning my hands to remove the dust, and slowly opened my eyes.

As I look at Elisias’s brilliant silver hair and red, alluring eyes fluttering in the wind, my heart agitates for something.