I plan to strap my weapons on my thighs as usual, no way I’m leaving without a weapon. How miserable it would be if I died a miserable death… Pathetic, didn’t even get to fight for dear life or having my last stand.
I wore a light yet elegant dress of violet after bathing, a nice scent emanating from my beautiful existence. The mont I returned to my room to prepare my weapons, I couldn’t help but admire myself montarily in the mirror.
I was beautiful back in my forr life too. They didn’t call an angel for nothing. Of course my appearance was not the only reason why they called an angel.
Though I was not quite fond of it, I don’t see the importance of nicknas. But people seed to like it, nothing I can do to stop them, not that it obstructed my job.
Then I went to have breakfast with my family. No poison on the food it seems, since as you can see, I’m still alive. To be honest, I can’t even nonchalantly enjoy my food anymore because of any possible threats.
True that servants do taste so food to ensure there were no poisons. However, they can always put so poison as they were delivered.
But still, having to worry takes the fun and satisfaction out when you eat your al.
I’m starting to miss the early days when I first got here.
I wonder, were there such things as antidotes for poison that can be casted by magic? Now ain’t that an interesting thought. The way I saw it, my family don’t seem to worry much about poison.
Estelia’s mories tell nothing about such magic nor what my family were fully capable of.
Anyways, guess what I’m doing later! I’m learning magic! That’s right! And it seems I’m starting from the basics and reading books! I’m not really a reader myself, but I’m quite tolerant in reading thick stacks of papers.
And sothing like a magic book is sothing not to be denied. In fact, I think I’m going to enjoy it. A phenona which didn’t exist back in my old world? How could I not be exhilarated to learn about such a thing, especially knowing that magic can be extrely useful to use in combat and executing my enemies.
Also more importantly, I can’t hope to defeat soone with magic on a frontal assault when I don’t even have the capability to counter magic. Fight fire with fire... Although magic was different from fire. In any case, I need magic to fight with magic.
How regrettable this would be, but I would be prioritizing learning magic than searching for any traitors for the ti being. I can’t be searching around while learning. However, I will make so ti for it.
Both objectives were important.
After breakfast, Vernon led to the Royal Library. Given its na, you could imagine how large it would be. With Estelia’s mories, I know how big that place was.
On the third floor of the palace, we arrived at a pair of giant doors with grand splendor. Seriously, the doors were extravagant, emblazoned with golden accents, golden door knob, tal flowers made of gold and silver, all on the dark brown wooden door. Mix tals with wooden doors? I guess it would be too heavy to be fully made of tal.
One could see this library was made with great love in the past. If mories serve, a Queen in the far past has made this. What a way to show off one’s wealth. Well not that I bla them, even I spent gold coins for an extravagant dagger.
Hehehe, having a wealthy life sure is great.
Vernon opened both the doors and awaited my entrance. I entered. I have Estelia’s mories, but seeing it with my own eyes, it was, truth be told, breathtaking. Shelves of books upon books, upon books. The shelves by the walls were especially tall that they almost reached the ceilings with only wooden ladders one could hope to reach for a book up above.
I could already feel a faint sll of paper from where I was standing.
Sure back in my world, there were big or not bigger than this one right here. However, I’m not exactly soone to go on a leisurely visit to such a place.
“Vernon, it always amazes to see how much books are kept here. What are they mostly about, I wonder.”
“If I’m not wrong, most of them are fiction, products of human imaginations. So are collections from the far past, discussing history, geography, biography, journals and so on. So are from the royal families, adventurers, voyagers and a few more.”
“Really?”
Ain’t that interesting, a place of knowledge. But of course you can’t expect to read all of them, just the relevant ones. But if I get to live here for the rest of my life, I may definitely read all of it.
“Please follow , your highness.”
I followed Vernon, and then we arrived at a table and a couch. On the table was a single book, quite thick though, there was perhaps hundreds of pages there. It had a brown leather cover and gave of a sense that it was sowhat old.
Well, books are valuable and expensive, therefore, even old books have values. There were no such things as printing here after all. Writers had to manually write the contents of the book using their own hands. How tedious really when you have keyboards in your past life, but alas, I have to accept it.
Well, not like I’m going to write any book anyway, so not that big of a deal for . I am just going to be the consur.
“This is the book his majesty said you should read first. That said, there are already so spells useful there. For instance, barriers and healing magic.”
“You have read it?”
“A long ti ago. I rely scanned it, not studied it.”
“So, you know how to cast magic?”
He smiled.
“Not exactly, your highness. My combat style differs from mages. I mostly use martial arts.”
“I see. But you are familiar with magic, correct?” I said with an innocent smile.
“You could say that. But I only use mana to enhance my physical performance.”
“Enhance?”
“You will learn it if you read the book, your highness.”
Sohow I feel like he was saying sothing there, like there was another aning to it. Is… Is he thinking I couldn’t endure reading this thick book? Thinking that I would give up and would rather rely on direct lecture?
Hah!
I’m sorry, but I’m not the previous Estelia you know.
“Of course…” I giggled.
But before that, there was a part of the mories that I find interesting.
“But before I delve into the book, can I take a look around first?”
“Why is that, your highness?”
“Well… I just want to look around first, maybe… maybe I can find so interesting books.”
I said as I fidgeted around in hesitation to speak, I must have looked adorable. I can see from how ra was looking at .
Now that I notice it, wasn’t she quite behaved? She was pretty quiet ever since this morning. She also seed more serious than before.
Interesting.
It happened when the servants were being suspected.
But would an expert spy be this obvious? Not really. Depends on the person mostly.
I sighed inside.
ra… everyday I keep suspecting you more.
But I don’t know any of her inner thoughts. That said, it was best to be cautious.
“... Hm. Is that so…? Then I guess that is fine.”
Vernon said, there was a bit of delay when he seed to be pondering. But at least I get to walk around. It wouldn’t be too bad to experience strolling around a library this big.
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