The carriage outside the cave was the one Ruby was riding. Thereâs no horse, so I used the magic Float, and let Coco pull it.
Coco easily pulled that so rather than a carriage, it felt like a dog sled.
I let Ruby ride that, and returned to the town of Barza.
In the entrance of the town, people gathered and was surrounding Adriano.
ăHime-sama!ă
Adriano found us, and let out a loud voice. And soon, the other people looked at us at once.
The carriage(dog sled) had stopped, and Ruby came out from that.
To the appearance of the princess, the crowd was rustling.
Adriano who was in seiza on the ground came in front of Ruby as if to crawl.
ăW-Were you alright. This Adriano, worried--ă
Those words stopped in the middle, and Adriano ăUu!ă groaned.
The expression of Ruby who looks down at him, her eyes also, was very cold.
ăHow could you leave me behindă
*ZawaZawa* The eyes of the crowd became even colder.
That outrageous thing, was said from the person itself, so it became an unwavering truth.
ăT-That is not true, Hime-sama. Thereâs a reason--t-thatâs right, I wanted to call for help so I, from that place--ă
ăAdriano, I will release you from your post as court magiciană
ăHime-sama?!ă
Adriano, shocked.
That isnât something to be surprised of right, thatâs normal right.
ăThis place was your hometown right. Then, return to your house, the official notice will be sent lateră
ăHime-samaă
ăReturnă
Ruby said with full of dignity. Adriano was intimidated and couldnât say anything, and collapsed to the ground just like that.
Ruby and the people of the townâs cold, and scorn sight.
That was the instance that the man who had achievements to a court magicianâs downfall was decided.
ăăăăăâ
The next day, I was called out.
The place where I was guided by the messenger was inside the most splendid mansion in the town of Barza, and in the most splendid room.
I faced Ruby there.
ăâŠâŠă
I was speechless. I lost my words from Rubyâs attire.
Ruby was wearing a normal dress yesterday, but it was completely different today.
If I say it in few words, the Last Boss in the choir battle in the end of the year, that kind of ăAttire Setă Ruby was wearing.
There is dignity in thatâŠâŠthere is, thoughâŠâŠ
ăLucio Marteină
Ruby called my name. Maybe because of her attire, her tone also had more dignity than yesterday.
A dignity that wants you to kneel down naturally.
ăAbout yesterday, you did a great job. Once again, let me say my gratitudeă
ăHaăă
I replied half-heartedly. Honestly, I was too curious about her attire.
ăI need to give you a reward. You wanted the free pass to the Grimoire Library, but are you sure youâre alright with thată
ăIs it âsomething like thatâ, that place. The Grimoire Library that has tens of thousands of Grimoires, isnât it that very valuableă
ăThere is no value to things that are not readable properlyă
Ahh, that was it huh.
In this world, just by reading Manga(grimoire) you can learn magic, but there isnât a lot of people who can read it, and even those who can read would take months with one book.
Pearls before swine, itâs weird to use that, but itâs something like that huh.
But, that is only for the normal people of this world.
Being able to read one manga for around an hour, and be able to learn magic with that, thereâs no greater reward than that.
Simply, the Grimoires itself is very expensive too.
ăIâm alright with that, I was also thinking that I wanted to learn more and more magic tooă
ăI see. Somebodyă
When Ruby said that, one servant came inside.
The servant respectfully held the tray, and took it in front of me.
On the top of the tray was one sheet of paper, a paper with an emblem in it.
I took that with my hand.
ăTake that, and go to the Royal Grimoire Library in the capital, I already had taken care of it. Other than taking them out, do what you wantă
ăI see, thank youă
ăDo you really not need anything else? Y-You saved me jya, I can grant you at least one last thingă
ăNo, this is enoughă
I rolled the paper, and put it in my pocket.
Itâs not like I did something that special, so this is enough.
ăI seeâŠâŠă
Ruby made a depressed expression for some reason.
Did she want me to ask for more? I canât understand what royals are thinking.
ăWell then, letâs meet at the capitală
Ruby said that, she faced to her side and started walking.
Somehow I thought. Is she able to walk decently with that set-like attire.
I thought that if she couldnât walk decently with it, she might fall down.
I thought, and stared at her. But, Ruby walked normally.
She was walking with dignity so she was slow, but normally, she walked without anything happening.
Whatâs that, thatâs boring.
Ruby continued walking normally, and went towards the door.
The servant went first, and opened the door--in an instance, a small wind flowed in.
It was to the extent of only shaking bangs, it was a breeze, only a breeze.
ăWawa!ă
Ruby broke her balance.
Hit by the wind, she fell backwards.
After she fell, she couldnât stand up.
Her attire--because of the set, her hands and feet couldnât reach the ground, and she couldnât stand up.
The servant tried to make her stand up in a hurry, and Ruby *Kii*, glared at me.
I looked away--I did not see anything, letâs keep it like that.
ăăăăăâ
The house was rowdy.
Because I gained the entry pass to the Royal Grimoire Library, letâs move to the capital, I decided that.
And because of that, Sylvia, Nadia, and Mami who changed to her cat ears was rowdy because of the preparation of moving out.
ăLucioă
Ojii-san came to visit. He looked at me, and said with a wide smile.
ăI heard about it, Lucio. It looks like you are now able to enter the Royal Grimoire Library rightă
ăUn, thatâs rightăă
I answered in child-mode.
ăItâs because I saved a princess, she gave me a pass with thată
ăI heard that you defeated the bandits aloneă
ăUn! With magică
ăI see I see. As expected of my grandchildă
Ojii-san patted my head, and praised me.
I didnât feel bad.
ăLucio is very smart huh. If only Isaac could learn something from youă
*Gata!*
Something sounded from outside of the window. I wonder what was that.
ăWait, you agaiuwaaaaaaa!ă
Soon after, I heard a scream. It was a familiar scream.
And after I waited for a little while Mami appeared, and threw Isaac who was tied up with ropes in front of Ojii-san and I.
ăI caught ită
ăUn, thanksă
I patted her head, and Mami was very happy.
And she took off the rope, and went outside of the room in a very good mood.
I was left behind, and looked Isaac who was obstinate.
ăWhat is the meaning of thisă
ăâŠâŠă
Isaac doesnât answer, he doesnât answer while looking to his side.
ăIsaacă
Ojii-san opened his mouth, Isaac was like *Biku*.
Isaac got frightened, and looked at Ojii-san and I back and forth.
ăDoâŠâŠă
ăDo?ă
ăDonât think that youâve won with this----ă
He said that, and jumped out of the room.
It was a very used last words, but I couldnât understand what he means.
ăHaaăâŠâŠcouldnât he be an adult soonă
Thatâs impossible.
Somehow, I feel that he would become an adult just like that, Isaac will.
After Ojii-san let out a sigh, he regained composure, and faced me.
ăHey Lucio, I have something to ask for youă
ăWhat is ită?ă
ăLucio is going to the capital, and go to the Royal Grimoire Library rightă
ăUn, thatâs rightă
ăIn there, can you snitch it if thereâs a rare Grimoire stored in thereă
ăSnitch?ă
âŠâŠgo steal it huh.
Ojii-sanâs eyes shined, and said further.
ăThree books, no, even if its one. I want to see what kind of Grimoire is stored at the royal libraryă
It was an excited face just like a childâs.
Ojii-san who had the hobby of collecting Grimoires, was just like that ever since, and I somehow understood how he felt.
Stealing them is impossible though.
ăWhen I meet the princess this time, Iâll ask her to let Ojii-san enter tooă
She looked like she wanted me to ask for more, so I think it can pass.
ăReally!ă
Ojii-san stuck to me. Oi oi, your use of words are strange.
ăUn, Iâll do my bestă
When I said that, Ojii-san became more and more child-like, and had a very excited face.
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