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“I couldn't properly understand what you were saying...”
“You couldn't understand what I was saying correctly?”
“Yes, yes.”
"what are you?"
“This, this is not...”
“Are you some kind of duke?”
“What? No!”
“Or are you at least a Marquis?”
“No! I only have a simple nickname...!”
Do you know that this is a caste based society or not?
I deleted those words. After all, every country on the entire continent has a caste system.
So I smiled brightly.
“You're fired.”
"…What?"
The librarian seemed to understand my words too late.
Cling to me quickly.
"Oh, miss! I was wrong!"
"Wrong? Right. What did I do wrong?"
People who have a lot to feel guilty about are like that.
When asked what they did wrong, they cannot answer immediately and hesitate.
Just like this young librarian now.
From the looks of it, he hasn't been a librarian for long.
I can tell at first glance that this guy's prospects are slim.
By virtue of his work in the Grand Duchy of Fraser, he should have been aware of the matter.
At least the fact that Marquis Aster Fraser had not returned from the border.
The fact that Tullia had recently obtained the necklace of direct descent and that Grand Duke Fraser had confidence in her would have been widely known among the servants.
But the two young masters of the Marquis Fraser's house were different.
Leon and Lycian rarely came to the main castle of the Grand Duchy, spending most of their time at the Marquis's castle in the imperial capital.
This young librarian could not have been ignorant of the series of facts I knew.
Originally, people working at lower levels memorized and shared the characteristics and personalities of their superiors like genealogies.
Especially in such a large and great noble family.
He would know from word of mouth that Lycian's character was like wet cotton.
That's why he dared to act so rudely.
“Can't you say what I did wrong?”
“It's not like that.”
“Not this?”
“I, I didn’t dare to get to know the young master...”
“Didn’t you recognize him? But I clearly heard you calling him Young Master earlier?”
“That, that… I, I was out of my mind for a moment…”
Didn't you hear me calling him my brother?
“That… that…!”
“Oh, you're even outright lying?”
"No no!"
Excuses flow frantically with a pale face.
This librarian was clearly afraid of me, Tulia Fraser.
I know that too.
When Tulia smiles maliciously, she becomes truly frightening, like a nine-tailed fox about to eat someone.
At this moment, my eyes are definitely shining with that poisonous dark green color, just like the official illustration of “Tullia” the trash from…
Without taking my eyes off the librarian, I hit the desk hard.
explosion!
The librarian, whose face had lost all its color, flinched violently.
"Hey."
“Yes, yes. Miss Tulia...”
“Go get the head librarian.”
"Oh, my God."
At the mention of the head librarian's name, the librarian gasped heavily.
He seemed to immediately understand how far I intended to escalate this matter.
The librarian latched onto me immediately.
“Ah, miss…!”
He said he was wrong and he would never do it again.
These words weren't even worth listening to.
This was not a mistake, but was clearly intentional.
If Lycian had brought just one more servant, he would not have dared to act so arrogantly.
Even when he saw him coming alone asking for help, he made fun of someone for stuttering a little.
That person was far above his status.
Why would I put up with a librarian with such a corrupt character?
Especially now that I am in the body of Tullia, who was (once) famous for her obnoxious personality.
Hurry and get him!
When she screamed angrily, the librarian ran away with a completely pale face.
You are dead.
Taste the trash, you trash.
* * *
The castle's main library, the “Hall of Wisdom,” was literally turned upside down.
The Chief Librarian is the Chief Librarian.
He would be acquainted with senior advisors like Rock Culfusher, and moreover, he would be someone who directly greeted Grandpa several times a month.
So he will never tolerate this rebellious situation.
“…I will teach him properly.”
Whether it was education or class, I had no intention of interfering to this extent.
“Don't treat Lycian carelessly, you bastards.”
The head librarian apologized to Lycian several other times in particular.
The Librarian was pretending to be dying next to the Chief Librarian, and was about to kneel down.
“Then...”
Wait a minute.
I stopped the head librarian, who was bowing several more times and trying to withdraw.
“Before you go, find me a book.”
So, the title is…
“A book entitled ‘The Rightful Property of the Heirs’.”
Is this correct?
Is this address correct?
“Lycian?”
Confused, I turned to look at Lycian.
“Is the address correct?”
“…Yes. This book, it’s true.”
“Did you hear me?”
She immediately took on a threatening tone.
“The books I just mentioned, bring them now. The time limit is...”
I glanced at the huge pendulum clock, one of the library's prized possessions.
“I'll give you five minutes.”
“Yes, yes...!”
The head librarian quickly pointed to the librarians. Soon the library was in chaos, but...
I turned to look at Lycian and smiled slyly.
“They will find them soon.”
Lycian, who had been staring at me intently, nodded slowly.
His eyes widened slightly.
Just like leaves that grew under the summer sun.
* * *
After the librarians withdrew to monitor the atmosphere, the library, with just the two of us, became a comfortable and quiet place.
“That's what I like best.”
“But Tu, Tulia.”
While I was wandering around the library with a feeling of contentment, Lycian opened his mouth to ask.
“W-what-what business did you come for?”
“I came because I have something to offer you.”
“Do you have something to offer?”
I quickly took out a pillbox from my pocket.
“You switched food with me before.”
I thought I heard him mutter, “Hyung?” But anyway.
"I may have caught a cold, so this is medicine I got from my doctor. Take it beforehand."
“Ah…”
“I must ask for some water. One moment please...”
Lysiane stopped me as I was about to get up from my chair.
“I can't stand it.”
“…Without water?”
"Yes."
I blinked.
“He can take the medicine without water.”
...that's impressive?
After seeing Lisian taking the medicine, I asked her.
“Why didn't you get angry with the librarian earlier?”
“It was just a moment.”
“…”
“And it's true, I'm frustrated because I stutter.”
“You are not disappointed.”
“…Huh?”
“The most frustrating people are those you can't communicate with.”
Like that bastard Leon Fraser, not you.
“You're not disappointed at all, brother.”
“Hyung...”
Lycian whispered softly again.
“You speak the language of the Kingdom of the Summer Continent S.”
“Huh?”
“Instead of saying ‘Oraboni’, you say ‘Oba’.”
So, the word “oba” is from the language of the Summer Continent Kingdom? This is a world that didn't appear in the game, so I was learning about it for the first time.
“Should I not use it because it is from the summer continent?”
"It doesn't matter."
Lycian smiled with a strange expression that carried a tinge of nostalgia.
“The mother was also from the Summer K Kingdom.”
Yes.
I blinked.
'I see...'
The story of Tullia's mother, Marquis Esther Fraser's wife, does not appear in detail in either of them.
There is only the story that she abandoned the Marquis and eloped with another man, and the story that she took only Tullia with her when she fled.
This is why the nobles secretly suspect the Tullia bloodline.
“I thought it was just an excuse to make Tullia evil.”
But in Lycian's eyes as he looked at me, there was no hostility, suspicion, or any kind of bad feelings.
“You look more like my mother than anyone else.”
"…I?"
Lycian stared at me intently, then smiled gently.
"Yes."
Maybe because no one has ever said such words to me before, either outside or inside the game.
Lisian's words covered my heart like pure white falling snow.
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