# 42
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The next morning.
In the spacious dining hall of the Hilderius family, Dabin was sitting, unusually, as she always appeared at the end of mealtime. You yawn lazily.
"Oh, Dabin! You woke up early today..?"
Dabin usually appeared in her pajamas with messy hair, eating bread while half asleep.
When I first saw her, I was very confused by the appearance of the first lady of the empire throwing the rules of etiquette against the wall.
But as the days passed, and I saw the Hilderius family accepting her appearance normally, I began to accept it as well.
But today, Dabin was tying her hair neatly, wearing a formal uniform, and looking intently at a stack of papers from behind her glasses.
“Ah, Kay, you've come.”
Dabin's gaze remained fixed on the papers.
Even after the Duke, his wife, and Lloyd arrived and the food began, Dabin was eating with difficulty.
She took a few sips of coffee and small pieces of bread, then she arranged her papers and got up, saying to the Duke and his wife:
“The schedule for the Magic Academy's Summer Scientific Conference has been published. I'll be busy in the library for a while preparing. So, on to “The meeting”
The Duke, his wife, and Lloyd nodded their heads as if it happened every year.
What is keeping her so busy?
I felt curious, so I quickly finished my food to follow her to the library.
I went back to my room and changed my clothes, and at that moment I opened the palace door to go to the library.
"Oh, hello. We've met before, right?"
I did not expect to see Iotias standing in front of the palace door with a bright smile.
Damn this luck...
I closed the door slowly again.
After that strange dream, I started to feel upset about seeing him.
Should I just go back to my room?
At that moment, the palace bell rang.
The butler suddenly appeared next to me and opened the door.
And Jotias was still standing there.
"Ah! It's Mr. Iotias, it's been a while. How are you?"
The butler started talking to Iotias.
Hearing their voices, it seemed that the conversation would last for a long time.
So, should I take the opportunity and run to the library?
I quickly passed between them and ran towards the stone path leading to the library.
How much did you run? The palace disappeared from my sight.
“Huh... huh...”
I stopped and my breathing started to stop.
I have to train physically.
As a result of my neglect of sports and my belief that the therapeutic power is all that treatment needs, my fitness has reached rock bottom.
I stopped for a moment to catch my breath, and...
“Miss Kay.”
I heard a voice calling me from behind me.
I turned and found Jotias standing there.
I don't know when he arrived!
“We met again.”
He smiled brightly while shaking his hair.
With the beautiful face of Iotias shining in the sunlight, it seemed as if a halo surrounded him.
No matter how much I love handsomeness, I will not fall into the trap of this view.
I only spoke to him once, but I felt a suspicious smell coming from him.
I asked him very carefully:
“Why do you follow me?”
“Ah, I'm not following you, miss. I'm going to see Mrs. Dabin.”
He answered with a smile and then continued:
“The butler told me that Mrs. Dabin is in the library. Then, see you.”
Iotias bowed lightly, then passed by me and began to walk in front of me with steady steps.
Was I delusional?
When I saw his back walking away, my caution faded a little.
Maybe this was really just a dream?
I walked towards the library, a short distance away from Iotias.
But, since he is the head of the Magic Tower, couldn't he teleport? Why does he walk?
He was a mysterious man.
When we reached the library entrance.
“Oh, by the way.”
The man who was walking so well suddenly stopped.
Iotias turned to me and said:
“The treatment book was very painful.”
He raised his bangs a little, and I saw a prominent wound as if he had been hit hard.
“Miss Kay is the first person to survive after inflicting such a major injury on me.”
At that moment, a shiver ran through my entire body.
What? That wasn't...that wasn't a dream?
“Ha ha ha, those expressions again. You’re cute.”
He's a really crazy pervert!
I tightened my grip on the treatment book in my hand.
“Dabin is waiting for me. Then, see you.”
Iotias laughed faintly, then turned and entered the library.
He completely assumed the role of a crazy deviant.
I felt very grateful that Dabin did not marry this man.
With this, the last shred of hope I had for the duo (Dabin and Jotias) ended.
Dabin, you deserve so much better!
Our Dabin will never be his!
I entered the library, clenching my fists.
When I opened the library door, I was shocked by the sight.
The library, which was tidy until yesterday, was now in a state of complete chaos.
Librarians move large books quickly, and the books pile up around the reading table.
In the middle of that pile, Dabin was standing in front of a large blackboard.
She was writing something while looking at a huge amount of papers, and looking closely, she was stacking difficult equations that only specialists could understand.
I suddenly remembered that Dabin in the novel was a genius witch competing with the lord of the tower.
After going back in time, it turns out that she is a genius.
It was said that she changed the face of scientific history with innovative theories, and when I saw her view now, I began to feel it.
My big sister is amazing!
At the moment I was admiring this new side of Dabin.
“Does Miss Kay want to participate in this scientific conference?”
Someone whispered close to my ear.
Oh, what a shame!
I turned around in horror at his close breathing, and found Iotias standing there.
This man definitely entered before me, so how did he suddenly appear behind me?
I answered as I moved away from him as far away as possible:
“No, I will not participate.”
“Hmm, that's unfortunate.”
Iotias said this in a low voice.
I'm a therapist, so I won't write theses, Iotias.
Iotias bowed with a smile and approached Dabin, who was looking at the equations on the blackboard.
When Iotias greeted Dabin and took out a stack of papers, Dabin began to examine them carefully with a look of annoyance on her face.
The two started an intense discussion about equations, theories, and laws that I do not understand at all.
At that moment, one of the clerks approached me and said in confusion:
“Excuse me. Mrs. Dabin is very busy preparing for the scientific conference, so it will be difficult to enter the library for a while.”
Does this mean “leave because we are busy”?
It's okay. I will return to the palace.
“Ah...yes, I understand...”
The clerk saw my sad facial expression and continued:
“I'm sorry. During the preparation season, a lot of books move around, which poses a safety risk. As you can see, since this is joint work with... “Magic Tower, a lot of magicians will come, and it will be difficult to study in this environment.”
As soon as he finished his sweet words, Dabin shouted:
“Iotias! Cylon's theory must be proven, do you think this makes sense!”
Dabin's angry voice pierced my ears.
Her voice was so loud that my shoulders trembled, but the clerks continued their work calmly, as if they were accustomed to this.
Iotias laughed in response to her words and began writing equations on the blackboard and discussing them in every detail.
My head started to hurt from this flood of difficult words.
I didn't know if they were doing a joint search or quarreling.
My librarian saw this and looked at me with a look that said, “Look, can you study in this position?”
“Ah, I see. It's okay. Thank you for telling me, librarian.”
“May you be safe.”
I said goodbye to the librarian and left the library.
I failed to study there, but it seems that Iotias will not appear around me as long as he is busy with Dabin preparing for research.
Even after the big door was closed, the sound of their discussion (or quarrel) was echoing loudly from inside the library.
So, should I go back to the palace?
I walked towards the palace.
Fresh breeze, warm sun, and a wonderful garden.
My distress caused by Iotias vanished.
“Healer!”
I turned around at the sound of someone calling me, and I found people dressed as knights and waving their hands.
When I looked closely, they were members of the fifth squad.
“Hello, therapist!”
They ran towards me and bowed down in front of me.
“How were you?”
“Yes! Thanks to you, we are fine!”
Each one of them greeted me with a smiling face.
However, it seemed that the training was harsh, as their faces and bodies were full of wounds.
“But why do you have all these wounds?”
Does your band therapist never do his job?
The band members scratched their heads in response to my question.
“Ah, actually, the Fifth Division’s healer has resigned this time…”
"He resigned? Did something happen?"
“Ah...actually.”
And so they started telling me the story.
What a cunning Utias! It seemed that that night was not really a dream, as the wound on his forehead confirmed that.