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Chapter 46 The Royal Library

The conversation between Engli and Nalia ended on bad terms.

After all, Nalia never thought about reaching any cooperation with people like Engli from the beginning, and she didn't want to have anything to do with these disputes in the royal family. The only two things she wanted to do now.

One is to tear off Ngri’s ugly disguise.

The other is to look for Sirius who may still be alive but whose whereabouts are unknown.

She didn't completely trust Luther's words. Although she didn't have much contact with Luther, she could tell from his lack of dignity and his willingness to betray anyone as long as he wanted to survive and satisfy his selfish desires. This was not a person worth trusting.

The other party may tell the truth in order to rely on him, or he may use half-truths and half-false words to delay her time.

But at least she was quite convinced of the first half of Luther's words, which were the words accusing Engel of framed Sirius.

This can be seen from her reaction when she just talked with Engri. Even the God of Light does not want to become the other party's tool for lying at this time.

On the way back to her bedroom, Nalia felt so irritable that when she passed by Sirius's bedroom door, she suddenly stood there and didn't know whether she should go in and take a look.

She now regrets her previous actions very much, because if she had noticed something when Sirius was laughing helplessly in the palace before he left Aphrama, things would not have reached such an irreversible state.

She hated her arrogance. After living in the palace for more than ten years, she seemed to have become the kind of despicable noble she hated most.

Since when had she and Sirius rarely had one-on-one conversations?
  Did I neglect Sirius simply because I was too busy learning all kinds of knowledge and practicing swordsmanship at that time, or was it because of the disdainful attitude towards him from the people around me that I unknowingly changed my view of him?
  But in the end, Nalia didn't push the door open, because she knew that even if she went in now, she wouldn't be able to find the smiling brother she once had. She could only see another equally pitiful substitute, and see him deliberately treating her. Show respect.

"Ah... Your Royal Highness!"

When Nalia stopped in front of the door, a maid who happened to be cleaning the corridor noticed her figure and hurriedly walked to Nalia and said hello.

"Is Sirius in there?"

"Back to Your Royal Highness, Your Highness the Second Prince is not inside. He went to the Royal Library with Knight Hannah."

"Royal Library..."

Nalia was just wondering why she didn't see her subordinate Hannah in the corridor. After all, based on her understanding of him, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would leave Sirius after she gave the order to protect him. A walking person.

But why did that man choose not to stay in the bedroom at this time, but instead ran to the library?
  Suddenly, a vague scene in Nalia's memory suddenly appeared in her mind.

At that time, the young Sirius was hiding alone in the library, holding an imperial history book in a corner where no one could find him, reading it with gusto.

Is it just a coincidence...

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There is a big difference between the Royal Library located inside the palace and the Imperial Library built in the center of the city.

If the Imperial Library is mainly for civilians, so it is relatively less magnificent, then the Royal Library seems too grandiose. From the marble exterior wall engraved with complex runes and mysterious reliefs, you can see that it was built by How much time and energy was spent. The huge arched door at the entrance would open automatically as people approached. When Sirius followed Hannah through the door and entered the door, he saw the huge bookshelf as tall as a stone giant.

No, if the book is placed so high...can it really be reached?
  Sirius complained a little in his heart, but he also realized that this is a magical world, and such a simple problem can be solved easily.

The Royal Library has about three floors, and the magic books he wants to read are on the east side of the second floor.

Maybe it was because this place was not open to the outside world, and only royal nobles like Sirius could come in to read, so he didn't meet anyone else on the way from the time he entered to the second floor through the spiral staircase.

"Hannah, is there any introductory magic textbook suitable for novices?"

"...Sorry, I'm not good at magic."

"Okay, let me see for myself."

Seeing Hannah standing not far away, always on alert, Sirius shook his head helplessly.

The more I look at her, the more I think she is a good subordinate. Is there any way to trick her into coming to him?
  Putting these thoughts aside, Sirius returned all his attention to the bookshelf in front of him. The collection of books here is indeed very sufficient, arranged in layers according to different categories of magic.

For example, various elemental spells classified according to elements, healing magic classified according to functions, and even some complex siege magic and rune carvings have corresponding books.

But these books were obviously not understandable to a layman like him. As for the more mysterious black magic, let alone learning, there are actually no specific teaching books here at all.

After all, for some very rare magic categories, even the Imperial City Library has no relevant records. These magics are either taught face to face or exist only in legends. All that remains on the bookshelf is an introductory document that resembles a thesis review.

After browsing many books, Sirius finally found a book called "Fire Magic: From Beginner to Mastery".

When he opened the first page of this book, the densely packed Xilin characters impacted his brain. Fortunately, he had inherited part of his memory after time travel, otherwise he would not have been able to identify the hieroglyphs that were like ghostly symbols.

The content in the book is still very logical. This is different from writing a world view by yourself. In this world, there will still be a set of magic principles of its own.

For example, how to use meditation to feel the fire elements, how to chant mantras to simply gather them, to the control theory of elements, how to improve the efficiency of practice, and other details that only novices will have questions about, are all written in this book.

What surprised Sirius was that after meditating, he actually noticed the thin fire element hidden in the air.

This means that he is no longer the useless second prince with no magical talent in the original plot.

But it is a pity that at this age, he has actually missed the best time to study. Sirius knows that his current talent can only be said to be good, but it is still a bit difficult to catch up through practice.

"……What are you doing?"

Just when Sirius was sitting in the corner and ready to continue reading, he suddenly heard Nalia's cold voice in front of him.

Although he was a little surprised, Sirius was even more confused at this moment...

Why does he always feel that this woman looks at him with a trace of... nostalgia?
  (End of this chapter)