After everything settled down, there seemed to be only peace within The Library.
However, in a corner of the Fantasy Floor, a tragedy was brewing.
Just as Hod, Yesod, and Malkuth were preparing to return to their floors, Yesod happened to remember that it was Net's turn to be on duty today.
When he went to look for Net, he found that he wasn't in the lobby.
Yesod couldn't find Net, but his thoughts were: "With his personality, if he had taken the initiative to clean, maybe the Seed of Light would have been collected long ago."
"So... he must have gone somewhere to slack off."
Hod and Malkuth saw Yesod muttering to himself with a grave expression and approached.
"Yesod, what are you thinking about? Why do you look so serious?"
"Malkuth, do you remember whose turn it is to clean the hallway today?"
"Net, right? Wait, where is Net?"
"So, the situation is quite serious now."
Hod began to think.
"Hmm, we need to think of a solution quickly."
"This is big trouble."
Angela, who was idling nearby and not knowing what to do, heard their conversation and walked up to the three of them.
"Tell me what happened."
Malkuth said anxiously, "Net is missing!"
"This 'Library Hallway Cleaning Project' was supposed to be the responsibility of the Art Floor this time."
Hod explained from the side, "Yet now, we don't know where he is."
Yesod's expression grew increasingly grave.
"No, it's not just him. Have you noticed that A and Roland are missing too?"
Malkuth thought about it.
"This is really big trouble."
Angela, listening to their conversation, asked slowly,
"Cleaning? I didn't arrange for you to clean the hallways."
Then, Yesod explained to Angela.
"Although each floor has its own Designated Librarian to manage things, it's better for public areas like hallways to be cleaned by each floor in rotation."
Angela's expression became speechless again.
"You all always like to increase your workload in strange places."
Hod's hair immediately wilted.
"Do you want to cancel this project?"
"No, I don't care."
Then, Hod's expression brightened.
"Great! Angela, I knew it... deep down, you definitely wouldn't."
At this moment, Malkuth said, "Everyone is worried now. Where on earth did Net take Roland and A to hide?"
Then, Angela sighed softly.
"Sigh..."
"Ayou, I order you to appear in front of us immediately, right now."
After Angela said this, she waited a moment, then another, until a long time had passed.
No one appeared on the scene, and Angela became instantly furious.
"Fine, fine, fine. You've grown bold."
Then, Angela snapped her fingers.
Several people fell from the sky out of thin air.
First was Ayou leading the charge, followed by Roland, and finally Net.
After Net fell to the ground, he didn't suffer much impact as the two people underneath cushioned him, and he quickly recovered.
"I? What? This is... wh... what? What's going on?"
"As long as you are still in The Library, bringing you back to my side is not a difficult task."
"However... I'm curious. What gave you the courage to refuse my orders?"
Then, Net asked suspiciously, "Orders? What orders? I didn't hear anything."
"I wasn't talking to you."
Then, Malkuth and Yesod began to interrogate Net.
"Net! We clearly agreed to take turns cleaning the hallways. The moment it's your turn, you hide. This is too outrageous!"
Yesod scrutinized the three of them.
"It's not just you. You even brought these two with you, and you all reek of alcohol."
"Uh, listen to me explain. There's a reason I did this."
"What reason could there be?" Malkuth asked angrily.
Yesod also looked at Net with a grave expression. "I want to see what kind of story you can make up."
"I really didn't want to clean the hallway, but I actually wanted to try cleaning it. Just when I was worrying about this, Ayou said he had a great place to slack off. The condition was, uh, bringing him a few bottles of alcohol, saying that would allow us to dodge this time's... *hic*... *ugh*."
Before he could finish, Net was elbowed from behind.
Ayou crawled out from under Roland and elbowed Net, saying, "Net, why did you run away? Come on... keep me... *hic*... company... come, come, come... Ah!!!!"
Then, a more sober Roland pinched Ayou hard and knocked him to the ground.
"Uh, look, this guy hasn't woken up yet. Why is he talking nonsense?"
"He clearly can't hold his liquor, yet he's so greedy for it, hahaha."
Then Hod looked at Roland.
"Then Roland, how did you end up there?"
"Ah, haha, well, that... I was forcibly dragged there by them. Do you believe me?"
Then, Malkuth said to them angrily, "You guys have disappointed me too much."
However, Yesod didn't say anything, just looked at the three of them with disdain because the smell of alcohol on them was really unpleasant.
Then, Roland began to beg for mercy.
"Sorry, this time I will help Net clean up. Please, spare me."
Don't ask why Ayou isn't there, because he was put to sleep by Roland and is still lying on the ground.
Angela spoke up, "No, not just this time. From now on, the three of you will be responsible for cleaning the public areas of the hallways."
Then, Net and Roland let out a sharp, explosive scream.
"What?!"
Hod, Yesod, and the others didn't seem too satisfied with Angela's result.
It wasn't that they weren't satisfied, but they felt it was too much.
Hod said to Angela, "Angela, I don't think letting the three of them take full responsibility is a good punishment."
However, Yesod also said, "This was just a small interlude. A small punishment for them would suffice. So, isn't this a bit too heavy for them?"
However, at this time, Malkuth was thinking about the rationality of this matter.
She also felt it wasn't very reasonable, but she didn't know how to say it.
Then, Angela also thought about it for a while.
Angela also felt it seemed a bit serious.
But Angela said, "No, let them clean. When I'm in a good mood one day, maybe I'll give them a break."
Then, Roland and Net shouted in pain.
"We're doomed!"
Finally, Malkuth didn't know what to say, and could only say, "Alright, then I hope you three can clean carefully from now on. You must clean thoroughly, okay."
Then, Net muttered, "Roland, you've added to the workload in a strange place too."
Then, Angela looked at Ayou who was still lying on the ground.
With a snap of her fingers, she made Ayou stand up straight.
At the same time, she restored his mind to a normal state.
"Alright. Now, let's interview you."
"What gave you the courage to refuse my orders?"
"Alcohol giving a coward courage? Or something else?"
Ayou cast a look of help towards the others.
However, no one responded to him.
There were only two words in his heart: "It's over!"