Lefiya turned her head to look behind her.
Following behind her was a girl with long, light golden hair, so beautiful she seemed almost otherworldly.
—Ais Wallenstein.
This renowned girl, who held the title of Sword Princess and was hailed as the strongest female swordsman in Orario.
At that moment, she was holding a crepe, taking small bites.
Hearing Lefiya's question,
Ais stopped eating.
Those golden eyes blinked somewhat blankly.
Then, Ais gently nodded.
"Mm."
"..."
Lefiya's mouth twitched.
But out of absolute trust in her idol, Miss Ais,
Lefiya still took a deep breath, gripped her staff tightly, and began searching the bookstore.
"Lady Loki! If you are here, please come out!"
"If Captain Finn finds out you snuck out again, he'll definitely be angry!"
Lefiya muttered softly while walking around the front bookshelf.
Then,
around a corner,
Lefiya did not see the cheerful main deity who loved to tease the girls of her Familia all day long.
Instead, she bumped into a pair of blue eyes as vast as the sky.
Their eyes met.
The air suddenly quieted down.
Lefiya's steps abruptly halted; she almost couldn't stop herself.
The person standing in front of her was Kikakujuo Mary, who had just set down her book and was looking over with a hint of confusion.
"Ah..."
Lefiya paused in surprise,
covering her mouth.
"Miss Marie?"
"Miss Lefiya, you can just call me Marie."
Kikakujuo Mary closed her book and offered a polite smile.
Naturally, she had not forgotten the Thousand Elf of the Loki Familia—Lefiya Viridis.
After all, in this world, an Elf girl who was shy upon first meeting, gentle in nature, and completely lacking in Elven arrogance was truly a rare sight.
Furthermore, the way Lefiya's face had flushed red last night due to revealing her Self-Destruct Chant weakness had made Marie feel a sense of unexpected closeness.
"What a coincidence."
"I didn't expect to run into you here."
"Y-yes! What a coincidence!"
Lefiya nervously tidied her hair, and her face couldn't help but turn red again.
She hadn't expected to meet an acquaintance in a situation where she was somewhat frantically searching for her own main deity.
And it was Miss Marie, whom Miss Ais cared about so much.
"Um... I came here to..."
Lefiya stammered, unwilling to admit that she was hunting for her main deity all over the streets like catching a stray cat.
That would be too embarrassing for the Loki Familia.
"Looking for a book?"
Although Kikakujuo Mary had heard their purpose upon seeing them enter, she thoughtfully offered Lefiya an out.
"Ah! Yes! Yes, yes! I came to look for books!"
Lefiya seized the opportunity, nodding frantically, like pounding garlic.
"I want to find... uh... books about magic theory!"
"Oh?"
Kikakujuo Mary's eyes lit up.
This was exactly the field she was interested in.
"Coincidentally, I am also reading materials on this topic, but the categorization here is a bit messy, and I'm new here, so I'm not very familiar with it..."
"If you don't mind, could Lefiya recommend a few books to me?"
"As a Thousand Elf, your insight in this field must be very unique."
"Eh? Eh, eh, eh?!"
Hearing the title 'Thousand Elf' again,
Lefiya's face instantly turned bright red, steam almost rising from her head.
"I... I'm not that amazing yet!"
Lefiya waved her hands frantically, denying it.
Just then,
a flat voice came from suddenly behind Lefiya.
"Lefiya."
"Did you find Loki?"
Lefiya's body stiffened.
Kikakujuo Mary slightly turned her head.
She saw the golden-haired girl who had been quietly eating a crepe behind Lefiya step forward.
Ais Wallenstein.
Still wearing that naturally dazed expression, with a bit of white cream still clinging to the corner of her mouth.
Lefiya was trapped in the middle.
An invisible aura collided between the narrow bookshelves.
Gold hair meeting gold hair.
It seemed as if something in the air gently bumped against something else at that moment.
Although one had curly hair and the other had straight hair,
in that instant,
Lefiya sensed that the atmosphere was off.
On her left was Miss Ais, whom she admired.
On the right was Kikakujuo Mary, whom she felt extremely fond of.
Her own troublesome main deity was probably secretly chuckling somewhere in a remote corner.
For a moment,
Lefiya became a little flustered.
Was this the legendary... Shuraba? (It wasn't)
"Um, well... Miss Ais... this is Miss Marie..."
"Um... Miss Marie... this is Miss Ais..."
Lefiya had no choice but to stutter through the introductions, her gaze flickering uncertainly between the two, not knowing who to look at first, only feeling that her current situation was exceptionally difficult.
Help!
Commander Finn! Lady Riveria!
Someone save me!
Meanwhile,
In a corner of the bookstore,
Loki was squatting behind a bookshelf, watching the scene through the gap, covering her mouth and laughing like a fox who had just stolen a chicken.
"Hahaha... Now this is going to be interesting."
"Lefiya's flustered appearance is just too amusing~"
...
The scene switched again.
Cutting back to the Guild.
Passing through the heavy stone door that was closed to the public,
Following the seemingly endless spiral stone staircase,
Heimer followed behind Royman, descending step by step.
The surrounding air grew colder.
The previous clamor of human voices gradually faded away, replaced by a heart-palpitating, deathly silence.
Only the echoes of their footsteps resonated in the empty corridor.
On the walls, a torch was placed at regular intervals.
However, these flames emitted a strange, faint blue light, which not only brought little warmth but instead made the shadows here even deeper.
Finally,
After walking for an unknown amount of time,
Royman, who was ahead, stopped walking.
In front of a massive bronze gate.
"Hei... Lord Heimer."
"Lord Ouranos... is just behind this door."
Having walked all this way, Royman was exhausted, turning around breathlessly and pointing at the bronze gate.
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