Rush!...
The throne room door was quickly pushed open, confirming that the matter was urgent.
The knight quickly advanced from the throne and knelt down. The golden-eyed queen, who was not human at all, turned her attention. The knight stopped her conversation with the man next to her.
"I'm sorry for my behavior, Your Majesty.. But the matter is important! .."
The Queen furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, and the tone of her knights meant two things.
"What is the matter? ..."
Either it is spoils or anguish. The knight swallowed his enthusiasm and answered, emphasizing that it was the first possibility.
"your Majesty! ...A letter has been sent from the First Advisor saying that he has discovered the presence of another female guard ..."
The Queen's eyes widened in surprise, and quickly turned to interest, and so was the person next to her.. They
exchanged glances tensely and full of enthusiasm, concerned with many matters. She broke her gaze with his friend. Blue eyes asked the knight,
"What!...Are you sure?"
The kneeling knight nodded in response, his bright tone not changing.
"Yes, Your Majesty...the news came directly from the First Counselor!.."
The Queen blinked slowly, trying to comprehend the news. Was it that difficult to understand? ... She turned to ask the person standing near her.
"Army Commander... Is this what you meant earlier?"
A smile appeared on his face, and it was sufficient to answer...
But he quickly cut off the smile and asked the kneeling knight. "Did he mention her name in the letter?"
" .."
The dark blue eyes flashed excitedly at his question.
While the kneeling knight was nervous about the answer, especially to the suspicious person holding the title of army commander. And not any army...
The knight frowned and forced his tongue to speak so that his voice would not tremble.
"The name of the garrison is ... Lubna de Lire..."
The queen fixed her troubled face on the commander next to her, and saw well the unique smile that she had never seen before spread on his face and eyes. Flashing blue with unprecedented enthusiasm.
She even heard him mutter easily.
"I hope the next one goes smoothly..."
******
".Hmm, let's see.. the routine as usual 'food, study, work in the library, and food again..' I simply went back to my schedule."
Every day as I walk into the sanctuary. It was exactly this routine since I arrived at the university during a month... a month... yes, a month passed so quickly...
my days were no different from each other, and I did not even stop working in the library, and despite my attempts to stop and tell Gribitch, he refused to leave me alone. He begged to continue in the library.
In the end, I benefited! But I'm too lazy to keep doing anything!
Well, I was offered an increase in wages and of course I accepted, not only for this reason, but because I found many interesting and imaginative books, some of which talk about peoples' myths, and some of them about magical creatures created by human imagination, and because of my curiosity in these matters, I devoted my attention to imaginary books in the hope that I might come up with an answer About the secret of my strength...
but unfortunately!, I did not find even a hint! In the end, I gave up and decided to work for the money - I am not greedy - but there is no harm in earning some money.
And this is the end of my journey. I have finished the lectures and the time is now approaching 4 and the sun will begin to set, and thus my work in the library will begin.
I entered the library and put the notebook and pen in my hand on one of the tables. There was no one there except me, so I walked slowly around, seeing the shelf I needed to work on today.
I suddenly stood in one of the paths between the shelves, because I saw someone.
The three of us exchanged confused looks. Grebitch and the brunette girl were standing there.
Strange!.. How could I not feel them or even.... hear what they were saying. That I have very sharp senses and can hear even their muttering from the library door... I
t wasn't exciting, but what confused me was that I couldn't hear their conversation...!
Hamham Grebitch grabs my attention with an awkward smile - I think?
"Miss de Lier, you have already come... I was waiting for you..."
The brunette girl was still confused, so I paid attention to her, so that I might come up with an answer.
But she sighed lightly and made a wide smile that concealed all her thoughts and tension,
"I was asking Grebitch about working with you in the library..."
I was intrigued by her addressing Grebitch casually, and wait, did she say work with me?
"Do you want to work with me?"
She answered with the kind smile that I always see her with.
"Yes, I intended from the beginning to work here, but I have been very busy lately, so I did not find the right time.."
"It is good to have someone to help you. Isn't that right, Miss De Lier?"
I narrowed my eyes in confusion. Whenever Gribitch said 'isn't it?'
the other party would easily respond to his desire.
I don't know why, but it seemed strange.
She put on a fake smile, hiding a lot of it behind it. "Of course, I will be happy with you..."
"Okay, then Lauren, you can start working after the vacation is over..."
".Are you two close?.."
The two of them looked around in surprise, and for a moment I imagined extreme coldness in their glasses.
"Not exactly, but the five of us are from the same country, so we are quite close."
The brunette answered gently, as usual.
But what confuses me is her mention of "the five of us." Does she mean the girls in the room with me? In fact, I didn't talk to my roommates.
Never during the previous period and I did not even bother to know their names.
One or two of them would come to Elad, but the strange thing was that the red-haired girl did not come even once during the month after the last meeting.
I didn't care much about it because my day was already full, and I would go back to my room exhausted.
She nodded at her previous words, "When will your vacation be..?"
"It is definitely tomorrow...don't you know.?"
"You know what?"
Grebitch said.
"It seems you are still ignorant of the details here.... Tomorrow is the end of the month and everyone will be on vacation..."
I asked a little surprised. I had never heard of this before. "Wait. Are you saying that tomorrow?"
A vacation for everyone?.."
He laughed.
"Yes, students are allowed to leave for a day..."
No denying it, I didn't care because I had nowhere to go.
But perhaps I can still benefit from it... I can search for my cousin myself, because Grebitch did not find him at the university.
I asked him twice and he said he was looking and the third time he said he was not there.
So I concluded that it might be at another university, and of course the research would take a long time! My thoughts were interrupted when Grebitch asked,
"Are you going to stay at the university tomorrow?"
"Yes, I think so."
I'm still not sure though, looks like I'll have to wait. Grebitch and the brunette girl nodded simultaneously after exchanging glances.
"Okay, then, I have to leave now. You can look for the book, Miss Lauren."
The brunette said after being confused for a while. "Okay, I'll look for it with her."
Finally she pointed to me, Grebitch smiled contentedly and left. While we both stood facing each other, I broke the silence,
"It seems that we have not gotten to know each other well yet, so I will introduce myself. I am Lubna de Lier. It is an honor to work with you."
She smiled brightly and extended her hand for a handshake.
"I apologize for ignoring the matter earlier. I am Lauren from the heart and it was also an honor to work with you..."
I was very surprised by her nickname 'Lauren from the heart.' I did not understand what she meant. It seemed that the heart was her birthplace, so I simply ignored the matter and said. Half jokingl
, "I bet my name is weird to you so... you can call me Penny... I prefer that better..."
she nodded with a brighter smile.
"Okay, Penny..."
*****
And during the day's work, she didn't leave The woman called Lauren, the library, and she stayed with me until I finished..
This was the first day I had to work without my strength so that she would not see me. However, the work was not difficult at all and she focused only on reading, and she rarely spoke to me.
At the end of the day, she also accompanied me to the dining hall.
I did not care about her company and thought that perhaps she would like to form a friendship with me....
And I did not know the real reason for being late....
~~~
The next day, I woke up early as usual, and prepared to leave the room, but I did not I noticed that Lauren was not there this morning, because I was already accustomed to being alone, and I did not care about her and went off to study...
But when I arrived, I was surprised that the hall was empty of students, and not only that, but the professor was not there as well.
I looked in some nearby halls, which were also empty, and then I remembered what Grebitch had said to me yesterday..
["Tomorrow is the end of the month, and everyone will be on vacation."]
And tomorrow became the day, so it seemed that the halls were empty. I remembered it late, sighed in dismay and went back to the room.
There weren't many people in the sanctuary in the first place, but I didn't notice this before...
Well, now I'm free, um, it's not necessary to go to the library either, and of course I'll be free to sleep today, nahiha!* Hurray! !
Finally, I will sleep as much as I want!...
I spent about half the day in my room sleeping comfortably, and when I woke up, the sun had relatively set. I felt bored alone, so I decided to go to the library to read a book that might hide this boredom.
I actually went to the library and walked between some shelves containing a collection of fantasy books, but what caught my attention most was the presence of a half-open book on the table.
I picked it up and sat in a corner. That booklet contained very interesting things! One of them was talking about the theory of parallel dimensions.
I did not understand its meaning, but all I concluded from this book was that the world is not one, but rather there is something that human senses cannot perceive, and no one was able to figure out its mystery - that there are worlds that are very close, invisible and intangible, in which events similar to our world take place...
I did not understand it completely, but I liked it. In the end, it took me five times to read it to understand it, and I think it was too late.
"My back is stiff!"
I muttered, straightening up and hurried to look at the clock at the beginning of the library. Oh my God, it was very late. It was now 3:00 in the morning!
I quickly left the library and returned to my room.
but... when I was walking, I felt something very strange! . The matter cannot be described, but what is certain is that something is following me!
I looked around, not looking for someone to watch me, but rather making sure someone was there.
Apparently there's going to be a battle soon and it's not good for someone to see that battle.
In the end, I was forced to walk in circuitous ways, seeing the end of those following me, and seeing a suitable place to confront him.
I found an empty place, but I did not think it would be a good idea to fight in the dining hall, so I retreated and walked more, until I found a suitable place, directly behind the university. It is also good for hiding traces of fighting.
I suddenly stopped walking, and held out a cold gaze, "Show yourself!.."
For a while nothing appeared, causing me to pull out my strength and shoot a large flame of fire through my hand in midair.
Moments later, he came out. It turned out to be a monster! For a moment, I was surprised by its size and shape. It was large and looked like a wolf, but it seemed to have solid skin, not fur.
I haven't encountered a monster in a while...
but I hope I can finish quickly so I can go back to sleep... the timing was bad now, because I really wanted to sleep.