Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
The Royal Library - (2)

[Fizz Kingdom Capital, Central Zone.]

The sound of a bell ringing came from the iconic clock tower in the capital, signaling the beginning of the morning, and the stone-paved road was already filled with people. But even among the crowd, two women stood out prominently, turning the heads of all the young men who passed by them.

"Well, it looks worse than I imagined."

In front of them was a building erected with white bricks. Olivia sounded a little disappointed when she saw the Royal Library built in the popular Glock style of the 5th Century Lunar Calendar.

(Gw guggling 'Glock' is nongol even btw gun.)

“Major, it's old-fashioned style. As I said, this is a relic site that shows the history of the Kingdom of Farnesse. Regardless of its appearance, it had been repaired many times. By the way, the last recovery is—”

“iya yes, okay, let's go in.”

Claudia finally gets a chance to show off her knowledge, but Olivia is not interested at all. The library door was tightly shut, so Olivia pulled Claudia's arm into the guard room beside her.

"Excuse me."

The place was unobstructed by the door, and three bureaucratic-clad men were inside. Two of them who were in the appearance of security guards looked towards Claudia.

“Can we log in?”

Olivia asked while showing her Knight badge to the people on duty. A meek-looking man pushed his black-framed glasses and asked:

“Young knights... May I ask for your surname?”

"Valedstorms."

Olivia's voice was full of energy. The man frowned when he heard that:

“Valedstorm? … I'm not familiar with the house. Your peerage?"

"Noble title? I'm a Major."

"That's your military rank. I'm asking for your peerage as a noble."

"Noble title? What'sthat?"

Olivia tilted her head and looked at Claudia.

There were five levels of noble titles for the Kingdom of Farnesse, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron. In addition, there are 'Pleiades peerage' that only last one generation, ranging from Old Purple Sling, Red Purple Sling, Green Purple Sling, White Purple Sling, Dark Sling, Red Sling, Green Sling. For the titles of nobles of the same level, their standings were differentiated based on whether they had the Pleiades Peerage, and the color of their sashes.

When Olivia became a knight, this was all explained to her, but she must have forgotten about it. Claudia sighed inwardly, and told the man that Olivia was a Baron. The man's face became firm when he heard that:

“I guess you already know that you will need someone with a high standing to guarantee you if you will be granted an Entry Permit. Is your document for this appropriate?”

“Ya, we have prepared it.”

"- Really?"

The man looked at them with suspicious eyes. She might doubt Olivia knew any powerful noble who could vouch for her, given her young age. That's why he underestimated her.

Claudia took out a neatly folded letter.

“It's enough.”

With that, he opened the letter and showed it to the man. This was the clearance slip that Neinhart had given him in case of any problems. Neinhart might have anticipated this.

“Hmm? Guarantee letter, yes.. ”.

The man leaned over to read the contents of the letter, and shouted in the middle of the road:

“M-I'm sorry! I understand the situation now, please come in."

The man quickly gave instructions to open the door, and bowed towards the two women. He quickly bowed to power. Claudia was speechless as she accompanied the carefree Olivia through the library— door

“Atrove amazingly awesome !! Claudia, there are so many books here !! ”

Olivia has a cheerful smile that suits her age, and expresses her overflowing excitement. Unlike the heavy exterior, the inside of the library is made of open two-story wood, so it looks great. On both sides of the central hallway of the library were placed shelves evenly. Statues were placed everywhere, giving an atmosphere of grace.

At the end of the central hallway was a table made of plain wood surrounding some staff serving guests.

“It will be hard to find what you want with this many books. Why don't we consult the library staff?"

Olivia agreed with Claudia's advice. After waiting for a while, when a staff member had some free time, they asked a woman who returned the book to the shelf: a:

"Excuse me, is this the right time?"

The woman named Claris watched Claudia from top to bottom closely. The spots under the red-framed glasses and flat-cut bangs leave a strong impression.

"I want to investigate the reason for the death of a noble house."

“The reason behind their deaths? You just check the catalog of the name of the house, no need to go to the library.”

Claris pushed her red-framed glasses as she said that.

“But not mentioned there.”

"Not mentioned?"

"Yes." Yeah."

It would be faster to show it, so Claudia took out a catalog of house names from her bag. He had already added a bookmark, and opened the Valedstorm home page in no time.

"See ..."

Claudia points out the problem, and Claris starts reading doubtfully.

"- Hmm. The Valedstorm house that died 150 years ago! Crossed scabies and skulls, what an ominous symbol ... I see, the reason for their deaths is not mentioned ..."

Claris muttered to herself while pushing her red-framed glasses. When she saw this, Claudia thought: “The man in that guard room and this woman too, does the library staff like to push their glasses?”

“Only the Valedstorm family has no records whatsoever. You know how we can investigate why?"

After some investigation, he realized that the destruction of the other houses had all been properly documented. Claudia wasn't as worried about this as Olivia, but she was still curious about this.

“It is difficult to determine only with this..”.

"Is it that hard?"

“Good, but I'm sure of one thing; this is not just a deviation in record keeping."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the note was deleted by someone."

Claris said as she closed the book.

“Someone deleted it..”.

Hearing that, Claudia's eyes returned to the catalogue in her hands.

“Sometimes, those in power cover up or fake facts that are uncomfortable for them. It was common, but in this case, only the reason for their deaths was erased. In other words, the others remain intact."

"What does that mean?"

“This means it is not very important, at least for the current Kingdom.”

After a moment of silence, Olivia suddenly appeared from behind Claris, which made her scream.

“Then, what should we do to find out the reason for their death?”

“Is he with you?”

"Actually, I accompanied him."

Thus, Claris began to observe Olivia closely.

"So ... She is also very beautiful ... Let me think ... First of all, the emblem was creepy, the emblem that could be easily attributed to death would usually not be used."

"Is that so? I think it looks cool. "

“But it's not fun. It's no joke if the house is destroyed by the emblem. After all, Valedstorm is over. I wonder why they chose such an ominous-looking emblem."

“... Hey, Claudia.”

Olivia pulled on Claudia's sleeves with an anxious face. He must have been bullied by Claris who ignored him and kept on babbling. Claudia felt the same way.

“Ahem— So how? Is it possible to find out why?"

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...To Be Continue's...