“It’s nothing. I just thought Miss Loraviel looked a little familiar,” Nataya said, looking at Loraviel before her. She had seen her once before.

But at that time, Loraviel’s eyes were filled with fear, and she looked very pitiful.

The current Loraviel, however, was full of confidence, and her words and actions were very elegant and natural.

“Have we met?” Loraviel had no impression of Nataya, neither in her current form nor her previous older-sister form.

“I have seen you, Miss Loraviel, but you probably haven’t seen me,” Nataya said.

Loraviel frowned. “When?”

“It was not long after you became Her Highness Liana’s maid. I once saw you at the Risade Square, but at that time, you seemed to be in great pain.”

Although Loraviel had no impression of Nataya at all, the time period she mentioned should have been when her misunderstanding of Her Highness had not yet been cleared up. So, when following behind Her Highness, she would have felt very afraid.

“But now, there’s completely no need for that feeling anymore,” Nataya said.

“...What do you mean by that, Miss Nataya?” Loraviel was about to enter spinosaurus mode.1棘背龙形态 (jíbèilóng xíngtài), a joke about entering an aggressive stance.

From the way Nataya was speaking, it sounded as if she were glad that Her Highness Liana was dead.

“Because Her Highness Liana was a good person, there was no need to be afraid anymore. It’s just... Her Highness is no longer with us.” Nataya’s tone was a little sad.

“...” Now I get it. Another characteristic of the dwarf race was that their nerves were a bit thick.2神经比较大条 (shénjīng bǐjiào dàtiáo), dense or slow on the uptake. She probably didn’t even realize what kind of misunderstanding her words just now could cause.

Loraviel retracted her spinosaurus mode.

“I know. I am also very grateful to Her Highness. It’s just that I no longer have the chance to repay her. So, I came to Princess Mephilia’s side. After all, Her Highness Liana was her lover. I wanted to put my own heart at ease as much as possible, and then things turned out like this,” Loraviel patiently explained.

“It’s good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. I also had many misunderstandings about Princess Liana before,” Nataya said.

“Ahem.” Liana coughed lightly. She was a little embarrassed and didn’t want to waste time on this. It felt unnecessary.

“If there is nothing else, then I will take my leave. I still have some things to attend to,” Liana said.

“Are you two going to the library?” Nataya asked.

“...Yes.” Liana was a little reluctant to answer this question. She had a feeling that something troublesome would happen.

“What a coincidence, I’m going there too. Shall we go together?” Nataya seemed to be the type to get familiar with people quickly.

“Well...”

“Miss Jacaranda needs to research some books and wants a quiet environment. So, I’m sorry, Miss Nataya, it’s not very convenient for us to go together.” Since Liana couldn’t bear to refuse her, then Loraviel would be the bad guy.

“Alright then.” Nataya didn’t press the issue. “Then I’ll see you next time. And thank you again for yesterday’s reminder, Miss Elf.”

Liana waved her hand. The other party was still quite polite and didn’t cling to her. She was also the only one who had thanked her. On top of that, her impression of the other two territories was just too poor.

Liana still quite liked such a polite little princess.

“The public’s opinion of Her Highness Liana has improved a lot now.”

Liana could hear the happy tone in Loraviel’s voice. Hearing others praise Liana, she was strangely the happiest one.

“You looked like you were about to hit her just now,” Liana said, rolling her eyes at Loraviel. “Even if others have a bad opinion of me, it’s fine. It’s what I deserve. You can’t get angry at them, okay?”

“I know.” Loraviel certainly knew her limits. She wasn’t acting from a personal standpoint now, some things would indirectly affect Liana or Mephilia.

However, at certain times, she would definitely not put up with it. After all, no standpoint was as important as Princess Liana’s.

“There will definitely be many people who are dissatisfied with me in the future. So, you need to be prepared,” Liana reminded.

Liana didn’t like to look at everything from an optimistic angle. It was better to prepare for some things with a realist attitude. That way, you could make the best decision when things happened.

“Mm.”

The two continued to walk towards the library.

After Mephilia’s introduction last time, Liana more or less knew how to use this library.

Liana randomly found a corner to stay in, closed her eyes, and searched for the book she wanted in her mind.

Soon, dozens, even hundreds of books appeared before her. Then, after layers and layers of screening, only three books were left in the end.

Liana wasn’t in a hurry now. Three books it was, she could just take her time reading them.

But when Liana reached out her hand, something stopped her.

Sorry, your level is not high enough to read this book. Please raise your level for future reading.

Required reading level for this book: Level 4. Your current level: Level 1. You need 100 more experience points to level up.

You can perform the following tasks to raise your reading level.

Liana’s fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, her expression becoming a little strange.

Wait, there’s a catch here?

Originally, Liana was very happy to be able to find books about the demon race, but she hadn’t expected this.

Moreover, the so-called tasks were completely about doing things for the Ibett Magic Academy. It was hard not to suspect that this was something the academy staff had added.

But Liana could also understand them. Maintaining the academy and organizing the library required a lot of time and energy.

Not to mention, they also needed to impart knowledge and magic. Letting students who had just entered to white-prostitute3白嫖 (báipiáo), obtaining goods or services for free. was indeed a bit unreasonable.

If some ill-intentioned person came to look and then ran off, who could the academy complain to?

It was just that this made Liana a little frustrated. Not only did she not have the authority to read these books now, but she didn’t even know if she was qualified to. What if she worked for a long time only to find out she wasn’t qualified? Wouldn’t it be a waste of effort?

Liana looked at her level.

Current completed task: Passed the demon race simulation battle. Reward granted: 100 experience points.

“What’s wrong?” Loraviel looked at Liana’s frustrated expression.

“Sigh.” Liana sighed. “You need levels. You have to complete the various tasks assigned by the academy to have the right to read these books. And then you still don’t know if you’re qualified to read them.”

“I see. What book is it?” Loraviel asked.

Although she was no longer interested in the books in the library, if it could help Her Highness, she was more than happy to.

“A book about the demon race.” Liana stood up. “I’ll just have to keep working hard.”

Loraviel took a rough look at the content of the tasks. They were basically about helping the academy with some chores, finding medicinal herbs, clearing out nearby monsters, and passing the academy’s tests, and so on.

But there was a simpler, more efficient method, and that was to battle other students of the academy. If you defeated them, you could get their experience.

However, it was generally not recommended to do so. This would basically turn both parties into enemies, and losing didn’t mean you had to leave the academy.

Besides, you couldn’t just fight whenever you wanted. Both parties had to agree. Basically, unless one had absolute confidence, they would not engage in battle. So this matter could almost be ignored.

“It’s become so troublesome.” Liana leaned back in her chair. “I wonder what Mephilia’s level is. I’ll just ask her to help later.”

Setting aside whether she had the right, at the very least, Mephilia was definitely qualified to read them. It would be a bit ridiculous if the owner of sacred magic couldn’t read books about the demon race.

“I don’t think that would work either,” Loraviel said. “Since there is this kind of restriction, they definitely wouldn’t let you speak of the contents of the book. Otherwise, you could make a big profit just by reselling the contents of some books.”

“That’s true. It seems there’s no shortcut.” Liana was a little frustrated. She didn’t know how long these tasks would take.

Although ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) the experience gained from completing the demon simulation was a lot, it had a time limit and was very risky.

Liana didn’t think she could pass the demon simulation one hundred percent of the time, nor did she think the difficulty of the simulation would be as simple as before.

Even more fatal was that she didn’t know if the experience required for subsequent level-ups would increase.

Am I... supposed to work at the Ibett Magic Academy?

However, complaining was one thing, but what needed to be done still had to be done.

Liana leaned back in her chair, randomly picking up a book and pretending to read it.

Because she didn’t know if Loraviel wanted to leave now, but she did know that as long as she spoke up, Loraviel would leave. So it was better to wait a bit.

But Liana underestimated Loraviel’s observational skills as a maid. Plus, she was thinking the same thing. She wasn’t reading anything either. Even if there was something she wanted to read, she had encountered the same problem as Liana where her level wasn’t high enough.

Loraviel closed her book, propped her cheek on one hand, and looked at Liana.

Because this was a private room, there was no worry of being seen.

After a short while, Liana felt a little embarrassed from being stared at. “What is it?”

“We don’t have permission for the books we want to read,” Loraviel voiced Liana’s thoughts.

“Then shall we go back first? After Mephilia comes back, we can ask her if there’s a faster way to level up?” Liana said.

“Okay.” Loraviel nodded.

She coaxed Liana into a happy mood with just a few words.

Liana got up and left the library with Loraviel, heading towards Mephilia’s residence.

It was just that on the way, a very familiar and somewhat surprising person appeared. But the other party didn’t know who she was right now, so she would just act as if she hadn’t seen them and leave.

But Liana hadn’t expected the other party to take the initiative to call out to her. Or rather, to call out to Loraviel beside her.