Heroes Are Not Subject to NTR. (Not NTR) 35

Chapter 35 – The Great Library

Unlike other cities, I didn’t even meet the guild master, and party registration was completed quickly.

“Yes, then registration is complete with this.”

The warrior who registered his personal information at the guild reception desk left the receptionist behind and returned to his colleagues.

Looking inside the guild, there were many wizards in the Elysium branch of the adventurers guild.

Wizards and priests were rare in the adventurer’s guild as they required specialized training, but seeing so many wizards gathered in the guild made the warriors a bit unfamiliar.

‘Huh? What is that… ?’

The warrior, who was observing a lot of wizards in the guild, found badges on their chests.

The badges on the chest had numbers written on them, most of them were 1-3, but there was also a very rare wizard who wore a badge with 4 written on it.

“What’s wrong with the warrior?”

As the hero and mage were preoccupied with the badges on their chests, Yuria pulled on the hero’s sleeve and asked.

“No, it’s just that other people care about the badge.”

“Ah… Will you find out soon?”

The hero wondered what that meant, but he didn’t really ask because he’d know soon.

The Hero and the others from the adventurer’s guild headed for the Great Library in Elysium, which was their original goal.

As we approached the Great Library, the number of wizards increased, and all of them wore badges with numbers on their chests.

Great library.

The correct name was the library of the wise Allenbaut, but no one calls it that now, and everyone calls it the Great Library.

In addition to books related to magic, in the Great Library there were many valuable materials that had been lost elsewhere, such as records of history and the ecology of monsters.

For that reason, not only wizards visited the Great Library, but scholars also headed to the Great Library for the purpose of obtaining valuable materials.

“Wow…”

Eventually, after arriving at the Great Library of Elysium, Hero and the others exclaimed inwardly when they saw the grand library.

The Great Library was not a library, but rather a castle.

It was surrounded by white walls on all sides, and within it were several tall towers reminiscent of watchtowers.

The hero saw the tower and thought it was a watchtower, but the size of the tower was not small like a watchtower, but tall and wide like a mage tower in another city.

“Yuria, are those towers the Great Library?”

As the hero pointed to the tower and said, Yuria shook her head.

“… It’s the first time I’ve only heard about it, so I’m not sure, but that’s probably the magic tower in this city.”

“It’s spacious, but a magic tower inside the library?”

“Collecting materials to be used for education or research is all about money… Rather than paying for it, I’d rather have it built near the great library.”

“I see…”

There were valuable materials gathered in the Great Library, enough to make such a choice in the Magic Tower.

Therefore, the number of people who could enter the Great Library was limited, and first of all, non-mages were not allowed to enter.

However, not all wizards could enter, and the area that could be entered was limited according to the number of circles in the chest.

“Then what about me?”

It was said that he would rise to the 5th circle soon, but the number of circles spinning in the heart of the hero was 4.

The hero couldn’t go where Yuria could go, and it wasn’t efficient to have Yuria stay where the hero was.

The hero thought about whether he should put the learning of new magic behind him and increase the number of circles.

The warrior’s worries were shattered by Yuria’s words that came soon after.

“… Are you okay. If I guarantee it, even the hero can go to the area I can go with.”

“Uh? Is that so?”

“Yes, scholars who have not mastered magic are doing the same. There is a condition that you have to stick with me, but there is no problem…”

Immediately after saying that, Yuria looked at Martha with her sidelong glance, thinking that Martha would be agitated.

But far from being shaken, Marta was smiling as warmly as before.

With that smile that seemed to say that I had already won, YuRia felt a terrible sense of defeat that she didn’t know what it was, so she inadvertently frowned at her.

“I… Yuria?”

But even that was short-lived, when the hero, feeling strange, called her by Yuria’s name, Yuria immediately relaxed her expression and spoke to her hero.

“… What’s wrong, warrior?”

“I just feel like I’m in a bad mood all of a sudden.”

“It’s because I suddenly had a bad memory… Rather than that, I’d like to talk about the lodging I’m staying at today…”

“Lodging… Come to think of it, we haven’t decided where to stay together yet.”

“No, the lodgings for the two of us have already been decided.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“The Great Library has accommodations exclusively for wizards.”

In addition to the library, there were lodgings where you could rest your body and a practice room where you could practice the magic you had learned.

Of course, such facilities could only be used by wizards who had reached at least 4th Circle, but it was no problem for a warrior who had reached 4th Circle.

“Do I really need to sleep there?”

“There is magic that accelerates magic recovery in the room. You’d better sleep there.”

“Then I can’t help but…”

When the hero looked back at Martha and the others who couldn’t sneak into the library, Martha smiled all over her face and said,

“Warrior. We’re fine, so please pay attention to your magic training. There’s also an inn nearby for people who can’t get in like us, so I’ll be waiting for you there.”

“Huh… I am sorry about something.”

“No! There is absolutely nothing to be sorry about! Unlike the warriors who are working hard in training, we are just standing still.”

In the old days, she would have tried to separate Yuria and her warriors somehow, but seeing Martha willingly agreeing to it like that made Yuria feel nervous.

“… That’s how it’s been decided, let’s go quickly.”

Perhaps because of that nervousness, Yuria grabbed the hero’s arm and led her towards the Great Library.

Thus, the Hero party was divided into one heading to the Great Library and the other remaining at the inn.

YuRia, who grabbed her hero’s arm and dragged her along, did not release her hero’s arm until she reached the queue to enter the Great Library.

“Ha… Warrior…”

When Martha was nowhere to be seen, the relieved warrior looked back at the warrior he had half-forced and said.

“Quickly check and listen…”

“Okay! Let’s get tested quickly and go in!”

“… Uh?”

It was Lina, not the hero, who answered before YuRia finished speaking.

Even if she became a hero, Yuria, who only thought of getting rid of Marta as soon as possible, hardened Lina, who she never thought would exist.

“Why… Is Rina here?”

“I’m also better at my level, but it’s not like I can’t use magic at all. I wanted to find out something, so I decided to go with you.”

“… What are you curious about?”

“Behemoth.”

The legendary Beast King Behemoth, which Grindella led her adventure group to subdue.

In this great library, where a lot of monster data is gathered, there might be very useful materials when defeating the Behemoth.

It wasn’t that she looked down on the skills of Grindella and her adventurers, but this time her opponent was too bad.

If Grindella’s party encounters the Behemoth, her warriors will also join her, so Lina wanted to gather Behemoth’s data in preparation for that time.

“It would be best if it ended without meeting the Behemoth… If we meet, we will definitely join.”

“Yes…”

It was Yuria who felt something suspicious when she saw Lina who suddenly joined her, but she couldn’t help but nod her head at her unusually serious attitude.

“If there is data in an area I cannot go to, then I ask. Even the hero can leave the Behemoth Gun to me and focus on magic training.”

“Huh! Thanks Lina!”

While having conversations like this, the queue was reduced in an instant and it was the turn of the warriors.

“I will do it first.”

Saying that, Yuria stepped forward and, seeing the badge of the gatekeeper guarding the library, said with an overbearing attitude.

“Start quickly.”

The gatekeeper seemed to be in a bad mood at that high-handed attitude, but she didn’t mumble and asked Yuria.

“… Name is?”

“Yuria Manius.”

“Yuria Manius… ? Big! Please put your hand on the crystal ball over here.”

Hearing Yuria’s name, the gatekeeper pointed to her crystal ball while speaking a little politely, as if she had guessed something.

“Is this it? It looks like a magic tool, but is it a method of injecting magic power?”

“No. It is a magic tool that measures YuRia-sama’s circle by simply raising your hand.”

“Right…”

After hearing her explanation, Yuria placed her hand on her crystal ball, and the number 6 appeared on the crystal ball.

“Here… A badge that proves the 6th circle. I wish you new knowledge.”

After receiving her badge from her gatekeeper, Yuria put the badge on her chest, followed by Lina’s examination.

Lina’s circle was unexpectedly high, but it was the 3rd circle, just below the hero.

Lina also puts on her badge and enters the Great Library, and finally it is the hero’s turn.

“Name is?”

“This is Yoa.”

“As you can see from earlier, you can put your hand on this magic tool.”

When the hero put his hand on the crystal ball, similarly a number appeared on the crystal number. Seeing the number that appeared, the gatekeeper frowned at her.

“4.5… ?”

“Yeah… What is this?”

“I’ve only seen it once before… To put it simply, should I say it feels like stepping on the borderline to the next level?”

This figure came out because it was almost in the 5th circle, but strictly speaking it was still in the 4th circle, so the hero received a badge with the number 4 written on it.

“When you reach the 5th circle, we will change your badge. Please bear with that for now.”

“Yes.”

So the hero also passed through the gate, and in that way, Hero and his party proceeded towards the white library that could be seen in the distance.

Elysium’s Great Library, which boasted a collection of tens of millions of books, was a circular building with the same white color as the castle walls.

Strangely enough, the building didn’t even have a single window, so if it didn’t have a door, it would look like it was just carved out of white rock.

Despite the appearance of being so simple that I wonder if it was built too roughly, the Great Library overwhelms the viewer, because the size is so huge.

The size of it was so huge that I first thought that it was a huge mental mountain rather than a building, and I couldn’t even imagine how many books there would be.

“Then shall we go in?”

“Huh… But a warrior I have something to do, so would you like to go to the library first with Lina?”

“What to do? Does anyone know?”

“… What is it like? It won’t take too long, but it’s okay to go in first and find a book to learn.”

“Then me and Lina will go in first.”

“Thank you… Warrior.”

Yuria turned back that way and went back to the castle gate, and the hero and Lina went into the great library.

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“… I’m here to declare war Within a few days of staying in the Great Library, I will overlap with the hero.”

“Puhahahahaha!!!”