Chapter 174 – Episode 173. Mixed (4)
Before coming to Asti.
Leopold was with Veracien, Erania, and Emily.
“Do you remember?”
At Vera Shien’s words, Leopold nodded his head with a firm expression.
Remember, how can I forget?
It is Leopold who even threw herself into her dreams to find Astrid—because at that time she hadn’t thought of Asti.
When he finally reached Asti.
The world Leopold saw there was like a different world.
Einhafen was also a country with developed civilization, and it was a world where magic existed, but inversely, the development of science was low.
Anything can be solved with magic, and if magic is difficult, a civilization that can be replaced with magic tools doesn’t really need science. As a result, as magic and magical tools developed, the need for science decreased, and the development of technology began to slow down in proportion to it.
However, Asti’s world was the exact opposite.
Magic did not exist in the world she had seen during her stay for several days, and in the feast of technology that Leopold could not even comprehend, he developed dazzlingly.
How can I forget that look?
“I remember it vividly.”
“How was it? Something, something that Asti created in her imagination. Didn’t you see any sign of that?”
The question started with whether Asti really came from another world.
Veracien’s first question, knowing that it was impossible, was whether Astrid, not Asti, was manipulating her memories on her own due to some kind of mental illness.
Veracien’s question was whether it was because of his sincere belief that his soul had been split into two.
But at that question, Leopold shook his head.
“No, that is impossible. I don’t think it’s possible to imagine something that humans have never seen or heard. It’s hard to believe, but I’ve even been to the library in that world. You can’t even imagine the contents of the book you saw in it.”
A rough imagination is possible, but such a vivid and detailed imagination is impossible.
It doesn’t make sense that the world was created by Asti’s imagination.
“There was no weakness anywhere. A world where every detail is well-structured and without a single error. You cannot create such a world with your imagination.”
“That was it.”
“I can’t imagine a world without magic. Emily, would you be able to?”
What does a world without magic mean to the wizard Emily?
More than that, Emily shook her head, expressionless.
“It’s a world without the value of my existence. How can you imagine such a world.”
“Yes, me too. Even Asti couldn’t imagine such a world.”
In addition, a wagon that runs without horses, and a lump of metal that flies in the sky. Plus, hot water comes out at the touch of a button.
In a world that literally seemed like another world, Leopold wanted to stay a little longer if possible. And he wanted to bring more knowledge from that place.
Besides, there was a part where I felt a subtle sense of incongruity to dismiss it as a dream, so it is necessary to investigate that part.
“Then it would be difficult to draw conclusions here. Unfortunately, I don’t have my own crystal ball right now, so it’ll be difficult to find out more. Even in the Pandemonium, the study of shamanism related to the soul is not a very popular field.”
“Is it.”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“… There is nothing that can be solved.”
Leopold let out a sigh mixed with a sigh.
Although Leopold firmly nailed Asti’s shaking, it’s not something that can be ignored that apart from that, his own roots are shaking.
If Leopold kept affirming her, affirming her, affirming her again, she might be able to hold on to her for a while.
But if there is no fundamental solution in the first place, that too is just a stopgap.
“Is there no other way to check?”
“Why not?”
Hearing Vera Shien’s words, which sounded natural, Leopold raised her head, which had been bowing involuntarily.
Her eyes, a mixture of surprise and delight, turned to Vera Shien, but Vera Shien shrugged her shoulders and asked Leopold for granted.
“Because if you look for it, everything will come out. Why don’t you know that?”
“What do you mean?”
“The Imperial Library.”
“The Imperial Library… ? It’s like Asti already got it… “
“Ah.”
This time it was Emily.
Along with the sign that she noticed something on Emily’s side, a thought struck like lightning in Leopold’s head as well.
“… You mean the royal reading room.”
This is a reading room located on one side of the 4th floor of the Imperial Library.
Although all spaces are open to the library, there is only one reading room that only members of the royal family can enter and leave.
Leopold also thought that if it was a place like that, it wouldn’t be right to be in the imperial palace, but he thought that there must be a different reason for putting it in the library, so he dismissed it as a big deal.
And that reading room is a place no one has ever investigated.
Conversely, it is also a place where the possibility of related content may remain.
*
So, up to now.
“I’m sorry, but Astine cannot go into the reading room with you.”
At the words of Leopold who drew a line, Asti’s face immediately blurred.
A certain uneasiness enveloped her that the worst of what she thought of her might have happened.
“Now, soon, Your Highness’s rain… Hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa It’s possible now that I’m the Crown Princess, I thought I’d do it… “
Only then did Leopold realize why she was so anxious.
She thought she should have told her beforehand, but she was a little late.
“No, it’s not like that. It’s not like that, Asti.”
Leopold’s hand wrapped around Asti’s cheek.
Unlike Asti’s white and soft hands, her long fingers look quite manly, and her palms cover most of Asti’s face.
Asti closed her eyes involuntarily at the warmth she felt on her cheek.
The warmth seems to spread warmly, starting from her cheeks and spreading all over her body.
Asti closes her eyes and feels the warmth.
“I misunderstood you by not telling you beforehand. In that area, there is an identification magic that only the royal family can enter. You must have proof that you have been established as a member of the imperial family or that you have received permission separately. A certificate that cannot be transferred or rented. You can only enter after such processing, so you cannot enter right now.”
“Okay… “
But I was relieved in my heart.
The worst thing Asti could think of was breaking up the engagement, but Asti was relieved when she said that it wasn’t like that, she simply needed more time.
“How can I abandon you? I promised that I would never part with you again.”
Leopold understood her anxiety.
So, as he caressed her cheek, he spoke to her again.
“I will never leave you. I’m not the same as I was just half a year ago, so don’t worry too much, Asti.”
“Yes, yes… Mi, I believe… Because.”
“Okay, then don’t go.”
As Leopold approached the reading room, a statue of a lion roaring ferociously above the iron door looked down at Leopold.
The red eyes looked down at Leopold for a long time, and then the eyes turned green.
– Knock.
The sound of a lock being unlocked echoed with a metallic sound, and as soon as Leopold grabbed the doorknob, the door swung open.
“Everyone, please go.”
Asti stood still and waved her hand.
Looking at her like that, Leopold also gently smiled at her.
And the librarians inside the reading room watching them thought to themselves.
To go somewhere else
*
Unbeknownst to others, there was something I double-confirmed with Berashien.
When he had followed Asti into the dream the other day, Leopold couldn’t believe that this was really a dream world. Such intense realism. It feels too real to be a dream.
All five senses—sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing—claimed to be reality.
So he couldn’t believe it was really a dream.
“Is that really a dream?”
“Of course it is a dream. Can’t be real You and Astrid were all asleep here. When you wake up, don’t you remember waking up here?”
Berasien said as if asking for something obvious, but Leopold found it difficult to accept it.
Doubts are not resolved
Leopold closed his mouth for a moment at Vera Shien’s assertive words and was lost in her thoughts.
The concept of time and the causal relationship are too certain to be simply a dream.
Besides, living there didn’t feel like a dream at all.
If that was a dream, then the first love affair with Asti there was—
The feeling of pleasure that would burn her or her head white, if it was a dream, would be inexplicable.
Of course, Veracien began to show great interest in Leopold’s words, excluding the love affair part.
Thus, Leopold once again summarized his purpose for entering this reading room.
First, to find the source of Asti—detailed data on the soul.
Second, data on dimensions.
Third, Leopold’s personal affairs.
After finding these data, I will be able to make everything clear with the help of Verathien.
Leopold kept his mouth shut and entered the reading room.
