The Branded Female Fencer

Seeing a decent marduk, Alphilis began to explain.

"I'm here to examine the history of Tarram, and what about you?

"Ah, oh. I'm here to check on Arnelia's relationship with Tarrum."

"Then let's go to the back of the library. 'Cause the older things seem to be in the back."

"Right. But is this a good time? I know it's hard for you."

"That's mutual, isn't it? I just thought it had to be now."

"Snake."

"That sort of thing"

The two bitterly laughed took them together and headed to the back of the library. The library of the Tarram City Hall is generally within the last 10 years, but when it becomes older than that, it is stored in the library of an adjacent library. Tarram's book reserves are considered enormous and open to the public as a library. Even what is published is considered to be the same size as the central library of the academic city of Mayer, but it is definitely one of the best on the continent if you include even other cluttered materials. However, because many of them are sarcastic or suspiciously personally published books or are neither famous nor useful, Alphilis is also here to learn of their existence for the first time.

Far beyond his back and walking between the shelves, Marduk was thinking of Volgius, but Alphilis was thinking of something else.

"After all... you do have the ruler of Tarram."

"Yeah? Why can you say all that?

"Look at the year of manufacture of this library. Well managed by age, but just a glimpse, the old ones are over 200 years old. It must be united will to try to keep records indispensable from such an old age. There is no department in the commercial sector that deals with records. Then who runs and manages the library in this city hall? I'm sure you'll find out if you do a little research, but it's probably an individual, an awfully specific group."

"I see, that makes sense. So the rulers of Tarram have some purpose?

"No, not yet. It's just that by evening you might have something to look forward to."

"Ho."

Marduk was honestly impressed with Alphilis. I'm trying to squeeze the rulers of this city, who didn't even realize Arnelia, in just a few days. Marduk was interested in the idea of alphilis and was honestly asking.

"Why did you think to come here?

"If Arnelia is going to do a full research on the rulers of Tarram first, he's already got a star from the powerful. Arnelia's power would make it possible to get in touch with the heads of each commercial department, and it would be possible to find out. Perhaps you can use your hand at questioning as a powerful means. Still, I didn't know who I was for hundreds of years. Then, as one possible possibility, is that the ruler has nothing to do with the seat of power"

"You don't think he's the one in power in Tarram?

"Stand up. The same goes for Miriazal, but in appearance and in practice, we use our faces separately, right? I think all rulers are more or less so. If you just really want to rule, I think it's a very good way to make sure you don't know who's in real power. If you don't know where the power of the ruler extends, it's something that makes rumors and bad talk dangerous to come near.

So those in power in Tarram hid who they were. And I was wondering if you were spending hundreds of years in the city well. "

"You're not human?

"Or do you keep the blood of the ruler? Most of all, I have an approximate idea... nothing more yet. And you? If there's anything I can do to help."

"No... right. The current bishop of Tarrum is a man named Volgius, but the system has changed a lot since he became a bishop. But it's time to take turns, but be stubborn and inert, Jen. I have to do a perimeter survey because submitting paperwork is a lot of trouble. It would be helpful if you could let me know if there was anything relevant."

"Phew, you're in a lot of trouble. All right, I'll check it out if you want."

"Please."

Marduk blurred the key thing, but of course he can't be honest about everything. But roughly as I told Alphilis, I didn't mean to be lying.

And for a moment after breaking up in the back of the library, when his eyes were tired of reading the damaged letters of paper in Cantera, Marduk searched for an alphilis for a change of mood. And they found in the back of the library an alphilis that read and fished the book, forming on a mountain and a pile of books. The number of books at the foot of the alphilis is roughly over a hundred. Marduk had also forgotten to speak up, and had often stared at the alphilis who read the book in a glimpse. Alphilis doesn't notice Marduk again, either, crushing himself with bumps. In the meantime, the books were consumed and loaded to bits. At that speed, I thought I might be using magic.

"Well... I knew the oldest industry given the formation of Tarram... and then there are the rulers, as I imagined... and the magic formations stretched around the city show that too. But I don't have any proof... and I can change as many notations on the paperwork as I want..."

Lord Alphilis.

"Yeah? That, Mr. Marduk. It's only a moment, isn't it?

"You know very well."

Marduk was measuring his time with the hourglass he was given when he entered the library. Because the library doesn't shoot the sun, so we don't know the time. The library is huge, and there are times when you overlook the people in the library. Something about a viewer who had previously forgotten the passage of time in the library and was found dead as it was. Since then, there has been a time limit of up to three minutes for browsing in the library, and if there is no return by then, officials are to come looking for it.

It is an hourglass for this purpose. Once the sand falls off, it lasts half an hour. I thought for a moment because I flipped it once and the sand had fallen off, but Alphilis responded instantly without an hourglass. But it seemed natural to Alphilis.

Continued