On the top floor, outside the Bachelor's room.

"Uh......h It's a long staircase!" Lucina, who had finally reached the top floor, sat wearily on a black wooden chair by the door.

"It's not like you. I felt like you were a little out of breath just now. Cyberdat straightened his cuffs.

"Whew...... Aren't you tired of carrying you?" Lucina gave him a blank look, "When Ma He was just lifted, I thought it was okay." But after a while, I started to get tired - oh yes, I still have to bring Lusha chocolate cake to eat, so when you go back, you help buy it and we'll write it off. ”

"Wait, I've only ridden you for a few hours, and Lusa rides you all day—"

"What...... You're much heavier than Lusa!" Lucina protested, "Lusa is Aya like me, and she's only over forty pounds—what about you? At least three or four times as heavy! I haven't carried anyone else in five years, so I'm definitely not used to it." And I-"

"—Stop. Stop there. Chocolate cake, right? No problem!

"No, we have to buy scones. Lucina hurriedly preemptively said, "You see, scones are mainly what I want to eat......"

"Then you won't bring some to Lusa?" questioned the elf.

"Who's to say I didn't bring it to her? Lucina triumphantly untied a small bag behind her back and showed it to Cyberdart: "Look, these egg rolls, biscuits, puddings, candied peaches...... I left a copy for my sister and so on. That's why I bought three servings of everything!"

"Wait a minute...... Chocolate cake also in three?"

"No, just buy a big chunk. If possible, I want Lusha to eat it herself. Lucina's face flushed a little: "Think about it, hold Lusa and feed her...... Ahh ”

"Okay...... But can't you just eat one of yourself? so that I can pay less for everything...... Why did I pay all the time?"

"If you don't want to, don't ride me. Lucina looked at the contents of her bag and suddenly felt a little hungry.

"Okay...... Can Lusa eat so much?" the elf gasped.

"Sister can't eat or eat leftovers, of course sister is here!" Lucina felt that she couldn't help but steal the little bag if she continued to look at it, so she tied it back and carried it behind her back.

"Good, good. Cyberdat decided to leave the topic at that: "I'm knocking on the door, Lucina. Think about the questions you're going to ask. ”

Questions I want to ask...... Lucina thought about it: it seemed that there were only rumors about how to break the curse of loneliness. But she became more and more suspicious of the veracity of the rumor—she asked many people, but none of them knew.

Sebodat knocked on the heavy wooden door, "Master Nadia, we are two travelers, and we want to ask you some local questions. ”

Let's hope Nadia's ears still work...... Lucina thought to herself: Otherwise, she would have to open the door and go in.

"Oh, a stranger?" the bachelor's voice was a little muffled, "what a rarity...... Well, come in! The door is unlocked. ”

"Excuse me. Sebodat pushed the door, but it didn't move. The door is pulled outward.

Standing up, Lucina followed Cyberdart through the door.

The room was cluttered, with several stacks of books of various sizes on the floor. The three walls of the house are lined with large bookshelves one after another, with a large desk in the center. There was a mountain of books piled up above—all of them that gave Lucina a headache when they looked at it.

Books, books, all books...... Lucina felt a little dizzy.

She loved to listen to stories, but never wanted to read them. Manus had a real headache teaching Lucina to read.

However, she is grateful for this – it took a lot of effort, but she eventually learned to read. Lucina admits that this skill is meaningful and indispensable.

"Bachelor?" Lucina looked around the room: there was not even a shadow of the Bachelor.

"Here, here...... I was just in the bedroom. The bachelor's small voice came. Lucina followed the prestige: an old man in a thick robe was coming from behind the row of bookshelves—if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't have noticed that the shelves weren't placed against the wall. They were separated by inches from the wall where the bedroom door had been installed, allowing only a thin person to pass through.

"Wouldn't it be inconvenient to get in and out of the bedroom door behind this row of bookshelves?" asked Sebodat in surprise.

"I don't want to put them ......downstairs because there is really no room for them," the scholar lifted his feet and stepped over an iron bucket on the ground, "Otherwise, it would be too difficult to find them at all times......"

After rounding the stacks of books again, the bachelor walked up to the two of them. It wasn't until the Bachelor stood in front of her that Lucina realized how thin the Bachelor was: this was in line with the appearance of most of the old Bachelors in Lucina's mind.

"Now that you know what to call me, ...... I believe that since we are going to discuss the issue, the title is indispensable. ”

"Cyberdat Ellens. ”

"Lucina. Lucina thought for a moment and added, "There is no surname, and there is no need to add Miss." Just call me Lucina. ”

The bachelor looked at Lucina with interest: "Oh...... Oh, Aya...... Well, not bad. Cute kids...... The last time I saw Aya was more than a decade ago. Namedia - I still remember her name...... Ah, sorry. Mr. Ellens, could you please close the door? The bachelor was wrapped in a robe and shrunk back.

Namedia Lucina was surprised: the visa officer had mentioned her name to Lusa earlier.

"Lucina, why didn't you close the door when you came in later?" said Sebodat as he closed the slightly open door and reproached Lucina.

"Huh, I remember that I closed the door with me!?" Lucina was surprised: the door was so heavy that the wind couldn't blow it.

"It's okay, it's okay...... Let's sit down and talk. The slightly closed eyes of the scholar once again looked around the pile of books, as if he knew the location of each of the scattered books next to the stack.

"Oh, yes...... Try to be careful not to step on the book. The bachelor turned his head and reminded Lucina, who had just stepped on a book.

Lucina smiled awkwardly, engrossed in bypassing each book.

"Why don't you pick them up from the ground, Bachelor?" asked Lucina.

"You don't have to...... That's good. The bachelor squeezed sideways through the gap between the two boxes and sat back down at the large table: "There are still three stools...... Feel free to sit down. ”

"Oh......" Lucina looked at the three chairs and pulled the shortest one to sit down.

But it's still too high...... Lucina thought to herself, "But that's good." I can swing my legs freely.

The Bachelor moved his armchair opposite Lucina.

"So...... Do you have any local questions to ask?" the bachelor rubbed his hands together, "This room is really a little cold......"

"Shall I go and light the fire?" said Sebodart.

"Oh, no, no......" the bachelor looked at the ashes of the unknown year in the stove, "I have a stove in my bedroom...... The main thing is, I'm afraid that lighting the stove will set those precious books on fire. ”

"Oh...... If you feel cold, shall we go to your room and talk?" Lucina looked at the large pile of books piled up by the fire, and couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

"In the bedroom, there is probably no room for three people to sit and talk together. The bachelor thumped his waist: "Hmm...... Where do we start?"

"Lucina, ask. Cyberdart advised: "Ask the questions you want to ask, and I'll listen." ”

"Hmm......" Lucina thought for a moment and thought that she would ask some questions to foreshadow, "Bachelor, when we came here just now, we saw an ice dragon on the top of this tower...... Are they always there? Cyberdat says it only comes out on snowy and foggy days. ”

"Oh, this one......" The bachelor smiled, "That's right...... Because the top of the tower is deliberately designed to be a platform, there is always an ice dragon that likes to lie there on snowy and foggy days. I guess it's the same ...... At least I can see it every time I go out, and it likes to bark at me. ”

He coughed a little, and then continued, "But lately I've been going out less and less, and although I've been in good health, I have to focus on my research and not spend energy on these things." ”

"What kind of research?" Lucina wondered, "Magic or something?" The thought of all the books in the room was spell books made Lucina feel that her headache had eased slightly.

"Probably something......" The bachelor shook his head, "Winter—it's about the coming of winter......"