"But why are you going to do anything with our bookstores? There's no money or anything of value in this kind of place. Diego finally asked the important question.

"My purpose is neither money nor valuables......" The girl hung her head and looked at the coffee table in front of her, her voice low.

"What's that for?" said Anne, holding a slice of dried fish, one of the specialties bought in the city of Paris.

"It's because ...... A book ......" Beliatos's voice rose and fell slightly.

"My mother is from the Hongwu Empire, and she is also the eldest daughter of a well-known family in the local area, she doesn't like cultivation, but she likes the things of those bards, and she has achieved a little in poetry, literature and music, which was nothing until she met that man...... The man she didn't know the name of until she died......" The girl's tone suddenly became full of resentment, and her teeth creaked.

"The man was a bard, and he was so depressed that he fainted in the streets, and when his mother found him he was dying, and if his mother had ignored him like the other passers-by, she would have starved him to death...... Then there will be no me, let alone what will happen later......" The girl's fists were clenched, she was already a little thin, the bones in her hands were white and trembling, it could be seen that her heart was fluctuating, her long hair blocked her low-hanging face, Anne couldn't see the expression, but he knew that the girl's expression should be very hideous, these things had been buried in the heart of this teenage girl for too long, and it was not something she could bear at her age.

Later, the mother learned that he was a bard of the Owen Empire, and the two began to talk about poetry and music, and the mother was attracted by the man's rhetoric, and the two secretly dated the mother's house, because the mother's family paid attention to the right family, and this kind of wandering bard could not be allowed by the family, and then one day, the man said that he wanted to return to the Owen Empire, because one of his poetry books had been written, and it would definitely sell well when he went back, and his mother helped him get back the cost of the Owen Empire, and the man promised that he would definitely come back to marry his mother, and his mother also believed his nonsense, but the man was never heard from again......" The anger and sadness in the girl's tone made the hearts of several people sitting in the room twitch, except for Anne, he almost guessed the ending when the girl spoke at the beginning, in a world where this kind of communication is not particularly developed, the probability of this kind of thing happening is too high.

"Soon after the man left, my mother found out that she was pregnant, and my mother wanted to secretly give birth to me from my family, but this kind of thing could not be hidden, and the family was angry and asked the mother to beat the child off, but the mother refused, and the family was worried about the damage to their reputation, so they drove my mother out of the family.

My mother lived alone in a village, because I had not cultivated, so there was no source of income, and I could only barely rely on my grandmother's secret help, and then I was born, my mother raised me alone, and showed me the magic book that I secretly brought out of the house, fortunately, I lived up to my mother's expectations, and successfully taught myself magic, but there was no news of that man, and my mother held the collection of poems left by the man every day, and when I was eight years old, my mother fell ill, and within a year, my mother died, and I still held the book of poems before I died, and since then, I have vowed to find the man to avenge my mother......”

The girl's voice was getting lower and lower, her shoulders shook slightly, Anne sighed, put down the popcorn in her hand, sat down beside Beliatos, put her arm around the girl's shoulders, and let her lean on her body, I heard that this comforting effect was very good.

"Poor baby......." Anne patted the girl on the back.

"So you hate bards, don't you?" said Anne, who suddenly remembered that the maiden had just asked him if he was a bard.

The girl in her arms nodded.

"So there is a good saying, every righteous slaughter dogs, negative hearts are mostly scholars. Anne sighed.

"There's a point in what you're saying. Vera nodded, Anne's sometimes words were inspiring to her.

"So you burned down the bookstore because you hated the bard?" asked Diego.

"No..... The shops I burned down were all shops with a collection of that man's poems......" The girl looked up in Anne's arms, two clear tears on her face.

"Is his poetry book really a big hit?" Anne asked.

"I don't know if it's a big sale, but the prices are high, and it's only available in the biggest bookstores in town. The girl shook her head.

"You're the biggest bookstore here?" Vera looked at Diego.

"No, I'm just barely a medium size here. Diego looked confused.

"Could it be that you're mistaken?" asked Anne.

"I'm also puzzled by this, I came across that book of poems here yesterday, and although there is only one book, I will never admit it. The girl said with great certainty.

"Only one?" said Diego, his expression suddenly serious, as if he remembered something.

"Hmm......" Beliatos nodded, a little puzzled as to why Diego had suddenly become serious.

"You talk first, I'll go find something. Diego got up and hurried out.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Vera.

"Maybe you know who wrote that book?" Vera guessed.

"There was no signature on the cover of that book of poems, I had seen it in various bookstores, but they wouldn't let me open it, and I thought it should be on the title page. Beliatos added.

"That's right...... By the way, how old are you?" Anne nodded, casually asking.

"Twelve years old. Beliatos thought for a moment and replied.

"Then how have you spent all these years? How did you come to the Owen Empire?" the little girl was silent for a long time before she spoke.

...........

To be continued