Chapter 5 Rules of the Library
"Wouldn't it have been taken away?" Leo's heart sank to the bottom.
He hurriedly looked around, but still found no trace of the "Meditation Beginner's Guide". Also, there doesn't seem to be a substitute for an introductory magic book.
This time, it was Isha who was in charge of cleaning the library, and Leo had the opportunity to swap jobs with her. If it were someone else, like a boy, it would be basically impossible to do that.
And the exchange of jobs must be reported to Gutierrez, with the treacherous and cunning personality of the manager, and thinking of the previous punishment of Leo, even if there is no evidence, there must be suspicions. It is estimated that for a long time, Leo did not have the opportunity to set foot in the library again.
"Is there really no chance?"
With Leo's resolute character, of course, he will not give up, and immediately analyzed: "There are some people in the Joseph family who are learning magic now, but they all have mentors, and they don't need the "Meditation Beginner's Guide" at all. Then the biggest possibility is that a certain family member borrowed it and took a casual look. If I had waited a little longer, maybe the man would have returned the book. ”
Having made up his mind, Leo worked even more slowly, but fortunately the library keeper was dozing off and didn't notice his anomaly.
The library was quiet, only the occasional rustling of books was heard between the tables.
At this time, a somewhat harsh voice sounded, which was very harsh in the huge space, and even brought a buzzing echo.
"Bullshit, totally bullshit!"
This kind of behavior naturally caused other people to be dissatisfied and glared at the past.
The boy also realized that he was a little excessive, lowered his head, and continued to mumble while looking at the book in his hand: "Hmph, Montoya is really an idiot, and he actually said that the Soul Plane Meditation Method is better than the Starry Sky Meditation Method taught by the teacher. ”
Leo, who was grinding not far away, hoping that someone would send the "Meditation Primer Guide" back, naturally heard this qiē.
"Meditation?"
His heart moved, and he hurriedly followed the sound to look, and his eyes just fell on the book in the young man's hand, and he couldn't take it off anymore.
The yellowed parchment looks to be old, but the edges of the book are not worn, and it is obviously not noticed. But even if the book was burned to ashes, Leo would not be mistaken, it was the "Beginner's Guide to Meditation" that he longed for so much.
On closer inspection, the boy was slightly younger than himself, and he looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Dressed in a light blue robe, he is also quite handsome, with long brown hair, although he is not very old, but judging from the robe, he is already a mage apprentice.
However, Leo didn't know him, thinking that he was the son of some Joseph's side family or vassal noble, and he had a good talent, so he studied magic in Joseph's castle.
Wondering when the boy would finish reading, Leo had no other choice but to suppress his anxiety and wait patiently.
He knew that if the work was done and the boy hadn't returned the book, there would be no reason for him to stay here. And God knows, when the administrator will wake up, there shouldn't be much time left.
As the minutes ticked by, the boy was still looking at the "Meditation Beginner's Guide" carefully, his brows furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficulty.
Suddenly, he remembered something, and stood up suddenly, "Oh, the teacher's lecture is about to start, forget it, don't read it now, this thing is quite difficult to understand, I'll study it when I have time." ”
Leo was overjoyed, and hurriedly put on a serious work appearance, quietly waiting for the other party to return the book to the shelf.
Unexpectedly, the footsteps of the young man became farther and farther away.
"He's going to take the book with him?" Leo's heart pounded, and he even wanted to step forward and snatch the "Beginner's Guide to Meditation" back.
Seeing that the boy was about to reach the door of the library, the caretaker was still asleep, and there was no sign of waking up at all.
"No, you must not let him take the book away!" Keeping an eye on the young man's back, Leo suddenly remembered the rules of the library, and quickly chased after him with a bucket.
Soon, he arrived at the door of the library, but fortunately, the young man's speed was not fast, and he had not gone far.
"It's going to work!" Leo secretly cheered himself up, and then saw the right time, mixed his left foot with his right foot, and fell out hard.
"Bang!"
"Wow!"
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and water splashing sounded one after another, and the library keeper suddenly opened his eyes, and even the teenager not far away turned his head curiously.
The sewage sealed the door to the library as expected, and Leo was so painful that he almost lost his breath.
"Bastard, what are you doing!" the Administrator woke up from his dream, his face full of displeasure, and he wanted to step forward and give Leo a snort.
"I'm so sorry, I was trying to change a bucket of water and accidentally tripped over. Rest assured, I'll be able to clean it up in no time. Leo endured the pain, got up from the ground, and ran in the direction of the boy through the sewage under the caretaker's almost murderous gaze.
When the boy saw that there was nothing to do, he turned around and continued walking.
After a brief silence, the Administrator finally noticed something, and suddenly said, "Please stay!"
"Don't stop, but stay!...... I succeeded!" Leo knew, of course, that the Administrator wasn't calling him, but he pretended to stop.
"Master Owen, you can't take the books from the library with you, if you must borrow them, you can ask Master Byron to issue a certificate!" the administrator obviously didn't want to wade through the sewage, and stood in place and shouted.
Owen suddenly became a little unhappy, looked at the administrator and said, "Isn't it just a broken book, just take it and look at it, don't you need to be so troublesome?"
Although the administrator is not a servant, his identity is too different from Owen's, so he can only plead: "This has always been the rule, and I ask Young Master Owen to understand, I can't help it." ”
"Joseph Castle is good at everything, but there are too many rules. Owen pursed his lips and beckoned to Leo, "Hey, take this book back to him." ”
The moment he took over the "Meditation Beginner's Guide", even Leo, who had always been indifferent, almost trembled.
The broken book in Owen's mouth means all hope for him to come.
As if holding the most precious treasure in the world, Leo cautiously turned around and slowly walked towards the library.
As soon as he saw that the book was coming back, the administrator also breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Owen would play tricks and forcibly take the book away. After all, that is the only grandson of Viscount Raleigh, even if it is the children of Lord Earl, they have to give some face.
But the low voice just now still made the administrator very unhappy. Sitting back in his rocking chair, he said to Leo, "Go and put this book back on shelf five, and clean the door immediately!"
"Okay. Leo tried desperately to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, not to show any other expression on his face, lest he arouse the suspicion of the Administrator. Fortunately, he is quite good at how to control his own feelings.
A cursory estimate suggests that the entire Beginner's Guide to Meditation should be no more than twenty pages. If you have a qiē shun lì, you can completely save it in a minute at most.
Having just turned into the bookshelf, blocking the view of the administrator and the others, Leo hurriedly opened the "Meditation Beginner's Guide" and commanded in his consciousness, "Start storing!"
"Three. ”
"II. ”
"One. ”
"Storage. ”
"Next!"
Thirty seconds later, the "Beginner's Guide to Meditation" had been stored by the professor. At this time, the administrator's voice also came: "Why hasn't it been put away yet?"
"Right away, I was looking for the original location of the book. Leo replied distractedly as he flipped through the pages.
The administrator snorted and said disdainfully, "What a fool, third row, next to Enchanted Art and The Power of Faith." ”
"Okay!"
After another ten seconds, the Administrator finally lost his patience and walked towards Leo.
"Calm down, there are still the last two pages!" Although Leo was very nervous in his heart, the movements of his hands were still steady and abnormal, and he continued to maintain the movement of turning the book.
The footsteps were getting closer, and just as the Administrator appeared next to Bookshelf Five, Leo closed the Meditation Beginner's Guide. He pretended to be at a loss and asked, "I'm sorry, I can't read, where are the Enchanted Art and The Power of Faith?"
"If you can't read, you would have said that a low-class servant will always be an inferior servant!" the administrator snatched the book and stuffed it onto the shelf. glared at Leo again, and scolded: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go and clean up the door!"
"Yes. Leo immediately walked to the door, and asked secretly in his heart, "Professor, have you saved all your savings?"
"Now that I've stored everything, do I need to copy the information back to my memory?" the professor replied.
"Great!" Leo reassured, and his joy boiled. But he didn't know if there would be any ** reaction to copying, so he said: "Not for the time being, wait for the evening." ”