They are all characters I control.

[Claire: You know what shame is? Then tell me your aunt's name, otherwise what are you doing? The fact that they didn't attack you immediately means they definitely know who you are.]

[Lia: Oh, oh!]

Claire sighed in the dungeon.

I feel like I'm training an AI. The early AIs are probably all like Lia, with empty minds.

Chapter 70 The child is silly but not stupid.

The book keeper appeared.

Claire curiously observed the man before her through Leah's perspective.

The other person looked very slovenly and unkempt, and smelled of not having showered in a long time. His messy hair and malnourished face did not look like those of a tutor at the Royal Academy.

However, he was the one who had been squatting in this library the whole time.

Here, he guards the magic books that the Goddess Church had forbidden to circulate, which he had left behind in the past.

"Um... I know Earl Orlando. He told you about him, right?" Lia said, taking a deep breath and trying to appear less flustered.

The man frowned and stared intently at Lia.

Even though they had already revealed their address, the other party still seemed to harbor ill intentions.

Even if that guy trusts you, I still won't trust you.

He stared at Leah and added in that hoarse, somewhat gloomy voice, "You're still the daughter of the Rost family. That traitor's descendant isn't trustworthy."

"I...I'm not..."

Lia was somewhat taken aback by this cold attitude.

"What do you mean, 'not'? Did you spend so much time trying to open the seal just now, and you weren't deliberately trying to lure me out?" The Book Keeper stared at Liya with a gloomy face.

"Now you see me and know what I look like."

"Are you planning to memorize my face and then find a way to kill me?!"

"Don't worry, I won't say anything no matter what kind of interrogation I am subjected to. I will absolutely not tell you traitors anything."

The other party was very agitated and seemed to have lost their mind.

There was no way to have a conversation with such a person, so Lia asked the mysterious 'God of Guidance' again.

[Lia: My Lord, the God of Guidance, he still seems to harbor a great deal of hostility towards me? What should I do?]

That was a good reaction; Claire was quite pleased with the slovenly man's attitude.

At least from this perspective, the Keeper of the Books did not fully trust the Nolan family of Earl Orlando, and also harbored great hostility towards the Rost family.

It seems that the book guardian is on his side.

Although this slovenly man seemed to be in dire straits, and such followers were of little use, it was still pleasing that someone had supported him, the evil god emperor, for a hundred years.

Although Claire was defeated in the war, she did not 'die' in the hearts of the people.

Claire: That's normal. Leah, don't worry about his attitude. He didn't do anything to you anyway. Just ask him his last name.

See if they are descendants of your former subordinates?

"What, what's your surname?" Looking at Claire's comments, Leah, though a little scared of this slovenly man, still mustered the courage to ask.

Does this sound more like I'm actually going to cause him trouble?

But since the guiding god instructed me to do this, there must be no problem, right?

“Hmph, remember my name, I am Ronan Bared, Ronan!” The bookkeeper uttered his name, emphasizing it repeatedly.

Lia muttered a few words to herself, nodded, and relayed them to Claire.

[Lia: The guiding god, his name is Ronan Bared Ronan.]

Claire: You idiot, there's only one Ronan. The second Ronan he mentioned is a duplicate.

[Lia: Oh! I see!]

Claire: ...

Unfortunately, Claire didn't remember the last name 'Barred'.

When he was emperor, it seems there were no people with the surname 'Bared' under his command.

But the other party might have changed their surname, just like Earl Orlando, who was born into the Nolan family and then went to another family to take a different surname to cover up their identity.

Asking for the surname is actually a bit redundant.

"Now that you know my name, what are you planning to do next?" The scribe stared intently at Lia.

His eyes, like those of a trapped beast, were filled with disgust and resistance; he wished Liya would leave immediately.

Seeing this, Liya became frightened again, and couldn't speak because she was restrained and uneasy.

Knowing her personality, if the other party doesn't welcome her, she should leave. Claire, noticing Leah's sudden change of heart, sent a comment.

Claire: Just tell him why you're here. You're here to learn magic, aren't you?

[Lia: Oh, oh! I understand!]

Having received the instruction, Lia nodded vigorously, clenching her fists as she stared at the book guardian before her.

"I...I'm here to learn magic! To learn more advanced magic. I have no ill intentions towards you."

"You studied those books from last time?" The bookkeeper asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, it is."

Lia nodded vigorously.

The disheveled man fell silent.

He paced slowly, circling around Lia for a short distance, his cloudy eyes fixed on her as if scrutinizing something suspicious.

"You really learned it? You know those are forbidden books; that's why the Church of Goddess forbids the circulation of these magic books." His tone was filled with undisguised doubt and curiosity.

But soon, the slovenly man lost interest in Leah.

"Whether you've actually learned those spells or not, you can no longer touch these forbidden books."

"I'm in charge of all the forbidden books here. You can't look at them without my permission!"

"Hurry up and leave this library! Even if Earl Orlando comes, it won't change anything! No one is allowed to look at these forbidden books without my permission."

The last time Leah was able to touch those magic books was only because the bookkeeper Ronan wasn't there.

With him here this time, it's impossible for Lia to touch the forbidden book again.

Upon hearing this, Liya immediately became somewhat displeased.

"Are these banned books yours? What right do you have to drive us away? What right do you have to forbid others from reading them? This is the Royal Academy, is it your home? You keep telling people to leave?!"

It wasn't Lia who said this, but the maid Anna.

Anna had been standing next to Lia the whole time. She knew that the evil 'Lia' could now watch what was happening around Lia, so she didn't say anything.

However, watching this slovenly man repeatedly push his luck and take advantage of her.

Anna, who was a maid, couldn't stand it anymore and stood up for Lia.

Claire: You're not even as good as a maid.

[Lia: Waaah...]

However, the slovenly Ronan would not be deterred by a maid.

He glanced at Anna, too lazy to argue with the maid, and continued looking at Leah, saying, "And you? What was your purpose in looking at these forbidden books?! Do you even know who put them here?! You just wanted to look at them? A daughter of the Nolan and Rost families,"

"Huh? W-what's wrong? What does this have to do with me wanting to learn magic?" Lia asked, puzzled.

"Don't know? Ha..." Ronan, the keeper of the books, scoffed.

"Then let me tell you, it was the evil god emperor Claire who put these forbidden books here."

The Evil God Emperor? Claire?

Lia thought for a moment before realizing, "Oh, you mean the emperor before the New Empire who was defeated by the Goddess Church? But what does that have to do with which family I belong to?"

"A relationship? How can there be no relationship?"

Ronan, the keeper of the books, looked at Leah with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot: "The Nolan family was once a grand dukedom, but because of this emperor, they were stripped of their noble titles and were all wiped out."

"The Rost family were once the emperor's subordinates, but later betrayed him."

"So your ancestors were servants of the emperor and nobles who were slaughtered by the emperor."

"But now you want to look at the things left behind by your ancestors' enemies?"

Claire found it all amusing.

The other party still doesn't understand Lia's personality.

As expected, Lia gave her answer.

"But if I hadn't gone through all that, I wouldn't have been born, would I? I was born because of this. No matter what my ancestors went through, my only family is my mother, the count, and Anna... four people."

See? Even fools have their own answers.

In terms of intelligence, Leah has never disappointed Claire.

Whether it's in the places where she displays high intelligence or in the places where she appears to have low intelligence.

Chapter 71 Brother, this is the lock I put on.

"No matter what my ancestors went through, I could only have been born because of those experiences..."

Lia's voice wasn't loud, but it stunned Ronan, the bookkeeper.

He opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found himself speechless.

This silly little girl, in the simplest way, bypassed all the hatred and grudges he thought were profound.

Don't talk to me about the past; we only look at the results.

Ronan found it hard to believe that a girl could see through the so-called family feud so clearly.

But his momentary daze lasted only a moment.

The next second, Ronan, the keeper of the books, looked even more gloomy.

"Ha, that's easy for you to say." He sneered, putting his indifferent mask back on. "No matter what you say, you won't touch a single one of the forbidden books here."

“I’ve been guarding these books for a hundred years. No one can touch them without my permission.”

This stubborn old man is more than just persistent.

Back when she was at this royal academy, Leah would occasionally run into him, but she had never seen Ronan talk to anyone.

Lia, who had initially come with enthusiasm, was now a bit annoyed. She frowned and wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction: "But, weren't these books left behind by the Evil God Emperor? They're not yours..."

“What I guard is mine.” Ronan’s voice became sharp.

"Do you know what I sacrificed for these books? Thirty years! I hid here, living like a rat, just to prevent the church from discovering and burning these books!"

Ronan, the librarian, grew increasingly agitated as he spoke, taking a step forward and closing in on Leah. A sickly light gleamed in his cloudy eyes: "So, these books are mine."

"Whoever I say can see, can see. Whoever I say can't see, can forget about touching it."

This is bad news; the maid Anna stepped in front of Lia.

Seeing Ronan, the keeper of the books, becoming increasingly agitated, Leah also took a half-step back in fear.

Moreover, they were in the library, and their argument had already attracted the attention of other students. However, because of their identities—one being the 'vicious villainous young lady' of the Rost family and the other a slovenly-dressed madman—they did not approach them.

[Lia: Guiding God, he... he seems to really consider these books his own. What should we do? Should we look for them elsewhere?]

Seeing the comments Lia sent, and then looking at the slovenly man who had taken over her book, Claire took control of Lia's body without saying a word.

In the blink of an eye, Claire and Leah had switched places.

Although Leah is able to communicate with Claire at this time, Claire still does not need prior permission to control her body.

With a sharp slap, Claire landed a blow on Ronan, the bookkeeper, across the face.

Clearly, the slap had stunned the other person.