Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

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"Roswaal's mansion... is still staffed with servants?"

Betty's eye twitched.

"What did you say?"

Subaru Natsuki took half a step back.

"That's the third one."

"Miss Ram, Miss Rem, now there's another librarian in the Forbidden Library."

His face was solemn, as if his worldview had been rewritten in half.

"There's definitely something fishy about Roswaal."

"He must be hiding a huge secret! I need to be careful!"

Betty's expression visibly turned cold.

"What do you mean by three or two! Betty is not Roswaal's servant."

"The Forbidden Library is not Roswaal's room either."

She said in a very unhappy tone:

“Betty and Roswaal are equals. Rather, Roswaal is not qualified to order Betty around.”

Natsuki Subaru was taken aback.

Then, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I see."

"That scared me to death."

"I almost thought Roswaal had a third servant."

As he spoke, he solemnly cupped his hands in greeting once more.

"My name is Subaru Natsuki."

"General of Chariots and Cavalry of the Great Wei Dynasty".

"Greetings, Lady Beatrice."

Betty glanced at him.

"Finally remembered your registration number?"

She reopened the book, her tone indifferent.

"But Betty isn't interested in what you're called. Whether it's Natsuki Subaru or some general from the Great Wei, it has nothing to do with Betty."

"You've finished asking your questions, right? Now go out and don't bother Betty."

Subaru Natsuki, however, did not move.

Betty's fingers, which were turning the pages of the book, paused for a moment.

She looked up at him with an impatient expression.

"What are you still standing there for? Do you want Betty to invite you for tea?"

"No need for tea."

Subaru Natsuki walked into the library without any hesitation.

"But since you're already here, I'd like to have a chat with you."

Betty should have thrown him out immediately.

At least, she would do that to most humans who trespass into the forbidden library.

But this human in front of me is too strange.

Despite his rudeness, his noise, and the fact that every word he uttered sounded like a tattered flag picked up from some strange battlefield, the look in his eyes when he gazed at the library did not reveal the greed and disdain of an ordinary intruder.

This prevented Betty from taking immediate action.

Of course, she would never admit that she had developed even the slightest bit of affection for this strange human.

So she just gave a cold snort.

“Betty didn’t agree to chat with you. If you say anything boring, Betty will throw you out the door.”

He looked around.

Besides books.

It's still a book.

Bookshelves, ladders, tables and chairs, dim yellow light.

The entire space seemed to be an isolated island made up of pages from books.

Natsuki Subaru suddenly became a little quieter.

He looked at the little girl sitting in the chair.

"You usually live here?"

Betty reopened the book.

"of course."

"Every day?"

"of course."

"only you?"

"..."

The sound of pages turning stopped for a moment.

Betty's gaze flickered almost imperceptibly.

She quickly frowned again, as if offended by the question.

"Betty has enough books."

Betty is never bored as long as she reads.

Natsuki Subaru glanced at her, then at the silent bookshelves around him.

"Books only produce dullards."

Betty slowly raised her head.

"What did you say?"

Natsuki Subaru said earnestly:

"The book is full of nonsense."

"The Spring and Autumn Annals are nonsense, military treatises are nonsense, and banned books are probably even more nonsense."

He patted his chest.

"You're so young, you should watch less."

"Go out more often."

Betty's forehead seemed to twitch.

"go out?"

"Correct."

Subaru Natsuki nodded.

"The sun is shining brightly outside, and the wind is gentle. If there's a banquet, we can even exchange our cups for larger ones."

"If you spend all day holed up in the library, won't you just turn yourself into a bookworm?"

The next instant, a powerful surge of magical energy exploded within the library.

Natsuki Subaru's eyes were filled with flowers.

His body was lifted up as if by an invisible hand and thrown out the door without any courtesy.

"Get out! You bastard, get out of Betty's sight!"

boom!

Natsuki Subaru fell heavily onto the carpet in the hallway.

The door closed in front of him.

He lay on his back and blinked.

Such powerful magic.

He didn't dodge, and didn't even have time to react.

When Natsuki Subaru first saw Emilia's magic in the stolen goods warehouse, he thought magic was nothing special.

Whether it's an ice spike or an ice wall, they may look beautiful and be lethal, but in the eyes of someone who has died countless times, they have far too many flaws.

Let alone him, even if he were to face Elsa the Bowel Hunter alone, he would probably only face certain death.

But it was different just now.

Betty's magic gave him almost no time to react.

The massive shockwave struck without even causing any movement in the surrounding air.

Natsuki Subaru sat up from the ground and scratched the back of his head.

He suddenly had an idea.

Is it possible that magic is actually very powerful?

Is Emilia just a bit weak?

This explains why Berezval, a mere border town, was entitled to have two servants!

It turns out the Border Lord wasn't the main point; the Great Magician was!

Natsuki Subaru stood up, patted his clothes, and his eyes seemed to burn with a fierce desire.

Magic is indeed interesting.

If he could learn a little bit of it, and combine it with the Hate Heaven Sword Technique in the future, he might be able to push his power forward another step!

In this way, when faced with endings that are almost impossible to change, and with history that is predetermined by fate, he might not be so passive anymore...

"it is good."

“Beatrice, is it! How can such a person be met only once?”

He closed his eyes, recalling the strange feeling that door had given him.

Soon, he opened his eyes and looked at the other end of the corridor.

“There it is.”

He rushed over and pushed the door open.

Behind the door, there was still that dimly lit and quiet forbidden library.

Betty sat in the chair, not having turned a single page of the book in her hand.

When she saw Subaru Natsuki reappear, her expression finally changed.

How did you find this place?

Natsuki Subaru strode in.

"Because I, Subaru Natsuki, am well-versed in military strategy."