I searched everything from the lowest shelf to the height I could see, but I couldn’t find the “Limited Edition of Magical Girl Lilyka.”

Now, the only place left was the top. Elina4 looked up at the top shelf of the bookshelf. It was higher than I thought, so I thought I would need a ladder.

When I looked around, fortunately, there was a ladder in the corner. Elina4 moved the ladder to the front of the bookshelf and climbed up using the step. After climbing up about eight shelves, it seemed that there was quite a distance between the floor and the floor.

At the moment when I was about to stretch out my arm and take out the first book on the top shelf. My body’s balance was a little off, and I felt uneasy, but then the ladder legs swayed and tilted.

It fell. Elina4 instinctively shut her eyes tightly. However, there was no shock transmitted to her body. She opened her eyes to the arms firmly supporting her knees and the back of her head.

“… Ah.”

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

Contrary to her soft, humming voice, her jawline was sharply connected to her neck. The man belatedly lowered her to the floor. Elina4 adjusted her slightly crooked glasses and raised her head.

“Your Majesty, the precious sun of the empire, I greet you.”

It was a perfect greeting. With her face without makeup and thick glasses, and her slightly plain attire, if you had just glanced at her, you wouldn’t have thought she was a princess. Karla looked at her with a slightly cold look.

“Why is the princess here?” “… I came to find a book.” “What book?”

“That’s it, the first book over there.”

Elina4 lied in a polite tone, her face not changing color at all. “Is this it?”

Karla climbed up the ladder three steps and easily took out the book that was high up. Elina4, who happened to receive the book with both hands, bowed her head to express her gratitude.

“From now on, let someone else do it for you. You might get seriously hurt.” “Yes.”

“I have a lot of work to do, so I’ll go now.”

Her heart fluttered at the refreshingly raised lips, but that only lasted for a moment. Elina4 regained her composure and looked at the book.

The moment she held the cover with the title ‘International Situation and the Empire’s Position’, the cover lightly peeled off. The book fell out as if she was wearing loose clothes that didn’t fit.

As she bent down to pick up the book that had fallen to the floor, an unexpected word caught her eye.

‘Limited Edition Official Collection of Magical Girl Lilyka’. It was the book she was looking for.

Elina4 hurriedly grabbed the book and walked to the very end of the library. After passing the eighteen rows of bookshelves, she could see Lara sitting on the floor and looking at the books on the bottom shelf.

“I found it.”

“Really?”

Lara quickly got up, dusting off the dust from her dress. When Elina4 handed her the book as she held out her hand to look, Lara carefully examined the book as if she was handling a thousand-year-old cultural asset.

“This publisher’s logo, the unique paper material, and even the strange black stripes at the very back. Yes, that’s right. It’s genuine.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“More importantly, where did you find it?”

In order to satisfy Lara’s curiosity, Elina4 took her to the place where it was found. Lara was genuinely impressed when Elina4 pointed her finger at the far upper section.

“It was really hidden so high up. But how on earth did you get it out?” “Someone helped me.”

She smiled faintly, suspiciously. “Read it first, Youngae. You wanted to read it, right?”

“No. … Of course, I want to read it right now, but Princess Elina4 wanted to read it too, right? It’s right for the person who found it to read it first.”

“But it’s not good to hold back on a book you want to read.”

“It’s okay. I’ll walk around the library. The garden is so beautifully decorated. Haha.”

Lara held back her desire to run away with the book and handed it over with trembling hands. When the book came into her hand, Elina4 also changed her mind and nodded her head gracefully.

Lara left the library and walked diligently to the garden. It was a beautiful garden with white and red roses.

She was walking through a maze in the garden. Something suddenly appeared as she rounded a shrub taller than a person, and Lara hit her forehead. “Ouch,” she groaned and raised her head.

The sunlight shining through the leaves slid down onto the beautiful face line inside the robe. Although she could only see his lips and chin, Lara immediately knew who this person was.

“Oh, you! In the past… … .”

Looking at it all, it definitely looked like a robe for the robe gentleman course. Lara thought it was time to make it clear.

“Are you a cosplayer? Or are you a regular person wearing cosplay clothes? Do you go on a tour?!”

“… … .”

The man still didn’t say anything. Whether he knew Lara was burning with curiosity or not, the man slowly walked away and picked a red rose that had bloomed nearby.

Lara watched him quietly to see what he would do. He hid the red rose he was holding in his right hand behind his left sleeve. When he took it out again after 3 seconds, the red rose was nowhere to be found and a white rose was in his hand.

“Oh my!”

It fell.

The color changed, so it was definitely magic. I was amazed, but then I realized I was being too excited, so I carefully pursed my lips. A white rose was held out to me.

“Is this for me?”

It was a light nod. For a moment, I thought it was romantic, but then I noticed the numerous thorns stuck in the man’s fingers as he handed me the rose, and the red rose hidden in the sleeve of his robe.

Of course, there was no way a freshly picked rose wouldn’t have thorns. The stem of the rose I received didn’t have any thorns, perhaps because he had rubbed it with his finger.

“Thank you. … But are your hands okay? You can’t use magic, right?”

“… … .”

The man remained silent even deeper than before, perhaps because it was a factual assault.

“But aren’t you really a cosplayer? I’ve never seen you at an event before.” Judging from his body shape and the way he was dressed through his robe, he definitely didn’t look like an ordinary person. The man moved his feet as Lara’s eyes grew more curious. Lara clenched her fists and shouted loudly at his back as he walked away.

“Next time… …! Will I be able to meet you at 3rd floor?!”

The man looked back for a moment. His lips under his robe curved thinly like a crescent moon. The man left the garden with a meaningful smile.

Even while walking around the wide garden for about an hour and returning to the library, the corners of her lips slightly went up. She was glad to have met a handsome cosplayer who was not yet famous but had a high possibility of shining someday. Lara smiled happily as she looked at the white roses, turning them here and there.

As she went up to the third floor and was about to enter the bookshelf where Elina 4 would be, Lara’s steps stopped. Someone else had already arrived. ‘Who is it?’

It was hard to tell just by looking at the back in the backlight. For some reason, she felt like she shouldn’t carelessly intrude on the quiet atmosphere.

Lara hid behind the bookshelf for a moment. At first glance, it seemed to be a man. When the man pulled back his shoulders to take off his outer garment, she could see Elina4’s profile underneath.

She was sleeping. The man approached her, who was sleeping, leaning against the window frame after taking off her thick glasses. He leaned down diagonally. It was a familiar profile. ‘A man pretending to be the emperor? Why on earth is he here… … .’

The fact that he, the emperor’s bodyguard, was here meant that the male protagonist of the emperor was also here. Lara held her breath and watched them. As expected, his hand went to Elina4’s small shoulder, as if he was trying to cover her with his coat.

<A cliché… … .>

He stopped for a moment, perhaps because he found the thick book spread out on her lap. At the same time, a narration that heightened the immersion of the situation flowed into Lara’s head.

<The contents of the spread book caught his eye. It was full of complex magical formulas and ancient language that could not be read without some specialized knowledge. At first glance, she seems far from books, but… she’s a noble lady… but she’s a cliche that you fall for her unexpected charm.>

As expected, his eyes widened. His strangely changed eyes revealed a surprised expression as if to say, ‘You were really reading this?’ That’s right. That thick book was none other than 『Magical Girl Lillica Limited Edition』.

‘The contents of the opened book caught my eye. It was full of complicated character settings and the author’s answer section that even the most hardcore nerds wouldn’t read. At first glance, she seems far from comics, but she’s a noble lady… It’s a non-cliche.’

Lara’s confident thoughts made Shin remain silent. At that moment, the man’s hand reached for 『Magical Girl Lillica Limited Edition』 and took it away.

‘Are you trying to throw it away… …?!’

To an ordinary person, it would certainly be unpleasant to have such a book in a library.

‘But that’s different!’

Lara hurriedly jumped out of the bookshelf. Although she had only seen the man four times, including today, she didn’t think he was the kind of person to do that.

What kind of ranking system is there in books? Why should comic books be looked down on as inferior? Lara chased after the man as if she was about to shed tears.

Lara ran as fast as she could to catch up with the man who was about to pass by the return desk filled with books.

“Wait a minute! That, that book!”

The man suddenly stopped walking. Lara, who had not expected him to stop, panicked and quickly applied the brakes, but she had no choice but to stumble because her shoes had heels. To make matters worse, her weight shifted forward when her shoe tips caught on the carpet. The moment she hit the man’s back hard, the return desk was pushed back as well.

The tower of books piled as high as a person shook and soon fell on Karla and Lara’s heads.

Lara closed her eyes in fear, as if the book could hit her face at any moment. However, instead of hurting, something soft settled on her cheek, nose, and lips.

Lara’s eyes opened wide. Her flowing purple hair touched her cheek smoothly like velvet. Lara didn’t know what was going on, so she just stood stiff like a thousand-year-old mummy.

Then, when she saw the books falling out of his back and nape one by one, she realized. He had thrown his body to block the books from falling in his place. However, the great disaster had occurred when his head bowed because he couldn’t bear the weight of the books. The lips that had been touching belatedly.