Chapter 34 - Entrance Ceremony (3)

"How annoying," Celine glared at Acel while grumbling.

Not only was she caught reading a book she had "accidentally" found, but she was also mocked for it.

It seemed she had clearly been misunderstood, so she tried to explain, but was met with a glib attitude as if soothing a child. Although it was ridiculous to give similar explanations today as well as yesterday, Celine still tried to correct Acel's misunderstanding.

So when she persistently followed him, he responded by saying they should just read books together since he understood. It was a suggestion Acel made to build a friendship with Celine, who belonged to a magic tower, but from Celine's perspective, unaware of his intentions, it seemed like an out-of-the-blue proposal.

However, there was no particular reason to refuse, so she nodded with a skeptical expression. She was also quite interested in a reading group with a mage from the Witch Association.

"So what are you studying? Magical power academic theory, fusion, dual attributes, dual manifestation... Are you reading all these unusual books?" Celine asked while tapping Acel's leg with her toes.

Acel answered while opening a new book, "I'm researching something recently. I'm mainly looking for things related to that."

"Hmm, is that so?"

In the society of mages, it was taboo to ask what research others were doing. So Celine forcibly suppressed her curiosity and opened a book on pure magic to read. Before long, her mind sank deep into the book. Acel glanced at her briefly, then fixed his gaze on the magic book.

Time passed like that. People gradually filled the library, then ebbed out like a tide when lunchtime came. The noise from this process broke Celine's concentration as she had been engrossed in the book. She stretched her stiff body while watching the backs of students leaving the library...