After hanging up my phone with Aegis, I made my way to Roselia's mansion for the rune deciphering lesson.
As I am preparing on inscribing my first magical circle, which I learned from one of the ancient rune books.
And what makes inscribing these magical circles on my body more advantageous is that, while using the magic from the magic circle, the mana used to activate it will come from my surroundings rather than my own mana pool.
As a result, it will fix my mana shortage concerns.
But, before I proceed with it, I need to look for some more comparable research.
After pondering for a few moments, I rang the doorbell of Roselia's mansion.
Soon after, her maid appeared and escorted me into the same study room I had been shown the first time.
And as soon as I entered the study area, I noticed Roselia was already there.
"Oh, you finally decided to show up, didn't you? I think It's only natural that you forgot about our deal given how you've become a star these days," Roselia commented as she observed my entrance.
"...."
I didn't answer immediately since I was once again captivated by her beauty.
Her blonde hair was pulled up, and she wore spectacles that still accented her bewitching ocean-blue eyes.
She was dressed casually in an oversized white jersey with black tight trousers.
"...."
Roselia's veins bulged in displeasure when she saw me keep a blank face and not respond to her.
"You know I still remember what you did in our previous class, as how you tricked me and took that book with you," Roselia stated grumpily as she stared at me.
"...I'm not sure what you're talking about," I decided to feign ignorance.
"I see. So you'd like to play it that way, huh?" Roselia said in annoyance.
"So, shall we begin? Because I have to train after this lesson," I ignored her statement and remarked as I sat on the sofa, and soon began scanning the books that were already on the table in front of it.
"...."
Roselia was dumbfounded as she watched me ignore her repeatedly, but she eventually shrugged it off, shook her head, grabbed her notebook, and sat down next to me.
She then pulled three books from the corner of the table and pushed them toward me, saying, "These are the books I wanted you to assist me in deciphering today."
I stopped skimming random books and concentrated on the ones Roselia wanted me to decipher.
As Roselia is already proficient in deciphering basic runes, and she only needs my assistance in deciphering some more sophisticated runes.
So I immediately flipped through the books Roselia had given me, and found them to be extremely intriguing.
However, one of the books truly caught my attention. As It wasn't written in runes language but in some other language, whose name I don't know, but thanks to my ability, I was eventually able to decipher it.
"To summarize the book,
The book was about a TITAN, who overthrew the rule of his cruel and ruthless father, with the help of his mother.
However, his father prophesied that one day he would be deposed by his sons as well.
So, that TITAN, fearful of losing the throne, repeated the same mistakes as his father and became a cruel, violent ruler who committed several atrocities in order to stay in power.
He imprisoned his brothers and ate his children to prevent them from overthrowing him.
But outraged by that TITAN's brutality, his wife was able to deceive him and save one of his children.
And to ensure that child's safety, she hid the child away in a cave on the island, and the child was brought up there hidden."
"And that concludes volume one; I believe there may be other volumes as well," I told Roselia after summarizing the book for her.
"...That's quite a breathtaking story; I hope I can find the next volumes of that book as well since I'm curious if that child will also dispose of his father," Roselia whispered.
"...."
Irethiel interrupted me suddenly as I was going to speak.
"What did you say her name was again?" Irethiel asked hurriedly telepathically.
"...Roselia Florence," I replied, wondering as to why she was curious about her name.
Crack!—
As soon as I spoke Roselia's name, I heard the sound of window glass shattering, and Irethiel appeared in the study area in her crow form.
"...."
"What are you doing right now?" I asked Irethiel telepathically after seeing her grand entrance.
Roselia was startled by the abrupt sound of a broken window and the presence of a crow, so she reflexively pulled out a dagger and pointed it at Irethiel.
"Huh? A crow?" Roselia was perplexed.
And soon after, her maid barged into the study room, brandishing a sword.
"...Miss Roselia, are you okay?" she inquired, after scanning the room for any intruders and finding no one.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine, it was just a crow," Roselia exclaimed as she sighed.
"...Oh I see, I'll pick up the damaged glass," the maid said as she noticed the shattered window.
"No! You can clean it up later when I summon you, so please leave for now," Roselia calmly ordered her maid.
"...Yes," the maid replied, turning away after a brief glance at Irethiel and me.
"Why don't you elaborate on this, Ares? What's up with that demon on your shoulder," As soon as her maid left, Roselia questioned, cradling her head.
"...."
"So..., Irethiel, why did you show up? You must have some justifiable reasons, correct?" I questioned Irethiel aloud casually, without bothering to answer Roselia's query.
Hearing me, Irethiel swiftly reverted to her original form.
And I saw Roselia's reactions alter from shock to disbelief during Irethiel's transition.
"Y-you, N-no way...it can't be," Roselia stepped back, horrified seeing Irethiel's original form.
"...."
I was surprised to see Roselia's reaction.
'Did they know each other before?' I thought to myself after seeing how Irethiel showed herself and Roselia's reaction to her.
And if my theory is correct, then..., an incredible notion occurred to me that should not be inconceivable.
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