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Chapter 40 - The Dark Library
update icon Updated at 2025/4/19 8:10:12

As in the Simu’s house, Aliyah came out of the library first and then came in through the window next to it. And because I did not go in directly from the door in the beginning, so I naturally don’t have to do such a superfluous thing.

And the library is not a fancy place, naturally the windows on the first floor have no traps or reinforcement.

"Well, now what shall we do?"

Looking at Aliyah, who was dressed in black like an assassin, I asked in a low voice.

Of course, I also changed my appearance, although I do not know if there is anyone guarding up there, but it is better to disguise myself properly at such times.

"Generally speaking, when you enter different levels, it will detect your unique special magic pattern then determine whether you have permission to enter, of course, this is the safest way, because your magic pattern is just like your fingerprints, each person has his own pattern. That's why we can't go through the front door."

Aliyah pointed to the staircase leading upstairs, the whole staircase is closed and there is a special metal device on it, it seemed that is the device that detected magic pattern.

"Can we disguise ourselves to pass that thing?"

"Maybe we can, but I don't have that technology, after all, I don't know anything about magic patterns."

"Even if I know about magic pattern, I don't understand it at all, I still don't know how magic patterns work."

"Okay."

Aliyah spread her hands.

"Then we'll have to get inside through another way"

"Wasn't that our first plan?"

So, the two of us quietly begin to wander around the first floor.

The only person in charge of watching the library is the teacher at the entrance, who is now falling asleep, so we could completely ignore him.

"Generally speaking, there are passageways for teachers behind the staff office, after all, it is no need to spend money to install a device like that for teachers."

"Staff office?"

I looked around for a moment, actually I am comparing the markings on the mini-map with the scene in front of me.

"That should be this room."

I pointed to the room in the corner.

"Is that so? Really convenient."

Aliyah walked over, took out her strange keys and tinkered with the lock for a while, and the door opened.

"Okay, let's go."

After saying that, she pushed the door and walked inside.

Aliyah's skillful technique looks really easy, I must learn it later.

I quickly walked into the room and saw a familiar messy room again.

Is it already normal that the staff room is always messy? Is everyone lazy like Ms. Mary?

"What are you looking at, come quickly."

Aliyah pointed to the stairs inside the room, and then took the lead and walked over.

But after stepping on the stairs, suddenly I felt that something seemed wrong!

But I couldn’t tell what this feeling is, it is like trying to remind me of the danger ahead.

And these stairs actually only lead to the second floor, there are no more stairs for going up, I really do not know what is the meaning of such a design.

"Aliyah!"

I grabbed her hand.

"Ah ...... what r?"

"Be careful!"

"Eh?"

"Didn't you encounter anything when you went to steal your school's library before?"

"Encounter what? Do you mean monsters?"

"Yeah ...... or something like that."

"Well ...... anyway, I didn’t, but at that time there were people upstairs, there won’t be any monsters no matter what, right?"

"But the question is ......"

Before I could finish my sentence, Aliyah opened the door upstairs, but then a black arm suddenly reached out from the door and grabbed Aliyah!

"Ahhhhhhh! What is this thing!"

Aliyah screamed as she was being taken, and of course, since I was holding Aliyah's hand, naturally I was also being taken in!

"Ice Sword Summon!"

I quickly took out my katana, and then added a magic knight’s magic, then I jumped up high and slashed at the black arm.

The arm immediately broke in half, at the same time, a blue pattern instantly wrapped the arm.

Then with a smooth slap to my blade, its arm broke off along with the ice, then Aliyah was released.

"Are you okay? Go!"

Watching the black arm disappear into the darkness, I grabbed Aliyah and ran directly to the stairs.

Are you kidding me? How could I win against a monster whose name I couldn't even see?

However, when I took Aliyah to the stairway, I found that the door could not be opened from the inside!

Of course, this is already the second floor, the area of low rank magic, which already belongs to the interior of the library, how can this kind of access that allows students to secretly take away books be opened from the inside.

It seems that some strange defensive measures will be activated inside the library when it's completely empty... quite troublesome!

"Looks like we'll have to hurry up, we seem to have startled something that shouldn't be startled."

"Yeah, is your back okay?"

I looked at Aliyah's waist, which still had scratches on her armor.

"It's fine, it's soft armor made of a very tough material that I had stolen it with efforts."

"Hey ...... Did you just......"

"Since I can't buy it, can I just steal it? No, I should say take it."

"That's stealing."

"Really rigid you are, just think about it, when you are playing a RPG, do you pay those things you have taken from villagers?"

"Eh...... I certainly don’t."

"End of this topic, I just went into their houses and took something away, since I can get them, why do I have to pay for them?"

"Your theory is really impressive, I admire indeed."

"Save your formality, is it not a theft when you try to take the books from the academy?"

"Alright, I'm wrong, okay? Let's quickly go to the next floor, the books on this floor can't be of much value to me."

"That's true, but it's not easy to get to the next floor. The original plan was for me to climb up through the window at the edge or find some other stairs to get up there, but it seems that we can’t do that now."

"......"

I looked at the library now trapped in darkness and wondered for a moment.

"Maybe ...... we can use that monster."

"Huh?"

"Think about it, that monster can't just appear out of thin air, it has to come out of somewhere, right?"

"Right! Looks like you're still smart~"

"Thanks for your compliment."