Restarting Life In Another World 29 1.29 City Library

I wanted to sleep till late, but I woke up early after having the same dream about the black-haired girl. I keep on having this dream once in a while but I don't even know who that girl is.

'It could be one of G.o.d's tricks to bother me. Well, let's not think too much about it.'

Yesterday was a rough day for us, even though everything worked out at the end. After we received our rewards, we came back to the dorm. We were all tired because of everything that had happened. It was already late for dinner by the time we got back. Fortunately, Sam had already prepared dinner for us so we didn't have to wait. We had our dinner after which we went straight to bed.

'Everyone else must still be sleeping.'

I went to the bathroom and washed my face. This world didn't have any soap, but there was a stone called 'foam stone' that could be used instead. It had no smell, but it could produce foam that could be used for cleaning. Wooden toothbrushes and brus.h.i.+ng powder were used for brus.h.i.+ng teeth. It was hard to get used to these things at the start, but now, I am used to them.

Even though we no longer needed to attend the academy, we were still using its resources. I changed into my academy clothes and went downstairs. I looked into the kitchen where Sam had already started preparing breakfast. I didn't want to distract him so I went towards the sitting room.

Miss Lilith was sitting there. Surprisingly, she was reading a book. The t.i.tle of that book was in some other language that I didn't understand, so it's probably not from this country.

"Good morning Miss Lilith," I said when I got into the room.

She stopped reading and closed the book. She then looked towards me and replied with "Morning".

"Do you usually wake up this early?" I asked while sitting on the sofa.

"I don't need much sleep, but I thought you guys were going to sleep till late today. I was even thinking of giving you all a break, but it looks like you don't need it," she said smiling wryly.

"No no, I just had a bad dream which is why I woke up early today. Everyone else is still asleep and we badly need a break," I replied in a hasty tone.

She laughed after hearing my reply. She was probably trying to tease me to see my reaction.

'Oh well at least it made you laugh early in the morning'

We had barely got any break since we started training with her. Now that the match with knights is over, a break before resuming our training would be good for everyone.

After a while, Princess Eliane and Nina came and joined us followed everyone. Arica wasn't with them.

"Where's Arica today?" Princess Anna asked. She was the last one to join us.

"When I went to wake her up she said she just wants to lay in her bed today," Sistina replied. Arica was usually lazy at waking up early for training. She probably said that because we had made no plans for training today.

"Well, It's her break so she can spend it as she wants," said Princess Anna in an easygoing tone.

While we were talking, Sam signaled that the breakfast was ready so we all went to the dining room. Arica was still in her room so Sam will take her breakfast to her room.

"So, what are we all going to do today?" Sistina asked after we finished eating.

"I-I want to visit Diane and Ria today," said Marina in her usual low voice. She must have really missed them because it was unusual for her to answer such questions first.

"Where do they live?" Princess Anna asked in an interested tone.

"It's in the Residental district. I want to meet them too, let's go together," said Sistina in a happy tone. She probably wanted to meet them too.

She then turned towards Nina and asked, "What about you Nina?"

"I think, I will go to the library. I've always wanted to read the other part of the story that I was reading, but the village library only had the first part. I am hoping I will be able to find the second part here in the city library," Nina replied.

I used to read light novels in my previous world so I understand her. I used to check if the release date of the next volume of my favorite novel is out or not frequently.

"Nara, are you coming with me? I thought you said you wanted to learn more about the history and geography," she asked looking towards me.

I was interested in knowing more about this world, different races here, and the geographical feature of this world. It may be because I was from a different world that I was curious about such things. So, I replied with, "Yes, I will join you".

Looks like princess Eliane also wanted to go to the library so she asked, "Can I join you two too?" to which Nina replied with "Yes, of course!"

We had made our plans so the only ones left were Princess Anna and Ronald.

"Can I come with you guys to the residential district too?" Princess Anna asked looking towards Sistina.

"It will be trouble if people find out that you are a princess. I don't think it's a good idea," Ronald replied trying to convince her not to go.

"Yes, but there will be trouble only if they find out that it's me, right?" Princess Anna insisted.

After a while, it was decided that Princess Anna will be going with them. Unlike the Trade district, the Residential district wasn't very crowded during the day so there shouldn't be much problem. But, in case something goes wrong, Ronald decided to go with them.

'To be honest, in a world that lacked good means for Ma.s.s media, people won't even be able to tell that the girl walking in the street is a princess'

So, It was decided that, I was going with Nina and Princess Eliane to the Library while everyone else is going to the Residental district to meet Diane and Ria. Nina and Marina used to come to the library to read books about Magic Potions as a part of their training but this will be my first time visiting there.

We walked to the Library which was a big white building with round pillars in the front. The City Library was also under the magic academy, but it could also be used by normal people. It was free to use for Academy students but the normal people had to pay.

There was a garden outside for people who preferred reading outside. When the librarian at the entrance saw us, he didn't ask any questions since we were wearing Academy uniform

Inside, there were many sections in the library where the books were cla.s.sified and kept. Each section had many huge bookshelves and hundreds of books in them. There was a reading hall where people could take the book and read. But, you would have to bring the book back and put it in the right place before leaving.

"I think I will find my book in the story section, it's that way," said Nina pointing towards the story section.

The book she was looking for was in the first bookshelf, it was t.i.tled, 'How the Fairy left her home'. There were several copies so this must be a popular book here. Since this world didn't have any photocopy or printing machines, the copies were handmade.

After that, we went to the geography section where I picked some random books with good looking covers. Princess Eliane wanted to read books about the culture of this country so she picked some books from the history section too. We took the books that we selected to the reading hall where we sat at the table and started reading them.

Like the books in the village library, the informative books here were more fiction-like and less informative. Most of them were full of things that the writer heard from travelers. Basically, the main things that I learned about were the dukedoms, earldoms, and the main cities in the Kindom. There was little to no information about the outside countries and many necessary details were missing.

The most interesting thing that I learned was that there were labyrinths in this world. There were thirty-one of them in Fiore kingdom. Most of them were at abandoned lands while some were used by knights and adventurers to train and earn money by collecting monster parts.

'I think I should read a book on monsters in this world next time.'

We stayed in the library reading the books until the evening after which we returned back to the dorm. By the time we returned, everyone else was already back. They were sitting in the sitting room and Arica was also with them. Everyone had a smile on their face so they probably had a good day.

'I think, I should have also gone with them, the library wasn't a very fun place.' I kept that thought inside me since Nina was standing next to me with a satisfied look on her face.

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