After Souta reads the books for several hours, he feels his body getting stiff.
He puts down the book and stretches. Cracking sounds can be heard from his body.
Finished reading all the books he took, he returns the pile of books to the shelves.
The books are organized into different categories that each have their own shelves. There are shelves for magic books, history books, fairy tales, academic papers, and others. Various titles are classified and arranged in their particular shelves.
Souta picks up books with titles that interest him, flipping through them for a while before returning them to their places. Then he goes to the next shelf when he loses interest.
He reaches the children’s book corner like that.
Beginning with picture books, stories for children, fairy tales, books for study and the like are lined up.
Souta picks one of them and starts flipping through it just like with the other books.
The sluggish expression in his faces is nowhere to be seen, it’s showing a grim expression instead.
「This is the end of the battle a thousand years ago, what the…」
The title of the book is 『The Legend of the Seven Heroes』. It is a story about the battle of Souta and the other heroes against the Demon King a thousand years ago.
When he finished reading that book, Souta looked for similar books and read it, but in general, every book has the same content.
In the story, Souta is bathed in the blood of the Demon King and loses his mind because of dark magic.
The princess also lost her life by using repatriation magic.
There is still a gap in Souta’s memories from the chance given by everyone to deal the killing blow to the killing blow itself.
Everyone in the battle fought to the end of their ability and was exhausted.
It’s easier to fall to darkness if the body is exhausted. Moreover, the blood of the Demon King was used as a medium, so its effect is enormous. Normally.
Furthermore, as a Hero, Souta received 『Light God’s Protection』.
Even though it was dark magic that used the blood of the Demon King as a medium, it was hard to imagine that Souta fell into the darkness with the magic cast by the dying Demon King.
Besides, Souta thinks that the idea that the Demon King's blood was used as a medium is wrong.
Because of that, it’s hard to believe that blood of the amount that could bathe his body came out when he dealt the killing blow.
Furthermore, the biggest issue, if everyone died and repatriated, who made this story? Though if it’s only a fairy tale, then it can’t be helped.
Maybe one of the heroes is still actually alive, or maybe someone else.
「The closest from here is Elves Territory ……」
Still, the possibility of getting some piece of truth is not zero. Souta thinks that as he goes back to the reception after returning the book.
「Oh, are you going … did anything happen? Your face looks scary.」
「No, it’s nothing. Thank you for your assistance before, can I withdraw the deposit? 」
After Souta receives the gold coin, he opens the door and leaves.
As the day getting late and the traffic is decreasing, Souta’s legs bring him straight towards the next destination.
The entrance bell rings, and the clerk reacts.
Usually, Elmia is the one who tends to the store, but it’s Carena today.
Carena looks surprised, but her expression soon changes to a smile.
「Haha, if you are happy to talk with such an old woman. It’s fine then, let’s hear it. I will close the store so wait a moment.」
「Now then, let’s go to the back room. I will make some tea. Though because Elmia is not here, the taste may not be good.」
From there, Souta is guided to a reception room separated from the working room he went to before.
「Sit down and wait for a bit, I will make some tea.」
On the ceiling there is a lighting magic tool, there are two sofas facing each other, and there is a low table in between.
A vase is placed on the table in the corner of the room, it is decorated with flowers, and the cleaning is also thorough.
While looking at the room, Carena comes back.
Dark colored tea and delicious cookies are lined up on the table.
Sipping a bit of that tea, Souta spits it back.
「Cough! Cough! What is this?!」
「Oya? Is it bad? Strange, the way I brewed it is no different from the way Elmia does.」
Souta eats the cookies to remove the bad taste. It tastes good, probably the best cookies Souta ever ate.
「Ah, those cookies were baked by Elmia. If I have to say, that girl will surely become a good bride.」
She crosses her arms and nods.
Souta takes water out of his bag and drinks it.
「Hmm? Ahh it’s fine… So, what is it? Is it something about alchemy? Or is it about Elmia? 」
Souta shakes his head.
「It’s not that, or rather, isn’t it that you just want to talk about Elmia…… What I want to hear is about the country you come from, the country of the elves.」
「… What on Halderia do you want to know about that country? 」
Her expression becomes sterner.
「I don’t want to know anything too difficult. I want to hear if something big has happened since the battle a thousand years ago, and I want to know your current impression of the country.」
t/n: this one is so easy to translate compared to last chapter, i don’t think anything need to be explained in t/n sooo
just another teaser, next chapter is Carena’s side of story, though, it’s only about elves instead of the story overall
ps: with this chapter, this month view will reach 200k view (it’s just 600 views left)
pps: once i get some time, i will roughly translate some chapter of 2 other novels, will post it in discord just to get some opinion on which one i should pick first