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Chapter 13

Koishi: I...

Looking down at her feet, she fell back to her silent state. Sensing the knot inside her mind, the librarian kneeled to be at her height and looked into her stare with his own pair of eyes, deprived from sleep. They were both afflicted by something different but maybe that was the only reason the both of them were able to connect so easily.

Y/N: What happened?

Koishi: I could hear people... hear things.

Y/N: ...Like what?

Koishi: Am I creepy?

She asked the man and he was taken aback for a moment. However, he still had to answer her question or else it would make her mood drop drastically. Picking the right words to use, he glanced back at her gloomy face.

Y/N: On a normal viewpoint, a little girl constantly smiling with not an ounce of happiness in that smile is creepy. However, I can say the opposite, it's all up to someone's point of view.

Seeing her lack of response to his reply, he frowned a little.

Y/N: You heard people speak behind your back, right?

Koishi: I tried to ignore them, they don't acknowledge me or they talk behind my back. They were talking about the fight that happened.

Y/N: Oh... I see.

Remembering the way he ordered the monsters living there, it was bound to happen that some rumors would emerge after they see her pick a fight with a random outsider. Whatever they said was enough for her to return in that state.

Y/N: Don't heed their words, it's all I can say unfortunately.

Koishi: Did it happen to you?

Y/N: Well...

He wanted to tell her the answer but he was bumping into a large wall. He could easily search inside his mind to recover the memories of after he woke up in the library for the first time but he couldn't go past that point for some reason. No matter how many times he tried, he was stuck there and unable to remember anything else.

Y/N: I... don't know.

Sometimes, useless dreams would appear in his head but their importance was close to none and so they vanished soon after. During that fight with the witch, he remember comparing her attacks to a magical girl he knew... but he doesn't remember ever seeing said magical girl, was he only imagining himself that information?

Y/N: I can't confirm nor deny that it happened. All I know is that if you react to those murmurs, they will only become worse.

Koishi: Okay...

Y/N: Come on now, it's all past you, show your smile.

He asked while placing both his hands on her cheeks. Slightly shocked, she forced one on her face and the one holding her head flashed her a quick smile as well. Even through the mist of delusions and exhaustion, he gave a look of kindness once more.

Y/N: So, what did you wanted to bring back?

He finally asked the girl once he stood up and her eyes widened.

Koishi: I forgot... sorry.

Y/N: What were you doing for a couple of hours then?

Koishi: Wandering around, trying to remember if I forgot something.

Y/N: Yea, sounds just like you.

He dropped his response with a single bead of sweat going down his face, not expecting anything grandiose to begin with. He was a little curious to know what she would have brought but it was enough for him.