CH 21

Although Riggs was verbally punished, Baron Lethor’s work alerted Isabelle.

‘Baron Lethor’s provocation was all talk, but other people’s provocations may not be only words.’

Didn’t Saint Maria tell her? Aristocratic society is a silent battlefield. As long as she plans to enter the center of the battlefield, she better be able to fight. 

So one day, about a week before the wedding, Isabelle habitually searched and read magical books in Cardiago’s library.

‘It’s weird. In the past, no matter how much I practiced, my magic didn’t improve.’

Her magic has grown rapidly, and now she is able to create a huge fire the size of the Duke’s main gate.

But the magic of the four attributes, which is called the Grace of the Goddess, was simply endless. There was so much related information that it was difficult to find out what to read first.

“Rosa… No.”

“Lady, if you have anything you want me to do, feel free to let me know!”

Rosa said so, but seemed very busy. She was the closest with Isabelle, so she was practically the maid-of-honor.

‘I’m sorry to ask Rosa. I usually try my best not to go to the library.’

Isabelle has not been in the library since she fainted at the sight of the blue butterfly. If she decided to go, there was none that could block her, but it wasn’t her intention.

Isabelle’s troubled eyes touched the books piled up on the table. On the first day she went to the library, Riggs had brought the books that she had accidentally dropped.

‘Did Riggs think I’d borrow these books?’

Isabelle rummaged through the books. She thought that if there were any books that could be helpful for her magic, she was going to read it until Rosa was free.

‘Isn’t this the scripture of Pilsburg that I saw before?’

The Cardiago’s library is bigger than most houses, so it was not strange to have books of one kind or another. But it was unexpected that it owned such an expensive-looking Pilsburg scripture.

‘Well, the power of underworld was eventually separated from the goddess Isis.’

Isabelle recalled what she had learned from St. Maria and picked up the scriptures. As she remembered the Saints, especially Saint Maria, she thought of re-reading the scriptures.

The magic masters, including the people of the Pilsburg Imperial Family, also spoke in unison. If you want to reach the realm of attribute magic, you must first understand the meaning of the goddess.

“Lady, something has come up so I’ll be downstairs for a while.”

“Alright, Rosa.”

Alone for a while, Isabelle opened the scriptures without much thought. At that moment, her vision flickered and her heart raced, and she started hearing voices.

「My Isabelle. You’re finally finding me again. All the butterflies I sent to see you ended up being snacks for unfaithful Reapers again.」

“······!”

It’s an ownerless voice, but it sounds like someone is muttering somewhere. It was the same one that she had heard in the library the other day before she collapsed.

‘What should I do… I must have brought the library ghost to the palace.’

Apparently, this blue-covered scripture was the problem. Isabelle was seized with a sense of duty to return the ghost back into the library. 

She jumped up with the scriptures and headed for the library. But the unusual bookshelf with the scriptures was nowhere to be seen.

She was so impressed by the bookshelves, which even had the family’s crest engraved on it, there was no way she could have been come to the wrong place.

Isabelle left the scriptures on the sofa. One of the many employees will put the scripture in its original place.

‘Well, that’s enough about scripture. Shall I borrow some other books while I’m here?’

Isabelle smiled strangely after picking-up some magic related books.

With such a large library, there must be at least one provocative novel. Bill said she can take as many books as she wants and read them.

Isabelle briefly forgot about the scriptures with a distant ghost voice and wandered around the study with a lively step.

And when she went to the section where the novels were organized, she was able to find the books she wanted without difficulty.

‘<Blacksmith’s Secret Extension>… This sounds interesting.’ 

Isabelle’s eyes twinkled and she held the books with odd titles in her arms one by one. Just as she was about to leave the study, she heard the voice again from a distant. 

「My Isabelle. You’re really going to forsake me, the God of Earth, and really read night stories.」

Isabelle flinched and looked up. She saw a high bookshelf, a reddish-brown ceiling, and some blue butterflies.

‘The God of Earth? No way.’

Naturally, she remembered an existence she had seen and heard all her life, but Isabelle shook her head.

The Holy Goddess Isis would not use the phrase ‘night stories’.

‘And she sounds weirdly like a sulky lady.’

Maybe Riggs or the reapers are playing tricks. Isabelle held the books tightly and tried to leave. Then the angry voice was heard again.

「Isabelle, don’t pretend you don’t know. I am your Goddess. Did Maria teach you that way?」

The goddess did not hesitate to swear at her upbringing, which is more of a curse. Isabelle was confused, she didn’t respond. 

‘No, what kind of goddess…..’

She had heard it somewhere. Evil spirits are weak to yin/female energy. Isabelle flipped through the book to find the weirdest part of the book. Sure enough, it was full of yin/female energy.

[Casiel’s firm upper and muscular lower body were revealed under the moonlight. Evelyn thought as he walked to her without wearing a thread. She wants to ride on his body right away.]

Since then, there have been about 10 pages of beautiful scenes that are the highlights of the book.

‘If you’re done, please leave me alone….. will you?’

Isabelle opened her eyes wide. In an instant, the contents of the book changed. To be exact, the main characters’ names have changed.

[Riggs’ strong upper body and muscular lower body were revealed under the moonlight. Isabelle thought as he walked to her without a thread. She wants to ride on his body right now.]

‘My, you thought I wanted to get on top of Riggs?’

Isabelle was startled and closed the book. Only a few letters of the name were changed, but my face was burning. Soon a sulky voice rang.

Isabelle was startled and closed her book. Only a few letters of the name had changed, but her face was burning. Soon a hoarse voice rang out.

「Isabelle, if your God has shown this much sincerity, wouldn’t it be right to trust and obey in moderation?」

“Ah…”

「You’re pickiness hurt my feelings.」

Isabelle suddenly remembered what St. Cecilia said.

“Oh, Isabelle. Did you borrow another book like this again? If you keep reading these obscene stories while you’re young, you’ll grow up to be a weird person.”

St. Cecilia’s warning may have come true. If she thought about it too much, her brain would go crazy.

As soon as the thought reached this point, Isabelle became contemplative. 

‘Oh, what should I do?’

No matter how much Felix protects her, the employees won’t sit still and watch a crazy woman become their master’s companion.

What about the reapers? A more direct method could be used.

‘I have to either ask Riggs for a little advice or hide it unconditionally. In an ordinary, normal way….’

Isabelle held a bundle of books in her arms with an even more awkward gesture. If anyone sees it, they’ll think there’s is a fragmented corpse in the bundle.

‘Let’s just go out and go back to the room as if nothing had happened.’

She can’t be kicked out of the Duke’s castle when she finds out that the temple has also disappeared and that Pilsburg is after her. It was time for Isabelle to strengthen her resolve.

“Hey.” 

“Ack!”

Isabelle sat down, startled at the slightest touch of her. 

Kiel, the owner of the touch, was also embarrassed. She didn’t respond when he called her name, so he touched her very lightly.

‘If he knew that I had surprised the three-letter woman, my master would have made me….’

Thousands of ways for Riggs to roll him swirled in Kiel’s little brain. Kiel decided to loosen Isabelle’s vigilance by taking advantage of his seven-year-old appearance.

“Noona.”

“Yes….?”

Isabelle’s eyes blinked, as if she had heard an elegant voice pop out of nowhere. There’s a kid like this in the Duke’s castle? She doesn’t think Riggs has a brother.

‘But he’s cute… isn’t he?’

Isabelle stared intently at the child in front of her, completely forgetting that she was startled by that dainty touch.

Unlike Riggs’ brown hair, the boy’s hair was black as ink. The skin was pale as if it had crawled out of the world of the dead, but he looked very soft with baby fat.

His freshly closed lips were so cute that she wanted to put a cookie in them right away, and his blood-red eyes were also fading into a smirk. 

In addition, his clothes are suits tailored to children’s sizes. With a perfect jacket, shoes and necktie, the child in front of her was just like a doll.

“Oh, my God…..”

Isabelle groaned in pain and tapped her knee. He sat down on her lap obediently as she wished, Kiel thought.

‘My beauty has enticed another human being. Well, I don’t think to hang out with you because you’re the master’s woman… Ouch!’

“Oh, I’m sorry. Unknowingly…”

Isabelle released Kiel’s cheeks which have moderate softness and stickiness. How can it feel so good? She wanted to take him and play for a while.

“Little boy, what’s your name?”

“I am the King of the Underworld, The Great Kierkegaard·····.”

Kiel paused for a moment and decided to change the strategy. The woman in front of him is already blinded by his deadly cuteness. 

Rather than exposing her with pressure, it would be better for him to push forward with this character. That way she’ll lower her guard and tell him what happened. 

‘What I felt earlier was definitely her energy.’

On the way home from the mission, it was Kiel who felt an unfamiliar energy and headed straight for the study. He wanted to confirm the true identity of the energy.

“My name is Kiel. What about you?”

“I’m Isabelle.”

Sheesh. He knows she’s the three-letter girl. Kiel’s, feeling a strange sense of defeat, continued his acting as a child who knew nothing. 

“Noona, what were you doing here? I heard a strange sound earlier…..”

“Sound?”

Isabelle acted as if she had never heard of such a thing. Kiel gave up getting information from her and looked around.

‘Huh? That’s the Pilsburg scripture that was in the heir’s bookshelf…..’

‘No, it can’t be. It is a mistake that has never happened in Cardiago’s long history for the heir’s library to appear in front of others. There must have been some kind of issue.’

There is a joke that if you read all the books there, it is possible to inherit or destroy Cardiago. A space that is not allowed to anyone.

‘Is it possible that the three-letter woman opened the closed space?’ 

He doesn’t think she has any bloodlines, and she doesn’t seem to have any excellent magical powers. Then by what means?

“Kiel, if you frown like that, you’ll get ugly wrinkles later. You have to smile to be pretty.”

“Hehe”

Kiel was desperately trying to curry favor with Isabelle.

The woman who disappeared after exuding her energy is reluctant to appear in front of humans because she has been greatly hurt by humans in the past. She was originally a little arrogant in her personality.

If she came to meet the three-letter woman, there’s one reason.

‘Is the three-letter woman part of Pilsburg bloodline?’