Natalie's magical growth record

Alina, who was playing chess alone with a relaxed expression, was about to raise her hand to move a piece on the opposite chessboard when the watch in her pocket suddenly emitted a wave of magical elements that was enough for her to notice.

After thinking about it in confusion for two or three seconds, she finally did not hesitate and directly cleared the table, put it back on the chessboard, got up and left this private room that belonged to her alone and was not known to anyone other than the librarian she knew well. reading room.

At this time, there were not many people on her floor, so she returned to the reception area of ​​the library from the side passage of her reading room smoothly.

"Leaving so soon today?"

The librarian whom she knew well greeted warmly.

This is an older woman in her thirties, not very tall, with a relatively ordinary appearance and temperament. But Alina knew that the family background of this woman, who had been the full-time administrator of the central library since she was young, was actually not ordinary.

It was thanks to the guidance of the elder in front of her that she could travel so easily throughout the central library. Otherwise, at that time and at a young age, she would have had many warning arrangements in the central library due to triggering some special warning magic.

Of course, she deliberately chose this time to come to the library today, not to ask about the changes to the other party's forbidden magic in the library, nor to borrow new books, but to ask the other party face-to-face about issues related to forbidden magic.

"Well, the department has something to do temporarily and I need to go back."

Thinking of this, she stopped remembering in time, smiled and nodded, and returned the books she had borrowed one by one.

"Well, that's a pity. Originally, I wanted to have a good chat with you after work is over. Since you have something urgent, we can only meet again next time. You know, since Quinby was born After that, I can no longer be as free as before. By the way, when will you come next time? The library has recently collected some new books. If you are interested, I can compile a list for you when I go back. you."

The librarian lady shook her head with regret, and as before, she did not try to expose it, but enthusiastically opened up a topic that the other party would most likely be interested in.

"Of course." Alina agreed without hesitation. Seeing that the other party did not take the initiative to ask her about other purposes of coming to the library, she did not feel dissatisfied. She chatted with him for a while about home affairs and her experiences in the past six months.

Hearing this question, which was completely beyond her expectation, Alina subconsciously felt surprised. She couldn't believe that the 'Sky Scholar' member in front of her, who had only met her students a few times, would be so concerned about her students' condition.

Yes, care. This is her judgment, because whether it is the other party's emotional expression when asking these two questions, or the other party's firm attitude in finally taking the risk to ask the question, it can be explained to a certain extent that this innocent girl is not He asked her purely for some of his own purposes.

After all, such ulterior motives are simply not equivalent to the risks taken. No matter how different her thinking is from ordinary people, most people will not take huge risks to challenge her psychological bottom line.

After briefly confirming her idea, Alina gathered her thoughts in time, her expression was not abnormal, and her attitude did not immediately soften before she asked: "Did you know it from Molly?"

Hearing this cold voice that showed no signs of softening her attitude, Ursula's heart suddenly trembled, but immediately, she forced herself to temporarily suppress the fear deep in her heart and nodded vigorously.

"Then why do you want to know?" Alina continued to ask, her tone still cold, and she did not show any friendly enough attitude.

"I..." Ursula stuttered, closed her eyes, and finally confirmed one more sentence without completely overcoming the fear in her heart, "Lord Suzuran, are you really willing to listen to my explanation of the reason?"

"Yes, I can only decide whether I need to tell you more if I know why you want to know this."

Alina nodded. Seeing that the purpose of shock had been achieved, she decisively softened her tone and began to move on to her next step of testing.

As long as the girl reveals any abnormality in the language in her subsequent answers, she will respond immediately and eliminate the hidden dangers in time.

Of course, she knew very well that in the short period of time after the shock was over, it was almost impossible for the other party to lie, so she responded quite confidently, without fear of the other party having other motives.

While the pen was writing rapidly, the parts of the contract that she needed to fill out were quickly completed.

After checking what she had written again, Ursula immediately put down her pen, and then calmly handed over all the two contracts in her hand.

"Okay, wait a moment, I will sign the corresponding terms here, and then I can tell you the truth."

Alina nodded, took the paper, and began to read carefully without missing anything.

Less than two minutes later, she put down the pen and put away the contract with satisfaction. Before starting the follow-up topic, she confirmed the thoughts of the girl in front of her in more detail: "Then let us confirm again, Miss Ursula, you really want to Do you know all the truth about when I accepted Natalie as my disciple? Or is it just part of it, just the part you want to know, the truth directly related to Natalie."

Having said this, Alina paused at the right time, showed a meaningful smile, and did not rush, just letting the girl think, choose, and decide.

After nearly 5 seconds of silence, Ursula finally made a decision and raised her head firmly: "All, but if you can guarantee that other truths that are not directly related to Miss Natalie will not harm Miss Natalie, then the rest It’s something I don’t want to know.”

"Okay, let's start with the death of the former Wood Sage's assistant, Leah Loren..." Seeing that the girl could not control her emotions for a while, Alina stopped her follow-up words in time and gave Sufficient time for the other party to adjust emotionally.

At the same time, Ursula's heart was quite uneasy at the moment, although she had already imagined that the leader of the Sage Auxiliary's insistence on accepting Miss Natalie as his disciple must be hiding something unknown. personal purpose, but she did not expect that the matter could be traced back several months, to June last year, to the sudden accident that made the "witness" very regretful.

But in the end, she did not rush to ask the questions in her heart. She nodded to indicate to the other party to continue talking, while she continued to listen...