Reborn as a beautiful girl, I want to be the best in the world

Chapter 74 The truth

Lola's words were interrupted by the heavy sound of a bell outside the library, which indicated that the sun had completely sunk into the horizon. Liz wanted to ask what Lola was saying, but she had already packed her backpack and returned the book she borrowed from the library - a collection of prose poems about spring - to Liz.

"Maybe it's just my illusion... I shouldn't go to the tavern to earn money for the trip. When you have time, come and listen to my singing and storytelling, Miss Liz!"

Before Liz could say anything to persuade her to stay, she trotted out the door like a student who was about to be late for school.

This is quite troublesome, and it's the same for you...

It wasn't like Lolala, a bard named Liz who used the library as a resting place because of temporary financial difficulties and was unable to stay in a hotel. But there seemed to be something different about Lolala.

Watching her back as she walked away, Liz recalled her conversation with her and pondered for a long time before she came up with the answer.

Whether she was immersed in her own world and unconsciously affected others, or she interrupted others without listening, or she showed sincere apologies after realizing her mistakes, compared to those extremely accidental bards Liz had seen, Lolala was just like a reckless yet extremely innocent child.

"But would a child go to a tavern to cheat people?"

Liz sighed and turned around to look for the drunk older sister, only to find that she had also gone out.

Let's go to the pub and take a look.

Having made such a decision, Liz regretted it the moment she stepped out of the library door. However, just as Liz tried to take the library's stove away with her, the guests in the library unanimously objected.

It was obvious that Liz decided to take the stove away for the sake of your guests' peace and the peace of the town. It's really a difficult job for this library director.

The moment she pushed open the door of the pub, the noisy sounds came into her ears. The warm lights and the refreshing aroma of wine made Liz breathe a sigh of relief. Liz gently brushed off the snow on her casual clothes and hair, and squeezed through the excited crowd and walked to the bar.

The reason why everyone in the tavern was in high spirits was the presence of Lolala and the big sister. With the two of them as the center, the tavern was divided into two completely different worlds. One side was full of laughter and tears because of Lolala's bardic stories that she sang from time to time, while the other side was filled with the smell of alcohol around the big sister and several barrels of beer.

"What a rare guest! It is such an honor for me that the witch lady would come to my humble shop."

"That's enough~"

The guy who said the infuriating honorifics with no expression on his face was Lawrence, the future owner of the pub. Liz tied her hair into a bun and responded to him with a chuckle.

"Why do you have time to come here?"

"Because of Miss Lolala and that big sister."

"Ah... I heard that the two of them stayed in the library all the time when they had nothing to do. Were they complained by other guests?"

"You too?"

Lawrence shook his head.

"On the contrary, I am glad to have them come to the pub. The guests are very happy."

"That's it..."

It seems that these two guys are just not suitable to stay in the library.

"Besides, thanks to them livening up the atmosphere, no one could detect if water was added to the wine."

"Wow! It's a shady shop!"

Facing Liz's surprised expression, Lawrence just smiled, but his fake smile was even worse than before.

But he still respected Liz very much. Before, he was just like those villagers and didn't understand Liz's hard work.

"Anyway, give me a drink of something first."

Liz borrowed a menu from another customer at the bar, but Lawrence completely ignored the way Liz was studying the menu.

"Juice, milk, and water are all we can offer to children in our tavern."

"what?"

"But it can be heated for free, how about hot milk?"

"Let me be clear in advance. I am an adult. An adult!"

"..."

Lawrence stopped what he was doing and looked Liz up and down as if he were examining an account.

"You are still quite a child."

"If you don't want to talk, I can help you become mute."

"Please forgive me if this is offensive."

Completely different from Lolala's naturally irritating personality, the guy in front of her was simply a bastard with a terrible personality, but Liz couldn't tell which part of him was more irritating.

Liz sighed heavily, but Lawrence placed a white drink on a coaster and pushed it in front of Liz.

"If it was really milk I would throw it in your face."

"After drinking it, you might find it's not as good as pure milk, considering your child's taste."

After glaring at the other person, Liz brought the glass to her lips.

It seemed to be some kind of sweet alcoholic beverage with milk as the main ingredient. It tasted quite smooth, and the sweetness after heating was controlled to suit Leeds' taste. However, the alcohol taste at the end seemed a bit difficult for Leeds to accept.

Hmm... I was thinking that on a snowy day like this I should drink mulled wine like a mature adult...

"This is quite low in concentration, huh?"

"I got it!"

"that......"

As Liz was glaring at Fitcher with an expression as if he wanted to push the other person into a barrel, a strange man's voice came from behind him.

Liz turned her head and saw a thin middle-aged man. He was carrying a huge backpack that looked very heavy, and was wearing a cold-proof coat. The marching water bag hanging around his waist was also quite large.

Since he is dressed like this, it proves that he is a foreign traveler, right?

"Witch-sama? Excuse me, I am the representative of Lord Shiba..."

Liz noticed the pattern on the nameplate on his chest. If Liz remembered correctly, it was probably a pattern from the previous generation.

Survivors?

"Yes, who are you?"

"Renault, the former knight Renault."

"Ah, hello."

Liz put down the glass in her hand and reached out to shake the hand that Mr. Renault extended to Liz.

"Mr. Renault, would you like some wine?"

Lawrence asked Mr. Renault to sit at the adjacent seat at the bar and handed him the drink menu, but Mr. Renault just shook his head.

"I still have work to do later, so please give me a cup of hot milk."

"Please wait."

Fitcher wiped the glass in his hand and poured milk from the small pot on the stove, and for some reason he looked at Liz.

"what?"

"No, I was just thinking that a mature adult who has the courage to order hot milk in a bar for work is really handsome. He is completely different from some little brat who orders an alcoholic drink that doesn't suit his taste just to look cool."

"Lawrence~~~"

Liz raised her staff and spoke in a rather gentle tone.

But Lawrence handed the hot milk to Mr. Reynolds while raising his free hand above his head in a loose gesture of surrender.

"My dear witch, it's my fault~"

This look made Liz even angrier.

"I just went to the library, and Miss Alice on duty said you might be here."

"Oh...I'm so sorry."

"it's okay no problem."

Mr. Renault waved his hand, and after taking a sip of milk, his expression became a little more serious.

"Let's get down to business. Miss Leeds has seen it too. ... I need books, you know, that kind of books."

Renault handed Liz a photo with a bitter expression on his face.

"Ah, so do you need to borrow relevant books from the library?"

Liz suddenly realized that there were indeed books on this subject in the library.

"Yes, I have already listed the specific books when I went to the library just now, and I have also given the relevant certificates to Miss Alice. Please ask Miss Liz to prepare them for us."

"Is it enough to just prepare the manuscripts of the books?"

"Yes."

After all, it was just providing handwritten copies of the books instead of borrowing the originals, so there was no need for much trouble in terms of procedures and actual operations. Liz readily agreed, but compared to this matter, she was more interested in the content of Mr. Renault's words.

"Mr. Renault, do you have any inferences about the recent weather?"

"Well, I wonder if Miss Liz has ever heard of a legend about the Demon King Beelzebub and the witch that has been passed down from ancient human history..."

"What! Is this a story about a witch?!"

Before Liz could respond, a petite figure slid up to the bar.

"If that's the case, let Lola listen to it too."

The uninvited guest who suddenly interrupted the conversation said so.

Chapter 75 Future

ps: You can guess who the witch and the sage correspond to. They are characters that have appeared before. If you guess them, I will update more.

The legend that Mr. Renault mentioned was a myth that was widely circulated in the human kingdom in previous generations and could even be said to be a household name.

Legend has it that long ago, there were four goddesses who controlled the seasons. They each held a token that could change the seasons of the world. However, they lived in a forest somewhere, away from humans and ignorant of worldly affairs. They indulged in playing all day and even decided the change of seasons by playing rock-paper-scissors. The actions of the four goddesses caused the human world's farming seasons to be out of balance and the seasons to be disordered, causing considerable chaos for a time.

When the gods learned about this, they were furious and brought down divine punishment on the four goddesses. Every once in a while, three of them would go to the human kingdom to practice, while the remaining one would be confined alone with her token for three months. From then on, the order of the four seasons was finally stabilized, and the disaster in the human world was finally resolved.

All in all, this is just a myth without any basis.

After hearing this story, Ye Qing did react.

"Wait a minute, I don't know about the Four Goddesses, but I do know about the Four Kingdoms."

Ye Qing couldn't help but frown and quickly took out his notebook to write it down.

This seemingly ordinary story hides many things related to the background plot.

"If I remember correctly, there were four kingdoms in the human world in the early days, and one of them was the predecessor of Heero, or even a generation before the country of the Blade of Sorrow."

Ye Qing kept recalling and muttering to himself.

"If the four goddesses correspond to the four kingdoms, and the goddesses' reckless behavior corresponds to the four kingdoms stealing the power of God, then who is the God?"

Thinking of this, Ye Qing circled the word "God" in great strokes.

"After looking up some books, I think there might be some truth in this story."

Mr. Renault concluded, but then added:

"But this is not a very practical idea. I will try to find a more practical reason."

"But the gods do exist."

Lolala, who was listening on the side, suddenly spoke up.

The scam tonight seemed to go quite smoothly. She made a lot of money and seemed to have colluded with Lawrence long ago. She also paid Lawrence a venue fee. Looking at those two black-hearted smiling faces, I finally realized that my reminder to Lolala in the afternoon was completely ignored by her.

By the way, Lolala was finally treated as a child without any blame, and now there was a cup of hot milk in front of her.

"It really exists? Why are you so sure?"

“I saw the gods when I was very young.”

"Eh?!"

Even Lawrence behind the counter screamed along with Liz and Mr. Renault.

Ye Qing couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at the girl who said something shocking, waiting for the answer.

"Now is not the time to tell made-up stories, okay?"

"I was serious."