In the vast yard of Ehren mansion, can be seen a black-haired boy walking with both of his hands behind his head. Sometimes, his hair will flutter from the wind that passed him, then he would close his eyes with a blissful smile on his pretty face, seems to enjoy the cool wind that flies towards him after his tiring spar with Chad.

While he walking, a cute girl, with age does not exceed 12 is watching him from afar. She is staring at him while standing patiently with a wet towel on her hands, waiting to be given for a certain boy. She is Cecilia, a maid in-training in this Ehren mansion.

Yoro, after feels he is being watched, turn his head to the place which the feeling is coming from. And in his vision is the brown-haired girl he'd mention in the conversation with his father last night. But while he is really want to know his father response about their relationship, he kinda feels guilty for making her a decoy for stirring the conversation topic.

And so, as he sees her, he waves his hand with a smile on his face which is Cecilia immediately respond back with her own wave.

Walking to her, he keeps his smile as he approaches Cecilia who's the blush can be seen clearly on her face.

Yoro: "how long you've been standing here? Am I make you waiting?" He said as soon as he is close enough to her.

Cecilia: "no, I just came when I see you are done sparring with Chad" and that isn't wrong. When she sees he is sweating quite badly there, she hurriedly goes to the mansion to grab some towel and just back when they're done. All while imagining some inappropriate things about him.

Cecilia: "Oh, and I grab this for you," she said while giving the wet towel to him.

Yoro: "Oh thanks," he said as he laps his face. But as he smells an aroma on it, he said: "the smell is somehow kind of like your perfume scent though. Maybe I am just imagining things" and scratch his head in confusion.

Cecilia: "y-yeah, you're definitely imagining things" but her stuttering doesn't escape Yoro's eyes.

Sighing, he said: "are you on duty right now?" And he changes the topic to make things doesn't go awkward.

Cecilia: "yes, unfortunately. Do you need me for something, young master?" she said with curiosity

Yoro: "no, no I am not" before adding with a smile: "then, work hard for me okay?" And pat her head lightly before leaving.

And Cecilia there, is stunned at what he'd done. Until she finally awakes some second later and shouts to Yoro: "I am three years older than you, you know?!" With embarrassment drips out of her voice.

Yoro: "hahaha...." His laugh can be heard from her place as he just waves his hands with his back still facing her

Cecile: "stupid young master..." she said as she feels heat from her face.

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Entering the mansion, Yoro is walking to the study room of his father. Some maid is greeting him on the way there, but he can't see Bella anywhere. Well, maybe she is just outside right now.

As he arrived, he knocks the door some times and immediately heard the answer

Arnold: "oh Yoro? Comes in" and he opens the door after hearing the allowance from him.

Yoro: "you always know when it is me or not. Are you actually a prophet?" He said awkwardly with an odd expression on his face

Arnold: "nope, it's just a trick, that's all," he said with amused voice before continuing: "so? what do you want from me?" Before putting his quill to its place as he leans on his chair behind.

When he is being asked, Yoro's eyes seem like gleaming for a moment, like some sort of light just reflected at its lens. But then, it disappears as soon as it comes.

Yoro: "well, not much, just want to borrow your private library for a while," he said as he points the door in the side of the room. "I want to read something there while I can" and added as a finale

And there, Arnold just stares at his eyes to find something weird going on, but just to find nothing. "Alright, just don't make a mess while you there" and as he said that, he waved his hand at the door beside the room

And when Yoro turns his head to that door, a blue hologram of a magic mechanism is coming out. It is shaped hexagram with many circles inside and outside of it, looking magical and fantastic at the same time.

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When it is done, Yoro waves his hand at his father while saying: "alright, see you later then" before he is entering in, making that study room become silent once again, with the last sound being the reverberating noise of the closed door.

Arnold in his chair is still staring at the door, all while he is wondering: "have I mentioned specifically that I had a library before? Or is he just assuming things when the very first he came in?" He thought to himself.

Arnold: "sigh...such a problematic kid. I just hope he won't get in some big trouble in the future" he said with a tired sigh coming out of his mouth.

But what Arnold doesn't know is, how right he was at the time. Whether it is coincidence or not, Arnold had no way to know. But nevertheless, he won't be knowing about this thing until it is happening at that time.

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Meanwhile in the Ehren Library

As Yoro comes inside, he is greeted by the same smell he met at the library on the Ehrenar City. The smell of an old paper.

Right now, in front of Yoro's eyes is a place stacked with a shelf that filled with many books. Looking around, he realizes that this room has no window on its side. With the only thing illuminating this place is fancy chandelier and candle in some part of the library section, making this place fascinating or either creepy at the same time.

He is already suspicious about this place existence. As a noble, and ranked marquis on top of that, there is no way Arnold didn't have any library in the mansion. Therefore, he tried to find any memories regarding a door he never been entered for.

And as he searches it, he found that one of them is the one in the Arnold study. And so, he mapped the layout of the mansion and predicting the size of the room that can be available in there. And that's happening all while he is looking around the mansion

With the original Yoro's memories, plus with the one he added on, he found out a big hollow part on his map of the Ehren mansion, with no entrance to get in or even peek to the room. Well, except from that magical door before.

So when he is sure of himself, he used his clairvoyance at Arnold to ask the verification and see what is in that room. And he just found out that he is right! it is the library he is looking for.

Well, there is no way someone can just stuff all the books passed from generation to generation in one single shelf right?

Hence, meanwhile he is in the Arnold study room, why doesn't he enter in and find some information, especially about the thing related to the object he had right now, a black book he always carries around behind the jacket he was wearing.

It is not like someone can see it though.

Walking in one of the lanes that feasible in front of him, he can see many books which he can't and maybe would never find in some general library. Whether it's the shelf in the right or the left side of him

Seeing all these books he needs to read, he cracked his knuckles while grinning like teens in front of a challenge

Yoro: "alright, let's get into it then" afterwards, he drowned himself in the abundant books available in front of him, but not literally, though.

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Somewhere in Eus...

There is a place, hidden from the rest of the world outside. The condition in this place is so dim and cold. Being lit only with the candle in the side of the room with some interval in placement, making it doesn't enough to brighten the whole space here.

But in this place is actually placed some chair with a long table in the middle, all is black in colour. Someone who made this definitely want it to look as shady as possible. But as creepy as this place is sounded, in fact, there is actually some living people in here.

Sitting in the available chair there, they all were wearing the same clothes with each other, which is being a black robe. This instead, making it even harder to differentiate them from one to another.

But while it maybe seems hard to know who's behind those robe for normal people, right now, they were talking with each other like they know with whom they were talking. Like the robe they wearing doesn't even do a thing to confuse their conversation.

Shady 1: "I've just gotten information that some of the crazed people has just moved, is that right?" One of them said, with the voice behind this robe sounds young, but the gender is still unknown.

And across that person, another shady person is criticizing that question "like I said, they're not crazy, they just an insane cultist with the unknown goal that's all".

Shady 1: "well, but they're more like a crazy fanatic and some sort though" that person reply back playfully

Shady 3: SLAM* "Then what's the difference, g*d damn it?! ARGHH!!". One of them snapped at them. From the voice coming behind his robe, this one is most likely a male...maybe

All the of the people who attending whatever held there is chuckled at the successful attempt of making this person annoyed, which is just make this person angrier after being ridiculed at

Shady 4: "well, well, let's not bully her too much while we're here, okay?" Then one of them stands while flapping its hand to calm them down. But it's also clear that he tried to hold his laugh right there

After a while, the room is silent again. While the reason is unknown, they seem to listen to this very person right here.

After this place back to its stillness, then the person who flapping its hand just now speaks once again: "right... back to the topic, I've heard some of them is can be seen moving to the Ehren territory. And from what I found, it seems they are targeting the next heir of white that just recently selected"

The response coming from that statement is...nothing

The room stay like that for a while before someone finally breaks the silence

Shady 1: "black and white in one generation? i-it's... It's-"

Shady 4: " unheard for?" Before that person can continue, this person finishes its word for them. Even with his hood pulled down, everyone can hear the amused voice from behind it.

Shady 2: "I assumed you have taken precaution about this thing, right?" It said with a careful tone

Shady 4: "you are right, even if this person already selected, he or she haven't accepted the identity given for them. Therefore, I have sent the person who can solve this with most probability"

The room stays still for a moment before finally, someone said it's thought. "That is...the black herself?..."

Shady 4: "bingo! You are correct right there" it said with his forefinger pointed up. "isn't that making this whole thing more interesting?" And then he moves that very finger towards the one who just talking while smiled playfully behind the robe