Chapter 36: Busy Or Avoiding
William did that... for me? That means it wasn’t about selfish reasons he told me I shouldn’t speak to anyone else but him. He was secretly casting a spell to seal the power in my voice? So that I could speak to the others?
"What’s wrong young miss?" Severus asked. He must have noticed my sudden down mood.
"N-Nothing... I-I’m fine," I said with a forced smile. I was surprised too, because the William I thought might not have feelings might actually have one, or was it his way of trying to understand me like a book again?
"Then shall we young miss, starting from today I shall assist you with your studies and every book you need to know for your knowledge"
"B-But I thought Will- I-I mean Master is my mentor"
He chuckled. "Well you see young miss, the Master’s busy and he doesn’t wish to be disturbed"
Busy? I frowned, why do I feel like he’s avoiding me? Ever since that night he talked about consummation. I haven’t seen him and now he doesn’t have time to tutor me anymore? Did I say something wrong that night? I only spoke of my feelings.
"You may not know but keeping the Holy library balance in this dimension as well as keeping check of all the new knowledge that appears is a very tiring job, one the Master is only capable of handling as its arbiter"
"New knowledge appears?"