Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 2

“Hm? But I can’t do that,” I replied, shaking my head. “I promised not to contact him myself, remember?” I wasn’t about to break a promise with royalty.

“Rozemyne, do you truly intend to ignore the request of a prince for such a trivial reason?!”

“I’m not ignoring him—that’s such a misleading way to phrase it. I am merely... waiting for him. I am patiently waiting for Prince Anastasius to contact me. He will come to me when he remembers that he needs it.”

“Have you finally lost the last of your wits? The prince would never come to you.”

“He’ll come. I mean, he came to the library when I was reading once and dragged me away,” I said, feeling the frustration of not just an afternoon, but four whole days of reading time being taken from me all over again. My three guardians looked at me with shock.

“Rozemyne!” Sylvester exclaimed. “Do you mean to say he didn’t summon you while you were in the library, but that he actually came to get you in person?! You made him come to you?! That’s insane!”

“Hm? But I didn’t want to talk to him myself. As I’ve said enough times now, I promised not to contact him, so...”

The past’s gonna stick with us whether we linger on it or not