Wayward (Prince Arthur x Oc)

Chapter 15: In which evening falls upon Bergeleva

"Sorry Miss, it looks like we don't have that book here." The librarian behind the reception desk said with an apologetic look.

Edda had to restrain herself from letting out a groan of frustration, after digging trough the books for any possible reference to the salve she had finally managed to find one that referenced to a book which was described as having the full recipe, and now it turns out it wasn't even in the library. A feeling a déjà vu filled her as she lifted her head to ask for the possible locations of the book, but it seemed like this librarian was one step ahead of her.

"But it does seem like the town next over have a copy, I could ask them to send-"

"Is it in Endeslättaren?" She said, quickly realising how rude it sounded. "Sorry, it's just- We can't stay for long and we're already going there anyway." It looked like it so far at least, she had taken a small break after finding out about the book in which the salves recipe was in. Mostly because Arthur insisted she needed to take one. And the moment she had returned to work she had found the salve had completely slipped from her mind, leading her to look for weaknesses again, and turning out completely empty handed.

"Oh, don't worry Miss, if you are headed that way it would be inconvenient for you to go next town over anyway," the librarian smiled politely, "considering they are located on opposite direction from here." She then added as she dragged her finger along the page of the tome in front of her.

"Heh, yeah." Edda answered, she wasn't exactly sure about what town she was referring to, since she didn't have a map in front of her, but she figured that it was best just to go along.

"Ah! It looks like the book is in Endeslättaren." The librarian looked up from the tome with a bright smile. "Do you want me to send them a message to them to reserve the book for you?"

"No that's fine," The idea of people expecting her made Edda sort of, uncomfortable. "Thank you for the help though."

"Of course Miss, is there anything else I can help you with?" The librarian said politely.

"Nah, that's all I needed to ask," Edda said, already trying to subtly move away from the reception desk.

"Okay Miss, have a nice day!" The librarian said, finally ending the conversation, letting Edda return to the table where Arthur was waiting.

He had stopped looking through the books with her a while ago, as they had finished going through all the books she had collected. It looked as if he had taken the time to pile the books in one single stack during the time she had been gone, and now he was... Laying on his back holding the stack of books in his hands, lifting them up and down??? He seemed to be muttering something under his breath as he laid on the floor, apparently not yet realising that she was there, as he had yet to acknowledge her presence.

Edda simply stood in place for a few seconds, not being sure what to make of the sight before her, but it wasn't like he hadn't done strength training in front of her before. Even if the library struck her as an, odd, place to do it. Then again, this was probably just him passing the time as she was away. Whatever the case was, he hadn't made a deal out of it before, so who was she to do so now.

That being said, him using the books like that was just a little bit funny.

"That doesn't look like the pose you would wanna be in, considering what a single one of those books did to you before." she said with a small snort, as she walked up to the table where her notebook remained untouched.

"Oh! You're back Miss Edda!" He said excitedly, before the tone of his voice lowered. "Don't you worry about that M'lady, I'm not about to let these things get the upper hand of me...Again." The boisterous tone of his voice tapered off just a bit at the end.