Chapter 104

The next day, Maxi rushed to the library as soon as she was dressed. She found Ruth asleep on the ground next to the brazier, stretched out like a corpse.

Maxi frowned as she looked over him. She thought it was both sad and pathetic that he would choose to spend the night on the hard stone floor because he was too lazy to descend three flights of stairs to one of many comfortable sleeping quarters.

After glancing around the room, Maxi picked up a stick of kindling and poked Ruth in the back.

"Ruth, it is morning… Wake up."

"Mmm…"

Looking annoyed, Ruth flipped over and pulled his cloak over his head. Maxi continued to poke his back like a mean child tormenting a squirming caterpillar.

"W-Wake up… If I recall, you were the one who told me to come… as soon as I opened my eyes."

"Ugh… I had hoped that you would come an hour later…"

He squinted up at her, then suddenly frowned.

"Was that what you were jabbing me with? As though I'm a fire that needs to be poked?"