The new librarian was taken aback by the Adventurer's straightforwardness but she later just shrugged her shock away as she thought that it might be normal because of the fact that the person in front of her was an Adventurer.
She may have seen Adventurers before, but she never experienced interacting with one. After all, she was only a normal human, and Adventurers tend to dislike them as if they are just trash due to the fact that they don't have any monsters.
It's not that she was a 'freak', but her inability to gain a summon was only due to the fact that she wasn't given a chance to summon.
For normal families, 250 Gold Coins for one awekenee should not be a problem. However, for poor families like her, 250 Gold Coins is really an astronomical amount. If they don't eat, then saving that might be doable.