It was something that I had tried hard to find for days after I became Louise.
However, even as I took every book on the bookshelf out one by one, I couldn’t find anything like a hidden notebook.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦……’
I lifted the cushion that I had already checked and looked under the sofa. I also stuck my hand under the mattress, but that was useless.
‘𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺!’
So, shouldn’t there be a class schedule at least?
But the drawer was still full of letters, and there were only a couple of empty notebooks on the desk.
In one of them, I had even meticulously written down the settings of the novel in my proud Korean.
“Sigh.”
I sighed and reread the settings I had already gone over countless times.
‘𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦?’
With that plan, I opened the other notebook.
However, before I could start writing, I habitually brushed my hand over the paper.
Suddenly, I felt something bumpy, like braille, against my skin.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?’
I lifted the notebook closer to the light to get a better look.
Looking closely, there was a small embossed pattern on the corner of the open page.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?’
As I traced it with my fingertip, letters surprisingly began to appear on the blank paper.
“Ah!”
I was so startled that I almost threw the notebook.
But the hidden writing slowly revealed itself, revealing its secrets.
It was as leisurely as if someone were writing it themselves.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.
𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.
I only observed the notebook spread out on the desk with my eyes.
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵?’
Carefully, I pulled the notebook closer.
Letters were being engraved on the blank paper right before my eyes.
‘𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤……’
With wide eyes, I continued to read the diary as it unfolded.
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.
𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫……
The beginning was mostly filled with the awkwardness, fear, and discomfort of a new environment.
But from the middle, familiar names began to appear.
……𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫.
𝐎𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠’𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫.
𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧……
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝……
‘𝘊𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’
Of course, Ernst also made an appearance.
……𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.
𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦……
I guess that means she was friends with Ernst even before entering.
As for Ren, his name appeared briefly at the end.
𝐎𝐡, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Judging from the fact that it was filled with fear about the Mage Tower Master whom she had never even met, Louise seemed to have been timid and passive.
‘𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.’
Once one page was filled, I quickly turned to the next.
As expected, there was an embossed pattern.
‘𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦…’
But no matter how much I rubbed it, the diary wouldn’t reveal itself any further.
‘𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦?’
I glared at the diary that had only revealed a single page.
Even a one-page diary was better than nothing……
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺?’
I couldn’t figure it out with my current knowledge.
I kept the diary with me until I went to bed, and even slept with it under my pillow.
I tried touching the pattern from time to time, but unfortunately, the diary didn’t reveal anything more.