It wasn’t a difficult job. The working environment of the Ash Trading Company was likely better than anywhere else in Denertum. Especially for women.

The two were lost in their own thoughts when the carriage arrived at the library.

Aelfrie stepped into the entrance and looked at the bookshelves visible in the reading room. At that moment, something twinkled in her line of sight.

“……!”

In that moment, Aelfrie recalled. The light that had twinkled when she had stretched her hand and a gust of wind had blown.

It was the light she had seen in some book on the bookshelf the last time she visited the library.

As she remembered where she had seen the light, her heart began to race. Aelfrie clearly remembered the title of the book.

Successors of the Golden Rule

‘Could it be?’

Aelfrie cautiously stretched out her hand. Of course, nothing happened.

“Aelfrie?”

Calon called out to her as she was stretching her hand towards the sky alone.

Hearing his voice, Aelfrie hastily lowered her hand.

Laughter from passersby could be heard, as if they had seen Aelfrie’s action.

Feeling embarrassed, Aelfrie bowed her head. She was utterly ashamed of her behavior.

‘I still haven’t let go of my foolishness.’

It seemed she still harbored foolishness about the Golden Rule within her. She had nurtured a vain hope as soon as she thought of the book.

Making a library card didn’t take long.

Recently, all foreign publications coming into the library were virtually donated by the Ash Trading Company, receiving only a minimum transportation fee.

For the academy library, which wanted to acquire more high-quality foreign prints, Ash Trading Company was the most important sponsor.

As soon as the staff saw that Calon had brought a letter of authorization from the Ash Trading Company, they didn’t ask any more questions and soon presented an identification card with the Ash Trading Company’s name on it.

“Now, carry this with you. It would be good to write your own name on the bottom. That way, if it gets mixed up, we’ll know whose it is.”

Hearing this, Aelfrie quickly wrote her name. She only wrote “Aelfrie,” too worried to include “Aradis.”

She may not have wanted to include it at all.

Soon, Aelfrie received her library card with her name on it.

With an ecstatic expression, her twinkling eyes scanned her name on the card several times.

Just a few days ago, she had thought she would never have such an item. She couldn’t quite believe it was in her hands.

At the same time, she felt the immense power of the Ash Trading Company.
It wasn’t difficult to dismiss the long-standing customs of Denertum so easily, without even being part of its guilds.

Just because I borrowed the name of Ash Commerce, a woman like me can obtain an Academy Library identification card.

Besides the symbolic past queens and princesses, how many women could have possibly obtained such an ID here?

The library records may list it as an ID for library patrons, but clearly, the ID in my hand had “Aelfrie,” the name I had written, clearly imprinted on it.

Who else but Ash Commerce could offer a woman such an ID?

Aelfrie thought of the high-ranking women she had met.

Riena of the recently met Ducal House came to mind immediately.

Even the Duke’s daughter wouldn’t be eligible for this ID. Even if she were to marry a Grand Duke and become the Grand Duchess.

“So, shall we go find the books we need now? Also, the staff mentioned earlier…”

Calon leaned over and whispered in Aelfrie’s ear as if telling a secret.

“With a patron ID, you can borrow up to thirty books at a time.”

“……!”