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Benno left the room and Damuel went to the now empty seat. I stood up, thinking that, as a commoner, I should sit at the foot of the table, but the Head Priest stopped me. "Stay seated where you are, Myne." "What? But..." I looked at Damuel but he just looked at me, the corners of his gray eyes crinkled into a quiet smile as he sat down. It would have been a bit much for me to force him out of his seat so I could sit there, so I just sat where I was. Once everyone was in their seats, the Head Priest looked around at everyone assembled. "Now then, Myne. I will explain to you what punishments the Archduke decreed after being informed of the incident during the trombe extermination." "The punishments?" I had expected Shikza to be punished, but I didn't want to know what that punishment would be. All I wanted was to never see him again. And as if sensing that, the Head Priest lowered his eyes. "... It is not hard to imagine that this is not

I was finally allowed to walk around the temple as I wished, now that I had Damuel as a bodyguard. It was a bit hard for him, as he had to travel here from the Nobles' quarter every day, but he used the flying horse he made with his magic stone, so unlike Lutz and Tuuli, the snow posed no problem for him. Wow, magic sure is convenient. Thanks to Damuel, I was able to go back to the orphanage and bookroom, which provided a great distraction. My family couldn't visit me as much as before because of all the thick snow, but I could forget how much I missed them by absorbing myself in books. Only when I read could I forget my loneliness. The problem was that the library was incredibly cold. I couldn't stay for long no matter how much I bundled up, and neither Damuel nor Fran liked going there. "Apprentice," Damuel said, "could you ask Lord Ferdinand if you could bring the books back around to their rooms, so we don't have to stay in the book room?" "