That short-lived storm came and went quickly.
Since Rob had generously expressed that he did not need Arikos's apology, the young librarian chose to stay.
Soon, the three of them returned to their previous state of burying their heads in their books.
However, the young librarian's heart was not as calm as he looked. Arikos knew that what just happened must have greatly reduced his impression of the girl, and it was impossible to say that he did not regret it. But he also understood that it was useless to explain himself now. At this point, the only thing he could do was to silently fulfill his previous promise, do the things at hand well, and use facts to prove to the girl that he was the one who really wanted to help her.
The young librarian was very confident in himself. Even though he had lost that wondrous state, his usual reading speed was still far better than most ordinary people, and he did not care about people like Luo Bu, who only knew how to speak without thinking.
Arikos firmly believed that the girl would eventually recognize the true face of the person next to her.
However, when he confidently opened the "Chronicles of Gudilesi" in his hand and was about to continue reading, he heard the familiar sound of pages turning again.
The young librarian did not need to look up to know where the sound came from. Arikos sneered in his heart. Again? Once is fine, but you want to use this method to influence me? You are too naive.
Yes, the young librarian had no doubt that this was a deliberate move by Robb to disgust him, because the speed at which the Great Mage flipped through the book was too fast. At such a fast speed, his eyes only rested on each page for one to two seconds. It was difficult for the average person to even see the handwriting on it in such a short time, let alone finish reading the entire page. This was simply a fantasy.
Arikos did not believe that anyone could do such a thing, not to mention that the guy was holding a cup of coffee in his other hand. He looked so casual that he did not look like he was reading seriously at all.
Therefore, the young librarian had already concluded that this guy was just putting on an act. Given Arikos's bad impression of Rob, this was not too surprising.
It took Archmage less than seven minutes to flip through the first volume of the "Ukiyo-e of the Southern Cities", which was not even enough to make a pot of tea. Then, he naturally picked up the second volume.
This time, it took him only a little more than five minutes to finish this book. Then, he picked up the third volume … In the end, it took Rob less than an hour to finish reading a total of nine volumes of the "Ukiyo-e of the Southern Cities".
After that, he finished reading "The Rise of the University City" in one go. By this time, it had only been less than an hour since he opened the first book. The future Supreme Magus Your Honor stretched, stood up, and walked around twice to stretch his limbs. When he sat down again, he picked up "The Chronicle of Gudilesi".
Of course, the first volume of the series was still in the hands of the young librarian, so Luo Bu simply chose to start reading from the last volume. Anyway, he didn't want to study history. He just wanted to find evidence of the existence of the Holy Roland Brothers Magic Academy from the records of Raphael's library, so he didn't care about the order.
When the Great Magician reached the fourteenth volume, Arikos finally finished reading the first volume and picked up the second volume. His efficiency today was pretty good. At this rate, he would be able to finish reading the third volume before nightfall. However, it was obviously a lot slower than the terrifying reading speed of the other side.
But the young librarian was not too worried about this. He had already determined that someone was bluffing. If Arikos' talent in reading could be rated 90 points, then Rob's performance was no longer a question of 100 points. He had almost forcibly filled in the full score with an extra zero. This kind of explosive data seemed to be fake no matter how he looked at it.
Speaking of which, Arikos somewhat admired the guy opposite him. It was not easy to put in so much effort in acting. It was obvious that he could not read a few words, but he still pretended to flip through the book until now. How thick was this guy's skin?
But it did not matter. It was probably the easiest thing in the world to distinguish whether a person had read a book or not. It was as easy as finding a pebble in a clear stream.
However, because of the previous lesson, this time the young librarian was particularly cautious. Even though he had already determined that Rhode was acting, he did not make a sound. What was more rare was that he was able to suppress the impulse in his heart to expose Rhode on the spot.
In the previous few confrontations between the two, there was no doubt that Archmage had proven himself to be an extremely cunning guy. However, no matter how cunning a guy was, there would be a day when he would give himself away.
Arikos knew that the moment of his counterattack was coming. Before that, what he needed to do was to ensure that he accumulated more advantages and quietly watch someone from the side, waiting for him to make a bigger mistake.
Finally, it took about another magic hour for Rob to flip through the last 24 volumes of "The Chronicles of Gudilesi". After that, he skipped the second volume that was still in the librarian's hands and finished reading the first volume.
So naturally, the future Supreme Magus Your Honor asked Arikos, "Can I have a look at the book in your hand? Don't worry, I will return it to you soon."
The young librarian closed the book in his hand without hesitation. After that, Arikos did not pass it to Rob. Instead, he looked into Archmage's eyes and said word by word, "You are wrong."
"Oh?" The future Supreme Magus Your Honor responded weakly. Why wasn't Rob surprised at all? Perhaps it was because the future Supreme Magus Your Honor had long discovered that the guy named Arikos was the most inexplicable guy he had ever met. The two didn't even know each other before, but this was already the third time that this kid had confronted him head-on in a short afternoon. Now that things had come to this, no matter how good-tempered Archmage was, he had no intention of indulging him anymore.
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