Lolo raised her head and looked at Arikos in confusion. She did not understand why he suddenly said that.
In the past two hours, the young scholar and the librarian had been quiet, and there was no conflict between them. Lolo originally thought that the misunderstanding between the two had been resolved. She did not expect that Arikos would suddenly attack Rob at this time.
Luo Luo turned her head to look at the young scholar beside her, but the latter shrugged at her, indicating that he didn't know anything, either.
Luo Bu had long had enough of the brat's inexplicable way of triggering hatred. He was too lazy to think about the reason behind it and directly asked the other party to leave. "Thank you for everything you've done for us today, but now it seems that we no longer need your help, so you can go and do your own things now." The Archmage looked at the young librarian as if asking him to leave was written on his face.
He didn't forget to add, "Oh, by the way, you'd better pay for your coffee before you leave. I guess you don't want people to think you're a scammer, right?"
Lolo was embarrassed, and she quickly said, "Don't listen to him. You don't have to worry about the coffee."
Compared to Alex's simple and crude way of expressing himself, the girl's attitude was undoubtedly more tactful. However, the main disagreement between her and Rob was whether Arikos should pay for her coffee. Lolo's statement was tantamount to acquiescing to Archmage's request to get the librarian out of their sight as soon as possible.
However, Arikos did not seem to hear the two of them. He sat in his seat without moving. No, to be more precise, after hearing Rob's order to leave, his face showed an expression that said, "I knew it would be like this."
The young librarian looked at Zhang Heng with a hint of mockery in his eyes. He sneered, "You are so anxious to get rid of me. Is it because you are afraid that I will expose your clumsy little trick?"
Arikos had never felt so good before. Even when he was personally appointed as a disciple by Master Jonathan of the Hugo Academy, it was not as wonderful as it was now. All the depression accumulated in his chest was released at this moment.
Before this, he had always been in a very passive situation. He had been "framed" by someone twice, causing the young librarian to lose his demeanor in front of the girl. However, Arikos always believed that the truth would eventually come to light. There were always some things in this world that couldn't be changed by scheming and petty tricks.
And now, the moment had finally come.
The young librarian turned to the girl beside him and said sincerely, "I know you may not be willing to believe what I'm going to say next, but I'll prove it to you later. In fact, this companion of yours has been using your trust in him to deceive you."
Arikos felt that he had seen through all of Archmage's tricks, and it was time to blow the horn of counterattack. Now, all he had to do was to completely expose Archmage's hypocrisy in front of the girl.
After thinking for a moment, the young librarian spoke again, "I haven't been a scholar for too long. Including this year, I have been a scholar for less than three years. After this month, I will have worked in Raphael Library for exactly fourteen months. Of course, strictly speaking, this is nothing in Gudilesi University City where there are many geniuses. Compared with others, perhaps the only thing I can be a little proud of is that I have read more books. Because my father is also a scholar, I have been in contact with books since I was six years old. So far, I have read more than 3,000 books."
Hearing this number, Lolo was a little surprised. "That's amazing. More than 3,000 books are basically all the books in a large family."
The young librarian waved his hand, "I'm not mentioning this to praise myself. I just want to prove that at least I have a say in reading." Arikos shifted his gaze back to Archmage, "Does Your Honor agree with this?"
"Your reading capacity is indeed very good," Rob said truthfully.
In this era where information was not explosive, even for a scholar, reading more than a hundred books in his lifetime was basically qualified. Reading more than a thousand books was just an unattainable dream for most people. Considering Arikos's age, it was definitely not easy for him to read so many books. In addition to being exposed to books at an early age, he probably also had some special talent.
At this time, Your Honor, the future Supreme Magus, could more or less guess what the guy was trying to say.
Sure enough, Arikos's tone suddenly changed. "However, I've read for so long, yet I've never heard of anyone whose reading speed is as terrifying as Your Excellency's. Hehe, even Teacher Donahue, who has read the most in the library, is far from Your Excellency's."
The librarian sneered. "If that's the case, there are only two possibilities left. Either our level, including Teacher Donahue's, is too low, or you're deceiving us. From the beginning to the end, it's just your performance to please the public."
Archmage sighed, "I choose the first one. There's no benefit in deceiving people in this kind of thing. No matter how fast I read, no one will give me a discount when I pay for the coffee."
Lolo had been focusing on the book in her hand, Freedom and Art: A Detailed Explanation of the Construction of the Gudilesi University City. She did not care about the progress of the others. After hearing Arikos's words, she could not help but feel a little curious. She had only flipped through half of the book. She asked the two people next to her, "What have you guys done?"
"I'll finish the second volume in half an hour," the young librarian said confidently. The young librarian was full of confidence. Alex was sure that if he didn't cheat, he would be the fastest among the three of them.
Unsurprisingly, a look of surprise appeared on the girl's face. Although Luo Luo did not have a good impression of Arikos, she still admired his amazing reading speed. After praising him, she turned to the young scholar on the other side of the table and asked, "What about you?"
Rob looked a little strange, "I'm almost finished."
"Finished? What? The first volume of the Ukiyo-e of the Southern Cities? "
Archmage was very honest, "Finished means I've finished all of it."
Lolo gasped when she heard this. "What the hell?! You've finished all nine volumes of the Ukiyo-e of the Southern Cities? "
"More than that. It took him less than one magic hour to finish the whole set of the Ukiyo-e of the Southern Cities. After that, he read The Rise of the University City and The Chronicles of Gudilesi. Now, except for the two books in our hands, he has read all the rest," Arikos said in a joking tone.
The young librarian felt that after his explanation, the girl should have clearly realized how exaggerated Zhang Heng's performance was. In order to make up for his bragging, Zhang Heng even ignored the most basic common sense and made such a fool out of himself.
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