“But all the libraries only have history books of the Pergos Empire. Whether before or after unification, you’d think there would be history books of other countries at least for diplomatic purposes. If the Central Palace library doesn’t have them either…… Sigh.”

She sighed with a troubled expression, conveying her puzzlement.

“Then let’s quickly take care of our business and have dinner.”

Elfleda grabbed Rudbeckia’s wrist, went down from the stands, and got into the marquis family’s carriage that was waiting.

“To Edith Palace.”

It was where most officials worked. Rudbeckia expressed curiosity about why they were going there instead of the Central Palace.

“The Imperial Library is in Edith Palace. As you said, the history of other countries is deeply related to diplomacy. High-ranking officials with access permits use it a lot, not the Emperor or Crown Prince.”

Fair enough. She had never heard stories of the Emperor personally running around looking for work-related materials.

The carriage soon stopped in front of Edith Palace. As the three got out, a guard approached.

“I am Elfleda Argen of the Argen family. I want to use the Imperial Library. Here……”

She took out a silver medal from her small handbag. The guard examined the front and back of the medal, which was slightly larger than a coin, then smiled kindly and told them to enter.

Elfleda walked unhesitatingly toward the library, as if she had been to Edith Palace several times before.

In front of the sign that read “Imperial Library,” she took out the medal again and showed it.

“Silver level. You can only view inside and cannot take books out.”

“Yes, thank you for the guidance.”

The Imperial Library was smaller than the libraries of the knight orders or the academy, but it was clearly filled with ancient or rare books.

“The north was also where the Glimm Kingdom used to be, right? Related books…… Sit down. I’ll find them for you quickly.”

Daniella said as she rolled up her sleeves. Then, in the blink of an eye, books floated through the air and landed on the table.

“Ta-da. I asked the wind to bring out books about the north and the Glimm Kingdom.”

“The power of magic…… is amazing. You can even make it run errands.”

“It’s not power but communication. I’m asking the wind, which is one of nature’s elements. Look through them to see if they have what you need. I’ll keep looking around to see if there are other books.”

As the two disappeared into the bookshelves, Rudbeckia carefully turned the first page with trembling hands.

‘I need something written by the Glimm Kingdom’s royal family, not perspectives from other countries. Only people of the royal family would have known about the royal treasure.’

However, befitting a royal treasure said to have mysterious powers, records were not easily found.

Since she had perfect memory ability, everything she read was recorded in her mind, and her head throbbed from trying to read only heavy and serious history books. Still, thinking that she couldn’t waste this opportunity after somehow getting into the library, she was about to force herself to pick up the next book when Daniella appeared with another book.

“Look what I found.”

[Myths of the Europa Continent — Northern Edition]

The two read the title simultaneously and burst into laughter.

Since her head was already heavy, Rudbeckia opened the book of myths, intending to take a break.

‘When God Kailum created the world, he was with Glimm, the goddess of light. Huh? Goddess?’

In the collection of myths she had opened for fun, whether it was fact or just fictional myth was unclear, but a goddess with the same name as her family appeared.

Glimm was born from the light that God Kailum created first when making the world. She descended to earth with God Kailum and created seas, land animals, birds, fruit trees, and more so that humans could live.

And they created humans in their own image to rule over these things.

Those resembling God Kailum were called men, those resembling Goddess Glimm were called women, and they were also given fire.

Then Goddess Glimm fell in love with a human man and descended to become human.

But the human vessel was too small to hold a goddess’s abilities, so Glimm made a small ring to periodically transfer her power into it.

‘Goddess of light, ring! It’s the Ring of Light!’

Rudbeckia quickly skimmed through the next content.

‘The human man, struggling with tilling the land and raising children, coveted Glimm’s ring. Thinking that having divine power would make him a god too…… Glimm, having lost her ring, could not handle the divine memories, abilities, and power in a human body, suffering from headaches, fever, seizures, and more……’

The human returned the ring, but Glimm’s heart, already stained with betrayal, could not be turned back.

She prayed to God Kailum to take her away, and the god granted her prayer.

Thus, Glimm entered back into the light from which she was born.

‘Before leaving, Goddess Glimm kissed her daughter’s forehead, asking her not to forget her mother, and left the Ring of Light as an inheritance. The child who received the goddess’s kiss remembered everything from the moment she was born from the goddess.’

And the human, reflecting on his greed, took devoted care of the daughter she left behind. When the daughter was in pain, he removed the pain with loving kisses, and raised her healthily with warm caresses filled with love……

— Thud

The story about Goddess Glimm among the northern myths ended there.

Rudbeckia took a deep breath.

She was someone who remembered even the fairy tales her mother had read to her as a baby.

She quickly organized the information from the fairy tales, songs, history books, and myth collections that had entered her mind until now.

[Perfect memory ability is a memento that Goddess Glimm left to her daughter when she departed.]

[When the goddess lost the Ring of Light, she couldn’t handle the memories, abilities, and power, suffering from headaches, fever, and seizures.]

[Humans removed the daughter’s pain with loving kisses and filled her with love through warm caresses.]

She didn’t need a notepad.

Since her mind was both notepad and quill, she crossed her arms and listed them one by one.

‘She couldn’t handle it and a surge occurred. Headaches, fever, seizures…… the symptoms are identical. But I’m human. I don’t have the abilities or powers that a god had. So only my memories surge, and what removes the pain of the surge is a loving kiss……’

“Mommy, my head hurts.”

“Come here quickly~ One loving kiss will completely cure our Rud’s head~”

“There! Mommy gave you a kiss, so it doesn’t hurt anymore, right? Let’s wipe those tears too.”

“You’ve already finished one book? Well done. Our princess.”

Rudbeckia recalled a memory with Adele and suddenly her eyes turned red.

Then, a scene suddenly came to mind.

“Mommy! Grandma’s kisses don’t work either. Only Mommy’s kisses make my head not hurt. Why is that?”

“That’s because Mommy’s love for our Rud is the gre~atest. Only loving kisses can heal you. Do you know how much Mommy loves our princess?”

There were more sad and painful memories than happy ones, and since memory surges tended to show those difficult memories, this was a recollection she hadn’t easily recalled.

‘Hmm…… so what can calm the surge is…… it doesn’t matter who…… as long as they have affection for me?’

That kiss with a gentle “ho-” breath on that first day at the Grand Duke’s residence had awakened Rudbeckia, who could barely move a finger, and freed her limbs.

‘Affection…… affection…… but Caleb is a man. He’s never had a child, no no, besides that…… to someone his own age like me…… with the kind of affection one has for a child…… he couldn’t have kissed me with such feelings.’

She shook her head repeatedly.

‘Caleb only met me for the first time that day.’

But apart from parent-child affection, the only other affection that came to mind was that between a man and a woman, and she couldn’t think of anything else.

Having been with Caleb for over 10 years, she had never once had such thoughts, so it was even bewildering.

She had simply sought Caleb’s embrace and lips to calm her memory surge, just as one would go to a dining hall when hungry, without giving the slightest thought to what his feelings might be……

Rudbeckia recalled one by one the expressions with which Caleb had kissed her.

The loving gaze and shy expression, how he blushed and felt embarrassed after the kiss.

‘Wait, could it be…… he fell in love with me at first sight?’

Rudbeckia took a deep breath.

Caleb’s image flickered before her eyes. And his lips came vividly to mind.

She felt something inside her crumbling while simultaneously feeling something new rising up.

She was confused. She placed her hand on her chest and felt her pounding heart. She could feel it beating faster and faster with her entire palm.

She wanted to know what this emotion was, and was curious about it. Despite priding herself on knowing everything with her perfect memory, she simply couldn’t identify this emotion.

Her mind was completely filled with Caleb. What would Caleb call this emotion?

“Rud! Are you done? I think someone’s coming.”

While Rudbeckia was preoccupied with her unidentifiable overwhelming emotions, there was a sound of movement from the door.

Not wanting to be caught investigating the north, she quickly gathered the books and gestured to the two for help.

— Swoosh

Daniella winked and swiftly returned all the books to their places like the wind. Just after the books were neatly shelved, the Imperial Library door opened.

“So you’re the owner of the silver medal. What brings you here?”

“Greetings. From the Argen family……”

“Enough. What are you doing here? You have some nerve. For someone who trembled and insisted on breaking off the engagement, you’re making good use of the medal.”

The owner of the grumpy voice, rolling his reddish-brown eyes, was Crown Prince Baningo Perron. Rudbeckia, standing one step behind Elfleda, lifted her skirt slightly and curtseyed.

“Well, well, brought a friend too? Do you think this is your playground? Tell me. What books were you looking at?”