Everyone comes across a few bookworms who love books more than life itself, but those who tirelessly carry a book around every single day are few and far between. The library at VirtuaReal University, however, has just such an exception: a peculiar girl who always makes people wonder whether she might suddenly faint. In the lending area, there’s always a girl sitting and leafing through obscure books. Her gaze, ravenous as a starving wolf’s, and the chill that lingers around her make the other students give her a wide berth, and some even whisper that she might be an earthbound spirit the library never managed to exorcise. But she’s no run-of-the-mill ghost story, and her sheer uncanniness eventually drew the attention of a certain someone. “Don’t you think this is a little inefficient? Borrowing books costs money too, doesn’t it? And since you love acquiring knowledge so much, why not talk with other people more? The strange tale of a butterfly like you, who has lingered for centuries, might be especially captivating.” So said the chancellor with black twin tails, sitting across from her one day. At that, the girl quietly set down her book, tilted her head as she looked at the esteemed chancellor, and in the end swallowed the “no” she had been about to say.
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