Joshua ultimately gave in to Arl's tearful pleas and allowed her to "borrow" the book for a while.
"Come to think of it, this book was on Lloydel's bookshelf, which means..."
Joshua looked again at Lloydel, who was lying on the bed muttering in her sleep.
During this time, Lloydel had been rapidly absorbing knowledge related to this era.
At that rate, it was inevitable that Lloydel would absorb some terrible things as well.
"Could this book be popular among Nolan Girls?"
Joshua watched as Arl eagerly opened the novel the moment she received his permission.
This clearly was not her first time reading it. She had gotten halfway through before that High Elf named Zhi Ye had forbidden her from continuing.
So Arl was now looking for the page where she had left off.
"Very popular." After hearing Joshua's mutter, Ciri answered him with those three words in complete certainty.
"You've read it too, Ciri?" Joshua turned around in surprise to look at her.
"I just occasionally visited the Immovable Library... to take a look."
Ciri sounded extremely guilty, her gaze shifting away as she refused to meet Joshua's eyes.
It reminded Joshua of when he had first met Ciri. Her lies had been so clumsy that he could see through them at a glance, but after that, he had rarely seen her look so guilty.
"A hobby unique to girls... Let's deal with the important business first."
Joshua had thought Sister Dinesha's works were only popular within a small circle in Nolan, but in the blink of an eye, this type of work had spread throughout Nolan and even into other countries.
Joshua decided to set aside the matter of Dinesha's writings for the time being.
"Lloydel!"
Joshua returned to the bed of the Goddess of Order and