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Apparently, Eleris had not enchanted the door with any kind of protective spell, and it broke apart easily.
Of course, if there had been any protective magic on it, that in itself would have been evidence to Charlotte. In the end, it did not matter if the door was locked or not, and the presence or absence of protective magic would not have made much of a difference.
The moment Charlotte had shifted her attention to this place, the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
She couldn't be stopped. It was not like I could just knock her out by smacking her in the back of the head or anything.
Ignoring the commotion outside, Charlotte entered the shop.
"Hmm… the cabinet is locked."
The scroll cabinet in Eleris’s shop—one that was commonly found in every scroll shop—was firmly shuttered. Charlotte climbed over the counter and scrutinized the scroll cabinet carefully.
"There's a magic lock installed. But then again, that’s pretty common…"
The assets of a scroll shop were the scrolls themselves. Therefore, it was natural for the cabinets to be equipped with magic locks to prevent theft. Charlotte tapped lightly on the shutter of the scroll cabinet that occupied an entire wall of the shop.
"Reinhart, if there's a Fireball scroll in here, what do you think are the chances that it's the same Fireball scroll from that shop earlier?"
"I don’t know… pretty low?"
"Hmm... Right. Although it's quite expensive, it's not something rare. And even if the child’s scroll did end up here, they might have sold it already.”
Charlotte knew very...
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