The next morning, Adal was dusting off his shelves and exploring his giant library.
It was small things like this that brought him immense joy.
Being surrounded by books and such was therapeutic to him. Especially when a majority of them were made by yourself.
After an hour of the opening sign being turned, he heard the door opening by the entrance.
Through a gap in the shelves, he noticed a nervous-looking woman standing there.
The same woman from yesterday. Though today, she was dressed in a very lavish, modest dress.
Adal made his way over. He noticed that she had the book from yesterday in her hand.
"Juliette, done with the book already?" He asked.
Juliette struggled to meet the man's blue eyes. Instead, she looks at the ground as though she were ashamed of something.
"I'm sorry, Mister Librarian. My mother has forced me to return the book. She says that it's inappropriate for a young lady to read."
Adal chuckled.
Nothing surprising there.
"That's why you're meant to hide the book, Lady Everstone. And didn't I tell you to call me Adal?"
Juliette was taken aback by the man's calmness. She had expected him to be angrier.
"I... It's hard hiding stuff from nosy parents. They always want to be in my business. Ever since I turned eighteen they've been worried about how I spend my free time. It's why they've gone as far as..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but Adal knew what she was about to say.
She really doesn't want to be married to whoever the man is.
After thinking for a few moments, Adal came up with a simple solution.
"Why don't you just read in here? There are no parents to spy on you in the Library of Alexandrus."
From the look on Juliette's face, it was clear she had not thought of such an idea.
Her eyes lit up, before suddenly losing their light.
Can I really read something so lewd in public? She questioned herself.
But then she looked at Adal. The man seemed professional, mature, and sensible.
If it's only him here, then surely it's fine...
The young lady finally nodded her head, glad to be able to continue with her story.
"I would love to. Unfortunately, I have a party to attend to later, so I will not be able to read for long. But surely I can finish a few pages."
"That's the spirit." Adal winked at her, before leading her to one of the large wooden tables at the centre of the room, surrounded by the bookshelves, and well out of sight from the entrance.
Juliette hunkered down and opened her book.
...
After ten minutes of reading, her slippers were off her feet, and she was sitting comfortably on the chair, engaged in the story.
Adal continued cleaning the shelves, but every now and then, he looked over at her.
[Juliette Everstone]
[Pleasure Meter - 5%]
Interesting. Just from reading, shes feeling pleasure.
Only when he got a better angle did he realise he was wrong.
Her pleasure Meter wasn't just rising from the story. It was also how she had positioned herself on the chair.
Her crotch was rubbing against the corner!
But her face. It was clear that she didn't even realise what he was doing.
Adal felt himself becoming aroused. Not only was the woman beautiful, and already promised to another man, but she was also doing something so lewd in his own establishment.
His mind thought of ways that he could make a move on her, whilst he continued to dust down the shelf.
The answer came to him through his Lust Lord class.
[Lust Lord Class has reached Level 2!]
[Select a new upgrade.]
Was this because of what was happening with Juliette in his library?
Adal kept his cool as he scanned over his new options.
He didn't have the luxury to take his time, as the woman could be leaving at any moment now.
The other options were the same as before, which meant that he would also be given the skills that he had missed out on.
Now, there was one new skill.
[Lustful Thoughts - Allows you to hear the lustful thoughts of others if you choose to]
It was a very useful skill, but Adal wondered how he could use it to make a move on the noble lady.
For now, he selected it and looked at her once more.
If he chose to, he could now hear any of her thoughts that were tied to lust in faint whispers.
"If the rumours are true about him, then I'll be stuck with a husband that can't satisfy me for the rest of my life."
"No, I can't. I must know what pleasure at the hands of a man feels like. Isn't that what it means to be a woman?"
Juliette was now grinding her crotch against the corner of the chair even harder than before.
As she did, she bit down on her lip.
Adal found the sight more seductive than anything he had ever seen before. The sight of a woman pleasuring herself without even knowing it.
He couldn't hold himself back anymore.
Putting down his duster, he made his way over to where the woman sat.
She seemed to be thrown out of her trance as she heard the footsteps approaching her.
Quickly, she shifted her body so that her crotch was no longer positioned at the edge of the chair. Her cheeks were flushed red, and she seemed to be trying to hide the delicate parts of her body from Adal.
"Miss Everstone, are you enjoying the novel?"
Juliette cleared her throat before speaking.
"Y-yes, very much."
"That is good to hear."
"..."
Adal and Juliette stared at each other for a few moments.
Adal wore a smile, whilst she still remained nervous.
Eventually, he asked a question that completely caught her off guard.
"Juliette, feel free to touch yourself whilst reading. There is nothing to be ashamed of when it is just us in the Alexandrus Library."