The Librarian
We've arrived at library.
This time not for intimate rendezvous but on serious business. I chuckled, well that is if this young girl on my side would not seduce me.
I glanced at Shina who is clinging on my arm with a sweet smile on her face.
She sense me and look up to my face.
"What's wrong uncle?"She said cutely.
"Nothing, Where is the magic section?"I shook my head.
"Uhmm just around there."She pointed at the direction.
I look at where she was pointing and found nothing. It's just a wall and nothing peculiar around the area but a plain wall.
"But that's a wall?"I asked.
"Yeah It's a wall."Shina nodded, Is she joking around with me?
I look at her with a blank look on my face. Shina chortled upon seeing my expression.
"As expected Uncle is idiot like what mother said."She cheekily smiled.
"What do you mean?"I don't know whether to laugh or cry at her words.
"Uncle, it's simple. Magic book from the family should be keep secret right? Then what would the family do if they want to keep it a secret."She said.
Ah, I'm Stupid. My face heated up from being embarassed. How could I not realized a simple thing, stupid me.
"O-Oh, sorry I didn't thought about it. The way your grandma said, it feels like the magic books is just around the library."Trying to find an excuse, I swiftly answered what appeared on my mind.
"Hmm, is that so."Shina look at her uncle with a smile. She became amused by her uncle's idiotic moments.
"....Forget about that, let's go."I said without looking at her in the eyes anymore. I just want to escape from this conversation.
Shina chuckled at my response. She just pulled me towards the wall.
Shina raised her hand and place it on the wall, she closed her eyes and a magic circle appeared on the wall. The magic circle rotates. Then another magic cirlce appeared one by one.
Suprisingly the wall disappeared and was changed into a black void.
Isn't this the same as my space storage.
Shina opened her eyes and turned towards me who was genuinely surprised. She felt a bit proud about her family's magic.
"Uncle this is a space dimension, It's not a teleportation portal in the movies but a separate dimension from our world although it's technically a portal."She explained.
"Amazing!"One word came out from my mouth. I can do teleportation but I can't make space dimension. I want to learn this magic. God, I'm so excited.
Shina smiled."Uncle let's go inside."
"Okay."I walk towards the black void with Shina side by side.
We entered and I see something amazing. It's a library but this library is many times larger than the library in the palace. Well, the library in thepalace is just small compared with this one. The most surprising part is that Magic circles are flying anywhere. I could see staircases leading to another floor, I look up the library is so large and tall it's as if like a tower.
"Uncle, this is our Family's ancestral Library, It said that this library had been founded for a very long time. No one kow how long, Only the Ancestress knew about this, She did not say anything about the library. It's very mysterious, because from the estimation we have, there are billions of magic books in this library. To make all the books inside this libary it would take a lot of centuries, even many millennium is possible. Our Ancestress only lived for 600 years. The library remains a mystery."Shina explained all of the things she knew about the library.
"So you mean, It's likely possible that the ancestress recieve or got this tower from someone or somewhere?" I asked.
Shina nodded in confirmation.
Although we assumed that the ancestress got the tower of magical books from somewhere or someone. We still did not have a concrete evidence to cement our assumption.
"Let's go uncle, let's meet our Librarian."Shina pulled my hand.
"Librarian?"I asked. Someone is here?
"Yeah, She is the guardian of tower of magical books. She said that she is part of this tower, When the tower was created she was also born with the tower at the same time. That also means she holds the knowledge about how and when is the tower is created. But, Unfortunately she wouldn't give us any single piece of information."Shina vexedly said.
I listened to her explanations. A guardian huh, I wonder what she look like. Since Shina describe the guardian as a female, I hope she was beautiful. I laughed in my mind. I'm really a pervert indeed. But, I don't care if I am though.
I won't deny I'm a pervert, because everyone beside me said that. So if I'm a pervert then I'm a pervert.
What the heck am I thinking. I shook my head from those thoughts.
We walked towards the center of the tower, it's pretty damn big. it takes 5 minutes to arrived at the cricrular desk. Someone is sitting in there reading books.
That someone is not human, but an angel. literally an angel, White feathered wings on her back and a halo ring floating above her head. She is wearing a circular glasses, but the glasses have a magic circle at the center. She is wearing white soft thin robe, just like the clothes from greek mythologies. She also have golden laurel as accessories such as headband, bracelet, earring and belt.
"An angel?"I said.
"Yes Uncle, An angel. Isn't she beautiful?"Shina nodded with a smile.
I nodded unconsciously.
We approach the desk and arrive at the busy reading Angel. She did not notice us. Shina push the bell button.
*Ding*
The angel who was reading stopped. She close the book carefully, afraid she would damage the book if she close it carelessly. She place the book at the side of the desk. Then she look at us.
"Welcome Chikushodo Shina-san, What books do you wa-...A MAN!!?" She look at Shina and smiled professionally but her gaze landed on the one beside the girl she welcomed. She stood up and backed 3 meters away.
I was shocked by her response. Yeah I'm Man what is it?
The Angel look so scared, She was like a rabbit in front of it's predator. Her face was pale, The elegance she showed earlier disappeared in the blink of an eye. Shina look at the angel with amused face, She discovered something interesting.
"Yeah I am."I replied at the pale looking angel.
"A Man? A Man?....."The Angel did not reply but only mumbled the word 'man' in her mouth while looking me as if I would eat her whole. I don't know what to do in this situation.
Why is this angel is scared seeing a man?
"Alice, This is my uncle."Shina suddenly said.
"Shina-san why is there a man in here?"The Angel, Alice asked Shina. Now that I think of it why the formality? I mean this Angel is older than us even older than our ancestress yet, she still call Shina with formality. This woman is weird.
"Grandma approved uncle to visit the library and study about magic."Shina plainly said.
Alice is still 3 meters away from us. This is a bit awkward, I scratch the back ofmy head.
"You mean Shizue-san did?"Alice fell into thoughts.
We also waited. After a while.
"O-Okay, You can search any books you want but You, D-Don't come closer to me."She agreed. Then she pointed her finger at me and said that.
"Eh why?"I asked.
"That's because men are evil."Alice said with a pale look.
"How do you know I'm evil, I didn't even do anything to you."I said looking at her strangely.
Alice fell into thought and nodded that I have point.
"B-But, Just don't come near me. Got it?"Alice look into my eyes but she averted it hastily.
I just nodded helplessly.
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