“Miss Elena, good day. If you are looking for Miss Ai’er, please head to the library. It seems she wanted to take a look around, and the Saintess is acting as her guide.”
Upon leaving the Academic Affairs Office, Elena couldn’t find any sign of Ai’er.
Instead, she was met by Saintess Christina’s attendant.
“Tch.”
With a simple click of her tongue, Elena immediately dashed toward the library.
She didn’t like the White God Holy Church.
In a sense, if the White God Holy Church hadn’t existed in the first place, perhaps her mother wouldn’t have left her…
No, that was a story for another time.
The most important thing now was to get to Ai’er’s side immediately.
As for why Christina would approach Ai’er…
The only reason Elena could think of was that Christina had discovered Ai’er’s identity.
But that might not be it.
Although the young doctor had pointed out her identity one year ago, Elena had consulted so many records over the past year.
While there were some regarding the Blood Clan, there was absolutely nothing about a special type with silver hair and gold eyes like Ai’er.
Even the biology professors had never heard of a Blood Clan member like her.
Despite that, the worry in Elena’s heart continued to grow… ‘Ai’er, wait for me… I’ll be right there!’
Elena further increased her speed. — “Oh, my goodness…” After Ai’er tried selecting the phrase “Duchy of White” in the Guide Book, an entire bookshelf quickly flew over to her. How was she supposed to find anything?! There were at least 100, 200, 300… Ugh… I can’t do this, I’m getting dizzy @_@… Dense titles, dense covers. If all these books were spread out in a line, they would probably be longer than Ai’er’s life. “Do these books… all contain the keywords from before?”
**[Keyword Prompt: Monster Tide, Leviathan… Black God, White God.]** Following the System’s prompt in her vision, Ai’er double-checked the Guide Book. The keywords she had selected were indeed those. So, the System meant… she had to read all of these books?! “System, you — Wait, what?” Suddenly, the Guide Book fluttered its wings, cutting Ai’er off. In the next instant, a translucent tentacle sprouted from the back of the book and pointed to the upper-left corner of its page.
On the yellowed, blank page, a line of text gradually emerged: “What does that mean? Does it mean the books on this shelf don’t all contain every keyword?”
Wait, what did you understand, O.o? The Guide Book immediately flew out, plunging headlong into the forest of bookshelves. Only a moment later, the fluttering book with transparent wings laboriously placed a heavy history book on the desk in front of Ai’er.
*Thump.*
When the book landed on the table, it even kicked up quite a bit of dust. “Cough, cough! Is it really this big?” The cover of this book was larger than several of Ai’er’s faces combined. If she had to find a point of reference, it was practically the size of a newspaper. Shortly after the text appeared, the Guide Book stopped flapping its wings and landed on the table. Its spine rose and fell as if it were panting. ‘It… it’s actually quite intelligent…’ “Thank you. You’ve worked hard.”
Upon hearing Ai’er’s consolation, the Guide Book, which had been “exhausted,” took flight once more. It circled Ai’er twice and gently brushed against her cheek a couple of times before flying away. Ai’er blinked as she watched the book depart. ‘That Guide Book… I wonder if I can adopt one… (^﹃^)~’ **[Again, Host’s current mission —]** “I’m reading, I’m reading! I’ll stop thinking about that. Let’s read.” Despite her words, the moment Ai’er saw the title, she froze.
*Research on the Ecology of Demonic Beasts on the Empire’s Border* This title… “Ho ho ho, how rare — I didn’t think there were still students interested in biology!” An elderly female voice suddenly rang out from behind Ai’er. Although the voice wasn’t loud, it still gave Ai’er a fright. She instinctively turned around, her whole body trembling. Just as a scream was about to escape her lips — “Mmph!” An orange was stuffed into Ai’er’s mouth. “My, my, little girl, loud noises are forbidden in the library. You’ve already been warned once by the Red Book. If it happens again, you’ll be teleported straight out of the library.”
Grayish-white hair and simple framed glasses; despite the wrinkles around her eyes, this elderly woman’s gaze remained clear and bright.
“Let me introduce myself. I am a High-level Magic User of the Capital Magic Academy, responsible for teaching the biology of magic beasts. My students call me Mrs. Fischer. I dabble in other fields of biology as well, so if you have any questions about biology, you’ve come to the right person! So, little girl, what information are you looking for in this book?”
The old professor’s kind smile temporarily lowered Ai’er’s guard.
‘She mentioned the Red Book… Does that mean she’s been watching me since then?’ Regardless, if this old lady truly knew something…
**[Keyword Prompt: Monster Tide, Leviathan… Black God, White God.]**
The first two keywords were likely the ones related to magic beasts. Biting down on the orange, a refreshing citrus scent immediately filled Ai’er’s mouth.
“What do you know about ‘Monster Tides’ and ‘Leviathan’?”
The moment she finished speaking, Ai’er noticed something. When she mentioned those two terms, the old woman’s eye twitched.
It seemed this elderly lady definitely knew something.
“Silver hair, gold eyes… I see…”
The woman didn’t answer Ai’er’s question immediately.
After studying Ai’er’s face for a moment, she stepped toward the table where *Research on the Ecology of Demonic Beasts on the Empire’s Border* lay.
In that moment, Ai’er’s peripheral vision caught the author’s name written on the cover — Zoe Fischer. “Come, little girl. Since you want to know about the Duchy of White, I’ll tell you.”
Ai’er was stunned for a moment. Leaving aside the fact that the author of the book appeared to be the elderly woman herself, how did she know Ai’er wanted to learn about the Duchy of White?
But before Ai’er could ask, the elder flipped open the heavy book.
The text engraved in the book emitted a faint glow.
Particles of light wove together into countless threads in the air, which then intertwined to form a moving image…
“The relationship between the Monster Tides and the Duchy of White can be traced back to before the founding of the Duchy. At that time, that land was teeming with all kinds of magic beasts. The people of the Empire called it —”
“The ‘Place of No Remains’…”
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