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“It’s…” She groped for words “It’s interesting”

The archives booh “Not what you expected, eh? Perhaps you will be more impressed to know the vaults were constructed by Clan D’Yer They are not beautiful to look upon, eniously built to protect docuht, flame, and das The object is to preserve the docuenerations to come so they can be learned from; not to show them off”

It made sense, but all the same, with Sacoridia’s history buried in what amounted to little more than a cellar, albeit a well-constructed cellar, didn’t it obscure the country’s past with it hidden from the view of ordinary citizens?

“I aet to view them”

Lord Fiori laughed again “I see you’ve learned to be quite the diplo of which, I read the king’s ht” He removed it from an inner pocket of his waistcoat, the seals broken “I’ve heard of this book the king seeks, though not recently, mind you More a ruaze distant “It’s been o Alas, Seliuic Most such docu War The collection of Selium, such as it was in those days, was plundered and cleansed”

“Cleansed?” Karigan asked

“Magic in all forms was suppressed by those who held a dim view of it after the atrocities couish between that which was neutral or good in nature, and that which had been tainted by darkness Thus, our archives lack valuable infor that could help us repair the D’Yer Wall I’m afraid it may never be recovered”

“So the book we’re looking for an said

“Destroyed or fallen into obscurity, and most assuredly not to be found in any of our collections To make absolutely certain, however, I’ve our chief archivists and curators checking into it, and they will round up sorinned at Estral, who frowned in response “The search will no doubt take months, so you should not further delay your other errands by waiting on us I will pen the king ahim asduring our search, I will send along one of ers with the news”

With that, he set off to find his archivists and curators, leaving Estral and Karigan in silence

Finally Estral said, “I guess thisout soon”