Chapter 343 - Professor Princess (2/2)
“What class will you be teaching?” she asked as she began fiddling with a strange device next to her desk
“Melee Enhance the librarian to the circular desk that wrapped around her
She winced and gavesmile as she said, “Maybe I’ll have to take back what I said about your intelligence? I’d assumed you were here to brush up on course material before classes started but…”
I leaned forward, resting my elbows on the desk, and watched her manipulate the device “Is the class really that bad?”
“Oh, well…” she started hesitantly, “it’s just that teaching highblood s has never been exactly…a highly respected position a did the last professor last?” I asked,more sense
“Two sessions,” the librarian ad back at me “Then the class was cancelled for the rest of the season”
I couldn’t help but laugh at that, earning a raised brow fro a little nervous about this whole teaching thing, but you’ve put my mind at ease”
This caused her raised brow to crawl all the way up to hide behind her bangs “The students scaring off the last teacher after two daysunder her breath, “I take it all back You’re obviously ers across the desktop “It just helps ease is, I added, Because it sounds like I won’t actually have to teach these kids anything
Shaking her head, the librarian turned back to her strange device, which was made up of a smaller version of the display crystal in my room set on top of an iron pedestal, and touched the screen By the way it lit up, I assumed she had imbued mana into it
“Melee Enhancement Tactics,” she said, apparently to the device The projection crystal displayed a handful of books, including what appeared to be a location within the library
“Ih the titles “And that works for any topic?”
“Topic, author, or title,” she said proudly, patting the o?”
Feeling htful frown as I looked at the screen, I said, “The ancient ht cause some suspicion
The display shi+fted, the list changing to show a large nues, the Relictombs, and a number of other related topics I memorized the locations of a couple at randohtnovelpubco experience
“Is it okay if I look around?” I said
“Of course, Professor…?”
“Grey,” I answered politely
“Dehlia,” the librarian responded “There are ive it a poke with a little ain, Dehlia,” I said with a nod before walking deeper into the library
All around the foyer, shelf after shelf of books spread out to fill the huge building, which extended two additional levels above Dozens of reading nooks were arrayed around the outer edge of the library, giving students a place to hide away to study
‘Or other, less acadeis pointed out
The Central Acaderandiose as the city library, but it must have contained tens of thousands of books and scrolls I read titles at randoh shelves, curious about what the Alacryans would consider ihtnove lpu bcom platform
One row contained at least two hundred separate books about Alacryan runes, froraphies, each of which appeared to be cohbors to be the thickest or have the most ornate cover I found an entire section for poetry extolling the virtues of Agrona and the Sovereigns
Eventually, I found the roas looking for, and plucked a heavy, leather-bound volu off the shelf It claih exaes’ technology throughout the ages
‘Please tellall day? At least take ises when a soft, nervous voice said, “You’d be better off with the response by Crenal at aze fell to my hand as he scratched at his“S-sorry, sir, I just…nevermind”
He spun on his heels and quicklythe boy to nearly stumble before he turned back to me
“Are you supposed to be here?” I asked, more out of surprise than any authoritarian desire toin the library without permission
“S-sorry, sir, I’ve been here f-for a couple of weeks, and have special—”
I waved hi about this?”
He glanced fearfully betweenquietly, “It’s just that…well…there isn’t much information in that one It’s all theoretical, and spends too htnovelpubco experience
The boy’s mouth snapped shut as his eyes ide “There isn’t anything wrong with…I justas I watched the boy flounder When he finally trailed off into silence, I raised a hand “It’s okay I knohat youbetter?”
Tentatively, like so out onto thin ice, he said, “Yeah There is a response piece by Crenalman that directly addresses the problems with that one It should be”—he took a few steps into the row, scanning the shelves quickly—“here”
The boy slid a slightly thinner book from the shelf and handed it to me with a shy smile
“You seem to know your way around this place I’ht I ask for so for astudent? It seemed safer to enlist help from a nervous student than the librarian, so I decided to risk it “My primary interest is in relics”
The boy’s eyes lit up and his demeanor quickly transformed He hastily shoved the book by Crenalman back, then did the same with the one in ues, theoretical treatises—but this library has hundreds of books on theot to the academy!”
He waved for h the labyrinth of shelves, leading me up a stair tucked away near the back of the library, then winding through severalthe foyer, there was a srabbed three and held them out to me “Start with these,” he said proudly, then quickly added, “if you haven’t read the the proffered collection, I looked at each in turn: a history of relic retrieval and the evolution of the laws surrounding it; an exploration of relic powers and how they were; and a catalogue of dead relics discovered over the last hundred years, including an entire section of the reliquary of Central Academy
The boy watched my face carefully, and what he found in my expression must have prompted him to explain his choices “I know relic law doesn’t sound interesting, but the author does a great jobthe material accessible It’s the best of its kind, I promise, and really helpful to understand the little ins and outs There are all kinds of ways ascenders can get in trouble if they don’t understand the law” The source of this content is lightnove lpu bcoave the boy a thoughtful look “Is learning more about the Relictombs why you want to be an ascender?”
Perhaps I said so too invasive, because his face, already pale, seemed to drain of color “I…um…no…” He stopped and took a deep breath “I don’t really want to be an ascender, sir Or a soldier,” he added guiltily “But I alanted to be aa little shake of his head “I’m sorry, sir I don’tfor my help”
“No proble for the boy to provide his name
“S-Seth, sir,” he provided after a moment’s hesitation
“Thanks for the recommendations, Seth”
With an aard smile and a wave, he turned and disappeared back into the sprawling library
‘Seeis said
I only shrugged as I rearranged the books in my arm and headed back to the front desk to check out
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