Flick loved the atmosphere of the dean's office because the room was a constant expression of its presence as the centerpiece of the library. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With the exception of the main door and a side door that opened onto the balcony, the small room was filled with bookshelves, and every empty space was filled with books densely arranged on metal shelves. The room was full of the malice of its designers, as it had been commented on, because it had an almost insane design, like a tomb made of bookshelves, and the mere presence of it was overwhelming with tension.

However, Frick didn't think so, and sitting in this room, surrounded by one book after another, always made him feel extremely calm. Today was a rare exception, though, because when he walked into the room, he felt a certain sense of oppression emanating from behind his desk.

But most of the pressure to silence comes from another person sitting in the middle of the room, not from the books on the shelves where knowledge is kept.

"Tsk-"

Sitting behind the black desk was the librarian, Acully, who was looking through a book spread out on the table with a blank face, not looking at Frick at all...... Perhaps in her eyes, what was recorded in the book in her hand was more important than Frick.

But there might have been something else more than the book that made her feel agitated, so much so that Akuli, who had been quiet as ice in the past, smacked her lips impatiently. This is a very abnormal thing, so it also makes Frick, who was called here by her, feel an inexplicable pressure.

The relationship between the two of them is usually not bad, but it is precisely because of this that Frick feels uneasy - the thing that can make that Aculi feel anxious must not be a problem that he can solve...... To put it mildly, even if he wanted to, it wouldn't help.

So he chose to stand silently in the center of the office, looking at Kuli Aura Saganya, who was flipping through a book, without saying a word. Although she looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl on the outside, Frick knew that she was not some kind of stinky little girl.

With long hair as pale as snow and a pair of red eyes that seemed to shimmer in the dark, this slightly darkened girl had a very different appearance from ordinary people. If you look closely into her eyes, you will even notice that her eyes have reptilian vertical pupils.

She is a demon man, a different race with many kinship with humans, and since the empire declared an alliance with the demon nation more than two hundred years ago and allowed the demons in the country to obtain citizenship, these alien races that closely resemble humans have begun to settle in this land.

Despite the same citizenship rights, the demons have not yet been widely accepted in an empire where the majority of its inhabitants are still humans. If a demon wants to achieve the same achievements as humans in this land, he often has to put in more effort and spend more time.

In fact, the length of life of the demons is difficult to measure by human standards, and according to the information they have compiled themselves, the lifespan of demons of different bloodlines varies greatly. Some short-lived demons only have a lifespan of about fifty years, while others may live to hundreds of years.

Akuli, known in the Demon Realm as the "Daughter of Loraniel", may appear to be more than ten years younger than Frick, but her actual age is definitely not the case - at least in the ten years he has known her, the "girl's" appearance has not changed.

"You can relax a little, Flick. I have a lot of things to do with you today, you should find a chair and sit down first, and listen to what I have to say. ”

After a long while, Aculi raised his head to look at Frick and said, "First of all, I am quite satisfied with your performance in the Armed Scrivener Examination - I must admit that your skills as a Scrivener have been rare among the participants in the past five years. ”

The tension did not ease, but stiffened as the timing of Acully's words grew. Although she said that she was slow and her tone was quite steady, Flick thought of what she was going to say the moment he heard her mention the words "armed scrivener assessment".

Soon, the girl on the other side sighed and continued, "It's certainly a good thing to get good grades...... But why did you hurt someone in the assembly point? It's not that I can't understand that young people sometimes get angry, but you should know who the guy you beat up is. ”

Hearing Aku spit out the question in a steady, Frick fell silent in an instant of embarrassment - no, he didn't have anything to say in the first place. He knew exactly what the curator was referring to, and that was what he was most afraid of her mentioning.

That was almost a month ago, when he signed up for the annual Armed Scrivener Qualification Examination, and he also achieved very good results. However, on the day when the assessment was about to end, he had some verbal disputes with the scribes of the other groups, and injured the other party.

"I know, that guy is Ruzlo Vitrio, the sons of the Vitterio family?" he replied honestly, "but Curator Akuli, it's all because that guy insulted my father—well, I was really impulsive. ”

He wanted to argue a few words, but after thinking about it, he changed his words. The Vitrio family is not a famous family, but they also have a lot of power in the city of Perm, where the Great Library is located, and if they want to get to the bottom of it, it will be difficult to fight it with Flick's own strength.

Most of this matter was his judgment error, and he didn't expect that he would suddenly lose his due calm because of the other party's provocation. Now that I think about it, the other party took the initiative to make a provocation, which itself may be a bait to lure him to do it first.

Although he had submitted many letters of repentance over the past few days, and had paid compensation commensurate with the injuries he had injured, it seemed from Acully's tone that the matter was not over...... Worst of all, I heard him say that Akuli had been busy solving the problem for a long time before this.

"All in all, you have to bear the responsibility for hurting the other party, even if you have already given the kid the promotion as they requested. Akuli's eyebrows furrowed, as if he was not satisfied with the other party's request, "And besides that, you have to go to the 'door' side." ”

Hearing the word "door" come out of Acully's mouth, Frick was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure. When we mention "Gate" in the North, we mean the Gate of the North, the northernmost frontier fortress of the Empire, a new city that has gradually developed due to the comings and goings of adventurers.

"This ...... If I was demoted, there were many nearby towns where I could go to the library. Frick was slightly stunned, "And if I'm not mistaken, there are a lot of people in the North Gate Library who want to go." ”

It's smaller than the three largest cities in the north, but it's far more prosperous than the average town. As a new city, the Gate of the North has extraordinary development potential, so as a place of demotion and exile, the conditions of the Gate of the North seem to be slightly superior.

What's more, that place has this extraordinary meaning to Frick.

This seemed to be the heart of everything, and when Frick asked the question, Acully's face sank. I saw her tap lightly on the tabletop, and then leaned over and took out a tightly sealed package from the cabinet under her.

"Because just a few days ago, I received this here. She handed the side of the package with the words written on it towards Frick, and read it out word by word, "The sender is Stella Sierra Leone, the place of delivery is the Gate of the North, and the address is Frick Sierra Leone." ”

A chill hit Frick's heart, and the irrepressible urge caused him to snatch the package from Akuli's hand without regard for his image.

Looking carefully at the message on it, it has been more than ten years since it was sent, but it has not been delivered to Frick until today. I don't know who drew a lot of strange symbols on the information board, and many places on it were stamped with postal stamps of different years.

"I heard from the person who brought this thing that it was found some time ago in the underground storage of a demolished post office, and it was full of mail that could not be delivered for various reasons. Akuli didn't care about Frick's attitude, and said to himself, "After some investigation, they found out that you work here, so they sent it here...... Although the time is many years later. ”

Indeed, as Acully said, this package is probably more than a decade old, because its packaging is clearly very old. The fabric rolled on the outside was even heavily damaged, and if you pull it a little harder, it will reveal what is on the inside.

The contents of the package were just a few notebooks and a letter, and although they had been baptized for more than ten years, they still looked like brand new and had not aged at all. If you look closely, you can see that the covers of these notebooks have familiar handwriting, which is undoubtedly left by your father.

It doesn't seem that he didn't intend to contact his family, but rather the complete opposite, he had sent a lot of things. It's just that these emails have been delayed due to various problems, and after that, they have encountered unexpected situations, so they have not been heard from for more than ten years.

As soon as he thought of it, Flick wanted to see at once what his father had written in the letter—if it weren't for the etiquette of etiquette, he would have opened the notebook at once.

"I know what you're trying to do, but I knew it...... After receiving these things, whether I allow it or not, you may want to go to the Gate of the North. ”

As if he had seen through everything, Aculi said, "Even if you subjectively don't want to touch these things, you are still unconsciously approaching there. This secret is calling to you, and if you were that guy's son, it would be absolutely impossible to let go of this opportunity. ”

There was a shortage of manpower anyway, and the librarian even asked for someone to assist with the work—a request that saved Acully the effort of weaving the staff, which not only met the other side's demand for manpower, but also gave Frick a reasonable reason to go to the Gate of the North.

"I ......" Flick stopped talking, taking in so much information in a short period of time that he couldn't translate his chaotic mood into words in a short period of time.

The uneasiness that had been building up in his heart since the dream seemed to be about to manifest at this moment, and suddenly, an incredible feeling suddenly appeared in Frick's thoughts. It was as if an invisible force was pushing him behind him, driving him to follow in his father's footsteps and go to the land at the far end of the north.

Looking at the restless Frick, Aiku said in a calm tone, "You go back and get ready, and then you can leave this weekend." ”

A ticket to the Gate of the End of the North has been delivered to Frick by her.