Chapter 230 – Wiseman
“Rumi. Tell me everything about me right now.”
It is not common for Remi to readily offer to share information. Except for when teaching magic since ancient times, this magic book has always been strict. He tried to turn the horse around by putting up nonsensical conditions, such as telling him the identity of the old man if he caught a few thousand giants.
‘Did I eat something wrong today?’
Well.
There was no way I could have gone wrong with the subject of the book. I don’t understand the sudden change of heart, but this is an opportunity. Before Rumi could change her words, I quickly urged her to reveal a secret.
“Who are my parents? Why did Odin choose me as his successor?”
To be honest, I can’t stand it because I’m looking forward to it.
My heart is pounding.
The secret of birth is a favorite story among Koreans. The ratings of countless dramas prove this. Whether parents changed due to an accident at birth, or a child born out of wedlock by the chairman of a conglomerate, or an alien, not a human. The most enjoyable time was watching the last drama with my mom on Earth.
As someone who has enjoyed watching K-dramas, I am confident that I can handle any shocking secrets revealed. Oh, just cancel one. In fact, it would be as long as it wasn’t that I was an alien. That’s way too much
[Wizard, are you ready to handle the secret?]
“Yes!”
Rumi asked me in her solemn voice and gave her a quick nod. Don’t drag her along, answer quickly. Surely you’re not going to stop here and show some kind of advertisement, right?
[This is a good attitude. From now on, I will tell you the secret of the wizard. However, having a conversation in this room right now is unsettling. Isn’t there a saying that harpies listen to daytime words and ratmen listen to nighttime conversations?]
Harpy and Ratman, not Bird and Rat?
It seems that the proverb has been localized like a different world.
“You mean to move somewhere quiet? Shall we go outside?”
[There is no need to leave. There’s just the right place to tell a secret. Sorcerer, please come to ‘where I am’. We will grant you the right to enter now.]
Where is Rumi?
That’s not in the room Where are you asking me to come in when I’m stuck on a shelf in my room right now? Are you asking me to come into the book? I was taken aback by Rumi’s absurd remarks. But now Rumi wasn’t joking at all.
[Please spread me. I updated the picture of the library in the blank chapter. The library is where I stay. You must have always thought of me as a book, but strictly speaking, my body is not a book.]
I hurriedly picked up Rumi and opened her book. In the blank chapter, a library was described as a picture before I knew it. It’s like looking at an illustration.
[You can enter the library by touching the picture.]
You can get into the illustrations drawn in the book? I touched the picture in the library with my hands as Remi ordered. At that moment, like a lie, her palm sank into the paper.
“Aww!”
Did I touch it so hard that my hand pierced the book? Curious, I looked at the back of the book. However, the palms that should have physically penetrated were nowhere to be seen. It really got into the paper.
[Don’t panic, calmly push your body into the picture.]
Soon, not only the palm of his hand, but his entire arm was pushed into the paper. After a while, I succeeded in pushing my whole body into the paper.
At that moment, instead of the guest room, Jeon Hye saw the scenery of another world in front of her.
‘It’s a library.’
The place where I stand now is an empty land.
The library I saw in the picture was built on the ground. I never thought I’d really succeed in coming into the picture. It was not a wild dream, but a reality. I put my hand down and touched the ground, but I can feel the rough texture.
“Holly Sheck.”
I stand alone in front of the entrance of the library.
Before going inside, I looked around the library. A land with nothing except for a single building. Even the exit back to the original world is nowhere to be seen. How can I go back? I’ve been thinking about it, but since I’m here for the first time, I don’t know.
I have to go to the library first.
“D-I’m going in…”
I deliberately raised my voice and went inside the library. As soon as I entered, the only thing I saw was books. Countless books were crammed into the bookshelves. It’s a book within a book, so I’m not kidding.
“Rumiya? Are you in?”
I called Rumi, but there was no immediate answer.
Only my voice echoes loudly inside the library. I was standing awkwardly in the library lobby when I heard a familiar voice from the stairs leading upstairs.
[Wait a moment, Wizard. I’ll be there soon.]
It must be Rumi’s voice. As expected, Rumi’s main body lived inside this library. What is her body like? It’s a machine-like voice, so isn’t it really a robot popping out? It’s the same year as AlphaGo.
“I will wait.”
Until Rumi appeared, I read the books on the bookshelves. It was a fact that I found out after looking around the books on the first floor, but all the books kept in this library were magic books. There are no novels or magazines at all.
[Lightning Spear]
[Acid Cloud]
[Gust of Wind]
If there are magic books that simply introduce spells.
[The effect of runes on wizards]
[Research on the occurrence and actual conditions of spirits]
[Broom Guide]
[Mysterious Animal Encyclopedia]
There are also books that explain magic theory. These were valuable books that would make any wizard drool. High-quality books that cannot be obtained even with money at magic shops in the city.
Before Rumi arrived, I hurriedly read the book like someone possessed by a glutton. I couldn’t even feel the passage of time, no matter how much I concentrated on reading the book.
I want to live in this library for the rest of my life.
It’s like heaven for wizards like me.
ㅡsssss
It was when she was turning the pages of a book as if she had a motor in her hand. I heard someone coming down the stairs leading to the second floor.
[You were reading a book, after all. Any wizard can only covet the books stored in this library.]
Reflexively, I turned my head and looked towards the stairs.
A small figure in a robe was coming down the stairs. The voice is unmistakably Rumi’s. I asked the figure with a puzzled expression.
“Could it be… Are you Rumi?”
If you look at the body size, would it be about a middle school student? Her face is hard to see because she is wearing a hood attached to her robe. At my question the little figure took off his hood and showed me his face.
Green hair that radiates a soft light.
A girl with long, straight hair that reaches down to her back. A sharp nose and a slim jaw line stand out. She is a girl with a beautiful appearance like a doll.
The green-haired girl looked at me with a thin smile.
[Yes, I am.]
At that moment, silence fell between us.
“…Uh.”
[… Well.]
Was this little girl really Rumi? It was quite different from my image of Remi, which was simply a book. It was a machine-like voice, so I thought the machine would come out. I was speechless for a moment and couldn’t think of what to say.
Great.
Let’s throw in a greeting.
“…Do you know how to play chess?”
[Chess is one of my hobbies. Why are you suddenly asking that?]
“Every time I see you, I always think of chess. I think you’re good at chess.”
Like an alpha girl, is chess a basic skill? I want to teach this green-haired girl how to play Go and take her back to Earth. Thanks to its cute appearance, the AI craze will blow all over the world.
“Anyway, that’s your body? You look cuter than I thought. Have you been living alone in this library the whole time?”
[I was always alone except when the old master visited.]
“How long have you lived here?”
[572 years… I’ve had exactly that many years. I am the librarian who manages this library. I will be alone in the library forever. As long as the magic book that serves as the outer wall is not damaged.]
572 years.
It’s such a long time that it feels far away.
It is said that he has lived as a loner in the library, but I don’t understand how he feels when he says it calmly. If it were an ordinary person, wouldn’t it have been left behind after dying alone? As expected of an alpha girl, her emotions are dry.
“What are you doing here? Wherever you look, you can only see books related to magic.”
[This is a magical library made by the old master. Numerous magical knowledge of the continent is transformed and stored in the form of a book. The old master is still passing on magic knowledge to me while wandering the continent. It’s my job to transform it into book form. In that way, new books are constantly being updated on the shelves.]
A library created by Odin to record magical knowledge.
That was the identity of the library that Rumi was managing. Somehow, there were precious magic books scattered all over the place. Was it because the library was directly run by the founder of magic?
[Did you say you wanted to hear information about the wizard?]
“Yes. But I have something else I want to ask of you. Can I come here for a book sometime? If I read all the books in the library, I’ll be able to become an archmage.”
[Permission. The wizard has the only right to access the library on the continent. However, please remember that there are also obligations.]
“What are your duties?”
[Inheriting the role of the old master—-. So, it is to constantly search for magical knowledge while wandering the continent. Help update the books in the library by imparting new knowledge to me. You must not give up your magic research until you die.]
It means to live as a wizard for the rest of your life. I mean, don’t think about retirement until you die. It was not a bad price for obtaining the right to use Odin’s library. Anyway, I still eat cheaply and continue to research magic.
“Okay. I’ll help manage this library for the rest of my life.”
[Great. Follow me We will guide you to the place to talk.]
Rumi turned her back and went upstairs. Seeing her move with her trot reminds me of what Odin said of her in her old days. Think of her like her daughter and ask her to treat Rumi well. She really wants to treat her like a daughter-in-law.
10 minutes later.
I arrived at the room on the second floor of the library.
There, Remi started talking about me.
