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Walking through the door Isaac found himself in a library, it wasn't very big and he couldn't see anyone around.
Looking around he saw lots of shelves with many different books. He also saw a customer service counter straight ahead.
With a sparkle in his eye he walked forward to the customer service counter.
He didn't see anyone at the counter after looking around but he did see a bell with a sigh that said [Ring for Assistance] Ringing the bell and waiting he didn't hear anyone coming.
While he waited he took a closer look around the library. It seemed quite old and abandoned with dust and cobwebs on the shelves. He also noticed a few spider webs in the corners of the room.
"This place really needs a good dusting" He said to himself hearing the echo of the building.
"Yes indeed it does" A male voice said behind him.
Jumping in fright Isaac quickly turned around back to the counter. There was a man wearing a white button up shirt and black trousers at the counter. He seemed to be around 20 years old with black hair, glasses and very attractive features.
"I am sorry to have scared you"
"Its alright. I just didn't hear you approach. Can you help me out? I don't know where I am."
"Of course sir. This is the library. You must be the newly assigned keeper to the library."
"Can you tell me what the library is?"
"Didn't you receive a book when you got the key" The man asked looking confused.
"Yes I did but the book didn't have anything written in it. Some words appeared before the pages flipped wildly and then a key appeared. After that the book vanished into golden light."
"Oh that is quite troubling. Can you tell me what the book looked like?"
"Yeah it was brown leather, the pages seemed yellowed and there was no title. It was also quite dusty and seemed very old."
"I see" The man said placing his hand on his chin while thinking. "The book was supposed to be full of words and would explain the job of the keeper and what the Library is but it seems that the enchantment holding the book together was severely weakened. That would only happen if it took over 10,000 years to find the new keeper or if the new keeper came from a magically weak world."
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"Well as far as I know where I come from magic is just a myth. There are lots of stories of magic and there are spells and potions you can find recipes for but nothing works. I have tried many different recipes and spells and I wasn't able to achieve anything."
"Hmm I see. Please follow me and I will see what I can do."
He turned around and began walking towards the back of the library. Hurrying to catch up to not lose the man Isaac ran after him before walking behind him. The man seemed to float through the library moving extremely quick.
After reaching the back the man pulled out a key unlocking a door which led to the back of the library. He led Isaac to a room with an orb.
"This is a magic measuring orb so if you place your hand on the orb it will test how much mana you have."
Placing his hand on the orb Isaac stood there waiting for something to happen. After 5 minutes nothing happened.
"It is just as I expected. The world you come from has yet to awaken its mana which is why the book you received disappeared. Alright please follow me. "
The man walked off again heading towards another room. In that room there was a clock on a table in a 24 hour format with a day, month, and year counter.
"This is an artifact meant to show how long it has been since the last keeper left. Since when the keeper leaves the library doesn't have a normal flow of time it is hard to know how long it has been outside." The man explained to Isaac. "Please place your hand on the clock. It will only respond to a keeper so I am unable to use it."
Placing his hand on the edge of the clock the hands began fast forwarding as the different counters kept flipping like wild. After around 10 minutes of it constantly flipping it finally slowed down and soon stopped.
The man looked incredibly shocked as he looked at the clock as Isaac just looked confused.
"What does it mean?"
"It means that it has been over 1,000,000 years since the last keeper has been here. This is very troubling. The magic holding this place together must have become quite damaged which explains why I am the only one here and also why the book vanished on you with only a few words. Along with there being no magic in your world the book couldn't return here to regain it's power."
"That sounds really bad."
"You have no idea. We need to bind you to the library quickly before any more damage is caused. "
"Bind me to the library?" Isaac spoke while he was confused on what was going on.
"Yes there can only be one keeper to the library at one time. When the old keeper left he released his claim to the library allowing the library to search for a new keeper. But without a keeper the library slowly decays. Usually finding a new keeper doesn't take more than 1,000 years which will only lead to a few cobwebs forming and maybe a book vanishing. But the more time passes the more the library consumes to keep itself alive. So we need to bind you to the library so that way nothing else gets destroyed or lost. It is a miracle there is still this small area left. Usually there are sub keepers who can help provide energy to the library as the search continues but it seems like the last one was removed from the library a long time ago."
"Well what are you waiting for? Lead the way! We can't let anything else get lost! Especially the books."
"I like your enthusiasm. The man said with a smile. "Follow me then and we can get started."
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