Our house did, in fact, have a library; a large one. I started searching, specifically, for the history of this world, the year I’m in, what world I’m on, and what sort of technology they have here. I roamed around the library and found 36 different books on various topics. The most interesting ones were: History of Ascazar, The Disappearance of Magic, History of Technology of Ascazar, Modern Tactics of War, Ancient War Tactics, and Swords and Bows. The last one being the most uninteresting of the ones he picked up.
Felix was disappointed that this world didn’t have firearms. But, first thing being first, what was the year in this world called Ascazar? Felix flipped through the first couple pages of the book looking for a published-on date. “No, no, no, no, no, yes. 1413. I wonder if that is this is the current year or not. For all I know this book could be 20 years old.”, Felix said to no one, as he was the only one in the library.
Felix sat down at the table in the library and started to read. The Disappearance of Magic was an interesting one, and they didn’t spell magik the same way. Well, that was something Felix would have to learn to accept.
Apparently, in 502, magic just disappeared from the world. The central vein that this world’s magic came from was, forcefully, sucked dry. After that time people were born without mana storage in their bodies. And something else happened, in conjunction, people started to forget about magic. That’s why this book seemed incomplete; that was the only knowledge that the author knew, or remembered.
Felix read the History of Ascazar next. Besides a lot of law and order, this book barely touched on the real history of Ascazar. “War in 503… Ended in 513… Another war in 786…. Ended in 823…”, Felix whispered to himself. “What were these wars trying to accomplish?”
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“AHHH”, Felix screamed as he rustled his hair. “Why can’t these books be more specific?”
“Felix, is everything okay? You screamed and I thought maybe something was wrong.”, his mother said.
“No, mother, everything is okay, these books are just frustrating. They don’t tell me what I want to know.”, Felix responded.
“Oh, okay. We can get more books for you if that is what you want. But, honey, when did you learn how to read books like that? You used to read fiction books that were designed for young adults, but these books are dry scholarly books. We have them because of the gifts people present to the earl from their studies. Plus, you were never really one for reading before. You were always the go out and live life sort of kid.”, his mother said.
“Oh… really? Well, I guess, a second chance at life has me doing things a bit differently. Say, mother, have you read this book? There are some interesting things written here.”, Felix asked proffering his mother The Disappearance of Magic.
Felix’s mother reached out and took the book. She looked at it questioningly and shook her head. “I don’t have the scholarly mind to read that even if I could understand it.”
“What do you mean, ‘if you could understand it’?”, Felix asked.
“Well, it’s written using strange symbols in an alphabet wholly different from our own. Honestly, I thought you were joking when you asked me if I had read it.”, Felix’s mother responds.
“Joking? You mean you can’t even understand this? What does this word say?”
Felix’s mother looks at it and shakes her head, “It is just lines and shapes to me. I don’t know how you can understand it.”
“Hmmm, okay. That’s quite interesting. Thank you, mother. I’ve got a lot more I want to read. I’ll come down for dinner later, okay?”, Felix said.
“Yes sweetie, I’ll send a servant when dinner is served. The servants said roasted boar today.”, his mother said as she closed the door.
“Interesting, I think it is time to learn some more about what I can do.”, Felix said excitedly.