They landed in front of a huge building that looked like a white castle. It was made of marble and the building was round and looked a bit like a dome. They went inside and found the separate section books. Lily knew that last time she stole the skill books but this one was Sanszhin and perhaps had different rules.
She looked at Fergus and asked, "Do people use these skills anymore?"
"No, no one has touched them for over 10,000 years." Fergus replied.
When she heard him, she got greedy eyes and chuckled like an evil man and emptied the whole shelf.
Fergus was surprised by her action because everyone saw them as trash, and no one needed them anymore. Those who were blessed by the Goddess Hestia usually got a guide who helped them and gave them automatic skill books. Since her class was succubus, it made sense that nothing made sense about her.
But why on earth was she going to use all those skills books for?
"Does your system not give you books?” he asked curiously.
"No, unfortunately I have to learn them from physical books." Lily replied.
She couldn't possibly tell him that she got unique skill points to upgrade unique skills after she had kissed a man.
As they were leaving the library, they heard a man say, "Excuse me miss but I saw you stole those skill books that no one uses anymore.”
Argh, Lily's heart was suddenly beating fast, and she could hear the adrenaline pumping and her ears turned red. She turned around nervously. There was a young guy with short black hair in a green tunic and a pair of brown boots. He had small freckles and looked cute.
Could she get away with it?
“Sorry, I'm returning them now.” she said, walking towards him.
"I did not come to punish you but to invite you to an audience with my master." said the man, smiling.
She was confused because now did this mean his master was going to punish her?
"U..." but before she could refuse, she heard a voice:
Elder Mage Grimwald has invited you to drink tea with him. Cannot be rejected
She felt like swearing at the system when she heard that and looked annoyed at the man and said, "Show me the way." and pouted offended.
They went further into the library and into a small entrance and suddenly stood in a large round library that looked like something from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast that looked like a fairy tale library. They went to a large round table where sat an elderly gentleman with a short white beard and short white moustache. He was wearing a brown hooded cloak and was looking at a book.
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On the table was a large globe which was painted gold, or it was real gold. A little golden bird lay beside it with closed eyes. It looked like its body was in gold flames and it looked magical. Since he was an Elder Mage, he was the highest in the hierarchy. There was no way she could get away from him even if she tried.
The man looked up and to her surprise his eyes were golden, and it looked like there were ancient symbols floating inside them. It looked like he was blind, and she didn't know where he was looking, and it was awkward.
“Please take a seat.” he said, pointing to a chair across from him.
She sat down and saw Fergus, Violet and Sapphire standing behind her and wondered why they weren't sitting down.
A moment later a woman appeared with a tray of tea sets. When the tea was served, she could smell the Darjeeling tea and it calmed her down.
“I see you are interested in books.” Grimwald said looking at her.
“I love books and am a bookworm. It is one of the best things ever invented.” Lily said, trying to praise them to the heavens in case it would backfire if she said anything else.
"I have a book that I would like my old friend to read as he promised, but he never got to read it. He is stubborn as a donkey so I thought you might be able to talk him into it.” Grimwald said.
Lily knew that if an Elder Mage couldn't persuade the old man, it meant he was either stronger or on the same level.
What on earth had she got herself into, it was suicide.
There was no way she could meet the old man and immediately refused, “Sorry but unfortunately, I don't have time. Thanks for the tea but I have to leave now.”
When she got up she heard a voice:
You have agreed to deliver a book for Elder Mage Grimwald
Elder Mage Grimwald placed a black book on the table.
Argh, she almost got a shock when she heard that. She looked annoyed at the old man who smiled at her.
Fine, if it had to be that way and the system had already blocked a way out, she could do whatever she wanted without being punished.
“You fucking old coot. You are the most sleazy and sneaky asshole I’ve ever met in my life. I hope you die a horrible dead shit face.” she shouted angrily, pointing at him.
Suddenly she saw his facial expression change and it looked like he was going up in flames of anger. Even though he had golden eyes she was sure she saw flames and he suddenly had an oppressive aura and she had difficulty breathing.
Fergus looked at her like she was a completely insane woman.
Lily suddenly heard a voice:
You have achieved max rage with Elder Mage Grimwald but he has refrained from killing you because you have agreed to deliver his book to his friend
She couldn't believe what she heard because it was a huge lie. She hadn't accepted anything from that stutterer. She gritted her teeth and glared at Grimwald and said,
"Just wait, I'll curse you one day." and took the book, turned and they all went outside.
As they stood at the entrance Fergus looked at her and said, “You are the most insane person I have ever met. Now it is not surprising that you have several bounties on your head.” and shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Lily asked, confused.
It was normal to be angry when you were treated that way.
"He is a deity and the closest to god." Fergus replied, chuckling.
Wow, Lily was suddenly shocked and now regretted her words, but she was angry. She looked at Fergus and knew they had leveled up the same way back then.
"Was he the same way then?" she asked.
"No one has had the opportunity to meet him before because no one knew where he lived." Fergus replied.
It made sense now to Lily's ears because he was a deity, but he looked like a human.
Were Lu and Yuli also deities or humans?
It wasn't easy to tell the difference when it didn't say ' deity ' or ' npc ' on them. It was a fucked-up crappy system that it fucked with her all the time.
"Come, let's find more skill books.” she said.
"The Holy Church has one that I know of no one uses." said Fergus.