Adam was quite worried: the bear seemed to be telling the truth. His godfather had explained beforehand that the little books lived forever, so even though it looked like a sticker of a cute little bear, it could very well be older than the eyeless old man. Therefore, it wouldn't be strange if the bear had insider information.

With caution, Adam entered the bathroom; it shouldn't be too complicated to get the smell if he only needed to use a dirty robe; the young boy wouldn't worry as much as the bear had exaggerated.

Like everything else in this room, the bathroom was finely decorated: it had a beautiful golden bathtub covered with a curtain made of violet silk. The floor had lovely rose-patterned tiles; however, it was quite dirty, making the pattern difficult to distinguish. A fairly torn white robe could be found scattered on the tiles.

Upon entering the bathroom, Adam didn't notice anything unusual, but the putrid smell became stronger, to the point of making him feel nauseous. Resisting the urge to vomit, Adam found a couple of robes with an unpleasant smell on the bathroom floor and left to see the bear, showing how brave he was.

—Here's the robe, now let's go for the box!—Adam shouted, placing the robe in front of the bear.

The bear stared at the robe on the floor for a few minutes, then looked Adam in the eyes and said in a raspy voice:

—What you need is in the bathtub. The robe is useless.

Adam understood the problem; it had to be something as dirty as underwear. It seemed the bear hadn't been wrong since the young boy refused to use someone else's underwear to disguise his smell. So, he called his godfather and explained the situation.

If it were up to Adam, he would prefer to take more time trying to convince the little books on his own. However, his godfather seemed unwilling to respond to the young boy. The more he asked, the more unusual the lack of answers became until finally, his godfather replied:

'The most important thing is that you heard the bear mention the word "purge" with the eyeless old man. It wouldn't be impossible for it to happen.'

Adam read attentively and asked fearfully: 'What is a "purge"?'

His godfather responded immediately: 'The lower floors are full of lunatics; it's normal to have intentions to expand by driving out all the inhabitants of these floors.'

Adam became quite nervous upon hearing that; he didn't want his father to be driven out of his house.

Then the words disappeared, and his godfather changed the message: 'They'll only kick people out of the first lower floors; your friends and your father will be safe. The ones carrying out the "purge" won't reach the fifth lower floor. Plus, the process will be slow, so no one gets hurt. That's a "purge" of floors.'

Adam felt relieved, knowing that nothing bad would happen to his father. But then, doubt arose, and he asked: 'Wouldn't it be better for me to avoid following the bear and find my own method?'

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His godfather took some time to respond, but finally, a few words appeared in the biography:

'No, once the "purge" happens, you won't be able to enter these floors and get the little books. If you don't return the favor, you'll be a bad boy and won't be able to live in the cave. Find the underwear!'

Adam got scared; He didn't want the old man with no eyes to kick him out like his father did. With a little more courage, the young hero decided to follow the bear's plan and entered the bathroom to find the dirty underwear.

Upon entering the bathroom, the same putrid smell invaded Adam's nose, so he had to contain himself from vomiting. The boy searched the entire room but didn't find the underwear on the floor, so there must be more dirty laundry in the bathtub.

Adam carefully pulled back the curtain of the bathtub, causing a terrible smell to be released.

*Bhuaa* The putrid smell was so strong that it made Adam vomit on the bathroom floor. After calming down a bit and getting used to the smell, Adam took a look into the bathtub.

The bathtub was filled with black and dirty water. It seemed that this water was the source of the terrible smell. With some courage and a lot of disgust, Adam put his hand into the bathtub to see if he could find the underwear, as it couldn't be seen from the surface.

The liquid seemed to be thicker than regular water, which made Adam feel even more nauseous. Resisting his urge to vomit again, the young hero managed to find something inside the bathtub, although it didn't feel like underwear…

Adam's face began to sweat because he didn't like what his hand was touching under the water. With great fear, the boy proceeded to remove what was hidden inside the bathtub.

Immediately, a person's face began to form beneath the black water. Adam dropped the head and ran to the bathroom door. The young hero desperately headed towards the room's door and tried to open it, but it seemed the bear had locked it.

—Calm down... it's just a dead body...—said the bear calmly—If you make too much noise, you'll draw attention, and you'll be the next corpse in this room.

Adam stopped trying to open the door and glared at the bear for having locked him in the room. He approached the bear the size of a finger and shouted:

—Open the door! I don't care about getting the little books anymore! I want to go home!

The bear saw that the boy was lunging at him and submerged into the floor, avoiding Adam's swipe. Then, the bear swam to the ceiling of the room, where Adam couldn't reach. Then he stuck half of his body out of the ceiling wall and looked down at the boy, who was trying to jump and grab him. The bear calmly said:

—You're a librarian; try to remain calm, or you won't last long in this world. Others don't care about your age. Talk to your godfather...

Adam continued jumping for quite some time, but as he realized he couldn't catch the bear, he tried to open the door again, but it wouldn't open. The boy searched for the keys to the room's door, but he couldn't find them. Finally, with much resignation, Adam decided to follow the bear's advice and asked his godfather what to do.

His godfather replied: 'Listen to the bear and get the little books.'

Adam was upset with his godfather's short response and wrote in the biography: 'But it's not about dirty underwear: there's a corpse in the bathtub!'

His godfather crossed out what Adam had written, as if he had become annoyed, and a question was written messily in the biography: 'Do you want to know the truth, Adam?'

The boy didn't hesitate and wrote a simple: 'Yes'

His godfather crossed out all the sentences and a message appeared in the biography:

'The white wooden bookshelf placed a bomb in your head; if you don't get at least one measly little book this week, your head will explode, and a book will appear in its place, just like what happened to the Actorino. Get the damn little books, kid!!'