The first page was a student record, which was a simple summary with all the essential information for the school:
> "Name: Adam Age: 10 years
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> Category: Student
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> Identification Number: 64341
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> Enrollment Date: S.Q.W.100
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> Assigned Teacher: Mario
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> Assigned Class: S-30
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> Selected Language: Middle
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> Floors Honors Received:
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> First 10 pages / Initiation: S.Q.W.101
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> 100 pages / Godfather: (--------)
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> 140 pages / Mastery: (--------)"
Adam looked at the record, which was much smaller than a regular page, for a few minutes. The identification number and the name were his, while the enrollment date was exactly 534 years ago. What caught Adam's attention the most was that the spaces indicating when he reached 100 pages and the space for mastery, which was the formal way to refer to receiving the black robe, were crossed out.
Seeking more clues, Adam pulled out the next sheet from the file:
> "Student: Adam/64341
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> Teacher in charge/class: Mario/S-30
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> Received Reprimands:
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> Adam arrived late to class. / Adam arrived late to class again. / Adam arrived late to class and didn't apologize. / Adam didn't come to class today. / Adam missed classes for a week. / ... (The list continued with more and more reprimands)."
Upon seeing the contents, Adam knew that these were the reprimands written by his past teacher. There were quite a few reprimands, and they were written close together, making it very annoying to read the whole paragraph.
But taking his time, Adam was able to find a few reprimands that caught his attention, and he noted them down on a piece of paper next to him. With all the important reprimands, the red-haired boy was able to piece together a story that was probably essential to understanding part of his past:
> "Adam's classmates claim that he has been bothering Oliver outside of classes / Oliver came with several bruises on his arms, and his classmates again blamed Adam / Adam has been bothering Oliver in class / Oliver and Adam were fighting in class / Adam has slight black marks around his eyes, and Oliver missed classes / Adam fought with 16 of his classmates over Oliver's disappearance / Adam missed classes / Adam is missing / Adam missed classes for 5 months and came back: his eyes turned black, 10 of his classmates are missing, and he didn't talk about the matter in the meeting with the principal / Adam not appear in court, was expelled from school, and his arrest warrant was issued."
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Following the summarized story, Adam discovered that his past self was expelled from school for doing something to his classmates, and that was why he never learned to read. Somehow, the past Adam managed to escape the expulsion from the baron and also escaped the search order. What Adam didn't understand after reading this information was why he had been reborn in these middle floors when he was wanted as a criminal. In his opinion, it would have been logical to try to escape to distant floors where nobody knew him and be safe.
In search of clearing his doubts, Adam grabbed the last sheet, which looked like a pre-filled form. It seemed much newer and was the only sheet in the file without a yellowish color. The form said:
> "Request to annul the expulsion of: Adam/64341
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> Cause: Revived / High probability of ascent
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> Petition: (------) / #60- Shelving Agreement-S.S.W.200
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> Approval: Jacob, Middle Floors Chief, and Cesar, Director of Middle Floor 4 out of 5, Hexagon 8 out of 18."
The Middle Floors Chief's signature was printed on the paper, while Cesar's was handwritten.
Adam assumed that this agreement was the reason why there were no problems when moving through the middle floors and re-enrolling in school.
The red-haired boy wanted to ask the eyeless old man about it, but he knew the eyeless old man wouldn't give him information that easily, especially if it related to his past. Adam had asked him about it several times since the bear told him that he introduced him to the cave in his previous life, but the eyeless old man always ignored him.
Therefore, Adam asked about it, but with some subtlety:
—Did you participate in any shelving agreement? Being such an important bookshelf, you must have been an honored member.
—Of course, I have. I have 5 votes as a magical bookshelf— the eyeless old man said with pride, but then he looked at the paper in Adam's hand suspiciously —However, that particular point, I voted for it when I only had a few books to feed librarians, so I could only give it one vote.
—You fed librarians?— Adam asked.
—You have to start somewhere, kid...— the eyeless old man responded without much pride —Librarians came from all sides to search for my mushrooms greedily. That's why I turn them into mushrooms now...
—And what does this agreement say? —Adam asked with a smile —You seem very proud of voting for it.
—Of course, it's one of the 100 foundational pillars of this library— the eyeless old man said with excitement —It was one of the first agreements I participated in, and that particular point was voted on in so many floors at once, it was quite useful: many ascensions were seen from that rule!
—You're not going to tell me what the agreement says? I'm a great hero— Adam said, noticing how the eyeless old man avoided answering his question.
—Of course, you are a great hero, kid!— the eyeless old man exclaimed enthusiastically, ignoring the question once again.
Adam got tired of asking the eyeless old man and asked his godfather instead, who replied in messy handwriting:
'The agreement talks about the annulment of expulsions, to be more precise, it indicates that life should be made easier for librarians who meet a series of requirements, for example: having extended your lifespan or being revived. The document itself tells you so! It was quite obvious, don't ask me any more obvious questions!!'