Entering the guild Mia was pushed to the side, the morning rush of adventurers not paying any mind to the young fox. She landed off to the side of the main entrance, overlooking the grand hall “ugh…busy.” She stood up, brushing herself off.

“Gets this busy this early?” she mumbled to herself, watching the endless flow of adventurers fill the front desks or head into one of the many gates lining the side walls, off to the respective haunt levels. The only desk that wasn’t filling up with people was the one she registered at the last time she was here, despite being staffed.

She shrugged, wasn’t what she was here for anyways. No, if she remembered correctly, she was looking for stairs going up “Didn’t we… ah!” She recalled the stairs Ria and her went down from the hospital, they did skip a few floors “There!” bit further down from where she was standing, she found them, noting the few people heading up them. She quickly ran over and stopped, noticing signs detailing the floors.

“Hm…” she looked them over, looking for what would be best for her training “Hospital, guild offices, market, library, dojo? Guild exchange? Eh…oh they have a café and bar…holding cells? An observatory and planning private rooms.” She looked over all the names, a bit overwhelmed by how all of this was inside this building.

“Oh, blacksmith?” Her inner weapon maker was interested, but that was not what she was here for, at least not yet. She wanted to get herself in order, she lacked knowledge and training with gaps all over the place in how things worked, like magic. She had learned ice magic and due to her time skill it had advanced well above her understanding of how it works.

She had some idea and has received guidance from a few people, but the difference between how she handles ice and her newer water magic was… regardless, she wanted to get a better understanding of it.

Then there were her weapons, she wanted to use a lot to get the stat points of each, but handling all of them was not going well, she wanted to know what gave experience towards the skill. She didn’t know if she had to actually learn how to use them, or if just killing things was enough. Personally, she’d rather throw a sword at something than to hold one in battle, it was just preference, and swords felt horrible to her.

Her crafted with ice magic weapons obviously counted towards experience, but…

She sighed, deciding it would be best to get magic knowledge figured out first. It was her strongest stat and ability, not to mention the whole stained with ice thing, so she decided to head to the library.

She headed up several flights of stairs, passing by some of the other facilities on her way up, and eventually she arrived at a wooden framed glass door, behind it she saw the library, full of books “mhn.” She nodded to herself, hoping this would be the place she could find info on magic.

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“Hello?”

“…?” A woman at the front desk looked up from her book, scanning the room before looking over her desk “oh, hello little girl.” The woman closed her book, placing it gently besides her and adjusting her glasses “How can I help you miss…?”

“Mia.” She replied to lady “Want a book on magic.”

“Oh, well then.” The lady brushed her hair to the side “Nice to meet you Mia, I am the librarian, Faescia.” The women stood up “First time here? I will need your guild card.”

Mia looked her over, she was tall but lithe, had dark pink hued hair with two long droopy ears that reached past her shoulders and a long fluffy tail that barely touched the ground while she was standing. She wasn’t any species Mia recognized “Mn, yes.” Mia reached inside her inventory, pulling out her card and handing it to her.

“Thank you~” she sat back down and inserted it into a weird device “Ok, G rank… everything cle-Oh!” She paused “Mia, was it? You have a mark, you are requested to see a staff member about something.”

“Ah!” Mia exclaimed, she had forgot “Does that mean, no books?” This was going to put a delay on her plans…

“Well, no, not technically.” She paused to read over something “Seems to be just a request with a halt on dungeon privileges, not a demerit.” She looked over to a device hanging on the wall, something Mia recognized as a clock “at this time everyone should be busy, how long do you plan on staying?”

“Mn, want to read all the magic books.”

“…” Faescia paused “…ignoring the ones you are restricted from reading, when you say all, what do you mean?”

“All, want all of them I can.”

Faescia sighed “Alright.” She clapped both her hands together “And have you read any before? In any of the series of magic theory? Mana obscurities or any elemental guide?”

“No?” Mia crooked her head to the side.

“…Ok…” she spun around, heading to another desk for a moment before coming back “can you cast magic?”

“Mn.” Mia raised her hand, a stream of light snow shooting out of it.

“Oh, ice? Or is that snow magic?” Faescia asked, leaning over her desk to take a closer look.

“Ice.” Mia then froze the stream, turning it into an icicle.

“Huh, impressive, So did you learn water magic first or ice?”

“…ice?” Mia said, confused “Does it matter?”

“well…for your books, ah never mind.” She went back behind her desk, pulling out 3 cards and Mia’s guild card, handing them to Mia “These three cards show the location of 3 books that provide the… basics… of magic and magic theory, start off with ‘Magical Theory: A Basic Introduction to the Complex’ then go on to the other two.” She then pointed to the exit “Lectures are also available if you want another point of view, but magic is… well…you should know as a magic user seeing other magic users.”

Mia took the cards, then shook her head “No, not really. What?”

“…J-just go read the books. You will see.” Faescia then gave a warm smile “and don’t get too discouraged if you don’t understand, feel free to take a lecture in the dojo if you need more hands-on explanation. After all, it is mainly theory but a strong basis to go off of.”

“Alright?” Mia didn’t get it, but she had what she was looking for “Thank you.” She said, stashing her guild card into her inventory.

“You are welcome, I’ll let the guild staff know you are here so when they are free, they can get you.” She then held up a finger to her lips “Also, keep the noise to a minimum, people don’t like it when it is loud when they are trying to read.”

Mia nodded “Got it, thanks.” She then quickly trotted off, looking for the books she was recommended.