As he snaps his finger I feel the water from the beach rush to my feet and I look down and see that we are already standing on a small floating platform made of crystal and then I turn to him and see him looking at me with a smile and he says
"Hold on tight darling"
And then with another snap of this fingers we dash off, splashing water as we pass by and I could not help but laugh as I enjoyed myself but then I notice even with the speed we were going at we still had not reached the library so I opened my eyes and saw he was going round the library and then I looked at him to see him watching me with a smile on his face but having caught me looking at him he immediately swipes the smile off and looks up then stops in front of the library and he says
"We are here"
And he makes the platform disperse as we reach the entrance of the library, I look up at the building and see a sign on it, the sign that looks like it was made of thin fragile ice that looks like it would melt in any second from the heat of the sun, but contrary to my thought, it does not so I proceed to read what it says, Aqus bibliotheca, we walk right in and I see the library was actually an underground building and the top was just the checkpoint, we pass by the person behind the desk and then I see a large pillar that goes to the very bottom of the library, spanning a length of over 30 feets, with books of different sizes and colors stacked around it and I also see people on one of those floaty things we used to get here moving around, some even made it large enough to cover their friends as they sit and read on it.
We start walking but unlike before where he had to snap his fingers, he streches his hands forth and we start floating but this platform felt different so I look down and see this one is not made of crystal but plain water and I turn to look at him, that must be his specialty, crystal formation and manipulation. As we fall freely it does not take us long till we reach the bottom of the pillar, and then he tells me to look around and call him if I need anything, nodding slightly I turn to face the pillar of books and start my reading.
After spending over half of the day in the library and with my ability to read a book just by flipping through it, I have read a little more than half of the books there, and I still have not found anything on the scroll or on sages, I am getting tired and frustrated a bit and I start to think i was wrong and it just might not be in this school but then I remember there are four more libraries to check and so with a newly found resolve I ask Eros to raise the platform higher.
After a few more hours Eros steps out and a few minutes later he walks back in with a paper bag and two bottles, one with water and the other with juice. He streches the bag out to me, hinting that it he got it for me, I open it to see a sandwich and an apple, I look at him to see he had streched his hands again and he said
"Did not know which one you wanted so I just got both water and juice, you can take anyone or both"
I smile and thank him and then take the water, after I was done eating I went back to reading. A few hours later I finish the last book in the library but I still do not find anything on the scroll and so Eros and I walk out and as we reach the entrance I see a door I did not notice before behind the receptionist and so I ask her about it and she says it is a restricted zone where only few people are allowed into and so I show her the token the dean had given me since he said it would grant me access into any restricted area in the school. As she sees the token her eyes widen in shock and she looks at me for a few seconds before Eros steps in front of me and looks at her, realizing her mistake, she apologize and usher us in and say we would have to open the door ourselves cause she was not authorized to and so I flash the token in font of the door and with a click it open to reveal a gelatinous wall, I turn to Eros and ask him to follow me and so we both walked in.
After walking in, I see this place is not like the other library with the books stacked on a pillar, this one looks like a normal library and so I start flipping through knowing there was no time, after several hours I was finally done with all the books but I have still not seen any record of the scroll only one book mentioning the words of sages but I doubt that was what I was looking for, that one probably related to the sages sanctum, and not their resting place and I could not help but sigh. As it was late already I decided to end my search and head back to the room.
********The next day**********
After spending the previous day going through several books and the night doing serenity exercises I decided to sleep in a bit this morning but then, I hear a familiar ding and I groan in displeasure. I walk to the door and open it to see a tray of food and as usual, filled with various delicacies, I drag it inside and shut the door, planning on going back to slep. As I crash on the bed I see a note by the bedside that reads
"Dean called, meet you later" - Erastus
I did not know his name was Erastus, I look at the note and smile, but not for long as I realize I do not know how long their meeting would last and I have to finish all the books in atleast one other library today but that would not be feasible if I do not have someone guiding me through the school, I might just end up getting lost without knowing I was lost.
"Looks like i would have to go through the school myself"
I mutter to myself as I begin to draw my energy to find the other libraries, as I begin I realize I do not know how they look like or what their names were and so I release another sigh and just decide to look at the whole school.
"Geez that took a long time, a whole ten minutes, before I could look through my previous hometown in less than a minute, guess I need more training"
After locating the four remaining libraries I get off the bed and head to do my morning routine so I can head off quickly.
As I head out I made myself invisible to everyone and walk to the general library, after going through the whole school I already had knowledge about the buildings like every other final year student and so it does not take me a long time to reach the general library. The library was a very large building, larger than the aqus library even, spanning almost 50 feets in height and on top of the doorway was a sign just like the aqus library that read 'Bibliotheca Generalis' but unlike the aqus library, this was written on a large piece of paper with a brush and an ink, but there was something that seemed to draw one mind to it and I came to the conclusion that not only was the paper enchanted, it was also a skilled painter that painted the letters on that paper thereby incorporating a part of their aura and energy into the letters with each stroke, I take my mind of it and walk in then head straight to the receptionist desk and ask her about the restricted books and just like the lady in the previous library she says it was a restricted zone so I am not allowed to enter and I flash her the token again and just like before, I was allowed to enter. I started to flip through immediately, after some hours I was done with all the books and just like yesterday I found few thing written on the sanctum of sages and something called the scroll of sages, I recognize some of its writings as I had seen it yesterday in the aqus restricted library but it was called the words of sages so I did not really pay much attention to it, I turn to look at the book again and take note of it hoping I might find some link between it and the scroll I was searching for. I continue flipping through the rest of the books in the library and again I find mentions of the scroll and where to find it, I guess I have another reason to go to the sanctum of sages, seeing as that is where the scroll of sage is. After reading through all the books I step out and see I still have much time as it was just noon, not yet dusk and so I proceed to go and get lunch, having missed breakfast I was already getting hungry. I turn towards the cafeteria but halt in my steps as I do not know if money was used not like I have any on me, or there was a special means through which they got their food and I would not want to be in another awkward situation. And so I turn in my steps and decide to head to Eros'room or as he had written Erastus, after walking for a while I see the building and wonder if Erastus was done with his meeting with the dean, and if he was done, did he look for me, I step into the room and enter the kitchen to have lunch, as I was still eating decide to take a quick bath after then do a short serenity exercise and then head inside to take a nap. After I finish eating I walk into the room and strip down before putting on a robe, but I notice the robe I hung this morning was not there but I shrug it off and decide to take another one. After putting it on I decide to do my laundry while I had my bath so I take the clothes I had kept for laundry and head to the machine and place them inside and then add the detergent and water and then turn the knob, after that I head back into the room and as I was was about to head in to have my bath I bump my head on something, and I hear a familiar voice let out a curse under his breath
"Bloody hoot"
I see Erastus with a robe and his hands covering his bleeding nose. Hey, that was the robe I was looking for. I recall as I look at the robe but then I see the robe did not do its job to cover his body as I see he left the robe before he could tie it to hold his nose. I see a beautifully sculpted body that Adonis himself would feel jealous of, I continue trailing my eyes to feast on his body but then having come to notice the situation he was in he adjusted the robe leaving my eyes with a fleeting glimpse of his V-line.
"If you wanted to see me naked just ask, I am willing to give you a full show"