"Director, long time no see!"
In a bar, Eli met Severo Mesa, the current library director.
"It's been a long time indeed!" Severo filled a large glass of rum, drank it in a big gulp, and the liquid flowed directly down his beard, and then said.
After meeting each other ten years ago, the two of them became good friends inexplicably through an accident. They would occasionally have a drink together and exchange information on the progress of his search for the wizard.
"Where did you go this time?" Eli looked at the curator. Compared to ten years ago, he was much older. His face looked a little haggard to me, but his eyes were still bright.
As before, he would travel to various countries every now and then, looking for traces of wizards, but he still found nothing.
"When I went to the Kingdom of Hom this time, I heard that there was an area there that was very mysterious, and people often disappeared for no apparent reason. But when I arrived, I only found a perennial mist, and there was just a monster inside." Severo shook his head. ,A bit disappointed.
He is obviously much older than I was ten years ago, but the desire to find a wizard in his heart is even stronger, burning his aging body like a flame.
"No, but that's normal. No one knows where they are?" Eli regretted. He really hoped that the curator could help him find the wizard camp, but unfortunately he never did.
"Director, I'm curious, why are you so obsessed with wizards? Isn't it good to be like this now?" Eli asked.
"You don't understand!" The curator shook his head, looked at Eli and said:
"I think you are a good person to communicate with, but you don't seem to understand me that well. For me, I have been looking for you for twenty years. This has become a kind of obsession that I can't let go of. "
That's it!
Eli nodded, still a little unclear.
"Okay, where does the curator plan to go next? Is it farther away?" Eli asked again.
"No, it took me four years to go out this time. No matter how far I go, I really might not be able to come back." The curator shook his head, "This time I plan to stay in the empire and go to Salin Mehta in history. I want to look for the places where Trin has been and what he may have left behind, this may be more reliable!"
"Well, come on!" Eli encouraged.
Maybe no one had ever talked to him about this matter, so Severo Mesa told Eli everything he knew, including the name of the first emperor, the possibility that he was a wizard, and that the king was using force The witchcraft backfires on death and so on!
This intrigued Eli, as he didn't know much about it.
After all, Severo Mesa has been at the top of the empire for decades, and the information he has collected is beyond what Eli can match.
Eli heard it with great interest, and Severo Mesa regarded him as a confidant.
"Well, yes, I will be operating within the empire from now on. This may be my last hope. These wizards, where are they?" Speaking of the key point, Severo was put on the table. , the rum flew out directly.
Opposite him, Eli pursed his lips.
"Indeed, maybe wizards don't exist at all!" Eli nodded in agreement.
"No, they definitely exist, but they may not be nearby." Severo shook his head, denying Eli's guess.
"All right."
"And I'm going to quit my position as library director and concentrate on this." Suddenly, Severo exploded a bomb.
"What? Are you going to resign?" Eli's eyes widened.
"Yes, I've decided. I'm already 60. I really don't have much time, and I haven't made much contribution to the library over the years. I think it's time to give up my position. You don't need to persuade me. Me." Severo Mesa said firmly.
Severo said so, what else could Eli say.
He just sighed. After all, it’s hard to find a curator who doesn’t care about anything.
I hope that the next curator will not be too troublesome, but maybe the teacher can become the curator, but it is unlikely. After all, Maester Lemon is already 68 years old, so he is not too young.
"Well, Byrne VII is different from his father. In fact, he has certain opinions on the independence of the library. If I leave voluntarily, he may take action. You can remind your teacher!" Severo added.
"Okay." Eli nodded.
This is bad news. After all, if the library becomes a vassal of the king, among other things, at least Eli will be unhappy. After all, he has worked here for 18 years and has some feelings for it.
"Well, that's all, it's time for me to leave." After drinking, Severo said goodbye to Eli.
"Goodbye curator, I wish you success this time."
"Goodbye, I will definitely succeed!" Severo strode out of the room with unwavering eyes.
Wizard, he will find them.
Severo left, Eli drank a few drinks, turned around and left.
Outside the door, there is a noisy bar, with a large number of men and women dancing on the dance floor. If you look right, go directly into the room behind the bar.
If it were anywhere else, this would definitely not be allowed, but this bar was opened on Liuying Street.
Yes, this is where the two became friends. Nine years ago, after Eli came out of here, he met Severo, who had also just come out, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.
"Mr. Eli, you have to leave!" Before Eli could walk out the door, a woman in gorgeous clothes greeted him. She was the nightingale here, the woman who managed the place.
"Yeah." Eli nodded.
In the past ten years, the girls here have changed several times. He knows many of the nightingales here. They were once wandering warblers, but they later retired and became nightingales.
As for why they take the initiative to greet Eli, the reason is very simple. If you spend more than a few quintals here every year, they will treat you in the same way.
"Then walk slowly!" The woman smiled and sent Eli out.
When we walked out of here, it was already late afternoon.
Eli glanced at the sun and turned back toward home.
It's a bit late to go to the library at this time, so I might as well miss a day of work.
…
the next day.
It’s raining and I still haven’t gone to work.
The third day.
Eli heads to the library.
As soon as I reached the door of the library, I heard the guards chatting.
"Did you know? Director Severo resigned on his own initiative, and a deputy director also left. Coincidentally, a descendant of a noble family directly parachuted in and became the deputy director. You said this is the king's intention to take over the library. Are you in the hotel?" A guard asked with a worried look on his face.
"Who knows?" Another guard shook his head and suddenly saw Eli from the corner of his eye.
"Hello, Mr. Eli!" The two guards immediately stopped talking and said respectfully.
As a student of the deputy director, Eli and the others are very familiar with him.
"Well, no chatting!" Eli nodded and walked into the house, but the guard's words were lingering in his mind.
The nobleman airborne the deputy director, and so quickly. This is most likely the king's handiwork.
It’s only been a day, can’t you bear it anymore?
Eli shook his head and prepared to talk to the teacher.
