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The Archivist's Ploy: A Tale of One Against The World

Far above the horizon, beyond the clouds and the apocalyptic storms under it, hovered a yellow-haired old-looking man. His yellow eyes gave off a bright radiance, and countless books floated around him. Throughout history, the man was known by many names, (The Watcher - The Chronicler - The Historian - The Custodian - The Recordkeeper) But during this Era, he was known as The Archivist. The Archivist's perception inspected thousands of kilometers far and wide, Yet 'Nothing interesting is happening' His frustration grew 'What's the point of a worldwide perception if there's no apposite change to perceive?' 'The world has become mundane' 'And no one is doing anything about it' Ergo, The Archivist will take matters into his own hands 'I'll orchestrate a worldwide, All-embracing scheme against an oblivious individual' With a sinister smile on his face, he devised his plan 'Turn the entire world into a person's antagonist, Then enjoy the show' And he had the perfect plot for it 'First, Utter Despair that would cause immense Pain' 'Then, More Despair that would turn the Pain to Loathe' 'Then, As the Loathe grows, The Despair will transform into Rage' 'The Rage will make the Being Crave Revenge, and the intense Crave will result in Devotion to his goal' 'Finally, The Despair, Pain, Loathe, Crave, and Devotion will all be used as fuel for the Rage, Transforming it into an even extremer emotion' "WRATH" How would a single person unleash his Wrath against the entire world? 'That's what I'm going to find out' "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The Archivist's maniacal laughter echoed loudly 'The world is about to be entertaining' He looked up and asked with a reverberating, Bleak voice "Who will be the unlucky one?"

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Bored

A couple of minutes later, Arno came back into the room empty-handed

Leus was puzzled, but before he could say anything, Arno took out a pouch from his pocket and took out 2 black shirts from it

'These pouches are pretty useful for everything'

Leus asked

"How much do these things cost?"

'They're quite handy, even though I got nothing to put inside them'

"The pouch? It's not expensive, You can get it from inside the Guild or you can find it in some stalls, Here, This is a medium-sized one, You can have it"

Arno extended his hand with a pouch to Leus

"Are you sure?" Leus felt slightly hesitant to take it 

He wasn't sure how valuable exactly these pouches were, He also didn't really like the idea of taking things from others

'But Arno is different'

'I might even consider him as a grandparent, He is already doing so much for me'

Leus felt deeply indebted to Arno

'From the way Dad explained it, There would be no way for me to acquire such spells without him'

Arno nodded

"Yeah, There are many in the storage, and it's not really a rare item, Just keep it"

"Thanks a lot"

Leus put the pouch in his pocket and wore the shirt

Blaze extended his hand to Arno and said

"Thanks for everything, Arno"

Arno looked at Blaze's hand for a moment then shook it

"There's nothing to thank me for, He's my apprentice."

Before leaving, Leus asked

"When should I come again?"

Arno pondered about it for a couple of seconds and then said

"Come back in a week.

Everything should be ready in three days, but I have some political business to attend to."

Leus nodded

"See you in a week then"

Blaze and Leus walked out of the room to the Library's door.

While they were walking, Blaze suddenly asked Leus

"Do people normally look at you like this all the time?"

He felt as if every single person in the library took glances at Leus and his emblem

"Well yeah,

They usually stare for even longer but because you are with me they are only glancing"

Blaze said in a teasing tone

"Must be hard to live under the spotlight"

Leus just sighed and then remembered something

'Oh no'

His tone was desperate

"Can't we run out of here?"

"Why?"

"The guards are going to salute and call me Young Master ... It's awkward and embarrassing"

Blaze only shrugged

"Huh, Really? Well, You should get used to it"

Then he kept nonchalantly walking forward

When Blaze and Leus came in front of the guards the guards saluted them

"Welcome again, Young Master"

Leus' face almost reddened with embarrassment, Wishing the ground would sink and swallow him out of there.

"Please, Won't you ever stop doing this?"

"It's our job, Is there anything we can help you with"

Leus clenched his fist

'These bastards always ask if there's anything they can help with, but they never listened to the only request I gave them ... Hmph'

He didn't voice out his thoughts and just said

"Thanks"

Then walked away

Blaze nodded to the guards and they nodded back, Then he followed behind Leus

"There's no need to be embarrassed about it Leus, They're just doing their job"

"Yeah yeah, Whatever"

Blaze smiled wryly and thought to himself

'At least he's not egoistic'

After walking for a while, Leus and Blaze reached home, and as always, Viorica was there to welcome them

"Leus! You came soon this time"

"Yes Mom, Arno told me to come and spend some days at home"

Viorica was happy to hear that

"Oh? So you're on a break! I'll cook you something amazing every day."

Leus smiled and said

"Thanks, Mom"

'Food huh ... I don't really eat these days.

I don't even remember when was the last time I ate food to enjoy it instead of eating it so I don't starve to death, Same with sleeping'

Leus quickly pushed away all these thoughts and went to Amethyst and Merlin

'I have some days off, so I better enjoy myself'

And so, Leus spent the rest of the day with his family, From playing with his siblings to conversing about general matters,

Leus truly enjoyed his time with his family.

When Viorica asked him about his progress he replied that he was doing fine

"Soon I'll start training on something new, I'm excited about that"

'I think Abstracts are going to be interesting.'

Amethyst and Merlin always enjoyed hearing Leus' stories, So this time, he decided to tell them about The Archivist's book.

"One of them lives underwater and another one is a living tree! There's also the Lord of all dragons who rules over the entire Draconic Domain"

And so, Leus spent his time talking with his family,

The first and the second days passed like that, But by the third day, Leus was not feeling well.

'I'm bored ...'

'Training wasn't the most fun but it was always interesting'

'And I enjoyed learning new things'

Now, He had nothing at all to do, and he didn't like that, So he decided to discuss this matter with Blaze

"Dad"

"Yes?"

"I'm bored, I'm not having anything interesting to do"

Blaze pondered for a couple of seconds then said

"Why don't you go outside and walk around the city?

Maybe discover new locations or get to know a friend or something?"

"Hmm ... Outside?"

"Yes, Just go and walk around in the city, I'm sure you'll find something interesting or another.

Go to the market and see what they sell, or go to the Guild and try to interact with people there, or even go to some restaurant, There are plenty of interesting things to do"

Leus thought about it

"Yes, That sounds good, Thanks Dad, I'll go outside"

"But don't go out of the city without my or Arno's approval, It's still dangerous"

Leus nodded

"I won't"

A smile appeared on Leus' face

'Finally something interesting'

End of Vol7, The FIRST Library Arc.

Next is Vol 8, Friends

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