Secret quest (part 3)

The inside of the mushroom-shaped outbuilding was much bigger than its outline would suggest, and – at least at the first glance – it looked like a proper research office.

Stacks upon stacks of handwritten papers were piling on the shelves on one side while the shelves by the opposite walls were barely able to handle the weight of the ancient-looking books.

According to Gooseberry, the place wasn't used by anyone but that was really hard to believe considering that it was impossible to find even a speck of dust even in the furthest corner.

"..."

"..."

Cranberry and Zombie exchanged grim glances and nodded at each other while the first thing that Lairs did was to go towards the shelves with the notes, grab a random stack, and start reading through it.

Mason on the other hand went towards the books and grabbed the oldest-looking one which had a staggering amount of bookmarks stuck every few pages, and opened it up.