Invited By the Commanding General
In his scholar attire, the Military Advisor calmly made his way through the bottom floors of the pagoda, stopping below the staircase and advancing to the 4th floor, not daring to proceed further.
From the looks of it, he didn't seem afraid but rather reluctant to climb the staircase unauthorized. As he looked up into the upper floors obscured in mist and clouds that shifted about despite the lack of wind, this young scholar sighed to himself and bowed reverently.
"It has been seven days already," a voice borderline ethereal descended from the higher floors, laced with a lazy undertone that would melt the bones of many young men were they not prepared.
"Attendant Ye hadn't budged from the first level of the library ever since he was led inside by that maid, Your Eminence," responded the Military Advisor. "I can't recklessly investigate with my spiritual sense, it might alarm the magical avians."