There is something peculiar about the four books he selected, for some reason they were all bound in leather made from ordinary sheep skin and the paper used was of low quality, whereas most of the books in the library were elegant and decorated with jewels and gold, these 4 books were relatively modest in comparison. A rune text was embossed on all of the front leather covers of these 4 books, indicating that they were beyond normal by natural observation.
"ᚹᛖ ᚨᚱᛖ ᛟᚾᛖ, ᛒᚢᛏ ᛟᚾᛖ ᛁᛊ ᚨᛚᛚ,"
"we are one, but one is all,"
When he opened one book, there was nothing written on it, he placed it on the large table and took another and another, each book was blank, confused and bewildered as he unconsciously placed each book on top of the other, when suddenly all four books changed their material property into those of a symbiotic composition similar to what he had been wearing as an armour.
the 4 books became one and reacted to the armour he was wearing until everything became pitch-black and swallowed everything around him, he remember the time when he was inside the void without a physical body, and was unsure of what was going to happen when something started to form within the darkness of the artificial void he was in,
"hello young one, do not be afraid, the predicament you are now in is not something you need to be wary about, I am just a manifestation of the original owner of this book."
"you are alone here with me now, if you are worried about your very particular and very convenient familiar, I have separated her just for the time being from you,"
"what did I do? to earn this opportunity to meet a powerful being such as yourself?"
" you are such an intuitive smart young lad, I have been divided into 4 parts by the real owner of this book and set particular and unreasonable set of rules and conditions,"
"Only predetermination, fate, and divine chance could comprehend what was required to move even a single cog wheel of destiny,"
"We have been waiting in this place for millennia. many stories were created out of greed to gain more power, tales about the sacred book that the seventh Archon wrote spread throughout the realms, and on this book, all of the Archon knowledge was written,"
"but no living being had any idea what it looked like, as war ravages the land these unsuspecting 4 books with no written words on them, ended up in the hands of the late Viscount patriarchal family head, and he was convinced the 4 similar books were clues to obtain the sacred book,"
"until they just gave up and left the 4 books to gather dust in this library. abandon and was forgotten, until you came!"
" Because you have met all of the 3 conditions to obtain this knowledge, we and I are the keeper of the seventh Archon writings will imbue now everything to you Ramiel Sinclair Demiurgos, human son of an earth being, reborn and became a son of Allatou Estrith Demiurgos a direct descendant of the owner of this book,"
"How did you know about me?"
"the Miasma that infused with the blood was purified, and reverted to its true sentient awareness,"
"They are the ones that gave me the information."
"many different amusing stories arose in every corner of the 12 realms about the dark miasma that is coming out of the sacred tree was corrupting and mutating any living thing it touches is wrong,"
"the miasma is the byproduct of the hate, anger, resentment, sadness, and fear of those who lost their lives in war, famine, calamity and unwanted death, because of their greed, they all seek atonement by inhabiting another living entity with a physical form,"
"sadly the host body can never control all of their mixed emotions, and because of this, those hosts mutated and infused their emotions to come out in forms you can never comprehend until you used a divine purification spell powerful enough to lift their suffering, pain, and tormented souls,"
"When did I use a purification spell? "
"Young man! remember the moment you meditate to heal your body by assimilating energy around you and fusing them with your mana to quickly mend your broken body? that was the moment you created a more potent and powerful purification and healing spell and you named it as
"Mystic Divine Healing."
"This fusion of two kinds of energy was derived from the magical energy wavelength of the land and you re-configure its components to what you need. as a created field that came from the original source what you did, was spectacular and has broken the limits of what anybody could do,"
"Anyway, let us get back to the topic."
"so the miasma is a liquified form of a spiritual energy that was consumed with so much negative emotion it became into a gooey slimy substance?"
"yes! you are correct!"
"how many now reside in my armour?"
"as of now! about fifty, but you are not strong enough to directly communicate with them, but they are all aware of your consciousness and."
Ramiel continued to listen to all available information he could get, at the same moment Loki Ingeborg arrived at the golden touch merchant guild when the Earl was about to leave by his carriage when the guard commander Reinhold saw him and the Earl hug him and asked if it was true that they found his niece, Loki was out of breath when he said yes and mention that is was his sister and staff were the ones who accidentally found her, the Earl hurriedly asks Loki to join him inside the carriage and proceed toward the Royal Guild,
as soon as he arrived the Earl rushed out but Loki stopped him and said many eyes are lurking inside the Guild building his action might lead to a questionable inconvenience from civilians, so he needs to take the initiative to act and create a facade because the people who abducted her might still be roaming the streets, so with this in mind he walked in the same manner as before and just casually walk with Loki Ingeborg beside him as if they have something important to discuss the two separate guild profession,
as soon as they reach the second floor at the right two huge shadow Gehenna wolf stood at the second door and was viciously guarding the door, the Earl look at Loki and said
"Those are The Black Battle Mage Wolves!"
"he was the one who healed your niece."
when the Room door opened when Odell came out and saw them standing in front of the door, greeting Manager Loki and Earl Reeve Gallien, the young miss is waiting for you, you may enter when he opened the door he finally saw Eiresti Nimwe wearing a new dress that Odell made knowing she will have a visitor,
she was sitting in a chair and just stood up and ran toward her uncle and hugged him tightly and cried with joy, Cathetel was with her inside the room quietly walked and went out, Loki was just waiting outside when Cathetel came out and tell the manager that he needs to go to his room because he has two visitors waiting for him in his office,
Loki was a bit confused about who were those visitors she was mentioning until he walk in front of his office, and entered it to his surprise it was Vandom Ragnar Hellmane and his daughter Irles Filri Hellmane paid mercenaries from Avarel City.
"Greetings my dear old friend Loki Ingeborg, remember me?"
"Greetings Vandom Ragnar Hellmane ! what brings you to the city of Ivlares this early of the season, from what I know the Regional Tournament won't start twelve days from now,"
"We went here now to do some Reconnaissance gathering job for a potential client, the request is open to all, and pays a lot of gold coins."
Loki Ingeborg waves at his sister to leave at once as he walks toward his table to sit, these two are bad news considering they are both known to be battle maniacs and know that the chance that their target was Ramiel was really high, so he inadvertently ask what might the request be,
"he heard that a certain Black Battle Mage named Lā mǐ'ěr was staying at this guild branch,"
he wanted to deny it but it was pointless, so he just told him what they need to know, and asked them to come back again after a few days, because he is currently out and he has no idea when he will return back, Vandom Ragnar Hellmane just stood up and said thank you for being hospitable and told him they will be staying at his Guild inn until he could face Lā mǐ'ěr personally.
Loki wanted to persuade the two but he knew well that talking to this father-and-daughter tandem will be useless, they will only listen to those who they respect and won against them, and they might be fighting fanatics but they are reasonable, honourable, and civilized, so he opened his desk drawer and took out a key and threw it at Vandom Ragnar
"here you may stay at the room at the end of this corridor, it has two beds you both can rest on, breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be announced by our guild staff,"
"Remember the rules, strictly no fighting inside the Guild!"
Vandom Ragnar Hellmane walked out with a huge smile on his face as his daughter nodded and thank the guild manager for his generosity. Loki gave out a deep sigh, as he slouched in his desk chair with both hands massaging his forehead,
"why now?"
meanwhile, Lā mǐ'ěr was still staring at the Book for about five minutes now when the library door opened and the Viscountess came in carrying a tray of snacks that she made herself, she was still captivated and felt weird her body was floating in the air, her heart was pulsating wildly and every time she would see his face everything would move slow,
he called out to him as she walked toward him, but he didn't reply, she called out again but no reaction until she was right behind him, she felt something might be seriously wrong so she reach out to his shoulder and asked him again,
to her delight, Lā mǐ'ěr turned around and said
"oh! you didn't have to do this, I am perfectly fine."
"But!"
"But, I personally made these snacks for you to eat."
Ramiel saw her sad expression and was about to cry, it was rude of him to act this way in front of a lady, he took out a small handkerchief from his pocket and wiped her watery eyes and said
" Sorry if I made you feel unappreciated, I didn't intend to hurt you, I am not rejecting your efforts, I am just saying I know how you feel towards me and, you don't need to do these things to make me like you,"
"let us enjoy your snacks together Hilas!"
saying her name openly made her smile, and just look into his eyes as he took the tray from her hands and place them near a small table next to a window with a great view of the outside garden while holding her hand as he escorted her to the chair.
he quietly ate the sandwiches, Alpha mentally talked to him saying she wasn't able to get any reaction from him for almost 5 minutes as he just stood there and stared blankly. Ramiel explained to Alpha what happened in those 5 minutes time, while Hilas would eat the same sandwiches while looking at him passionately,