Velin picked up the demon parchment from the low table and handed it to Xuemiyya. "Go take a look at those books."
"Mm."
Xuemiyya took the demon parchment from Velin, then stood and walked straight toward the bookshelves.
She picked up the first book and immediately immersed herself in it.
A sheet of demon parchment slowly floated into the air, using soul power as ink to begin copying the contents of the book.
Velin had little interest in these books. After glancing at the deeply focused Xuemiyya, he took an adventure storybook from his Spatial Ring and began reading.
Although Flora was somewhat interested in the books on the shelves, she knew almost nothing about magic, so she abandoned the idea of reading them.
As for O'dor, he calmly acted as a spectator, allowing his teacher to lie on his side across his lap while he massaged him and conversed with him through Mind Voice.
Elios looked around and, after discovering that everyone had something to do, circled the room once. He casually took a book from the shelf, went to a spot by the window, and pretended to read, though his gaze remained fixed on the glittering golden decorations throughout the city.
After an unknown amount of time, Velin turned to the last page of his adventure story and looked toward his wife. There were fewer sheets of demon parchment, but several more books had appeared.
Seeing this, Velin put the book in his hand back into his Spatial Ring and silently came up behind Xuemiyya. Seeing how serious she was, he could not help reaching out to touch her cheek.
"What is it?"
Xuemiyya stopped reading and turned to look at Velin. Her eyes were filled with deep exhaustion. Reading these information-heavy words while copying them at the