Opening the door to the library's underground area required neither a spell nor a key. The Sorceress raised her high-heeled shoe and stomped lightly on the floor. With a thump~, silver light rose from the gaps between the floor tiles.
The Sorceress stepped back slightly and, together with Shade and Emilia, watched as a pair of silver metal doors rose from within the light. The doors were adorned with silver and white gemstones and diamonds, their two surfaces forming a scene of a library filled with bookshelves.
"This really is the style of the Fifth Epoch Witches. It's somewhat similar to the doors of the Silver Moon Library."
Shade commented, and Miss Danist nodded.
"Yes, I suspect Miss Olanord may have opened that Silver Moon Door as well. Follow me. I hope the door you're looking for won't be too difficult to find."
The doors opened inward, revealing a pure white curtain of light meant to prevent anyone from peering inside. But after passing through it, Shade found that the surroundings had barely changed.
Enhanced Space Perception clearly showed that this place was underground from where they had just been. Although the ceiling overhead was now flat rather than curved, everything else—the rows of bookshelves, the floor reflecting a starry sky, and the scent of spices left after candles burned in the air—was exactly the same as the library aboveground.
Blocked by the bookshelves, this place likewise seemed to stretch endlessly beyond sight. Shade could sense students and teachers moving about in places he could not see, but compared to the number of people aboveground, this place was practically deserted.
"The first underground floor was built as an imitation of the ground level. The books here are also forbidden books, but their contents are merely somewhat dangerous. Normally, a professor