The Sixth Experiment.
Dark took all the book-type gifts out from among the Christmas gifts.
Then, at great speed, he picked out the few books that interested him and placed them on the bookshelf.
Most books given by students as Christmas gifts tended toward entertainment, with only a small portion being professional books.
But those professional books could generally be borrowed from the library, and he had already read most of them.
As for the entertainment books... he was basically uninterested in them.
So in the end, he only selected a few "limited edition" books from among them for his collection.
There were also books written by the students themselves.
Dark was quite surprised when he saw those two student-written books.
One of them was titled Whispers of the Old Gods, and it was actually an educational book introducing ancient artifacts.
Not only did it contain written explanations, but it also included sketch illustrations. Even a casual flip through revealed the author's erudition and professionalism.
The reason it was called Whispers of the Old Gods was because every ancient artifact discussed within was related to gods!
The author had even recorded the myths and legends associated with those artifacts.
If the book had not clearly stated that its author was Sara Swati, Dark would never have imagined that it could have been written by a third-year student.
He carefully put the book away, his heart full of admiration. Compared to it, the other book paled considerably.
It was a novel written by one of his classmates. The gift card enclosed with it stated that it had been "self-published," not for sale and not for profit.
Though Dark had no interest in the novel's obvious "tragic romance" style, he considered the fact that it had been personally written by a classmate