"Master," Renamon suddenly called out.
"Hm?" Dark slowed his pace.
Renamon lowered her voice. "Can we join the dance on Christmas Eve too?"
After thinking back briefly, Dark said, "Of course, but only after the headmaster's opening speech."
Renamon nodded slightly, then after a while asked again, "Then can we look forward to Christmas gifts too?"
Dark smiled. "Of course."
With that, he resumed his normal pace.
But inwardly, his heart skipped a beat as he finally remembered a major problem that needed solving—there were probably rather too many Christmas gifts he had to prepare this year!
Within Saint Marian Academy's library, one could find nearly every book that had ever existed in this world.
Thus, what troubled students was often not whether the library had a book, but how to find the one they wanted.
Dark and Renamon had now fallen into a similar predicament.
Whether books related to summoners or necromancers, they contained only history, famous figures, and exceedingly broad introductions.
Trying to find spellbooks for summoners and necromancers on the more accessible common shelves was undoubtedly a fantasy.
But if they went deeper, the countless books arranged without order would make anyone despair.
To find what one wanted among thousands upon thousands of books truly required the "guidance of fate."
And Dark himself clearly did not possess such "fate."
He could only do his best to help Renamon search, and that search lasted the entire afternoon.
They had not found the spellbooks they wanted, but they had found quite a few interesting books instead.
He selected two of them, intending to read them in his spare time.
"There's still Astrology class tonight."
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed that Renamon was gone!
"Renamon?"
Dark called softly with a frown, but received