Sebastina had guessed quite accurately. While Mulan was pondering what she had just said, she suddenly spoke again.
"If you want to learn more about the Raven Queen, I can help you find some materials. I also have a special Magic Book with the soul of one of the Kordel People fused into it. He might know more."
Mulan set down his half-finished tea and looked at Sebastina.
"I'm only mildly interested in the Raven Queen. It's not something I absolutely have to know."
"Of course. I'm simply delighted that there might be another enthusiast researching the quinas tradition, and I want to help foster that interest. You won't have to pay anything."
Since she had put it that way, Mulan considered it and decided it was worth a try.
"Then let's give it a try."
"All right, please follow me."
Sebastina led Mulan out of the Treehouse and along a path formed from branches. They soon reached a room covered in carved runes.
Once inside, Mulan saw nothing but bookshelves, packed with books of every size and color.
"This is where I read. Please wait a moment, Professor Jonester."
Sebastina glanced at Mulan, then pulled a book from a shelf. It was the very book she had questioned last time.
But the moment she touched it, Sebastina frowned, then placed it on the table.
Mulan looked at the black-covered book. An unsettling ghostly face was drawn on its cover, but otherwise, there seemed to be nothing special about it. Perhaps it would only react once opened.
"Do you have to open it for it to work?"
Several thoughts flashed through Sebastina's mind before she casually opened the book. Mulan looked over and saw pages densely covered in Quinas script. He could not understand most of it, but he sensed