When they reached the third floor, the surroundings were clearly very different from those on the first and second floors. Su Han noticed that there were very few windows here, and even the lights had been dimmed considerably, as though out of fear of disturbing something. Yet there were more people here than on the first two floors.
Most of the people reading here were adults of a certain age, and Su Han seemed out of place. Sylveon held her arm and accompanied her past the tall bookshelves.
"Let me see... Phantom Beast... Legend of origin..."
As Su Han browsed these rather obscure English words, she kept sifting through her memories, trying to translate them all.
Soon, she stopped at a bookshelf farther inside. Looking up, she saw a large, old-fashioned gray book on its fifth shelf.
"The History of Humans and Pokémon"
"The history of humans and Pokémon."
"Hmm... Let's start with this one..." Su Han wanted to take a look at the book, but discovered that she was not tall enough to reach it.
She turned to look around and spotted a rolling ladder in the distance, specifically meant for retrieving books. "Come on, Sylveon. Help me push that ladder over here."
"Vee∽ Vee∽"
Sylveon shook her head slightly, then extended two smooth white ribbons straight upward, tied them around the book, and brought it down.
"Vee! ୧꒰•̀ᴗ•́꒱୨"
"Oh, right. I forgot how capable you were." Smiling, Su Han gave Sylveon's head an encouraging pat. "Great job!"
She found a wooden table for two in a quiet corner of the floor. There were hardly any people around, so she sat down there and began leafing through the book, while Sylveon hopped lightly onto the table.
The old-fashioned book was thick and heavy, and gave off a somewhat musty