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"Put the Kingdom Atlas in the physical geography section on the third floor... Roselle Selected Poems, volumes one, three, four, five, and seven. Two and six have both been checked out, and two is due in three days..."
"Roselle Fairy Tales... No beanstalk? I remember this. His daughter used it in Backlund."
"How many 'fairy tales' were actually things that really happened?"
"Trier Development Chronicles? This is the edition from twelve years ago. The new official Intis edition won't reach the library for another year and a half, so we still need to keep it. Put it in the historical documents section on the fourth floor... An unexpectedly large number of people have been borrowing history and geography books lately. Is it because of that Loen Kingdom Government Employee Examination Act? The exam is in four months, and they're recruiting the most people for literature and history positions."
Amon pushed a cart piled high with books, strolling leisurely through the enormous library. His gaze swept across the towering shelves several meters high, clearly picking out the number on every spine as he precisely removed misplaced books.
He wore a librarian's uniform with a pale yellow neckerchief at his collar and a metal city emblem pinned to his chest.
The emblem was exquisitely made and gleamed brightly. He liked it very much, enough to wear it as his current piece of jewelry.
The staff lunch included vegetable salad, fresh fruit juice, and East Chester-style chicken pie.
The city lay relatively far north, inland and far from the coast, so smoked fish, grilled fish, and all sorts of seafood products cost a little more. Its food had also been influenced to some degree by its neighboring country. Sweet and spicy flavors predominated in the city, and the roast chicken and various