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A small doubt tugged at me.
Why a library?
Of course, a library was part of the inner keep. It wouldn't have been strange if the passage had opened into a lord's office, a drill yard, or an armory. Castle designs varied, and as long as the secret path reached the inner keep, its purpose was fulfilled. Even so… something gnawed at me.
"…"
"Yeah. It's a library. What's strange about that?"
"Should it be strange?"
"If you think it's strange, then it is. Trust your judgment. You've died and lived through this more than ten times."
Isaac's tone wasn't mocking. He genuinely wanted me to judge whether this was unusual.
I looked around. Erast's Library was the place where Rubia said she spent most of her time, buried in books. I'd heard much about it, but this was my first time inside. The rows of shelves were vast enough for hide-and-seek. A great hourglass measured out a full day's cycle, sand trickling slowly. Someone had turned it within the past day.
A trace of warmth lingered in the air. From ceiling to floor, there was hardly any dust. The place was well cared for. Thousands of volumes lined the shelves and more beyond that.
I recalled that Rubia had discovered a...
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