319 A Clue?
"This is strange," Asher said, having already gone through four books.
Three hours had passed, and after reading the first book, Asher had assumed the subsequent books would fill in the missing parts, but that wasn't the case.
Even though Asher found the depiction of the Space Element much more precise and intriguing, there was nothing else written in there.
This felt less like a book and more like a journal with no clear purpose.
Hours passed as Asher flipped through the pages, immersed in absorbing all the knowledge before him.
In the vast, empty room, where only 12 books lay, Asher was certain there had to be a reason these books' existence was so restricted.
But the more Asher read, the stranger the situation became.
It was nearing the end, with only one hour left, when Asher set down the last book, which was noticeably thinner than the rest.
"Hmm, there's nothing in it," Asher remarked, his indifferent eyes surveying the book.
Even though he had fully understood its contents, from what he remembered of the outline, he reached this conclusion.
However, one thing stood out after reading all 12 books.
Despite perusing them in a peculiar sequence, he noticed the erratic writing and nonsensical words were more pronounced in some books than in others.
All the sentences extolled the greatness and depth of the Space Element.
This was a typical trait among those who delved into and wielded Space magic.
Often, these individuals would get lost in their own thoughts while researching, which is why they were closely monitored.
If someone wished to study the Space element, they had the options of joining the Mage Association or the World Academy.
Before the World Academy was established, the Mage Association was the sole haven for Space Mages, and they were monitored accordingly.
"37 years are mentioned throughout these books," Asher noted as he returned the books to their original spots.
From his calculations, the author of these books was around 50 years old, but that didn't make sense.
And that's because Asher himself knew what the effects of mental drain felt like.
In his previous life, he had spent years, even during his time at the World Academy, trying to find a remedy for his own growing madness.
But there was no cure.
He only found his peace around Alyssa, but there was no solution to his madness.
Similarly, there was no cure for the effects of using the Space Element, at least not in the past.
However, there was evidence of such a person's existence, if Asher's assumptions were correct.
Things didn't make sense until Asher arrived at a conclusion that seemed utterly absurd.
He found it peculiar that the implementation of Space magic was the only aspect portrayed inaccurately in these books.
The sensation of space and its usage were vividly described, but the actual implementation was flawed.
A perfect spell didn't exist, and even today, mages seek ways to streamline the spell structure or modify it for enhancement.
From Asher's perspective, it wasn't odd that the implementation might have been off.
Even in his previous life, when he didn't have the System to enhance his abilities, Asher could assimilate knowledge instantaneously.
Back then, Asher would have come to the same conclusion, although it would have taken him considerably longer.
Currently, various theories were forming in Asher's mind.
A person who could provide such lucid depictions of Space, exhibiting all the symptoms and side effects, yet falter in its actual implementation raised questions for Asher.
And Asher reached some conclusions.
Either, Silvus wanted to erase the identity of this person. So their work was hidden like this, despite having no clear depiction of any magic that was powerful enough for Silvus to do such a thing.
Second conclusion, was about the person itself.
"Maybe they didn't had Space Affinity," Asher spoke as he placed the last book on its place.
If somebody would have heard Asher's statement, they would have called him stupid, but Asher had his own reasoning for reaching such an absurd conclusion.
But at the end of the day, it was only the assumptions that Asher had.
Due to the fact that Asher never heard about such a thing, in his previous life despite the amount of information he had amassed made him think that finding anything about this was not possible right now.
There were far more things that needed to be done, and with the End Year Tournament approaching, Asher knew that things would get busy.
He had just received the news that the Black Market was finally moving the Mana Crystals, and Kai and Dane had began their next mission.
While all the attention was on Zephyr, the amount of eyes that were placed on World Academy had decreased and the End Year Tournament would bring that attention back.
And it was finally time when the twins would enter the World Academy as well.
And with the twins gone, both Arthur and Sylvie would be freed from maintaining the security of the twins.
Right now, Asher had operated Aztech however he wanted, and Sylvie didn't look too much into it.
But he knew when the name Aztech was announced, Sylvie was the first one to look over the trade history of Aztech.
But she stopped after a while, not going too far and allowing Asher that freedom.
And that happened partially due to the twins, and amount people that were coming after the Greville Family after the Kalvas Gala.
Twins were not the entire reason, why such people were gathering around Soran. Nathan taking the SSS Rank Mana Gem, was also the reason why such people were being sent.
And Asher wanted to finish everything related to Aztech within that time frame, and this Black Market trade was a must.
Sensing Asher's current thoughts, Rifir came out and went towards the door again to create a gateway for Asher to pass through from.
It was almost time when their visit would end.
There were still five books that Asher needed to chose, and there multiple of them for him choose from.
But the five books Asher chose were all about spells and structure of Space movement spells.
After an hour passed, Elsa who was waiting at the entrance saw the Door shined and one by one she saw them coming out with five books in their hand.
Amelia looked around as she Alyssa who was hovering and holding books that were quite big, but so were hers.
After spending so much time, Amelia found something that could help in the long term as well as short term.
The End Year Tournament was near, and Amelia wanted to make choice wisely.
Asher was the last one to come out, with books that were not big as Amelia or Alyssa's and Elsa looked around at the cover of their books especially Alyssa.
The moment her eyes fell on the topic Ice Magic, she had a thought that Alyssa might have chosen Elizabeth's work but after looking at the names, she relaxed seeing it was not present.
Whether Alyssa didn't find or chose not to bring out those books, it didn't matter to Elsa.
She was just glad that no issue would raised if the books chosen by Alyssa were not the ones that were associated with Elizabeth Garcia.
'Frost magic,' Elsa glanced as she looked at one of the books.
Frost magic was an extremely complex and hard magic to learn as it required precise mana control and understanding of both Ice and Water Element.
Looking around, Elsa frowned as she looked at Asher's books.
This was the outcome she didn't wanted either.
She was hoping that Asher would have been teleported to the Black Element section, but seeing the result she wasn't glad.
'I should talk to him later,' Elsa made remark in her head to talk Asher to stop delving into Space Magic.
His future was bright, but Elsa wasn't pleased with the way Asher did things from the day he joined the World Academy.
"It seems you have completed your trip from Sanctuary of Mages," Edward entered with a smile on his face.
"I hope you chose wisely, because I have seen many people mess up on their first visit," Edward said.
Edward turned towards Elsa, as he one thing he wanted to mention right now.
"I forgot to tell you, but the Chairman has returned and he has invited all of you there for a couple of minutes," Edward said as Elsa raised her eyebrows.
It was rare for Silvus to invite someone personally given his personality, and even Elsa herself have only met Silvus on rare occasions.
Asher maintained his calm face, but he also wanted to see Silvus himself.
He had only heard about the fact that all the SSS Rank Hunters were injured, but he wanted to see what the extent of those injuries were.
Due to the status of Silvus, even Elsa couldn't ignore such a request so she accepted it easily.
"It wouldn't take too long, and you might be able to ask him a few questions," Edward said to make everyone comfortable.
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