196 Chapter 193 A Mech For A King (2/2)

”Alright. But, why were you so thrilled with the robot?”

”Mech, it's a mech. Apparently, it was built specifically for me to use, while fixing the world tree.”

”And how is that possible? The person who built it has to have been dead for ages.”

”A prophecy,” Joseph chuckled. Whoever was in charge of those, sure was looking out for him.

”Of course,” she said with a grin, following him out of the workshop towards the library.

A large carving of an open book was suspended over the doorway, and when Joseph touched the door, it didn't seem to taste him like the workshop had. Stepping inside, they both paused in amazement.

Twin staircases spun around the room, taking whoever dared to step on them, to the many floors above them. Joseph counted four floors above his head, totaling five all together. The ornate metal railings only came to his knees, but each landing was more than tall enough to allow him easy pa.s.sage along the mult.i.tude of shelves. There had to be millions of books stored here.

Stepping further into the room, he spied spell runes that kept the air inside the building at the perfect temperature and humidity to preserve the books. There were also clean runes, that prevented dust from settling and dirt from marring the pages. He knew that this was something he could very easily see himself duplicating in his own castle, once they were moved and where he wanted them to be. It was glorious.

”Where do you think the map is?” asked Stella, glancing around, obviously not about to start drooling as he was.

”Probably over there,” he said, moving towards a large table partially obscured by one of the staircases. Stepping up to the table, they both paused in surprise. A small gnome was busy pouring through a book, and had looked up at them for only a moment before returning to it.

”Excuse us,” said Joseph.

”Over there,” she said, pointing behind her with her thumb at a closed door that was just now visible. ”The maps are over there.”

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