Chapter 119: Job Description (2/2)

Ron Samuel and Calvin arrived before an unassuming wall in the kitchen of the Captivating Fragrance Coffee Shop.

Ron Samuel stretched his hand out and placed his palm on the wall and whispered.

”Abli, open up!”

A surge of Mana from Ron Samuel flew towards the wall.

A ripple followed afterwards, and the wall became seemingly connected to another space.

Beyond the space was a library.

”If you were wondering about what Abli means, it's just an Elder Speech for the word, 'Open'. Do you know anything about Elder Speech? If not then you can peruse the library. This place has a lot of information vital for the operation of the Cavaliers. This is basically a treasure trove for you who is looking for answers.”

Ron Samuel had a proud smile on his face as he said all of these...

”When it comes to mastery of the Universal Speech. I don't dare to claim that I will be able to do a better job than you and the others, Captain...” Calvin let out a rueful smile.

He guessed that Ron Samuel probably told him all of these and said that translating these texts into more an understandable prose was his job just so Calvin would feel as if he was doing something that deserved the wage of five Joselian pesos a day.

Ron Samuel could feel Calvin's hesitation as he said, ”You don't understand... Most of us— most Predators haven't even completed basic education...”

”Even if we're more educated than you, doesn't mean that we're more suitable. After all, most of us aren't good with things that involved books and some had already passed that age...”

Having said these, Ron Samuel gave a bitter smile.

It was obvious even for Calvin that he seemed to be mocking himself.

”What's more, those dry and boring knowledge immediately puts us to sleep. In the past, we would cooperate with historians and archaeologists, but this has a risk of exposing our secrets...”

”Mishaps may befall onto those professors and that is why we absolutely need your help to scan through these documents and make them understandable and not-so-boring to us.”

Calvin lightly nodded. He wanted to ask about why wouldn't they groom someone? But then he remembered the fact that the Church keeps everything involving the supernatural top-secret.

The Church probably doesn't want to risk exposing their secrets, so these bunch of Cavaliers couldn't do anything other than suffer while consuming these books with their cut and dry information.

But there was something that Calvin had to ask no matter what, ”Why does the Church insist on keeping everything confidential? If they want to protect the Church and its citizens from these monsters. Shouldn't it be a far better choice to let them know what their hidden enemies are?”

Ron Samuel shook his head, ”Nope... You don't understand... Humans are inherently greedy. If they came to know of the so-called Spiritualistic Magic that could grant them whatever they wanted. Do you really think that they would exercise caution and stop being so greedy?”

”Humans must never fully put their trust into a god. Relying on faith to survive is basically the same as being a parasite...”

”Relying on faith to survive is basically the same as being a parasite...” Calvin silently recited, but even after a few recitations. He still couldn't understand the underlying meaning of the words.

Ron Samuel saw the frown on Calvin's face and he clapped his hands together as he said, ”All right, we're done here...”

”If you want to go back to the Coffee Shop just pull that lever there. But I suggest that you spend a few hours here, I also suggest reading the book about the World's creation myth and the Bestiary...”

Ron Samuel turned around and left before Calvin could even stop him.

He had vanished beyond the walls of the library.

Calvin was left alone inside the dark and cold library.

A rueful smile appeared on his face as he ignited a gas lamp and took a random book from the shelves.

The words, ”World's Creation” was plastered across the front page of the book.