Chapter 407 - The Ark Of The Origin Of The Library (2/2)

”She has got some adaptability issues,” replied Raiyen.

”Well, she did try to fit in the sleeping patterns of humans but she complained that sleeping too much would give her headaches. And when she was very young, when she tried sleeping, she would have nightmares... And cried a lot throughout the night...”

Gillian felt his heart hurt as he remembered those dark times. Fresh out of the war and seeing her best friend being snatched away... It terrorized her to no end. Little Mavislin would often keep herself awake by either pushing the boundaries of her powers or just staring into space.

Most of her thoughts and daydreams consisted of trying to plan, with coming up with new spells out of mixing different Element types. Anything but remembering her past or relating to bad memories would suffice for her.

Though he did not show it, each time Mavislin was crying from a nightmare, Gillian's heart would break into pieces as he tried his best to comfort her. When Ysabeau is away for missions, he felt hopeless as his wife was the only one who could soothe the crying Valkyrie properly.

When he was around, the poor child would often cry herself to sleep. This made Gillian feel useless, seeing that he couldn't even comfort a young girl. That changed when the study was being built. Well, to be precise, it changed when Gillian read stories to the young Valkyrie.

”How did you get her to stop crying? Or you completely gave up?” asked Raiyen, breaking Gillian's daze.

”I didn't give up... I could never do that to my little girl. The weird part about that solution was that I didn't mean to put her to sleep.”

Raiyen paused, looking at Gillian with a few question marks floating above his head.

”You see, I was busy looking through some of the books that I had. At that time, I had a few bookshelves of books that I needed in the Old Chapel and the rest was at the Congregation. I was trying to find something for an ongoing investigation, though I've forgotten what was it.”

”It was something minor so I was taking my time. And before I knew it, I turned around to see Mavislin standing in the room with her bunny, staring right at me. I thought she wanted food or something, so I asked if she was hungry.. But I was wrong.”