14 Why Did You Skip My Class? (2/2)

”Alright, I'll try my best not to. I am going to go read my book now.” Leon surrendered as he wanted to end the conversation and read his book.

Leon didn't want to interact with Lina for too long in case their interaction was discovered by her admirers and cause trouble for himself.

”Mm, I'm going to read my book too.”

They sat down across each other at a big table provided by the library for students to study.

'Even teacher Lina has her adorable side.' Leon secretly glanced at her before reading his book.

Probably only he gets to enjoy such an adorable side of her. Leon figured she probably put on a strong front in front of her students to make them fear and respect her in order to cover up her weakness as to not be bullied by them.

She may be a teacher, but she was just an ordinary person that will never awaken. The University was a place where the young nobles and wealthy scions of the kingdom gather. Each having background and power greater than her own.

There was silence between them as they focus on reading each of their books.

Lina likes spending her time reading books related to history on her weekends as to reinforce her knowledge. It would be embarrassing if she taught her students incorrect knowledge or her students asked her questions, she didn't have an answer to.

As for Leon, he was very drawn to the book as he read it with incredible speed. He had sharp eyesight and strong memory, which was bolstering his reading speed.

…

The world of the past was very much different to the present. The beasts of the present use to be normal animals that weren't feared by man. Some were reared as livestock, while some were tamed as pets. Human intelligence had allowed them to stand at the top of the food chain and allowed them to span their development across the entire continent.

However, everything changed when the blue skies was suddenly painted gold and the world was suddenly swept into an energy storm. The world was like a beast that was starved for eons as it swallowed the unknown energy greedily.

The earth changed, the plants, the trees and the animals changed. Everything changed noticeably except humans. The years of oppression by the humans have led the beasts to concentrate their hatred on humanity after their intelligence was awakened.

The first wave of beast tide erupted across the continent. The humans fought back but with each battle they fought, their warriors grew less, while the beasts continue to grow increasingly in numbers and strength.

Cities were razed, while people were slaughtered and devoured. Gradually, they were pushed back all the way to the corner of the continent where they made their last stand and the legend of the first Hero King was born.

…

At this point, Leon already knew what happened after as he had learnt it in his history class. Leon couldn't help but frown after reading to this point. Something didn't add up. Reading the book had raised more questions than answers.

They didn't possess the present technology back then. There should have been many kingdoms and empires across the continent. How did they all congregate to that corner of the continent to make their last stand?

They shouldn't have long distance communication back then and their carrier pigeons should have been useless after the change.

'Such an important point but there was no mention of the reason. What happened back then?'

After flipping to the next page in the book, there was an incomplete map of the world. Leon noticed that most of the map was covered in black, which suggest it was unexplored and thus unknown. Only the continent and its surrounding were detailed but the continent only covered a tenth of the map.

”This is strange…” Leon voice his thoughts.

”What is strange?” Lina asked after his voice interrupted her own reading. Many hours have passed but she was surprisingly still present. They had both been caught up in their own reading unaware of the passage of time.

”How do we know the world is this big and the continent is only this small?” Leon shared his thoughts with Lina, should be more familiar with the world than him.

”I'm not too sure either.” Lina gave honest thoughts.

Leon was speechless.

”However, in the past there was a group of mysterious people, who claimed to be able to read the stars in the skies and divine the world's fortune. Could they be related to the how the world map is portrayed?” Lina added.

Leon's eye lit up momentarily after hearing. He had a few guesses, but he didn't want to share them with Lina.

At this moment they both finally realized how late the time was and they should continue reading another time. They had spent the whole day in the library. Both their stomachs began to rumble.

”Let's find somewhere to eat and head home together after, shall we?” Considering they didn't live that far apart, Leon suggested.

”Mm, alright. That would be great.” Lina was happy to walk home together.