42 Library of Mages 3 (1/2)

”Ike?” I asked.

”Ike.” 27 said.

I looked back at Ike, laying flat on the ground. He was still a beginner, but his strength, in reality, was higher than Marcus I met in the hunting grounds. The disparity between the best University in the country and other Universities was huge, and the S Class made it even bigger.

”This will be the most basic team composition, Tank, Mid-range and Long-range. Ike will be your tank, you Dominque will act as Mid-range, attacking from behind Ike and Protecting your Long-range, Emily. Sounds good?”

”I don't mind. If that's all can I ask you a question?”

”Sure. With that taken care of, Class dismissed! Ask away.”

”I want to get into the Library of Mages. Where can I find it?” The moment words 'Library of Mages' fell, 27 tensed up.

He looked at his watch and blurted out. ” Look at the time, I have a meeting! Well then, see you later!” With a flash of white light, he disappeared. What was that about? The principal also had a weird reaction but not to the extent of running away!

Knowing that something was not right, was better than not knowing anything. For now, I can tell for sure that the Library is real and that the staff knows of its existence, but they don't want to give any details about it.

”Dominique, should we go help up Ike?” Emily said.

”Yup!”

Since Ike was out cold, I carried him out and let him sit in a corridor for a bit, before getting some water for him. When he woke up, at first, he was a little surprised, but after talking with us for a while, he accepted the fact.

Before joining us, he was in a team with one Long-range, one Mid-range, and two tanks. As there was no need for two tanks, he could've been easily moved. The only downside is the time invested into getting to know each other so they could work well together.

”So Ike, what's up with 27? Why 27?”

”No one knows. They tried asking him a few times, but each time he gave a different story. Supposedly a few years ago someone broke into the principal's office and tried looking at his file, hoping to find his real name.”

”And?”

”In all of them, it said 27! Then he was caught and put on detention for 3 weeks.”

”Only 3 weeks of detention for breaking into Principals office? That's not a lot.” If it was me, I would've expelled him or at least put some harsher punishment.

”You just don't know what detention looks like here… Look I have a class on spearmanship soon, we should meet after classes, do some training, get to know each other's abilities. Around seven, here, does it sound good?”

”Sure, just one question. Have you heard of the Library of Mages?”

”No, what is it?”