(EP.83) Club #2
083 – Adventure Club #2
The Ark’s Central Library was very large.
Even if the world collapses, if only Ark remains, it can rise again—the slogan of this warrior training institution Ark.
For that reason, all the knowledge and wisdom that mankind on this continent had accumulated until now was stored in Ark’s library.
At least that was the setting.
And the moment I actually saw it, I even felt a dizzying emptiness in the sea of documents and scrolls.
“Why are there so many books?”
The size of the central library was comparable to that of any five-story department store building.
It could be said that it was almost a large museum, filled with specimens and stuffed animals of all kinds of animals, tools accumulated by mankind, and various kinds of books.
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Need to find a book in a place like this?
There is no such thing as a search system in this world, can you find it?
First of all, the lobby on the 1st floor with the marble floor sparkling clean. I headed to the library window that was lined up there.
There were already various librarians sitting and busy doing their work. Most of them were dwarf and small nymphs like me.
I feel it again, but there are a lot of staff nymphs in the Ark.
「Apprentice librarian book noi」
I greeted the nymph in a gray cloak with blue hair and large glasses.
“Hey, I’m here to find some material.”
“What material are you looking for?”
“I would like to know about the list of clubs that were active in this arc about 30 years ago. Or is there any record of a place called ‘adventure club’?”
“Is that the end?”
Well.
Would you like to borrow a lot at once since you have already come?
“If there are any books about the half-nymphs, magic spells, and records about the Demon King Angmar, please let me know.”
“I see… !”
Marmar immediately came to mind at the strange tone of voice.
Where is Marmar trying to be? He also works like an octopus, so it wouldn’t be strange to buy and work here.
While I’m thinking about Marmar. The apprentice librarian at the Central Library, Booknoy, opened a very large book and flipped it around.
Then I took out a feather fan and scribbled some letters on a scroll the size of my little finger and held it out to me.
“The books you are looking for. They’re probably all here… !”
“thank you.”
“Be careful not to get lost… !”
If the library is this big, you might get lost.
Realizing the huge size again, I moved to find the item ‘4F-3a-41c’ written on the scroll.
4F means 4th floor, right?
Dorrrrrrrr-.
I turned my head to see that they were operating something similar to an elevator, so I got on it and got off the 4th floor.
As soon as I enter the 4th floor, a musty-like smell pierces my nose. It was a little stinky, but it wasn’t unbearable.
4F-3a-41c
4F-3a-41c… .
In order not to forget it, I kept thinking about it in my mouth and arrived at the area of the archaeological record and the ancient book located on the 4th floor.
Among the bookshelves lined with numerous ladders, I was finally able to find a book.
The title of the book is ‘Adventure club activity record (top)’. It feels like it is about 300 pages thick on a thick hardcover. Is there an upper or lower?
I looked around to find the book, but I couldn’t find it.
It must have been borrowed by someone or something.
* * *
“Here, I will borrow all of these books.”
“I see… ! The rental period is one month. Penalties will be added in case of overdue payment, so be sure to return it on time… !”
I will hand over three self-development books to Aira, and a book about fairy ecology. I offered the librarian a goofy book dealing with the basics of magic.
Then, he showed me the commercial book of the adventure club activity record and asked the librarian, Dodo Noi.
“Do you not know where the second volume is?”
“The second volume of the book… .”
Soon, he exclaimed, “Ah-!”, as if he had found something among the scrolls piled up with the noise of books rummaging around.
“What’s wrong?”
“Ha Kwon, at least 25 years… . It is a long-term non-payment… ! That book noise, this is unacceptable treatment… !”
I wonder if the book can be unpaid for 25 years.
Even in the 21st century, there was nothing strange in this world where laws and institutions were not firmly established in a situation where lawlessness prevailed.
“Can you tell who borrowed it?”
“It is written here… . I can’t read it because it’s so badly damaged… .”
“Look at me.”
The scroll brought out by Dodonoi had the date of borrowing the lower volume of the adventure logbook and the person’s signature.
Although it was very blurry, my sensitive reasoning ability and talent 《Simrian》 corrects the characters so that they can be read by analogy.
“Isaiah Gospel.”
so it is written I never thought that the name of the person I was looking for would appear here.
There is a possibility that this and the second volume has been lost.
Because this club activity record book is a record book written by hand, there is only one in the world.
In the end, I had no choice but to be satisfied with just the commercial district.
What… . There must be a lot of information written in just one commercial area.
So I borrowed a book and heard someone shouting at me, “Ahh!” Soon, I see a little nun approaching, waving her hand. Marmar.
“Comrade, we will meet here! Do you have something in common with your comrade?”
“Marmar, what are you doing here?”
“Your comrade sent me a letter.”
Marmar covered her mouth and whispered while looking around.
“Look for the name Isaiah. So I came to the library.”
“Oh, if that’s the case, I found it first. Here’s the adventure club’s activity department.”
I showed Marmar the book I had just acquired. Now all I have to do is go to a quiet and gloomy place and open it up.
But now that I think about it, there really was no place for me to be alone in this arc.
There are roommates in the dormitory, and girls like Elgar and Mirna come and go as they please. When I was thinking about making something like my base here, Marmar said.
“Then let’s go and read together!”
“I don’t know where to read.”
“I’ll invite you to my house! Not too far from here!”
“Marmar, your dorm?”
“okay! I call it the secret base of the outpost of the revolution. Comrade saved my life, so feel free to come in!”
Marmar’s residence.
I was a little curious about where and how my colleague Marmar lived.
So, as I was walking with Marmar, Marmar led me through the gardens of Ark, across a clear stream, and into what might be called the forest surrounding the site of Ark.
Pasch, Pasch.
The deeper I went into the bush, the more anxious I became.
“Marmar, are you really here?”
“right!”
Do you have accommodation in this place?
I could never have imagined.
“braided! This is my outpost!”
Then, what finally appeared before my eyes was a structure that could be called an old hut.
A brown hut with cracked windows, bug-eaten triangular roofs, and creaking damp wooden roofs.
It’s a muddy hut that doesn’t seem to burn with only white smoke even if it is set on fire.
In front of the hut, stones were gathered in a circle, and the traces of a brazier and a pot placed on it. Simple drying racks are lined up to dry laundry and old bedding.
“Comrade, be careful not to step on that side! There’s a rabbit trap! I set up several to catch rabbits!”
“ah-.”
Is this where people live?
Isn’t it just wild?
My eyes darkened.
Living in a three-person room in an old dormitory, Jinri-gwan and grunting that it was uncomfortable, I feel very embarrassed and just do it. It’s not about living here, it’s about surviving… .
I couldn’t believe my eyes and ended up asking.
“Marmar, do you really live here?”
“okay!”
“As far as I know, I’ve heard that there are dormitories for employees. You don’t live there?”
“They say you have to pay 500,000 coins a month! You have to put 5 million coins as a deposit. Monthly rent is too high… .”
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Choo Wook.
I could see Marmar’s proud diamond tail hanging helplessly to the floor. Seeing that made me reflect.
I was the one who brought Marmar to this place and planted him as an Ark faculty member.
However, I had no idea that this guy was having such a hard life with the excuse that he was busy with this and that.
I just expected to live in a decent room in a suitable room, but this exceeded my expectations so much that I was so sorry.
“You were lucky though! I found an abandoned hut! I asked the Ark, and he said that I, Marmar, could live here because no one lives here anyway!”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“I’ll make tea then, comrade, go inside and sit down! It will remind you of some of the nearby running ditch!”
Marmar disappeared through the bushes. I looked around and eventually made it into the old hut.
The inside was surprisingly manageable, and it was a space that gave off the feeling that people were living there. When a bed and a table were put in, the space was almost full, but there were unexpected things.
The bed is covered with a duvet that looks like mosaic art because it has been slanted, and the broken integrated desk that appears to have been thrown out of the classroom is impressive.
There were beakers and alcohol lamps that looked very old, and there were also dishes such as plates and pots. Of course, it doesn’t look like it’s new and it feels like I picked it up somewhere… .
Shrek.
I crumpled into the one-piece chair with an uncomfortable feeling. And when I opened the book, I saw neat sentences written on the first page more than I expected.
“This is the record of the adventure club. It is forbidden to read without permission other than the person concerned. If this is violated, unauthorized readers will be subject to a terrible curse.”
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Curse.
It’s funny.
I thought nothing of it and turned the first page. Then I saw a table of contents entry that someone had written by hand.
「Location and History of Adventure Club.」
“First quarter. Jinrigwan – Rooftop Room”
“Second quarter. Hope Hall – Underground Guild”
It seems that the records were divided according to the movement of the club room. It is understandable because the place is the easiest place to be the standard.
This is the rooftop room of Jinrigwan.
I was expecting something to be there too. However, it was already used as a warehouse.
I looked around to see if there could be more, but all I found was dust, cobwebs, and coins that someone had lost.
If so, is there something in this place called Hope Hall?
Shrek.
The moment I turned the page after that, I was startled.
darkly.
In fact, the page was painted black.
“what is this.”
It looked like a kindergartener’s work that he named ‘Gim’ after he had painted the entire drawing paper black with crayons.
palak-. Next page too.
palak-. The next page, even the last page, was painted black by someone.
That means one thing.
that someone is deliberately trying to conceal information. I can’t think of anything other than that someone covered it up in black so the people behind me couldn’t read it.
Why?
Of course, as of now, I couldn’t figure out why.
The only information I finally got was that the second quarter of the club was nesting in a place called Somangkan.
Where did you even find that out?
Then the door to the old hut opened.
“comrade-. I couldn’t pick any tea leaves… . I think the rabbits ate it all. I don’t have a car… . I’ll just give you some wild water… !”
Marmar, covered in leaves on her face and head, handed me a gourmet. There was water that looked cold.
Marmar’s face was reflected there, and he looked very embarrassed, whether he was ashamed that he had nothing to offer to guests except water.
“Thank you, I’ll drink.”
Having already received the tail from Marmar, I drank the fresh water from the gourd, then put down the gourd and asked.
“Marmar, do you know where the Somangkan building is?”
“Wishhouse?”
Marmar’s face darkened very much.
“Where did you hear that name?”
“I need to find a building called Hope Hall. As I recall, there was no such building here on the Ark site.”
“The Hope Hall is an old closed building. I’m here in the fairy forest. All the tools I put here were taken from there.”
“okay?”
It is fortunate for me that Marmar knew the location at the right time.
“Where is it?”
“But, it’s better not to be interested in that. Because it looks like a scary monster lives there!”
The old club building where the Demon King Angmar may have been involved is closed, and rumors are circulating that a monster may be living there.
I had a feeling I might have found it well.
“Marmar, I want to go there. Can you guide me?”