Chapter 39. Seven. Part 1. Arrival.

- Leila, thank you for teaching me the magic of Celestial Spirits, - smiling, Eros extended his hand to the girl.

- Which is completely useless for you, - she replied with the same smile, and shook the outstretched hand, - Where are you planning to go?

- Seven.

- So far away, what attracted you there?

- I just want to see the world.

- If so, then have a good road.

- Uncle, will you still come to visit? Lucy asked in a cheerful tone.

- I don't know, maybe in a couple of years.

- It's long!

Seeing the offended face of the girl, Eros could not help but be moved and stroked her on the head.

- There is no other way baby.

- I'm not a baby! I'm Lucy!

- Yes, yes, baby.

- I'm LUCY! The girl exclaimed indignantly, stamping her foot.

Leila, from the side, pressed her hand to her mouth, holding back her laughter, so as not to embarrass her daughter even more.

- Leila, I want to tell you something, - his face became more serious, - I do not know what you want to do using all twelve keys, although I have one guess, but I will leave it with me and say only one , be careful, you are a good girl and do not want you to leave your daughter without a mother so stupidly.

- I know and I'm not going to do anything stupid.

- Okay, now I can be calm, - exhaling with relief, said Eros, - And second, - the titan's gaze was directed to the right, where a young guy with rather lush dark hair in a simple form, no different from ordinary workers, took out a bucket of trash , - "Crazy dog, it is better to kill it right away, before it bites the owner."

Leila frowned at Eros' words.

- Zoldeo is one of my most trusted people.

- I just warned you, and what to do is up to you, - with a gentle smile, he removed his hands from Lucy's ears, - Okay, I went, Lucy, so that when I return, you become a Celestial Spirit Caster! Got it ?!

- Yes! - With glee in her voice, the girl replied, - Good luck, uncle!

- Take care of yourself.

- Thank you! - With a wave of his hand, he disappeared right into their eyes, making both of them very surprised.

***

Still, it was a pity to say goodbye to such good people, but deeds are deeds. The next place he plans to visit is the town of Clover, a border town that connects Fiore with Seven and Bosco.

Eros is going to officially cross the border, so that there would be as few problems as possible with the local authorities, otherwise they can be called a spy because of illegal border crossing. And then the real swing will begin, and Eros does not need any extra problems now, he still goes to Seven for peaceful purposes.

***

Arriving in the city, he paid a fee in the amount of a thousand precious and with a clear conscience, as well as with a stamp on a piece of paper in his hand, crossed the border post and officially entered the land of the country of Seven.

In Seven, there was almost nothing that could interest Eros, yet in terms of magic, they were weaker than Fiore.

In this country there are S-rank magicians, but there are two times less of them than in Fiore and they will be weaker, although there is one of the Chosen ones there, but this does not change much.

Therefore, the titan is only passing through this country to visit the Heavenly Library in the capital Seven, because there is a huge number of books collected there and this is mainly due to the rule: after all, in order to enter it, you have to give any book - this attracted attention of Eros.

And, as described in the guide, the library is divided into three tiers:

The first "mortal", where anyone can visit, giving away any useless book. There are no rare books in it, as well as books related to magic, that's why it is called "mortal", and mostly only ordinary people are there.

The second "spiritual", there are no simple books, they are all connected with magic, many powerful magicians of Seven found enlightenment there and moved to a new level of power.

The third, which in the entire history of the country has been visited by only thirty magicians, is called "divine" and almost nothing is known about it, but to get there, you must give a very valuable book, which will be appreciated by several elders, and only after their consent, it will be possible to enter ... But over the past ten years, no one has managed to get there.

***

Eros reached the capital in half a day, yet it was on the other side of the country. The capital of the country of Seven is called Proteus. It is built around a large black tower and is divided by walls into three levels.

In this country, oddly enough, it is the strongest magician who is the King, but he is not the only one who controls it, but five more magicians, which are also among the ten strongest. Therefore, the capital is also divided into three levels, because the higher the level and the closer it is to the tower, the stronger the people living there and the richer it is.

At the lowest level, ordinary people live that do not own magic or possess, but it is at a very weak level. On the average, magicians are equal in strength to magicians of B-C ranks, as well as wealthy nobles and merchants, at the third level, the strongest magicians from A-rank and higher live.

But even with such a system, there is no discrimination, because even ordinary people can safely come to the third level and, for example, engage in trade or visit the tower, which is the Heavenly Library. Although they will be treated with arrogance and disdain, no one will touch them. After all, the laws in the country are strict even for the strongest magicians.

***

"An interesting country and if it is everywhere, then it is rather strange that it is inferior in strength to Fiore, because if the strongest live in comfort, then everyone else should also strive for strength ..." - Eros thought with surprise, moving towards the tower, examining the city, - "But still, it's not bad here ..."

Half an hour later, he reached a large dark tower in the form of a spiral extending so far that it was almost impossible to see its top. It was made of dark stones, and for every ten meters there was one small window half a meter in size on all four sides.

Eros first experienced a real shock when he saw such a "miracle". After all, on each brick, runes unknown to him were applied so clearly that they made even a titan doubt his abilities. After all, they were at the highest level and what would Eros repeat, it will take many more years of knowing the runes.

"This tower is definitely not the first hundred years, because there are no such masters at this time to create such ..." - he went to the tower and began to touch the stone brick, running his finger over each rune applied on it, - "Five types of runes, on such a small object, what kind of monster did this ?! Of these five, I could recognize only two, the rest I simply do not understand ... And the stone itself, it is also not ordinary, since it has withstood as many as five pieces ... "

People leaving the tower and entering, with incomprehension and fear looked at Eros, that he so selflessly touched the walls of the tower, even the guards that stood at the entrance were afraid to approach him, considering him to be some kind of crazy.

Eros stood at the wall for almost ten hours, forcing the guards and passers-by to fully believe in his poor mental state, when he stirred, and a wide smile appeared on his lips, everyone shuddered. For a moment, it seemed to everyone that a real maniac was standing at the wall, and when he turned to people and walked in their direction, everyone quickly began to scatter. The guards wanted to do the same, but she could not leave her post, because then they could be fired in disgrace, and this is worse than death.

"What's happening?" - Eros did not understand looking at the scattering people and the trembling guards in front of him, - "Am I so scary or ..." - looking behind his back, he did not see anyone and again turned his gaze to her, - "What's going on, who are they frightened? " - but again not finding anyone, the titan decided to give it up, he simply did not have time to deal with it.

He walked past trembling guards and fleeing passers-by into the tower.

It was only after Eros entered the Heavenly Library that everyone could breathe a sigh of relief.

- We need to report this suspicious person, Mr. Ralph, - said the first guard with respect in his voice.

- I agree, - the second nodded with a serious face, - you stay here for now, and I will go and report.

But the first guard stopped him.

- Better me.

- Why bother? Stay here, and I will report.

- No, you want to take all the laurels for yourself ?! The first guard exclaimed angrily.

- And you as if not ?!

- Hrrr! - both fiercely looked at each other until they got hit on the head.

- Who dared to attack me, show yourself! - Throwing lightning from his eyes, exclaimed the first guard and turned around and froze.

Before them stood a man of about thirty, with short white hair, brown eyes, dressed in silver armor adorned with many precious stones, and on his chest was a gold engraving in the form of two criss-cross swords.

- Mr. Ralph ?! - both exclaimed in fright and immediately fell to their knees.

- What did you want to tell me?