(Zoe) Return to Normalcy

The journey back to the entrance of the Caves of Bloodfell was much faster than the entry had been. Maybe because all of the enemies guarding the Holder were destroyed and the path was clear. But most importantly, because Zoe's mind was preoccupied by a thousand thoughts.

Secret Library? Champion of the Goddess? Apocalypse?

She felt like she had been thrust into a conflict, the scale of which she couldn't grasp yet. Zoe had been moderately religious back home, but before this Cave, she hadn't actually considered the possibility of a living, breathing Goddess existing on this world.

But now the possibility had turned into a certainty.

Waking back absentmindedly, she looked again at the two objects in her hand. In her left hand was the key. A wholly unexpected object, which led to some Secret Library she knew nothing about.

"AD, tell me again about the Secret Library." Zoe tried again.