Chapter 41 – Admission (5)
Of course, it seemed obvious, but there were so many books that my older sister’s study or Elder Mirpa’s lab couldn’t even compare to it. The scent of old books after a long time made me a little excited. My oldest sister’s study was always full of new books, and Elder Mirpa’s lab had the smell of herbs rather than the smell of books because she believed in existential-orientation rather than theory.
As you would expect from a magic school, the library bookshelves were full of various magic books. I scanned the titles of the books and read the ones that sounded interesting.
Introduction to Spatial Arrangement, The Fundamentals of Flight, Astrology and Necromancy, the theories of the four great magicians who dominated modern wizards - book of curses, the relationship between cadence and incantation…