Jacquard and Danju went straight to the security office to go for other documents and files that will ease their investigation. General Lane, from Unit Nine, never demanded any documents or anything that will lead the way to the truth. Maybe he had it in mind or part of his plan. " I am still wondering if General Lane from Unit Nine was the one in charge of this case. We should be the ones to take up this case, not outsiders." Danju said. "He does not know how things are done here. None of us the guards were part of the committee to find those books. They are all outsiders. At least if General Lane wants to be successful with Case and earn all the credits, we must be part. " I was also told you almost had a clash with him while he was interrogating the kids in your class. He tried to get out information from kids that are super smart and would never cooperate until you let them know the reasons their optimal cooperation is needed. "Yeah, those kids are already something else. I
Jacquard jumped up, and continue with what he was doing. Danju was already at the other side of the shelve, checking all the documents on the shelves. He believed that by the time he will go through all the documents and files on the shelves on that side, he should be able to come across something. Jacquard left the side of the room he was to join Danju. The side opposite the door was the longest and also contained more documents and files. It seems to have both newly-looking documents and files and those whose dates can't be determined. "Jacquard you have not returned documents that were scattered on the ground and those on the table to their respective place. You need to place them back to where they were before we even tamped with them. I don't want problems from those superior officials." Danju said. " Ohh! Don't tell me you now fear your superiors. I even trust you. You are not scared of them not to even caring for them. But you are scared that if I leave this the way they ar
Jacquard picked up the note and ran out of his office. He went straight to the office where he left his friend, Danju. Upon getting to the office he met no one. Danju is gone. He called his name repeatedly. No one answered his call. He walked out of the room to look for him.He searched every on the floor he was. He kept on calling his name, hoping someone would answer but no one answered him. He went to the last floor to check if maybe he is inside the Director's office. To his surprise, the director's office is locked with a lock which signifies no one is inside, not even the Director. At that moment, he felt things are not right. Where is his friend? Where is the Director? Or even if the director was not around who made the bell too? Different answers popped into my mind. Where can Danju go within a short time? Where? It is impossible for him to leave this building without saying goodbye. It is not even possible for him to leave at this moment. Where can he be? He kept on sea
The upper floors of the Abasia Kingdom Library had a grand, ancient feel that reflected the age and importance of the institution. But once you got down into the area underground where all the books were stored, it became as bland, featureless, and cramped as a warehouse. Each low-ceilinged room contained row on row of shelves crammed with ancient books. The air was the cool and bitter smell. Under normal circumstances, books decomposed over time. But here the highly filtered air contained chemicals that suppressed the molds, bacteria, and insects that would otherwise eventually eat and destroy the old paper. In this environment, books could theoretically last forever. Even the light was kept intentionally dim, only coming on when people entered a room so that the rays wouldn't degrade the paper or the bindings of the books. In rooms where especially valuable books were stored, the light was a creepy red color, the lower wavelengths being less damaging to paper. Jacquard had come
Jacquard moved closer to his mother. " Why did you say such? Did anything happen? Or you saw something really strange that made you say much at this very moment." It had been a long time that Gift would felt that way. She was shivering and looked troubled. The last time she felt that way was when her children and she were traveling from their village, Ifakoko, in the western region down to the Abasia Kingdom in the eastern region of Cerea nation some years back during the civil war between the Zuluh tribe and the Nguni tribe. Then they had no choice but to leave everything, their home, properties, and other valuable things behind and run for their lifes. Then she was so scared and ready to do anything to protect his kids. She did everything within her power to get them safe and healthy to the Abasia Kingdom without any harm getting closer to them.At that very moment, she got engulfed in such feelings once again. She felt her son's life is in danger. She was having that she had no
Upon getting to the office, he gently opened the door to prevent people from noticing his arrival. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to achieve that, the noise made by the door was so excruciating that got everyone around to notice his arrival. He did not but wave at them once and rushed into his office. No one talked or questioned him for his reasons for being late or not to talk of proofs. Lateness to work attract punishment or query. Even his superiors were just watching without saying anything. Everyone pretended to be busy with what they were doing before he entered. The reason for such reactions from them all, including his juniors looked so surprising to him but he ignored them all. He did nothing. He just went straight to his office and expect the days to start. Fortunately for him, none of his students were around. He felt so happy and relaxed. No one to attend to or teach. He felt so relaxed that he placed his legs on his table and had a nap. After a while, someone knocked on
He was so happy to lay his hand on the key. Though he did not have it in mind to go read those books in there. At first, he felt he could the opportunity to test his translating skills. He always feels he could read it but never had the opportunity to access the book.Aside from the promise he made to his boss, the Director, he felt if he was able to read and translate those books that would create chaos even far beyond what he could imagine. The whole world will be after him, believing he is the most knowledgeable human at the moment. That might be something of joy and happiness to him and his family but the opposite of that is what is going to happen to the director. He might be severely punished. If care is not taken, she could be banished from the kingdom for giving the key to the underground door to a common person. The issues might even go far beyond that due to the fate that he is not an indigene of the Abasia Kingdom. Though discrimination might not be existing but not until
Hang returned inside as a person who felt relieved. She went back to her normal self for a while. Jacquard saw her having a conversation with the guards outside. Jacquard attempted to interfere with the conversation. Immediately he left his office.He did not like the way one of the guards was addressing her. The guards were asking her to identify herself. The guard was just posted here a few days ago. He immediately stopped what he was doing to help her out. He ran out of his office and went straight to her office to get a chip that identified her as a staff of the organization. Upon getting the chip, he ran out of his room, through the staircase, and to the last floor. he walked down the corridor of the last floor. As he made the last turn to get him to the main door at the entrance of the building, he already saw her coming inside.He stopped for a while and gently walked to her. He then said, " Hang what is really going on? I saw you through the window of my office how you were