Chapter 326 - The Ark Of The Headmaster's Job

"What was that for?!" yelled Gab, rubbing the sore spot.

Ysabeau was perplexed as she took off the second note. And giggled as she realized that Gillian was well-aware of what Gab thought of Baldwin and their current conversation.

"Here's a gentle reminder from Baldwin himself; 'I'm called the Angry Man, it doesn't mean that I am a Violent Man. If that was the case, Mavislin won't be alive right now.' Looks like he ain't happy that you've badmouthed him," said Ysabeau, showing Gab the note.

"Okay, but why does the oversized bird have to headbutt me?!"

The Rukh flapped its wings briefly. She then turned to the back of the note.

"Ah, clear instructions for Fluffy to portray whatever Baldwin wanted to do to you, Gab. In this case, a small headbutt," read Ysabeau.

"A small?! I'm gonna use my skull to show him what a true headbutt is!"

"Don't try, he's got a hard head."

"Hang on, how one earth did the two of them know what we were talking about? And you mentioned that Gillian needs to record down 'current data'. What's that about?" asked Gab.

"Gillian is an Aki, their main Element is the Element of Words. They believe that each person's life is recorded down onto books. And it is the job of an Aki to supervise the Library, filled with everyone's lives. Thus, he has access to all of our lives, past and present. But not the future."

"He isn't able to write down on our books but he can help us check on past events that we might've forgotten. As for the current data, he is going through our books to record our separate missions into the Archives of the Arks. This is for proof if ever something needs to be followed up."

"That's highly unsettling, the fact that I've got someone reading the book of my entire life," said Gab, shuddering.

"As I said, he has no permission to edit it. He can only read it, as a librarian of the Books."

"Still, creepy. It's kinda like a breach of privacy for me."

Though he replied with that answer, Gab was highly intrigued, he never knew that such a thing existed. Then again, he never knew that Magecraft existed.

"So, he's kinda like the overseer of all your missions?" asked Gab, loading up the last set of kids.

"Not just all our missions, but the Five Kings' ones as well. That's why Mavislin chose to take this mission up, Gillian had known about this situation but wasn't sure if anyone would be fit to take this up. This mission demands quite the mental energy, something that the rest lacks."

Ysabeau signaled for the Rukh to go back once more.

"Isn't Mavislin quite young, compared to the rest of you guys? Why would she have more mental energy, as opposed to the seasoned Mages?" asked Gab, finding it odd that they sent a child to see the torture chambers.

"It's not about the age, it's about what the person went through. Their experiences model their mental energy. In this case, her backstory is that she lived through the center of the war. The Great Noble War was held on her planet and she is the only one to survive it."

"She was at ground zero, in the middle of the crossfire. We never had any wars on that large of a scale before. Even the Akis were wiped out, us Bahamuts as well. We are the only ones left, but that's mundane compared to what that Valkyrie has seen."

"I'm not saying that the others are weak. They have their strengths, but they mostly lack the kindness or compassion to continue to investigate or help this mission out," explained Ysabeau, as she remembered how Mavislin loved to help the hurt and weak.

The foster mother remembered how Mavislin used to help the children who had been displaced by the ongoing conflicts. That Valkyrie used to use her powers to show to the kids that Magecraft was a beauty, not a curse.

"Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for Mavislin, the Ark would never have formed. And we wouldn't have saved so many lives as we did for the past couple of years. And the Five Kings wouldn't have been created either."

"Becasue of her kindness and naviety, this child of Valokia turned the tides around within the Mages' realm and made peace wit the humans. She did back down even when the odds were stacked against her.. All because of her kindness and compassion."