Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The New Sensation in the Capital Library

“Chikara! Where are you?!”

Anne shouts Chikara’s name as loud as she can, and the stranger boy does the same. Together they reach every alleyway and every corner of the tenth street. There’s no sign of Chikara, she feels lost and afraid, although they have met for a short time, Anne already feels attached to the hybrid demon kitten.

“Hey, may I ask you something?” Asked the stranger at Anne.

“Does it really necessary?”

“Yes, does your kitten have any distinction? Maybe the color of the fur?”

“He... Uhm... He t a fluffy white fith a grey, paw a and pink nose.”

“Does he got a pair of red eyes?”

.....

Anne turn around to him, “How do you know?

“Because that girl has him in her arms.” Said the stranger pointing at a girl in one of the dark corners.

The eyes of Chikara are now blazing like a flame, while Anne sees the girl, she got a chubby but cute face, with long curly black hair.

“So, this is your kitten?” Asked the girl, smiling at the two of them.

“Yes, his name is Chikara.”

The girl handed Anne her kitten who’s now meowing and sleeping in her hand, it seems Chikara now had a full tummy. Anne feels so delighted to see her demon kitten in her arms once again, she says thank you to the girl, and also to the boy.

“Both of you, thank you so much, really appreciate it.”

“No problem.” Said the boy.

The girl smile and nodded at her, “You’re welcome. When I saw the two of you go outside of the dorm, there was a small cat shadow following you from behind, that’s why I wanted to protect the two of you. Turns out it was this little boy.”

“Yes, he is a hybrid, his mother was a demon cat.”

“Yes, I can see it with my own eyes, that’s why I gave him a piece of raw steak.”

Anne gasped at the two of them, “That was the piece of information that I have forgotten, so stupid of me! Demon kittens already begin to eat meat from the moment they were born!”

“Yes... Glad you finally knew about it, and because yours is a hybrid, you need to provide him with the catnip milk and the raw meat one time for two days.” Said the girl to Anne.

“Thank you for the information, you seem to know everything about my kitten than I do.”

“That’s because I’m going to become a register Huntsman, my name’s Darla.”

Anne smiles at Darla, and also introduces herself, “My name’s Anne,” Anne then turns to the boy, “How about you? What’s your name?”

“I’m David.” Said the boy, awkwardly waving his hand with a grin on his face.

“Nice to meet you, David and Darla, I’m assuming both of you are the silver pass recipients like myself?”

“Yes, you got that right, so, how about a good hearty dinner, neighbors?” Darla gives them a hand sign to follow her.

The other complies and the three of them walk back together to Icarus Dorm. Anne took Chikara back to her room and she join her new friends in the dining room. The room is a bit different than the breakfast room, there’s a buffet table and also a gramophone, and the dorm patron tune in some instrumental music. The mood becomes so much brighter, with music, and for Anne, now she gets two people to talk to.

“So, where are the two of you come from?” Asked Darla while enjoying her steak.

“I came from a fisherman town, Merlinni town.” Said, David.

“I’m from Viora village.” Said Anne to her new friends.

“Wow, I’ve heard about your village, Anne, it needs almost four days’ trip and also the terrains are quite dangerous.” Darla talks to Anne while her eyes glinted with excitement.

David’s chuckled when he saw Darla’s enthusiastic remarks, “Wow, you have an adventurous tendency, Darla, where are you come from?”

“Oh, I came from a mountainous area, a village calls Marlbooro village.”

David gasped and claps his hand, making almost all of the nobles stare daggers at them.

“Wow, we have a winner here! That village is a bad*ss village.”

Anne peaked with curiosity, she put her spoon, and asked David about Darla’s village, “Why do you seem so excited about Darla’s village?”

“It’s because of what happened two years ago, Anne, ignore him.” Said Darla, rolling her eyes.

“What? what happened two years ago?”

“Hey, silver pass people! Could you be quiet and let us eat in peace?”

Darla and David glared at the person who was yelling at their table, Anne prefer to ignore it, and just enjoy her dinner. From her experience, the noble just wanted to provoke them and make them get a penalty point, it’s best to be silent about it. However, Darla and David are not as patient as Anne, they couldn’t stop glaring at the noble.

“The two of you, stop! he doesn’t worth our time.” Anne scolded David and Darla, even though she knew it was going to be less effective.

“You heard him, his tone was so condescending!”

“I know, David, but just ignores him,” Anne then got closer to them and whispered, “Remember, they have a penalty system, you don’t want our grade being reduced, right?”

“Oh shut! You’re right, forgot about it.”

“They all going to call us anything that they want to, it’s us who decide to ignore it, let them shout any bad word, but, we will never stoop so low, right?” Said Anne, giving some encouragement to David and Darla.

“Anne, you’re now my favorite person in the capital.” Said Darla.

David raised his glass of Aggrus “Hey, me too, so to the silver pass recipients!”

Darla and Anne giggled at David’s antics, and they also followed suits. They have a great time eating dinner. In the morning, the three of them are getting ready to go to the library, David told them about the invention inside the capital’s library, the Wismushroom, a colossal mushroom that could increase a person’s focus by almost the maximum level.

“So, if we sit below it, we could get smarter?” Asked Darla to David.

David’s immediately rolled his eyes, “No, silly, you could get almost a maximum capacity of your focus, so you can study well.”

“Oh, that’s it, ugh... boooring.”

“No, it’s not!”

While observing her new friends, Anne just giggled thinking about the two of them as such a dynamic duo in just a short amount of time. The central carriage finally arrived at Z street, the location of the main library of the capital. In a hurry to see the Wismushroom, they walk faster, mostly because of how curious they were about this latest sensation in the main library, the Wismushroom. The library staffs grow three Wismushrooms, and they are hoping to get a seat at one of the Wismushrooms.

When they arrived at the room, they are so heartbreaking to see the place is packed with people. It seems the people that took the civil exams are here to use the Wismushroom.

“What can we do? the first exam is a written exam?” Said Darla, panicking.

David still looks around the room, and then suddenly squeals, making almost everyone glares at the boy.

“David, this is the library, be quiet.” Warned Anne, with her pointing finger at her lips.

“Oh, I was just so excited, look, I got a plan for us.”

Darla and Anne share a look, while still a bit hesitant about David’s plan.