Chapter 246 Arthan Library (End)

Basil, and the others had gotten out of the hotel. Basil along with Iliana were seeing his family off, since he had found a carriage that was willing to take his family to Raneil Barony.

Shirley had also begged Basil to let Julia go with them, so it had been decided that the girl joined his family to Raneil Barony. The girl was pretty grateful of Basil's permission as she kept thanking him before they had gotten out of the hotel.

"We will be waiting for you at our house..." Danzel hugged Basil tightly as he knew that he wouldn't see Basil in a quite some time. "Darn it, you have grown so big, I feel like I am the child here."

Danzel laughed as he let go of his hug, then patted Basil on his shoulder. Basil, in the other hand, gave Danzel a small smile, before nodding his head in assurance.

"I—I want to talk about something to you... But, it seems impossible now given the situation." Clarissa sighed to herself as she looked at Basil. "You know, I want to—"

"I know," Basil cut Clarissa in the middle of her sentence, then put his hand on her stomach. "This is the only thing I can do for you now."

"T-This warmth...!"

Basil had figured out that Clarissa still had her Natural Core intact a few months ago when she had fallen asleep in the sofa beside him. He had merely checked it out of curiosity, and he had been rewarded with a surprise.

He had realized Clarissa's desire to stand on the same spot as everyone else even before she realized it, so when she had shown her determination to pave her way as a Knight, he didn't think twice to awaken her Natural Core.

"This is your Core heating up. Don't resist the energy—let it flow through your body," Basil instructed as he saw Clarissa bracing herself.

Clarissa did what Basil instructed, and she spent the next two minutes or so sweating as if she was boiled in a pot. She immediately felt cool when the process ended as her body felt lighter than ever.

"You have a Middle Stage Orange Core, but you can't still be considered a Knight, so you can't go walk around challenging death," Basil warned as he looked at the admiring look on Clarissa's face. "I have given pops the Body Forging Technique, so learn from him."

Clarissa nodded excitedly, before hugging Basil tightly. "Thank you! Just know that I will be as strong as you when you come back!"

"I will be waiting for that day to come." Basil smiled faintly as he patted Clarissa's head.

After giving another heartfelt farewell, his family finally got inside the carriage that had been waiting for slightly more than 5 minutes at that point. Basil watched the carriage until it disappeared from his normal view, before turning to Iliana.

"Are you entranced by my otherworldly charm?" Upon turning to Iliana, Basil found that she was looking at him in wonder and a well hidden bafflement.

"You know that what you just did is not supposed to be real, right?"

"Seeing my family off is not supposed to be real?"

"Awakening!" Iliana slightly raised her volume. "There is no man should be capable of doing that ... Who are you, really?"

"Just a man who knows more than he should."

Iliana shook her head helplessly the moment she heard Basil's answer. She knew Basil was hinting that she should also uncover all of her secret if she wanted to hear his.

She wasn't ready yet—she wanted the moment to last a little bit longer—so she decided to drop the matter entirely. The day where she told him the truth should be the day where she was ready, and now wasn't the time yet.

"So, what are you going to do now?" Iliana quirked her eyebrow.

"I will make a good use of my reward." Basil took a thin golden card out of his Spatial Bracelet, then flashed it to Iliana. "I am going to read about something."

"Seriously? You are going to visit a library now of all time?"

Iliana was simply dumbfounded at what Basil was going to do. She had thought he was really up to something, but she didn't expect that 'something' would be visiting the capital's library, which he could visit any day.

"Don't you know that as a Randalvine Magic Institute's student you don't need that card to enter Arthan Library? We are given a privilege to enter that place whenever we want."

"Surely, the access is limited, no?"

"It is, but if you only want to read... Hold on. You... Are you..."

Basil merely smiled at Iliana's trailed off words, and let her guess whatever she liked. She wouldn't be able to figure out what he was going to do in the library, except for the fact that he was going to visit the restricted sections of it.

As Basil walked towards the library's direction, Iliana followed behind him quietly. Both of them were busy with their own thought, so none of them paid any attention to the bewildered gaze the people around them gave them.

Since the hotel where Basil's family had stayed at wasn't that far from the library, with a normal speed, they arrived at the library after 5 minutes of walking.

The library looked more like a parliament house rather than a library with its white color. It covered an area of 2 square kilometers, and was supported by countless of pillars made from onyx marble—it looked classy.

There was not a single guard guarding it, but no one dare to do as what they liked there. It was a common knowledge that the library was decorated with countless of High Grade Runes, so no one could mess with it.

Basil didn't want to waste his time by admiring the grandiose library, which he didn't think was grandiose enough to impress him, so he immediately climbed up the stairs with Iliana in tow.

Warp!

The moment he stepped his foot on the stairs to the library, he could immediately feel some resistance, which signified that the Runes were checking him out. He, of course, let the Runes "see" what he wanted them to see, so he passed the test successfully.

"You are pretty sneaky, aren't you?"

"I can say the same for you."

Basil replied Iliana's implicit jab with his own, and both of them immediately smirked knowingly at each other afterwards. They were simply amused at how secretive they were living their life.

Upon arriving in front of the gigantic door of the library, Basil immediately put his golden pass on the part of the door that should normally be occupied by a handle. The door opened slowly, and the two of them entered the library afterwards.

"You can just use our Student's ID to enter this place, you know?"

"I want to visit the forbidden sections, so I can't do that."

"You can do it after entering the library."

Basil looked at Iliana curiously; he was wondering what Iliana was on about. He knew that using his golden pass before he entered the library would also allow whoever beside him to come to the forbidden sections, but he didn't get why she was concerned.

"Why do I have to waste my time doing that?"

"Do you trust me enough to let me see what you are up to this time?"

"Of course. Why is that even a question?"

"..."

Iliana slightly recoiled in surprise, and she didn't know how to properly react to Basil's answer. She regained her composure quite quickly however, as she immediately frowned and thought hard about what Basil was planning to do to her.

"I don't have any intention to do you any harm—I will never do that to my girlfriend."

"I am not doubting you also. I am just slightly surprised my boyfriend trusts me that much."

Basil faintly smiled at Iliana's sarcastic remark; he knew she was referring to what he had made her do in the Dungeon. Ignoring her slightly disgruntled look, he turned his body around then walked towards the forbidden sections.

He didn't actually know where the legacy was kept in the library. He had heard the story of the random Mage who had found the legacy in his past life, but nothing had been mentioned about where that Mage had actually found it.

He was sure, however, the legacy wasn't kept in a place where everyone's eyes could see it, so the forbidden sections fulfilled that requirement quite well. He would search for the legacy there first, before exploring the entire library when he didn't find it.

One might ask why he didn't ask the Guide, but he had done it prior to entering the library. He had asked where the legacy he was searching was kept, but the answer the Guide provided him hadn't been satisfactory.

—Guide, where is the legacy kept inside the library?

—In the most least expected place inside the library.

As he mused about how irritating the Guide had become in his way to the forbidden sections, he could see many gigantic racks surrounding him. As a bibliophile, he was slightly amazed at how many books the library stored.

His appreciation towards the Guide rose slightly as the Guide contained more knowledge than the countless of books in the library contained.

"This is the place."

Basil stopped in his track then looked at the black door in front of him. Aside from having countless of Runes decorating it, there was also a 'limited access' sign attached to it.

It didn't take a genius to conclude that the door was connecting to the forbidden sections of the library.

When Basil put his hand on the door's surface, the Runes lit up in activation as they had registered his Mana as something that belonged to someone who was given the permission to enter.

The door opened afterwards, revealing a dimly lit room with an ominous aura. Like the unrestricted sections, there were also many racks, albeit smaller, decorating the room.

"Are they keeping a cursed Grimoire here?" Iliana commented funnily as she sensed the unpleasant aura.

"Yes."

"Seriously?" She quirked her eyebrow in caution.

Basil didn't explain anything further, and it made Iliana come to believe that it was indeed the case. She got closer to Basil as she tried to figure out where the cursed Grimoire was possibly kept at.

Basil shook his head faintly in amusement as he couldn't believe Iliana bought his nonsense. He kept looking at his surrounding, until his eyes landed on a particular section.

[Unforgivable Sinners]

There, he met an entire section dedicated to his biological father's name.