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Chapter 9 - Infinity Library

  I, Leon FlameBlood, am someone who is destined for greatness. Yet here I am resting and catching a cold after getting hit by my father.

  I am the destined successor for the FlameBlood family, yet I'm still far from that fate.

  I need more power, more strength, to protect the family, to protect my lovely little sister, yet here I am being pathetic... Mother, forgive this foolish son of yours...

  Still! If not for that peasant mongrel, I wouldn't still be resting here in my room. No, I wouldn't even get beaten up like that by my own father.

  That mongrel, how could he even be standing still to the head butler's aura? What could he be possessing to be able to withstand that? Father could do so by his immeasurable strength, which I doubt the mongrel has. Erica could do so with her artifact, but that poor peasant wouldn't even dream of touching it. Did he steal it?!

  No, he wouldn't dare do that... he'll get executed instantly by the head butler.

  Even if he's desperate for money he won't commit to such acts, I've been observing that mongrel since he was young.

  But how dare he get so close to Erica! I should teach him a lesson now that he's interested in fighting. Heh hehe.

  All this time he'd been avoiding sparring or dueling with anyone, and had only been hiding behind that cute Erica.

  But I can't let my guard down, perhaps he did some secret training to be able to handle the pressure from the head butler.

  Perhaps he's one of those characters that act weak but are actually strong. The noble ladies these days have been crazy regarding those genres of literature.

  I was planning on going to the library after training with father, but I still need more rest.

  Mongrel, what are you hiding...

  Meanwhile, around the hall close to the library.

  'I sense something...' ROH said, stopping Null in his tracks.

  'It seems like a great opportunity ahead.' Zeroze said, also noticing it.

  'What are you guys talking about?' I asked. However, Deed, similar to me, seemed dumbfounded and wasn't sure what they were talking about.

  'You should enter now.' Zeronoz said while smiling at the exciting event that was about to happen.

  As I opened the large door towards the library, something weird and unique seemed to happen. As if my body broke to pieces, the world itself changed.

  What I saw was no longer a normal large noble's library like inside Deed's memories.

  The whole space itself formed some sort of golden ratio-like circle. Endless shelves twirled around like they were starting to organize themselves due to having a visitor.

  It was bizarre.

  This place seemed like an infinite space. Under me, a floor formed out of golden stairs as if to protect me from falling into infinity.

  Endless shelves seemed to be forming all around me like an infinity castle.

  'What is this place?' I asked my other selves, hoping they would have the answer.

  'How?!' Deed was shocked by this infinite space with a seemingly infinite amount of books as well.

  'Now that is a sight you don't usually see.' Zeronoz said, amused. 'Our first life here seems to have the answer.' Zeronoz smiled, expecting Deed to explain this place.

  However, before Deed even had the time to explain, there was a soft voice coming from the center of this infinite place.

  "It seems like we have an uninvited guest." A soft, serene woman's voice said.

  It came from a figure wearing a black and purple-ish, yet seemingly mysterious robe with a veil hiding even her eyes.

  "Deed. 16. Currently residing inside the FlameBlood manor. Nothing worth noting." The figure said, as it seemed like she was reading me.

  'A doll, huh.' ROH muttered.

  "You aren't from this world, are you?" The figure said, which made me shocked.

  How did they know? I thought to myself while readying my stance to fight.

  'Is this one of my past enemies too?!' I asked my other self.

  "No... you are from this world..." The figure seemed to be shocked as well suddenly. "Who are you?" The figure asked while being confused.

  "How could you be both from this world and also not?" The figure said, trying to figure out my identity. "An OUTSIDER will never be able to enter this place." The figure said cautiously.

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  However, as the figure tried to assess me further...

  'No need to pry further.' ROH warned.

  The mysterious figure suddenly fell down from their seat.

  'You shouldn't know more than what you should.' ROH continued.

  [In her eyes, it was as if two enigmatic, mysterious eyes were holding her back from reading Null further.]

  [What is this? Such strength?! I've never been pressured this much, not even from an OUTSIDER. The figure thought while holding their head. Cracks also started appearing from their body.]

  [CORRUPTION?!! Am I being corrupted? The figure thought, panicked by their current situation.]

  "Oh lord, I apologize for my rudeness." The figure said, bowing their head. "I didn't mean to pry more than I should." The figure explained further.

  'Hmm, it's fine, no big deal.' ROH said calmly.

  [The intense pressure that the figure felt instantly faded away.]

  [This mysterious aura... it isn't like an OUTSIDER who meant harm to our world. The figure thought.]

  [Just who is this person... to be able to stand there so menacingly... The figure thought, not daring to look directly towards Null.]

  Seeing that scene, I was also somewhat dumbfounded. What am I doing standing here so awkwardly while this mysterious figure in front of me suddenly fell down?

  I was gonna ask if they're okay, but the others told me to just look at them.

  What's that crack appearing on them?! It's scaryyy.

  Even ROH is suddenly talking by himself... what is this situation?

  The mysterious figure in front of me was slowly trying to recover, but they didn't even dare to look at me, like they were scared of something.

  'Should we tease them a little bit?' Zeronoz said while looking at the situation as funny.

  'No need. Null, tell her she can stand up now.' ROH said.

  'She...' Deed muttered.

  "You may stand." I said sternly to the mysterious figure like Zeronoz wanted me to.

  "Thank you, thank you for your mercy oh honorable one..." the figure said, slowly getting to her feet.

  "Thank the Almighty God instead, I am but one weak human." I said like a preacher, which is how ROH wanted me to say it.

  The mysterious figure seemed to lighten up by those words, and was still trying to be polite.

  "Oh honorable one, is there anything I could do to help you?" The figure asked politely. "This is the Library Of The Shattered Dimensions, whoever enters this shall be able to choose one of three choices: Power, Wisdom, and Wealth. But for you, if you wish for all three, I shall be able to grant them to you." The figure explained.

  'Unbelievable...' Deed said. 'Back then, I could only choose one which is Power... but even that took many years from now.'

  "I humbly refuse, I don't need any of that." I said as instructed by ROH... dissatisfied.

  'Hey isn't this like a cheat code too?! Why would you tell me not to choose any one of them?' I complained.

  'You shouldn't accept free things easily, they might cost more.' ROH said without explaining much.

  'Moreover, being given all three directly, that sounds too good to be true. Besides, that really sounds like an invitation for more troublesome things.' Zeroze said. 'We have had a lot of trouble already.'

  'Well I can't refute any of that.' I pouted.

  "Show me all the books regarding all history of this world, including the shattered dimension." I said, as being instructed by ROH.

  "Is that really enough?" The figure said, shocked by my request... well it's mine but at the same time it's not...

  I didn't reply to her, as silence is also an answer.

  The infinite shelves with infinite books were flying all around the infinite space. It looked so magnificent.

  There are more than millions of books, obviously I didn't count them, let's just say infinite is easier.

  "These are all the history books." The figure said like a true librarian. "Do you wish for all the records to be engraved directly into your memories?" The librarian asked politely.

  'Eh? All these history books instantly enter my memories? Isn't that torture?' I got scared by the idea.

  'Maybe your head will explode when that happens.' Zeronoz teased.

  'Please don't...' I got scared by the thought. Similar to Deed, he also thought that would be scary.

  "Don't worry, it won't hurt you... at most it might make you have some mental illness, but don't worry I'll invoke soulcraft that'll prevent all side effects." The librarian tried to assure me.

  'Please don't, hey guys are you really making me do this? Won't I be crazy if all that's inside me are the contents of those endless books?' I'm begging my other selves.

  'Don't worry, let me borrow your fingertip for a bit.' ROH assured me.

  "No need for that. Also stay back for a bit." I said to the librarian like what ROH told me to, and breathed a sigh of relief. The librarian was also curious about what I was going to do and stayed behind me.

  ROH controlled my fingertip, and from it a very, very small thread appeared forming branches, and countless webs of thread were created. All the threads started moving towards all the history records. No matter how far they were, or how many there were, the threads would reach them.

  The librarian was shocked by the sight. It's a very small thread, like, very micro. Only by the lights of the infinite library could it somehow be seen.

  I was shocked as well, infinite threads formed from just my fingertip like what?!!

  As soon as all the history books were touched by the infinite threads, which didn't take more than 5 minutes, they slowly returned to my fingertip.

  'Did you learn what you wanted?' Zeronoz asked ROH.

  'Yes. You can go back now.' ROH said.

  'Eh? Just like that?' I said.

  'I'll explain later. Perhaps it's also fate that we've entered this library.' ROH said mysteriously.

  'This library can't be entered just by anyone... only the chosen one.' Deed explained. 'That Librarian... they symbolize the Sloth.'

  'One of the Seven Wise Men?!' I got shocked. 'Isn't that a woman? How can she be part of the Seven Wise Men?!'

  'That's what you're shocked about?!' Deed butted in. 'We don't even know if that's even a woman? Or even human.' Deed said.

  'But ROH said she... of course she's a woman.' I said.

  '... No one knows her true name in the first place. In my past life, we called her Librarian The Sloth.' Deed said. 'Whoever enters this library, they gain an opportunity unlike others, it's life changing. And they are the chosen one.'

  'But how could we enter in the first place if we're not the chosen one?' I said. 'Even you got chosen in the end...'

  'Well... I never got chosen in the first place...' Deed said, kinda embarrassed.

  'Did you force your way in?' Zeroze asked.

  'Kinda... you can say I sneaked in... after Leon FlameBlood got into this library in my past life, he gained so much strength. Of course everyone who heard that was motivated to be chosen into this library.' Deed said. 'You can say I stole someone's opportunity to enter this...'

  'Time travel?' Zeroze got curious.

  'No no... fate stealing... I stole it from a hero.' Deed said.

  Wth?!

  "Umm honorable one... are you okay?" The librarian asked.

  The librarian was quiet all this time thinking that I needed time to process all the infinite history books, but after some time she stands awkwardly while looking at me keeping making faces while talking to my selves in my thoughts.

  ... I forgot time didn't stop unless I'm inside the mental void ...

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