Jok visits the library. He hopes to find ancient information about the forgotten magicians there. He is one of the strongest guys in the village, but magic could make him even stronger.

He's not really concerned with popularity. He already is well liked by girls anyway due to his looks, and as someone who's always very helpful and has been involved in the construction of some houses, he's also well liked by everyone else.

Above all, he wants to experience something new and then make himself comfortable with his new power.

As expected, there is nothing going on in the library. Most things can be found online after all.

Besides that, hardly anyone is interested in such topics.

As he looks around trying to get an overview, he notices a girl sitting in the corner, reading something.

Hey, I haven't seen you in the village before.

She doesn't let him distract her.

What are you reading?

Just an old book about sea animals.
Can you believe that in the past there were animals other than us that looked completely different from us?
Look at the picture, people called it a dolphin.

She holds the book out to him.

No, I was thinking we were the only large animals.
Whereas, I might have heard of some others too.
Elves or something?

This old stuff is more interesting than you'd think, isn't it?
A lot more people should come here.
It's cool you already found your way here.
Are you looking for anything in particular?

Is there anything here about the civilizations of the ancient magicians?

The girl leaves her book in place, stands up and walks off.

Sure, really interesting topic, I think there's a good book back there to start with.

She walks back and forth for a while, looking through the shelves.

You can call me Jok, by the way. Who are you?

Oh, sorry, I should have introduced myself first.
Call me Lae.

Nice to meet you. Where are you from?

I'm from around here. Just been in here too long, I guess.

She giggles.

Actually, I've already seen you a couple of times.
My friend who I live with used to like you a lot.
Kis is her name. Do you remember her?

Not sure. I think she was very good at sucking. Could that be?

I don't know that much about it. But she definitely had a child by you.
I even helped raise it.

Yeah, that must have been her.

Oh, I found it. Look at the page you can see an overview of the different tribes of magic.
So if you don't need help anymore, I'd just continue reading.

I think I'm well served for now. If I need help, I'll just ask, okay?

Sure, I'm glad if I can help you.

Jok reads for a few hours until he realizes that he wants to learn more about the kingdom in the sea of ice. So he goes back to Lae.

Do you know where I can find out more about the magic kingdom in the sea of ice?

Lae gets up and puts her book away.

Sure, come with me.

She goes back to the shelf where she got the last book.

I just read something about the forest magicians who could bring extinct animals back to life.
Maybe they still have some of these animals around.

Lae climbs up the shelf a bit.

There it is!

She pulls it out and jumps down.

Here you go!

Jok takes the book.

Thank you very much.

No problem. Have fun then.
But I'll go home for today.

I probably should go home, too.
But the book seems just too interesting.

You can also take the book home with you.
You should just bring it back.

Well, in that case, I'll do just that.
So we can just go home together.

Lae is pleased.

That's nice of you.
At least I won't get abducted or raped on the way home.

And I suppose you trust me that much already?

You already have enough girls, don't you?

That's right, Sif is probably waiting. It would be stupid if I don't have enough energy for her anymore.
Besides, I might need your help again and don't want to risk anything.

Then everything is fine.
So are you coming now? I want to go.

Yo, I'm ready.

They leave the library, which is a bit out of the way, and walk back to the more civilized part of the village on a sneaky path across a tall meadow.

It's still light, but the sun is already starting to set.

And it's interesting what there is to read here, isn't it?

Yeah, really interesting.

Then I guess we'll be seeing each other a lot now, won't we?

Who knows?

After some walking, they reach the village center.

Thanks for walking with me. I have to turn right here. See you soon.

Alright, see you soon.

Then Jok goes back home, too.