15 – Chapter 1. to the academy! (2)

Academy Library 3rd floor, office.

“This is Director Do Ji-hwan, who has been working as a librarian since today. Greetings.”

“Hello, thank you.”

I said hello, but the response was cheap.

I think I knew right from the start that something wasn’t welcoming to me.

“I’ll introduce each one of them later, so let’s go out.”

The Librarian who introduced me took me out with a sour face.

clap.

After locking the door of the director’s office, he whispered softly, checking the eyes of others who might not know.

“sorry.”

“Words.”

“Yes?”

“comfortable.”

The bald head curator showed me respect, but I immediately warned him.

“Comfortable, what do you mean…”

“Be professional. Fit the spot. Fit the situation.”

When I warned with a furrowed eyebrow, the director finally realized what I wanted to say.

“Kuh, keuhmm. I’m sorry… I’m sorry. I’m out of my mind these days.”

The director fanned his face with his hand and cleared his throat.

“I am the head of the library, Okgi Baek. I have been the head of the library ever since the academy opened the library.”

“You’ve been working for a long time.”

“Yes. And the reason the reaction to you is so cold is because I think of you as my parachute.”

“understand.”

If it’s a parachute, there’s nothing you can do about it.

In the past, others would have gone through a difficult test to come in, but there is no way that a person who came in through a network in an empty seat would look good.

In reality, it was Taek, an executive-level talent of an organization called Goblin, who came in under the pretext of being a librarian.

“This library has a total of 5 floors. 3 floors above ground and 2 floors below ground. Your place is the library on the 2nd floor below the ground.”

“I thought the stairs went all the way to the third basement level?”

“The third basement floor is a preservation library. It is a place to store books that need to be discarded. The first and second basement floors are general libraries, and the first and second floors are reading rooms. The third floor serves as a book cafe and office.”

“Am I going down to the basement then?”

“Yes. I’ll have to work underground for a while. Originally, it’s correct to take the position of the predecessor, but the predecessor is a person with a higher rank.”

“Didn’t I come in with the same rank?”

“That’s right. But, it’s hard to ignore that this is really seniority. Especially in a space like Sejong Island where the connection with the outside world is cut off.”

“understand.”

In other words, I was placed in the most difficult space without being able to see the sunlight properly.

“What am I supposed to do then?”

“Have you ever worked as a librarian before?”

“Yes.”

came to learn

Before coming to Sejong Island, I learned what a librarian does for a week with the help of a member of the association at a small library in Busan.

“If you handle it according to the manual, there won’t be any major problems.”

“Yeah. Well, few people go to the 2nd basement floor. Apparently, most of the books on the 2nd basement floor are about science, technology, and arts and sports.”

“……Yes?”

for a moment.

“Well, weren’t there ‘General Literature’ books in the area I was assigned to?”

“It should have been. But that’s a bit complicated. General literature books are spread out widely on the first and second floors, but you’re not in charge. It’s also a place where you have to deal with a lot of people.”

“her….”

“Think positively. Except for people who write papers or something like that, few people visit your area.”

Libraries have a classification number.

It is a classification that makes it easy to classify books, which means that the first number from 000 to 900 is first classified according to the subject of the book.

The district numbers I was assigned were 400 Natural Science, 500 Technical Science, and 600 Art.

The books I was aiming for are all placed in the 800th, and they are concentrated on the 1st and 2nd floors above ground, not the 2nd basement floor, which I will be in charge of.

“Is the reason you came here to see the books here?”

“There is that too.”

All kinds of novels that can’t be seen outside.

The reason why you can’t see it from the outside is because the novels inside this world are the ‘learning materials’ of those who have awakened their real abilities in this world.

For example, there is a novel called ‘Red Flame Dragoon’.

It is literally a novel about dragoons who use red flames and red flames.

This novel, which was published as a paper book at rental stores, has been deleted from existence and has become a novel that exists only within the academy.

Why is it being treated as a forbidden book?

That’s because the main character in this novel uses a very similar ability to that of a Korean ‘Scarlet Dragoon’.

Of course, the relationship has changed.

Scarlet Dragoon was obsessed with novels and used the skills of the main character in Dragoon of Red Flame as her own skills.

Externally, everyone knows.

It’s not that the existence has been erased or anything like that, and the hero wiki clearly states that ‘the origin of this hero’s abilities lies in the red flame drake’.

However, the reason why the whole novel was collected was to prevent some kind of situation.

To hide Scarlet Dragoon’s skill.

To hide Scarlet Dragoon’s weakness.

To prevent information about Scarlet Dragoon from being understood as a novel.

As the original author, it may be unfair that the writing he wrote hard was suddenly designated as a seal by the state, but such dissatisfaction disappears in front of the name ‘Patriot Pension’.

Is there a hero in my novel that uses this ability as a motif?

It is said that the writer who becomes the ‘original’ of the hero ability receives at least 5 million won per month according to the hero level as a pension from the state.

So, all kinds of literature are pouring out of this world.

Success as a literature is also a success, but in this world where human imagination is deeply related to the manifestation of this ability, you can live a life that is not envied by the landlord as long as you are chosen by a hero.

An era where imagination becomes power.

that is this world

And this library is a place like an infinite treasure trove where the imagination is concentrated.

…In that sense, being sent to the 2nd basement floor, which is filled only with content related to the natural sciences, not the humanities, is like being exiled to a place far away from the main stream of this world.

Sadly, this is the reality now.

Because humanities that can stimulate human imagination in this world are ‘main stream’.

“Looks like I’ll have to stay underground for a while. I’m sorry. I’ll soon…”

“It’s okay. That. Even if it’s a librarian.”

I pointed downstairs.

“Can’t you just borrow a book?”

like that.

I became a librarian who was not welcomed by everyone.

* * *

About 1 week after starting work.

Less than 100 people visited the second basement level of the library every day.

I wonder if 100 people is too many, but considering that there are 2,000 people visiting the humanities corner every day on the 1st and 2nd floors, this place is just heaven.

‘Students go there a lot.’

Through the computer lending program, I was able to see who borrowed a lot of books through the humanities books.

Most of them are academy students.

They all read novels to improve their abilities.

And seniors read the novels that became the basis of this ability, build indirect experiences and develop strength.

‘It’s terrible.’

To think that a novel should be viewed as something like ‘the standard of intelligence’ rather than a novel.

It is so pitiful that it brings tears to my eyes.

My condolences to the poor people who cannot enjoy content as content.

I just took out the borrowed book to look at it while no users came in.

And as soon as I took it out, I had to put it back in.

“Return.”

A woman putting a book on the return table in front of me.

She was a foreigner with red hair, and I stood up to receive a book from the woman who grinned at me.

“How did you know?”

“I’m the one who helped you get here. I’m higher than the Librarian.”

“indeed.”

I asked cautiously, taking pictures of the book’s barcodes one by one.

“Where are you from?”

“Why? Are you going to make a separate ‘Baekgwi Night’?”

“I’m afraid someone will listen.”

“Oh, is there anything you’re afraid of? It’s okay. No one comes to a place like this. In the first place, there’s no way I’d bring up a story like this in a situation where I’d get caught by someone else.”

The woman took a business card out of her wallet and handed it to me.

“Risara Lakshmi. I’m a professor at Sejong Academy.”

“Ugh.”

“…What is that reaction?”

“I have a disease that causes allergies when I say professor.”

“What is it? Have you ever been a graduate student?”

“It’s similar.”

I was just a graduate student before being possessed.

“By the way, it’s interesting. To think that the commander is not someone else and puts you in here. Was it a coincidence? A bunch of beauties from all over the world.”

“It won’t be.”

It must be inevitable.

“I won’t be able to come often when the academy semester starts. So I’ll tell you in advance. I don’t want to give up my professorship because of my indiscretions. I don’t want to give up my professorship.

“Are you saying that we should not be found out and deal with it well?”

“It’s similar. I’ll expect it. How many female students will you flirt with. That’s because you came in as a librarian, not a student, assistant, or lecturer.”

“You can look forward to it.”

I reached out to Professor Lisara.

“Originally, the best librarian is the fantasy national rule.”

Ding dong dang dong.

The first semester of the academy has begun.