Shattering someone to dust?!
Angor imagined it and shivered. He would not expect such danger when he was just going into a tent. Looked like he really needed to approach everything in the wizarding world with great caution. Otherwise, he would not even have time to regret.
“Okay now. To stay or to go back to your tent is up to you.”
Seeing Sunders was going to leave, and his biggest question was still unanswered, Angor quickly spoke, “Can I ask a question, professor?”
Sunders looked back and smiled at Angor’s eager expression.
“No.”
Sunders walked away.
Angor thought he got his chance when Sunders smiled at him. He even prepared his wording. Instead, Sunders refused right away and left without a second thought.
Was that a joke? And what’s with the smile?!
Angor felt frustration building up inside him.
“I know what you wanted to ask. I’ll give you an answer on the day when you become an apprentice.” Sunders’ distant voice came from afar.
This meant Angor still did not get an answer to his doubt.
It seemed his uneasiness would remain. He still earned something new though. Without the tablet, he could read here, and it would be fun. Not to mention all books in the room were related to wizardry. As someone who spent the last dozen years studying science, this would be a feast for him, where old and new knowledge intertwined with each other.
Looking at the valuable books, Angor felt his heart flying.
He had another question though. There were not many leather books. Most of them were cheap papers.
In Goldspink Empire, leather books were favored by noble families or authorities as a way to keep records, while paper books were common among ordinary citizens. Their prices varied greatly. Leather books were expensive and rare.
But, Sunders’ collection contained a few leather books sitting in the corner. On a closer look, they collected a thick layer of dust. Sunders did not pay attention to them.
More than ten rows of bookshelves and 95% of the books were paper ones.
“Maybe the paper books are the most common medium at Fey Continent?” Angor picked up a random, thick paper book.
The title was About 15 Common Meditation Methods in the Sleepless Nation .
Meditation method was referring to channeling method. People from the old times used “meditation method” more. As more and more people preferred expressive words in recent years, people changed “meditation”, which sounded more like idealism, into “channeling”. The new name was well accepted by wizards, so it got adopted.
There was an interesting story about the debate around these two names. An apprentice who was bored at learning his dull channeling method published a refutation article on a small magazine designed for apprentices. The article itself was insignificant and not worth mentioning, but it created a “war” which lasted for several years.
A name war between “channeling” and “meditation”.
It was basically a debate about whether one should drink beer from a glass or a can but between wizards. People only wanted to tease, while occasionally pumping some fuel into the fight.
Even several formal wizards were dragged into the nuisance, creating a joke in the southern region.
Maybe the apprentice who published the article never thought he actually created such an uproar.
…
Angor opened the book and noticed the smooth and white paper. The surface of the paper was extremely fine, and the black, printed words on it looked really clear. This book was many more times better than those cheap, yellowish papers in Goldspink Empire.
It was only a few minutes, and Angor’s complaint towards paper books already disappeared.
Such clean, easy-to-read books with the sweet smell of superior ink on them. Any book lover would enjoy reading these!
Reading a book like this made Angor feel relaxed. No wonder all those leather books were collecting dust.