The Forest Guardians

43. The Library Chapter 2

Omen's POV

"Are you awake now?"

I squinted at the glaring sunlight that was shining right on me. It was fortunate that someone was blocking them out. It took a while for me to get my bearings. The person chuckled lightheartedly, her red and blue eyes staring at me in amusement.

I sat up slowly with a groan. It seemed that no matter where I go, I always seem to be knocked out by something. I glanced at the woman beside me who was still smiling sweetly.

"My name is Ravenna Cross."

I froze.

I compared the woman before me to the statue in the Library. It was her. But why does she look so young? I felt very confused about the situation in front of me. Furthermore, Mike was nowhere to be found. Neither was Earl.

"Are you alright now? You took quite a fall."

"Ah... yes. Thank you for taking care of me. I'm... Kira."

Ravenna smiled sweetly again. It seemed that she was a person who loved smiling, a far cry from her statue which had a stoic expression. Whoever created her statue must have hated her. I felt bad for not revealing my name but the circumstances right now don't seem right. Ravenna was alive and well. And for some reason, we were in a forest.

Have I traveled back in time?

"Where... am I?"

"Ah, you are in the Library."

Was this how the Library in the past look like? It literally looked like a forest to me. Where are numerous rolls of shelves and the countless number of books?

Ravenna chuckled at how confused and skeptical I was.

With a wave of her hand, the trees started to twine themselves above us. The wood creaking loudly as they stretched and curved until they turned into a cave of trees. Slowly, fireflies filled the darkness. The soft amber light blinking on and off at different intervals. I gasped softly. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Then, as though they were like leaves, there were books sprouting from the barks of the trees.

"It's not much but soon there will be rolls and rolls of books filling up this space." Ravenna chimed as her eyes glittered at the place before us. She then started to point at the books one by one. "This world is about... And this world is about...."

She rambled away as I looked around me in wonder. I wasn't just in the past. I was literally seeing Ravenna building up the Library.

"Ravenna!"

We turned to the curtain of vines being swept aside as a boy dragged another boy into the tree cave. I immediately recognized one of them. It was Mike.

"Zacherius!" "Mike!"

"Eh, you know this sourpuss?"

The dark-haired man, identified by Ravenna as Zacherius, was surprised. He carefully placed Mike on the ground. It was bad that Mike still couldn't stand up by himself since he had only just recovered some of his injuries. Mike gritted his teeth as a way to suppress his pain while he shifted himself to sit comfortably.

Stop worrying about me. I flinched when I suddenly heard Mike's voice in my mind. I had momentarily forgotten about this mind link we had. Don't you find the name Zacharius familiar?

It was true. The moment I heard his name, I had this strange feeling within me. Besides, I have never heard of a "Zacharius" in the history of the Library. Yet, people around us have been telling us to look out for this name.