The Promised Neverland X Reader

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"So," Norman began. "The next thing we look at is." You said. "Outside!" You four said together. "We already got lots of stuff done on the inside." Ray said. "Training's going well. The trackers can be broken, which leaves..." Norman said. "Learning about the outside and outsmarting the adults." Ray said. Once that's done, we can clear the wall for sure." Ray said. "Mest is checking out the escape route." Emma said. "The escape we've planned out consists of the three steps. One, we ascend the wall. Two, we safely get as far away as we can. Three, we learn how to survive and become self reliant. 

We have everything we need to pass the first step. As for the second, the outside is key. When we leave, we should run as far as we can. So let's examine and prepare." Norman said. "We need info about the area outside." Ray said. "Oh! When I climbed up a tree I saw a big forest!" Emma said. "Okay, but we've gotta confirm stuff like that." Ray said. "Let's look into it starting tomorrow." Norman said. "Oh, yeah. There was one more thing I wanted to mention." You said. "Hmm?" Norman asked. "There's someone I want you to meet!" You smirked. You were on a latter in the library. "The person I want to introduce is..." you said as you reached for the book. You grabbed it and opened the book. "Right here." You pointed. Norman looked at the book. "Mr. William Minerva." He read. "Really?" He asked. You nodded. "Who's he?" Norman asked as he took the book. "I don't know, all I know is that he's the former owner of these books. But, I think it's possible that he's on our side." You said as you climbed down the latter.  "What do you mean?" Norman asked.

"He's been delivering a message through the books in this library. And not just a few books, but lots of them!" You said. "So this sticker is..." Norman said. "A bookplate." You said. "It's a label that shows who owned the book before it came here." Ray said. "Okay, but where's the message?" Norman asked. "Look closer." You said. Norman looked at the book again. "They're all the same owl bookplate." He said. His eyes widened. "Wait. The circle." He said. He traced his finger on it. "It's morse code!" Norman said. "Correct." Ray said. "It says "run" and this one says "doubt" Norman said as he read the codes. "Then there's "danger." And this last one is "truth" still, these don't mean...." He said. Emma walked over carrying more. "Hey, check these too." She said. "Harvest, monster, and farm." You read. Norman gasped. "This is..." he said. "It's a message to us from the outside. Hidden from everybody else." Ray said. "I think we can at least trust these." He said. "You sure?" Norman asked. 

"I tend do be more suspicious than Emma, so yeah." Ray said as he put his hand on her head. "It's possible that this Minerva guy could be an ally to us. But unfortunately we don't know if he's dead or alive. So we shouldn't get our hopes up too much." Ray said. "You're always so negative." Emma said. "William Minerva, he's someone from the outside who's aware that our farm exists, and while it may be indirectly, he's definitely trying to help us." Norman said. "That's right!" You said. "An ally on the outside. He might even still be there! In which case it's possible a society of humans may exist." Norman said. "Exactly!" Emma said. "These messages, are only in books that belonged to him. It's hard to tell exactly when these labels were put inside. But at least we know that this one was done after the year 2015." Emma said. "I see. Are we aware of anything else? Like if the books have some kind of similarity?" Norman asked. "No. The genres are varied. Same goes for the publishers and years they were published." You said. "But what about... uh... which one was it?" Emma asked as she looked around. "We don't understand the morse code in these two." Emma said. "One is a run-of-the-mill adventure novel. The other's a confusing  mythology book." Ray said. Norman opened the book. "There's no morse code here." He said. "As for this one." Norman opened the second book.

"Promise." Norman read. "What does that mean?" He asked. "I'm pretty sure there's some kind of meaning in these two. A book with the message "promise" and one that doesn't have morse code, but has a few ripped pages in it." You said. "So you think these ones are special?" Norman asked. "Yeah. If I'm right, then I think it's extremely likely, that these will become an important guide for us." You said. "Based on what?" Ray asked. "A hunch!" Emma said. Ray grunted. "What's with that face?!" Emma asked. You chuckled. "I think this is all worth looking into. Let's learn more about Mr. Minerva." Norman said. "We're not just escaping, right guys? We're gonna find a way to survive in this world." You said. Norman nodded. "Let's run. Let's live. No matter what things are like out there." He said. "I'm kind of surprised. I expected Ray to find the bookplates since he reads a lot." Norman said as the four of you walked out of the room. "How the heck did you manage to find them, (Y/n)?" Norman asked. "Oh, it wasn't me who noticed them." You said. "Huh?" Norman asked. "Phil was actually the one who showed me." You said. "Really?" Norman asked. "Mm hmm." You said. "A kid's book he was reading happened to be Mr. Minerva's. And there was a part in it that had morse code so..." you said. "Huh?" Emma asked as she looked around but didn't see Don or Gilda. "Don and Gilda!" She said. "They're not here, either." Norman said after he checked another room. "Could they be..." You said. You gasped as Don and Gilda came back. "Don! Gilda! Oh good. I thought-" You stopped as you saw how angry Don was. Ray ran up to them. "Where were you?" He asked. All of you went into another room. "Well?" Ray asked. "We were just in mom's secret room okay?"