Kiel was about to help these rich kids study a new lesson,but a wild voice thundered down from behind
"Be quiet. This is the Library"
It immediately quieted down the whole lot. The gang of rowdy rich youngsters also went on to do their own work, not interested to bully anyone else. Everyone knew who the librarian was. So one dared to do anything in front of him.
"Psh this old man again. Let's go guys.'
"Ya lets go. Oi country bumpkin. See ya later!"
Free from the straining gazes, Kiel quietened down too. He then looked towards the source of the sudden shout. Taking a closer look, Kiel saw an old man in his fifties sitting quietly reading a book. Almost white hairs, wrinkled face, amicable eyes, emitting an elderly aura. It was quite difficult for Kiel to emulate this person to someone who could quieten down the whole library, with such a wild voice. But whatever, Kiel only felt grateful to the old man to save him then. Although, he could also save himself, but that would invite some troubles upon himself, which his mother told him to avoid now.
Bowing down almost to a vertical position, Kiel thanked the old man, before going on his book search. But what he didn't notice was a analysing gaze from behind with a nod of the head.
Kiel was too busy to search for the books. Although there were not many books in the lower pavilion, there were still hundreds of books for the little kid to search for.
"Well let's first search for the history books. Master didn't know much about this world's history while the history books were not commonly found for sale. And those that were available were too expensive for me to afford them. I need some in depth knowledge about this world."
Kiel went to the history section and started looking for some intriguing topics. As it is said, 'Judge a book by not it's cover, but rather its title' that's exactly what Kiel was going to do.
After some more searching, Kiel found some books which piqued his interest somewhat. Collecting the books altogether, Kiel came down to a corner table to find a seat, and opened the first one.
"A contemporary analysis of the Prehistoric Times
Author: Bizer Ku Samat..."
Kiel skipped the introduction as he was not interested in knowing the person. But he was deeply intrigued by the title. So he went straight for the content.
As Kiel started reading the book, he found some similarities to his previous home world, which intrigued him further. He discovered that the world he was living in currently was called Styia. Styia is said to be a very big world, even having its own energy veins to support its energy expenditure.
Styia was said to originally have a single big landmass with a super large ocean body. About eons ago, Sytia was even mentioned to have two stars of its own, along with its five moons. The blue giant which still plays hide and seek with them named Sirius and a smaller red star named Pegasi. From Styia, the two twin stars seemed to be so mesmerizing and majestic, that people even regarded them as the twin Sun Goddessess. The blue and the red light from the two stars even painted the five moons of Styia in their own colours. At that time, the two left moons were blue, while the two right moons were orange. While the middle moon was a mesmerizing mix of the two different cosmic colours. The two stars even filled the world with so much vitality that Sytia overflowed with super rich energy in those times.
(A/N: If you all forgot the five moons now are indigo in color and appear in the sky in a horizontal fashion, with only the middle moon being full, while the rest seem to remain in their waning and waxing phases)
The rich overflow of energy gave birth to many different species of flora and fauna, which thrived during that era.
In those times, huge prehistoric beasts ruled the world, along with numerous other species. There were even mentions of Gods and demons around those times. The energy in those times were so rich that the world gave birth to creatures so strong, that they could bring calamities with just a flick of a finger. Humans, however at that time were only among the minorities and belonged in the middle of the food chain. Not much below, but definitely not the rulers of the land like now. The world was at its peak and the era of strength ruled over everything else.
However, the cosmos seemed to be jealous of their growth, as then a major event occurred which changed the face of the world itself.
One day the Pegasi seemingly vanished out of nowhere. Only its twin the blue star was left. Even no traces of the red star were left behind. The world dimmed a lot as half of the light sustaining them disappeared. The energy balance as a result became disoriented, leading to many natural calamities. This caused utter chaos in those times, as many thought that the world was ending. Some thought that they were attacked by something astronomus while others thought that their world had been cursed.
But if that was not enough, a giant piece of red glowing asteroid hit Styia in the face, causing utter mayhem, destroying the super continent and creating heavy and big waves in the ocean. Earthquakes filled the land, tsunamis overflowed as the oceans became more and more unstable. Life was seen as an ant as mass destruction of species became something regular.
Although many strong and supreme beings were present, in the face of absolute strength of nature, everyone of them had to bow down. Many beings died and wiped out. All were helpless in the face of such utter chaos. And only a few lucky ones still lived after that to tell the tale. Only a small portion of the entire population survived.
And those who survived claimed that the asteroid was actually the last part of their twin star and that it was Pegsis's last attempt to help their world. They even claimed to have seen the asteroid opening a gigantic gate to another world, taking all possible heroes and strong people to prepare for the upcoming fate that was waiting for them. But it was only regarded as a myth. As it had no particular evidence to it.
Although Sirius still survived, it's glow was said to dim down a lot. The single big landmass was destroyed and split into seven bigger parts and many smaller portions, forming the four continents of the current world.
The Western Terrain or the Morning Star Continent
The Northern Shores or the Frozen Expanse
The Southern Havens and
The Eastern Acres
But that was not the end. After the heartbreaking event, many lower end and other species that were not regarded as much, survived as they mainly hid around for their survival. Among them, humans who were regarded as not so worthy, found themselves to be one of the superior races. So, instead of peace and rebuilding following the next era, what really followed was war. War between races for being called the supreme and to plunder the resources of the dead and the stronger races. To rule over the world and be on the top.
As the war followed, even more destruction and chaos accompanied. The war only came to a stop, when humanity was regarded as its victor, the new zenith of the new era.
Kiel also read that along with the four bigger continents, which remained relatively close to each other, there were also three smaller continents which were said to be thrown away by the force of the impact to much lonelier places. However, not much was known about them, and hence they were called the hidden continents.
Kiel was so intrigued by the foreign world history that he completed the hundred pages book within just two hours.
"Well this seems like reading some sci-fi story rather than boring history. Hehe… looks like the world is even more interesting than I thought"
However what astonished him even more was his such rapid reading pace, but he didn't think much about it, as the more he read, the more engrossed he became.
After finishing his first book, Kiel continued on the second one. This one seemed to be about the history of the different kingdoms in their lands.
Kiel started it, wanting to know more about the mysteries of the lands he had arrived on. Discovering about the various kingdoms and empires of their continent, Kiel learnt that the continent they were on was the Western Terrains or the Morning star. It had much of its surface frozen or with coldness and snow all over. Only the southern portion and areas had some diversities in climate, where most people lived. There were three empires in the lands forming a federal government of their own. And the Areneu Kingdom was under one of the giant empire nations. But not much were noted about the empires. The Areneu Kingdom had sixteen kingdoms along with it to be a part of a giant empire nation. While the Dusk and the Amnesia Kingdoms shared its immediate borders. The Areneu Kingdom was said to be a major trade hub, as it was near the sea shore and hence linked to the Southern Heavens continent via it's trade routes. And hence, it was regarded as a very important asset for the empires. Kiel even learnt that the Areneu kingdom had a matriarchal royal family,where only the daughters were allowed to ascend the throne. The sons were mainly regarded as high assets for commanding posts.
Although Kiel was never interested in politics, he was a little intrigued by the women leading the nation. But he didn't consider it strange. He had seen many strange things after all.
However, he stopped it in the middle, because he found it boring about the various nations. He was more intrigued now to read about prehistory. So he searched even more books. But what he got was a big blank. The end of the Racial War and the start of the first human civilization. There was a big gap in between the two timelines. No matter how he searched, the result was the same. This made him even more frustrated. And seeing it was soon going to be evening, he just decided to give up reading books today.
Kiel felt a little hungry too, after spending so much time in the library.
"It is going to be evening soon. I should just go to the inn and have my breakfast there."
Kiel thought about the various books he read today, and became even more excited the more he thought. Kiel vowed to research even more tomorrow.
"What happened after the end of the racial wars? How did the racial wars go on?? How did humanity become the top guns? And moreover, what happened to the other races?" Kiel had too many unanswered questions. So, the library became an even more important place for him.
For the rest week, Kiel had to undergo the scheduled mana tutoring session in the WMMW. It was a vast place, and Kiel was already one of the isolated ones, but still it helped him a lot to grasp the basics of his future growth.
***
Opening his eyes, after a customary period of breathing practice, Kiel felt the same empty feeling of his life energy being totally drained by his root chakra.
Today was the First Mana Ceremony, and Kiel didn't want any mishaps to happen. So he practised diligently as usual. But there was something that was different this time, as a throbbing sensation coming off from under his crotch region, specifically from inside his root chakra. Kiel after opening two petals of his Root Chakra was not unfamiliar to this sensation.
"Looks like another petal on the verge of awakening. Well, mostly within two to three days. Hehe, maybe this petal will allow me to control my abilities more proficiently or awaken something else in me!"
Just as he finished Kiel opened his hands and stared at a small needle around the corner. If anyone else was here, they would see a needle flying on its own and landing on the little boy's hand, bringing a pleasant smile to the lad's face.
"Hehe! Just wait, you all. Sooner or later you all will see that Kiel Dmitriev's family is not something anyone can touch without consequences!"
Looking ahead Kiel had his usual cute smile, as he stood up from his cross-legged position to prepare for the Ceremony. Unknown to the little fellow, later he would be so pleasantly surprised that he did his usual training today out of habit. But that's for something in the future.