She didn't know why that particular book made her stop and take a moment to look at it.
Other than the fact that it was a very old history book, nothing about it was really all that eye catching.
It was a heavy looking brown book that seemed to be ignored more often enough that it was gathering a significant amount of dust.
Well, this book is considered a textbook for school anyways. In a schools history lesson, dragons of course, were an integral part of the lesson.
And books like this were the kind of books that she sees students groan about, as they scan for the textbooks written on a long scroll which teachers tasked them to acquire, and told them the books they needed to get were as important as their quill.
Maybe that's why a lot of people ignore this book. It reminds them a lot of those textbooks with a similar topic.
Even though there was nothing special about this book and there was literally one beside it that was also a dragon history book, something in her gut jolted as she read the title of the book.
She carefully took the book out of the shelf and sneezed as it released the dust it was hoarding on its shelf.
She looked at Ilara who was dusting a few bookshelves nearby.
She was humming to herself as she dusted but as Naera sneezed once more, Ilara looked at her then giggled lightly.
She then took notice of the book that Naera was holding in her hand.
"A history book? Hmm. That book has rarely been read nowadays, since almost everyone in the kingdom knows everything there is to know about dragons since they were taught to read. But, you can borrow it if you want, maybe you can learn something more about them."
"Oh! Thank you truly, Ilara. I will take care of it dearly." she said as she smiled at Ilara.
"Oh, think nothing of it. Maybe you can teach the little ones that you care for how to read also."
She smiled at her and took the book to a nearby table and opened it.
"Hmmm. Let's see. The History of Dragons. Dragons have been a part of our history since probably the dawn of time. They've been terrorizing mankind for centuries. And so, a band of 5 powerful wizards, Serferno, Garuh, Marok, Omire and Ruluio, sought a place where one can feel safe in a land where the chaos brought by Dragons reigned."
"Aligning their powers to create a feat never before seen nor attempted, they created magical force fields around the kingdom and was named after the walls that stand presently in our kingdom. Any dragon that would dare enter the force fields will receive an electric shock so powerful that they will writhe on the ground in pain and die almost instantly. "
"Dragons have been a part of our world and history for many centuries and many mages believe that they existed far longer than has been known or written. Despite this, little is known about them. The only thing known about them is how they could be defeated. Their way of life is still a complete mystery as people were far more interested in killing the enemy than knowing the enemy."
"Though, the way to defeat them has been written countless times and in many different ways. Though the most common is to use magic, as their scales are tougher than any metal and nothing is strong enough to pierce it but magic. Either pure, raw magic or magic imbued weapons can work."
As she was reading the book and was completely enamored by it, when the store bell chimed signalling that a customer has entered.