-So this is where you work? It's impressive, look at all those beast people-
Shel was taken to the office to help them with a certain problem they wanted to get rid of. The employees were arriving and they were preparing to receive the foreigners.
The curators of the Ashmolean, Smithsonian, British and Kunstkamera museum, Sir Raymond Atkins, Woodrow Johnson, Abigail Lennon and Lyosha Smirnov, had arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday along with the remaining leaders of the triads and Ross invited them on Friday to meet him, on Monday to talk about the collection.
They waited for all the fairies to enter their respective stories to start the meeting in the amphitheater. Helix and Pryor had their suspicions and when they rebuked Leen and Ross, they introduced them to Sheldon. They told them little and nothing about his identity and only emphasized that he had something so important in his possession that he had to be handed over to museums and international agencies.
The curators arrived with their own retinue followed by the foreign emissaries and the leaders of the triads.
The people present greeted the Foxes, surprised by their behavior and the urgent request to meet. Ross introduced Shel as an old friend who was visiting and they began to have a strange feeling when he opened his mouth.
- My name is Sheldon Vorychenko, and I am a descendant of griffins. It is a pleasure to meet you. You will wonder what my presence has to do with the issue that concerns today, you see, at the request of my friend I have traveled for weeks all the private libraries in the world looking for what they call the Yoma-Asad collection and to your relief here it is -
Sheldon uncovered a 2m wooden box, and when Brad removed the cover the books were displayed in all their splendor.
-By the gods, it can't be true, that is ...-
-As you got to recover them, not even the investigative agencies could find their whereabouts-
The crowd was astonished and incredulous of what they saw, they began their interrogation.
-As I said, I went through the libraries of the taps at the request of my friend, looking for the books and when I found them, they were in the possession of a private collector who is dedicated to buying rare and special books at auctions. It took me a while to convince him but since he had another similar collection he agreed to hand it over in exchange for them not revealing his identity or origin since he hates that his privacy is interrupted.
-It can not be possible. I know all the griffins libraries and what you say is impossible- Angus did not believe what he heard
-Well, you're looking at the books, where the impossible is. I emphasize that they were part of a private collection and the same griffin asked me not to say anything to avoid problems with the descendants of the first manufacturers or he would end up dead-
[I must admit that your cousin is just as manipulative as you, they are quite alike when you ñagree]
[Leeny, that's because you haven't seen him intervene before the heads of state to get what he wants]
Silence fell in the amphitheater giving way to more crazy theories about what they were seeing. They were telling them that the descendants were still alive and the mere fact of having the collection would cause the death of the one who deliverd it up, if it were revealed who he was.
-Can I see them? - Lyosha was nervous
-Go ahead, I was late to bring them but now you can enjoy them- Shel moved away to give them room
They went up on stage and began to leaf through the books anxiously. They had in their hands the most sought after collection and now it only remained to reproduce them.
-Excuse me, before you make your moves, I have a request from the librarian. He asks that the books be reprinted and sent to museums and that my friend's notebooks be used as reference material in educational institutions - Shel smiled
-Haha boy, we will comply with that request immediately- Johnson was happy to do what they asked him to have the books
-And one more thing, the Levitarium collection should be reprinted immediately- Shel kicked the box and it opened at the bottom showing another collection of 31 books.
They swallowed hard when they saw that there were more books on the subject that had them bad to bring. They never heard about the Levitarium and came to think that there were more unknown authors who studied the subject of the devourers in depth and no one had paid them the attention they deserved.
They looked at the blond young man named Sheldon with great caution and resentment. For them there was too much mystery around and they noticed that every time someone or something approached the Fox family with ulterior motives, someone would always appear to avoid being disturbed them, today was no longer the exception.
Maler pretended to study a book and used Clover to verify his doubts when he approached Shel. When he saw his aura, it was a golden hue with aces of light coming out of his chest, he knew what it meant and he broke into a cold sweat. Niki and Edgar approached him, asked him to be quiet, and took him away to chat in a secluded area.
-That boy ... is an oracle. How is it possible that ...-
-Calm down you fucking idiot. Haha now I know how he found the books, that bastard used his power to find them and at Ross's request. This is another level-
-If that child were to be related to an agency, it would be crazy. We need to recruit him urgently, an oracle is a unique being-
The two rabbits and the hare were plotting to lure Shel to her side before anyone else. They would wait to be alone with him to make his offers.
-Those three know something. Look at their faces, I will warn St. Petersburg and ask them to investigate a certain Sheldon Vorychenko and all the gryphons who attended private auctions in the last 100 years.
Angus was also suspicious and would ask his partner what it was that he found out that caused him to flee to a corner with other rabbits.
-We are in the same, I already sent a message to Houston, they will soon find the information- Hibbert was not far behind
Each one moved the pieces to find out who the young man was who could achieve something that none of them could to date and they'll would go on to request permission to speak with the taps in order to learn more about him.
They finished their meeting and sent for private security to escort the books out of the building. They were afraid that something would happen to them and increased the guards around the box. The journalists saw as the main implied in the creation of arms and leaders of the museums left nervous and pale. Whatever they came to do, it made everyone point their cameras at them.
When they saw an armored truck arrive with several policemen and security escorting a large wooden box, the flashes went off madly. Something big was about to be revealed and for each channel and publisher it was the opportunity to be the first to give the scoop.
Leen was happy to be able to spend more time with Ross and she went to hug him. They had finally gotten rid of the nocturnal writings and now they could travel earlier around the world as if it were their honeymoon.
Brad ate candy to curb his anxiety as he still had the aftertaste of the dragon's ambition on his head. Shel and Ross grabbed the candy from the bag he was holding as they watched the amphitheater being emptied.
Maler, Niki and Edgar came over to talk to Shel, but his friends wouldn't leave him alone, so they tried not to be so obvious about his intentions.
-How is Mr Vorychenko, nice I'm Gary Maler. I was impressed with the way he investigated to arrive at the appearance of the collection and well you see, we want to offer him a position at the Houston headquarters-
-Well, I am Nikita Potchenko and coincidentally I also come to offer you the same-
-Don't leave me behind. I am Edgar Krauss and we would like him to join our agency. We offer a salary with the best benefits-
The quartet did not know how to respond. The very cunning rabbits and hare had taken the first step in capturing Shel, but he just laughed as his visit wouldn't last for a week.