Jane removed the large red cloak which she had earlier worn in order to disguise herself together with Karz who quickly pulled off his red cloak and kept it on a tall iron stand that stood beside the door immediately after they had ascended the stairs which led to the central room and entered it. Jane looked around the room feeling quite observant of its skilled architectural design as well as the laced colored wallpaper made with different patterns which made her marvel greatly at the masterpiece which was properly kept in perfect order with its wide spaces that contained four small but round objects meant for sitting which Jane presume to be the chairs woven with wooden fibres while five antiques were neatly arranged on a raised platform amidst the chairs. A small door which was shut at the right corner of the room close to the window, ran down to the library of spells at the bottom of the building where Samon focused on improving the levels of his power.
"That must be the door which led to the library of spells", Karz said pointing to the small door,"Wait for my return right here, let me go and talk to Samon while you wait for me here",
"Okay, I'll wait for you here", Jane replied very much pleased with what he had told her do because she wanted to spend some time observing the delicate beauty of the central room as well as enjoying the sweet fragrance emitted by the purple flowers called wild soruxa filled the whole room. Then Karz walked over to the door and pushed it open as he went inside revealing numerous small stairs that ran its course downwards to another small door at the end of it. Leaving Jane behind, Karz slowly descend the stairs which took him down to another small door, which he opened quickly as he approached and went inside immediately without delay, into a wide room filled with books neatly arranged on different shelves that stood tall in arrays of column which were Fourteen in all. All of which had different spells book, each meant for a particular herbal remedy, healing spells, magic arts, animal spells, sleeping spells, flying spells and so on including information about common plant herbs which can be used for healing and medicinal herbs as well as rare ones coupled with details about the potency of most poisonous herb which are dangerous and as well be a used as a derivative of new medicinal drugs that can be used to cure disabilities.
Karz strolled past two columns while observing a good number of books each having its spell with specified purposes and healing properties. he continued to stare at the books as he walked on amidst the tallest shelves having quite a lot of books to than the other one smaller ones which still proved tall until a voice shot across the room which drew his attention immediately,
"Is that you, Karz?", Samon asked with his back facing him and as he lowered a book in mid-air, that was wrapped in blue vines, with his red energy that placed the book in his arms with ease,"When did you come back from the human realm? And did you come here with the late chief's daughter?",He continued still having his back turned facing Karz who replied,"
"Yes, it's me my friend", Karz said and moved closer to him approaching him from behind.
"Welcome back my friend, there's been a lot of things happening here while you were away on the important mission,
"Thanks you guys very much for your warm hospitality. I heard that there's a duel march coming up between Akanon and the late chief's daughter next full moon", Karz said as he caress some the books on the nearby shelf.
"Yes there is ad how do you know that when you weren't even present when he surprisingly showed up and interrupted the meeting?", Samon asked feeling quite surprised that Karz knew about the duel even when he wasn't there to see it.
"I was informed about it by Eamus and ever since then, I have been preparing Jane for the encounter with Akanon which will be very difficult for her to defeat", Karz replied at once,
"And how is her preparation coming along? Has there been any improvement on her fighting skills?",Samon inquired again,
"Well, So far...no but I think she needs to learn some secret advance moves in order to win the duel not only for herself but also to prevent Akanon from taking all over the city because time is running out", Karz answered,
"Will that be enough to defeat Akanon? Don't you know that he's very much stronger than this Jane?", Samon questioned once more,
"Honestly, I don't know but I believe she is clever like her father was and she must have some traits of his character left in him beside brute force doesn't always come out victorious but a clever mind which may not be physically powerful, can also defeat the most valiant men",Karz responded again looking far back at the numerous books on the shelves,"She could learn a thing or two on how to control her powers using your library as a guide",
"That's true but she isn't going to stay here so she can't have learn using this library beside most of the spells inscribed in the books are written in strange languages and she cannot understand them unless someone explain it to her", Samon said doubtfully of her ability to win the duel.
"And which is why I came to you instead of staying at the house of Eamus in order to prepare Jane for the duel using some technical spells in this library which will equip her well enough to withstand Akanon's brutal attacks. And remember that if we fail to assist her by training her enough to fight in the duel, she will fail miserably and our honor as council members will be tarnished including losing the city to Akanon but if she succeed in defeating Akanon using some secret advance moves as well as defence moves which we will teach her, the city will be saved and Akanon will be disgraced most of all the council members honor will be restored", Karz briefly explained,"So that's why we'll stay here and teach her those skills until the next meeting where she will be given a place to dwell to await the duel",
"Alright, we'll do that then. Where is she now?", Samon asked now fully reassured of helping Jane to win the duel.
"She is waiting for me right now as we speak, in the central room, to return to her", Karz retorted,
"Let's go upstairs then in order for me to see how she looks like and about matters concerning the city, you will get to know them at the next meeting", Samon said and dropped the spell book he held earlier as he walked through the shelves while Karz followed behind to the small door which took them back to the central room where they found Jane standing close to window and caressing the purple soruxa with her fore fingers. She didn't notice that both of them had entered into the room and was busy playing with the soruxa which engrossed as well as captivated her making her feel not bored at all but more lively instead.
"What are you doing, Jane?", Karz asked perplexedly as to what she was doing which also frightened her because she wasn't aware that both of them were standing and staring at her from behind .
"Oh!, you scared me. I was just playing with the purple plant so that I won't feel bored from waiting for so long since you weren't coming until now", Jane promptly replied,
"Well, never mind. I would like you to meet Samon, the owner of this estate and a also member of the council. As you know, he will shelter us until the next meeting and during that time, you will learn some secret advance moves which you must strictly pay attention to in order to win the duel", Karz explained introducingly as Samon stood erect adjusting his red robe.
"Hello, nice to meet you sir", Jane said immediately with her arm stretched forward which totally left Karz and Samon dumbfounded as they stare at each other in amazement due to her strange greeting. "Oh!, sorry, I sincerely apologize. you see, I've not learnt the way you guys greet each other because this is how we greeted each other back on earth, so please do forgive me", Jane apologized as she withdrew her hand.
"Don't worry about it, I know and understand that you haven't yet gotten familiar with our customs but there are rules to be followed if you want to stay here and I will tell you about them in subsequent time. So you don't have any clothes with you other than those you are wearing right now, therefore I will send for some clothes that are worn by the female servants who aren't around but will be the next day from now on. You will live in the guest room separately from Karz while the servant will attend to your needs and as well as remind you when lessons will begin in the library of spells", Samon reassured her of his understanding of her previous greeting towards them and explained some of the house rules while Karz also listened with focused attention.