After having breakfast with joy and tears, everyone seemed to be relaxed somewhat. David was relaxing on his bed aka. the sofa, while Clara was busy showing Renji around her home. She was showing him so many trinkets that were in their home. Clara called them trinkets, many of them even Renji had never seen, everything that they had was not something any normal people could afford in their lifetime.
"All of these trinkets were made by me. hehehehe" Renji was dumbfounded when Clara mentioned, that all of the trinkets that she had shown him were made by herself.
'Just who are these people?' Renji questioned himself, he was speechless. How was it even possible to make these things on her own? He was starting to think about what their real identity was. But he didn't ask her, it was better if she mentioned it herself. From what he had seen so far they must be some powerful people, for them to live in isolation that could only mean they don't want to get involved in the outside world.
"Come let me show you my favorite place in the entire world." She chimed excitedly as she grabbed Renji's hand and started pulling him somewhere.
"Wh…What is this?" Renji questioned with a shaky voice, it was as if he had seen some kind of ghost in person. Clara had led him to a door and when she opened the door, all Renji could see inside was darkness. There was not even a spec that could be seen from the outside.
"Oh honey don't be agitated, this is also one of my trinkets. Come and have a look inside." Said Clara as he pulled Renji's arm abruptly.
"What is this place? How is it so big?" asked Renji as he looked around the place just entered, he was dumbfounded by the size of the place. The space he entered just now was 4 times bigger than the cottage itself, so he wondered how this place even existed.
"This is my library and my research lab 2 in one. Hehehe" said Clara as she took Renji to have a look around the place, the place was filled to the brim with books like a library, and at the end, there were even many instruments that looked like where Clara did her research.
"I don't understand words that are written in here." Said Renji with confusion, he was proficient in 3 different languages and he could even tell many languages based on the patterns of the letters but the words in the book he just pulled out were something that he had never seen before.
"Oh! That's because this book is written in the ancient language. I mostly study and research ancient languages that were brought to our world after the day of annihilation. These pieces of knowledge were brought here from different worlds." Clara explained as Renji seemed confused about the language that was written in the book.
"But why do you read about the language that doesn't even belong to our world?" Asked with curiosity, what was the point of reading about other worlds when our world is in trouble? He pondered.
'Oh, the curiosity in your eyes, such a refreshing feeling to see such a young mind seeking for answers.' Thought Clara as she saw the glow in Renji's eyes, it was as if his eyes were themselves asking her questions rather than his voice.
"From where do I begin, it's a long story ........" said Clara as she started explaining to Renji.
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"...…..So that is why I feel, that to know our universe we need to research the ancient languages." Clara's explanation ended on that, she had been talking for quite a while now.
"Oh! You still seem to be curious about something, was my explanation not sufficient sugar pie?" Asked Clara as she looked into Renji's eyes, who still seemed hungry for more information.
"No, your explanation was enough but it got me excited about learning more about these languages. They seem very interesting." Said Renji with excitement as he got excited to learn more about the ancient languages and her research on them.
"Ah so that was it, but alas we don't have more time your ride must be arriving any minute now. It's such a shame, but don't worry sugar pie, you will eventually be able to learn about these things as you grow up and when the time comes you can explain to me what you researched." Said Clara with a tinge of sadness as she looked at Renji.
'I hope you get the chance to study these, I wish the world wasn't like this. For many people, unawakened people are just hindrances in their eyes nowadays. I hope for your best little one.' Thought Clara as she looked at the 8-year-old child who had no hint of mana in his body. She lamented at the fact that he might never be able to get the chance in his life to study these languages that fascinated him.
"Ah okay!" said Renji in a low voice, he seemed a little down but he didn't voice it as it meant it was time for him to meet his family again.
'Aghhh the agony' cried Clara on the inside as if something was eating her from the inside as she saw the face of a disappointed Renji
"Alright let's go." Said Clara as she started moving towards the door, she didn't dare to look back at Renji, or else she feared she might drop the tears that she had been holding in her eyes.
Without asking any further Renji started following, he was a little disappointed but he still believed maybe someday he would surely get the chance to study the languages.
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As soon as they exited the library, they were welcomed by the scream of a beast and the sounds of leaves blowing. It seemed as if a storm and a beast had attacked the cottage at the same time.
"WH…WHAT IS THAT< ARE WE UNDER ATTACK?" Asked Renji as he started panicking, just now they were talking about returning home and now suddenly they were under attack by a beast. They were so deep inside the Forest that Renji believed they might be under attack by a very high-level beast.
"Don't worry sugar pie, it's just ava. She loves to put on a show wherever she arrives that's just her style. And you don't have to worry no beast can attack us here unless that came from a deeper level of the forest, but well that's impossible." Explained Clara as she tried to calm Renji down.
"Ava? Is she your friend?" Renji asked, it seemed as if they had grown a lot closer after having the conversation inside the library.
"Yes, indeed she is a friend. Come with me let's go and meet her, I am sure she would be very glad to meet you and be your friend as well." Said Clara as she and Renji went outside the cottage, the storm that was moving the trees also seemed to have calmed down.
"WHA…WHAA….WHAT IS THAT THING?" Screamed Renji as soon as he stepped outside the house, he was scared stiff after getting out of the cottage.