The girl carrying the books and scrolls panicked. She quickly put everything on the ground and bowed to Kai.
- Good morning Councillor Kai! - She said quickly and respectfully.
- Forget about the ceremonies. I told you at the meeting that I don't care about such things. - Kai said with a smile.
The girl relaxed a little, raised her head and looked at him.
- It seems that Councillor Kai is indeed a good person... - said the girl somehow thoughtfully, - Oh, did I say that out loud? - The girl instantly blushed, she seemed to be very distracted.
- Okay, relax. Can you tell me where Fatty is right now? - Said Kai, picking up some books and scrolls from the floor.
- Uh... You mean... - The girl seemed to start to get very confused when she realised that Kai was talking about her Head.
- Yes, yes, I'm talking about Diso. Let's go take your books and on the way you can tell me where to find your Head. - Kai said calmly.
- So, are you showing me the way? - Kai smiled, looking at the dazed girl.
- Ah, let's go this way. I need to take this to Counsellor Fabian. He's doing some research right now. - Shyly said the girl and started moving down the corridor.
- Listen Counsellor Kai, why don't you call the Head so frivolously? He is higher than you in the hierarchy. - Said the girl curiously. It was obvious that she had already relaxed a bit, and was not worried.
- Because, Diso's start in Border Beast City, and almost all of the initial resources of the Trade and Research Union were organised by me. And I'm about to enrich us even more. You can think of me as the grey cardinal. Heh-heh. - In his usual manner, Kai said.
Kai often mixed the truth with jokes, which caused dissonance among people. Those who hadn't known him for a long time couldn't always tell if he was joking or serious.
- Anyway, where is Diso now, can you tell me? - Changing the subject, Kai asked.
- Oh, the head of Diso is in some negotiations. To be honest, I don't know the details myself, I just saw him at the headquarters this morning. But he went somewhere afterwards. - The girl said calmly.
- Well good, then our meeting coincided perfectly. - Kai said calmly.
- Why is that? - Uncomprehendingly asked the girl.
- Because I can't meet Fatty now, and I have to kill time somehow. And it's very convenient that you're going to Fabian's now. I also need to talk to him. - Kai said with a smile.
- Ooh... Got it... - The girl said absent-mindedly.
Thus, they moved through the spacious corridors to Fabian's office. Kai sometimes made jokes, or said things that the girl didn't know how to react to. So she just smiled and was mostly silent.
After a while, they started down the spiral staircase to the bottom. It was like going into the basement. That seemed to be where Fabian had settled.
- Well, this is the place Fabian has chosen for himself... - Kai said aloud.
- Councillor Fabian is just more comfortable this way. There is an array downstairs that illuminates the whole room with a bright light, similar to daylight. That's why you can do research there all the time, without being distracted by the time of day. Sometimes Counsellor Fabian spends several days there without sleep... - The girl explained calmly.
- Oh, that's it... - Kai said, and remembered Astral Grad, where he had a similar feeling.
After descending the stairs and opening the doors, Kai saw a spacious room. There were so many different items, bookshelves, artefacts and so on....
It was indeed a creative chaos. A bunch of different scrolls stacked on top of each other, some stones, drawings... It seemed that anything could be found here. And near a large table in the centre of the room stood a man with glasses.
- Hello Mr Fabian. - Kai said hello with a smile.
- Oh! Kai! You decided to visit me? Hahaha! - Fabian laughed. It was obvious that he was very happy to see Kai.
- Yes and no. - Kai smiled enigmatically, "Do you remember what I told you at the banquet? I have something for you. - Kai said intriguingly.
- Ha ha. What is it? - Fabian asked in anticipation. You could see the interest in his eyes.
Kai went to the table, found an empty parchment on it, took the inkwell with a brush inside and started writing.
He was writing out hieroglyphics in an ancient language that existed before the destruction of the past civilisation.
- Er...this... - Fabian seemed to start losing his speech.
In Astral Grad, Kai had gained knowledge of the language and writing of the ancients, from a mysterious cube. Now he knew their writing as if it were his own. So he could write in it with ease. But for Fabian, it was a miracle.
He looked at more and more hieroglyphs appearing and did not understand what was happening. So far, he couldn't make sense of what was written, but if he did enough research....
Kai continued until he had written on two parchments and both sides. Then he calmly put the brush away and moved the sheets closer to Fabian.
- Kai, what is this? - The man asked shocked.
- Well, remember I told you that I received the legacy of an old alchemist? - Kai said calmly.
- When the cave array transported me, I found myself in another place underground. There I found the corpse of an old man, who was amazingly preserved. When I touched him, I began to be consumed by the Earth Fire from his body. But by some miracle I was able to absorb it and survive... - Kai paused, as if remembering those terrible circumstances. - But that wasn't the point, on the wall beside him, were written these hieroglyphics. Remembering your story about the ancient civilisation, I decided that I had to remember everything carefully. - Kai continued to explain.
- Then I thought that if I get out, you must be very interested in it... And to be honest, I would like to know what it says. - Kai said with a smile.
Kai knew that information about the past civilisation would be very important for Mr Fabian, so he couldn't withhold it. But he couldn't tell about the Astral City, Heavenly Fire and other things either. A story about a cube with an incredible array that transmitted the knowledge of language would also be too unbelievable.
Therefore, Kai decided to describe the entire story of the Astral Alchemy Emperor. Except that he made her narrator and protagonist a fictional old man he found in the cave.
Kai removed the memories of the Astral Fire Sect and so on from the story. And left just an alchemist who, at the peak of the apocalypse outside, decided to escape underground and died there.
Thus, Mr Fabian will discover the mystery of the past, which will help him in his research. Also, he will learn that his hypotheses were not wrong, and he was right. The information Kai had given him was very valuable to him.
- Oh my goodness... Thank you Kai! This is just unbelievable! - Fabian shouted out.
He began to frantically look at the parchments, and the various hieroglyphs on it. He seemed to be completely absorbed in the process. When he thanked Kai, he didn't even raise his head.
- Hehehe. I knew you'd like it. Anyway, I won't bother you. I'm off. - Kai said with a smile.
- Yeah, yeah, I need to get some good work done... - Fabian seemed to be completely absorbed in the process already....
Looking at that, Kai said goodbye to the girl who brought him here. And started to climb the stairs upstairs. He decided that he would wait for Diso already there.