The study was rather ordinary, with no rare antiques or priceless collections; just three enormous bookshelves filled with all sorts of books. Some were relatively new, while others had worn covers exposing the linen underneath, used to reinforce the bindings. These hundreds of books were just a small portion of the elderly man's collection, yet they were the most frequently read. He had spent his life reading, meticulously going through every book he deemed valuable and leaving behind detailed notes.
The elderly man had graduated from a prestigious university with outstanding character and scholarship. He had devoted his entire life to his work, rising and falling several times, and finally, before his retirement, he successfully became a councilor—a councilor of Ternell City.
