Chapter 312 - Free Lunch
The library’s hall was quiet as the mages sat on both sides of the long table, holding thick magic books in their hands as they buried their heads in them. Nobody spared a glance when the four of them walked in through the entrance, treating them like little more than flies buzzing nearby.
The four crept through the library’s hall, and followed the stairs to the second floor. The guard who led them knocked twice on a false door before they heard a hoarse voice coming from the other side.
“Please come in. ”
Lin Li smoothed the creases in his robe before he pushed open the door.
The meeting room was sort of small, with tall rows of bookshelves lining both sides of the room. Books of every genre imaginable filled the shelves, and they could almost smell the ink as they stood in the room. The thick carpet they stood on felt soft and clean; with a coffee table and a few bamboo chairs, the room looked well-designed even though the layout was simple. On the other side of the room was a balcony, which allowed the rays of the setting sun to shine into the room, casting it in a layer of glittering gold.
An old man sat serenely in the evening rays as he slowly rocked the bamboo chair to an unknown rhythm. On his left sat a small coffee table with a teapot and four teacups, while a green magic staff leaned on his right. The gem sitting atop the staff was not all that shiny, but the magical waves coming from it made Lin Li hiss unknowingly…
“Good evening, Mage Felic,” the old man spoke in a slow and mild manner, a twinkle of a smile in his eye as he looked at Lin Li.
This was as good as a newly orphaned beauty with a large inheritance crying for your hand in marriage and offering to find you a harem of concubines. Wasn’t this what they called free lunch?