When I arrive at Ellirith's tree, I knock on the door of the huge tree house and wait for a reply. The door opens immediately, but it doesn't surprise me as much as the first time.
'Hah, I'm getting used to these things now... Somehow, I'm slowly starting to feel more and more comfortable in this world.' I sigh and enter the house.
"Greetings, Elder." I say politely with a calm tone whilst giving her a small bow. Then, I look at her, and she greets me back. "Hello, Alaire. I heard about what happened in the Haunted Glade. Is everything alright now?"
Despite her kind gesture of asking me about my health, her tone suggests that she's not too interested in my answer. In exchange, I just give her a court nod.
"I'm fine, thank you. I came here to ask about that. There's also another small thing that I wish to ask, Elder." She looks at me and raises an eyebrow.
"And what exactly do you wish to know?" She asks while leaning back into the ornamented stone chair that represents something like a throne of some sort.
I gulp a bit and take a small, quick breath to gather my thoughts together. "Books. Do you have any records or books about magic and the markings?"
'I hope that I'm not asking for too much. I'm not sure how rude or normal it is to ask this sort of thing.' My lips curl down a bit in uncertainty at my request.
'But I really need this, though. I don't know what kind of magic I have nor how to control it. I only know what it looks like. That's it.'
"Hmm... Yes. We indeed do." Ellirith replies after a moment of thinking and eyeing me. Then she motions her hand as if calling someone.
"Guard! Take our guest to the library." She commands, and one guard immediately takes action. He walks towards me and then leads me outside the tree house after receiving orders.
'Now that I think about it, this house was built mainly for the Village Elder to occupy it during the day or meetings, but they don't live here, right? So that means Ellirith lives elsewhere. I wonder if it's something grand since she holds a lot of power. Ha, I shouldn't think about it. I won't live here, anyway.'
The guard leads me to a large tree that's wide and taller than most trees in the village. The guard, who's rather tall and has auburn hair with dark brown eyes, a lightly tanned skin, and a sturdy build, salutes to the other guard, who's in front of the library.
"Aiden, show our guest the library." The guard next to me says, and the guard, in front of the library, whose name is Aiden, nods and opens the door of the large tree.
For a moment, I observe, and I then walk inside once I'm motioned to. I look around, taken aback by the sight before me.
Books are everywhere. The space is large despite the tree not being as wide. Light comes from small fireflies lurking around the whole area.
It seems as though there are all sorts of books. I can smell the scent of the books and wood. This is really amazing...
Once I'm over this, I go explore the walls full of books. 'Magic... Magic markings... Do they have it sorted the same way, like in my world?' I look around and try to find a pattern.
They're sorted by the titles, it seems. I walk around and climb the latter that's attached to a wall and leads to another floor. I search for the title, and there's a book that seems to fit my criteria. I take it from the shelf, leaning against the railing of the second floor a bit.
'I hope this is it... The title does fit my needs...' The book's title is "Magic attributes and markings". While flipping through the pages, searching for the chapter with the markings, my eyes land on a certain page.
'This one looks very similar to my marks...' I think and read it. "The marking of life...?"