Chapter 94 - The Old Section
He started looking into the other sections to gain more knowledge, especially the books and data related to the ancient civilization. As it was an important part of his future plan.
After reading through many books and details Dror understood that very little was known about the ancient civilization and their technologies and cultivation techniques were different from the current one.
The main reason for the little knowledge was their language which was hard to decipher, and very few scholars were interested in it in the current Ayangdad.
But Dror had got a clue as to how to gain a better understanding.
Many of the ancient books from the ancient civilization were left within the ancient section of the library.
The only problem was one has to search through them manually.
Dror inquired with the librarian about where the ancient section was, the librarian was looking at Dror as if he was an alien.
But after seeing that he held the rank of a captain the librarian spoke " young officer why do you want to go to the ancient section, no one goes there anymore and the truth is you don't need to go there since almost all of the books in there have already been digitized and you can read it from here itself..."
Dror replied "you see I have always been curious about history ... I wanted to see the books collected from the ancient civilization which has not yet been digitized... "
Librarian " if you insist i will show you...., but I should warn you ... the books in there are not catalogued and it's a huge mess, I won't be able to help you with what you are looking for..."
The Librarian led Dror to the section which was a very big hall to the corner and as he entered, he knew he was in a lot of trouble... There were long bookshelves in the beginning which were catalogued.
But later the books were just heaped up like small hills...
seeing Drors face, the librarian gave a knowing snort... the librarian had seen many who wanted to check out the real books, but most of them would return back after seeing the mess.
But Dror was not here to just read, this was a vital part for the development of his plan.
so he chose to go in with steady steps.
When he browsed through the book shelf, he could see that they were catalogued at first, but as he went further he couldn't find any catalogues.
He would have to read the title of each book to know which was which.
Dror really wished he could use his spiritual sense to scan through the whole shelf .... but if he did that he would be thrown out of the library and banned entry for a while.
Dror took out a book which didn't have any title on the outside...
Achoo.....
The dust that has accumulated due to no one touching the books created another mess.
As he sneezed, the dust from all around started rising up....
But all of a sudden a gentle breeze came out of nowhere and led all the dust particles away from him. Dror was confused but he realized that someone was helping him.
It didn't take long for him to find the person, as the guy was looking at the books on another book shelf.
It was a thin curly haired man with glasses, he had a scholarly aura to him and he wore a mask.
The guy gave him a look and said " you should use a mask in here..."
Dror took the person's advice and took a mask from his ring to put it on, so that he won't have to sneeze all day...
The guy continued " I didn't know there was someone else in the base who would be interested in these old books... I am Alexander, what is your name.."
Dror politely replied " I am Dror , nice to meet you.."
Alexander " are you a historian like me.... "
Dror was surprised that this person didn't recognize him. After the first prince announced his identity as barbarian, even small kids knew his name.
Dror thought " does this guy spend all his time inside the library.. who knows, but this guy can be of great help to me.."
Then he said " I am not a historian, but I am intrigued by certain history and pursue the truth relating to the matter that intrigues me.."
Alexander " Ha ha... well said , you will make a great historian if you pursue the truth of the past..."
Alexander had already closed the book that he was reading and started reading the other person with interest.
Dror " This is my first time here, can you point me to the direction where books related to ancient civilization are kept.."