The Arks - Chapter 408

Raiyen tried his best not to laugh at Gillian’s recount of Mavislin but his body betrayed him. Gillian raised an eyebrow at the Time Mage.

“Sorry, it’s just that thought of you finding Mavislin behind you, standing in the middle of the room seemed hilarious to me. Especially when you said your next thought was to feed her…” said Raiyen, through his laughs.

“Goes to show that even a century has passed, some things do not change for her. Like the thought that everyone thinks that she is always hungry…” continued Raiyen.

Gillian could not help but laugh as well. On one hand, Raiyen was right. Whenever they found Mavislin creeping up behind them, it was usually to ask for something to eat or permission to go and hunt for food. Who could blame the two guys for laughing?

Once they’ve finished laughing, the two guys continued their talk and their way down to the library.

“So, if she wasn’t looking for food, what was she looking for?” asked Raiyen.

“She had been staring at the books that were strewn around me. She picked one up to give it to me. And then she placed it nicely on the floor, next to my desk. She continued this action, for the next hour as I just sift through my books…” replied Gillian, thinking back.

The more he pondered about that scene, the more confused he was. Mavislin was just helping him pick up books, nicely stacking them beside his desk without any word. She was still holding onto the plushie. She wasn’t asking for anything, just helping her father figure it out.

“And that’s where we learned that Mavislin hates people throwing things around,” said Raiyen.

“I guess so… But after an hour, she got bored and stopped stacking the books. This was where I got worried because she opened one of the closed books,” continued Gillian.

“Why would you be? They’re just books, after all, she doesn’t have a pen or anything, right?”

“She opened a ‘Sealed Book’. It’s a book belonging to a life that has perished. Only I can read those books. Do you know how worrying it is, to see a little girl opening something that is sealed without any help at all? It’s just plain terrifying for me.”

“So, did you stop her?”

“I couldn’t. She flip to the first page and closed it once more. She walked up to me and demanded that I read the whole book out for her. And it was also then, that I forgot this child was illiterate in the human language.”

Raiyen laughed once more, finding the thought of Mavislin giving up so soon and asking Gillian to read for her.

“Luckily, I was done with whatever thing I was looking for. Whoever that person owed me a cookie because I took nearly ten hours trying to tell his entire life story to a Valkyrie. And for the first time, my storytelling was enough to lull her to sleep. In the middle of my floor.”

“And then I learned that a child sleeping on the ground is not a good thing to have when Ysabeau is around. When she found her sleeping there, she gave me the lecture of my life. And Mavislin was woken up once more. She was confused and groggy as my wife smacked me countless times over.”

“Somehow or rather, I pity you… It must have been tough…”

“Don’t worry, centuries with the same wife… You’ll learn to get used to it after a few decades.”

“Anyways, because of her love of books, I was determined to teach her words. The human books were written in the person’s native tongue. For example, your story is being written in Chinese while Minwoo was in Korean. So, we started with English books first.”

“But to my confusing knowledge and expertise, she picked up one of the most complex languages ever to be made. My language, the words by an Aki. She could decipher all the handwritten spells that I’ve gathered throughout the years… In a single day.”

“When I found out about it, I was scared to no end. If she tried any of those spells out, who knows what could happen to Earth. But I was lucky to have a very obedient little girl as my adopted daughter. Despite her temper when not being fed properly.”

“Now that’s something that we’ll never understand… Hang on. What language do you use to communicate with her? Or, as matter of fact, anyone?” questioned Raiyen.

“I can speak any language of the Universe. That’s my niche, so to say. I’m used to speaking with Mavislin in her language, Valokian but when she learned about the human language, we switched to English.. But for spells, Mavislin used Latin to write them out while speaking in English.”