Erephir returns to Carneol, where he finds Alaria, Beata, and Gion in the process of absorbing knowledge.
— How are you doing with your reading, kittens? And I brought another book, met the author, and he, being a generous soul, gifted it to me.
— Very informative, — Alaria didn't make a joke about the emperors' love affairs, because of which half of Margel might be related to the ruling family, — I wouldn't have even thought about some things before I started reading the chronicles. It even made me a little curious to take a look at Velfern in the past.
The Tanarsian looked at the commander with interest.
— And what is the book, if it's not a secret?