Chapter 91: Scarlet Court

Walking into the library, a blonde waitress with a small braid and a somewhat dangerous-looking hairstyle leaned over when she saw the blank look on her face.

"May I ask what you need?" the other party asked her with a smile.

"I would like to find the library director," Yun Mu said, feeling a bit unsure of herself.

As a stranger, is it not a bit inappropriate to come up and say I want to see the director right away?

She thought.

"If you want to see the director, just go to the director's office on the second floor; the director should be there at this time," the blonde waitress replied to her.

"Oh, thank you."

Yun Mu responded with some surprise, not expecting things to be so simple.

She looked around and soon found the stairs leading to the second floor of the library.

Unlike the somewhat narrow spiral staircase at the Painter Association, the library's stairs were of the very normal Z-shaped variety, and they occupied a large area, making them very spacious to walk on.

It is hard to imagine what it would be like if this place were packed with people.

After saying goodbye to the blonde waitress, she headed toward the second floor of the library.

Several security guards on the first floor of the library looked at her as a matter of routine and paid her no mind.

She walked up to the second floor and soon found the library director's office based on the information on the doorplate.

"Is there something you need?"

The office door was wide open, and upon seeing Yun Mu, the library director, who was sitting behind the office desk processing various information documents, asked her.

This director looked to be about fifty years old, with a head of gray-white long hair groomed very neatly and laid behind his head.

His face was somewhat gaunt, giving him an air of inexplicable majesty.

"Edward asked me to come find you," Yun Mu took a deep breath, first bringing up Edward's name.

Subsequently, she summoned Chester from the Game Panel.

"Hmm?"

"It is actually a Treasure Chest monster."

The other party, just like Edward, stood up from behind the desk in great surprise and came before Chester, observing it carefully.

"Hiss."

He looked at the patterns on Chester's body and suddenly gasped.

"Where did you find it?" he could not help but ask Yun Mu.

"The sewer," Yun Mu answered without hesitation.

Never mind, if asked, just say the sewer.

In any case, the Frostfall City sewer has a long history and the situation inside is intricate and complex, so it is not strange to find anything there.

"The sewer, indeed, only in the sewer could one find such a rare thing," the museum director muttered to himself upon hearing her words.

"Ahem, excuse me."

He gently took a step back, then performed a standard gentleman's salute and said, "I am Wensite Connor, director of the Frostfall City Library. Did Edward ask you to come find me to inquire about this Treasure Chest monster?"

"Hello, I am Yun Mu," Yun Mu first returned the salute somewhat awkwardly, then nodded and said, "To be precise, it is I who wants to know about it."

"Hmm."

Wensite leaned in to look at the markings on Chester's box, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I roughly know where the patterns on this come from."

As he spoke, he stood up and went to a bookshelf on the side of the office, from which he pulled out a scarlet book.

The sharp-eyed Yun Mu noticed the title of that book.

"The Kingdom of Blood and Art—The Peak and Decline of the Scarlet Court, Exploring the Truth of the Lost Kingdom."

"Scarlet Court?" Yun Mu was thoughtful.

"It should be this one."

Wensite flipped through the pages in his hand and soon spread it open for Yun Mu to see; he pointed to the thorn pattern on the page and compared it with the one on Chester's body, saying:

"Look here, are they not exactly the same?"

Hearing his words, Yun Mu also compared them and looked; it was indeed exactly the same as the one in the book.

"So..."

"I know what you want to ask," Wensite interrupted her, saying, "If nothing goes wrong, the pattern on this Treasure Chest monster should come from the Scarlet Court, a kingdom that rose between the years 600-1000 of the Heral Calendar, at the end of the First Era."

"There is a great deal of archaeological information regarding this country because, at that time, the entire North Road was almost entirely under the control of the Scarlet Court."

"According to many archaeological records and discoveries, the noble class of this country seemed to have the habit of drinking human blood, and the regions under their rule had to offer a certain amount of fresh blood every period of time."

"At first, scholars defined this behavior as barbaric and even labeled the entire Scarlet Court as Darkness and ignorant, but in subsequent archaeological research, it was discovered that..."

"This country attached great importance to art and etiquette; many modern etiquettes are even left over from that time, and their blood-drinking behavior was also related to the social background and humanistic trends of that time, so continuing to call it a kingdom of Darkness and ignorance is perhaps somewhat inappropriate..."

Wensite talked endlessly to Yun Mu about the research on the Scarlet Court, and she listened with great interest.

After all, she had come to understand this, but much of the information Wensite shared was different from what she knew.

Among them, the most easily noticeable was the information regarding the Scarlet Court drinking blood.

Is it not normal for the Blood Clan to drink blood? Could it be that people in later generations do not know about the Blood Clan?

Regarding this point, she did not take the initiative to ask, but only after Wensite finished his endless narration did she politely ask him where she should go to find books related to this aspect.

Wensite seemed very satisfied with her behavior of choosing to listen, and said to her:

"Go to the history section on the third floor, find the librarian there, and tell him you want to see books about the Scarlet Court at the end of the First Era."

"Thank you."

After politely thanking him, Yun Mu left Wensite's office and followed the stairs to the third floor of the library.

She easily found the librarian.

"Hello, I would like to view books about the Scarlet Court at the end of the First Era," Yun Mu came to the counter on the third floor and said to the young man sitting behind it.

"Of course, no problem, beautiful lady." The young man nodded with a smile, then enthusiastically led her to a massive bookshelf.

While leading the way, he also smiled and introduced to Yun Mu how to find corresponding books based on the labels next to the shelves.

"This is it; books regarding the Scarlet Court are all stored here," the young man explained to her. "In the library, you may read the books here as you please."

"Just take care not to cause damage, stains, dog-ears, marks, or scribbles, otherwise we will blacklist you."

"If you wish to borrow them, please provide your Identity Card, your address, and a deposit."

"For those who do not return them on time, we will confiscate your deposit and issue one warning; if it happens again, it will also be handled by blacklisting."

"Please take note."

PS: The Frostfall City library is not a public library, but the private library of Wensite Connor.

The extent of this guy's wealth is something Yun Mu simply cannot imagine!

(End of chapter)