Although the work at the library was easy, none of the interesting things I had imagined happened.
Students who come here to borrow or read books would never have a conflict in such a place, let alone damage the library's facilities and books. Such an act would be a very serious crime, not only in Hope Academy but also in New Aini City, and could even lead to execution.
Many of these books are rare copies brought from other worlds. Due to the special nature of magical books, very few people are able to copy them. If they are lost or damaged, they may be lost forever. Therefore, the act of destroying books is absolutely forbidden, and in many cases, it is even more important than human life.
It sounds cruel, but that's the truth, and it's the rule in most extraordinary worlds. Often, knowledge is priceless.
Dinner was delivered by the cafeteria staff. Currently, there are not many staff members in the college, and many positions are understaffed, yet they cannot be left unattended. Therefore, for these special positions, the cafeteria is notified to arrange for someone to deliver the food.
The food was quite good, with two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup, which made Ye Chen feel the long-lost warmth of home cooking, as if he had returned to his school days.
"Hey! I didn't expect you to be our school's librarian?" After dinner, Ye Chen was browsing through books when he was interrupted by an impolite voice.
"Huh? It's you! What brings you here?" Ye Chen looked up and was taken aback when he saw the person who had come.
"How dare you say that? I promised to gather enough money tonight to get the boxing gloves, but where are you? You've come here to be a librarian!" Harold said irritably. Heaven knows how much effort it took him to gather 250 gold coins, and when he rushed over, Ye Chen wasn't even in the store. It was the two clerks who told him that Ye Chen was in the library.
"Speaking of which, who exactly are you? How come you have two Silver Laurel Moon Elves working as your shop assistants? These are high-ranking people! You can't just be a librarian, can you?" Thinking of this, Harold looked at Ye Chen with suspicion and asked.
Although he ran into Aurelia and Vereesa when he left last night, he was in a hurry to raise money and didn't think much of it, assuming they were just people who came to buy things. But when he went there today, he found out that they were actually two shop assistants. Who the hell would have the ability to recruit these noble moon elves as shop assistants, except for shops run by the Silver Moon Elves themselves?
"Me? The owner of the Relief General Store! The librarian of Hope Academy!" Ye Chen said calmly. He suddenly felt that it was a mistake to have the two of them as shop assistants. It seemed a bit too high-profile. However, the matter was already settled, so he was too lazy to change them.
"You said you've raised the money? Here you go!" Without giving the other party a chance to ask any more questions, Ye Chen opened his palm and began to collect the money.
"Here you go, 250 gold coins, not a single one missing!" Harold tossed over a burlap sack, the clinking of gold coins filling the air. Some students sitting nearby looked up in his direction.
Ye Chen didn't mind, calmly took the money bag, opened it, took out a gold coin, and handed it back to Harold.
"Alright, take this gold coin back and give it to my two clerks. They'll know you've already paid and they'll give you the item!"
"Are you sure? Aren't you going to count them? What if you miss one?" Harold was taken aback, not expecting the other party to be so straightforward.
"Less? You know my shop assistant is a Silver Moon Elf. Do you think you can still survive at Hope Academy without my money?" Ye Chen laughed, but it sent a chill down Harold's spine.
Indeed, the person who could use a Silver Moon Elf as a shop assistant must be someone extraordinary. This librarian might even be just a front. It would be very easy to kill him. Fortunately, he didn't think of using any deception.
"Hey, tell me quietly, what's your identity? I'd love to see you! Do you know our principal? Or do you know the divine envoy Xia Qingyi?" Harold leaned closer and asked with a curious look.
Ye Chen is the god of the entire Primordial Star, while Xia Qingyi and the other awakened ones are seen as messengers of the god by the alien races and are called divine messengers.
If the Silver Osmanthus Moon Elf clan is the ruler of the entire Xiniu Hezhou, then these divine messengers are even more noble than the Silver Osmanthus Moon Elf clan, and only they can mobilize the Silver Osmanthus Moon Elf clan.
Therefore, Harold naturally assumed that Ye Chen was also a divine messenger, and a new divine messenger they had never seen before. If he could get on this good side, his rise to prominence would be a given.
"Little guy, has anyone ever told you that curiosity killed the cat? When your abilities don't match what you know, you'll only end up dead!" Ye Chen said calmly. Although life on the current Honghuang Star was quite peaceful, he didn't mind intimidating the other party to prevent it from affecting his peaceful life.
"Alright! Looks like you think I'm bad!" Harold shivered, then smiled wryly, but he didn't give up.
"By the way, since you're our school's librarian, aren't you obligated to answer students' questions about books? Do you have any books here that can quickly improve combat power?" Harold continued to ask.
"You've studied Chinese, haven't you?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and asked, looking at the other person.
"I've studied it!"
"Then you should know what 'pulling up seedlings to help them grow' means, right? You should also be clear about the consequences of taking shortcuts, right? Young people should be down-to-earth and take things one step at a time!" Ye Chen said with a serious expression.
He had a pretty good impression of Harold. Putting everything else aside, the fact that he could collect 250 gold coins in one day made him much better than the two girls from yesterday, even though they weren't in the same grade.
Therefore, he really didn't want Harold to go astray; those who take shortcuts will eventually pay the price for them.
"This? Of course I don't want to take shortcuts, but having someone to guide me can always save me from some detours, right? I certainly won't skimp on the areas where I need to train and learn diligently!" Harold laughed awkwardly, feeling as if he were being scolded by his mentor.
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen gave him a deep look, as if trying to discern the truth or falsehood in his words.
“There’s no way to speed up cultivation, but if you just want to improve your combat power, the Dragon Flame Fist and the Soaring Dragon Step can be used together. One is for offense and the other is for movement. However, both require access to the third floor of the library, which costs 300 credits. If you are qualified, you can borrow them to take a look!” After a while, Ye Chen withdrew his gaze and said in a calm tone.
She then sat back down, looking at the book in her hands, and ignored him.
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