Chapter 21 Paladin Library
Imil studied the student cards handed back by the guards, and it seemed that the library of the Knights of St. John was indeed unique. Following the steps carved with strange runes, Imil could notice that people dressed in strange ways could be seen from time to time between the bookshelf on these floors.
These people seem to be still in the last century, either wearing serious church gowns or weird guys wearing hoods and one-piece cloaks.
These weird guys who don't look like Columbia University students cherish every minute they spend in the library, and they rarely communicate or argue.
Everyone was concentrating on studying the books in their hands, and occasionally a few serious guys were muttering something with their eyes closed, as if they were trying to memorize the knowledge in the books for rote.
Imil asked the gatekeeper who led him with curiosity: "Who are they? What are they doing?"
The janitor humbly nodded to Imir and said, "As you can see, they are reciting the mantras in the book."
Imil was surprised: "Spell?"
The gatekeeper proudly introduced: "Yes, the Knights of St. John's Library is the largest magic library in the world." He paused: "Maybe, except for the Supreme Magician Strange Doctor Stephen's private collection, it can be compared with this place, but there is absolutely no such comprehensive collection in his place."
Imil sounded a little strange to the name Steven, and he was not sure whether the word the janitor was talking about was a doctor or a doctor. These two meanings were always easy to be confused.
But he silently wrote down the name in his heart: "Supreme Magician? Ahha, is he another mysterious person? This is really interesting."
In his previous life, Emire only briefly watched the movies in the "Avengers" series. In addition to Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Black**, it is already amazing that he can remember Spider-Man!
The janitor may feel that he had said enough, and he looked at Emire and said, "Mr. Emire, you have now become a member of the Knights of St. John, and I believe Father Terence will soon teach you this knowledge."
Imil looked at the eighteen floors of the library, filled with ancient books, and the classics were filled with sweat. He suddenly felt a little creepy. Imil pointed to the people who were memorizing it and asked, "Can't the books here be borrowed, but can only be memorized by memorizing it?"
The janitor glanced at the weird guys reading between the bookshelf and smiled: "Of course, all the books in the library are protected by the Knights of St. John. Without the permission of the Knights of St. John, let alone borrowing books in the library, even any notes are not allowed to be taken out."
Imil understood, and the janitor said it very clearly that it would be impossible to bring the book without the permission of the Knights of St. John. On the other hand, as long as you can get the permission of this Knights, everything will be fine.
The janitor led Imir to the reading hall on the lowest floor and said, "Mr. Imir, the library of the Knights of St. John is built underground. You have a formal member of the Knights, so you can read it at will on the 18th floor. However, as a guardian, I still have to remind you that before you learn the magical power beyond mortals, there are many books that should not be touched too early."
Imil nodded. He could roughly understand the words of the janitor, just like in novels in his previous life. Books that record powerful magic have a certain degree of protection. If they are not strong enough, they will only hurt themselves.
However, Imil clenched his fists. He has now gradually mastered his resentment power. Will he still be among the ordinary people?
The voice of his conversation with the gatekeeper was very low, and it did not destroy the original quietness in the library at all. Watching the gatekeeper return to his post, although there were quite a few people in the entire library, except for the occasional "rustling" sound of page turn, there was no other noisy sound.
It seems that this is a great reading environment, but I don’t know what the collections here are...
All those who can come to the library to read have made outstanding contributions to the church, but even so, their time can be kept in the library is extremely limited. Once the time to borrow is over, they have to be politely "invited" to go out by the janitor.
Unlike them, Emier is a full member of the Knights of St. John, which means that he can stay in this library without limit as long as he wants, without being bound by that pitiful reading time.
The janitor probably thought that Emire had known the rules here for a long time, so he did not talk to him any more. This led to Emire not having an objective evaluation of the status of the Knights of St. John's Library.
He casually pulled out a thick book made of cowhide from the nearest bookshelf next to him, with very strange words engraved on it. It is not Chinese or Latin, but it can make people business.
Just look at the strange font on the cover, you can naturally understand the meaning of these four words - "Elegy of the Evil Spirit".
The books that can be collected into the library are not online novels that Emire read in his previous life. Each one can be said to record the top secrets in the world. "The Elegy of the Evil Spirit" is no exception. Just for the birth of this book, the church fought hundreds of battles with the demons in hell in the Middle Ages.
After the heroic sacrifice of countless people, this holy book that could make Satan tremble in hell was collected here.
It was because I didn't understand that Imil took such a holy book as a pastime to pass the time. He even had the leisure to think: "I am also a body of a resentful ghost now, but I don't know if ghosts will appear after a person dies in this superhero world? Speaking of which, resentful ghosts can actually be considered as a kind of evil spirit, right?"
While he was thinking, he gently stroked the cover of "Elegy of Evil Spirits".
After all, Emire's predecessor was a top student at the Theological School of Columbia University. He could still recognize that the cover of "Elegy of Evil" was engraved with the holy seal pattern of the Holy Father Benedict. The holy seal cross is composed of a line of letters on the ground: "C.S.S.M.L" and a line of horizontal letters: "N.D.S.M.D".
Chapter completed!