Chapter 176
Kathe’s explanation of the dragon books made sense .
Those who wrote and those who read had so much time .
“I see . It is not only your size but also your lifespan that has an effect on how you make books . ”
“It is food for thought . ”
Philly said profoundly .
“That being said…”
That was no good for me .
It was wonderful to have so much information . It was almost like a dream come true .
However, it would be difficult to read it all .
Philly and I would not live so long .
And we also had a time limit, as the dragon settlement was being attacked .
“This would take way too much time…”
Even Philly, who was full of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge, was troubled .
Dorgo looked at us and said,
“Kathe . Why don’t you tell them which parts of the book they should read?”
“Huh?”
“Don’t act dumb . I told you before . ”
“I remember that you told me . But I don’t really like doing this kind of thing . ”
“Kathe . ”
“Very well then . ”
Kathe took in a deep breath .
“It is not as if we dragons have nothing to do all of the time . ”
“Oh? Is that right?”
I said rudely . But it was because Kathe always looked like she had nothing to do .
Dorgo was always busy, so I knew that it was not true that all dragons were like her .
“Yes, that is right . ”
Kathe said, not seeming to mind my comment .
“During our long lives, there will be times when we have nothing to do . And those are the times we relax and read books . ”
“I see . I am very envious of you . ”
“Yes . But when we are busy, we do not have time to read through entire books like these . ”
“Even when you are a dragon? Well, that makes sense . ”
When there is something specific you want to know, such a huge book would be inconvenient .
“Of course it does . ”
“So what do you do when that happens?”
Philly asked . Kathe replied enthusiastically .
“We have a way . And I will teach this magic to you . ”
“…Magic . I am not good with magic . ”
“In that case, I will do it for you, Philly . But first, I shall teach it to Locke . ”
And so Kathe taught me the magic .
It was magic that allowed you to search through the books for specific words .
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“By doing this, the letters on the page will glow . It is very convenient because you can see the light from the outside as well . ”
“Huh . That’s neat . ”
“Locke . You try it once . ”
And so I used the magic that I had just learned .
Parts of the book started to glow .
“Ooh . That is amazing . You were able to do it in one shot . It took me quite a while to learn it . ”
“It’s because you’re a good teacher, Kathe . ”
“Kahahaha! Thank you . ”
After doing the magic, I started to search the book for the information I needed .
“Philly . What do you want to know?”
“Let me see…”
Philly told Kathe, and Kathe used magic to search for it .
And like that, they read the book as a team .
You just used magic to search for words and then checked to see if it was the information you were looking for .
Still, it was tiring work .
By the time we were finished, it was already evening .
“I… I… I cannot think of anything else . ”
Kathe said as she slumped over the desk in exhaustion .
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“Thank you for helping us, Kathe . ”
“Thank you!”
Philly was also tired, but not as much as Kathe .
“Oh, no . Don’t mention it .
Then Dorgo said,
“Kathe . You did well today . ”
“It is very rare for you to praise me, dad . ”
Kathe said with a weak smile .
She really was tired .
“Kathe . You are so tired now because you were so lazy up until now . Look at Mister Locke . ”
“Hm?”
Kathe looked at me .
“Mister Locke used magic to search, then read the information and used magic again . In other words, he did the same amount of work that you and Philly did together . ”
“Locke…are you really human?”
“Of course, I am human . ”
“Humans are frightful creatures…”
Philly said,
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“Mister Locke is special . ”
“Yes, Mister Locke is different . Abnormal . Kind of like a monster…”
Kathe’s description was quite mean .
“And so are you, Philly . Your brain moves so quickly . ”
“Really?”
Philly looked surprised .
“I was also reading what you were reading, Philly… And I could not keep up . ”
“Well, I do like to read a lot . ”
Said Philly . Dorgo shook his head .
“Miss Philly . The speed at which dragons read is supposed to be faster than humans . ”
“Oh, I didn’t know that . ”
“Even if we ignore the fact that Kathe has been so neglectful and lazy, reading faster than the wind dragon ruler… I had heard you were a genius of alchemy, but I am still surprised . ”
“You are exaggerating, but thank you . ”
Philly said bashfully .
“Locke . Philly . Do you think you can make a good magic tool now?”
“Yes . The magic circuits are all laid out in my head now . What about you, Philly?”
“I am also prepared . The materials… As long as we are only making one . ”
It seemed that we could finally start making it .