Aelith return home that day with a hope being informed that everything is just genetics showing there unpredictable nature.
But when she return home.
She received nothing.
No acknowledgement of the ongoing investigation infront of her.
Everyone avoided mentioning that topic.
The air around her air is cold and tense.
During dinner only she, Arthur and moon were present.
Everyone else were missing from the table.
She can tell that everyone at home, they are just avoiding her.
They are just avoiding to tell her the truth.
This silence is the proof that the worse case scenario she had imagined had happened.
Aelith “they just need to say it. It’s not like staying quite will change the truth” she spoke to the air like it’s just her, alone.
Though thier are people present on the table.
Moon look at her with expression that say, she had alot to say but have no idea how to speak.
Arthur paise his fork and raise his head.
He spoke with same certainty he used to spoke in broad meetings.
Arthur “Blood explain origin. It doesn’t define a person. Its doesn’t decide family.”
“You grew up under this roof.”
“You laughed here.”
” You cried here.”
” You argues with your brother’s.”
“You annoyed your sister’s.”
“You angered your father.”
“You made your mother proud.”
He smiled faintly that’s very rare to see on the face of this old man who had rule over the Ashbourne family for four decades.
“That sound like an Ashbourne to me.”
For the first time since the start of the investigation began…
Aelith cried.
Not because she had received an answer.
But because someone had finally reminded her that her place in the family was built from fifteen years of shared life – not merely strands of a DNA.
Moon didn’t get up to comfort her, knowing the teenagers needed to get the frustration out of her.
No one spoke a single word.
Until, aelith stop crying and spoke lightly.
Aelith “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for not thinking about the shared memories or life, but focusing on the mere strand of DNA. I’m also grateful grandfather. Thanks for reminding me that I’m Ashbourne, weither I carry the blood or not.”
Moon finally move.
Lightly embracing the teenager, telling her not to overthink about stuff just relax.
Moon turn toward her grandfather, with light smile on her face.
Moon “she’s really your darling” she only receive an uninterested look from her grandfather, making her chuckle.
Arthur “tell your father to hurry up the investigation. We need to know how the hell kids were replaced fifteen years ago.”
Moon “yes, grandfather” she acknowledge the order and went to find her father.
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Meanwhile, inside the Aelith room.
The young teenager is wide awake staring at the ceiling like it had answer to her questions.
Her grandfather words echoes her mind, the reminder is with her.
But, another question continue bugging her.
If Elara is real Ashbourne and she somehow was replaced with Aelith.
Then who’s Aelith. who’s she.
Who are parents.
Why would they not notice something is wrong with the child they are raising or maybe they also checked but found nothing.
Or they were the one who purposely replace her in the rich family.
Or she was stolen from the other family.
She had no idea.
Various questions.
Various theories were forming inside the teenager mind without any evidence.
Suddenly, she felt a pull in her soul.
Not forced.
Gentle.
Familiar.
Aelith, found herself standings infront of the stone stand, where a single book lay.
Around the area, countless tall door were present.
Those door were made of different material, glow in diffrent colour light.
But felt familiar and comfortable.
The hall was divided into two floor, the floor contains shelfs filled with books.
The second floor held those door.
Words float in the air.
In the language unknown to her.
But she could understand them without any problem.
Welcome back, Librarian…
Those words seem to have spoken to her soul, rather then her ears.
She took a huge step back in panick, awe and wonder.
She don’t know how she arrive here.
But this place felt familiar, warm and comfortable like she had been here countless time.
She read the cover of the book.
Different language.
Ancient one.
She should not know them.
She never had seen them before.
But she could understand them and red them without any problem normally faced by people when they encounter different language.
The cover read Eternal Library….
When she open the book.
And the familiar words she had seen floating in the air few minutes ago.
Welcome back, Librarian….
She took deep breath to calm herself down.
To think properly.
To understand her situation right now.
She flip the page.
The page was filled with words in a language she never had seen before coming here but could understand.
Eternal library….
Was created millions of years ago, containing vast knowledge of the whole universe.
The purposes of this library is not domination through knowledge.
But preserving, discovering and ensuring no knowledge World end up being forgetten.
No knowledge end up being forgetten by people.
In order to ensure the knowledge survive and thrive.
This library was created with vast knowledge of the universe.
But….
This library is still not complete, with every new librarian comes, new knowledge, new discovery, new facts that were unknown.
The librarian is responsible for having those new knowledge written in the library.
The librarian is free to do anything with the books present in the library.
Weither they decide to keep the knowledge to themselves.
Or use it to dominate the world.
Or share it with others.
The librarian is free to do anything with the library.
But….
The librarian can never get rid of the library.
The library shall follow the librarian through every reincarnation, every life they had lived.
Till their soul existed.
Once, if by any means the librarian soul perished.
The Library shall find new soul to bound with.
Till then the library shall remain with the current Librarian forever.