Karyu and Vrack reached some form of library, its hallways almost completly covered in bookshelfs, containing ancient manuscripts that couldn't be recognized.
They quietly inspected the bookshelfs, finding books and scrolls containing magic spells written by hand, others contained secrets about the world, some of them looked like they were more then a million years old, meanwhile the others looked like they were newly created.
Karyu and Vrack kept inspecting every bookshelf, until they both heared two feminine voices speaking, Karyu quickly made a gesture to stay low as he and Vrack eavesdropped Anija and Elisa.
"I never knew how much you can learn from nature by just reading a single book!" Said Anija cheerfully, "But..." she started, as she looked down, "What is it Anija? Is there something wrong?" asked Elisa with a worried voice, Anija's facial scales were a little rosier, "Is there any book or scroll about how you can make someone love you?" asked Anija with an embarrassed voice, Elisa blinked multiple times, only to then give a gasp, "Do you have a crush on Karyu?" asked Elisa, "I promise i won't tell anyone, it will be our secret." said Elisa with a smile, "I d-did have a crush on him..." said Anija with a small stutter in her voice, "But he probably fell in love with the dragoness of your brother.. I never had a chance with him anyways..." continued Anija, "Although it did make me feel sad, Vrack always cheered me up in a way or the other, and before i knew it, i already begun to have a crush on him." said Anija, by hearing this Karyu smiled as he looked at Vrack, who was listening with a stunned look in his eyes, "Well then why don't you confess your feelings towards him?" asked Elisa, this made Anija sigh, "He's a veteran, i don't mind mating with someone that is much older than me, i just have the feeling that he would reject me." said Anija, "Why would he have an interest on a dragoness that can't even carry her own rider to combat." continued Anija, "He would probably be interested in a dragoness that could be as strong or old as him." finished Anija, she looked like she was about to cry, this was confirmed as a small tear left her eye.
By just seeing this, Elisa quickly gave Anija a friendly pat, "Love has no boundries, even i married with someone that was 18 years older than me, i didn't marry him for the power he had, i married him because we both fell in love with eachother." said Elisa, "I heared countless stories of young dragonesses being mated by much older drakes." continued Elisa, "And even if he won't accept your confession, i'm sure that you will heal from the loss and find someone who loves you as much as your rider." finished Elisa, as she gave a cheerful smile.
Karyu looked at Vrack, who was still suprised by hearing Anija's confession, "Come on, i can't imagine what Elisa will do to us both if she finds out that we were eavesdropping." said Karyu as he slowly got up, Vrack quickly followed him as they both went towards Anija and Elisa.
Elisa saw both of them, "What are you two doing here?" asked Elisa as she tilted her head slightly, "Well, our riders and your entourage are playing a card game, we eventualy got bored staying inside the guest room and decided to explore your magnificent castle, then we stumbled upon the study." said Karyu, "I hope we didn't interrupt you both from an important discussion." finished Karyu, with a worried voice.
"Don't worry, you didn't interrupt us from anything." Said Elisa as she looked at Anija, Karyu quickly noticed the tear that left Anija's eye, "Anija are you alright?" asked Karyu, this made Anija look at him in suprise, "Y-Yeah i'm alright, something just got in my eye." replied Anija quickly with a stutter in her voice, "Do you mind if we join your studies about those ancient manuscripts?" asked Vrack politely, "Ofcourse you two can!" replied Elisa.