Chapter 37

Summary

• Livira tirelessly uses all her intellect within the library's system, trying to track her lost love Evar Eventari, but to no avail.
• Despite her attempts to avoid her feelings, Livira dreams about Evar frequently, suggesting deep emotional attachment.
• Time passes differently within the library, with librarians seemingly unchanged by the years that heavily shape its trainees.
• The city outside the library is dynamic, constantly transformed by the librarians’ research that delivers new technologies and generates new industry.
• Despite the city's development, Outlanders known as "sabbers" repeatedly attack. Fear of a mysterious threat named the "skeer" driving the sabbers grows among the city's populace.
• Livira and another young trainee, Arpix, are the youngest trainees at their table, signaling their exceptional capabilities.
• Despite Livira's exceptional skills, Deputy Ellis has numerous suspicions about her and attempts to hinder her progress within the library.
• Livira copes with the town's politics and tries to understand the external pressures that affect her position within the library.
• Livira and Arpix are summoned to meet with Deputy Head Librarian Yute at his home. Uncertain about the reason behind the summons, Livira speculates that it might be to dismiss her from the library.
• The chapter ends on the note of Livira, arm in arm with Arpix, on their way to meet Master Yute, wondering about his reasons for calling them.