Negi Springfield, the ten year old boy professor and magi in training at Mahora Academy, awoke in the early morning hours on a Saturday. He looked down from the loft toward the bunk bed and saw Asuna Kagurazaka gone from her top bunk. Asuna was off delivering newspapers as she tends to do in the morning. Negi looked below the top bunk and saw a sleeping Konoka Konoe curled up under the covers. Albert Chamomile aka Chamo, the perverted pantie thieving ermine, was nowhere to be seen. Negi quietly got dressed in his black t-shirt and blue jeans. Negi slowly made his way down from the loft. Negi attempted to open the dorm room's door when Konoka suddenly woke up.
"Where are you going Negi-kun?" asked a sleepy Konoka.
Negi whispered quietly, "Sorry Konoka-san if I woke you up. I am off to Library Island."
"To see Nodoka-san?" said a giggling Konoka rubbing her eyes.
"No, no! Just off to find a book or two," said Negi shyly.
"Well alright then be very careful," replied Konoka as she fell back to sleep.
Negi opened the dorm door and entered the hallway. He closed the door quietly as possible. The hallway was quiet as he slip out of the girl's dorm. The early morning air had a hint of a cool mist. The trees were swaying with breezes that came one after another. On the way to Library Island, Negi spotted Fei Ku. She was his martial arts instructor who gave Negi a day off of training.
Fei Ku, dressed in her martial arts wear, saw Negi and asked, "You come to train?"
"No master Ku-san. Since you were so kind in giving me the morning off to rest and reflect, I am off to Library Island," said Negi.
"I have training later with chinese martial arts club, Are you going to be at Eva-chan's place?" said a smiling Fei Ku.
"Yes I will be there. Well I am off," as Negi waves in the direction of Library Island.
Fei Ku watched Negi until he is out of her view and goes back to her Chinese martial arts routine.
Negi entered Library Island. The place was very quiet for this time of day. Only staff and a couple students were busy strolling around. Negi headed for the information counter.
Nodoka Miyazaki, the bookworm and librarian, wore the standard Mahora Librarian uniform that consisted of an cream color shirt, black and white plaid skirt, and a red jacket. The jacket was placed over a chair.
Nodoka buried her head within the thick book she was reading behind the library's information counter. She never knew her ten year old professor was in front of her.
"Nodoka-san?" Negi quietly spoked.
Nodoka did not look up at the boy who she has falling in love with. In her head she hears, "Is that Negi-kun? I cannot believe he is in front of me and we are alone together." She began to fidget nervously.
Negi said, "Nodoka-san, may I ask you something?"
There was a moment of awkward silence between them.
Negi told himself how cute Nodoka looked in her librarian uniform.
"Yes?" Nodoka responded not looking up at him sheepishly.
"Do you know anything about a book on a ddreigiau?" asked Negi politely.
"What is a ddreigiau?" she asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Oh sorry its a Welsh word meaning dragon," said Negi in a apologetic tone.
"Oh dragon?" responded Nodoka.
"Yes, any books on dragons?" he said as he smiled.
"You still figuring out how to beat that dragon we saw with Yue? Yue said she wanted revenge against it because it slobbered on her," smiled Nodoka remembering when the three were attacked by the dragon.
"Yes, but I do not want anyone else involved to deal with the dragon," demanded Negi.
Nodoka looked up at Negi between her hair that drooped in front of her eyes with a caring and serious look on her face.
Nodoka told herself how handsome Negi looked in everyday clothes.
"Sensei, you should ask for help from the Baka Rangers. Eva-san did not even know about such matters of how to deal with such a great task," replied the bookworm.
"I know but Nodoka-san, I do not want anyone hurt or injured like they were at the last day of the Mahora festival. Especially you," replied Negi looking remorseful.
"Sensei, what did you feel when I was shot with a displacement bullet at the festival?" asked Nodoka as she was probing to find out if Negi has feelings for her.
Negi answered with eyes closed remembering the exact feeling he had, "I felt like I had lost you. I do not want to go through that again. That is why I have to do this myself. We have had enough people getting injured from the class."
Nodoka blushed. She might have a chance with him after all if he felt that way toward her.
Nodoka mood changed when she had a worried look on her face as Negi was going to face the dragon alone.
"Sensei, you do not get it after all this time. We, the ones who remember that you are a magi, are your partners and want to help," responded Nodoka.
"But!" said a flustered Negi.
"No buts Sensei. Remember how I told you that you made me stronger by the way you act, sometimes mature, and I still love you for that," said Nodoka with love in her heart.
Negi blushed beet red this time. He could not respond to her chosen words.
"Sensei, I would like it if I could help you with this," spoked Nodoka with a loving look.
Negi thought for a moment about how to answer her. He desired not to hurt her, but he did not want her to get in the way so she might be hurt.
Negi trying to figure out his words said, "Nodoka-san, I would like it too. But, how about only doing research on how to tackle a ddreigiau?"
Nodoka nodded with a smile that was so bright and knowing that they would be spending time together alone.
Nodoka walked over to the library's computer that had some information on where books on dragons/ddreigiaus would be located. She nervously typed carefully. The computer screen gave her directions to where the books would be located within Library Island.
"Sensei, the collection of books where you and the Baka Rangers fell into is where they are located," Nodoka said quietly.
Negi sighed and remembered the last encounter within Library Island with the golem. The golem made the Baka Rangers play a game of word twister that the students loss when they got a word wrong. The golem sent them crashing further down in Library Island to a sandy, watery, desolate place where buildings stood.
"I guess I better be off heading there," said a dismayed Negi.
Nodoka tugged at Negi's sleeve of his shirt and asked, "Sensei, you should not travel by yourself there. You should have one of the library exploration club members go with you. Oh wait I am one of them."
Nodoka giggled softly.
Negi's words of orior oriri ortus supremus aer to his staff. As the staff hovered, Negi got on it.
He held Nodoka's hand as she sat sideways on the floating staff. Off they went downward into the bowels of the infamous Library Island.