Chapter 39. Spell Books
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"Here's one on early time travel. One on the forensics of time travel. One on the consequences of time travel......"
The clerk placed three more books on the pile Elphaba held in her hands.
After asking for help, the two women had set right to searching for all books on time travel. Elphaba had taken the growing pile of books in her hands, insisting that she was perfectly capable of carrying a pile of books; that she had carried close to twenty books at a time when she was in college, long before she'd taken the title of Queen.
So, with the well knowledged clerk pulling books of shelves, Elphaba following behind, they pulled everything they could on time travel.
"Hmm. I could have sworn we had more than that." The clerk said, turning to the Queen.
"This is all you have?" Elphaba asked, setting the pile of books on a nearby display table and rolling her shoulders to loosen her muscles. She sounded like she had one or two books.
But what sat on the table, was a pile of books, thirty in total.
The clerk thought a moment, before turning back to the pile.
"You know, now that I think of it, we may have some books in the back. Here, let me go get them." And she hurried to the back room, leaving Elphaba with the pile they'd already created. Soon though, the clerk came back with a box of books. She set it down at Elphaba's feet, and pulled out a few titles.
"All sorcery books. These just came out; we've yet to put them on the shelves."
"Then keep them." The clerk shook her head.
"No. You need these, so take them." Elphaba nodded, and picked up the pile on the table, heading to the checkout counter. She paid for all the books, and then headed back to the hotel, a couple of clerks behind her, carrying the other bags.
Everyone looked up to see Elphaba enter the hotel room, bags in her hands. They also noticed the clerks behind her.
"Fae? What's all this?" Her husband asked.
"Sorcery books, Yero. That may help us find Fae."
"All of them?" Elphaba nodded, slightly out of breath.
"Yes my king, all of them."