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Gohvis probably would have been able to help her find a book like that, but she didn't want to get into the habit of relying on him for book requests. It might make him more interested in what other books she was reading, and she most definitely did not want that.

The only useful thing that she could do here besides train was seek out ancient tomes regarding subjects that Hector Goffe expressed an interest in. He was with her family. He was helping them stay safe. So helping him meant helping them. It wasn't a difficult decision.

She had a terrible feeling, though, that Gohvis might realize that she was aiding someone outside the Library if he started paying close attention to her reading list. She didn't know how Gohvis might realize this, exactly, but it still concerned her, nonetheless. Maybe it was just paranoia on her part. In fact, she hoped it was.

Because no matter what happened, she wasn't going to stop doing it.

It was the only thing that made her feel valuable, like she wasn't just being a burden on everyone else.

Plus, Hector's chosen topics were certainly... interesting. She never would've thought to search for books about lost treasure, but it was a good idea. And the volumes she found typically made for pretty compelling reads when motivated by the idea that she might be helping someone to discover where the treasure in question was today.

One of the books she'd found was titled The Magnificent Life and Magnificent Times of Unso the Magnificent, and needless to say, it had left an impression on her. It didn't even have a credits page or date of any sort, so there was no way to know for certain who wrote it or when; but after reading the entire thing, Emiliana harbored a rather strong suspicion that it had actually been written by Unso himself as a kind of self-congratulating autobiography.