The Villa's silence was eerie. Yet, it was not the kind that stemmed from danger, but one born from the weight of too much knowledge and not enough time.
In the spacious living room, 2025's gaze was moving swiftly across the ancient leather-bound pages of yet another book from the library tower inside Rune's ring. And even though the one in front of it was just a holographic depection of the real book that was still safe inside the library tower, dust could still be seen rising with every turn of page.
It had been over a year since 2025 made the request for going through the collection of books inside the library tower. And it also decided to not rely on the system's high-speed scanning protocol.
Despite the clean history records and a hundred percent accuracy, 2025 believed that there might still be some possibility of missing vital context if it let automated analysis handle the data. And when it came to the Veil, there was no chance for mistakes.
