"Ahem… Then, can we now clean the Archive Room?" Vale asked after the arrangement was made.
Although he was looking forward to going out of the Academy and getting into another city, he was more excited to see the battle recordings in the Archive Room.
He wanted to watch various combat styles of the Spellcasters of this faction to broaden his horizon but what was more important is to find a collection of battle recordings with Slender Zombies involved!
His battle against Larkin Nevil's Slender Zombie would not be easy since it wasn't only him having 2 months of preparation, it was also the same for his opponent.
With that in mind, Vale can't take this matter lightly since he hadn't seen how a Slender Zombie fights while Larkin must've heard about his battle against Wilfred Moontomb.
Clara smiled and looked at Nadine about this matter.
Well, she was like them when she had a chance of cleaning the Archive Room so she can understand how they feel.
"Well, if you have no more questions about your trip on the 10th, then go ahead and get your cleaning tools. Here's the key to the Archive Room. I'll be leaving already so just lock the door. Priscilla, I'll take the key from you later this evening. I'll visit your room around seven… Is that alright?"
Nadine provided a series of instructions as Vale and Philip found their cleaning tools in the locker.
As soon as their ready, Priscilla unlocked the door with the key she got from Nadine…
The two seniors were watching the three with a hint of a smile on their faces.
"Alright… Just wipe the crystals properly and return them to their previous positions. Don't break them. The item inventory list is on the book on your left side… We're going to leave now." Nadine said as she left the clubroom with Clara.
"Thank you, Senior Nadine, Clara…" Philip and the other two replied as they entered the Archive Room.
The light within the room is coming from the shelves where all the crystals are left.
The room was only small about half the size of a classroom.
Nevertheless, it has a total of seven shelves with eight rows each… Vale then counted the number of carefully placed Recording Crystals and realized that there were 40 crystals in each row!
This means that each shelf has 320 crystals!
There is lot of them and the three students couldn't retain their calm anymore.
"We'll clean them all in half an hour and watch the recordings after. We have five hours to do this…" Priscilla reminded as held back the two from immediately browsing the Archive to find a suitable battle to watch.
The recording crystals can't be easily viewed after all.
There is a device needed to project the content of the crystal and there is only one of it inside the room.
"Alright… Let's clean, let's clean… I'll take the shelf on the right side. Vale, you can take the one on the left side. Priscilla, start at the center." Philip said as he started walking to the side he pointed for himself.
Vale didn't waste any more words as he got to work immediately.
Vale carefully picked up the crystal at the bottommost row of the shelf using a soft fabric that has been prepared for the cleaning.
The crystal seems to be the size of an infant's fist and it's surprisingly light. It's probably only about 10 grams in weight and Vale even felt that the inside of the crystal was hallowed.
The crystal has a bit of dust but after wiping it with a special fabric, it would shine once more. Then, Vale noticed that there was a serial number engraved on the crystal… This must be the one being used to identify each crystal.
Vale continued his action and as time goes by, his movement became faster and faster…
"Vale, don't use your Ghost Hand…" Philip suddenly spoke as if he could read his mind.
"I'm not planning to, don't worry…" Vale answered without looking. He just continued on with his actions.
It indeed came to his mind to use his Ghost Hand to work faster but the Crystal is just too fragile. One mistake and he wouldn't even know how he would replace it. He might even get kicked out of the club if that happens. That is something he wanted to avoid so he needed to be careful at this moment.
Soon, the three students wiped their sweat as they finished their task in a bit less than an hour. They exceeded the timeframe they made but that is still alright since they weren't used to the task yet.
"Whew! Now, let's check the item list!"
Philip suggested as he stood up and checked the book of records. It contains the list of all of the Recording Crystals within the Archive Room.
"Vale, do you have a battle you want to watch? I already thought of one." Philip said as he browsed the book.
"Hmm… I just want to see any battles involving Slender Zombies." Vale replied.
"I see… Priscilla wanted to watch any of the battles involving the current third rank in the Elite Rankings of the Academy… It was Senior Light." Philip explained.
"How about you?" Vale asked curiously while looking at Philip flipping the pages of the book.
"Ahem… I want to watch Senior Lesley's battle. She already graduated from the Academy but I was told by the Headmaster I should watch her since her skills are incredible."
As soon as Vale heard Philip's answer, he couldn't help but freeze and smile wryly.
He didn't expect that up until now, he would still hear her name.
"So you're interested in her…" Vale muttered.
"No… no… Although we're from a different branch, she's still a distant relative…" Philip immediately denied it.
Of course, Vale was simply teasing him so he didn't push it too much.
Soon, they found all the recording crystals they wanted to watch. Vale found two crystals, Philip found three, and Priscilla found four.
"Alright, let's do this. Let's do a rotation. Let's watch one of Vale's crystals first followed by one of my crystals, then Priscilla…" Philip suggested.
