The Keeper of The Library🔊

Once upon a time, nestled amid the hills and running brooks of the kingdom of Eldridge, was a village, Socria. The inhabitants of Socria were people of intellect and wisdom for they had the world's most magnificent library. The Socria library was no ordinary one; it was home to thousands of old books and precious scrolls from across epochs and civilizations. But what made it truly extraordinary was its magical books. Such books were not accessible to everyone, but only to the Keeper of The Library.

Among the villagers, Maev was the vibrant and intuitive young woman distinguished not by her scarlet hair but by her insatiable curiosity. A lover of parchment and scrolls, it was an open secret that she longed to be the Keeper. The existing Keeper was an old, wise, yet frail man named Magnus. Feeling the end of his journey near, Magnus declared the village council choose a new Keeper.

Rumors of a test spread throughout the village. The people were abuzz, but none was as excited as Maev was. On the day of the test, Maev and other contenders gathered before Magnus. For the test, Magnus showed them a riddle inscribed in an ancient script, a script known only to the Keepers. But to everyone's surprise, Maev could decipher it. As her determination without the lust for power shone, Maev was anointed as the new Keeper.

The first day as a Keeper, Maev entered the Library with reverence. She saw what no one else in the village had ever seen: the library's magical section. Maev touched an old, worn-out book, and to her surprise, text lifted from its pages forming ethereal shapes as they transported her into a mystical land. Each book she opened transported her to different worlds - of dragons and kings, of snow and sand, of hope and despair. It was an amalgamation of all human emotions and the wisdom of ages.

For several days, Maev enjoyed her responsibilities, learning and visiting new places. However, one day, she found a book with a warning. Piqued, she opened it, but was sucked into a land of eternal darkness, the land of the Dark Elders. She met Zorack, a Dark Elder, with a proposition: free them in exchange for cosmic knowledge. But Maev knew the folktale of the Dark Elders, they were greedy beings that would engulf the world in shadow and despair.

Trust in her wisdom and understanding from the years of pouring over scrolls, Maev outsmarted Zorack. She made Zorack believe she was freeing them. In reality, she was tightening their shackles. The Dark Elders, seeing their plan fail, filled with unprecedented fury, snatched Maev's cosmic knowledge.

She returned back to the library. She was not triumphant but hollow, as she had lost the cosmic knowledge. But Maev was content; she had protected her world from a cataclysm and remained its Keeper.

From then onwards, Maev excelled as a Keeper, not by cosmic knowledge but by pure human wisdom and intuition. She glorified the library and made its splendour known worldwide. People from distant lands flocked to Socria to visit the world's most extraordinary library and meet the remarkable Keeper. And Maev, she continued to learn and pass on wisdom, ensuring the enriching legacy of Socria library lived on for eternity.