After Leon stated his request, Claudia gave him such an eye-roll that it looked as though her gaze might disappear into the heavens.

"How many times are you going to come asking, kid? I already gave you *The Nine Gates of Hell* and *Soul Judgment*. That should be more than enough for you and Rosvisser for a lifetime, and yet here you are again!"

“No, no, it’s not for me or Rosvisser this time. It’s… for Konstantin.”

“For him? Why?”

Leon explained his promise to Konstantin, how he’d used the prospect of a library full of ancient texts to get …