The third-floor stairs of the Scripture Pavilion creaked for the first time in ten years. I pulled out a dust-covered sword manual and hadn't read a single line by the time dawn broke.

• Ha MunakThe key belongs to the Sect Leader, but the threshold belongs to the sect.
  Namgung WolThat's why I climbed it first.
• Lee ChusuWord that you stayed up all night in the Scripture Pavilion already reached the dormitory, Sect Leader.
  Namgung WolRumors have a short road to the dormitory.