"Good evening, Miss Danester."
At 9:21 PM, Shard appeared on a chair in the central circular clearing of Saint Byrons Grand Library. A librarian sat on the sofa opposite him. The students who helped with the ceremony bid farewell to Miss Danester and then left. The two students this time were a boy and a girl. The older male was human, while the female had scales on her face, indicating an unknown race.
"Her grandmother is a mixed mermaid."
Miss Danester noticed Shard's curiosity and explained after they had walked away.
Miss Danester still looked the same, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a book. Even this late at night, she was still energetic. Although Shard was academically interested in understanding the process of mermaid and human hybridization, he refrained out of politeness:
"Are there still many people in the library this late?"
He noticed young students sitting on the ground between the bookshelves, engrossed in their books:
