Walking into the library, Lee Soohyun was amazed at the collection of books around her. Couple of bookshelves were placed inside the room, and each of the bookshelf was packed with multiple books.
"Thank you, Butler s.h.i.+n," Lee Soohyun said.
s.h.i.+n Woojin bowed politely and voiced out, "I have some important matters to attend to, and therefore, I have to leave. If you need my a.s.sistance, you can come downstairs and call out my name."
Lee Soohyun nodded before turning towards the front. With one last bow towards Soohyun, the Butler turned his back on Lee Soohyun and left the library, closing the door behind him.
Books were not something Lee Soohyun was fond of unless it was something she found interesting. Looking around the huge library, Soohyun was confused on where to start.
"Even public libraries won"t be as big as this," Soohyun mumbled to herself before walking to the first shelf.
The time she had was precious and limited. Since s.h.i.+n Woojin was on Han Minhyun"s side, Lee Soohyun did not want to waste it by asking him. As Soohyun walked towards the left, something caught her eyes.
A book laid on the long wooden table, and curiosity brewed up within Lee Jinhee as she walked towards the book. The book had a brown cover and appeared new. An intricate symbol was embossed in the middle of it.
A note was placed on top of the book, and seeing that her name was written on the note, Lee Soohyun bent to pick it up. Lee Soohyun grew even more curious as she unfolded the note.
"I had a feeling that you would visit the library. Read this book for more information since I"ll be too tired to explain the entire thing to you," Lee Soohyun read the contents aloud.
"It seems that he is smarter than I expected him to be. Then again, it should not be surprising if he manages to outsmart me," Lee Soohyun murmured, "His experiences are more than mine, and he is better trained."
Soohyun was slightly surprised that Han Minhyun would personally let her read the book and know about his kind. Nonetheless, Lee Soohyun was aware that Minhyun had another chip to bargain with her in order to get the rest of the information from Soohyun.
Nevertheless, Soohyun decided to not waste a second before pulling out the chair and sitting down on it. Turning the cover of the book, Soohyun looked at the contents of the novel.
After turning a couple of pages of the novel, Soohyun finally found the page that she needed. Scanning her eyes across the page, Soohyun read the contents. Surprise filled Lee Soohyun after she finished reading through the first few pages, and in order to absorb everything properly, Soohyun decided to summarize everything out loud.
"Humans are divided into three clans— Red Clan, Blue Clan, and Yellow Clan. The members of the Red Clan needed blood to survive and had to take blood at regular intervals, depending on their cla.s.s. Based on their cla.s.ses, they possessed powers and weaknesses, and basically, they were like the vampires.
Then came the Blue Clan. Due to a past incident, they are the Red Clan"s biggest enemies, and unlike the Red Clan, they do not need blood. They were more or less like the normal humans except for the fact that some of them had powers.
Yellow Clan was what normal human like me is referred to as and is the weakest of the three. Although they choose to stay neutral, many of them join hands with the members of Blue Clan due to situations," Soohyun mumbled to herself.
"Heol! This just feels like a situation out of a Fantasy movie!" Soohyun exclaimed.
Her surprise from earlier was replaced with excitement. Growing up, Soohyun found those Fantasy movies interesting and wanted to be in one of those. Never did she expect that she would actually end up in such a situation.
"Say, Minnie, which clan do you belong to?" Soohyun asked.
"If you stay silent, I"ll give away your name to Han Minhyun," Lee Soohyun threatened.
Soohyun heard Minnie groan, and a smile formed on Lee Soohyun"s face. Soohyun was truly enjoying this. Revenge felt really good!
"Soohyun, you won"t understand even if I tell you what I am," Minnie voiced out.
"Is that so or are you just afraid that I"ll use it to threaten Han Minhyun?" Lee Soohyun spoke out— her tone showing amus.e.m.e.nt.
"It"s nothing like that, Soohyun. You really won"t understand if I tell you what I am."
Turning the next page of the book, Soohyun saw the t.i.tle "Cla.s.sification of Red Clan", and with interest playing in her eyes, Soohyun read the contents aloud.
"The members of the Red Clan are divided into various cla.s.ses depending on their heredity and skills. In rare cases, the parents from a low cla.s.s could have an offspring of a higher cla.s.s, and the reason behind that is unknown.
The King of the Red Clan possesses the most power.
The ones with the highest power after the Prince are referred to as the Leaders, and they have the right to make all decisions for the Red Clan. There are six leaders currently from six families— Kim, Seo, Lee, Han, Hw.a.n.g, and Oh. The leader from Min family faced death a few years ago, and ever since then, no leaders were chosen from that family."
"Han family? Isn"t that Han Minhyun"s family? So, except for his family, there is a leader from all the other families," Lee Soohyun muttered.
"The families of the Leaders are divided into different cla.s.ses. Although they are under the same Leader, the powers differ for the members. As some of the members bred with the members from the Yellow Clan, the power decreased gradually for their next generation. That is how the different cla.s.ses were created.
The ones with no gene from Yellow Clan present in them are the strongest, and the ones with the higher percentage of Yellow Clan"s blood are the weakest.
As of now, there are seven cla.s.ses present depending on the percentage of Yellow Clan"s blood present within them. The ones that are at the top have no Yellow Clan"s blood and are also called pure-bloods. The rest are known as Hybrids within the cla.s.ses" number present.
The Prince, who later becomes the King, must be a pure-blood. The Leaders are required to be pure-bloods as well, and the position for the rest are decided depending on the cla.s.s. Exceptions are made at times, and the cla.s.s of a Hybrid are raised due to their abilities.
Other than this, there is a special position within the Red Clan, known as the Oracle. The one who is to be the Oracle is decided by the fate and is not based on any cla.s.s or heredity."