>>5957751>>5957701Humming to himself William settles on going through with his threat as he tries to think of how to keep Hellscream in place to avoid running. With one idea popping up of smoothly sliding in and grape his arm over her shoulder before he shakes his head knowing he doesn’t know how to be smooth. Instead going with another idea of making it look more like a threat to avoid making it awkward. Scooting closer to Hellscream as he snakes his left arm under hers and clamping down on her shoulder as he brings the book to rest on his lap and her lap.
“What are you doing?”
“I said to pass me a book and I will read a book to you, so I am following through with my threat.”
“I refuse.”
“You can’t teleport, you will just take me with you and you can break my arm to escape.”
“I can’t damage my property that will look bad for my image.”
“Sounds like a perfect situation to read history to you.”
“Hell no, I don’t have history class until Thursday.”
“Get an early lead on the content then.” Says a smiling William.
“We don’t go over foreign politics until chapter eight!”
“Better to make notes now.”
“I will forget about all this and the rest will be blurry!”
“Well it is a good thing to start reading early so you remember something.”
“Is this because I refused to give you my favorite book?”
“Yes and I am curious about the elves and need someone to torture and give commentary.”
“I am going to pass out here.”
“Hold on till I get through one chapter and give you a pop quiz.”
“Now you're sounding like an old crone.”
“Now is not the time for distractions, now it is time for learning. Foreword tha-”
“I changed my mind get me out.”
“I refuse, where was I? Okay skipping to the first page of the actual book. The Aeternus Imperium was first discovered seven hundred and thirty eight years ago during the second colonization wave with the focus being toward the Western sea after establishing communications with the Divinus Lumar empire from the East.”
“Oh my god you weren’t bullshitting.”
“Now I expect you to write notes while I talk.”
“I will pay you to shut up.”
“I have no need of money. Now let me read to you.”
William begins reading the book as he organizes what he is reading to better keep track of the book contents. Aeternis Imperium is the elves current government system adopted after two hundred being in a first contact war with the Ashlyn empire with what was assumed to be tribal savages living in balance with nature. With the Ashlyn empire making several cities and outposts seeing very little active resistance from the natives allowing harvesting natural plant reagents for potion and enchantment trade back to the home nation.
