The children followed the teacher attentively, Adam was somewhat excited, he knew that the bookshelves loved these creatures, but he had never seen one.

After walking a few minutes they managed to reach one of the school gates, it seemed like all the others, there were not many differences. The teacher opened the door and the 4 entered, inside there was a small room without many things inside besides some boxes with several bags stacked up, but there was another smaller door before being able to see the booklets, this should be the room of reception.

—Listen carefully— Achilles said looking for some bags that he had prepared for the special class— Whatever happens: don't talk directly to the booklets and don't touch them either. We are in a very delicate time for the shelves, so we have to be very careful.

Adam and his two classmates picked up the bag that the professor had given him. Inside there was only gray dust, some librarian hair and other garbage. Achilles approached the door and explained:

—When we get into the room, I'll explain what the bags are for. Remember not to touch anything in the next room and if a booklet wants to come out, let it out, stay out of its way.

The teacher very carefully opened the door, seemed not to want to make any loud noise, and he slid down with his belly against the floor to get in. The second door was the size of a pillow, so it was not an easy task for adults to enter this room, the children also had to stick to the floor and slide to enter.

The four of them entered the room, upon entering they realized that the room was incredibly large and contained a large labyrinth. The children could only observe the entrance of the maze.

The labyrinth seemed to be constructed of tree bark, the floor made of large, unevenly cut stones, creating a somewhat uneven surface to walk on.

The interior of the labyrinth was dimly lit and used some kind of red flowers to light up. The flowers grew on the bark of the trees as if it were a parasite. The red light gave a kind of sharp danger sensation and faintly flickered from time to time, producing moments of absolute darkness inside the labyrinth.

—Take this rope and follow me—Achilles murmured as he handed the boys a rope and asked them to tie it somewhere on their bodies.—Don't touch the walls. If you notice one of his teammates looking a bit dazed looking at a wall, just touch his shoulder, but there will be no mouth.

The three boys nodded fearfully. To the children the labyrinth looked like the lair of an evil beast, if it wasn't for their teacher being with them, they would have turned around long ago. Once the four of them tied the rope around their bodies, they proceeded to enter the labyrinth, being very careful not to fall on the uneven floor.

Every time the flower lights flickered out of the maze, Achilles would stop and wait for the red light to illuminate the maze again. On the way, many times the boys were hypnotized by the walls of the maze, but the teacher woke them up, or they woke up themselves.