I took a casual glance and saw a book by the side. I answered, “Budding Gods College.”

“Alright,” the librarian replied.

In the display cabinet was a robotic arm that was wearing a clean white glove. It took the book extremely gently, and an opening appeared below the display pad in front of me. Then, the hand handed out the book in the same extremely gentle manner.

“Please take your book. Hope you have a great time reading,” the librarian said with a smile.

I took the book from its hand. The book had been nicely maintained. It looked almost brand new besides the folding marks left by the previous readers.

Sixty years had passed yet the books seemed to have been frozen in time. They looked perfectly...