Harem In The Intergalactic Apocalypse

"I love you. No one gets books like you do the way I do. You just love amazing stories, just like me, and now you are giving me a bookworm's dream come true! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, and also for healing my father along with making him young again! You don't know how happy it makes me to know that he is going to be here for a long time!" Anya said while giving me a hug that I returned.

"Don't thank me yet! I love you too, but we still have to figure out how we are going to do it and store them," I said with a laugh.

"Crystals! I am sure we could figure out how to use something like a crystal prism or something. People are always storing memories in crystals in fantasy stories!" Anya exclaimed, and I nodded thoughtfully.

"Now that is what I am talking about! See, I knew that you were the perfect person for this job!" I laughed, and the two of us walked in.

The Great Library Tree was another apartment building, but the first twenty feet going up were all sitting and reading areas. There were even some people already there ready but I hadn't told people about the place yet, this was curiosity at its finest.

The grass started to pull us up, and then we reached the first level of books, but these weren't anything that we were interested in. This was all historical facts and non-fictions, but I wasn't going to shun any books.

Everyone would be free to read as they pleased, but if people started to develop radical ideas, they would have to leave. That would have to be the way from now on.

"I think that everyone that lives with us is going to need to conform to a certain set of natural and peaceful rules. I was just thinking about how we might deal with people who might get wild or violent ideas from reading or watching what we are working on," I explained as Anya watched someone walk up a growing staircase to look at book titles.

"That is understandable, and people like Gaia, you, and even the trees seem to be able to sense the true intent of people. If we can keep violent people away from the ones that want to live peacefully, that would be a dream. People are going to have to start making choices. Do they want to hold on to the past or will they embrace this new way of life?"

Anya's words made me feel better because they reflected what I felt, and wanted for the world that I was trying to craft.

"Exactly, and I am glad that you see it the way I do. I just want people to relax and grow, without fighting to gain control of another inch of land. I have always hated that most people spend their entire lives fighting or working for things that they don't care about. I want everyone to be able to live their dreams, even if that means relaxing everyday!" I declared, and Anya grinned as we were pulled higher and higher.

We could have used the elevator, but this was my first time also coming inside, so I was interested to see. I was getting no complaints from Anya, and I knew that she was itching to try out the special staircase that carried people around.

"This place almost reminds me of what it might be like in a Hogwarts library If everyone was Elves! The way we can watch people just casually walking stairs fifteen to twenty feet in the air while trying to find a book is magical! You can just tell that some of them are bookworms because they are natural at using them without thinking!" Anya exclaimed, and I laughed.

"Yes, one good thing about the trees is they will guide you to where you want to go. You just have to have a clear mental image of what you want, and you should be taken to what you want, within reason," I explained.

"That is very good! I mean, think about how easy finding your keys would be now, or phone! Both things we will probably never use again, but funny concepts! Even the roots are putting books back after people are done! This Great Tree is like one massive Librarian!" Anya said excitedly, and I nodded

"Yeah, that was what I was shooting for, haha!" I laughed as we were pulled up the tree.

Anya came over and hugged me, resting her head on my chest the rest of the way up as we watched level upon level pass us by. We were getting close to the top now, but there was a doorway that ended the stairway.

"Why does it stop here?" Anya asked, and I grinned.

"This is the light section, along with newer fiction, anyone can get in here, but the layout for everything changes," I said cryptically, and Anya looked up at me from my chest with a curious look that I knew she would have.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Anya asked, and I grinned, and the door opened to a maze of levels of all different designs and patterns.

Every spot was themed to the types of books that were in it, and some had many more books than others. Each place has chairs, couches, and alcoves for people to relax and read whatever they wanted, but none of the levels were directly connected.

"Did we just step into a dream? I almost feel like I just stepped inside of a fractal image! This place is amazing and alive! Can we go look around?!" Anya asked, nearly jumping in my arms, and I laughed.

"That is part of the reason why we are here! Let's go!" I cheered, and there was a synonymous "shh" from the few people up here making us both laugh as I summoned a set of stairs to take us to the first section.