Ikta and crew are assigned to a garrison in the far northern region of the empire: a lonely, desolate place at the foot of a massive mountain range. The garrison staff are petty and corrupt, and don't like it when Ikta slacks off and defies orders.  But when they try to throw him in the garrison prison, he stumbles across a secret that they want desperately to keep hidden.
Even used, this amount of books
is worth a fortune.
تبقى هذه الكتُب الكثيرة ثروة حقيقيّة
حتّى لو كانت مُستعمَلة
Selbst gebraucht ist so
eine Sammlung ein Vermögen wert.
Muchos valen una fortuna
aunque estén usados.
Muchos valen una fortuna
aunque estén usados.
Revendre autant de livres d’occasion
rapporterait une petite fortune.
Tutti questi libri 
devono valere una fortuna, anche usati.
Mesmo que usados, esses
 livros são uma fortuna.
А эти книжки наверняка стоят не мало,
пускай и потрепанные.