For some time now I have been thinking about the ways of the Arklaum house and my mind wandered back to this specific page from chapter 18
While this page is most likely a nod to the beginning of Agott's feelings for Coco, I feel that this is also connected to something deeper, something about her family.
So far we have heard nothing about Agott's father, and I wonder if we ever will, the only information we have of direct relatives is her mother, Adina, who not only is a librarian at the Tower of Tomes but is also the current head of House Arklaum. From Agott's nightmarish vision during the Staircase Bridge, we can conclude that House Arklaum has more members (and children) or those "voices" were simply witches from the Great Hall, not connected to Agott's family.
The little information we have so far on the Arklaum family is:
- They are direct descendants from one of the witches of the Old;
- The head of the family always serves as a librarian at the Tower of Tomes;
- The current head tends to take their child as an apprentice to become the next head and librarian but first the child must prove their worth through some kind of spell-creating trial;
- They value (?) knowledge a lot and are extremely critical of plagiarism
From Adina's short appearances, I took in the idea of a woman that does not care to show affection or doesn't know how to because the Arklaums do not care about such (trivial) things as emotions. Agott, on the other hand, before the trial appeared to be a cheerful child who loved magic more than anything, quite the opposite of what we've seen Adina be so far.
All this information and that single page alone have made me think if the Arklaum house is one of those families that do not marry out of love (if they marry at all), they marry and have children for the sake of continuing the Arklaum bloodline, to keep creating the next generation of librarians.
Love is not a concept that exists in this family, therefore words of care, comfort and support are not something Agott is familiar with because until she moved to Qifrey's atelier, she wasn't exposed to any of that.
And if she pursues the current path of the librarian (and does not forge a new one) the same way her mother and the previous librarians did, the only future that will be waiting for Agott is one where she remains locked in a tower save for Silver Eve festivals and will have to have at least one child to continue the Arklaum bloodline.
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