I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

When Li Yue woke up, the banquet was already over. The MiniMinis were scattered all over the library, each with a happy smile on their faces, as if they had had the sweetest dream.

Li Yue was awakened by the shouts of a MiniMini—one of them, in its sleep, had tried to find something to eat and bit onto a toe of Li Yue's bone frame. It was immediately struck by the hilt of a MiniMini's sword and sent flying into the hole leading to the fifth library in the lower level.

"Brother, I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" The MiniMini stretched out its arm to cover Li Yue's eyes. "You can keep sleeping, it's okay..."

Li Yue couldn't help but smile. Even with his eyes covered, the MiniMini's worried expression was vividly clear in his mind. He couldn't help but feel the warmth of her little hand with his heart.

The MiniMinis, no longer needing to work for Book Demon or Budibug, were a little unaccustomed to it. Some woke up naturally when the time came, but then, seeing everyone else sleeping, closed their eyes again.

The lava had long since cooled, completely encasing the Egg, turning it into an egg in stone. It was probably resting as well. Yingying, on the other hand, was nowhere to be found. Li Yue wasn't sure if it had left...

That guy was a bit off last night, hardly showing up at all, as if something was on his mind—Li Yue decided to ask him about it next time he saw him.

"I'm not sleeping anymore, that's enough." Li Yue felt refreshed. A night's sleep had dispelled the major shadows lingering in his mind, and now was a good opportunity to vigorously improve the library.

Starting with a pile of ruins.

"Brother, you said last night there was something important. What is it?" The MiniMini's understanding of "important" was still at the level of a textile factory worker. She had been thinking about it all night but didn't know what Li Yue wanted her to do—did he still want her to hunt demons?

"Of course, it's about making everyone's life more secure and happier." Li Yue squeezed the MiniMini's hand, then stood up. "Today is the first day of our new life!"

The MiniMini felt inexplicably excited, even though she didn't know what she was excited about—would she no longer have to work as a textile worker? Or would she have an endless supply of bones every day?

A new life... it sounded really wonderful!

As Li Yue stood up, he also sent a thought to Mini, transmitting an image—an image of MiniMinis enjoying delicious food, playing games happily every day, until one day they boarded a large ship and returned to their homeland.

Seeing this image, the MiniMini felt an urge to cry, and then suddenly clenched her little hand and said, "Brother, I have a request."

"Speak..." Even though he didn't know where the authority was, and the library was a pile of ruins, Li Yue responded like a king.

As soon as he spoke, Li Yue suddenly remembered something—Green Hour had passed, so today's brain spirits should all be alive?

Damn, he slept too soundly and forgot to guard Budibug's corpse in the seventh library...

Just as Li Yue was thinking this, a familiar shadow floated from the entrance of the ruins—it really was a shadow, Yingying.

Yingying manipulated a brain spirit and sent it to Li Yue. Only when it got closer did Li Yue realize that the brain spirit was actually moving backwards, probably wanting to escape but unable to escape from its own shadow, so it could only be pushed here.

Budibug—Yingying brought the resurrected Budibug to Li Yue.

Sensing Budibug's current magic power, Li Yue knew that this former Lord of Brain Spirits was no longer special. Now, it was just a brain spirit with low magic power, even inferior to himself when he first transmigrated to this world.

"Thank you." Li Yue didn't expect Yingying to be so considerate, doing this while he was sleeping.

Yingying didn't react much on the surface and didn't respond. It shrank back to the side. Li Yue, seeing that there was no malice popping up and Budibug only wanted to leave, decided to leave it alone for now.

"Ahem... speak." Li Yue signaled MiniMini to speak again.

"I... I want Brother to give me a name." The MiniMini clenched her hands for a long time, then pointed to the rock encasing the Egg. "After Brother fell asleep last night, this thing asked me my name. I said it was Mini, but everyone is called Mini..."

When Li Yue thought of the Egg's "politeness," he had some ideas about the MiniMini's request—was this... the awakening of self-awareness? Wanting to distinguish herself from other MiniMinis?

Or was it... wanting to be closer to him?

Li Yue didn't expect that he hadn't become a Demon King yet, but a demon had already requested a "name." He immediately put his arm around the MiniMini: "Of course, you are my most beloved sister. How long do you want it to be?"

He couldn't lose to the so-called "'Spade' larva, the master of the home planet, the wandering garbage of the universe, indestructible ultimate matter..."?

"Just one name, a name that Brother gives me." The MiniMini rubbed her round face against Li Yue's sternum.

Since the MiniMini made such a solemn request, Li Yue naturally had to put his heart into it—thinking of the MiniMini's special arm extension ability, and the MiniMini's partner, Li Yue almost instantly decided on the MiniMini's name.

"Lulu, how about it? Your name is Lulu." Li Yue touched the MiniMini's faraway head, feeling a deep affection.

"Lulu... Lulu..." The MiniMini repeated, quickly falling in love with the sound. "That's great!"

"I am Lulu!" The MiniMini jumped out of Li Yue's arms and shouted loudly.

"Uh... Brother, I want one too." A Mini nearby had been listening for a long time. Seeing Lulu run away, it slowly raised its hand, waving it in front of Li Yue's eyes.

"Of course, I've already thought of one for you." Li Yue grabbed the Mini's hand. "Your name is Feifei."

"Lulu... and Feifei." Li Yue's fingers wandered between the two closest MiniMinis, as if he were choosing soldiers.

"I am Feifei!" The Mini jumped in front of Lulu and shouted as well.

"Lulu!" "Feifei!"

The two MiniMinis hugged each other and made a fuss for a long time before letting each other go.

"Also, Brother, what is your name?" Lulu pointed to the Egg. "He said your name is Skollrik, I didn't expose it, but I know it's not..."

Li Yue was stunned, realizing that he hadn't really thought about it—in the foreseeable future, he would wander around Demon King City in various identities, hunting demons, and looking for opportunities to become a Demon King... but should he make his image more concrete for the closest little ones?

"I don't need a name, I am your 'Brother'." After thinking for a moment, Li Yue still didn't plan to tell Lulu and Feifei his name from his previous life, so as not to bring them unnecessary trouble.

What puzzled Li Yue was that, compared to humans, he seemed to have a better impression of the simple MiniMinis—was it because he was closer to demons?

Or was it because the MiniMinis were so reliable and never disappointed him?

"Lulu, Feifei... next, the first step of the new life, I have an important task to give you." Budibug was still solidifying nearby. Li Yue communicated with the two little ones entirely through telepathy. "It's very important, can you do it? You can definitely do it."

"What! Lulu is listening!" Lulu had a new name, so of course she liked to say it.

"Feifei is listening too!"

"I need you to examine the structure of the library completely, and then..." Li Yue believed that the MiniMinis could definitely complete this task—after all, they were so good with their hands, and their learning ability was so fast. In less than an afternoon, they mastered the making and throwing of barbed wire and swordsmanship. How many more surprises could there be in the future?

Li Yue's "task" was to transform the library—first, to do some simple repairs, and then, in suitable places, to install more traps to enhance the library's defenses.

As for the materials, most of them would come from Li Yue's Demon Illustrated Handbook—self-healing bones, binding threads, and magic wolf teeth... Although it couldn't meet all the material needs, it was better because the output was stable, the plasticity was strong, the lethality was sufficient, and the maintenance was simple.

Some ground thorn traps or falling physical traps could be directly made and implemented, greatly increasing the safety factor for Li Yue and the MiniMinis.

Especially since the self-healing bone was already Li Yue's sensory object, all traps based on bone material could be triggered by Li Yue's thought, which was convenient and practical.

After describing the task to Lulu and Feifei, Li Yue visualized the book "Lethal Mechanisms" in their minds: "From now on, you are the chief engineers of the library!"

Lulu and Feifei's spirits were shaken, and they couldn't wait to study which ones could be done and which ones were difficult.

"Don't rush, first survey the environment, and then gather the other MiniMinis to do some simple repairs..." Li Yue told the two little ones to slow down. "When I have time, we'll study it together and make a blueprint."

A blueprint for a new life.

"Okay! Lulu understands!" Lulu grabbed Feifei and ran, quickly setting off to survey the structure and terrain of the library.

While running, Lulu felt happy in her heart.

Lulu... Brother's most beloved sister, a wanderer who left her hometown, the MiniMini's swordplay instructor, the chief engineer of the Demon King City library...

She thought her new name was extremely impressive.