I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The following blue hourglass time passed undisturbed, with the brain spirits, MiniMimi, and slave scholars each performing their duties, spending the time peacefully.

Li Yue also made no further moves, mechanically transmitting thoughts in the seemingly elongated time, while organizing the insights gained along the way, trying to relax.

From the Colosseum to the Library, Li Yue experienced the battle with the demon wolf Fendis, rescued the human Rockefeller in the vegetable garden, stole the Supreme Magic Stone from under the nose of the demon scribe, and finally arrived at the Library, shattering the conspiracy of the slave scholars and escaping the pursuit of the King of the Colosseum…

A busy demon life…

But it's worth it—at least no one wants to steal Li Yue's life anymore, no demons want to use Li Yue to swindle money, and even the Supreme Magic Stone, which is constantly increasing his own magic power, is slowly taking effect…

Li Yue savored the peace of the Library's hall, knowing that he had finally survived the most dangerous start—even though the words "Demon Expeditionary Force" still hung over his head, Li Yue felt that as long as it wasn't a conspiracy against him, whether he wanted to avoid it or go with the flow, it wouldn't be more difficult than escaping from the hands of the King of the Colosseum.

Next, what Li Yue urgently needed to change was the working environment of the Library.

In the eight hours of the blue hourglass slowly flowing, two more brain spirits died from accidentally translating forbidden books, and Li Yue felt a pang of sympathy, while also translating a little slower.

This also indirectly reduced the burden on the slave scholars and MiniMimi at the same table. Mini seemed to notice, and the look in her eyes towards Li Yue carried a hint of knowing smile, while the other Mini's condition was not so good. After being "watched" by Bodekori's giant dog for so long, she had been dripping with cold sweat all afternoon, scared enough.

Finally, the blue sands of time ran out, the hourglass was turned over, and the lights in the hall and the candles on the walls lit up at that moment. Li Yue ended his first day of formal work.

The Book Demon fanned its pages, and the MiniMimi quickly stuffed the scattered papers into the Book Demon's "giant mouth." After the Book Demon opened and closed a few times, it bound them into volumes, and then selected a few MiniMimi to send the translated new books to the seventh to twelfth archives…

Afterward, the Book Demon closed its pages and left the hall as soon as possible. The remaining MiniMimi and slave scholars lined up to receive meat chunks, while the brain spirits were too exhausted from mental effort. Some floated back to the archives, and some simply shrank into the cracks in the wall to rest in place.

And the four corpses displayed at the entrance of the hall… no corpse collectors came to collect them, like a forgotten ornament.

"Let's eat together," Li Yue transmitted to MiniMimi, then quietly趴伏伏 on the desk where the imprint remained.

Li Yue felt that there were still many things to learn from MiniMimi—the brain spirits, even if they didn't die from forbidden books on weekdays, were drained of their brainpower, and had almost no time to pay attention to other things happening in Demon King City, so they didn't leave too much extra content in Li Yue's main body's memory, only work and rest.

Fortunately, the Supreme Magic Stone had enhanced Li Yue's magic power a bit, otherwise Li Yue didn't think he could have the extra energy to think about other things after 16 hours of work.

"Hee…" Mini winked and pulled Mini to line up.

The candles on the wall flickered. During the time Li Yue was waiting for MiniMimi, he cleared his mind and immersed himself in this rare moment of peace, like a prisoner who had suddenly been granted a day off, and even the small grass swaying slightly in the breeze on the exercise lawn seemed like the most beautiful gift.

Before long, MiniMimi returned, propped herself up and sat on the table, making a "嘎嘎" sound, then spread out her palm and dropped an extra piece of hard meat. She had also collected it for Li Yue.

The food and drink in the Library are provided by the "Demon Kitchen" of Demon King City, and are delivered by small carts at fixed times; and the things sent to the Library are also very simple, only hard meat chunks and water.

"You two eat, I'll watch you two finish it," Li Yue certainly wouldn't eat it, and he didn't have a mouth. He directly gave MiniMimi an extra meal on the spot.

"Ah hee?" MiniMimi drooled.

"Yes, you did a good job today, we survived another day," Li Yue remembered to praise MiniMimi more.

Sure enough, Mini, who was originally sweating, felt much better after hearing this, and pushed the extra hard meat chunk on the table to Mini; Mini then picked it up directly and stuffed it into Mini's mouth.

Mini looked happy, chewing Mini's hand together in her mouth, making Mini's hand itchy. The two little sweet potatoes were messing around and shaking on the table, very happy.

The slave scholars took the meat chunks and left the Library Hall, without even looking at the corpses at the door; the MiniMimi ate almost enough and ran around, playing directly in the Library Hall, stirring up a burst of laughter.

Seeing this scene, Li Yue thought that the MiniMimi in the Library didn't have too many worries, and having a third of their time to themselves every day… was already happiness, right?

In his memory, the 16-hour work schedule of the Library has never been changed, which has limited Li Yue's time arrangement—if he is forced to work for two-thirds of the day, it is obviously not "life." If he has the ability in the future, he can consider trying to change it.

For now, Li Yue can only think of ways to ensure that the day's time is utilized to the maximum, enrich himself, and become stronger.

"The books you translate every day… do you choose them?" Li Yue saw that the MiniMimi in front of him had made almost enough noise, and transmitted his thoughts to ask.

"Yes, we chose them!" Mini replied, "We will go around under the bookshelf and then duel! Then see which book falls down, and choose that one!"

Li Yue can only say… MiniMimi's selection method is very "random."

But on second thought, MiniMimi can't accurately distinguish the meaning of each book, so it's normal to choose randomly.

"It's fun! I'm looking forward to what I'll be translating tomorrow!" Mini's voice revealed the thrill of playing blind boxes, "Today's book is not bad! No curses! Do we want to play? I'll play the demon!"

"Then I want to be a big merchant!" Mini stuck out his belly, pretending to be a fat merchant.

This afternoon, Li Yue slowly translated "Desler, the Town of Death," which tells the story of a remote town called "Desler" on the Chaos Continent… because the residents believed in demons and summoned demons, the entire town became a ghost town.

All the souls in the town were sacrificed to the demons and sealed in the ancient well in the town. Once the demons asked for "service," the souls of the townspeople would become bait or servants, acting according to the demons' orders; on weekdays, the souls would also appear when outsiders entered the town, attracting outsiders to come to the ancient well step by step, activating the demons' altar, and eventually becoming a member of the enslaved.

Basically, it's a ghost story, but Li Yue thought that Desler's annual event was more interesting—before becoming a ghost town, Desler would have two fixed markets every year, attracting merchants from all over to trade goods, slaves, and even magic books… so even after becoming a ghost town, there would still be merchants attracted to join the ranks of evil souls.

Due to Desler's special location, close to the Sea of Death, the local goods often include objects related to demons and underwater ruins, which also makes merchants flock to it.

"Oh… your winged fish tail fin is severely weathered… it's not worth that much money…" Mini imitated the scene of merchants trading in "Desler, the Town of Death," sticking out his tongue and protruding a little meat residue, pretending to be gold coins.

"Oh, you're acting very well, but I think we should focus," Li Yue hurriedly stopped Mini from adding scenes—he didn't mention this to play, but to make full use of the 16 hours of the day.

"I think… we should change a method, pick some good books to read, and then decide on the role," Li Yue said his suggestion.

"Oh! You said it! Related to humans, the major kingdoms, the church… or research on Demon King City in recent years!" Mini still remembered Li Yue's needs.

"Correct!" Li Yue couldn't wait to give Mini a thumbs up, "How about it, let's take advantage of the fact that we have nothing to do now and pick some books?"

Li Yue sensed the piles of books sitting between the desks, as if watching a huge treasure.

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