I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

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The familiar sound of footsteps came from the previous night—not belonging to Oogey Boogey, not belonging to the "slave owner" Bodekoli, nor to the slave scholars.

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But rather, it was a skeleton soldier.

Immediately afterward, the slave scholars' screams echoed in the corridor.

"Skeleton! There's a skeleton!" The slave scholars had never seen a skeleton soldier within the library's confines. Terrified, they ran into the library hall.

Rattle, rattle…

The Book Demon flapped its pages, and a spine shot out of the doorway, blocking the corridor; Minnie Me and the Brain Spirits, having finally found an excuse to rest a bit longer, hurriedly rushed to the door, all looking at the skeleton soldier in the corridor.

Among them, of course, was Li Yue—before "seeing" the skeleton soldier, Li Yue had already sensed the familiarity and determined the type of being that was coming, so he didn't show any abnormality.

However, when he truly included the skeleton in the corridor in his perception, Li Yue was still shocked in his mind—like finding a raw jade in a pile of discarded stones, or finding a perfect gold tooth in pus and blood.

This skeleton is so beautiful.

The full skull… from the frontal bone to the parietal bone, and then the lambdoid suture at the back forming a perfect curve, defining the shape of the entire head; the cheekbones slightly raised, the nasal bone high and straight, the masseter muscle rough and strong, contributing a touch of fortitude to this head, extending to the angle of the mandible, the mandible… outlining a sensual line.

Li Yue couldn't help but imagine what kind of person this skull would become if it were given flesh and blood—in short, it would definitely be a handsome and spirited male face, a match for his former self.

As for the whole body's skeleton… it was crystal clear, without a single crack or sign of collision, perfect from head to toe; a bone sword was pinned at the waist, its color black, obviously not an ordinary object.

Strangely, unlike the skeleton soldiers Li Yue had analyzed before, the "soul dwelling place" of this skeleton in the corridor was constantly changing, wandering from the head to the ribs, to the leg bones, obviously its strength also left other skeleton soldiers in the dust. Li Yue had no way to easily kill it with a pebble.

A big shot among the skeleton soldiers? Li Yue couldn't help but guess.

Just as he was thinking, the skeleton in the corridor directly announced the answer—he flicked the magic emblem on his hand and slightly raised his chin.

"I am Skollreik, here to participate in… the Closed-door Training," the skeleton introduced himself with the familiar "clack-clack" sound of Li Yue.

The Book Demon's pages curled up, carefully touching the magic emblem on Skollreik's finger, and then touching the bone sword at his waist, as if verifying the other party's identity: "Rib of the Skeleton King… Skeleton Prince Skollreik… Infantry Commander of the Demon King's Expeditionary Force…"

"You are indeed on the training list…" The pages automatically turned to a page, recording Skollreik's name, "But the bell hasn't rung, the training hasn't started, and the Chaos Gate hasn't opened. What are you doing here?"

Skollreik stretched out his index finger and circled it around his temple a few times, like some kind of contemptuous gesture, and then raised his head and said, "What's it to you? Get out of the way."

The pages shrank, and the Book Demon also shrank, making way for the passage to the middle level of the library, without even closing the pages to ask for instructions from the Brain Spirit Lord Budibog.

"Where is the Thirteenth Library Room? Someone, take me there." Skollreik had become the new master of the library. He walked halfway and suddenly turned his head, his empty and round eye sockets looking towards the Brain Spirits and Minnie Me squeezed at the door.

Li Yue's Minnie Me was influenced by him and became much more careful, not standing too far forward, so there was no eye contact with Skollreik; but Li Yue had been observing the changing patterns of his soul dwelling place, and his brain was slightly exposed.

The Chaos Gate to open the training classroom is right next to the Thirteenth Library Room. Skollreik… is he planning to wait directly at the door?

【Find that…find that…】

The Demon Illustrated Handbook had already collected the information of the skeleton soldier, and this Skeleton Prince's strength had not reached Oogey Boogey's level, so he was also classified under the "Skeleton Soldier" entry, and the Illustrated Handbook judged what he was thinking.

Find who? Li Yue pondered the information given by the Demon Illustrated Handbook, thinking that Skollreik's early arrival at the library… seemed to have other requests.

"You, go with him." Just as Li Yue was thinking, he suddenly felt a page brushing against his body, and he was selected by the Book Demon to accompany the Skeleton Prince upstairs.

Not feeling any malice… Li Yue knew that the Book Demon was not targeting him, and there was no way to refuse, so he bit the bullet and floated out of the library hall, flying to Skollreik's side.

"You go in front." The Skeleton Prince was actually the same as other skeleton soldiers, drawing his bone sword and holding it near the back of Li Yue's head.

The bone sword revealed an endless murderous aura, seeming that a light touch could pierce the most solid holy shield.

Li Yue was startled, but still didn't see any malice-related information popping up, knowing that this might be the habitual action of skeleton soldiers… maybe he should pay attention when disguising as a skeleton soldier in the future.

Under the gaze of Minnie Me and the Brain Spirits, Li Yue found the way upstairs from the memories of his main body, leading Skollreik to the stairs leading to the middle level.

【Find that…find that…】

The Skeleton Prince's purpose had never changed.

Stepping into the middle level of the library, Li Yue found that the magic power in the air seemed to be a bit stronger, not knowing if it was because the Chaos Gate was about to open.

Unlike the structure of the bottom level, the middle level of the library was penetrated by a corridor, with six library rooms arranged on both sides—at the end was the separate Thirteenth Library Room, which was also the largest in the middle level; next to it were the stairs leading to the upper level of the library.

If Li Yue hadn't guessed wrong, the Brain Spirit Lord Budibog should be living on the upper level.

Usually, every night, Minnie Me would carry the translated books from the bottom level to the middle level, and put them into the Seventh to Twelfth Library Rooms respectively…

Now Li Yue had finally come, enduring the urge to go to the other six library rooms to take a look, concentrating on guiding Skollreik, and constantly using the Demon Illustrated Handbook to record his posture and movements, subconsciously making some preparations.

"Lord Skollreik… I heard that only the most honorable demons can participate in the Closed-door Training…" Li Yue began to inquire about some information, to understand the Skeleton Prince's background—starting with the tall hat.

【Find that…find that…】

Skollreik's purpose of action remained unchanged, but he subconsciously answered a few sentences: "I am a skeleton captain with outstanding military achievements, transformed from the ribs of the Skeleton King, the absolute handsome man among skeletons… of course I am the most honorable demon…"

"No wonder you are so powerful and divine…" Li Yue continued to transmit his thoughts, "Which course are you going to major in?"

"Of course it's war studies…" Skollreik answered halfway, suddenly feeling that he had said a bit too much, "Don't use your humble thoughts to pollute my brain anymore…"

【Malice +453】

Li Yue was instantly silent.

【Find that…find that…】

The Skeleton Prince's malice was fleeting, and Li Yue didn't dare to push his luck—at least he knew Skollreik's interests, and… his self-evaluation.

On the slightly blackened bone sword, a chilling and sharp aura was revealed, constantly reminding Li Yue that the skeleton behind him was extraordinary; Li Yue felt like he was an acrobat walking on a tightrope, and he would be crushed to pieces if he was not careful.

Fortunately, there was the Demon Illustrated Handbook as a reminder—Li Yue paid attention to the movement of the "Malice" column, grasping Skollreik's mentality, and finally led him to the door of the Thirteenth Library Room.

The door of the Thirteenth Library Room was completely different from the other library rooms—countless skulls and leg bones sealed the front wall, and the door protruded hundreds of sharp giant ribs, like the fangs of a giant dragon.

【Find which…find that?】

Skollreik's emotions were agitated for a moment, but he immediately returned to calm, staring blankly at the bone door without speaking.

"You… are you going here?" Li Yue noticed a trace of strangeness—compared to the direction of the Chaos Gate, Skollreik seemed to care more about the Thirteenth Library Room.

The door of the Thirteenth Library Room is also made of bone, could it have something to do with the skeleton race?

"This is it." This time there was no malice, Skollreik shifted his gaze, looking at the empty wall next to the Thirteenth Library Room, and like Li Yue, he sensed a trace of magic power fluctuation on the side of the wall.

"The Closed-door Training… is here." Skollreik nodded, finally putting the bone sword back to his waist.

Li Yue kept Skollreik's gait in mind, chewing on his self-evaluation, wondering if he should steal his identity.

Just as Li Yue was about to float away, Skollreik suddenly gave Li Yue an order: "You, go get a bed, a sofa, and then get a lute…"

Li Yue was stunned… was this an early experience of playing the role of Minnie Me? Skeleton Prince… directly treating himself as a servant?

"The bed should be very soft, so that it feels like you can float in the air when you sleep; the sofa should be huge, so that it can spread out my bones and not touch each other; the lute should have two strings, a pear-shaped sound box, and sheep intestine core for strings…"

Bed? Sofa? Is he going to live here?

What's that lute? What the hell?

Li Yue listened to Skollreik endlessly enriching the requirements, his brain grooves all wrinkled into question marks.