"Shut up. Say one more word and I’ll shut your mouth, villager."
Shami looked over, and the elf maiden fell silent.
The two slowly walked towards the city, with Lureya walking shoulder to shoulder with Shami in silence.
At the center of Eden City, there is a library, located in the inner city, and it is the largest collection point of books in Eden City.
Thanks to the backing of the Elf Race identity, Lureya successfully led Shami through the gates of the inner city, and then headed towards the library.
The library is a massive three-story building, and those who come here are mostly adventurers, nobles, and students from the noble academy of Eden City.
There weren’t many people in the library; after the two successfully entered, the noise faded.
"So, what are we looking for?"
The elf maiden leaned against Shami and asked in a soft voice.
Shami had already observed the surroundings; since the library was originally open to adventurers and noble students, there were no other monitoring and magic power sensing facilities inside, except for dedicated security at the entrance.
"The last Demon King sold off all the demon clans’ archives to recruit and enlist troops. Those contain lots of important intelligence and information about the demon clan. I need to collect them back now."
Shami pulled Lureya closer and whispered in her ear.
The airflow from his voice tickled the elf maiden’s pointed ears, making her legs clench together to resist the tingling sensation.
"But there are so many books here..."
"Don’t worry. The books of the demon clan are not like human books; most require the injection of special magic power to reveal their contents. They usually disguise themselves as ordinary books."
Shami carefully explained.
Not all members of the demon clan are fools; some of these tomes containing the history and knowledge of the demon clan have been passed down for countless years. Naturally, they have a corresponding set of concealment mechanisms. This is thanks to the Knowledge Disguise Technique created by the first Demon King’s think tank, allowing the demon clan books to be disguised as regular books. Even if humans or other races acquire them, they won’t be able to discern them in a short time and extract information.
As the Demon King, Shami possesses Original Magic Power, capable of transforming into various types of magic power. Naturally, he can also cultivate the magic power to break the Knowledge Disguise Technique through his transformation.
Shami slightly activated his own magic power, and soon his vision changed.
In the entire library, almost all the books turned grayish-white, while scattered among the hundreds of bookshelves were dozens of books emitting a faint glow.
These were the books that belonged to the demon clan in their disguised state.
"For example, this one."
He led Lureya to one of the shelves and picked up a book titled "A Hundred Cooking Techniques for Ducks."
"It looks like a cookbook..." The elf maiden looked at the cover with curiosity.
Shami transmitted a bit of the magic power that can see through book disguises to Lureya through the Magic Array.
Lureya immediately felt the bookshelves around her transform completely, seeing the same scene as Shami.
And the book in their hands changed from "The Cooking Techniques of Ducks" to "How to Mutate Mice into Domestic Ducks—Author: Horseless Rough Rope."
"This is a research pamphlet. Judging by the publication date, it was written by the think tank of the previous Demon King."
Shami understood its contents with a glance at the cover.
"Research on how to make domestic ducks taste like mice, thereby reducing the meat quality and taste of domestic ducks, causing the human market for ducks to fall into a dismal state. Further research explores how to graft parts of mice onto ducks, so humans eat diseased mouse meat when consuming ducks, falling into a state of poisoning. The author’s pen name is, um, Horseless Rough Rope."
"That pen name sounds like an insult! And this kind of research is so pointless! Why not just use illusions to make humans think mice are ducks?"
The elf maiden critiqued, "Are all demon clan books this weird?"
Shami was unsure. This was his first time collecting demon clan books too.
"Anyway, for now, let’s collect these books that originally belong to the demon clan. We can analyze them slowly later."
Shami pulled Lureya along to a corner of a bookshelf, keeping watch while assigning tasks: "Find these books, erase the simple perception marks engraved by the library, and then put them into the Storage Space. I’ve checked around; there’s no surveillance."
"You say it so casually, but this is basically stealing books! An elf maiden getting caught stealing books is dangerous and will be condemned."
The elf maiden was reluctant.
"And I don’t have time to do this with you, there are still so many assignments to finish."
"We are on a mission now, Lureya. Your current identity is a Demon Envoy. Don’t be willful. You don’t want me to use the Magic Array, do you? Once we collect all the books, I’ll give you a perfect holiday assignment."
The elf maiden was tempted.
Besides, if Shami forcibly ordered her to take off her socks and look at her little feet here, that would be the real danger.
The golden-haired elf maiden and the black-haired villager boy played an outrageous game of undressing behind the library bookshelves. Stimulating as it was, it was also truly mortifying.
The two split up to start collecting books in the library.