Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Clutching the large magician’s hat, Tico lowered her gaze and said, ”I’m sorry, even if I knew, I couldn’t tell you.

It’s the highest level of confidential knowledge, even Five-star Level library members can’t access it, only elders can.

It’s only thanks to my teacher’s favor that I was fortunate enough to access some translations.

Those translations are mostly fragments and phrases. With insufficient information, it’s easy to take things out of context.

What I can tell you is that after research, it is basically confirmed that these pages are someone’s diary.

Since it is a diary... it is inevitably very subjective.”

Subjective emotions can control words to some extent. Many people write diaries to record and vent, often writing down assumptions based on their subjective feelings.

Yang Yu didn’t know what kind of person wrote this diary, but from the sometimes generous and other times plain handwriting, it can be roughly inferred that the author had emotions, not just a stone.

If the reader of this diary does not consider the writer’s feelings and position at the time, and only believes everything said in the diary as the truth, it is indeed easy to take things out of context.

To understand what is really written in the diary, it’s best to gather all the pages and find someone who understands the text.

There should exist a way to interpret it.

Otherwise, Ancient Brave Warrior Lox wouldn’t have intentionally left such a puzzle.

Yang Yu smiled gently: ”Lady Tico, no need to apologize to me, it’s I who troubled you.

Then may I ask, Lady Tico, do you know whose hands have translated those translations?

Even if it’s hearsay, it’s alright.”

”This I can tell you. If we can find those lovely little guys, we can also attempt to decode... but unfortunately... their tribe is too mysterious.”

Tico patted her cheek,

”No need for discouraging words. Listen up. Currently, all the translations seem to come from the Nine-Life Cat Demon tribe.”

Nine-Life Cat Demon...

Yang Yu rubbed his chin.

Come to think of it, when investigating Scarjade in the past, it seemed there was once an inquiry into the uniqueness of the Nine-Life Cat Demon group. They seem to be proficient in many lost ancient languages.

Puffing out her chest, Tico continued: ”There are many rumors about Nine-Life Cat Demons, saying they transform their postures according to the environment...”

”I know this, I’ve seen it in old records. This world seems to only allow twenty Nine-Life Cat Demons to exist at once. They record knowledge, document the world’s changes, doing things similar to what giant dragons do.”

Tico nodded, ”Thus, a theory exists that Nine-Life Cat Demons are servants of the giant dragons, with the entire tribe hidden by them.

However, I prefer another saying that Nine-Life Cat Demons exist independently of this world, living in a separate dimension not belonging to this world, with only part acting as envoys, crossing dimensions to this world.

Due to the Nine-Life Cat Demons’ strength needing to continuously accumulate like humans to become stronger, they do not exhibit the overbearing nature of giant dragons, thus they often live as if they were demons.

It seems only when they die for the fifth time does their memory about their tribe awaken.

The more they die, the more they seem to know.

However, very few people can hear about their race from their mouths or obtain knowledge from them.

To gain the trust of Nine-Life Cat Demons, especially those who have lived till their eighth or ninth life, is not easy at all.”

”Nine-Life Cat Demons huh...”

Yang Yu recalled Scarjade from the Hall of Wisdom and Luo of Sena.

Though it is unknown if they have the ability to interpret the diary, at least there is now a goal.

Collecting all the pages is a heavy task, which can be put aside for now.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Yu said politely to Tico:

”Thank you, Lady Tico, for giving me some direction. Once I gather the pages, I will try to find the Nine-Life Cat Demons to learn about the situation.

I have some other important questions I would like to ask Lady Tico, is that convenient for you?

If it’s inconvenient, I won’t disturb you.”

Tico replied, ”There’s nothing inconvenient... just tell me first.”

Since Tico said so, Yang Yu naturally didn’t hold back, and told Tico about the matters he needed to investigate.

This included the Holy Light Acceleration Stone and magic that controls people and how to undo it. For other questions, Tico could answer briefly, but those two subjects were completely outside Tico’s knowledge, making it difficult for her to provide an answer.

Finally, after some hesitation, Tico agreed to spend some time helping them investigate.

Of course, Yang Yu would not let Tico work for nothing, and smilingly said to Tico:

”Thank you, Lady Tico.

We have some things to attend to here, so we won’t be visiting the All Things Library to deliver some valuable things as gifts personally.

I plan to send some gifts to you via a post station in the Luoze Empire; please kindly accept them.”

Tico hurriedly declined, ”How can I possibly accept that.

Our relationship has been misunderstood...

I feel that between us, it’s not just admiration and being admired...

We should be friends, right?

Helping a friend is only natural, isn’t it?

No need for gifts.”

As they spoke, Tico lowered her large magician’s hat to hide her blushing.

Yang Yu smiled and nodded, ”Yes. Friends. That’s why I’m giving you gifts. If you encounter troublesome things in the future, don’t hesitate to ask me, I will do everything I can to help you.”

Tico breathed a sigh of relief, then tilted her head and giggled, ”That’s really great. We are friends.”

After more than a year without seeing each other, Tico was still the somewhat naive girl; Yang Yu felt gratified.

During this long time, Tico had also matured a little, maybe she had realized the falsehoods she had previously said, but she chose not to expose them, opting instead to accept them.

But she may not have chosen to accept completely.

A genius like Tico has few friends; maybe she just simply wanted a friend.

”Lady Tico, there’s no need to hurry, you can investigate what I asked for slowly, ensuring all possibilities are thoroughly explored. We’ll be adventuring in the nearby forest for a while, able to keep in contact, so don’t worry about time.”

”I understand. I will do my best to assist you. Because we are friends.”

After receiving Tico’s response, Yang Yu chatted a bit more with her before ending the conversation.

In fact, how long Yang Yu and his companions would remain in this forest depended partly on how long it took for He Meng to transform into a human, and partly on how long Tico would take to obtain the intelligence they wanted.

They’d have to wait until everything was ready before delving deeper into the Luo Ze Empire, seeking reliable, genuinely peace-seeking individuals for cooperation and assistance.