In a dim basement, a light bulb installed in the ceiling gave of a weak light, barely reaching what’s beneath it. Even though it was already noon, the light outside does not reach the room.
Regardless of night or day, there is no change in the darkness of the interior. It is not much of a big room, which has five shelves tightly packed with many books and documents.
And directly underneath what the light illuminated, was the figure of Okamura Hiiro who was turning over the pages of a book, leaning his back at a shelf.
Mountain of books he already read piled up around him in a disorderly manner, but Hiiro doesn’t mind and concentrated reading wholeheartedly, without minding the dust fluttering about.
Upon closing a book, he then throws it away as if it is a trash, then takes another book again and opens the cover. That pattern is repeated all over again.
“Hmm, each and every one of it is really interesting. Though participating in that war is really such a pain in the ass”
He is currently at the basement of , the information treasury of the Demon Country – Xaos. Well, you could say that reading the books here is his purpose of coming here at the very start.
In this , though it is open to the general public, also restricted access to a lot of books.
The restriction is divided into to , where is only available for access to the Royal Family. To read them, a reading permit is necessary.
TN NOTE Raw says《深度5》, which was previously translated as , but the kanji for basement is different (地下 or 地階), so I used depth. Y not use level? I want to avoid transcreating as much as possible. This is open to corrections.
After meeting Lilyn on a certain day, he negotiated with her in order to gain access and read the books in . She was to manage her connections to make him gain access to read the books in somehow or other.
However, he met the Demon Lord Eveam in an unexpected encounter, and offered a reading permit as a compensation to participate in the war. Rather than depending on Lilyn, Hiiro who thought that hers is more legitimate, took this opportunity and participated in the war, splendidly obtaining his reading permit.
But with problems occurring one after the other, he wasn’t able to enter the library till now, and after the duel, Hiiro who was called the “Hero of Evila” obtained freedom at long last and indulged himself at ease in his hobby.
Though one week has passed after the duel, apparently, the declaration of the former Demon Lord Avoros seemed to be the truth when he asked Eveam about it.
Of course, Eveam did not doubt what Avoros had said from the very beginning. It is not strange to do that if it’s him.
But it’s still too early to assume that opinion without any proof. Therefore, as a result of their deliberate investigation, it was found out that Avoros had hard-to-deal-with talented underlings from each continent, and seems to have a well-thought plan of world domination.
(That kid really is a Demon Lord template)
He never thought that he will be hearing the words ‘world domination’ from someone else’s mouth. Muttering those embarrassing words without hesitation, he made that statement it without a single bit of fear as if it is already established as a truth.
(……because of that demon king template, it seems this will become more troublesome from now on)
With the [Evila] and the [Gabranth]’s efforts to give helping hands to one another, Lilyn’s dream got one step closer to realization, and being an irregular again here keeps him from being bored in this world.
(Oh well, now that the opposing side has war potential reinforcements, they seem to be busy with war preparations, but not a single war happen yet. Besides, the Demon lord also is moving, so if something happens, she’ll make sure to inform them)