Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires

After their dinner, they all went to sleep as Zaroth kept Silverfang summoned to alert them of any suspicious activity, such as ravens or similar appearances.

Thankfully, it seemed that whatever had followed them had given up for now, as they didn't see it again.

The next morning, they went back to the capital to attend their lectures.

Zaroth didn't have time to shower as he had just barely managed to arrive in time, and the same was true for his friends as well.

Thankfully, because Elysia was the one holding the lecture, most of the students were a few rows back, so nobody would be able to sense that Zaroth was smelling like fish .

"That is why once the blessing had be—"

He massaged his forehead despite Elysia teaching the first class. It was about history, so as such, he found himself bored and thinking about what he had to do.

'First, I threw away my spear, so I will have to buy one. Once I do, most of my credits would be gone… I don't think it would be wise to ask Elysia for more, considering that she gave me a lot recently.'

Of course, there was the option that she could give him some kind of a job for more credits, but honestly, he didn't like the idea of having to do one more of her weird jobs.

Who knew? She could send him somewhere even more extreme than last time, like the center of an active volcano.

"So does anyone have an idea why so little is known about the demons?" Elysia asked as she observed the students in the room.

Pushing past his fear that he felt from the chairwoman, a timid boy with glasses raised his hand.

Elysia pointed at him, and he began to explain.

"The reason is that demons are fundamentally different from us humans. As such, we are in very bad relationships with them. It would be too dangerous for someone to go and try and investigate, meaning that the only way to learn more is by outright invading. But starting a war against beings that we know so little about is suicide, so no Empire has yet to do it."

Elysia smiled in satisfaction as she spoke. "That is correct. I just want to add—"

'A demon…' Hearing the word, Zaroth immediately remembered Midnight and the way the symbol on his hand had begun to shine when she was in danger, last time.

He, of course, had asked her what could be the reason, but she made it clear that she didn't have a clue. Because demons and humans were so separated, and because she hated them, she not only didn't think that she would make a deal with one, but she had refused to even learn how the deals worked.

So in the end, since they didn't have much of a clue, they simply thought that it was because she had been in danger and didn't think much about it.

Zaroth himself, being curious, had tried to check in the library, but even after reading so many of the books on the topic, nothing came up.

It was all just useless things that were either theories or flat-out wrong.

'Forget about it, I will focus on learning how to use two daggers… It has also been a long time since I've learned a new skill. It will not be a bad idea to start now, as it will take time. I should be careful not to become too cocky. There is always the possibility that I will lose in the tournament.'

At the end, this was his plan, train with the daggers while simultaneously learning a new spell.

'The question is, what spell?'

Elysia cleared her throat loudly, and Zaroth almost jumped out of his seat, startled.

She was looking at him like she was waiting for something.

'Shit! Did she ask me something?! I was so zoned out, I didn't hear anything!'

A few seconds passed in silence, so he smiled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Can you repeat that?"

She sighed in disappointment. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire

It was going to be a long day.

*****

"This sure is a weird creature," the black thing thought as it stared at the girl who was sleeping peacefully.

It had taken the body of her father, yet she didn't seem to show that she could sense the difference in personality at all.

Was it because her father had been emotionless before the thing took over? Or was it because she was just too young to sense the difference?

"No matter, she is asleep, so I better get going—" the thing muttered but then stopped.

"I did decide that I am going to pretend to follow that man, Zack, right? If they learn that I would need extra help to kill the man, they would send somebody else with me, which would be trouble. The more they know about my abilities, the less advantage I will have… I guess I can take it easy for a while. Who knows, I might even learn where the emperor is keeping that thing I need and take it without having to go through all that trouble…"

The question was that if it was going to take it easy, it would have to blend with the people and try not to arouse suspicion. But that wasn't an easy task, as fooling humans was hard.

"Actually," the thing murmured as it gazed at the sleeping girl.

"If I play the part of her father, surely no one would suspect me, right?"

It was going to be weird at first, but in the long run, it could prove to be beneficial. The more it knew about humans, the easier it could fool them, after all.

"Mom, I'm sorry," the girl muttered under her breath as she slept. It seemed that she was having a nightmare.

The thing smiled darkly. "Am I supposed to console her or something?"

It muttered as it exited the room.

"She is sleeping, it's not like it will have any meaning anyway."

It seemed its life pretending to be a father had begun.