"Ameri must have misunderstood me. I don't really care, but… Brother…" Iruma looked at the grim-faced Shesi.
At this moment, Ali emerged and stealthily looked at Shesi from beside Iruma.
"Brother Iruma, so your brother and that tall girl are very close?"
"Yes, they often play together. Oh, right! Why did you disappear?"
"Hehe, I saw it all from inside the Ring of Gluttony. It was hilarious ~ haha."
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Mr. Ali, who was in front of Iruma, vanished instantly. Shesi stood beside him, clutching Ali in his hand.
"I don't think you're a good demon, so I'll purge you."
"Huh? Huh!!! Brother Iruma, save me!"
… "It won't work. After all, I'm an unknown item ~ If someone found out about me, you might be taken away for experiments. That's so scary ~ Brother Iruma, you understand how I feel, right?" Ali said, pushing Iruma's face.
"That's true, but…"
"Then let's first figure out your origin. Iruma, you go ask Grandpa, and I'll go to the library to look up information," Shesi said.
"Okay, okay!"
When Shesi arrived at the library, he directly placed his library card on the librarian's desk.
"Excuse me, I'd like to borrow the 66th book on the 6th row of the 6th floor as well."
"Ah, Shesi-kun, you're here again. Alright, go ahead and read. I'll fill out the paperwork for you. By the way, you haven't been to the library much lately," the librarian, an elderly and kind-looking demon, said.
"Yeah, constantly studying isn't good, it gets tiring. So I'm taking a proper break. Thanks, old man."
"You rascal, I'm still very young!"
Shesi ignored him and walked straight in, taking the book he wanted from the shelf and finding a spot to read. As for investigating Mr. Ali? Please, this is a well-known mystery from his previous life; how could he find information in a library? This is an existence that even Sullivan doesn't know about. Although in his previous life, people speculated that Ali was the vanished Demon King, and even Shesi himself felt it was very similar… Who knows? Shesi didn't want to waste his time. He'd rather read more books.
"So, the library is the kind of place that hides things."
Shesi put on his gold-rimmed glasses and began to read. These were glasses Shesi had asked Grandpa Sullivan to make, capable of preventing forbidden spells in books from harming him. Now, even dangerous books could be read. To be honest, Shesi wasn't that enthusiastic about reading, but his curiosity about magic was like Jerry seeing a cheese planet; he could only be described as obsessed.
Shesi looked at the book in his hand. The moment he opened it, a terrifying aura seemed to emanate from it. On the surface, this book was a serious introduction to forbidden spells, but if you looked at the seemingly unrelated passage below each forbidden spell's description, every six words linked together would form the actual spell. Although Shesi hadn't learned a single forbidden spell yet… or rather, hadn't understood any of them, he could still read them out or use them, given his abundant magic power.
After some time,
"Most of these are useless forbidden spells. The side effects are strong, but the effects are mediocre," Shesi said, closing the book and massaging his eyes. Even with his glasses on, it still hurt after reading for a long time, so he always interspersed it with reading ordinary books.
"But… he still hasn't come? It's almost been an hour. If he doesn't come soon, we'll have to go to class," Shesi said, looking at the time on his watch.
"Uh, Brother!" At this moment, Iruma ran over and saw his brother.
"Shh! You need to speak softly in the library," a nearby demon reminded him.
"Sorry, sorry."
"How was it? What did Grandpa say?" Shesi asked Iruma.
"Uh… Grandpa didn't know either. Grandpa even thought I was tired, and Opera even put me on the bed nearby… I… even slept for half an hour."
Shesi's face darkened. So, you went for a nap?
"Ah, Brother, do you have any leads?"
"None, not at all. Mr. Ali is completely different from the Ring of Gluttony in the book. My ring, however, fits the book's description better," Shesi said, looking at the ring on his hand.
"I see…"
"Mr. Ali, when did you gain consciousness? You probably didn't have consciousness before, right?" Shesi asked Ali.
"Hmm… It seems so. I think I gained consciousness during that 'drag away' incident."
"Drag away incident?" Iruma asked, confused.
"That's right, that time I was choking that pervert's eyes and told you he was dangerous."
"Huh? Was that what it meant?" Iruma was shocked.
"I even told you, but I don't know the exact time."
The progress seemed to have reached a stalemate.
"Brother, summarize the timeline of your rank changes and Mr. Ali's consciousness changes," Shesi reminded him.
"Oh! Huh? It seems?" Iruma realized something was off after drawing out the events.
"It seems? Because of my rank change?"
"Ah! I completely understand!" Iruma said with a sigh of relief.
The two left the library together.
"Old man, I'm leaving!"
"I told you I'm still young!"
… "So, as long as my rank increases, Mr. Ali will also grow, and become more active."
Ali looked at Iruma.
"Is that okay? Don't you not want to attract attention?"
"Ah…"
"You just noticed, huh? Never mind, then I'll look forward to it, Brother Iruma."
Ali sat on Iruma's head and looked down at him.
Iruma's surroundings became lively again.
"Wait a moment, Mr. Ali," Shesi called out to Ali.
"What is it, Brother Iruma's brother?"
"…Never mind the complaints. Can you fart?" Shesi asked Ali out of the blue.
"Huh? No, I can't. Why?"
Shesi smiled at his words.
"Then do you know what it feels like to fart or use the restroom?" Shesi asked, bringing up a topic that had troubled a certain creature for an entire lifetime.
"Huh? What? What does it feel like to use the restroom or fart? Oh, right… *hiss* What does it feel like? No, why am I thinking about such questions? No? Then what does it feel like exactly?" Ali began to get confused.
"Huh? Mr. Ali? Mr. Ali!!!" Iruma looked at the confused Mr. Ali… That evening, back home, Sullivan and Opera sighed as they watched Iruma happily eating dinner.
"When he said the ring could talk before, I was quite worried, but now it seems everything's fine," Opera breathed a sigh of relief.
"It looks like everything's fine. You had me so worried," Sullivan began to cry.
Shesi patted both of their shoulders at the sight.
In Sullivan and Opera's eyes: Don't worry, Grandpa, Opera, I'll take good care of my brother.
What Shesi wanted to convey: Don't worry, you two have plenty to fuss over.
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