Even if you succeed in jobless reincarnation and time magic, you must live life to the fullest.

That being said.

Alsterd said that the monsters in the library maze were all safe and there was no need to be wary.

Rather, it's more important to be careful not to harm those monsters.

Alice, on the other hand, acted solely to protect me.

then.

Once everything was ready, we stepped onto the teleportation magic circle together.

Head to the book maze.

……

……

After passing through the teleportation magic circle.

We arrived at the book maze.

Alice and Silphie had already experienced crossing teleportation magic circles before.

The others, however, seemed somewhat lost in thought.

Especially Ariel.

His face showed a blank expression, his chin was slightly raised, his mouth was half open, and his eyes were not focused.

She'd probably get angry if I put my finger in her mouth...

At the very least, Hilfi will definitely be furious.

"Huh? Have we arrived yet?"

Ariel snapped out of her daze.

The surrounding stone floors and walls give it the feel of a dragon's ruins.

This doesn't seem to be a magic circle set up by Alsterd, but rather by other members of the dragon race...

This shows that the dragon race is indeed a long-lived and intelligent race.

They are completely different from those idiots of the Undying Demon Clan.

"Then, let's begin our exploration."

"Book Maze"

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"What? This is supposed to be a maze? It's completely different from what I imagined."

After entering the maze.

Alice began to complain somewhat discontentedly.

"I already said the library maze is different..."

I felt somewhat helpless.

Actually, Alice had never been to the maze.

I came here excitedly because I heard that the place was a maze.

Well, although it was for the purpose of protecting me.

"Gilead has been to other labyrinths before, right? Were they like this too?"

Alice asked, unwilling to give up.

"No... in the labyrinths I went to, monsters could appear at any time."

Gilead shook his head.

As a former S-class adventurer, Kyrie Irvine has extensive experience in exploring dungeons.

Unfortunately, there is no maze near Sharia.

This is also normal.

After all, who would choose to build a metropolis in a place with a maze?

"Alice, be quiet."

"Oh……"

After being told that by Sylphie, Alice immediately lowered her head and fell silent.

She's so obedient...

Without my knowledge, Hilfi was quite prestigious in the family.

……

A book maze.

This is my first time visiting such a place.

Instead of bookshelves on the walls, they extend continuously along the road.

It's filled with all sorts of books.

If I had known about this kind of place when investigating information about gods and humans in my previous life, it would have saved me a lot of effort.

That being said.

The books here are quite diverse.

Not only books in the conventional sense, but also account books and memos were copied.

Basically, it can be assumed that as long as words are written down, they will be copied.

This is too exaggerated...

It seems that finding the book I'm looking for here will take some effort.

We started moving forward.

Along the way, we encountered monsters several times.

It was a huge snail that took up almost half the size of the corridor.

This monster extends writhing tentacles from its shell to hold books.

There's also black slime.

They will put the book inside their bodies and move slowly in the corners of the corridor.

Just as Alsterd said, this monster will not attack us.

Alice and Kyrie Illya, on the other hand, were ready to attack as soon as they saw the monster, and stopping them was quite troublesome.

There were neither traps nor monsters that attacked people.

It's less of a maze and more of a giant library.

However, the library was neither well-maintained nor was its librarian very irritable.

We walked along the corridor made of bookshelves.

After walking for about an hour.

Just after we turned a corner in a corridor, we came to a spacious place.

The space was shaped like a mortar and pestle, and was unbelievably large.

The inside of the bookshelves has varying heights, and there are also stairs between the bookshelves.

It resembled the stands of the Roman Colosseum.

then.

At its center is a giant slime.

Dozens of tentacles extended from its twisted and deformed body.

The tip of the tentacle was holding something that looked like a book and a pen, and it was writing something at high speed.

However, one of the tentacles pointed straight upwards, and at the tip of that tentacle was a huge eyeball staring at the ceiling.

It is the master of this labyrinth.

The Sticky Demon King, Bedobeta.

The history of the Nian ethnic group is not long.

In recorded history, a total of two demon kings have been born.

First, there is Bedobé Toberta right in front of me.

Secondly, there is Pita, the god of the underworld, who resides in the labyrinthine "hell".

"Well……"

Alice and Kyrie Irvine instinctively gripped their swords.

"Idiot, stop!"

I quickly called out to the two of them.

"Don't do anything unnecessary; His Majesty the Demon King won't attack us."

"sure?"

"This is Alstered's intelligence; it should be fine."

I said that.

Alice continued to stare at the demon king.

The faint light emanating from its left eye suggests it is using its precognitive abilities.

"Since he's the Demon King, wouldn't it be better to greet him first?"