Understand humans!

Awula was clearly pessimistic.

The last time she was caught by Celia, Celia still gave her an assistant position, but she did not cherish it and left on her own initiative. She didn't know what cruel fate she would face next.

I just hope that Celia can retain some humanity and some sympathy for Aura, who has a human appearance, and not let her do work that will tear her apart both physically and mentally.

"Aura, you will be Zanze's assistant from now on."

Yeah, you might as well kill me.

Aura was feeling uneasy, and with Celia's reminder, she finally understood how dangerous it was when she casually hit Zanze on the head during her last escape.

Due to the natural disparity in muscle strength between the demons and humans, a slight bump for the demons would be a heavy blow enough to break bones for humans.

It was precisely because of the different perception of power that when Aura knocked Zanze unconscious, she did not even think that she was hurting Zanze, and therefore did not even trigger the ban on obeying magic.

As for how serious Zanze's injuries were, whether he had suffered permanent brain damage, or had simply become a vegetable - Aura, who knew little about human fragility, had no idea.

This made Aura's heart full of regret.

“Goddess, please bless Zanze and let her die. If she dies, all the faults can’t be traced to Aura, wuwu——”

In the empty hall, Celia had already left, and before leaving, she asked Aura to wait here.

Aura knelt obediently in a corner of the hall made of huge stones, with his back to the main entrance of the hall, motionless. He looked so well-behaved, not like a sinister and cunning demon, but like a small animal that could be raised at will.

This is of course because Aura is kind-hearted.

It’s definitely not because Celie said before she left: “If you make trouble again, I will pull out your horns and put an iron hook in my brain to hang you up.”

Behind Aura, footsteps approached.

Just by listening to the heaviness of the footsteps, one could tell that the person coming was very small, even shorter than Celiac.

Among all the magicians Aura knew, there was only one with this body type, and that was Zanze.

The visitor seemed to notice Aura hiding in the corner, paused, and then approached Aura.

Aula had sharp ears and eyes, and his body trembled when he heard the noise.

He closed his eyes and apologized to Zanze frantically in his mind.

Zanze, please just die. It's fine as long as you don't seek revenge on me.

Zanze, please just die.

Zanze, please die...

Please die...

"Aura, is your horn injured again?"

The human who walked behind Aura did not notice Aura's strange expression, but instead noticed her asymmetrical horns first.

With a little magical perception, I found obvious signs of being cut off at the left corner.

Zanze's hand grasped Aura's left horn.

It's over, it's going to be broken.

Aura cried out in his heart, the importance of horns to the demons was similar to their dignity to humans, and a demon whose horns were broken would always be looked down upon.

Aura is going to become an incomplete demon...

Circles of bandages were wrapped around Aura's horns, straightening them between the two horns, slightly bending the asymmetrical left horn to a normal angle. Zanze carefully tied a knot to ensure it would not loosen, then spoke:

"Keep wrapping this tight. Your horns are still growing, and the crooked horns should be corrected in a few days."

"Uh?"

"Why are you looking at me in surprise?"

"you like me?"

"A little bit, after all, I accidentally stole your credit."

"What credit?"

"The label of the promotion of human magic mentioned by Lady Celia actually has nothing to do with me."

"But it has nothing to do with me."

"is it?"

"Yes."

Looking at Aura's unwavering eyes, Zanze knew that this demon would never admit that he had messed up the trick, and instead promoted the development of magic for the demons' archenemy, humans.

It's really Aura's style.

She gave way:

"We both have bandages wrapped around our heads, so we're even."

"Why do you have a bandage on your head, too?"

"I don't know who hit me from behind in the middle of the night. It's disgusting, Aura."

"Who smashed it? How pitiful."

"You do not know?"

"I do not know."

"........."

Refusing to admit it is also very much in Aula's style.

Zanze rolled her eyes and stopped pursuing the past conflicts. She came today just to hand over the work. Although she had an idea to promote magic among all mankind, it was just an idea after all. It would take some time before it could be put into practice.

But Lady Celia said it wouldn't take long.

But no one knows whether this is short relative to "humans" or short relative to "elves".

Zanze hates demons, but at least for the future where everyone can become a magician, she is willing to give up her prejudice and get along well with Aura.

Just don't care about the mistakes this demon has made in the past.

As long as Aura cooperates...

"From now on, you and I will be in a superior-subordinate relationship." Zanze extended his hand toward Aura as an invitation.

Aura stared at the hand that Zanze extended to her in confusion, as if she didn't understand the meaning of this etiquette, and tilted her head:

"Oh, that hasn't changed. Zanze has always been my slave."

“…………” The veins on Zanze’s forehead were exposed. She had the best temper among all human magicians. Perhaps it was because of this that Lady Celie let her be responsible for the contact with Aura.

She glanced at Aura with ill intent:

"Do you know that Lady Celia allowed me to have the power of life and death over you?"

"Please feel free to tell Aura to do anything—"

Aura put his head under Zanze's hand, pushed it upwards, and touched Zanze's palm, as obedient as a harmless cat.

"It's a handshake... never mind."

Nonviolent non-cooperation - that's so Awula.

Even Zanze, who has always been known as a good guy, couldn't help but want to bully the purple-haired demon.

Chapter 20 Lying is the nature of demons

The work as a librarian ended faster than Aura had imagined. About a month later, the magic books that had been sent from all over the place and piled up on the ancient tree gradually disappeared.

Although every day, magicians from all over the world, as well as merchants and dignitaries from other channels, constantly sent new magic books to the Town of Ancient Trees, the amount was not enough for Celie to spend ten minutes reading.

Celie was unwilling to even pay any attention to these scattered magical conjectures or uncreative magical theories.

In the Town of Ancient Trees, only necessary maintenance personnel are left, and the rights are opened to all human magicians, so that any magician who is stuck in a bottleneck can come to the underground tower to read ancient and modern magical knowledge and seek a breakthrough.

As for Celia, and a small number of magicians who followed her closely, they left the Ancient Tree Town with Celia and headed for another country.

Zanze is one of these magic users.

And Aura was forced to be one of these magicians.

"The average level of human magicians today is still too weak. Many theories cannot be implemented, including the theory of simplifying magic to a level that all humans can learn. If there are not enough powerful human magicians to demonstrate their magic and collect data to improve it, then it will only exist in theory."

Celia explained to Zanze the current difficulties in promoting human magic.

Celia didn't really care about this. To her, it didn't matter how many magicians there were on the human side. What she needed to see were the groundbreaking magic innovations presented by those few magicians at the top of the pyramid.

As for the other 90%, they are human magicians who have no talent and spend their entire lives wandering around the starting entrance of the magical road. They cannot contribute to the expansion of the magical forest maze, and naturally, they are not cared about by Celie.

However, by promoting magic and expanding the base, perhaps we can find gold in the sand and increase the number of great magicians at the top of the pyramid who are pioneering the field of magic.

——Celiai estimated that the probability of this happening was low, because humans with magical talent could get started no matter how difficult the theory was, while humans without magical talent would not be able to reach the top even if the magic theory was simplified.

Talent is never just a ticket to admission.

But she was still willing to give it a try.

This was just some casual entertainment that Celia used to kill time in her endless life.

-

Kribi is a large city near the capital of the Unified Empire. Celia chose this place as her home.

As an elf who has lived for who knows how many years, even if Celie did not take the initiative to maintain it, there are still powerful people in human society who have inextricable ties with her.

In the outskirts of Kribi, far away from the bustling center, Celia asked for an abandoned church. Although it was dilapidated, it was not short and narrow, but magnificent and grand. With just a little renovation, it became a magnificent private palace.

This is Celia's new residence.

It is also the research place where she collects information on new magicians from various places.

"Those people, find a way to measure their magic level."

Celia threw a bunch of information to Zanze, all of whom were famous human magicians. In return for helping Celia perfect her magic theory, she was willing to give the visitor any magic that he wanted.

For these magicians who have devoted their lives to magic research, if the goddess in mythology appears before them and promises to fulfill a wish, they will definitely wish for a magic. It may be the breakthrough in magic research they have been pursuing all their lives, or the incredible magic that changes fate and causes miracles.

And Celia is second only to the goddess in the field of magic. As long as there is magic that has ever appeared in this world, it can be found here. For magicians, the rewards promised by Celia are no different from a wishing machine.

However, not everyone can be recognized by Celia.

"Lady Celia, what level of magic do I need to reach in order to be recognized by you?"

"depend on mood."

"Well, how can I explain their level to you? Abstract concepts are difficult to quantify."

"Just distinguish the relative highs and lows. If it's just a comparison, it's simple, right?"

"I try my best."

Zanze retreated from Celia's palace and sighed. He was in trouble.

She glanced at the bored Aula next to her and became furious.

Ever since Aura became her assistant, her workload had not been reduced. Instead, because Aura was always slow and clumsy, Zanze always had to deal with inexplicable troubles.

"You also come with me and be the examiner."

"Ah, me?"

Aura had a dazed look on his face, drooling from the corners of his mouth.

Just from this expression, he doesn't look like someone who can be entrusted with important tasks.

-

"How can we compare the level of magic?"

Zanze came out of the interview room with a worried look on his face.

The two magicians who were just interviewed were unwilling to admit defeat to each other, and both thought their magic was more powerful.

But they are following two completely unrelated magical paths. One is good at phantom magic, while the other is good at weapon enchantment magic. The underlying ideas are different. How can they be compared?

"Lady Celia is really something. Could it be that she herself cannot tell the difference, so she just threw this troublesome matter to me?"

Zanze didn't believe what Lady Celia said, that whether a magician is qualified depends on his mood.