Understand humans!

Aura got up from the bed with his head in a daze.

For the demons, one or two years is equivalent to one or two minutes for humans. No demon would deliberately remember it, and it would probably pass by in a trance.

"It's time to go to work, Aura. Don't stay in bed all the time. You've been absent from work for half of the month. There have been many times when I got up early and you were in bed, and when I came back you were still asleep. Lady Celia couldn't stand it anymore, so she pointed it out in the meeting and asked me to supervise you."

While Aura was still in a trance, Zanze pulled her off the bed.

Zanze pressed Aura on his knees, holding a stone comb, and combed Aura's messy purple hair.

"I really don't know how you, Aura, managed to braid your hair into a complicated style with six braids by yourself when I was not around. Did you do it by yourself? I don't believe it." Aura's hair was in good condition, and Zanze combed it smoothly without much effort, and then he started to braid it.

Fortunately, Zanze also has long hair and has experience in taking care of it, and he is dexterous, otherwise, who knows how much more time he would have spent on Aura's fluffy purple hair.

"I have never been alone. As one of the Seven Great Demons, I have my own followers. Even if all my followers die, I can use obedience magic to manipulate human corpses to do work for me." Aura replied softly.

"Wouldn't it be scary to have a dead person comb your hair?"

"Let Zanze comb my hair, it will be more effective." Aura compared them in his mind and said honestly, "Dead people are more useful than Zanze."

"Ugh, it hurts! Be gentler, or you'll tear my scalp off!" Although she didn't know what she had said to make Zanze unhappy, Aura apologized decisively.

"I'm sorry, Zanze, please forgive me! I'm willing to compensate you for anything!" Aura said sincerely.

"Then get to work." Zanze finished braiding Aura's hair with a gloomy face, then urged her to change into a magic robe, put on a hat, and go to the library for duty.

"But my horn hurts so much that I can't work." Aula, who had just said that he was willing to do anything, covered his right horn when he heard the word "work" and said that his injury had not healed yet.

"Stop pretending. I applied the medicine on your horn with my own hands, and I removed the gauze for you with my own hands. Don't I know when it will heal? And - it was your left horn that was almost broken, not the right one." Zanze exposed Aura's disguise with just one sentence.

Since meeting Aura, Zanze has seen Aura injured three times, each time on her left horn, and each time after she tried to escape and was brought back by Lady Celia.

In Zanze's eyes, Aula was like a kitten he raised at home. Every time he escaped from the cage, he would be beaten up by the wild cats outside, and then he would roll back home covered in wounds and hide.

I don’t know, who was the wild cat that scratched Aula?

Chapter 41: Deeply Loved

Zanze came back to his senses, and Aura touched his head and pretended to have a headache.

"My head, my head!!! It hurts so much!! It's going to split apart! I can't work at all!" Aura held her head and cried, curling up in the corner. Her delicate face and tears were so pitiful.

"Your headache has never been cured. Didn't you say you were used to it two years ago? Why are you giving in again now? Where is the backbone of the demon clan? Show me the courage that a great demon clan should have!" Zanze pulled Aula up, grabbed her hand and drove her out.

Headache. It's not that Aura was lying. This was a disease that even Lady Celie admitted was incurable.

Perhaps it was some magic that affected the soul that cursed Aura.

But Lady Celie said that it was because of this magic that Aura had to be well behaved in front of humans, otherwise she would turn into a murderous demon.

It's good that Xanze hopes that magic never wears off.

"Wait, Zanze, I'm different from you. I have a back problem. I'm old. I'm already five hundred years old. Don't you humans always say that we should respect the old and love the young?"

"The demons have no concept of old age. You will probably still be a girl when I die. Stop lying, Aura, and go to work honestly. Otherwise, Lady Celia will come to you in person next time." Zanze rebuked.

If she were to sympathize with a demon whose appearance had not changed for five hundred years, then who would sympathize with Zanze who would have to use a walking stick when he was fifty years old?

After hearing Celia's name, Aura finally calmed down and followed Zanze out of the door dejectedly.

They walked together for a short distance, and then Zanze went to the Continental Magic Association office, while Aura crossed the street and went to the library on the Far City side.

The library was built one year after the establishment of the Continental Magic Association. It contains magic books copied from the ancient tree of Celia, as well as magic books donated by wealthy businessmen from all over the country.

Aura's job is to guard the library to prevent thieves from stealing or magicians from causing conflicts in the library.

For a great demon whose strength overwhelms most first-level magicians, this is an easy job.

Moreover, most human magicians are gentle and easy-going, and very few of them would fight in the library. Even if there were theoretical disputes, they would eventually be brought to Aura, who would be able to resolve them with his many years of following Celia and his in-depth understanding of the human magic system.

It is true that most of the time, Aura had nothing to do, so there was a record of him being absent from the library for fifteen days in a month without causing any major incident.

However, the above are not the reasons why Aura likes the job of librarian the most. The reason why she loves this job is——

“As long as I stay behind the scenes, my title as the former president of the Continental Magic Association will probably be forgotten. Then, I won’t have to remain infamous in human history books for eternity.” Aura thought so.

The librarian seldom interacts with people, and only a few magicians who often come to borrow books are familiar with her. Other humans will probably quickly forget "Aura".

"Look, that's Lady Aura. I said I'd often run into her on this road! Every time Lady Aura goes to work at the library, she passes by my fruit stand." A woman with purple hair and a tall hat walked across a street, and the humans behind her were talking about it.

"Aula? Who is that? Is he famous?" This is a merchant who has just settled in Kribi City. Although he knows the main people in charge of Kribi in advance, Aula's name is obviously not among those powerful people.

"You don't even recognize former President Aura. Don't you know that the headquarters of the Continental Magic Association is in Kribi City?"

"I only know that the current president is Zan Ze. Didn't the previous president disappear for a long time?"

"I heard that Lady Celia found her. Let me tell you, Aura was the chief examiner before the establishment of the Continental Magic Association. More than 70% of all the first-level magicians who have existed so far have received her guidance, and privately they respectfully call Aura "teacher."

"Then why did she resign as president of the Magic Association?"

"I heard that she retired because of illness caused by overwork, but Lady Celia couldn't bear to let go of such a talented person, so she brought Aura back and arranged an easy job for her as a librarian, so that she can continue to teach and educate people."

"Retire? Isn't the woman who just walked by quite young?"

"He just looks young. He's probably a non-human race like Lady Celia. Don't elves live for thousands of years without any difficulty?"

"But she has no ears."

"That's not clear. It could be a race we don't know about. It can't be the demon race, haha."

"That's impossible. If Lord Aura is a demon, I will eat three pounds of feces!"

"That's right, it's ridiculous to say that the first president of the Continental Magic Association is a demon..."

"........."

The appearance of a woman with purple hair and a tall hat on the streets of Kribi caused as much discussion as any young prince or princess passing by would cause.

After all, that person's outstanding appearance, elegant posture, and contemptuous eyes, looking at other people as if they were trash, are comparable to the cold-hearted demons.

I guess even the royal family in the palace doesn’t have such a beautiful appearance and otherworldly demeanor.

Moreover, this woman had always been a teacher, a magician mentor who treated all scholars equally, regardless of their status or wealth. The contrast between her appearance and behavior made Aura's reputation among the people even better.

Every time Aura walked onto the streets of Kribi, he would cause a heated discussion. His fame grew, and he was loved by the people and civilian magicians.

Chapter 42: Aura is so useful!

Aura's workday began when he reported to Celia at the top of the library.

The library built by the Continental Magic Association in Kribi imitates the underground tower in the ancient tree town of Celiai, but in reverse.

The underground tower was built downwards, with new books placed on the bottom level in chronological order; Kribi's library was built upwards according to the level of magic, with complex and advanced magic placed on the upper level.

On the top floor of the library is a small room, designed like a hotel, for the library manager to live in.

In theory, this is all Aura's land.

But ever since she accidentally slept naked one time and opened the door for Zanze with blurry eyes, Zanze applied to Celie to deny Aura's right to reside in the library, on the grounds that the habits of the demons would make Aura treat the entire library as her own residence, which would be immoral for human magicians who came to borrow books.

Since then, Zanze's house has become Aura's permanent residence. With Zanze taking care of Aura and making sure she is well dressed, there have been no rumors of demons appearing in Kribi.

As for the top of the library, only Celia would use it occasionally.

Celia doesn't need to rest, but she needs a quiet environment when thinking about magical problems. She often stays on the top of the tower for several days and nights with several magic books in lost languages.

"Today I, Aura, arrived at the library on time and was not late." Aura pushed open the door to the top of the tower carelessly.

Celia was lying casually on a soft chair, wearing a white skirt with gold patterns and shorts, with snacks placed on one side of her hand. A magic book was floating in front of her, shining with light and turning pages automatically.

Seeing Aura push the door open, Celie didn't bother to clean up her dishevelled clothes and messy blonde hair.

Anyway, Aura was used to her being like this.

"Remember to knock next time you come in, Aura." Celie said lightly, turning another page of the book, her attention fully focused on the magic book.

"Celiia, can't you sense me? Even if my magic power is suppressed, it can never be hidden from you." Aura said in surprise.

"I can sense it, but I don't want to focus on other things when I'm reading, just like you don't want to pay attention to insects even though you hear them buzzing around you when you're sleeping." Celia looked up and answered.

Seeing Aura ready to make a move, Celie could guess from his expression that Aura had learned about the characteristics of her perception and was up to something bad.

This stupid demon tribe can never keep secrets.

"But if a bug is too annoying, I can't help but crush it to death. You understand, Aura~"

"You don't want to lose your horn, do you~"

Celia narrowed her eyes and a dangerous smile appeared on her lips.

Seeing that Aura immediately put away that naughty expression, covered his horns pitifully, and looked like he was about to cry, Celie nodded with satisfaction.

This cowardly demon behaves well every time he is scared.

Celia casually called up the recording magic, glanced at Aura's last attendance time, and frowned slightly.

Although the work of a librarian is indeed not easy, it is not possible to skip work directly.

"Aura, a librarian's job is not to work one day and rest three days, but to work three days and rest one day. Aren't you too decadent?"

"Really? The demons' daily routine has always been like this!"

Aula straightened his chest and argued.

As for the demon clan's work and rest schedule - when she was the Seven Collapse Sages, she was at the top level, and the people below were all puppets controlled by her. Even if she worked one day and rested ten times, who could stop Aura?

"If you don't work, you will lose your salary. Now that you live in a human city, can you still rob property to meet your needs like before?"

"It's okay, Zanze will lend it to me."

Aura didn't care. In fact, she didn't hate her current life. Although it was much more restrictive than during the Seven Bengxian period and her life was not in her own hands, staying with Celia gave her safety, even though she didn't have freedom.

At least Aura believed that when Volame or Frillian came to kill her, Celie would save her life because she was a valuable experimental subject.

As for other material needs, they can all be taken care of by Zanze.

Zanze always obeys Aura's orders.

——This is of course because Aura tamed this human magician with her majesty.

It's not because if Zanze doesn't agree to Aura's request, Aura will hug her thighs and make Zanze covered in snot and tears.

Oh my God, I, Aura, can actually turn a great human magician into my slave without him having to obey magic. I am fully qualified to be the leader of the Seven Sages of Collapse!

Even the curse of turning everything into gold by the strongest of the Seven Collapse Sages, "Golden Country Mahat", is not so magical!

"Zanze lends you money, will you pay it back?"

"will not."

"That's not borrowing, that's robbing."

"I borrowed it with my own ability and with great effort, why should I pay it back?"

Celia pursed her lips. Even though she was an elf older than the demon race, there should be nothing in the world that could move her.

But when Aura, a... "strange" demon, appeared in front of Celie, she still felt dazed.

It turns out that no matter how long you live, there will always be new things happening before you that you have never encountered before.

Is Zanze too indulgent towards Aura... Never mind, disciples should solve their own problems. I don't want to get involved at all.

Celia came to her senses and stopped talking about Aura's stranded wages, and instead talked about "privileges".

"Aura, every first-level magician will have his or her own magic research topic. This is the price for obtaining the privileges of the Continental Magic Association. Have you chosen your topic?"

"But I'm not a first-level magician."

"But your position in the Magic Association is above that of a first-class magician, not inferior to that of a great magician. You are allowed to vote at every association meeting regarding the overall direction of human magic, but you always abstain."

"I didn't enjoy it! What does the privilege of humans have to do with a demon like me? Why do I have to do the research too!"

"Aura, you have to understand that the mainland magic association does not keep idle people, even if you are a demon. Let me put it this way, I have a topic on individual magic, which does not require much knowledge of the human magic system, so even if you are a demon, you can still do it-"

"I won't!"

Aula is stubborn and will avoid things whenever possible. It is enough for her to enjoy the rights in the Continental Magic Association. Why should she fulfill her obligations?

As a great demon, would Aura do something that would aid the enemy and promote the advancement of human magic?

"The useless demons will be put into a jar..."