Yuki sat quietly on a chair, reading through the books spread across the table while Tiyara sat beside him.
Both of these books are about Demon King Subaru, Yuki thought while reading carefully.
But even in these two books, there's only a small amount of information about Jelrai.
Still... from what I can tell, Jelrai seems to be Subaru's right-hand servant.
Yuki continued reading the information written inside the book.
Jelrai — A demon created from a mixture of slime and water.
A direct servant of Demon King Subaru and one of the strongest members of the Demon King's army.
Jelrai's body resembles liquid, colored teal in appearance, while its eyes look like two red crystal circles.
Abilities:
Water ManipulationShape ShiftingBody Double
Limitations:
Jelrai cannot use Body Double while shape-shifted.Jelrai cannot use Shape Shift while using Body Double.
Yuki leaned back slightly in thought.
Hm... if he can shape shift, then finding him is going to be extremely difficult.
He let out an exhausted sigh.
Tiyara noticed immediately.
"What's wrong?" she asked curiously.
Yuki glanced at her.
"This Jelrai guy is seriously annoying."
"First he can shape shift... then he can also duplicate himself?!"
Tiyara thought for a moment before answering casually.
"For the shape shifting part, you can find him using mana."
"Even if he changes his appearance, his mana stays the same. Only the body changes."
Yuki looked at her curiously.
"Mana? How... can I use that?"
A thought crossed his mind.
In my world, people couldn't release mana outside their bodies...
But maybe the rules of this world are different?
Meanwhile, Tiyara suddenly jumped slightly from her chair in surprise.
"Wait... don't tell me you don't know how to use magic?"
Yuki silently shook his head.
Tiyara burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! That's actually funny!"
"Using magic is super easy."
"You just gather mana into your hand and imagine the element you want to use."
"Then it appears."
As she spoke, a fireball suddenly appeared above her hand.
Yuki stared at it silently.
I don't know if I can learn it or not...
In my world, I couldn't learn any magic or skills because of my Kema Core.
But maybe I can use magic in this world because the rules here are different...
Yuki suddenly paused deeply in thought.
Wait...
If I remember correctly, Kail once said my ancestor was an Otherworlder.
Someone who was summoned or reincarnated into this world.
That means this Kema Core doesn't belong to this world... it belongs to another world entirely.
And even then, my ancestor still couldn't use magic despite the different world laws...
So that means this power isn't affected by world rules at all.
After thinking deeply, Yuki quietly looked toward Tiyara.
"Sorry... but I don't think I can learn magic."
Tiyara immediately moved closer to him with suspicious curiosity.
"Why...? Why? Why?"
Without making eye contact, Yuki replied quietly—
"I have my personal reasons."
Tiyara slowly stepped back with a disappointed expression.
"Oh... I see."
Yuki quickly changed the topic.
"Anyway... how am I supposed to defeat this Jelrai?"
Tiyara answered immediately.
"Yeah... you can't defeat Jelrai with a sword."
The moment Yuki heard that—
He instantly stood up in shock.
"What?! Why?!"
Tiyara explained calmly.
"That demon is made of liquid."
"He has natural self-healing."
Yuki frowned.
"But the books never mentioned any healing magic!"
Tiyara looked disappointed by his reaction.
"Haaah...? The books literally said he's made of liquid."
"That naturally means he has self-healing."
"That's common knowledge."
"You seriously didn't know that~?"
She teased him slightly.
Meanwhile, Yuki fell into deep thought.
In my world, maybe things didn't work like this...
Anyway, then how am I supposed to defeat him...?
I can't use magic...
"Tsk..."
A tense expression appeared on his face.
Tiyara noticed it but quietly stayed silent.
There has to be some way to defeat him...
If the system placed him on my mission list, then there must be a method.
Otherwise, the system wouldn't give me an impossible mission knowing I can't use magic.
Suddenly, Yuki remembered something.
Wait...
These missions were created by Precious.
And that guy is completely unpredictable...
So does he actually expect me to kill Jelrai with a sword?!
But how? If Jelrai can regenerate endlessly, then how am I supposed to do that?!
Yuki sat back down heavily in his chair.
If I really have to kill him with a sword... then I'd need to slice him into particles smaller than dust.
But the problem is... I'm not strong enough to cut something into pieces that tiny within such a short time!
Damn it... none of this makes sense!
Seeing him think so deeply, Tiyara finally spoke again with slight concern.
"What are you thinking about so seriously?"
Yuki immediately looked at her.
"How do I defeat Jelrai?"
Tiyara crossed her arms and answered.
"Even defeating him with magic is difficult."
"First, because his body is liquid, some magic attacks pass straight through him."
"Second, his self-healing is incredible."
"But... he does have one weakness."
"Since he's water-based, he's very weak against fire."
"So fire-type magic is the best option."
Then she smiled proudly.
"And you know? Fire is my second-best magic."
Yuki looked at her curiously.
"Oh? Then what's your first-best magic?"
Tiyara answered dramatically in a playful tone.
"What else? Knowledge!"
Yuki slowly stood up again and began thinking seriously.
Hm... if Tiyara defeats him, then will my mission still count as complete?
Wait... what if it doesn't?
These are MY missions.
But still... the demon would technically be dead, right? So the mission should complete...
But I wouldn't be the one who killed him...
So maybe it wouldn't count...?
"AGH... this is such a headache..."
After calming himself slightly, Yuki sighed.
"Well... figuring that out would actually be interesting."
"But I don't want to take any risks."
"That means I have to kill that demon myself."
He turned toward Tiyara.
"But I can't use magic."
"So how exactly am I supposed to kill that guy?"
Tiyara smiled confidently.
"I'm here, aren't I?"
"I'll kill him for you."
Yuki immediately shook his head.
"No."
"I have to kill that demon myself."
Tiyara blinked in surprise.
"Why...? Why does it have to be you?"
She paused for a moment before speaking more quietly.
"Is it... revenge or something like that?"
Hearing those words, Yuki froze slightly.
For a brief moment, surprise crossed his face.
Then, slowly—
He answered in a quiet voice filled with sadness and regret.
"Yeah..."
"It's something like that..."