The administrator looked at me, a dark grin spreading across his face… before bursting into a fit of giggles.“Oh, you should see your face,” he said through his chortling.“Please tell me you aren’t setting me up to be some kind of returned demon king,” I said, putting my face in my hands.“Nah,” the administrator said, wiping his eyes. “That’s not possible, though it would have been interesting. You were born human in this life, and it’s, well… a completely different pipeline.”“But [Mana Manipulation] is what the demons do, right?”“Yeah, more or less. I was being genuine, though, when I told you it would serve you better outside of this world. You’re headed to a human academy and going to learn their version of magic, right?” he asked, and I nodded. “That’s all well and good, but if you end up in a world without ambient mana, it’ll be a lot harder. [Mana Manipulation] helps you control your own internal forces way better. Frankly, without the guidance I offered you, there wasn’t really a chance you could pick that up as a human in this life, especially once you got on the academic track where you only memorize ancient demonic chants to cast spells, but going from this to that is still doable. You’re welcome.”“Ugh,” I said, lifting my head up and glancing at the white void sky above us. “Thanks. I guess.”“Come on, you’ll be fine. Once you memorize that [Create Light] skill, you won’t even need to use [Mana Manipulation] again, at least not in front of other humans. You should still practice in private, though.”“All right,” I said, heaving a breath and shaking my head. “Well. That’s all I wanted to know. Is another demon king on the way? Should I worry about that?”“Not in your lifetime,” the admin said with a shrug. “That’s probably why the one who tagged you dropped you off here first. You could go looking for trouble, hunt (...)