Kagami no Mukou no Saihate Toshokan - Vol. 1 Ch. 8

[MangaDex]

 

[BookQueen]

lock him back up

 

[istinkalot]

the plot thickens, I'm guessing he's the hero of Light mention in ch 7

 

[CursedLich]

@istinkalot: Maybe every hero become the next head librarian and the former is released from his bind.

 

[Hell_Satan]

hahaha hero is more like a thief. But damn the plot is strong in this one.

 

[ReEt]

And maybe the maid is the mage with the hero from the previous generation...

 

[Nk9bjP4A]

It's me. I am the..........

 

[DeadKinginHell]

The previous Head Librarian looks like a Demon Lord to me... And maybe that's the cycle: from Hero to Librarian to Demon Lord.
It probably went like this: Hero kills the Demon Lord, and then became the Head Librarian while losing his memories, which means that he currently is an empty and newer vessel for the Demon Lord's memories and power.

 

[Tradless]

Might as well lock him back deadass

 

[NotALewdGuy]

Oh hey, plot.

 

[Archomp]

They went into people's house and ransack the place.
There's truly only a thin line between heroes and criminals.

 

[AbuHajaar]

Wait where did that spirit fuck off to?

 

[justforthelulz]

I am Sparta the Head Librarian!

 

[RC1138Boss]

They robbed the library. What a duo of scoundrels! 😲

Also i wonder who was the previous librarian.

 

[Serverclosed]

@DeadKinginHell That is a good guess, wouldn't surprised if is true.

 

[Talh]

@CursedLich and @DeadKinginHell

My guess is that demon king and hero fight is just a stage play set up by the "gods".
At least one dies.
If one of them survives then the winner can live his/her life only for a limited time - to prevent one side (humans or demons) from becoming too strong and overpowering the other side.
So in order to avoid the balance being broken after the demon king or hero dies the "winner" is then bound to the librabry of the end as its new head librarian.

The library is probably connected to both the power of the hero and the power of the demonking or their sources and as such cannot be attacked by either side while functioning as the seal on the "winner" of the fight.

And why all that?
Well, I bet the "gods" have implemented this "hero vs. demon king" system to keep their believers at bay and continue to get "faith" as contribution to themselves.
The system works as follows:
The demon king appears and strengthens the demons and as such their faith in the demon god/ evil god who sent them the demon king.
--> The humans get desparate against the strengthened demons led by the demon king and hence start praying to their "gods".
--> The human's "gods" then send the "hero" into the world which garners them more faith from the humans who gain hope due to the hero's existence.
--> The hero and the demon king fight.
--> No matter who wins the "gods" gain even more faith because
A) The demon king wins, so the humans pray to their "gods" even more asking to be saved while the demons celebrate their demon king sent by their "demon gods" being the "winner".
B) The hero wins, so the humans celebrate their "gods" for sending the hero to their rescue and continue praying to them while the demons wish for revenge and pray to their "demon gods" to obtain that revenge by reviving the demon king / letting a new demon king be born.
--> But if the "winner" would remain in the world then their side would become too strong and could erase the other side.
--> Therefore after a certain amount of time or after their side has reached a certain strength the surviving hero or demon king will be bound to the library of the end and have his / her memories sealed.

So in short the "gods" of that world are treating the inhabitants (both humans and demons) like cattle to "farm" faith.
It could even be that there are not 2 different groups of "gods" to begin with.
It might be just 1 group of "gods" or maybe even just 1 "god" alone that plays different roles as "gods of the humans" and "gods of the demons".

 

[CursedLich]

@Talh That's some interesting theory there, to the point it can become its own novel if it isn't the plot of this story.

 

[Talh]

@CursedLich:

It already is in at least one novel (+ manga adapted from it):

Spoiler

Arifureta

 

[NEETzReader]

@talh I wonder when will they make an anime adaptation of arifureta~~~

 

[Disguised22]

@neetzreader Are you serious or did I miss a joke, because they already did.