A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

"Ugh... dazzling"

The moment I went out of the cave, my daughter-in-law looked abominably at me and stared at the sun as I made shade with her hands.

"... you, if you say so, when did you go out before?

"Right...... I don't remember it for a second. Even if you leave your living room these days, it's often in the meadow in front of the castle."

"Oh... Iruna and the others gave it to me. You're much better at babysitting, too."

"Hugh, Noon would agree. If Noon is serious, he can afford a toddler!

I laugh and laugh and smile bitterly at Leffi, who flaunts my shoulders.

"Haha, in the boulder Heilong-like. It's always helpful."

"If you know that, respect Non more. Well... as you can see the greatness of Non, you can do it on your shoulder."

"Heck, whatever you say."

To Refi, who said so with her chest stretched in a deliberate manner, I turned behind her with a laugh, bending (or not) and putting my neck between her thin, white legs, and stood up all at once with Gui.

"Mm-hmm. Still a good shoulder car. It's good to have a high point of view"

"But you have more height when you're flying, don't you?

"It makes me feel good when I'm flying in the sky. But shoulder cars are connected to the earth and the earth through the Lord."

"… Continued"

Refi spins the words in such a tone that he finds himself in a good mood just because of his voice color.

"The part of you that is in contact with the Lord and the slight shock that comes from the earth where the Lord walks. That makes me feel comfortable and at ease.... I just can't taste this feeling standing alone, lonely on the earth"

I was just a little worried about what to say and then - immediately, I made fun of it and opened my mouth.

"If you're going to miss me, I'll give you a shoulder whenever you want. Oh, my God, you're an important wife. Whatever, you can hold him so he doesn't miss you."

"... hun, don't tear it up, play"

That's what the silver-haired dragon girl said in a slightly smelly tone.

I don't see that face... but I'm sure she's got a shy look on her face right now.

I heard the lil that was following me leaked a somewhat frightened chirp behind me, "Ku......" but we pretend not to hear and move on with the shoulder car.

"- Nevertheless, Lord, if we were to do this with countermeasures, shouldn't we have brought Lew's relatives into the dungeon?

"No, I thought about that a little bit, too, but you can't because they were leaving their family in their original house. It's going to be hard for all of them to get here."

This time, they came all the way here, about two-thirds of the men in the settlement.

Naturally, we have family and company left behind, and we can't possibly take the option of staying here.

... well, besides... I'm sorry to say this, but I kinda didn't like it when outsiders (...) live in our house.

More than Lew became one of his daughters-in-law, Lew's father and other blood muscle people became what could once be described as his own, but that was only a verbal story.

As for emotions, another.

Anyway, I haven't been with them for three days.

There is a little bit to be said about living with someone who has a very large lot.

If anything happens, I'm going to go help you, I'm going to do about it, but I'd like to ask you emotionally not to live on the same property.

I'm not going to ruin my life with the face of my home.

"Uh... well, I sure do. They would have died if the Lord hadn't helped them. Is it impossible to cross this land?"

"Basically, why are there so many demons here? Now that I've been out of these woods lately, I get it, but there's something a little strange about the strength of the demon individuals here."

"Well, that's still probably the best reason for the thick magic vegetables. Demons that adapt to magic vegetables and accumulate a wealth of magic are susceptible to changes in the flesh as well. Because plants also contain magic vegetables and become fattening, they grow large and nutritious, and the demons that eat them grow. That's how it kept circulating."

... I see that the entry of the element 'magic vegetable' into the food chain has strengthened the demons here.

"... Then why is there so much magic here in the first place?"

"Hmmm... it sure is. The fundamental part is that I haven't really thought about it… No, in that case, once upon a time, when Non tried to come to the land, the old bones of the ancient dragon asked me something."

"Heh...?

... One question I wondered, at what level is it that Leffi used to say?

Though I think about it in my heart, I keep my word.

"What kind of story is that?

"Anything was asked of the ancient bones of the ancient dragons by their parents, but thank goodness this land is far too ancient for the 'gods' to have fallen. So the magic that God and I were living in spread widely, and it became this forest, so to speak."

... the land that God has laid down, have you come?

What a fantasy.

"... but wasn't God in this world? I don't think you've ever seen it before."

"It's not like I know everything. There are countless things in this world that you don't know, and countless things that you know but you never see.... I just don't. I think that God, who has fallen in this land, has lived long enough to be worshipped with God, a demon."

"... is the demon God?"

A demon who is treated as a vermin has been born a long time ago.

"A nomenclature is something that changes then. As Noun was born in this world as a 'Lephicious', feared as a 'Heilong', and now called to the Lord as a 'Lephi'. There's nothing wrong with a demon being called a god."

And then she peeks into my face from the top of her shoulder car and laughs.

"Well, isn't that funny? Non and other long-lived species bear witness to the world by merely living and dying. It is the history of this world, as your (human) species call it - that is, the legend (...)"

A living testament - i.e., a legend.

What a magnificent story.

But - I thought it was funny.

"... then you too, if you live the next millennium, might be worshipped as God. It's a legend at the moment."

"Hugh, then the Lord is not God's husband by then. You did it, you're not born of the Wooden Demon King."

"That's good. Along with you, I will engrave a sign in the world. Don't be ashamed of losing your name, but by then, from the wooden end of the demon king to the great demon king of terror, it will be."

"Mm-hmm. Definitely will, but good. Until then, let's wait to be gods."

That's what I said, me and Leffi laughed at each other.