Perhaps if Alice were interested, it would be possible to complete all the preparations in an instant like Ain, but instead, she would relax and prepare downstairs while chatting with me and Anima.

This atmosphere... I don't hate the air that feels like I'm enjoying preparing myself for what to say. In other words, I feel like a conversation often happens at times like this.

Speaking of which, I'm thinking of reviewing some of the titles soon.

"Do you want to review the standards?

"Well, I'm going to adjust the details, but the main thing is... I'm going to upgrade some of the top Earls to Duke."

The topic Alice talked about while processing vegetables... a partial review of the title. Alice is talking to Sarah, but this is a pretty big change.

Until now, there has been only one Duke, and it is easy to imagine that it will be a major reform even in the whole demonic world.

"... well, in extreme terms, the number of Earl ranks is actually increasing. The difference in abilities between the top and bottom within the Earl is getting bigger, so it feels like adjusting it."

"... speaking of which, I have always wondered, why is there no 'Marquis' in the high demons of the rank?

"Ah ~ that was simply something I missed when I first decided. In the first place, the title level is a system I created to make it easier to manage the information of the magical world, and I decided the name appropriately. I forgot to make the Marquis at first, but I realized later... personally, it didn't matter if there was a problem with management or naming, and it was troublesome to change what I spread once, so I kept it."

I see.

Anima nodded convincingly, but I've actually heard more from Alice about it before.

In the world where Alice lived before, it was the aristocracy called the Five Marquises who first summoned the great evil gods of despair. From the magnitude of the damage at that time, it seems that the name of the Marquis itself had a negative impression, and the status of the Marquis disappeared with the passage of history.

And when Alice was born, she didn't have the status of Marquis, but she could only confirm her existence in history books and so on, and that's why she forgot when she first built the system of high ranking demons.

"You didn't say you were going to make an extra marquis, did you?

"Yeah, I thought about that as an alternative, but I stopped. Not all of them, but many of the current Earl ranks continue to train for the Duke rank. It's inferior to the Duke, but I made it on top of the new Earl."

Well, I'm sure you're dissatisfied.

"That's what it is. Well, this is the first shot in particular, so we need to consider not only the simple strength but also the power relationships of each faction, so I'm going to raise it to the Duke's rank at about two people from each faction right now."

The increase in Duke rank would be a big event for the demonic world, and it seemed that consideration had to be given to prevent the Six Kings faction from becoming ruthless, so I felt that I could somehow see the difficulty on the management side.

In fact, Alice said it was not too soon, and she was probably thinking about adjusting the area.

"Hmm... Alice, why are there two people in each faction? Wouldn't it be better to have one member of each faction at the beginning while watching the situation?

"Ah, that's what this is about. Speaking in detail, it will be a long story, so I will briefly describe it, because some factions do not have the same" head down "as the" strongest down. "If the faction you both know explains… for example, the strongest one under the Warlord is Osma. But it's headed by Agni. Since the leader is also the supervisor of the team, there is an unfavourable orientation that cannot be measured by combat abilities alone."

"... a matter of decency. Well, that's what happens in front of the building, but there are many people who think that the head is the strongest, so there's confusion."

"Exactly. For ordinary demons, the dimensions are too different at the time of the Earl, outside the scope of understanding. The only way to judge who is strong is from other sources... many people think that the leader is the strongest in the faction. Of course, some factions say they are the strongest leaders. That's what we are."

Again, Alice's explanation was clear and convincing. If only Osma were to rise to the rank of Duke, Agni, the head of the group, would be unfavourable.

There will probably be a lot of distributions that aren't titles, and I don't think Alice would want that to cause a lot of confusion.

"... well, that's why I'm going to raise the ratio between each faction leader and the other."

"Hey, Alice. I thought, what about Mr. Ain, who is now Duke?

"... to be clear, Mr. Ain's strength is too far apart, and if he stays the same, the difference in strength will narrow at the top and bottom of the Duke. I mean, in the first place, even if he thinks of the six kings, he is a talented person who will enter the upper part. It's strange to be in that position in the first place... well, that's why I'm going to ask Ain-san to go up one more time."

Does that mean creating a title between the Duke and the Six Kings and making it almost exclusive to Mr. Ain? Well, if I can line up with Mr. Ain, it seems like I can be the seventh king, and that might be a cure.

But then one question comes to mind.

"... is that convincing to Ain-san?

"... it's a sole. That's what bothered me the most."

I know that I have quite a chance to meet Ain, but Ain is dissatisfied with the title of Duke. He doesn't like being called to the throne by his maid.

"Even the current Duke can finally convince me that he won't deny even if he calls me, even if I ask him to. Normally, if you say you're going to build a superior position and put it up there, you're going to complain."

"... so what do we do?

"No, I've come up with a solution. I mean, I've been thinking about it for a long time. But... I just hesitated to do it..."

"Mr. Ain is more convinced than the Duke... eh? I can't believe it...."

"Don't say that. I don't like it either. But there's another name that might convince me."

Alice looked at the distance and looked tired somewhere. Perhaps it has been painfully conveyed that I have had trouble doing it many times before.

Anyway, it's really a big modification... what's bigger than that is the part where a "maid-class high-ranking demon tribe" is about to explode on top of the high-ranking high-ranking demon tribe...

But I don't know... a maid on top of the Duke is obviously strange... and I think Ain-san has no choice but to poison it completely.