Konjiki no Moji Tsukai (WN)

94: Suggestions from the Demon King

The Demon Nation Conference was currently taking place in [Demon Nation/Heros] for a long time.

But there's always a vacancy out there from the rash on his face.

Kiria, who was near the side of Eveam the Demon King, betrayed Eveam, and Grayaldo of "Sequence Six" died in battle.

Only the Demon King and the four Direct Guards of the Demon King are here right now.

"We've all been asked to come together like this to make decisions about the future. And to get an accurate picture of what's going on."

Each of the four nods back to Yveam's words.

"But is what is written on that paper true, Your Majesty?

I say as Marione turns her gaze to the single piece of paper that is placed in front of Yveam.

The paper was entrusted to Judom by Tekkail.

And from the color of the day I received it, Yveam was handed it directly to me.

"Oh, I feel the magic of Tekkail and I'm sure of it. Besides, I can't get in touch with Tekkail right now. Perhaps Techcale is imprisoned as it is written here. And I caught him..."

Move your lips severely and painfully with a harsh look on your face.

"It's Avolos Grand Early Evening, the previous Demon King."

"Stupid!," continues Marione, who tapped the table with Don.

"That must be some kind of mistake, right? The bodies of the previous demon kings were confirmed by this weasel and Akwinas, right? There was nothing strange about it anywhere. Isn't that right, Akwinas?

"... oh"

"The Demon Nucleus, which should also be called the second heart held by the 'Demon Nation', had also been destroyed. I can't revive you anymore."

"That's right............... what do you think of Akwinas?

Yveam turns his gaze to Akwinas.

"... I did confirm death with this eye. I was definitely a corpse. It wasn't even Kiria's doll."

"That's right. He couldn't have dived into his eyes and faked his death."

I can tell from Marione's words that he trusts Akwinus' eyes considerably.

"So you think Tekkail made some mistake?

"That's all there is."

"He's the best intelligence agent in the country, isn't he? Besides, I can see it. Tekkail is third in sequence after the two of you. It shouldn't be something that a half-breed can do, such as capture that Tekkail alive. That's not your class."

"Mm, mmm..."

Marione roars without telling the truth.

"Besides, the presence that Eelaola said was that one, and the presence behind Kiria that she said was made for the talks. I feel like I'm connected."

There was no objection as to whether that was what everyone here felt.

"But that wouldn't necessarily be the previous Demon King. Didn't it only say on that piece of paper that it was likely to be"

"Indeed, this paper only says about how Tekkail came to that idea. But he said he saw it, didn't he? He should be dead - give me the Territorial face!

The place becomes a scene. That's all the words she said had weight.

"Territorial... the right arm of an earlier demon king"

He opened his mouth so that Akwinas could break through that space of silence.

"Now I'm telling you, it was between your majesty and Kiria."

"Oh, oh... but he died a long time before his brother died. No, they killed him. By the hands of no other brother!

The place quiets down again.

"If we can revive and serve the dead, that would only be the previous demon king"

Everyone turns their gaze to the squeal of Akwinas.

"Yes, only Avolos, the ultimate Necromancer."

Gokuri and everyone are ringing their throats.

"If what Tekkail saw in the territory was a manipulation of the dead, it would undoubtedly be Avoros' work. Besides, if you're as strong as a territory, you can snort that Tekkail has been defeated. Whatever you say, Territorial was the master of Tekkail."

The man named Territorial was Tekkail's master. No, you can call it being like a proxy. Tekkail, who was preceded by his parents at an early age, was picked up one day by the territory and adopted.

Tekkail was taught everything territorially.

And everyone here knows that. He can't possibly have misjudged the face of the territory.

But such a dead territorial lives, and his son captures the same Tekkail. All I can do is think someone's manipulating me.

And only one person has ever been able to manipulate the dead. That's just Avoros, the previous Demon King.

"Akwinas is right. Perhaps my brother... Avoros has somehow faked death and lived to this day. And I don't know what the purpose is, but I'm sure it was also my brother who planned this war. It's no wonder he did that."

It's supposed to be in you. Yveam carries on the word spicy. There is more disgust in that expression than sadness.

"And in the future, no doubt Avoros should make a stand and move. I don't understand myself for desire."

"... Kiria too... was it on the previous Demon King from the beginning?

Shubblers utters doubts, but Yveam drops a dark look when Kiria's name comes up.

"... I don't know"

"Your Majesty..."

Shubblers shrugs worryingly.

"Kilia... Kilia has been beside me since I was a young girl. I don't think so... who would have thought..."

He is holding his fist and shivering in full and small pieces.

"Valkyria... that's what he said"

To the words of Akwinus, Yveam nodded powerlessly.

"It was long ago. Such a time that there was no country here yet. There was a woman who had named the Demon King for the first time. The man gathered many compatriots to make his country. But neither the knowledge nor the wisdom to make a kingdom was in the 'demon tribe' of those days. Simply put, he was less intelligent. The only wise man, the First Demon King, thought it would take too long to teach each and every one carefully."

Everyone is listening to Akwinas. Even Marione is hearing stories for the first time.

"So the First Demon King thought that if he made several of the same beings as himself, the nation-building would go smoothly"

"No way..."

Yveam leaks his words as he opens his eyes.

"It was called the Valkyria Series. They were so brilliant, like the demon king's division. Looks like they couldn't produce that many, but they lead the people and the nation-building goes on. And it was [Demon Country/Heros] that did it."

"You've never heard such a story before, have you? The literature says that the First Demon King commanded the people to build the country."

Akwinas answers Marione's words.

"I guess so. If nothing went wrong, their existence would have been preserved as history."

"Also, you say it's a problem?

"Oh, not long after we founded the country, there was an incident"

"Incident...?

Yveam asks anxiously.

"The whole Valkyrian thing started to run wild without any foretaste."

"Runaway?"

"Oh. The rampage was awesome, destroying it all as soon as I could. Moreover, the runoff did not stop in one piece, extending to all the Valkyrian series. Even if you think about it, all the puppets that you should call the Divinity of the Demon King, who is immense in wisdom and power, are subjected to a destructive impulse. You know what's gonna happen, right?

That would be exactly a hell of a picture.

"Duh, how did that happen?

Ask back as the Shubblers cramped their cheeks.

"Simply put, it's a magical outburst."

"Magic runoff?

"That's right. Surely the demon king's divisions were excellent. But the power of the Demon King was too great for the vessel. In the beginning it was still stable, but the vessel gradually screams without withstanding the magic that is too great. And finally the vessel collapsed."

It can be as devastating as if the dam were to destroy it.

"We can't just watch it in silence. The Demon King destroyed them with his hands. Split doesn't mean the Demon King has all the abilities. The Valkyrians were destroyed by the Demon King. But the price was high."

Because the country was destroyed in that battle. The people were almost destroyed, too.

"Oh, that's...?

Yveam also has a sad face.

"Then the Demon King sealed the existence of the Valkyria Series. I decided there wasn't. Then she took the time to gather her compatriots together again to build her country. Seriously, with your own hands."

"Are you saying that the Demon King covered up his own deeds so as not to leave them for future generations?

"Oh."

"Isn't that too self-serving? Keep them for yourselves, and hurt the people because of it, even more so to them... and then cover up their deeds, etc..."

Yveam is shaking his body in anger. The first demon king is too self-serving to forgive.

"Especially what His Majesty says. But there are other reasons I covered it up."

"Uh... others?

"It's about not leaving the world with dangerous beings like the Valkyria Series. Being that could not be completed with the knowledge of the Demon King. Creating an incomplete Valkyria will create another tragedy. The Demon King, who decided that curiosity was not enough to make it, buried it all in darkness, both in the way it was made and in Valkyria"

It is certainly problematic to leave the world with a way of making dangerous things that no one can control. Again, the Demon King thought he couldn't complete it, but others couldn't.

That is why the First Demon King did not leave the way it was made for future generations in fear of when someone could no longer produce and stop the incomplete Valkyria.

"Mmmm..."

Yveam is putting his face down whether he was ashamed that his earlier views were off. Yet it still seems to me that the fact of involving the people should not be left in some way in the world.

It is how he thinks that the later ones can have a better policy on that in the lesson.

"But I do know that I doubt leaving something to be anxious for future generations. But now Kiria... exists."

"Your Majesty is right. I was just surprised to hear of Valkyria from Kiria, too. I can think of..."

"Avolos?

Akwinas nods at Yveam's words.

"I don't know where you learned how to make it, but maybe..."

"But how do you know that?

Marione's questions in particular. Everyone's gaze turns to him, too. Akwinas also exhales fluently as he thinks, closing his eyes and opening his mouth.

"... not all of the people have perished either. Some did survive, though it was enough to count. I mean, I'm someone with that connection."

I mean, did you hear it in Survival, or did the story passed on to its descendants come into Akwinas' ear?

"Well... but I didn't know Kiria had such a situation..."

"It won't be impossible not to know. Me too... I just heard the story. Perhaps I was the only one in the country who knew."

"Mmm, Your Majesty, even if the story of Akwinas is true, things won't change. It is more about war, which is now a matter of last minute. Treatment of prisoners, what do you intend to do?

Marione asks him how he uses the captured prisoners to behave from the glued state of affairs.

"Oh, right. We have to decide that first."

Yveam exhales loudly when he looks at them.

"This time I asked you guys to captivate the 'humans' and 'beasts' who entered the demonic realm. But I do not intend to take the lives of the captives."

Nobody says anything about the idea as if the other four already knew it. Marione is also grumpy but silent.

"I intend to make an inviolability pact on the grounds of the liberation of the prisoners"

"Well, that's not an alliance...?

Yveam stares at Akwinas in a slightly disgusting way.

"Even I know there's no way I can make an alliance or anything in this situation. So now we shall give priority only to peace in the demonic world."

"But, Your Majesty, do you really think they'll drink that condition?

"That's right. The other guy betrayed us because he was a" human race "and a" beast tribe "that was strangely supposed to hurt our pride in the last war."

Shubblers and Aunous say, respectively.

More than six months ago, 'The Beast Nation' and I became a war once.

Yveam and the others admit that Yveam dropped the bridge, which ended instantly, but hurt their pride at that time.

"Perhaps...... you can't about 'human race'. In that king, there is a better chance of abandoning him where there are some reasons for captivity. Whatever it was, it was their trump card. They threw away the brave men and pawned them."

"Mm-hmm. So you're negotiating only with the Beast Clan?

"Oh, they're a race that weighs bonds above all else. It may be unlikely, but it may be."

"I feel like I'm wasting my time with that Beast King."

Marione talks as she shakes her head slightly to the side.

"They do weigh bonds. But we haven't done anything like wrap our tails around the battle before. If we're going to win the battle, we're going to move on and throw our lives away."

"But we have company this time, right?

"Still won't stop, will it? They're bloodthirsty single cells."

Murder leaks from Marione. I guess I still hate the Beast Man. I couldn't help it. Because his wife and son are being killed by the Beast Man.

"... but still, I make recommendations"

"What are you going to do if you still don't stop?

Yveam closes his eyes and ties his mouth into one letter. Everyone is waiting for words to come from her. And her mouth opens.

"At that time... let's fight"

Marione is consolidated in the words as if they had been poked in the void. No, it's not just Marione. Everyone but Akwinas is a pocan.

I didn't expect the word to come out of Yveam's mouth.

"To, Your Majesty? You know what it means to fight, right?

Shubblers asks flashly.

"Oh, if this request doesn't get accepted, there's only one way left to fight. Just because you broke the bridge doesn't mean your anxiety disappeared just because you postponed the fight"

"Oh, yeah."

"They made me understand that just looking past them like this and believing in them forever and waiting won't change anything"

That seems to have been clearly learned about this one. That you can't just let go and trust them.

"So if the demands don't go through, we fight. On top of that, control them and let them feel our nostalgia! That we really want peace!

"By force...... is it?

I snort even as I bite my teeth into Marione's words.

"Oh, but I don't want to kill them as hard as I can...... so I decide to have them on board with a proposal that goes hand in hand with the partial liberation of the prisoners!

Those on the spot had solidified as if they had lost their words when they heard her suggestion.

Lenion was tilting his neck when he saw Leggles coming back to the tent with some difficult look on his face.

"What's going on, brother?

"Hmm? Oh, there's no Uhit."

Uhit is the proud brainchild owner of [Beast Kingdom/Pacion] and the author of The Unnamed Bracelet, which inspired him to knit The Art of Cosmetics.

"Huh? Is that the Mad Bastard?

"Oh, he was supposed to be deployed here."

"Why are you looking for that bastard?

"No, I thought he'd come up with a way to cross into the demon world."

"Oh, I see. Well, it's about him, so you're gonna show up one of these days."

"Right. He's disgraced."

Youhit doesn't seem to care much because he always appears out of the blue or disappears somewhere. Leggles of thoughts that pioneer him even in this situation.

"What about my father, by the way?

"I'm going to another tent. You must be speaking to those who have been injured."

"Phew, as always, fellowship."

"That's our strength."

Waiting on the spot for a while, the soldier came into the tent with tremendous momentum. He looked pretty hasty with his breath disturbed.

When asked why he was in such a hurry, "The Demon Nation" sent him a letter.

After seeing each other for a moment, they rushed out to Leo Wood, king of beasts.

"Oh, here we are, you guys."

The two of them felt uncomfortable with the voice color for some reason. Because his expression was a little loose and the pleasant atmosphere was on his voice.

"Father, is that an example?

"Oh, read it. It says something funny."

That's what I said, I read the letter they handed me, and Leggles said, "What the fuck? Here!?" I accidentally raised my voice.

Neither Lenion was intrigued by its content, and asked Leggles to explain it. And when I heard that explanation from him, I got an equally stunned look.

Firstly, we have asked for the conclusion of an inviolable treaty on the grounds of the liberation of prisoners. This was naturally not surprising because Leo Wood and the others had anticipated it.

The problem is if the request didn't go through.

If the demands do not pass, they will be settled in battle. It was a slightly surprising answer for a sweet demon king, but more breathtaking than that was the way it fought.

This is what the letter says.

"There will be no limit to your power right now. Where we have fought the annihilation as it is, there will only be a great deal of damage on both sides, and even this one will not benefit. Then we should choose a mutually agreeable way of fighting, not to hurt soldiers and people poorly. You've said this before. If you want to control us, try to be strong. If so, let me show you. Let's use our power to bring your lords into our nostalgia. Why don't you decide to win or lose by confronting the highest fighting power you are proud of and the highest fighting power you are proud of? I'll give you more details on how to fight. Match the numbers, too. If you can accept, some prisoners will also be freed. But this is the biggest concession. If we reject this demand, we will not resign ourselves to the battle of annihilation with the full strength of our Demon Nation. It's best if you don't have to fight. Expect a good reply '

Everyone on the spot listens to Leggles explain and is pokant. It's not in too unreasonable a content. Because it was too much for me.

Indeed, as the letter says, if we fight like this, we will be doomed. And perhaps the colour of defeat is thick in terms of numbers. Everyone can imagine death piling up a lot.

But if it is this way of fighting, the soldiers will no longer be harmed by darkness. Moreover, the fact that this one can choose to fight in detail obviously works in this one's favor.

Whatever you think, it just seemed unfavourable to the 'Demon Nation'. There's nothing wrong with the opponent if he kills all the prisoners and destroys the remaining power.

And yet why does everyone lean their necks?

"Garhhhhhh! Damn, they took one of these. Wow! Not at all. I'm going to say something unusual! Gahhhhhhh!"

Leo Wood is laughing funny-looking from the bottom of his heart.

"Chi, Father! Not if you're laughing! What are you going to do!

Answer the Leggles question with a smile on your face.

"Whatever you do, isn't this a convenient story for this one!

"But it is also possible that this is a trap!

"No, it won't."

"Hey, why?

"Because it's a battle you can win if you fight normally without doing that. I don't care what you think."

Now that the 'human race' has also withdrawn, if pressed in numbers, the minutes are obviously too bad.

"And I told you the Demon King was sweet, didn't I? Perhaps there is nothing false about this content. Well, it's mostly due to my suspicions!

"Ka, Kang, etc..."

Leggles exhaling in a stirring mix.

"Plus the confrontation between the highest power and the highest power...... Huhuhuhuhu, it's been a long time since I've had such a heartfelt proposal!

"Chi, Father..."

At that time, Pong and his hand are placed on Leggles' shoulder.

"Brother, I don't care how much you say."

It was Lenion. But he's laughing joyfully, too.

"Isn't that funny? I thought it would be a good idea to keep going to war and scatter, but that's how we fight to settle for it."

Look at his expression. Leggles drips alone. I shake my head powerless to the left and right against two too belligerent people.

"Gahaha! Don't look like that, Leggles! Here, take a look."

Leo Wood urges his gaze forward as he squeezes his jaw. There were Barido and Pettis of the Three Beasts, who were kneeling down and thanking their subordinates.

"Oh, you guys..."

"Let's do everything we can to win."

Pettis returns only a cocky snort to Balid's words. Looks like you're very motivated.

"... ha, I get it. Are you sure you want to do this?

"Oh, and if this is the kind of fight, maybe he'll join us."

Create a laugh with pleasure playing hands on your chin.

"He?"

"Well, some will disagree, but this battle, we have a great chance too!

"" "" Ohhhhh!

Are the soldiers on board, too? Raising their arms high and raising their voices.

"Soldiers! Trust us. I'll take care of it later!

"" "" Ohhhhh!

Thus the collision of the "Demons" and "Beasts", an extremely unusual form of war, was decided between the highest forces of each other.

"Well, did they drink for me............... good. First of all, I'd say it was good."

Yveam was horrified to hear back from the Beastman. Now there will be no more deaths on both sides than is necessary. I don't know what will happen to the 'Demons' if they lose the battle.

For once the battle is going to use the Paper of the Contract to make promises, some of which are going to make you contract not to do anything that would kill the loser without darkness, but if you still lose, you are likely to lose your previous life.

The defeated side is not going to propose to enter the winner's nostalgia, that is to say, to take the same form as the distribution. But this promise is not perfect either. There is also the possibility of giving up your life and betraying you.

But Akwinas removes the anxiety.

"They don't break what they decide to do once. Because you think that's beastman pride. That's why I've never heard anything about them betraying anyone before. At least, if the current Beast King drinks his demands, he will follow them, emotionally or otherwise. Besides, this one just won, and His Majesty doesn't intend to subdue them, does he?

"Naturally."

"Then so can grievances. After that, you can take the time to make sure you understand our sincerity."

"Right...... oh right"

But to do so, this battle must be won.

"Oh, you're right. Square, tear them straight from the front and show them!

Look at her squeezing her fist hard. Akwinas loosens her cheeks fluffy.

"But I didn't expect you to choose this kind of method. Marione and the others had the look of an open mouth, didn't they?

"Ha... Actually, this way is the... Hiiro..."

"Hiiro?"

"Oh, oh."

What she requested from the Beast Man this time was also a proposal that the sun color came up with.

When she was talking to Nippon, she once leaked that she could somehow settle things peacefully in this war.

At that time, he laughed at me with his nose and made fun of me. They laughed at me for saying something sweet. Whether I knew what he said was right or not, I was still unconvinced and angry.

Against her, who has been peeling for a while, the sun color said:

'There's no way there's a war where nobody gets hurt. If you don't want me to hurt you, you should try not to start a war'

That's natural. She said she worked hard not to let that happen, too.

'Once there was a war, it would certainly not be stopped intact. However, depending on the target, there is no limit to the damage. Well, it's a kind of dream story or a bloody comic book stupidity......'

That said it seemed a little hard to say and taught me how to do it this time.

"Well, did this ridiculous suggestion belong to Hiiro"

I get a look like I'm good at it.

But you've made a good decision.

"... there will be no choice. As it is, we are really going to keep fighting until one of us is doomed. Absolutely not. I thought if we went on the other side of the mound, they'd hear us."

"... I see, you mean the way the other person is unique to the Beast Man"

"Yeah, this way, sure, it's not intact, but it should do the least amount of damage. And this one, unlike the other, is obviously making a bad proposition. If they lose, they can't say anything."

"Huh, that's pretty strong. Hiiro, too?

"Ugh, um, sort of"

The bat looks bad and turns that way.

"Well, surely, if you take on a situation where there are so many advantages and you lose, you'll have to admit, too, that's just the beast man. Defeat yourself."

"Oh, that's what Hiiro said too!

Akwinas stares jizzily at Yveam, who smiles with joy. I notice that gaze, I hack and turn away in panic. Although my cheeks remain red.

"... Huh"

Look at Akwinas with some inclusive grin,

"Hey, is there something you want to say too!

"No, you just have to do that and change yourself a little bit"

That expression seemed to include, somehow, the kind of mercy that parents would watch over their children.

"Huh... what..."

Then Akwinas turns his heel and tries to go somewhere.

"Where are you going, Akwinas?

"... a little"

Staring at Akwinas' back as he said so and walked away from the spot,

"... what the...?

I was still tilting my face with fever with cotton.