Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

Returning from Dbolberg, the castle of the Demon King, to Ivaris, it was not Lilith or Giron who came first, but Alistair. She stares at this one with a hopeful eye.

"What judgment has the Demon King made?

His eyes were serious and he was like a child waiting for the Winter Solstice Festival (Christmas), but I tell the truth without worrying.

"The Demon King wants peace"

And when she heard the words, she shrugged like a child, and Satti looked happy at the same time.

Alistair can help His Majesty the King. Satti will be in a peaceful time. I know you're so happy, but I wasn't as happy as they were.

Did you perceive such signs, Giron of Oak, the staff officer, asks?

"Sir, you have a face that won't float"

I don't have to think, "You're over the mask but you know it well," but this hanging out with Orc is the longest in the legion. He probably guessed my mind's timidity.

When I was alone with Giron, I decided to tell him more about things.

When I went back to the office and made sure there were no people around me, I told Giron my view.

"This peace, perhaps, but I don't think it will be established"

- and.

Hearing the words, Giron hesitates.

"Huh? Huh? Because humans want peace, don't they? And the Demon King and Sephiro are also peaceful. Does that mean the other Legion Leaders disagree?

I shake my head to the side and deny it.

"It's not. King Rosalia will also be willing to compromise, and he will want peace. The Demon King and Sephiro, I want peace, too. What's more, the Demon King would convince the other Legion leaders."

"You've been a charismatic demon king since the beginning of the Demon King Army."

And Giron boasts as much about me.

"But then why can't this peace be established?

I answer Giron's simple question.

"Survey"

And just one word.

"Or is that a question? Such an ambiguity."

"It's not ambiguous. Inquiry is a splendid option backed by experience and theory. And my grandfather said,"

"Master Ronberg, is it?

"Oh, sure, the Demon King is on board, and King Rosalia will be willing to do that, but what about the people who refrain behind it"

"Alliance of Kings, is it?

"There is also that, but single cells are everywhere with narrow field of view. Those who plan to disturb the peace don't know where they are."

"You think the king's side could get in the way?

"That's a lot of talk."

When I say so, Giron goes on with his hands on his obese jaw, stroking his jaw, "It sure seems possible," he said.

"So what do you do? Are you turning down a proposal for peace?

Respond to the word instantly.

"No way," he said.

"But the enemy is going to disturb the peace, right? Then heading there is like jumping into a tiger's mouth, isn't it?

"I guess, if you show up with the mushrooms, you could be surrounded and wiped out by all the armies."

The signing ceremony of peace takes place in the middle of the plain, with a curtain set up, in it. It could be enough to keep 1,000 soldiers from each other and sign, but be attacked in the middle of it.

But Giron seems skeptical of that opinion.

"But, sir, if it's 1000 to 1000, wouldn't the power of our 8th Army prevail?

"If only the enemy were 1,000."

I answered instantly, but Giron looks at me with a strange face.

Apparently, he doesn't know what it means.

"Oh, man." Is this really the Chief of Legion's staff?

"Don't you worry that you will be ambushed by enemy forces during the signing ceremony?

When he heard the words, Giron raised his dumb voice, "Ah."

"So, but if you've done that, why don't you just smash King Rosalia right in front of you? Or catch him and take him hostage. That way the enemy can't do anything."

"Really? If I'm an enemy warrior, don't think it's a chance to kill every king."

"No way, no way"

"I hear the Prime Minister of Rosalia is cunning and greedy. If the king dies, he can manipulate his kinsmen into power and think of Rosalia from behind."

"So, but kill and set aside the king from himself, and the heavy ministers of Rosalia, no, will the people follow?

"You won't be following me"

"So, isn't that what's not coming?

"No, you'll do it. You said," Why? 'You will ask,' but the answer is simple. Because you're going to impersonate me with all the charges of the King's assassination. "

………………

Giron, who heard the words, is stunned, but at the same time seems convinced.

Right, you had that hand, that's the look on your face.

"So, isn't it a trap to head to this signing ceremony? Shouldn't we stop?

"No, I can't do that"

I shake my head slowly to the side.

…………

I tried to answer the reason, but instead it wasn't me who answered, it was the woman's voice.

I knew immediately who the woman was. There are a limited number of people who can enter and leave this room freely.

My ex-boss, who was accused of being a black witch, speaks for my feelings.

"Even if it's a small possibility, it could lead to a path of peace."

And Cefiro ran out of words.

Giron was surprised by the commander's sudden visit, but he also seemed surprised by the words Sephiro had spoken.

"Oh, my husband puts up such a bad bet for you?

It was Giron's casual word, but I have to be silent. Because they poked me in the core.

Sephiro says with a little play.

"Pork. Don't say that. Sure, Ike isn't the kind of guy who puts a bad bet on minutes, but if there's still a slight path to peace, he's not the one who chooses you."

He looks like an immortal king, but his heart is sweet as if it were made of sugar sweets.

and sarcastic with the usual playful look.

"Well, you're absolutely right"

When I confessed, I revealed my thoughts.

"I thought this offer for peace, honestly, was an offer I never thought I would. And I admit that I went to talk to the captain, knowing that there was less than 30% chance that peace would be established."

"Was he plotting a concubine or a demon king?"

Sephiro jokes, but he doesn't seem angry.

"The Demon King agreed to that on his own," he explained.

When he heard the words, Sephiro leaked a laugh, "hey hey hey" as usual,

"The boulder is not the grandson of the Immortal King. Have you come to the same conclusion as the Demon King?"

and continued.

"That means that the Demon King may still not be able to establish this peace," you said.

Sefiro answers instantly.

"So that our 7th Regiment can move," said the Devil King.

"Does that mean you'll rush to reinforcements when the enemy raids you?"

"Exactly."

Sephiro ran out of words, but just goes on.

"Except we can't put too many troops close. Because if we get too close, that's what the enemy will look at us for, talk about peace and all that blows up."

"I know that."

That's what I said, but honestly, I didn't want the 7th Corps reinforcements to rush.

It's not like I don't want to ask Sephiro for help.

The 7th Corps rushes, which means that peace has failed.

I said there's less than 30% chance that peace will be established, but on the contrary, 30% could be established.

It's a sweet way of thinking, but I wanted to try the possibility.

I decided to prepare ahead of time in order to raise that possibility slightly.

Alistair decided to get information about the king and the people around him.

What controls information controls the world.

That has not changed in previous life or in other worlds.

My grandfather said something similar, and a famous soldier from a previous life said something similar.

Says,

"If you know your enemies, if you know yourself, you won't be in danger of a hundred battles."

It is a passage from Sun Wu, a warlord who was active during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, in "Sun Wu's Military Law Book" left behind.

I respected my grandfather and grandson, so I decided to follow those words honestly.