Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

Having defeated the legendary Sea Serpent and restored peace to the Southern Ocean, we will accommodate the sailors of the ships destroyed by the Sea Serpent and return to Zenobia.

Eltoria thanked me for the devastation of the two latest ships and the disappearance of dozens of sailors - that is, people who did not return, but the damage was nevertheless minimized.

"Most of all, the damage wasn't zero, and we lost quite a few sailors. A good sailor is a Zenobian treasure. It's a headache to lose them."

When she holds her head gently, she adds,

"I have a role to play in telling the bereaved sailor's family about it. - Honestly, I'm really worried about you."

But you don't seem willing to abandon that role.

"This time, and last time, the sailors who died trying that monster will be told to future generations as heroes. That won't heal your family's grief, but it will be comforting."

Plus, I'm gonna get you a stipend.

When she explained that, she hid her shady face for a moment and set her face up.

"Well, I've become a fool, but that's none of your business, and besides, you're the hero among the heroes who defeated that monster. As I said before I set sail, I'll help you with anything I can."

When Eltoria regained her usual look, she urged me to change the place, because what is it here, let's talk in the captain's office?

When I thanked her for her generosity, I headed to the Captain's office on the Sea Eagle.

The captain's office on the Sea Eagle was a luxurious interior.

A captain is the chief officer of his ship, and his power and authority are lined up with the king of a nation.

It is the captain who holds command, legislative power, judicial power, executive power and everything on board.

It was natural to have private rooms available that deserved that heavy responsibility, but still the interior of this Sea Eagle seems luxurious.

I guess that's all this Zenobia is a testament to its richness.

I don't envy you, but I envy you.

Sitting in Eltoria's recommended but still luxuriously designed chair, he cut it out frankly.

"Mr. Eltoria, could you please increase the food we supply to the Demon King's Army?

"Fine."

…………

Instead of hair, Eltoria acknowledges at the same time that she's finished saying the words.

I unwittingly round my eyes.

"Aren't you over-answering?

"Should I have answered by pretending I was more lost? I hate wasting my time."

She goes on when she foreshadows so.

"Honestly, from the moment you came to this Zenobia, I knew what you were after. The Demon King's army came to demand more food."

"Did it say that on my face?

"No, you were playing a proper poker face. Just a hunch. Well, I was just wondering if that's the case for integrating all kinds of information."

Says,

that the Demon King's Army had won the battle the other day with pleasure,

that he obtained a large number of prisoners by virtue of his pleasant victory,

analyzing the actions of the Demon King's Army recently and treating its prisoners with care,

the need for vast amounts of food by treating it carefully,

I predicted everything.

The only boulders are Zenobia's best merchants.

Its information-gathering power is also surprising, but its information-analysis power also deserved special attention.

"I have already stepped on the idea that the Demon King's Army will attack the king's capital, Leesas, but what about the area?

She has asked with a mean smile on her face.

Military intelligence would make it easy to talk, and I know that's what you thought, but now I've decided to surprise her.

"Yeah, we're going to attack."

…………

Now it was Eltoria's turn to remain silent.

She is

"Are you sure? You told me such an important thing."

And I've asked him with a serious look.

"I talked to you because it's important. Anyway, the amount of food imported from the Trade Union determines the success of the operation."

"By the way, if you can't import food from the Trade Union, were you going to attack Leesas?

I snort.

"That's unusual for you to be cautious. I thought you hated gambling."

"It's not a matter of good or bad. Now is a great time to drop Reese. Rosalia is a party of the former king Tristan and his brother as puppets and is broken into two straight pieces. Now, when are we going to attack without attacking?"

"But there's no better example of a hungry army winning than it used to be."

"Some say soldiers respect awkwardness more than slowness. If we miss now, we may never see another chance to attack Reese again."

And I go on.

"I knew Mr. Eltoria would help me with food."

"Can I interpret that as assuring you that I would assist the Demon King's Army in this case?

No way, I shake my head.

"I'm not going to use this as any negotiating material. You didn't make that promise in the first place, did you?

"Sure. I personally said," I'll help you with anything I can. "

"Full cooperation with the Demon King's Army is not a matter for Mr. Eltoria alone. It's a matter for the entire trade union. Increasing food imports any further would mean using the ship to import food directly into the Demon King's Army port. In that case, the King's Alliance may go mad and attack Zenobia. It's not a decision I can make alone."

"You seem to understand that. So, what made you so sure you'd trust me and give me food aid?

I answer the red-haired woman who stares straight at me.

"Because the story I brought is business."

I assure you so.

She seems somewhat confused by the unexpected language.

"Business?"

"That's right. I trust my talent as Mr. Eltoria's merchant. That Mr. Eltoria would definitely get on with the lucrative business. I came to Zenobia under that precondition."

"The exorcism of Cesar Pent followed. It's just a substitute for the cost of going, huh?

It was expensive, and then it was too strong an enemy, but it was right.

I wasn't looking to get food aid on the grounds of the Cesar Pent crusade, etc.

"Think of the Cesar Pent crusade as an in-laws to Miss Yulia, your first (kariso) fiancée. Even though it's tentative, I don't want to see my fiancée being sacrificed."

"Now, as I said twice at the beginning of the tentative, do you hate marrying your daughter that much?

Eltoria distorts her mouth with "hehe," but quickly regains a serious look.

Keep talking, I guess.

I keep talking with a little bitterness.

"Let's not talk about Miss Julia. - I repeat, I will not use the loan of the Cesar Pent crusade as a shield to force food imports. If the Great Sea Serpent was raging around in the first place, imports of spices from the island cities of the South Ocean would lag behind. Finally, recently, the price of spices has fallen and the people of Ivaris are happy. This is for the people of Zenobia, but also for the people of my Ivaris."

I emphasised it on top of each other.

"I would appreciate it if you could say that. - So, you said food aid was business, but you said business, so you can assume that this one has something to gain, right? I mean, you can interpret us as offering more than a Cesar Pent crusade in return, right?

"Yes, think so"

When I ran out, Eltoria asked.

What do I get in return?

When I looked back into her eyes, I ran out.

"At the dawn when the Demon King's Army united the world, let Zenobia be the main trading city, bringing together a quarter of the world's wealth."

Eltoria caught an unexpected frown on the word.

I didn't have many words to give back, I had that look on my face.

"Is that possible?

That's what her eyes said, but I answer honestly.

"Possible"

and -.

I'll explain to her.

"This is still in the conceptual phase, but the Demon King will relocate the capital of the Demon King's Army to central Rosalia at the dawn of his conquest of Rosalia"

"The Demon King Army will change his castle!?

"Yeah, maybe, but"

"But since history, I've never heard of a demon king who did that. The demons always uprooted the east, and brought it to their castle, Dbolberg. Hundreds of years ago, when the Demon Kings attacked the western edge of the continent, they didn't even move the castle."

"Until now the Demon King will be, but not the contemporary Demon King"

I assure you so.

Indeed, the demon kings of the past bound themselves to their homeland, the eastern part of the continent, and conquering human lands did not change their abode.

Always caged in Dbolberg on the eastern edge of the continent, he has taken command from the east of the continent.

But the contemporary Demon King, the Sixth Heavenly One, will not be imprisoned by such customs and customs.

You're the one who gets judged more rationally.

At the dawn of this unified world, it will be difficult for the capital of the Demon King's Army to have been in the eastern part of the continent.

You are not such an unreasonable imitator.

Nobunaga Oda, supposedly in her previous life, was also famous for having changed places and bases. He moved his base to a place called Yasushi, even twice when he unified a small country called Ozhang, and then once after he dropped a country called Mino, and even when he crowned the unity of the heavens and the earth.

Because I calculated that I could reasonably control the dominion.

In fact, it is no exaggeration that her rational and advanced thinking made her a heavenly man.

That should be the same in this other world of rebirth.

This is what the Demon King used to say.

"Arsenum is a wonderful city, Ike."

That's what I used to say when I went to the Demon King's private room and looked at the map of the world.

"The city of Arsenum is in the heart of Rosalia, and the country of Rosalia is in the heart of the world. When we rule the world, this city will always be a necessity for the rest of us."

The Demon King said so as he stroked the city of Arsenum on the map.

Given her rationality, her achievements in previous life, it would be inevitable to insist that after the conquest of Rosalia, the Demon King would transition to the capital around Arsenum.

No, after I drop Reese, I even have a feeling she's going to start moving soon.

In that way, inevitably, this Zenobia will be an important hub in the South.

It would leave all the transactions in the South Ocean at its disposal and make its wealth monopoly.

At the dawn of this interracial unity, we will create a great port to the north and west, and also to the east, creating huge trading cities on all the continents, moving things and people, and stabilizing the economy of this world. A demon king would have adopted such a policy.

That was my view, and the negotiating material that convinced the trade unions of the South.

Already, Eltoria herself seems willing to lift the total ban on food imports, but it would nonetheless be a powerful trading material to persuade the other merchants.

That's what I told you, Eltoria seems to be losing her temper to that vast idea.

"... if your words are true, don't let a quarter of the world's wealth gather in this Zenobia"

When she squeals like that, Eltoria puts her hand on her chin and starts to think.

"Personally, I was willing to cooperate with you, but when I heard the words, I couldn't be more interested in being a public figure."

"Say?

"No, I was going to increase my food exports. Even if representatives of other cities disagree. But that's all I was going to negotiate with the King's Alliance in the back, offer it even as a tribute, and engage in bilingual diplomacy..."

"I changed my mind," she declared in grandeur, flipping her palm.

"Such a clever imitation would not be necessary. Manage to persuade other councillors and representatives of other cities to cut off all aid to the Alliance of Kings"

"- It would be helpful if you could say that, would you mind? You said that."

I pressed for confirmation, but she ran out of words in a tone that I didn't know if she was swordswallowing or relaxing.

"Is this business? Then it's the merchants who invest in the more profitable."

Eltoria affirmed so, glancing at one eye, winking and showing it.

It was a tearful attitude, but there seemed to be no lies in the words.

Thus the Demon King's Army totally allied the Southern Trade Union.

With them on my side, the Demon King's army would have been obliged to protect them - no, I did everything in my power.

The more allies and allies you have, the more responsibility you have for this battle.

Good and evil, but it would be far more beneficial to the Demon King's Army than the trade union led by Eltoria being turned around by its enemies.

It is unclear whether the Demon King will unite the heavens or, no, on the contrary, be attacked by Reese, even that, but only one thing is certain.

There are more important people to protect.

In a few years in the service of the Demon King's Army, he ascended to the Commander of the Legion, but as he emerged, he met many people and demons, and more important companions.

Needless to say, the members who have been joining us since the early days of the brigade are Satti the maid, Gunter the king of Dwarves, Elves in the Elf Forest, plus the woman in front of it and the Zenobian people she leads.

Sometimes it was slightly painful for them to take charge of their fate with my power, which I still haven't had enough experience with, but at the same time they were important people who supported my back.

We have to work hard every day to keep them smiling.

When I finished shaking Eltoria's "contract," I raised a toast with her.

Brandy poured me straight in makes my chest hot.

By the way, there was no such thing as paperwork or verdict in this contract.

It was no longer thought necessary for me and Eltoria to have something as innocent as that.