v7c285.3 - Intermission 85 - Roland, the Dark Knight who ended up working for the Heavenly King of Water
“So you’re Roland. I hear you’ve defeated fifteen groups of human heroes who came out like maggots.”
“…… I guess.”
Gordon took me to a man named Dedrick, the heavenly king of water …… and he seems pretty snobbish.
“I-I’m sorry, Lord Dedrick! I’ll make sure to teach him how to speak and behave ……”
“I don’t mind. If you’re capable, I’ll allow it.”
“Thank you.”
Mu …… I don’t like this man, but I don’t like the idea of Gordon bowing down because of my attitude.
I have no choice. I’ll just pretend to comply for Gordon’s sake.
“I apologize. Lord Dedrick.”
“No, as long as you understand. By the way, Roland. I’m told you are of the human race, but …… can you manage a human race of your own?”
“…… What do you mean?”
“Hm. The lands ruled by Bernhard, the heavenly king of the earth, are located in the east, but he seems to have been defeated by the human there. Now, I am thinking of sending a mission to retake the East to the one who has control over some of the slaves of the human race. So I thought I would entrust you to manage the slaves in his place.”
Managing slaves?
It doesn’t sound like much fun, but if I refused, Gordon would have to bow down for me again.
“I understand, sir. I, Roland, would be happy to take on that role.”
“Fufu. A human managing the human race’s slaves ……This is also quite amusing. Then go to Leviathan, who controls the north side of this water castle. Leviathan will tell you what you must do.”
“Yes, sir!”
Well, that’s about it.
It’s a hassle, but for Gordon’s sake, I’ll do what I can to manage the slaves.
I was about to get up, but Gordon was still not getting up, so I waited for him to get up…
“Lord Dedrick. Is it true that Lord Bernhard-sama was defeated?”
“It must be true, since we received a direct message from the Demon King’s castle. Fufufu …… He is the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings. He is inferior to my subordinate, Leviathan. Well, you’ll just have to wait and see. I’ll regain the eastern lands and raise the reputation of the Demon Lord even higher.”
…… Dedrick or something is smiling broadly, but it’s actually Leviathan who’s going, right?
Well, it’s none of my business.
Finally, Gordon gets up and leaves the room, and I follow suit.
“Roland, you did it! To be the administrator of the north area, isn’t that amazing? It’s not often that such a big role comes around, but your timing was perfect.”
“Really? Well, it’s hard to say since we don’t know what we’re going to do yet, but we should just head north, right?”
“I guess so. I know where it is, so I’ll take you there.”
Gordon led us out of the beautiful castle surrounded by a lake, and we walked along a large river that extended to the north.
We walked quite a distance, and just as the ocean came into view…
“Who are you?”
A mermaid emerged from the river.
“By order of Lord Dedrick, I have brought the dark knight Roland with me.”
“I see. You are indeed human, as I have heard.”
“…… You’re Leviathan? I’m sorry to say this, but you look rather weak.”
No matter how I look at her, she’s a young mermaid, dressed only with a cloth covering her chest, and doesn’t have any weapons or anything, so I don’t think she’ll be able to fight.
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“Ahh, this is my way of communicating my will to the humans …… Well, just think of it as a terminal. In my real form, I would kill humans for the slightest thing.”
“I see. So, what am I supposed to do now?”
I didn’t understand what the terminal meant, but I understood that she has another form for now and listened to what she had to say…
“There are only two things you have to do. As long as you follow them, you can do whatever you want. One is to clean up. Lord Dedrick, the Heavenly King of Water, is a person who likes it clean. You will keep this river and lake clean, not to mention the homes of the humans.”
The answer came as a surprise.
The point is that the slaves are supposed to clean up the feces and urine of the many monsters that live around here.
Unlike demons and devils, monsters are not intelligent, so they have human slaves to take care of them.
“I understand. What is the other thing?”
“The other thing is to control the number of human slaves. The human race will soon die out, so they must be mated and reproduced in moderation. However, we don’t want them to give birth on their own, so here in the northern area, we keep only male slaves. The human race is in the breeding season all year round, so it is their job to mate with the women in the east area when the time is right …… Oh, of course, you yourself can mate with them and multiply them. As long as you don’t make them extinct, you can kill the ones you can’t use.”