At last, heâs finally going to become a demon lord.
There were still a few days left until the end of the year festival so while I was at the village, Latte, Suzuran and I stayed at the usual vacant house that we borrow. Even though we were pretty much lovers who were living under the same roof, this worldâs society doesnât officially recognize a married couple2 if they donât have a child.
ăI want to have a child soonă
Suzuran has been pestering me with that so I made arrangements for an environment where we can live away from everybody else by renting the vacant house for 30 days.
While we were preparing for the festival, I saw Kuchinashi for the first time in a while. Her belly was already quite big but I wonder how long till she gives birth. Since the parents come from different races so Iâm not really sure. It seems like itâs much more difficult for the baby to form if the parents are not from the same race after all.
When I asked Wurst, he told me that it would usually just take a hundred days for the goblin race. Iâm not sure if thatâs just what they were taught or if they actually start counting that from the time the woman misses a period but it seems like the saying that goblins are really fertile was actually true. Iâm not sure if itâs the same with the monster goblins though.
I donât know if it was spurred on by Kuchinashiâs pregnancy but Mir and Tryapka-san started talking about preparing for their own. Their discussion also reached a drunk Suzuranâs ears so thatâs why she started wanting her own as well.
Well, I guess even Granade is doing it. Whatâs with this baby making boom thatâs going on with my cla.s.smates?
Thanks to what the bald rat did back in the front lines, I managed to get 6 gold coins from that quest. If we add that to our current savings then I think weâll be able to manage somehow if we make one now. With that out of the way, the two of us strived to fulfill our the desire to make a child.
For some reason, Latte was just propping up Suzuran instead of actively partic.i.p.ating. To be honest, my body is thankful for it but Iâm a bit worried. Sheâs probably just being mindful though.
But still, to think that even though weâre doing it everyday⊠Sheâs been telling me when her safe days are before so there more or less is a way to tell when theyâre fertile but, I wonder if that part also got PTSD from the battlefieldâŠ
I took my time going back to town after the new year festival ended. It would have been troublesome to rent it every time I came back so we just went ahead and bought the vacant house that we usually rented. We also made Latte move out of her apartment on the second floor of a bar in the lower-cla.s.s district and had her move to Beryl.
The price for the materials, labor, and all other things, the house cost me a total of 2 gold coins. The price seems unreasonable if we compare it to my previous world but it seems like that amount is just a bit more than usual.3Well, it probably wonât be a problem if we spend that much since the cost of living is cheap.
We confirmed that Suzuran was pregnant three months after that. We had an arrangement where Suzuran and I would take turns visiting each other every 30 days but with her pregnancy, it was just me who went back and forth to the village. When I finally told the boss that we were expecting a child, I was ordered to stop working and just go back to my home town.
Before that though, by the time spring had come, the unpopular old men trio came to our village to visit. It seems like theyâre here to fulfill their promise to return the potion I used. I was still going back and forth from the village to the town at that point so when I was finally back, we had our reunion in tears.
I welcomed them into our home and listened to their story. It seems like their sentence got reduced by quite a bit after surviving the battlefield so after winter has pa.s.sed, the went back to the battlefield. Once theyâve worked off their sentence and also earned money, they found their way to the village.
It seems like they liked staying in the village so theyâve decided to migrate.
At this time, Wurst and Kuchinashiâs first child was born so we held a party together will all of our friends. Sc.h.i.n.ken and Mirâs and Speck and Tryapka-sanâs child were also born safely after that.
As for our family, Suzuran gave birth to our child just before the harvest in fall so it was quite hectic. It only took around 300 days before the child was born so I guess it was more or less the same length as humans.
Aside from having a horn like Suzuran, the child pretty much looked human.
Tears started falling the first time I held the child in my hands but even though she just gave birth, Suzuran lightly tapped my thigh and said.
ăGet it together, Otou-sană
That made me come to the realization that Iâm already a father so I sobbed even more.
Suzuranâs child was a girl so the first thing that came to mind was the Lily of the Valley from Suzuranâs name so I named her Lily. Even Suzuran liked that name.
After that, father and Ichii-san who saw their grandchild for the first time started acting so mushy that it seemed disgusting. Itâs as if a dried persimmon turned sweet. Their dignity and intimidating aura had already disappeared. Meanwhile, mother and Licorice-san immediately started teaching us ways on how to take care of a child.
I probably wonât forget the moment Suzuran said, ăIt seems like milk still comes out even with small b.r.e.a.s.t.să for the rest of my life.
As for Latte, once she learned of Suzuranâs pregnancy, she kept asking me for one too. At the time of Lilyâs birth, her stomach already quite big and she gave birth to her child just before the end of the year festival. It was also quite hectic this time.
While Latte was resting in bed after giving birth, she looked at her child with a smile and said.
ăHe looks like a girlă
The child Latte gave birth to was a boy. Since I didnât know the names of any of her relatives, I just decided to go with ăMielă to go along with his mother.4 I donât really know what kind of names they usually give here in this world so I just gave them something that has to do with their motherâs names. Incidentally, when I tried asking Latte about her parents, she just said ăDonât have anyă so I decided not to pry any more than that.
ăDoes papa want a drink?ă
That question suddenly popped up while I was thinking about things.
ăPapa looked like he wanted to drink milk together with Miel you know~ă
She continued pressing on that issue. Stop it, Iâm starting to look pretty deplorable.
Both parents decided not to play favorites and love both children equally.5
As for me, Iâll be happy if we manage to raise the children healthily.
ăHey, hey, look, itâs your grandpaă
When I heard Ichii-san who said that in the kind of voice that Iâve never heard from him before, I decide to just leave that out from this wonderful memory for the sake of his dignity.
For the time being, I decided to stop working in town just stay in the village. Like some kind of Jack of all trades, I grew wheat in the fields in front of our house as well as act as the villageâs advisor.
During the end of the year festival the year that the children were born, all of the residents of Clinochlore aside from the landlady came to give their blessings.
Celesso-san, Iâm begging you, please stop making Latte drink sake when her child hasnât been weaned yet. Or rather, it hasnât even been a month since she gave birth.
I wonât really be able to explain to them why so I just told them.
ăYou shouldnât get drunk, we still have to look after the children after allă
ăWe can just leave them to your parents~ă
After saying that, they continued to drink. Iâm starting to worry about her child. Suzuran, you too. Stop feeding Lily meat. Iâm also worried about this one but for an entirely different reason.
Spring of the following year after our children were born, I was asked by the village chief to a.s.sist in teaching some of our techniques to the surrounding villages. He said it was to reduce the disparity of wealth among other villages in the vicinity.
The kids were still small so I couldnât take them with me on this business trip but because of that, we began sharing Beryl Villageâs techniques on proper well digging, land reclamation, and making ca.n.a.ls. We even reached the poor villages as we got closer to Aegirine and Tephroite but, for the time being, weâre just going to help those villages get a start by cultivating new land. We also told their chief to go to Aegirine to look for immigration applicants from its residents to give them some kind of plan.
Once we made sure that they wonât starve through the winter at the very least, we moved on to the next village we were going to teach. After that, village chiefs would frequently hold a conference meeting with me sitting in so that I can add in my opinions.
Autumn of the following year, the total yield of the other villages increased compared to last year. Even the poor villages said,ăWe might be able to go through the winter this year without anyone dying of starvationă so perhaps they had some pretty decent results.
That same year, I was also asked by the school to be a guest lecturer and teach the kids about magic.
ăI need you to teach them how to create an image in a way thatâs easy to understandă
Being asked that by Birke-sensei, I used the same water and bucket exercise from before but I also added a stick burning exercise where I told them to think of the stick as their finger. We did that until all of them could at least use simple magic. Incidentally, everyone also experienced fainting when the mandrake Gaike-chan was pulled out.
ăNow that youâve experienced what happens if you pull out a mandrake, make sure youâre careful when you find one okay?ă I just told them that as an excuse. I still havenât seen a mandrake out in the wild though.
A year after the children were born, they were now crawling around energetically and grabbing things as they learned how to walk. Their field of activities has now expanded so theyâre at a point where you canât take your eyes off them.
Half a year after they were born we were already giving them porridge instead of milk. For some reason, Latte really liked that dish to the point where she would eat up Mielâs leftovers. She even asks for seconds so I started making bit more.
As for Suzuran, she was trying to feed Lily some salt-dried meat that she chewed on until it became paste so I gave it my all to stop her. She told me that she wants her to eat meat no matter what so I boiled some chicken tenders, shredded it, then added it to the porridge.
They could only say simple words back then but now that theyâre one, they can already say short phrases and we could more or less understand what theyâre trying to say. They should start weaning soon so I started giving them pureed apples and milk cookies that are not that sweet. The wives of the three idiots also requested for those so I made some for them as well.
It would have been troublesome to do it every time they would ask so I gathered them all in our house to teach them. Out of all of them, Mir was the only one who burned her cooking because of her clumsiness. As expected of a deplorable beauty, she never fails to meet my expectations. It couldnât be helped so the next day I called Sc.h.i.n.ken and taught him instead. He was even better than Kuchinashi but he was no match for Tryapka-san as expected. Heâs probably the versatile type whoâs able to do whatever you teach him.
While saying that it was for a womanâs pride, Mir asked me to teach her again but she only improved a bit so I just told her to asked Sc.h.i.n.ken to teach her so that she wonât ask me again. Even though heâs the husband, he turns into a wife at home. Even if Suzuran, Latte, and Sc.h.i.n.ken donât mind it, I do okay?
ăAra, I knew that you were good with your fingers but I didnât know you could make sweets as well. It would have been better if you were born as a girlă
Even my mother, who doesnât look like a grandmother at all with how young she looks, is saying that. I wonder if she wanted a daughter.
The children are now 3 years old and theyâre already playing around the village.
Theyâre always around Wurst and Kuchinashiâs daughterăPrimulaă, Sc.h.i.n.ken and Mirâs sonăPernaă, and Speck and Tyapkaâs daughterăReikaă who were the same age as them. They all play every day and just come back home to eat.
It seems like they also made other friends but theyâre particularly close to those three since they know their parents. Aside from that, since I always bring out treats, they would usually hang out in our place.
I was also thinking of bringing them along to my old base in the forest since it probably wonât be as dangerous to go there right now compared to back then. However, Latte would glare at me every time I try to take the kids there so itâs impossible. Arenât you being a bit overprotective?
ăIf you really want to go to the forest then teach the children magic first okay~?ă
After she told me that, I took some yarn and used it to demonstrate to the children how to use mana to manipulate it. I taught them that they would be able to form the yarn into any shape they want as long as they have the correct image. What I was doing was similar to balloon art but instead of using a balloon and forming it into shape with my hands, I used yarn and magic. They were really amazed when I formed the yarn into a shape of a bunny and started making it jump around using magic.
ăOtou-san is amazing!ă
The two of them each have their own way of calling me. I wanted them to just stick to one but Suzuran taught her daughter to call me ăOtou-sană while Latte insisted that Miel call me ăPapaă. I thought they would both insist their own preferences but that didnât really happen.
They donât start teaching you magic in this village until youâre 5 years old so I think itâs too early for them but Latte was eager for them to learn it early. Well, I guess I should at least make then learn how to control their magic by having them practice until they can make the yarn slither like a snake.
I would teach the children magic and we would use the evenings to practice. Miel was pretty good at it but Lily was struggling a bit. Thatâs probably because she takes after her mother but I want her to at least be able to produce water and fire.
Well, Suzuran was able to produce a flame that looked like it was coming from a flamethrower from the start so I think sheâll be able to learn simple but high output magic.
The kids are now 4 years old. These days, even the surrounding villages have now started flourishing. As for me, Iâm still leisurely working the fields. Iâve even begun helping take care of the birds that have been migrated from Suzuranâs house.
Iâm troubled because Iâve started thinking that theyâre cute and Iâve gotten attached to them so I canât bring myself to kill them.
ăI wonder if this is happiness~ă
Just as I was thinking that, an unknown Demonkin suddenly dropped down from the sky.
ăYou seem quite strong. Donât you think someone that strong should become a Demon Lord?ăwas what was suddenly asked of me.6
Even though heâs smaller than Latte, heâs letting out an impressive amount of intimidating and bloodthirsty aura. Itâs clear from the that this guyâs dangerous even though he looks like a kid.
ăHmmăŒ, it seems like youâre having trouble keeping up with this conversationă
ăYes, you came out of nowhere and asked me to be a demon lord after allă
ăI see, I see. Then, letâs discuss it in full detail. That is your house over there, right? Letâs talk thereă
After saying that, he immediately barged into our home.
Suzuran was extremely vigilant at first but she probably instinctually thought it was dangerous so she didnât attack him. For the time being, I asked him to take a seat. He thanked me when I offered him some barley tea so it seems like he does have a bit of common sense.
ăNow then, I wonder where I should start. AhăŒ, thatâs right. The Demon Lord whoâs based on a certain uninhabited island was killed by a summoned hero. Thatâs why I want you to be his successoră
ăâŠâŠthatâs really sudden, isnât it?ă
ăThatâs not true. We have been observing you for a long time now. Itâs sudden as far as youâre concerned thoughă
What the heck is this guy saying?
ăIs there anything in specific that you want me to do there?ă
ăItâs fine if you donât do anything, or rather, you can just do what you want. Your predecessor pushed his slaves around in order to build a castle but he lacked both manpower and materials. Because of that, he forcibly gathered those from the nearby towns and villages causing him to stand out. Thatâs why the hero came to defeat himă
He sipped his tea after saying that
ăAhăŒ, this is delicious, isnât it?ă
It certainly does seem like the Demon Lords are free to do what they want based on the one I met when I was in the fort on the front lines.
ăYouâre asking me to become a Demon Lord even though there might be a risk of getting defeated by the hero?ă
ăThatâs right. There arenât any demonkins around this area that are as strong as you, you see. Youâll be fine as long as you remain inconspicuous. And besides, that territory is located close to the humansâ port city and our border so demonkin and humans donât fight each other over thereă
ăI will support whatever Caamâs decision may be. Iâm sure thatâs what the children think as well so you donât have to worry about usă7
ăBut stillăŒ, the kids might have a hard time you know?ă
ăThen how about this. I will teach you the magic circle for transfer magic so that you can come back to this village any time you please. Iâll even add some human slaves and tools for reclamation. What do you think?ă
ăYou sure say it like itâs that easyă
ăWe have an unmanaged territory so we want to fill that position up quickly after allă
While we were having that conversation, Latte came back.
ăAh, h.e.l.lo~ăShe gave that greeting before joining our discussion.
ăPlease let us discuss it with her firstă
After saying that, we briefly filled her into what was happening while drinking barley tea.
ăCaam-kun! You should accept to become a Demon Lord! Every Demonkin yearns for that t.i.tle you know!ă
I havenât seen her so excited and talking so loudly before.
ăBut the previous one was killed by the hero you know?ă
ăIsnât that because he was an idiot? If itâs Caam-kun then Iâm sure heâll be alright!ă
ăI donât know where that confidence of yours comes from but itâs an uninhabited island you know?ă
ăAh, I said that but a cargo ship docks there once every three days. Weâve also confirmed sightings of members of the harpy tribe and other aquatic races there so it not totally uninhabited. Itâs just that n.o.body has settled there yet. There are also some that get washed up there from time to time. The island is big so youâll need around 5 days just to go around it. It looks exactly like a grain of barley albeit a few cracks here and there if you look at it from aboveă
After saying that, he took out a map from his breast pocket and showed it to me as Suzuran gave him a refill on his tea. It looked exactly like a grain of rice with the rice germ as a gulf and a cape for the top part.
ăItâs huge. Itâs a mystery why this island hasnât been touched until nowă
ăRather than say itâs untouched, it has just been a cycle of the Demon Lord getting subjugated by the hero after they reside there so neither demons nor humans have had a chance to approachă
ăItâs fine if you think of it as just the same as what you did to make the surrounding villages you know? You have the ability, knowledge, and even good sense. Moreover, your strength belongs to the Demon Lord cla.s.s. Arenât you the perfect candidate then?!ă
He spread both of his arms like he did some kind of speech. Please donât spread your arms while youâre still holding your cup okay? Look, some of your tea has spilled out. Even Latteâs telling me ăYou should just do it~ă.
ăWhat does Suzuran think?ă
ăLike I said, Iâm fine with whatever as long as Caam doesnât dieă
While saying that, she took a sip of her tea.
ăAhăŒ, yeah yeah. Well, we can just come back anytime with that transfer magic formation of yours so weâll be safe right?ă
ăIt has a lot of limitations though. You can only transfer something thatâs within an area thatâs the same size as this table. And even loading a fixed amount of mana takes a bit of time. You also canât use it while on the move. Thatâs why itâs impossible to instantly use it to run away when youâre in dangeră
ăEven though you want me to become a Demon Lord and move to an uninhabited island, you sure arenât trying to hide the dangerous parts, arenât you?ă
ăI donât like lying after all. Although I can just not talk about it, my morals wouldnât allow me toă
ăAhăŒ, such a commendable sincerityă8
ăDonât you think so?ă
Fufu, even though he giggled with a smug look on his face, troublesome things are troublesome.
ăWell, thatâs fine. At any rate, even if I refuse, youâre going to find a way for me to become a Demon Lord right?ă
ăOh, so you do get ită
ăThen please donât say that weâre going to negotiate from the startă
ăWe did negotiate though. I offered to give you the transfer magic formation as well as slaves and tools right?ă
ăWere you offer something else if I continued to refuse?ă
ăI would have increased the number of slaves increased but I was going to give you all of them anywayă
ăThat just makes the humans seem like a freebieâŠâŠă
ăWell, theyâre slaves after all. Iâm asking you to do something dangerous so itâs necessary to do this much right?ă
ăThen itâs decided. For now, Iâm going to the current strongest Maou-samaâs place in order to report your consent to be a Demon Lordă
ăBefore that, I have something I want to askă
ăWhich direction does the sun come out on the island?ă
ăIt comes out from here, the recessed part of the islandă
So this side is east huh.
ăWhat about the edges of the island? Are there cliffs? Is it just sand?ă
ăItâs all just sand. Thereâs a mountain in the center as well.ă
I guess itâs some kind of volcanic island.
ăWhat kind of monsters live there?ă
ăIt mainly consists of goblins, giant spiders and hornets that live in the forest. There are harpies that come out of the mountain as well. Those ones are monsters thoughă
We should probably be careful of monsters.
ăHow about the water and food situation?ă
ăItâs a vast island with plenty of sources for spring water. There are various lakes in the center of the island as well. As for food, there are lots of fruits as well as wildlife so you can live off those. There are bears though so if you donât want to lose slaves, you should be careful of themă
I wonder if thereâs naturally heated water there since itâs a volcanic island. Since thereâs a mountain, the rainwater probably gets acc.u.mulated underground so I also wonder if itâs going to gush out because of the pressure(of the heat). I canât really say.
It seems like food will last for a while as well. If the worse comes to worst, I guess I can just cram as much wheat as I can into that magic circle.
ăBecause I had a predecessor, how much of the land has actually been reclaimed?ă
ăHmmăŒ. If you walk to the forest starting from this recessed part, there is a clearing where the castle was constructed. There is also a place for the slaves to stay nearby so you could say that from recessed part to the castle has been reclaimedă
Thereâs a wide area thatâs probably 10 to 15-minute walk from the gulf. Thereâs an area for slaves next to that but Iâm guessing that itâs probably inferior living s.p.a.ce compared to the main one. Well, I still havenât been there yet so Iâm not really sure.
ăAre there any poisonous creatures?ă
ăThe Giant Spiders and Hornets that Iâve talked about before are poisonous. There are also snakes but I donât think anybody has been bitten by those yetă
We really need to take measures against those monsters.
ăWhat about the weather? Do storms pa.s.s by that island? Or does summer occasionally not come to the islandă
ăThere are stormy summers there once in a while but itâs usually pretty calm. It does rain from time to time and itâs summer there when itâs summertime but thatâs all that I knowă
It doesnât seem like the island experiences cold summers and although there are typhoons, they donât seem to occur that frequently.
ăHow do we get there?ă
ăYou take a carriage towards the direction where the sun comes out for fifteen days until you reach the port city. Then it will take a cargo ship there which would take another 5 days. Ah, do you know what the sea is? Itâs a really large lake with salty water. Thatâs where salt comes from you know?ă
I wonder if I was underestimating how far inland this village is. I still havenât seen a world map even now so I canât really tell. It seems like they use the term âseaâ for that kind of body of water but it seems like the onee-san in charge of the pond hasnât been there before. But still, if youâre going to describe the sea so someone who hasnât seen it before, that description is certainly the most fitting.
ăAre there parts of the island that are particularly dangerous?ă
ăThereâs a place on the top of the mountain where even boulders get melted. Although, I guess itâs fine as long as you donât approach that place. It seems like the humans who get close to that place fall somewhere thoughă
Itâs a volcanic island so I guess itâs natural for there to be lava. Iâm also not really sure but the mountain top might be covered in mist.
ăIs there anything else?ă
ăNothing else comes to mind. I want to ask a few more questions but I canât think of anything anymoreă
ăWhat about the slavesâ origins?ă
ăWho knows, you sayâŠâŠă
ăThey were already slaves when I took charge of them so I donât knowă
ăYeah. Are you now satisfied?ă
ăâŠâŠI donât knowă
ăShall we go and report your acceptance then?ă
ăYay~! Caam-kun is now a Maou-sama~! I am now a Demon Lordâs queen~ă
Sheâs really excited for some reason. Is that really something to yearn for? While I was thinking that, I looked at Suzuran and she was just drinking tea and acting like usual. It seems like itâs not really the case.
The demonkin who came to negotiate went outside and took a few steps away from our entryway then closed his eyes to concentrate. After a while, a magic circle 2 meters in diameter appeared letting out a bluish-white light.
ăGet on this, Caam-kun. IyaăŒ, I finally got to know your name. I would have been troubled with what to call you if your wife just referred to you as âdearâă
Ha ha ha! He laughed as he reached out his hand.
ăIâll show you how to make this magic circle so just get on for now. It should activate once you pour even more mana into ită
ăWell then, Iâm off. Iâll leave it to you two to explain to everyone what happened if I donât come backă
ăCaam-kun is really easy-going, isnât he? Even though heâs about to meet the strongest Maou-samaă
ăThereâs no point in stressing out about it after allă
After saying that, my field of view turned hazy and after feeling a familiar floating sensation, we arrived in the middle of a small room.
ăThis is a storeroom outside of the Demon Lordâs castle. Itâs primarily used for setting up transfer magic circles. You should take care when going outside though since if youâre not careful, you might get killedă
ăI donât think Iâm going to come here after this you know?ă
ăOăŒi, open the doorăŒ!ă
It seems like the door was locked and it canât be opened from the inside. Or rather, there were neither door k.n.o.bs nor a keyhole inside so you really would have to wait for someone to open it. After hearing the heavy click of the lock, the door opened and we met with an armored soldier.
ăSo this person is the new Demon Lord. If you would like to visit this castle in the future, please shout just like earlier and weâll open the door for youă
After saying that, he shut the door then went back to his station.
ăWell then, letâs go over hereă
We entered through a large gate at the main entrance and I was guided to the room where the Demon Lord is. Just like what youâd see in movies or games, he was in sitting crossed-legged in a throne in the middle of a wide room with his chin resting on his hand.
He looks like a pretty standard Demon Lord if you ask me. Heâs wearing a black cloak and has sheep-like horns growing by his temples. I canât even compare him to the one who led me here because Iâm certain that their strengths are worlds apart. The hero is really amazing for actually challenging the demon lords it seems. He has to defeat this guy right? My condolences I guess.
Wait, I wonder if it would be fine for me to act like usual. The guy who came to negotiate was probably just a subordinate of this Demon Lord. He approached the Demon Lord and handed him some doc.u.ments.
ăSo you came. Itâs unusual to find someone who can only speak the continentâs common language when we demonkin have our own. Well, you have lived in a place thatâs close to the humansâ border so I guess it canât be helped. Anyway, thatâs fine. You donât have to mind me and just speak in your usual wayă
ăAhăŒ. Yes, I understandă
I didnât know what to say aside from that.
The Demon Lord only spoke again once he finished reading through the doc.u.ments that was handed to him.
ăFumu. Although I feel bad for getting in the way of your happy life together with your two wives and children, Iâll have you become a Demon Lord. Well, it has already been decided that youâll become one at this point in time so I will now give you the crest which signifies you becoming a Demon Lord. Itâs something thatâs really beautiful and intricate you know?
âŠwhat is it? It will be done immediately so you donât have to worry because you even wonât feel any pain.9 You can choose where you want to put it. Even the forehead is fine you know? It was a good thing you accepted because thatâs would have made everything pointless if you just died when we foughtă
The Demon Lord grinned as he got closer. Was that some kind of a joke among Demon Lords? They just told me a while ago that youâre the strongest Demon Lord so I totally donât want to challenge you okay? Or rather, donât come here with that thin, curved sword under your mantle that is obviously not just for decoration. Itâs scary okay?
I immediately raised my hand in salute and asked for permission to say something.
ăI donât mind. Speakă
ăAbout that crest, can I ask how big it is?ă
ăIt would be faster I just let you see ită
After saying that, he took off his top and showed me a 5cm in diameter crest by his chest. The design is that of a snake with wings of flame coiling around a sword. Also, the Maou-sama sure has a cool looking six-pack, doesnât he?
ăAhăŒ, so thatâs it. Please place it on top of my foot thenă
After saying that, I took off my boots and the cloth thatâs in place for socks.
ăHou. Youâre quite the unusual fellow, arenât you? Iâm curious as to why you decided to put it there. Tell meă
The Demon Lord suddenly stopped and asked me for the reason.
I thought it was just a thin, curved sword but looking closer, thatâs actually a katana, isnât it? It has a circular hilt with some kind of design engraved to it and even the grip has some unique characteristics.
ăI donât want to stand out as much as possible you see. However, I couldnât just have it placed at the sole of my foot because I thought it would be rude if I had to show it to another Demon Lordă
ăEven the top of the foot is already pretty rude you know?ă
ăAhăŒ, is that soâŠâŠ? I wonder where would be good thenâŠâŠ How about at the back of my neck?ă
I started touching my chin as I contemplated.
ăWell, whatever. I donât particularly mind if you have your crest it thereă
While saying that, he lightly raised his hand and engraved the seal on top of my right foot. It really was quick, and it didnât hurt as well.
ăAhăŒ, I forgot to ask. Can this be erased? Like if Iâm going somewhereăŒăăYou canâtă
Then, like a ninja, the guy who led me here came out.
ăAlright, Iâm going back now. Iâll leave the rest to youă
After saying that, he retired to a pa.s.sage by the side of the throne.
What was that? Did he just sit on his throne just to meet me? Is he actually just a shut-in!? This is the part where he goes back to the throne right?
ăCongratulations on becoming a Demon Lord. Well then, here is an ill.u.s.tration for the transfer magic circle. To use it, you imagine the place you want to go to while activating ită
ăYouâre really nonchalant about it, arenât you? Does this kind of thing happen all the time?ă
ăWe donât usually appoint a new Demon Lord unless one diesă
He took out a piece of paper from his breast pocket and handed it to me after saying that.
ăHow would I use this if I canât use magic?ă
ăYou can do the same thing I did when we came here. You wouldnât be able to come back of courseă
ăSo they wonât be able to go homeâŠâŠâŠă
I did my best to imagine our houseâs entryway as I gathered up mana while imagining the magic circle I was shown earlier.
ăHmmăŒăŒăŒăŒ Itâs pretty difficult to imagine, isnât ităŒ?ă
While complaining, a magic circle lit up under my feet.
ăItâs amazing how you were able to do it on the first try! Ah, wait! This part over here is wrongă
He pointed out a mistake in the character placement on the left-hand side of the magic circle. Itâs certainly amazing to be able to do this on the first try.
After pointing out mistakes for a few more times, I was able to make a proper magic circle. Then I added even more mana before activating it. I had the same sensation where my field of view turned blurry and I felt a floating sensation before we appeared in front of my house.
ăYou were able to reach your target location in just one try. IyaăŒ, thatâs really exceptional you know? You only had a few mistakes with transfer magic circle as wellă
I wonder if heâs praising me. Well, I guess that makes me happy either way.
ăWell, you can do anything with magic as long as you can imagine it after all. All you need to do is practiceă
ăThen weâll go to the uninhabited island 10 days later after lunchă
After saying that, the subordinate flew away to somewhere.
ăWell, with that, Iâve now become a Demon Lordă
That evening, I went to the bar with the three idiots and told them what happened over drinks.
ăIya, Iâm sorry for everything Iâve done till nowă
The three idiots made eye contact with me and apologized.
ăStop joking around okay? Itâs doing terrible damage to me after allă
ăThatâs the pointăŒ! I mean, itâs impossible for us to talk with Caam in such a formal way after allă
They started tapping my back while saying that. The other villagers there started making fun of me saying things like
ăWe have a prodigy over here you know?ă
ăGood for you, Maou-sama!ă
I prefer it to be like this compared to everyone suddenly treating me differently.
Hearing the news, the unpopular old men group also came over to congratulate me.
ăI just thought of you as a high-spirited young lad who would just run into enemy soldiers but itâs praiseworthy for you to get this far!ă
ăTreat us to a drink, Maou-sama!ă
Iâm glad that these three are also still treating me the same way.
And with that, I became a Demon Lord. [TL: and my territory was an uninhabited island. d.a.m.n it author, you missed that opportunity, ED: I agree]