272 â Dancing the conference
Mr Argnar of the 1st Army reports. No delays or problems.
Ms Sanatoria of the 2nd Army reports. Tehehe, Iâm scheming something. The pattern of having some kind of strategy. Well, whether that strategy is a success or a failure it wonât have a big influence. I guess itâs fine to leave it to chance.
Mr Kogou of the 3rd Army reports. I donât wanna fight. Stop messing about, snaps Miss Demon King.
Mr Merazofis of the 4th Army reports. Balto-san, please donât worry. Mera, while youâre saying something or the other, to think youâre worried about the state of your former boss, huh. Iâm moved to tears. Yet, itâs the pattern where the former boss thinks that his former subordinate is a weird guy.
Mr Darado of the 5th Army reports. Maou-sama! I shall try my hardest! Ah, yes, yes, do what you can.
Mr Hyuui of the 6th Army reports. Iâll do my best so please donât kill me, really, truly. Heâs seriously nervous about the Demon King. It seems that the spectacle of the Demon King chewing on the boobianâs arm some time ago became a major trauma for him.
Mr Blow of the 7th Army reports. You being the Demon King is some kind of joke, hey! It seems that heâs livid over the overly cruel working conditions of his brother Balto. Yup, feel free to snap. When allâs said and done, while Balto is in the midst of working himself to the bone, the Demon King is just idling around after all. That being said, this isnât the place to snap though. Read the mood.
The mock-samurai of 5th army and the hoodlum start an argument, then thereâs a little incident where the Demon King stops them. Can I go somewhere else already please. I want to return soon and eat delicious food.
I meet oni-kunâs eyes. It seems that oni-kin is also fed up with this arguing back and forth, and he shrugs his shoulders.
That oni-kun reports. No problems. Thatâs a bit brief, hey.
After I spoke about the things I was hiding, perhaps oni-kun had various kinds of breakthroughs as he became highly active. In using the 8th Army to clean up the surroundings, that is. Various kinds of small scale armed human groups, such as bandits or adventurers, that entered the demon territories were relentlessly disposed of. When doing so, he showed no mercy at all. It was wholesale slaughter. With those excessively cruel actions, it resulted in even his own side becoming afraid of him. All the more so because he treated his soldiers like disposable pawns. It seems that even Balto saw him as a problem. From oni-kunâs point of view, he probably saw it as a form of mercy towards his opponents though, but thereâs almost certainly nobody who understood that.
The conference continues, and Mr Kuro of the 9th Army reports. No problems. Yup, if a problem occurred within your army, it would be a global scale crisis after all. If dragons and drakes, and the god commanding them, had a problem that they couldnât deal with it would be worrying wouldnât it?
ăThen, the report of the 10th Army.ă
Whoops! Damn, that means itâs my turn doesnât it. Calm down, me. Itâs alright, me. Itâs just a few words, me.
ăThe 10th Army, no problems.ă
Yay! Iâve said it all! Iâve now completed everything that I need to do here! Nobody is going to raise any subject that needs me to respond now, right?
Perhaps my wish was granted, as the conference ended soon afterwards. All thatâs needed now is to advance, so I guess it was determined that it was fine for all the commanders to return and give their respective orders? In that regard, itâs nice and smooth compared to modern day Japan with all those excessive meetings eh.
After the conference ended, Kuro left immediately. It was decided that Kuroâs 9th Army would mobilise together with the Demon Kingâs own directly attached army. Or rather, if they werenât kept in reserve, it would be bad for the humans. If the war capabilities are too lopsided, the damage to both sides wonât be even. The 9th Army is basically a secret weapon!
Oni-kun and Mera approach me. Once the war begins we wonât be able to meet so readily anymore, so I guess this is a final greeting. I doubt that oni-kun would die though, and actually even Mera is strong enough to be able to battle a lower ranked dragon by himself so he probably wouldnât die either, so this isnât likely to be our final greeting in life.
ăHey, you got business with her?ă
The hoodlum blocks the way of oni-kun and Mera. Why?
ăSheâs about to have a discussion with me now regarding the march. If you donât have any business with her then donât take up her time.ă
Say what? Isnât that news to me? Ah, is that why he said âabout toâ huh. Rather, whatâs there to actually talk about? The general outline should have been prepared already by Felmina-chan though.
ăSurely just a greeting is fine?ă
ăThen, youâre already done, right?ă
Hoodlum rudely reacts to oni-kun. Why is this guy like this, always stirring up trouble around me. I wish heâd give it a rest.
ăThereâs not even time for a brief chat huh? My goodness. The 7th Army has surprisingly little leeway in its actions then.ă
With those contemptuous seeming words, oni-kun laughs scornfully. The hoodlum grits his teeth to hold in his temper, while Mera restrains oni-kun who seems about to provoke things further.
ăShiro-san, thereâs a nuisance here so I guess thatâs enough for today.ă
ăPlease take care of ojou-sama.ă
While leaving, oni-kun moved to whisper into the hoodlumâs ear, saying âby disregarding the personâs feelings like that, do you think she would ever actually notice you?ââŠ. That was quite acrimonious for oni-kun.
The hoodlum angrily stomps off without even getting my acknowledgement. I donât know why he doesnât realise that such selfish actions are why heâs unpopular. My appreciation for him is only dropping further you know.
The discussion afterwards regarding this and that about the march, was a surprisingly proper consultation. When it comes to work it seems that heâs able to be properly focused about it. Well, heâs the younger brother of that Balto, so I guess this much is to be expected.
As a result of the discussion, the 7th Army will be at the forefront and the 10th Army will be responsible for making raids. The hoodlum seems to have decided that the 10th Army doesnât have proper soldiers, and has mistaken them for special forces who work behind the scenes or something. Well, itâs fine though. Until the Hero appears, I guess Iâll just take the opportunity to relax at the rear then.