In a center of a room, numerous black cables can be seen attached to the throne made of seven-colored crystal, like they’re tying a captive in a prison. Those cables of different widths and thicknesses are spread all over the throne, making the ground densely packed with black lines to the point not even a glimpse of the floor could be seen.
Conducting wires are also attached to the ceiling, walls, and floor, directly connected to a black box reminiscent of a casket– a constructor magic device.
On the side, small magic devices and PCs were arranged tightly on the shelves, covered with a plethora of wires. They don’t seem to be operated manually by anyone, and just continue to work automatically as it is.
“Oh, Kyo-chan, welcome back.”
Suddenly, Ruby in just her underwear peeked from between the shelves.
“What the hell are these? And, why underwear?”
“Ah, crap. I had just opened a box and fiddled with the wires, so I took measures against static electricity by taking my clothes off. I’m embarrassed.”
With her cheeks dyed red, Ruby quickly puts on her clothes back.
After waiting for her to finish putting her clothes on, I put on a jacket for her, who looked a little cold.
“So what happened here? What’s with this chaotic area?”
“Ah, this is, since I have nothing to do, I decided to do some virtual currency mining. These are all mining machines. With a constructor magic device as an arithmetic processing device, I was able to mine some coins from the other world through the network of the reality with a simple dimension gate.”
Without waiting for my reaction, Ruby keeps talking incessantly.
“The network from the other world to the reality is not blocked, after all. Their IP assignment is also peculiar, so I can pretty much do whatever I want without using any proxy. Also, as long as I have the magic power of our home base, I can move the constructor magic device as much as I want, and the power supply of the PC that became the base point is taken from the submarine hydrothermal vent.”
… What language is she speaking?
“Regarding the graphic card, it is a bad idea to buy it in Japan because it costs some ASK tax1, right? But if I buy it in Asia, it will also cost me intermediary margins, so I decided to get them through my internet friend in the US. I also intend to focus on cost performance by building a graphic card tower to strengthen it. We can make as many cooling devices as we want since there is plenty of water nearby, after all. And we basically have free electricity. Thus, I thought if we increase the operation speed of the graphic cards and make a simple mining machine, we can increase the speed of mining at a low price.”
“Wait, wait, that’s scary!! I’m scared already!! I feel like something that cannot be undone has happened without my knowledge!! I don’t even understand what are you talking about, it’s scary!!”
“For the time being, here. This is a cash flow forecast made by Ruri-chan.”
In the window screen that was thrown to me, there was an income curve that continued to rise day by day. However, I can only see it as if a line was drawn diagonally to the right.
“… (Speechless)”
“Well, I’m nothing compared to Ricchan and Ruri-chan.”
“P-please stop… I have enough…”
“Ah, Sanjou Hiiro.”
Hizumi in her red retainer dress that indicates the Arshariya faction comes with a smile, bringing a binder under her arm.
“Good morning. What’s with that face… You look like a pigeon that was just shot by a Gatling gun.”
“Of course, I would be surprised. I only saw the before and the after, okay? I really can’t find the missing link. Seriously, what the hell happened here?”
“No, well, you gave us one night, after all… Of course, this would happen if you gave Ricchan and Ruu-chan one night. Rather than that, here.”
Once again, a window screen was thrown at me. This time, the information of neighboring countries including their cash flow forecast, the degree of their technological development, their threat level, and the advantages of forming an alliance with them are shown inside.
Not only that. There is also the information about the operation flow of each facility in the Sacred Yuri Empire that has been processed, the implementation status of absolute monarchy with me as the emperor, suggestions on which personnel should hold which position, and the documents that require my approval and suggestions for creating a royal seal, the details of the number of resources produced in each land, the state of infrastructure development, lastly, the details of diplomatic measures to contain the neighboring countries.
The information was summarized perfectly so that even I, who is an amateur in this kind of thing, can understand the outline at a glance.
“… Y-you made this overnight?”
“Un, because I had nothing to do.”
In front of Hizumi, who answered my question casually, I, whose face turned blue, was at a loss for words.
T-this is bad… If I leave it to these girls, the essence of Yuri game will be destroyed without a trace… I am even on the road to supremacy by sleeping soundly overnight…
“Because you weren’t here, I couldn’t decide anything concerning the path of this country. Now with you being here, the efficiency will be increased a little.”
“It was still inefficient until now?!”
“What are you saying? Of course, it was. But well, I am nothing compared to Ricchan and Ruu-chan, after all.”
Staring at the calm Hizumi, I smiled.
“So, ano, where is Shiina Riina-sama…?”
“What’s with the ‘-sama’? She is playing in a small room in the back.”
While shivering in fear, I slowly peek into the small room that she mentioned. There, with her eyes shining, Riina, who was wearing a blanket hoodie with cat ears, is operating 10 window screens at the same time. One finger, one screen.
The keyboards were placed around her circularly. Occasionally, she was laughing while typing on the keyboards at high speed and singing some kind of song.
Click, click, click, click, click, click, click!!
A fierce sound is produced by the keystrokes.
As if operating 10 screens at the same time is not enough, she also gave some instructions to the constructor magic device by moving the conducting wire attached to her toes at the same time. Around her, numerous energy drinks were thrown around the room, just like a battlefield full of deaths.
“…”
Still smiling, I decided to make it that I didn’t see anyt–
“Ah… F-founder-sama…!”
Realizing my presence, she smiled with energy. Then, she abandoned the screen and rushed to me while stumbling.
“Ehehe… Riina did her best because Riina had nothing to do…”
She, whose tail seemed about to shake any moment, then adorably squeezed both of her hands.
“A-anone… ehe… Riina is excellent at this kind of thing… So, although Riina is nothing compared to Ruri-chan and Ruu-chan… Riina also wants to be praised by Founder-sama… so, Riina did her best… is Riina a good girl…?”
Uneasiness and expectations can be seen in her eyes.
To this adorable short-cut-haired girl who also has a Yuri companion called Ruby… there is absolutely no way I can get angry.
“Y-yes, Riina is a good girl. I-I also think Riina is wonderful.”
“Ehe…”
Hearing that, Riina grinned happily.
“A-anone, Riina has many things Riina wanted to show to Founder-sama…!”
With that, Riina pulled me with great vigor.
I think someone also pulled like this before… Only then did I realize that she was one of the retainers on the Queen’s Watch.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Hizumi, who were watching the scene, looked at each other and smiled.
“It sure is rare to see Ricchan become attached to someone. But well, he did give us a boat and let us escape from the Queen’s Watch. So, I guess it isn’t that strange.”
“Yes. She is very cautious, like cats and dogs, after all… Well, it should be fine if it’s Sanjou Hiiro. Because thanks to him, Ruu-chan and Ricchan didn’t have to get involved in that mess.”
“…”
“But, don’t Kyo-chan’s face looks complicated? Why did he look at me with eyes like he was asking for help?”
“Well, he is a pretty strange guy…”
Although I am happy with this non-romantic affection she gave me, I want her to flirt with Ruby in front of me as much as possible. So, with such mixed feelings in my heart, she gave me a tour of a number of facilities that she is proud of.
“As I said. To speed up unit production and research, we should aim at the boundary where the bonus of the area can overlap by submerging the throne to the seabed and reproducing another constructor magic device in the form of the throne and accelerate–”
“Yes, I’m sorry, I think that’s wonderful. I’m sorry.”
Inside the undersea tube for travel, vehicles that look like linear motor cars2 are going back and forth, and I ride on my own exclusive vehicle, which is labeled for the emperor.
As we dive to the bottom of the sea, I stared at the underwater city.
“… (Resignation)”
“And also, and also…!!”
With my arm being pulled vigorously, I entered a restaurant on the bottom of the sea and found my three executives sitting with serious expressions. As soon as they noticed us, they looked at Riina and me with a complicated expression.
“Kyo-sama… look at this…”
Vallachia pointed at a bowl of noodles with heaps of vegetables, fat, and garlic with a crying expression.
“Jiro was taken,”
“I understand… I understand painfully what you wanted to say…”
On the side, Heine, who stood up silently, began to voluntarily massage the shoulders of Riina who sat down.
“Riina-sensei, shall I massage your legs too?”
Their position has changed…
Meanwhile, Sylphyel sighed while looking at the steak, seemingly didn’t know what to do.
“A city was already built before I knew it.”
“It wasn’t your fault this time around. You probably couldn’t stop it even if you knew. Because when some out-of-common-sense movement is unfolded in front of you, there is no way you could know whether you should stop it or not. When I first saw a cheater, I, too, couldn’t do anything but say 『What the heck is this guy doing?』.”
While my sleeves were pulled by Riina, I somberly asked.
“How did the Arshariya faction use this talented group before?”
“We used them for chores. To begin with, Arshariya-sama wasn’t interested in managing the home base, and she probably didn’t even care about the abilities of each retainer. To be honest, even I never thought there are people as talented as them in the Arshariya faction.”
“Are you implying that the other demons’ factions are also the same?”
“Ee, most likely.”
Hearing that, I sink into silence.
Wait, isn’t this situation very advantageous for us…?
If those demons only consider their retainers as someone who could do their chores, they are really throwing a treasure off a cliff… In fact, Arshariya did kill many capable persons in her faction such as Hizumi in the original scenario.
However, after thinking this far, I laughed bitterly. Because even if there are many talented persons in the other demons’ faction, what can I do? I can’t carelessly defeat the other demon, as It may take the opportunity for Tsukiori and the others to grow. I also can’t destroy the other demons’ faction with this overwhelming national power.
“Aren’t we too stand out…?”
“Speaking the obvious! In the whole other world, this is the only place you can get Jiro, you know! Where in the world can you see bipedal tuna boiling noodles except here?!”
“Although we are, indeed, stands out, it is also true that the daily attacks from the other factions have stopped.”
Heine whispered while massaging Riina’s shoulders.
“We are too stands out to the point we got a letter from Alfheim, saying 『By all means, we would like the Emperor to visit us』.”
“Even though until just a while ago, that Emperor said 『The next time you come, I’ll kill you』 to me…”
“So, what should we do?”
Tap, tap, tap.
While her shoulders were being massaged by Heine, the main culprit was tapping my shoulder with a smile on her face.
“… Shall we dismantle everything for now?”
“Are you sure? Even though the state has expanded to this scale?”
“I’m sorry for Riina who worked hard to make the state like this, but we can’t aggravate the situation with other demons. And if this state develops any further, I will be scared and won’t be able to sleep. To be honest, I also don’t want to use the money earned by Riina and the others for my own living expenses… So, will that be fine, Riina?”
“I-I don’t really mind… I can return it back to this state any time, after all… I’ve also set a macro, so it won’t even take me overnight next time… ehehe… it’s okay…”
“””…”””
Speechless, everyone averted their faces away from the cheater.
“Then, Riina, can you be my teacher? I will try to show my face here often, so let me run the system at the bare minimum.”
“U-understood… leave it to me…!”
Riina tightly squeezed her hands.
“F-founder-sama’s enemy is Riina’s enemy… ehehe… I can shoot a nuclear missile whenever Founder-sama needs, like a certain non-violent grandfather…!”
“”””…””””
As expected, I can’t let this girl have any more power… This yuri game will be destroyed by complete supremacy…
“Well then, disperse!! (Desperate)”
Thus, the Sacred Yuri Empire will start from 1 again (there is a big gap between 1 and 0).
After that, I went back from my demon life to school life– and in the hallway of the academy, I immediately ran into Ojou.
Looking at my face, she suddenly stopped her step and stared at my face.
“…”
“Yoo, long time no see, Ojou! How are you doing?”
“…”
With her eyes wide open, she slowly lost her balance and– bang!!