Mist enshrouded demon kingâs castle, Glenstadt.As usual I transformed into werewolf, and took a deep breath.âAn excuse, specificallyâŚâLooking back, I stopped speaking.Teacher was not there.
It seems teacher teleported me alone.âWould she do house-watching of Ryun Height ?âBewildered I walked towards the castle gate.
Base of the demon army, Glenstadt castle is also the base of every division.The first division consists of only ryujin elites. Also known as the âImperial Guardsâ.Although the total war potential is uncertain, perhaps it is stronger than the second division and the third division combined together. All the ryujins are believers of the demon king.
The second division consists of demons with destructive power like shishioni and giants.Those guys are mostly belligerent and atrocious, not at all suitable for a conversation with me.Although they have sufficient war potential, but because everyone is a war freak up to the division commander, there is no considerably influential voice.\n
The third division has a lot of demons with peculiar traits like werewolves and vampires.The lower rank soldiers consist of gentle guys, who arenât a match for the mood of second division.All the aides are mostly the disciples of the great sage Gomoviroa. Thatâs why they are also magicians. I am not boasting, but we can be considered the brains of demon army.However, the insufficient numbers is almost a matter of crying, also it is unfortunate that we can only capture a city with surprise attacks.
Generally, these three divisions are coming and going for training or supply, there is considerable liveliness.But today the second division is awfully pretentious. Even the soldiers just enlisted are nervously running around wearing shining armors.âIs there some big operation?âMystified, I decided to wait for the demon king in the room where I was guided by a soldier.Drinking the iron-ore tea popular among ryujins, I picked up a chicken-filled cookie.Saying this is bad, but the iron-ore tea tasted just like the water of a rusty pipe, and I can think of the chicken-filled cookie as a bad joke.
Even though I was summoned specially, the audience with the demon king didnât begin right away.Sometime after I drank two cups of iron-ore tea, and ate all the chicken-filled cookies, finally the door opened.Thinking that the demon king has come, I immediately stood up, but the one who came in was a ryujin officer.He is the vice commander of first division. If I remember correctly, his name was Barce. Title was âBlue Knightâ.âBarce-dono, itâs been a while.â
When I bowed, the ryujin, with blue scales just like his title, lightly nodded.âLong time no see. I am very sorry to keep you waiting.âSince the ryujins have lizard-like faces, their expressions were hard to understand, but it seemed he was sorry. In addition he also seemed worn out. \nâHis majesty, the demon king had just finished the war council, he is a little tired. Please understand.ââUnderstood.âI didnât get how should I consider it, but somehow the timing did not seem very good.It canât be helped, let me be careful in my statements.
Immediately, I was brought into the conference room. This is a special place where only the top executives of division commander class only can enter. I also went for first time.Entering the room with the vice commander Barce, I promptly bowed respectfully.âDemon king-sama, this is third division vice commander âDemon Wolfâ Vaito.ââHmm, it was tiresome.âBeyond the round table, the demon king nodded to me. Since it is hard to figure out the expression of ryujins, I have no idea about his current emotion.
At the very beginning, the demon king threw a question at me.âHey Baito, I have something to enquire.âTo be honest, I donât like the demon king calling me by name.Because of the peculiar structure of mouth of ryujins, they canât pronounce Vaito.It becomes Baito.The concerned persons seem to pronounce it correctly, but I couldnât figure out the difference at all.Even though vice commander is a somewhat important position, somehow I lost my confidence.
Despite my perplexity, the demon king continued talking.âYou have ordered charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre through the inujin merchants, right?â \nI deeply bowed.