âBy the way, is governance of the trade city Ryun Height going well? I received some reports that it got attacked by a small scale enemy. âThatâs right, I have reported about that incident.I honestly reported about the scheme of Radiant Church Priest to liberate Ryun Height and that I banished him.
âI see, the clergyman had a secret collusion.âThere are no clergyman among demon races. There is only one religion that worships the âDemon Kingâ, who appears once in several decades, or possibly several centuries.Demon King silently nodded, and commented.âSometimes religion pushes humans to madness. Is there no choice but to rule by force?âThe sore place has been pointed out.As this remains, my Ryun Height governing policy would be considered narrow minded. I explained in a rush.âFo..fortunately disorder was kept at the minimum. Banishing the leader as he was, and not appointing a substitute, I have stopped the movement of hostile forces.â
The demon king motionlessly staring at me, asked.âAs long as you keep up your governing policy, hereafter also youâll have to compromise with the religious forces. Do you understand?ââI am readily prepared.âHonestly speaking, I am having more difficulties than expected. I, myself, was not very religious in my previous life, so I actually canât understand their feelings.But even with that, I donât want to kill humans whenever possible other than on the battlefield.Somehow Iâll have to try.
I donât know whether my resoluteness was conveyed or not, but the demon king didnât pursue the matter further.âRegarding each cityâs governing policy, that is left to the commander on site. As long as the governance in Ryun Height is proceeding smoothly, I approve that policy.ââThank you very much.âFrom now on, my worries have increased by one, but for the time being I seem to have got through it.
The demon king continued.âJust now, I had a war council with the second division regarding the northern war front of Mirarudia. Do you have an understanding of the situation?ââUnfortunately I have only heard casually.â\n
Somehow, the second division seems to have lost the momentum they had at first. I have heard such rumours from the inujin caravan.
That rumour being true, the demon king slightly nods.âCounter attack of humans have become furious. Hence, the second division commander, personally leading the entire army, departed for the front line.âI see, that was the ostentatious feeling in the castle. When I looked, there was a map spread on the round table with various writings all over it.Looking at it roughly, one of the three cities they had captured in the beginning seemed to have been recaptured. It seems theyâve lost consecutively in subsequent wars.
The demon king, rather than rebuking me for looking at the map, pointed his rough fingers at it.âI have heard ruling the two cities in the south is proceeding smoothly. From now on, these cities would deeply affect the strategies of demon army. Keep it in mindââYes!âStraightening my back, I bowed.
After that the demon king offered me to sit on a chair.âFrom here on wards, this is an informal audience. I allow you to sit. Be seated.âThe ones that can sit in front of the demon king are the top executives of division commander class. Pulling the chair nervously, I sat on the chair not being able to calm down.Looking back fleetingly, I found Barce, also an aide like me, to be standing as is.I would have been comfortable, had he sat with me, but he was standing in attention with his hard to read reptile face.
Facing the demon king across the round table, I wait for the next instructions.But looking at him so close, there is an staggering sense of tremendous intimidation. I am almost intoxicated from the released magic power.âFrom sometime ago, I wanted to have a talk with you at ease for once. Among the various commanders of demon army I recognize you as one of the excellent commanders.ââI am very much ob..obliged.âThe demon king asks me with a calm demeanor.âFor example, I have heard that you have divided your werewolf corps into squads of four people. Speaking of which, is there a special meaning to the number four?âI bow my head.âIâm awed at your divine discernment.â
Of course, there is a meaning to the four people squads.While doing a dangerous task, a pair has more survival rate compared to someone alone. This is the same for both humans and werewolves. \nThatâs why, having two persons in a team, called two man cell, is basic for policemen or some of the military personnel.Even I, myself, also have personal experience making a buddy for the swimming lessons in elementary school.
But I had realized that there is a limit to a-two man cells.Once one of the two is injured, they lose their combat capability. The other person has to aide his injured partner, so without any back up they have to retreat.Even if one forcibly fights as it is, the battle potential automatically falls below half.
Thereupon, I combined two two person teams. This is the four person variant.Even if one is injured in one of the teams, the unhurt team would continue the battle. Otherwise the three of them can merge and fight.On top of that, even if only two of them remain after the casualties, they can still barely maintain the two man cell.Again, during reconnaissance occasionally one of the teams can go for scouting, and the other can maintain safety at the current position âŠ. Such operations are also possible.
Even if I say that, I didnât think of all that, rather these are the knowledge from a game in my previous life, itâs not a story to brag about.Nonetheless, it was the first time anyoneâs asked me this question.
The demon king deeply nodded to my explanation.âLet me use it as a reference. Aide, record the current statements of Baito.âItâs not Baito⊠rather vice division commanderâŠ.Well, it is a problem with the structure of their mouth, complaining wonât solve anything.Barce was skillfully recording the current conversation.âAs you command. I have recorded the statement of Vaito-dono.âNo, wait.. Barce can correctly pronounce me, âVaitoâ, right?
The demon king continues to ask me questions.âThis is a good opportunity, if you have anything to ask regarding the demon army, state away.ââMe?âI am just a vice division commander. I may sound bossy, but I am nothing more than a mid-level executive.
I had never expected that a person like me would get a chance to ask the questions regarding the demon army to the demon king in person.âDonât be anxious. Since this is an unofficial audience, there is no need to take responsibility for your remarks.â \nIt was thus, that I was finally freed from the presence of the demon king.