…I need to calm down.
No, since I have the Appraisal skill I can say for certain that she is the real Demon King.
That's not the problem though… I mean, is this some kind of huge mistake or ridiculous joke? Either way, I need to get a grip ASAP.
Delille was also pretty surprised but managed to keep a cooler head than the rest of us so she was still able to calmly listen to me and carry out my instructions.
When she heard their names, Liliana couldn't help but let out such a surprised voice.
Well, let's just start with how those two got here and how things ended up like this.
・Zergis attacked the fairies' village.
・I was asked to save their village, we ended up defeating and capturing him.
・Raia then came and tried to dispose of Zergis but was captured instead too.
・Rather than inefficiently killing them off or carelessly releasing them, I decided to put them to better use working for me instead.
It was hard to recall all the things that happened so far back in detail, so explanations took a while, though I think I still managed to relay all the key points.
More importantly, why is someone like the Demon King here all by herself in the first place?
The two of them barged in at the same time.
Liliana carefully looked the two over with concern and tears in her eyes, which only made them both feel even more self-conscious about the whole thing. They couldn't help having very apologetic looks on their faces the whole time either.
Raia flared up in almost hysteric surprise.
I have a really bad feeling about this….1)Cre: Yup, your little lie to prevent all-out war between 3 of the 4 major powers on the continent did indeed help to make this mess. You couldn't have known but still… But saying anything now would just be in hindsight, huh..
Neither Zergis or Raia have heard the truth about Herge either.
Damn. This isn't the time to be worrying about keeping state secrets or international incidents!
Well, to sum up what was said.
Having been removed from the throne, Liliana was forced to flee and take shelter. After hiding for a while she heard about these two being here and came to seek asylum in Weed. It seems she's still being hunted even now due to still being a major political thorn for the hardliners who had usurped her throne.
The real question was why did the hardliners' act when they did and what they plan to do.
The trigger to all this was that they used the supposed fact that Liliana ordered an assassination in the first place. And not just anyone, but the 3rd Princess of Rochelle.
Add to that the matter of two of the Big four going missing, and the later result of the humans forming a larger alliance against the Demons… you'd have the perfect ingredients for a terrible mess.
For now, we have to discuss each of these issues carefully and get to the facts behind them.
First was the issue concerning the truth surrounding Herge's assassination plot.
There was no mistake that there was an attempt on her life, but the ones behind it were Ritea.
The hardliners' made many claims denouncing the legitimacy of Liliana's policies as Demon King and cast doubt on her, but without any solid evidence they couldn't do more than talk..
That was a natural outcome though.
And the real reason why two of the Big Four went missing… was because we'd captured them.
Well, they were in the wrong for attacking the fairies like they did with the revised pill bugs, but the fact that something happened at all was plenty convenient for the hardliners.
That became the perfect excuse to move against and remove the Demon King.
About the alliance against the Demons.
This was what I suggested in order to help Weed's development and avoid a major conflict between 3 of the 4 major powers.
The Demon King made the perfect scapegoat at the time and was enough to rally the other countries together with the focus on subjugating the Demons and not each other. Since the blame for Herge's assassination was dumped onto the Demon King instead, backed the Demons further into an already desperate corner.
Worst of all, because of this, the Demon King's credibility and efforts in seeking a peaceful solution to the whole conflict were all but dashed to pieces..
Almost all of the blame falls back upon me as the trigger.
Ritea may have been the root cause, but there was no denying that my decisions helped lead things to this point..
While I was caught up in those thoughts, Liliana sat up and fixed her posture.
Like that, the Demon King Liliana deeply bowed her head as she earnestly apologized.
……..I could barely hold it together as I was being crushed by my insanely heavy sense of guilt for all this.
Ellis and Delille also had complicated looks on their faces too….
Crap! She totally came here prepared thinking we'd want her executed too!!!.
Dammit! So that's what happened!!!
I thought it was strange… Since they should've learned of Weed's value in helping them grow, I'd wondered why they didn't attend—They couldn't! Rather than refusing to answer any of the messengers we'd dispatched to Rumel… in all likelihood, the messengers had been killed instead.
Naturally, if there was even the slightest possibility to act, they couldn't very well not take it.
They were Demons yes, but the problem was that they couldn't afford to not act and turtle up either—since things were desperate on their end as well.
Not just demons' lives, but as many lives as possible, regardless of race, country or anything else…. In a way, Liliana may be the very essence of what Herge sought to become.
…How ironic, the Demon King looks like the spitting image of a true Holy Woman.
I was able to keep my cool and managed to convince her to stay somehow…If she tried to leave on her own in her present condition, then she'd probably die..
It was also a fact that if Weed did get involved, then there was no way that the other countries wouldn't, so with that in mind, I really needed her to focus on resting… I was sure she understood that much at least… No, I'm sure she did. Even so, why was she still trying to push herself so hard?
The two left while supporting Liliana.
It would be a major problem if I didn't properly explain things to my wives and Naruja.
Hm, was I forgetting something?
……. Hm? Did it have anything to do with the Demon King though?
It was the Hero of Love.
This is bad! With the Demon King right here, Leia might really lose it and go on a serious rampage, just like Millie that one time! Her hometown was destroyed in the war between Galtz and Rochelle, and she'd heard that everything was because of the Demon King's schemes!
I rushed over to the next room in a panic.
When I looked at Leia, she was staring at the other room through the magic mirror.
…What did he mean by that just now?
Leia finally looked back to me and asked.
But enough about that! That isn't the issue here!
Would all of this negatively affect Leia somehow? Then, should I have her return to the Inn then?
Leia interrupted me before I could finish.
The man said as he laughed.
Oh well, talking with him is a waste of time anyway.
……Wait, was that her problem here?
With that on my mind, as well a how to explain everything to my wives, we quickly made our way to the Government Building.
According to the title. Lol.
If you have read the story until now, you know it's a flag. Ahah.
Besides being involved in a conspiracy, he's caught up from the side. Lol.
1. ↑ Cre: Yup, your little lie to prevent all-out war between 3 of the 4 major powers on the continent did indeed help to make this mess. You couldn't have known but still… But saying anything now would just be in hindsight, huh..
Dungeon master has defeated the demon, hero and goddess. As told in the legends.
Umm… Yuki didn't defeat any Goddesses though… or a Hero.
He did beat a Demon King yes…but his wives were the ones who beat Taiki and he hasn't fought ANY Gods here. Rather, he's been backed and blessed by TWO bigshot Gods since coming here!
Thx for the all the translations especially the christmas gift that is prob the biggest translation batch ive ever seen of.
Finally the novel is turning into a more serious tone.
Also happy new year to the translation team and fellow readers!
No, I think her interest in him was sparked since before she was "forced" to spend the whole day with him until now.
It's prolly closer to 99/100 tbh.
Recall Ch 121. We learn a GREAT deal of her circumstances and why she's so repressed… trauma and mental shutdown. Her powers also went out of control from nearly being raped on top of losing everything and then… she was found by the merchant who regularly visited said home, only to end up a slave….
She's like the Hero Poster Girl for tragedy here, whose origins are eerily similar to Delille in some ways honestly, only 2 shades darker.
That said… here's Yuki and his unbelievably kind and unassuming self showing up and throwing everything she understood the world to be into utter subconscioys upheaval.
By the end of Ch 121, we see the start of her interest in Yuki as she tries desperately to recall his name under the moonlight.
Honestly, Leia has great story potential as both a wife AND as the Hero of Love!
Oooook? So war is happening in a place where Jack Sparrow might hang out… where is it located?
We still have no clue where Rumel is, huh.
Welp, Rankus will be fought at Weed… but now there are two new operation points to worry about as well…. Rumel and thhe Demons' Country of Last.
Come to think of it… we only know that they're all east of Weed and further away thgan Galtz, that's it.
A map would be nice, yeah.
I wonder how Yuki will talk his way out of this mess.
I also wonder how many leaps of logic it will take for Leia to show some strong emotions about all this. I am also not sure what to think of Lili, if anything, she will make a wonderful addition to Weed.
I wonder if Yuki would make any move to try and take the Demon King throne as a measure to say that he's "conquered" the demon country, or eventually reinstall Lilliana back in with stipulations that she and the demon realm are to be subordinate states to Weed.
If what I see of the cover illustrations for the future volumes, it lookw like things turn out okay, but it's still fun following the journey.
I call for cheating! GUILTY!!
Of course he won't say anything about Herge. I still need a story arc for her.
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