The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero

Book 7: Chapter 38

Fuu. Is todays work done with this?

Yes, good work.

In the Demon Kings office that was in the Zadark Kingdoms Demon King Castle, Vermudol made a large stretch.

With the documents he handed to Ichika just now, he had completed the support duties that were made with Altejio and the others being gone.

Since they would be coming back today, things would finally return to their normal structure.

Now that I think about it, Ive done nothing but burden Altejio with work. It might be my obligation to do work on his behalf for another two or three days and give him a good amount of rest.

While listening to Vermudols muttering, Ichika quickly checked through the documents she was handed.

She thought that he didnt need to worry about that since the Northern Army had its own rhythm of doing things, but that spirit of his was something wonderful as an administrator.

That is why Ichika decided to not make a statement until he sought her opinionbut.

Wait. Dont joke with me. If youre going to talk about obligation or whatever, wouldnt it be fine if you just increase the Northern Armys personnel. Or could it be that you have no intention of considering the burden placed on me?

Receiving a protest, Vermudol turned his gaze to the desk that was temporarily placed in his office.

What was there was Ykslaass figure as she fell prostrate onto the desk, and she was glaring at Vermudol with upturned eyes.

No, you do have my gratitude. You do work better than I expected.

In response to Vermudols honest answer, Ykslaas replied with an unconcealed tongue click.

What. Im. Saying. Is. Increase the Northern Armys manpower. You can do that, right?

Fumu.

Understanding that what Ykslaas was saying wasnt about hiring but about Mazoku Creation, Vermudol made a vague nod.

I cant do that thoughtlessly either though. I also think that that sort of time has passed.

What do you mean. Shouldnt you face the lack of personnel as a realistic problem?

And that is the reason why. Right now, rather than creating the necessary personnel, I am thinking that we should be transitioning to raising them.

Vermudols Mazoku Creation ability was certainly convenient. The power to create necessary people when they were needed could even be said to be what supported the Zadark Kingdoms foundation.

In reality, what makes the current Zadark Kingdom move is the Four Cardinal Generals and the Four Cardinal ArmiesIn other words, the power of the Mazoku that were originally in this country is a large part of it. A majority of the Central Army are Mazoku that I created but, wellA lot of the work that the Central Army does is supervisory stuff rather than practical stuff after all.

Hn. And so?

In short, its like this. Even if I dont create the necessary personnel and supplement them with that, there is the possibility that each army will find the necessary personnel and raise them, and that is why I am thinking that now is the time where that should be done.

Of course, in cases where there is an urgent need for personnel when there is no time to raise them and there is an ability that is needed but there was no one with the know-how to do itlike the diplomat Nanalus for example, Vermudol would need to create them from now on as well.

However, if that wasnt the case, each army would be able to resolve it. He was thinking that as long as they were in the shape of a country, they should shift into that direction before long.

Well, I can understand what youre saying, you know?

When Ykslaas raised her body up, she cracked her shoulders.

But look. Realistically, right now, at this moment, isnt there a lack of people. Considering the importance of the Northern Armys work, this situation where it turned out like this just by taking Altejio out is extremely unstable. Yes, even if its now where the work amount has temporarily increased with the connection of the tourism, see.

Mu

If you say that youre going to go in the direction of raising them no matter what, at the very least, you should take this chance to re-examine the Northern Armys work structure. You should do either that or form a budget and drastically increase the personnel.

In response to Ykslaas pointing that out, Vermudol sank into silence and pondered.

Ichika silently watched over him as he was like thatthen said I will make some tea and left the room.

And then, switching with Ichika, Rokuna came barging into the room.

Ver-cchi, I just got back! Tte, ara, if it isnt Ykslaas. Whatre you doing?

That sure is a sudden greeting. I was doing support on the work around here.

Ara, is that so. Thanks for the hard work, Ill treat you to something next time.

After saying that, Rokuna turned back around to Vermudol.

Yeah, welcome back, Rokuna. Have Altejio and the others returned already?

Yes. You said that it would be fine if I made the report alone, right?

Pretty much.

Hearing that, Ykslaas breathed a sigh.

If it were any other country, at a time like this, it would be normal to have a return report done in the audience room. A summary would be exaggeratedly heard there, and they would receive some sort of words of praise from the kingthat sort of ceremony-like event would be performed.

However, Vermudol said that that was pointless and cleanly discarded it.

This sense of distance between Vermudol and Rokuna, it was a relationship that would be impossible between a normal king and vassal butin a certain way, could this also be said to be a merit of the Zadark Kingdom?

So, how was their reaction?

Lets seeThe negotiation itself ended normally. There were some people that were more or less hard to deal with, but putting it in reverse, I suppose that was all to it. Ill summarize the specific results later, but at that time, I want to discuss with you about the plan from now on.

Hearing Rokunas report, Vermudol went fumu and nodded.

Yeah, got it. But, basically, well move forward with your leadership.

Heh? Is that alright?

Yeah, I dont mind. As long as its at the level where we dont have any loses, its fine if you compromise.

Rokuna made a blank look at Vermudols words, and Ykslaas displayed an expression that looked like she understood something.

Could it be that you

Yeah, thats exactly it.

Vermudol nodded at Ykslaas.

The negotiations with the Cylas Empire, give the arrangement of them maximum priority. Whats important is the friendship itself.

The greatest objective to forming a friendship with the Cylas Empire was there.

To Vermudol, what was important wasnt what could be obtained through the friendship, but the friendship itself.

What do you mean by that?

Lets seeFirst, fundamentally, I dont trust mankind.

Mankind has something boundlessly troublesome called justice of the entire world. Acting for the sake of a future that surpass individual fences, it was something like that. And then, it was also a disease that tormented mankind by telling them to execute it in the form of conscience blame.

Even with Borkio who Vermudol had extended a hand to in the past, in the end, with the justice of the entire world, he betrayed that kindness for the sake of protecting mankinds peace, and departed the Dark Continent to warn the world of the Demon Kings existence.

This was something where nothing could be done about it any longer.

Vermudol had slightly tinkered with the Life Seed of Sarigan, the king of the Jiol Forest Kingdom, so that he would lose his prejudice towards the Mazoku, but he couldnt possibly apply that sort of treatment to the entirety of mankind.

That being said, it wasnt like it was a story where it would be fine if he tinkered with only the royalty either.

Just like how it could be understood by looking at the Canal Kingdom, the justice of the entire world would occasionally try to overthrow the royal authority as well. If the kings policies were to suddenly change, there was probably the possibility that a civil war would break out just like in the Canal Kingdom.

If mankind were to conclude that Vermudol was the cause of that civil war, that would unmistakably mean the second coming of the Hero war. That alone was something that needed to be avoided.

First of all, forming the relationship called friendship is whats important. We need to create the accepted practice of being able to join hands with Mazoku.

Forming a friendship with the Jiol Forest Kingdomwith the Sylphids, was relatively easy.

They had loneliness due to their longevity from the start. They had a tendency to seclude themselves in communities of fellow Sylphid who lived in the same time, and they lived by restricting themselves with disciplines.

And then, the St. Altlis Kingdoms upsurge of the Demi-Human Argument, which could be said to be a rampage, deepened that loneliness even furtherand during that time, the Zadark Kingdom, a country of Mazoku, appeared.

Although there had been a couple of unexpected difficulties with persuading the kings close aides, the existence of the Mazoku who were able to live in the same time as them was much larger to the Sylphid than expected. Particularly, the Majin who had mostly the same figures as themspeaking more specifically, it seemed that the existence of Nanalus whose demeanor was gentle and refined was astonishing to them.

Through that Nanalus, the Sylphids of the Jiol Forest Kingdom remembered the figures of the Majin that came out in the parade commemorating the friendship of their two nations.

With Vermudol the Demon King as their chief, it was a kingdom of Mazoku who had figures identical to themselves, and lived in a time identical to theirs.

Moreover, rather than the St. Altlis Kingdom, there was the possibility of being able to understand them.

For this reason, the result of placing the past alliance on a balance scale with that, the citizens of the Jiol Forest Kingdom accepted the existence known as the Zadark Kingdom. And then, the relationship between both countries was also in the middle of progressing through the current tourism plan.

Accepted practice

Thats right, accepted practice. That they can come to an understanding with Mazoku. That we can get along. This accepted practice will exterminate the accepted practice that said that Mazoku should be destroyed. With that, we will finally reach the beginning.

Thats right, it was there that it would finally start.

The common sense where Mazoku are arbitrarily regarded as evil would, for the first time in their lives, change the direction of the justice of the entire world.

Was destroying Mazoku really justice?It would become possible to insert that question into them.

We wont create a chance to make them summon the Hero. Thats why, RokunaIm expecting great things from you.

Hearing those words that were filled with various thoughts, Rokuna gently nodded.