Chapter 10 – Episode 10 ― Do You Eat? (1)
Episode 10 ― Do you eat and go? (1)
“Unbelievable… No, it wouldn’t be good to conclude like this.”
Two pointed hands covered with black chitin touched his head, but the other two hands were restlessly stamping the next approval document.
It was possible because they were of the Arachne race with eight limbs.
At least her surprise was moderate. Lylon, who was sitting in front of her, was opening her mouth wide enough for her jaw to fall out.
Aranya, the Chancellor of the Arachne tribe, and Lich, who is in charge of the treasurer, have just heard the story of Minoreus’s return from the morning report.
“Treasurer, Chin…”
“… Alas, yes.”
Her real chin was missing. To Minoreus’ concern, Treasurer Rich realized his situation only then. Leelon admired as he skillfully fitted her dangling chin.
“Huh, it’s a strange thing.”
“I think it was close to a miracle.”
Minoreus let out his snort. Looking back at the situation at that time, my heart still breaks.
Minoreus was attending an afternoon meeting with the chancellor Aranya and Liron.
Late afternoon when the sun is setting. It’s evening soon, but the shock of the morning is refreshing to think about again and again.
“Whatever the reason, it’s really unfortunate.”
Aranya, who finished organizing the paperwork, pushed the pile of her papers to the side of the desk and said.
“For Evirgio, we haven’t lost any valuable talent.”
“It’s an overstatement.”
“But I also had to be careful.”
“Sorry.”
Minoreus looked at the chancellor with an embarrassed face. The human-like Aranya’s face was filled with a bitter smile.
“It’s not a day or two that I’m nervous about not knowing when I’ll lose someone, but the situation of the knight commander and the corrections officer is different. Because you are a member of the subcommittee. I know that resisting your majesty’s power is not easy. I know…”
Aranya looked at Minoreus with a serious expression.
“If such a situation comes again, try to survive even if you are alone.”
Minoreus lowered his head. Her tone was warm, but her content was not. As a chancellor, losing one more subject would be difficult to accept.
It is the world of demons. One’s own life is ultimately what one has to take care of. It is very rare to find someone so concerned about the death of others.
“I need to talk to Shikwiena too.”
Aranya cupped her chin with one hand. She was then
“I apologize for being late.”
Sheik Viena stepped into her conference room. The conference room, which was not very large, was dyed red by the evening sunset coming in from outside her window.
“No. Did you have a hard time watching this morning?”
Aranya’s kind words were followed by Riron’s rebuke.
“What are you thinking, when you need to be more alert in front of His Majesty!”
“… Sorry, Treasurer.”
In terms of position, there is no upper or lower position as treasurer, corrections officer, and knight commander, but the age of the treasurer far exceeds the combined ages of Schikwiena and Minoreus. Because of that, no one blamed him. Shik Viena muttered with her sullen face.
“As expected, I wasn’t reporting from the bedroom…”
“It was early in the morning, so I know she couldn’t help it. It’s impossible to ask you to come to the office at that time, right?”
Aranya smiled bitterly at her once again. Her expression has become almost a daily expression since she became chancellor.
“Ah, I see. Everyone.”
Shik Viena said as she cautiously sat down in her chair.
“Do you know where His Majesty just went?”
“… Eh?”
“Where else did His Majesty go?”
Lyron and Minoreus were startled and asked. Aranya was silent and waited for Shyk Viena’s words, but she too looked at the succubus with her questioning face.
I heard from the attendants that this morning, after the report from Shkviena and Minoreus, His Majesty stopped by the library and then went to the office to summon a human princess.
‘This is probably the first time I go to the library after taking the throne… It seems like I’m leaving the office after almost a year.’
I actually went to the office a year ago to do something with women.
Once Aranya found the secretary squatting in her corner crying while cleaning. She must have been proud of her own work, but she seemed upset.
Sheik Viena said, opening her eyes slackly.
“You stopped by the slave quarters.”
“Ah, so I was in a hurry…”
“Yes.”
Sheik Viena went to a small meeting with Minoreus, but after hearing something about her from the attendant, she gasped and disappeared alone. Minoreus had no time to ask.
“What did you say?”
“He told me to make sure to bring food.”
“… What?”
The three demons’ expressions distorted.
“The slaves were asked to provide necessary items so that they could clean their own accommodation, and to provide clothing and bedding.”
“Why are you doing that to those who will be eaten anyway?”
Aranya’s head tilted her side and moved to her side. Then Minoreus spoke in a subtly triumphant voice.
“Yeah, didn’t I tell you? It seems that His Majesty has finally realized the usefulness of humans. Especially six slaves…”
“First of all, His Majesty said to save the slaves he saw in the morning.”
Shik Viena cut off her words as if she didn’t need to listen to him anymore.
“If possible,” She said, “Wouldn’t it be better to find out if there are other uses for it? Because of that, he said he would call a small meeting sooner or later.”
“What?”
“Are you calling a small meeting?”
Surprised questions from Liron and Aranya continued. Minoreus also widened his eyes.
There were several occasions when the members of the small meeting requested an interview with the demon lord due to circumstances. However, it is the first time that the Demon King convenes four small meetings first.
Shek Viena belatedly felt satisfied seeing the three of them reacting the same way she did. Now I don’t have to be surprised! She was still the one with a corner like the youngest.
“Anyway, you said the most important thing is to feed them.”
“Um… Should I feed them human flesh?”
“Don’t you hate slaves? You seem to be rejecting it.”
“But things other than human flesh are expensive, Prime Minister.”
The treasurer scratched his bony head. Being a lich, there was no hair left, only the skull.
There are no crops growing near Basel, the capital of Evirgio. Overall, the land itself in the country of Evirzio is not suitable for growing crops.
Devastated country. So the yield was low, and the demons took food from the people of the kingdom or took people and ate them.
But even human slaves do not eat humans. So you have to feed them with heavenly crops or animal meat, but you have to feed them more expensive than the ransom price to eat.
The treasurer’s face darkened.
Slaves are not kept for long anyway, so it won’t be a big problem, but I don’t like it if it causes financial damage no matter how small it is.
His expression darkened as Shykvienna added one more word.
“He told me to feed him something delicious…”
“Ugh. You know what humans like.”
Richie’s grievous moans sank into the meeting room. The succubus that delivered the words, and the Arachne and the Minotaur that heard it, were filled with questions and kept their mouths shut in their own thoughts.
*
After sending the princess away, I first saw the head of the royal palace. When he was told to move the princess’s residence and raise the ladies-in-waiting, he seemed to be at a loss for words for a moment, but then disappeared to work.
And right after that, Roan explored another place in the castle.
“It’s a mess.”
A murmur mixed with sighs flowed from the demon king’s mouth.
Roan had just come out of a tour of the slave quarters.
Slaves are at the bottom of this gender labor pyramid. Since he thought he had to see the situation of the people below him firsthand, he decided to see the slave quarters first.
‘If I come out, I might do something like sweeping or putting it away to pretend that everyone hasn’t been there.’
It’s good if you just clean up the dirty things you can’t see, but if you think you’re going to clean up humans, you might eat them and clean them up.
The useless chill gave the demon king a little goosebumps.
Especially from a long-term perspective, it is important to know how demons treat humans.
If you look at how humans are treated, it will be easy to at least understand the demons’ attitude towards humans in this world.
You may also gain helpful knowledge in terms of stopping war.
However, since the handling of humans was beyond imagination, Roan felt a bit helpless.
“Diobe.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Where are you?”
Now she decided not to be surprised.
“This is an accommodation for employees on the first floor.”
“You are human. Are you eating properly?”
“Yes. Meals are served on time.”
“I’m glad.”
The demon king quietly lowered his eyes. She doesn’t know because she’s never seen the demon king relieved… If she was relieved, wouldn’t that look like that?
What was Diove, she felt an indescribable feeling. Here in Evirzio’s castle, she thought she wouldn’t have to suffer.
‘No way… , What I’m worried about… ?’
Probably not Something in Diove’s mind cut her cautious guesses away with a single blow.
Diobe has been the closest assistant to the demon king. There are too many people who have died in the years that Diobe has seen to expect such feelings.
The Demon King was selfish and was the farthest from being considerate.
It would be a more reasonable guess to see that the direction of his always erratic behavior has somehow diverged towards ‘seeming to be altruistic’.
‘I don’t know why he suddenly did that.’
Diobe glanced sideways at the demon king. Whether he knows it or not, the demon king walks in the garden and he is lost in his own thoughts.
‘He must be staring at me.’
The Demon King couldn’t have known. Since this afternoon, Roan has been stung by Diobe’s gaze.
‘Is it because it’s so different from the previous version…’
There are corners that sting a little, but what can I do with that because the kernel has changed. But looking at the atmosphere, I don’t think anyone would dare to say anything because I acted like this. Fortunately or unhappily.
Anyway, the slave quarters were messier than I imagined.
‘No, guys, is it okay for them to live dirty like that because they eat humans?’
Did the old slave market really feel like that? There were no proper clothes or bedding on the bare floor, and there were pieces of flesh rolling around. Many were already half-dead.
Most of all, the filth created by the slaves was rolling around on the floor.
The slave quarters were filled with an unbearable smell because no one was cleaning them, and since they were locked up, they could not be cleaned. The guard who was guiding the demon king eventually couldn’t stand vomiting.
So the three women who were alone in it were more conspicuous.
Even in the original world, Roan had a good eye for people. She worked for a long time on the floor where all the stars gathered. She even lived in a place where only those who were filtered among them gathered.
Thanks to that experience, he noticed that the slaves who had served him in the morning had already been harassed by other slaves.
‘What a human being is… , It’s hard for me to honestly accept other people’s luck.’
Roan was bitter.
In the end, while I was asking the guards about sanitary conditions and the treatment of the slaves, Shkviena ran to the slave quarters in a hurry from somewhere.
“Lungs, Your Majesty… Because of what… , Are you here?”
Roan asked, looking at her with pity as she caught her breath.
“Is the corrections officer in charge?”
Normally, the king would have to know all the systems, but the owner of this body probably doesn’t matter. As expected, Schikwiena said it was natural that he didn’t know about it.
“Yes, Your Majesty. As a corrections officer, I am in charge of assisting the servants of this castle, servants, slaves, and guards. I check where they live and what they consume.”
“Hmm.”
Shikviennaga Roan looked at her anxiously.
“I don’t know the situation, so it’s difficult to talk about the work of the correctional officer.”
As Roan muttered her words, Shyk Viena shook her hand.
“No, Your Majesty. Aren’t they all yours? I am only the one who manages your Majesty’s things. Please tell me as much as you like.”
“Then, first give them space to wash, clothes, and bedding.”
“… Yes?”
Unbeknownst to her, the corrections officer raised his head and stared blankly at the demon king. She wasn’t the only one like that. She looked blankly at the guards around the demon king, the slaves, and even Diobe behind the demon king.
Roan, who felt everyone’s eyes on her ‘detection’, was a little embarrassed.
“Omg! Lungs, lungs… ! I’m sorry! I understand!”
Shik Viena lowered her head again, and everyone looked away from the demon king again as if they had woken up from hypnosis.
“Um and.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Feed something delicious.”
“… Yes?”
