Chapter 32 – Episode 32 ― Nice Face, Bad Attitude (5)
Episode 32 ― Nice face, bad attitude (5)
After becoming the official concubine, Grünent was looking around the training room that had been converted into a ballroom. Finding something in her, she asked Roan.
“Your Majesty, that lady-in-waiting… Are you human?”
It was a question because there are servants who are difficult to distinguish from humans, such as Schikwiena and Doppelganger.
What Grünent was referring to was Diobe. She was standing between the human servant who was fixing things and the demon servant, talking together.
“Hmm. It is human.”
“Isn’t that the lady-in-waiting who was by His Majesty’s side the other day? Is she old?”
The only ones who know the exact thing well are Shikwiena and the maid. When Roan glanced at the lady-in-waiting standing beside her, she replied instead.
“Yes. She has been on the job for over 4 years.”
For what reason have humans been serving as servants here for a long time?
Grünent gave a questionable look for a very brief moment, but it soon disappeared with other thoughts.
“Your Majesty, I have an idea.”
After looking around the training room, Grunent suddenly said, sitting in the garden in front of the castle and drinking tea with Roan.
Roan asked in a calm voice, sensing that she was concentrating on something from the time she looked around her training room.
“Speak.”
“Are you planning to keep all these humans in the castle? I heard that they are building a lodging.”
“Not like that. I can’t keep living in a crappy slave camp, so I’m making accommodations…
In the long run, it would be best to be able to blend in with the capital city.”
Grünent, who put down the teacup, asked again.
“I see. If so, how do you plan to send it out?”
“We are considering a number of specific methods. Because humans are weak to be presented to the world of demons. The people outside the castle still don’t know the situation inside the castle.”
“This is Sochiop’s idea for that part, but how about lending servants the way His Majesty lends them?”
“Rental?”
“Yes.”
Grünent’s eyes seemed to shine the brightest since he came to the Demon King’s castle.
Roan involuntarily took a small breath at the sight of him looking more happy than ever.
If you do something like a kiss here, Grunent will definitely dye her cheeks and twist her body, then I can’t stand it either and go to the bedroom…
Let’s hear it for a moment.
Roan tempered his instincts.
Fortunately, his shell did not disappoint and maintained the cool face of the devil.
“The humans who learned various skills in the castle are to be guaranteed by Your Majesty’s name and then hired by the people of the capital. This is in the form of being managed by the demons who came out of the castle.”
“Hmm.”
Very specific.
“If we humans were just thrown into the Evirgio society, it would be hard for humans and people to accept it, but if there is someone in the middle, that unfamiliarity will be relatively alleviated.
Especially if there is someone like Her Majesty’s maid or an official from the castle.”
At Grunent’s words, something flashed in Roan’s mind.
“Employ… My people would be less anxious if it was commuting. Because unfamiliar things are scary.”
“If you are commuting… You mean you return to the castle every day?”
This time, Grünent widened his eyes at Roan’s words.
It is a world where people who learn work or organize somewhere naturally share accommodations and meals.
Commuting here is an unfamiliar concept.
It is a choice enjoyed by those with a position above the middle class, such as a nobleman or official in a castle.
However, in the original world of Roan, most people commute.
On the other hand, there is an advantage of gaining freedom, but there is a disadvantage that housing costs are not easy.
However, there are dragonflies for humans here.
The construction of a human accommodation to replace the existing slave camp in the empty lot in the castle is highly praised.
Soon human beds will be more comfortable.
If they could commute from the castle to the city, the burden would certainly be reduced for both the demons and humans.
“No matter how much I vouch for you and even if you are weaker than yourself, if one day you suddenly live together under the same roof and stay together all day, the people will feel burdened.
It’s hard to trust humans.
But in the end, it would be relatively easy to accept if you saw him go back to the castle every day.”
Grünent’s face brightened.
“You are very smart. How could you think of such a thing!”
“It’s not like that.”
I’m a little embarrassed by the praise, but it seems like an idea that has a high possibility of being used if it’s well polished.
At this point, Roan decided to call Diobe and Schikvienna to ask for their opinions.
I got used to the situation where the demon king suddenly came up with an idea and asked for her opinion, but
Diobe had a bewildered face.
Diove’s eyes widened a little more when the teacup asked her to sit down at her set table.
After a while, Schikwiena’s review was as follows.
“I have a really good idea. Your majesty.
If I fix it a little, I think there will be no problem running it.”
“Are there any problems?”
As the corrections officer hesitated, Roan spoke softly.
“Okay. Speak.”
Shikvienna said in a slightly downcast voice.
“The salary is apprenticeship that can be given less than the demons, and I have seen the tricks, so I can guarantee it…
… After all, food is expensive.”
“Ah.”
Grünent let out a small sigh of his own.
It is the employer’s duty to provide food.
And food is precious here.
A human worker whose skills have not yet been verified, even if he is an artisan.
Should I try to hire them by giving them expensive food?
Roan let out a small sigh.
Again, back to Bob’s problem.
But at least this year, there is a corner to believe.
Seeing the downcast Grünent and Schick Vienna, Roan all the more felt a sense of duty that he should not kill this idea.
“Do not worry. Food can support.”
“… Yes?”
Eleanor will post the news of victory in Hazark.
In addition, Roan had a trump weapon to gather wheat from Arteala.
Something more worthy of risking their lives than the shiny gold coin they love.
“I won’t have to worry about that until at least next fall. Next, Diobe. What do you think?”
Diobe, who refused to sit down, said.
“… If there is a guarantee not to be eaten in the middle, current trainees will be very happy.
It can be the hope of continuing life here.
Most of the trainees now think that the war may end someday as long as they are alive.
Fortunately, I met the demons in the castle and got used to meeting people here more than before. There are many good people.”
“… I won’t get eaten…”
At Grunent’s trembling words, Diove bowed her head as if apologizing. I was a little embarrassed by the sheik rain, so I quickly raised my teacup and closed her eyes as if savoring a sip.
But maybe that’s why they have the power.
“Hmm. Is there a guy who lives in Basel and eats my belongings, corrections officer?”
Shik Viena opened her eyes.
“I can’t do that. It’s impossible your majesty.”
“Even I am a person who has been specially educated. What if I do something like that? Corrections officer.”
Shykvienna’s expression grew cold. She seems to be unforgiving just by imagining it.
“It’s a family punishment.”
With those words, Diobe seemed to think that the answer had been given. Diobe bowed deeply once more.
“All right. Your majesty. Correction Officer.”
“Even within the castle, human servants will have work to do. First of all, let’s try accepting applicants from among humans.”
And at Roan’s words, Dio Ve flinched and shook her body.
“After that, if things get serious, you’ll need a manager. I want Diobe to work with the demon officials as a human manager. What do the corrections officers think?”
Diobe looked at Grunent and Schikwiena alternately with bewildered eyes.
She seemed to represent her embarrassment as she stood beside her, and her likability level began to rise and fall by 1 unit.
Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep, but Roan stared at Diobe with a calm face.
She tried to frown, but it was thanks to the demon king’s shell filtering it.
“Her mediation and management skills, shown by you in educating her trainees, have been reported to be excellent. Isn’t that right, corrections officer?”
“It fits. Because of the experience of the employee, he knows us well and knows the nature of the work. There were experiences that cleared up parts of things that we couldn’t understand between us and humans.”
Diobe’s expression was bewildered at Schikwiena’s unexpected praise.
The corrections officer looked at such Diobe.
A gentle smile appeared on the face of the succubus, who usually always had a cold beauty.
“Diobe is a human with abilities. I too have received a lot of help from her.”
She is a demon aristocrat. In her eyes, even most demons would be insignificant.
She is, after all, a human being.
However, even such a correctional officer began to change over the course of a month.
The positive flow created by the emperor,
The unexpected experiences she had while getting close to humans,
Diobe’s own abilities.
All of these work together to create a future that Diobe could not have imagined.
“… School, corrections officer.”
A meaningful evidence of life that Diobe first cultivated in this castle.
She would always come prepared for her worst, putting the positive behind her.
So the impression came slowly and all at once.
So far, the four years or so that she has spent in this demon castle has passed by like a kaleidoscope.
Dio Ve, who had been biting her lip while standing silently for a long time, reddened her eyes.
Seeing this, Grunent’s face also brightened with surprise and emotion.
She knows better than anyone how weak humans are here.
That’s why I was able to feel how great Dio Ve’s achievement was.
‘It would be nice if they gave me a little more chance.’
As if she herself was helped by skill.
Through ‘detection’ and reports, Roan was able to know the crush that the correctional officer felt for Diobe.
He looked at them with her smile on her face.
“I think your appearance played the biggest role in how humans eventually got used to sex and us.
If it is you, you will do well.”
Roan was happy.
Just like getting help from ‘will’, it’s amazing to see yourself helping someone.
This is the result of the choice he hesitated for a while when he first came here.
He could have used his abilities and lived a life pursuing pleasure as he wished.
However, step by step, the result of trying to live as a person who is not ashamed of, retracing the steps of the demon king little by little, and filling the insignificant ‘sense of justice’.
It is right in front of you
Sensing the sincerity in Roan’s smile, the corrections officer’s lips parted slightly.
‘If I see a smile like that often, it would be bad for my heart. Your Majesty really has changed. ‘
And at that moment, tears fell from Diobe’s eyes.
Large teardrops shattered on her fist as she clenched the hem of her maid’s suit.
Her positive feelings for her demon lord, which Diove had been trying to deny so far, came all at once and became a short word.
“… Thank you your majesty.”
A loud sound effect that only Roan could hear rang out.
Diobe’s affinity rose by 50 at once.
Her likability value became -10.
*
“Your majesty. The first thing I need to tell you today is.”
Seeing the chancellor suddenly unable to follow her words, Roan was bewildered.
“… Chancellor?”
“… Oh. Sorry. Hmm… Whether this is good or bad.”
Aranya, her pretty brows gently frowned for a moment, seemed to have made up her mind.
“This is ambiguous news. There are a lot of applicants for this recruiting announcement.”
“!”
According to Roan’s recent understanding, the demon lord’s shell is relatively weak in filtering positive emotional expressions rather than negative ones.
So Roan managed to pull down the corner of her mouth that was about to smile.
Finally, it seems that the reputation of the demon lord who kills wildly has improved a little!
“That… But, why are you so vague?”
Roan’s words trembled a little as he tried to hold back his laughter. However, Araña said carelessly as if she hadn’t noticed.
“Too many have come.”
“Hmm?”
“It seems that all the people in the city who did low-paid and dishonorable jobs saw this announcement and flocked to it.”
“… Uh?”
“So the market is in an emergency right now.”
Aranya laughed bitterly. In the fort, this rarely happened.
“Sooner or later, harvests will start coming to the market, but they are worried about the sudden lack of manpower. Fall is generally the most active time for product distribution, so preparations are not smooth.”
“Okay?!”
Eventually, Roan’s expression brightened.
I can finally earn money for people’s lodging!
