episode_0144

After Edward acknowledged his royal lineage, he began helping Algoth with his work at the mayor’s residence.

He spent the day mediating and resolving refugees’ problems at the refugee camp, and stayed at the mayor’s residence in the evening.

I didn’t forget to stop by Mariel’s mansion and interact with the demons protected there.

Other than that, nothing much changed.

There are still few people who know his lineage.

The situation was a little different from that of a goddess who was recognized by people in the world just by showing her off.

So it was difficult to promote Edward’s lineage as if it were an advertisement and crown him as the new king.

It is unlikely that everyone will follow the unorthodox new king, as they did when the Underworld King Lotus declared himself king.

However, even if it is legitimate, in the current situation, it is difficult to get everyone to follow it just because of royal blood.

Then why did you bring up Edward? If you ask me, it was a matter of choice.

The ability to rule a kingdom well can be replaced.

However, the lineage given can never be replaced.

If people who challenge legitimacy and rebel against it appear, there is no way to deal with it.

So, if the last lineage of the royal family has the personality to rule the kingdom, you want to support that person.

First of all, because from the time the refugees were brought in from the kingdom, the narration referred to Edward as an ‘important man’.

『Junoah thought she had done everything she could to make Edward king.

Unusually, Yunoa’s thoughts were right.

Edward was no longer a bud that refused to bloom.

He has now decided to walk the path to become king.』

Hey, what’s going on?

The narration goes so far as to agree with my opinion.

That’s really what I thought.

As far as matters pertaining to the new king are concerned, I think it is enough to get Edward to decide that he wants to do it himself.

Even if it wasn’t me, there was someone who could help him, and more than anything, he wouldn’t be qualified to be king if he didn’t pave his own way to some extent.

I also had a mountain of important things to do right now.

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A few days later.

I visited Kubel Adventurer’s Guild.

As soon as I entered the guild, I ran into Algot coming out of the office.

It’s a big deal that she, who has mostly stayed at the mayor’s residence since taking over as interim mayor, is here.

“Are you at the guild today?”

“Mr. Edward is in charge of Kubel’s administrative work.”

I see, now that I have Edward, I don’t have to stay at the mayor’s residence all day.

“How about it? Mr. Edward.”

“That person is smart and gets things done very quickly. He is a person who would have done well no matter what he did. More than anything, it has a strange charm that attracts people around it. It might be better to hand over the mayoral position to Mr. Edwards sooner or later.”

“Is it that much…? … .”

“It almost makes you wonder why he was pushed out of the royal palace due to competition. Well, you might think that they were actually kept in check.”

Edward seems to be doing well.

I’m not surprised because he was someone who caught my eye from the first impression.

Algot was very motivated to push Edward to become king.

I was helping Edward behind the scenes more than I asked.

When asked the reason, Algot answered:

“This is an opportunity. An opportunity to give true freedom to the demonized people in this kingdom.”

“Ah… … .”

“That’s why I revealed the existence of demonized people to Mr. Edward. I believe that he will be able to break the prejudice that has taken root in the kingdom until now.”

“In reality, surprisingly, I accepted it calmly.”

I remembered the way Edward looked at Aruru and Mirabelle.

A normal person would have been scared, disgusted, or reacted negatively in some way.

No matter how much Algot tried to persuade him, Edward saw, felt, and reacted with his own eyes.

If he becomes the new king, Algot may definitely be able to achieve what he wants.

Algot has the experience of losing someone important to him in a demonization incident in the past, so he may be desperate for that.

“Of course, even if he really ascends to the throne… … It might be difficult to change everyone’s minds. But I have no choice but to believe in that possibility. If I can create a kingdom where demonized people can live normally, I will do anything.”

As Algot said that, his eyes were full of determination.

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“… … No, that’s difficult.”

Mileia said, expressionlessly rejecting my request.

After Bloodstein was defeated, Mileia stayed in Kubel and was engaged in security activities such as dealing with the surrounding monsters.

These days, for some reason, the atmosphere in Mileia feels a lot softer.

There’s still no expression, and maybe I’m the only one who feels that way.

“If I want to face the Demon King someday, I have to find a way to become stronger than I am now.”

“I can’t truly deal with you, Yunoa.”

I was asking Mileia not to look at me sincerely and to be my partner to practice fighting with all my might.

It is not simply a sword sparring, but a practical exercise where each person uses up all their strength.

To be honest, I thought that it would be difficult for any adventurer other than Mileia to improve their skills.

But Mileia did not accept my request.

The initial reason was that it was too dangerous.

Certainly, the unique magical techniques used by Mileia are strong.

Moreover, she has overwhelmingly more combat experience than me and is superior in swordsmanship.

Of course, it is clear that he will be a difficult opponent, but in order to fight the Demon King, he must become strong enough to surpass even Mileia.

“Because I am prepared to some extent.”

“No, it’s not like that… … .”

Mileia slightly turned her gaze away from me.

“Then?”

“If I could help, of course I would fight him with all my might, but I really can’t.”

『What Millia said was not a lie.

She couldn’t fight with all her might against Yunoa.

It’s not that I don’t do it, it’s that I can’t.』

What do you mean, you can’t fight with all your might against me?

Could it be a psychological problem? As far as the narration goes, it didn’t seem like it would be a good idea to keep asking.

“Uhm, I can’t help it.”

“… … I’m sorry.”

Mileia apologized to me.

I thought Mileia was the perfect training partner for real life… … .

But I needed more actual combat experience.

It’s not just about fighting monsters that are weaker than me, it’s the experience of fighting against powerful demons like Bloodstain.

In particular, there was a magical skill that I wanted to test in real life.

Hmm, so what then… … .

At that time, the magic tool Mariel gave me caught my eye, which I was wearing on my finger.

Yes, if you have this, won’t you be able to run away no matter how dangerous the moment is?

In that case, even if you go to the demon world and fight demons, you will be able to escape using magic tools.

『Yunoa came up with a way to gain experience using magic tools that hide the body from demons.

However, even if you had magic tools, it was very dangerous to go directly to the demon world and fight.

This was because Mariel’s magic tools could only hide from ‘demons’.』

The narration warned me.

Well, it’s not just demons that are dangerous in the demon world.

Of course, a fierce demon like Bloodstain would be the most dangerous, but most of the time, it was the demons that would fight.

I don’t know how Mariel’s magic tool was made wrong, but it was said that it works against demons, but not monsters.

If you compare it to humans, does it feel like it works for humans but not for animals?

Looking back on my experience visiting several villages in the demon world, there are not many demons who fight directly with us.

It seems that the demons under him, like the Demon King and Bloodstein, are making efforts to invade the kingdom, but the other demons are just living normally in their own cities.

Even in the human kingdom, most people just live their lives, and fighting against demons is the job of adventurers and the military.

Even if they have bad feelings towards each other, the group assigned the role of fighting is determined.

It’s a bit ambiguous… … .

But this ring… Will it work for the devil too?

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

If you can completely hide your appearance from all demons, wouldn’t it be okay to just assassinate the demon king?

Rather than running away while gaining practical experience with this ring’s invisibility ability, the ring itself is used as a weapon.

I also had a holy sword that had been given power directly by the goddess.

If you can somehow avoid the devil’s eyes, sneak into the devil’s castle, and insert the holy sword into the devil’s body, won’t you be able to kill the devil?

It was just an idea I had once, but the more I thought about it, the more it felt like a feasible thing to do.

what? this… … Isn’t it really happening?

As my thoughts reached this point, I became curious about the narration’s opinion.

If the narration acknowledges the possibility, it becomes more certain.

Since it’s a matter of defeating the demon lord’s spirit, it’s worth giving some opinion… … .

I thought so, but… … .

No matter how long I waited, no narration was heard.

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