Small and Precious Demon King

Even if the Demon King was a little different from what I had encountered in other worlds, our plan remained unchanged. Raellan didn’t show a hint of embarrassment, calmly explaining to the Demon King the reason for proposing the deal.

“We already know that the Chaos Church and the Demon King-nim have joined hands to destroy the human realm. We also know the reason for wanting to destroy it is because the space expansion magic used in the human realm is causing a phenomenon called Chaosification, which is eliminating the space of the Demon World. Is there anything I have said that has dared to offend the Demon King-nim’s sensibilities?”

I knew that people had various sides, but seeing him show such aristocratic manners, acting as if meeting the Demon King was the greatest achievement of his life, puffing out his chest, and twitching his hands while acting delighted… it made me think that gauging the person known as the Mad Strategist was quite difficult.

Anyway, just as I, who had been with Raellan for quite a long time, didn’t feel any sense of incongruity, the Demon King also seemed quite pleased with Raellan’s excellent acting. The blood curtain was rippling tremendously.

[Huhu, you know well. Summoning me using the Devil’s Grimoire is qualification enough, but if you have this much information, you are qualified to speak with me.]

The rippling stopped, and I could see the Demon King leaning towards us. The shape of the face made of blood was getting closer. Somehow, I felt that the Demon King was observing me with interest in that action.

[Yes, weak humans. What do you want from the ruler of the Demon World who will destroy you? If you want my obedience, kneel down with respect. And worship me entirely. The generous me will bestow grace upon you so that you may obtain incomprehensible power.]

Raellan, who glanced at me over his shoulder, looked straight at the Demon King and said.

“We dare to replace the Chaos Church, which is deceiving and using the Demon King-nim, and want to build a joint front between the Demon World and the human realm with the Demon King-nim.”

[…Huh? The Chaos Church is deceiving and using me? Ahem, if you dare to deceive me with the cunning tongue of a human, you will receive eternal punishment.]

“It is not a lie. The Chaosification phenomenon is caused by the magic that the cult researched and spread in the human realm. From the beginning, the Chaos Church only intended to alienate the Demon World and the human realm to achieve their own goals.”

[Do, do you have evidence!]

Somehow, the Demon King’s words seem to be getting shorter and shorter. It seems he was so excited by Raellan’s words that he forgot that he had to act dignified. Still, attracting the Demon King’s interest was a good situation for us.

“Of course, we do.”

Raellan took out the record he had received from Ellie in advance. Ellie, who had directly witnessed Chaosification in the Valley of Death, had written a record of the structure and properties of Chaosification, and he had brought that.

Raellan used magic to politely and very slowly fly the record towards the blood curtain. The Demon King, who had been waiting quietly for it to fly over, couldn’t stand it any longer and reached out a hand made of blood to grab the record.

[Wa, wait a moment!……… Nanny!]

With a huddle- the sound of opening the door and the Demon King’s voice calling for his nanny faded away. While the Demon King was away for a moment, Raellan came to me, grabbed my shoulder, and asked me with a serious face.

“The Demon King in the other world was pure evil, united with malice towards humans. It was exactly the image that people usually think of as a Demon King. But, the Demon King we have met now is quite different. It seems like a discarded setting has been revived… Is it normal for such an immature girl Demon King to be common in your world?”

At Raellan’s question, I calmly took a breath and nodded slightly. And to avoid any strange misunderstandings, I started with these words.

“…I discarded that setting because I thought it was strange that it was popular.”

When I was serializing [The Hero’s Harem Can’t Help But Win], the Demon King was treated as equal to the Saintess in most novels. Why, a little small, cute, and precious… so ignorant of common sense that she falls into a slutty corruption at the hands of an experienced hero.

The Saintess position who blindly believes the protagonist’s words and the Tsundere Demon King setting who always refutes the protagonist’s words but actually believes in him more than anyone else…! The Saintess and Demon King are heroines with a gap so big that you worry, ‘Can she even eat by herself?’, but her body is so great that even the hero nods in admiration.

As an alchemist author who liked to forcibly insert popular settings into novels to increase the volume, I naturally tried to follow the clichés and set the Demon King that way, but… in the later part of the serialization where the Demon King had not yet appeared, a protagonist reversal novel where the Demon King from the rental store era beats up the hero became popular, so I immediately discarded the setting.

The fact that the Demon King in the other world is a normal Demon King is clear evidence that an immature young girl Demon King did not appear in my novel. Fortunately, Raellan seemed to think so too, and nodded.

“…Well, I guess so. I can’t understand the setting that a Demon King is just a young girl with power. Anyway, a detailed explanation of the discarded setting of the Demon King is needed. It will definitely be of great help in the deal.”

“…”

“What are you doing? Explain quickly before the Demon King comes. That way, we can revise our plan to match the current Demon King, right?”

At Raellan’s urging, I couldn’t bring myself to say the setting about the small and precious girl Demon King, so I created a snow globe containing the records of the discarded setting and the memories of the popular Demon King at the time and held it out.

“…”

“…”

Raellan, who received the memories, was silent for a while before twisting one corner of his mouth.

“As expected, the Creator’s world is full of madness. To set the Demon King as a mere female who completely obeys humans is a disgusting and wonderful method that we would never dare to imagine in our world. I really like that pure madness.”

“…I discarded it.”

Raellan didn’t listen to my excuse and stroked his chin, lost in thought. He seemed to be thinking about how to capture the Demon King of the discarded setting. Without disturbing his thoughts, I also thought about whether there was anything that could be used on the Demon King of the discarded setting.

After a while, Raellan, worried that the Demon King, who had not yet returned, would hear, came closer to me and whispered.

“Still, our plan to have Roel corrupt the Demon King into a female will definitely succeed. Roel will definitely have the qualifications to be the Demon King’s heroine. I don’t know if Roel likes that kind of… girl.”

Roel will definitely like the Demon King. Most heroes with harems think it’s important that the heroines’ positions don’t overlap. There isn’t a small and precious position heroine in Roel’s harem yet. So, if it’s Roel, he’ll just pick up the Demon King and….

“…He will definitely like her. The essence of the author is shouting that she’s good to use for side stories.”

At my confident voice, Raellan nodded without a hint of doubt.

“Then we only need to pay attention to the Pontiff. Then, thinking about the Demon King’s setting, what we need to do is….”

I nodded at Raellan’s explanation that followed. At a good timing, the blood curtain rippled and the Demon King’s face appeared. After clearing his throat for a moment, the Demon King drank another glass of water and said.

[Clearly, this record has enough value regarding Chaosification, but it is imperative to confirm with humans that this is related to the cult… to confirm!]

It clearly felt like he was reading the paper with the nanny’s advice written on it and belatedly corrected it.

“If we make a deal with us, we will naturally think about confirming it. Unlike the cult, we intend to work together based on thorough trust.”

[No, confirmation comes first. Do you dare to think that a human can impose conditions on the Demon King! If I am not satisfied, there will be no deal!]

As expected, the Demon King stubbornly insisted and exuded the same pressure as before, making Raellan kneel. I was preparing for the pressure that would come to me as well, but after waiting for a long time, I didn’t feel anything. When I glanced at the Demon King, he kept squinting one eye, as if he was winking at me.

Raellan, overwhelmed by the Demon King’s pressure, continued the conversation as planned, feeling like he was being dragged around by the Demon King’s words. When the Demon King’s shoulders visibly rose at Raellan’s weak appearance, Raellan subtly signaled to me with his hand hidden behind his back. I, who had been waiting, raised my magic power and said loudly.

“Demon King, you are making a big mistake right now.”

[What…? You dare to say that the Demon King is mistaken! Even if it’s you, what you just said was a mistake. If you don’t take it back quickly, I’ll make you regret it. Take it back right now and apologize to me!]

I was a little embarrassed by the Demon King’s answer, which was mixed with whining and pouting, but I calmly acted as Raellan had explained.

“The Chaos Church created the artificial phenomenon called Chaosification, but I, the only space magician in this world, can amplify the Chaosification phenomenon at any time and destroy the Demon World.”

When I created several dimensional passages around me using space magic, I could see the blood curtain rippling greatly. I could clearly feel that the Demon King was flustered by my words. Continuing the momentum, I shouted loudly.

“As you said, there is no need for a deal. Obey me obediently, or I will use Chaosification to destroy the Demon World!”