Polenna, Princess of the Devil's World

　Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. ！！！！

　That's a medium sound.
　The smell of farting fills the air.

'Ugh!　It stinks!

　It stinks, after all.
　My bunk has become stinky. I can't sleep like this.
　I get up and go to the shelf of snacks I've been accumulating.
　I'm pretty sure there was a thin slice of fried big dark garlic.
　I walk gingerly and open the cupboard.
　But there's nothing there.

'Huh?　It's funny. I'm pretty sure I brought it from the kitchen: ......

　I think.
　Maybe I'm in the wrong place.
　I scour my room.
　My room is unnecessarily large. Thanks to this, I don't know where to find anything.
　After all, I am the daughter of the Demon King who rules over this Nargol.
　In other words, I'm a princess.
　A princess lives in a big room. At least that's how it was depicted in the picture books.
　But I don't think the princess's room in the books I read was this dirty.
　As I approach the dressing room, I open the door.
　I'm sure she must have stored her sweets in here.
　When I enter the costume room, I see a bunch of gorgeous clothes for nothing.
　None of them look good on me, they are beautiful clothes.
　This wardrobe is also my larder now.
　I try to stay in this room as much as possible and never go out of it.
　In order to avoid going out as much as possible, I need to store food.
　I rummage through my wardrobe for some snacks.

'Ah, ......,'

　I couldn't help myself.
　Because I saw my own reflection in the large mirror that adorns the garment room.
　Ugly. Ugly like my father.
　Morna, your mother is so beautiful, but I am so ugly.
　Why? You didn't look like your mother, did you? It makes me want to cry.
　This caused her to lash out and say that she should not have looked like your father, etc.
　Your mother was very scared at that time.
　I have been shut down since then because of that fear.
　Your mother is a goddess created from the goddess of Elyos.
　The gods of Elyos are very beautiful.
　Why is your father's fellow gods' tribe ugly, but your enemy's gods' tribe is beautiful?
　It's not fair.
　I turn away from the mirror.
　Let's find the confectionery.
　I'll look in the dressing room. But I can't find the candy.
　Maybe I had eaten them a long time ago.
　If that's the case, I'll have to go out and get some food.

"Your Highness~!　Your Highness Polen~!　Where are you~?!

　As I was thinking about this, I heard a voice from outside the costume room.
　This voice is Pu-chan.
　By the way, Pollen is my name. To be precise, it's Polenna, but Poo-chan calls me Polen.
　Poo-chan is my friend. She occasionally comes to visit me in this room.
　Poo-chan is officially known as Beast Demon General Puchina. Because her predecessor Eritena was killed by a brave man of light, she, her daughter, had to rule over the demonic beasts living in Nargol.
　Thinking about Aunt Elitena makes me sad.
　She played with me a lot when I was little.
　So, although she's beautiful, the Brave of Light is an unforgivable guy.
　The brave man of light came to defeat your father.
　With his ridiculous strength, he even defeated that Lord Lanfeld.
　If it were true, I would have to protect your father if it happened, but I was cowardly, I was holed up in my room and shivering.
　Fortunately, I didn't have to fight because the Otherworldly One whom your father had summoned from the Otherworld defeated the brave man of light.
　I am grateful to the Otherworldly One.

''Pu-chan!　I'm here!

　I walk out of the costume room and see a little girl standing there.
　It's Poo-chan. She usually looks like a little girl, but she's really a giant bear.

''Your Highness. I've come to check on you. We're probably running out of food. Anyway, I brought you some food.

　That's Poo-chan. He knows how hungry I am.

"Thank you~. Poo-chan.

　I hug Poo-chan.

''Geez!!!''

　Poo-chan looks pained.
　Sheesh.
　I put too much effort into it. I have the monstrous strength of your father's inheritance.
　I can crush a few orcs with a normal wave of my arm.
　If it wasn't for Pu-chan, who has a stronger body than the others, I would have been ground up.
　Even so, if he hadn't suppressed his strength, Pu-chan's spine might have been broken.

'I'm sorry. Poo-chan. It's been a long time since I've been here, so I forgot how much force I needed.

　I apologized and Poo-chan waved his hand to say it was okay.

'It's okay. It's not a problem, Your Highness. More importantly, will the food we brought with us be enough?

　I look at the food Poo-chan brought with her.
　This isn't even close to enough.

'It's not enough, Poo-chan. There's more.
I knew it. So bring me more.

　When he said that, Poo-chan turned away.

'Wait, Poo-chan. I'll go with you.

　There's a limit to the amount of food I can bring with me if I'm just a pooch.
　Besides, I'd rather choose it myself.

Are you sure?　Your Highness?　Can I leave the room?
Ugh!

　I'm at a loss for words.
　I'm ugly. So I try not to be seen.

"...... as much as possible. I'll move quickly to avoid being seen.

　When I say this, Poo-chan lets out a sigh.

''Your Highness. Aside from Damon's people and the dark elves, there are more ugly people here in Nargol. They care too much.

　There are certainly more ugly ones in Nargol.
　Maybe Poo-chan is right, maybe I'm worrying too much about it.
　However, it seems that this Nargol's movements are attracting attention from Elyos.
　If he's out in the open too much, he might attract the attention of the gods of Elyos.
　I don't want to go out when I think that I might become the object of ridicule from the male gods of Elyos.

''I'm sorry. Poo-chan. It's still no good. Let's hurry up and go.

　I take Pu-chan and walk out of the room.
　The Demon King's Castle is wastefully large.
　Therefore, there is a distance to the kitchen.
　I quickly move from the shadow of the pillars to the shadows.
　I left Poo-chan behind on the way, but I don't mind because I can just wait in the kitchen.
　More importantly, I have to make sure I don't catch anyone's eye.
　I know what time the patrolling orc soldiers and cleaning women will be cleaning.
　During this time, no one should be passing through the corridors.
　I move.
　Quickly and swiftly I head for the kitchen.

'Ah!

　I winced.
　Someone has come out of the corner.
　If I don't, we're going to hit it.
　I hurry to slow down. If I hit them with my power, they're ground meat.
　Not good! We're not going to make it!
　It was at that moment that we almost collided.
　Fluffy, my body spins.
　One rotation and I fall off my butt to the ground.
　I don't know what happened.
　I did indeed almost hit it.
　And yet, instead of hitting me, I'm sitting on the floor of the hallway.

'Are you okay?'

　Could it be someone I almost ran into?
　A voice comes from behind me.
　And the moment I turned around, I felt as if the world's time had stopped.
　The one behind me was a man in the form of a dark knight.
　He is holding his helmet at his side.
　Because of that, I can see his face.
　Black hair and white skin. It's not Damon because he doesn't have horns on his head.
　He is a bit plain, but his face is as beautiful as the man-god of Elyos.
　Who is he?
　Who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who?
　Who the hell is this gentleman --------? ！！！！！！！！！
　I've never seen this lord before.
　There was never a lord like this in Nargol, I'm sure!
　If I stay, I'll know.
　This lord is definitely a godling.
　He's got a nice face, but he's no weak Damon. He's more than just Damon.

Are you okay?　Can you stand?

　A lord in the form of a dark knight reaches out his hand to me.
　The moment I take his hand, I feel my heart beat faster.
　I can't help but squeezing his hand forcefully.
　But he doesn't budge. It's like he has a power to rival mine.
　As it is, I'm triggered.
　When I stand in the hallway, the lord is taller than me and looks up at me.

'What's the matter?　Did you hurt something?

　He cares for me, but he doesn't speak well.
　It makes my mouth crunch.

'Your Highness~!　Wait for it~!

　Poo-chan finally catches up.

'Oh?　This is General Pucina.

　The lords call Poo-chan. Apparently, they know Poo-chan.

''This is my lord. It's been a while.''

　Poo-chan bows to the lord.
　Poo-chan has a very high rank in Nargol.
　The lord seems to be a higher rank than Poo-chan.
　Poo-chan bows his head and looks at you.

''What's wrong?''
'Yes General Putina. In fact, we almost bumped into each other in the hallway. ...... By the way, General Putina. Who is this person? His Highness, I think you said?

　The lord says with a troubled look on his face.
　He doesn't seem to know what to do with my condition.
　Maybe I should say something. But the words don't come out well.

It's a good idea to have a good time. It's the son of His Majesty the Demon King.

　Poo-chan introduces me.
　Then the lord's expression changes to surprise.
　They didn't seem to think I was the Demon King's princess.

''Is that so? I'm sorry, Your Highness. Were you hurt?''

　His troubled expression.
　I have to open my mouth.

''No, no, it's okay!

　I almost bite my tongue.
　But he looks relieved that I said it was okay.
　It was a nice smile.

Good. I've got some errands to run. Now if you'll excuse me, Your Highness Polen.

　With that, the lords leave.
　I watch his back.
　And even after he leaves, I can't take my eyes off the direction he's going.

'Do! What's the matter with you? Your Highness?!

　All the time, Poo-chan is worried when he sees me looking dumbfounded.

'Who......?'
What?
Who is this gentleman?　Poochie?

　I grab Poo-chan by the scruff of his neck.

'It's painful, Your Highness: ......
Please!　Tell me about it!　Poochie!

　I give Puu a hard time.

''That person is His Excellency Dihardt ....... He's the strong one who defeated that brave man of light .......

　When I say that, Pu-chan bubbles and stops moving.
　That lord is the one from the other world who defeated the brave man of light?
　Until now, all of the divine clans that would be your father's companions had been ugly, so I thought he was too.
　I didn't expect that to be such a nice lord!
　I continued to look in the direction that he, the Dark Knight, had left.