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1 - a waking demon

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　Wake up!

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　I wake up with those lines ringing in my brain.

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　Consciousness comes laced like a muddy stream.

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　All knowledge, all wisdom fills my brain, and my senses become clear.

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　But I, who have awakened to my ego, do not know where I am.

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　Because I have no memory.

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"......Where the hell am I?"

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　I look around.

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　Bare rocks, dimly lit room. There was a magic circle under my feet.

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　Is this some kind of cave?

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　I mumbled something to myself, and then out of nowhere,

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"Bingo!"

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　I heard a voice saying.

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　The voice was strangely bright and clear, but when I looked around, there was no one.

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　Who is it?

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　She said in a friendly voice.

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Hello, Demon King Ashtaroth. Or should I call you Ashit? Choose whichever you like.

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　The name Asito rang a bell. I believe I was once called Asito.

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　It gives me a headache if I think about it too much, but I remember that I was a lord in a small village somewhere.

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　While I was thinking like that, the girl's voice said again, "Bingo! I said.

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"You are right. Your name is Asito. But that was in the past. Now I am Ashtaroth, the chosen one of the Transcendents. But you can call me anything you like, and Ashtaroth can be abbreviated to Ashitho, so you can call me whatever you like."

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　Which do you prefer?　I ordered "Asito" and she smiled at me and said, "Asito then.

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　I don't know if she really smiled or not, because I couldn't see her.

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"Oh, maybe I should show myself?"

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　She asked as if she could read my mind, and the answer was yes.

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　Appearances are not the essence of things, but I know that we have something important to talk about.

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　Then I wanted to talk to her face to face, across her knees.

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　The girl who thinks my thoughts will materialize.

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　She takes shape in this world.

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　As if the empty space is distorted, an intense energy flows out of it, cutting through the air as if it were twisting through space.

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　A small girl with silver hair sticks out her hands and her head from the space.

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　She must have been 13 or 14 years old.

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　She was young. She looked more like an aristocrat than a village girl.

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　She was wearing tight-fitting clothes with few fabrics and a cloak.

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　She was beautiful and majestic rather than pretty.

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　If there is such a thing as a goddess, she must be like her.

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　She giggled when I mentioned this.

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I am a goddess. It is true that I am a being that transcends all things, but I am not a god myself. I can bring people back from the dead, transfer them, and even reincarnate them, but I can't interfere with this world. He is an imperfect being."

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　But, she continues.

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"To you humans, it's no wonder I'm called a god. It's not too much trouble, and you can call me God if you like."

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　With her permission, and not being able to think of any other appropriate name, I decided to call her God.

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"Goddess, I am awake. With all my knowledge. But even with the knowledge, I have no past. I have no memory. What am I?"

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I can tell you that, but is your past really that important?

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"It's important."

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"I don't think so. I think the present and the future are important for human beings. But you're not a human anymore. You're a demon king.

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"I'm the Demon King?"

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"That's right. You are the Demon King. One of the 72 Demon Kings in the world. Ashtaroth, the Demon Lord of Fertility.

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"I'm the Demon King reborn?"

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"Yes. You came to me to reform this world. No, you were chosen by the gods.

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"So, I have to live as the Demon King from today?

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I guess so. No?"

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"I don't feel bad. In fact, I'm strangely glad.

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"I knew it. You've got potential. The other gods were reluctant to assign you to me because of your lack of special abilities, but I chose you because of your talent."

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"Talent?"

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"Your pragmatism. You're a realist. Normally I'd be upset if I woke up under these circumstances. Confused. You wouldn't be able to respond properly. But you accepted reality so easily, and you responded immediately. I think that's your gift. That's why I rescued you from an unhappy death and rebuilt you and resurrected you in this world."

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"Resurrection. ......"

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Do you want to hear how he died?

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I don't want to hear about it because it's making me depressed."

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That would be wise.

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　Giggling Goddess.

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"Well, you've been reborn as the Demon King, but now that you're the Demon King, there's something you have to do.

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World domination?

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"That's a good one. You'd make a good king. But first, you'll have to reform the demon army.

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"Reform the army of the Demon Lords."

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There are 72 demon kings in this world, and each of them has his own army. And cities and castles. The demon kings run the cities and get money for their armies and use it to raise their own legions to fight against the other demon kings.

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"So the demon kings are fighting each other?"

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"You wonder?"

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"Yes, it's strange. We're the same race.

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"In your previous world, didn't the humans fight?　Were there no territorial disputes among the same people?　Were they not killing each other?"

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"............"

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　I couldn't argue with that.

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"That's what I mean. Everywhere in the world, intelligent life ends up in war. This world is no exception. In this world, kings called demon kings vie with each other for supremacy. You will become one of them and compete with them.

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"Are you going to kill all the other demon kings?"

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It's up to you. You can make them your minions, or you can exterminate them. Of course, you can take control of them. Well, as far as I'm concerned, since you're the goddess in charge, I wish you the best of luck.

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　When the demon king in charge becomes a great demon king, he will playfully say that he is proud to be a part of the Gods' gathering.

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　I don't want to work hard to make her proud, but I also don't want to be killed the moment I become the Demon King, so I make an effort. As a start, I ask her what I can do.

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"Know your enemy, know yourself," she says. You're smart. I guess you should start with your own abilities.

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　The goddess then chants some kind of incantation.

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　It was a language system I had never heard before.

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　Then a large rock is born a few dozen meters away.

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　The goddess tells us to destroy it.

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　What can I do if I am told to destroy it? I asked her,

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You have the power to change the world.

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　If you act to destroy that rock, it will become a reality.

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　He said.

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　So I imagine that the rock is going to be broken, and I put my fist into it.

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　Then my right arm started to glow bright red.

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　A red flame of crimson emanated from my right hand.

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　It becomes a mass of magical power, and it gouges a large rock.

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　The huge mass of rock, like an elephant, is cut in half by the magic power released from my fist.

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　No, it is shattered into pieces.

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"...... Is this my power?　The power of the demon king Ashtaroth ......?"　

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　I murmured, and the goddess smiled happily.

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　Then she gave me some clothes.

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　A pitch-black shirt and a pitch-black cloak.

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　It was a hideous garment, like something a demon king would wear.

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　When I put on the garment, she said to me, "Interesting.

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　And finally she whispers in a register I cannot hear.

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"You will soon be called the most powerful demon king of all time."

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　--And...

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