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　I return to the castle of Ashtaroth with wounds all over my body.

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　My clothes were in tatters. During the battle, I was hit by enemy slashes and thrusts.

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　Fortunately, I was only grazed by a wound, so I put some spit on it, but when Eve, who had joined me, saw it, her face turned pale.

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"What is the demon king going to do without medical attention?

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　But I wanted him to treat the soldiers now, not later.

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　I look at the soldiers following behind me.

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　They are all more wounded than I am.

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　Goblins, orcs, werewolves, kobolds, and humans, all of different races, but all wounded the same.

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　Many of them were carried on stretchers.

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　I wanted to heal them first.

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　In fact, Jeanne, a saint, was applying recovery magic to them, but with more than 200 surviving soldiers, all of whom were wounded, it was too late for her to heal them on her own.

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　The situation was a clear indication of how fierce the battle had been and how brave they had been.

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　I order Eve to call the remaining doctors and healers in the castle of Ashtaroth and send them to heal the wounded as we march.

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　They are my little men. Brave and dependable.

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　They have survived this far, they should have the right to survive from tomorrow onwards.

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　And so the return journey is slow, but the army of Ashtaroth returns safely.

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　When I reached the gates of the castle of Ashtaroth, I thanked them for their hard-fought battle.

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"We owe the victory in this battle to you and your men. I thank you."

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　I bow my head.

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　It's a custom not common in this other world. Maybe I studied the country of Japan in a previous life, and so the custom has been transferred to me.

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　While I was thinking like that, the Japanese man starts to talk to me.

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"Raise your head, master of the demon king! A general should not bow down so lightly.

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"But this time ......, or every time. Every time you make us fight you at a numerical disadvantage. As your king, I am sorry."

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"Well, Sun Tzu said that the right way is to defeat the few with the many, but that's just what you have to create the situation, isn't it?　He's a new demon king. I guess we don't have a choice."

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　That's right!

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　A soldier shouted in follow-up.

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　It is Kobold, who once served in the army of Sabnak.

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"Besides, we always look forward to seeing what trick Master Asito will use next. Besides, Master Asito takes good care of his soldiers. It is true that every battle is fierce, but the death rate of the demon king's army is much lower than that of the Subnak army I was in before. They return from the battlefield alive.

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　It is said that the former Lord Demon King Sabnak was a general who did not care for his soldiers, liked to fight recklessly, and did not heal them after a battle.

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　He once spat at me, saying that I was a dog and that I should just spit on him and he would be cured.

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　Compared to him, I am an angelic general.

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　I was a little confused to hear that the Demon King was an angel, but I was glad to hear my subordinate say such a thing.

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　The next to speak was Saint Jeanne.

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　She leaned close to my side and said, "The Demon King is amazing ......,".

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　Her words were less forceful than usual, probably because she used a lot of recovery magic on the way. She was obviously in low spirits, but she said it bravely.

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"In the middle of that fierce battle, the Demon Lord was always in the front line. He is not the type of king I used to live in France. A general of a different type from Charles VII or Gilles de Ré. No, no matter where you look in the world, there is no one as gentle as the Demon King.

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　And he leans his body against me.

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　I'm worried about the way Eve looks at me, and it's not nice for a general to flirt with a woman in front of his soldiers, but I don't say anything.

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　He was always in the middle of a fierce battle. The same was true for Jeanne.

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　She always showed her breasts to her enemies and her back to her allies.

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　How many of us must have been encouraged by this beautiful maiden fighting on the front lines.

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　In her previous life, she was a hero who led France to the end of the Hundred Years War.

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　It is no different in this world. Perhaps a girl like her will bring an end to the turbulent world of this other world.

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　I thought so.

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　She fell asleep with a sigh and I lifted her up with my magic and put her on my horse.

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　I carried her in my arms as a princess, but not a single soldier made fun of me.

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　She must be so respected as a warrior.

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　Toshizo, who had ridden ahead of me, saying "I'm tired, I'm going to the brothel," also felt happy to have a hero like her and them under his command.

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　Now that the battle against Eligos was over, the victors had much to do.

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　Heal the wounded and secure a hospital,

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　Awards for those who have played an active role in this war,

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　Solving the problems in the castle town that came up while I was away.

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　I also want to see Godreve, who has been running the town on my behalf.

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　He is also a valued subordinate of mine and an indispensable member of Ashtaroth's army.

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　We had agreed to have a drink with him after the war.

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　It is a strange thing to have a drink with a ghost, but he said that even if he can't drink, he feels at home when he has a drink in front of him.

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　There was a possibility that I would be forced to drink his share instead, but I would not be so formal today.

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　It seemed to me that there was nothing wrong to enjoy a few drinks on a happy day.

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　I went back to my office, where I drank the drinks Eve had prepared for me, and discussed the solution to my problems.

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　Eve and Godreve stayed with me until morning, sharing their wisdom in solving the problems.

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　They were also becoming indispensable to me.

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