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　My name is Ashtaroth, the Devil King.

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　According to the goddess who brought me to this world, I am known as the Demon King of Fertility, but I am rarely called by that name.

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　My neighbors and the other demon kings call me "the realist demon king" or "the one of the two sides of the coin".

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　He was given this nickname because in his first battle he played a trick on the neighboring demon king Sabnak, destroying him in less than a month, and later defeated the even more powerful demon king Eligos with his scheming.

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　Eve, a maid under my command, asks me with some concern.

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"Wouldn't it be a problem if the master's bad reputation spreads like this?　Shouldn't we release the grass (spies hiding in the city) here to prevent such an alias from spreading?"

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"I appreciate your concern, but it's useless."

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"Why is that, sir?"

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The reason is simple. Because that alias is essential to my strategy. It will help me expand and defend the territory of the Demon King Asito."

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　Eve looks at me curiously.

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　I'd better explain myself to her.

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"I'm the one who gave you that name in the first place."

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"What?　The master!

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"Yes, I used the spiced lime I made before to spread the details of my plot throughout the cities."

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Why did you do that? Thanks to you, I'm called a coward.

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"Coward. That's very good. I'm not a coward, by the way.

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"Is that a different word from the usual cowardice?"

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Yeah, there's a big difference.

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　Explain to Eve.

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　Omoteyorahiki no mono is the alias of Masayuki Sanada, a famous Japanese general.

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　It is the alias of the father of Nobushige Sanada (Yukimura).

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　He was the son of a small local lord in the mountains of Shinano, but he was also a born strategist.

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　He became an apprentice of Takeda Shingen, who had served him since his father's time, and rose to prominence, becoming a man of such prominence that he was chosen as one of Takeda's 24 most famous vassals.

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　He continued to play an active role even after the fall of the Takeda family.

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　No, his true potential was demonstrated after the fall of the Takeda family.

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　First of all, he quickly served Oda Nobunaga, who had defeated his master, and then he became a supporter of his subordinate, Takigawa Kazumasa.

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　When Oda Nobunaga was killed in the Honnoji Incident, he immediately became independent from Takigawa Kazumasa and annexed the surrounding countries.

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　At that time, Shinano was surrounded by the Uesugi, Hojo, and Tokugawa families, which were the most prominent feudal lords in the Warring States period, and he played on these warring lords and rose to the rank of daimyo.

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　Sometimes he sent hostages to the Uesugi family to flatter them into believing that they would side with the Tokugawa family, and then forced them to build a castle for him.

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　His methods were so aggressive that they were almost forceful. Because of his unrestrained attitude, Sanada Masayuki was later called by Toyotomi Hideyoshi as "a man of the world",

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"The two sides of the same coin."

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　He was called "the most powerful man in the world," and was used with great caution.

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　Masayuki Sanada used his schemes to defeat the Tokugawa twice.

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　The second time, he defeated a 38,000-strong army led by Ieyasu's son, the future second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, by a mere 20 He was able to nail them to the ground and force them into a strategic retreat.

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　His skill and accomplishments are considered to be among the best among Japanese warring feudal lords, and he can be called a conspirator among conspirators, or a conspiratorial saint.

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　He is probably only matched by Mori Motonaga and Amago no Tsunehisa in the western part of Japan, and Hojo Soun in the eastern part.

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　For me, who had often studied other worlds, especially Japan, in my previous life, the name of Masayuki Sanada, his alias, was very special to me.

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　I had given myself the same alias as his, hoping to be able to follow in his footsteps, but Eve's fears were justified.

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"If word gets out that he is a coward and a conspirator, will the surrounding forces be wary of him in the future?

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　It was a very understandable logic.

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　To reassure her, I told her the truth.

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"It's not a bad thing to be a conspirator, a plotter, and a backstabber, and to have these rumors circulating.

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　He explains that he prefaces his explanation with the following words.

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"Let's say, Eve, there was a snake here. Yes, a venomous crimson cobra."

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　Since hypotheticals are boring, he uses illusion to create a bright red cobra on his desk in his office.

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　A normal woman would say, "Kyaaa! But Eve is a demon. But Eve was a demon.

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　Her brow furrowed slightly, but she did not take a step back.

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"That's great, but it would be more feminine if you were scared.

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　Then she coughed expressionlessly and paused for a breath,

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"Aah!"

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　She let out a scream that split the silk.

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　I was grateful, so I continued the story.

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"Well, such a powerful venomous snake usually awe people. No one would want to go near it, touch it, or attack it, right?"

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"Indeed. Only a mongoose likes to attack venomous snakes."

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"If my scheming and my strength are overestimated by the surrounding countries, it means that the enemy will not attack easily.

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"That's our master."

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　Eve knew what I was trying to do and respected me for it.

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"It may ruin your credibility, but it can also be a positive thing. If the enemy fears me more than they should, they may believe that the soldiers I have conjured up are real. Even if the castle is empty, they may think that there are ambush soldiers."

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"Such deep thinking is ......."

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　Eve bows even more deeply.

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　When she sees beauty in the Lord, she does not try to hide it.

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　After that, she repeatedly said, "You're the master," and praised my strategy.

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　But she didn't stop there, which is the proof of her excellence.

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　She made me a proposal like this.

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"Master, why don't you set up a unit specializing in espionage using the materials you obtained when you defeated the Demon King Eligos?

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"That's a good idea. To be honest, I wasn't sure if the first slime we summoned would be enough."

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　They are good, they have gathered a lot of information, and they have brought me victory, but now I expect more fierce battles.

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　If I can add better spies or assassins to my staff, I can expand the scope of my strategy.

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　More patterns of intrigue.

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　Immediately, I have Eve bring the inventory of materials in the castle's material storehouse to me, and I examine them, and decide to summon a demon useful for espionage.

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