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　The morning comes early for the Demon King Asito.

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　In normal times, he receives reports from the city administrators and military commanders in the morning.

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　With a mountain of letters and documents to be approved from morning, there is no time for inertia.

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　But that's just under normal circumstances.

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　Gottlieb and Eve, the de facto mayors of Ashtaroth Castle, have not sent any petitions or documents because they are going on a war today.

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　They probably want us to take a good rest and get our strength back.

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　I appreciate their consideration.

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　Thanks to them, I was able to sleep until after nine o'clock.

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　I slept three hours longer than usual, but I guess I slept too much. Just as I was thinking this to myself, Eve came to wake me up.

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"Good morning, master."

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　The maid bowed her head deeply and showed her white brim.

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　Her voice was beautiful.

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　A desk is set up on the bed and breakfast is served.

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　Freshly baked bread, a fried egg and bacon, a salad with raw vegetables, and clam chowder were served.

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　Just looking at them is enough to whet one's appetite.

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　A gurgling sound is heard.

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　Hearing this, Eve, the maid, says, "I'm starving.

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"You must be starving.

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　I look at her suspiciously.

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　I look at her suspiciously.

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　It is true that I am starving, but I am not so hungry as to make my stomach growl, as if I were making up a story. I have never been hungry in my life.

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　Suspicious, I open the covers of my bed.

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　There was Saint Jeanne, who was sleeping in a dreamy mood.

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　She was slobbering "munchy-munchy" and munching on the sheets, saying she couldn't eat any more.

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　It was like Jeanne, but she couldn't eat any more. I told her to stop, because she might get a stomach ache.

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I look at her and wonder, "How did this girl get in here?

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　I gave her a puzzled look and she was puzzled too.

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"This room is perfectly secured.

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　Only Eve and certain other people are allowed to enter and leave this room to prevent assassins from entering.

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　Jeanne has no such power, and there is no sign that the wards have been broken, unless she has some powerful magic power.

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　Perhaps she unintentionally broke the wards last night while she was sleeping.

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　It is also possible that he had some kind of "dream" and broke the wards with his sleepy eyes.

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　When I mentioned this possibility, Eve giggled and said

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"Even the perfectionist master makes mistakes, doesn't he?

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　She tries to pull Jeanne out of the room, but she stops her.

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"She's sleeping so comfortably. Let's leave her like this.

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　Eve raises her eyebrows a little.

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　She murmurs that it is impious to invade the Lord's bedroom and even to sleep with him, but I persuade her to tolerate it.

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　In Jeanne's case, it is as if a dog happened to find an open door and snuck into the master's bed.

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　I know this because I had a dog in a previous life.

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　Dogs miss human skin. They always try to sneak into their master's bed.

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　I explained to him that I had a dog in my past life, and he forgave me.

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"Then I'll bring breakfast for Jeanne too..."

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　Eve changed her words in mid-sentence.

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"I will prepare a new breakfast for the master, not for Jeanne.

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　Jeanne got up and was eating my breakfast on the table.

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　Munching and munching, she was quite the daredevil, not at all what you'd expect from someone who'd just gotten up from bed.

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　He even gave me an order.

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"Maid, next time I want you to cook the bacon more crispy.

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　Eve seemed annoyed, but I calmed her down and she went to the kitchen to make breakfast for me.

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　With Eve gone, Jeanne ate even faster, cleaning her plate in about five minutes.

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"I've eaten, I've eaten," she says, rubbing her stomach.

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　she says, rubbing her stomach.

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"I slept with the Devil King last night, and I'm awake as can be.

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"I don't like it when a saint comes into a man's bedroom without permission."

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"It's not on her own. It was an oracle from God."

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　Jeanne defends herself.

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"An oracle?"

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　Jeanne shakes her head.

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"In the middle of the night, God stood at my bedside. I felt God so much that I could feel his breath on me. Then God said... Jeanne, go to the bed of the Devil King. And give him this.

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　Then she took something like a piece of wood from inside her negligee.

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　It was a cross made of wood.

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"You give this to me?"

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"Yes, it's my handmade."

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"Thanks, but I'm the Demon King.

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I'm not a vampire, I'm not a vampire.

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"He's not a vampire, so he won't be damaged. ......

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　I still don't think it's the kind of equipment a Demon Lord would wear.

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　While I was wondering whether I should accept it or not, Eve came back.

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　She was angry.

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"Not only did you break into the master's bedchamber, but you tried to entangle the master with your gifts. It is unforgivable. It's not fair!"

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　Eve came angrily into my bed.

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"You have no idea how much I want to sleep with you every morning, and how I try to resist it, you single-celled saint.

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　With a pensive look on her face, she gets into bed.

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　Two beautiful women are on either side of her, lying on the bed in the shape of a river.

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　If Hijikata Toshizo had come here, he would have whistled and said, "You're a good man, sir," but he was lucky that no one was watching.

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　However, just because there were no onlookers did not mean we could leave things as they were.

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　Today is the day of departure, and we have a lot of work to do.

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　I tried to explain this to the girls, but they were too heated to understand.

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　After that, they fight over who gets to sleep with me and who gets to "aan" me for breakfast.

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"Jeanne-sama has already slept with me, so it's fine.

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I never get tired of sleeping with the Demon King.

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"...... is not fair."

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I'm the one who has to ern the food.

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I'm the one who made the meal, I'm the one who has the right to make the meal.

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　Neither side backs down.

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　In the end, the cross that Eve had just taken out of the table was also used as an excuse.

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"I don't believe in sending a cross to the Devil King in the first place.

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It's a sign from God.

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Only an evil god is worthy of the Demon Lord. It's no place for a pagan.

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There is only one God in this world!

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　I tried to stop her, but she turned around, looked at me, and said, "Actually, today is the day of the Demon Lord.

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"Actually, today is the third month anniversary of the birth of the Demon Lord and myself in this world. I have prepared a present for you too.

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　She took out a book from her pocket.

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　It was a beautifully bound book.

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What is it?

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It's a new book by a novelist the master wanted to read.

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Oh, a new book?

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Yes. I managed to order it.

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　I want to read it so badly, but just as I reach for it, Jeanne drops her sword into Eve's hand.

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"No!　God forbid I should get only one present today. I will give it to you later, after the war is over.

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　Eve seems to have lost her temper at his selfishness and aggression, and reaches into her pocket for her dagger, saying, "I can't take it anymore.

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　I reminded her that Eve was also a demon, but I couldn't afford to lose my precious subordinate to a sword fight.

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　I think of this, and make a proposal to both of them.

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"Eve and Jeanne, stop fighting!

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I won't!

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I won't!

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　It was difficult, but not impossible, even for the king of intrigue, to get the two of them to stop fighting, even though they were already ready to kill each other.

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　A compromise is prepared.

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"Eve, because today is my birthday,

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　Jeanne said it was a sign from God,

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　Jeanne has a present for me."

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"Is that so?"

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Yes.

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"And both of you can choose one of them."

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　Both of them nodded their heads.

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　Choose one," they press.

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　It was obvious that if they chose the book, they would go the Eve route, and if they chose the cross, they would go the Jeanne route.

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　Whichever of the two she chooses as her bride, she will be happy, but she is not ready to make up her mind yet. At least until he becomes a great demon king.

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　So I chose to make both of them stand up.

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　I'm going to implement a solution like Soujun Ikkyu, a monk in the Muromachi period in Japan.

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　First, he snaps the cross that Jeanne gave him.

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　Jeanne looks at him as if he is at the end of the world, but then she explains.

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I am the Demon King. I can't wear anything holy. But I can wear it as a piece of wood that Jeanne carved for me with her heart.

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　With the magic of the wind, he worked the wood into the shape of Jeanne's favorite dog.

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　He carved the other half of the piece into the shape of a dog and gave it to her.

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"Oh, it's so cute!

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　Jeanne says with delight.

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　And she seems pleased to have received a gift, even if it's only half of a present.

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　Or perhaps she is proud of her victory.

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　Seeing this, Eve gets teary-eyed, but this time she follows up.

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　I tear the new copy of the novel I received from Eve in half.

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　I take the first half and close the second half in the bedside chest.

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"I'm going now. I don't have much time to read. I will read the second half after this war is over and I come back safely. This is a good omen."

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　Eve's face lights up when she hears this.

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"I will read the second half of the book after we return safely from the war.

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　Hearing these words, Eve says,

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"There's a big twist in the second half," she laughed.

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　Eve laughed.

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"I'm looking forward to that.

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　I said back and ate the rest of my breakfast and went to the war room.

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　In the meantime, I wanted some peace and quiet, so I made a quick exorcism.

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　There had been a lot of noise since Jeanne's bedtime ruckus.

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　By nature, I am a demon king who likes silence.

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　Remembering this reminds me of a dream I had last night.

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You are about to wake up.

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　Then a pretty maid and a blonde saint arrive.

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　They are the ones who will save you from your predicament.

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　They'll give you a gift, and you have to choose between them. If you do so, I'm sure you'll be able to--"　

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　I vaguely remember the goddess saying something like that.

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　In the end, I couldn't choose "one".

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　But I did choose one.

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　I did not know if this choice would turn out to be a bad one or a good one, but I knew that not everything would turn out the way the goddess wanted it to.

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　He intended to take charge of his own destiny.

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　Once he had made up his mind, he rang the bell, summoned Eve, and told her to summon the leaders of Ashtaroth Castle.

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