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　One day, while I was improving the internal administration of Ashtaroth Castle, a messenger came to me. It was a messenger from a neighboring country.

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　I had seen this messenger somewhere before. Come to think of it, he was the first messenger to come to my castle since I was born here.

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　An old knight with a stout and distinguished beard said to me in the same haughty manner as the first time we met.

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"The Demon King, you have a good ...... day."

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　His language is more polite than when we first met, probably because my power has grown. The size of my territory now surpasses that of the count he serves.

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　The irreverent component has decreased with the difference in power, but still the old knight must be a headstrong type by nature. And he hasn't forgotten that he was set up by me. He nails me.

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"I have come in the name of Count Ismariah. The other day I was deceived, but let's let bygones be bygones. From now on, we will not play games with each other, but will have equal diplomatic relations."

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　By deceiving him, I assume he is referring to the time he pretended to be Count Ismariah and made him fight the Demon Lord Sabnak. It seems he still holds a grudge.

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　That's right. After all, Count Ismalia's forces were exhausted by that battle, while I defeated the Demon King Sabnak and grew rapidly.

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　The promise I made at the beginning that I would go down was also undone, and it would be impossible not to resent him. However, it was unexpected to receive an offer of "alliance" from such an opponent.

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　I couldn't help but confirm his true intentions.

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"I hear that Count Ismariah has a grudge against me. I have heard rumors that he despises me as a duplicity.

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"Of course, my lord is a proud man. He resents your betrayal. But still, the Count is the leader of all. Recently, your people have been fighting over the source of water in your lands. He says that if you can mediate this conflict in our favor, we can forget the whole incident and form a 'non-war alliance'."

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"Hmm ......, water rights."

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　I looked at Eve and she nodded.

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"Yes, there is such a matter between us and the Count's territory. It has not yet led to an armed conflict.

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"It may turn out to be. ...... Okay, that's good. I'll give the water rights to the Count's side.

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"Oh, really?

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　The old knight shakes his beard.

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"Sincerely. I owe him for the other day and I don't want to be at odds with the Count in the first place.

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My master will be pleased to hear that.

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"Oh, by all means, tell him I wish to join our friendship."

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　The old knight nodded his head and continued.

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"It would be a great honor, but would you be so kind as to take the jade body to my Ismariah lands as a token of our friendship?"

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To Ismaria?

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My master would like to share a drink with you.

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I wonder if the wine he'll give you is poison.

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　He told the old knight that he was going to visit Isrealia.

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　The old knight smiled and bowed.

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　After concluding the negotiations, the old knight leaves the castle of Ashtaroth and returns to Ismaria.

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　As she watches from the window of the castle, Eve discreetly makes a suggestion.

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"Master, I am not in favor of your visiting Isrealia," she says.

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"Why is that?"

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Because she will be given poisoned wine.

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"What? Eve heard me... You are a demon tribe, aren't you?

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　He laughed jokingly, but Eve did not laugh.

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"The old knight is not the type to conspire. He's a smart guy, but he's simple-minded."

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"Yes, but not the one behind him. The Count will try to kill the master."

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"Of course he will. If I were the Count, I'd do the same.

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Are you going to jump into the tiger's maw yourself?

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Yes, now I know where the tiger's teeth fell out. I'm going to get stuck there and get away with it.

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And what will you do afterwards?

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"Then we may declare that Count Ismaria is not credible and attack him. Or we could destroy him in one fell swoop."

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"So you dare to play the enemy's tricks and use them against them to gain a good name?"

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"In a word, yes."

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　Hearing these words, Eve sighs heavily. Her sigh had no component of anxiety or dissatisfaction, but only of admiration.

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"You are indeed the master. You are indeed a god of intrigue. You need not have worried about me, Eve.

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"No, I'm glad you're worried. I don't always make the best choices, so please continue to give me your honest opinion.

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"Yes, I will."

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　Eve smiles.

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　A maid as intelligent and devoted as she is is a rare thing. I am called the god of intrigue... but even the god of the scheme can fail.

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　I thought that a good monarch gathers many capable vassals and listens to their advice. I thought that a good monarch is one who gathers many capable vassals and listens to their advice.

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　I thought I had prepared such an environment, but it was quite possible that my subordinates would shrink from me or trust me too much to say anything.

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　Therefore, I really appreciated the fact that a person like Eve was always concerned about me and pointed out any suspicious points.

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　I am happy to have a maid like her, but one thing I wish I had more like Eve.

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　I have under my command the vice-chief of the Shinsengumi, Hijikata Toshizo, the Oreluan maiden Jeanne d'Arc, the werewolf Blaudenborough, the wily strategist Zhuge Kongming, the earth dwarf chief Godreave, and the strongest ninja of the Warring States, Kazama Kotaro, but I had too few people I could consult about politics. They were all either focused on military power, domestic politics, or intrigue.

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　There is a lack of people like Eve who are well versed in strategy and politics.

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　I would like to have people who can compete with Eve.

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　However, strategists are hard to find. They are not easy to get. So I think we should take good care of the strategists we have now.

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　I ask Eve.

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"Would you rather have a vacation or a salary?"

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　I thought I would try to put her in a good mood by giving her something she wanted, but my attempt failed.

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　She got teary-eyed,

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"Did I do something wrong?

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　she said with tears in her eyes.

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　Eve does not want to leave my side even for a minute, even for a second, and for her a vacation is the equivalent of hell.

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　She also considers her free service to be more precious than anything else, and even wants to pay me for it.

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　I was somewhat moved by the maid who showed the greatest loyalty in the world, so I went to the castle town and bought flowers for her.

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　I thought to myself that it was just another pattern, but being a simple man, I had no other way to express my gratitude to a woman.

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　If I consulted Hijikata Toshizo, who was the best playboy at the end of the Edo period, he would have told me to push her down and kiss her, but it was a very difficult act for a herbivorous demon king.

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　It would be better to be a carnivorous demon king a little later. I thought so and proceeded to choose the people to go to the territory of Ismaria, while looking at the back of the maid who was happily arranging the red roses I had given her in a vase.

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