145-Cthulhu




 
 A short time after the Demon King was defeated, the God Realm.

''Evil God! Oh, wake up!

 A single shikigami jumped in to the evil god who was sleeping in the temple at the farthest reaches of the divine world.

''What.......what is it?''

The Demon King has been defeated!

What does it take to... what?

''The Demon King has been defeated by a brave man!

 I can't believe my ears at the words of the god of ceremony.

 I know that the Creator God had transferred the heroes from another world.

 But until now, the Demon King had never been defeated so quickly.

 At least for a few more years, the Demon King was supposed to gather negative energy from the world.

''The Demon King! To the brave! He's down!
''Noisy!''

 Since the evil god didn't reply, the shikigami, thinking that he wasn't listening to him, shouted loudly in the evil god's ear, and the evil god yelled at him.

''I thought you were going to escape reality and not listen to me. I'm sorry,''

'Shit, okay so what kind of people defeated my Demon King? We must plan for the next brave.

It's...

What's going on?

'I didn't expect the brave men to attack so quickly, and I didn't monitor them at all.

Okay, then?

Yes, so I have no idea what kind of brave man defeated the Demon King. So there's nothing we can do about it.

 Hearing the shikigami's words, the evil god's face quickly turned angry.

''This, Takatazuka!

That's why I asked you to buy a surveillance crystal with a recording function.

 A killing atmosphere that made the air around them tremble is released from the evil god, but the shikigami is completely oblivious to it and speaks to the evil god.

''What is it? You want me to keep an eye on the Dark Lord? I don't have time for this either. I'm the only one who manages this temple.

 The Shikigami had his own thoughts on the matter.
 She was also pissed off at being yelled at by the evil god.

''I have a lot of work to do in cleaning this uselessly large temple, repairing the broken parts, calculating the energy balance, studying the design of the next Demon King, and so much more. If I watch the Demon King all the time, will the Evil Lord do those tasks for me?

'Well, no, that's not...'

 The pressure of the shikigami coming forward a long time ago caused the evil god to back away.

It's good to be an evil god, isn't it? The energy always comes in by itself just from sleeping. If you're not busy, why don't you check on the Demon King?

No, you see, that's what I mean. Even for a demon lord, it's not good to peek into someone's private life.

You're an evil god! He's the worst person in the world! Why does the most evil person always have to worry about the private lives of his men? I mean, just keep your eyes on the Demon King's Castle's throne! Are you an idiot?

Hey!

 I've said too much, the shikigami thought.
 He couldn't help but slip up.

'Don't listen to it. A boss who doesn't protect his subordinates' private lives won't be respected by them.''

''That's where you're going to react!

 The shikigami actually enjoyed these interactions with the evil gods.

 After she and the other shikigami were created by the creator god, they were each told where to be assigned.

 In the meantime, she was assigned to the Temple of the Evil One. At first, she despaired of being assigned to an evil deity who plunged the world into chaos.

 She would soon be used up by the evil gods.
 Or so she thought.

 But the evil gods used her carefully.

 Some shikigami were broken under other gods because of their unreasonable orders, but she had served the Evil God in one piece alone ever since she was created.

 It's not that the evil god was a good guy. He sent out oracles to the Demon King to start wars and kill a lot of humans. Still, he was a good boss to his own subordinates. And he was well liked by his subordinates.

 When the demon kings and demons were defeated by the heroes, many of them would say, 'Sorry, Evil God-sama, I'm sorry.......' and disappear. Every time the Evil God looks at that, the Evil God looks a little sad.

 It could be that the merciless Evil God has such a look on her face, it could be the shikigami's imagination. But to her, the Evil God was a boss worthy of entrusting her life to.

 Then the Evil God, who had accepted that the Demon King had been defeated, muttered

''It's too annoying that the Creation God brought an otherworlder as a brave man to defeat the Demon King I raised.