You wanted to see me, Evil God?

'Oh. Get some curses from the curse bookcase.

A curse?　Um, why is that?

Because I'm worried about that thing.

　The magic circle that the shikigami brought back to this temple of the evil gods the other day was shining in his gaze.

''In the end, that thing couldn't be erased, right?

　That magic circle drawn with divine characters could not be erased even with the power of an evil god.

''Exactly... what did you bring back?

A souvenir!

"I don't need that souvenir!　The most obtrusive place of all...

　The evil god usually sat in a chair at the farthest end of the temple and received the negative energy arriving from the human world.

　The magic circle was fixed in the middle of the room where the chair was located, so if the evil god sat in the chair, he would always see the magic circle.

　It was an eyesore.

''What if that was a transfer magic circle for the heroes to attack here?　A brave man is going to attack me!　So in case of emergency, we'll put a curse on it!

'But, but there are no brave men now, right?

'If there are no brave men, why is there a magic that even my power can't erase?　Even if it wasn't a brave man, that was definitely the work of someone from another world.

　The gods of this world do not attack the evil gods.
　That's because that's the rule made by the creator god.

　If he wasn't a god, it's impossible to imagine anyone else being able to rise above the power of the Evil God except for those who have transferred or reincarnated from another world.


''By the way, what's going on with the Demon King Citry now?''

　Before sleeping, the Evil God had told Sitley to 'wait a little longer to ramp up as a demon king.

　The energy of the divine realm had been greatly diminished by casting a curse on the otherworlder and reincarnating him, and even if Citry went on a rampage, there was no way that the creator god would be able to transfer the otherworlder as a hero.

　There was no need to be in a hurry.

　The Evil God wanted to see the world turn to terror with his own eyes.

　That's why he had stopped Sitree.

　And if Citry didn't go on a rampage in the human world, the Creator God wouldn't have to try to transfer the heroes, and he wouldn't have to find out that the energy for the transfer of the heroes was almost gone.

''Demon King, sir?　Well, um, well........

　For some reason, the shikigami stammered.

'You're not going to say he was knocked down or anything like that, are you?

　Sitree is a high-ranking being among the demons under the evil gods. The evil gods gave such a sitree a blessing and made her a demon king.

　Now that there are no brave men, there is no way anyone can defeat her.

''Well........I've lost sight of her.
What...?

　The evil god was stunned by the words of the ceremonial god.

''I don't know where the Demon Lord Sitree is.

What do you mean, there are no demons in the demon world or the human world?

There are no demons in the demon world or the human world that possess the divine power of evil.

What?

There's something else I need to tell you.

What... what?

''It's not just the Demon King Citry, we've been unable to contact many demons under the Evil Lord's control, including Bael, who ranks first in the pecking order, and many others.

What?

'There was never a devil who was so blistering in the first place that he would send regular communications. And the demons rarely cooperate with each other unless they are instructed to do so by the evil gods. We don't know when they'll be purified.

Well, wait. So how many demons are under my command right now?

I just checked and there were only about fifteen of them that I was able to contact.

Fifteen?　There were seventy-two demons, but only fifteen!　

　While the Evil God was sleeping, a family had hunted so many demons that the number of demons under the Evil God had decreased drastically.

''Why!　How did that happen!

''I don't know.''

What, you don't know?　Oh, oh, what were you doing while I was sleeping!

I was traveling through the human world. Look at this!

　The shikigami shows the notepad to the evil one.

''........Ho. This is quite well researched.

　In the ceremonial god's notepad, what kind of development is going on in each country of the human world? What kind of food is available and whether it is good or bad. In conclusion, it summarized the priorities that would destroy the country.

'I see. Since you were making this, you didn't check out the Demon King or the demons' movements?''

Yes!

'So my temple is in shambles now because you left me sleeping and you were on a trip?

'Yes!'

　Dust had collected on the evil god's chair, and Death Spiders had built nests in various parts of the temple.

''........''
Teheresis.

'Ko-ooh, you fool!

　So much rage was emitted from the evil god that it shook the land around the temple.

　The shikigami, who was fully affected by his anger...


　With a bang, it turns into a piece of paper.

''Nah!''

　The main body of the shikigami wasn't here.

What do you think...?

　That's right.

　The location of the Demon Lord is unknown.
　He didn't notice that a large number of demons had disappeared.
　I took the mysterious magic circle back with me.
　He didn't clean the temple at all.

　Shikigami was sure that these blunders would make the evil gods angry.

　That's why he ran away.
　The place he escaped to was...


　***

Hey, Hurt. There were five of us slime girls, right?

　Ryushin, who was watching the slime girl practicing her dance in the courtyard of the mansion, called out to Hurt as he walked by.

''Ah. I was, but lately we've had one more.''

　One girl, with her bangs stretched to below her eyes while being guided by five slime girls, was trying to learn to dance.


　She had chosen the safest refuge in escaping from the evil gods.