Droyer was once the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King's Army.

　The Four Heavenly Kings are the flower of the army.
　The four strongest mages selected to thwart the worst threat to the demon race, the brave men.

　Fire.
　Water.
　Wind.
　Earth.

　They organize the highest peak of each of the four magical attributes and attack their nemesis, the hero.
　And it was the duty and mission of the Four Heavenly Kings to keep the Demon King, the great master of the demon race, from touching them.

　In the past, Droyer had been selected as one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
　He was assigned to the seat of "Earth".
With the title of "Iodine", Droyer worked diligently to fulfill his role as the Four Heavenly Kings.

　Droyer had the ability to fulfill his role.
　It can be said that she was the most active among her colleagues during her time in the service.

　It was Droyer's personal diligence that held back the approaching heroes for more than a year.

　But that was only 'compared to the Four Heavenly Kings of the same period'.

　Her own talents are not outstanding when compared to the big picture, and if compared to the past Four Heavenly Kings, she is at the very top of the heap.

　It's a good thing that you've got a lot of experience in the field of magic, but you're an amateur magician with no military experience, and therefore you don't know how to fight a battle against a brave man.

　This is because in the previous generation, the meritocracy of the Four Heavenly Kings Grumberza, who reigned at the top for a long period of time, was justified, and only servants of the Demon King's Army who were experienced in battle were chosen for the selection of the Four Heavenly Kings.

　Before Grumbersa, it was customary to select at least one of the Four Heavenly Kings who belonged to the academy due to the balance of power between the military and faculty.
　As soon as Glambarza seized power, it was rejected entirely, saying, 'I can't entrust the front line to someone who has no actual battle experience.

　Granbaza continued to serve as the Four Heavenly Kings for more than thirty years. During that time, the other Four Heavenly Kings of Geomancy and Wind had retired and been replaced many times, but among them, there were less than ten bachelor Four Heavenly Kings.
　Moreover, most of them had been appointed in the early days when Granbaza's power structure was not yet solidified.

　Therefore, the Academy's political offensive became fierce and fierce, with the retirement of Grand Barzas as an opportunity to reinstate their power.
　The fact that Bashbarza, the only son of Gloucao Gloucao, was a member of the academy and was considered a sure-fire Four Heavenly King at the time, added to the excitement.

　Buying into those prodigies, the new Four Heavenly Kings after Granbaza's retirement were all high-ranking academy bishops, and among them was Droyer's name.......

　Looking back on those days, she herself did not have any feelings of buoyancy about joining the Four Heavenly Kings.
　She was originally a calm and collected person, so she didn't care about the power struggle between the faculty and the military, and she was determined to do her best to protect the Demon King, which was a serious matter for all the Demon Clan.

　I'm sure that Droyer also has magical abilities, and I believe from the bottom of my heart that if I do my best, even if I'm a hero, I will be able to defeat him and protect the demon king.

　However, it didn't take long for her confidence to be shattered.

　The first real battle she experienced was completely different from the academy's laboratory, and not a single thing went the way she wanted it to.
　Not only that, things were changing rapidly, and if you didn't do anything, all you could do was get left behind.

　There was nothing that Droyer could do in his first sortie, and the soldier who was assisting him managed to get away with it.

　That soldier also found himself dismissed by the other Four Heavenly Kings and Droyer was forced to fight a handful of battles with nothing to fall back on.

　For Droyer, his time as an active Four Heavenly King had only made him realize how helpless he was.
　Battles are not won simply by being good with magic.

　There are tactics in battle, and you must also have the ability to see the right opportunity.
　In order to make full use of them, you need to know the ancient and modern tactics, and you also need to pay close attention to the people you are fighting with.

　There was no one in the Four Heavenly Kings during Droyer's tenure who could do all of these things perfectly.
　Including herself.

　More and more, she was painfully aware of her own inadequacies and was driven by the desire to retrain herself from the ground up.

　And now, as if trying to fulfill that desire, Droyer retired from the Four Heavenly Kings and was in the village of Lax.

　The soldier he recognized as the most capable.......was to work for Dariel.

　After being driven from the Demon King's army, he was reunited with his father, who had become the head of the small village.
　In order to learn many things from Dariel, the village chief, Droyer went to work for him as his secretary.

　At first, she wondered what she would do as the village chief's secretary, but when she first saw it, the work was far more intense than she had expected.

　LUX Village is on the verge of transforming itself from a backwater village into a major city.
　The village mayor is extremely busy supporting the village's upheaval, and the secretary who supports him is also extremely busy.

　Trade is expanding due to the mithril industry.
　As the money flowed thicker, the influx of people expanded, and the village's population doubled in size.

　The identities and backgrounds of the influx of people are checked at every turn to ensure that new residents have a home and to prevent security from deteriorating.

　Dariel has employed a variety of ideas to maximize the benefits of Mithril, rather than just reaping the benefits.
　In the face of population growth, Dariel has been able to anticipate and anticipate problems and deal with them in a proactive manner.

　Doyle, who was watching on the sidelines for his deftness and ideas, rolled his tongue, and was convinced that this kind of resourcefulness was what made him so highly regarded in the Demon King's Army as well.

''So this is what I was lacking...?

　She had become a secretary to study under Dariel in the first place, but when she actually started working, her days were more intense than she had imagined.

　Every day, every second of every day, lessons come to her.
　She could feel herself becoming more fulfilled and growing every day.

　But today.....

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...the chief is not coming?

　In the morning.
　Droyer visited the Town Hall first thing in the morning.
　But his boss, Dariel, hasn't shown up for any length of time.

　In the past, the chief's home used to be his workplace, but as the village grew, the number of employees increased and a special building was built for him.

　Dariel, the village chief, was supposed to arrive in the morning to carry out the various tasks from yesterday, but there was no sign of him showing up at all.

''........Are we in some kind of trouble again......?

　As a matter of fact, it's not unusual for Dariel to not show up on time like this.
　It is usually on the way to work that some kind of unexpected event occurs that leaves you busy.

　At such times, the burden falls entirely on Droyer, and the entirety of her case is left to her judgment.

'Secretary!　The mithril from the mine is supposed to arrive today!　Please direct the action!
Mr. Secretary!　And today the petitions from the villagers are piling up!　If the village chief isn't here, then let the secretary decide!
Mr. Secretary!　The couch has been taken over by a stray cat!

　There were some matters that clearly deviated from the authority of the secretary, but this was the result of Dariel's decision to give Droyer more authority at her own discretion.
''I want to retrain myself,'' she said, ''and that's what she wanted.

''But that doesn't mean...!　This busy schedule is too hard........?

　Droyer turned his eyes around, but he couldn't complain because this was the kind of achievement he wanted to build up under Dariel.

　An avalanche of decisions came in like an avalanche. A decision that must be made.
　Time is not waiting.

　In the midst of all this, he was able to look ahead to the future, while at the same time not failing to care about the people around him.
　This kind of thinking ability is something I've learned the hard way, and I realize how important it was when I stood at the top of the organization.

　If only she had had this much experience when she was the Fourth Heavenly King, and had been equipped with the thinking and decision-making skills to go along with it....
　I wonder how well I would have been able to work.

　And now, thanks to Dariel's actions, she is beginning to acquire those necessary skills, but the more her skills improve, the more a certain feeling arises within her.

　She wondered what she was going to do with her abilities now.

　Droyer has long since been forced out of her position as the Four Heavenly Kings and has no prospect of returning.
　The climax in her life had already passed.
　Nevertheless, will there ever come a time when she can gain more skills and use them to her advantage?

　That was a question that Droyer had to face every day.

　But still, he was still working before he even finished his twenties.
　Droyer can't stop moving forward and continues to improve himself to the maximum today.

Droyer-chan!　Droyer!　Doro-chan, Doro-chan!

　Then, an uninvited visitor arrived.
　It was Zeviantes, who once stood side by side as the same Four Heavenly Kings.

''What is it?　I'm busy, as you can see?　I don't have time to play with you, okay?
'He didn't come here to play!　

"You're not here for fun, are you? Droyer thought.

'If we announce this game, orders will come in from all over the world and we'll be wooing with royalties!　But I've come to say a word to the village about that sort of thing, and then I've come through humanity!
Hmm?　Well, if that's the case...?

　I don't know, but it's true that if the game we invented is popular, we can make money.
　I can't abandon the fact that it will benefit the village, so I'm going to make sure that Dolorje is on board.

We have to compete with these different pieces!
'It already sounds like you've heard it somewhere, doesn't it?'
This piece is a soldier. This one is a mage. They are the pawns of a general, an interloper, a demon king and a brave man!

　So, is it a board game where you have the same number of pieces, and the winner is the Demon King who wins at the end?

It's a match-up of one heroic piece versus all the other pieces.
The balance of the game is a little skewed, don't you think?
It's based on a true story.

　It was true that the heroes would face the Demon King's army alone, but.....
　Unless it was a very bold warrior game, it didn't seem to be fun.

''It's all right!　That's where they've thought of a way to play!
'There's nothing more unreliable than your 'thinking'?'
You have to use all these pieces and stack them together!
"How?
And if you pluck them out, one by one, and the mountain collapses, you've lost.
What's the point of having different types of pieces?
'It's there!　If you get four pieces of the same kind, there's going to be a revolution!
How many different games did you mix up?

　Droyer's busy schedule was no different today.