Thus, the Immortal Brigade received strong reinforcements, but the good fortune continued to grow, and the representatives of the city gathered and offered their help.

　The head of the merchants' guild, the head of the adventurers' guild, the heads of the various sects, and even the landlady of the bakery came together and offered to help me.

　They said, "Ike-sama is in trouble now.


'Ike-sama is in trouble now, we would love to help you.


　I ask back.


'Are you sure?　We're the Demon King's Army, okay?
　-- and.

　Their answer to that answer was simple.
　The head of the merchants' guild said.

''Since Ike-sama came to rule this city, we have become many times richer than before.

　A priestess of a sect said.

'Since Lord Ike came to rule this city, religious freedom has been allowed. The previous lord, Lord Eduardo, had persecuted all believers except for Mother Goddess As Ham.

　An exile who recently came to the city says, "This city accepted rootless people like us and even gave us jobs.

The city accepted rootless people like us and even gave us jobs. If it weren't for Master Ike, we'd be dead now, or we'd be thieves.

　Everyone thanked him, but his words did not seem to lie.
　Günther, King of the Dwarves, says: "I have lived for 80 years.

Günther, King of the Dwarves, said: "I have lived for eighty years, and there are not many cities where the people live in such a rich and vibrant way. This city is still growing.

We wish we could.

　I thought honestly.
　So I turned to the people of the city and decided to trust them.

It is possible that while we are away, the people of the League of Kings may attack us. Then we urge you to surrender without resistance.


　A few troops will be left behind to maintain security and provide minimal protection, but if it turns out that even the inhabitants of the city have gone along with it, they could be punished after the war.

　That's not the way I want it.

　I've been piling up.
'Don't put up any unnecessary resistance and surrender.
　After saying this, he dismissed them.　

They left, leaving behind mouthfuls of "good luck" and "good luck" and "I wish you well".

　The Demon King, who was watching the scene from a little distance away, approached us and said, ''You are quite a well-liked lord.

''Isn't he quite a well-liked lord?''

'I doubt it. I'm just governing normally, sir.

We're all struggling because we can't be that normal.

Ha, well, the Commander often tells me you're too soft on him.

''It's a sight not seen in any other city ruled by the demon race. No, it's the same in a human city. It's rare to see a lord so admired as this--

　The Demon King-sama stops speaking here.
　Then he turned around to face me and spoke to me.

''You said before that I'm aiming for a world where humans and demons coexist.

　I looked into her serious eyes.
Yes, sir.
　I returned.

'It seems to me that this city already has it in place.

　Again she broke off there and continued, "We must fight with humans to coexist with them.

To coexist with humans, you have to fight alongside them. I see this city as a model for that.

　As soon as I heard those words, I knew what the Demon Lord was thinking.

''In other words, gather some volunteer soldiers from the inhabitants of this city and make them an asset to the war effort?

It is.

　She nodded.

'But isn't that dangerous?　If the Demon King's Army is going to borrow the power of humans, the word will spread. If that happens, there will be demons who won't be happy about it.

"In the past, the Demon King used humans as his slaves. And there's the Demon King who took human nations under his thumb and sent his men to war.

But this time it's different. We're going to 'cooperate' with humans to fight them. Also, the current Demon Lord will have a reputation for being too lenient.

　Then she holds out her arm to me.
　What does that mean?
　When I was confused, she asked me to lick it.
　Apparently she meant to tell me to see if I was 'sweet'.
　I was strangely interested in the fact that this person also makes a joke of sorts, but of course, I wouldn't lick it.
　But of course, he doesn't lick it.

''I know it's naive. As soon as you declare that you will coexist with the humans in the first place, there will be demons who will oppose me. The only difference is that it's too late or too soon. Besides, if the inhabitants of this city, or rather the Unu, can't get the humans to follow them, then it will be impossible for other demon races to do so.

So you want to see if I can get the humans to follow you or not?

''That's right. I'm sure that if the volunteers from this city obeyed your instructions and contributed to the victory of the battle, I'll be able to help the humans as well. No, I'm planning to collect the other sub-people as well and incorporate them into the Demon King's army.

　I'm aghast at those words.
　It's an idea that's beyond my imagination.

　Or perhaps the demon king came to Ivalice with that intention from the beginning, but if he did it, it would be a shock to the demon king's army.

　It might create another traitor like Basteo.
　But even so, it seems that the Demon King still intends to choose that path.

"Unification of the world, coexistence of humans and demons, it sounds good, but what I'm doing now is war. In any case, a lot of blood will be spilled. But in a time of peace, that blood will stop. I want to see a world of peace, even if it's just once.

..........

　This girl's previous life was a war lord.
　And she's a person who died on the way to unification.
　And in this life as well, she's a poor girl who somehow became the Demon King.
　I guess she's never seen a peaceful world before.
　Sephiro had said.

　The Demon King was born into a prestigious family of demons, but since he was a child, he has been involved in a series of power struggles and has led an unusual life.

　He was poisoned by his own mother and almost assassinated by her.
　He fought with his own brother for control of the family, and after a bloody battle, he killed his brother.
　It is said that she spent her childhood just like the Warring States period.
　It's probably because she is such a girl that she yearns for a time of 'peace' more than anyone else.

　The demon lord turned back to me again.

Will you help me build that world?

　I asked.

　The commander-in-chief of the Demon King's army, no, not many men would be able to refuse a request like that from a dainty girl.

　So I thought.
I'm sorry, sir.
　He bowed his head reverently, but continued, "But sir," he continued, "I am.

'Is it possible for a man like me to do such a thing?

　I asked the Demon King.
　The demon king replies.
　The girl replies clearly, "I don't know.

I don't know," the girl replies, "but if you can't do it, no one else can. --Only, if you can't do it, no one else can.

　She said, and her mouth relaxed a bit.