Wait here. I'll send for the others in the village.

What, Alisa, how did you...?

I'll be right back!

　With a tap, Alisa runs out and enters the village.
　And I'm left behind, along with the five companions who follow me. I just want to get things straightened out.
　In general, there is no record of Lil Kara being a demon user at the time. Should I just assume that this is all just a bunch of delusional puppy talk? See, the job change book I found in the depths of the ruins usually said 'Demon King' as an occupation. I'm sure that Rilkara was a self-proclaimed demon user who was really a demon king or something like that. Probably.
　Considering that, I was a little relieved.

''Hey, Kisa.......master.

'You don't have to reiterate it every time. You don't have to say it again.

I'm sorry. I can't get used to it.

You know, you're pretty high and mighty for a newbie. You should know better.

'I don't think that's a good thing for Milo to say,'

　Milo's tone, it's rather crude.
　I'm not asking you to be as reverent as Gilanka, but it's a bit more like this, you know?

Well well ... hey, you.

What?

How do you plan to spend your time?　I am already with you. Wherever you go, I will follow you.

'Uh ... yes,'

　What to do. I'm struggling a bit with Puppy's answer.
　I don't really have any ideas. For now, though, I'm thinking of settling down somewhere in one place.
　And I don't think I'm going to be able to travel with a demon in tow. I can only see a future where they refuse to let me enter from all the cities. I mean, I'm sure they'll misunderstand that I'm one of the demons, just like Alisa.
　It's not that I'm in need of money, I'm just thinking about spending some time relaxing in a village somewhere.

Well, I'm going to leave the forest.

Where are you going, out of the woods?

'Well ... at random?　I do want to settle down somewhere.

You mean building a base of operations? Well, it's a big family.

That's what I mean.

　As expected, there are five other animals besides me, and Milo, who has twice as much as me, and Puppy, who has three times as much as me, so I guess you could call it a big family.
　Maybe we should build a big house and live in a village somewhere. We'd raise cows and chickens and stuff like that, and grow vegetables and stuff like that, and we'd be self-sufficient. That's the kind of slow life you can finally get.
　It would be nice to live a life as a villager, and then eventually get married or something. We'd have enough money to live on.
　Chappie will do the heavy lifting, Milo and Gilanka will help me in the fields and stuff, Puppy will be my transportation since he can fly, and Bau will be my guard dog and my healing.
　Oh, that sounds rather fun, this life.
　In the meantime, I'm sure there will be more people for me to hang out with. They're demons, so they don't need food or anything, so I can have as many of them as I want.

　And while I was thinking like that, Alisa came back.
　Behind her, with about a dozen old men and children in tow.

'Everyone!　This is Lord Noah Whitefield!

　Perhaps they had already been briefed by Alisa.
　In front of me, dozens of old men and children began to kneel down and bow their heads.

''Oh.......you have a dragon in tow...!

Thank you ... thank you ...

Just like the legend of Lady Lyllkala.

You're going to save our village...!

　One by one, the old men begin to express their gratitude to me.
　It's not that they don't appreciate me, but it's a bit irritating.

The old man's words of gratitude were a bit irritating. They finally understand the importance of their masters, don't they?

"Huh. What a foolish thing to realize the majesty of our Lord here at last.

Gosh, Goshujin, great...!

'Great, master!　It's cool!

　And then they're lifting me up in the back like that.
　It was nice, for one thing, that the voice only sounded like me.

'Lord Noah, everyone in the village is grateful to you, Lord Noah. Of course, that goes for me too.

I didn't do much of anything. Please, please look up.

No.

　In fact, I didn't do much.
　I tortured the puppies a little bit and they joined me. Let's hope that's okay.
　It's not like I'm going to be held up as the savior who saved the village or anything.

I think that from now on, everyone must stand up to the demons without a single warrior left to fight them. But thanks to Lord Noah, the threat of dragons has been eliminated. From now on, it will be just as much of an attack by stray demons as it has been in the past.

....

　Hey, didn't I say something funny?
　With no one left to fight. Even though Alisa is here.

But there are young men and women who will soon be warriors. I need you to support our village from now on. The future of our village will be just fine without me. I will leave this village in peace, too.

...What, Alisa, are you leaving the village?

Yeah.

　I thought I loved this village more than anyone else.
　Puppy tilted his head at Alisa's declaration. What's so questionable about it? Also, it's not really cute when a dragon tilts its head.

''Noah-dono. About the reward.

Uh-huh.

　Why is it that we're talking about my reward there? I've heard that a girl's topic of conversation can change from one moment to the next.
　Alisa happily ran a hand over her own chest with a smile.

'Sell me as a slave. For that, I would like to be paid.

"................ ...Yes?

I think I know my worth. An elven woman would be worth fifty gold pieces. I could save this village. I don't care how much sludge I have to deal with, as long as I keep that pride in my heart.

What the hell are you talking about?

　No, I had my doubts, for sure.
　I wondered if there were any gold coins in the elven hiding place.
　I wondered where they were going to get fifty gold coins from.

　No way, that's.
　I didn't know that this was the gold I was getting for selling Arisa's body--

"I will fall into slavery with pride of having saved my village. Now, sell me wherever you wish.

No, I don't want to hear that!

　How cold-blooded am I for doing that?
　Since I asked you for help, I won't tell you to make money even if it means selling your body.
　In fact, I was just happy that Arisa would be able to live comfortably in this village from now on.
　How did that turn into selling Arisa to a slave trader?

"Ah, you.

'What the hell, Puppy!　I'm a little busy right now, and--

The demon doesn't come around.

Huh?

　I didn't even have time to deal with Puppy, who had been forced to break in there.
　To Alisa, the truth of that idea - just as I was thinking that, Puppy said that.

　The demons are no longer coming.
　That's why--'

'It's obvious. "The demons in this forest are under my command," he said. And they are your men, too. You are the king of all the demons in this forest now.

....

　No words came out of my throat at all, because I didn't understand the meaning of Puppy's words.

　I am now the king of the demons that live in this forest.
　Because I'm the puppy who was following those demons, and I'm the one who made them my friends.

　Wait.
　I'm not the king of the demons.
　I'm not the Demon King...