For now, I try to smile fearlessly.
　Inwardly I'm thinking about what to do with the name of my country, but I don't show it on my face. I don't want to show my face, because that would make people think I'm in a hurry. And the most important thing in every negotiation is to calm down.
　And what I need to do is to answer the name of my country, right here and now. It's about making it clear what country I am a part of.
　It is to show that I am not a citizen of the Draukos Empire, but a king of a new country.

　But I frankly don't know much about countries.
　To begin with, the names of countries on the continent are all obscure: empire, kingdom, duchy, duchy, law, church, republic, federation, and so on. I don't even know the difference between the names of these countries enumerated.
　The only thing I know at best is that in an empire, it's the emperor who stands at the top and in a kingdom, it's the king who stands at the top.
　I want to be cool and call myself an emperor or something. In that case, will I be treated as a demon emperor instead of a demon king?

　Well, whatever.
　What am I going to do? I haven't told anyone about the name of my country.
　I have a feeling that if I decide to call myself this, I might be offended. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

''........''

....

　Result.
　Me and the uncle, who seems to be the leader of the knights, just glare at each other.
　The other side has completely pointed the tip of its spear at you and is ready for battle. If I show any strange movements, they will attack at once.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of it.
　I'm only here to talk, to negotiate. I'm not here to fight.

I'm not here to fight," he said, "but the enemy forces are ready to fight. Slaughtering them all here is the only thing they are prepared to do. The fact that the strongest species in the world is ready to fight in front of me makes me respectful.

....

'Brave armies of men!　I will slaughter your lives in person!　If you want to save your life, run!　They'll shower you with flames from that back!

　You're supposed to let him go. You're tough.
　I mean, no matter what you say, Gururu, it just sounds like.

"....

....

　Me and my uncle glare at each other.
　Uncle has a swarthy look on his face and I have a spare smile (or so it seems).
　Yes, without answering Puppy's words, without answering Uncle's question, my strategy is quite simple.

　For now, I'll just laugh and fool myself.

'....boy.

　But then the uncle finally spoke up.
　His tone of voice is heavy, and his expression is so painful that he could have smacked his tongue. I don't know why, but I just keep smiling. I don't know why, but I just keep smiling.

"State your request. I can't guarantee that I'll be able to fulfill it, but I will do my best, to the best of my ability.

....

　I wonder what kind of hesitation of thought was going on in my uncle's mind.
　For now, it looks like he doesn't need to say the name of the country. Apparently, he wasn't the kind of battle fanatic who would think that if we continue to be silent, we'll force that mouth open.
　We're both human beings, we need to have a dialogue.

'I'm Noah Whitefield.

"...Whitefield?

Yeah. I want to see the Emperor. That's why I've come.

Well, you gonna tell me why?

　All I have to do is to meet the Emperor and get him to recognize my country.
　However, I don't need his approval. All I have to do is to declare the fact that I will create my own country. Once the declaration is made, the rest is just a conflict between countries, no matter how bad the relationship may become.
　This audience with the emperor is just a matter of removing the nationality of the Draukos Empire from me, that's all. It's not that I'm demanding anything.

I'm going to be a neighboring country. I'm going to be a neighboring country, so we should at least say hello. I'm the king of the new country we're going to have next to this one.

Wha...

Make an appointment with the Emperor. I'm not in it for the death of my people. I'm not here to harm you. I'm not here to fight.

....

　I could feel a sigh of relief escaping from the army.
　Even with an army this large, they are still afraid of a single dragon, aren't they? Well, it's a big puppy and it's ferocious, so I can't blame you for being afraid of it.
　At the same time, however, my uncle frowned as if he had bitten down on a bitter bug.

"I can't let His Majesty meet with someone whose status we don't even know.

I thought I told you who I was, you know?　I'm the king of a neighboring country.

The Empire has more than a few neighbors. Tell me from which country you are the messenger. All I can do is wait until I give an audience to the Emperor. I can't promise an audience with the emperor.

Hmmm....

　That's weird.
　I'm supposed to be answering the name of the country I'm from in spite of my efforts to avoid it.

　What should I do? I'm going to have to decide on my own here.
　I'm going to be able to say that it's the Whitefield Kingdom. It's just a simple matter of my last name being the name of the country. But if I'm going to be crowned King as Whitefield I, that's more natural.
　But I think it's better to make the peculiarity of being a demon's subject appear there as well. Also, although there aren't many of them, I should make it clear that I'm protecting the elves.
　The other thing I think we need to do is to come up with a cool name. It should be something I'd be excited to call myself. I don't want to tell him, but Drake's last name, Death Size, is super cool. The Kingdom of Deathsize - no, that would be Drake's country, not mine.
　Hey, I didn't know country names were so hard to come up with.

"Hey, kid, just when I thought you wouldn't tell me what to do... you don't have a country name in mind, do you?

....

　Why are you being so casually astute there, Puppy?
　It's true. I'm probably the smartest person alive right now.
　But I can't think of anything.

"Kuhn... so, kid, I'm going to give you the name of my wonderful country.

....

　Huh?
　With your taste?
　Well, you can ask him if you want to. But if you give me a lame one, I'll punch you in the face.
　I stare at Puppy like that with just my eyes, without answering. I'm sure he's not going to give me a good opinion on the guy anyway.

'It's Grandizia,'

....

The king who seeks any people, be they demons or elves, can live without a fight in his land. The king whom any people seek, it will be the greedy one. And the word "Grandizia" means "great desire". Don't you think that's an appropriate word for a demon king?

....

　.....
　Oh, shit.
　Oh, shit, oh, shit.
　I don't want to admit it. It was Puppy's idea, and I want to dismiss it at all costs.

　But - it was a cool idea!

　I looked at Puppy bitterly and then at the Knight Commander's uncle again.
　It's hard to follow Puppy's suggestion, but it's cool, so I'm going to hire him. It's cool, but it's a good idea.

"My country is Grandizia.

Wha--

Tell the Emperor that. The forest west of the ruins of Rilkara is our territory.

'Grandizia..........?

...?

　That, I thought it was just a cool name.
　The uncle's surprise is very unusual. It's not just a reaction of hearing the name of an unknown country, isn't it?
　I looked at the uncle in wonderment.

You will be able to find out that the name of the evil dragon, Grandizia, is the name of the evil dragon you are carrying?

....

　I look at Puppy.
　He quietly looks away. It was completely black.