I won a one-on-one battle with the Demon King Yataro.

Then, as agreed, you will surrender to me.

　I hold the tip of the gaybolg against the Demon King Yataro's throat and urge him to make a recommendation.

"I know..... I've already prepared the true core.

　The Demon King Yataro replies in a masterful voice, and one Demon General holds out a [True Core] to me.

　That's deliberate. Did the Demon King Yataro anticipate this outcome from the beginning?

"I - the Demon King Yataro - renounce my life as the Demon King and 'surrender' to thee - the Demon King Theon.

　The Demon King Yataro looks into my eyes with sincere eyes and spins out the words of "surrender" in a steady voice.

''--I acknowledge.''

　I declare the words to accept Demon King Yataro's [Surrender].

　As if in response to my declaration, the [True Core] in my hand glows and disappears from my hand. At the same time, the area underneath my feet, the space, and the dominant area violently vibrated.

''>The control domain of Demon King Yataro has been controlled.

　＞＞Dissimilar molecules will be ejected to unify the dominant domain.

　＞＞I've successfully ejected the dissimilar molecules. Integration of the dominant domain.

　＞＞I've successfully integrated the dominant domain. Pseudo-peace is now granted for 24 hours.

　I took control of my smart phone and confirmed that Yataro's surrender was successful.

'You've been attacked by humanity...'
"Master Left. Three hours later, we would have lost a piece of our domain.

　The Demon King Yataro told us the truth in a matter-of-fact manner.

　In the midst of our fight, Yataro didn't even mention that he was being attacked by humanity. In order to survive, he made a choice, and as a result, he threw all of his resources into the fight against me.

　That choice was not a bad one.

　Thus, I welcomed the third and most reliable former demon king's men.


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　We have 24 hours to set up our system without the invaders getting in the way.

　I assemble a time schedule for the 24 hours that the Pseudo Peace is granted.

　I welcomed the Demon King Yataro as my man. The function I expect Yataro to perform is the defense of the realm of control. If that's the case, it would be more efficient to entrust the construction of the control area to Yataro as well. What we need to do is to share information.

　Yataro needs to be informed of my thinking, and then he needs to assemble the forces needed for the defense.

　You have one hour to share the information.

　The number of dominant territories we currently control is 51, and of those, the one we want to entrust to Yataro is the 27 possible offensive territories, of those 27 territories, 22 have a ready-made base, and we'll only need to build from scratch on the 5 newly-controlled territories.

''Yataro, how much time do you think it will take to rebuild the five dominated territories?
Five..... You mean the territory that Master Theon has just seized from me.
You will.
Hmm. Well, I'd say I have five hours. Why do you ask such a question?
We're going to split up the power of the domain to Yataro. In order to adjust our schedule for the future.
"Hmm......... 《Split》?　What's that?
What--?　You know about the Surrender, but you don't know about the Partition?

　From what I've heard from canon, the rank needed to gain knowledge of the 《Surrender》 is a B. The rank needed to know the 《Division》 should be a C.

''Hmm. Was there any information about the split in Laplace?　Are you by any chance higher in rank than me, Master Theon?

　Yataro gives an incomprehensible answer to my question.

　'Laplace'?　Rank?　Come to think of it, he mentioned 'Laplace' during the conflict......... Well, okay. We'll hear about that later. First, let's prioritize our actions.

''Yataro isn't the Demon King right now.
No.
You can't create a dominant domain and you can't create a subordinate.
Yes, you do.

　Receiving my words, Yataro, perhaps reaffirming the fact that he has been deprived of his position as the Demon King, replies in a somber tone.　

''If we split up, I can entrust Yataro with the authority to control the dominion area. Yataro will be entrusted with the defense of my area of control--
What the hell?　You want to delegate my authority?　So I can create the Domain of Control and the Creation of My People?

　Hearing my words, Yataro is all excited, and he is all wound up.

I can create the dominion area and know the situation of the dominion area we are entrusted with.
What about--?　What about--?　How about creating random numbers?
I don't think so. And by the way, I don't think I can do the Smelting.
Yeah, well...

　Yataro hears my response and returns to his subdued voice tone.

　I resume assembling the time schedule with a depressed Yataro at my back.

　Five hours is the amount of time needed to rebuild the five dominant realms? If I'm going to rebuild the other Dominion Domains to be split up as well.......would ten hours be enough time?

　Now we have 13 hours left.

　All that's left to do is to gather information from Yataro. The identity of the shadow demon, the mysterious word - information on "Laplace". All that's left is to confirm the abilities of former Yataro's subordinates. Once that's done, we'll discuss our future course of action. In the extra time we have, should we create a residence for Yataro and his friends?

　The time schedule for the time granted by the 《Pseudo Peace》, which had become 24 hours.......23 hours and 20 minutes to be exact in my head, was assembled.

　Let's start by meeting up with the self-proclaimed chief of staff, Canon, and sharing information.

　I create a "Transfer Device" nearby. I return to Kanon with Yataro and my family members.


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Welcome back.

　When I used the 《Transition Device》 to transfer to the first dominant area - the innermost part of the first dominant area given to me, Kanon flew in with a smile on his face.

''I'm home. This is the two rumored demon kings - Yataro and Kaede.
Nice to meet you. I'm Kanon, Mr. Theon's chief of staff.

　When he introduces Yataro and Maple to Kanon, Kanon introduces himself while quickly misrepresenting his position.

'Chief of Staff, you say?　In other words, Master Theon's operation--
That worm there is not the chief of staff. At best, he's an apprentice general, and at present he's a search tool.
''--na!''

　I interrupted the words of the impressed Yataro and told him the truth. Kanon is astonished for some reason, but for me, I'm astonished by Kanon's tone of voice as he easily perjured his position.

''Apprentice Chief of Staff...?　It looks like a high pixie, but could this fairy be one of the SSRs?

　Yataro is astonished by my words.

''........SSR subordinate?　Sorry, I don't know what that word means, but canon is a former demon king just like Yataro.
Former demon king... well, I see.
Well, time is limited. I'd better get to the point, if you don't mind.
Yes?
Hmm.

　If we continue to chatter on, precious time will be wasted.

''First, I'll tell you the decision first. Yataro will be entrusted with the defense of the dominion area. The dominion realm to be divided is the 27 dominion realms that have the potential to be attacked by the enemy.
What--what?　I, I--

　The canon froze as he opened his big mouth.

'You're always in place,'
I mean, come on.
"Search Tools,
At the very least, I'd like to be considered for the position of chief of staff...
If you don't like it, you can have a party with Sabraw--
It's a search tool!　Ask me anything you want!

　Canon accepts the position of the search tool that he hated so much.

'Shit, where was I?'
You are about to ask me to split my 27 dominions.
As we continue talking, I'll tell Yataro how to think about me in order to make it happen.
Hmm. An educational philosophy....or a business philosophy?　--The Demon King idea!
Well, that's fine. I'm going to be able to tell you what kind of subordinates I can create, what subordinates I have and what items I can refine. And then you can apply for the CP and the control and items you need.
Yes, sir.

　Then, I explained with the canon the concept of my approach and the regional concepts of my area of control. Next, I explained the characteristics of the subordinates and the subordinates that can be created. In the end, there are many different types of items that can be smelted, so I left the explanation to Kanon.