Volume 4 part 4

“But the fog is really serious.”
“If a person goes out at this time, it must feel like sinking in the middle of thick fog.”
Maou and Ashiya monitored the situation outside from the window of their lodging.
“Hey, Maou, your phone is ringing.”
Urushihara called out to Maou from behind, and handed the mobile phone to him.
“Oh, it’s a message from Chi-chan……they arrived at the hotel safely.”
Maou opened the message and read it, and his gaze stopped on the last sentence in confusion.
“……They can’t be serious?”
“What happened?”
When Ashiya asked, Maou raised his head and answered,
“Oh my, I heard Amane-san headed to some place in this fog?”
“She should be just going home? Isn’t she a local?”
“Hm, that’s possible, but what Chi-chan said is not ‘go back’, it’s ‘heading to some place’.”
Maou folded his phone and kept it in his pocket, then glanced outside once again.
Thinking about it, in the end Maou still did not know what Amane’s main occupation was. Could she have specially
gone out because of something related to her job? The fog shrunk the range of vision to a few metres, just as Maou
was praying that Amane would not meet any car accident----
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
The sound was heard again. The glass on the windows vibrated with a ‘Tak tak tak’ sound.
The roar of an ancient dragon, perhaps it did sound like that.
A sound which felt like it was enough to tear the fog apart shook the air around the sea, causing Maou, who wasn’t
paying attention because he was deep in thought, to jump up, his heart feeling like it was going to explode.
“That, that scared me!”
The surrounding fog became more densely packed following that sound.
Their field of vision went white, and even the Inubo cliffs where the lighthouse was build became blur.
“De, Demon King-sama!”
“Woah?”
Ashiya suddenly shouted beside him, and Maou who was frightened once again, jumped lightly.
“Don, don’t, don’t scare me like that! Ah~seriously!”
“My, my apologies. But……within the fog, is there something there?”
“Hm? Inside the fog?”
From what can be seen within this heavy fog, it should only be the lighthouse light which occasionally shone past,
the beach in front of them, the reflections of themselves in the window and----
“……a person?”
A shadow seemed to appear in the fog. And it seemed to be heading in this direction. However, the movements of
the shadow were strangely unsteady, wobbling like a broken clock. Mostly importantly----
“It, it seems to be a little big?”
“That, that’s right.”
The approaching human shadow was very large. And it greatly exceeded the standard of being burly or tall.
The size of this shadow can easily surpass the height of this bungalow, Ooguro-ya.
“What is it, what happened?”
Seeing Maou and Ashiya acting this distraught, Urushihara also approached the window in surprise. Then with his
own eyes, he confirmed what Maou and Ashiya saw.”
“Be, because it’s in the fog, so it should be Brocken spectre or something like that?”
(T/N: Brocken spectre – Refers to the apparently enormous and magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the
upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun.)
“What, what that refers to is the shadow of one of us. In, in other words……”
“I say, can that be the story which Amane-san was mentioning to Emilia earlier……”
The story of the ghost spirit spread in Choshi ----Snarling Spirit.
“That’s not right, shouldn’t that just appear on the boat? That, thing looks like it’s on land no matter how you look at
it.
“Shh……h, hey, there’s footsteps……”
Perhaps the scene of a few great demons from the Demon World gathering together and being afraid of a looming
huge shadow in the fog may look hilarious, but even if they are demons, they will still be afraid of strange things.
“It’s, it’s coming……”
Ashiya moaned, and at the same time, the shadow passed through the dense fog and revealed itself.
“Eh……”
This sound should have come from Maou, Ashiya or Urushihara.
The shadow which cut through the fog and revealed itself was without a doubt, a giant. And these three people were
no strangers to this giant.
The human shadow like thing, knelt on the ground at a place not too far in front of them, and the sound produced
stirred up a sand cloud.
“That, that is……”
“Let’s go! Demon King-sama! Lucifer!”
“Is, is this for real?”
Once they saw the giant collapse in font of Ooguro-ya, they ran out of Ooguro-ya before they could fully regain their
senses.
The location was near the porch of the rom they stayed in.
Maou, Ashiya and Urushihra, were frozen in fear because of that giant who collapsed in the swirling sand and a fog
so dense that one’s fingers could not be seen.
“Ohh……arr……”
Even if this moan obviously could not have been made by a human, but this thing did have a human like appearance.
It’s just that his body was twice as large as a normal human. The giant had skin like rusted armour, and a demon like
horn grew out from the top of his head.
The most attention grabbing feature was the tattoo covering his whole face like they were wrapping the left and
right eye.
To the three people, the tattoo gave them the impression that there was a single large eye in the middle of his face.
“Don, don’t tell me it’s…..a demon?”
Ashiya said softly to himself like he was confirming the situation in front of his eyes. Maou also swallowed his saliva.
“Is……is it a member of the One Eyed Tattooed Demons? Why would this guy suddenly come here?”
“I can’t……see anything, how can……a human……have this kind of power……”
It looked like what the One Eyed Tattooed Demon said did contain some meaning. And undoubtably, it was one of
the languages of the Demon World. This sentence suddenly added the touch of reality to the scene in front of them,
and caused Ashiya to approach the giant.
“H, hey, you there, One Eyed Tattooed Demon! Exactly what……”
“Ashiya! Get back!”
A wave of dense fog suddenly swirled up above the One Eyed Tattooed Demon.
Maou grabbed Ashiya’s neck, and forcefully pushed him to the ground, a screw shaped fog passed over to the two
people like a snake with awareness, attacking the One Eyed Tattooed Demon.
The three people, who could only watch everything in shock, a piercing light flashed in front of their eyes, and in the
instant they turned away, the One Eyed Tattooed Demon which logically should not appear in Japan, was wrapped
into the fog and disappeared.
After all, the roar of a giant dragon was heard.
“It, it disappeared……”
After the screw shaped fog disappeared, only sunken sand was left at the scene. But……
“That was a young One Eyed Tattoed Demon right……he was really here just now. And he was hurt.”
Not long ago, a giant entity collapsed in the sand, and the traces of a certain red substance were mixed in.
Compared to Maou, who calmly analysed the situation, Ashiya exclaimed in surprise,
“But, th, this is Kimigahama in Chiba! Why would a demon from the Demon World come here?”
“Really, don’t forget that the Demon King and angels are gathered in Tokyo’s Sasazuka. Perhaps an Archbishop from
the Church will appear in Sapporo one day, and Orochimaru will appear in Ente Isla.”
“This isn’t a time to be joking around!”
Ashiya determinedly stopped Maou from making more jokes.
“The problem is, only we are here right now!”
“I……am really hoping that this is a coincidence, okay?”
“Even if it is a coincidence, isn’t it a bit too ridiculous.”
It looked like even Urushihara was shaken by the situation and was looking around frantically.
“Perhaps, the people of the Demon World got a hold of our location, and came to get us……”
Ashiya suddenly thought of this possibility, but this deduction was really too optimistic.
“I don’t think so? If so, then why would that One Eyed Tattooed Demon be covered in wounds?”
“That, that is because……”
Urushihara’s opinion caused Ashiya to become speechless for the moment. Even if they weren’t completely sure
about it, but it looked like the injuries caused by a battle.
Where is that ‘gate’, and who opened it; was that demon injured before he entered the ‘gate’ or after he exited the
‘gate’. Following the difference in the time frame and events, the situation will be changed greatly.
The important point is, if he really was the One Eyed Tattooed Demon from the Demon World that Maou and the
rest knew of, then a big question appeared.
Why was that One Eyed Tattooed Demon able to maintain his demon form after coming to Japan.
But the situation did not allow Maou and the rest any time to think about it.
“Ugh! Hey, Ashiya! Behind you!”
Behind the deeply thinking Ashiya, a new demon appeared.
With the lower body of a carnivourous animal and a demon’s face for the upper body, it was a human shaped
demon commonly found in the Demon World, known as the Beast Demon.
“Ohhhhhh…….”
But this demon was also injured like the One Eyed Tattooed Demon from earlier, moaning in pain.
It looked like the other party was a middle ranked demon good enough to be a troop leader in the Demon Army. But
the armour he was wearing was cracked in several places. The sword in his hand was so battered that it was difficult
to believe that it had not broken yet.
“Beast Demon? Is it a resident of the Demon Capital Satanasarc?
There were many types of demons which were half beast and half demon, even what was known as the capital of
the Demon World, Demon Capital Satanasarc, had many sub clans who lived there.
“Hu, humans of this world……will you oppose me as well?”
It was the Demon language which they had missed quite a bit. Even though it sounded like normal grating sounds,
even if they used the ears of humans, Maou and Ashiya were still able to receive and understand the contents
without having to use mental communication.
“Hu, human?”
Whether it is Ashiya, Maou or Urushihara, they woud of course understand the language of the Demon World. But
Ashiya, who did not have the chance to process the situation, the language he used in his panic was the Japanese
which he was already completely used to.
“Insolent being! I am from the Demon Army, the Demon General Aisi......”
“Don’t say things that people do not understand. Eat my blade and learn the greatness of the sword.”
“What did you say?”
Ashiya burned in anger because of the rude words of the other party, but from the point of view of this beast demon,
it only saw a human from a foreign world standing over there and shouting.
In the instant the already damanged twin blades of the connected swords swung towards Ashiya.
“Ashiya!”
Maou shouted this loudly and used his body to knock him into the sand. The two of them even felt the blades
soaring over their heads.
“Keep your blades! We are not your enemies!”
Maou shouted at the beast demon which fell to the ground after swinging his blades. The expression of the other
party wavered visibly.
“Ashiya, calm down! Even if you speak to him in Japanese, there’s no way to communicate!”
“Ah, I, I see.”
With Urushihara’s reminder, Ashiya finally realised his mistake and frantically switched from Japanese to the
language of the Demon World.
“Ugh…...language of the Demon World……power of the Demon World……who, exactly are……”
“!”
“What is it?”
The words of the beast demon soldier were unable to reach the ears of Maou and the rest in the end.
Just like what happened with the One Eyed Tattooed Demon, the fog snake swiftly swept the beast demon away,
and immediately after that, a short bright flash appeared within the fog, and the beast demon disappeared in front
of their eyes.
After that, there was another roar from that giant dragon.
“What is going on? Don’t tell me the Church is attacking?”
“B, but, I have never seen spells like this!”
The injured demons from the Demon World, disappeared into the fog in front of their eyes in an instant.
But there were no traces of demonic magic left, and at the same time, they did not sense any remnants of power
from the power which got rid of the two demons.
Wrong. There was still demonic magic left.
“Above! It’s coming again!”
This time, Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara sensed the demonic magic before the other party came close.
“?”
A loud sound like cannon fire shook faraway fog covered skies.
At this moment, a certain object fell towards the beach where Maou and the rest were.
“Get out of the way!”
The three people quickly moved away from where they stood.
As if the demon was thrown away by the loud sound just now, it opened its huge wings just before touching the
ground and slowly landed where the three of them were originally standing.
Just from the size, this demon was a lot smaller than the One Eyed Tattooed Demon and Beast Demon. The demon,
which was about as tall as Ashiya, was a demonic bird wearing fully black armour.
Even if it had used its wing to slow its descent, the demon bird was also heavily injured and knelt down in the same
place as the beast demon.
“Ugh, we were too careless…….! Who knew that there was such a strong entity here!”
Unlike the two demons from before, even if the armour and helmet of this demonic bird were battered, the sword
and sword sheath at its waist was undamaged, and were adorned with beautiful jewels which emitted an elegant
glow.
It looked like a well known jeweled sword, but compared to that sword, Maou and Ashiya’s attention were drawn to
the face of the demonic bird warrior.
The two people were familiar with that face.
“Cou, could it be……”
“Ka, Kameo?”
“Kameo-sama?”
The demonic bird warrior, which had big round eyes even though it was a demon, raised its head because it was
addressed by people it did not know.
“Humans, who are you……why do you know my name……? Ugh!”
The demonic bird warrior was bleeding from its mouth, and looked at Maou and Ashiya with a sharp gaze.
“It doesn’t matter who we are! Kameo, what happened! Your injuries……”
“Demon King-sama! The fog is coming again!”
Maou wanted to approach the demonic bird warrior, bu the fog snake appeared again, surrounding the body of the
demonic bird warrior.
Even thoug they did not know what principle the fog used to get rid of the demons, they also did not know what will
happen if they were sucked in. Maou stopped involuntarily.
“Damn, looks like we have to risk it!”
Urushihara shouted sharply and a strong wind blew suddenly.
With Maou and the rest as the center, the surrounding fog was pushed back in one go.
“Urushihara?”
A pair of wings appeared on Urushihara’s back, but they weren’t black wings of a fallen angel, but white wings filled
with holy magic.
Urushihara, flapping his wings, produced a strong wind and blew away all the fog between where Maou and the rest
were standing and Ooguro-ya.
“Y, your wings, why are they white……”
“This fog is unnatural once you look at it, right? Forget about these small things, bring Kameo in quickly!”
“Y, yeah! Seriously, what is going on! Ashiya, support the other side!”
“Un, understood!”
The two people used their shoulders to support the demonic bird warrior and brought this demon to inside the
Ooguro-ya next to them.
Urushihara, in charge of bring up the earlier, lightly flapped his wings to stop the approach of the fog and closed the
door after waiting for everyone to enter.
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrom…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrromm…………
Worawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrommm…………
The loud sound which echoed throughout Kimigahama sounded like a roar of a carnivourous animal who had failed
in its hunt.
“Demon King-sama, the fog!”
Ashiya looked out of the window after letting the demonic bird warrior sit down, the dense fog was dissipating as if
it was being scattered by that roar.
After a short while, Kimigahama regained its original normal night scenery. The moon, the stars, the lights from the
fishing boats, the lights in town, and the lighthouse.
The events which happened during this time were like a daydream, they could even hear the waves hitting against
the beach if they listened carefully.
“Kameo, Kameo, hang in there!”
The three people looked at the injured demonic bird warrior with serious expressions.
“Even though I don’t know who all of you are……but if you are to be involved with me, you might face life
threatening danger……don’t overestimate yourselves, humans……”
For unknown reasons, the language the demonic bird warrior used was different from the One Eyed Tattooed
Demon and beast demon, using the language which did not match its appearance, Japanese, from the start.
“Sigh, it can’t be helped. After all, Satan and Alsiel look completely different from before.”
The demonic bird warrior stopped speaking when it heard Urushihara’s voice.
“But you should still be able to recognize me right? Demon Minister Kameo.”
The demonic bird warrior raised its head swiftly.
Even though he was wearing a wrinked t-shirt and sports shorts, but with his white wings still on his back, Urushihara
stood in front of the demonic bird warrior.
Once the demonic bird warrior saw Urushihara’s face, he sucked in a sharp breath in surprise.
“Lucifer……are you Lucifer?”
“That’s right, Kameo. As usual, you only drop the honorifics when it comes to me.”
Ignoring Urushihara, who frowned in unhappiness, the demonic bird warrior known as Kameo shifted its gaze to the
other two males currently looking at him.
“Alsiel? Satan? Cou, could you be……”
Kameo said in a quavering tone.
“Eastern General-sama……”
“……Even though my appearance is like this now, but Kameo-sama, I am Alsiel.”
Alsiel knelt down to look at the other party directly in the eyes.
“Th, then? Y……you would be……”
“Kameo, tell me quickly what exactly happened?”
The gazes of Maou and Kameo met.
“Satan-sama……Demon King Satan-sama……you’re still alive……wha, what kind of coincidental fate is this.”
“I’m sorry, letting you take care of the Demon World for so long. But I never expected that you would come to
Japan……come to this world. What happened?”
“De, Demon King-sama, I’ve let you down!”
The demonic bird warrior Kameo dragged his injured body, planning to kneel to Maou. Even though Maou moved to
stop him, but Kameo shook his head and spoke,
“I……I was unable……to carry out the mission of taking care of the Demon World in Demon King-sama’s place. I
cannot face the four Great Demon Generals……unable to face the Northern General and Southern General who have
died……”
“What does that mean?”
“Demon King-sama……the Demon World……and Ente Isla, have fallen into conflict once again. I was too
weak……really……I’m really sorry……”
“H, hey! Kameo! Hang in there! Hey!”
Kameo’s eyes gradually lost signs of life.
At the same time, Kameo’s body started to glow faintly and his body started to shrink.
“Demon King-sama, this is!”
Perhaps, because he had lost his demonic magic, Kameo started to show signs of turning human, or rather, his magic
was already fully used up.
The three people watched over Kameo anxiously, and this transformation ended in a few seconds.
“Wha, what is this?”
Urushihara mumbled in surprise.
“……Wha, what should we do about this.”
Maou stood at the side, stunned, because he didn’t know how to reply.
After the glow disappeared, at the scene, what were left were broken pieces of black armour, a dirty worn black
cape, the shining jeweled sword still in its sheath, and----
“It looks rather cute.”
collapsed on the floor, an uninjured, black bird.
Vol 4 Chapter 3: The Demon King, realizing the vastness of Choshi and the World
The morning after the night time fireworks party was interrupted by the fog, Maou and the rest were awakened by
the persistent phone call attacks from Amane.
According to Amane, since they came to Inubo, they have to watch the sun rising up from the horizons. However, to
be honest, Maou simply did not care about such trivial things.
Maou did feel that this view was very beautiful, but in the past, he used to be able to see a panoramic view of the
sunrise from his room at the Demon Fortress in Isla Kentourm.
As for Urushihara, after watching the sunrise with lifeless eyes, he immediately went back to sleep.
As Maou and Ashiya did not sleep well due to the events which occurred last night, they were very sleepy as well. As
such, they were unable to find fault with Urushihara.
The weather for Choshi and Kimigahama today was sunny and fair, making it hard to relate to the heavy fog the
night before. Before 8 o’ clock, the temperature has risen to the point where one would sweat once coming into
contact with the sun’s rays.
As Maou heard from Chiho last night that everyone has arrived at the inn safely, and that Alas=Ramus had cheered
up, the only worry left is the number of customers who would come today.
Today is also Maou and Ashiya’s first day for officially opening the store, once the two of them had woken up, they
started the preparation work.
Partly because it was the middle of summer, the sun rose very early. However, if they went back to sleep, they
would not be able to get up before the deliveries arrive.
Amane reported to work at 6 o’ clock and woke Urushihara up, and the four of them conducted the last checks
before the opening of the store.
Would any customers come? Just like what Chiho and Ashiya worried about yesterday, this looks like a beach which
no one would go to.
1st August, Maou’s highly successful morning.
As if to blow away Maou’s uneasiness, the beach which was practically empty the day before, many visitors from the
seawater baths arrived at 8 o’ clock in the morning.
As they were so many visitors, even if the only beach house on the beach Ooguro-ya mobilized the four people
Amane, Maou, Ashiya and Urushihara, they were still so busy that there was no time for a break.
The “Sand sculpture , Blue Heaven Tower” which Suzuno made attracted a crowd outside Ooguro-ya because of its
amazing appearance.
And crowds will attract more visitors.
10 o’ clock in the morning, Ashiya’s fried noodles attracted long lines of customers with its taste.
Ashiya, who was in charge of the food, was already constantly busy with just the takeaway customers.
Maou and Amane were in charge of serving the customers sitting at the tables within the store, who came to rest
and to eat.
After Urushihara and Chiho polished the chairs, the total number of usable seats became 20. However, as they have
to deliver food to the visitors seated at the clearing and the rocks outside the shop, Maou and the rest became
extremely busy in a short time.
Of course, a beach house menu will have more than just fried noodles.
Even though Maou and the others got rid of most of the menu because they wanted to cut down preparation time
and because of their inexperience, conversely, they were able to increase the variation of the type of dish they have
concentrated on.
In general, Maou and the others got rid of the Ramen, which takes a lot of time and requires attention on the noodle
cooking and placement of the condiments. In place of that, they added fried noodles with two flavours, soy sauce
and salt seafood flavour.
Even if they could not make Okonomiyaki because the space on the metal plate was taken up by the fried noodles,
they would be able to use the space originally taken up by the Ramen to cook curry, mixing with either the pre-stir
fried chicken or pork.
All the dishes were marked with a different coloured drawing paper, and together with the drinks, the menu and
price were pasted within the store. This visual effect hid the fact that there was little variety in the dishes.
As a result------
“Thank you for your patronage! Number 4, 2 pork, 1 chicken, salt, takeaway 3!”
“Number 3, 2 soy, 1 salt, 2 plain, soy takeaway 2!”
“Rock number 2, 5 chicken! Can it be served immediately? I’m sorry, the chicken has just been cooked, I will bring it
to you later, please wait for a while!”
Maou is now facing a difficult situation where he needs to shout towards the kitchen.
‘Soy takeaway’ and ‘salt takeaway’ is used to represent the customers’ orders and whether they were eating inside
or takeaway.
The number at the beginning is the table number, adding the ‘Rock’ word refers to the customers sitting at the rocks
outside.
“Maou-kun, can you help with the delivery of the 4 plain for the next table? The pork ran out, I have to stir fry the
pork!”
“I’ll be there immediately! Urushihara!”
“Impossible! I can’t handle it already!”
Maou asked Urushihara for help, but Urushihara was already too busy.
The new system, which logically would allow Urushihara, who did not have any experience in serving customers, to
handle the sales of the shaved ice and drinks without having to worry about him making mistakes, currently had a
flaw because of unexpected reasons.
Maou originally planned to have the customers operate the manual shaved ice machine themselves. With this,
Urushihara would only need to handle the payment. In addition, because it is an independently operating store, they
are able to use this informal business model.
Even if it is a rotating shaved ice machine which is not easy to operate, for Ooguro-ya, which did not have any
facilities allowing it to sell ice cream, there was no reason not to sell shaved ice.
Maou and the others placed the ice blocks outside in advance, when the ice blocks need replenishing, it will be done
by Urushihara. As the customers would be able to have some fun making their own shaved ice, even if the ice is not
shaved well, they would be able to laugh it off in the end.
Maou also thought that many customers would be too lazy to shave the ice, so ignoring the costs to some extent, he
prepared strawberry, lemon, honeydew and blue Hawaii, these four syrups for the customers to add on freely.
As a result, the customers would work hard to shave the ice themselves in order to try the various flavours.
In this way, Urushihara would only need to handle the payment and put in the ice, the rest will be done by the
customers.
As they had prepared a large amount of cups and spoons in advance, they do not have to worry about those running
out. After that, they filled the child sized pool which Emi bought back with ice, placing various drinks into it.
Urushihara would just have to sit in front of it and be a human cashier, automatically accepting the money……
“The current waiting time is 15 minutes! And the strawberry flavour has been used up, please understand! Thanks!”
Urushihara, who was extremely busy, shouted this at the customers waiting for the shaved ice and drinks.
“Eh~~”
“You can’t be serious?”
The long line of customers started to complain.
Compared to Ashiya’s teppanyaki, the sales of the drinks are more stable. However the shaved ice plan was too
successful, which resulted in customers waiting under the hot sun.
Some of the customers were obviously feeling impatient. Not only were they frowning under the sun, they were
hopping from one foot to the other on the hot beach sand.
There was only one shaved ice machine after all.
In order to minimise the number of unsatisfied customers due to being unable to properly make the shaved ice, they
lowered the listed price by a lot. This is one of the reasons for the long queue which was much longer than what
Urushihara could handle.
“Demon King-sama! There isn’t enough salt flavour! We still need 10 minutes for the next batch to be done!”
This time, it was Ashiya’s turn to let out a wail.
Maou was feeling flustered because of the unsatisfied atmosphere and voices from the crowd in the queue.
“Is it enough to handle the previously ordered servings of salt flavoured fried noodles?”
“There are three servings left, so I’m still lacking one serving.”
Ashiya’s reply was very discouraging.
The amount of food estimated earlier was totally wrong. Considering the laid back business model of Ooguro-ya in
the past, Maou estimated that the sales for this year should be 1.5 times of last year, so he prepared the
corresponding amount of ingredients, but the result totally exceeded those expectations.
Ingredients wise, there was still sufficient amount left, but the both of them did not have time to prepare them at all.
“Maou-kun! Rock one, plain two and cola!” Ah! Seriously, I already lost track of which were served and which were
not served yet!”
Amane looked at the orders which have not been completed and started to get confused.
Unless the seats are easily taken away by others, beach houses would normally use the system where customers
would need to pay at the counter once they have ordered, but considering the number of customers and the
quantity of the orders, Maou decided that this system would not work and changed it to having an order slip issued
for every table.
As a result, because Amane was not used to doing business, she frequently made mistakes in the bill calculation.
Moreover, with the large number of orders, the change they prepared beforehand was running out.
In addition, with the different bill calculation system from before, the frequency in which wrong orders were taken
for the same table increased a lot.
“We, we ran out of order slips……”
Unexpectedly, one book of order slips was used up in a very short amount of time.
“Amane-san, the spare books of order slips are at……”
“Ah, I don’t know! If I did buy them before, it should be in the cupboard in the room where Maou-kun is staying,
they haven’t been used for a long time after all……”
With some difficulty, Maou pushed down the shout of “Why is it in that sort of place!”
If Maou left the dining hall now, Amane would have to handle the payment, serving of the customers and drink
machine by herself.
The dissatisfied atmosphere can be felt from within and outside of the beach house, and customers have already
started to leave in frustration. Unless a person had three heads and six arms like Asura, or is the Demon King of the
Demon World, there was no way to solve the current situation.
The employees of Ooguro-ya were red in the face, covered in sweat and did not have any extra energy to handle the
unexpected situation in front of them.
Just as the thoughts swirling inside Maou were about to reach their limit----
“Maou-san, please search for the order slips. I will help out during this time.”
The four people who were close to exploding heard this voice.
“Shiro-san should finish up the soy sauce fried noodle orders. I will prepare the ingredients for the salt flavoured
seafood fried noodles during this time. I just have to chop up these vegetables and squid, and remove the back veins
from the prawns, right?”
“Hello, is this South Choshi Ice Industries? Please send two shaved ice machines over, can you deliver them today?
Yes, it doesn’t matter if there is additional transport fee or if they are old models, please send them to Ooguro-ya at
Kimigahama…… ah, is that so? Then strawberry and blue Hawaii. Alright, thank you very much…… Fuu, even though I
made the decision on my own accord, but looking at this situation, some necessary spending can be forgiven, right?
The rental for one machine is 3000 yen, and it seems like they come with free syrup.”
Three rays of hope came from different directions.
Maou, unable to hide his shock, stuttered out,
“Chi-chan…..Suzuno, Emi……, all of you, why……”
At this moment, three goddesses descended on Ooguro-ya, who had to work non-stop and were reaching their limit.
“Table number 2……over there, alright, two beers and orange juice, as well as bottled cola, right!”
Without waiting for Maou’s reply, Chiho asked Amane about the table number and steadily fulfilled the accumulated
drink orders.
“For now, I’ll prepare enough prawns to fulfil the current orders. Should be cabbage with finely sliced, or chopped
into large pieces?”
With a cutting speed like a person exhibiting her sword drawing skills, Suzuno quickly cut the ingredients and
removed the back veins from the prawns, and with just one look from the menu next to Ashiya, she started making
the salt flavoured fried noodles.
“I sense a strong killing aura from the queue at the shaved ice area, can we give them any discounts?”
Emi asked Maou with a serious face.
A commotion occurred in Ooguro-ya, which was filled with extreme heat.
Once the swimsuit wearing girls spoke, the customers, who already felt frustrated because of the queue and the
heat, started to stare at the employees who have appeared suddenly.
Part of the reason is because until now, there was only Amane in the store, who wore a T-shirt and stayed at the
back, so most of the customers were happy about this.
“So the important point is still the youth huh……”
Amane mumbled to herself, but it didn’t really matter to her.
Chiho wore a 2 piece orange swimsuit with a white hoodie over it, adding on a hat which is meant to block out the
sun, this gives others the image that she is an “employee”.
Chiho nimbly balanced the heavy tray laden with drinks, and with a speed trained by a city outlet MgRonalds, she
weaved between the customers and delivered the drinks with a smile.
Suzuno had put on an apron because she was helping out in the kitchen, and even though she was wearing a simply
designed black halter neck bikini, the white ribbon around her chest and the plain dark blue apron matched each
other well, causing this beautiful work attire to exude a healthy glow.
As Suzuno quickly finished chopping a cabbage with comparable with a beautiful sword drawing technique, the
customers who were originally feeling frustrated because of the queue clapped in response.
As for Emi, she wore a leisure bikini with bright colours inspired by the southern countries, and with a beach towel
tied around her waist and the large ribbons on her chest, she stood out a lot.
The three girls, with their different personalities, wore three different swimsuits which emphasised the unique
attractiveness, but Maou was concerned about another thing altogether.
“Hey, where’s Alas=Ramus?”
“……Don’t you have anything else to say?”
Even though Emi looked displeased, she replied while being wary of Amane,
“She woke up early to play in the water, and is taking a nap now. I’ve taken the liberty of letting her sleep in your
room, so I would leave once she wakes up.”
When she was explaining, Emi tapped the back of her head with her fingers twice.
In other words, the two of them were joined together.
As long as this is confirmed, then there is nothing to worry about.
If the three girls were not around to help, they would not be able to overcome the difficulty in front of them.
“I’m sorry! Please, help us a little.”
“Alright!”
“Leave it to me.”
“I’ll say this first, all of you owe me one!”
The three people replied in different ways.
Maou rushed into the store and carried out four cupboard boxes, which had a little ice on their surfaces, shoving
them to Emi.
“This, including those in the store room, it doesn’t matter if you give them all away, treat this at a lunch special and
give it to everyone present!”
What Maou took out was the existing stock of Oletimin C.
If 4 boxes were given away, then they would lose 5000 yen, according the purchase price, but this was not the time
to calculate such figures.
As long as they can provide a proper level of service to the customers present, this loss can be recovered easily.
On the other hand, if they do not handle the current situation properly, they might suffer an even larger loss from
tomorrow onwards.
Emi walked towards the queue for the fried noodles and shaved ice in a more straightforward manner than expected,
and weaved between the customers who were in a bad mood.
“Sorry to keep you waiting! This is the free drink from the lunch promotion!”
Emi started to give out the Oletimin C with a model business smile.
In reality, the attitudes of the male customers have all been softened because of the swimsuit Emi wore, and when
under the hot sun, no customer would dislike a free ice drink.
If she could show that smile more often, she just might become cuter.
Frankly, compared to the swimsuits the three girls wore, the fact that their sudden appearance saved the store from
a crisis was the thing that Maou was most surprised and felt happy about.
“I’ll be back soon!”
Maou, who made sure that the situation had eased, immediately headed towards the backyard in order to find the
spare order slips.
In the cupboard in the room where the three demons lived, there were some boxes which looked like they were
placed there for a long time. Maou opened the door of the room, and evened out his breathing in the cool air
conditioned air.
Maou already knew the location of the cupboard boxes. After all, while in a panic, he had taken one empty cupboard
box out for use.
“……Kameo, are you still alive?”
In the corner of the room, away from direct sunlight and the blast of the air conditioner, there was an especially
large cupboard box. Maou, who peeked inside the box, said this.
“Sa, Satan-sama…….chirp.”
Inside the box, there was a small black bird moving around lethargically.
“Fu……ah, I’m sorry, it’s good that you’re alive. I’ll come and find you later.”
Perhaps it is because of different reasons, but compared to Maou and Ashiya turning in humans when they lost their
magic, Kameo had turned into a small bird for unexplainable reasons.
His tone and voice was still as deep as the magical bird warrior from last night, but a bird like “chirp” now naturally
came at the start and end of every sentence. It was difficult to understand why it this happened.
“I’m sorry chirp……making you worry chirp.”
“It’s alright, it’s alright, I can’t help you much right now anyway, are you sure you don’t need to eat?”
“Sorry for letting you see me in such a pathetic state……chirp……because my magic has not fully dissipated
yet……chirp……chirp.”
“Hee hee……I, I understand, then, I’ll see you later.”
“Yes……chirp.”
In order to allow the demon known as Kameo to rest well, Maou stuffed a few layers of towels in the box. Moreover,
there was a water bowl in the box and the air conditioner was adjusted to a temperature which was not too hot and
not too cold.
Even though a normal bird would not be able to survive under these circumstances, but the true identity of this bird
which is near death, is a great demon who even Ashiya would use honorifics when addressing him.
Demon Minister Kameo.
If the Demon Generals Ashiya and Lucifer are considered soldiers, then Kameo’s existence is equivalent to a civil
officer.
Not all the demons joined the Demon Army and participated in the battle to invade Ente Isla. In fact, most of the
demons have stayed in the demon world.
The organisation which Maou created can be seen as the first nation in the demon world, and when Satan attacked
Ente Isla, the one who rules the nation’s inhabitants on his behalf, is the Demon Minister Kameo.
Kameo, as Maou’s representative, who also has an authority equivalent to the Demon King in the Demon World,
why would he appear in Japan covered in wounds? As the person himself is exhausted, they still did not know the
truth.
Maou and the rest only found out that Kameo had woken up and was calling with a “chirp chirp chirp” the next
morning. At that time, Urushihara had already woken up from the second time he went to sleep, and the three of
them were making preparations for the opening of the shop. Therefore, they were unable to listen to a detailed
explanation.
However, from the Kameo who lost his true form, they could confirm one thing. Kameo, the One Eyed Tattoed
Demon and beast demon, did not come here to look for the Demon King Satan or the Demon General Alsiel.
So what could be their purpose, why did they appear in Choshi, why could they retain their demon forms, there
were many questions which have yet to be answered.
The regretful thing is, the really regretful thing, is that Maou did not have the luxury to investigate these issues.
Because Chiho and the rest, who believed in Maou and were fighting a battle outside, were still waiting for him to
return.
“There’s still a workplace I have to return to!”
When Maou returned to the store in grief, the two rented shaved ice machines have been delivered swiftly.
It was less than twenty minutes from the time Emi made the call. Maou wasn’t sure because he wasn’t familiar with
the surrounding area, but the store might be unexpectedly close. Maou quietly thanked the high efficiency of
Southern Choshi Ice Industries.
“Urushihara! I’ll handle the ice, you concentrate on organising the queue and selling the drinks!”
Even though Urushihara expressed his displeasure to Emi, her decision was not wrong. Considering the visual effect,
it was definitely be more desirable for the attractive looking Emi to be in charge of the role near the front of the
store, however, as she is considered something akin to a trump card relief pitcher, and by doing so, it will not help in
Urushihara’s development.
Maou ignored Urushihara’s protesting gaze, and after handing Chiho and Amane one book of order slips each, he
returned to his own workstation, assisting with the orders and payment.
Just as Maou started to process the accumulated orders from the customers, Suzuno had already finished making
the salt flavoured seafood noodles and was preparing in front of the large cylinder pot to replenish the curry which
was about to run out.
If they maintained this allocation, they would be able to hold out until the end of lunch time.
Thanks to Chiho and the others, Maou was able to recover from his failures today. Tomorrow, they would need to
learn from this and think of a way to patch up what they are lacking without having to borrow their power.
In conclusion, when you can still recover from your failures, you should take the chance to experience failure a few
more times, it will be beneficial in the end. During Maou’s first day of work, Maou finally understood what Kisaki’s
words meant.
Three o’ clock in the afternoon.
After all the orders have been processed, the group could finally take a break.
The seats for eating in have already been cleared, and there was some noodles left in the corner of the metal plate,
Maou pulled an empty chair over and sat down tiredly.
“I’m so tired----!”
Maou couldn’t help but grumble.
“Maou-san, Amane-san, here.”
Chiho passed a cold bottle of Oletimin C to the both of them.
“Ah, thanks.”
After Maou opened the cap, he gulped it down.
“So………..so cold.”
Maou suffered from a slight headache because he drank a cold acidic drink in one go, but at the same time, he felt
very satisfied.
“But, thank you so much, Chi-chan. If you hadn’t come, we would have been goners. Always needing your help and
causing you to worry, I’m really sorry.”
Chiho, who sat down beside Maou, nodded in acknowledgement.
“It’s great that I could help.”
“From tomorrow onwards, it’s possible that people would come because of Chiho. The swimsuit you’re wearing is
nice.”
“……Eh?”
Because Maou was too natural when transiting from apologising to complementing, Chiho only started blushing
some time after.
“Er, er, erhm, thank…you. Erhm……”
Chiho, who suddenly was unable to look at Maou, moved her legs left and right, while starting at the Oletimin C in
her hands.
“Is……is it nice?”
“Yeah, that’s why I complemented you. This swimsuit……you didn’t pack this right?”
Chiho shook her head, and looked towards Amane, who was washing the pan used to stir fry the noodle toppings.
Maou, who followed suit and looked in the same direction, noticed that Amane had gave the both of them a thumbs
up. He did not know what she was thinking.
In other words, this meant that Amane was the one who provided the swimsuit, but when did she hand it over to
Chiho?
“Originally, I wanted to refuse……but that swimsuit looked kind of cute, so, erhm, I, I wanted……”
Chiho, who wanted to say ‘I wanted to wear it for Maou-san to see’, lowered her head without saying anything while
blushing furiously because she felt that this sentence seemed to be rather rude.
“That’s true. Since you’re at the beach, you would want to swim.”
Maou naturally explained what Chiho could not say.
“That, that’s right! Ah, ahahahaha!”
Chiho agreed with Maou, still blushing.
“Sigh……”
And couldn’t help but sigh.
“Actually, it seems to be a product of the store……”
“Eh? Really?”
Maou turned towards Amane, and Amane turned her head away while maintaining the thumbs up sign.
Other than food and drinks, to some extent, the Ooguro-ya also sold other products like sunscreen, plastic floats,
floatation tubes, beach balls and so on.
From these products, the swim suit can be said to be a product which is difficult to sell. Even though it is a higher
priced product, but normally, it is difficult to sell these.
Even though the products were set at a tourist price and aimed at the customers who forgot to pack these things,
but logically, the customers who come to a summer beach bath without packing their swim suits are mostly those
who didn’t plan to swim or be in the sun.
The people who would buy these swimsuits would be the careless people who really want to bathe in the seawater,
while being lazy to go back to town to buy one, and being willing to spend that money. That’s why it was a product
which easily has dull sales.
Even then, it was difficult to imagine any shop owner giving away their products so easily, but considering that Chiho
and the rest could come over to help and enjoy summer at the same time, there was no reason to place the blame
on Amane.
After all, just like what Maou had expressed honestly, that swimsuit really suited Chiho very well.
“Sigh, if it could be worn by Chiho, that swimsuit probably fulfilled its wish, you really look nice in it.”
“Ah, uh……er, th, thank you……”
“Hey hey, Maou-kun, I’ve been listening from before, aren’t you being too biased.”
Chiho’s face was so red that it looked like it was going to burn up, it was then that Amane interrupted.
“Chiho-chan isn’t the only goddess who helped us, right?”
As she spoke, following Amane’s gaze, Emi and Suzuno looked over nonchalantly.
“Ah……erhm, hmm, how should I say this.”
Amane was right. Including yesterday’s preparations, if not for Emi and Suzuno’s help, Maou would not be able to
overcome so many difficulties today. Therefore, Maou remained seated, placed his hands on his thighs, and thanked
the both of them with a bow,
“Thank you, the both of you were a big help.”
Emi and Suzuno, not expecting that Maou would thank them in such a straightforward manner, looked at each other
in surprise.
“…… Just like yesterday, I just want you guys in be in my debt. There’s no need to thank me.”
“It’s just like what Emi-san said. From our standpoint, we only helped because we thought that it would be
troublesome if all of you lost the job, we don’t expect any rewards or thanks.”
Even though Maou had thanked them honestly, both of their reactions were still very awkward. As all this were
within Maou’s calculations, he had no intentions to continue expressing his thanks, but unexpectedly, Amane did not
give up.
“Hey hey, is that all? That can’t be all, right? Put in more effort.”
“Huh? Put in more effort for what?”
“That’s not how you say things, Maou-kun. Chiho-chan does look very beautiful in the swimsuit, but there are still
two young girls here who showed their beautiful pearl like skin as well. If you don’t praise your wife a little, you’ll be
suspected of having an affair. I may have given Chiho-chan her swimsuit, but the both of them prepared their own,
as long as you praise them properly, you can improve your relationships by a lot.”
Even though it was not Amane’s fault, but considering the relationship between Maou and the others, there was
nothing else that could match the brainlessness of what she said.
“Eh……?”
Maou showed a truly troubled expression and looked towards Emi and Suzuno in this strange atmosphere.
Then again, why did the both of them turn their back on him like they had planned it together? Maou felt suspicious,
then he still spoke honestly,
“That, even though I am thankful for the help from both of you, but rather than saying that there is nothing to praise,
it’s more like there is no meaning even if I praise the both of you. Compared to that, for the both of you so prepare
to come out to play so enthusiastically, I’m really surprised about that……”
For females, the swimsuit is something that requires great determination to wear. At the same time, they would not
dislike anyone praising the way they look in a swimsuit. Of course, Maou understood this common knowledge, and
had to admit that Emi and Suzuno did look very pretty in a swimsuit.
But considering the relationship between the both of them and Maou, if Emi and Suzuno were asked if they wished
to be praised by Maou, the answer will definitely be denial no matter what the circumstances.
But somehow, the conclusion which Maou came to after grasping the gist of the situation caused the backs of Emi
and Suzuno to shudder, and they emitted a strange black aura reflecting their current emotions.
“……Is there something wrong with your eyes?”
Maou’s comments, which can only be described as harsh, stunned Amane.
“Demon King……Maou-sama! Please wait a moment!”
Unexpectedly, Ashiya was the one who chided Maou at this moment.
“You’re too honest! Even if you have to lower yourself, you should praise them!”
“Huh? But, even if I praise them……”
“This is not an issue of who praising who. The organism known as the female will not feel unhappy even if they were
praised by earthworms, mole crickets are water skaters! But you actually said that there is nothing much to praise.
Even though you cannot expect Yusa to react so honestly like Sasaki-san, but she will still get complicated feelings!”
“You, really, what you said is too much. The words just now were really mean, earthworms or mole crickets, things
like that……”
“In addition, even though it was not our choice, Kamazuki has taken care of us every day. Just treat it as something
socially appropriate, if you praise her properly, she might decrease the amount of harm she can cause us argh!”
Ashiya, who kept lecturing Maou with all his might, suddenly fell over towards the sand.
Maou and Chiho, who couldn’t catch him, moved back in unison. There was a pan used for frying noodles at the back
of Ashiya’s head, and an abnormally large ice block fell at his feet.
“We do not wish, to be praised by all of you, not one bit!”
“That, that, that, that’s right. We already knew that there is nothing about our bodies which is worth praising.”
Emi and Suzuno, with gazes even colder than a demon’s, waged war with Maou on eye contact.
Perhaps it was a subconscious action, the two of them hugged their chests with tears in the corner of their eyes.
From Maou’s standpoint, even if he had no special intention to praise the both of them, they did not have to take it
to heart, but if he said such things in this situation, it would be just like adding liquid nitrogen on ice.
“Maou-kun, Ashiya-kun, I’m really disappointed in the both of you.”
Amane, who put in her two cents, adding fuel to the fire and acting like she knew nothing, hurriedly re-entered the
store afterwards.
“Aha…… ahahahaha, erhm, Suzuno-san, the pan, erhm, pan……”
The most innocent victim at this point of time was most definitely Chiho.
“Chiho-dono.”
“Ye, yes……”
Suzuno, accepting the pan which Chiho picked up from Ashiya’s head and washing it in the sink again, said while
looking at Chiho’s chest with what seemed like slight hatred,
“Even though it’s a little late to say this, but it would still be better if you reconsider.”
Of course, Chiho had nothing to say.
“So, would it have been better to praise the both of you?”
Isolated from the flames of war, Urushihara, staying at the drinks station whose work had ended long ago, asked Emi
this with 100% evil intent as she angrily cleaned the ice residue stuck inside the ice shaving machine.
“Do you wish to die?”
From Emi’s reply, it was clear she intended to use the ice pick in her hand to stab him.
“Is that so, I understand.”
Urushihara deduced that everything Ashiya said was accurate, but decided to keep quiet in other to avoid being in
life threatening danger.
By the way, Urushihara had opened the canned drink meant for sale without any approval and completely entered
rest mode.
“……Hey, if you have the time, then come here and help to clean the ice shaving machine. If the ice residue is left
alone, it’ll start rusting when it dries. Then again, why am I the one cleaning it. I’ll cut you.”
Urushihara had pushed the duty he was in charge of to Emi, lazing at the side, and continuing from the atmosphere
from before, Emi voiced her complaints.
Urushihara turned his head towards her, and to Emi, who was holding the ice pick and cleaning out the ice residue
between the small spaces, he said,
“Oh yes, Yusa, taking this chance, there is something I want to confirm with you.”
“What is it, suddenly becoming so serious. If you praise me, I’ll cut you.”
“Never mind that matter. You know……”
Urushihara exaggerated took a gulp of the acidic drink.
“Fwah……about Olba, what do you think?”
As the surroundings were simply too noisy and bright, the atmosphere between the two could not be called tension
filled for silent.
“Suddenly changing the topic, that’s low……why are you asking about this?”
“No special reason. But you can’t be so optimistic to think that guy would quietly submit after being arrested by the
Japanese police, right?”
“That’s true……but I don’t even know where Olba is now, and even if I do, there’s nothing I can do about him.”
“If I tell you I know where he is?”
With the noise of the waves, beach and the crowd of people gathered at the beach house, the surroundings were
really noisy.
“What……did you say?”
“Olba is currently being charged at a detention house which is under Shibuya’s jurisdiction. Even though I can’t
determine the exact location, but the prosecutors are planning to charge him with breaking the Law Controlling the
Possession of Firearms and Swords and destroying property, of course this is just a temporary measure until they
find evidence of us committing the serial robberies.”
“Why, why do you know these things?”
“I didn’t hack into any government websites. As long as one is determined enough, anyone can get this information.
It’s just that the procedure is a bit troublesome. Especially since Olba was treated as a foreigner and arrested, the
human rights group are pretty naggy when it comes to how to handle a charged suspect. There are a lot of false
accusations recently after all.”
It looks like Urushihara had unexpectedly gained some knowledge about the Japanese society using his own
methods, just as Emi felt a bit of respect----
“I hacked in the database of the human rights group.”
That respect was immediately withdrawn.
“……Sigh, I’m not that clear about these things, but the law should have dictated the number of days allowed for
detention right?”
“Wow, you actually know about these things.”
“I may look like this, but in order to be able to talk to other people in the workplace, I watch television dramas often.
Although when one of the characters left the show during the sixth season of “Aitaka”, I was rather shocked.”
The Hero suddenly changed the topic to a period drama shown on television. Even though the both of them are
enemies, Urushihara was still worried that she might start watching late night anime one day.
“That isn’t something to boast about, you know. Ah, 120 yen. Thanks for the patronage.”
Urushihara sighed as he passed the bottle of cola to the customer. Both him and Emi did not notice that this action
had become very practiced.
“……In reality, there are many cases of a person remaining in a detention house after being charged because of the
lack of space in detention centres. The crimes Olba are being charged for aren’t serious, so he is in the waiting list
until the detention centre has space. But this isn’t the issue.”
Urushihara continued to speak, showing a rare serious expression,
“After losing to all of you in Ente Isla, there are two reasons why I agreed to that guy’s suggestion. The first is simply
because he said he will save my life. After all, after losing to all of you, I had nowhere else to go, and I didn’t have a
good relationship with Maracoda, in addition, all of you wouldn’t have let me off.”
“……Until now, I regret not giving you the final blow then.”
“Hey, you’ll make Alas=Ramus learn strange words like this……eh, that’s right, talking about her, where is she right
now?”
“I told Amane-san that she is currently sleeping in the room behind the store. But in reality, she is here.”
After saying this, Emi pointed at her forehead.
“Wouldn’t she cry because she is afraid of being lonely?”
For Urushihara, this was an unexpectedly normal question.
“She did wake up early in the morning to see the sunrise. In addition, she played in the water for a long time before
coming here, so she’s taking a nap……so, what is the other reason?”
“I see……Olba mentioned it before. Because Olba was willing to help me negotiate with Heaven.”
Urushihara, Emi and the rest, they had been enemies in the past and had a fierce battle in front of Sasazuka station.
At that point of time, the both of them never thought that, in the future, they would be running a business together
in a noisy beach in Chiba.
“The Demon Army had retreated at that time. And I had no place to belong in the human world. Therefore, my only
hope was to return to Heaven. That guy said before that he had the materials to negotiate with Heaven, then……”
“Negotiate, with Heaven?”
“I was one of the negotiating factors. In the end, if one was able to cause a legendary high ranking fallen angel to
turn over a new leaf, it might be seen as a great achievement worthy enough to elevate someone to a Saint status or
even an angel, right?”
In other words, it was a different way of putting things. Following this logic, being able to treat a useless angel, even
more worthless than a fallen angel, as a labourer and ordering him around, Maou was already talented and worthy
enough to be promoted to an angel.
“And the other ace up his sleeve, is you, Emilia.”
“Me?”
For the problem to unexpectedly shift to her, Emi was so surprised she stopped what she was doing.
“Of course, it was just like Maou said before, perhaps that guy simply thought you were in the day. However, it that
is really the case, then he really had no reason to stay in Ente Isla and get caught by Emeralda and Alberto. Isn’t
Emeralda an important figure in a large empire? He should know that if he did that, other conflicts will arise in the
future.”
“That, does make some sense.”
In reality, Emeralda did mention through the phone that after she returned, the relations between the holy St. Aire
empire and the Church gradually started to sour. After Olba’s actions were exposed, the secret unjust actions of the
Church bubbled to the surface, causing the impartiality of the nations on the Western Continent to come under
suspicion, putting the Western Continent at a disadvantage in the competition with other continents to gain
authority over the restoration effort of the Central Continent.
“I want to confirm one thing. The source material for your holy sword and evil repelling armour, the ‘Evolving Holy
Sword, Better Half’, who is originally the person in charge of managing it?”
Having been asked this by Urushihara, Emi felt that her face was involuntarily becoming pale.
“It’s the external relations, Missionary Department which Olba is in. Anything related to the use of holy tools is being
managed by the Missionary Department……because the holy tools are the most important things in the building of
the various church areas and the Church.”
“As I suspected……that guy should know that the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ is a fragment of ‘Yesod’. Or else I
can’t see what other material he has which can be used to negotiate with Heaven.”
The reason why Emi hugged herself and shivered was definitely not because of the coldness of the ice.
“In order to fight with us, the Demon Army, the Hero must have the holy sword and the Evil Repelling Armour. But
Olba is different from Sariel and Gabriel, he already knew from the beginning that if he let you merge with the
‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’, then it would not be easy to separate them from you. That guy doesn’t think that
you would obediently hand over the ‘Evolving Holy Sword, Better Half’ once everything is over, and if he let you lead
the political action after the restoration, not only will it undermine the power of the Church, he might be unable to
recover the fragment of ‘Yesod’……”
“……In the end, why does Olba want to make contact with Heaven so much?”
“I’m not too sure about that. But I don’t think that Olba, with so many bargaining chips, would just stay in Japan’s
prison so obediently. Even though I didn’t care so much about it before, but since I have to go out this time, I
became a little worried after seriously thinking about many things.”
“……Lucifer……”
“If that guy causes trouble at this time, then I wouldn’t be able to buy the new Monster Hunter game which is
bundled together with the GSP (Game Station Portable).”
“………………………………………………………”
There was no salvation for this person, in various aspects, there was truly no salvation.
“You already said so.”
“Huh, what?”
“Basically the holy sword is supposed to be your problem, think about it more carefully already.”
“You’re noisy. Isn’t that why I am always doing all of you favours like now?”
“How is that even related. Even though you and Maou think that the problem is solved, but I don’t think that Gabriel
would just give up so easily. That guy is notorious for beating around the bush and being persistent.”
“That……I know that.”
Emi glanced at Maou and Chiho out of the corner of her eye and said this, her tone revealing her complicated
feelings.
Just like what Chiho was worried about, Emi realised that she did not have any concrete strategies against the
unknown threat from Gabriel and Heaven.
“However, if it’s the current me and Alas=Ramus, I’m confident that I will not lose no matter how many times they
come.”
“That’s only limited to a one-on-one battle. The incident last night might have something to do with this, I am also
unsure what strange strategies the other party will employ to attack our weak point……”
Urushihara assumed that Emi and Suzuno also sensed last night’s demon attack.
“The incident last night, what is that supposed to mean?
Emi asked uncertainly.
“……Eh? You didn’t notice?”
“Isn’t that why I’m asking you?”
The demonic magic Kameo emitted last night was powerful, and even though he did not use any powerful
techniques, Urushihara still did use holy magic.
Even though it wasn’t known where Emi and the rest stayed the previous night, but as long as they were within
Choshi city, they should have sensed it.
“Hey, Emi, sorry for the interruption.”
Urushihara did not have the chance to explain further, as Maou, who had been talking to Chiho, called out to Emi.
The two of them lifted their heads, and saw Maou and Chiho, who have been talking in a relaxed manner just a while
ago, walk over with serious faces.
“I heard this from Chi-chan just now, all of you were staying at Inbuo last night, right? Didn’t nothing really happen
when the fog appeared last night?”
“Nothing happened……I’m not even sure what you are asking about, what’s going on?”
Maou looked at Urushihara, and spoke in a hushed volume,
“I’m asking if you sensed any demonic magic or holy magic yesterday.”
“Eh?”
Maou secretly monitored Amane, who was washing the cutlery while talking to Emi,
“Come with me to the back room……Amane-san! I’m going to the back!”
“Understood~”
Amane answered without turning around.
As work had not ended yet, the three people left Urushihara in charge of the outside, nodding to each other and
moved towards the lodging room at the back of the store.
Of course, they remembered to wake up the unconscious Ashiya on the way.
After the group left the store, they found Suzuno standing next to the store, patching up the “Sand sculpture , Blue
Heaven Tower” which were broken in some places due to being blown by the wind after it had dried up.
Wearing a swimsuit and doing this job, it naturally attracted a crowd. And Suzuno herself, acting just like a
professional craftsman, did not care about the surrounding stares, fully focused on her work.
Even though this scene looks really beautiful, but considering her position, is it really alright for her to be so
noticeable? Maou led the two people to the room at the back while thinking that Suzuno might feel troubled if
people took pictures of her, he might as well help her erect a fence.
“Ah, she seems to be awake.”
Once Emi entered the room, she raised her head like she realised something and sat on the tatami.
Emi naturally assumed a position of carrying a child, then spots of lights came out from her body and as if matching
the position, it assumed the shape of Alas=Ramus.
“That’s convenient, all the mothers in the world should be envious of this.”
“If they don’t mind someone crying in the night in their mind when they are already asleep, then I would consider
posting the secret techniques of taking care of a child merged with me in a blog……Alas=Ramus, are you awake?”
“Umm……uh……”
After Alas=Ramus appeared in Emi’s arms, she wriggled around, and waved her arms around in the air. And in her
hands, she carefully cradled the birdcage firework which Chiho gave her yesterday.
Emi moved her free hand towards the girl’s waving hands and she used her small hands to grip Emi’s finger, slowly
opening her eyes.
“Good morning, Alas=Ramus, are your diapers wet?”
“Mornin……uh, not wet.”
Alas=Ramus rubbed her eyes, and mumbled her answer to Emi.
“Since Alas=Ramus is awake, then my help ends here.”
Emi said this while carrying Alas=Ramus, and Maou nodded with no objections.
“Yeah, thank you for your help. Oh, it’s out, this is what I wanted to show you.”
Maou pointed towards a cardboard box in the corner of the room. A long object was placed behind the cardboard
box and was wrapped in a dirty and worn out black cloth.
Chiho and Emi peeked into the cardboard box.
“Ah, it’s so cute!”
Chiho couldn’t help but say softly.
“The little birdie moved!”
Compared to Emi, Alas=Ramus stretched out her hand, seemly eager to touch it.
“You can’t, Alas=Ramus, no touching. This bird looks really weak……”
“Chirp……chirp……Satan-sama? Has your work, ended……chirp?”
““?””
“A chirp chirp bird!”
Emi and Chiho shrunk back involuntarily because the little bird suddenly talked. Alas=Ramus looked very excited. As
for the birdcage firework which was thrown some distance away, it looked very pitiful.
“Hey, Alas=Ramus, this is something Chi-nee san gave you, you should treasure it.”
Maou looked at the three different reactions with a happy look on his face, and picked up the toy birdcage, placing it
in Alas=Ramus’s hands.
“Chirp……hmm……I feel the presence of humans. Satan-sama…..chirp, these people are?”
His appearance is that of a bird, and his chirps are very cute, but when matched with that heavy tone, it gave off a
strange and mysterious feeling instead.”
“……This is, a hill myna or something like that?”
“It seems…….to be very cute, but not that cute as well……”
Chiho and Emi turned to Maou to ask him about the reason for this situation.
But Maou’s reply, gave both of them a strong shock.
“This guy is a demon from the Demon World. When the fog appeared last night, he suddenly dropped out from the
sky.”
Demon Minister Kameo. Emi had never heard this demon’s name or position.
Basically, she never thought that she would hear something like “internal affairs” from a demon’s mouth.
Apparently, this small black bird Kameo, has been by Maou’s side as his strategist since his early days of starting his
rulership as Demon King. At that time, there wasn’t something as powerful and feared like the Demon Army, and
Ashiya and Urushihara did not know that someone like Maou existed. It was an old age where the Demon World was
ruled by chaos.
Satan, who planned to unify the Demon World at that time, only had a small warrior troop that calling them an army
would be embarrassing, but he still sincerely invited Kameo to be his strategist.
Even though he was a powerful existence from the standpoint of the powerless humans, but Kameo wasn’t
considered a high standing individual amongst the demons.
Even so, in the Demon World where power and viciousness is everything, Kameo led a small tribe----with some
whose powers are even weaker than humans----and survived.
Satan, who acknowledged this, looked for Kameo in order to learn all the techniques needed to survive.
Originally Kameo did not care about the young Satan who came from a weak tribe, but after witnessing Satan’s deep
insight, he joined in the end.
Of course, the experience and knowledge that Satan had, all came from the angel he had met when he was younger.
“Without Kameo, I would definitely be unable to build the organisation known as the Demon Army.”
Maou believed this.
To Emi, and the people of Ente Isla, this sentence was enough for them see Kameo as someone who must die at
once, but anyway, even within the Demon World, Kameo was one of the few demons skilled and persuasion and
negotiations.
Kameo was well versed in the languages and customs of all the tribes in the Demon World, and can even hear the
sounds of nature.
For him to naturally use Japanese shortly after dropping into Kimigahama may also be because of this ability.
At that time, Satan listened to Kameo’s advice, besides avoiding strong enemies, he also saved other tribes from
extermination, and gained companions one by one with his negotiation skills.
And the greatest favourable turn for Satan and Kameo, was their meeting with Alsiel.
At that time, Alsiel’s tribe was a strong force in the lands, and just like Satan and Kameo, he is a leader who planned
to expand his influence with something more outstanding than ‘power’, which is ‘wisdom’.
At that time, Satan’s troop have grown to a certain size and was starting to become more well known, but at the
same time, for so many tribes to gather in the same place, worries such as internal conflicts started to arise.
But after Alsiel joined, Satan allowed Alsiel to expand his influence through military matters and assigned Kameo to
mediate the conflicts between the troops, greatly increasing the power of the group. When they started to notice,
his group has grown to a large organisation where many demons from various parts of the Demon World wanted to
come to join.
“Amongst the reformations which Kameo set for the organisation, the one which surprised me was the flying dragon
license act.”
“Flying dragon, license act?”
“What is, a flying dragon?”
Emi and Chiho were confused due to different reasons.
Flying dragons are a type of riding beast used by the Demon Army for attacking. The best analogy, should be that it is
a large lizard which can fly in the sky, but to ride this thing, who should they approach, and how can they apply for a
license?
“There aren’t many flying dragons. In order to fight battles more efficiently, demons which are good at controlling
the dragons need to be selected, and have a medal conferred on them, through this method, they are given a right
to battle.
Just like this, being able to control flying dragons became a status symbol within Satan’s troops, greatly boosting the
motivation and leadership of the demon troops.
“……”
Emi never expected that the demons in the Demon World would possess such a high level society, and felt very
surprised because of that.
In the end Satan unified the Demon World and became Demon King, when he attacked Ente Isla with the goal of
conquering it, he appointed Kameo as his representative to lead all the inhabitants which remained the Demon
World.
And Maou had not asked Kameo, why he and the other demon soldiers have dropped into Chiba’s Kimigahama?
Of course, from Emi’s standpoint, these words were hard to believe.
“When the fog appeared last night, three other demons like Kameo really come to Kimigahama?”
“Little birdie, hug!”
It looks like Alas=Ramus really wanted to touch the real bird which was very different from the firework paper art,
but Emi still maintained a strict expression, deftly stopping Alas=Ramus.
“Although, the One Eyed Tattooed Demon and beast demon are types which depended more on physical strength,
but considering the distance between Kimigahama and Inubo, it’s not possible that we did not sense them……”
“That’s right. In the beginning, I thought you would fly over straight away. Then again, you aren’t the one who
caused his injuries, right?”
“If it was by my hand, I would have given him a fatal blow right there and then.”
“In other words……someone other than Maou-san and Yusa-san, were the ones who defeated the demons from a
foreign world.”
Maou nodded, agreeing with Chiho’s conclusion.
“I’m planning to go the lighthouse later to look around.”
“The Inubosaki Lighthouse? We just went there this morning.”
“Ah?”
Chiho looked at Emi as if she wanted to confirm something, and Emi nodded in reply.
“That place can be visited as long as the entrance fee is paid. The stairs leading to the topmost floor can be climbed
as well. The signal box for the foghorn siren which sounded yesterday was there as well. But there’s really nothing
that stood out or caught our attention.”
“The tower mascot on the sticker stuck on the stairs which said ‘how many steps left to the top floor’ is really cute.”
The special thing which Emi mentioned, probably isn’t a unique thing but it still warms people hearts in tourist spots.
“Those guys appeared after the fog formed, and after being swept away by the fog, they disappeared when the light
shone on them. To say that the lighthouse with foghorn box has nothing to do with all this is hard to believe.”
“However, this is Japan. It’s not like Ente Isla where there is someone guarding the lighthouse at night, and that
lighthouse was built in Japan very early on? How can it have things like spells or magic……”
Just as Emi listed out her counter argument----
“Sqqqqwaaaakkk?’
“Little birdie!”
Kameo suddenly screamed.
It seems like Alas=Ramus, who wanted to touch Kameo (or more accurately, the little bird), took the opportunity
when the adults were discussing serious things to wiggle out of Emi’s hands, grabbing Kameo’s tail and pulling him
up.
“Ah, Alas=Ramus-chan, you can’t do that!”
“Little birdie, cannot?”
“Let, let go of me, you human brat! Chirp!”
Even though Kameo was shouting as he was grabbed by Alas=Ramus, but his state of flapping around like a humming
bird while chirping and making a lot of noise, made it really difficult to think that he is the Demon Minister, the
highest positioned civil officer in the Demon World.
“Hey, hey, Alas=Ramus, you can’t! See, since the little bird shouting in pain?”
“It, it hurts, it hurts, my tail is going to snap! Chirp!”
As parents do not wish for their young children to use violence on animals or things----
“Isn’t that thing crying or shouting in pain?”
they would use this sentence to placate the child, but this is probably the first bird in the world that is really shouting
and say it’s in pain.
“Arghsqwak!”
Alas=Ramus, who made Emi angry, reluctantly let Kameo go. However, since Kameo was flapping his wings so
vigorously before, after he was let go, he sped to the corner of the room in one go.
Following the path, Kameo hit the staff shaped item wrapped in a black cloth which was behind the cardbard box,
and was squashed under it in the end.
“Hey, hey, Kameo, are you alright?”
When the long item fell down, a baritone voice was heard.
“Ugh, chirp……huff, it’s, it’s nothing serious……”
This time it was Maou’s turn to be frozen in fear.
“It’s, it’s expanding!”
More accurately, Kameo who was squashed underneath the black cloth, expanded like kelp submerged in water to
the size of a chicken.
“Ku, ku, chicken!”
Seeing this, Alas=Ramus’s eyes shone.
As Emi froze in shock, Alas=Ramus made use of the opening to nimbly rush out, using all her might to tackle the
chicken sized Kameo.
“Ah, hey, Alas=Ramus!”
“Ugh, I, I won’t fall for the same trick twice chirp!”
But Kameo will not be outdone. He pushed the thing squashing him away, using his short legs to nimbly grab the
tatami, and escaped Alas=Ramus who was running over energetically.
“Ku, ku, chicken!”
“You’re just a human child, do you think you can catch me chirp?”
The room was temporarily filled with sounds of running and flapping of wings.
A black chicken flapping its wings and a silver haired young child with waving arms, kept running around in circles
until they resembled a butter tiger, surrounding Maou, Emi and Chiho.
“Hey! Alas=Ramus! Stop that, you’ll fall……”
Emi hadn’t completed her sentence when Alas=Ramus fell over.
She tripped over what Kameo knocked down earlier.
Following the laws of physics, Alas=Ramus did one forward somersault with high momentum, and looked at her
surroundings with wide eyes because she couldn’t grasp the situation.
“Are, are you alright, Alas=Ramus! Are you hurt?”
Maou frantically helped the girl up, but what was surprising was that Alas=Ramus shook her head like there was
nothing wrong with her.
“Huff, huff, chirp, huff, chirp……I, I won chirp……chirp?”
On the other hand, the black chicken Kameo, who didn’t look cute at all and was catching his breath in the corner of
the room, was suddenly grabbed by the scruff of his neck and lifted by Emi.
“If you dare to cause Alas=Ramus harm, I will make you into fried chicken and throw you into the curry, be prepared!”
“Erhm, that, I don’t think that was completely Kameo-san’s fault just now……”
Right now, the only person who could talk sense into the two idiot parents, was Chiho.
“Alright, Alas=Ramus-chan, apologise to Chicken-san. You scared Chicken-san just now, right.”
Sensing that Chiho’s tone had turned strict, which was rare, even though Alas=Ramus almost cried, she bit her lip
and nodded.
“Uh……sowwy.”
“Oh, ohaha. You’re just, a human, child, it was just a small joke, I won’t blame her because of this small matter chirp!”
Even though Kameo did not look as relaxed as he had spoken, he still forgave Alas=Ramus’s boisterous actions with
an exaggerated way of speaking.
Emi regained her calm after seeing Chiho’s education methods, and feeling some embarrassment, put the chicken
back into the cardboard box.
“……So, going back to the original topic, if he didn’t come to fetch you, then what did this chicken come to Japan for?
In addition……”
Emi pointed at that object wrapped in the dirty black cloth which had squashed Kameo and caused Alas=Ramus to
trip.
“What is that? How did he turn big just now?”
“Uh……before, before that……”
Kameo nimbly used his wings to massage his neck which had been gripped by Emi before and looked at Maou.
“Satan-sama, can I explain what happened in front of these people chirp?”
“Ah? Yeah, it’s alright.”
Maou nodded his head in a bold and generous manner.
“Eh, as you can see, these two people are humans. This girl is Sasaki Chiho, she knows mine and Alsiel’s true identity,
and she had helped us a lot in this world.”
“Oh, is that so chirp. Human girl. On behalf of my master, I thank you.”
In the cardboard box, Kameo got up, and he spread his wings as if he was pressing his hands against the floor, and
gave a deep bow to Chiho.
“Ah, erhm, you’re welcome, I’m the one who was helped a lot by Maou……ah, Satan-san.”
Following suit, Chiho assumed a kneeling posture and returned the bow respectfully.
This was the historic moment where a great demon from the demon world and a high school girl greeted each other
in a Japanese fashion, displaying their understanding of each other.
“And, the little girl who grabbed your bottom and this lady, is the holy sword and the Hero respectively.”
Maou’s straightforward introduction caused Kameo, Emi and Chiho to express their shock in different ways.
“Chirp?”
“Hey?”
“Maou-san?”
Kameo stood up from the cardboard box and stared at Emi and Alas=Ramus with a stunned look.
It was expected that he would be surprised, but the shock felt by Emi and Chiho was on higher level.
“How can you say it in such a straightforward manner!”
Even though his appearance is just a chicken, but his true identity is a demon powerful enough to be a
representative of the Demon King.
Since Kameo is seen as an enemy from Emi’s standpoint, then the same would apply from Kameo’s point of view.
“You say…..she is the He-chirp of the chirp-sword?”
“……I think I should just make him into fried chicken and throw him into the curry, okay?”
“Stop that, it’s not as if he said it wrong on purpose.”
This time, it was Maou’s turn to stop Emi.
“Hey, Kameo, don’t get it wrong. It’s not the He-chirp of the chirp-sword, it should be the chirp-sword ‘and’ the Hechirp.”
“Maou-san, please be more serious, if not, Yusa-san won’t listen to what any of you have to say.”
With Chiho’s calm rebuttal, they avoided the tragedy where Emi used metal claws to attack Maou’s throat.
“Satan-chirp.”
“Who’s Satan-chirp!”
“Satan-chirp!”
Alas=Ramus shouted happily.
This time it was Maou’s turn to attempt to grab Kameo, but Kameo avoided it with a quick movement.
“The Hero of the holy sword should be the main reason behind the defeat of the army which attacked Ente Isla. Why
have you, become so close, with the Hero, and the holy sword…………chirp!”
There was a feeling that he had planned to ask this seriously until the end, but couldn’t hold it in at the end.
Ignoring that ‘chirp’ sound, Kameo’s tone of voice sounded like he had no intention of lecturing Maou.
He just wanted to know Maou’s true intention----it was that tone of voice. Ignoring that ‘chirp’ sound.
The one who answered first was not Maou, but Emi.
“……just going with the flow of events. Let me say this first, I am prepared to take the Demon King’s life anytime. If
you dare to try anything, I won’t let you off easily. It’s best that you do not tell the other demons that I am the Hero
of the holy sword, it will be better for you that way.”
As usual, Emi said things which sounded like the lines said by an antagonist, threatening the black chicken.
“……that’s the way things are, it’s a bit more complicated in reality. In addition, I think you can understand……wasn’t
Alsiel our enemy in the beginning?”
“……………chirp.”
Maou sat cross legged on the tatami, talking with the chicken in the cardboard box in a gentle tone,
“Think back to how we conquered the Demon World. In this country, I saw a dream……perhaps we can achieve the
same thing with humans. Even if we are just following the course of events, even the Hero and I are able to work
together.”
Emi and Chiho were definitely unable to understand the interactions between the two.
“That dream of rulership……”
That was the contract which Satan and Kameo set up a long long time ago. At the same time, it was also the reason
why Kameo decided to serve the young Satan.
“Being unable to support you together with the Eastern Demon General, I really regret it chirp.”
----If I win, even the enemies we were fighting yesterday, can become tomorrow’s companions----
The only demon who understood that the meaning of rulership did not simply mean killing all enemies and turning
the lands into barren wasteland.
“So I hope that you, would be able to wait just a little longer.”
Maou smiled.
“Hey, what are the both of you talking about?”
“Maou-san?”
Maou, with a troubled look on his face, turned to Emi and Chiho, who looked on anxiously.
“……We were talking about how I unified the Demon World, and why the attack on Ente Isla failed.”