Naïveness may not be a bad thing... If the subjects are loyal, or if the person most trusted by the king has sufficient ability, then a naive king who trusts others wholeheartedly will be the best king in the world.

Ira believed he would never have any disloyal intentions, so the trust he received stirred something within him that was different from what he felt in the Empire.

Ira, who claims to be "only responsible for making the Demon King stronger," is now unknowingly participating in efforts to make the Demon King's territory more and more advanced... In a sense, he is a tsundere.

I remember Uther once said something like, "If you think my daughter did a great job, just say so directly. Don't beat around the bush and say things like, 'That's good, but you can do better next time.' Hahaha!! As a man, you're so dishonest. I don't trust you with the empire at all!"

The way he spoke made it sound as if he were Uther's son, or that he was going to seize the empire...

What an impressive king!

...

The demons' territory is located in the southeast of the continent. It was originally very large, but now the land has been taken back by the empire... The Demon King's territory is located to the upper right of the Demon King's territory, with the sea above it.

Surrounding the Demon King's Castle is the Demon King's Territory, inhabited by many monsters whose living conditions are not harsh... Monsters like harpies naturally live in the high mountains outside the Demon King's Territory.

However, it can't really be said that they live outside the Demon King's territory. To be precise... it extends from the Demon King's castle, past the farmland at the very edge of the Demon King's territory, and then outwards to the territories of other rebellious or non-rebellious demon leaders.

Everything up to the outer edge of the other party's territory is considered part of the Demon King's territory.

However, usually only the outermost farmland area is calculated, and the areas further away are just meaningless wastelands and jungles, with all kinds of wild beasts or uncivilized monsters.

Beasts are one thing, but the inhabitants of the Demon King's territory are monsters, not the common people of an empire. However, there is a fundamental difference between uncivilized monsters and monsters—if you encounter the former, they are a delicacy; if you encounter the latter, you are the delicacy.

Those magical beasts don't care whether you are the Demon King's subjects or not, and they don't even consider themselves the Demon King's subjects. They are no different from wild beasts that only know how to attack and kill.

The fairies are the managers of all the residents. Within their territory, there are also blacksmiths, stonemasons, carpenters, tailors, and other professions that exchange their labor with the Demon King's castle for food and necessities... Of course, they are also the Demon King's property.

Therefore, all the food, clothing, and daily necessities within the Demon King's territory need to be reported by the little fairies to the Demon King's city. The ghostly girl with glasses is responsible for compiling the reports from the various generals and little fairies, and trading goods when traveling merchants arrive.

...

"Lord Demon King~"

Welcome.

"farm."

"The recent situation."

"It's terrible."

The leaders of the little fairies spoke their words one after another in this way, their coordination was so good that it sounded as if they were all speaking normally.

Outside the Demon King's territory are fields of farmland, most of which are unique to this world, such as blue scutellaria mushrooms, but some of the foods also existed in the previous life.

The situation looked terrible; most of the crops looked crooked and uneven, as if they were about to wither and die at any moment.

"What exactly is the problem?"

Satan asked this question, and only at this moment did she resemble a lord slightly... yes, a lord, because generally a king would not stoop to personally inquiring about the crop situation.

"may be"

"No"

"Fertilizer"

"The traveling merchant last time"

The time before last

Many, many times

"None of them are for sale."

"fertilizer"

"..."

The words of the fairy leaders revealed the truth...

"It seems that's the reason."

Feeling she had uncovered the truth, Shirina spoke up to Ira and Satan, explaining, "In fact, before we had something like gravel called 'fertilizer,' we would move to another area to cultivate after harvesting our crops."

"Although I don't know why, if fertilizer is applied during the planting process, it can ensure increased crop yields and eliminate the need to frequently change the planting area. Several years ago, merchants stated that fertilizer was no longer being sold."

"But it seems the fertilizer's effects have lasted until now, and finally it couldn't hold up any longer."

With Shirina's explanation and under Ira's deadpan gaze, Satan Ye, who also knew about the matter, said, "Next time, let's change the planting area... What exactly is fertilizer?"

"..."

"Um, fertilizer is a specialty of the Empire..."

As Ira said this, the names of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium flashed through her mind, but after careful consideration, she decided not to explain it to them... because they definitely wouldn't understand.

"Yes, I know that."

Satanye nodded, blinked, and said, "We asked Miss Vera, and she said that magic is involved in the production of fertilizer, possibly related to alchemy... Mr. Ira, are you aware of the situation?"

Despite saying this, Satan and Sirina had no expectations, because in their minds, Ira was a powerful ruler who should have no connection with alchemy.

"Well..."

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