When Ira opened his eyes, he saw a ceiling made of stone bricks. After a moment of stunned silence, he realized that he was in the Demon King's castle... and that he would be staying here for a while to be the Demon King's teacher.
However, before that, he needed to attend the morning court session.
It seems that in every world, wherever there is a king, there is always something called a morning court session. Perhaps this is an inevitability of history... It is similar in every country or era.
The king always wants officials to govern the country, and officials always need their own officials. Each official has their own duties and needs a time and place to meet and communicate. And the king often has to make the decisions on these communication.
That's why things like the morning court session came about.
"Squeak..."
As the door opened, Ira looked up at Shirina, who had opened the door without knocking. The moment their eyes met, Shirina greeted Ira, "Good morning, Mr. Ira. How did you sleep last night?"
"It's not bad, thank you for your concern."
In response, Ira draped her coat over her shoulders and, while straightening her clothes, instructed Vera, "After the meeting, please have Vera mend my coat."
"For Miss Vera? To mend? She doesn't look like she knows anything about sewing."
In response to Shirina's question, Ira, who had tidied herself up and was dressed neatly, simply replied, "Vera knows [Textile Animation], so restoring clothes to their original condition is not a difficult task."
Why not change to another one?
She kept her doubts to herself and led the way, listening to Ira say, "Last night, Satan Ye came to me alone with some desserts. Keep an eye on that."
Ira meant to remind Sirina to be mindful of royal etiquette, but Sirina clearly misunderstood. She laughed and replied, "Do you mean body control? The Crimson Dragon race doesn't care about body control."
That's clearly not what I'm referring to! The Demon King's Castle... Does anyone really care about something like the Demon King's authority?
With these questions in mind, Ira, led by Shilina, arrived at yesterday's hall. Beneath the hall was a spatial rift connecting to the [Demiplane Prison], a design that was actually quite dangerous.
Ira seemed to be the last of all the ministers to arrive. He stood calmly in the far corner of the room, watching as Shirina walked to the empty Demon King's throne and waited for Satan Ye's arrival.
The number of leaders who have arrived at the Demon King's castle is less than expected...
A tall, beetle-like insectoid male, a high-ranking vampire girl, a lich from the Empire, a mutated slime chef, a succubus maid, a headless black flame knight, a construct, a royal black knight, a bespectacled ghost girl, and five tiny goblins.
That's it, that's it...
Compared to the vast number of officials in the empire, they certainly appear much more destitute, but this may be related to the fact that the vast majority of cities have begun to disobey the Demon King's orders.
And I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but everyone seemed very relaxed… and there were even chairs to sit on?
As Ira was thinking this, Satan Ye, supported by two maids, came down the back stairs, looking sleepy, and said, "Haa~~~~yawn~"
He yawned?!
At this moment, Ira also deeply understood the difference between the Empire and the Demon King's Castle... If it were up to him, he would prefer the serious and rigorous Empire, but he had to admit that he preferred the atmosphere of the Demon King's Castle.
"Eh? Mr. Ira doesn't have a seat?"
When Satan asked this question, Vera, who was sitting to the side with her legs crossed, laughed and said, "Ah, that guy is probably not used to it yet. Just let him stand."
Why are you so carefree here in the Demon King's Castle?
"Oh, is that so?"
Having said that, Satan Yeh found herself in a better position. She sat up a little straighter and stopped slouching in her chair like a lump of clay. She said, "Do any of you have anything to report?"
Shouldn't it be Shirina who says, "If there's something to report, then leave; otherwise, the court is dismissed"? Why is it Satan Ye who said it himself?
To Ira's astonishment, the tall insectoid began to speak first about what he wanted to report... He reported directly, without any preamble of "I have something to report."
"On the battlefields where the Empire is at war, the Empire's offensive has eased somewhat, and its main forces seem to be withdrawing from the main battlefields."
As he spoke, the insectoid glanced at Ira, who was listening in, and continued, "Mr. Ira's intelligence is accurate. It seems that our thousand-year war with the Empire is about to end."
"In fact, it is not the end, but a temporary pause."
Vera interjected, saying under everyone's gaze, "The price we paid was extremely heavy; our controlled area has shrunk by 20% compared to before the war."
"..."
At this point, all the leaders looked at Ira again, because the defeat and rout of the Demon King's army were all the result of this man named Ira.
"Most of the betrayed races withdrew from the battlefield almost immediately, while a portion of the races re-contacted us, stating that the previous offerings were delayed and would arrive in the next few days, signifying their renewed submission."
As the vampire girl spoke, holding up her parasol, she asked Satan Ye for his opinion, saying, "What does the Demon King think we should do with those rebellious fence-sitters?"
"Hmm..."
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