Read Novel Full Chapter 242
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Chapter 242 – Someday to a Land of Abundance
“I had no idea that Takifu-san was His Majesty the Demon King. What a coincidence.”
“Coincidence?”
Prince Haidar opened his arms and took a deep breath. With a smile full of confidence and pride, he was finally free of the things that had bound him.
“”Prince.””
“It’s okay. We can’t be disrespectful to His Majesty the Demon King. Even so, we who are called the Demon Tribe.”
“Demon Tribe?”
Myrril and I looked at the twin girls, who looked like they were biting a bitter bug. I guess they didn’t want the prince to say that. From the look on their faces, the title “Demon Tribe” was unacceptable to them. I understand.
“This may sound very rude to Your Majesty the Demon King, but the term ‘Demon Tribe’ is an obvious derogatory term for the people of Solbesia. This is because we possess powerful magic and use a different system of magic than the rest of the world. Half of it was out of disdain for foreigners, and the other half was out of fear of the unknown.”
Hmm… The appearance of a demon tribe that seems more authentic than us. I thought this would happen one day.
It’s okay to open up after being called Demon King by the people around me, but I don’t have any outstanding abilities other than Market. At best, I have Teleportation and Storage. But those skills are for merchants, aren’t they? Although I am classified as a mage by a process of elimination, I am not very good at offensive magic, healing magic, magic barriers, or anything like that.
To be honest, it’s embarrassing.
“It’s just like the Casemaian “demons” are similar. And I’m sorry if I’m raising your hopes, but the name Demon King is just a nickname that was forced on me by the people around me. I don’t have any demons or magical beasts as my followers.”
Although I work with magical beasts, he is not a follower but a companion. And Moff-san never comes out of the nooks and crannies of the Griffon.
“Don’t worry about it. It’s the same for us… no, it’s even more disappointing. We don’t have much fight left in us.”
“Those twins over there seem to be pretty good, though, don’t they?”
“To be precise, they are a people who have always prided themselves on not fighting. The royal family of Solbesia is descended from researchers whose ancestors were ancient sages. Knowing the reason of heaven and earth, they read the truth and lead their people to a land of plenty.”
“Maybe it’s someone like Rinko.”
“That clumsy saint is just doing it for her own amusement, isn’t she? At least she doesn’t seem to have any intention of leading others.”
“Is there a researcher among the companions of Your Majesty the Demon King? I would like to meet her one day.”
“It would be no trouble at all to bring her together.”
“Then let me show you the power of Solbesia that Your Majesty the Demon King has restored to us.”
Prince Haidar emerged from his hiding place. Outside, Griffon was parked at the edge of the square, and a snow-white wolf, an unnervingly nervous magical beast, was curled up on the roof. He moved over to get more sunlight or better ventilation than in the car.
“Is that a magical beast?”
“Yes, he is a magical beast. He’s with us. There is no danger, so please let him sleep.”
“Understood.”
The prince raised his hand to the sky and uttered words that sounded like an unfamiliar incantation.
It was a cold place where only burned wood and the remains of burned corpses lay on the blowing snow. The center of it rises and turns into a slightly steamy earth. When it seems to be covered with grass that has begun to shrivel and grow there, it becomes a lush meadow, and flowers begin to sprout.
“Wait, are you kidding me?”
“What is this?”
“”The miracle of royalty.””
At the words of the muttering twins behind us, Haidar, who had turned around, chuckled and shook his head.
“I’m afraid that’s all I can do.”
Only the center of the two hundred meter square, about ten meters in diameter, seems to have turned to spring and is filled with warmth, but that’s all there is. The surroundings are still…
“Wait, the body, it is gone.”
“Yes, that’s right. I am not the source of this power. From there to here is just the transformation of life. I can only do this by connecting more than ten fragments of life.”
“Only, you say… that is definitely a miracle.”
“Huh. But when it comes to the transformation of life, it’s the corpses that do the work.”
“In the Solbesian view of life and death, the soul dies, ascends to heaven, is purified, and returns to earth. Only the body is transformed in the human world. Therefore, the corpse is the unit of life on earth.”
“In Solbesia, it is called the ‘currency of grace.'”
I see. It sounds like that when the twins hum it, but I have no idea what it means.
But isn’t calling for spring in the middle of winter the work of fairies or something, rather than researchers?
“Wait a minute. Why would such a powerful and magical kingdom be destroyed? Isn’t it strange that it was a land of sand in the first place?”
Yes, that’s right. There is no need to bury their land in sand. They could turn it into a paradise of eternal spring.
“This is the reality that neither the people nor the subjects of Solbesia understood until the very end. The magical power and magic of our royal family do not create something out of nothing. Even if the result in our hands is a bountiful harvest, it requires something in exchange. As a result of the endless greed and desires imposed on us by the people and subjects, who mistakenly believed that it was an inexhaustible blessing, and the incompetent king and royal family who deviated from reason to accommodate them, the rich blessings of the land were lost, the country was buried in the sand, and eventually headed for destruction.”
Prince Haidar draws a simple diagram on the ground with a tree branch. The diagram shows the circulation of air and water, which is easy for the Japanese to understand.
“The water of the well is heated and rises to the sky, where it becomes clouds, then rain, and falls to the earth. The water is sucked into the earth, travels underground, and finally becomes a spring that fills with water. This is the cause of the world.”
The prince looked at us as if he were a teacher checking our understanding. When you talk about water, I understand. It’s just that…
“You mean to say that life, death, and the blessings of the earth rotate in the same way?”
“Yes. But just like water, each time it is transferred from here to there, the blessings get a little less, and the total amount is steadily lost. And the result is not certain. If this is repeated throughout the history of our nation, isn’t it obvious what will happen to such a nation?”
They are indeed researchers and scientists.
Mana and Odo, right? The logic is a bit different from my former world, but it is basically the same truth.
“The fertility that our ancestors brought forth was also only produced by feeding on the breath of life… in other words, through the medium of death. No one wanted to understand this. Not even the people of the Empire, not even the people of Solbesia.”
I remember Rinko saying that before.
The world is so dependent on magical technology that science and chemistry are extremely backward. Even those with a certain level of knowledge explain everything with “outer magic,” “inner magic,” and “magic formula” and stop thinking about what they don’t understand.
“I see.”
“Do you understand?”
“I don’t understand everything. Perhaps a corpse here would be a source of power?”
The prince and his attendants quietly brace themselves after hearing my words.
“Your Majesty, the Demon King. If you want us to feed on our people, then…”
“Ah, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. The corpse is already here.”
“”There is no such thing.””
“We searched every inch of the fort. Seven bodies of pirates and foreigners, four bodies of our people. That’s all we found.”
“Yeah, wait a minute.”
I pulled a pile of corpses out of the storage and piled them on the edge of the square.
“””…Huh?”””
The bodies of adults who were probably once soldiers or pirates are naked. There are about three hundred of them. Time is still frozen in the storeroom, so they are probably in a state just after they die.
“I don’t know how hard it will be to convert them with magic power, so I’ll give you a few to start with.”
“That’s only a few?”
“I’d say at least two hundred.”
“About three hundred. Actually, there are almost 7,000 of them in total. And there are over two thousand goblin corpses.”
“””…..”””
“You could call it the “currency of grace,” you know. As far as that goes, fortunately, or unfortunately, we’re all over the place when it comes to that. To tell you the truth, I came here this time because I was having trouble disposing of them. I had planned to dump them in the inland sea here in the bay or bury them in the ground.”
“…Demon King. Where did you get it?”
“Where did I get it? I’ll tell you, I didn’t kidnap it or buy it. They were the enemy soldiers who invaded the subhuman country of Casemaian, which we recaptured, and the enemies who tried to kill our friends and us afterward. We just wanted to live in peace.”
“Perhaps when Mir-san said earlier that you killed 30,000 people, it was not an exaggeration?”
“It’s just a fact. But if we had not killed them, we would have been killed. This man is often naive, immature, and lacking in thought, but when he does it, he does it.”
Um, Myrril-san? You can say it a little more… But if there’s a use for the body, I don’t mind giving it to them. I mean, it would be a great help to us as well.
When I told him that, Prince Haidar looked at me, and his face became serious.
“Your Majesty, the Demon King. And Your Majesty the Queen. Can we borrow this land? We will pay for it. Whatever it takes.”
“…Oh?”
Myrril looked into the prince’s face and smiled admiringly. I could see his determination. I also knew that Myrril had accepted it and was determined to help. As for me, it’s been decided from the beginning.
“It’s all right. The lord here are tolerant of other cultures. If you ask them nicely, they won’t make things worse.”
“And if it comes to it, he owes us a favor.”
“Thank you very much. If you give me a chance to make amends, I will protect my people this time.”