Chapter 520: First Anniversary Extra Chapter ~~ The Visitors Beginnings Part 2 ③: The Birth of the Phantasmal King ~~ (1/2)

Near the center of the Demon Realm, six Demons were gathered in a powerful specially prepared for them. At the center of the discussion between these Demons, whose strengths were all near the top of the Demon Realm, is a girl…… Shalltear.

[……And with that, it's pretty much just as what was written on the documents.]

Shalltear was talking about the documents she handed out prior to this discussion. Only Magnawell wasn't able to read what was written on the documents due to his size, so Shalltear had to read it aloud and explain it to him.

And now, other than Shalltear, the five people gathered here…… have stunned expressions on their faces, frantically trying to understand what Shalltear had said.

The contents of this document contain what can be called a major reform of the Demon Realm……There are a wide range of changes, which also includes the means on how to achieve this change, but the two biggest changes written on it was the clarification of power in terms of rank and the selection of the king that would be the center of the Demon Realm. Looking at the documents, they can already assume why Shalltear gathered the five of them in this place.

But even so…… they still couldn't believe it. Even the normally calm Ein couldn't hide her astonishment.

However, that astonishment isn't about ”whether or not what was written here can be achieved”. They were astonished by how they felt that the current Shalltear ”would definitely be able to achieve this”.

It's been about a hundred years since Shalltear started working to reform the Demon Realm…… Yes, in just a hundred years, Shalltear had gained enough power to be able to take root in the entirety of the vast Demon Realm.

The people Shalltear directly invited to join her group became the upper echelons, who then added more people to their ranks. And so, after a hundred years, the number of subordinates Shalltear had was already close to a billion.

Furthermore, most of the beings that could have interfered with her plans have left this world. Yes, to put it in another way, Shalltear has seized the vast magical world in just a hundred years.

Thinking about Shalltear's peculiar…… or perhaps, demonic ability to achieve such a thing, Ein and the others shuddered.

[Well, I'm sure you've already guessed what I'm going to say, but I want all of you to become kings. Including Kuro-san, I guess we'll call ourselves the ”Seven Kings” eh? I'll negotiate with Kuro-san, so I hope all of you will positively consider it.]

No one responded to Shalltear's words. Their minds couldn't keep up with what's happening at all.

In such a situation…… It was Lillywood who finally managed to squeeze out her words.

”……Shalltear…… How many Demons have you killed?”

[I dunno? I don't remember how much trash I dispose of.]

”……You……”

Words that are spoken too nonchalantly…… Words that make one feel like she doesn't care about the lives of others…… Thinking about how Shalltear would be willing to commit genocide if it was the most efficient way to achieve her goals, Lillywood's eyes were filled with fear.

[Well, it's not like I'm in a hurry to receive your answers. I'll go ahead and instill the concept of High-ranked Demons in the mind of others first…… By the time I finish doing that, you should be able to think well about it. Well, I don't think it will take more than a year doing that though.]

Leaving those words, Shalltear disappeared. The people remaining in that area…… went through their thoughts in silence.

Except for Ein, who later refused, saying that ”she would be Kuromueina's servant for her whole life”, everyone, including Kuromueina, accepted Shalltear's proposal.

But unfortunately, Shalltear is unaware of Kuromueina's wishes at this point, and as a result, she feels guilty when she realized that her decision to establish Kuromueina, the person she owes so much, as a king had hurt Kuromueina's emotions…… but that's a story for another time.

Their encounter was just a coincidence. Lillywood, who was feeling inexplicably uneasy after witnessing Shalltear's unfathomable eeriness, met an eccentric person near her house.

”……You are, if I'm not mistaken…… Pandora, right?”

[If it isn't Lillywood-sama. Good day.]

Pandora, Shalltear's retainer, was personally trained by Shalltear, and she was one of the people who carry out Shalltear's orders in various parts of the Demon Realm.

Because of this, she rarely came to the house where Lillywood and the others lived, and they never talked to each other much.

All Lillywood knew was that Pandora was the closest confidant Shalltear had, and that she had lost one of her eyes in the past.

However, was it because she's Shalltear's confidant, and that's why she made such a decision? Lillywood, as if her actions were guided by an unseen hand, took a certain action.

”……If I remember correctly, weren't you missing one of your eyes?”

[Yes, I lost it a long time ago…… What of it?]

”If you want, you can have this…… If you eat this fruit, it will heal back your missing eye.”

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