Chapter 196

< Evade the Hero and Flee! 196 #23. Policy Meant for My Dream! (3) >

#2 Their circ.u.mstance: Belegreas circ.u.mstance

Old Man Mekel, am I trembling?

Yes, your highness.

I could only sigh at length at Mekels instant reply. Old man, youre supposed to give me encouragement in a situation like this, you know

But maam, you were always on top of your game without me around.

Mekels remark managed to calm my trembling hands.

Youre still the same, old man.

But maam, Im no longer a youngster. Im old enough to have retired a long time ago. Thats why I ask of you to stop putting me to work and let me get some well-deserved rest.

The Old Man Mekels solemn request brought a faint grin to my lips. I cant.

Youre being too much, maam.

No, I really cant.

When I solemnly replied to him, Mekels expression stiffened a little. Is it that serious, maam?

Im just going easy on you because of your injuries, old man. But once you recover to an extent, youll be wading the depths of h.e.l.l with me. You better prepare yourself.

I wasnt joking at all here.

The birth of two demon kings led to the busiest-ever period in the demon continents history. However, one of said demon kings was doing nothing but sucking on his thumbs, which meant I was saddled with all the work.

Ria was helping me, but even she dumped most of the difficult work on my lap while saying that a human shouldnt learn about the important matters of the demon race.

She was right about that, of course.

Marcus might be a human chosen by the Demon G.o.d, but Swinn and Ria were not. Not only that, but they were also high-ranking n.o.bles of the human continents most powerful nation, the Karuan Empire.

This issue was beyond the matter of trusting them or not; nothing good would come out of them learning about the demon continents secrets.

Ria was right. But, all the really important doc.u.ments still went through her first before reaching Marcus. Which meant that she still had access to all the important information! She was going to find out anyway, so why couldnt she help me out?!

I requested her help so many times, but her silver tongue managed to get me every single time, and I had to leave her office with doc.u.ments clutched in my arms, my head pa.s.sively nodding away.

Sounds like Ill have to tender my resignation soon.

As the new demon king, I forbid it.

Old Man Mekel seemed to be panicking slightly here, but if this work rate kept up, Id end up as the first demon king in history to collapse from overwork.

Ill never let you go, Old Man. Itll be better to resign yourself.

Ah, aaah

Just as Mekel began despairing, I taught him the truth of resigning oneself to reach ones peace of mind.

To think that Id have to work overtime in my twilight years

Its better than working overtime from the start of your career, though.

I felt genuinely sorry for the old man but, truth be told, there werent any talented individuals in the demon continent. Do you know what Aggreahrt and I had in common? It was our policy. A policy to foster individuals with excellent intellect even if their combat prowess was found lacking!

The demon continents politics and economy might be smaller in scale compared to the human continent, but we still had them, and we needed to deal with them accordingly. Tribes mostly took care of those matters, but Marcuss ultimate aim was to unite them all!

Old man, our dream has been achieved. Demons will not invade humans in our generation, at least.

While trying to deal with the internal matters, the ruling cla.s.s of the demon continent should keel over from overwork.

Is that so, maam Mekels tail visibly sagged, a sigh leaking out of his mouth after imagining all the work waiting for him in the future. That d.a.m.n Aggreahrt. He shouldve tortured me until I couldnt even move anymore

Dont feel too aggrieved by it, old man. If your lower half was left paralysed, Id have dumped a desk job on you. If your hands were cut off, Id have tasked you with a speaking role. While alive, there are still so many things you can do for me.

I heard that the Demon G.o.d even has ties to the Great Devils in h.e.l.l But I had no idea that our home would become actual h.e.l.l.

Ng. And she even brought her apostle to do so, too.

Hah-ah

Old Man Mekel and I groaned at the same time. Thats because we both feared what was in store for us.

Even so, Im no longer nervous now.

Compared to whats waiting for us in the future, a coronation is nothing at all, maam.

He was right. This was nothing at all compared to what Marcus and I had to do in the future. All this was the Demon G.o.ds will. To bring her will to reality, I shall devote my entire being.

-B-but, its not my will at all!

My heart demon began voicing its noisy complaints in my head again, but it was not enough to shake up my determination.

-Im not a heart demon!

And so, we shall now commence with the coronation of the demon king, Belegrea.

I ignored the voice ringing in my head and stepped forward in light steps. The demon kings crown that once adorned my fathers head was now placed on mine, and Marcus began his congratulatory speech.

Soon, though, my turn had come.

A spectre is wandering on the demon continent. A spectre called Communism.

I began reciting Marcuss speech that I memorised earlier while putting my life on the line Since the silver girl was standing next to me while I was memorising it!

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When the concept of private property gets abolished, you could argue that laziness will run rampant in our society! However!

I watched Belegrea pa.s.sionately make her speech while sensibly adjusting the tone and the force of her voice.

It was very satisfactory. As I thought, that girl was very good at this.

-But you placed me right next to her and threatened to beat her up if she gets any part wrong, master!

-Isnt it fine to get a little love tap on the head, no?

-If you say that to the one getting hit, Im pretty sure theyll try to strangle you to death?

-Didnt you also get excited back then?

-Obviously! An overabundance of people to beat up! All those people personally showing up to see me for their own beatdowns! The demon continent is the best!

The metal bat let out a shriek of delight and began explaining to me all the advantages of the demon continent. Well, if I were to summarise her rant, then the demon race was the ultimate m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t group in existence.

All demons are fundamentally born workers! The first step in our revolution is for you to seize the authority for yourselves and secure democracy!

The content of the original speech was quite long, but I had to trim it here and there. The thing was, I couldnt recall far too many parts of the speech. However, I also bravely omitted certain sections that I did remember.

For instance, stuff about our history being one of cla.s.s warfare, or how the cla.s.s warfare was political warfare. I also omitted things like bourgeois, capitalism and others of similar nature.

If I had left all those stuff in the speech, then well The speech itself would have to end with, All of you understand now, dont you? And now, kill each other, as if a certain famous snake teacher from an orphanage was saying it.

What I required now was absolute royal authority. On the surface, it was supposed to be an equal, fair society no longer governed by the cla.s.s system. But in reality, what I wanted to see was a world where the kings command meant everything. Even I couldnt tell just for how long the magic term Demon G.o.ds will would continue to work on the demon race, after all.

Before someone starts questioning this whole thing, I must create a world where following the demon kings will was the most natural thing.

We shall endeavour for the total unity of all the tribes! We abhor hiding our opinions and intentions! What we discard today is the rotten, corrupted order of yesterday, but we shall gain a new world according to the Demon G.o.ds will! People of the demon race, we shall unite as one!

Belegrea reached the climax of her speech and began shouting even louder. Demons that showed up today to witness her coronation applauded raucously and cheered on.

Very good. Its going very well.

From now on, I shall spread the goodness of Communism and become the Great Comrade Leader, Marcus! And then, I shall rule the demon race from the shadows!

But things are not working out as you intended, right?

Dammit!

The metal bats snarky remark made me hold my head in despair.

b.l.o.o.d.y h.e.l.l?! This really was beyond my expectation!

Who wouldve thought that the demon race as a species could be this stupid!

I had to spend three days and nights racking my brain to come up with that Communism speech! If the original writer, Marx, had read it, then he wouldve tried to grab my collars and yell at me, asking me what I have done to his speech. However, I really did put in a lot of effort when judging from my own standard to write that speech.

I felt so gratified after completing it and even thought to myself, To think that I managed to complete something this monumental!

But now?!

A-are you sure that none of the chieftains understood the speech?!

Y-yes. Unfortunately

I stared in disbelief at Belegrea as she sneakily averted her gaze away.

Really? Seriously?! Not even one?

Yes. No one.

Okay, but what about regular demon folk, not the chieftains?

The thing is, most intelligent individuals among the demons happen to be the chieftains. And since none of them understood the speech, well

Huh. Huhuhuh

I was speechless.

Sure, Ive already heard that the majority of demons were muscleheads and that they hated using their brains. However, I still didnt expect them to be this hopeless.

Even though I really believed that the Communism speech I wrote would be understandable even by young teens! No, make that kids from the lower grades of elementary school! But none of the demons understood it in the end?!

B-but, what about their pa.s.sionate roars and applause at the coronation? Werent they reacting like that after understanding the speech?

W-well, that I also thought it was strange, so I began asking around. And they all answered that that it seemed like a good time to start applauding, so Belegrea couldnt finish her sentence and turned her head away.

This was pathetic. To think that the level of the demon race would be this pathetic!

How come the demon continent hasnt been ruined yet?

I believe that its all thanks to the Demon G.o.ds grace.

When Belegrea offered her honest opinion, I silently offered my prayer to the Demon G.o.d, who mustve worked her a.r.s.e off until now. To think that she had to lead these morons still stuck in the Stone Age to repel the humans How difficult would it have been?

At least, for the sake of the Demon G.o.d that mustve worked so hard until now, I swore to myself to come up with a more thorough plan this time.

Belegrea, have you explained it in detail to the chieftains?

Yes. But almost none of them understood what I was even talking about.

That didnt sound all that surprising, considering that chieftains were selected through the contest of strength. Each individual was either a swordmaster or had stepped into a comparable realm.

It would be difficult to hammer home philosophical ideas into the heads of demons that only thought about how to become stronger until now. However, that didnt mean there were no other methods to go around this problem, though.

So, then. I should a.s.sume that other demons will roughly be the same as them?

Basically, yes.

Very well. In that case We shall alter our plan. No, let me correct myself. We shall be adding to our plan.

What will you be adding, sir?

I could tell Belegrea the rough outline of my new altered plan, but it was still Belegrea we were talking about here.

Up until now, I thought she was a smart little cookie, but after learning the truth about the demon race? I found it a bit difficult to place all my faith in her now.

Before there could be a misunderstanding, I should perfectly organise the plan before telling her.

I shall inform you of it through Ria, so theres no rush. Well just take it step by step. The most urgent issue we have is with the chieftains.

The core part of my plan was the abolition of the rank called the chieftain. My goal was to create my own version of a Communist country that looked like democracy on the surface, and it began with turning the tribal society of demons into a socialist one through a cultural revolution.

That was why we needed to convince the chieftains first. Convince them very nicely, of course.

The job of convincing them falls upon me, the one who spreads the Demon G.o.ds will. Belegrea, your role as the demon king is to bring them together.

Understood.

I watched Belegrea bow slightly and leave my office.

Honestly speaking, Im a pacifist acknowledged by everyone! I detest fighting, you know!

Yet, this world doesnt want to leave me alone.

But master, from where Im standing, it looks like youre the one not wanting to let go of this world, ya know

Uh-huh! A person always wants the world to revolve around them, dont you know! Im merely working a bit no, Im working extra hard to ensure that happens for real, thats all!

Besides, this aint gonna be a bad deal for you, now is it?

Ehehehe~. Ever since we crossed over to the demon world, it feels like my workloads gone through the roof, master. And I feel so happy!

Indeed, its your turn this time, too! Go and teach the concept of socialism to the chieftains to your hearts content!

#3 Their circ.u.mstance: Chieftains circ.u.mstances

In a room within the Demon G.o.ds temple

The chieftains, considered to be the core of the demon continent, began gathering one by one in this room.

Why did Her Majesty Belegrea request us the chieftains to come to this place?

Asking such a question was not strange at all, of course. Not too long ago, these chieftains and Belegrea were trying to kill each other, after all.

But Aggreahrt was now dead, and Belegrea had ascended to the throne of the demon king. Which meant that officially at least, they were at peace but that didnt mean all grudges had been washed away.

The last chieftain has arrived.

The Demon G.o.ds temple priest announced that, prompting one of the chieftains to raise his hand. No, there are 100 of us here. One chieftain is still missing, so what do you mean, everyones here?

Hes right. Even if she is a mixed-blood child with human blood coursing through her, shes still the head of her race. No reason to exclude her.

If a certain former demon king heard that, hed have been greatly surprised by what these chieftains were saying.

But thats because said demon king was expecting the chieftains to hurl all sorts of abuse like How dare an impure blood like you attend this meeting! and Theres only one of you, so how dare you call yourself a tribe! if his daughter showed up to the tribal conference.

If only the former demon king heard these chieftains right now Hed most likely think a bit harder about what he was about to do to them. Unfortunately for the chieftains, however, the former demon king was not around to hear them.

And because of that

No, sirs. All chieftains requiring further education have gathered. And from this moment on

Its the start of your educatiooooooon!

The light suddenly went out of the room for a brief second, only for a small girl to jump out of nowhere. At the same time!

Clunk!

The only exit to the room was locked from the outside.

W-what is the meaning of this?!

One of the chieftains, realising that something suspicious was afoot, hurriedly raised his voice, but what a lamentable thing it was Only one creature in the room was capable of replying to his question.

Today is reserved for learning about the joy of Communism! And now, receive the great and n.o.ble Demon G.o.ds will with your bodies!

And that was the silver-haired girl called the Demon G.o.ds blessing and her tiny fists.

T/N note: From the onward, the name Marcus will change to Marx. The romanised Korean couldve gone either way, but with all this Communist talk, I figured Marx (as in Karl Marx) would be a better fit. Thank you for your understanding!