Editors corner (cast: Yuuka, Smoggy and The Psychiatrist)

*Yuuka enters Psychiatrists office*

Yuuka: Good afternoon.

Psychiatrist: Good afternoon, now take a sit. *shuffling of papers* Do you know why youre here today?

Yuuka: I was told that everyone had to go for a checkup before were deemed safe to work. Dont worry doc, Im perfectly sane.

Psychiatrist: Im sure you are, but Ill still need to ask you some questions, its protocol, nothing I can do about it.

Yuuka: Ask away doc.

Psychiatrist: Okay, first question: You see a crying child alone, what do you do?

Yuuka: Eat him.

Psychiatrist: *ahem* Okay, second question: Who is your role model, or rather, senpai as you people call them?

Yuuka: DemolitionD+ Senpai.

Psychiatrist:(I need to get out of here) Okay, final question: Who or what inspires you?

Yuuka: I look to Filthy Frank for inspiration.

Psychiatrist: *Runs for the door and shouts* EVACUATE THE BUILDING NOW!

Yuuka: Hey wait! I need you to approve that Im mentally sane before I can work~ *chases after doc*

Psychiatrist: GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU ARE NOWHERE NEAR SANE!

Yuuka: *Master Spark*

Yuuka: Phew, now that I am deemed as Mentally stable, I better go find that bear

Following days news headlines: Terrorist Attack on Psychiatric Clinic! Is The Government Responsible?

Smoggy: My, thats terrible! Werent you there yesterday?

Yuuka: No idea.

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Life in the Royal Capital

ED NOTE: There are some parts that even I dont understand myself; forgive me for any errors.

The Devil Myulan was relieved to finally be able to report.

She had left her best friend and the violent Demon lord Milim behind in the city which they were to monitor, but, this was something completely outside of her expectations.

It surprised her that a weak little slime is the head of the city, furthermore, Milims behavior was also something she couldnt understand.

The way a demon lord thinks is something an ordinary person will never understand.

Rather, isnt that particular Demon Lord a little, no, relatively eccentric?

On a cultural level, it seems the demon lord has made friends in the city they were monitoring.

Whats more, the fact that the head of the town is a slime who can take on the form of a masked person was also being reported.

Just to be safe, the fact that Milim was staying in the city was not reported.

I dont think shell do anything that will violate the agreement between the demon lords.

But, considering the fact I cant understand what Milim is thinking, I must be very cautious.

We definitely cannot use magic in front of Milim.

I judged that communication magic or magic in general, will instantly be detected by Milim.

If she doesnt know my identity, there is a chance that she might not make a move.

These are the types of things you report.

I seeI can use this. Good work, please continue to monitor them.

Clayman said this happily, seemingly having come up with something.

But this has nothing to do with Myulan.

As the garrisons Shaman, she is serving as an officer.

(Stupid humans. Im a devil, and yet they dont suspect a thing.)

Although she looked down on them, talking to them for some time stirred up strange emotions in her heart.

(Ill let it be for the time being.I wish to enjoy these moments for a little longer.)

She made such a wish subconsciously.

Thus, she went back to work without being too concerned.

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The Demon Grucius, now a member of the frontier garrison, followed his platoon as they advanced into the forest.

For a beastman such as he, horse-riding was mere childs play.

As such, he naturally stood out in the team.

Even when he held back his true abilities, he couldnt possibly be inferior to humans.

Therefore, he was offered the role of vice captain for one of the three platoons.

However, he refused stating that a newcomer should not hold such a position even after the platoon commander insisted.

Even though he drew some attention to himself, as long as he maintained his current situation, everything will be fine. Thats what he believed.

However, what he is currently interested in is the group of goblin wolf riders that followed them.

The strangely evolved Star wolves and their riders the hobgoblins.

As if they were a skilled team, even their breathing is synchronized. This suggests a high level of proficiency .

Above all, The one known as Gobuta was the best amongst the hobgoblins.

Based on his intuition, the best course of action is to kill him on sight.

Grucius curled his tongue.

Originally, he was only planning to invite the Oni, but in this situation its very likely there are many other talented individuals.

There are a total of 100 Goblin wolf riders, and every one of them have talents I want by all means.

Amongst them are captain Rigur and vice captain Gobuta.

These two have an overwhelming presence over the others.

There are also others, like the Dragonewts I see time to time. They will also become good warriors with some training.

The Orc Pioneers, they arent much on their own, but truly shine when together in a group.

I heard they were led by an orc lord called Gerudo, but I havent seen him around the city.

I heard hes always out transporting goods, but hes most likely a powerful individual.

(What do you know, Ill be darned! This city is crazy! If I make a move, all this war potential will be ours!)

In fact, when I look a closer look at the Oni, theyre either my equal or even above me.

Even though he is the weakest amongst the servants of the Beast King, this is still clearly something abnormal.

Well, its fine isnt it? Its more fun this way!

Having strong comrades is something good. Even if we failed, having powerful enemies is also desirable! That much is true.

We, the Beastmen, are a race that thrives in battle. Strong enemies are something that we welcomed.

Thus, while pondering about how he should invite them, he continued with his Frontier Garrison duties.

YAHHOO - Nice!

I am very satisfied with the feeling of spaciousness after such a long time.

When I was in the city, I had to pay attention to what I say, my mind feels like its about to burst.

Thus, I left all the problems in the city to the two Oni.

But, Benimaru said this himself:

Please leave everything regarding the city with us two Oni, well be able to accomplish anything!

Thats what he said. Im sure hell manage somehow.

Ranga has been on guard the whole time, but no signs of movements were spotted. Now its Soueis turn to take over guard duty._

He who doesnt sleep, Souei.

By creating clones, he can get some sleep in shifts. Even though its certainly a useful ability, I dont want to tell him that he must sleep.

From the looks of things, no ones showing their true colors.

To me, even though they dont seem to be related to Milim, they may be acquaintances.

Because this cannot be handled carelessly, we must monitor them carefully.

Unfortunately, they dont seem to have made a move at all.

If thats the case, then all we can do is to continue to be vigilant. Since I can immediately return to the city with Shadow Step, I decided to leave the city for a little while.

Or rather, I speculate that as soon as Im gone, theyre going to start making their move. Milim has also just left, so they must make their move now.

I was on alert whilst thinking about this, but after first day I went out of town nothing happened whatsoever.

After 3 days had passed, Im starting to think that I may be overly worked up about things.

They also seem to be fairly strong.

Leave it to me!

And because he said that I entrusted him to lead the way.

After hearing that, I am now enjoying the spacious feeling after such a long time.

Im taking this route because roads havent been developed yet.

After getting off the streets, I followed the animal trail.

Is this really all right?

If thats not enough, we advanced through a variety of different routes. However, theres a veteran here, so I left it to him.

Even though he has a tearful face, lets believe in him.

Besides, its not like this is the first time he has come by here.

One moment later,

Oi oi, were not actually lost are we?

I said that as a joke.

Hahaha. Theres no way we would have gotten lost here

His wording has became strange, everything is fine right?

Referring to the map in my mind, it seems we walked by here just now. I must be imagining things.

Oi! This is no joke. Youre lost, arent you!

The 3 looked at each other,

WERE VERY SORRY!!!

And they apologized.

Anyway, it seems that they have gotten lost trying to take a shortcut. Are these guys really professionals?

Well whatever.

I guided them back onto the road, the one they are familiar with.

We passed by a field of Illusion Flowers in full bloom, that might be the cause of us getting lost. I didnt tell them though.

How could we have gotten lost in such a place

I may have lost a little self-confidence

Im overwhelmed, If you professionals paid more respect to the road and followed it then maybe we would not have been lost.

They looked a little pitiful, so I told them about the Illusion flowers.

Thats a B rank harvesting mission objective!, Its pretty difficult ya know!

Ellen proclaimed enthusiastically.

In addition to being material for magic items, its also quite a rare flower.

After a lot of trouble, we returned to pick some. We managed to pick 40, and divided it up to 10 per person. Perhaps, I can understand its uses by storing it in my stomach to analyze.

About a weeks worth of time has passed, and we finally arrived at the exit of the forest.

Certainly, but I wonder how much less time would be wasted if I took out the number of days we spent being lost.

Well, theres no need for me to rush for this journey. Rather, long trips are much more fun.

Well, a slimes body cant get tired anyway, but Ill need to remain clean, so I asked Ellen to useCleaning Magic.

Because Ellen usedCleaning Magic, I learned it.

When I tried using it, my magic amplified the effects of the spell, cleaning everyone in the process. Thanks to that, the journey was more pleasant than usual.

Starting a fire was easy, and I stayed up all night as the night-watch.

RIMURU SAN! LETS ADVENTURE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!

Ellen exclaimed this emotionally, but as usual, I declined.

If this was before I met anyone, that would have been a good idea, but Im the head of a city now. I can leave the governing to the others, but I cant leave it uncared for.

Anyways, if someday my presence isnt needed anymore , Ill think about the offer then.

A thought suddenly crossed my mind-Even if I accepted, this will depend on whether or not shes still alive by that time.

I wonder is this how Milim feels? To make an important friend, only to out live them, would I choose loneliness instead?

I dont know.

The current me doesnt have enough experience to determine that.

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I shook my sadness away, and we went towards the roads.

Our destination is the small country of Brumund. This particular country is so small that all the nobles are feudal lords of villages. Its really just a country which comprises of its royal capital.

I was being led by the trio to the city which housed Brumunds Freedom Association Branch.

However, the capital is the only large city and in the castle town lies the Brumunds Freedom Association Branch.

We have arrived in the first village earlier than expected, and the carriage left as scheduled.

We arrived at noon, and ate lunch at a restaurant.

Seems like the traffic is not congested as it is a small country, which is always nice.

Hear me, I am the Mighty Axe, WAARGH~ and with a single swing, I killed this fellow!

Wow~ As expected of Biddo san!

Big Brother Biddo, this is a strong monster isnt it? You mean you killed it by yourself?

More or less, a single horned bear is no match for me!

When we heard the conversation, we took a peek at the horned bear they were talking about.

The main subject of the story, the horned bear, made me almost spit out all the food in my mouth when I saw it.

It was only the horn of a horned rabbit embedded into the forehead of the bear, laid on the floor as if it was a monsters corpse.

The bear is not a monster but rather, is classified as an animal, but its hard to tell the difference.

Fortunately I have my analyze ability, without it, I wouldnt have been able to tell the difference.

A clear way to tell the difference is whether a magic stone drops or not. Even so, for an ordinary person thats simply just cruel because its so rare.

Even if it didnt drop a magic stone due to it being an animal, who knows how many of them animals would have been killed before people realize that they are animals, not monsters.

Well, even though demonic energy seeps from monsters, itll still be rather difficult to judge. In the end, due to the high level of my skill , I am able came up with this conclusion.

Oi, the guys in that corner are all proud about that fake horned bear, arent they just like ants?

Huh? A fake? You saw through the trick?!

Of course! Its the horn of a horned rabbit, welded on with magic

As expected, you saw through it?

No, Danna. That persons purpose is not to flaunt. If they took this over to the king, they may become this villages hero! Theyre doing this not to protect the village, but rather to fill their bellies and live in fancy inns.

I see.

I understand the guild members explanation. In short, theyre scammers. The world has so many different kinds of scammers that It has become a profession.

I was planning to leave after exposing them,

Oi oi, wait a moment! You just accused me of being a fake! Making a fool out of me, I hope youre prepared for the consequences?

I wonder, why do all the dumb ones have such good hearing. Furthermore, they even decided to pick a fight when I still idling

You people even believed in such a fraud

Huh, isnt that Cabal-san

Ellen-sans also here!

Isnt that person over there Gido!

After hearing these words, people flooded the dining room immediately

Wha, whats thisyou three are terrible, you should have given me a shout out if you came back!

Who are you, have we met before?

Oh come on, I may look all rundown and tattered now, but its me biddo! I was receiving guidance from you in the capital after picking a fight, its me biddo!

Well that was unexpected.

This group of 3 (idiots), are unexpectedly famous.

They seem acquainted with the fraud to a certain degree, but the other people seem to respect the three.

Its rather strange that they dont seem all that happy even though theyre being respected.

But, the biggest surprise to me was the fact these 3 are actually famous adventurers.

They are mainly famous for their sudden rise in prominence recently.

Even so, its because they have brought along monsters from my town with them during missions, thats why they were able to perform so significantly well

I looked at the 3, and they looked away in a panic.

Ill not press them on this matter.

Thats probably something they dont want to mention to the people here.

Even so, even if I dont touch the matter, its still there.

Do you get it now?

OF COURSE!!! WELL GUIDE YOU TO THE CAPITAL! EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!!!

Then its all good.

The trip ended smoothly even after such a thing happened.

Thus, we arrived at the royal capital of the small country of Burmund.