Translators Corner (Cast: Clown and Pierrot)

Pierrot: Clown Clown!

Clown: Huh? What?

Pierrot: You were spacing out, I was calling you for a good half an hour!

Clown: Sorry, I must not have heard you.

Pierrot: Listen, Ive been thinking here could you try to remember everything that had to do with the death of your sister again?

Clown: Who?

Pierrot: Your sister, Aiko!

Clown: Pierrot, youre giving me a headache!

Pierrot: You havent forgotten, have you?

Clown: About what?

Pierrot: Are you taking that medicine the doctor gave you?

Clown: Of course! Ive been following it to the letter!

Pierrot: No you havent! Look closely, it says: Keep tightly closed!

Clown:

Pierrot: Anyways, do me a favor, and dont drink it. Please.

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Birth of a Demon Lord Arc

079. Dino and Dagruel

We left the forest on our way to the Demon Lords Walpurgis Banquet guided by Ramiris.

We were flying on Veldoras back, so even though the trip should have taken a while, it probably wont.

Seeing the marshes below us testified to our current speed.

That is, getting to the marshes would have normally taken us 2~3 days but now it took a mere hour.

Veldora personally found assuming a giant form troublesome, but as we had Shion, Beretta, and Grucius who couldnt fly, I asked him to put up with it.

On that note,

Ramiris, were you planning on walking all the way to the banquet room (?)?

I asked.

No matter how I thought about it, I couldnt imagine her making it on time.

In response,

Hmm? Oh, walking there was hardly a problem.

If I did, Id always have someone pick me up on the way there!

She gave an answer that I couldnt exactly wrap my head around.

She is always late so everyone has already gotten used to coming to pick her up.

Chances are, that someone has a spatial travel type ability.

If thats the case, then where are we headed right now?

Overcome with a feeling of dread, I dared to ask,

Eh? Theres no way I would know!

What the hell! Were flying by your request and to your directions! I stopped myself from saying.

Thats just the way she is.

Well, theres no need to keep on flying then. So we decided to land and proceed while enjoying our surrounding.

Thus were calmly proceeding down the road.

The moment you leave the Jura Forest you are already in Demon Lords lands.

Not that theres any grand difference in scenery, however.

Compared to human cities and villages the magic energy density is higher, but not at levels at which humans couldnt survive.

But, of course, the boulder on the side of the road wouldnt one day transform into Demon Steel Ore.

Are there also few monsters naturally appearing here?

I decided to ask,

Ah, even if we call it Demon Lords dominion, unless we are talking about their residence or perhaps their province, normal people can also live here.

As long as they pay the demon lord the appropriate tax, their safety is guaranteed

Veldora explained.

Oh, so thats how it is. As expected of the all knowing master! Ramiris added.

Why dont you know! I wanted to retort, but gave up.

But, there are also demon lords with unknown demesne.

Among the ones I have fought, theres the Giant, the Vampire, and the Demon.

Of them, I only fought the Giant Dagrule and the Vampire Ruminas.

And although it was only a single battle with Dagrule, it was fun..

As for Ruminas, I turned the Vampire Country into ash, so when she came at me for real, I decided to withdraw!

She just doesnt understand jokes. Where her domain is, I do not know.

The other one was the king of demons.

I had fought with his entourage of demons, but never with the king himself.

His castle is located on the continent of ice, and its damn cold. No humans live there.

Going there would be boring, so I hadnt gone. Moreover

At that point, Veldoras words became rather unclear, and

Anyways, theres no need to go to the middle of nowhere! Kuahahaha!

He laughed trying to hide something.

But, well, seems like this geezer has already angered a few demon lords.

If my country was turned into ash, even Id get mad.

Moreover, the Giant demon lord who once fought Veldora also seems dangerous.

As for the ice continent, unless Im going to have some business there, I see no reason to go. So no need to think about that.

However, demon lords seem actually pretty powerful. Comparing them by using the brat Ramiris as a base was certainly a mistake.

I probably should have based them on Milim instead.

Even after evolving, whether I can win against Milim or not is uncertain.

No matter how many times we battled, since she never went all out, I dont have enough data.

If compared to when we fought, I could win; but, as I do not know just how much she was holding back, I shouldnt be getting haughty.

And, I cant believe Milim would support a subjugation order for me.

Though its clear that we are dancing to someones tune here, I cant help but think that Milim is being manipulatedwhether she was awake or asleep

I can, however, imagine that she has some reason for all of this.

Not that thinking about it now will lead anywhere.

Lets decide this after we meet.

And so, while listening to Veldoras tales, we continued leisurely down the road.

If Ramiris is correct, well be shown the way by one of the demon lords soon.

So while we were enjoying the breeze, we chanced upon two men approaching us.

They are coming straight over here.

A tall (huge!) chestnut haired man, and a slovenly green haired delicate man.

Did they come to meet us? I thought and looked at them,

Yo! Ramiris, how have you been?

Oooooh! Isnt that Veldora! You doing good?

What a weak aura youre giving off.

I had just convinced myself that I was feeling someone with a similar aura

The conversation begun thus.

Oh, Dino, huh. Well done coming to get me!

Ah, Dagruel! We were just discussing our last battle

Whether they came to meet us is yet unknown, but that they know each other is certain.

So we went straight to introductions.

When I introduced myself,

Heh, so youre this times main character, huh. So, why are you being hunted?

Oh, its a pleasure to meet you. I have never heard of a slime becoming a demon lord

They said, surprised.

Why am I being hunted, huh? Thats what I would like to know.

Iya~, no idea, really

I said and summarized the events up until now.

While we were at it, I had them tell the tale of how they met Veldora and Ramiris.

They are a friendly bunch. But, I couldnt analyze the depth of their powers.

As expected, all I knew was that they are demon lords.

After listening to my story, they thus decided

While I shouldnt let my guard down, the demon lords are hardly united.

At the moment, these two do not believe I had killed Karionwith whom they are good friends.

While they certainly believed I was capable of it, Grucius testimony convinced them otherwise.

But, if I did not have proof, my subjugation my have been decided by a majority vote.

Though this is puzzling, had I first called myself a demon lord and killed Karion there would have been no problems, but if I were trick and kill Karion first and then call myself a demon lord, that would have been no good.

Such are the rules of the powerful demon lords, it seems.

So, since this time the banquet was hosted with the premise that I killed Karion through deception, my subjugation would have been certainly agreed upon.

Karion excluded, I now need to get five demon lords to object to the request to overturn it.

Good thing I discussed these things with the participants.

In other words, I have fallen into someones wicked trap

And this realization caused anger to boil within me.

Though we havent met, the culprit is Clayman.

The problem is Milim who has supported him. If we solve that, the demon lords anger would no longer be directed at me.

Of course, trying to fight all the demon lords at once would be suicide.

I mean, I cant perceive the power of the two before me, so theres no reason to start a pointless battle.

Of course, thats as long as they dont challenge me.

But demon lords are unexpectedly receptive.

These two believed my words.

Though maybe theyre just that pure.

Veldora, while in the middle of learning to repress his aura, was talking with Dagrule.

Somehow, he saw the value of my habits through reading the Holy Texts (Manga), and stopped pointlessly releasing his aura.

Hes really excited about having his opponents underestimate him only to freak them out by suddenly releasing it.

The monsters of the city, as a result, can live in peace, so were certainly grateful. But its still strange.

I know what mangas knowledge he filled his head with, but this does bother me a bit.

In short, his brain has been replaced with manga

Dagrule is enthusiastically listening to his explanation, nodding and agreeing.

In the first place, as a Giant whose power increases due to anger, he doesnt release that much aura.

In fact, right now his aura is that of a normal human.

Surely he has already heard everything Veldora has to say

So in other words, if I learn to control my anger, I will obtain new powers!

Somehow, an outrageous conversation reached my ears.

Hey, heeeey!

Theres now way a demon lord called The Continents Anger could control it and turn it into energy!

Besides, I wouldnt want a demon lord who once fought Veldora growing any stronger.

And anger runs in the Giants veins.

Hes currently a large man surpassing 2 meters in height, but when he goes all out, his body grows five times as large.

So a rampaging 12 meter tall giant a truly troublesome demon lord he is.

When he was introducing himself earlier, I thought from the bottom of my heart that he was a demon lord I did not want to have visiting my city.

Anyways, it seems that they have decided to have him practice to control his anger, but thats no longer my problem.

If he fails and rampages in his own country Ill just be happy if he doesnt come to complain to me later.

The other demon lord, Dino is

Having a friendly conversation with Ramiris.

They seem close, and their conversation smooth.

Thats probably because Dino was once a long time ago in her care, so hes addressing her politely.

By the way, Ramiris. Havent you shrunk since we last met?

Nothing I can do about that! It hasnt even been 50 years since I was last reborn!

That must be inconvenient. Have you inherited all your memories?

That I have. But, the spirit regresses along with the body you see

Well, since I am the strongest, this kind of handicap is natural!

You dont say. Tell that to Guy and hell pluck your wings out!

Bah! Do you take me for a fool? Why bring up such a small fry!

Though I can easily take Guy out with a single punch, I just dont feel like it!

This, too, seems like a fun conversation.

Seems like Ramiris is panicking just from hearing the name Guy. If her mouths running off that much, he must be a truly dangerous guy.

So lets make a mental memo: Guy is dangerous.

Like this, I might be able to avoid danger some day. So no ridiculing her.

The conversation eventually led them to discussing their subordinates.

Ramiris was proudly showing off Beretta.

With him, I can finally pay back the demon lords for calling me a runt and loner.

Even you are no match for him!

Eh? Can I break him?

Haaah? Of course you cant!

If you do Ill go to Guy and have him punch you as punishment!

Or so I say, but isnt this amazing? If I look closely, hes truly dangerous!

Dino, whose eyes were half asleep until now, suddenly opened wide.

And pleased by the result,

Right! Right, right! Well, now even my persuasiveness must have increased

She said, while trying to emphasize her non-existent chest.

Well, I had built him, though. Not that I care.

Whether Beretta is fed up with her by now is unknown, but hes silently carrying out his guardian duties.

Things continued on like this for a while, but then I decided to ask.

By the way, where are we headed?

We have been continuing down this path for a while, but you two do know where the banquet will be held, right?

Oh, and are you not bringing anyone with you?

From what I could see, they were only happily walking nowhere.

Upon hearing my question, the two looked at each other and laughed.

From what they said, they didnt want to oversleep, so set off a bit early.

And upon spotting us, decided that we might as well journey together.

In any case, we dont know the way and neither do they.

But, well

Well have someone come and get us

They said, carefree.

Since we were getting tired from walking, we decided to have some tea.

I took it out from within my stomach, and setting some tableware and sheets, started preparing it.

If someone would come get us, we might as well have waited in the city.

Well, I guess I should be happy to have met two demon lords.

While I was taking out the lunch that Shuna had prepared, the two were behaving themselves.

Since she made quite a lot, we could easily serve two more people.

The taste, of course, received rave reviews.

As expected of Shuna.

By the way, Shion was not permitted to cook.

Though she does possess the unique skillCook, not knowing the basic makes it a huge waste of talent.

After the meal, while we were enjoying the tea,

By the way, are you not bringing anyone with you?

I asked.

They brought Dagruels three sonsgenerals, and five captains with them.

Since generals and captains have participated in the banquet before, they thought it should be fine.

But his sons are here for the first time. So theyre bound to cause problems, he said.

Is that fine? I wanted to ask, but couldnt.

Dino has no one with him.

Seems like there are demon lords with no followers. Milim seems the same, so that I can easily accept.

By the way, theres a reason for restricting the number of participants.

A long time ago, there were demon lords who would bring over a hundred individuals to flaunt their power.

Some had their countries reduced to ash so came seeking to be annihilated.

So, they decided that you had to bring someone of at least low class devil ranking.

According to the now ruined demon lords, they had always brought high ranking devils, but no one can confirm that and such reports have been ignored.

Anyways, in order to prevent such foolish actions, they decided to limit the number of participants.

Though there are many demon lords who participate with a clear lack of confidence.

While we were discussing these things, I suddenly felt a rift open up in space.

Seems like our guide has come.

In front of us, a gate has opened.

From within, a beautiful woman wearing black maid outfit came out and bowed.

I have come to guide you, Ramiris-sama.

If you will, please follow me

She said, while keeping the gate open.

While completely making herself seem unimportant. She was the embodiment of discipline itself.

A true professional.

But, moreover,

This maid, feels as overwhelming as Diablothe Demon Lord/Official.

Shes clearly dangerous.

Oh, if it isnt Mizari. Its been a while! Hows Guy doing?

Ay, the likes of me is not so presumptuous as to worry for my great master

Ah, is that so. You never change. Whatever

She says while jumping into the gate.

We followed. If were left behind here, theres the fear of not being able to come here at all.

But the maid is Guys subordinate, it seems.

Seems like Guy is one of the demon lords, but, if possible, I would rather not make him my enemy.

Well, that depends on the situation, though.

The time to test my resolution has come.

Ahead await the rulers of this world.

But I was not afraid.

Because I, too, am one of these strongest individuals.

While steeling myself, I proceeded into the gate.