The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 459

Chapter 459

Edina Royal Palace Conference Room.

The four heads of households were sitting there, excluding Lucinil.

“Meet Your Highness.”

“long time no see. You are a great being.”

Elerith claims to be my subject, but the other three have no relation to me. They are helping me as much as they can, but that is only cooperating with me, not submitting to me.

Of course, Lluen, Galarche, and Antirianus moved all of their clans to the Edina Archipelago.

There was a willingness to help me, but it was also because I couldn’t leave my clan alone on the continent that was in chaos due to the Gate incident.

Now, Lord Vampire’s family also played a very important role in my military power.

Vampires are usually wizards, and Lord Vampires who can withstand sunlight have been a very important support for my rule throughout the islands even now.

Magic.

Without that vital force, I would not be able to provide shelter for so many refugees, build new buildings, or grow food for them so quickly.

Basically, humans are very afraid of vampires.

However, when they see vampires farming with magic, growing crops, and struggling to feed them, humans are perplexed, wanting to know what the hell this is.

Humans provide blood as long as they do not become vampires, and vampires provide food for humans.

It’s a bit of a symbiotic relationship, but what can you do? The throat is vineyard.

So, in reality, the families of Friday, Thursday, and Saturday didn’t seem to have any complaints about the situation.

So the most important members of my support base and my allies, the vampires, were looking at me.

“It seems that rumors about this place are spreading across the continent, albeit very little.”

Those were the words of Elerith.

Elerith worked mostly alone.

Wandering around the continent, destroying warp gates as much as possible, doing what he could to completely end the gate crisis.

“A rumor?”

“Yes, I do not know if the refugees who refused to join are the source, but I have confirmed that there is a rumor spreading that there is a paradise in the south.”

The continent is in a riot.

Because the empire is preoccupied with doing its best, it still doesn’t know that I’m located in this far, far south.

Even if you know, you probably don’t have the energy to use your hands right now.

“Currently, there are only rumors that it is somewhere in the south, but no one knows specifically… … . In the long term, powerful forces, including the Empire, may reach Fort Mokna while searching the southern lands.”

“… … I guess so.”

Fort Mokna, our continental base.

It’s just a small, tiny dot on the map of the continent, but if the empire finds out that it’s safe and has a large army stationed there, it could become a problem.

If someone from Fort Mokna were to be captured, the Empire would recognize that the Demon King had settled down in an archipelago far and far to the south.

The Edina Archipelago would not escape the Empire’s gaze forever.

The Gate Crisis destroyed most of humanity’s foundations, but it will end someday.

Elerith’s report ended with that.

“The installation of water and sewage systems at the refugee base is almost complete. Also, the large-scale clearing of farmland in the south is almost finished, and now all we have to do is sow. And we started building ships to transport goods to other regions.”

I nodded at Lluen’s words.

Housekeeper of Thursday.

I don’t know if it has anything to do with it, but Thursday’s vampires were well versed in alchemy and magic related to creatures.

I never thought I would use it for farming.

It would be one of my great advantages to be able to use many of the super-high-level wizards for material production or farming.

The Empire cannot take this approach.

The territory to be defended is inevitably too wide, and at some point monsters from the gate may invade the city while roaming the continent.

It’s a safe land from a gate crisis, so you can put all your national energy into supporting people.

“Mining is ongoing at an abandoned manastone mine near Fort Mokna. It can be mined, but transportation is expected to be difficult, so it would be nice if King Thunder led the troops to transport it.”

“Yes, I will.”

magic stone.

It is an absolutely scarce resource at the present time.

Basically, from street lights to magic tools necessary for real life. There was not a single item that did not contain a magic stone.

Edina Archipelago cannot self-sufficient mana stones.

Even if there are lanterns to light up the night, the crime rate in the refugee residence area will be greatly reduced. So, Galarsh was playing a role in supplying magic stones to the Edina Archipelago by securing numerous mines and mining sites that had already stopped operating.

If enough mana stones are secured, the quality of life can be greatly improved.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Edina Archipelago, where the population is exploding, requires an infinite amount of magic stones.

Eleris Leruen Galarche’s words came to an end.

Finally, Antirianus looks at me.

“Great being, it seems that the empire has succeeded in destroying about 80% of the existing warp gates.”

“is it.”

Antirianus is in charge of espionage.

I try to rescue civilians as much as possible here and there are many times I went to deal with monsters and gates in the southern part of the continent myself, but in the end, the key force to finish this situation is the Empire.

We had already heard that the forces run by Saviolin Tana were focused on destroying warp gates in numerous cities.

80%.

The gate avalanche is over when all warp gates are destroyed.

However, there is also a long and lengthy task of dealing with all the monsters that have already come out into the world.

But it will get more and more difficult.

As the number of warp gates decreases, more powerful monsters will pour out of the remaining gates.

The approaching end of the gate crisis means that each gate is becoming more and more dangerous.

“Also, the Empire has succeeded in recovering all of its territories, including 30 major cities, and is maintaining its defense posture. From now on, it seems that they will support the other surviving lords and start recovering their territories. With this, it seems safe to say that the empire has fully regained its national function.”

The Edina Archipelago is safe, but even on a continent where monsters run rampant like waves, the empire has recovered the territories lost to monsters and regained its national function.

I felt the power of humans again.

I don’t know if this is really good news for me, but Antirianus smiled softly.

“However, the population concentrated in the zodiacal gradium exceeds about 40 million. A large refugee camp has formed on the outskirts of Gradium, and the Empire is currently unable to handle it. The streets of the refugee camp are filled with sewage and filth, and the corpses of starved refugees are left unattended, creating a security vacuum.”

It is natural for people to flock to the ecliptic, and that was the case in the original work as well.

As a result, a wide security vacuum is created.

Even considering the population of the ecliptic alone, it is incomparably larger than the total population of the Edina Archipelago.

The empire cannot support them all, control them, or guarantee their safety and livelihood.

Frequently wandering monsters will attack the continent.

The Gate crisis was coming to an end, but other problems would be plaguing the Empire.

Antirianus goes on.

“In addition, it has been confirmed that the vast majority of refugees believe in the Faith of the Warriors, which puts the hero Ellen Artorius as a prophet, as the distrust of the Five Major Orders has gone too far.”

forced warrior.

As it is revealed that I am the Demon King and the culprit behind this situation, Ellen is forcibly accepted as the prophet of the Cult of Braves.

Antirianus laughs.

As if I am enjoying this situation where I, who do these things for humans, become an object of hatred to the vast majority of mankind.

“The majority of refugees, as well as a significant number of existing residents of the ecliptic, are believed to believe in the cult of warriors, and their dissatisfaction has gone too far.”

“dissatisfaction?”

The cult of warriors believes that Ellen will kill me, but what kind of complaints do they have?

Are you complaining about Ellen not killing me? Ellen wouldn’t even know where I was.

“The followers of the cult of warriors want to sacrifice the princess, the devil’s snitch.”

“… … .”

Oh, was that a story?

* * *

I had already heard the story about Charlotte. Stories about Charlotte’s strange powers have spread.

It wasn’t like I was actually hooking up with Charlotte. But the hatred for me has gone too far, and I’m still somewhere on the continent.

People long for a scapegoat they can bring before them.

That’s why Charlotte, who had a history of being kidnapped in the Devil’s Castle and who had been close to me, was known as the top priority of the Devil’s snitch.

It’s funny.

Ellen is a pitiful warrior who has been deceived by the demon king.

Charlotte is a collaborator who cooperated with the devil.

Antirianus continues to laugh.

He fully cooperates with me, but at this moment, I really want to punch that face.

A mad loyalist who is happier when the ruler is unhappy.

Antirianus says

“The imperial family is consistent in not responding to the demands of all the crowd, but this stance may spread to distrust of the imperial family in the future. Didn’t the Imperial Family also conspire with the Demon King? Isn’t that why you don’t put out Charlotte de Gradias? In this way.”

“… … I guess so.”

People believe what they want to believe.

I have to kill the princess, but why not?

Aren’t you guys really one of them too?

The story of why the princess had to die has already been completed. They want to believe that they are the devil’s snitches, so they just believe that.

Therefore, he would hate all those who tried to protect such a princess, and would try to make her a worthy being.

If the demand of the cult of warriors and the common people that the princess should be killed throughout the continent as well as the imperial capital continues, and the empire persists in inaction, a riot will break out someday.

Nothing can be solved by killing the princess.

But people are just angry.

Because I am angry, unfair, and sad.

I just want someone to die carrying this rage.

It’s not the demon king who doesn’t know where it is now, it’s just the princess who knows where it is.

“Emperor Bertus must present the princess in front of the crowd someday.”

Bertus, who became emperor.

The emperor must protect the empire.

The fate of the empire and Charlotte’s life could not be exchanged, and that should not be the case.

No matter what my will, it was as if the Gate Incident had happened in the end.

No matter what Bertus’ will, Charlotte must be burned at the stake someday.

The life of the princess must be exchanged for the anger of the citizens.

“What will you do, great being?”

Antirianus smiled broadly.

Charlotte cursed me.

I was told to die the most miserable death in the world.

There is no such thing as a grudge. The misunderstandings I had built up with Charlotte would have been enough to say that.

Will Charlotte still hate me?

I don’t know about that.

Once when escaping from the castle.

Once in the Spring Palace.

I saved Charlotte’s life twice.

So whether or not Charlotte still hates me, I will do the third one regardless of Charlotte’s will.

I swore I would.

Any night will pass, any hatred and malice will pass.

I’m going to save Charlotte.

“I’m going to go see the situation.”

I don’t know when that will be, but I will.

* * *

Teleport is a higher level magic, and Mass Teleport is a higher level level magic.

Only the Lord Vampires, including Elleris, were supported by enough magic power to cast it.

Harriot could cast the highest level of magic with the assistance of power cartridges, but he did not use them because he could not secure a large number of power cartridges due to circumstances.

Therefore, only a small number of people can immediately return to the Edina Archipelago from the continent through mass teleport or be put into the continent.

– Dig!

For example, there were only a limited number of people who could teleport back and forth unless it was Liana de Granz, who was teleported with Elerys to the capital’s central gymnasium.

The Lord Vampires of the Senate do not always reside here, and everyone has a job to do.

The plainly dressed Liana looked at me and nodded.

“Are you getting some sleep?”

“Aren’t you going to sleep?”

Liana is now better known to people as the King of Thunder.

A shield that protects Fort Mokna, and the strongest spear that saves people from being chased by monsters.

“Oh, I am hungry. Let’s talk while eating something.”

“okay.”

We’re talking nonsense, but Liana has killed the most monsters and saved the most people among us.

* * *

Harriet and I, Liana, sat in the royal castle dining room and talked.

It’s not particularly fancy because it’s a king’s meal. Not too poor though.

To put it bluntly, the meals served at the temple were incomparable to what they are now in terms of quality and quantity.

“There are no monsters or people around Mokna anymore. You have to go very far to see even the monster’s tail. I don’t think I can do anything more here.”

Searching the vicinity of a fixed base to avoid monsters or find people hiding is no longer profitable.

That’s why in the early days, a huge number of refugees were loaded onto ships, but there were only eight hundred refugees who came in today.

“They say there is another port city 170 kilometers west of Mokna, so I think it would be better to secure it and conduct search and rescue operations there.”

“Okay, let’s make an estimate.”

After setting up another base and turning it into an advance base, rescue and extermination of monsters are carried out there. Liana asks, munching on the sausage.

“Then it’s important to abandon or keep Mokna. What do you think?”

“Hmm… … . Having two forward bases doubles your chances of being discovered in the eyes of the Empire. It seems a little unnecessary to maintain a Mokna that has lost its usefulness.”

“But it’s a bit of a waste to throw away all the supplies and infrastructure there.”

“It doesn’t.”

Leaving behind discussions on whether or not to dispose of Mokna, I fully convinced myself of the need to set up a new outpost.

“by the way… … . Are you okay? Are you really going to the Empire yourself?”

This time Harriet asked me.

“Empire? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Liana tilted her head, not knowing what I was trying to do.

“recently… … . It seems that the public opinion that the princess should be executed is a bit strong. So, he said he would go directly to check the empire’s trends.”

“… … ?”

At my words, Liana tilted her head.

“and… … . I tend to think of you as the Hogu of Hogu, but… … . Isn’t this a hogu that crossed the road? It’s not enough to take care of humans, so now you want to take care of the enemy, the imperial princess?”

Among us, Liana is the one who wants the empire to collapse and the Gradias family to perish the most.

Liana wasn’t really close to Charlotte either.

So, it was only natural that he would be angry at my words saying that he would go scouting to the empire because he was worried about the princess of the enemy country.

Having heard everything that had happened between Charlotte and me up until now, it was only natural for her to look at me with an expression of disapproval at my decision.

well… … .

is this bullshit?

I’m not sure.

“Hey, I’ve been doing a job that doesn’t even fit my aptitude for two years. know?”

“Kingdom?”

“Yes, I am sick of sitting and listening to Your Highness all day. I’m going crazy.”

“For that matter, you’ve done pretty well so far. And on the subject of the demon king, what are you going to do if the king doesn’t fit your aptitude?”

“It was something I did reluctantly, but it never suits my aptitude. Of course, this isn’t my aptitude at all, but going out to the continent and killing monsters is a little better. Sometimes he comes to the front of the royal castle and sees the guy next door begging for punishment because he ate the dishes in our house, and he said he wanted to leave the wrong thing and smash the thrush.”

“Ah, that’s what I was talking about… … .”

Harriet was right next to me and knew what I was talking about.

There are not one or two whining people who bring even trivial matters to them and ask them to solve them.

Then, it seems that the past, where I died from high blood pressure, will repeat itself, to the point of becoming terrified.

At my words, Liana looked at me as if she was a little upset.

“ah… … . You are under a lot of stress… … .”

“I don’t have anything to say to you who are on the front line, but I’m sick of this anyway. I won’t.”

I did a lot in 2 years.

It is a field in which there is no aptitude and no talent. I did it because I had to, never because I liked it.

And the more you do it, the more mental it gets.

Harriet can take care of the affairs for a while. And he’s sure to do better than me. But I can’t hand it over because I have to do it for the rest of my life.

And Harriet had too many things to do as a magic expert, not just a scribe.

So you need someone who can sit for the rest of your life.

I will appoint a person who is more talented than me and will definitely do a better job as a regent and make him do it for the rest of my life.

“I don’t know what to do, but when I get the chance, I’ll bring Charlotte. I’ll make her the king instead of me.”

At this point, I’m not saving Charlotte.

Charlotte is going to save me.

I wish I could save your life three times.

It’s okay to try to get paid now, isn’t it?