
I put a thousand coins into my stomach and pushed the remaining five hundred
towards him.
Fortunately for us, all those injured have now fully recovered. In addition to
making a personal visit to their bed, I am not called to
do a lot for them. A thousand is almost too much reparations
many, and we have also taken full possession of the goods base
it's worth Clayman's money, so we're doing very well financially,
my thinking. Most of our newly discovered wealth will be spent on
urban development in the future, but we have breathing room that
enough to give Yohm whatever she needs.
Despite my intentions, Diablo smiled and shook his head. “I'm very
appreciate your concern, Mr. Rimuru, but it's not necessary. As is
listed in my plan, if you can give Me a suitable army, then,
the rest will take care of itself. That, or if you give me permission to
fight alone— ”
“Eh, no, it's okay. I'll give you all the troops you need, please,
so instead of that, I want you to put yourself low enough as much as possible,
okay?”
I have a reason for him to do that. I know how big Diablo is
unknown to it, so I obviously don't want to use it in the wrong place and
expose myself like an idiot. Letting go of it to the human army will
too heavy next to — all it does is make people afraid of us.
We are far from the same understanding from before, and I want us to
have as many peaceful relationships as possible. Besides, we have all
the war power we need. We have no enemies; at least not in
publicly front. Even with Geld's team tied up with engineering work,
Benimaru and his army alone were enough. Farmus, with most of the troops
the combat is gone, not a threat to us.
So I decided to only prepare reinforcements if necessary and
use this stellar windfall to invest in a new country that is ready
yohm built.
This is enough to convince Diablo. “Very good. I'll stay firm in the back
screen.”“Good. You know, Shion, you can learn a thing or two from Diablo. ”
“What?! When have I ever lost my mind and failed to follow your will, Sir
Rimuru?!”
I try to give Shion advice like this now and again. Him
he never seemed to realize he made a mistake. Yep. I thought that was
it would be a long-term project, gradually instilling in his mind
that raging all the time is not a hot idea. It makes me
breathe out internally. Something told me that it took a while
before I can trust him with a solo mission.
After finishing his report, Diablo asked another question, as if
it just crossed his mind.
“Sir Rimuru, Western Holy Church has reportedly tried to make contact with
Reyhiem, one of my pawns. He has received a call to visit
their headquarters and explained the situation with hostility at Farmus. What
your opinion on that?”
Reyhidem? He's the archbishop of Farmus or whatever, right? Now he just
one of the faithful dogs of Diablo, but ignoring the call of the Church is heard
like a bad idea.
“Hmm... If we ignore them, will it cause problems?”
“It's definitely. I think it's best to let him testify to them, if
just to see what the next step of the Church.”
“Ya... I'm sure they are hungry for info, let alone there are only three survivors.”
From the former king, Edmaris, the palace sorcerer Razen, and Archbishop Reyhiem, enter
it is reasonable that the Church would like to hear from Reyhiem first. He was the only real candidate of the three.
“But isn't the Church monitoring Veldora? Because right now, it is true that he
revived, but the timeline we give is a bit far from the truth.
If we lie to them, won't they see it?“You think so? Should I have him tell me the truth?” I
thought about it for a moment.
The church can be the key to our future plans. Ideally, I would like to
engaging them in a way that does not cause interference between us,
but given their flat's refusal to work with monsters, I don't
likes bullets. Not even the Dwarven Kingdom had a good relationship
with Church. The habit of dwarves treated monsters the same way
breaking all their doctrines — but have not erupted into war. Second
the parties simply ignore each other.
Should that be what we're headed for? I don't want to trample more than a millennium
doctrine of the Church, but I also do not want to accept it unconditionally. If they
wanting all the monsters to die, I will not lie on my back and wait for the dagger.
I have to respect them, and we have to pay attention to each other. If wrong
one of us said something that the other couldn't accept, it could
it leads to war, in the end. Deep understanding of each other
it will be a must, along with a wise effort to
stay away from potential landmines in our talks.
Of course, that only applies if the other party is playing together. If not, we just
will deceive yourself. If the Church labels us as divine enemies, we must
against it — and I'm not afraid to destroy them, if that's the
happen.
For the moment,...
“Hmm. How about I send them a message for now? Our
took some magic recorders from Clayman, right? I want it personally
record a message with one of them. We can ask Reyhiem to take it
there and see how the Church reacts. ”
“Very good.”
“Good! I'll bring one as soon as possible!”
Diablo wisely nodded as Shion ran to get the crystal
a few days have passed now, after Diablo reported that Reyhiem
it has begun its journey to the Church, but we have not heard a response.
Their reaction was confused, and I could see why. Veldoras
back, and there is a new demon lord in town (i.e., I). Figure out how
dealing with us is not something they can take quickly.
Yes, if they don't react to Me, I don't mind. For now, I
be content with sitting and waiting to see how things shake.
The three Lycanthropeers arrived moments later, along with a deep procession
tens of thousands.
They didn't take as long as I thought. You have to hand it over
to these beastmen and magic-born. Only in terms of their core strength,
no human being can compare to them. With magicules in
with their own two feet when the magic runs out. Their marching speed is
several times what can be managed by the troops on Earth — and I spoke
about all of them, getting to the average beastman on the way. They really
bred for war.
I did not see Gabil among them. Maybe he was in the back, I thought, when
Alvis and Sufia came to greet me.
“Hmm? Isn't Phobio here?”
“About it,” Sufia get started. “Phobio stayed behind to take care of the magic-born
the one we caught.” He survives while Geld is at Clayman's palace,
apparently, to make sure no rebellion occurs. In other words,
they pushed boring work on him. Sorry about that, Phobio.
But even if Benimaru has bullied him into that role, we do
need someone under surveillance. We should appreciate him because
work with us instead of pushing responsibility on others.
We are already, at this point, fully prepared to accept this crowd. I have been
work with Kaijin and Kurobe, our manufacturing specialists, to determine
how many people should be assigned in this or that department around the city. These are all volunteers with a great interest in technical work,
but we could only accept so much, so we agreed to arrange
rotating shifts for more popular job details.
It might be a good idea to build some kind of engineering school here, I thought when
we calmly handle all this work. Somewhere where we
can provide instructions throughout the year about what we do. To me
that looks smart.
At the end of the procession, I finally saw Gabil. “I've returned, Sir Rimuru!” Him
screaming from the sky, it doesn't look at all bad to wear.
“Hey, good to see you! You got a good effort in the battle, I heard.”
“No, no, I still have a lot to learn. Sir Middray, under Lady's service
Milim, practically making me unrecognizable!”
Ah yes, that dragon with crazy strength. Benimaru also mentioned it.
“Yes, well, if she adores Milim, she definitely likes to fight, no doubt. You
not a coward — maybe you're not used to your new strength
develope. You have time to go.”
I'm not sure if this comforts her, but I keep saying it. She didn't
looks too sad, so I'm sure he feels the same way.
“Ha! I, Gabil, am ready to exert every effort to live up to expectations
your Majesty, Sir Rimuru!”
That statement, and that smile, is the proof I need.
After I said my haloku to his entire army, he suddenly recalled
a piece of paper he took out of his pocket to show me.
“What is this?”
“I received this from Lady Milim, My Lord. He told me to
give it to you.”Whatisthis? Nothing good, I'm sure. He mentioned stopping by again when we
say goodbye after Walpurgis Council. But of course, there's a scribble
his childishness, which was written carelessly on paper.
It's Milim! Next time I visit, I'll bring along some people who
I can't seem to leave myself alone. I want you to teach them
everything you need to know about cooking. This is a request that
urgent, so I thought I'd ask my friend Rimuru for help !!! Plead
Please Please!!!!!
The urgency must have come through the message. This hanging thing; did he speak
about Dragon Faithful?
“Eh, did he tell you what this is about?”
“Slightly. I met a member of the Dragon Faithful named Sir Hermes when
I was there, and he was good enough to discuss internal work
his followers with Me.”
The way Gabil describes it, Hermes seems to have quite a head
good on his shoulders. Not at all battle-obsessed like Middray; more
from a free spirit, one who had traveled to the Dwarven Kingdom
and Western Nations.
Being inside the Faithful Dragon, as he explained to Gabil, means
a frugal life. “He claims that the food they serve to
Lady Milim is not cooked or prepared in any way. Maybe they
share your taste with us. I never enjoy fish that are not
best when eaten raw, you know.”
I'm not so sure you guys have much in common, Gabil. Digestive system
Lizardmen were probably built that way. But they know about
prepare food, or at least smoke it, and they have
some of the non-fish staples they enjoy as well. In the meantime for
Dragon Faithful, it seemed like they had never heard of the same cooking concept
once. I doubt they eat raw meat all day, but what preparation
what they do is to avoid contamination and
no more.“Uh..okay? I think dragons have the same taste as humans. ”
“We do, sir, we do! Thanks to my great evolution, I have
acquire the most amazing and expert set of tastes. All food is bland
from my pale lizardman compared to the plethora of pleasures
now I can taste!”
“Yes, I'll bet. So when you eat good food, you know how
you want to eat it again later? ”
Gabil nodded wisely, growing more and more excited. “Yes... Yeah, now
I see your point! This is Sir Hermes' way of dispelling tradition
Dragon Faithful is forever, isn't it? ”
Maybe yes. Traditionally or not, I can read Milim's mind enough
effortlessly. However, if they worshiped him as a god, why would they intentionally
ignore wills? It's kind of, um, blasphemous, isn't it? Then why
Milim can't just chat about this with them alone? Possibly,
in his own unique way, he did not want to disturb their calmness.
He knew they were only acting out of goodwill, so he persevered with
treatment without complaining.
“Then, we should give them all the royal treatment, right?”
“Oh, of course! Good idea, I guess!”
We must remain relaxed, indifferent, making sure we do not act all high
and mighty. Then they can naturally observe, and learn, what
make Milim happy. That sounds like a tougher mission than the one
I'm thinking. Better gather my team and discuss it later.
So I instructed Gabil to return to his research in the cave. Vesters
trying hard there at the moment, but we still don't have enough teams
large. The crew that lost Gabil must have been a huge blow to progress
them.
“Good. I'll go, then!”