The Demon Prince goes to the Academy Chapter 458

Chapter 458

Most of them have lost family members, and they have fled from monsters that look like they could traumatize them for life just by facing them.

So their mental state can’t be normal.

People run away because they just have to live, and when they run away, they don’t have time to think about it, but when they arrive at the archipelago and can at least live without a threat to their lives, people suffer from a sudden aftershock.

On the contrary, after arriving in the Edina Islands, countless people took their own lives thinking about what they had lost.

As Airi said, reality is something that allows them to escape from hell even for a moment.

It was more effective than I imagined.

It makes you dream dreams that give you peaceful images.

Although it has the side effect of refugees becoming obsessed with succubuses as if they were looking for drugs, it definitely helped to bring peace of mind to those who have experienced hell in the end.

It started like that, but now the succubuses were doing the work of counseling each and every refugee, listening to their stories, and, if necessary, controlling their dreams so that they would not have nightmares.

Originally, in Razak, the capital of the Edina Islands, the reputation of Airi and other succubuses was at rock bottom.

Even when the story that they were not even human but succubus became known, public opinion became vicious.

But not for refugees.

As soon as they arrived in the fearful land where the demons lived, the succubi who smiled kindly, listened to their stories, and comforted them could only be angels in the form of demons to the refugees.

That’s why the refugees like the succubus more than me, the demon lord, and they like the leader of the succubus, the succubus queen Airi.

what is a dream

Even though they know that the little peace they find there can’t change reality, people want to dream a happy dream and love the succubus who presents that dream.

It is possible to dominate humans with dreams other than dark dreams.

During this time, I, as well as the succubus, learned something new.

“majesty. All personnel have disembarked.”

What came to me was a pale-faced being in a black robe.

“great job.”

All ships driven by sail have a fixed sailing speed.

And from the occurrence of ships sinking with refugees in the sea due to the storm, I assigned a wizard from the Lord Vampire clan to each ship and appointed them in charge.

Thanks to the wizard’s help, they were able to sail safely in rough storms and run fast in calm seas.

“And, Thunder King is said to be returning soon.”

“… … ah. OK got it.”

After speaking, the fleet manager withdrew.

Harriet twitched her lips and stared at the back of the vampire as it turned.

“Liana… … . Do you like that nickname… … ?”

“Because he’s a child who will surely hate it if he doesn’t like it. You will like it.”

“I guess… … ?”

What about the Four Heavenly Kings?

At some point, people were calling Liana de Granz the King of Thunder.

And seeing that he didn’t say anything about it, it seemed that he liked it from the bottom of his heart.

Liana was in charge of refugee rescue missions and base defense at Fort Mokna, the continental junction of the Edina Archipelago.

So, Liana’s role in actually saving most of the refugees was great.

Liana on the continent.

When you arrive at the archipelago, Airi.

I was responsible for the refugees in my own way.

“It looks like the disembarkation is over.”

“… … already?”

I thought it would take quite a while, but did the disembarkation of the refugees finish?

Harriet tilts her head slightly.

“The number seems a bit small… … . hmm… … . is not it?”

“No big deal. Let’s go back.”

“huh.”

This time, the refugees arrived safely without any fuss or problems.

These days, there were no extreme problems, perhaps because of the strong pre-education, but in the early days, there were many really serious problems.

It is the nobleman who gets scared and tries to run away.

There were quite a few guys running rampant on the road, saying they would kill them all as soon as they arrived.

He said that the cause of all this was the demon king, how could he live under the rule of the demon king?

There were people who vented their anger by saying things that, strictly speaking, weren’t exactly wrong.

And, he clearly knew that such dissatisfaction and hatred lay dormant among people.

* * *

Knowing that the culprit behind all this is the devil, there are people who would rather die than live under the devil’s protection.

But all their anger and hatred cannot be expressed in front of me.

They know there’s no substitute for me.

Unless he was prepared to die, there was no one who tried to do something himself.

Of course, that also means that there were.

I didn’t make any defenses or excuses for myself.

I just rescued them from the continent, provided them with a place to sleep and food, and made sure they could live as part of the archipelago.

After holding them for some time in temporary shelters, they are sent to a frontier somewhere on the island of Edina or another island.

Like it or not, we have to live a new life in the place we decide.

Feeding and sheltering them for free is just a temporary thing, and you can’t take responsibility for them for the rest of your life.

Just as those arriving in the archipelago have to get used to the scenery where the demons live, they have to accept my domination, the culprit behind all of this.

I know that this vicious rage and hatred may turn me into a knife to the chin, but they will know that they have no future if they do such a thing.

Because I know that the things they eat, wear, and drink are maintained by the labor that is close to the free service of the demons.

Of course, they are not the only ones.

-Oh, His Highness the Demon King… … .

-It must have been an inspection… … .

Some of the people I met walking down the street bowed deeply as soon as they saw me and didn’t raise their heads until I passed.

There are quite a few people who believe that the gate incident broke out because of me is a false rumor spread by the Empire.

If I did, there would be no reason to rescue and feed humans like this.

Rumors about the demon king that spread in the world were all nonsense, and there were actually a significant number of people who believed that the demon king was a good being.

In fact, it is true that I am the one who saved the entire archipelago by overpowering all the gate incidents that occurred in the archipelago as well as here on the first day.

I said nothing about truth or lies.

In the first place, I did not become king with their support.

I have ruled them by force, and I have the power to keep my throne.

Should my opposition grow too large, I have the power to purge them.

So whether the citizens hated me or worshiped me, it mattered nothing to me.

Some hate me, some worship me.

In fact, it just happens all the time in any country in any era.

* * *

After returning to the palace, the audience room.

“Your Highness, a murder has occurred in the southern district of the refugee camp.”

“… … okay?”

After all, it is true that security is unstable, so news about these crimes is heard.

murder case.

However, as soon as I heard that, rather than being shocked by it, I started to frown because I wanted to say something bothersome again this time.

“Last night, after an argument, two adult men stabbed the other to death with a dagger, and the assailant is currently being detained by the shelter guards.”

“… … Investigate, and if you think the crime is dirty, kill it. If you think it’s worth it, send it to the labor camp.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

There is nothing new about the sudden outburst of violence among refugees.

I came all the way here seeing the rough things, and I couldn’t afford it, so I couldn’t count the things like petty theft, and there were many extreme cases like this.

The important thing is that crimes do happen, but there is no environment to create large-scale prisons to hold them.

“Your Highness, the field manager caught stealing crops from the farmland beyond the eastern district of the refugee camp… … .”

“Send to the workhouse.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

With an absolute lack of prisons to hold prisoners, they are treated worse than refugees.

Most prisoners are mobilized for forced labor in large-scale isolation facilities, not in prisons. It is better to use them as labor than to kill them and get rid of their mouths.

From one day, everything can only be seen as numbers.

“Your Highness, last night… … .”

“majesty.”

“majesty… … .”

“majesty.”

Literally.

I felt like going crazy.

* * *

Harriet asked cautiously while walking down the hallway after the official report.

“How about taking a few days off? As for government affairs, I can see you for a few days.”

“I can’t because you’ll do better than me.”

At my words, Harriet narrowed her brows.

“why? Isn’t it nice to do well?”

“M-What would the people below you think if you handled things faster and made wiser decisions than me?”

“ah… … .”

If the scribe under him does a better job as king than the king, there is no choice but to distrust me.

Obviously, Harriet will make better decisions about these thorny issues than I will, and will be quicker to deal with them.

“I don’t know if you’re going to do this for the rest of your life, but if you’re going to do it for a few days, it’s better not to do it. For you and for me.”

If it is not simply because of the desire for domination, but if the throne is handed over to Harriet, then Harriet will have to do this for the rest of her life.

If he takes over within a few days and people get a taste of Harriet’s extraordinary ability, they can’t help but think about Harriet’s moment as regent.

I shouldn’t let someone too good take my place. Unless you’re going to give it a seat at all.

“Sure. I hadn’t even thought about it that far. I just think you look so tired… … .”

Harriet carefully placed her hand on my forehead. Harriet’s slightly cold hand touched my forehead.

did you have a fever

I’m not sure.

“Hey, silly little boy. Did I tell you once or twice not to use your position to mess with Our Highness?”

Harriet’s expression rotted at the words he heard from the end of the hallway.

It was Olivia Ranze, wearing a gray priestly uniform.

“Ah, that sister is here again… … .”

“Why can’t I come here?”

“Sister, why does the person who should be in Daeshinjeon keep coming in and out of the castle?”

“What about leaving me in the temple with such words and our Highness? very just how Okay, do you think I wouldn’t know that you’re doing it to die?”

“What are you really saying? Embarrassingly.”

I stared blankly as Olivia and Harriet approached and had a snowball fight.

Liana as a key combatant protecting the front line.

Airi is a person who takes care of the trauma of refugees.

Harriet is always by my side as an advisor and scribe who gives me opinions.

“After a while, I have to preach to the refugees who arrived today. Before that, I came to see Our Highness’s face for a while.”

Olivia Ranze was serving as the leader of the Unified Holy Church.

therefore.

In this Edina archipelago, something similar to Protestantism was now the mainstream faith, and Olivia Ranze had become the leader of that denomination.

* * *

The forces of the Demonic Cult were secluded in the desert area of ​​Gelcorgis.

According to the information given by Olivia, Galarsh, the head of Friday, led them from the desert to the southern part of the continent.

The Demon King created a country in the distant sea to the south of the continent, under the pretext of making the Demonic Christians his people.

He was even able to organize a large-scale fleet and bring tens of thousands of demonists to the archipelago.

But, of course, there was bound to be noise.

Their way of believing was bizarre even to me.

Should I say primitive or cruel?

Cannibalism, human sacrifice, and other bizarre things were done as the God wanted, and it was inevitable to live with resentment.

Even if you were not a general priest of the five great religions, but a demonist, and if you did such a thing on a daily basis, you could never harmonize with the general public.

So, under my direction, Olivia Ranze carried out a large-scale reformation work on the demonists.

They considered me, the demon lord, to be the representative of the demon gods.

Like this, the reason why I was chosen as two holy things is because the main god and the demon god are in fact the same existence.

old misunderstanding.

Demons don’t believe in demons.

They just believed in the god of the Five Great Main Church, but a strange faith called Demonicism was born out of human misunderstanding, and the source of that faith is essentially the same.

So, to put it mildly, this was not a religious reformation, but rather a work of resolving a very old misunderstanding between humans and demons.

Naturally, neither the believers of the existing five main religions nor the demonists were willing to commit to religious reform.

However, I, who should have been the representative of the demon god, was chosen by the gods.

And Olivia Ranze, who uses Tuan’s divine power and Kier’s divine power at the same time, was the proof.

The five main religions must accept the demonic religion.

Demonists must understand that the five main gods were actually their true gods.

Therefore, you must understand that there is absolutely no need for cannibalism, human sacrifice, torture and penance.

In this way, the work of merging the main religion and the demonic religion was carried out.

The process has never been smooth.

There was a strong backlash from extremists, both among the priests of the Edina Archipelago and among the demonists.

Those who had been taught to hate each other had to admit that their roots were the same.

That’s why there were many extremists, regardless of the Demonic Church and the Five Great Gods, claiming that Olivia Ranze and I were false prophets.

But the power was with us.

I repressed extremists.

Those who wished to hold on to the nonsensical tradition made it a human sacrifice, as they say, and so eager to do so.

The priests who screamed that they would interrogate me for heresy arrested me and tortured me until I admitted that I was right. I made them stand in the plaza and give a sermon admitting that my words were correct and that the Lord and the Demon were the same being.

No extreme massacre took place, but many people had to die.

Olivia’s and I’s Reformation ended with evidence being produced.

Among them, there were those who accepted that the roots of the main religion and the main religion were the same, and among them there were priests of the main religion and priests of the main religion.

As a result of their sincere belief and understanding, there were priests who could handle the power of demons.

Just like Olivia Ranze did.

The priests of the main religion were able to use the power of the demon god, and the priests of the demon religion were able to use the power of the main god, one after another.

That in itself was already evidence.

Priests had to understand that the phenomenon itself is an evidence and phenomenon that can never be denied.

The main god and the demon god are the same existence.

Different beliefs about the same existence just generated different powers.

In a new realization, such priests created a new religious concept called the United Holy Church, whose leader is now Olivia Ranze.

In the Edina Archipelago, it was now common knowledge that the main god and the demon god were the same.

And it was Olivia’s mission to preach that truth and give people a new haven of faith.

Short-term and extreme trauma is taken care of by Airi.

The long-term resting place of the mind is given by the new belief in the Divine Church.

In extreme circumstances, ideological changes can easily occur, and for two years, the mainstream faith in the Edina Islands has now become a holy denomination.

The demonists were sometimes a problem, but they didn’t engage in cannibalism and human sacrifice like before. If it was my order, which went from being the representative of the demon god to being the representative of the main god, the demon cultists listened to it quite a bit.

Demonists are also human after all, so it wasn’t that difficult for them to harmonize.

But they are an army.

The priests of the Edina Archipelago and the power of the Church of the Five Great Priests were not that great in the first place.

Most of the priests of the Demonic Church were now able to use the divine power of the main god, and were my own army.

It is also true that many priests of the Demonic Church were dispatched to Fort Mokna.

Even to me, the priests of the Demonic Church, who use the power of healing and curses at the same time, looked like incomprehensible figures of fear.

Should I say that I feel like I want to be like this even while watching it?

After all, everyone is busy in their own way.

As Liana said, seeing how everyone took on one bold task at a time, I wondered what the difference between this and the Four Heavenly Kings was.

Three of the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Realm are human.

Can it be like this?

To think that way, even among the previous Four Heavenly Kings, Larken Simonstite was also a human, so I don’t think it’s particularly unusual.

“I’ll go anyway. Our Highness, too, don’t overdo it.”

Olivia and I talked moderately, and Olivia had a sermon schedule, so she quickly left the palace.

As the head of the Holy Church, Olivia is, if you put it mildly, a very important axis of my military power. In addition, he is in charge of political projects targeting civilians.

From a religious leader to concurrently serving as the Minister of National Defense to being in charge of public affairs.

Without Olivia, even if my regime doesn’t collapse, I will die of overwork.

Harriet glared at Olivia’s back as she turned, then let out a deep sigh.

“There will be a Senate meeting soon.”

At Harriet’s words, I nodded.

senate.

That’s now another name for the Vampire Council.