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#4 Their circumstance: the demon race’s circumstance

A noble king blessed by the Demon God herself was born. And after that monumental event, many changes began taking place on the demon continent.

First of all, three factions constantly locked in the contest of strength were finally dissolved. Lady Belegrea’s faction chose to serve the new king.

Aggreahrt, who dared to go against the Demon God’s will, got his head chopped off in less than one day, which left his subordinates with no choice but to admit defeat and wait for the great king’s punishment.

However, the noble king was a follower of the benevolent Demon God and proved to be a different breed to his predecessors.

Other demon kings would’ve demanded compensation and executed the chieftains involved, but our new king chose to warmly embrace them while saying that they were being deceived by the false voice in their heads.

Was that all?

It wouldn’t have been strange to see Aggreahrt’s severed head put on display on a spike for a month in front of the demon king’s castle. But our king acknowledged all the service Aggreahrt performed for the demon race and gave the late general a wonderful funeral.

As expected of a demon king that followed the Demon God’s will!

All demons watching on were moved to tears at our demon king’s generosity and began exalting the Demon God.

And our noble demon king didn’t want to become a dictator. He respected the opinions of all the tribes, saying that this was also a part of the great, noble Demon God’s will.

How shocking that was.

Our great, noble Demon God respected the opinions and words of someone as insignificant as us! Thanks to that, we were able to choose the king that would rule over us with our own hands.

That’s how Lady Belegrea could become the demon king.

After her ascension, Lady Belegrea swore that she’d usher in a new era of peace for the demons as per the Demon God’s wishes. She then made a great speech that signalled the change in the demon race’s history.

The speech’s name was the Declaration of Communism!

Not for the sake of tribes, but for the entire demon race! Not for individuals, but for the many!

The Demon God’s noble wish for individuals to let go of their vested interests and pursue a world where everyone is equal!

Lady Belegrea declared that she’d follow that wish – and everything changed ever since then.

Starting from insignificant little tribes in the rural outskirts, various locations of the demon continent saw buildings and roads getting built in great numbers, signalling the dawn of a society where everyone’s equal!

And after that..

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“Stop! That’s it for today’s lesson!”

Tap!

#5 Their circumstance: the Demon God’s circumstance

“Aaaaaaahk!”

All I could do was hold my head and scream at the top of my lungs.

That guy called me an evil creature. My own children are actually calling me an evil creature!

“You’re being scammed! All of you got scammed!”

No matter how desperately I pleaded with them, my voice was failing to reach my children.

[1]: No, that’s not a typo. It’s a riff on “Amen”, except now, with “de-”