"So, you don't know your na. I see"
Demon lord gave a small nod.
I understand. I totally understand.
...I do. I really do.
It's a pretty casual thing. Happens from ti to ti. That's life. People are forgetful by nature.
...
"Don't you have records or anything of the kind? Soone who knows about your na? You might have forgotten but soone else might rember?"
...or she is just the biggest old hag.
I didn't dare say that.
I have long gone learned my lesson to not comnt on a woman's age, more so, when you know you are weak.
"My parents died when I was around in my 50's? I think. I beca the lord when I hit the age of 100, and since then I have been only called demon lord or queen. Also, about any written records I don't know about them."
Damn...
She has been a Demon lord for centuries now, that's amazing.
The thing is, the 'Demon lord' is selected by having a match.
Whoever is the strongest Demon, gets to be the demon lord.
If you want to be the next demon lord all you gotta do is challenge the current one and win, incase you lose, well you lose your life.
The Demon lord in front of is the SSS ranker. There's no SSS- ...so, of course, she is the strongest and will remain Demon lord until the day she dies.
"What was your rank when you beca the Demon lord"
"It's the sa, SSS rank. My potential in the system window is SSS rank"
Holy mother of common sense ...
Didn't her words an she beca an SSS ranker when she was only 100 years old?
I an, our protagonist will beco an SSS ranker in his early 20's but still..
She is impressive. Man, if her potential cap wasn't SSS rank then she sure would have been quite a monster.
In a way, she is better than the demon lord outside this hidden dungeon.
"You know, all species have different life spans but their emotional developnt is the sa except for vampires."
What the fuck is she on about all of a sudden...
I nodded my head at her words, I knew what she was talking about, I had done my common-sense gathering studies in the first 2 weeks when I ca to this world.
What I don't get is why is she talking about it.
Ignorant of my inner confusion the demon lord continued to speak.
"Vampires, their emotional developnt is the slowest among all species, they are immortal so it makes sense."
I know.
By the way, the term emotional developnt doesn't have the typical aning. Here, it's ant for one's own feelings(?)
It's hard to describe but if I have to give an example then, slow emotional developnt for vampires doesn't an they don't understand the emotions of others, it ans they just don't get attached to things as fast as other species do.
They can't empathize or sympathize easily with others, they can't 'feel' as if they have beco friends with others as easily.
For instance, if a human spends an entire day with soone they call that person an acquaintance at least, and if they et them again they would greet each other but in the case of vampires, that other person will remain a stranger, a hard-core stranger.
But it was a necessary requirent for their species, they live for eternity, if they were to end up becoming affectionate of others just like other species that easily they would be in a hell of a pain.
It would be like a curse.
Right now, they don't get attached to anything that fast or beco close to others which helps them live without having to feel that much emotional pain.
"Elves who live for 200 years, then dwarves who live for 150"
A change of topic?
What is she on about? I still don't know
"Then beastfolk who live for 130 years, humans who live for 100 years"
Okay...
"They all have the sa emotional developnt but their lifespan isn't really that big"
Uh-huh
"On the other hand demons live for 1000 years, 10 tis more than a humans life span and 5 tis more than an Elves lifespan. Despite that demons have the sa emotional developntal growth rate."
Yeah...
That's sothing I still find weird.
Demons despite having a 1000-year life span have similar growth to humans in terms of emotional state.
"...What I want to say is I-I... never really bothered about the na until now but for so reason, I want to ...to be called by one"
Seriously?
You went in such a roundabout way to say this.
Oh wait, It seems my manga is doing wonders...
It was an obvious thing to happen, what's the best way to manipulate people? dia, duh.
Using movies, advertisents, and such things you can run propaganda and instill the idea inside people's heads.
Good old thod.
And I am doing the sa, also by having demon lord spend almost all of her ti with she doesn't have anyone else to have opinions with.
Being the lone reader of my manga she also doesn't have the luxury of other's opinions, currently.
So, her perspective is changing into one that I want to change into without running into trouble by outside party's interference which in a way I am blocking. As they say, slow and steady.
That is how brainwashing works.
Wait, that went dark.
Ahem Ahem.
Point is,
'Watch as I save the world by creating manga!'
I thought as I took the last bite of my food.
"So, let be clear. You want to call your na when you don't even know your na"
What kind of bullshit is this? This wasn't part of the plan.
"Give one then," Demon lord said looking in the eye.
What?
Do you want to give a na to soone who is my great great-great-great-grandma's age?
She didn't break the eye contact, her poker face now had an earnest expression.
Oh lord... I just realized the troubles that are going to follow from now on.
"Can't you just see it on the system screen?" I asked
"It was changed. A long ti ago"
Damn.
You see, the system will change your na if you don't use it or if others call you by so other na.
Once a certain period is over, that is.
Just like one can change their na in real life, they could do the sa with the system.
"I will give you one after you teach demon language"
For now, let's divert the topic.
I know the basics of all languages I learned all of the basics in the first 2 weeks when I arrived in this world.
Yes, basics only, like learning all the cussing words and stuff that will help not get scamd.
I can learn them perfectly later, I just wanted to get the gist of them all.
Except for demon language.
There are no resources to.
Demons and vampires live hella long so they know all languages and talk in whichever is preferable to other's. Most people don't know if Demons even have a language of their own or not but they do.
I know for a fact.
The Demon Lord here knows the human language and so does Liza and the teenage girl is a human to begin with, we never had to use so device to talk with each other.
Anyways, back on point, demon language I don't even know the basics for it.
So, I wanna learn.
"Alright, that's easy but you will give the na and call by it, I will eat you as my dinner if you won't"
Geez...
"I understand."
But..
"You could have asked Liza or soone else to give you a na"
Why ?
"...Because you don't care about being a Demon lord?" She said tilting her head as if saying 'Isn't it obvious?'
No, I still don't get it.
"And?"
"No demons would call by a na. As for any other species, they will probably call my na if I ask but likely coz they are afraid of or hate , I don't want a na like that."
Ah, I rember now.
"Gotcha" I replied to demon lord as I started making my way towards my desk to draw manga's.
You see, 'Demon Lord' is a title that once obtained all the demons will respect you and revere in a really extre manner.
When I say all, I an ALL demons.
So I can understand why no demon would willingly call her by her na as for other species, it doesn't need to genius to figure that answer.
Also, once the 'Demon lord' title is attained all demons will be under your command, what I an by that is.. they can't disobey the commands.
Yes, you heard right.
Now you might wonder how so demons still cause damage when the 'Demon lord' said they will isolate themselves and not attack others- outside of this hidden dungeon- the novel main world.
The answer to that is simple, it's Demon lord orders.
You see, it's only been 300 years since the world changed and only 200 and sothing years that people learned about other species. There still exists information that's not clear.
But in this hidden dungeon, it's been thousands of years, Demons aren't hiding either, they are on the damn rampage, so lots of information that isn't known outside in the world, you can learn all about them from this hidden dungeon.
Of course, when the protagonist learns about this huge piece of baffling information he was shocked, beyond shocked and you can already guess how big of a plot point this hidden dungeon carries for the novel.
Now, the question that's left is 'Why did the Demon lord enter a peace treaty with everyone?'
The death toll during the war was simply greater than he anticipated, so he needed everyone to reproduce, not only that the world was still in developing stages, so he simply wanted to develop a bit more before making it all his.
Also, that guy reached the SSS rank and he wants to go beyond it. So, he wanted to ditate and break through it. That's why he wanted peace.
Yeah, he just played everyone because of the lack of actual information.
And the food problem was solved by other species anyway, so who cares?
He simply told the demons to keep causing a little bit of chaos from ti to ti and to garner lots of strong beasts from all around the world.
Keep in mind they ca to this world recently, so they still didn't know which beasts are strong or which ones are not and where to find them, that kinda information.
I an, demons themselves are strong but their strength lies in the ability to control beasts.
Also, demons don't reproduce like other species, so they can't just die willy-nilly, or else they could get annihilated.
2 kids are all they can reproduce, I an female demons, of course. Male ...demons are just males.
You get the gist.
These are all the reasons why the 'Demon Lord' in the outside world of this hidden dungeon chooses to enter the peace talk back in the day or at least that's what was told in the novel.
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creak~
The door opened, revealing Liza with morning breakfast.
Breakfast ti!
Just when I was feeling it would be nice to have sothing to eat, she appeared!
A true pro maid.
"Hm? She isn't with you today?" Demon lord asked pointing her finger to Liza's side.
By she, demon lord must an the teenage girl.
I was focused on what might be for the breakfast so I failed to notice she wasn't here today.
"She is resting today, humans are fragile they need to rest from ti to ti"
No, humans aren't fragile, you guys just don't make any logic.
I an, Demon lord has been wide awake since the day I ca here. It's one thing for since I consu potion to remove all ntal, and physical fatigue or sotis just straight up ss with my brain with brain tempering but demon lord hasn't done anything like that.
"Noah, doesn't rest though and he seems fine?"
For a good second, Liza looked at .
'Ah, must be because she is calling my na'
I wanted to tease Liza, but alas, my damned conversation skills were just too low to actually think of the words that would help act smug.
"Please don't think of 'this' thing as a person, my queen"
Fuck you, Liza!
"..I see."
Why does she always agree with Liza when it cos to denouncing as a person!?
As unfortunate as it is, I am a full-fledged human!
"Why do you care about her, anyway?"
I cannot understand why she is even here, I an, you are Demon Lord, you sure aren't gonna have a problem with finding maids for you.
So why is it that only Liza and that girl the only one's who are your maid?
I have been holding my curiosity for a long ti now.
"Oh, I killed her mother in an attack, she died while holding onto the crying baby. I wanted to know why she tried to protect the baby, she could have made a run for it instead of trying to shield the baby. After all, if she dies, the baby will of course die, it won't survive without soone taking care of it, right?"
Did I forget to ntion she is a 'Demon lord'? A story like this suits her title.
"Then it occurred to , what if I decided to raise this baby and then one day tell her that I am the one who killed her actual mother? How will she react? Will she resent even though I raised her with lots of care? Will she try to put it past it and keep our relationship the sa way as it is? I wanted to know how things will unfold"
'Bloody hell'
I thought as I took a sip from the cup of coffee which I took from the food tray that Liza had brought along with her.
"So, what happened?"
Keep the story going.
"Nothing, I am still raising her, she is but 17 years old after all. I will wait until she is 20"
Wait... 17? She is 17?
I-I thought she was younger than !
I have been tricked by her appearance!
Never judge a book by its cover.. and yet here am I, knowing full well about the phrase and still making such a blunder.
"Let get this straight. You thought it would be fun to raise her and then see how she would react to you? Why do have her as your maid? You haven't raised her properly at all. Raising soone doesn't an, you give them a roof overhead and food to eat, that's not it"
Those parents aren't good but not worse either. They do fall in the category of bad though.
"..It's not?"
The demon lord looked at , her face expressing imnse shock.
"No, it's not. Also, I can bet my life she already suspects you or Liza killed her parents or.. she has a terrible misunderstanding, sothing like, her parents worked for you before they died that's why you took her in"
Now I understand why that girl is always nervous.
She is simply feeling too pressured, the suspects for your parent's death are the sa people who you have no idea why are not treating you like other slaves.
But just because she doesn't get treated badly like others doesn't an she is gonna be super grateful to them, rather it just doesn't make sense to her.
Or..
She is already at the age where she knows what's right or wrong. Knowing that she is treated differently from other people in this place my Demon lord she probably thinks her family had joined hands with demons and helped them.
Every ti she would see a slave in the castle or those people who were turning into food she would of course feel guilty.
Damn.
She is going through a lot.
Or maybe I am making stupid assumptions and there's a different reason altogether.
"What do I do now then? Kill her?"
Demon lord asked with an innocent face.
Makes sense though, her experint went down the drain just now, I also throw my school projects in the trash once I am done with them.
I shook my head as I caught the slight crease on Liza's face.
The fuck?
"Just have her as your maid till she dies. I am sure Liza would love her company. Don't just lump all the work on one person"
"That ...also works, Liza, do whatever you want with her. I don't care much anymore." Demon lord asked tossing the manga she was reading aside.
Phew, I saved a life and soone from grief... wait, Liza what's with that creepy smile you have.
"Understood, my queen!" This was the most enthusiastic response I have heard from her till now.
...
I spend the day as I usually do with the demon lord except now I have new things added to the schedule and that's learning demon language.
The next day arrived. Both maids with breakfast ca into the room.
"Hm? Are you ill or sothing? Your face is all red and you seem to have eye bags. Did you not sleep?" Demon lord asked to the 17 old girl, should I call her onee-san too?
"N-no, I am fine!" She replied bowing her head down.
'Wonder if it counts as losing virginity if it's Yuri? It does... I think
Whatever.
On a side note, different species can't form a baby together. That ans, go wild if you wanna, there's nothing to worry about.
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