Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I became a Demon King, I will aim for World Domination Chapter 183: Preparations for the Foundation of a Nation ⑤

Chapter 183 – Preparations for the Foundation of a Nation ⑤

“Well then, I’ll listen to your suggestions for nas. Raise your hand if you got an idea.”

The leadership consists of 26 people in total. Even excluding my created subordinates, it’s still 12 people. That should be more than enough for so ideas to crop up.

“Heeere!”

The very first to raise her hand is ― Sarah.

“Go ahead.”

“Striver Kingdom.”

Striver Kingdom? I muse over it…it doesn’t sound bad, I’d say?

“Where does Striver co from?”

“Stone River!”

“Stone River?”

“Ishikawa!” 1

“…Ah, the prefecture’s na, huh?”

I write down Striver Kingdom on the white board.

“Anyone else?”

“Righto, guess it’s my turn then. In everything, simple’s best ― Shion Kingdom! How ’bout dat?” Takaharu brings up while looking triumphant.

“Shion Kingdom, you say…”

My own na would beco the country’s na. That would be sowhat embarrassing…or rather, it feels uncomfortable. I sigh at Takaharu’s suggestion, but…

“Master! I think that’s a great idea!”

“I also agree with that na!”

“Shion Kingdom…I’d be a citizen of Shion Kingdom. Yep, it sounds wonderful. Shion-sama, I support this as well.”

The three fanatics ― Chloe, Layla, and Izayoi support Takaharu’s suggestion.

“Shion Kingdom…isn’t it fine, seeing how it’s going to be your country, and it’s also easy to understand, boss?”

“Indeed. I favor this one as well.”

“It ain’t bad! It got my vote as well.”

Next, the musclehead trio ― Red, Noire, and Rouge also cast their support for Shion Kingdom.

“Then too!” As if going along with the flow, Blue also joins them.

“Ha ha ha! How’s dat? Did ya see, Sarah? This is da difference in taste between n’ ya!”

Overjoyed with so many people supporting his suggestion, Takaharu looks at Sarah full of arrogance and conceit.

“Anything else? Anything?” I ask with the strong wish that the other subordinates will spare from our country being called like that.

“Hah…it’s my turn then! Excuse , Shion-sama.” Saburou stands up with a winning smile, and writes on the board with a pen.

『Little Garden of the AbyssAbyss Garden』

While gazing at the na written down by Saburou, I imagine the scenery when I’d announce the foundation of our nation.

…Yep, forget it.

I silently wipe Saburou’s suggestion off the board.

“――!? I-I still have more!”

『Labyrinth of NihilityVoid Labyrinth』

“The big point with this one is the first syllable. While biting your lower lip――”

Now listen, a labyrinth is no country to begin with, got it? Ignoring Saburou who’s started to give an explanation, I erase his scribble from the board.

“Then…Requiem――”

――Stand down!

“Anyone else?”

I force Saburou to withdraw, and ask for other suggestions.

“Master, may I?” Hibiki raises his hand with a stiff expression.

“Give it a try.”

“Schweinsklave Kingdom. It also contains the syllable Saburou likes so much. How about it?” After bowing to , Hibiki smiles gently in Saburou’s direction.

“It’s inferior to my suggestions, but…it’s not bad, I must admit.” Saburou looks sowhat satisfied with that na.

“U-Umm…” Kanon awkwardly raises her hand.

“What’s up?”

“It’d be better to not use that na…”

“Why?”

“It’s just my guess, but…it’s German. The direct translation of Schwein would be pig, and Sklave ans slave…”

I’m flabbergasted after hearing Kanon’s explanation. In short, it’d an Pig Slave Kingdom, if translated.

“What do you think? As model citizen of the Schweinsklave Kingdom, I’d――”

――Shut up!

I force Hibiki, who looks very proud for so reason, to shut his trap.

“Anyone else!? Yataro, don’t you have any idea?”

“? Let’s see…how about the simple 『Kaga』 then?”

“Hah? Kaga is, like, totally impossible. I an, Kaga City is ruled by Kaoru, y’know?”

“By the way, the capital of Kaga Country would be Komatsu.”

Before I can even write down Yataro’s suggestion, Sarah turns it down. For so reason, Kanon goes for the finishing blow.

“Anyone? Isn’t there anyone else?”

“Shion-sama, if you allow ?” Kotetsu raises his hand.

“Sure, go ahead.”

“Okay. Shion-sama, are you aware of the flower called 『Shion』?”

“No?”

“I see. Written in kanji it looks like this.”

Kotetsu writes 『Shion』 on the board.

“All of the subordinates are endorsing Shion Kingdom. But it looks like you don’t feel happy about your na being used. The scientific na for the flower Shion is 『Aster』. Hence, how about 『Aster Empire』?”

“Aster Empire, eh…? I’ll add it as a candidate. Still, I thought you were completely devoted to swordsmanship, but…you seem to have a broad range of knowledge.”

“I’m ashad to admit it, but it cos from my wife having had an interest in gardening.” Kotetsu replies with an embarrassed grin.

“Anyone else?”

Afterwards, the discussion continued for another three hours.

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As a result of talking it over, the potential country nas have been narrowed down to following five:

Sarah’s suggestion: Striver Kingdom

Takaharu’s suggestion: Shion Kingdom

Kotetsu’s suggestion: Aster Empire

Kanon’s suggestion, which refers to the Bible: Genesis Empire

Saburou’s suggestion, which signifies eternity and infinity: Ouroboros Kingdom

We’ve decided to let the residents vote on the country’s na. Making them vote was simple. By just ordering them through telepathy, the voter turnout imdiately beca 100%.

The troubleso part lay in the tallying of the votes. The leaders and I had to count by hand. The number of voters amounted to 117,692 people, resulting in 4,360 counts per person.

I wonder, just how many “正” is it going to be…? 2

Counting all the “正” at the end was a major pain. Once I looked around , Takaharu was obviously pissed off. I forced him to do it through an order, but in a certain sense, his appearance of tallying the votes while scattering that much bloodlust all over the place was quite dreadful.

It was planned for to call over so random residents, leaving the tallying to them. However, I got overwheld by Mrs. Tamura, Yataro, and Kotetsu ― the elderly party, pressuring with 『It’s a very important matter that will drastically influence our future!』, leading to the leaders and being the only ones doing the count.

In the end, it took three hours to count all the votes. The result is:

Striver Kingdom – 37.031

Shion Kingdom – 15.070

Aster Empire – 48.700

Genesis Empire – 10.061

Ouroboros Kingdom – 6.830

“That makes Aster Empire the new, official na.” I inform my leaders of the result.

“For real? My Striver Kingdom lost!?”

“Hah! Ya gotta be kiddin’!?”

“…It’s not going to be Shion Kingdom!?”

After hearing the new na, so are angry, so are disappointed…and so smile.

This is how the na 『Aster Empire』 ca to be.

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Chapter 184 – Aster Empire

“Now we shall announce the foundation of our nation ― the Aster Empire, to the world!” I declare to my leaders with a loud voice.

“You might talk about announcing it, but…these kinds of posts get deleted right away ~ssu.” Tusk, as the one in charge of information control, objects.

“I’m fully aware of that. Tusk, have you grasped where to find the facility that deals with the deletion?”

“It’s a guess ~ssu, but…it should be the Japanese Governnt ― the ones on gafloat ~ssu.”

“Why are they deleting the news posted by Demon Kings?”

“T-That’s…”

“Ah! So I’m not the only one having done this to , huh?”

Tusk is confused by my question. On the other hand, Kanon happily laughs after seeing Tusk’s struggling.

“Any mont, Shion-san is going to raise a finger with a smug look――”

――Kanon! Roll up your skirt!

“Eh…? Eeehh!? Kya!? Whyyyy….?”

“Kanon? We’re in an important eting right now. It’s not the right place for you to expose your own fetishes, okay?”

“Huh…? Wait! T-This is Shi――”

――Kanon! Shut up! Otherwise I’ll give the previous order while you’re in front of Saburou, got it?

“Hmm? Did you say anything, Kanon?” I beam a smile at Kanon with a look full of kindness

“I-It’s nothing…s-sorry…” Kanon apologizes for disturbing the eting with tears welling up in her eyes.

“Let’s get back to the main topic. So why is the Japanese Governnt censoring the information? The answer is: it’d be information that could beco beneficial for Demon Kings, but disadvantageous for the humans. Likewise, you might be asking who’s supposed to be the receiver of the Demon King’s information? The answer to that one is: humans.”

“Hmm, if I rember correctly, even Prefectural Governor Tayama started to repeatedly caution us to not listen to the words of the Demon Kings…at so point in ti.” Mrs. Tamura confirms my words, obviously having rembered it just now.

“Currently, the Internet is the best way to spread information. However, the enemy is one step ahead of us in the online world. So what would be the best way…?” I look at my leaders’ faces as if to point the question at all of them.

“Hah? Don’t ya just need to shout it out?”

“Like, create an emotional poster with my superb artistic sense?”

“Let’s gather the attention of the masses with my Perfect Body?”

“Hah…I shall step forward as frontm――”

“Forget it, creep!” “…Impossible.” “You intend to destroy Shion-sama’s reputation!?”

The leaders state their own respective opinions. At the end, Saburou speaks up, but gets imdiately shot down by the won.

“Takaharu is correct. If it’s censored as soon as you post it online, you just need to loudly exclaim it in the real world. Sooner or later, our voices will reach the humans, and the information will be passed on.”

“Oh, so you an to say, anyone can start a rumor, but no one can stop one.” Yataro nods with a gentle smile.

“I shall inform you of what we’re going to do from now on! Carve the na of 『Aster Empire』 in the minds of the humans who co to invade us! Let so of them escape on purpose. Also, Kaede, you will scatter the flyers I’ll give you later in human cities. Lastly, I’ll personally use my 【gaphone】 to regularly announce the foundation of our kingdom.”

“What about us then?” Sarah asks back.

It’s aningless to inform the Demon Kings of Himi City about our new country. Likewise, it’d be a bad move to explicitly invade Toyama Prefecture to announce it.

“You can focus on gathering experience points in Himi, just as you’ve done so far.”

“Sure.”

“Da heck? So everythin’ stays da sa!?”

Sarah salutes with her right hand at her forehead. anwhile, Takaharu openly expresses his unhappiness.

“Well then, the eting is over! All hands, accomplish the orders given to you. I’m expecting only the best of results from you!”

With this, the first leadership eting of the Aster Empire ca to an end.

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