7th Demon Prince Jilbagias’ Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling - Chapter 81: Father, Son, And

８１． Father, Son, And

Good day, this is Demon Prince Jilbagias who is currently observing the Demon King who got choked by milk tea.

Even the invincible Demon King was choked by milk tea. Could it be that the best chance for assassinating him was by making him drink milk tea… And say something that would choke him to death?

「Cough, cough… What did you say? Necromancy? Why are you learning something like that?」

Asked the Demon King while wiping his runny nose with the handkerchief from the butler.

「Maybe because… It sounds interesting.」

Hearing my reply, the Demon King looked at me as if I was a cat doing a headstand. Yup, this must be the common reaction among the demon race.

「I have a high aptitude for that due to my pure darkness attribute… It’s a matter of curiosity rather than wanting to be with the death.」

「You… Are out of the box eh… But, are you sure it’s safe?」

The Demon King frowned as he sipped his tea.

「I heard that it harms one’s soul.」

「I think I’ll be alright since a devil is protecting me. I’m prepared to cancel the lesson all at once the moment I detect something strange happening to my body.」

「… I see. But, you won’t be invited to the Garden of The Gods of Darkness if you’re toying with 『Death』.」

――Wut?

The Demon King 『Still』 believed that the Gods of Darkness still exist.

Come to think of it, I’m curious about the religious view of the demon race. Seeing that there was a devil nearby, I pretty much understood the conceptualization of gods.

Ante, conceptualization is supposed to be common sense in Hell right?

『The chicks rarely know about that kind of knowledge. Most think that the Demon God is the pinnacle of the devil.』

I had no idea about the measurement for your so-called 『Chick』 alas… Are you trying to say that only the oldies of Hell knew about conceptualization?

『Maybe. That enigmatic Sofia knows about this matter, alas, I don’t know if she told this matter to her contractor or not. I mean, it doesn’t affect her regardless of what she did…』

—My faith is destroyed by you though?

『Your circumstance is a bit special, with combination of holy attribute and whatnot. Not to mention that your faith is pretty weak to begin with.』

Well sure enough.

But, if the Demon King had proper faith in the Gods of Darkness―― I had to speak carefully.

「――It’s okay. I might learn the art alas, I don’t have a reason to practice it actively.」

I desperately endured this while holding back from saying “You’re one to talk”.

「If I’m pushed to say… It’s because I want to learn more about the undead.」

The Demon King’s eyebrows twitched the moment he heard my remark.

「… Surely. We will be in huge trouble if none of us understand them.」

Great, now I have established a good impression.

「Yes. It’s like learning swordcraft to cope with a sword saint.」

「Uhm… Wait, you learn swordcraft too?」

Nice guess, Demon King.

By the way, I didn’t bring my holy sword with me now. Adamas was currently house-sitting in my room.

Why? Because I didn’t have the confidence to keep them in a sealed state before the Demon King!!

They might end up unleashing their full might as if shouting 『UOOOO, REVENGE FOR MY OWNER!!』.

「Among my subordinates is a night elf spy. That guy ended up mastering swordcraft due to his long stay in the Alliance.」

「I see… You are a diligent child. But, don’t you think that your spearcraft will end up developing strange habits due to that?」

「A~h, well…」

… I can’t mention Spear-sword here.

「For the time being, I managed to score a clean hit against mother, in pure skill combat training.」

「YOU WHAT!」

The Demon King stared at me in wonder, it seemed this was truly a surprise for him.

「Handicap aside, you scored a clean hit on that Platy with pure skill alone?」

「Yes. That’s why now we started to train using magic…」

「I don’t think that Platy is the type to hold back… Even against her own son. Your growth is truly unbelievable… And since you say using magic, does that mean you’ve seen Platy’s trump card?」

Ugh, three spear-style… And muscular arms…

『Ugh, the curse that torments the soul…』

Both Ante and I suffered quite a lot from that curse.

「… Now I know why mother always brings spare spears…」

「Looking at your expression, it seems you’re telling the truth… I’ve high hopes for your future.」

The Demon King nodded in admiration.

「But still, Jilbagias. It doesn’t change the fact that you’re a splendid warrior. Alas―― I still think that you shouldn’t tell anyone about necromancy.」

「Thank you for the advice. Father is the first one to know about this… I’d like to ask you to keep this matter between us too.」

「As you wish.」Said the goat-headed butler who stood along the wall when I glanced at him.

The reason why the Demon King showing aversion to necromancy piqued my curiosity. And since we’re talking about this Demon King, someone with rare foresight and wisdom among the demon race, it was easy to imagine the reaction of the common demon race.

Even though I tried my best to hide the fact that I learned necromancy, I’ve prepared countermeasures in case that fact was known by the public. Naturally, I wouldn’t just silently follow orders if I was told to go to the frontline with an army of undead!

『But you’ll gain tremendous amounts of power if you do that.』

That ain’t the problem…!

「I know this is a long way off but… Honestly, I can’t imagine how much war merit you’ll accumulate in the future.」

Said the Demon King, squinting his eyes as he looked at me.

「Well, though I doubt that I’ll have to wait for that long, we’re talking about you and Platy after all…」

Said the Demon King as he chuckled.

… I wanted that matter to be delayed as long as possible though…

「Dear me. Talking like this kinda reminds me of those nostalgic days when I was running across the battlefield.」

Said the Demon King as he leaned on the backrest of the chair, a desk buried with a mountain of documents.

「Maybe it’s time for me to take a holiday.」

The Demon King said casually while glancing at the jet-black spear on his side.

My face paled the moment I heard that casual, yet extremely dangerous remark. The departure of the Demon King on the frontline would be the mark of disaster itself. He could single-handedly annihilate one or two armies as easily as flipping his hand before breakfast. And not to mention that the already powerful Demon King could become even more powerful!

I wouldn’t be able to stop him if this matter was decided so easily!

「Unfortunately―― We’re going to be flooded with complaints from the subordinates who are『Snatched of their turn』 if Your Majesty ever announces that he’ll go to the frontline.」

The goat-headed butler suddenly spoke in a teasing manner.

「Yeah… I know… I’m joking.」

The Demon King heaved a sigh as he replied dejectedly.

Thank goodness… I’m breaking cold sweat here dammit.

「And Your Majesty… It’s about the time.」

The butler reminded the Demon King as he gave the last refill from the leftover tea in the pot.

「Uhm… I see…」

Hearing that, the Demon King quickly added milk and sugar into his tea, and emptied his cup at once. After looking at his empty cup with a regretful look on his face, he looked in my direction.

「… Jilbagias. It seems your father needs your he――」

「Ah, it’s about time for me to go back and take lessons from Sofia. Thank you very much for this occasion!」

I jumped from my chair like a startled deer and left the Demon King’s office in a hurry.

When I cast a glance behind, the Demon King had already resumed his stamping job with a lifeless look on his face.

Hehehe, like hell I’m going to help you with your job.

You can die from overwork for all I care… Demon King!

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「How is it?」

Sofia and Vigne greeted me upon leaving the palace. Vigne asked with a rather excited look on her face.

「My proposal was 『Worthy of consideration』.」

「It’s good to know that.」

Said Vigne with a huge grin on her face. I’m sure that she was currently thinking about the rising fame of the night elf due to this… My bad though, what I did was the exact opposite.

「By the way Sofia, I have a question.」

I spoke to Sofia as we descended the long staircase from the palace to the general block.

「Do you know about the goat-headed devil who served by my father’s side?」

「Aaah, he’s thirst devil『Stegnos』. He has been working for a fairly long time with the Demon King, since before the enthronement of the latter.」

Sofia replied immediately. As expected of someone who knew even a reclusive like Ante, she was reliable.

Nevertheless, the devil of thirst huh, the Demon King used a pretty unusual fella.

「Hee, and what is the authority of that… Devil of thirst? Making your throat parched?」

「Nope, thirst as in craving for desire. The more dissatisfaction the contractor had, the more power they got.」

「Ha~h…」

I got this feeling that this devil… Was the best match for the green bastard rather than the Demon King but…

「Since His Majesty is a stoic person, or should I say a patient person. That devil sounds like the best match for him…」

「I see.」

Now that she said it, the Demon King did give that kind of impression. That butler, Stegnos seems to be pretty neat but, would he go on a rampage if his desire was unleashed…

We arrived at the general block while having such a conversation. This place was something like a hall since there were stairways toward the palace. Various demon races gathered in this place along with the palace guard.

「Why are you asking that, Jilbagias-sama?」

「Just curious――」

「――Jilbagias?」

A hoarse voice came from the side when we were walking.

Upon a closer look, I found out that it came from a thug-like group of demon race youth―― Maybe―― Alas, they approached while making grumpy faces.

The heck? No way… Could it be that these guys are…

「Silver hair, red eyes… Cheeky face… No doubt about it, he’s the one. You’re the one called His Highness Jilbagias of the Reiju clan.」

The blonde demon race in the middle with a rough appearance looked rudely at me.

… Woow!

I experienced a culture shock. It was something that would never happen in the human race country. I mean, they dared to speak to me with such a disrespectful tone while knowing that I was the son of the Demon King!

Surely, this blonde-haired bastard had a considerable amount of magical power to back his attitude but… No wait a minute, maybe he just trying to get close to me with that sarcastic remark――

「Don’t have any idea how you do that before even being dispatched to the front line but… It’s only thanks to your MAMA that you become a viscount!」

… WOAH!!

I unintentionally exchanged glances with Sofia.

An idiot who picked a fight with a prince in a public place had existed!!

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