The Devil's Origin

32: Roundtable Meeting.

One day a sudden idea came across the hero's mind.

That's right, I should go visit Mao-tan.

The hero stood from his seat, prepared to go.

"Hero-dono, where are you going?"

"No, nowhere."

Right. I'm still in the middle of a meeting...

Next time, I will visit Mao-tan for sure! Definitely! (For sure!)

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"Well then, every one of you must be wondering why I gathered you here. Due to the influx of demonkind in Maou's Castle, I've decided to hold a meeting to discuss the various things in Maou Castle."

On the first floor of Maou's Castle, everyone had been sitting around a big circular table.

I had thought that it'd be nice to have a place where everyone could gather and discuss something.

Yeah, a roundtable meeting! Ah! This situation looks like a real roundtable meeting! I'm so excited!

"Tch. How annoying."

The one who had voiced his blatant disapproval was none other than Alex. He had his feet on the table and a scowl on his face.

"Allexius-dono, you're in front of Maou-sama. Please mind your manner." Sybyll chided Alex's rude remark.

"Then without any further delay, I will appoint Velke as our leader! Any objection? No? Okay please proceed, Velke."

"Understood. Let us talk about the management of Maou's Castle. Collin, please present your report to us." Velke as the leader asked Collin.

Collin in return stepped forward and started, "Well first, our expenditure and revenue is a little bit... Difficult to say the least. Currently, we've had profitable trade so far but our savings are still too small. I think we still need to live frugally to increase our savings. Furthermore... It saddens me to see that Mou's castle doesn't have a treasure chamber. At the very least, I want Maou's castle to have precious jewels stored if possible..."

Velke nodded at Collin's explanation and continued, "Then the next one is the report about the search of other demonkind. Alexius."

"I found three demons in an island on the west and two demons in a mountain on the east."

"I see. What kind of demon are they?"

"Err... Ermm... One demon with a horn... Another one with a horn... And several demons with two legs... That's about it."

"................... Can you give us a more detailed explanation?"

"That's the best I can do. I can't remember anything other than that."

"Then.. Those demons haven't made an appearance in the Maou's castle yet, right?"

"Argh! So annoying! I'm going to sleep, wake me up when you're done!"

"You! I'm going to kill you!"

"Huh?! You wanna fight?! Have at me!"

The situation between Velke and Allex turned dire.

I was confused at the sudden turn of events but I hurriedly tried to mediate the two of them.

"Now, now. We will get to know what kind of demon are they when they arrive. Thank you for your hard work, Alex!"

"You can thank me with your body."

"Stop sexually harassing me in front of everyone like this!'

I didn't know whether he was being serious or joking... Ah. Probably he was being dead serious about it though.