Demon King and Hero

Volume 7 Chapter 5

-The Demon King's selling off the Demon World!

In that instant, the Goddess of Light, the pushover Goddess, the Pope and the hero all had the same thought.

"What do you mean a pushoverrr!"

Someone raged for a second there, but let's ignore that.

"The Demon World... The Demon World..."

The Demon God's face was also contorted in an odd expression.

"How about it? This much seems big enough for negotiations, isn't it?"

As the Demon King smiled brightly, the Demon God eyeballed him with a gaze of pure anger.
"Yes... Although it is sufficient... The Demon World... Coming from a demon king that threw it aside?"

The Demon God was angry. The Demon World was her territory, a part of her.

Keeping the balance of the dimension the Demon World resided in, and fighting off the heavens to expand its territory, that was all she had done in her entire godly life.

But this Demon King, dared! And not even that, one that formed a covenant with that blasted Goddess of Light's pushover daughter, he dared to put the Demon World on the negotiating table!

"I'm not a pushover goddess!"

It seemed like a heartfelt cry was heard from somewhere but of course, everyone ignored it.
"Hmm... Before I quit, I was a Demon King that governed the Demon World."

"Rather than govern, weren't you more of an office worker pushing pencils and paper?"

At those words, the Demon King smirked.

"The human world has this saying. You govern, but do not rule."

"Is that so?"

So what? Was the message written out on the Demon God's face, but the Demon King's face only curved in a sinister smile befitting the Demon King that he was.

"But the Demon World is the other way round. You rule, but don't govern. That's exactly you, isn't it, Demon God?"

"Hmmmm~ Well, that's right."

"But as you said before, not even gods can create something out of nothing."

"Well, even we have our own rules to foll... You don't mean?!"

"Ah, Ahhh!"

As the Demon God's expression crumpled, at the same time, Sermir's eyes widened, having just read the Demon King's mind.

"Yep, that's right. Maybe about a month from now? After that..."

The Demon God's face contorted and Sermir's horrified expressions. The Demon King looked at these with a smile fitting of his good looks, but to those whom it was aimed at, it was the face of pure evil.

"The Demon World's finances would collapse."

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Govern, not rule.

Lead the people to create a better environment, but do not rule over them. A scholar's words of an ideal monarchy. However, the Demon World was the complete opposite.

The demon kings rule over the demons, but they do not govern.

And by the strength supremacy ideology that the demons followed, this was their ideal environment.

But for gods, that meaning becomes slightly different.

They rule over their servants, but they cannot help them directly.