Demon King, Retry! Volume 2 Chapter 9

Parallel World’s Town

—Kingdom of Holy Light, Commerce City “Yahoo”

“This country’s naming sense is really terrible.”

“Is that so?”

The bustle of the crowd of people going to and fro was certainly appropriate for a lively commerce city.
The town didn’t have anything that could be called a specialty product, but it was located at the intersection of highways, allowing for products from all the regions to be gathered here.

There were people with turbans wrapped around their heads, warriors with strong builds, and even women dressed like dancers showing a lot of skin.
There was also a suspicious looking old woman on the side of the road telling fortunes and a merchant riding a giant lizard.

“I’m amazed they can ride something like that…”

“That’s called a sand lizard, and they’re fairly tame creatures.”

Aku spoke happily.
Normally, he was the one who was surprised, so he was happy to be able to inform the demon lord.
Even so, Aku was mostly ignorant of the town. He hadn’t left the village since his parents pa.s.sed away, so that memory was one of long ago.

Looking at the main street, there were many street stalls—because the various roofs were colorful, it seemed almost as if there was a festival going on. There were plenty of poor areas in the backwaters of the Kingdom of Holy Light, but on the other hand, the prosperous areas were very prosperous.

(I guess that’s what you call the ‘wealth gap’?)

The demon lord vaguely thought about such things, but the disparity between rich and poor in this country was certainly extreme. It wasn’t just the different regions, but among individuals as well.
The descendants of the ones who fought the devil king along with the Cherub became n.o.bles and enjoyed their extravagant lives above the commoners.

Thanks to the religion that wors.h.i.+pped the Cherub, this was a unified country, but there were numerous factions within. There were those that wanted to get rid of the system of n.o.bility, as well as those who despaired at that society and finally fell, wors.h.i.+ping the devils.

All of this domestic discord was made possible because it was a region far from the demon territory.
In the regions where demons were dominant, people didn’t have the “luxury” for such things.

“We have money now, so do you want to buy something?”

“That’s the holy maiden’s money, isn’t it…”

“What kind of holy maiden would suddenly try to kill someone… and it seemed like she was enjoying the spanking too. She's just wholly cheeky maiden.”

The demon lord approached a street stall and looked at its wares.
It seemed as if some kind of meat was being grilled, and there was the faint scent of pepper.
Suddenly, the demon lord’s stomach rumbled.
Until then, all they had eaten was the > that was stored in the base. Aku happily ate it, but to the demon lord, it was nothing but torture.

“How much for this?”

“Three skewers for 5 coppers.”

“Aku, which ones are coppers?”

“It’s this one! Ah, amazing… there are even large copper coins in there. Oh, are these the silver coins that I’ve heard of!?”

While giving the surprised Aku a sidelong glance, the demon lord casually grabbed the small yet beautifully minted coins and handed them to the shopkeeper.
Even though it was someone else’s money, he didn’t appear to have the least bit of hesitation in squandering it away.

“Aku, it’s my treat—eat as much as you’d like.”

“Um, I'm saying this for the second time, but… that’s the holy maiden’s money, right…”

“This is the result of legitimate self defense. Actually, I think I can say that my treatment of her was overflowing with kindness.”

The words of the demon king were, in fact, not wrong. No matter the reason, she suddenly tried to kill him, so she wouldn’t be able to complain if he had killed her.
It was just, in this case—
The opponent was the holy maiden, which was too unusual in many ways.

“If this was an R-18 game, it’d end up with a t.i.tle like > and straight to the s.e.x slave route or something like that? If you think of it this way, I’m moved to tears by my own kindness.”

“What’s an arr eighteen game?”

“Hey, you… that unfamiliar clothing, you must be a foreigner. Slavery is forbidden in this country, you know? You shouldn’t even talk about it jokingly.”

The shopkeeper was unable to let the demon lord’s words pa.s.s without saying anything.
While there was a large wealth gap in the Kingdom of Holy Light, slavery was absolutely not tolerated. If someone broke that ban, no matter how high a position they held, they would face immediate judgement.

“From what you’re saying, it sounds like slavery exists in other countries.”

“Well, in the north or the east… they’re uncivilized over there.”

(Uncivilized, huh… I think one of the higher ups of this country was plenty uncivilized too.”

Instead of voicing his internal thoughts, the demon lord ate his skewer.

— Inn “Gugure”

“There sure are a lot of terrible names.”

“Do you think so…? I think it’s sort of cute.”

Though it had a queer name, it was known as being the best high-cla.s.s inn in Yahoo.
Commoners would not usually be able to pa.s.s its threshold.
The demon lord headed to the counter and spoke to the innkeeper. Though this was his first time in a town, he was not the least bit timid.

—He certainly had guts.
At this point, you could say he had become completely defiant.

“Innkeeper, give us your best room.”

The innkeeper furrowed his brows for a bit after hearing the demon lord’s words, but after looking at him, changed his mind.
Though the demon lord’s clothing was unfamiliar, the innkeeper's eyes had been trained by long years of customer service, so he could tell at a glance that the clothing was made of excellent quality cloth and well tailored.

“If it’s the best room, it will be one gold coin…”

“Aaah, you can’t! Mr. Demon Lord!”

“D, Demon Lord?”

While Aku was yelling about the excessive price, the innkeeper sent them a suspicious gaze at the mention of "demon lord".

“Eh, er, my name is De Monlord. It’s rather confusing and troubling for me.”

“I, Is that so…”

The innkeeper made a doubtful expression, but didn’t question them further. His appearance was that of a foreigner, and many countries had various naming customs.
With a sidelong glance at the innkeeper, the demon lord and Aku began to confer using >.

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By using an obsolete word like “s.p.u.n.ky”, this man has already lost the right to be called something like 'big brother.'