Book 2: Chapter 11

「Ah, hey, hey, Ver-cchi.」

Rokuna, who was facing-off against Nino, suddenly made a complete change in expression and smiled.

「You might as well go to the castle town. You might be able to discover various things, you know?」

「The castle town huh……」

Vermudol went “Fumu” and nodded at Rokuna’s proposal.

Certainly, he hasn’t seen the castle town after having come back. There was also the need to ascertain the degree of the country’s development, and above all, he could discover various things like gossip.

「Yosh, then why don’t we go immediately.」

「Un.」

Rokuna put one hand out and stopped Vermudol who got up from his throne and Nino who tried to go with him as if it were only the natural thing to do.

「Wait, wait. Ver-cchi, although I find your Human Magician-like appearance to be rather questionable, Nino, do you also plan on going with that appearance?」

「Is there some sort of problem?」

「Of course there is. To go with a grouping of a Magician and a Maid Knight. That’s like advertising “this is the Demon King party”.」

When Vermudol first visited the land near the castle, that was when he put the Goblin settlement under his control.

At that time, the Demon King Vermudol appeared bringing alone Ichika the Maid Knight, but that story has been handed down in the castle town as the origin of the Demon King legend.

After Rokuna gave a rough explanation of the story that was told amongst the people, she added that nowadays, the Goblin settlement of those days is preserved as a commemoration.

「Wait.」

「What?」

「Then, where did Agur and the others that were living there go?」

「They are employed as part of the management of the Demon King’s Advent museum.」

That being said, since the Goblins including Agur weren’t suited for organizational management, it seemed that there was a section where Beastia workers were managing various things.

「……How fearsome.」

「That’s why I said that things have changed.」

Seeing Rokuna have a look of amazement, Vermudol said “That’s true……” and nodded.

At any rate, things changed too much.

「Well, although it looks like I got Ver-cchi to understand. It means that we need an appearance where it won’t be immediately found out that he’s the Demon King with just a glance. Ichikaa, you’re pretty much listening in, aren’t you?」

「Of course.」

At the same time as Rokuna’s words, Ichika appeared together with Magic Operated Armors that were carrying what looked to be mountains of clothes.

「H, has the matter of the pieces already been finished?」

「Yes, everything has gone smoothly. All that is left is to wait for the completion.」

While thinking “Nevertheless, that was way too fast, wasn’t it”, Vermudol looked at the Magic Operated Armors carrying mountains of clothes in their arms.

The male ones……were surely for Vermudol’s use, but there were clearly more than just those.

「Those clothes are……」

「Nino and I will be accompanying you after all.」

「Ehー, what about meー?」

「You have a job given to you by Demon King-sama.」

Next to Rokuna who went *Tsk* and clicked her tongue, Nino whisperingly grumbled.

「Even though Ichika isn’t needed.」

「It is because the purpose is to guide Demon King-sama. Normally, you would be one that isn’t needed, you know?」

Vermudol loudly clapped his hands at the two who surpassed just glaring at each other and made glares that could kill at each other.

「Alright, that’s far enough. Well then, Ichika, I would like to choose an outfit but. What kind of look would be appropriate?」

「Let’s see……First, Demon King-sama, erasing your impression as a Magician should take priority.」

What Ichika took out while saying that were thick clothes and pants.

「Attire in the western Majin-style that doesn’t appear much in the central area would be good……In that case……」

What was chosen next was a dull steel blue breast plate and boots.

Furthermore, a single long sword was picked out, and after drawing it halfway, they ascertained a red brilliance.

「That’s……Is it, Red Iron?」

Red Iron was an indication for metal where iron and Blood Metal was mixed at a fixed ratio.

To begin with, Blood Metal was a hard-to-handle metal, and was a product that was difficult to process.

Since its affinity to magical power was a bit too high, it would be useless unless something was mixed in with it……but if it were mixed in an unskillful way, it would completely lose its special characteristics as Blood Metal, causing it to be considered something extremely troublesome.

The first precedent of being able to skillfully use that was Red Iron, and arms that were produced with this were used by many Majin, and it has now become the standard metal to use.

That being said, it was also fairly high priced though.

「Yes, among the western Majin, even if they are not affiliated with military affairs, they are clad in Red Iron equipment. The minimum preparation……It could be considered as such.」

Research on arms and armor made with Holy Silver that was mined from a recently discovered mine was also progressing, but as expected, the main thing now was Red Iron.

Holy Silver was a material that was also in the Human Hero’s equipment. There was a feeling of avoidance due to that fact, but above all, there were few mines that produced it, creating a small supply of it.

As supplies for military affairs, having a steady supply of it was important.

「I see, I get the general gist of things. So, Ichika, what about your group?」

Getting consolidated into a “group”, Nino made a somewhat dissatisfied-looking face, but Vermudol didn’t notice at all.

「Let’s see……There is a need to gather a guise different from normal so that the fact that we are Maid Knights does not get exposed.」

The Maid Knights’ equipment was special, and even the outward appearances of them really stood out.

Ichika and Nino wore maid outfits with breast armor, with Ichika having black and Nino having green as the basic themes for them.

If they were to walk around the castle town like this, that would be equivalent to going around advertising “we are Maid Knights directly under the Demon King”.

In other words, attire to remove this impression……To put it simpler, it had to be something other than maid clothes.

「Ah, then I’ll pick for youー」

It was there that Rokuna raise her hand while saying “me, m~e”.

「You’re going with the western Majin-style, right? Just leave it to me. I’ll put something together with a totally cool feel to it!」

He thought “I’m uneasy about this……”, but surely Vermudol wasn’t the only one.

Unrelated to the atmosphere of that spot, Rokuna jumped at the mountain of clothes looking delighted.

Volume 2, Chapter 12