CH 67

Chapter 67 : Extra Chapter – Family Education

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“Legion, let him go.”

“……….. Why?”

“……………. You’re troubling Master.”

“Maou-sama… Trouble… Not…”

“Let him go.”

“……….. Why?”

“………………..”

Velke went silent.

Ever since Legion had fully regenerated his body, he had been sticking close to Maou. 

Velke’s veins could be seen visually popping out everytime Legion asked why since Velke couldn’t come to a satisfactory answer for Legion.

Of course, the real reason why Velke was so against Legion from clinging to Maou was obviously because…. 

Seeing him sticking so close to MY Master is making me seething with jealousy!

And so here we were, at a stalemate between Legion and Velke. 

Nonetheless, he couldn’t honestly say the real reason out loud since it’d make him look bad instead. 

This newly regenerated Legion, despite already living for hundreds of years, he actually had the mental state of a little child. 

“Legion, I don’t mind you clinging to me but…. Please don’t stick your hand inside my clothes….”

Maou chided at Legion gently. 

If the one sliding their hands into Maou’s clothes were Vii instead of Legion, Maou would immediately yell, “This is sexual harassment! You pervert!!”.

“……….. Why?”

“Why you ask, that’s…”

“Maou…. Skin feels… Good… Want to… Keep.. Touching…”

“……….. O-Oh….”

Maou could honestly say despite Legion touching him without any lewd intentions, the innocent touch actually made him feel hot in a certain place. 

Ah, another vein popped out from Velke’s skin.

“Master, please grant me the permission to revert him back to a piece of flesh again.”

“You can’t!!”

“He will regenerate again so just a little bit of flesh maybe?”

“I said no!!”

And thus was the normal conversation to start the morning in Maou’s Castle. 

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Now then, shall we change the place?

Let’s see the morning activities in the dining hall. 

“Haaaah…..”

“Oh? What a big sigh. What’s the matter, Gedo-dono?”

“Ah, Chaos-dono.”

Gedo sighed heavily with such a troubled expression on his face, Chaos wondered what could be troubling the gladiator so much. 

“I’ve been thinking about how I should teach my children on how to live as a gladiator…”

“I see, so it’s about the education of your children.”

“Yeah, I’ve been living as a slave all this time so I really don’t know how a gladiator is supposed to live.”

“I see. Since the children’s lesson time is drawing near, you’re wondering how you should teach your children to live as a gladiator..”

The lessons the children attended varied depending on their race but between all those lessons, the most important one was the lesson on the way of living of their race.

Gedo had fallen into slavery ever since he was a child so he didn’t have the luxury to think about how the real gladiator lived. 

That was why he was worried how he was supposed to teach his own children when he didn’t know it himself in the first place. 

“Yeah. I want them to live with pride but, what’s the pride of a gladiator? A fallen gladiator like me, what kind of thing can I teach them?”

“Gedo-dono…”

“The hell? Why are you mumbling about a piece of shit like that?” 

Alexius dropped his plate (A BIG PILE OF IT!) next to Gedo with a loud clang and pulled a seat for himself while frowning.

“Alexius-dono, then what kind of thing are you teaching your children?

“Live freely.”

“…………… Oh.”

“Don’t get caught with something that can bind you. Roam freely in the sky. Live freely. Make a living wherever you end up at.”

“It’s a pretty wild way of living,huh.”

“I don’t like to dwell too much about shit like oneself and whatever.”

“I see, that’s very typical of Alexius-dono. Chaos-dono, what about you?”

Chaos took his time to gather his words before speaking.

“To live with honorable decorum I think. There are many strong individuals out there but, proudly living with decorum and good etiquette requires strong self control. I wish my children could live as a proud lizardman in this way.”

“I see..”

Gedo nodded his head at Chaos’s explanation.

This kind of honorable education was typical of Chaos.

“What’s this, what’s this? You guys talking about the children’s education?”

Collin and Lugrant came with their meals in tow.

“Collin-dono, what kind of thing are you teaching your children?”

“Hmm~”

Collin pondered while munching on his breakfast. 

“Never come close to humans.”

“… I see.”

“And.. Know your gains and losses. Never do anything that could put you at disadvantage but if there’s something that will itch your mind even though you know you’ll lose something, then you must do it and see it through until the end. It’s better to regret doing it rather than regret not doing it.”

A true merchant’s word. 

However Collin still made sure to keep in mind that some things in the world cannot be measured as just a mere gain and loss. 

“It’s very typical of you, Collin-dono. What about Lugrant-dono?”

“ Skill will help skill… I think.”

“?”

“No matter how much fortune and treasure you have, once they’re gone, they’re gone. But no one can take your skill away from you. By honing your skill, you will also help your own skill, by making it more polished. For me, the greed to reach beyond our current skill is the true nature of dwarf’s pride.”

Oh my! A true artisan’s word!

“This makes me wonder what kind of things the others are planning to teach their children.”

“True.”

Not long after that, there came nagaraja and phoenix.

“Something… Happening….”

“Hmph. I’m not interested in the slightest but I might as well join your conversation. I know it won’t do my prideful self good in joining in but oh well.”

“Oh, what’s the education plan you two have in mind for your children?” 

Gedo asked as both phoenix and nagaraja started to eat their meal.

Phoenix opened his mouth first before Nagaraja even had any chance to talk. 

“How wonderful of you to be curious about what us, the proud phoenix, have in mind when teaching our children. But I do have to ask, do you really want to hear what made our race superior both in rarity, merit and title compared to any other race?”

“Please make it brief.”

Gedo begged earnestly.

“Become like the eternal and invariant flame.”

“Oh?”

“The members of my race could live forever. It is the phoenix’s way of life to have an everlasting will that could soar through multiple lifetimes, instead of drying out after just one lifetime.”

“I see, that’s very typical of you, Phoenix-dono. What about you, Nagaraja-dono?”

“……….Be flexible so you’ll have a comfortable life.”

“You mean like, in mindset? Flexible mindset?”

“….. The world is… Ever changing…. We need to be flexible… Just like our tail to be able to receive what the world could offer…”

Despite looking like someone who has a simple way of thinking, it turned out Nagaraja was also thinking about deep stuff like this. 

Every race had a different way of approach in educating their children. 

Getting to know each and every one of them was interesting. 

“Oh my~ I wonder if you’d be interested to hear my education plan?”

“Seems like everyone is having an exciting conversation.”

“Education plan is… An interesting subject.”

“That’s true.”

Since the children had already finished their breakfast, Elk, Copper, Zeno and Rin finally came to have a meal for themselves. 

The cheerful Elk immediately told his education plan explicitly.

“We xxxxxxx so xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx. Something like that.”

“Wa-wait! Don’t talk about indecent stuff early in the morning like this!!”

“Oh! My apologies. Basically we mustn’t let go of our prey.”

“C-copper, what about you?!”

“Eh?! Me?! Erm… It’s nothing grand but… Be a good person. I think that’s it. Be a good person.”

Zeno the High Orc nodded approvingly at Copper’s answer.

“That’s right. It is said the good you do for others is good you do for yourself. I hope my children will become someone who’s kind.”

“Rin-san, are you also the same?”

“No, as for me…”

Rin’s eyes twinkled beneath the enchanted glasses. 

“Never do cannibalism.”

It was not the answer everyone expected from the gentle Rin. 

“Rin-dono’s education plan is the polar opposite of mine, huh.”

The silent predator, Thread the Arachne appeared with his own plate in hand before them. 

“In my case, it’s the survival of the fittest.”

Thread appeared to be smiling from ear to ear but everyone else could feel a chilling sensation creeping in from their bones. 

“Aaaaaaaahh!!! Everyone is having fun without me again!!!”

Suddenly, Shellzabyute the Leviathan came crashing in while staring enviously at the group of them.

“So loud. I’m going to teach you a lesson, Shell.”

Behind the water dragon, Hakuro the White Dragon appeared. 

“Stop trying to push me off!” 

“Too loud. I won’t, so shut up and eat already.”

Hakuro kicked the water dragon, making him stumble into the dining room. 

“Hakuro-dono, what’s your education plan?”

“Training and obedience.”

The other chorushed their approval, it suited his personality who could be seen wielding a whip everywhere he goes.

“I bet in dragon form he’s gonna answer ‘harmony and tranquility’.”

“Which reminds me you-”

“Curious?? Do you want to hear mine?? Do you want to????”

“You’re so noisy! No one wants to hear yours!”

“HEY!!!”

The other immediately tried to appease the growling dragons, they did want to hear what the water dragon had in mind. 

“In my case, it’s strength! A water dragon has to be strong!” 

“What a simpleton.”

“Hakuro, what the hell is wrong with you today?? You want to have a go? Want some piece of me? Wanna go, huh????”

“So troublesome….”

Alexius groaned out loud.

Finding the water dragon was a good thing but well… 

This water dragon’s personality is a little… Well.. 

Alexius regretted telling Maou about Leviathan. 

I should’ve let him rot into the bottom of the ocean….

“Oh? Seems like you guys are having an interesting conversation.”

Fenrir, Velke and Maou (along with Legion in tow) finally came to the dining hall. 

“The children’s education, huh?” 

Fenrir’s tail wagged excitedly.

“My plan is to spoil them rotten! First, I will pour all my love wholeheartedly! The disciplining part can come later.” 

“You bastard, if you only spoil them like that, they will grow up to be useless adults later.” 

“What? Velke, you’re poking me.”

“You keep on feeding him sweets.”

Velke continued.

“………….. We’re talking about the children, right…?”

Maou asked. 

“You feed him every single day. Every.Single.Day.”

“We’re talking about the children, right????”

“We already decided he can only eat one sweet each day but you keep on spoiling him!”

“Oi! When did the conversation become about me?!”

Velke had conveniently shifted the conversation to raise his objection against Fenrir from feeding Maou with nothing but sweets. 

“Which reminds me, Velke-dono, I heard you’re very passionate about the children’s education. More than anyone else here. Please share your wisdom with all of us here.”

“ ……… It’s nothing unordinary. I only raise them with love but I do remind them of one thing. Treasure the pride of your family. As someone who’s born from the Velluclesis race, I want them to live proudly while carrying our race’s name.” 

“I see… Basically be proud of who you are…”

Gedo listened to Velke’s explanation attentively. 

“Maou-sama, what about you? What do you think about the children’s education?” 

“Hm?”

“All I want is for the children to grow up well and be healthy. I leave all the training and discipline to the father. Most importantly, I wish for them to be happy.”

Maou replied nonchalantly while munching on his meal. 

His expression seemed indifferent, as if he was saying something as a matter of factly. 

But… 

All the other demons were all thinking that…

Maou.. He has a very big heart…