Chapter 226 – A Gate!?

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The first floor of the palace.
In the drawing room, the Demon King and I sat on opposite sides of a table while facing each other.

The Demon King was telling me about the gate.
To another world… The gate that connected to a world where there was a country for the dead.

In order to make such a gate, it was necessary to sacrifice the lives of the living.

“You require at least a hundred thousand lives in order to open the gate…that is what you are saying?”
“Once it is opened, it just needs to be maintained as a gate. We have already gathered the ore for that.”

Said the Demon King with a nod.

She had gathered various ore, such as mithril, which could be filled with magic energy.

“In other words, you require magic energy to maintain it.”
“Indeed. There is no need to sacrifice lives for that.”
“Still, sacrificing a hundred thousand lives…”
“Yes. We must give up.”

The Demon King said flatly, and Yomotsu looked apologetic.

And then the Demon King said,

“Yomotsu…I answered earlier with my sword. You mean nothing to me now. You can just live for your family and friends.”

She had tried to kill him, so there was no need for him to be concerned for her anymore.
However, that attack towards him did not seem serious to me. Besides, if she was angry over his betrayal, it would have made more sense for her to kill him with magic.

It seemed like she simply wanted to unload the weight from Yomotsu’s shoulders.

Yomotsu must have understood this, as he began to shed tears.
‘Thank you,’ he muttered and bowed deeply.

And then Melk said,

“Thought the Demon King would be more dangerous.”
“Ms. Melk, that is very rude.”

Asuha said frantically, but the Demon King shook her head.

“As I explained to some of you before, I deliberately manipulated things so that people would think that.”

Mette folded her arms and asked.

“But why? If there was someone who thought like you who was more visible…”
“I have my duty as Demon King. Just as my predecessors did.”

Perhaps Demon King Sophis was just special, and the past Demon Kings were just beings who wanted to destroy humanity.

But Sophis had memories of a different world. And so she could not just focus on killing humans.

Upon hearing this, Mette looked like she wanted to say something. But she quickly shook her head.

“In any case, we are going to cooperate with each other now. Forget the past… That being said, even if you give up on this plan, it is not as if you have given up on going to another world?”
“Yes… And I was told that with the help of Sir Joshua and the people of Fendel, it will be possible. Besides, I have plenty of resources.”

Answered the Demon King. And so I said,

“If there is something that can be used instead…perhap a Summoning Stone? However, the production method…”
“Is not known. However, if we gather the Summoning Stones that already exist…”
“We may be able to make something like a gate.”

The Demon King nodded.

“I have already gathered about three thousand of them.”
“You have that many!?”

It had taken us a long time to finally acquire one stone in the depth of a dungeon.

WIth that many, it seemed like making a gate would be easy…

“Why didn’t you make a gate then?”
“I could not do it. Not with my production magic, and the magic skills of my monsters.”
“I see… So you can use production magic?”
“Yes. But it is quite inferior to yours. I could not melt down the Summoning Stones. However, you may…”
“I may be able to…”

There was also the skills of the dwarves. And with the help of the other demihumans, we may be able to make it.

The Demon King must have noticed our ability after seeing the airships and Iria’s blade.

“Very well…if you can provide us with the stones, we will build the gate. However…”
“Even if you fail, we will not stop cooperating with you… While I do not mean to abandon my goal of making the gate, I will no longer do it through sacrificing lives. That being said, that promise will only last as long as I am in this world.”

In other words, it would end as soon as she was replaced as Demon King.

“That is fine… If you will make that promise, then we will make the gate together.”
“Of course. I look forward to working with you.”

Said the Demon King, and then she offered her hand.

“Aye…”

And we shook hands.

A few days later, the Demon King and her subordinate black armors visited, and brought the Summoning Stones.

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