Side Story – Jeanne and the Monsters Outside of the walls of Ashtaroth Castle “Why are there so many monsters here!?” “I don’t know. In any case, we just have to kill them all.” “You don’t have to tell me that! My unit is over here!” “Yes, Saint Jeanne!” “Now, brace yourself.” “You too, Hijikata.”…
Idle Talk: Melted Chocolate In the country of Japan, in another world, there was a tradition called Valentine’s Day. It was a special day where women made confessions of their love. When I spoke of this, Eve raised one of her beautiful eyebrows. “What an advanced tradition. Such things would not be thought of in…
Idle Talk: Airbag The lord of Ashtaroth Castle, Ashta, was a Demon King who had been born in this world recently. In his past life, he was a poor nobleman, but here, he had a castle and a country. His main job was to enrich his country and take charge of political, military and diplomatic…
Idle Talk: Radish Pickles Eve sighed after she finished taste testing a dish from another world that the Demon King of the castle, Ashtaroth, had been talking about. Outside the kitchen window, there was a clear blue sky and a sun that shone warmly down…and then there was the anger. “You! You’re swinging late!!” It…
Idle Talk: Mayonnaise Fried Chicken Saint Jeanne d’Arc of Ashtaroth Castle was a girl who could often seem a little foolish. She was not stupid, but a bit airheaded, and that sometimes led to foolish actions. For instance, one day, when she secretly went out into town in order to go shopping, she did the…
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum After a month or so of working on the manuscripts and maintaining security, the restoration of the town was completed and the public baths were ready. The restoration was one thing, but it was quite unexpected for the bathhouse to be completed so quickly. It was thanks to the efforts…
Life Work And so the ant war ended in this way. There was no serious damage to the citizens. Instead, there were holes everywhere in the town of Ashtaroth. These were holes dug by the ant army, but we had a hard time filling them. I had instructed Gottlieb the dwarf to fill the holes,…
Future —At the northern battlefront. Nagakura Shinpachi’s cavalry had gone north after breaking through the center of the Ashtaroth army, but they soon detected that the enemy was following them. Nagakura had the princess riding behind him on his horse, but he then left her to his men so that he could turn around and…
Great Tear Drops If the battle of wits at Ashtaroth was the first act, the battle underground the second act, and the chaotic battle in the field was the third act, then they were currently in the fourth act. The battle had been waging for days now, and it was about to reach its peak.…
Bloody Path Hannibal watched the movements of the Ashtaroth army from afar. The Ashtaroth army had chosen the defense in depth formation. “Of course, they did.” He muttered. All they had to do now was buy time. If their other army succeeded in defeating Queen Alioshe, then all would be well for them. He would…
Defense in Depth Formation Like this, Hannibal was overwhelmed on the central battlefront. And then changes started to occur on the other battlefronts as well. First, the north, where I had sent Slash the slime. The situation had turned on its head here. The reinforcements meant our forces had doubled, and so they were able…
The Greatest General As if waiting for the moment when Demon King Ashtaroth ran out of patience and sent soldiers to the northern battlefront, Hannnibal sent out his elite soldiers. They were his main battle unit that he had been saving. They were a mixed group that included winged ants and human soldiers. Hannibal had…
Ant Princess, Alesha I looked at the different locations from the throne room. We were doing well at the first hole. Hanzo the kobold ninja was putting up a good fight. And once Fuma Kotaro arrived, they overwhelmed the enemy. They cut the ants down like the wind and crushed their legs like a demon.…
Battle of Wits The genius strategist of the Mediterranean world, Hannibal Barca had told me the name of the ant army leader. I took this information back to the castle and told the others in the war council. The expressions of each official changed and they spoke their mind one after another. “So the ant…
Final Drink During the same hour… Toshizou Hijikata was enjoying himself in the pleasure district of Ashtaroth town. The eastern style brothel was called Yoshiwara, and Toshizou was practically the person who built it. That being said, he did not put on airs or act like he owned it. He only went as a customer.…