After being betrayed by the Empire, I decided to assist the Demon King

Chapter 16 "Slaves" Who Love Life
Generally speaking, the king does not patrol the territory, whether it is an empire or a principality, but the Demon King seems to be different... It seems that the structure of the Demon Race itself is not a close kingdom.

This can also be heard from the previous discourse. It was mentioned before that [the rebel interrupted the tribute] and so on, so the so-called [devil king] is actually a lord in a certain sense.

The Demon King will only be responsible for the Demon King's Territory, while the other Lords are responsible for their own territory... The name of the Demon King is a recognized king of lords, more similar to [Leader] rather than [Emperor], so patrolling Territory is the most important thing.

Disobey the devil's rebellion?This is a worse situation... no, I don't need to care about this.

According to Yila's analysis, he doesn't need to care about the good and bad in the demon king's territory. He only needs to train the demon king to be a king who can fight, and he can pat his ass and leave after paying off the favor.

Ira, who was thinking casually, left the castle with Xilina and Satan Ye under the protection of the Headless Horseman.

Generally speaking, the nobles patrol the territory on horseback or in a carriage, and the nobles generally raise their own horses, but it seems that this is not popular in the Demon King's territory, probably because there are no horses...

After all, the headless horseman as a knight unit has its own horses, and does not need to be raised or pasture.

From this point of view, it is reasonable for the empire before the appearance of the consul to have suffered repeated defeats.

The position of the head was also replaced by flames, and the dark horse armor reflected the gloomy light. This sense of oppression was indeed not comparable to that of ordinary war horses in the empire.

Ira, who was sitting on the handsome horse of a certain headless horseman, thought so. He looked at the owner of the headless horse walking beside him... Feeling a little sorry for the fact that he took his horse.

"According to the arrangement, we will go to the Lanqin Mushroom Field and other planting fields from here, check the [poor income] situation that the goblin said, patrol all the way to the seaside, and then return to the Demon King City."

Xilina, who was also riding a war horse, told Ira about the arrangement. She looked at the residents of the Demon King's Land who were saluting to the patrol, and said, "It's normal for the residents to be curious about Mr. Ira, I hope you can understand. "

Ira naturally understood this. He looked at the goblins, insect crustaceans, goblins, kobolds, lemurs and other monsters around him, as well as the vampires bowing in the shadows... He felt a little strange.

"The demon king seems to have a different system from the empire."

Saying so, Ira looked at the energetic monsters around her and said, "In the empire, the residents are divided into slaves and ordinary residents. The former are the property of the emperor and nobles, while the latter are the people of the empire. But it seems to be different on the Demon King’s side.”

Ira, who has seen the nobles' territory, knows very well that if the common people need to be described as "sallow and thin", then the slaves in a territory really have no human rights at all.

The orders of the nobles are all that the slaves have, and all the income from planting and picking belongs to the nobles, even if they are eating the labor income of their own hands, it is also a reward from the nobles.

If a noble fell in love with a slave's daughter, then that slave must obediently hand over his daughter and send it to the noble's castle... Those slaves are still alive, but they are already dead.

Although the conditions in the Demon King's territory seem to be poor, the eyes of the residents... are brighter than the ordinary residents in many noble territories on the other side of the empire.

"Well, Mr. Ira."

Satan Ye, who was riding with Xilina, nodded her head in agreement with Ira's words, and she said: "Everything in the Demon King's territory is my personal property... Sure enough, in terms of [Magic Rights (Human Rights)], Is it still incomparable with the empire?"

Listening to the somewhat unwilling Satan Ye, Ira didn't know what to say—in other words, are they all slaves?But their attitudes towards life are completely different.

The monsters on both sides of the street did not tremble or fear the arrival of the Demon King. They did not even kneel down, but just bowed and saluted. Although their faces were a bit haggard, they did not show any envy or fear of the Demon King's power.

Ira saw nothing but respect.

"How much of the harvest will they hand over to the Demon King City? Or is it a fixed amount of harvest each quarter?"

For Ira who couldn't help but ask, Xilina explained in a strange way: "But every crop harvest can't guarantee whether the harvest is good or bad...so naturally it is to hand in the [excess] share."

"..."

Looking at Ira, whose eyes were twinkling and silent, Xilina didn't know what he was thinking, and continued: "Don't worry, the goblins leading them will rely on enough experience to keep them until the next harvest." food, and the rest will be handed over."

"..."

What Xilina said was that she obviously thought that Ira was worried about the diet of the monsters in the demon king's territory... However, Ira was just silent, and kept silent in an incomprehensible way.

"It seems that the hygienic conditions in the Demon King's territory are similar to those in the border areas of the empire..."

Ira said softly, he deliberately avoided the topic of "slaves" and "residents", looking at the excrement that can be seen everywhere on the road made of mud... It seems that the monsters don't even have the habit of digging latrines.

After stepping out of the castle of the Demon King City and stepping out of the bridge over the moat, Ira who stepped on the dirt road could smell a bad smell... and such conditions usually appear in the territories of imperial nobles, There will be no such things in the imperial city.

"Originally, there were special monsters to clean, but now there is a serious shortage of manpower."

For Xilina who said this, Yila nodded again to show that he understood. He looked at Satan Ye sitting in front of Xilina... Poor little devil, so far he has not found a topic to join.

"How about building a toilet... You don't need the kind of toilet in the Demon King's City, you just need to dig a latrine."

Saying so, Yila looked at Satan Ye, and he asked if he didn't know that Yi La was proposing to her, but he walked the little devil of God, and said, "Satan Ye, what do you think? How about a latrine?"

"Huh? Huh..."

Satan Ye listened to Ira's words, and she thought about Ira's proposal, but she didn't understand the meaning of doing so... But the smell around her was indeed not very pleasant.

"Well, just do as you said, Mr. Ira."

Satan Ye replied.

"..."

Looking at the silent Yila, Satan Ye tilted his head and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

"Then, who will be in charge of this matter? You should personally go to someone who can take charge of this matter, or arrange for me or Xilina to make arrangements with your will."

Ira taught so.

"Is that so? Then, Mr. Ira, help me..."

"..."

Ira was silent, I don't know how many times he was silent today, he always felt that he was "holding the emperor", and he always had a sense of sight that he seemed to be the minister in "Slashing the Eyes of Red X".

However, he doesn't want to be that kind of person, but...he can't help admiring Satan Ye who can trust everything to his subordinates, even though she may not be "knowledgeable" but "naive".

"I understand, follow your will."

(End of this chapter)