Evade The Hero and Flee!

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It all began with Ria’s question.

“Sir, is it alright for you to be like this?”

“What do you mean?”

I was enjoying my time off with my daughter as usual, but Ria suddenly showed up and began interfering.

Just what could have dissatisfied her so much?

Not only was she staying in a highest-class residence and enjoying top-quality meals, she even received top-tier service, to boot! Best of all, no weird people were chasing after her, either!

-Master, your disciple is originally a daughter from a wealthy family, no? You dragged someone like that here, imprisoned her against her will and forced her to work like a slave, you know? Not being dissatisfied will be bizarre in that case.

-N-no, hang on a minute! That’s totally wrong! If it was No.1000, she’d be over the moon just to get some delicious meals!

It was unfortunate that I couldn’t spread the joy of eating rice while declaring, “Oh, you wheat-eating heathens, this is what rice tastes like!” in this world, since I mostly ate the OttXgi’s Ready-Washed Rice in my previous life. However, I still managed to usher in a new culture of fried foods.

Sure, you could say that oil was a bit of a luxury item in this world, but people wouldn’t think it’s a wasted expense if I say it’s a crucial ingredient in welcoming the… Lord ‘Chi-God’. [1]

Keuh~… Hey, are you watching? Dear God, that brought me to this world?

Just by spreading the goodness of fried chicken to this world, I’ve already fulfilled my quota, you know! Not only that, but I also taught the people of this people how to fry potatoes, so you better show me your appreciation by guaranteeing my comfortable retirement life!

However, Ria was not a god, and it seemed she was not interested in guaranteeing my comfortable retirement.

“Shouldn’t you be working, sir?”

“Working? Belegrea is in charge of that, though?”

“Yes, she and I are resolving the majority of the matters, but there certainly exists some matters that can only be resolved by the demon king himself.”

Ria handed over a thick pile of documents, and it was heavier than I’d like. After taking a quick look-see, all of them seemed rather annoying to deal with.

These matters had been already ‘mostly’ dealt with, but I still had to stamp my seal of approval as the top representative of the government. Even so, they could be sorted out simply by throwing around the name of the Demon God.

“These are some annoying things, aren’t they?”

“Please try to have some sympathy for people who need to deal with these annoying things, sir.”

Ria’s words were prickly, to say the least, but her voice didn’t have much energy. How should I describe this… She was complaining because she had already given up on everything?

I guess I could summarise it like so?

“Very well. I can certainly help you deal with these matters.”

When I took the document piles, Ria spat out a long sigh from the deepest part of her heart. “Thank you.”

She didn’t sound thankful at all, though…

“It’s fine.”

I’ve been dumping all the work on her shoulders until now, so it’s about time I graciously humour a few of her complaints, no?

“Mm… Nope, I was wrong.”

Aaaand I began regretting right away.

“Master, you’ve gotten a lot frailer, haven’t you?” The metal bat muttered from my side.

“Well, I’m not a spring chicken anymore, after all.”

[1]: The Korean slang used here was ‘치느님’, which is a portmanteau of the English word ‘chicken’ and Korean word ‘하느님’ (God) Basically, it’s fried chicken…

[2]: Maaaan, I almost went with “chotto matte!” here.

[3]: There was a reference to Hearthstone’s ‘BM/bad manners’ here, but the joke itself was impossible to translate to English. I did what I could, so no complaints, please…