After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide 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 clan itself is not a close kingdom.

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

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

  Do you not obey the devil's rebellion? That's the worse case... no, I don't need to care about that either.

  Ira analyzed it this way, he doesn't need to care about the good and bad in the devil's territory, he just needs to train the devil to be a king who can fight, and after paying off the favor, he can pat his **** and leave.

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

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

   After all, the headless horseman, as a knight unit, has its own horse, 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.

  Sitting on the handsome horse of a certain headless horseman thought so, Ira 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, lemures 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 aristocratic 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 takes a fancy to the daughter of a slave, then that slave must hand over his daughter obediently and send it to the noble's castle... Those slaves are still alive, but they are already dead.

  Even though the conditions in the Demon King’s Territory seem to be poor, the eyes of the residents… are brighter than those of ordinary residents in many noble territories on the empire’s side.

   "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)], there is no difference between Is the empire still incomparable?"

  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 you harvest can't guarantee whether the harvest is good or bad...so it's natural to hand in the [excess] share."

   "..."

Looking at Ira, whose eyes were twinkling and silent, Xilina didn't quite know what he was thinking, and continued: "Don't worry, the goblins who lead 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 just kept 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", and looked 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 leaving the castle of the Demon King City, after 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 the imperial nobles. There will be no such thing in the royal city.

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

  For Xilena who said this, Yila nodded again to show that he understood. He looked at Satan Ye sitting in front of Xilena... 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 if 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..."

  Satanye listened to Ira's words, she thought about Ira's proposal, but she didn't understand the meaning of doing so...but the surrounding smell was indeed not very pleasant.

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

  Satan Ye replied.

   "..."

  Looking at the silent Iraq, 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 this so? Then, Mr. Ira, please help me..."

   "..."

  Ira is silent. I don’t know how many times he has been silent today. He always feels that he is "holding the emperor", and he always has a sense of sight that he seems to be the minister in "The Eyes of Cutting Red X".

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

   "I understand, and follow your will."

  (end of this chapter)