Chapter 15: Volume 1 - CH 15

Chapter 15 – Being Comforted by my Maid Wife, and my First Lesson

“I’m going home…”

“L-Lord Lucifer, please don’t be rash”

Even while pressing my face into Rena’s chest, my continuing spiral of depression did not stop.

“Lumiel is waiting for me… I should buy her a souvenir of some kind… I wonder if at least she’ll be happy, but even with me thinking of various ideas I don’t have anything good. Rena, what do you think?”

“Lord Lucifer, your words are starting to become vague. Please don’t be too discouraged….”

Rena continued to attempt to calm me down, first through patting my head, and then a hizamakura. (TL Note: Does Hizamakura or Knee Pillow sound better?)

“…There are many strong and promising people in this country… but no one thinks the demons are a threat anymore”

“We haven’t had any large war for over 500 years. While it may only feel like a drop in the infinitesimal lake that is Lord Lucifer’s lifespan, for the mortal humans it was probably long enough to forget about the threat.”

Rena continued while comforting me.

“While previously I had refrained from speaking about diplomacy, as I did not feel it was my place to speak, why did Lord Lucifer leave the Empire unchecked for so long? If it was someone such as you, my lord, there would be no problem to put such a country in your grasps would it not?”

“It was to avoid conflicts with other countries. There are many people who do not like us        demon-kind, including the Holy Kingdom to the North. At that time, if we were to destroy the Empire, it wouldn’t have been strange for them to join in to the war as well.”

“While it may not be my place to ask,  I believe that if we were to use the full power of the Tenebrae, there would not be a single enemy we would not be able to defeat, even considering other nations.”

I thought on this for a while.
What Rena says is correct. Even among the demons this opinion comes up for discussion frequently. Rather, if you were to open a discussion between I, who is the backbone of the Tenebrae, and the beings who are known as the Royal Demon’s, a majority of this time would be dedicated to these issues.

“This is a controversial topic even within the Royals. I do not necessarily want to invade anything. Let alone invade the Empire, but turn all other nations into enemies at once. In such a situation, even considering the power that we have, there are sure to be considerable sacrifices.”
“Half of the continent is already our possession. You do know that the countries that were to the west of Tenebrae were already taken over by the previous generation’s Lucifer, right?”

“Yes, I do my lord. It’s a story that’s already over 1500 years old.”

“Correct. Although I have not touched on the topic as nobody has asked me, this is a good opportunity to now speak on why I killed my predecessor.”

As I thought back to that time, scenes of the frenzy of blood and flesh, and the extraordinary warlike tendencies of the demons of that era came back into my mind. Regardless of strong and weak, everything was overrun and plundered, and all threats were dealt with in the most brutal methods with no exceptions. Sometimes I couldn’t be satisfied if I wasn’t to see blood for a day, and other times friendly troops were executed just for the simple fact of not having any more use. The most prominent example of this being the previous generation’s Lucifer.

“That thing was trying to take over the entire continent, and its not like we lacked the power to do so either. That is the reason for why I killed my predecessor.”

“But why? Isn’t the prosperity of demons a good thing?”

“The original goal of that thing, was the rule of the continent, however this would eventually lead to the beginning of the end of the demon-kind.”

Perhaps my explanation was a little lacking, as I got the impression that Rena was confused.

“A powerful person will just be swallowed by it. Instinctively harming others as they continue, and past that, all there is is an out of control force that has lost its purpose. Even if there is no more hunting ground, if one was to continue sharpening their claws, it will eventually be aimed at its brethren.” (TL Note: This was very hard to translate to English, sorry if it doesn’t make much sense)

“…!”

“My predecessor just didn’t understand this, so I killed him and made myself king. In order to stop the demon-kind from walking down their own path of destruction.”

“If I did not disagree with the previous method and just continued to slaughter… I can assure you that today’s Tenebrae Demon State would not exist.”

The impulses of that era of demon were that destructive. All being hungry for blood and flesh, fulfilling their destructive impulse that could not be subdued no matter what they did, and could only overthrow others.

The demons of that time were not sane. It could only be described as a frenzy of demons who’s impulses for destruction far surpassed those of normal demons.

“The ruler will eventually be met with destruction. I see.”

“That’s right. We demons sometimes can’t control too much power. At that time all seven pillars of the then-Royal Demons were in that state… so there was no other choice. Even though I was only a low ranked demon, I was more powerful than the previous generation.”

I can still occasionally remember when I easily killed my fellow brethren.
Naturally, the enemy was not only the previous generation. The other Royals, the other demon-kind, their subordinates… all torn up, burned and slaughtered. Even with the urge to destroy filling myself, I still had an insane number of  kills on my hands.

The ones that survived were only the Royals who couldn’t be told apart from the other dead kin beside them, as well as a few subordinates.

Even if it was something that I had to do for the survival of our race…

Its something that even thinking back to slightly is able to make me feel sick to my stomach and put me in a bad mood.

“…I talked too seriously for too long. I’m already tired of this story.”

“My sincerest apologies my lord! I overstepped by boundaries.”

“I do not mind. However, please comfort me more. Spoil me more. Give me headpats.” (TL Note: lewd :0)

“Y-yes, my lord.”

I laid down onto the bed with Rena, and as if I was to give my body to her, I let her spoil me.

… I no longer know if there is any more point in staying in the Empire. What should I do…

Well, whatever. I’ll leave that problem for tomorrow’s me. I want to think about this problem no longer.

The Next Day

I took a magic lecture in the morning, and was waiting for time to pass while staring out into the sky from the window seat. The teacher teaches the basics of magic. It’s something even a human child could understand, and therefore not worth paying attention to.

Goen-Jutsu is Fire, Shinsui-Jutsu is Water, Raigou-Jutsu is Thunder, Doryuu-Jutsu is Earth and    Fuujin-jutsu is Wind. Up to this point is this the very basics of the Five Great Elemental Magics.
(TL Note: I couldn’t find an easy way to translate the technique names, but if they are referenced later on, I will just use the actual English element instead of the Japanese technique name)

Then the special elements of Shinsei-Jutsu for Holy Magic and Kaimei-Jutsu to manipulate darkness. All of these make up the total of 7 arts that make up the basic magic techniques, however there are exceptions.

However, knowing something like this is nothing to brag about. To begin with, in order to get into this school the students would at least have this level of basic knowledge, I would even be willing to bet that even the Beastpeople who have no connection to magic would have this knowledge.

“..dore! Theodore! Oi, are you listening?!”

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“What?”

A mature male teacher was calling out to me for some reason.

“What do you mean what?! I am asking what you can tell from this magical circle!”

By looking at the blackboard you could tell that the circle was of the Thunder element, or Raijutsu. A magic made to handle lightning.

However, the spelling of the letters engraved inside of the circle is a technique that deals with the flame arts. Because of this, the circle would not be able to activate.

Therefore, I proclaimed

“Isn’t the person who drew that magic circle stupid?”

“What are you…?!”

Oh, I see. It was drawn by this teacher. I guess my real thoughts slipped out accidentally.

“There is no magic formula in that magic circle.”

“Is that so… can you explain why?”

“Although the thunder element is used, the letters engraved on the circle are to do with the flame arts.”

“Fufufu…”

The teacher had an unpleasant smile plastered on his face.

And that was when it came to me. This person purposefully placed a simple problem in order to embarrass me.

If I was to come up with a normal answer, he would have happily announced that it was wrong, and would proclaim that I was only a mediocre student.

“Even though it’s a scholarship student, well I guess that’s all you can expect from a child.”

“You want to say that it’s a complex technique, right?”

“What?!”

As I stand up and walked up to the teacher, the classroom was filled with noise.

“The teacher’s drawing of the magic circle at the current stage does not hold the correct formula. Even if it says “Fire, burn the surroundings” it would not make sense as the base of the magic circle is a thunder technique. However, if you were to add this to the beginning of the sentence:

I wrote “Reveal by lightning” at the beginning of the letters engraved on the magic circle on the blackboard.

By writing, “Let’s manifest by flames of lightning, burn up the surroundings”, first the thunder-raising technique will be activated. Then, while the magical power of the thunder-raising technique is taken over, the fire art is activated. As you can see in the text, you will be able to burn everything around you… but you can’t generate a powerful flame with only the power of a 2nd tier circle.

“Gunununu….!”

“Shall I actually draw the circle now?”

As I snapped my fingers, the magic circle that I was just talking about appeared infront of them, startling them.

“Did he just use no chant?!”

“C-complex technique formulas this easily…”

It seemed that people who were the most unfamiliar with magic were especially surprised by this.

“Oh, it’s okay. I won’t activate it. You see, the fact that the magic circle emerges in this way shows that it was wrong in the first place. And through adding or rewriting the content, even if it seems to be wrong at first means that you can activate a compound technique that has the characteristics of both lightning and fire in this way.”

Some of the students seemed to yell in confusion.

Well, if you are unfamiliar with magic, you probably wouldn’t be able to understand complex techniques in the first place anyways.

Maybe it is interesting for the students who opted not to take magic during the entrance examinations.

“Complex techniques can be layered more. Not only double and triple, but it is also possible to activate magic that has all seven major elements including the holy art as well as darkness.”

“That’s impossible!”

The teacher seems to be arguing with me.

“There is a limit to the complex technique. No matter how you train, 3 layers … even if you are an extremely talented individual, it is a limit to stack four! If there was more than that, the computational ability of the brain would not be able to catch up with your magic!”

“Yeah, maybe not for you… it might not be possible for the teacher, but it is possible. However, the amount of magic power consumed is also incomparable, because the rank increases as the techniques are layered.”

“What I’m saying is that not just me, but it would be impossible for anyone to do it in the first place!”

Huh. Maybe it makes sense. I can do it, but from what I can tell, no one here seems to be proficient at magic. In the case of a simple complex technique like the one I mentioned earlier, it may be possible to do it after training, but it is not that kind of problem.

I wish Liz or Julian were here. If it were them, then in the future they could definitely pull it off.

Magic is all about talent. No matter how much knowledge you have, you can’t do anything without the inert talent of your body, after all.

Even if they excel in their magical power, humans have a limit as a race. For example, even if they were to have the necessary power, their bodies would not be able to survive.

In that way, it would be meaningless to teach what you can never do no matter how hard you train. Maybe the teacher is correct after all?

“Sorry for messing around too much. May I go back now?”

“Hurry up and take a seat….”

I sat back down and went back to my unfocused state.

This truly is boring, I muttered in my heart.

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