Demon King Daimaou: Volume 11 (eBook)

Shoutarou Mizuki (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
249 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-0098-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Shocking truths are revealed now that Keena has become Empress. What is the Empire? What is the world? What secret power is given only to the royal family?
A beautiful girl from the jungle and a prince from an undersea city both appear, staking claim to the throne, only for CIMO8's own plot to cross paths. When the Empire faces its greatest peril, Akuto's power is unleashed once more!

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1 - Empresses, Gather!

The old knight’s wrinkled brow furrowed with an even deeper exhaustion.

His name was Joji Yuki.

He was the oldest member of the Royal Guard, and in this world of long lifespans, he was among the very oldest. And even in his long life, he had never seen anything like the person in front of him. And what was worse, was that this person was the Empress.

“If we’re all part of the royal family, then we should all be friends. If we all eat a meal together, we’ll be instant friends. That’s right, we can all line up in a row, and eat with our chopsticks at the exact same pace. One, two, one, two. Like that. If you just focus on eating white rice, you can forget anything bad that’s bothering you!”

The person sharing this unique theory of conflict resolution was Keena Soga, the current Empress.

“Your highness,” Joji began. His voice was calm and level. “What is it?”

“Are you suggesting we hold a banquet?”

“Nope. Just eat white rice. Those banquets always have big, complicated courses, right? You can’t get to be friends like that.” Keena’s eyes were shining, and she was totally lost in her own world.

Joji coughed slightly.

“You want the other candidates for Empress to eat nothing but white rice? White rice?”

“Yup! Won’t it be wonderful?”

“I’m afraid, your highness...” Joji’s expression was that of a man undergoing horrible torture. “...I don’t think that’s going to work. If anything, it will only spark conflict.”

“Oh, okay...” Keena sounded disappointed, but then she slapped her hands together as if she’d suddenly had a wonderful idea.

“I know! If we all have a sleep-over...”

“Your highness...”

“What is it?”

“I’m terribly sorry, but are you following what I’m saying?”

“Yup. I’ve got it. Now that the seal on the jeweled branch has been broken, everybody who has the royal bloodline will gather in one place, right? And the Jeweled Branch is actually the key to unlock the seal on some incredible power, so I need to be careful...”

Keena’s explanation was simple, but not very detailed. That said, even Joji didn’t know much about the branch.

“This is what the legend says. The Jeweled Branch will choose the true emperor. And the true emperor will revive the ‘Faceless Power’ and lead the people...”

The legend he was referring to was an imperial one. Legends were usually things found in civilizations that hadn’t advanced very far. But in the Empire’s case, that wasn’t true. The Empire had been a single nation for over a thousand years, even before the dawning of magical civilization. So the legend wasn’t just a story, it was based on information that, for some reason, had been hidden in the past, which had partially leaked and become rumors that had formed the legend’s base.

“What’s the Faceless Power?”

“A power without a face, presumably. It’s believed to simply be a power for which no particular use has been prescribed,” Joji explained.

“But it doesn’t really matter what that is, right? I heard that the first problem was that a lot of people were going to show up had the imperial bloodline...” Keena said.

Joji nodded and displayed a map on his mana screen. The map showed in red the island that formed the empire’s center, as well as the vast territory that stretched towards the continent. As he pointed to the southern edge of the territory, Joji began to explain in a serious voice.

“Except for your highness, most of those who carry the imperial bloodline are those who have lost some past power struggle. It’s common for them to be seeking some form of revenge. For example, this region. We believe that someone from the bloodline is here, but there is a terrible reason why this land is sealed...”

Before he could continue, a young member of the Royal Guard rushed into the room.

“Something’s happening at Constant Magical Academy...!”

“You’re in the presence of the Empress. Control yourself,” Joji said, and the knight quickly straightened his posture.

“I beg your pardon. As I was saying, something is going on at Constant Magical Academy. The academy...” The young knight trailed off, still standing at attention.

“What is it? It’s rude to simply stop talking in mid-sentence. Even if the current Empress is a kind girl, you still lack discipline.” Joji began to lecture the knight, but he shook his head.

“I’m sorry, commander, but...”

“What is it? Now you’re cutting me off again...!”

“No, um...” The young knight fearfully pointed behind him. “The Empress has fled again.”

“What?” Joji turned around to see Keena’s clothes on the floor. Of course, her underwear as well.

“I’ve served the imperial family for well over a century... and I’ve never seen a royal who was this much of a handful...” Joji began to break down and cry, and the young knight simply sighed and decided to continue.

“Constant Magical Academy has suddenly been covered in huge plants. We believe it to be some kind of Affu magic, but an enchantment of that scale requires several casters to control it, which means it’s likely a large scale attack...” Joji gasped and looked upwards.

“It must be someone from the place I was just talking about!” Joji turned towards where Keena had been a moment ago, but quickly realized how stupid he looked and turned back to the knight.

“No, um... I see. Contact the academy immediately. It must be a Marlai invasion!”

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The students had been driven out into the yard of the academy... no, even further than that. Both students and teachers were standing helplessly on the hill that had once served as the Imperial camp during the Demon King War.

“Since we know it’s magic affiliated with the god Affu, it’s not much of a mystery...” Mitsuko Torii whispered.

“Yes, that’s the only sort of magic that could make plants grow like that...”

Next to her was Yoshie Kita, who had converted (without permission) the school’s basement into her own personal lab. She lifted up the analyzer goggles she’d been wearing and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands.

“But I don’t even want to imagine how much energy it would take to accomplish something like that...”

Both of them were looking at the school building, which was now covered in green. No, that was far too mild a way to put it. The school had turned into a jungle. The building itself was covered by a canopy of tall trees, and vines and branches were poking out all the windows. It looked like the building had been abandoned for hundreds of years. Affu was a god who granted blessings for agriculture and fishing to his followers.

Whoever it was had used one of his spells, which was used to make plants grow faster and thus speed up the rate at which crops could be harvested. Specialized plants which could absorb mana were able to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, and grow at an incredible rate. But the faster the rate of growth, and the more plants you tried to control, the more difficult it became to control the mana.

And the magic used this time went even beyond that. It wasn’t “difficult” so much as “impossible,” at least for most of humanity.

“Were there multiple casters, then? But I didn’t see anything to indicate that somebody infiltrated the grounds.” Mitsuko crossed her arms.

“If it was one person, they’d have to be on the level of the Demon King,” Yoshie said, and then looked over to Akuto Sai, who was standing nearby. Akuto shrugged when he noticed her.

“Well, drat. I’m going to have to get violent with someone, aren’t I?”

All the other students were staring at him. It was natural that they would. Akuto was now the biggest troublemaker at school. And this was an especially weird case. The whole school had turned into a jungle overnight.

Akuto didn’t know what was going on either, but he was pretty sure it had something to do with him. No, at this point, he was almost resigned to it. He was even starting to think that instead of trying to insist that it wasn’t his fault, and dealing with the inevitable consequences, he’d do better to just deal with it himself.

“I’ll take a look. It’s almost certainly dangerous in there.”

Any normal person would hesitate, but Akuto headed over towards the building like he was taking a walk.

“It’s so amazing to see he doesn’t feel like he’s in the slightest danger at all...” Fujiko Eto whispered to herself in awe as she watched him go. This was going a little far, even for somebody as in love with Akuto as her.

Junko Hattori, who was standing nearby, interrupted her.

“It feels more like he’s just in a little bit of a different world... Normally you wouldn’t be able to walk into a bizarre world like that so calmly...”

But Fujiko just snorted.

“Hmph. If you think so, then you should just leave Akuto alone. If you can’t handle this, then you never should’ve said you liked him.”

“What...?”

At the inn “Sasahara,” Junko had inadvertently confessed her love to...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Demon King Daimaou
• Reihe/Serie: Demon King Daimaou
• Illustrationen: Souichi Itou
• Übersetzer: Adam Lensenmayer
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Battle • color wars • demon king • Light Novel • Magical academy
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-0098-0 / 1718300980
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-0098-9 / 9781718300989