Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon: Volume 8 (eBook)

Ryuyu (Autor)

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2024
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-9061-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Reborn in another world as a demon lord, Yuki is off on another adventure. This time, he's taking part in a dungeon conquest at Nell's invitation. He heads to their destination with half a mind to sightsee when he spies a ghost ship floating in the ocean!

With his new mace in hand, he and his allies fight off the wraiths, skeletons, and other varieties of undead monsters infesting the ship. And then, they finally come face-to-face with the enemy demon lord. But their opponent is a powerful dark magic user capable of launching attacks that inflict debuffs?! In order to defeat the enemy demon lord, Yuki will have to unleash his secret, explosive spirit magic!

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“Nell contacted me and said, ‘We’re being sent off on a dungeon conquest, so would you accompany us, Mr. Yuki?’ And I’m thinking I’d like to go with them. My goal in going is to make a killing.”

“I-I see— Wait a moment. This means defeating a demon lord, yes? You are not troubled by the prospect of subjugating one of your own brethren?”

“‘Brethren’? Ha ha ha. What a weird thing to say, Lefi. Lemme tell ya a secret. There are only two categories of people for demon lords: enemies and allies.”

My allies consisted of everyone here, Nell, and a few others. Everyone else was either an enemy or someone I didn’t give a rat’s ass about.

“Ah, well... If you are not bothered, then so be it, I suppose.”

I’d always wanted to see another demon lord’s dungeon anyway, and now, I finally had the chance. After all, people were always telling me that demon lords were all arrogant enemies of mankind with the worst reputations and crap like that. No surprise, then, that I was curious about what another demon lord was actually like. If he really was the scum of the earth, I’d have no problem killing him.

We’ll just ignore the little matter of me having the very demon-lord-like title of Enemy of Humanity! Though I’d like to think humanity and I have been getting along pretty well lately, so I’m hoping for a more positive title next time.

“You will be away for some time, then?”

“Yeah. Gonna have me some fun, but I’ll be back before you know it. I don’t think I’ll be gone nearly as long as I was during my trip to the royal capital, though. And since we’re heading to a coastal area, I’ll bring back some delicious seafood as souvenirs.”

“See-food!”

“Yup, yup. Seafood. It’s veeery tasty, Shii!”

While I chatted with the beaming Shii, I started getting ready for my outing.

◇ ◇ ◇

“Maaan, I’ve gotten used to this town too, huh?”

Alfiro, the frontier town closest to the Demonic Forest, stretched out before me. Nell’d told me that it was the rendezvous spot this time around as well. We’d board a pair of stagecoaches from here and head to the region where the dungeon was located. Never would’ve expected to have ended up coming to this town so often. Though with the door I’d installed being connected to here, I was sure lots more opportunities to visit would be popping up in the future too.

As I headed toward the gate to enter Alfiro, I spotted a group of people wearing armor with a familiar design gathered right outside the town.

“Oh, Mr. Wye!”

One of them noticed me and waved—a lightly armored girl. Otherwise known as Nell.

“Yo, Nell. You’re lookin’ chipper. I know it hasn’t been all that long since I heard your voice, but damn, it really does make me happy to see your face again up close and personal.”

“I-I’m happy as well. But, um... Mr. Wye, everyone else is here too, so maybe you could tell me that in private later...”

When I went to pat her head, the embarrassed Nell sneakily peeked around her. My bet was that she was worried about what the other holy knights must’ve been thinking as they watched us. It was good to know that the bashful side of her I found incredibly cute hadn’t changed.

“You got it, babe. We’ll do this all over again later. In fact, I’ll take it up a notch and make you even more embarrassed.”

“No, please. Anything but that...”

She looked both exasperated and excited as she responded.

“This young man is the masked champion?”

The voice chiming in from next to us suddenly made me realize my screwup. I quickly turned around, pulled my mask out of Inventory, and shoved it onto my face before facing forward again.

“‘Young man’? Ha ha! I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m a shady masked guy of unknown age, okay? It’s not nice to make assumptions about people, y’know.”

“Mr. Wye... It’s too late to talk your way out of it at this point. If anything, don’t you think wearing a mask makes you more conspicuous?”

Huh. She’s right. I’d deadass just forgotten about the whole mask thing until now. But Nell made a fair point.

“Mask. Ever the same, eh?”

A wry smile accompanied Carlotta’s comment. I shrugged in response while taking off my beloved clown mask.

“More importantly, how about introducing your friends to me?”

“An excellent idea. Let me start from the left—”

The holy knights and I exchanged brief introductions. Not including Nell and Carlotta, there were seven of them. One woman, six men. Stats-wise, they were nowhere near Nell’s level or even Carlotta’s, but they were twice as strong as normal fighters.

“Are you sure this is enough people for a dungeon conquest?”

“We received another request, so we had to split up our forces, unfortunately. That’s one reason for our small group, but I also decided that you, Nell, and I would be enough to make up for the shortfall. So, frankly speaking, I appreciate your participation.”

“Like I’d turn down a request from my wife. Besides, the idea of conquering a dungeon tickles my pickle. Is the demon lord you’re after really that strong?”

“By all accounts, yes. The special party of adventurers formed to defeat him retreated after failing to accomplish the task on their initial foray. That is why I have no doubt he’s the sort of opponent we must remain on guard against at all times.”

Ooh, really? I’m starting to get excited now.

“Wait. Mr. Wye, where’s En? You didn’t bring her with you?”

“Nope. I asked her to stay behind this time.”

Yup, you heard right. In an unusual turn of events, En wasn’t with me on this trip. Nell’d told me in advance that the enemy’s dungeon wasn’t very spacious, so I’d decided not to take her with me.

Though En was my super strong, super cute, ultimate weapon, sadly, she was also super long. Longer than I was tall. Meaning I couldn’t just swing her around to my heart’s content because of the tight confines of the dungeon we were storming, plus the fact that there were other holy knights on this expedition too. Because of that, I’d been forced to make the heartbreaking decision to leave her behind.

“Who is En?”

Nell answered Carlotta’s question.

“That’s the name of Mr. Wye’s sword. You must have seen it yourself during the trouble at the royal capital. His long sword with the curved blade?”

“Ahhh... Yes, he was indeed in possession of such a weapon.”

Oh, yeah. I’d just realized that Carlotta hadn’t met En on our last trip to the capital a while back.

“I guess I should tell you that En is her pet name and her real name is Zaien. She’s the cutest little thing you’ll ever meet. An absolute angel. No, an archangel. If we get the chance, I’ll definitely let you meet her.”

“An...angel?”

“No. Archangel.”

“Your...sword is?”

“My sword is.”

“I... I see? Well, there are all kinds of people in this world, each with their own pastimes, eh?”

C’mon, Miss Carlotta. Please don’t look at me like that. I speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

I really needed her to stop staring at me like I was some kind of perverted freak for doting on an inorganic object I loved so much that I’d gone as far as naming it. I knew she wouldn’t look so suspicious or uptight once she met En. She’d definitely fall in love with her at first sight just like the rest of us had. No doubt in my mind.

“Ahem... In any case, we have everyone we need, so I’d like to depart right away. I hope you’re amenable?”

“Hell yeah. Ready when you are.”

As soon as I’d heard about the dungeon conquest, I’d grabbed basically anything I thought would come in handy. And by “anything” I meant a buttload of items.

Keh keh keh. Just wait for me and shake in your boots, demon lord I don’t know.

“Understood. The rest of you, prepare the coaches.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

The holy knights responded to her in unison, then moved as a unit toward the waiting vehicles. They were pretty magnificent, with both of them having the same crest engraved on the side as the one the knights had on their armor.

“Mask, I want you to board the carriage in front. We’re heading out!”

◇ ◇ ◇

“Oh, yeah, I wanted to ask you something. What made you decide to invite me specifically?”

Inside the rocking carriage, I asked that question to Carlotta, who was staring at her hand of cards with a frown. Sure, I was part of Nell’s family and had joined forces with Carlotta a bunch of times before, but as far as the holy knights were concerned, I was still an outsider. Even if they needed extra help, why would they ask someone like that for it?

“Ah, yes, about that. I probably shouldn’t say this, but we originally had no plans ourselves to request aid from someone outside our organization. For whatever reason, though, I received an official notice from the brass to rely on you,...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.3.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon
• Illustrationen: Daburyu
• Übersetzer: Kashi Kamitoma
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Game elements • Harem • Isekai • Light Novel • Magic • Overpowered • Reincarnation
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-9061-0 / 1718390610
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-9061-4 / 9781718390614