The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World: Volume 6 (eBook)

Kiichi Kosuzu (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-1860-1 (ISBN)

Infos

After being declared Demon Lord by the divine demon priestess Lulum, Seika heads to demon territory. The potential return of the Demon Lord after sixteen years prompts a council between the representatives of the seven demon races. However, with the pro-war and moderate factions clashing and each race pursuing its own agenda, the discussions quickly became deadlocked.

Disillusioned by the same political atmosphere he once loathed in his past life, Seika turns his attention to the young rulers who lack real power. As he spends time with them, memories of his time training his disciples begin to resurface.

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Chapter 1

Act 1

A carriage traveled along the imperial highway headed north. I sat in the driver’s seat, looking toward the cloudy sky as I clutched the reins in my hands. It was already spring, but due to both the overcast sky and the region we were in, it was still a little chilly.

“Hey, Seika. Are they all right behind us?” Lulum asked, sitting next to me.

I peered through the field of vision of the hitogata I had floating above us. There were four carriages in a row following behind ours. “They’re fine for now, but the rearmost carriage looks like it’s falling a little behind. We’ll take a break and let them catch up if they look like they’re getting separated,” I replied casually.

“Okay.” Lulum’s tone was just as unbothered.

After recovering the divine demon slaves from Elman and Neg, we’d been at a loss as to what to do and had decided to buy five carriages to transport them all. Though they were similar to humans, relatively speaking, divine demons still stood out. Some of them were still weak, so we needed a way to easily move them without drawing any unwanted attention. As for the funds to obtain the five whole carriages, we used the money we’d earned from completing requests.

Despite giving all the hydra reward money to Elman, we still had all the money we had earned before that. It had cost almost everything, but we’d managed to get enough carriages to transport everyone.

I was driving the first carriage, while the following ones were being driven respectively by Amyu, Mabel, Nozlow, and a divine demon who conveniently happened to know how to drive carriages. However, because we’d been in a hurry to buy them, the carriages’ sizes and speeds were all different. Combined with the fact that they were being driven by amateurs, our pace was completely unorderly.

In the end, we’d all had to match our speed to the slowest carriage, hindering our progress. Lulum was probably worried because slow-moving carriages were prime targets for bandits. Still, there was nothing to fear. When it came to brute force, I would never lose.

“Seika,” Lulum suddenly said quietly. “Do you still not believe me?”

“You expect me to accept it that easily when you tell me I’m the Demon Lord out of the blue?” I responded with a sigh. I’d thought it had to be some kind of joke when she’d first called me that and bowed before me. I had been genuinely shaken when it had quickly become apparent that she was serious.

For now, I’d at least managed to get her to stop talking like she was my vassal. I told her to focus on the slaves for the time being and managed to avoid any further discussion. Nonetheless, I was well aware that I was just putting the issue off until later. Choosing my words carefully, I began to speak.

“To start with, your basis for that claim is way too shaky. It’s possible the Demon Lord’s father just used the Lamprogue name. Maybe he thought claiming to be of high status would keep your people from killing him, so he blurted out the first noble he could think of.”

“Gilbert said he had an older brother with blond hair and blue eyes. Does that match your father?”

“Yes, but there are plenty of people in this country with blond hair and blue eyes. I’ve never heard my father say anything about a younger brother.”

“Really? You don’t think it’s possible that he just never told you?”

“Well...” The truth was, something did actually come to mind. When I first met the academy headmistress, she said that I had an uncle. “Still, I lived at the family manor for as long as I can remember. How would a demon child ever end up being raised in a noble house?” I shook my head.

“I don’t know... If Meloza hid the fact that she was a demon and begged, maybe your father took pity on his deceased brother’s child and took you in.”

“Come on, he’s a noble. They rarely take in their own illegitimate children, let alone those of their siblings.”

“Does your father really strike you as that sort of person? Someone so cold and focused on his status that he doesn’t care about his siblings?”

I held my tongue. Blaise showed little interest in politics or management of his territory, instead devoting most of his time to researching magic—he was hardly the picture of a noble. I had no idea how he felt about his younger brother, but given his relationships with his children, wife, servants, and even his parents, who had retired to an island, it was hard to imagine he was that harsh. I couldn’t honestly say I knew Blaise well enough to refute Lulum.

“Like I said before, your hair and eye color match Meloza’s son’s. What do you honestly think?”

“What do I think?” I repeated her question back to her, and Lulum continued.

“You’ve never had any doubts about where your incredible power comes from? You’ve never felt out of place among normal humans? Never felt like you were someone special—someone born to lead others?”

I couldn’t answer that. Of course I was different and had special powers. I had reincarnated from another world. I was the strongest exorcist in history. I had mastered countless curses and controlled powerful ayakashi. I most certainly was abnormal, but that didn’t mean I was the Demon Lord.

“At the very least, I’ve never thought of myself as that sort of leader.”

“Really?” Lulum hung her head at my repudiation. “But you wouldn’t have agreed to come to demon territory with us if you didn’t think there was at least a chance, right?”

“Well...” I responded half in exasperation. “I’m only coming because you begged me.” To be precise, it had been Lulum, Amyu, Yifa, and Mabel. Lulum because she believed I was the Demon Lord, and the girls because they wanted to make sure the small children got back safely. In the end, I had little choice but to agree to travel to Lulum’s hometown, even buying an extra carriage for the trip.

Nonetheless, Lulum insisted. “But you could’ve refused.”

“I’m doing this out of kindness. Please don’t misinterpret it.” Seeing Lulum’s silence, I hesitantly added a little clarification. “That said, I guess I can’t completely deny the possibility. We’re talking about something that happened right after I was born. I don’t have any memory of that time, so all I can do is speculate. Still, it seems pretty absurd to me.”

“I disagree,” Lulum said, then offered nothing further.

I fell silent as well, lost in thought. What I’d said to her wasn’t actually true. I didn’t think it was absurd at all. In fact, if it were true, it would explain a lot about my reincarnation. I had failed to reincarnate in my original world as planned and wound up here. After reflecting on the spell countless times, there was only one possible cause I could think of—the spell had failed to find a body. In that world’s future, there were no bodies capable of recreating the structure of my soul. It was unlikely, but not impossible.

Compared to ancient times when the descendants of the gods still lived, the humans of my era were far weaker. According to records I’d read, there had been several sorcerers stronger than myself in the past. If that trend continued and humans grew even weaker, it wouldn’t be surprising if people as proficient in sorcery as I stopped being born altogether.

So, how was it that this body from another world met the proper conditions? From what I could tell, humans in this world were even weaker than in my previous one. Even in this world’s historical records, there were few figures like the warriors who conquered Ezo several centuries ago or my master’s father, who was a powerful exorcist capable of slaying ryuu—except for the Hero and the Demon Lord.

It was hard to believe that someone meeting the conditions for my reincarnation would be born to an unremarkable noble family. I already knew who the Hero was, so perhaps this body did belong to the Demon Lord. As Lulum had pointed out, there was a lot of circumstantial evidence to support it. Some of it was a stretch, but not enough to dismiss the possibility outright. For the time being, maybe it was wise to consider myself the Demon Lord.

Unfortunately, that was the worst possible scenario for me. I had hoped to avoid those in power as much as possible, but the Demon Lord wasn’t someone who could do that. It might have been wishful thinking to ever hope that my reincarnation could be a normal person. I had too much power in my past life—being reborn as someone ordinary wasn’t possible. I would just have to accept that. It was time to find my resolve and throw myself into the schemes that surrounded me.

Overwhelmed by the weight on my mind, I let out a quiet sigh. The real reason I’d agreed to accompany Lulum was because that was the conclusion I’d come to. Refusing wouldn’t have solved the problem. If anything, it might have escalated the situation further and caused the demons to come to me instead. It would be a disaster if a dispute broke out over that. If the imperial court were to find out and learn that I was the Demon Lord, things were liable to spiral out of control.

That was why I decided that it was better to simply visit demon territory myself. At the very least, it would prevent them from coming to the empire and causing trouble. Additionally, I didn’t know enough about...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
• Illustrationen: Yuunagi
• Übersetzer: Jarod Blackburn
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: action • familiars • Isekai • Magic • Magic Academy • OP protagonist • Reincarnation
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-1860-X / 171831860X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-1860-1 / 9781718318601