The Disgusting Demon Queen (1)
King of Demons. The pinnacle of evil. The embodiment of malice.
In countless creations, he appears as the ultimate final boss, the most terrifying antagonist. Yet at the same time, he can become an excellent material for a very attractive character.
However, to become an attractive demon king, one thing was required.
And that was appearance. A heavy mid-young man, a dashing young man, or even a well-groomed beauty, let alone a cute girl.
If not, he would simply be a villain to be killed. But if even that demon king, let alone took the form of a human, imagine it.
Although unthinkable, reality is truly cruel. Appearanceism, or rather humanism, has already taken deep root in the world.
Those who do not meet human standards are villains. Therefore, all must be killed.
“Your Majesty.” The envoy sent from the Human Empire has arrived.
[Oh.]
Having just been reincarnated, I did not want to become a villain to serve as a stepping stone for the heroes. Hearing the words of my butler, the vampire Robert, I took a step.
The result of a hundred years of effort was this. I had originally walked the opposite path from the predetermined demon king. I united the demon race, scattered across various species, and healed their conflicts.
And with the power thus gathered, I focused on internal development, economic growth, and social stability rather than invasion.
“His Majesty the Demon King has graced us!”
Robert’s roar lined up all the subordinates in perfect formation.
At the top floor of a modern reinforced concrete building, the various species of subordinates in uniforms stood on both sides. A few humans looked tense and bowed their heads in greeting.
[It’s been a while, Count Kruger.]
“It is so, Your Highness.”
Edward von Kruger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Human Empire and a great lord with his own territory in the northern region of the Empire. At the same time, a human noble of the Empire with a friendly demon-kin tendency maintaining close relations with our Demon Realm.
“His Majesty the Emperor has sent annual national letters and this time strongly supports the marriage alliance between our two sides once again.”
[…Oh.]
Kruger offered formal greetings and began to speak of the matter. Regarding this point, I honestly had little to say.
The Empire had continued to strengthen this alliance since we first joined hands. It was inevitable. From the very setting of this work, our Demon Realm was already so strong that it could bring the entire world to ruin by itself.
However, even I was stunned by the young Emperor’s actions. No matter how power-hungry, to force his own sister into marriage with the Demon King.
[As always, enjoy yourself.]
It was not the first time, and in truth there was not much to discuss. I sent the humans to the banquet hall and returned to my room.
Honestly, my mood was not good. These days, it had become much worse, periodically. A recurring gloom.
“Your Highness…”
[I couldn’t refuse out of consideration for our Demon Realm’s honor, but honestly, it’s a bit… I wish it had been sent to someone like the Demon Grand Duke or the Demon Count, who are attractive even by human standards.]
“Do not speak such words, Your Highness. You are the strongest demon, the pinnacle of evil, the Demon King.”
[…Yeah.]
I nodded, but sighed inwardly. In the end, the demon Robert would not understand.
For demons, the standard is only power, only strength. The strong are beautiful, noble, and right.
Even by my standards, the succubus queen or the yoho captain with supreme beauty would likely beg me to accept their seed if I were to propose.
Yet even now, a hundred years later, I who still carry the values of the human from before reincarnation found it impossible to accept such notions.
[Seed…]
Alone, I secretly picked up the hand mirror on the table, then immediately turned away in disgust and set it down.
Myself was pathetic. Even before reincarnation, when I was an ordinary person, I had not felt such inferiority about my appearance. But now that I had left the human world, that feeling grew even stronger.
Knowing this was wrong only made it worse. I looked in the mirror again and tightly closed my eyes.
However, a monster with one large eyeball attached to its head was just too much, wasn’t it?
“The humans have said they will send the princess as soon as possible.”
[I hope it’s delayed as long as possible. Well, I’ve heard it. Everyone, focus on your duties. There are still many places where the national development project has not been completed. Pay special attention to those.]
“We will obey the order.”
Now, the administration moved swiftly even without me worrying about every detail.
They were strong demons after all. Given their nature of absolute loyalty to the strong, our Demon Kingdom had only one thing left to do: expand our power and stabilize the Demon Realm.
[Just in case, prepare everything so the princess doesn’t feel uncomfortable living here…]
“Your Highness.”
[I don’t know about the others, but I have no desire to rough up the girl who is coming to marry me.]
After the meeting ended, I gave Robert special instructions. The Imperial Princess Seria Rene Laose who was to marry me.
I had already investigated who she was. I did not want to shock her with my appearance when the girl would come here while still young.
This was also my inferiority complex. But since it was a fact, I could only groan inwardly. No one understood my suffering.
[I’m sleeping…]
“Should I prepare tentacles?”
[…No, today I’m sleeping alone.]
Until now, I had periodically enjoyed wild nights with beautiful, sexy demon women who genuinely liked me and tentacles. But today, I simply had no mood for it.
I slid onto the bed larger than my old apartment, lay down, and pulled the blanket over my body with tentacles.
I wanted to return. No, I wanted to become human.
In the meantime, many things had happened, but somehow I was not getting used to it and still seemed stuck at the moment of reincarnation.
Tears trickled from my half-closed eyes amid the recurring torment and emptiness that came to me whenever I forgot.
“Master!”
[?]
“Please listen to my story, Otherworld lifeform!”
However, at that moment, I instinctively opened my eyes wide.
[Who the hell are you?]
“Ah… aaaaaah!”
I instantly threw off the blanket and extended dozens of tentacles to suppress the intruder in an instant.
A single strike wrapped in demon energy that no sword master’s sword qi could reach. I guarantee that even heroes cannot escape it at this point.
“Kehk… s-save me…”
[Fairy? But slightly different.]
I opened my eyes and closely examined her.
Her ears were pointed, with her long pink hair draped and wearing a pure white dress. But she was not an elf. On her back were wings like those of a butterfly.
I dug through my memories.
I did not recall that such species existed in the Demon Realm, the human world, or the elf and celestia realms.
[How pitiful. Did you come knowing who I am, fairy?]
“Huuuueh…”
My eyes widened. Anyway, it had been a while since something interesting had happened.
“My… my name is…”
[What?]
“P-please… give me your name…”
She frantically searched her pocket with her wiggling hand and pulled out something. I extended one tentacle to snatch it.
More than that, a name card? An extremely familiar yet unfamiliar word.
“Scout, Department Manager Yuria of Ranaland Co., Ltd.?”
What kind of grotesque hybrid is this. Shocked, I loosened my grip on her neck.
After all, within the space wrapped in my power, she could not run away, and no other demons could come looking.
*
[Now, tell me.]
[Wrong move.]
Fairy Yuria knelt properly, but sweat poured down her body. Until now, whenever she met anyone, her only head-lowering had been to fellow fairies, and among them only a handful of superiors.
But at this moment, she truly felt fear.
“I-I’m… I mean…”
[You said scout. Why would a scout come here?]
[If I speak, I die.]
Color drained from Yuria’s face as she desperately racked her brain.
But there was no answer. She could not lie to those large eyes staring down at her.
“To… to arrange a contract…”
[What contract?]
“A-a magical girl…!”
[Speak louder. Do you want your limbs to break one by one and be crushed so your voice can get louder?]
“Hiiiiik!”
Seeing the tentacles around her approaching slowly, she shook her head violently.
“A magical girl! To arrange a magical girl contract!”
In the end, the moment one tentacle wrapped around her ankle, she let out a loud cry.
[What nonsense is that?]
“T-this, the Demon King of the other world. Of course you wouldn’t know what a magical girl is. But let me explain…”
[No, I think I know what a magical girl is. What I’m asking now is why you came here.]
“That is…”
Yuria, slightly startled, checked her surroundings before beginning to explain bit by bit.
Her fairy company Ranaland was lagging behind in competition with other companies and its sales were not doing well.
Because of that, the ambitious Yuria, for promotion and incentives, crossed the world’s wall alone, knowing it was illegal, in search of a stronger and more beautiful magical girl.
She had found her solely with talent, but it had gone wrong or she had fallen here.
“I am truly sorry, Great Demon King. No, Your Majesty the Demon King. I had no malice at all. I just accidentally activated it and… I apologize for the rudeness. I will do anything. Please spare me. I am truly reflecting. I’m not like a rabbit at home right now, but even so, my siblings are all looking at me, and if I die here, our company will go bankrupt and the Earth business I’m currently focused on will definitely…”
[Wait. Did you say Earth just now?]
Yuria pressed her forehead to the floor and fired off more words, then suddenly stopped.
Before her was a large, crooked one-eyed tentacle staring at her up close.