Chapter 9: The Healing Magician Controls the World Gathering
Eve broke into the World Gathering.
At the best possible time.
Nobody expected this.
Of course, any country trying to specialize in information warfare should have known that among my companions was a black-winged demon. However, there was no one to guess that the Demon King himself would arrive at this time.
…Probably only two people in the world could have guessed it. Ellen and Bullet.
As looks of fear, revulsion, and astonishment met Eve’s, she gasped.
“Um, humans call our domain demon territory, right?”
Demon territory was the name the humans had given it. In fact, the demons had names for all their cities and countries, but they also had a word to refer to everything as a whole.
“I’ll say it again. In the name of Demon King Eve Reese, the Panacea Realm and the demon territory have allied. Enemies from the Panacea Realm will be recognized as enemies from the demon territory, and likewise, enemies from the demon territory will also be enemies from the Panacea Realm.”
Eve, who thus declared, came up to me and sat down next to me. She then looked at my face with a mischievous expression. As she sat down, she had declared that she would participate in the World Gathering. The lips of the host, the Holy Emperor, trembled with anger. No, it wasn’t just anger, it was mixed with anxiety and terror.
“Crap! It is impossible for the Demon King to even come to this place!”
“Impossible or whatever, I am the Demon King… Come on, you get it, right?”
Eve released the power from her body. Since she was a Demon King candidate until she became a Demon King she had acquired such power and intelligence. She until recently kept that power to herself and she hadn’t been able to use it properly, but she had finally become familiar enough with it. The magical power released, and especially the quality of it, was overwhelmingly sinister. Even if it didn’t expose more than a hint of its power, anyone who could sense magic power to some degree was frozen by it.
That was more persuasive than 100 million words.
There was no monster similar to the Demon King.
Even the Holy Emperor understood that Eve was not only the Demon King in theory, but in soul, or at least a comparable being.
“Why? Why!? A dirty bastard in our God-blessed country! Enemy of mankind!”
“Yes that’s how it is. We are indeed the enemies of humanity. We are in war. But for us, you were the ones who picked a fight.”
“This pure land was given to us by God. Dirty lives must go. This is a holy war!”
The Dioral Kingdom was not the only one in the world that was active in the war with the demons and took various things from others under the guise of helping. The Falan religion also expelled the demons because of its doctrine and promoted the war to obtain the demonic territory.
…Well, that’s why the Dioral Kingdom and the Falan religion were on very good terms.
“Wow, how do you say that? That was a bit off-putting, we’re just living. But hey, I don’t care about people like you. Me and Kearuga…… ah, now it’s Kearu. I joined Kearu and the others. Do not think that we will try to get along with those who do not recognize us, we only want to get along with those who we can get along with. But if they look for a fight, they will have it. I don’t want to be destroyed by a God that doesn’t even exist.”
Maybe Eve didn’t do it on purpose, but she was occasionally awfully good at messing with people’s minds. The last sentence, a God that doesn’t even exist, was an extraordinary provocation against the Holy Emperor.
“It is decided in this place that the Panacea Kingdom is the enemy of humanity! Everyone will purify the evil country that sold their soul to the devils!!”
The Holy Emperor was talking bullshit in his tantrum. Did he really understand the meaning of what he was saying? When Eve was about to open her mouth I stopped her and stood up.
Although the plan had gotten a bit out of hand, this flow of events was in the range of what was expected. Ellen had prepared the scenario that followed.
“Do they recognize us as enemies of the world? Isn’t that silly? This is the World Meeting. A place where representatives of the countries of the world meet to discuss with dialogue. As the host, you don’t have the authority to arbitrarily decide that. This is the second time I say it. Learn to control yourself.”
“Shut up, demons are enemies of humanity!”
“We have continued to pointlessly shed blood for hundreds of years by deciding that the Demons are enemies of humanity. Do you still want to continue with that stupidity? I am sorry. This way we can dialogue with the Demon King. After all, we, the Panacea Kingdom, are her ally. Why are you trying to continue a war that can be ended?”
“That is the will of God! We must purify his dirty lives!”
“Those are not the world’s reasons, but yours. I do not know or care about the doctrine of the Falan Religion. So the Panacea Kingdom proclaims the following…This World Gathering, has become the property of the Falan Religion, therefore it has no meaning anymore. The Panacea Kingdom and its allies will withdraw from the World Gathering and we will set up a meeting world with real meaning. Of course, the demonic territory will also participate. In order to end hundreds of years of futile battles, hold hands and move on.”
The countries that had declared themselves as allies of the Panacea Kingdom just recently cheered at my words.
“Do you plan to make the world your enemy?”
“With this one they already go three times. The Falan religion is not the world. To begin with, do you think you can beat us?”
“Fufun, as long as Kearu and I are here we are invincible. I have no problem making enemies with everyone here.”
The turmoil spread throughout the World Gathering. After all, the Demon King had joined forces with a monster beyond Bullet, who risked destroying the world. And it was established that there would be no danger in antagonizing anyone except us, and if they came to attack us they would be destroyed. Furthermore, the five countries that announced our alliance were all great powers. Not only in military strength, but also in economic power. If the allies joined the fight, the result was obvious to everyone. Where before only demons had fought for hundreds of years in their rivalry with humans, an even stronger power had been added. There was no way to beat that.
…Then what will happen to those who are dedicated to protecting themselves?
“W-We will also join the alliance with the Panacea Kingdom.”
“My country too.”
Amid the commotion, two countries announced their participation in the alliance. Actually, there were not five countries that had been prepared in advance, but seven, and it was decided that they would join the alliance when the Meeting started. There was a good reason for choosing this moment.
“Lean Grand will be joining too!”
“Then Tarnia too.”
“Serenni too!”
The reason for delaying the announcement of the participation of the two extra countries was to play traitors. Doing so created an atmosphere where it would be easier to leave the World Gathering and betray them.
No country wants to be the first to betray the others.
But by not being the first to carry out the betrayal, the psychological resistance disappears. From the beginning, we were the strongest. So, it was self-evident that they would come over to our side like an avalanche. And the more participants will join, the greater the flow would be. And so, most of the countries that did not have a strong relationship with the Falan Religion had come over to our side.
Seeing him, the Holy Emperor muttered that it was impossible and his face turned pale.
“What a shame…I’m glad that our alliance is growing, but now there’s no point in withdrawing. Anyway, we have the most influence.”
I exclaimed while shrugging my shoulders. It was no longer just the potential for war, the number of countries participating in the World Gathering were also mostly Panacea’s allies.
Now, let’s go to the final stage.
“The Panacea Kingdom has a proposition. I would like to ask the current representative of the World Gathering, the Holy Emperor, to step down. After all, for a while now he has made many comments with the intention of hijacking the World Gathering. He is not suitable for that position…… So from now on I, Kearu the King of Panacea, will take control.”
“A-As if something like that would happen!”
“Enough is enough, are you incapable of learning? I’ll just say it one more time, this is not your church, It is the World Meeting. A place where a discussion takes place and the number of votes is prioritized over the word of God… So, those who agree, raise your hands.”
Many hands went up at once. The result was clear.
“Most agree. So, from now on the World Gathering will be led by the King of Panacea, Kearu. I know, the first topic will be…the end of the war between humans and demons. I think it will be difficult for all countries to draw a conclusion here. However, I would like you to listen to some of the stories and take them with you back to your home countries. Then, we will decide it in another Meeting that will take place in three months.”
Except in cases of urgency, the World Meeting occurred once every three months. Probably, the image that we portrayed at that time has become clear and could say
that the true meaning of the battle between humans and demons is over.
…But then various problems might arise with it. There were many who did not want the war with the demons to end. The fight generates various demands, such as mercenaries, weapons, armor, medicine, doctors, accommodation, food, etc.
It was also true that there were people and nations that benefited from the battle. But that does not matter. I will end this pointless battle so I can make Eve feel good and give her love. Feeling the attention focused on me, I slowly walked towards the central part, where the Holy Emperor was, and hit his shoulder.
“You have become another participant. It’s useless for you to stay there forever, isn’t it?”
The Holy Emperor looked at me with bloodshot eyes. But he no longer had power. He left moving slowly using all the strength of him. Speaking of which, the whole time he gave us a hostile and annoyed look. Not just me, he also directed his displeasure at Setsuna and Guren. I must give you my gratitude. I will thoroughly torment the Falan Religion.
I, the new host, selflessly read aloud the script prepared by Ellen.
As I did, I looked at Ellen… Ellen really was a monster.
She wrote a scenario in which she evaded severance pay, and in the process I took over the World Gathering. Good thing she’s my ally. That strength was his alone. The world belonged to me. She had more freedom, than I’ve ever had, to do what she wanted.
I said it before the battle was over, that she would relax me while she grew apples. I was quickly moving away from that goal, but since this got interesting, that’s fine.