Daily Life of the Demon King and the Girls, Part Two

Author: Unicoon
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n8138gc/38/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

The castle town of Romulus, lit by morning sun.
Charlotte, Olivia, and Natasha were walking the town’s main avenue.
Having finished the vampire subjugation, they had been given the day off.

It should have been an enjoyable holiday.
Olivia, however, looked apologetic.

“I’m sorry, both of you… you invited me shopping, and in the end Lady Ulrika couldn’t come…”

“It’s fine, Olivia. That couldn’t be helped.”

“Yes. It couldn’t be helped.”

Charlotte and Natasha both started giggling.

“After all, the three of us—myself, Natasha, and Olivia—tried to wake her, and she wouldn’t get up at all.”

“Ulrika really was sleeping so soundly!”

Yes. The reason for Lady Ulrika’s absence was sleeping in.

“Haa… from tonight I’ll put her to bed early.”

“That’s right. School starts tomorrow. We have to make sure she isn’t late.”

“I know! Let’s buy Ulrika a souvenir to take back!”

“My, that’s a good idea!”

“Yes. I’m sure Lady Ulrika will be glad.”

Looking for a souvenir for Lady Ulrika, the three of them went around the town.
Then—

“Look! The Angel of the Sun!”

“It’s true. The hero who defeated the vampire!”

“The pride of the people of Romulus!”

Noticing Charlotte, people gathered one after another.
In no time the avenue was packed.
And then—

“Look, the Silver Maiden is with her too!”

“””The Silver Maiden?”””

The three of them tilted their heads together.
Meanwhile people kept crowding around Natasha.

“So that girl is the Silver Maiden, Lady Natasha!”

“She has a beautiful silver-white sword, I hear. It must be a holy sword.”

“Rumor is she destroyed the vampire with splendid swordsmanship. Amazing, right!”

“Au au… what do we do!?”

Before they knew it, the citizens were calling Natasha the Silver Maiden.
Jostled, she was in a great panic.
And then further—

“Hey, the Healing Saint is with them too!”

“””The Healing Saint?”””

After Charlotte and Natasha, last it was Olivia’s turn.

“No mistake. It’s the Healing Saint!”

“I hear she healed the angel’s wounds with powerful healing magic.”

“That’s not all. With sacred magic, she supposedly kept the vampire at bay.”

The name Healing Saint had been stuck on Olivia.
Through the vampire subjugation, the three of them had become the town’s heroes entirely.

“Lady Charlotte, Sasha. What do we do!?”

“What, you ask… this is troubling…”

“Hyaa~, I can’t move~”

The citizens gathering one after another threatened to crush the three of them.
Then, from somewhere, a cute voice could be heard.

“Angew~”

The speaker was a little girl of about three.
She slipped between people’s legs and ran toward Charlotte.

“Angew~, this is for you~! Au.”

A little short of reaching Charlotte, the girl tripped with a thud.
Charlotte and Natasha noticed first and quickly helped her up.

“Are you all right? Come, get up slowly.”

“Uuh… it huuurts…”

“This is bad, she’s hurt! Livi!”

“Leave it to me. I’ll treat her at once.”

Olivia ran up as well and activated healing magic.
The surroundings were wrapped in the soft light of healing magic, and the people’s stir gradually settled.

“Au… huh… it doesn’t hurt?”

“There. You’re all right now.”

The injury was gone completely; the girl stood, energetic.
She peered around, then noticed Charlotte in front of her.

“Ah, angew!”

“I’m glad. You’re all better.”

“Um, a cookie…”

With a small hand the girl held out a wrapped cookie.
The shock of the fall, however, seemed to have broken it to pieces.

“Ah… the cookie…”

Tears welled in the girl’s eyes.
Charlotte crouched and wiped the girl’s eyes with her hand.

“You’re giving the cookie to me?”

“Yeah… but it broke…”

“No, it’s all right!”

So saying, she popped a cookie fragment into her mouth.

“Crunch, crunch… mm! It’s very delicious!”

Charlotte smiled.
She gently stroked the girl’s head with both hands.

“Um… may I have some too?”

“That’s not fair, Sasha. I want some too.”

“Fufu. May I share the cookie with these two as well?”

“Yeah.”

With the girl’s leave, Natasha and Olivia popped cookie in their mouths too.

“Crunch, crunch… it really is a delicious cookie!”

“Crunch, crunch… I’d like Lady Ulrika to have some too.”

“Thank you for the cookie. It was very delicious.”

“Yeah!”

Wrapped in the three’s kindness, the girl was all smiles.
Lit by sunlight, the girls glittered.
The citizens watching could not help letting out a “haa…”

“What a beautiful sight…”

“Such a kind princess… truly an angel…”

“Ah… those girls must be messengers of God…”

Cheers and applause rose from the citizens.
Wrapped in the people’s praise, the three of them went bright red.

✦ ✦ ✦

A warm, sunny time past noon.
This was the student dormitory of Romulus Academy.

Lady Ulrika, still half-asleep, walked the corridor, swaying.

“Fuaah~… is it noon already… where is Livi…”

Apparently Lady Ulrika had only just gotten up, past noon.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she came to the exit of the dorm.
Then three boys were sitting on a sofa in front of the exit.

All three wore the same navy school uniforms as Lady Ulrika.

“Oh? The same uniform as me!”

Noticing, Lady Ulrika pattered over to the three of them.

“You there. Don’t tell me you’re in the same class as me?”

The three boys started at Lady Ulrika’s sudden appearance.
One of them let out an “ah.”

“The country girl from that time!?”

The one who spoke was a boy who had once been in Charlotte’s entourage.
Beppo, who had arranged the lesser dragon at the end of the entrance exam.

“Hoh? I remember you. So we were in the same class!”

Lady Ulrika smiled, looking pleased.
Beppo, however, wore a sullen expression.

“What? You’re making fun of me anyway, right? I tried so hard to get in with Lady Charlotte, I was going to bully you too, and in the end I’m lower class…”

“Hn? I’m not making fun of you at all.”

“That’s a lie. You hate me anyway…”

“That’s not so. I’m glad we’re in the same class!”

“Glad?”

“Mm! Classmates, that’s what it is. Let’s get along from now on!”

Faced with a smile too bright from Lady Ulrika, Beppo couldn’t help turning his face away.
Then a thick voice called to the smiling Lady Ulrika.

“Ohh! What a beautiful smile!”

Thud! A boy stamped his foot and stood.
A muscular, tall, solidly built boy.

“Hm? You’re the same class too?”

“My name is Charles! My father serves as a priest at the church! This year I enrolled in the lower class of Romulus Academy! Little girl, a pleasure!”

Charles introduced himself at high volume.
A large body and a large voice: tremendous force.

“Fuu. Then I suppose I should introduce myself as well.”

The third boy stood from the sofa too.
A thin, short boy in glasses.

“My name is Henry. I do have some noble blood, but it’s a weak rural house… and I’m a sixth son, so my standing is little different from a commoner’s. I look forward to working with you.”

Henry bowed.
In contrast to Charles, a small voice and a gloomy air.

“Charles and Henry, is it! I am Ulrika! From now on we’re the same class. Let’s have fun toge—”

Then a grr~ sounded.

“Muu… I’m hungry…”

The sound was Lady Ulrika’s stomach.
She rubbed it.
Charles held out a small package to the hungry Lady Ulrika.

“If you’d like, this! Cookies made at the church!”

What Charles had was a small wrapped cookie.
Seeing it, Lady Ulrika leaped on it and popped it in her mouth.

“Am! Crunch, crunch… crunch, crunch… it’s delicious!”

Lady Ulrika finished the cookie in no time.
Then her stomach sounded grr~ again.

Apparently a cookie alone had not been enough.
Brows drawn, she looked at the three of them, wanting more.
Beppo, Charles, and Henry rummaged through their bags.

“Uh, I have a few doughnuts…”

“I have a few more cookies…”

“If candy is all right, I have some…”

“…You’ll give them to me?”

Lady Ulrika tilted her head.
There was no refusing. It was a ferocious cuteness.

“””…Please.”””

“I did it! Thank you!!”

Receiving doughnuts, cookies, and candy, Lady Ulrika was overjoyed.
She took Beppo’s, Charles’s, and Henry’s hands in turn.

“I love all three of you! We’re already friends!!”

“””Eeh~…”””

The three of them were overwhelmed by Lady Ulrika’s force.

And so, in an unexpected place, Lady Ulrika made three more friends.

✦ ✦ ✦

Dusk.
Charlotte was alone on the inner-courtyard terrace of Romulus Castle, reading.
Then King Zenon arrived, looking tired.

“Charlotte. Reading in a place like this?”

“Yes. Father… you’ve finished work, haven’t you…”

From King Zenon’s manner, Charlotte saw at once that work was over.
As expected of a daughter; she knew her father well.

King Zenon let out a deep “fuu” and sat at the tea table.

“Lately I’ve been chased by work… hn? That’s an unusual book you’re reading.”

“Yes. A gift from Ulrika.”

King Zenon remembered the special training for vampire subjugation.

“Come to think of it, she said she’d give gifts when the training was over.”

“Natasha received a sword called Yogsword, Olivia a staff called Star Staff Ouranos, and I received this.”

So saying, Charlotte turned the book’s cover toward King Zenon.

“The Demonica State Ledger!”

“The Demonica State Ledger? What’s that?”

“Just as the name says, a record of the statecraft Ulrika has carried out in the Demon Realm. It apparently notes every event of a thousand years.”

“A thousand years!? That’s quite a long… what’s in it?”

“Let’s see… how to assemble a political system, methods of using magic resources, records of economic policy, methods of magic education, the history of medical development, disaster measures, the elimination of poverty, problems of discrimination, war as well, and also…”

“Wait a moment!”

Holding his head, King Zenon raised a hand and cut her off.

“More than I thought… mm… far beyond what I imagined. Compared with the Kingdom of Romulus, the Demon Realm seems to have carried out quite advanced policy. Is this Ulrika’s power as well…”

“Ulrika’s thoughts are written too. Look!”

Charlotte flung the book open.
On the opened page, large letters were written across the spread.

“All for the rich lives of the people I love.”

“Ha ha ha! As I thought, I still don’t come close to her feet.”

Seeing the words, King Zenon clutched his stomach and roared with laughter.
Then he slapped his cheeks and stood.

“This is no time to rest! I have to work hard so I don’t lose to Ulrika!”

King Zenon’s expression was full of motivation.
The tired air of a moment ago seemed to have blown somewhere away.

“That’s right, Charlotte. I have a request.”

“What is it?”

“When you finish that book, will you lend it to me as well?”

“Yes, of course!”

So saying, Charlotte clenched both hands.

“Father! Please do your best at work!”

“Yes!”

And so King Zenon was seen off by an angel’s smile.