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Looking at the peaceful and happy scene, no one could tell that Suberbian City was preparing for war.

When the dawn of the morning once again cast upon the Demon King City above the Floating Flower Abyss, the demons began to move. A demon with broad bat wings flew over the streets of Suberbian City at a low height, delivering the milk from daily orders to every household with precision. When it was delivered to a certain household, the male owner of that household had already gotten up and was smoking by the window, with his horns bent back.

“Good morning, Uncle Haven.” The milkman kindly greeted him, then he approached quietly and asked in a low voice.

“Have you heard the news of the expedition? I heard that this expedition is…..”

The male owner flicked the cigarette ash with a calm expression on his face, but his slightly tilted back corners showed his pride.

“His Majesty Ansel sent over 400,000 troops.” He said with certainty, as if he had already learned the inside information. Of course, this is not a secret, but the media has not reported it for the time being. The male owner heard the sound of opening windows from next door. Obviously, in the warlike Demon Realm, his good neighbors could not resist the temptation of war-related news and were eavesdropping, so he felt even more proud.

“As for why I know…” He dragged his tone, “My son, he didn’t want to inherit the family business before and went to join His Majesty’s army? This time he will also join the army as a small captain. Alas, the child is too old. Now, I can only let him make contributions.”

What a humblebrag demon world Edition!

The milkman’s face was full of envy.

“It would be such a great honor to join His Majesty’s army and maybe he will be able to meet His Majesty in person!”

He spoke the hearts of other demons, and the eavesdropping neighbors sighed enviously. The male owner suddenly felt that the horns on the top of his head were shining brightly, and he lit another cigarette with a smile on his face.

“Not at all, not at all, that’s His Majesty the Demon King.”

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Right now, His Majesty the Demon King is pulling his own hair.

This has been going on for several days because of the military expenditure. But no matter what, the pulled hair cannot be turned into military expenses, and it is useless to pluck them.

It would be fun to go on an expedition for a while, but the military expenses…..

Phoenix Finny stood on his sycamore wooden shelf, seeing Ansel so anxious, he couldn’t bear it.

“Your Majesty, do you really have to go on this expedition?” He tilted his crested head, “The Seventh Abyss is not His Majesty’s territory, and even if something happens, it will not affect His Majesty. If you only care about the face of the joint expedition, then wouldn’t it be better to reduce the number of people?

Ansel, who was squeezing the Chancellor of the Exchequer to try to get him to think of another way, stopped speaking. At that moment, his thoughts seemed to return to when he was still an angel.

“It’s not like that, Finny.”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was put down, and his soft jelly-like pink body stood up softly, looking very bouncy.

“It’s not because of our face that we have to send people but the matter of the Seventh Abyss must be resolved, otherwise it will affect the entire Demon Realm.”

Ansel has seen the kind of things that appear in the Seventh Abyss now. When he was an angel, he stood in front of the tide of those things with a bow and arrow in his hand and an unprecedented disaster was reflected in his sunset-colored pupils. With his strength, he almost didn’t come back. After he escaped by chance, he desperately delivered the news to his superiors, and told the horror of those things to the surrounding angels, but——

No one listened to him.

What’s even more ridiculous is that in the demon realm, he has authority that he didn’t have before. As soon as the matter of the Seventh Abyss came out, Ansel immediately recalled what he had seen in the past. He wondered if anyone would listen to him this time.

Levy, the demon king of the southern region, has been doing rotten things all year round. In desperation, he called Saros, who always opposed him in terms of policy. Ansel thought very well, even if, even if no one listened to him this time, he would still go alone to fight against those things.

However……

【…Don’t worry, speak slowly. 】

【I am listening. 】

That’s why we have this joint expedition now.

“Judging from the battle reports from the front line, the situation doesn’t seem too optimistic.” Ansel withdrew his thoughts and said, “I don’t know what those things are yet, but they clearly have some hierarchy and enough intelligence. At present, the Demon King from the three regions have already dispatched troops in advance. After the news from the already sent troops came back, would they still have no objection to sending more troops?”

Even Levi, the demon king of the southern region who always likes to put on airs, shut up and started raising military funds. The demon kings obviously realized the gravity of the situation.

Finny understood, he understood it all, but he just feels so sorry for His Majesty’s hair.

“Bululu, can’t you squeeze some more money out?” He said to the pink jelly-like object, “As the Chancellor of the Exchequer, now is the time for you to share His Majesty’s worries!”

Upon hearing this, the jelly-shaped Bululu’s facial features, composed of three black holes floating in the body, revealed an expression similar to a monk’s shouting.

“Sell me woo woo woo woo! Money is being used everywhere! Money is being used everywhere! My money is woo woo woo!”

His whole slime body seems to be dying.

“This year’s taxes haven’t been paid yet, and the money recovered from the Public Infrastructure Investment Department is also limited. If His Majesty’s new trade policy is approved, we can gain some breathing space from the deposit of the first order…”

Ansel gets angry when he thinks about it.

“Saros rejected our proposal.”

Bululu immediately exclaimed.

“How despicable! He must know that the city of Suberbian is in dire situation!”

Bululu, who loves money as much as his life, can’t understand that someone would have trouble with money. His jelly-shaped body was a temporary entrance to the treasury of Suberbian City. Bululu lowered his head and looked inside, looking at the pitiful reserve of gold coins in the treasury for emergency, he felt a bit sad for a moment.

Too poor! It’s too poor!

But even so, Bululu still bypassed the entrance to the national treasury in his body, and dug out another small treasury of his own. Ansel saw a soft translucent tentacle sticking out, holding a gold coin.

“Here, this is my private treasury.” Bululu sobbed sadly, “There’s no more left, I will give you the last gold coin, for the rest…the rest… Bululu will think of a way… …”

The emerging Demon City is burning money everywhere, making it difficult to hold the post of Chancellor of Exchequer. The situation would only have been worse if it hadn’t been for Bululu who had been in this position for three hundred years, who loves to accumulate wealth and is as frugal as life. At least every time Ansel squeezed personally, Bululu would always spit out some of the accumulated gold coins for him.

But this time, obviously there really wasn’t any left.

Ansel looked down at the shiny gold coin, raised his hand, and rubbed Bululu’s head.

After being rubbed, the jelly-like body of the Chancellor of the Exchequer undulated under the hands of the Demon King.

“No, you don’t need to use your private treasury. You have already contributed too many times to me and to the city of Suberbian.” Ansel kneaded this lump of jelly, just like he did every time in the last three hundred years.

“I will find a way, you go to work.”

He put the gold coin on top of the slime, which was immediately swallowed into the jelly’s body with a “grunt”. Bululu was only half a person tall, and he looked up at the Demon King who started to review the official documents again

“But Your Majesty…”

“It’s okay, I will find a way.”

Bululu burst into tears, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is so kind, yet so poor! I heard that the demon king Saros is so extravagant that he can use gold coins to pave the road. One day, Bululu will definitely run to the Western Regions and strip away the land completely!

After sending away his Chancellor of Exchequer, Ansel still has to face reality. He stared at the financial statements with a solemn expression, and he was sure that without a windfall, the military funds would not be enough to pass the hurdle.

It’s not that he can’t borrow money from Saros, who has accumulated a lot of wealth for generations, but…

Ansel closed the report with a blank expression.

Unless he is too desperate, he will never borrow money from that guy, it’s too shameful!

There seemed to be a strange magic fluctuation outside the door, and Ansel raised his head sharply. The Demon King’s office is soundproofed, but he can detect the slightest fluctuation in magic power. Sure enough, within a few seconds, the door of the office was knocked lightly, and the soft voice head maid came.

“Your Majesty, Lord Andre is back.”

If it weren’t for maintaining the demon king’s image, Ansel might have stood up directly.

The Prime Minister came back! The one he sent out to inspect the situation!

He also entrusted Andre with an important task on this trip, which was related to military expenses. Now that Andre came back a few days earlier, it must be that the goal has been achieved.

A tall and upright demon entered through the door, with dark blue slightly curled semi-long hair, mixed with emerald peacock feathers, and the gold-rimmed glasses did not diminish the sharpness of this abyssal creature and the pair of horns pressed back showed off his arrogance. It’s just that this arrogance melted away in front of Ansel, and he bowed slightly with perfect etiquette.

“Your Majesty, I have returned after accepting a bribe.”

The prime minister smiled brightly, which can be said to be very frank. Ansel looked at him with his chin resting on one hand, originally wanting to scare this old minister who dared to joke with him, but in the end, he couldn’t hold back, and laughed.

“How much did you charge?”

“It’s enough for this time’s military expenses, and there’s still a bit of surplus.” Andre spread his hands, his tone exaggerated, “Your Majesty, you don’t know how enthusiastic those demon lords were, each of them desperately trying to stuff money onto me, as if the sooner I take these funds, sooner I will start an uprising and overthrow your rule in the next moment… After all, there are rumors outside that I am at odds with His majesty and the ministers.”

Ansel looked at him with a half-smile.

“So will you?”

The tall Demon bowed deeply to Ansel, and the peacock feather slid off his shoulders. His voice is not calm and arrogant as in front of outsiders, but it is mixed with rare emotions, which is almost full of devotion.

“Never, Your Majesty.”

After speaking, he raised his eyes slightly again.

“Unfortunately, this method can only be used a few times.”

Ansel also knew that, after all, the great demon lords were not stupid.

“Until then, either I will uproot these demon lords, or open up new sources of income.” Ansel said calmly, “Suberbian City still has a lot of time, and we will take one step at a time and slowly do things.”

Andre lowered his eyes as he looked at the dazzling ink-gold chain on the Demon King’s wrist. Ink gold is mined from the Fire Lake, which is the darkest place in the demon realm, where the ink gold stone that absorbs light is born. It is said that the demon king Ansel also walked out of the Fire Lake and came to Suberbian city above the sea of ​​flowers.

The tall demon sighed.

“Yes, My lord, we still have a long time to realize your ambition with us.”

The ink stone that devours the light, devouring the light… I am afraid this is exactly what His Majesty is hinting at.

He is sure that His Majesty’s ambitions are not only limited to the Demon Realm, but to a higher place.

But Ansel had a question mark on his head, he was a little confused, grand ambition? Is he referring to the development of Suberbian City?

“Before that day arrives, we will be fully prepared to conquer the Supreme Heaven, and then…” Andre seemed to be able to imagine that scene, and his expression became a little fanatical.

“At that time, the light of the Supreme Heaven will be nothing more than an ornament on your magic horns and crown. Demons will submit to you, angels will bow to you, ah, that sight…”

He narrowed his eyes, full of intoxication.

Ansel: “???????”

Ansel in front of him was already overwhelmed by question marks on his head.(1)

No.

Wait.

The Supreme Heaven is his hometown!

Why would he attack his hometown? ! ! !

The author has something to say:

Ansel: I am not! I don’t! Don’t talk nonsense! (covered his mouth excitedly)

TL Notes:

(1) It’s so hard for Ansel to keep up with his subordinates..😂😂

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