Before getting into the main subject, let's talk about the roles of the Five Dragon Generals.
As I mentioned before, each of the five dragon generals is entrusted with work by the dragon god.
Dora-sama trains dragons.
Maxwell exterminates demonic beasts.
Chaos manufactures weaponry.
Szilard is in charge of the dragon warriors.
In reality, apart from those public jobs, there’re also behind the scene work, but let’s leave that for now.
When I was appointed as a Dragon General, I was also assigned a certain job.
As Dragon God-sama’s assistant.
Or more properly, as his escort… but basically act as his personal attendant.
Aside from surveying Dragon God-sama’s surrounding, escort duty, offering suggestions, carrying his water...
Taking care of miscellaneous chores like that.
Even though they might be chores, for a newcomer like me to always be by the side of Dragon God-sama, it was an enormous honor.
Perhaps enough to displease the other Dragon Generals.
Because everyone, particularly the Five Dragon generals, respected, aweed, and worshiped the Dragon God.
So maybe such an honor for a rookie like me could be a cause of envy.
Of course, even if they have complaints, they did not voice them.
From my point of view, being an attendant was just the right role for me.
There was no reason to oppose it.
Thus, I traveled by Dragon God’s side to the other worlds.
Research on Teleportation Magic was not yet complete at that point, but there was another way.
In every world, there was always a particular altar somewhere.
When Dragon God entered it, I followed. The altar activated and took us to an empty space of pure white.
You can travel to the altars of different worlds by flying there.
The first world I was brought.
A magical world swirling with poison and miasma... yes, the Demon World.
"This is..."
As I stepped out of the altar and saw the sight spreading out before me, I froze.
Demon World, a place of only bitter memories for me.
Naturally, those negative feelings began to flood back as I reminiscenced.
"What’s wrong?"
"No, nothing."
Of course, coming back now fully grown, my perspective changed.
Having plenty of experience, the Demon town I once so longed for no longer interested me.
Nor any sense of anger.
I felt almost nostalgic of the demonic beasts roaming the distance.
It must have been that I felt no regret.
"Let's go."
"Yes sir!"
Dragon God took off without explaining where to go.
Where am I? No need for such stupid questions.
Dragon God-sama leads, I follow.
Dragon God was heading toward the heart of Demon World.
A giant crater that looks like a mountain range from a distance.
There were countless houses lined up inside, and a huge black iron castle in the center of the crater.
The center of the demon world, the Demon Capital Daileck (ダイレーク) and the Demon God Castle Gaileck (ガイレーク).
As we approached the castle, I observed bonfires lit in a circular arrangement near the roof of the castle.
Dragon God landed on the center of the circle without hesitation.
Innumerable demons stood around the circle.
Demons of various races.
Those with multiple arms, those with beast-like legs, those who phosphorescence, those with no eyes.
They didn't seem to be very happy to see Dragon God and me.
They didn’t display an attitude, but I could sense the tension in the air immediately.
"Gahahahaha! Welcome, Dragon God-sama!"
Meanwhile, from thrones of Demons one stepped forward.
Among the tense crowd, he alone was unusual.
He approached us with a friendly attitude, laughing loudly.
"Mmm."
But he stopped when he saw me.
His smile withdrew, replaced by a solemn expression.
"..."
I also lost my voice when I saw him.
I knew him.
Black skin, six arms, purple hair, his upper body completely naked.
Seeing him, I instantly began to quiver.
Once upon a time, yes, a long time ago.
When I was still living in the Demon World.
The person who kicked me out every time I tried to enter the city…
Yes, it’s indeed him.
The Demon King who defeated me many times in the Demon World.
"This is my escort. One of the Five Dragon Generals, Demon Dragon King Laplace."
Dragon God stepped in, after seeing both of us frozen in place.
With those words, I was reminded of my position and the reason for my visit.
I immediately gave the utmost salute and greeted the Demon Lord.
"I’m the Demon Dragon King Laplace. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.”
"Mmm……"
In response, the Demon King made a small, thoughtful gesture,
"Gahahahaha! I'm the one of the Eight Demon Kings, Necros Lacrosse! Remember it!"
He Laughed vigorously.
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Reason for visiting this world?
Attending the meeting.
The gods of each world hold regular meetings together... I guess I mentioned that before.
That, of course, continued on.
The venue would change from time to time, but it rarely rotated to the Dragon World, Heaven World, or Sea World.
Other gods also bring attendants with them, and some of them couldn’t fly or swim.
Probably being considerate of that.
That aside, a meeting of the gods.
The meeting agenda was the various troubles that recently appeared among the worlds.
The sudden appearance of demonic beasts, yes, the topic of sudden teleportation.
Every world was eager to solve these problems, but no solution had yet been offered.
On the contrary, listening to the meeting while standing in attendance behind Dragon God, I could tell that the relationship between the gods have sored.
"It's the monsters again! They destroy one of my towns!"
“One of my chiefs disappeared in a transfer, and thousands died when a war broke out.”
“Humph, rumour has it that you already completed teleportation research? Sure it isn’t a cover up?”
“What..? How can you believe in such baseless rumors? Or should I believe that you released those monsters?”
Sea God, a man with a large amount of tentacles growing from his mouth and squid-like slimy skin.
Beast God, a man with two heads, a dog and a cat, riding on a white wolf.
Heaven God, a beautiful man with twin eyes on his forehead and six wings on his back.
Demon God, a man with eight arms and six horns, spanning a height of over three meters.
In particular, the relationship between the four was terrible.
Every time they met, they cursed bitterly at each other, as if they’re ready to tear at each other at any moment.
God’s majesty, anger, and overwhelming power, it was terrifying to behold.
"Well, everyone calm down. Fighting here won’t help solve anything. It's fine. The research is going well, so I'm sure we’ll find the cause soon. Don't be fooled by those baseless rumors. "
"That's right. There is no point in fighting among ourselves. If we fight, it will only cost more lives of our people."
Meanwhile, only two were trying to stop the fight.
Our great Dragon God.
And the mosaic-looking Human God that’s hard to recall.
Without them, the worlds would have long cut ties with each other, or maybe even went to war already.
"..."
When the gods heard the word of Human God, everyone went silent.
Human God commanded great respect.
As founder of this conference, and due to the rapid development of the Human Race, he was often consulted by the other gods.
In other words, he gave more than he received overwhelmingly to the other gods.
Therefore, it was easy to see that everyone respected Human God.
Dragon God-sama too was no exception.
"Hmmph, as if you are so prime and proper, Dragon God.”
However, Demon God did not shut up.
And the words that followed were enough to make me tremble.
"I've heard rumors that you kidnapped my son, Necrolia Nacrolia, tortured and killed him."
The words shook me inside.
This sudden statement could start a war between the Demon and Dragon World.
Because I knew this rumor to be true.
Although there’s a case on the Dragon God’s side, but if we answered honestly a fight would certainly break out.
"... It's just a rumor. I don't know anyone like that."
Dragon God-sama lied.
It surprised me a little, because I thought he was a person who would never lie.
No, it’s only expected.
To be honest, we were already told to never expose the fact that Necrolia Nacrolia killed Crystal-sama.
Exposing it would only lead to quarrel and war.
Perhaps Demon God was merely testing us, but we can’t take the bait.
Dragon God-sama chose a different path.
"Rather than that, look, Demon God, at this man."
Dragon God-sama gazed toward me standing behind him.
I immediately gave the utmost salute.
Don't shame the Dragon God.
“That half-Demon, half-Dragon mixed child? I thought you agreed to take him away? What about him?”
“He’s now an important figure in the Dragon World, a living proof that the Dragon Race felt no hostility toward the Demons.”
"……Hmmph."
The genie looked at me and snorted.
Staring glowering at me.
In fact, his eyes were shining.
That must have been a kind of Demon Eye.
After seeing a result of with his Demon Eye, Demon God sank back deep in the chair.
"I see. I’ll believe you."
Originally, I was originally adopted for this purpose, but that was the first time it actually worked.
For the time being, it would not be an exaggeration to say we avoided a direct confrontation between the Demon World and the Dragon World.
"... I don't want to fight either."
At least, Demon God didn't seem to want to deal with the Dragon World either.
No, it's not just the Demon God.
None of the gods want a large scale conflict to break out.
Frustrated by the strange circumstance, they have grown suspicious of each other.
The meeting was always tense like that.
Perhaps it used to be more peaceful, but at that time everyone was frustrated and aggressive.
It’s a meeting for exchanging information, but few personal stories were exchanged.
Perhaps he didn't want to give useful information to a suspect of the case.
It was an uncomfortable situation.
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In a way, it can be said that my mission was to improve such an uncomfortable situation.
It was diplomacy that I was entrusted with.
Of course, it wasn’t to befriend the other gods.
Rather, it’s their underlings that I should get along with.
In other words, other attendants like me.
Even though they’re attendants here, back home they’re all important figures of their worlds.
If we build a relationship of trust between us, maybe we can avoid the worst in case of emergency.
That was my plan.
The first person I reached out to is a demon, whose world we’re in a tense relationship with lately.
The people of Dragon World were becoming more hostile to the Demons.
From the sounds of it in the meeting, it’s likewise in the Demon World as well.
That’s why I thought to offer an olive branch to the Demon World, to find a way to peace.
"Necros Lacrosse."
After the meeting was over, I called out to a prominent giant of a man.
"I'mthe Immortal Demon King Necros Lacrosse of the Eight Great Demon Kings."
Necros Lacrosse looked back and was about to laugh loudly, but he turned solemn when he saw me.
"You are……"
He glared at me, his face distorting with trouble.
Perhaps thinking I came for revenge.
That's why I answered.
"I would like to introduce myself again. I am the Demon Dragon King Laplace, of the Five Dragon Kings. Not a humanoid demon beast without a name. It is Laplace."
"Mmph."
With that said, Necros Lacrosse displayed an expression fitting of a demon king.
As I learned later, he decided then to never bring up what passed in the past.
I did not begrudge him either.
It would be pointless.
Many things had changed between then and now.
"Recently, bad rumors about the demon world are widespread in the dragon world. I hope we can help resolve this."
"Well, I have no objection to that, but I hear that the dragons hate the demons, right?"
"The fact that I, a half-demon and half-dragon, was selected as a Five Dragon General, is proof that rumors are nothing more than rumors."
"..."
"Dragon God-sama wishes for peace. If the Demon God-sama doesn't want to fight either, I ask for your cooperation."
When I said that, Necros Lacrosse folded his six arms and looked down at me.
Testing me with an unpleasant gaze, but I decided to endure.
Perhaps determining whether I’m being truthful.
Depending on how you think about it, maybe I was chosen to lower their guard against the Dragon Race.
"Mmph."
After a while, Necros Lacrosse nodded heavily.
“Demon God-sama does not wish for war! Mysterious things have happened so much these day that things are a bit tense!"
"Well?"
"It's okay. Let's cooperate!"
Thus, I and Necros Lacrosse joined hands.
I worked with Necros Lacrosse and recruited collaborators around the world.
Because I only traveled to different worlds while attending the meetings fo the gods, it took a long time but.... Eventually I visited every world.
Sea World, a world without land, populated by people with scales, gills. And fins.
I was in awe.
After all, I've never seen an ocean before.
There was little water in Demon World, let alone a sea.
Dragon World does have waterfalls and lakes, but nothing could be called an ocean either.
Yet before me, who never knew of such a thing, an endless ocean spanned outward.
A world of nothing above to reflect off the ocean left me with some terrible memories.
While there’s nothing above the ocean, under the sea it was truly lively.
Beast World, where dense forests and mountains continue endlessly.
I was surprised by that place as well.
There’re certainly mountains and forests on Dragon World.
But nothing so vivid and green and full of life.
So incredibly dense.
Every step you take would send some little insects or lizards scattering.
Every other world seemed so barren compared to its richness in lives.
Oh, but you came from the Great Forest, so that might not strike you as odd.
Then there was the Heaven World, with its rocky masses hanging in the air where only flying creatures could live.
Quite similar to Dragon World.
Only that in Dragon World, the surface was above, while in Heaven World the surface was below.
Salt covers the land there. With a thin, ankle height layer of water above the salt layer. It was salty when I licked it, so maybe it was an ocean as well.
The water was fully saturated with salt, so nothing could live in it.
All creatures live in the sky and covered in feathers.
Looking back, I think Heaven World was the most beautiful of them all.
But back then, I thought creeped out, since everything I knew then was covered in scales.
Finally, Human World was an endless grassland.
Rolling hills covered in grass spreading endlessly.
Groves of trees not big enough to be called forests, hills not tall enough to be called mountains.
A wide-spread environment perfect for humans to thrive.
The people there were so incredibly frail.
At the time, I wondered how such poor creatures could really live.
They’re weaker than when I was first found by Dragon God-sama.
Compared to other races in the world, they were like babies.
However, the world was clearly more civilized than others.
Tall buildings, wide roads, well-armed troops.
Even though they’re weak, with no natural predators they dominated their world.
Afterwards, I slowly increased my number of collaborators.
It took a lot of effort, but things worked out when they learned that Necros Lacrosse was working with me.
Everyone thought that Dragon World and Demon World would fight to the end.
After all, Dragon World and Demon World had overwhelming combat power compared to other worlds.
If representatives of these two worlds both loudly declare their intent for peace.
Despite being a little skeptical, no one refused.
During the god conferences, I would invite their attendants and held our own meetings.
About our future plans.
How do we achieve a lasting peace?
Inviting a variety of opinions to create constructive plans.
But not everything went well.
Why?
This is because the faces of the attendants would change from time to time.
Especially for the beasts and humans.
They can live only for a moment compared to the dragons and demons.
A short lifespan.
The Heaven Race lived comparably longer, but they also change eventually.
Lifespan of the Sea Race varies greatly depending on the individual, so their numbers change irregularly.
When people change, so do their thinking.
Some exposed hostility towards other races.
But I didn't give up.
Working hard with Necros Lacrosse to bring them together.
The gods have no intention of fighting.
We should follow along and seek a path of peace.
We must take the initiative and set an example for us, who are closest to the gods.
Some changed their minds and others did not.
Once everyone is united, we can achieve progress.
Of course, it's not just meetings.
We actually did a lot of things to advance the peace.
I also tried various things that didn't work.
Cultural exchange was particularly effective.
Take residents of two worlds and ask them to work at each other’s worlds for a while.
If you play an active role there, it will help improve the image of other worlds.
Yes, just as I did for Dragon and Demon World.
Of course, environmental limitations make places like Sea World difficult for others to visit, but with the help of God, it was not impossible.
Dragon World invited specialists from other worlds.
While Dragon World was strong, we had fallen a step or two behind other worlds in technological progress.
Food preservation, papermaking, agriculture...
It was faster and more effective to bring in a technician than to transmit it verbally.
No, it certainly wasn’t the fault of Dragon God-sama.
Dragon God-sama was always bringing new technologies back from other worlds.
However, technology advances day by day.
By the time we, the Dragon Race, adopted a new technology, it was often already outdated.
Our slow technological development may be related to the long lifespan of Dragon Race.
However, if we welcome engineers from other worlds, that could be solved.
In return, Dragon World sends dragon warriors to other worlds.
The Dragon Race is strong.
From the perspective of people in other worlds, it is no exaggeration to say that we are as powerful as God.
They go to other worlds to subdue monsters.
I learned around this time that the power of monsters varies from world to world.
Strong worlds bred strong monsters.
Demon and Dragon Worlds are the strongest compared to all the worlds.
Having fought the strongest monsters, our Dragon Warriors were very active in other worlds.
But at the same time, feared.
Well, I’ll put that aside from now.
Various specialists came to Dragon World.
Among them, a woman from Demon World stood out the most.
Demon Emperor Kirisis Calisis.
Demon God’s wife.
She was more concerned than anyone over the deteriorating relationship between Dragon and Demon World.
And visited the Dragon World on her own accord.
A brilliant magician.
It's magic, not magic techniques.
It is difficult to explain the difference between magic and magic techniques.
Ability to freely manipulate magical energy to create supernatural phenomena.
Magic can do even more advanced things without chanting or magic circles.
In fact, she was the one that invented the magic circle.
It is no exaggeration to say that she was the source of all the magic known today.
She did her best to serve Dragon World.
Dragon World’s rudimentary research into “Ki” made enormous progress under her guidance.
In Dragon World, the demons were said to be barbaric and stupid.
However, many people changed their perceptions after meeting her.
Intelligent, competent and calm.
She reminded people of Lunaria-sama.
Their personalities were quite similar.
Before I realized it… she was getting along particularly well with Lunaria-sama.
They must have found a kinship as fellow wives of gods.
Kirisis Calisis and I.
Thanks to the efforts of two of us from Demon World, the hostility towards Demon World gradually diminished within Dragon World.
Even Chaos, always so hostile to demons, restrained himself.
My hard work paid off.
It was going well.
Meetings with other races have gradually become more peaceful cultural exchanges.
Sudden teleportation and monster appearances still occurred… but we no longer suspect each other over it.
Dragon God-sama also praised my work.
Well, one good thing followed another.
An even happier news came.
Lunaria gave birth.
The son of Dragon God!
Before getting into the main subject, let's talk about the roles of the Five Dragon Generals.
As I mentioned before, each of the five dragon generals is entrusted with work by the dragon god.
Dora-sama trains dragons.
Maxwell exterminates demonic beasts.
Chaos manufactures weaponry.
Szilard is in charge of the dragon warriors.
In reality, apart from those public jobs, there’re also behind the scene work, but let’s leave that for now.
When I was appointed as a Dragon General, I was also assigned a certain job.
As Dragon God-sama’s assistant.
Or more properly, as his escort… but basically act as his personal attendant.
Aside from surveying Dragon God-sama’s surrounding, escort duty, offering suggestions, carrying his water...
Taking care of miscellaneous chores like that.
Even though they might be chores, for a newcomer like me to always be by the side of Dragon God-sama, it was an enormous honor.
Perhaps enough to displease the other Dragon Generals.
Because everyone, particularly the Five Dragon generals, respected, aweed, and worshiped the Dragon God.
So maybe such an honor for a rookie like me could be a cause of envy.
Of course, even if they have complaints, they did not voice them.
From my point of view, being an attendant was just the right role for me.
There was no reason to oppose it.
Thus, I traveled by Dragon God’s side to the other worlds.
Research on Teleportation Magic was not yet complete at that point, but there was another way.
In every world, there was always a particular altar somewhere.
When Dragon God entered it, I followed. The altar activated and took us to an empty space of pure white.
You can travel to the altars of different worlds by flying there.
The first world I was brought.
A magical world swirling with poison and miasma... yes, the Demon World.
"This is..."
As I stepped out of the altar and saw the sight spreading out before me, I froze.
Demon World, a place of only bitter memories for me.
Naturally, those negative feelings began to flood back as I reminiscenced.
"What’s wrong?"
"No, nothing."
Of course, coming back now fully grown, my perspective changed.
Having plenty of experience, the Demon town I once so longed for no longer interested me.
Nor any sense of anger.
I felt almost nostalgic of the demonic beasts roaming the distance.
It must have been that I felt no regret.
"Let's go."
"Yes sir!"
Dragon God took off without explaining where to go.
Where am I? No need for such stupid questions.
Dragon God-sama leads, I follow.
Dragon God was heading toward the heart of Demon World.
A giant crater that looks like a mountain range from a distance.
There were countless houses lined up inside, and a huge black iron castle in the center of the crater.
The center of the demon world, the Demon Capital Daileck (ダイレーク) and the Demon God Castle Gaileck (ガイレーク).
As we approached the castle, I observed bonfires lit in a circular arrangement near the roof of the castle.
Dragon God landed on the center of the circle without hesitation.
Innumerable demons stood around the circle.
Demons of various races.
Those with multiple arms, those with beast-like legs, those who phosphorescence, those with no eyes.
They didn't seem to be very happy to see Dragon God and me.
They didn’t display an attitude, but I could sense the tension in the air immediately.
"Gahahahaha! Welcome, Dragon God-sama!"
Meanwhile, from thrones of Demons one stepped forward.
Among the tense crowd, he alone was unusual.
He approached us with a friendly attitude, laughing loudly.
"Mmm."
But he stopped when he saw me.
His smile withdrew, replaced by a solemn expression.
"..."
I also lost my voice when I saw him.
I knew him.
Black skin, six arms, purple hair, his upper body completely naked.
Seeing him, I instantly began to quiver.
Once upon a time, yes, a long time ago.
When I was still living in the Demon World.
The person who kicked me out every time I tried to enter the city…
Yes, it’s indeed him.
The Demon King who defeated me many times in the Demon World.
"This is my escort. One of the Five Dragon Generals, Demon Dragon King Laplace."
Dragon God stepped in, after seeing both of us frozen in place.
With those words, I was reminded of my position and the reason for my visit.
I immediately gave the utmost salute and greeted the Demon Lord.
"I’m the Demon Dragon King Laplace. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.”
"Mmm……"
In response, the Demon King made a small, thoughtful gesture,
"Gahahahaha! I'm the one of the Eight Demon Kings, Necros Lacrosse! Remember it!"
He Laughed vigorously.
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Reason for visiting this world?
Attending the meeting.
The gods of each world hold regular meetings together... I guess I mentioned that before.
That, of course, continued on.
The venue would change from time to time, but it rarely rotated to the Dragon World, Heaven World, or Sea World.
Other gods also bring attendants with them, and some of them couldn’t fly or swim.
Probably being considerate of that.
That aside, a meeting of the gods.
The meeting agenda was the various troubles that recently appeared among the worlds.
The sudden appearance of demonic beasts, yes, the topic of sudden teleportation.
Every world was eager to solve these problems, but no solution had yet been offered.
On the contrary, listening to the meeting while standing in attendance behind Dragon God, I could tell that the relationship between the gods have sored.
"It's the monsters again! They destroy one of my towns!"
“One of my chiefs disappeared in a transfer, and thousands died when a war broke out.”
“Humph, rumour has it that you already completed teleportation research? Sure it isn’t a cover up?”
“What..? How can you believe in such baseless rumors? Or should I believe that you released those monsters?”
Sea God, a man with a large amount of tentacles growing from his mouth and squid-like slimy skin.
Beast God, a man with two heads, a dog and a cat, riding on a white wolf.
Heaven God, a beautiful man with twin eyes on his forehead and six wings on his back.
Demon God, a man with eight arms and six horns, spanning a height of over three meters.
In particular, the relationship between the four was terrible.
Every time they met, they cursed bitterly at each other, as if they’re ready to tear at each other at any moment.
God’s majesty, anger, and overwhelming power, it was terrifying to behold.
"Well, everyone calm down. Fighting here won’t help solve anything. It's fine. The research is going well, so I'm sure we’ll find the cause soon. Don't be fooled by those baseless rumors. "
"That's right. There is no point in fighting among ourselves. If we fight, it will only cost more lives of our people."
Meanwhile, only two were trying to stop the fight.
Our great Dragon God.
And the mosaic-looking Human God that’s hard to recall.
Without them, the worlds would have long cut ties with each other, or maybe even went to war already.
"..."
When the gods heard the word of Human God, everyone went silent.
Human God commanded great respect.
As founder of this conference, and due to the rapid development of the Human Race, he was often consulted by the other gods.
In other words, he gave more than he received overwhelmingly to the other gods.
Therefore, it was easy to see that everyone respected Human God.
Dragon God-sama too was no exception.
"Hmmph, as if you are so prime and proper, Dragon God.”
However, Demon God did not shut up.
And the words that followed were enough to make me tremble.
"I've heard rumors that you kidnapped my son, Necrolia Nacrolia, tortured and killed him."
The words shook me inside.
This sudden statement could start a war between the Demon and Dragon World.
Because I knew this rumor to be true.
Although there’s a case on the Dragon God’s side, but if we answered honestly a fight would certainly break out.
"... It's just a rumor. I don't know anyone like that."
Dragon God-sama lied.
It surprised me a little, because I thought he was a person who would never lie.
No, it’s only expected.
To be honest, we were already told to never expose the fact that Necrolia Nacrolia killed Crystal-sama.
Exposing it would only lead to quarrel and war.
Perhaps Demon God was merely testing us, but we can’t take the bait.
Dragon God-sama chose a different path.
"Rather than that, look, Demon God, at this man."
Dragon God-sama gazed toward me standing behind him.
I immediately gave the utmost salute.
Don't shame the Dragon God.
“That half-Demon, half-Dragon mixed child? I thought you agreed to take him away? What about him?”
“He’s now an important figure in the Dragon World, a living proof that the Dragon Race felt no hostility toward the Demons.”
"……Hmmph."
The genie looked at me and snorted.
Staring glowering at me.
In fact, his eyes were shining.
That must have been a kind of Demon Eye.
After seeing a result of with his Demon Eye, Demon God sank back deep in the chair.
"I see. I’ll believe you."
Originally, I was originally adopted for this purpose, but that was the first time it actually worked.
For the time being, it would not be an exaggeration to say we avoided a direct confrontation between the Demon World and the Dragon World.
"... I don't want to fight either."
At least, Demon God didn't seem to want to deal with the Dragon World either.
No, it's not just the Demon God.
None of the gods want a large scale conflict to break out.
Frustrated by the strange circumstance, they have grown suspicious of each other.
The meeting was always tense like that.
Perhaps it used to be more peaceful, but at that time everyone was frustrated and aggressive.
It’s a meeting for exchanging information, but few personal stories were exchanged.
Perhaps he didn't want to give useful information to a suspect of the case.
It was an uncomfortable situation.
¦
In a way, it can be said that my mission was to improve such an uncomfortable situation.
It was diplomacy that I was entrusted with.
Of course, it wasn’t to befriend the other gods.
Rather, it’s their underlings that I should get along with.
In other words, other attendants like me.
Even though they’re attendants here, back home they’re all important figures of their worlds.
If we build a relationship of trust between us, maybe we can avoid the worst in case of emergency.
That was my plan.
The first person I reached out to is a demon, whose world we’re in a tense relationship with lately.
The people of Dragon World were becoming more hostile to the Demons.
From the sounds of it in the meeting, it’s likewise in the Demon World as well.
That’s why I thought to offer an olive branch to the Demon World, to find a way to peace.
"Necros Lacrosse."
After the meeting was over, I called out to a prominent giant of a man.
"I'mthe Immortal Demon King Necros Lacrosse of the Eight Great Demon Kings."
Necros Lacrosse looked back and was about to laugh loudly, but he turned solemn when he saw me.
"You are……"
He glared at me, his face distorting with trouble.
Perhaps thinking I came for revenge.
That's why I answered.
"I would like to introduce myself again. I am the Demon Dragon King Laplace, of the Five Dragon Kings. Not a humanoid demon beast without a name. It is Laplace."
"Mmph."
With that said, Necros Lacrosse displayed an expression fitting of a demon king.
As I learned later, he decided then to never bring up what passed in the past.
I did not begrudge him either.
It would be pointless.
Many things had changed between then and now.
"Recently, bad rumors about the demon world are widespread in the dragon world. I hope we can help resolve this."
"Well, I have no objection to that, but I hear that the dragons hate the demons, right?"
"The fact that I, a half-demon and half-dragon, was selected as a Five Dragon General, is proof that rumors are nothing more than rumors."
"..."
"Dragon God-sama wishes for peace. If the Demon God-sama doesn't want to fight either, I ask for your cooperation."
When I said that, Necros Lacrosse folded his six arms and looked down at me.
Testing me with an unpleasant gaze, but I decided to endure.
Perhaps determining whether I’m being truthful.
Depending on how you think about it, maybe I was chosen to lower their guard against the Dragon Race.
"Mmph."
After a while, Necros Lacrosse nodded heavily.
“Demon God-sama does not wish for war! Mysterious things have happened so much these day that things are a bit tense!"
"Well?"
"It's okay. Let's cooperate!"
Thus, I and Necros Lacrosse joined hands.
I worked with Necros Lacrosse and recruited collaborators around the world.
Because I only traveled to different worlds while attending the meetings fo the gods, it took a long time but.... Eventually I visited every world.
Sea World, a world without land, populated by people with scales, gills. And fins.
I was in awe.
After all, I've never seen an ocean before.
There was little water in Demon World, let alone a sea.
Dragon World does have waterfalls and lakes, but nothing could be called an ocean either.
Yet before me, who never knew of such a thing, an endless ocean spanned outward.
A world of nothing above to reflect off the ocean left me with some terrible memories.
While there’s nothing above the ocean, under the sea it was truly lively.
Beast World, where dense forests and mountains continue endlessly.
I was surprised by that place as well.
There’re certainly mountains and forests on Dragon World.
But nothing so vivid and green and full of life.
So incredibly dense.
Every step you take would send some little insects or lizards scattering.
Every other world seemed so barren compared to its richness in lives.
Oh, but you came from the Great Forest, so that might not strike you as odd.
Then there was the Heaven World, with its rocky masses hanging in the air where only flying creatures could live.
Quite similar to Dragon World.
Only that in Dragon World, the surface was above, while in Heaven World the surface was below.
Salt covers the land there. With a thin, ankle height layer of water above the salt layer. It was salty when I licked it, so maybe it was an ocean as well.
The water was fully saturated with salt, so nothing could live in it.
All creatures live in the sky and covered in feathers.
Looking back, I think Heaven World was the most beautiful of them all.
But back then, I thought creeped out, since everything I knew then was covered in scales.
Finally, Human World was an endless grassland.
Rolling hills covered in grass spreading endlessly.
Groves of trees not big enough to be called forests, hills not tall enough to be called mountains.
A wide-spread environment perfect for humans to thrive.
The people there were so incredibly frail.
At the time, I wondered how such poor creatures could really live.
They’re weaker than when I was first found by Dragon God-sama.
Compared to other races in the world, they were like babies.
However, the world was clearly more civilized than others.
Tall buildings, wide roads, well-armed troops.
Even though they’re weak, with no natural predators they dominated their world.
Afterwards, I slowly increased my number of collaborators.
It took a lot of effort, but things worked out when they learned that Necros Lacrosse was working with me.
Everyone thought that Dragon World and Demon World would fight to the end.
After all, Dragon World and Demon World had overwhelming combat power compared to other worlds.
If representatives of these two worlds both loudly declare their intent for peace.
Despite being a little skeptical, no one refused.
During the god conferences, I would invite their attendants and held our own meetings.
About our future plans.
How do we achieve a lasting peace?
Inviting a variety of opinions to create constructive plans.
But not everything went well.
Why?
This is because the faces of the attendants would change from time to time.
Especially for the beasts and humans.
They can live only for a moment compared to the dragons and demons.
A short lifespan.
The Heaven Race lived comparably longer, but they also change eventually.
Lifespan of the Sea Race varies greatly depending on the individual, so their numbers change irregularly.
When people change, so do their thinking.
Some exposed hostility towards other races.
But I didn't give up.
Working hard with Necros Lacrosse to bring them together.
The gods have no intention of fighting.
We should follow along and seek a path of peace.
We must take the initiative and set an example for us, who are closest to the gods.
Some changed their minds and others did not.
Once everyone is united, we can achieve progress.
Of course, it's not just meetings.
We actually did a lot of things to advance the peace.
I also tried various things that didn't work.
Cultural exchange was particularly effective.
Take residents of two worlds and ask them to work at each other’s worlds for a while.
If you play an active role there, it will help improve the image of other worlds.
Yes, just as I did for Dragon and Demon World.
Of course, environmental limitations make places like Sea World difficult for others to visit, but with the help of God, it was not impossible.
Dragon World invited specialists from other worlds.
While Dragon World was strong, we had fallen a step or two behind other worlds in technological progress.
Food preservation, papermaking, agriculture...
It was faster and more effective to bring in a technician than to transmit it verbally.
No, it certainly wasn’t the fault of Dragon God-sama.
Dragon God-sama was always bringing new technologies back from other worlds.
However, technology advances day by day.
By the time we, the Dragon Race, adopted a new technology, it was often already outdated.
Our slow technological development may be related to the long lifespan of Dragon Race.
However, if we welcome engineers from other worlds, that could be solved.
In return, Dragon World sends dragon warriors to other worlds.
The Dragon Race is strong.
From the perspective of people in other worlds, it is no exaggeration to say that we are as powerful as God.
They go to other worlds to subdue monsters.
I learned around this time that the power of monsters varies from world to world.
Strong worlds bred strong monsters.
Demon and Dragon Worlds are the strongest compared to all the worlds.
Having fought the strongest monsters, our Dragon Warriors were very active in other worlds.
But at the same time, feared.
Well, I’ll put that aside from now.
Various specialists came to Dragon World.
Among them, a woman from Demon World stood out the most.
Demon Emperor Kirisis Calisis.
Demon God’s wife.
She was more concerned than anyone over the deteriorating relationship between Dragon and Demon World.
And visited the Dragon World on her own accord.
A brilliant magician.
It's magic, not magic techniques.
It is difficult to explain the difference between magic and magic techniques.
Ability to freely manipulate magical energy to create supernatural phenomena.
Magic can do even more advanced things without chanting or magic circles.
In fact, she was the one that invented the magic circle.
It is no exaggeration to say that she was the source of all the magic known today.
She did her best to serve Dragon World.
Dragon World’s rudimentary research into “Ki” made enormous progress under her guidance.
In Dragon World, the demons were said to be barbaric and stupid.
However, many people changed their perceptions after meeting her.
Intelligent, competent and calm.
She reminded people of Lunaria-sama.
Their personalities were quite similar.
Before I realized it… she was getting along particularly well with Lunaria-sama.
They must have found a kinship as fellow wives of gods.
Kirisis Calisis and I.
Thanks to the efforts of two of us from Demon World, the hostility towards Demon World gradually diminished within Dragon World.
Even Chaos, always so hostile to demons, restrained himself.
My hard work paid off.
It was going well.
Meetings with other races have gradually become more peaceful cultural exchanges.
Sudden teleportation and monster appearances still occurred… but we no longer suspect each other over it.
Dragon God-sama also praised my work.
Well, one good thing followed another.
An even happier news came.
Lunaria gave birth.
The son of Dragon God!
