Upon Daphiel’s notification, Elodie naturally dropped her work and hurried to the office to discuss with her how to bring Natalie back to continue as the Demon King.
Of course, they had also considered the possibility of finding someone else to be the Demon King.
After all, it was Natalie herself who didn’t want to be the Demon King and ran away.
If they indulged Natalie’s temper and let the Demon Race go without a Demon King for a considerable time, the country would definitely have problems.
Now, with the efforts of Daphiel and Elodie, they had barely managed to suppress the news of Natalie’s resignation and escape, preventing it from spreading.
If the ordinary Demon Race found out that the Demon King had run away, the entire country would fall into chaos.
However, because they really had no confidence in bringing Natalie back, Daphiel actually began to select candidates for a new Demon King.
But since Natalie was an only daughter and had left no heirs, there was simply no one in the direct line to inherit the position of Demon King.
Daphiel also considered having Elodie find some other relative to be the Demon King, or even have Elodie herself take the position.
After all, among all the Demon King’s Executives, only Elodie had a blood relation to the Demon King Natalie.
But this proposal was naturally rejected by Elodie.
Because the Demon King is not like a human king who only needs bloodline.
One cannot become the Demon King solely through bloodline; strength is also required.
Especially in a situation where the Brave could attack with the human army at any time, the Demon King’s strength becomes even more important.
And the last time, Elodie and the other two had been defeated by Hadia.
This point made Elodie certain that she did not have the power to become the Demon King and protect the Demon Race.
To protect the Demon Race from the Brave, it really had to be Natalie who continued as the Demon King.
The two had even considered abandoning bloodline and choosing a powerful member of the Demon Race to be the Demon King.
After all, the Demon Race is a race that values strength above all.
As long as one is strong enough, one can become the Demon King even without bloodline.
But they listed all the experts in the Demon Race.
There were naturally those stronger than the two of them.
However, the difference in strength was limited.
That is, even if they chose the current strongest in the Demon Race after Natalie to be the Demon King, that person would still be no match for the Brave, Hadia.
And if the Demon King cannot defeat Hadia, then it’s meaningless.
It was only now that Daphiel and Elodie realized that the threat of Hadia was truly beyond imagination.
The reason they hadn’t taken Hadia too seriously before was because Natalie had easily killed her.
If the current Demon King were not Natalie but someone else, the Brave’s party’s mission to defeat the Demon King would likely have been completed already.
All previous Demon Kings except for Natalie were no match for the Brave, Hadia.
And because they knew Hadia was the strongest among all the Braves, the Empire was so confident that they sent troops in advance to attack the Demon World.
“…It seems we really have no choice but to compromise.”
“Certain that no one could replace Natalie, Daphiel said with a tone of regret.”
“After all, if it were possible, she really didn’t want that ‘beauty who brings calamity,’ Emily, to obtain the legitimate position of Queen Consort.”
“But under these circumstances, to protect the safety of the Demon Race, Daphiel really had to compromise and acknowledge Emily as Natalie’s Queen Consort.”
“But to be honest, based on my understanding of the Demon King, even if we compromise, she won’t come back easily. She’ll just think, why didn’t we recognize her relationship with that Saintess earlier? She’ll probably secretly curse us, saying we deserve it.”
“Very possible. After all, that Demon King really has no sense of responsibility… She completely disregards the safety of the Demon Race.”
“But no matter what, we have to try. I’ll go talk to the Demon King in person. Handle the normal affairs for me, Daphiel.”
“I will…”
“Daphiel, who said this, was truly helpless.”
“After all, she hadn’t slept at all since Natalie ran away from home.”
“The mess Natalie left behind was too big.”
“Daphiel was already prepared to go several days without sleep.”
“However, I’ll be prepared in case the Demon King doesn’t come back and we need someone else to take over.”
“After all, even a Demon King who can’t defeat the Brave is better than no Demon King.”
“Hmm… But when the Demon King finds out about this, she’ll probably be furious. According to her logic, even if she doesn’t want to be the Demon King, she absolutely won’t allow anyone else to take her position.”
“Yeah. Having such a willful Demon King is such a headache…”
“Just imagining the scene of Natalie rushing over and punching the new Demon King away gave Daphiel an incredible headache.”
“After all, the probability of that happening was far too high.”
*
While Daphiel and Elodie were racking their brains over how to bring Natalie back, Natalie and Emily had brought the girl they rescued from the alley back to the mansion.
“Seriously, you’re so weak.”
Natalie turned to look at Emily, who was gasping for breath, and said with a similar complaint.
After all, Natalie couldn’t very well carry the dirty little girl back to the mansion herself, so the task of bringing her back naturally fell to Emily.
Emily, who had taken on this task, naturally didn’t dare to complain.
After all, taking in the girl was originally Emily’s own request to Natalie.
Emily could only obediently carry the girl back to the mansion.
However, because Emily was really too weak, after carrying the girl back to the mansion, she was practically exhausted.
Of course, Natalie could have used telekinesis to float the girl back, but because she was a bit angry, she didn’t do that and intended to make Emily suffer a little.
She wanted Emily to learn not to meddle in others’ affairs in the future, which would invite divine punishment.
If every time Emily sympathized with the Demon Race, it brought about divine punishment, Natalie really didn’t have confidence that she could block it every time.
That she could block it this time was only because the God intended to give Emily a small lesson.
That lightning strike carried the concept of paralysis.
So even if it had actually struck Emily, she wouldn’t have died instantly like from a real lightning strike, but would have been paralyzed for several days.
And because it was a conceptual attack, Natalie, who had blocked the attack for Emily, still had numb hands even now.
If the next divine punishment carried concepts like death, Natalie might not be able to block it for Emily.
So on the way back, Natalie angrily warned Emily several times, telling her not to casually use her Saintess’s kindness to protect the Demon Race in the future.
Natalie was truly afraid that her lover would die from divine punishment.
Therefore, Natalie told Emily, as a human Saintess, to only think about protecting humans.
Faced with Natalie’s advice, Emily herself was quite bewildered.
After all, hearing a Demon King tell a Saintess to only care about human safety sounded strange no matter how you looked at it.
Of course, after learning how petty the God was, even without Natalie’s reminder, Emily would no longer actively help the Demon Race.
Emily truly cherished her own life immensely.
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