Demon King, you just need to conquer, and your husband will come up with the solution.

You may not believe it, but this town had less than 3,000 people five years ago. Now, this number has increased tenfold, and is increasing faster every year.

The starting point of all these changes was when Governor Irons took office.

He took over alone at that time, but we didn't care too much. After all, at that time, we were just trying to survive every day and didn't care who was in charge of us.

To us, a new governor was just the same as the previous one, but we soon discovered that Governor Irons was different.

One week after taking office, Governor Irons hanged the former governor in front of the city gate in front of everyone, and left him hanging there for half a year.

"Dead for half a year? How cruel?" Shana couldn't help but mutter. The forest fairy didn't like this kind of corpse abuse.

The bartender just glanced at him and asked calmly, "Is it cruel? Well, do you know how many people the previous governor hanged in front of the city wall?"

"Ah...this..."

"Some say there are more than 30, some say more than 50. The longest one was hung for nearly three years. If Governor Irons hadn't taken office, the skeleton might have stayed there for several more years until the bones rotted away."

"..." Now Shana was speechless. She turned her eyes away, lowered her head and said nothing more.

Bonakoff, on the other hand, was listening with great interest and said with a smile, "Hey, not bad, this Irons is quite interesting. Anything else? Only the former governor was hanged?"

When he mentioned this, the bartender showed a rare smile on his face: "Of course not only that, the former governor is not alone, because soon, Governor Irons began to manage the water source problem in Blackwater City.

In order to restore the water quality, Governor Irons went down to the river himself and spent money to organize the people to dredge the silt in the river to make the river unobstructed. Then he took the people to the Clermont family to argue and demand the closure of the gem mine.

The Clermont family was naturally unwilling, but Governor Irons did not give up. He brought people to negotiate again and again. At the same time, he organized ordinary people to harass the mine and hinder its operation.

The Clermont family was completely furious. They wanted to take revenge on Governor Irons and the people of Blackwater City. However, they used a very despicable method..."

"Very despicable means? What means?" The little priest Annabelle asked nervously, grabbing her clothes.

"They took advantage of Governor Irons's departure to harass the mining area, and took their family soldiers to abduct women and children in the city, using them as hostages to demand Governor Irons' surrender."

"What!? What's the difference between these bastards and monsters!" Shana on the side suddenly got furious and slammed the table and cursed.

The young priest clasped his hands together and prayed: "Oh my God... Mother Earth, please bless me..."

Catherine clenched her fists slightly and asked, "How did you solve the problem later?"

An elderly diner who had been silent at the table suddenly shouted with full energy: "How to solve it? Of course it's revenge! Those bastards from Clermont took away our wives and children, why are we still talking nonsense to them?

Governor Irons first had some of us sneak into the gem mine disguised as workers, then enter the Clement family's estate to find the dungeon where their wives and children were imprisoned. After we took control of the dungeon and guarded it, we sent a message to Governor Irons.

Hehehe~ I, an old guy, am just one of the lucky ones who survived~

Governor Irons did not give up on us. He took younger and stronger men and took up arms to surround the entire Clermont Family. We worked together from inside and outside to turn the Clermont Family upside down!

Have you seen that burnt old manor house in the north of the city? That's the grave of those bastards in Clermont! I was the one who set the fire in there! Hahahaha! This is something I can brag about to my grandchildren for the rest of my life!"

"Okay! Pah pah pah pah!"

Fox, who had been listening intently, shouted "good" and then clapped violently. His loud voice and clapping scared the people around him.

"Tsk! You gorilla! What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with you? Am I not saying that I did a good job?"

"Then don't be so surprised!"

Shana kicked the big guy in front of her with a look of reproach on her face, but her body trembling with excitement also revealed that she was not at peace in her heart.

The little priest asked with concern: "What happened next? Did all the people in the Clermont family die?"

In response to this question, the bartender said coldly: "Of course, they all died. Those who did not die that night were finally kicked down from the top of the city wall the next day with ropes hung around their necks."

"This... is so cruel. It's not good..." the little priest muttered in a somewhat tangled manner.

The bartender twitched his lips with a fake smile: "Oh, not so good? Miss Priest, I am eighteen years old this year. Five years ago, I was only thirteen years old. I was one of the children abducted by the Clermont family.

At that time, there was a young master in the Clermont family who was the same age as me. When he saw me, he stepped on me and said he wanted to make me his slave.

Because I was a little taller than him, he was very unhappy and threatened to chop off my legs. He had to be taller than me.

He also made me chew raw meat, saying that I was as cheap as a dog and not fit to eat human food.

Guess what happened to that young master in the end?"

The little priest swallowed his saliva and asked unsurely, "...In the end, what happened to him..."

The bartender grinned, revealing his white teeth, and said, "Governor Irons finally asked me to put a rope around his neck, and then I kicked him off the city wall.

Later, the body collector said that because he was hung so tightly, his neck was stretched out, and he must have been happy because when he died, he was a little taller than me. "

Chapter 5: There is a Gundam in the Demon King's Castle!?

The stories told by the bartender and the customers in the store surprised everyone in the brave team. This past of Blackwater City was so exciting and colorful.

As the leader of the people of Blackwater City in the rebellion, Ains' image in the hearts of the brave team naturally improved a lot.

The bartender who was wiping the glasses in front of him also exuded an unusual spirit. No, so did the few remaining diners in the pub. Each of them was full of fearlessness and bravery.

Even when facing a team of brave warriors, this group of people remained fearless, staring at them like hounds.

Because they can fight for everything they have now without hesitation, just like they did when Ains led them.

The brave men who arrested Ains were undoubtedly the culprits who destroyed their current lives, so it was natural that these people would not treat the brave men well.

Trinity looked at the somewhat nervous members of the brave team, waved her hand and chuckled, "Hahaha~ Don't be so nervous, everyone.

It seems that you have been entertained by Duke Remington since you came here, so you haven’t been exposed to the customs of Blackwater City. Although these people are quite rude to Miss Hero, but... this is the people of Blackwater City~"

Catherine, who had been silent all this time, thought for a long time, and finally slammed the table, stood up from the bar, and said, "Okay... Miss Trinity, I understand..."

With that, Catherine stood up from the bar and said to the rest of the team, "Let's go."

"Where to go?"

"Dungeon."

Coincidentally, when Catherine and others arrived at the dungeon, another group of people happened to arrive. They were the nobles led by the Duke of Remington.

Looking at Duke Remington with a frown on his face and a gloomy expression, the members of the Brave Team were quite puzzled. They were cheering for Irons' downfall so happily in the morning, why did he change his expression so suddenly in the afternoon?

Seeing Catherine coming to the dungeon together, Remington said with a wry smile: "Haha, I didn't expect that the brave man is here too. What a coincidence. May I ask what can I do for you?"

"...I just want to go into the dungeon and talk to Governor Irons."

Duke Remington nodded and extended his hand to invite him: "That's right, I also want to ask Irons a few questions. In that case, Mr. Brave, please go first~"

Catherine looked at the anger that was suppressed all the time in Duke Remington's eyes, and she was quite confused. What had happened to make Duke Remington become like this?

Seeing the Duke's expression that clearly showed he could not answer, Catherine wisely did not ask any questions, but accepted Remington's invitation to go down into the dungeon.

then……

"Where's the man! Where's the fucking Ains man!? Where did such a big man go!?"

Looking at the empty cell, Remington was completely out of anger and started screaming like crazy in the dungeon.

"Guards! Where are the guards! Where are the guards! Call them out and explain the situation to me!!!"

The dungeon guard who was called up knelt on the ground with cold sweat on his face, and said in fear and trepidation: "Your Excellency the Duke... I, I don't know either! I am very sure that except for the arrest of Governor Irons, no one has entered or left the dungeon today!"

Duke Remington kicked him to the ground and demanded, "Then tell me! Where is that bastard Irons now? If you can't tell me, I'll lock you up!"

"I...I really don't know! Your Excellency the Duke!!!"

Seeing that Duke Remington was about to abuse the guard in front of him, Catherine pulled him back and said, "Duke Remington, calm down, there is something fishy about this..."

Duke Remington slapped Catherine's hand and shouted, "Of course I know there must be something fishy! I know without even thinking, it must have been those unruly people in Blackwater City who rescued that bastard Irons!"

Duke Remington said this in a decisive tone, and then pointed at the guard in front of him and said, "This kid is definitely an informant they planted! Those unruly people love this kind of inside and outside cooperation! You are just being stubborn, right? If you are stubborn, then go to hell!"

As he spoke, Remington picked up his jeweled cane and prepared to whip the guard who fell to the ground and trembled.

At this moment, a magical fluctuation appeared in the air, and the cane in Remington's hand suddenly changed, from a jewel cane to a colorful poisonous snake.

Looking at the poisonous snake that suddenly appeared in his hand, Remington screamed and threw it away. After the poisonous snake fell to the ground, it quickly turned back into a crutch.

The instigator of all this was now observing the cell with his calm eyes, finding traces of different magic in it.

"Not a civilian from Blackwater City." Fafnir said calmly.

"Huh?" Remington, still in shock, turned his head to look at Fafner and made a puzzled sound.

Fafnir continued to answer: "It was the Demon King, the Queen of Black Thorns. Her magic power does not lie... or rather, she seemed to be actively revealing her identity. It was she who took Governor Ains away."

"Demon King?!!!!"

……

A black shadow flew over the Demon King's Castle, then quickly slowed down, and finally landed steadily on the balcony of the Demon King's Castle. Margaret walked into the castle holding Ains and said with a smile: "Okay, Ains, we're here."

"Ah, I know... So, can you let me go?" Irons smiled politely but awkwardly, and pointed at the devil's hands that were still tightly grasping him.

"Hahaha~ Don't be so impatient. Is it embarrassing to be hugged by me?"

After teasing for a while, the female demon king put Irons down, folded her wings, took Irons' hand and invited him: "Mr. Irons, this should be your first time to visit my castle, right? Do you need me to show you around?"

Irons's face became more and more confused. What was this female devil up to? Why was she so nice to me when we first met?

I heard from the demons in the Demon Realm who had done business with her before that this female demon king was notoriously moody and it was impossible to guess what she was thinking.

So, agree? No?

It was hard for Ains to make a judgment, so he could only shrug and respond, "It's up to the host."

Margaret smiled slightly, took Ains' hand and took him to tour the entire Demon Castle. The two of them wandered all the way down from the top floor.

While Margaret was showing Irons around, she introduced him to the various things in the Demon King's Castle. This scene was seen by all the monsters in charge of miscellaneous tasks in the Demon King's Castle.

Although these low-level monsters did not have the courage to ask why the Demon King brought a human man to the Demon King's Castle, they were very brave when gossiping with other demons.

Soon, a piece of news spread throughout the Demon King's Castle that a special guest had arrived, a human male specially brought back by Queen Margaret.

The speed of this spread is countless times faster than when Margaret took Irons to visit the Devil's Castle!

"Hey, did you know? The Demon King actually brought a human man to the Demon King's Castle!"

"Listen to me! The Demon King actually brought a human gigolo back from outside!"

"Great news! The Demon Lord took a human man by the hand and showed him around her bedroom. She stayed in there for an hour before coming out!"

"I saw with my own eyes that the Demon King kidnapped a human man, trampled him to his knees, and forced him to work hard!"

It has to be said that the imagination of these monsters is extremely rich. After all kinds of exaggerations in the interpretation, the circulated version of the whole incident has become more and more perverted and outrageous.

When this last piece of news reached the ears of the generals in the Demon King's army, the explosive rumor gave them a slight shock.

At this moment, Irons followed Margaret to a huge door. In front of the door, a demon statue holding a huge axe was guarding it.

Irons looked up at the demon statue that was about 20 meters tall, and became more and more shocked. The round and simple outer armor, the red heat energy at the tip of the axe, the single eye flashing red in the helmet, and the horns extending from the forehead...

"This... Zaku!?"

Irons couldn't help but associate the demon colossus in front of him with the image of Zaku he saw in anime in his previous life, and it was the version driven by a mother-loving maniac.

If his color could be a little redder, Irons even thinks he could drive three times faster!

Hearing Irons' exclamation, Margaret tilted her head and said, "Zaku? What is that? Have you seen other demon colossi?"

Irons explained awkwardly: "Well, I have seen some...colossi that are similar to the one in front of me."

The demon statue knelt down and looked at Margaret and Irons with the single red eye in its helmet, saying, "Greetings, Lord Demon King, and... your human guest.

My name is not Zaku, human. You may have mistaken me for my kind. Let me introduce myself. I am the demon statue, Gundam Ray, who has been guarding the Former King's Palace for 790 years! "

Chapter 6: The Former King's Palace in the Demon King's Castle

"..."

After hearing the Demon Colossus's self-introduction, Irons fell into silence. For a moment, there were so many things to complain about that he didn't know where to start.

Margaret on the side said to Gundam: "Okay, Gundam, open the palace of the former kings. I will take Ains to visit and let him admire the greatness of the former kings."

Facing Margaret's order, Gundam's one eye showed a hint of hesitation. The remains and relics of successive demon kings were placed in the former king's palace, including some very powerful magic weapons.

Except for the Demon King, any demon who wants to enter needs permission.

As a human being, Ains is not even a demon. Logically, he is not qualified to enter the Palace of the Former King, but...

Gundam looked at Margaret who gave the order. This was permission given by the Demon King. Even if Gundam felt it was inappropriate, he could not disobey it.

So he could only stand up and move to the side and open the door of the former king's palace.