Maoyuu:Volume 01

Volume 1

Maou: "Become mine, HERO!"

Hero: "I REFUSE!"

Maou: "No matter what?"

Hero: "What rubbish are you saying! Do you know how many countries were ruined because of you?"

Maou: "Are you talking about the Kingdom of the Southern Forest?"

Hero: "The sky is shrouded by darkness and the people are driven to poverty!"

Maou: "Isn't that because they didn't consider that taking the wood from the forest and turning it into charcoal would lead to heavy pollution and self-destruction?"

Hero: "Pollution......?"

Maou: "Ah~. That... So, you still do not know."

Hero: "Do not lie! Wasn't the minister of the Holy Kingdom brainwashed by demons?"

Maou: "I think it is rather that the greedy minister tried to usurp political power and establish a harem of beautiful princesses, but failed after being caught red-handed. He then said that he had been brainwashed by demons, a bad habit of humans.

Hero: "You still want to lie to me...... I can't forgive that......"

Maou: "I am not."

Hero: "Then what about the war in the southern kingdoms? I was there and witnessed with my own eyes hundreds of humans being killed by demons!"

Maou: "So?"

Hero: "Haa? I cannot forgive you, the maou who invaded the human world!"

Maou: "That is only one perspective. Everyone has theirs however. It's true that there is a war."

Hero: "You are evil!"

Maou: "OK, even if I am evil, after killing me of course, you will also return to wipe out the royalties of the southern countries, right?"

Hero: "Haa? Only you are evil."

Maou: "Didn't humans kill demons as well? Who decided that demons are evil and humans are good?"

Hero: "......"

Maou: "In these situations, why don't you say things such as 'I am the Law!', 'I am God!' or I am a Gundam!', so that you feel more comfortable......"

Hero: "SHUT UP!!"

Maou: "As you wish. Let's stop talking about that."

Hero: "I didn't say that I wished something!"

Maou: "Look at this document."

Hero: "What is this...... isn't this a parchment? Why is it white, thin and slippery......"

Maou: "That is printing paper, but never mind that. What is important is the content."

Hero: "......that, demand explosion... employment? Curve? Consumption trend...... rate of economy dependency?"

Maou: "Do you understand?"

Hero: "What is this? A ritual for an evil god?"

Maou: "Wrong. It is an economic analysis of the benefit of the war on the consumer market."

Hero: "......benefit?"

Maou: "Yes."

Hero: "What benefit is there to this war? Isn't this a war to respond to the aggression of the demons towards mankind?"

Maou: "If the Hero wants it that way, then I will fight seriously."

Hero: "Ugh!"

Maou: "I do not care if you decide to punish me after hearing what I am going to say.

Hero: "Give up."

Maou: "That is why, please take a bit of your time to hear what I am going to say!"

Hero: "......"

Maou: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Hero: "Very well, speak up."

Maou: "Then I will start explaining. Please flip the document to the first page."

*Sound of a page being flipped*

Hero: "A table."

Maou: This is a chart. ......It is a visual representation of the middle land's consumption in the economy for the last 50 years.

Hero: "......Huh?"

Maou: "Seems that you noticed it. Since we started the war 15 years ago, there has been a boom in the middle land's economy."

Hero: "......Liar."

Maou: "I'm not lying. Please look at the second page, it displays all kind of statistics."

Hero: "The number of deaths brought by war......"

Maou: "Since the war started, the human population started to rise steadily."

Hero: "No matter how it is, isn't this strange? Wars only bring deaths, so why would it make the population rise?!!"

Maou: "Well, normally it is indeed the case. However before the war, the situation was different. Before the war-- well, even if wars continued on for hundreds of years, the main causes of death in this world are disease and hunger."

Hero: "......"

Maou: "These two causes are fatal enemies, and humans are still hopeless against them after 500 years Even when after a rapid increase of the population, diseases are still spreading, and the number of deaths remain quite high."

Hero: "Whether is it disease or hunger, it cannot be helped, even if they are the trials set by the gods. But do not put these together with the demon attacks!"

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