"Now we'll talk a bit about humans, let's start with our continent. Initially in this world, there were 5 continents... until your older sister said the following"
[Why waste time going back and forth by boat... Tsk, it's so annoying to have to waste time on sea travel just to maintain etiquette when we can simply teleport or fly it's stupid... I'll fix this.]
"After saying that, she disappeared for 5 minutes... during those 5 minutes, she forcefully combined the five continents into a single large continent, leaving the rest of the planet as just water."
I don't know what I find more surprising my sister doing this, or me thinking it's a good idea just because I also hate the etiquette I had to learn.
"Didn't that cause any problems?" I ask with doubts in view of this absurd movement.
"Haaa," she breathes heavily.
"Yes, many problems, but your sister didn't care. She's the kind of person who is more direct and doesn't like to beat around the bush, although she doesn't like to take responsibility. Whenever she did, she did it perfectly."
"In a way, after a while, this idea incredibly worked out. After all, it opened up many new trade routes and paths, and also helped many races to share their culture."
"Getting back to the topic, now our continent is unique and also very large. In this large continent, the various races tend to live in their own territories."
"But naturally, there are those who are greedy and started intrigues, so many races began wars with each other. It is war that moves money, which was a great opportunity for merchants."
"These wars were not necessarily the fault of the continent becoming one. They already existed before, but it was more difficult to wage battles because they had to cross the sea."
"The sea is considerably dangerous, mainly because of the sirens. After all, this is the area where they have a total advantage, while other races lose their advantage when fighting in the water."
"Now with the continent being one, the sirens have lost considerable influence, since the sea is no longer so useful, as there is literally nothing but a few islands in the sea."
"Going back to land, humans initially had many kingdoms, but in the end they formed a single kingdom that functions like a web. The castle that has the heroes is the main castle, but around it there are more 'kingdoms' that form a web to defend the main one."
"Naturally, seeing this formation, the kingdom should be an empire. However, it did not become an empire because each king maintained his influence, although they still have to obey the main kingdom, they are free."
"The main kingdom has this monopoly on power because of the heroes. This web-like formation that protects the main kingdom was designed by a hero. With this formation, which initially seems simple, he can disperse invading armies and weaken them."
"So, even if they don't lose as they advance through the web, invaders will still have to face the main kingdom, which has a great concentration of military power. The web tends to start weak and gets stronger as it goes to the center."
"Functioning like a true spider's web that disperses enemies, weakens them, eliminates part of them, and then sends them to an even worse area, as it becomes more difficult to escape and flee."
"In a way, the way the kingdom was structured is very good, but it has a huge cost to maintain, and the more distant parts of the web are poor and the laws don't work... that is, it's also a way to keep those in the center richer by taking from the poorer."
It doesn't seem much different from the modern society where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
"Now about the heroes and why not kill them before they get strong. To start with, let's talk about the summoning ritual. To summon heroes, the kingdom needs a sacrifice of at least 900 to 1,000 people for each hero."
"When a hero is summoned, he transits between their world and ours for a time. During this time, they receive a magical essence that multiplies their power many times."
"This magical essence grants the summoned heroes a high level, high growth, many skills, and a unique ability, naturally making them very strong by human standards."
"The worst thing about heroes are their unique abilities. They are extremely powerful and dangerous abilities. An example of one is the [Psyche Eye]. This ability allowed the hero to destroy the mind of any being, regardless of resistance, protection, magic, status, maximum power, level, race, and distance."
"Basically, with just this ability, he could practically kill anyone anywhere. Although some may be able to regenerate their own mind, most cannot, so this hero alone could kill more than 95% of the beings in this world simply from the protection of his own room."
"Fortunately, he could only use this ability if he knew who the target was, so in the end he was killed by the demons, as he was stupid enough to boast about having this ability, which made him a target for many known demons."
"And at the moment, there are several heroes with unique abilities. Not all unique abilities are necessarily powerful, they are, as the name suggests, unique, and can be active or passive."
"The reason for not killing a newly summoned hero is something we discovered that no other race knows when a summoned hero doesn't get strong and dies before that, their magical essence remains in the world."
"So when another hero is summoned, it will merge with him, making him stronger and with the possibility of having more than one unique ability. And this is cumulative, so the more immature heroes we kill, the stronger the next ones will be."
"If humans knew this, they would certainly start summoning and killing heroes until they had a hero so strong that even the Demon King couldn't do anything. When the hero becomes strong, this magical essence completely merges with him, and when he dies, it dissipates."
"Another reason to be careful when killing them are the passive abilities. A unique ability can be a passive that activates on death. We have a record of such a passive from 2,600 years ago."
"It was from a hero that Elena killed. When he died, a passive was activated that killed all living beings within a 100-kilometer radius, whether plants, animals or any member of any race they all died instantly, and Elena only survived because of her Phoenix Blessing, which allows her to revive once a year."
'So that's how Elena stayed alive' this opens great margins for me to be more extreme with Elena a year from now.
"Unique abilities seem so broken..." I murmur with this injustice. I didn't get anything when I was summoned, but now it doesn't matter I have a lot more than just one broken ability, I have an entire status that can already be called theft.
"And that's why, Your Majesty, you must be careful when going to the kingdom. You must not kill the heroes on impulse. Try to find out what unique abilities they have and wait for them to get stronger before killing them."
"I know it can be difficult, but try to befriend them until they reveal what ability they have. Also, be more careful with those who have the highest maximum level, as they are usually the ones with the strongest abilities."
"Furthermore, if we kill the heroes after they have already become strong, the kingdom will only have spent resources and time, as it costs a lot to train and prepare the heroes, as well as the equipment obtained for them, which costs a fortune."
"Another thing you should be careful about is Mikael Calamitas. He is a human of this world and has the title of the strongest of humanity. We don't know his level, but he has lived much longer than humans, being almost as old as Elena."
"He is a human blessed with a level of power that rivals the strongest heroes, and has surpassed many common heroes. He has been outside the kingdom for the last 20 years, but should return sometime this year."
This guy sounds like trouble, but if he doesn't have a unique ability, he won't be a threat to my sealed status.
"Freya, something I didn't understand in this plan... my appearance hasn't already been revealed to the demons in the transmission... how will the humans not know it's me?" In a way, it doesn't make sense for this plan, as my appearance is already known to the demons, so other races must already know what I look like.
"That's an excellent question, Your Majesty, but don't worry, everything has been planned in the smallest details. Several accessory items and spells will help you disguise yourself. Also, the Grand Duchess, who is Kaelith, is already known. Since the Grand Duchess was born years before the Demon King, it will be difficult to associate the two, even if they look alike."
"Furthermore, several Demon Kings have already had appearances that could be found among humans, so humans have really become less alert to Demon Kings who resemble nobles."
"Although Your Majesty's appearance is quite unique, especially your eyes, due to the position of Grand Duchess, no one would ever dare to say anything. And there's no way to forge the Demon King's date of birth, as all demons and monsters become stronger with a Demon King."
"Freya, if you managed to have noble positions, why don't you just stop the summoning yourselves?" If they stopped the summoning, they wouldn't need to do all this planning.
"...We've already tried that... and in the end we discovered something that the main kingdom hides from the other kingdoms to maintain its power. Although it is said that it is the kingdom that performs the summoning ritual, this is a lie. The ritual is automatic and simply appears from time to time, and when a specific number of deaths occur near the summoning area, heroes appear."
"The most the kingdom does is to force the summoning to happen manually, but this is something any kingdom could do, and it cannot be stopped. It simply happens, so heroes will be summoned even if no one does anything."
"We demons deduced that the one responsible for the summoning is probably the Goddess of the humans, who uses the souls of the living to summon humans from another world."
"We've already tried to study the ritual, but to no avail. It's too complex and seems to require divinity and sacrifice to be active, so the only one capable of replicating the ritual would be one of the Goddesses."
I've learned so much in the last few hours. Who would have thought it would be so elaborate and complex?
"And about me, do you have anything to say? I'm referring to the Demon King himself," I ask her.
"Your Majesty maintains the balance of the world. Demon Kings maintain a balance that is not visible."
"So... the Demon Kings are good?" I'm super doubtful about this. Wasn't I supposed to be a disaster?
"It's not that way, Your Majesty. What do you think would happen if a Demon King didn't exist?"
"I don't know..."
"The answer is simple. The different races would exterminate each other out of personal greed. Everyone in this world is always fighting with each other, and sooner or later they would kill each other, thus extinguishing life on the planet. And that's where the Demon King comes in."
"The Demon King is a disaster that, upon birth, forces the races to stop fighting, making them unite to survive. Thanks to the Demon King, the races are kept in balance, none become much stronger than the others due to the damage caused by the Demon King."
"The world never becomes overpopulated thanks to the mass genocides of the Demon Kings, thus a certain balance is born, allowing life to continue. Without a Demon King, life would eventually end. Of course, that doesn't mean the demons are good."
"It just means that the existence of the Demon King is essential for life on the planet, and that's why comparing a Demon King to a natural disaster is correct. The Demon King is a natural force of the world that must always exist."
"Just as the world needs rain, but heavy rain will cause deaths. The world needs wind, but strong winds will bring destruction. The world needs the ocean, but tsunamis will take lives. The world needs to be sustained by the soil, but earthquakes are natural."
"Just as natural disasters exist and come from common things, the Demon King is also a natural force that must exist. However, although life needs the Demon King to exist, the Demon King does not need life to exist. Tornadoes don't need humans to be generated, the same goes for the Demon King."
"Even if you decide to exterminate all life on the planet, it's no problem. You create the balance at birth, but you are not obligated to maintain that balance. You are free to cause all the destruction and death you want."
"I understand... thank you, Freya, it was very explanatory... but we've been in this conversation for hours... I should go take a bath and release Elena. I didn't even take a bath yet, I just put on my clothes and came to talk to you."
I still feel my semen in my panties. I also smell Elena's love juice. I wish I didn't have to get rid of the scent so quickly, but it would be kind of embarrassing to go through the places smelling like Elena. Maybe I should have taken a bath before coming, but I didn't want to lose the scent of my body.
"Okay, have a good night, Your Majesty." We spent the whole day in this class, it was so interesting that I even forgot to eat.
'My semen is delicious...' It's strange, but it's good. However, my semen doesn't satisfy my hunger, so I should eat something after the bath.
Elena's blood is also good, but I can't just start eating her.
I start walking back to the room, I want to see Elena again. She looks so beautiful when she's chained up.