I Became the Demon Lord and my Territory is an Uninhabited Island - Chapter 91: That time when we discussed our plans
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Chapter 91: That time when we discussed our plans

Chapter 91: That time when we discussed our plans

Heya. Sorry for the delay. Was pretty swamped with work but more importantly, we lost our freaking internet for a week. I, kizenpain, live in spain without the s a place thats pretty much in the middle of nowhere so things take a while to get done

P.S. This is still the second chapter for February so there will be two chapters this month.

Its the next day after the heroes came to the island. I got into a dispute. The main reason was the hot spring we visited yesterday.

No no no, Im telling you, its not yet possible. Do you realize how much work it would take to build a house near that hot spring? How do you even plan to transport the materials there from the s.h.i.+p in the first place?

Me, Oda, and the carpenter were going to borrow, will have to bring whatever well use for each day but that should be fine right? Well just need Caam to clear out land and dig holes for the pillars

Still, youll need to bring a water source closer to the mountain, you know? Are you thinking of just digging a well? We also dont have enough manpower for irrigation, you know? Even if I do it myself, Ill still need at least two weeks to get to the foot of that mountain

Theres a hot spring so youll just have to dig a bit to find water right?

Theres a hot spring by the beach and if you dig around that area, all youll find are more hot springs. This is why Ive been telling you to wait for 6 months to a year. Its better if we draw water from the lake close to the mountain. Were also going to slowly increase the number of islanders and build houses around that area so we can set up a second village. If its just a house you want, it would be faster if I made one with earthen walls and planks for a roof using magic so the only problem left is water. Are you just going to get the hot spring water, cool it down, then use it to water the plants and give it to the livestock to drink? Can you even grow vegetables in that land in the first place? You havent checked if the soil composition is good enough you know?

Y-yeah

Then please wait for a while okay?

Fiiine. Im not going to insist on living there. But take me to the hot springs. Im not budging on that one

Thats fine if youre going to wait. There will be days I wont be able to take you there though like when I go back to my hometown to visit my family

I wont die if I dont take a bath for two to three days you know? Besides, Im going to get Oda to make a bath for me so I dont mind

Oh, Caam-san and the heroes are fighting

Its for a stupid reason though

We can hear you, you know!?

Hiie! Were sorry

Sheesh, this stubborn geezer sure is a handful.

That night, we had a meeting at one of the houses near the beach where there were no other humans.

Well, putting the thing this afternoon aside, what are we going to do?

What do you mean?

Im talking about the summoned heroes thing. If we leave them alone, there would just be more victims you know? If were really going to make a move then lets meet up with Ugajin, and come up with an elaborate plan to either kidnap or dispose of the princess who is doing the summoning. We could also threaten the current king to step down.

You just casually said it but either option involve a.s.sa.s.sination, right? Ive been trying my best to avoid killing since I came here though

But you do have some experience with that right? Even if theyre kings or princesses, theyre still human you know?

Even if youre smiling like that, your eyes are not. Just how much resentment have you guys acc.u.mulated?

Quite a lot

I see

Hmm, their resentment runs deep it seems. Both Enomoto-san and Oda-san remained silent. Was it that horrible?

Fine, Ill think about it

For the time being, lets look for heroes and do whatever we can to get in touch with them. To be honest, our situation is too good since we have an island like this for our base. All sorts of primary industries have already been established after all. And when it comes to agriculture, we have livestockraising, pisciculture, and forestry. We even make our salt, sugar, and sweets here. Confectionery isnt a primary industry though. And besides, have you ever seen another human village this far away from Corundum?

Nope. Well, if anyone saw me roaming around the human side of the continent, Ill just get killed or hunted down like prey

You look like that so youd definitely get attacked on site. Dark-blue skin, red eyes, if you had wings growing out of your back, youll totally look like a devil. Well, devils in the childrens stories in this world are replaced with the demonkin and the Demon Lord though. I havent even heard of the term devil used in this world

I also havent. I wonder if this has something to do with the church? They are probably just preaching that demonkin are the absolute evil and its okay to kill them all.

Well, putting that aside, we only produce wheat and raise livestock in the village. If were not careful, well starve once winter comes. Even if we explain the modern way of doing it, I dont know if it would change anything so we have it rough

But still, even if theyre humans of this world, I think its unforgivable for fellow j.a.panese to get treated as sacrificial p.a.w.ns

If Enomoto-san had alcohol in front of him, he would have drunk it up in one go and slammed his cup on the table as he said that. Hes like an old man whose daughter was taken in some kind of period drama.

I agree. Thats why we should make saltpeter. Well use that or some kind of subst.i.tute to hara.s.s them

Please dont say that with a sinister smile as you sip your coffee.[TL: This sounds weird. Is he doing it at the same time? Thats pretty amazing then]

Since we have a hot spring, there should be sulfur right? Lets just sneak that in the castle and burn it. That way, well be able to hara.s.s them but just enough to keep anyone from dying

He also looked like he was enjoying himself this time as he once again casually inserted that dangerous remark. Wait, once were able to make saltpeter, if we had sulfur, well have most of the ingredients to make gunpowder, wont we? I mean, the only thing we need is charcoal and we already make that so its only a matter of time.

The demonkin side readily accepted my proposal though. I wonder why theres such a discrepancy with the treatment[TL: idk what this is and what proposal tbh. Kinda feels like when the author edited this, he accidentally deleted some parts]

I think its because theyre too religious. For some reason, rather than letting people take on new challenges, the church encourages people to live a constant and stable life. Thats why farmers end up becoming bandits. They dont even receive any education so if theyre born in a slightly larger village, theres no reason for them to leave. Theyre villagers their whole life and the church teaches them not to have too many unnecessary thoughts

Oh yeah. Ive invited a member of the church to the island to fill the humans spiritual needs you know?

Still, the humans on this island are better off. I even think that nun would probably change for the better while shes here

Thats true. They said that theyre living better lives than before they became slaves and it seems like they been letting that nun know about that fact a lot

After a while of talking about random stuff, I finally asked about the main topic.

So, how about we go back to the main topic?

You know, Ugajin is actually a ninja from Earth [TL: pretty brunt way of going back to the main topic. Kinda like a whiplash lol]

what?

Ninja. Hes a ninja

Is he stealthy and all that and stuff?

He didnt do actual ninja things for a living but hes been doing that since he came here. Hes really lively you know?

is he someone who appears on tv a lot? A guy whos good at making use of his muscles?

He said hes appeared a few times, yes. He seems to be a ninja from a village similar to Edo thats located at the northern side of the Kanto region

Hes the real deal in a lot of aspects then huh? Amazing

It seems like his physical ability has increased significantly ever since he arrived here that hes become a certified genuine ninja. Thats why he was able to sneak into the castle and learn about how were being used as p.a.w.ns

Its a good thing hes not the American type of ninja. So, what made you decide to come to me? [TL: Thought American Ninja was different but after reading this chapter again, it might actually be a reference to that tv show]

We thought it would liven things up if a Demon Lord was involved

Haa

I let out a loud sigh.

Lets set the scene. If a hero defeats the king, all the humans around the world would probably hunt down that human. What happens if its a Demon Lord that defeats the king?

The humans would band together and wage war on the demonkin?

Precisely. Then well spread an exaggerated story all over town about how the demon lord, who pitied the heroes after learning of their story, decided to work together with them. Theyll find out that it was actually the heroes who asked the demon lord for help to defeat the princess who keeps on summoning heroes left and right for their selfish agenda without a way for them to return

So heroes get hunted down if they become a threat huh? Thats why youre going to the pity route?

No no no, its actually clever. We wouldnt want the heroes to end up becoming villains after all

Aida-san smiled and snickered as he said that. Hes pretty twisted, isnt he? I wonder what kind of situation he had to become like this?

Anyway, could you do us this favor as a current Demon Lord and a former j.a.panese? Ill come up with a plan

Haa. Are you making a hero liberation group?

Oh, that sounds nice. Lets do that

what have I done?

Ten days after that, we talked about building a windmill in the commercial district at the planned castle site of my predecessor. To check the state of the wind, Enomoto-san swiftly climbed a ladder held by several people like what the firefighters do in the dezomes.h.i.+ki event during New Year. Once he reached the top, he coiled his leg around the step to prevent him from falling then checked the state of the wind.

Oh, its pretty windy here. Doesnt seem like anything is obstructing the wind reaching here from the sea. It looks like its settled

So that means the wind is always blowing where Enomoto-san is huh?

Well then, seems like this is a good place to put a windmill

Please wait. I havent experienced any storms since I came here. Since we dont know how intense those get, wouldnt it be a bad idea to build one just like that?

We are former j.a.panese you know? Taking measures against that is nothing. We can just make the blades out of cloth. Well remove the cloth whenever a storm comes. If we reduce the width of the blade and increase the number, we can reduce the force applied on it while still maintaining its function as a windmill

Well, thats true but

Youre mistaken if youre thinking its going to be some large-scale structure. Were only making a small one that can grind grain even with minimal power. If that doesnt work, well build one with a tripod foundation so if a storm comes, well only need about three men to take it down. It doesnt matter if its the fan one with small blades or a savonius one after all

Savonius?

Thats true. I can only imagine a large structure when I think of a windmill.

Isnt it fine then? Ill go discuss it with the carpenter

After saying that, Oda-san went to the carpenters place carrying several sheets of blueprints.

Windmills are only useful for turning stone mills, arent they?

At this moment, yes but well also harness the power of the wind to bring water to higher places using wooden water channels

Thats right. We only have a small water channel right now but it would be useful when we have to draw water to a slightly elevated area

If we want the technology here to catch up, we can also make use of the wind to generate electricity. Ah, if we had some bamboo, we could make Edisons lightbulbs you know? We could also make some potato batteries with zinc and some sheet copper. We probably wont get much light from it though

Making candles or lanterns would be easier after all

Yeah. Its probably not something we can do before I kick the bucket

Should we write some books and call them the wisdom of the heroes or something?

Maybe but if we store it on this island and things end poorly, it might all just get burned

Of course it will

While we were having that silly conversation, the coconut sprout on the flower pot by my feet called out to me.

Caam, theres a small boat being dropped off by a s.h.i.+p and is heading towards the island. Theres only one human riding it though

Thank you for letting me know Palma-san

Woah!

Aida-san sounded really surprised. Come to think of it, I didnt tell them about her.

Ah, I forgot to introduce her. This is Palma-san who is a dryad of almost all the palm trees on the island. Theres also Fleur-san who is a red flower alraune

Got it. That guy on the boat is probably Ugajin. He was supposed to come after us but it seems like hes a bit early

Ill get my weapons just in case. Shall we go meet him together?

Ah, alright

I grabbed my weapons then met up with Aida-san at the beach where I saw a silhouette of a person standing by the waters edge.

I cant really tell until he gets a bit closer

After saying that, Aida-san slowly approached the shadow.

Hey. Aida

Since he called out to Aida-san using his name, it looks like its someone they know. Its probably that guy Ugajin.

Its been a while Ugajin

Thats great. Looking closely, he looks like just an average person. I definitely wouldnt remember him if we happened to pa.s.s by each other in town. He doesnt have any particularly memorable facial features.

He was equipped with something that looks like a dagger or a larger-looking knife that villagers carry on their waists for self-defense.

He was dressed in the same type of clothes I was wearing. A common hemp s.h.i.+rt, long hemp pants, and he looked perfectly inconspicuous in a way that would make him look like villager C if he was just walking around.

However, his black hair does stand out. Its rare to find someone with black hair in this world apart from the j.a.panese after all. If he went bald, his hair color wont get revealed but I guess that will also stand out.

I think youve already read about him in the letter but let me introduce you two. This is Caam, a j.a.panese reincarnated to a demonkin and is this islands Demon Lord

h.e.l.lo there

This guy is Ugajin, a combat-type hero. Hes originally a ninja before getting summoned but also acts as a ninja in this world

Nice to meet you

Its a relief that you arent the American type of ninja

There might be a lot of ninjas that arent discreet back on Earth but the ones in this world are pretty good at what they do. Anyway, this island is pretty interesting, isnt it? Its pretty too. Ive never been to a place like this before

Well, now youll get to see it every day. We more or less have houses over there but we moved the village a bit more inland as a measure against storms. Well take you there

I see. Indeed, this place isnt safe if a storm does come. If anyone comes to check the fields and s.h.i.+p, they probably wont be able to come back

At the moment, were on good terms with our neighbors the aquatic demonkin so if anyone gets washed away to the sea, theyll probably help us out

Will they end up like that prince who got saved by a mermaid princess? Thats a pretty exciting development, isnt it?

Unfortunately, they can actually speak the common language. There are also some sahagin types and fish with legs

Are there no sea witches?

I think there are ones who are called witches but I think most of them can use magic. Here you dont need to pay a hefty price for love[TL: Cannot little mermaid references]

After that conversation, Ugajin-san gave me the thumbs up so I also did the same before we headed for the village.

Ugajin-san probably likes mermaids. Well, cant blame him though since theyre beautiful.

PR: Filip/Gecko

Authors Notes: Some people(probably after this chapter was first posted) wanted clarification so let me explain.

Ugajin, who admired ninjas, worked in a ninja village in Nikko(a city in j.a.pan that has a ninja village I think). That means, he wasnt a ninja. However, when he came to this world, his work involved secret espionage.

As for the heros name, due to various reasons, it will be revised starting next chapter.

To make things clear, I will be using the a character for all of them.

The hero Iwamoto uses i so I will be leaving it as is.

TL from the future: Looks like it was already fixed