Chapter 1

01 . Invitation from Deruzogedo

A month has passed since I reincarnated .

Ive spent the time looking into the world that is now two thousand years further on . It seems the magical arts have degenerated to a much lower level than I thought .

Humans dont seem to know about reincarnation <Silica> magic at all . (1)

It was a rather common magic in the age of myths that I had lived in . For high ranking magic users, reincarnating was not unusual, however, in the present times that age has been called the era of magic . Reincarnation magic does not seem to be known in the present age .

I can talk from birth and have magical talent . My parents Gusta and Isabella have interpreted it that Im just a very smart baby .

Growth <Crest> is considered an advanced magic in the present era but it is still generally known about . (2)

Oh well . If the existence of reincarnation is not acknowledged I guess it cant be helped .

The most surprising thing though was that I reincarnated as a human .

two thousand years ago I sowed my own seeds . With magic, I created 7 subordinates using my own blood and commanded them to have children and expand their bloodline . I needed a container that contained my blood for a successful reincarnation .

As I expected, over two thousand years the blood of the demon king Arnos did not die out, however, I did not expect it to mix with humans .

No, thinking about it I suppose that since the mazoku and the humans stopped fighting its probably natural that those with mixed blood are born .

I guess deep down I thought that the mazoku and the humans were fundamentally incompatible but after a thousand years of being separated by the walls, their troubles were diluted and eventually lost .

Humans dont seem to know much about the mazoku anymore . I asked my parents but they didnt know anything either . All they knew was that the mazoku tribe were really far away on the other side of a wall . They had no further information beyond that .

The demon country, the home of the mazoku is apparently called Deiruheido .

Hmm?

I felt the slight flow of magic power and out of the corner of my eye, something caught my attention .

Moving over to the window I open it and an owl jumps in before dropping a letter in my hand .

Its a letter of invitation from the demon king academy Deruzogedo .

Demon king academy? .

Deruzogedo is the name of my castle . I dont remember hearing about this demon king academy .

I guess it was founded sometime during these last two thousand years .

While I was thinking the owl opened its mouth .

Deruzogedo is a school to raise the demon emperor . The person who inherited the traits of the demon king of tyranny . In other words amongst the mazoku we were founded to find people descended from the imperial family and make them into a fine demon emperor .

The demon king of tyranny? What a nostalgic name for myself, although I was generally just called demon king Arnos during those times but perhaps its not bad having those 2 names handed down .

The demon king of tyranny was the founder and it is the role of the academy to find the person closest to the founder and make them the demon emperor . You also carry the blood of the founder and therefore we invite you to Deruzogedo . We await your admission into the demon king academy .

I inherited the traits and talents of the founder? I am the founder .

Even if it followed the unique magical signature overflowing from my blood it seems the familiar cannot look any deeper into the abyss .

At first glance, having reincarnated, the blood of the founder flowing in my body is diluted . However, if I analyse it carefully with demonic sight I can understand that the blood has changed into the blood of the demon king Arnos .

It is said that this is the year that the founder will be reincarnated .

They knew that . It seems that the year of my rebirth was handed down throughout the years .

This year the students planning to enter the demon kings academy are really promising . They are already called the chaos generation . Amongst them are many people regarded as the potential founder reborn . Deruzogedo will be filled with joy when the founder demon king returns .

I see . The entire purpose of the academy is to look for the reincarnated demon king . For me .

Should I go then?

This chaos generation of the mazoku . I want to see my descendants with my own eyes .

I have received your invitation .

We are looking forward to seeing you . You who has inherited the talents of the founder .

With that, the owl flew off .

Ive decided . Strike while the iron is hot . Ill go to Deruzogedo . Itll be inconvenient with this body though .

I use the growth <crest> magic . My body was wrapped in light and grew up to the age of 16 .

This should do .

Leaving my room I head to the front door .

Its midnight now . Because both my parents are asleep I wont have any issue leaving .

Or so I thought as I placed my hand on the door handle .

Who!?

I hear my mothers voice from behind .

Crap, did you get up? Moreover, in this form, she wont understand that its me .

I better turn round and explain .

Arnos-chan? You grew up again! my mother said while looking at my face .

You understood well .

Of course I did . Even if you grew up a bit Arnos-chan is still Arnos-chan .

Its a bit embarrassing to be called chan when Im the demon king .

Oh well, theres no help for it . No point minding it .

Where are you going this late at night? Its dangerous outside .

Even though Im a reincarnated being it doesnt change the fact that Im her son . Since I was found I guess I cant leave silently now .

Do you know of the demon king academy Mother?

My mother tilts her head to side showing she doesnt understand it .

Never heard of it . Where is it?

Its quite far away . Its in Deiruheido .

A school in such a far off place . Is something wrong?

An invitation arrived to enter the school . I intend to go .

You, you cant . Such a far-off school? Its dangerous! Arnos-chan is only a month old .

. . No . Even if you say a month .

As a reincarnated person its a bit troubling being treated like a baby .

Unfortunately, they dont believe the reincarnated story at all .

My mother doesnt know anything about my character as the demon king either .

Also mother cant travel such a distance to Deiruheido . Theres a magic school nearby . Is that no good?

Theres nothing to learn from a magic school . Besides, Ill be going alone so mother is safe here .

Thats no good . Arnos-chan is only a month old . I cant let you live alone . What about money?

I can make money myself .

How? The world isnt so nice as-

Magic power gathers in my palm and lumps of gold appear .

Eh? No waythis . its not a fake made by magic . its real .

My mother makes her living as an expert appraiser . She very good at judging precious metals .

She can no see how easy it is for me to make money .

How did you do this Arnos-chan? Such magic . Even the sage at the castle cant do this .

It seems my mother is surprised . Its no wonder .

Speaking of the sage at the castle, they are a master of magic and compete for the top spot in the country .

If you couldnt even use this low-level type of magic back in the age of myths you would have died but apparently, the world has become very peaceful .

Its the most basics of creation magic to produce things that already exist in the world . The beginners class teaches you to create mithril and orichalcum . For the demon king Arnos this is mere child play .

Do you believe me even a little that Im a reincarnated being now?

No matter how great a magic you can use no means no . Also, you shouldnt call your own name like that if you are an adult . Okay?

Tch . Shes got a point .

What is this school then? What would you be studying?

What should I do? I can easily leave by force .

Its alright Isabella .

My father comes over from the depths of the house .

Theres no holding a man back from the road hes decided on .

But dear, Arnos-chan is only a month old and I dont know anything about this school .

They say if you dont see a boy for 3 days they grow . Arnos is already a month old . In that case, we will have to observe him 10 times more but father doesnt have eyes that big . (3)

Ah, un . Its been a month . Having lived together for a month with my parents I understand them . My mother is a worrywart and my dad is a bit of a fool .

Father knows Arnos . The demon king academy is a school a raises the wizard king isnt it? Arnos is so good at magic Im sure he wants to study there .

. . I guess its roughly like that

Its totally different but lets keep that to myself .

Go Arnos . My dad said in a powerful voice .

Is it okay?

My father nods .

However, we will all go together .

. What?

Its the duty of a parent to support their child . You are still young . You are only a month old after all .

. So fathers worried as well .

*chichichi* my father wags his finger .

Its Arnos that doesnt understand . Listen up . Parents are always sad and lonely when a child leaves home . You are a newborn . We will be very lonely .

My father is using difficult words to explain it .

I think you should use simpler words .

Isabellas lonely too right?

Yes . . you grew up so fast . I didnt think . . sorry . Maybe Arnos-chan is a child given great power by God and you think your mother is obstructive but I want to be together a little longer .

Im at a loss for words .

In my old life, I didnt have parents .

My mother died .

Did my father die? Did he throw me away? I dont know .

I dont remember ever talking to my parents .

I never thought about it .

If you will be lonely I guess theres no help for it .

My mothers face lit up when I said this .

Alright, its decided! Well prepare to move house straight away . Dont worry about anything . Father is a blacksmith . No matter where we go we wont have to worry about eating!

And like this, the three-person family will move to Deiruheido .

(1) Kanji reads reincarnation but the furigana reads silica .

(2) Kanji reads growth but the furigana reads crest .

(3) The three days thing is part of an old proverb but I couldnt find a good English source to explain it better .