Volume 2 - CH 40

I glanced at the werewolf king. Then, after giving the slime queen a short glance I drew my sword. The slime queen watched me with her brow furrowed.

“Listen up you all!” I shouted, gathering the attention of all the monsters around. …Then I put my sword to the werewolf king’s throat. The surviving northern werewolves glanced at me.

With all the attention gathered on me, I swung down my sword. The werewolf king’s head fell off, and I raised up the wide-eyed head into the air.

“With this, the fight is over. The enemy head who devised this battle is now dead! Anyone with complaints… come forward now! I will be your opponent!” …With their leader dead, the northern werewolves dropped their weapons. No one tried to resist anymore. I glanced at the slime queen. “…Keep it to just the head of their leader. Not all the werewolves here follow him with their all. They would have been killed for going against their leader. You understand this, right?”

“…” The slime queen looked at the werewolf king’s head. She glanced at the werewolf king’s body before touching it.

Then… she absorbed the whole thing and melted it. It looked like she digested it.

“…I’m satisfied with this. My slimes! Our battle for revenge ends here! By my name as the slime queen, I declare this conflict over!” The other slimes nodded to the slime queen’s declaration.

…I let out a small breath and then started walking. I patted Orphe who was watching the battle on the shoulder before saying, “…Sorry.”

My apology held various meanings. Orphe squoze my hand back and smiled. “…No, it’s fine. This was the best option. I’ll call over the remaining werewolves. It’s fine brining in the ones who aren’t antagonistic.”

“Yeah. That’s fine.” The war is over. …We had some heavily injured individuals, but no one died. Probably thanks to having given everyone potions. Looks like none of the slimes died either.

As I looked at those slimes, their queen came over. “Thank you, for coming to aid us. If we didn’t have an alliance, we would probably have been wiped out by now.”

“Same here. Without the alliance, I don’t know what would have happened to us.” Although we were lucky that the northern werewolves attacked the slime village first, there was also a chance of them attacking us first.

The slime queen spoke in a small voice while looking at the others. “Sorry about what I said earlier… we have some things I can’t compromise on too. As their representative.”

“…I understand.” A sacrifice was needed to appease the slimes. Only simple problems could be solved without mutual hostility and sacrifice.

…In this case, the slimes already received considerable damage. The only thing equivalent to the life of their comrades, would be to take the life of the one who killed them.

In other words, revenge.

“…why did you kill the werewolf king?”

“I was the representative in this case. I don’t intend on delegating important decisions to others. It’s my responsibility, and I will take it. I believe that is necessary.” I said frankly and looked at the slime queen. Her eyes went wide in surprise, then the corners of her mouth rose.

“Looks like I wasn’t wrong about you.” Saying so, the slime queen got down on her knees before me. This abrupt action surprised me. It wasn’t just the queen either. Many slimes lined up behind her.

“…What are you doing?”

“We; no, I as the slime queen will become your subordinate.”

“…” What is going on here? While I was quite perplexed by this, for the time being I asked, “Did the other slimes… agree to this?”

“Those who don’t agree to this can simply leave the village. Isn’t it the same with the remaining northern werewolves?”

…That’s certainly correct. I killed their leader. Each individual has to decide if they want to follow me. I don’t want to kill anyone who doesn’t want to. They just can’t come near the village. That’s all.

“You’re right… but I thought you didn’t agree with having an alliance?”

“Unless we unite the monsters living here in the south, we can’t defend ourselves against the threat of the northern monsters. A chief… if in human terms, a king is necessary. I believe that king needs to possess absolute power, decisiveness, as well as courage.”

“And so that’s me then…?”

“Yes. You are the king of this southern region, and its chief. I swear my allegiance to you as your servant. Will out accept us, king?” Of course, I can’t refuse here. But… I can’t say I intend on becoming a that sort of king.

“…At some point I plan on handing over my position to someone else so I can live a relaxing life though?”

“We’ll have to decide if we’re willing to follow that person when the time comes.”

“…Well if you’re fine with that. Yeah, I’ll make you guys my subordinates.”

“I thank you, my king.”

“…Don’t talk like that. The way you’ve spoken up till now is fine.” I said, to which the the slime queen gave a bow.

“Well once again, thank you for having us, Crest.”

“…Yeah, thanks.” We shook each other’s hands.