Grid lowered his head, and Su-ho’s eyes widened.
He was so startled that he quickly tried to make him stand upright.
But Grid would not budge.
- I ask this of you.
“Come on, seriously, why are you doing this? Fine, fine, I get it, so raise your head already.”
Only then did Grid raise his head and grin.
Seeing that expression, Su-ho said, sounding dumbfounded,
“You bowed on purpose, didn’t you?”
- What do you mean, on purpose? I bowed because I was sincerely asking you.
“Oh, please. You obviously knew I’m softhearted and did this on purpose. Anyway, you designed this in a really petty way, didn’t you? This isn’t giving me the Demon Realm. You’re just dumping your burden on me.”
- Now, now, dumping my burden? I am asking politely.
“You’re going to pretend otherwise? You’re a Constellation too. Then you could just bet on me, so why go out of your way to make things complicated?”
- There is a reason I am doing this. If you do not want to, you do not have to.
“As if I don’t want to.”
A laugh slipped out of me.
How could I possibly not want to?
I had watched him from beside him and come to know all too well how much he loved the Demon Realm.
That was why I accepted right away.
Because if the world I loved were forced by someone to repeat the same pain, there would be nothing more horrible or miserable than that.
“So, what do I do now?”
- There is not much you need to do in particular. First, we should hold the succession ceremony.
“Succession ceremony?”
- Possessing the world as King of a Fallen Nation is fine, but before that, it would be better for you to become a king in the true sense first.
[ The Demon King of Greed fully acknowledges you. ]
[ The Demon King of Greed wishes to place you on the throne of Demon King in his stead. ]
[ Will you accept the Demon King of Greed’s proposal? ]
[ You may refuse the proposal. ]
A notification similar to the one for betting.
Until now, promotions had been forced, but since this was still the position of Demon King, it gave me a choice.
A meaningless question.
What was the point of asking?
Obviously, yes.
The moment I accepted coolly, the next messages followed in a line.
[ You have accepted the proposal. ]
[ The trait information for “Avatar of the Demon King” changes. ]
[ You have become “Demon King of the Eastern Demon Realm.” ]
[ As you have become Demon King of the Eastern Demon Realm, you can now use all the powers of a Demon King. ]
[ “Demon King Castle Belkanuel” is bound to you. ]
[ “Demon King Palace” can be summoned. ]
More important than that was the matter of the Demon King.
Su-ho checked his status window.
[ An Su-ho ]
After personally declaring the end of the war as Demon King of the Eastern Demon Realm, he had now truly become the one and only Demon King of this land.
Now the only thing left was to proclaim a domain over this land and officially incorporate the Demon Realm into Suholand through the system.
Right before proclaiming the domain, Su-ho spoke with a slightly nervous expression.
“I’ve done it with rivers and islands, but this is my first time proclaiming a domain over an entire continent.”
- From now on, you will be proclaiming domains over many more worlds.
“Ah?”
Su-ho understood Grid’s words and grinned.
Right.
Now that you had taught me this method, perhaps I would incorporate even more worlds into Suholand, if only to screw the system over.
Su-ho shouted,
“I formally proclaim this Demon Realm as territory of Suholand.”
At that moment.
[ You have proclaimed a domain. ]
The full-scale territorial expansion began.

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