Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 186: Too big isn't that good

The commotion caused by his evolution had ended or forcefully ended as he was brought to his house.

Everyone also moved to his house because they had many things to discuss.

Still, Treyni came and congratulated him. "Congratulations on your awakening as the True Demon Lord, Tamazuki-sama."

"Thank you, Treyni."

"By the way, are you going to announce your status?" Treyni asked.

"You mean, you ask me whether I will announce my status as a Demon Lord?"

"Yes."

"No."

"Why?"

"It's troublesome."

"......"

"I have a feeling that someone might come to challenge me if I announce that."

"I can see that."

Rimuru and the rest nodded.

As long as Tamazuki announced his status as a Demon Lord, everyone would try to challenge him.

While no one thought that he would lose, especially when they thought about his size, they knew he hated something troublesome.

If he doesn't need to do it, he won't do it, but if he has to do it, he will do it as soon as possible.

This is his motto.

"Then, why did you even become a Demon Lord?" Rimuru asked with confusion. If Tamazuki didn't like such a troublesome thing, then why should he become a True Demon Lord?

"To protect."

"...protect?"

His answer was unexpected.

"Whether you want to admit it or not, in this world, only the strong can have a choice. The weak can't do anything and can only rely on the strong. I don't want to entrust my life to others, so I need to become stronger. The only way for a monster to become stronger is only to become a Demon King.

"However, similar to you, I also like humans. If possible, I don't want to kill them. Fortunately, I can become one without killing them. Nevertheless, I can't say that it is comfortable to kill so many orcs like that. The only good thing is that they are enemies, so I don't feel much guilt."

He might have killed a person and various other things, yet that number was only a few.

Even he had to say he felt quite uncomfortable to kill so many things at once.

However, he had to say even though he had thought he would feel uncomfortable, he felt strangely calm, and he didn't even feel any guilt for doing a massacre.

"Also, Uncle, don't you want to create a place where a monster and a human can live together?"

Rimuru, who was still in a daze by Tamazuki's mature way of thinking, was startled, then asked in confusion. "Did it have anything to do with your awakening?"

"Not really."

"...." Rimuru.

"However, let's keep my awakening as the Demon Lord a secret first, as no human country will have a good impression of us if a Demon Lord is born here."

"........"

They wanted to argue, but they couldn't since the Demon Lord was the symbol of terror.

Whenever they appeared, they brought fear to everyone.

"You can say that I am like a secret weapon of this village. Damn, isn't that cool?"

"........" Everyone.

Rimuru rolled his eyes.

However, his words were correct.

He was like a secret weapon of this village.

When the village and the forest were at peace, no one should be worried about anything, but in case of emergency, Tamazuki could come out and scare everyone.

"However, Uncle, don't you want to awaken as a True Demon Lord too?"

"Huh?" Rimuru was surprised.

"I might be strong, but you know, sometimes, having two is better than one, right? If you become stronger, then you can protect everyone better."

"But I have to massacre 10,000, right?" Rimuru was speechless. "I can't do it, Tamazuki. I have devoured Orc Disaster's karma, and I wish to keep the orcs safe."

"I am not saying it now, and it doesn't have to be now, as we might even be attacked by something else in the future. At that time, you can use our enemies to make you grow as the True Demon Lord."

"...future enemy." Rimuru couldn't imagine such a future, but he kept Tamazuki's words in his heart since he also knew if one wanted to have a comfortable life and be able to protect others, one needed to become stronger. By this point, he had to say Tamazuki was more mature than him in this matter.

Was it because Tamazuki wasn't a virgin?

Was being a virgin or not would cause such a big difference?

No.

Tamazuki would answer that without hesitation as it was a matter of attitude toward life instead of being a virgin or not.

"By the way, did you agree to let go of the orcs?" Rimuru asked after he realized something.

"You want me to kill all of them?"

"No!"

"Well, that's it. I believe you, Uncle."

"Really?"

"Yeah, if I have trouble with how you handle something, then I will talk, but frankly, I am too lazy to handle this, so I leave the rest to you."

"......."

Rimuru thought that being lazy was the real reason why Tamazuki would let him take care of this matter.

"However, are you okay with this, Benimaru? The orcs have destroyed your tribe, right?"

When this question fell, Benimaru became the center of attention.

Tamazuki asked Benimaru since this guy was the lord of the Oni, so whatever Benimaru's decision was, the rest also followed.

"Yes, I believe in Rimuru-sama." Benimari didn't hesitate. "And... I believe that you also have tasted the feeling of losing now." When he saw the orcs that day, he knew that they had tasted the pain of losing. By now, there was no point in doing his revenge anymore as what he was thinking was the future.

"Benimaru..." Rimuru was moved.

Tamazuki nodded and didn't bother to question Benimaru's question anymore. "By the way, can you tell me what happened during my slumber?"

Hearing that question, they told him about the aftermath of the battle.

The corpses of the orcs were handled by the living orcs.

Still, while some were buried, some were cremated by the ability of fire in Rimuru and Benimaru.

However, there were still 120,000 orcs living, and they included females, children, and the elderly.

Now the question is, how do you handle those 120,000 orcs?

This number wasn't small, and they also didn't have enough food to take care of the 120,000 orcs since Rimuru wanted all of them to stay alive.

"Wait, wait, don't you think we should talk about this without the party that is involved in our discussion?"

"You're right. Let's invite all of them to our discussion, but is your body alright? Don't you want to rest?" Rimuru asked worriedly.

"It's okay. My body is extremely healthy now."

"Un, I can't imagine you are sick either."

Still, when they heard his words, everyone smiled and thought that Tamazuki didn't change and he was still their gentle master even if he became a Demon Lord.

With everything settled, then the representatives of the Lizardmen and the Orcs were called as they needed to talk about the aftermath of this battle.

Still, when they saw Tamazuki had woken up, they were stunned. They wanted to say something, but they hesitated. In the end, they didn't say anything, and everything was determined by Rimuru.

Or rather, even the orcs or lizardmen were invited to this discussion; everything had been decided by Rimuru and Tamazuki. No one dared to talk, but in the end, the orcs were let go.

Everyone agreed.

While the orcs were relieved as their lives were saved, the problems were the food.

Fortunately, Treyni was able to handle the situation since she, along with her kindreds, had nothing but food.

However, it didn't mean they were going to provide the orcs with food all the time, at least until they could be self-sufficient by themselves.

Still, when the meeting was finished, Rimuru said something outrageous.

"...do you want me to name them?"

Tamazuki was speechless when Rimuru wanted to name 120,000 orcs.

"Yeah, come on! Help me, okay?"

"...you really..."

He let out a helpless sigh and agreed.

Everything ended peacefully, but everyone was happy.

Yet, was it his imagination, but many of them kept staring at his nether region?

It was his imagination, right?