Well, I overlooked an important task at hand.

From now on, I have to explain the Evil King System and demon summoning from scratch to all the kings of the various nations on the surface. In other words, I have to declare straight out that [The Sphere that you worship is the root of all evil]. They'll definitely be shocked. Many people have been killed by the Evil King and the Evil tribe so far. As for demon summoning, damage is still occurring in real-time. Moreover, the summoner who clads themselves in magic to summon demons is Shintaro Myouji, the otherworldly summoner whom Sphere transformed into a god race, and the motive is to cause chaos on the surface and have someone kill him.

I'm going to explain this to the Elf King and Queen now, but they might receive a shock and fall ill. I'll try to support them somehow. I'm scared that their worship of Sphere so far might turn into worship me.

We arrived at the office and after everyone took their seats, the Elf King and Queen stood up to speak.

"Sasha-sama, Saria-sama, let us introduce ourselves again. I am Dizayig Sylphiel, King of the Sylphiel Kingdom."

"I am Wilma Sylphiel, the queen."

"I am truly sorry that I have been monitoring the two of you. I hope that you will calm your anger."

Hmm, both of them are shaking a lot. I can tell they are speaking up with courage. I played too much when I was being monitored.

"Sasha, I'm sorry. I apologize too. For both me and Riffia, we understood that monitoring you this time was a punishment for Sasha. We were aware that you were Akane Shimizu, so we were very careful about what we said and did. On top of that, you attached protection without our permission, so we were almost caught talking too much. Both Riffia and I were under a lot of stress. Even though we realized we were being watched, we thought it wouldn't be discovered who was monitoring or where the magical tools were, so we sent it as punishment, but everything was found easily, and we never thought we would receive punishment in return through those magical tools."

A punishment for me? They had accumulated that much stress.

"That's not all. In addition, the audience with the High Elves was also an incredible stress for me. In the end, all the High Elves had already died a long time ago, and only Sae-sama and Tsutomu-sama, who are higher-ranking gods, were present. My mental stress peaked. I wanted to punish Sasha in some way, Sae-sama told me about the monitoring. I planned to monitor Sasha and make her feel the same stress as me, but instead, I ended up receiving punishment. So, I'm sorry. We went too far with the monitoring."

Hmm, isn't that a self-inflicted wound? Wait, that's not it? I'm also to blame for leaving everything to them.

"Burn-san, Riffia-san, I'm sorry too. I didn't think it would be that stressful for you. I was angry until I heard the circumstances from Sae-san and Tsutomu-san. So as punishment, I occasionally made everyone, except Haruto and the others, feel my light intimidation and killing intent, but I never thought it would lead to instilling fear of being killed. Hmm, I thought I was holding back quite a bit."

"I'm not really angry either. I just think it's interesting that you developed such a fascinating magical tool. Sasha, you're more than twenty times stronger than me, so you should understand your own strength. Even if it feels light to you, it's like pushing your opponent to the brink of death. The Elf King and Queen are still trembling even now."

That's the thing. Since defeating a large number of demons in Olympus, I haven't completely grasped my own power. Oh! Come to think of it, I have a system manual skill, so I can just tweak it a bit and check my own status! Why didn't I realize it earlier? I'll check it when I have time.

"Well, it seems that's the case. Your Majesty, the Queen, Burn-san, Riffia-san, I apologize again from me. I went a little too far, I'm sorry."

"No, it was our fault too."

Haruto-kun was the one who broke this strange situation.

"Your Majesty, Queen, since Akane has forgiven you, can't we just let it go? Besides, we're not making any progress with the conversation."

"Uh, that's right. Haruto has a point. Sasha-sama, may we hear your story?"

"Yes, of course. However, what I'm about to tell you is a shock to everyone on the surface, including the King, the Queen, and all the people. Please listen carefully. I will explain how the Evil King System was created and why demons were summoned in large numbers."

What I said triggered a change in the tense atmosphere of the room.

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First, I talked about the history of Spheretalia. Long ago, it flourished more than today's Earth civilization. Many races lived there, but despite facing the crisis of collapse, they postponed solving the problem, which led to an irreparable situation. Most of humanity fled to another world, and only 100 people remained. There were the evil god Demogorgon and the goddess Sphere, who evolved into gods through biological modification, and they created Spheretalia from the collapsed world in detail.

"W-What? The evil god Demogorgon, which is handed down in our legend, was originally human! And the evil god and the goddess created this world?!"

Haruto-kun, Burn-san, Riffia-san, the King, and the Queen were all stunned.

"Sasha-sama, how did Demogorgon come to be called an evil god?"

The queen's statement seems to have made everyone wonder.

"From here, the story becomes serious. Please listen carefully."

Saria also appears from here, so it must be a complicated feeling.

A few hundred years after creating the new Spheretalia, a large war broke out. It didn't end for years, so Demogorgon succeeded in ending the war forcibly by absorbing the negative emotions among the people. Saria insisted that this was only a temporary solution, but she was not listened to. After that, Demogorgon repeated the same thing every time a war broke out, so he himself was absorbed by negative emotions and gradually became mentally unstable, and he began to use violence against Sphere and Saria. In addition, he became disgusted with the people on the surface who repeated wars and landed on the surface himself, repeating the slaughter. That's how the evil god Demogorgon was born. I explained the whole process in detail.

"S-So, the birth of the evil god was caused by us surface dwellers? W-What a thing to say. Does this mean that we humans made Demogorgon-sama go mad by frequently starting wars?"

I'll add some follow-up just in case.

"No, it's not that all humans on the surface are bad. As Saria proposed to Demogorgon and Sphere, if they had put in divine prophecy beforehand before it escalated into a major war, the damage could have been minimized. Those two stubbornly did nothing but watch without listening to Saria's opinion. And when it reached the point of extinction, they finally acted. Moreover, they adopted only a temporary measure of absorbing negative emotions as a means to end the war. Despite Saria's constant advice, they continued to use it."

"Akane, why did Demogorgon and Sphere ignore Saria's proposal? If it were me, I would adopt Saria's opinion. Or, I would give divine punishment before it became a big war."

Haruto also has the same opinion.

"You, are you Haruto? You're the second person who agreed with my opinion. Demogorgon and Sphere rejected all of my proposals."

"Before Demogorgon and Spheretaria became the parents of Saria, they were researchers and technicians who built the current management system from scratch."

"Hey, don't tell me they prioritized their pride as researchers over their concern for their child."

"That's right. Well, it's just a guess, but I think they were always looking for a more correct method than Saria's."

"----They're the worst parents. Indeed, the people on the surface may be bad, but aren't Demogorgon and Sphere also trash? They continued the war that could have been stopped because of their tiny pride."

"I feel sorry for Saria!"

"Wait a minute. Then why did you turn Akane into an evil tribe?"

Well, I guess you'd think so.

"Uh, well, that-------"

"Well, let's not talk about that now. Anyway, Sphere fought and sealed Demogorgon in another dimension. However, Demogorgon left behind a parting gift. That is the Evil King system. At the same time as the sealing of the evil god, this system was activated, and the evil tribe appeared. The evil tribe kills people with negative emotions one after another, and by absorbing their souls into the Evil King's egg, the Evil King is born. Sphere knew the contents of this system and left the Evil King system as a measure to prevent a major war. The problem arose 200 years ago when the Evil King with great power was revived, and the people of Spheretalia could not defeat it. Sphere had anticipated the Evil King in advance, so she tried to remove the system, but it was heavily guarded and she couldn't remove it. Therefore, she created the interdimensional summoning system as a trump card."

"Wait a minute! Why interdimensional summoning? If Sphere or Saria went to the surface, they could solve it in one shot!"

"I said that I could defeat it in one shot. As expected, it was rejected. On top of that, I received punishment that made me unable to use skills and magic." (Saria)

"I want to punch Sphere!"

I agree.

"At that time, the summoned members succeeded in sealing the Evil King. And four members, Ryoichi Suzumi, Shintaro Myouji, Sae Togo, and Tsutomu Morimoto, were summoned by Sphere and became gods. By the way, I defeated Ryoichi Suzumi."

"Sasha, I hardly feel Ryoichi's power. Did you kill him?"

I wonder if Sae is worried because Ryoichi used to be a comrade?

"After taking away his status, I turned him into a regular human and locked him up in the zombie house with no food. As an extra measure, I made it so that he can only die of old age and I've set it up so all the energy he generates is given back to me. He won't die that easily. He will suffer the same fate as the zombies he has faced so far."

"I see. It's only natural that he gets such a punishment after what he did."

"I heard about it from Sae-san, but it's a disgusting story."

"From here on, Saria plays a big role. First, she was dismissed from her role as a follower of Sphere because Sphere had secured the number of people she needed by changing four people into gods. Saria got angry and said, 'I know the system well, so why am I being kicked out?' This became the trigger for Saria to hate Sphere. To cut to the chase, Sphere was burdened with a lot of work and became depressed, eventually escaping from this world. We were summoned just before Sphere escaped from this world. Sphere summoned us to Sphereart with the skills that Sphere and Saria had acquired, except for me."

"Why did Saria give Akane such a strange skill and turn her into an evil tribe?"

"Mika, in short, she wanted to release her stress. The reason why she targeted me was that I'm cuter than her."

"Whaaaaaaat?"

"Three months before we were summoned, a large number of demons were summoned by Shintaro Myouji. At that time, they were still Toyfelberry, but by the time we were summoned, there were many demons that had progressed to integration. As a result, the management system was heavily loaded and a huge number of errors occurred. After summoning Haruto and the others, Sphere reached its mental limit and ran away. But Saria was desperately fixing the errors alone. At that time, she was the only one left behind, so she vented her anger by randomly giving a skill and summoning me to Sphereart. After kicking out Sphere, she couldn't get the System Manual skill, so she vented her frustration and stress on myself. That's why I was given the evil potion."

It's an awkward atmosphere for Saria.

"Well, I'm reflecting on it now. It's an excuse, but at that time I had a huge workload and I couldn't get the System Manual skill. And when Sasha came, I just couldn't help myself."

"Everyone, please forgive Saria. Although it's good that she kicked Sphere, we didn't think that Nobutaro Myouji would really summon demons. As a result, her stress reached its peak and she did something bad to Sasha. I've already been punished by Sasha. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me."

"Well, if Akane forgives you, we won't say anything. But don't do it again."

"Saria has had her own circumstances. Well, if Akane can forgive her, I'll forgive her too."

After Haruto, Mika, Yumi, Shinya, and Yoshiteru said this, they forgave Saria.

"------Thank you."

Saria's face turned red. She muttered her thanks with a pout.

"I want to hold Saria right now."

"I agree, Mika."

"Why?"

Mika and Yuumi seem to have taken a liking to Saria.

"From here on, it's my story. After being given the evil potion, my mind was sealed in another dimension and connected to the Evil God Demogorgon. Demogorgon tried to take over my body by eating my mind, but I ended up eating Demogorgon instead and absorbed its power. Because of that, my race became Evil Gods from humans."

"Wha-what?!?"

"Akane, you met the final boss suddenly! I heard about Sasha from Burn-san and Riffia-san, but how did you defeat it?"

It's natural for Mika to be curious.

"I used the unique skill 'Free Dream'. It was described as a skill that can do anything in my mental world, so I turned Demogorgon into a steak bento and ate it. He screamed while being eaten by me."

"Steak bento!!!"

"It was delicious. After that, I trained in another dimension and then went to Sphereart after spending three days in the capital. At that time, Saria's appearance, strength, and whereabouts were all unknown. If it was revealed that I was alive, Haruto-kun and the others could have been affected. I also considered contacting Haruto-kun and Mika. But the knights and wizards sensed the slightest bit of my evil power leaking out and if they saw me in contact with Haruto-kun and the others, the situation could have become the worst. That's why I left the capital with only a letter left in that dungeon."

"It's amazing that you turned the Evil God into a steak bento and ate it. I wanted to know why you left only a letter and left without saying anything. Depending on the answer, Haruto-kun and I would have given you a harsh punishment like Burn-san and Riffia-san did. Well, I was monitoring you. I apologize for that."

He's still angry. Anyone would be angry if they left the capital without saying anything but leaving only a letter in that worst situation and walked aimlessly as an evil tribe. They must have been very worried.

"You caused quite a bit of concern to Haruto-kun and the others. I wanted them to see me alive, even if I was disguised with magic."

"Since you said that, I can't punish you, Akane. I heard about Sasha's achievements from Burn-san. They say that in Sphereart and the Gardia Empire, many Evil Tribes were defeated without much damage. If Saria hadn't given the evil potion to Akane, the Evil God would still be sealed and there would be a high possibility that the Evil Tribes would have invaded and many people would have died."

"Haruto-kun is right. In hindsight, I am grateful to Saria. I met my current companions and was able to reunite with everyone like this. If I hadn't been given the evil potion, I would probably have died somewhere. This is the end of my story. In the end, the root cause of everything is Demogorgon and Sphere. Because of the methods they took, Spheretalia is on the brink of destruction. If I wanted to, I could easily take care of the Evil King and all the demons. But I won't do that."

"Sasha, may I ask for the reason?"

"I know what you mean Sae-san, but if I were to take care of everything, the people on the surface would come to rely on me. I think there will always be big crises in the future. I'm not sure I can always be there when that happens. I want the people on the surface to deal with what they can do on their own. As for the demons this time, I and the guardians will handle it. Also, I want the Evil Tribes to be defeated by the people on the surface, and the Evil King to be defeated by Haruto-kun."

"Huh, me? I don't mind, but I was originally planning to do that."

"By acquiring the System Manual Skill, I became possible to manipulate the status of all the beneficiaries of my divine protection. However, if the status value exceeds 10 million, they will become a god race, so I won't exceed that limit."

"-----Akane is definitely a god. It's not just doping. I kind of feel sorry for the evil king. I'm not at all happy about defeating the Evil King with it.

"Haruto-kun, in the world, you can't just rely on good intentions."

"I get that, but there's no plot like in other world novels. Rather than the orthodox way, it's the evil way to defeat the Evil King by doping."

"That's how it is. If the hero overwhelms the Evil King with overwhelming power, probably, Doping Hero: Haruto Sakuragi and Doping Saint: Mika Shimazaki will become statues and their names will be remembered forever. It will remain in people's hearts forever."

"That sounds great!!!"

"Nooo, that's the worst!!!"

"I absolutely hate it. I don't want to be remembered as a Doping Saint. At least, I want to be free from doping!"

"I don't like it either. I'm not happy even if I'm remembered for that. Rather, I want my name to be deleted."

That's the end of the story so far.

Next, we'll talk about how to defeat the demons. I'm thinking about an efficient way to defeat Toifelberry, so let's talk about that plan.