Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Perched atop a fifty-meter-tall statue of a Demon-Man, Sally sat on one of its horns, cradling Lu Minghao. Her little feet swung back and forth as she watched Edras and the other two high-ranking demons below, her large purple eyes filled with curiosity.

Just a few minutes earlier, after leaving the sewers, Sally noticed that the demons passing by on the street were giving her strange looks. Some of the younger demons even pointed at her, but before she could say anything, their parents quickly pulled them back, offering a slight bow and a smile to Sally.

Sally was puzzled by the unusual behavior of the demons passing by. If they knew what she and Minghao had just done and were planning to attack them, she wouldn't have been surprised. But their humble and respectful demeanor completely baffled her.

Finally, Sally forcibly grabbed a passing demon and learned from him that King Edras of the Edras Kingdom, along with the two top-ranking demons, were searching for her.

Upon learning that Edras and the others were looking for her, Sally's little brain froze for a moment, unsure of their intentions. In Sally's view, she had only met Edras once at the city gate, and they had almost fought.

Moreover, from their respective standpoints, they were absolute enemies. After all, the Gluttony Monsters that were wreaking havoc throughout the Edras Kingdom, causing countless demon deaths and destroying villages and towns, were created by her and Lu Minghao... although only Lu Minghao and Sally knew about this.

Subsequently, driven by curiosity about Edras's motives for finding her, and more importantly, by Lu Minghao's desire to observe how Edras would react to the situation, Sally followed the magic energy signature directly to them. She had just arrived when she saw Edras and the others gathered below, discussing their lack of progress in finding her.

"Sally!"

"We found her!"

"She's up there!"

Below, the three major demons, who had been frowning because they hadn't found Sally, the future hope and savior of the Edras Kingdom, instantly became excited when they saw Sally appearing above. Edras, in particular, who had felt guilty for thinking he had scared Sally away, flew directly to her side, his eyes fixed on her, as if afraid she would run away again.

"Um, Sally, where did you go earlier?"

Edras cautiously approached Sally, his face adorned with a fatherly smile, his tone full of worry and concern. It was completely different from his previous demeanor at the city gate, when he had intended to lecture a junior.

If it weren't for the unchanged aura and terrifying magic energy, Sally would have wondered if the Edras before her was a different person.

"Why should Sally tell you?"

The next moment, Sally stood up, patted the non-existent dust off her skirt, and tilted her head slightly, looking at Edras with an expression that said, 'Who do you think you are?' To be honest, Sally felt disgusted by Edras's paternal smile... because Sally instinctively felt that this smile was nothing more than a disguise.

Unlike Grandma Oran's reassuring, familial smile, looking at Edras's smile only made Sally want to raise her fist and punch him hard.

"Hmm?"

Edras, who had been looking at Sally with a smile, immediately noticed her aversion to him, and a sense of doubt arose in his heart. He thought his current smile was flawless.

Despite his kind, fatherly demeanor in front of Sally, one shouldn't forget that he was the king of this country, the existence at the very top, ruling over all demons.

To say that he had any emotions like a father towards Sally would be completely false. Everything was just a disguise to lower Sally's guard, with the ultimate goal of using her.

Initially, when Edras heard from his subordinates that a strange Demon-Man was approaching the capital, his departure from the palace was only because the Edras Kingdom was facing an unprecedented crisis, and every high-end combat force was an extremely precious existence.

Otherwise, Edras wouldn't have been so aggressive when he first met Sally, trying to determine her strength and make her understand who the master of this kingdom was. Whether in the demon or human world, the weak could only submit to the strong.

However, during the subsequent confrontation, Edras noticed Sally's incredible strength, which was far beyond that of ordinary high-ranking demons, and her potential far exceeded his own. Therefore, Edras was convinced that Sally was the hope and savior of this country, and he told the other two high-ranking demons that Sally would become the next king of Edras.

The ultimate purpose of everything was only to use Sally... As for emotions, Edras was only meeting Sally for the first time today, what emotions could he possibly have?

At this moment, Edras's gentle, fatherly demeanor was only to lower Sally's guard, to make her easier to use.

"Speak, why are you looking for Sally?"

Just as Edras was stunned in place because Sally had seen through his flawless smile and disguise, Sally's impatient voice rang out again. After all, looking at the disguised smile that disgusted her, Sally was trying her best to resist the urge to punch him.

"I hope you will save Edras, save our demon kingdom, save our people. I hope you will become the next king of the Edras Kingdom."

Seeing Sally's impatient expression, Edras knew that he could no longer continue the pretense. He straightened his body and looked at Sally with a serious and earnest expression, his tone full of a sense of mission and sanctity.

It was as if Sally was the savior of this kingdom, that she would save everything, and that she must save this kingdom.

"Why Sally? And why should Sally save this kingdom, save them?"

Sally raised her head and looked into Edras's eyes, her purple pupils staring at him without any fluctuation.

"Sally, you possess a talent far beyond mine, and you appeared just as the Edras Kingdom was in dire straits. This proves that you are destined to save this kingdom, to save all demons and become the savior king, the hope of the Edras Kingdom!"

A smile appeared on Edras's handsome face as he looked at Sally and spoke with increasing excitement, deliberately amplifying his voice to the entire capital, attracting the attention of all the demons.

"Did you hear that? Lord Edras is saying that the Demon-Man girl is our destined savior?"

"And Lord Edras is still saying that the Demon-Man has a talent far beyond his own. And Lord Edras is already a Demon Lord, so does that mean that the Demon-Man girl has the potential to awaken and become a True Demon Lord!"

"True Demon Lord, doesn't that mean that our Edras Kingdom will soon become a top-tier kingdom?"

"And if it's a True Demon Lord, then those monsters outside can definitely be easily dealt with!"

After Edras finished speaking, all the demons who heard his voice subconsciously began to gather towards the central plaza, and the demons who were already gathered in the central plaza looked up at the Demon-Man girl in front of Edras and began to discuss.

Their faces were filled with hope and excitement. The oppressive and despairing mood caused by the Edras Kingdom's defeat on the front lines, the invasion of the Yst Kingdom, and the subsequent sudden appearance of the Gluttony Monsters was swept away.

Many demons even began to imagine, imagining that after Sally awakened and became a True Demon Lord, she would kill all the Gluttony Monsters and lead the Edras Kingdom to occupy the entire Western nations, becoming another top-tier kingdom in the world.

"Lord Sally!"

"Sally... No, Lord Demon King, please save us, save our kingdom!"

"Yes, Lord Demon King, please save us and lead the Edras Kingdom to become a top-tier kingdom!"

"......"

Before Sally could react, the demons who had gathered below began to shout Sally's name, and even directly changed their address to Lord Demon King, calling on her to save all the Demon Lords and lead the Edras Kingdom.

"Sally, do you hear that? This is the call and wish of the people, you will become the new king!"

Edras slowly turned around and looked at the densely packed demons below. Amidst the orderly and slow voices, Edras stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Sally, looking at her with anticipation and hope in his eyes.

"Heh."

Looking at Edras's hand stretched out in front of her and the frenzied demons below, their faces full of hope and excitement, a sneer appeared on Sally's face. From beginning to end, she had never agreed to become the king of the Edras Kingdom, to save all the demons.

What gave them the illusion that she would agree to become the king and save them?

Just because there were so many of them and she was only one, just because this was the will of all the demons, just because... she had to agree to them... It was really funny and disgusting... She really wanted to destroy them all!

"Come, Sally, respond to the call of the people, become the next king!"

Beside her, Edras didn't see the sneer on Sally's lips, he only thought that Sally was stunned by the expectations of the many people and the fact that she had suddenly become the kingdom's savior, and once again extended an invitation to Sally.

"Heh... I agree!"

Sally slowly raised her head, looked at Edras with a strange light in her eyes, and then looked at the many fanatical demons below, their faces full of hope and excitement. After a sneer, she chose to agree to this matter, but she didn't say whether she was agreeing to save them... or destroy them....