Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 202

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#PICK ME UP

Serpent King’s Tower had fallen into chaos. Mother had said that the King of All Demons would be born soon. I was certain the Serpent King had spoken those words years ago, but I never imagined it would manifest in this form.
A status window floated before everyone’s eyes, displaying Evan Laef in school uniform with her hair braided into two pigtails, her expression stern. There were no freckles, no glasses, but it was definitely the Evan I had seen before. The same Evan who would soon become the Serpent King’s consort. Everyone had been excited about the news that Evan and the Serpent King would formally marry in July, but this was like a bolt from the blue. At this rate, it looked like Evan would skip being the Serpent King’s consort and become the Serpent King’s superior instead.
“Father! Father, how did this happen! Father! Father, what is this!”
“Calm yourself. This is your first vote, but you can simply read through the candidates’ records and choose as your heart desires.”
“I know how to vote!”
Hubert, a white fox demi-human who had been an adult for quite some time and was indignant at being treated like a child, pointed at his status window in the air and poured out his grievances.
“If you become a Demon King, there’s no time to spend with Mom!”
“Evan was already busy without becoming King of All Demons.”
“Now there’s really no time to play together!”
As Hubert wailed, Gerth fell into contemplation. If Evan truly ascended to the position of King of All Demons, she would certainly become even busier. Evan had a strong sense of responsibility, so she would work diligently. The mission of the King of All Demons, like all Demon Kings, would be the annihilation of humanity.
The Machine King had been pursuing it for a thousand years, the Serpent King for five hundred years, and the Dragon King for three hundred years—it was a problem that had stumped them all. I doubted Evan could accomplish it in a year or two. Perhaps she would have to dedicate her entire life to that task. Thinking of it that way, Gerth felt endless pity for Evan, who would be laboring away at such work.
“Hmm.”
I wished Evan would not become entangled in such a mission and instead live her own life. That was the conclusion Gerth reached.
“I will cast my vote against.”
“So will I!”
As the two cast their opposition votes, a status window appeared showing twenty-three hours remaining until the voting deadline. But this was no cause for relief. Hubert, putting his father at the forefront, went around Serpent King’s Tower encouraging opposition votes to secure time with his mother.
At first, the demi-humans and executives had shared the opinion that it wouldn’t be so bad for Evan to serve as the representative of the Demon Race, but when Hubert expressed his concern that Evan’s mother would spend all her days working, everyone nodded in agreement.
She was already busy enough as it was—they couldn’t burden her with such responsibility. Thinking of Evan as an individual, the best thing would be for her to live out her remaining years in peace without becoming King of All Demons. As those close to her, casting an opposition vote was the way to support Evan.
“I hope the Serpent King’s consort won’t have to work so much.”
“I thought there were only two years left until Academy graduation, but if she does this, she’ll go out again and who knows when she’ll return.”
Evan would be excellent as the ruler of the Demon Race, but as her friend, I didn’t want to burden her with hardship. With such feelings weighing heavily, the demi-humans of Serpent King’s Tower ended their deliberation and cast their opposition votes. Twenty-two hours remained until the voting deadline.
“Whether she becomes King of All Demons or not, she will still marry the Serpent King, won’t she?”
“Evan isn’t the type to go back on her word.”
Mother was the type who would bring several more mouths if she ran out of things to say, but Hubert, choosing not to point this out, continued his campaign encouraging opposition votes.
Now that the Tower was done, I had to go to Ilam and persuade them next. There was still time, and Ilam was teeming with voters. This status window seemed to be a voting window that only reached the Demon Race.

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“Chirp, chirp….”
Titi was diligently working at the Territorial Management Bureau’s Demi-human Division when a status window suddenly flickered to life, causing her expression to contort in every conceivable way. That nagging, terrifying witch of a sister, Evan Laef, was staring right at her. She’d been startled, wondering if the Capital had invented some sort of video communication device, but it didn’t take long to realize this was a status notification window.
Because above and below that insufferable witch sister Evan Laef’s face was the adorable text: “Vote for your king!”
“When did this sister become a Demon Race member?”
My sister had clearly been human before, and it was strange that she’d become a Demon Race member. When I touched the section labeled “History” to examine it, even more maddening information appeared.
Experience points and legendary-grade skills beyond a certain threshold, victory against the Machine King to obtain power, a draw against the Serpent King to obtain Tower ownership, victory against one of the first three Dragons to obtain a Dragon Heart. As this inhuman and unrealistic career history poured out, Titi couldn’t help but be astounded.
“This person’s insane. Chirp.”
Once shock exceeded a certain threshold, it paradoxically brought calm. Having calmly concluded that my sister was mad, Titi stared at the voting window asking whether Evan Laef should become their representative. The village chief from where she used to live had once said a king of the Bay would be born soon, and she’d thought he’d lost his mind. It seemed that’s what he’d meant.
“Chirp, chirp….”
Setting that aside, Titi had much to worry about. She couldn’t even imagine what would happen if her sister became a Demon King. If that temperamental sister could command the Demon Race, wouldn’t this world be filled with destruction? At that thought, her finger naturally moved toward the opposition button, but there was one thing that troubled her.
“Chirp, chirp…!”
What if this vote wasn’t secret? What if later, when her sister became the Bay King, she discovered that Titi had cast a vote against her? There was no telling what that wicked witch would do.
Last time she’d only gotten a wing cut, but this time her hair might be completely plucked out. Despite such fear, she still didn’t want to cast a vote in favor, even if it meant death.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”
Titi pushed the status window carefully into the corner and decided to play dumb. Since the deadline appeared alongside it, it seemed the vote would be automatically invalidated once time ran out. If her sister brought it up later, she could always claim she’d been sleeping at that time or had forgotten because she was busy.
Titi cast her abstention vote with conviction.

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Kanna, heading toward the Dormitory, immediately pressed in favor when asked if Evan could become her king. She didn’t quite understand what it meant, but Evan advancing to a higher position had her unconditional support.

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Duke Zibenstein, observing Evan in the status window, fell into new contemplation. While majority rule was an attractive system, it seemed wise to establish safeguards against the masses electing the wrong representative. This idea stemmed from the concern: what if Evan became the Bay King and then went around causing chaos across the entire world?
Bruno quietly offered his thanks to Evan and decisively pressed the opposition button.

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Among the Dragon Tribe Members, discussion continued. Time was running short, and they had to make a decision. The topic of debate was: “If Evan Laef becomes the Bay King, will Decarucha truly reunite?”
If they would reunite, they’d support it unconditionally. Ideally, they wanted to ask Evan directly about this, but merely consolidating the opinions of the Dragons currently gathered seemed to require more time than they had.
“Reuniting obviously means becoming complete! How could Decarucha exist without Land and Love! Complete! Absolutely complete! Six minus two is zero, you dragon!”
“Even so! How could Ice Heart join hands with Land and Love, who betrayed them! We should reunite without those two!”
“Then who does the vocals!”
“Ice Heart can do everything! They’ll do vocals and guitar!”
“That doesn’t make any sense!”

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