"Nah nah I ain't dealing with this shit!" Grandice, the current Demon King, says while taking a big bite out of the massive drum stick in her hand.
The room is your typical Demon King accouterments, torch sconces, skulls of enemies, and of course a big wrought-iron throne for the King herself. In front of her is a glass-topped wooden table covered in various fanciful foods. Standing next to her is her attendant.
"I don't wanna rule the world, I don't wanna fight the hero, I'm not doing it, ya hear?" She takes a large swig from the pint glass next to her,spinning it onto her pink and black dress
"You really shouldn't be drinking at your age,you're only a few days old." Says Reeves, his small black wings twitching in annoyance. "Your wingshaven't even come in yet, your highness." Speaking, is a tall, and thin demon, with long, blue hair tied up in a. bun. He wears traditional butler attire, but with pink accents, perhaps for his liege, and sporting the are double monocle.
"No fuck that! I'm not doing a damn thing. Why do you think I took the stone? Now I don't have to worry about any of that shit!" Grandice says, seemingly pretty proud of herself as she takes another bite.
"You made it seem like that was merely a step, your highness… Besides, the Core Four may grow annoyed with your… complacency, your highness." He grimaces slightly, watching her chew with her mouth open.
"Look I told you already, Jeeves-"
"Reeves."
"Whatever, I ain't arguing about this again. I already got reincarnated once, and I am NOT dying again. That shit hurts." Her hunger sets its sights on the raspberry pie.
"But your highness, you see your constituents want an expansion in their territories, ever since the humans lost their allies in the spirits they've been pushing towards us slowly but-"
"Yeah yeah that's why I took the Stone, I told you already, that broad said no one can level up without it. Haven't you all figured out some science or magic stuff to use the Stone by now!" She dips the drum stick into the pies filling, eliciting another grimace from Reeves.
"Well you see, your highness, it is proving to be… difficult. Our mages and researchers haven't seen anything like it before. And considering it's hard for us to access our abilities with the system-"
"So get it back up! Jeez, do you eggheads need me to tell you everything? Just hit it, or turn it off an' on again." She retorts through a mouthful of food.
"We're doing our best, your highness…" Reeves sighs, realizing he's getting nowhere.
"Well get to it, I need a spell that makes me not a kid!!" Grandice pulls at the fabric of her dress and uses it to wipe her mouth.
"That damn Alice. If I had known, I'd have picked the Griffin." Grandice grumbles. "She's blowing me off now too, or is that the Stones' fault… hm…"
"But as I was saying, your highness, the Core Four are restless, and there are tales of a slime who has reached the level of a low ranking demon lord, if monsters are rising up we could have more trouble than just the humans."
"A slime? You're killing me Jeeves-"
"Reeves."
"Whatever! It's a slime! You demons- or us demons don't have anything to worry about!"
"Of course your highness, but there's another issue, it seems it may have taken part in an attack on a slave caravan headed to Abaho, the human capital. As you know Abaho has absorbed all the other city-states nearby and taken control-"
"Yeah I know, that bastard killed me. 500 years locked away and he pulls me out of stasis to gut me. I'm pretty sure there had to be a kill switch on that pod, why not ice me like that! Son of a bitch." Grandice grumbles, mostly to herself.
"Yes your highness, we all know when the terrible hero slew you with her comrades 500 years-"
"I told you already I'm not that guy! I was never the Demon King! I used to be human! That's why I ain't doing shit." Grandice finally finishes the epic task of their massive drum stick, and guzzles the pint before slamming it down. "Now I'm going to my quarters, do what you want Jeeves."
"Reeves."
But she's already gone. After a moment Jeeves takes one of monocles off and holds it up next to his ear.
"Yes she's gone to bed. She's already drunk her body weight in booze. I'll meet you at the usual spot."
In a cave halfway up a cliff outside Kessler, someone replies. "Good, we have much to discuss. Seems we have an anomaly."
"More so than the current Demon King?"
"Perhaps just as interesting."
"Oh?"