218 Chapter 204 Why are we still here... just to suffer...

Lord of Darkness, Guy Crimson.

Destroyer, Milim Nava.

Fairy of the Labyrinth, Ramiris.

Continent's Wrath, Daggrull.

Bloody Lord, Roy Valentine with Queen of Nightmares, Luminous Valentine disguised as a maid.

Sleeping Ruler, Deeno.

Sky Queen, Frey with Lion King Carrion disguised as the former's attendant.

Marionette Master, Clayman.

Platinum Saber, Leon (?).

And currently without a title, Mikoto Misaka, the human who dared to call herself a Demon Lord.

Rain, Guy's attendant, made the introductions out loud (excluding Luminous and Carrion).

It also seems that Leon changed his name from Platinum Devil to Platinum Saber, fucking chuuni…

These people are the Demon Lords attending the current Walpurgis.

Although I'm not hiding anymore, I'm not a Demon Lord. Furthermore, in everyone else's eyes, I'm still Mikoto's attendant, not a separate party.

Not that I mind, this is what I want. Mikoto, Shizu and I are all in one group together.

Milim is sitting in her seat wearing a rather wicked smile while staring at Clayman, who is constantly sweating and slightly trembling.

The only reason he isn't breaking down is that he knows he still has a chance to get out of this alive.

Ah, sorry, let me rephrase.

He THINKS he still has a chance to get out of this alive. Though, regardless of what he does, he's not.

But in his mind, as long as he can appeal to the other Demon Lords, they should side with him. But unless he can magically pull a plate of meat buns from somewhere, I don't think he will be convincing anyone.

Fortunately for him, he is the one who called for the Walpurgis, so he is technically the "Chairman" of the entire event.

He's got the floor.

As I think such things, I get an epiphany. I place my face in my palm.

Rimuru- "First he's Clay man, next he's Chair man, what next? Floor man?"

I mutter to myself.

*Crack*

I lift my head to find that Clayman crushed one of the armrests on his chair as he's staring at me with a look of fury.

I then remember that this room is filled with supernatural people, hearing my muttering is something simple for all of them.

Well, at least it seems they enjoyed my little slip of the tongue, Milim and Ramiris especially at how they burst out laughing all over again.

Clayman's face turns into a deep shade of red, but he doesn't. He glances towards the tsundere sitting in her seat in front of me and gulps.

Haha, he's scared.

Anyway, Clayman stands up and begins to talk, starting the Walpurgis.

Clayman- "First, thank you all for answering my invitation. I hereby declare this Walpurgis Council convened!"

I gotta say, I'm impressed. Within the span of two sentences, all traces of fear and anger disappeared from his face, his expression returning to its smug state.

I am nearly certain that expression is his default state.

Disregarding his ruffled hair, clothing and his nearly collapsing seat, he doesn't look any worse for wear.

He goes on to talk more and more about his reason for convening the Walpurgis, but he sounded so obnoxious that I pretty much zoned out and had Illya summarise the whole thing.

Basically, he had this whole story set up.

Carrion enticed Mikoto into declaring herself as a Demon Lord, saying he threatened her into doing so by having one of his subordinates unseal Charybdis and send it her way, saying he can do that many more times.

In the end, fearing more attacks from the Ruler of the Skies, she relented.

Carrion then made the Farmus kingdom attack Avalon, and once Mikoto defeated them all, she assumed the title of Demon Lord.

After that, Carrion and Mikoto colluded with each other to kill Clayman and take his spot.

However, Mjurran, one of Clayman's subordinates, sacrificed her life to warn him of this plot which caused him to call a Walpurgis to bring this all to light.

At least, that was the story he gave. He was pretty convincing too, he looked genuinely sad over his subordinate's death.

Except, you know, she's not dead. I just cut her connection with him. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure he willingly sacrificed his only loyal subordinate without batting an eye in canon.

Obviously, this whole story is a bunch of nonsense, but the other Demon Lords here don't know that. Not that it matters.

But in the end, teaming up with a Demon Lord to take care of another Demon Lord doesn't sit well with any of these people.

Clayman smirks to himself as he realises it.

Clayman- "That concludes my case."

What is this, a court session?

Mikoto- "And you took over an hour just to explain all of this?"

Mikoto lazily comments while slouching deeply into her chair. You can't blame her, some people are already nodding off at this point.

Clayman- "I needed to emphasise your evil deeds to the rest!"

Mikoto- "Uhuh. How about coughing up some real evidence then, instead of repeating the same thing seven times. I mean, are you trying to lull all of us to sleep and hypnotise us to convince them?"

Clayman- "You…! Hmph! Like I've said before, my currently deceased subordinate gave all of this information to me. I have no reason to believe she is lying!"

Mikoto- "At the same time, I, and by proxy everyone else in this room, don't have any reason to believe this information is the truth."

Clayman opens his mouth to say something else, but I interrupt.

Rimuru- "Plus, you know… Mjurran, your subordinate? Yeah, she's still alive."

Now Clayman is left standing there with his mouth gaping open like a goldfish.

Mikoto- "Oh, and you know that army you sent into Carrion's territory to collect souls and advance into a True Demon Lord?"

Carrion *Cough* I mean the lion masked harpy flinched at Mikoto's words.

Mikoto- "Yeah, they're all dead now."

(A/N: Not ALL of them! *laughs in Ffej*)

Clayman- "E-Everyone! You can't listen to this trickster! She is lying! She is just a weak human who assumed the title of Demon Lord!"

Clayman starts to lose his composure again, glancing around the room and trying to garner supporters. All he sees, however, are their impassive eyes.

Milim raises her hand.

Milim- "Uhm, can I say something? I mean, Clayman… why are you even bothering to do this?"

Milim asks with genuine curiosity.

Seeing the confusion mixed with Clayman's fear as he looks towards her, she elaborates.

Milim- "I mean, couldn't you just deal with all this yourself? You just said she was a "weak human", so…"

Ramiris- "Yeah, this entire thing is boring. I don't see the need to call for a Walpurgis for something like this."

Ramiris lazily states.

Clayman- "B-But she colluded with Carrion to dispose of me and take my seat! Are you all just going to let this slide!?"

At this point, Guy himself speaks up.

Guy- "Of course not, doing something like that disgusts me. But Carrion was already taken care of, no?"

All three of the oldest Demon Lords have spoken. None of the others in the room has any intentions of standing up for him either.

Clayman knows this.

Fear finally takes full hold of his emotions, as his head snaps left and right, looking around the room for support. Beads of sweat flick off his forehead from his actions.

Hah. Serves him right. That fucker was even sending sneaky mind attacks at our group, trying to control us. Sucks to be him, both Mikoto and I have Ultimate Skills and Shizu has her Anti Magic Mask.

Not having any other choice, he looks towards his last hope in this room, the only one who hasn't looked at him with apathetic eyes and hasn't said reacted to anything throughout the whole Walpurgis.

Clayman- "L-Leon Cromwell! You understand me, right!?"

That's right, he asks for help from Leon himself.

Leon- "…"

Clayman- "… L… Leon?"

Shizu- "… He's asleep."

Clayman- "… Eh?"

Shizu- "I said that he's asleep. He has been since before you entered."

To be exact, Shizu knocked him unconscious, but details, details.

Clayman- "… Why are we still here… just to suffer…"

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Name: Rimuru

Race: Origin Slime

Protection: Crest of Space

Title: Highest Tier Spirit, Leader of the Monsters, Onii-chan, King of Avalon, Master of Headpats, Procrastinator King, The Nutcracker, socially awkward cringe slightly chuuni slime, True Dragon Slayer, Sensei, World's Strongest, Overpowered to a stupid degree, Mikoto's Equal

???: [Codex: Illyasviel]

Ultimate Skills: [Yahweh, God of Creation], [Odin, God of Runes], [Azathoth, God of Void (Alternative)]

Equipment: Yamato - Genesis

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A/N: My man Clayman is asking the real questions.

Let me know if I missed anything.

Also consider dropping some power stones!