Hero, Quit ~ Next Workplace Is Demon Castle

2-1. Newcomers Must Arrive At Work Before Anyone Else

-Mornings are early at the Demon King’s Castle.

This is even more so if you are a new recruit on a temporary basis. To be officially hired as soon as possible, you need to arrive at work before anyone else, get to work before anyone else, and do your best to show your motivation.

You may not think you have to go that far, but that kind of attention to detail is important if you want to fit in with your new environment.

It is the newcomer’s job to win the trust of colleagues and superiors in this way.

So, I unlocked the door with the spell of the “Perfect Unlocking Master Key” and stepped into the room without hesitation.

I stumble up to the window and open the curtains.

Fresh sunlight spread across the room.

Ah, it’s a beautiful day indeed.

The sunlight soaks into every cell in her body, giving her the illusion of being charged with energy for the day ahead.

It would be depressing if it was cloudy or raining in the morning, but if it was this sunny, I felt as if I could enjoy my work. Anyway, it was a perfect day for work.

[Hmmm …… mnya ……]

[…..]

Yet she is still in bed, showing no sign of getting up and breathing pleasantly in her sleep.

She’s a sleepy, sleepy wreck. Which is another rookie’s duty. I’ll wake her up, for one thing.

[Hey, wake up.]

[N…… nn-u……]

She doesn’t seem to be waking up.

Shakes her shoulders.

[It’s already morning. Wake up.]

[Nah …… more, five minutes…]

…… didn’t work. Shaking her a little harder had no effect.

Is she that tired? How much sleep have you had?

I look at the office desk by the window. I could see that it was piled high with papers, and that there was more work to be done than could be done in a day or two.

I had expected this in advance, but it seemed that this woman had more than half of the workload of the newly born Demon Army to do on her own.

Even so, the fact that she is a succubus – a demon – means that she is still getting by, and if she were a normal human being, she would have already died of exhaustion three times, and is probably on her way to her fourth death.

That’s why she’s not sleeping well. I nodded to myself.

… but that’s the thing, I need her to wake up right now.

If I wait, she’ll wake up soon, but it’s ridiculous to waste precious time first thing in the morning in a place like this. I decided to use my back hand early.

I mumble a spell in my mouth, target myself, and activate it.

[– [Change Voice]. Demon King Echidna.]

Uh-oh. Practice vocalisation in a whisper to see how the technique works.

Uh-oh. Kohon.

All right, all right, it looks okay.

I take a big breath in and say it out loud so that it reaches the sleepy woman in front of me in her happy dream.

[–Demon general! What is the status of the screening process for new recruits!]

[–hiiii!]

[How long are you going to make this echidna wait!]

Effectiveness. She jumped up instantly.

Then she fell flat on her bed and stormed off.

[Your Majesty the Demon King! I’m terribly sorry! The number of applicants has far exceeded our expectations and there has been a slight delay in the selection process!]

[There’s a delay? That’s not good.]

[Yes! I can cover the delay on my own, so I should be able to send you a list of those who will go on to the final interviews by the end of tomorrow …… or today!]

This. This is probably the reason for her lack of sleep.

What is she going to do with his own neck?

[Dumb-ass. That’s why you can’t do everything yourself. You should nurture reliable subordinates and hand over the work to them. That’s what a boss does.]

[Ho! You are absolutely right. majesty…………?]

Words were lost. Here, the woman finally seemed to realize that it was not Demon King Echidna standing before her.

Or rather, she realized it was too late. When they were enemies, she seemed like a cool sharp woman, but now there is not a shred of that image left in her. …… Perhaps this fellow is very loose and dumb to the core.

A silly face with a gaping mouth is turned towards you.

Her blonde hair, bedraggled, reflects the morning sun streaming in through the window and shines brightly.

The woman’s breasts, wrapped in a thin pink negligee, were reasonably ample, not bad eye candy.

I – Leo Demonhart, the Demon King’s Army’s promising new hero, smiled at the Demon General Steina, who had finally woken up, and threw her a refreshing morning greeting.

[Good morning Steina. I know it’s early, but give me something to work on.]

[–Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

The reply to the brisk morning greeting was neither “good morning” nor “thank you for waking me up”.

The Ice Lance, a freezing spell that skewered even the Iron Golem with countless icicles, was fired at maximum power at the promising newcomer.