Has the Good-for-Nothing Demon King Successfully Escaped Today? [Western Fantasy]

[Handcrafted the traditional way, no AI, supports Vermilion Bird detection]

You're a corporate drone who graduated not long ago.

Now you've got one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

Bad news: You got hit by a truck.

Good news: You didn't die. You woke up as the Demon King.

But it doesn't take long to realize both pieces of news are bad.

This world has seven major powers, and the Demon King's castle is only one of them.

And the previous Demon King had a whole team of unhinged employees.

Just how unhinged?

The moment you open your eyes, you see them declaring war on the other six powers!

You absolutely do not want to be Cixi!

But hey, you have one minister who seems fairly normal.

He's excellent at his job, great at communicating, and can handle any pressure. A top-tier corporate drone!

You take his hand, overcome with emotion. Let's build a brand-new Demon King's castle together!

He doesn't refuse.

You're moved, and dump all the work on him.

Sometimes he gives you a weird look, like he wants to kill you.

But that's normal.

What corporate drone doesn't want to kill their boss?

You might even be looking forward to it.

The otherworld has plenty of unhinged people, and the Demon King's castle has the most unhinged of all. You don't really want to die, but you don't really want to live, either.

Then one day, the minister resigns.

That's normal.

A messed-up company, a boss who shirks his duties, unhinged coworkers.

The only corporate drone is barely holding the place together.

Who wouldn't want to run away?

You look at the remaining unhinged employees and see nothing but black.

So you decide to make a clean sweep, kill them all, and fall into a deep sleep.

You're awakened from your sleep, and the ones who came to find you are a hero's party.

That's normal.

After all, the hero's ultimate goal is to defeat the Demon King and save the world.

But the hero has the exact same face as your former minister.

That's normal too.

A former employee joins the competition, then turns around and kills the old boss who exploited him.

It's the perfect revenge fantasy!

But here's what's not normal:

He kneels before you and holds out his hand. "Saintess, the time has come. I'll take you back to the Church."

You look bewildered. "What's going on? Aren't I the Demon King?"

The hero shakes his head firmly. "No. You are God's lost bloodline, Jesus's half-sister."

You take a moment to process that.

Then you quietly ask him, "Have you heard of Hong Xiuquan?"

[Reading Guide]

1. A goofy, unhinged comedy with lots of snark and an utterly lethal number of terrible puns. Plenty of unhinged characters.

2. A good-for-nothing who can't get his act together x a long-suffering victim who swallows his anger. Both are each other's first and only.

3. My own take on Western fantasy. It's got a bit of everything, and might possibly be a little Japanese-inspired.

4. All the settings in the story are original, and there's no content that insults religion.

Theme: Even a good-for-nothing can dream of turning his life around.