[Western Fantasy] Demon King, but a City-Building Simulator

[Keywords: Western Fantasy / Nation-Building / Game System]

From the deepest reaches of the pitch-black Abyss, the Demon King, symbol of all the cruelty, brutality, and terror in the world, was finally summoned into this realm, bringing with her the never-ending flames of Hell.

Amid scorched earth and ceaseless cries of anguish, the fearsome ruler named Tanili opened her blood-red, slit-pupiled eyes and announced her arrival to the entire continent.

She said:

"Huh? The Demon King? Me?"

*

Dark clouds hung over the Demon King's Castle, stretching down from the heavens. Dwarves, halflings, dragons... even the silent elves between the deep forest and the Old World: wherever her bloodfire reached, every foreign race's banners fell and their crowns lost their luster.

They bowed before her throne, offering their loyalty and near-mad adoration.

The elves praised her wisdom and foresight in their ancient tongue. Dwarves and orcs revered her fearlessness in battle. Halflings erected a statue of pure gold in the heart of their city. Dragons guarded her palace without end, as though protecting the brightest jewel in a crown.

Bards composed epic poems about it all, playing their four-stringed lyres in her honor in every corner of the continent.

And yet, even so, the newborn Demon King's ambition and greed knew no bounds.

At last, she turned her gaze toward humanity.

*

Tanili: ?

Tanili: Hold on a second.

Tanili: Is this how you all describe me when I'm not around?

Summoned here with a game interface and an amnesia debuff, the Demon King had been diligently leading the whole village in infrastructure projects and building a prosperous life. Now she decided to close her eyes for a while. "...Never mind. Let's set the chuuni lines aside. The urgent thing is to tell everyone to stop sacrificing pure young men."

Whether it's the white-jasmine-flower saint, the sunny and cheerful paladin, the high-attack, low-defense necromancer, the sharp-tongued elf king with a motherly streak, the taciturn administrator, or the dark elf twins and the timid, innocent dragon...

Stop sending them. Seriously, stop.

There are so many hopeless romantics in the Demon King's Castle, we could start a dating game.

Someone save the Demon King.

Content warnings:

1. This is not conventional Western fantasy. The races and setting combine elements from D&D editions 3 to 5, Baldur's Gate 3 house rules, Delicious in Dungeon, and more.

2. The protagonist has a player's mindset, with a somewhat inhuman attitude and way of doing things.

3. Yet another sunny, cheerful, dense little girl surrounded by unrequited crushes. None of them will get anywhere.

4. The author's intelligence is quite limited and the logic is very loose. This is a just-for-fun web novel, and I really, really don't recommend scrutinizing the logic.

Theme: Moderate gaming is good for your physical and mental health.