The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (魔王の娘は優しすぎる!!)

The one who tries to rule over demons with violence and power...

The Demon King Ahriman.

His desires inspired him to try to bring the demon world under one ruler.

But the demon king halted his invasion because of a certain problem.

And that problem...

Demon King Ahriman's only daughter Doux...

Want some?

is too kind!

"The Demon King's Daughter Must Shrewdly Oppress the Humans!!"

THE DEMON KING'S DAUGHTER MUST SHREWDLY OPPRESS THE HUMANS!!

Oh?

Sariya daisies.

These will make Rashida and Khawla happy.

Like mother, like daughter. They both love flowers.

Come on. I just picked them, too.

Looks like the mining for magic stones is going well.

Yes, ma'am. Though some of the riffraff give us some trouble.

You mean the demon hunter that was just brought in?

If he gives us trouble, we might just grill him up and eat him.

Absolutely not. Slaves provide the vital manpower we need.

There are other ways we can use him.

Sweet potatoes! Sweet potatoes!

Lady Doux?!

Big Sister Jahi!

Wh-What brings you here?

Papa brought me some sweet potatoes!

That doting dad abandoned the invasion for what exactly?!

But there's lots, so I wanted to eat them with everyone including the humans

and you, Big Sister Jahi!

Come now, Doux! I explicitly told you that you mustn't share with the slaves!

Papa!

No, really, what is this family doing?

You must be more firm, Your Majesty!

Those actions of yours are exactly what's making Lady Doux's kindness worse!

What?! They are?!

Lady Doux, did I not tell you before?

If you remain kind, the demon king will be too worried to do his job properly.

You must become more demon-like and fill your heart with cruelty!

I'm sorry...

There must be something we can do...

The trial using the villagers the other day didn't go well at all.

Fear not, Your Majesty!

I have prepared a new trial for Lady Doux.

Oho? And what kind of trial is that?

A trial where she must shrewdly oppress a disruptive, unruly slave

by whipping him into submission through fear and pain.

Ah, that's a brilliant idea!

But this will be a bit dangerous, so we must

prepare accordingly to ensure Lady Doux's safety.

There's no need to worry about that.

Here you are, Doux. I came here because I forgot to give you this.

What's this?

Now you are the rightful wielder of that staff, Doux.

What kind of staff is it?

Just watch.

Your Majesty, what are you doing?!

Don't move.

It's just a plain ol' stick, Papa.

Lady Doux!

This allows the user of the staff

to turn anyone with malice, murderous intent, and malevolence

into dust with just a touch.

It's my very own special staff.

This should put your mind at ease.

Now, go work hard on your trial!

Yay, sand!

So what happens when she touches a demon?

Yay!

Hmm... No idea.

You again, Demon Hunter?!

If you just followed orders and worked, you wouldn't get hurt!

Hey, you got any loot on you?

I have nothing. Please, just let me through.

What's that?

Hey, now. Don't defy us.

Tch. Man, we've barely got anything to eat because that Ahriman guy's army's

been forcing their way through.

Now we're stuck attacking these broke humans out in the sticks.

There should be a small village up ahead.

We can probably find something a bit more decent there.

There sure wasn't anything in that house we just went to.

Rashida! Khawla!

We threw that demon hunter into the dungeons.

He refuses to do what he's told.

Ah! Big Sister!

Why do you keep moving away from me?

B-Because there'd be a lack of alertness during your trials if you're near me.

Demons are literally made up of malice, murderous intent, and malevolence!

MALICE

MURDEROUS INTENT

MALEVOLENCE

So of course, we're going to turn into dust if you touch us!

More importantly, do you understand what I meant by "must shrewdly oppress them"?

Yup!

You just need to whip and grill them until they obey.

You understand, right?

Yup!

Does she really understand?

Well, I'll worry about that later.

The ultimate goal right now is to make Lady Doux understand that humans are the enemy.

We're here.

I'm sure that if Lady Doux understands that humans are ugly and dangerous creatures,

she will eventually be wary of them and see them as enemies.

And a prisoner with a chip on his shoulder will be perfect for that.

Now, Lady Doux, use this whip on the prisoner and...

Wow, it's all dark!

Hey!

What's a brat like you doing here?

I'm not a brat. I'm Doux.

Perfect! She ended up meeting the demon hunter I wanted her to see.

Where'd you get those toy horns from?

They're not toys. Demons grow horns.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

So, what are you doing here?

Did you come to kill me?

Good.

If he continues to intimidate her like that, Lady Doux will come to hate the humans

and will be able to oppress the humans on her own...

Nope! I came to bring you mushrooms!

You "must shrewdly oppress him!" Not "mushrooms," Lady Doux!

And I'm supposed to grill you, too!

You've somehow turned all of this into cooking!

Yeah, mushrooms sure are delicious.

Yup! They are!

They're great in hot pot, too.

It's almost hot pot season!

Are you looking forward to it?

Uh-huh! I am!

He's absolutely toying with her!

What are they plotting, siccing a kid like this on me?

Hot pot! Hot pot!

I'm not going to obey you.

Huh?

If you're going to kill me, just do it already!

There's no place for me in this world anyway!

Place?

You got any loot on you?

If you give it to us, we won't destroy your village.

Oh, hey. It's the human we just cut down.

Did you want us to finish you off?

You stupid human!

You bastard!

What the hell's your problem?!

Who do you think you are?!

Assim.

That mark appears when one is drenched in demon's blood. A curse that won't disappear.

The mark of a demon hunter.

Demons looking for revenge will be drawn by your mark and will come to the village again.

I realize how awful it is of me to ask you this when you just saved our village...

But please leave.

Ever since then, I lost my place in this world.

Nothing anyone or anything can do to me will scare me.

I am a demon hunter. I'll even kill demon children—

It opened!

What?!

How did you use that staff for that?!

Didn't you hear what I just said? I just said I'd kill you!

Yes, good. Show just how negative humans can be.

But if you lay a single finger on Lady Doux, you'll turn into dust.

Let's play a staring game!

No!

Doux is all alone, too.

What?