Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (魔王城でおやすみ)

Human's Shopping Channel!

Hey, Florence! My bed's so firm, I can't get a wink of sleep at night.

"Florence" "Bianco"

Oh, Bianco, I'm sure there's no price too high you'd pay to remedy that.

I have just the item for you!

Wow! My goodness, Florence!

This water-filled mattress is so bouncy and comfy!

You'll sleep soundly with this waterbed!

Say goodbye to nights of fitful sleep!

--Florence, you--no, this waterbed is amazing! --I want one!

--Florence, you--no, this waterbed is amazing! --Why's she watching TV here?

Wait, I didn't know we got human channels here.

I see, I can simply purchase high-tech goods instead of making them myself.

I'll order it now.

"Telepathic Black Crystal"

Hi, this is Human's Shopping Channel!

Thank you for shopping with us! May I have your address?

The Demon Castle.

Oh... the Demon Castle is not within our area of delivery.

Even product distribution here is rubbish!

--That's wonderful. --Isn't it? --Indeed.

What happened here?!

You see, the princess...

This week, the hostage princess has committed 14 counts of vandalization, 22 counts of theft,

and 18 counts of violence toward a demon.

It's too awful.

It's abnormal for a hostage to be walking about freely in the first place.

Though I was already aware, it's time to acknowledge it.

We have been far too lenient with the hostage!

"Hostage Training Week"

It's time to tighten the reigns.

But didn't we scrap the plan to put more stringent measures on her cell

to avoid the risk of further drawing out her abilities?

Then how can we make the princess realize she's a hostage?

How about giving her the cold shoulder? Ignore her like we would a hostage.

That's it! As part of Hostage Training Week,

I hereby order the Demon Castle's residents to ignore the princess

to make her act more like a hostage!

"Quest"

"Ignore the Princess"

I'll just have to make it with my own two hands!

"Quest"

"Sleep on a Comfortable Waterbed"

"Ninth Night"

"The Princess and Hostage Training Week"

To assemble it,

"Water demon's shed skin"

I'll first fill this object from the item storage with water,

I'll first fill this object from the item storage with water,

then support the bed with a wooden frame.

Now, all I require is a tool to drill holes into the wood and an elastic rope!

What's this? They didn't yell at me, and I went past them without a hitch.

H-Hey, how do you ignore a princess? Was that correct?

I don't know. Probably, I guess.

"Peaceful"

This really isn't my thing.

Wait, the order came from the top brass. Let's go ask them.

"Item Storage"

You there, move aside.

Can't you see me?

That's how you do it! You ignore her with firm resolve!

So that's the trick.

Look, she backed down.

Sh-She's treating him like a dog!

Well, he is a dog.

But he's still able to ignore her! Wow!

The top brass really are amazi--

What's going on?

What are you're doing?

It's not what you think. If I resist, I may accidentally harm her.

How many phi are your horns?

"Φ = Unit of measure for diameter"

What?!

No. Ignore her. Just ignore her.

Princess, you've scraped your knee!

What the heck are those two doing?

Demon King!

This is pathetic! I'll show you how to truly ignore someone!

How many phi are your horns?

What?

Taking her pets on a walk?

No, she's the hostage princess!

It's no good. The top brass won't be of any help.

Nope.

Wow, she even made pets of the demon king and big ten.

The princess is super popular!

"Nobody there to retort"

These three will provide fangs and horns to drill holes,

but I'm not sure I'll find an elastic rope.

I've been watching you three. What in the world have you been doing?!

Simply staying quiet doesn't mean you're ignoring her!

We can explain...

We'll hurt the princess if we pull too hard!

Why don't you just cut the rope then?!

Oh, yeah.

--You just realized this? --Stretchy... rope.

--There were unforeseen circumstances... --Stretchy... rope.

Unforeseen?!

Even though she leashed us, we didn't talk to her!

That defeats the purpose of ignoring her!

Ignoring?

--Sorry. --I'm sorry.

My apologies.

You were ignoring me?

"Just yawned"

We... We made her cry!

That's not it!

Good. Holes are all drilled.

My horns...

"Helped out of guilt"

"Helped out of guilt"

My fangs...

Plus, I got my rope.

"Offered out of guilt"

It wasn't me...

I drew water from the pipe and plugged the pipe up again.

"Offered out of guilt?"

Are you leaving me here?!

But I wonder why... The demons didn't get in my way today

and were actually quite helpful.

Rather than ignore me, they monitored me closely.

It must be thanks to them.

I successfully constructed my water bed!

Zzz...

"Quest Complete"

Slept comfortably.

Ignoring her... is no good!

--It'll kill us before anything else. --Huh? What's up?

I agree.

"Quest Failed"

Try harder next time!

"Neo Alraune"

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle .

But still, we need her to be more aware of the fact that she's a hostage.

So we came to you. What do you think we should do, Hades?

You call yourselves the demon king and his forces?

Basically, it's because your hostage has too much time on her hands.

Put her to work to deprive her of freedom.

Yes! Yes, that's it, Hades!

More importantly, today's the day to see who's fit to be the real demon king--

From this day forth, we shall force the hostage princess to work!

I forbid anyone to give her aid!

"Quest"

"Deprive the Princess of Freedom by Forcing Her to Work"

These are due in a month! Make sure to hand them in!

It may seem like a great amount, but you'll finish if you do a little each day...

Princess?

Is this work?

Hm? Indeed, assigned by the demon king himself.

I see.

All right, then. Finish them on time.

I have something to do other than sleep!

Thinking back, it was always like this back at my castle.

Heaps of papers... a barrage of pointless approval requests.

But I can finish this amount off in a day!

"Quest"

"Finish All Work"

"Demon Castle Mess Hall"

It's the princess.

But there's something different about her.

And she's not in her usual pajamas.

She's in work mode?!

Uh, Princess?

What?

I heard that they dumped a bunch of work on you.

But why are you doing it here?

It's less lonely here.

How old are you?!

B-But look at how fast she's working!

Wow.

I heard the higher-ups gave her enough work for a month.

What kind of work did they give her anyway?

Math drills?

A book report?

I don't have materials to make my safety poster!

It is summer vacation homework!

Hey, Princess. Is this really the work they gave you?

This homework--