The Demon Prince goes to the Academy

d punch as fast as lightning, didn’t mean I actually could pull that off. 

On top of that, I was afflicted with a minor case of pretentiousitis, so I wrote a lot of stories about disastrous situations in which a lot of people died.
To add to that, I was addicted to writing bad endings to the point that people said that, if one of my stories had a happy ending, I’d have gone crazy.

Maybe my real sin was that I messed with my readers’ feelings with my bad endings all year round. 

No, wasn’t that actually rather convincing? 

So what actually were the novels I wrote?

What would happen to me if I were transported into one of them?

[City of the Dead]

A zombie novel.

I was quite sure I’d die in a single day.

[Surviving in the Ruined World]

Post-Apocalypse.

I was here in hell because I couldn’t even survive in our peaceful, normal world, you know? Didn’t I just get killed by some malicious comments?

[The Demon King is Dead]

This novel got the worst ratings, but in my opinion it was the best.

Because this was a slice-of-life novel.

As I was criticized by my readers for always writing bad ends, I wrote this novel that didn’t have any serious global crisis from beginning to end.
I actually didn’t finish it, but the beginning was rose-colored, very refreshing and peaceful.

This novel told the story of what happened after the heroes defeated the final boss in the prologue.

That’s why its title was ‘The Demon King is Dead’.

This story took place after the death of the Demon King after all.

At least it’s not like my other stuff, where one had to fight for one’s survival from start to finish.

I must get this one.
No matter what.

I just had to get this one!

Speaking of the results.

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It worked out just the way I wanted.

As a result of a random lottery, I was to become the “Demon King’s son” of [The Demon King is Dead].

* * *

The Demon King’s son wasn’t a character that even made an appearance in my novel in the first place.

She told me that I’d get put into a random character, however I actually got something that couldn’t even be called a character.

An unlucky person would break their nose even if they fell backwards, huh.

That’s what she told me.

Didn’t I just die because I got too mad about some comments which led my blood pressure to rise?

Just as I was relieved that I drew the safest novel, I got put into a position in which I’d die right at the start!

I wouldn’t even be the Demon King, but just a prince.

It would have been much better if I were the Demon King.
For example, if I were the Demon King I’d also be the highest-level existence of the Demon realm, so I could have just stayed put, surrendered or ran away. 

Even though the Demon King dies right at the start, he’s not to be trifled with. 

However, I was just a prince of the Demon Realm who just turned 17.

Valier Jr.

Age : 17

Status : [Force: 3.4(F)] 

[Agility 4.3(F+)] 

[Dexterity 5.2(D-)] 

[Magic power 9.9(C-)]

[Strength 5.7(D-)]

Race : Arcdemon

Talent : None

Abilities

[Demon Domination D](Unique to Arcdemons)

Comprehensive Ability Assessment – Lowest Rank Demon

Combat Level Assessment – F

Despite getting deceived by this novel, fortunately I was still able to find out who I actually was.
A game-like screen appeared before me.

I never put this setting into my novel, so was this something those guys who sent me here gave me out of pity? 

So, in terms of tropes, I was in a fairly common situation, in which an author somehow ended up in his own novel with a game system.

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However, no matter how common the trope was, it would never feel like a familiar situation if it suddenly happened to oneself in reality.

I didn’t appreciate this convenient ability in the slightest.

Shouldn’t the kin of the Demon King be of a different caliber?

Arcdemon was a rather simple species, but wasn’t my current condition basically the worst of the worst?

This guy had no fighting capabilities.

I saw something that seemed like an ability to rule over all demons, but all around me were just dead demons.

What a hellish situation.

It was the start of the prologue.

[Event Quest: Downfall]

[Description : The defeat of the Demon King’s army is imminent, but you’re powerless to do anything.
Do your best to survive.]

[Goal : Escape the Demon King’s Castle]

[Reward : 100 achievement points]

All I could do was run.

I didn’t even pay attention to that mysterious system window that appeared in front of me.

-Kabaang! Bababaaang!

“Crazy!”

There’s nothing I could do to stop the war.

It seemed like the Demon King and the hero’s party were already fiercely fighting inside the Demon King’s Castle.

The violent explosions and thunderous roars made me realize that this bloody war was really happening.

Outside, there were shouts, screams and cries of monsters as a siege was taking place.
They seemed to have already broken through.

The hallways were already lined with dead or fallen demons.

I couldn’t even imagine a person dying in front of me, but it was even worse seeing monsters that have only existed in my head previously dying right there.

Still, maybe because I felt like death was imminent, I kept running.

I thought I’d die if I stopped to vomit.

Aren’t I such a good prince of the Demon Realm?

“Damn iiiiiiiit!”

However, having this title while the Demon Realm was falling apart was much more dangerous!

I’d rather replace it with Human Soldier 1!

I’m really confident that I can switch sides and bow down to whoever!