I was reincarnated into another world and became a witch so I want to live a slow life but the Demon King won't let me go.
[The Kitchen Saves the Demon King's Army]
Translated by: ME
Tims seems to be a civil official, while Almus seems to be a military officer.
Their main job is to govern the Demon King's army.
This includes training the troops, preparing equipment, and hiring new soldiers.
The Demon race are the soldiers, so it seems to be quite a free-spirited environment, but perhaps because strength is everything, they seem to be surprisingly well-organized.
The problem is their hygiene.
Even if it's said that demons are less susceptible to illness, this is terrible. Dirty or broken equipment is lying around, and they don't know exactly how many soldiers there are, so forming a unit is done on the spot by calling people over randomly, which is a mess.
Still, demons are probably strong enough even like that, but this lack of organization is a problem.
"Tims often gets angry at me. He tells me to be proper because there's also the budget to prepare."
Feeling dejected because I understand his feelings so well, I first cleaned Almus's room, which was the dirtiest. There aren't as many papers and books as in Tims's room, but because he has no concept of cleaning, it's full of dust.
Using the wind and water magic I learned from Hiiragi, I cleaned the room and created an environment where people can feel comfortable.
"Oh! I can see the floor!"
"We can't have tea in a dirty room, can we? Please don't make it dirty from now on."
"It would be a problem if I couldn't have tea time. Okay, I'll be careful."
It's a characteristic of demons that they're honest in strange ways. If they understand that it's in their interest, they immediately change their ways and thinking.
"First, let's make the soldiers mindful of being clean, shall we?"
First, I showed off that Almus, the strongest, was maintaining a clean appearance and a clean room, and spread the word that good things would happen if they kept things clean.
Next, I posted a notice that if they threw away the trash and unnecessary items lying on the floor, they would be rewarded with sweets, and everyone started cleaning up with surprising obedience.
It felt strange to exchange trash for sweets at the garbage dump, but as the atmosphere of the Demon King's army gradually became cleaner, everyone seemed to feel more comfortable, and now they've learned to clean up even without any rewards.
Sweets were also useful for grasping the number of people. I made a lot of small tarts, counted the number at the beginning, and handed one to each person.
Everyone wants sweets, so they started coming every day to get them, and I was able to roughly grasp the number of people and their races.
The problem is that making sweets is hard work, but that will be easily solved.
In the Demon King's castle, there are demons properly employed to fulfill the role of maids, and they take care of cleaning the common spaces and doing small miscellaneous tasks.
I, who was doing the work for Tims and Almus, also got along well with the maids and built a good relationship.
The maids, Lilia and Rorona, said that they wanted to make sweets.
"Sounds interesting."
"Sounds fun."
For the sake of the two cute girls who smiled like twins, I had a kitchen built in the Demon King's castle. Tims, who learned that he could eat a lot of delicious sweets, happily provided the budget, and Almus willingly lent personnel for the construction.
Then, I taught the two of them the basics of making sweets, and we made and learned various recipes together.
While recalling that I used to make sweets all the time in my previous life to relieve stress, I made cookies and cakes. Lilia started finding fruits that looked edible at the market, and we were able to make things that were colorful and gorgeous, and Rorona could use ice magic, so ice cream was even born.
The soldiers of the Demon King's army became cheerful and trained diligently because of the smell of sweet sweets, and they put a lot of effort into training by setting up limited sweets.
It was a big surprise that one of the battalion commanders liked ice cream so much that he started raising cows in the Demon King's army to ensure a stable supply, but thanks to that, we no longer had any trouble with milk. It was a good result.
Almus was also in a good mood, and although I thought he had a very fierce look when I first met him, he was now able to smile gently. He probably had a lot of stress from work.
Tims also seemed to be much more relaxed with his work related to the Demon King's army, and he seemed to be enjoying himself every day.
"You hired a good underling."
"Can't you do something about calling me an 'underling'? I don't think I'm doing such simple work."
"Then what should I call you?"
"Well, then, how about 'secretary'?"
"Secretary?"
"That's right, it's an important job to help everyone's work run smoothly."
The two of them looked like they didn't understand, but they were convinced if that was okay with me.
With this, I found my place in this world as a "secretary," just like in my previous life.
One day, while I was serving tea to Tims and Almus and thinking about what sweets to make today, the door suddenly opened and a young demon with a flustered expression rushed in.
"T-The Demon King is in a bad mood!!"
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