The crimson princess

Pov Dia,

Ajuka: "Do you know a little bit about the history of peerage?"

Dia: "It’s something we had, like a certain army had a dozen, but the war decimated the ranks."

Ajuka: "Exactly, and given our low population and low birth rate, I decided to create reincarnated Devils."

Sera: "How does it work?"

Ajuka: "A Devil will receive an item that can transform any race into a Devil and integrate them into the Devil’s peerage that owns the item."

Sera: "Is it possible to have pure Devils in a peerage?"

Ajuka: "Yes, there is no problem. Anyway, I believe I will give the opportunity to create a peerage to high-ranking Devils or heirs to the leaders."

With this conversation, I kept thinking that I could integrate Rimuru and make him a pure-blood Devil.

Sirzechs: "There shouldn't be a limitation on strength because imagine if someone manages to put the 10 strongest in their peerage; they would be invincible."

Ajuka: "They will only receive a limited number of coins that determine the value of a person, and the stronger the person, the more coins they will consume."

Sera: "In that case, wouldn’t it be easier to have more basic pieces?"

Dia: "You also have to add a bonus or something to make it more interesting. For example, coins worth 2 could have a strength boost, and so on with other coins."

Ajuka: "I’m trying to find an existing system to copy."

A system that already exists... the only one I think of is...

Dia: "Why not use shogi?"

Rimuru: "Without wanting to offend you, Dia-sama, the rules of shogi are quite complicated to understand, not to mention that it has too many special moves that will need to be exploited. I would rather propose chess, which has only 16 pieces and only special moves like [Promotion] and [Castling]."

Rimuru decided to join the conversation. I know that with Zekram she would never have done it, but since the atmosphere is quite relaxed, she dares to speak.

Sirzechs: "Very well thought, Rimuru. Additionally, we could give the queen the abilities of the bishop, rook, and knight. We could make the king's piece the owner of the peerage."

Ajuka: "If we have to talk about bonuses, considering the position of the pieces in relation to the king and the queen, we have the bishop in the rear guard, the knight in the middle, and the rook in the front."

Dia: "So the bonus for the rook would be strength and defense, and for the bishop, an increase in support capacity. But what should we do for the knight?"

Sera: "He's in the middle and can support the rook and the bishop, so I'd say he needs good speed to get there fast enough to help them."

Rimuru: "Shouldn’t we add an endurance bonus?"

Dia: "An endurance bonus to take attacks head-on, a speed bonus for quick movement, and the last for mana reserve."

Ajuka: "Why not spice things up by creating rare variant pieces that allow someone to gain a person with this piece who normally has a higher value than the piece itself."

Sirzechs: "Interesting, but I would suggest a limit of 2 variants because otherwise, if someone has too much luck, it could create an imbalance."

Dia: "There will be one already, Oni-sama. The strength of the peerage will depend on what the king wants to do with them."

Rimuru: "There is something I don’t understand, Ajuka-sama. You said 'reincarnate,' but does that mean the chosen person must die?"

Ajuka: "Not necessarily. One can save people from death by turning them into Devils, but there is a time limit after death; otherwise, it is not possible. However, it is quite possible to allow someone alive to join the peerage."

Falbium: "Can you tone it down? I want to sleep."

Damn, I had forgotten. We continued to talk about this subject for a long time while speaking more quietly for Falbium.

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