Reincarnated in the Alternate World, I'm A Demonic Lord as Well as a Villager-Chapter 620 - 318: The Demon King’s Gift

"Every grievance has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. The dispute between the Demon King and the Magic Goddess shouldn’t fall on Santa Claus."

Seeing the black-haired Demon King getting restless, Santa Claus hurriedly clarified his stance, afraid of being implicated.

After a brief moment of agitation, Shami sat back down.

"Tell me everything you know about the Magic Goddess, or I’ll have you torn apart by five horses."

"Mr. Demon King!"

Santa Claus pleaded in despair.

"Yell if you must, it all counts against your time."

Shami had plenty of time to interrogate Santa Claus, but to speed up the process, he personally lured Santa into spilling the beans.

"How many Santa Clauses are there in total?"

"I’m not entirely sure. But there are more than two hundred elders like me in our village."

"Is Santa allowed to enter anywhere on Christmas Eve?"

"Of course. Anywhere on the Aireland Continent. From royal palaces to shepherd’s cottages."

"What about the Elf Forest?"

"Uh...not there... The Elf Forest has its own designated Santa because elves are harder to fool—even at seventy or eighty, they’re still in a childlike stage. Naturally, there’s a need for a specialist."

Shami frowned.

Why is the backstory so thoroughly set up in such a strange place?

"What about the places where the Dragon Race dwell?"

"We generally don’t deliver to places that are too dangerous. Santa’s lives matter too, Mr. Demon King."

Santa Claus answered every question, full of sincerity.

Shami’s gaze finally fell on the shiny list on the interrogation table.

"This list was given to you by the Magic Goddess, right? Is she still alive in this world?"

"The list was given to us by the Magic Goddess. But whether she actually exists, we don’t know either."

Santa cooperatively answered.

"Then how do you decide which children need gifts? There are countless families on the Aireland Continent, and countless children. How do you choose the recipients?"

"This involves the divine will of the Magic Goddess."

Santa reminisced: "Every year before Christmas, the icy mountains near our village emit a soft light. The energy of the soft light inside gradually condenses into lists. We travel to the icy mountains, enter inside to obtain our delivery lists, and then prepare for Christmas Eve gift-giving."

Upon hearing this, Shami inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

"Is it similar to Divination Art? The Magic Goddess informing each of you Santa Clauses what to do?"

"That’s right! But it’s far less powerful than Divination Art. This divine will from the ice only tells us who to gift on Christmas Eve."

Shami silently pondered.

From Santa’s words, it’s clear that their village keeps in touch with the Magic Goddess every year. The Magic Goddess likely retains her autonomous will somewhere on the Aireland Continent.

Magic Goddess is currently known as the most powerful entity on the Aireland Continent, enduring through seventy-two generations of demon kings. The Fata she founded still stands as the continent’s strongest force, a constant worry for every demon king.

The Magic Goddess undoubtedly knows the secrets of this continent.

Since Shami is the Demon King, he will inevitably face Fata in the future, perhaps even confront the Magic Goddess.

Whether it involves the power of the Demon King or the fate of the ultimate Demon King, Shami cannot bypass Fata and the Magic Goddess.

He must find a way to contact the Magic Goddess and uncover the truth, rather than remain in a passive state.

Currently, there are only two ways by which the Magic Goddess is linked with the Aireland Continent: one is through Fata’s Divination Art, the other through Christmas Eve’s gift-giving divine will.

Divination Art, of course, needs no explanation. It’s a top-tier magic, protected by the seven Great Mages, each memorizing a part of the curse. Not easily accessible, even to Fata’s Saintess and magical girls.

Shami looked at Santa Claus.

Comparatively, it might be easier to approach from the other side.

"Mr. Demon King, I really don’t know anything else."

Santa sincerely said.

Shami was silent for a moment.

Moreover, Santa’s ability to disregard all magic shields and freely travel across the continent on Christmas Eve is indeed an advantage.

Whether studying Santa’s reindeer flight abilities or finding the Magic Goddess,

he felt it was necessary to keep the Santa Claus before him.

If Santa Claus could be transformed into a race of magic creatures, that would be even better.

Then Christmas would become an invincible day for the magical beings, with Santa leading the creatures into any place directly on Christmas Eve.

Keeping Santa implies more opportunities to connect with the Magic Goddess.

Coming to his senses, Shami slowly stood up, coughed, and announced.

"Santa Claus, I hereby formally notify you that you are under arrest for illegally entering private residences. According to the laws of the magic creatures, you need to be imprisoned for over five years. Good behavior during imprisonment may lead to early release."

Santa Claus widened his eyes.

"Five years?! I was just delivering gifts! Why am I suddenly going to jail?"

"Trespassing can be a big or small matter. If you have connections, nothing will happen even if you drive into the Royal Palace. Without connections, just accept it."

Santa Claus fell into silence.

Shami calmly stated, "Also, your gifts and the two reindeer and sleigh outside will be confiscated."