The Devouring Dragon

"So, you can start by shadowing my meetings. I meet with each of the four Maou individually each week, along with once with Azazel, Yasaka, Velrissa, Vargan, and Nurarihyon. Those are just the scheduled ones, but I also take anywhere from 4-5 other meetings every day regarding more current things, such as the training of soldiers, moves other factions are making, or the development of infrastructure within the kingdom," Raya said very un-simply, not taking notice of Saya’s swirling eyes, the woman looking a bit dizzy as Raya explained her duties.

"Of course, those are just the surface-level things. After you’ve come to the meetings for a few weeks, you can start taking over on some of them, and then you can start learning about the real work," Raya finished casually, blinking as she finally noticed Saya’s dizzy expression.

"T-That’s not even the real work?" Saya asked incredulously, staring blankly at Raya.

"Not having second thoughts, are you?" Raya giggled lightly at the woman’s shock, "You’re the one who asked to learn about this stuff."

"Y-Yes, I did, and I’m not backing down!" Saya shook her head quickly, pushing away her confused thoughts as she blushed a bit, "V-Valon’s done so much for us, for me... He saved not only me and my friends, but also my mother! I want to be of use to him, and you’re in such an important position even though your, um..."

"Weak?" Raya smirked as Saya floundered to find a nicer way to call Raya weak, the pink-haired woman blushing even more at her words, but the wolf-girl wasn’t offended, "It’s fine. I wouldn’t say I’m as weak as you are, but in the grand scheme of the kingdom, I’m definitely weak. I’m barely stronger than a foot soldier."

"R-Right, but you’re also the most important part of his kingdom! I want to be like that!" Saya nodded rapidly, her blush disappearing as she became serious and her face was set in a determined stare, "So, teach me! No matter how much it is to handle, I can do it!"

Raya just stared back at Saya’s determined expression for a second, and then slowly nodded with a small grin, "Alright. Since you’re so set on this, we can skip all the shadowing stuff. Instead, you can start learning about the inner workings of the kingdom personally."

"Thank you," Saya smiled back at Raya gratefully, then blinked as she realized she didn’t know what that meant. "Wait, so what am I going to be doing?"

"Just going around to get a better idea of what goes into running the kingdom," Raya waved her hand dismissively, glancing away as she suspiciously wouldn’t meet Saya’s eyes, "It’ll be pretty easy, and it won’t take long."

"Oh, alright," Saya nodded, still smiling as she stood up, having no idea just how treacherous the ’easy’ task was going to be, "I’m ready!"