"Welcome, brave yet foolhardy humans… In acknowledgment of the courage it took for you to appear before me, I shall grant you all swift and painless deaths…"

Embarrassment.

Viper wanted to crawl into a ball and hide away having said the customary greeting of the Demon Lord. She'd never received the education necessary to take up the mantle and was now acting in her father's footsteps nervous and unprepared.

However, she knew her people's lives depended on her, so what was a small greeting

Taking a moment to get a clearer look at the people in front of her, the man before her quickly does a double-take before saying,

"Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. From the top, please."

"E-eh?"

"Again?! " Viper thought.

"O-ok," she'd inhaled, preparing to give the greeting once more before being interrupted.

"Lady Viper, you don't need to bother with the customary greeting! These people are just teasing you, Your Majesty!"

Viper could feel that this was not going to be an easy meeting.