Ike continues to hide his true identity from his peers in The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human thanks to his convincing mask and hood. He is a leader in the army, but who knows Ike is a human? Will the demon lord find out about his secret?
Spoiler Warning: This article includes spoilers from The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human light novel and manga series, so proceed with caution.
Who Knows about Ike's True Identity?
Ike, who sometimes goes by the name Rike, is the only human executive who holds powerful magic abilities in the demon lord’s army.
Ike’s close allies and underlings, including Lilith, don’t know that he is a human being, even after all the years they have been working together on various human invasions.
So far, the only ones who know Ike’s secret are Cefiro and his maid, Satie.
To hide his secret, Ike wears a skull-like mask that allows him to look like an undead or a lich magic caster, reminiscent of isekai anime characters such as Ainz Ooal Gown of Overlord and Arc of Skeleton Knight in Another World.
In the past, the legendary mage Romberg took Ike in after he was isekai’d to the fantasy world. He was just an ordinary Japanese citizen taking classes at a normal school until he was reincarnated in another world.
Fortunately, Romberg found Ike and taught him how to cast and use magic spells. He cared for him like his own grandson, even though he knew that Ike was a human being.
Since Romberg was good friends with Cefiro, Romberg trusted her to look after Ike and his huge secret after he died.
Satie, on the other hand, accidentally found out about Ike’s secret after the latter removed his mask in a secured room, not knowing Satie had been hiding underneath his desk.
Does the Demon Lord Dairokuten Find Out Ike Is Human?
Yes, the demon lord Dairokuten, who was previously Oda Nobunaga in her past life, knows Ike is a human in the series.
She quickly realizes Ike’s hidden identity thanks to her unrivaled observation skills, but she doesn’t have any intention of killing or firing him from his post.
Instead, Dairokuten entrusted a difficult mission to Ike, which is to ensure the coexistence between humans and demons in the future.
This is the reason many of the demons under Dairokuten deviated from the army due to her sudden change of plans.
On the contrary, Ike doesn’t have a clue that the demon lord already knows about his secret. He thinks he managed to fool the demon lord with his façade when he and Cefiro came to talk to her for the first time.
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