MC might not have much choice but fight as things go on, regardless of the common priests, the top of the church are rotten. They literally send God-blessed children to their deaths.
Loli demon princess, nice :thumbsup:
Also, it should be obvious that there would be conditions, that there wouldn't be a magic so convenient to just snap your fingers and send people to another world.
Some nobles in the Empire were planning in sacrificing the Hero to appease the Demons so to not start a war, because "just the hero being there would provoke the demons" or something like that. They view the Hero as a old, dangerous and unneeded concept.
I get the Empire want to rule the world and sheet, but i can't stop thinking that sending Rei to the Oni village to fight her friend was a very stupid gamble.