Gate: Thus the Sorcerous Kingdom Fought There

by oblivon2991

A strange Gate appeared in the capital of the Sorcerous Kingdom, and through it, foreign soldiers started to flood. Killing and kidnapping the denizens of the Sorcerous Kingdom's capital. Now our beloved Papa Bones can't let such dirty things. Does he? (Warning! The story contains some of my OC's) (AU!)

11. Just Relax! I take care of things!

Gate: Thus the Sorcerous Kingdom Fought There

by oblivon2991

Proofread by: Not yet proofread. Read at your own risk!

Thank you for reading my fanfic!

My mother language is not English, so please be patient about the grammatical issues.

I don't own the Overlord(オーバーロードŌbārōdo?) novel or anime series created by Kugane Maruyama.

I don't own Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri novel, and anime series, written by Takumi Yanai.

Please review it. I know I will make mistakes that I intend to correct and will try to learn from my mistakes and improve myself.

Thank you!

Please enjoy the story!

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Because the bills had not been paid, the cell phone line had been cut.

So was the gas.

Phone calls kept coming in, demanding payment of the water bill. Things were getting worse.

Pension and health insurance payments? Yep, they were due.

However, without the computer everything would be over, so the power bill had to be paid, along with the Internet fiber charges. In exchange, there was no money to buy food.

Cereal and soya bean milk from the 99 yen store cost 208 yen for 2 meals (1 meal = 104 yen).

After that, the 99 yen store again once more yielded a bounty of vegetables and rice. This was dinner, which cost 208 yen.

Thank you, 99 yen store, our Japan is such a prosperous country.

Since yesterday, all three meals had been cereal and soya milk, a diet without any variation. However, this meant that the day's meals would only cost 312 yen, so no matter what, this discomfort had to be endured.

"I need to hang on until the winter doujin markets. Hang in there!" murmured the thin looking young woman.

The pen moved over the tablet. Ten more pages and it would be complete.

But more money would be needed to hold on until X-day. Debts had to be paid, bills had to be cleared, and the new year had to be celebrated. A warm meal would be nice.

"Although I can't do anything but endure this, for now, this'll kill me if this goes on. I only see cornflakes in my dreams now. 100 yen today is more useful than 10000 yen tomorrow. Why did I only realize this truth now~" murmured the brunette desperately.

The empty fridge had been unplugged for fear of running up the electricity bill further. All lights except the bare minimum had been switched off. Heating? What was that, could you eat it? Thicker clothes would have to do, coupled with the warmth from the computer's fan.

The LCD display of the computer's monitor was the only source of light in the house.

"Can someone lend me money~" She'd sent out the email, but all her friends from doujin circles were hardly better off than her. Everyone was rushing like mad to get their work done before the printer's deadline, and they were racking their brains on how to get money. As a result, all the replies she had received were cold rejections.

Her relationship with her parents was in a shambles, so turning to them for money was not an option. If this kept up, would she need to dumpster dive or sell her body?

As she thought about that, she looked at the reflection of herself in the window glass.

Her skin was rough and uncared for, while her hair was unkempt and dirty. Her glasses were as dirty as a milk bottle bottom, and she had panda eyes. Lit by the monitor, she looked like a walking corpse against the background of the dark room. Nobody would be interested in paying for her skinny limbs, her stringy muscles, and her flabby belly, even if she wanted to sell herself.

As she thought that, she sighed deeply.

"What kind of men would want to pay money to embrace a 29-year-old hag like this~."

An email from a friend appeared on her PC.

"Didn't you divorce Youji? That was you being stupid. However, bad things might have been, at least you would have been guaranteed clothes, food and a place to stay."

"Ah, it doesn't matter if I realize it now, I was just stupid back then. Argh, I fail as a human being~" she yelled out loud out of her frustration as she started to brush her uncared brown hair angrily.

She recalled how she had gotten married to her sempai in the first place. That had been because she had been annoyed by her parents nagging her to get married.

Her financial situation had been just as dire back then. She had been drawn to her sempai because his civil servant position guaranteed a steady income for him.

She had known him since middle school, so she was very clear that her sempai was a good-hearted man, and she understood her sempai's family situation.

It had happened on the Christmas when she was 25, on the spur of the moment.

She threw herself at him because she was hungry and wanted something to eat.

"Well, that's fine," he said, and then sempai brought her to a nearby restaurant and treated her to roasted chicken and other stuff.

At that time, she realized the power of having a stable income. The roasted chicken and onions she had then were indescribably delicious.

"Sempai, please feed me. In turn, I'll marry you."

And that was how she confessed to him while she was drunk. She knew her sempai was not the sort of person who would reject her, but he did not reply to her right away like she thought he would. He looked at her, and she had no idea what she was thinking, and after an uncomfortable silence, he replied, "Yes."

She thought sempai saw through her even then. Rather than being "married," she wanted to be "fed." Their married life could not have gone well from the beginning.

Even though sempai knew what she was thinking, he still gently said "Yes" to her. Because that was the kind of person, her sempai was.

In the end, she still wrote the e-mail for help to that caring sempai.

Normally speaking, asking that sort of thing of her ex-husband would be very strange. After all, her sempai did not leave her because he disliked her, but because he took marriage too lightly. It was not his fault in any way; She just wanted to return their relationship to how it was before they got married. What did sempai think of her when she asked him to put his chop on the divorce forms?

She just thought and thought and thought about whether or not to send that e-mail.

"I don't have water, food or gas!" she muttered.

The decision over whether or not to send that email had been like debating a nuclear launch.

"I'm a really selfish woman." she murmured as she looked down with an ashamed expression.

After that, she had not eaten anything. Her last meal had been yesterday, and she had grimly held on until now.

Her head was aching fit to burst, and her eyelids were heavy for want of sleep. Even so, she still tried to cheer herself up, clenching her fists and muttering, "Just one more page" in a small voice.

The time was 2335 in the lower right corner of the 27" TFT screen.

It was then that someone opened the house door.

It was a familiar sound, that of a key sliding into a keyhole

After that, the sound of the door being pushed open, accompanied by cold air from the outside.

"Risa, you are still awake. If you are up, why're the lights out? I thought you were asleep. You must be cold like this, why don't you turn on the heater?"

That familiar voice belonged to her sempai, Itami Youji.

"Ah, senpai!"

In the end, Risa still called him by that name, and after that, she muttered, "Food." As she wanted to embrace her senpai through a wild jump until...a few other individuals came into her field of vision.

To Risa, the scene before her was an earth-shaking revelation.

"Sem-sempai, you brought other women back?" she shuttered as she stepped one step back.

Coming to her house with women in tow and saying, "Sorry, but we need to spend the night here, God, I'm tired," before barging in was hardly something she thought Itami would do.

Seemingly oblivious to Risa's dumbfounded stares, he said, "Hey, come on in," and beckoned the ladies and the two man outside to enter.

On closer inspection, they were foreigners.

The thing was, these foreigners were exactly the type which excited her.

"Uwah! A black Gothic Lolita, an elf girl, a silver-haired girl, a white-haired dark elf, a redhead princess and a beautiful drill-hair ojou! Guts from Berserk!? And even a demon lord cosplay?! So cool! So bad I don't know which anime he is from!" she squalled out of her excitement. "There's even a big-boobed chibi, is there some kind of national cosplay event?"

[Message]: "Why do you have to make the illusion look like Guts!? You blow our cover!"

[Message]: "Well... excuse me! Captain Obvious! But your previous illusionary face what you used was a crap! I can't let you run around like that. Aside from that. Guts is just cool with his huge chunk of metal what he swung around!"

[Message]: "I hate you!"

[Message]: "I have the high ground."

[Message]: "You underestimate my power."

[Message]: "Don't do it Banakin!"

[Message]: "Hmm... Star Wars. I like that show." hummed Momonga as they finished their little mind battle.

[Message]: "Everyone like it. So bad after the fifth trilogy it became crap." Esdeath rolled her eyes.

[Message]: "Indeed." noted Momonga.

Risa thought that she had memorized the event schedules, but apart from the upcoming winter doujin market, there should not be any others. Itami looked guardedly out of the window in response to Risa's doubtful questions, and then he turned back to apologize and explain why they had barged into her house in the middle of the night and disturbed her.

Or at least, he planned to explain, but when he turned and saw Risa hugging Rory and going, "So cuuuuute~" nobody would have been able to resist facepalming themselves. Raidyn as usual just giggled and teased poor Rory what she answered with a hateful glare.

"Actually, the hotel we were about to stay in caught fire, so I need to take shelter here for a while."

"Caught fire?"

Risa began looking through the recent news on the net.

In the end, she found a headline about a fire in Ichigaya Park. The cause was apparently arson.

After that, the line fault on the Marunouchi line.

And then, the pictures from the National Diet meeting, which was the first time Risa had seen them. It was only when she saw their pictures on the news that she realized that the girls and the two imposing man were from another world.

"Hmm…"

With a click, it seemed that Rory Mercury's "Are you an idiot?" had already been turned into a banner. A following had already built up around the girl from another world who overturned the logic that long-lived people were old. The tweets on the media sites were reflecting messages of this nature.

And then there were the pictures of the two beautiful elves the silver-haired girl, and the man who almost exactly looked like the certain protagonist of a famous manga.

In every news channel and forums, the people spoke about the girls, Momon and the Demon Lord who numerous people saw passing by. As well the appearance of the Shinigami itself caused quite of a ruckus amongst the people of not only Japan but Worldwide. Many religious channels started to question if this was some kind of faking or the end is near.

Thanks or in this case not... to the advanced information network of the world. Shortly after the Diet. Every people from every little corner of the world knew about the appearance of the new arrivals.

Many artists after seeing Momon and Raidyn imposing armor and the true Momonga appearing seemingly from the nowhere. Got inspiration and already made them anime figures inspired by their armor what was looked like if they stepped out from some kind of MMO RPG as high-level characters. Momon, Raidyn, and Rory pose and drawing them as if they fight against monsters or Momonga sitting in his throne and deciding the fate of the souls of the deceased before him.

It was very interesting to see how the artist is reacting to the two adventurers and the Overlord of Death. The girls and the appearance of the Shinigami. Many YouTube channel already uploaded the through analyzation of the diet mediation giving them many new subscribers.

Momonga and Esdeath were surprised. The Diet was only today afternoon. Still, the people of the Earth managed to squeeze such amount of content out from themselves. It was truly astounding.

"Was the black Goth Loli in the video the same Goth Loli in her room?" Wondered Risa.

She was dressed in a jet-black Gothic Lolita costume heavily decorated with ribbons. Her black hair was covered by a thin black veil, and then there was the mysterious piece of luggage she was holding on to that was taller than she was. And then, there was the fact that despite looking like a young girl, she spoke and acted like a mature woman. Someone else like her would be pretty hard to find.

Conclusion: they were the same.

Then, she compared the Elf in the pictures to the blonde-haired woman in her room now.

Her hair coursed down to her waist like a golden waterfall, and her ears, as long and slender as rice-stalks, traced a beautiful curve as they peeked out from between the strands of her hair. Her eyes were as blue as sapphires. She was still wearing the suit that she had on during the Diet question and answer session. Although she had changed her pants for a pair of figure-hugging jeans, the unique characteristics of her body were still easily spotted.

Conclusion: they were the same.

Once again, she looked at the silver-haired girl in the video, and then at the girl in her room.

Depending on the light, her bob cut hair could be seen as either white or silver. Her skin seemed paler than most dolls, and her body was slim and petite and clad in something that looked like a Native American poncho or robe, though it was the slimness of her neck that drew Risa's eye. Her prim and proper face seemed to bear a constant blank expression, yet it wasn't a dispassionate mask that repulsed people. There were clear signs that she was a living person there. If pushed, she would describe her as a girl who had a detached look on her face.

Conclusion: They were the same.

Then she looked to the tall, masculine figure. He wore the same black suit with the tie as the mediation. His perfectly tanned skin showed he spent countless hours under the radiating rays of the sun. His face what was like the real life replica of Guts from the Berserk Manga showed a stern expression as well his black hair and eyes what was so black it seemed they are sucking the life out from the room. It was once frightening and assuring from the brunet.

Conclusion: They were the same.

And of course lastly. The other elf. From her exotic dark caramel colored skin and from the numerous manga and games what Risa played when she was younger. She suspected... she is a dark elf. The subspecies of the normal elves. She wore her costume pants, shirt, and the red elegant long coat. The same what she wore in the diet. The coat quite resembled Dante's red long coat from the Devil May Cry series. Her silk like long white hair reached entirely to the middle of her back. Her almost illuminating heterochromatic jade green and sea blue eyes completely mesmerized Risa. On her face and intrigued expression settled as she looked around with an interested expression. Her ears were a little longer than her fellow blonde-haired elf but only with a few inches.

Conclusion: They were the same.

After taking a close look at the news headlines and reading the summaries of the Diet interviews, Risa suddenly clapped her hands as a great revelation dawned on her.

"So… these girls aren't cosplayers, but the real deal. Huhuhuhuhuhehehehehefufufufufufufu~"

As they watched this woman with murky glasses laugh by herself, Tuka decided to represent the entire room by asking, "Who, who is this?"

Just by looking at Risa, one could tell she had long since abandoned the look a woman should have, and after seeing the mountain of empty boxes and piled-up books, one would wonder how she had managed to live until now. And all the spare room in the house was filled with intricate dolls, which looked weird no matter how one viewed it.

Rory trembled and asked, "Is there a Hardy here too?" before taking shelter behind Momon's back. (To his own displeasure) She looked like she was on the verge of tears.

Who's this? Sensing that question coming from everyone, Itami decided to answer.

"This is my ex-wife." he announced.

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" gasped everyone. Even Momonga. This revelation was so surprising to him. It even triggered his emotion suppression.

"The Lieutenant actually got married? I can't believe someone actually existed who would marry a man like this! But then again, now that I look at her, they're a perfect match for each other!" The big-boobed short stocked Kuribayashi seemed to be saying what everyone had on their mind.

After a long absence, Risa's house was filled with light again.

The air-conditioner woke from its long sleep and began producing warmth and warm air. After Itami had transferred her some emergency funds, Risa did not have to worry about her bills anymore, and could pamper herself a little.

Speaking of which, Itami had immediately curled up in a corner to sleep after finding a place to lay his head down. For the guests from the other side of the "Gate," camping outside during travel was only expected, while Piña, Bozes and even Beelzebub were experienced in the life of a traveling soldier, so they were not offended or disturbed by the arrangements. Besides, there were ample towels and blankets for everyone to use, and there was a roof to keep out the wind and the rain, so these conditions were not bad at all. In addition, the room was filled with all sorts of entertainment to ward off boredom.

Of course, Ainz or Esdeath could use one of the basic building items or their magic to construct a magical log house what was larger in inside than outside. Similarly, to the Tardis from the series Doctor Who. Or Ainz could summon a whole fortress with similar properties using his tenth level spell [Create Fortress]. But that would most likely make a huge hole on the cellar not speaking about taking away the air of campaign for the two Supreme Beings.

Not speaking they were in undercover. Moreover in vacation. They can't blow their cover using such methods.

Lelei swiftly claimed the spot next to where Itami was sleeping. For some reason, something seemed to be bothering her. Beside her was Tuka. Rory was also sleeping beside Itami but on the opposite side of Lelei. By the way, Bozes and Piña were sleeping with Tomita and Kuribayashi. Originally Rory wanted to sleep next to Momon, but Momon was still wide awake despite she asked him to lay beside her. He simply answered no. With a bland tone. After minutes of trying she gave up and fall over near Itami out of her exhaustion. Despite she was a demigod. She still had a body of a mortal.

"H~m. I roughly get the situation, but I don't want to be caught up in dangerous stuff~."

Risa was muttering to her monitor in between mouthfuls of the bento Itami had bought her from a local convenience store. At times, she would grab her stylus and tablet, apparently to make final changes to her doujin manuscript. It looked like she was going to pull an all-nighter. Someone watched work behind her back. With every motion of her hand followed by a heterochromatic eye pair. Risa felt a gentle breathing on her neck.

She turned around with a frightened expression and jumped up with surprise. "EEEEEI!"

"Sorry..." Deadpanned the Dark Elf with a mouthful of bento in her mouth.

"I-Its nothing..." gulped the artist.

"What are you doing?" inquired the dark elf swallowing the food in her mouth. Risa sighed in a tired tone. "Working..." then turned to the Dark Elf. "Are you interested in my work? I can show you a few of my drawings." Raidyn nodded timidly. Risa started to show up her work for her. Seeing this even Momon and Beelzebub gathered around her and watched the picture art of the woman. Beelzebub fondled his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm... I saw comics like this in father's archives."

Risa immediately turned her towards him. "Your father archives? Who is your father?"

"Did you saw the mediation?"

Risa remembered the news. Then shook her head. "No. But I read the news."

"Well..." a sly smile appeared on his face. "He is Ainz Ooal gown. The one with the black robes." he pointed at the picture what was opened on the tab of the browser.

Risa spat out the drink what was she drinking. "Whaaa!?" she pointed at the picture. "You say he is your father!?" for her loud outburst some of the sleeping people raised their heads. Then put back and continued their dreams.

Beelzebub nodded. "Yeah... he and aunt have a disturbingly a great many of these kinds of arts, They really love them."

Kuribayashi eyes almost popped out. "Don't say the Sorcerer King is an Otaku?!" a depressive aura started to surround her as she started to crouch one of the corners of the apartment. Then started to emit the aura of depression. Beelzebub looked at her with a confused expression. "What is an Otaku?"

[Message]: "Indeed we are Otaku's!" announced Momonga proudly.

[Message]: "Most likely the most powerful Otaku's in all existence!" Esdeath chuckled. "But how you are not yet introduced Beelzebub the Otaku culture?! Momonga! How dare you!"

Momonga bowed his head down out of his shame. [Message]: "How could I forgot such an important thing... I am a horrible father..."

[Message]: "Indeed you are! How could you forgot such important thing!?"

[Message]: "Sorry..." he said in a lethargic tone. Then raised his head. "By the way... what G.O.L.D.I.E. shared with you?" he turned back his friend.

[Message]: "Well, it seems our ancestors did not exist in this Earth. That means this is an alternate Earth where our human self most likely will never exist."

Momon nodded. [Message]: "I see... what else?" Esdeath started her long explanation through the mental link to her friend. She gave Momonga every inch of information what her creation shared with her. It was kinda boring in the end.

By rights, Itami and Tomita should be taking turns on watch. It was 0120 now, and Tomita was arranged to sleep at 0400. After Itami had closed his eyes, he drifted off to sleep soon enough.

"So, Miss Risa, you really were Lieutenant Itami's wife."

"His ex-wife, Now we're just friends."

Risa answered Tomita's question without looking at him, her eyes glued to her PC monitor. Raidyn still watched her work. Momon laid on the nearby blanket closing his illusionary eyes. But in truth under his illusionary eyelids, he watched the cellar of the small room and tried to ease his overstrained mind. "Ahhh... it is so good relaxing a little bit after a while..." he opened his eyes and glanced around. "The apartments in the 21st century is way bigger than I had back in 2138 and a lot more like a proper home instead of a sleeping cabin..." A smile curled on his face. "I remember only rich people could allow themselves such comfort in the overpopulated Earth. it is so nostalgic... it made me remember my old life..."

Beelzebub was sitting near the imperial princess and watched the television in a low volume not to accidentally wake up the others.

"But can you really go back to being friends after a divorce?" asked Tomita as he looked around.

"I don't know about the other people, but to me, it was better being his friend after we got divorced. I couldn't settle myself down just after I got married, and acting like a model housewife got really tiring after a while.

Tomita looked at the stacks of doujinshis piled throughout the room, as well as the sheer number of ball-joint dolls which filled every available space, nodding as he muttered, "Ah, yes, that's right" in a somewhat uncaring voice. He did not want to say something that might demean the other party, nor did he want to lie, and thus chose this neutral option.

Tomita picked up one of the books from the pile and flipped it open Raidyn jumped near him to look what he is inspecting in the exact moment. Their face instantly froze as the first picture came into their vision. Raidyn eyes started to twitch out of her sudden nausea, and an Excalibur expression settled on her face.

"Ahh, you probably shouldn't look through those, they might not be good for your eyes. Or did my warning come too late?"

As he put down the lovingly illustrated 18+ BL manga he had just picked up, Tomita's face looked like he had just stepped on a landmine. He followed that up by carefully closing the book, with all the seriousness of a man reburying a mine, and placing it back into the mountain of its fellows. "That was mildly disturbing..." muttered Raidyn as she turned away from the pile of manga with the face of a person who just saw a ghost.

It was 4 am on a winter morning, and the sunrise was a long way off.

The printer whined and cracked as it spat out the final copy of the manuscript, while the room's owner, finally free of the tension that had gripped her for so long, passed out in front of the PC monitor.

Itami gently covered Risa's sleeping body with a magical girl-print blanket, and looked outside, at the world beyond the window.

The lights in the apartment were out, in order to eliminate the possibility of being silhouetted by them, and thus more easily spotted by the enemy.

So far, there was no movement within the area he could see.

Just then, the newspaper delivery bike's 4-stroke engine began ringing through the streets below. A taxi deposited its drunken passenger at its doorstep, and a loud argument about meter fare began. It should be about time for people on the night shift to be heading to bed.

And so, the sounds of daily life returned to the city as the sun came up.

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Scene Change in the Prime Minister's Residence

"I'm sorry to disturb you during your rest, but Mr. Prime Minister—"

"What's the matter?"

The Prime Minister was dressed in pajamas, which rustled as he reached over to bring his telephone's handset to his ear.

"The guests from the Special Region have vanished."

"When did this happen?"

"Around 2300 last night. Ichigaya Park, where they were supposed to stay, caught fire."

The Prime Minister looked at the clock beside his bed. It was now 5 AM. "What! The meeting between the UN and that king are only one and a half day away! If we can't find his son that will eventually lead a diplomatic incident!"

The Prime Minister had enough problem even without this.

The main problem was that certain influential groups within the country actually welcomed the increased international scrutiny.

The ruling and opposition parties, various NGOs and countless religions had already expressed their desire to enter the world on the other side of the Gate. They also wanted the guaranteed rights to observe and act freely in the Special Region. The mass media also wanted unregulated access for their personnel, and even permission to freely speak and interview the relevant people who had been to the other side of the Gate, and so on.

All these demands had come about because of yesterday's Diet session. The words of the girl and the two adventurers who called themselves "demigods." Rory who claimed to be over 900 years old had shaken the world. Not speaking about those two adventurers and the Sorcerer King himself who seemingly appeared from the nowhere and answered every question without hesitation. Even the questions that made even the veteran political parties redden in embarrassment. His statements seemed ridiculous. Yet they can't deny what they saw with their naked eyes. That deity or whatever it is simply ripped a portal through the very fabric of time and space then disappeared after stating his wish.

Saying. "I will go and explore your world. Prepare your leaders to a long conversation." It was an ultimatum. Not a request. The Prime Minister and every party know that.

It was worrisome enough knowing that man or whatever he is can appear anytime from nowhere. But to think about that he got news about newly formed groups whom started to worship the Shinigami. It was mildly disturbing.

The phones were ringing off the hook from magazines, media outlets, talent agencies and even strange religions requesting a meeting with them. Even the pope and the other leaders of the main religions of the Earth stated their wish to meet Ainz personally and participate in his meeting with the UN. One could not help but laugh at this farce.

And so, all these voices seeking full disclosure put a lot of pressure on the government.

The reality was that if the weight of public opinion was not carefully managed, once it was joined with the overseas voices which sought a sharing of power, a lot of previously inconceivable demands might become a reality. The international community was like a rowdy classroom, and the UN, in the role of the teacher, was ineffective at maintaining order. Unless the students wrote a suicide note filled with their hatred and suffering, the police would not intervene. And of course, there was no international police in the real world, so it was the same as saying that nobody would try to manage the situation. As a result, the children in the classroom could only make friends with strong colleagues, and ensure safety in numbers for themselves in this world.

The first nation they would need to deal with would be their ally America, followed by the EU, with whom they had good relations. It appeared that there would be a need to give them the benefits they wanted. In reality, they still did not know enough about the Special Region, not speaking about the Sorcerous Kingdom what according to the reports had enough military and technological powers to oppose the United Nations if the case wishes. Even so... maybe even invade them from the space. Unfortunately, they do not have enough information to deny or confirm this, and this made not only him but everyone else worried.

So even Japan itself would have problems trying to dominate and develop the land as was planned. Frankly speaking, all Japan needed was to control the important areas of the Special Region. The rest could be left to the EU and the US. But it was not as easy as it first said.

They had to consider a new party in this game too. The Sorcerous Kingdom. Any movement in the wrong area may cause a diplomatic accident. What may trigger a long and bloody war with the other side. What may also trigger the intervention of UN. In the worst case of scenario. The forces of UN will take complete control over Tokyo referring it to 'it is for the safety of the Japanese people and our own citizens.' Or even the destruction of the Gate using ballistic rockets to make impossible the invaders to invade Earth.

For now, the main problem was Russia.

Russia employed hardline diplomacy, with their natural resources as their bargaining chip, and their methods had set the EU and other Western nations against them. The EU's interest in the Special Region was largely fuelled by their desire to stop being at Russia's beck and call. Once the EU could get their hands on a stable supply of resources from the Special Region, they would no longer need to heed Russia's demands.

Of course, if this happened, Russia would be in trouble, which was why they were demanding that the United Nations administer the Special Region. To Russia, it would have been best if the Gate had never existed, and thus they were the ones who had to be watched most closely. They were a nation who could calmly sink a cruise liner or fishing boat, if the situation went out of control, they might even launch an SLBM(submarine launched ballistic missiles) to destroy the Gate and everything around it.

The thing about Russia was that they could not let the EU handle talks with them for fear of giving them a reason to take drastic measures, mainly because the Special Region would greatly reduce Russia's influence over the EU. As such, they would need to say that "we are taking this point into consideration, so please be at ease," while also implying to Russia that they would not escape unscathed if they tried to take action.

China, on the other hand, did not resent the existence of the Gate like Russia did. A lot of factors had led to that decision. China was a country which both imported and exported resources. It was a country which had the foolish goal of giving all 1.3 billion of its citizens a happy and prosperous life. It was a goal that had devastated its resources and its environment, and which would still require ten times the current amount of materials and energy to achieve. This was because controlling 1.3 billion people was an arduous task, even for a country like China. Perhaps it was a necessary step to unify the country, but after long years of biased education, the egos of the Chinese people were growing without limit. Chinese ways of thinking, their nationalist spirit, an excess of racial pride, the one child policy which ensured any children would be spoiled rotten, all these combined to create an excess of ambition which could not be satisfied by their current poverty.

Much like the stars of the American and Japanese shows they watched, they wanted to drive expensive cars and enjoy affluent lifestyles without wanting for anything. At least, they wanted to, but as members of the mighty Han race, they were forced to live more miserably than the Koreans or the Japanese. This created resentment in the 1.3 billion, and much of this resentment was directed at the inequalities within their nation. After all, they belonged to such a great country and were proud Han citizens, but they could not live comfortable lives.

This accumulated resentment demanded an outlet.

They had no cultural influences to rein in their greed, and their egos were fragile without any natural ability to protect them. They saw the ones who pointed out their true face as the enemy, and turned their excess of egotism into what they called "justice."

Dissatisfaction like this had to be vented.

A democracy like Japan could peacefully demand a change in government if they were unhappy with it. But a dictatorship could not be changed by any force short of violence, which was why people under dictatorships often revolted violently. This was the worst nightmare of China's leaders, especially since the seemingly impossible dissolution of the Soviet Union had occurred just recently. As a result, they desperately tried to soothe the people's anger and did their best to satisfy their unlimited desire for more. They constantly told the people, "The future under the Communist Party will be a bright one, the party promises a wealthy and wonderful future for all its people, all nations will revere China as their ancestor and bend their knee in respect."

Japan could not avoid making contact with a China like this. Therefore, rather than risk messing the situation up, peaceful coexistence was the most beneficial relationship for the two powers.

The bait they would use for this would be the Special Region.

Since China needed to obtain resources by any means necessary, they would take it by force, or if that were impossible, they would try to build an alliance with Japan or even the second civilization that the JSDF meet and beg them for a share of the prize. China was currently at a stage where they were both guarded against and envious of Japan and their exclusive domination of the Special Region, but in the future, they would try to get closer to Japan. In doing so, they would reveal the true aims of theirs.

In a sense, it was like crossing a log bridge.

"I need to lecture them about this."

He said that, but the fact was that in his position as the Prime Minister, there was no way he could pretend that he knew nothing about this. The guests from the Special Region were potentially their key to ending this war, and important factors in establishing good relations between the Special Region, Japan and the Sorcerous Kingdom after the war was concluded. More importantly, the five of them had made a big impact in public. If anything happened to them… just thinking about it made his head hurt and his scalp itch.

Therefore, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

After a long series of rings, someone finally answered.

"Kanou, sorry I got you up so early."

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Scene Change: Somewhere in Japan: Warehouse:

Somewhere in Japan. Under cover of the infinite night. A warehouse stood in the middle of the industrial area of Japan. This warehouse was not special or anything. The only thing what made it special was the fact. It was the place where the publishers stored their freshly released magazines, manga, games, anime and any other kind of media products.

And because of this. The security was not the highest. Only a few low paid security guard patrolled the area. Making sure everything is all right under their night shifts. Nothing ever happened. Most of the time the guards just sat in their makeshift container and watched their small television. Occasionally glancing in the monitors, standing up and walked through the warehouse lazily to comply their guard duties.

Outside of their knowledge. A butler uniformed figure and several other strange ninjas costumed spider-like humanoid creature appeared on that night. Searching for the merchandise of the building and occasionally taking a few copies, a few sample from every magazine, manga, games and other products.

The leader of the strange creatures looked like a typical young man. Black hair. Almost illuminating blue cybernetic eye. Handsome features. Typical butler uniform with a vest. And of course. His eyepatch what became his epithet over the years.

Currently, the young looking man fulfilled his master, his creator orders and collected samples from various cultural sources. He and his little group were effective. Only taking the necessary numbers of items. They progressed well. Until now they managed to avoid every attempt of detection under their invisibility field. Still, despite their inhuman speed, finesse, and intelligence. Even they needed time to collect the ingredients from the list what his master passed to him.

Of course, G.O.L.D.I.E. the Artificial Intelligence who he treated as his little sister gave them the location where they can collect these items. The points where they can collect these things was far away from each other and great in numbers. Even with the help of Shalltear who opened [Gate] to them in the various points of Earth. It took the time to search in a restricted area.

As he found the next item on the list, he raised it and checked if that item is the right item. On its cover, a man pursued a woman in lewd clothes. On its cover, the next title can be read in Japanese Kanji. 'Icha Icha Paradise.'

Being curious about the book content he opened it. Using his automaton brain and abilities, he finished it under a few seconds. He raised his brow. "Interesting... I need further examination..." he put away the book in his personal storage and continued his collecting work.

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Scene Change: Japan: Tokyo: Shopping day:

The veil of night was finally pulled aside, giving way to the day.

The TV was showing a couple of irresponsible commentators talking about everything and nothing. There was no meaning to their mindless prattle. In order not to wake up the sleeping people, Itami turned down the volume of the TV set. Besides that, he had to tread carefully so he wouldn't wake up the people sprawled all over the floor. With careful steps, he made his way to the kitchen of this small apartment, where he began making french toast with bread, milk, eggs and other ingredients from a nearby convenience store.

Itami could only make a few recipes, usually related to roasting or frying things, and when it came to seasoning his food, he was limited to simple methods like adding sauce or sprinkling salt. Complex seasonings were beyond him. If he absolutely had to flavor something, he liked to use bonito fish sauce bought from a supermarket.

Therefore, to put it nicely, sous-chef Itami's simple dishes brought out the natural flavor of the ingredients, and the only utensil he really needed for this dish was a frying pan.

If Itami had to make dinner, he would buy the cheapest Australian or American meat he could find, fry it lightly, season it with salt and pepper, and eat it without any further preparation. Most of the time, he ate frozen vegetables from a bag, but if he felt like enjoying some fresh vegetables, he would buy a head of cabbage and chop it up into large chunks. He would usually prepare four portions of rice at a time, then put the rest in the fridge and reheat it in the microwave as needed. In summary, Itami did not carefully prepare his food like a chef but instead chose to cook simply and eat without ceremony. Granted, it was not gourmet food, but neither was it inedible. Itami's attitude toward food was generally "good enough."

Amongst his thoughts, a figure stepped behind his back. His steps were so soft Itami can't even hear it. A strong hand took out the spoon from his hand. "You are doing it wrong." the distinct voice of Momon boomed behind his back.

"Ah! Momon-kun! You are awake!" Momon nodded as he started to season the food and tried to save what can be saved with the few ingredients under his hand. He was not a cook. Neither could he make such delicacies as Zero or Sous Chef back in Nazarick. Neither the food what he prepared gave any kind of buff. But under his long life. He learned how to cook properly. At least compared to an amateur kitchen juggler.

"I did not sleep. I just rested my eyes..." he explained.

Itami deadpanned. "Sure..." then looked as Momon preparing the food like a professional. "You never mentioned you could cook."

"Well... under the years you learn one or two things..." he explained. Of course as an undead being. Momonga can't taste the food. But under the years he managed to take up the skills to use ingredients out of instinct using Esdeath as his judge. Out of the simple reason, at least she honestly said to his face if the food what he prepared was shit or even could poison other people.

Itami watched him for a moment then asked. "What are you doing?"

"An everyday food of my home..." he explained.

"Are you even know the half of the ingredients what you are putting in the blow? What if you poison us?"

Momonga acted and sniffed one of the spice what he recovered from the cabinet. "They smell similar..." he answered simply.

"I hope you will not poison us..." Itami muttered, and sweat dropped as he imagined what will happen after tasting the food what the adventurer prepared.

A smile curled on the dark warrior's illusionary face. "Don't worry... it will be fine." Itami nodded, and after sorting out everyone's messily scattered luggage, the center of the room was clear enough to set up a folding table, upon which Itami placed the bowls and plates for everyone.

Raidyn was a little-strained reading manga all night, and now she needed to wash her face to regain her composure.

Tomita was snoring loudly, having finished an all-nighter, while Kuribayashi woke up to go to the bathroom and then went back to sleep. By the time the two of them came round, the breakfast Itami and Momon made had gone cold, but they did not seem to mind. Piña, Bozes, and Rory rose earlier than the others from the Special Region. Rory knelt in front of the window, basking in the sunlight as she prayed. Piña and Bozes, on the other hand, were startled by the TV at first, but because they could not understand the language of the news and other shows, they quickly lost interest and turned their attention to the mountain of doujinshi in the apartment.

Beelzebub laid on the ground and rested his eyes. Of course, he had a ring what made it unnecessary to rest or the consumption of the food and drinks. Still, it can't protect him from the mental exhaustion.

"Your, Your Highness! This is!"

"U~mu. I didn't expect this world to have art of this quality…"

"Your Highness, this is another world."

"That is true."

"..."

"..."

"If only I could understand the words here without the translator item..."

"Your Highness, allow me to come to this world to learn its language.'

"How cunning…"

"But once I learn the language and return, I will surely translate these works for Your Highness."

"You can keep the necklace if you like it, Piña." Beelzebub shot a lazy glance towards the redhead princess lazily.

Piña head perked up. "Really!?"

Beelzebub nodded. "Yep! Of course, consider it as a gift from my father..."

Piña grabbed the necklace and squeezed it out of her joy. "Thank you... Prince Beelzebub. I will treasure it more than anything!"

"..."

"Your highness! That's not fair! Lend me that artifact so I can read that art too!" Bozes reached towards the item.

"No way! As the third daughter of the Emperor! It is my privilege to wear such precious artifact!" Piña puffed her chest proudly as these words left her beautiful face.

The two noble reverted to simple rivaling girls in the debate who wear the necklace. Beelzebub smiled seeing this. This kinda made him remember his sisters and the times when he was a child and played with Creon.

"Good times..." he wondered.

Bozes turned to Momon desperately. "Sir Momon! Please lend me your necklace!"

"..." Momon did not answer the girl plea.

"Uu, umu."

Itami had been looking for an opportunity to cut into their heated conversation.

"Well…" As he made the sound, Piña and Bozes immediately put down their manga and looked up with shocked expressions on their faces. Rory, having finished the morning prayers she took so seriously, turned to Itami with a curious look on her face.

"We made breakfast, do you want some?"

"All right, then we'll spend the day having fun."

After finishing breakfast, Itami spoke to the girls from the Special Region, who were watching the TV. Currently, a repeat of yesterday's interview at the Diet was airing.

"Well, although you said we would be having fun, we can't really let ourselves go, right?"

After the way they were followed yesterday and how their hotel caught fire, Kuribayashi reminded Itami that they could not be careless, given that there were enemies around.

However, Itami shook his head. "My motto is 'eat, sleep, play, and relax.' Life is everything that happens in between!"

"But that's not the problem," Tomita thought as he tilted his head. However, if the highest-ranked officer on the scene ordered them to "spend the day having fun," he could not say anything else as a Sergeant First Class, could he?

"In any case, if there's really an enemy gunning for us, even if we hide in here, we'll still be in danger. That being the case, we should go have fun in a place with lots of witnesses, right?"

Although Itami's reasoning was quite persuasive, there was the feeling that it was sacrificing something important. Naturally, Tomita and Kuribayashi were not workaholics, and as young people, they wanted to go shopping and travel. In the end, everyone accepted Itami's declaration with a shrug and a "Well, that's fine too."

The question now was not whether or not to go, but where to go.

"Good, good! If we want to buy stuff, we should go to Shibuya and Harajuku!"

The person raising their hand and shouting a suggestion was Risa.

Her desire to shop must have been some sort of predator's compensatory behavior — now that she had money after being poor for so long, her habits of scrimping and saving had inverted into a powerful desire to buy things that filled her mind.

"And why should we use your suggestion?"

"Ehhhhh~~~ aren't I one of your friends? Are you bullying me? Huh? Are you?"

"No, I'm not bullying you. If everyone approves, then we'll go with it."

"Woohoo!" The happy Risa aside, Kuribayashi also wanted to go shopping. As for Lelei and Tuka, they said "As long as there's clothes and underwear" after they were told about Harajuku and Shibuya. Rory, on the other hand, seemed completely uninterested until Risa muttered something about "Black Goth… you look good as you are, but there's a shop in Shimokitazawa which specializes in this sort of thing. Want to go?" After Kuribayashi had translated her words for Rory, her attitude made an 180-degree turn, and she was eager to go there too.

As for Momon he up kept his cool dark warrior persona and only nodded saying. "So be it ..." in his completely stern tone and expression. Of course, as the appointed bodyguard of Beelzebub, he will go wherever Beelzebub go.

But Raidyn was not so encaustic about the whole shopping thing. She hated shopping. It was the understanding of the millennia. She ordered her creation out of her desire to avoid going to shops. Especially going into a lingerie shop. But she said nothing just huffed out of displeasure, showing a flat face meanwhile murmured under her nose.

"I hate shopping... why do I have to go in those stupid places... why I had to endure this..." In truth... she rather goes back in that damned corrosive dimension to fight against that Khorne and Nurgle guy than go shopping.

Hearing her murmurs, Risa grabbed her hand. "It will be fun Raidyn-chan! You will see! We will buy so many cool clothes! All of them for the expense of Itami!" she pointed to her ex-husband. Itami only sighed in defeat knowing his dear ex-wife will hit the ass of his account. Raidyn could only sigh in defeat She knows very well. Never argue with a woman. You can't win.

As opposed to the three girls, who wanted to go shopping in Shibuya, Itami said, "As for me, I want to visit Akihabara and Nakano..." His intentions were pretty obvious from the names of those places.

"I'm fine with going anywhere, but Bozes says she wants to find out more about this world, so I was planning to take her to a library." Tomita was simply relaying Piña's and Bozes' opinions, but in truth, he must have been planning a library date of some sort. As the reason why he was here. Beelzebub accompanied the two nobles out of his mere curiosity and out of his mission to know more about this world.

The way things were, it looked like everybody's plans would not mesh up.

Itami looked quietly at Risa's face. His sixth sense told him, no, it screamed at him, "you must not go with her, you absolutely cannot follow her." As a man, going shopping with girls would only result in a terrible fate for him. If he did not have the resolution and the ability to lose himself in the experience, then it would be better not to go in the first place.

"In any case, we'll all do our own thing in the morning. After factoring in some additional buffer time, we'll meet at Shinjuku Station at two. It might be a bit late, but we'll have lunch there. In the evening, we'll go bathe in the hot springs, and at night, there'll be a dinner party!"

And so, Lelei and the others went shopping on the streets of another world.

But for now... Let's just jump forward in time and space a little bit.

Itami was moving alone, and after parting ways with Tomita, Piña, Momon, Beelzebub, and Bozes at the library, Rory, Raidyn, Tuka, and Lelei set out for Harajuku with Kuribayashi and Risa.

Although they had seen it several times, walking in such large crowds made them feel like being swallowed alive. Lelei stuck closely to Risa, Tuka to Raidyn and the first shop they entered was a clothes shop.

"Well, you didn't have to torture yourself by wearing this…"

After Risa said that, she stripped Lelei naked, removing her robes in an instant, and she had a look on her face like a sexual offender. It was a wicked smile that seemed to say "Uhehehehe, it's okay, right, it's okay right?" Risa brought out all sorts of clothes - kawaii-type, gyaru-type, natural-type and more for Lelei to wear, and it looked like Risa was dressing up a life-sized doll.

She put clothes on and took them off, took clothes off and put others on. Judging by Lelei's expression, the outfit that made her react the most was a simply designed blouse that reached down to her legs (or perhaps it was just a shortened dress), with a pair of pants that ended at her knees. The clothes were long enough to cover up the curves of her body which embarrassed her, but at the same time, her pants were made of a body-hugging material which exposed the lines of her thighs. It was a small gamble in this otherwise safe ensemble.

"Hm, but since we've come all this way…"

She picked out blue, yellow and pink clothes — colors so bright they could strike men blind — for Lelei to wear. Risa's aim was to select cute, yet practical clothes for Lelei to wear in Tokyo's winter. But Lelei's favorite color was white, so in the end, she only ended up picking white clothes. In the end, it was a girl clad in white from head to toe who appeared before Risa.

"This is white, that is white, doesn't everything blend together?!"

To counteract that, Risa suggested that she select clothing with extra decorations and embroidery.

In the end, her top was still white (although Risa pranked her by selecting an item with a particularly revealing back. It exposed her slender shoulders and radiated a coquettish charm). Her leggings were white as well, but Lelei ended up getting a pair edged with lace and ribbons.

In contrast to that, Tuka had been happily strolling through the aisles, for the sorrow of our dark skinned adventurer, she dragged her with herself after seeing her sitting alone in a corner and reading one of the Light Novels what she snatched away from Risa's home.

She helped herself and of course to the fellow elf whatever she liked it or not. Not caring about the bitter face what Raidyn showed all along surrounded by such amount of clothes. Tuka picked one clothes after another and gave it to Raidyn. Saying. 'It will look good on you!' The twitching eye of the adamantine ranked adventurer was indescribable. After each piece of cloth what the blonde piled up in her hand and the pile just grow and grow.

Although Tuka found her stretchy T-shirt and jeans were pretty good, she was worried that she would accidentally expose her belly button, and also that she would be losing out if she bought less stuff than Lelei. Not speaking about she needed to teach her fellow elf a few things about style and how to shop.

However, the clothes Tuka picked for herself and her new friend were all T-shirts and dresses which emphasized their good figure, suggesting that she must have been quite confident in her body. Although she was different from the brainless titty monster Kuribayashi, Tuka and Raidyn still had obvious curves and body lines. She picked the color which forest elves most preferred — grass green. Knowing little about the Dark Elf culture, she asked Raidyn what color clothes her people prefer. She usually answered question by a question or a sarcastic retort. Being an innocent girl of course, Tuka did not understand sarcasm. 'Take your pick this place is just depressing..." she said with a lethargic tone then slumped deeper into her depression. She even considered to leaving behind an Aether Clone to take care of the things in the scene then go exploring the world.

Tuka followed her advice and picked what she preferred. Under their way, of course, the two elves chatted. Mostly about their people and their people's culture, the life on the other side of the gate, other races and similar things. However strangely, Raidyn sought to avoid more girly themes.

Risa took a look at Tuka's waist and gave her a belt. She also considered how to protect her from the cold, and debated recommending a jacket for Tuka to wear over her other clothes.

After Tuka and Lelei finished trying on the clothes and stepped out of the changing room, Risa and Kuribayashi went "Ohhh!" at their new styles. Then looked to Raidyn who in that time immersed herself in the deepest pits of despair and emitted a wailing, depressive aura.

Risa, Kuribayashi and the other two girls, of course, can't let her like that. They grabbed her arms, stripped her clothes and tossed her into the changing cabin.

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed Tuka, the white-haired heterochromatic eyed Raidyn, and the silver-haired Lelei looked like a triplet of foreign models, and they were swiftly surrounded by the shop's customers, while the interior of the clothes shop had the atmosphere of a modeling runway. The staff realized that they had brought in a lot of customers, so they treated them pleasantly.

And so, Lelei calmly swept a flower-patterned camisole and other clothes into her basket. For Tuka, she had a deep-V side cut dress and other sexy items of clothing as well Raidyn who had the clothes what Tuka chose to her. All for her displeasure and lethargy.

The people who had watched the National Diet live telecast or the morning news could not help but wonder, "Are these the girls from the Special Region?" out loud as they saw Raidyn, Tuka, Rory, and Lelei. As they went to pay for their purchases, the shop gave the six of them special treatment and a discount, as thanks for bringing more customers in.

By the way, three of them paid for their own things.

Earlier, it was mentioned that Lelei was receiving a salary for working as a translator for the Japanese government, but Tuka was also employed in picking suitable places for logging and finding water sources (finding water sources was an important job), as well as playing the role of a consultant. Rory, on her part, had been hired as a religious consultant to avoid accidentally violating the Special Region's religious taboos. As a result, the three of them had a lot of Japanese yen which they could not spend in the Special Region.

The only exception of this was Raidyn who did not have any Yen. Just the Sorcerer Kingdom's currency. What consisted platinum, gold, silver, and copper. Their value in descending order. As expected the salesclerk looked at her with wide eyes as she asked 'how many is that in gold?' as she opened her leather purse stuffed with platinum, gold, bronze, copper, expensive looking jewelry and gemstones. (Good to know: Platinum usually used for high-value trade business between and inside of the countries of the New World.)

Kuribayashi pitying her and defying her suggestion to simply putting back the clothes in their places. She paid instead of her. To the distaste of the exotic beauty.

"Next up, underwear! Then the black Goth shop! And jewelry!"

Raidyn started to sink deeper in her despair. "Noo! God! Why have you forgotten me! I don't know how much my weak heart can take! Why can't I just simply die? I swear if they try to force me any of that stuff again I will simply blow up this dirt ball they call Earth!"

"Oww... but you look so good sister..." the chirping, charming voice of our favorite red leather wearing big mouthed mercenary voice boomed in her head.

"Oh god... why... I thought I get rid of you last time..." she rolled her eyes with a disgusted expression. "Just why are you back!?"

"Oh! It's just me! Deadpool! Your favorite partner in crime! We met so long time ago! I missed you so much! Cutie face!" The regenerative degenerate hugged her mental avatar. Pressing the plush unicorn to her tightly what he usually used... khm well... everyone knows what Deadpool used his plush unicorn who saw the film.

"Let go of me or I swear I blow you to pieces!" the merc with a mouth hugged her more tightly. Reacting to this she blow him to pieces in her mind cape. "Aww... that was just rude..." groaned Deadpool painfully as he started to regenerate from the pieces what remained after him. "So, what's the program bro?" he posed like a gangster.

Esdeath groaned. She had enough today.

After hearing Risa's declaration, the six ladies continued to a shop specializing in underwear.

Elsewhere, Piña, Bozes, Beelzebub, and Momon were headed to the library, led by Tomita.

After seeing the sheer quantities of books within the library, the girls' eyes were as wide as dinner plates. They were deeply struck by this country's ability to make such a huge amount of books freely available to the public.

"Then, what kind of literature were you looking for?"

There was a nearly endless variety of research on this side of the Gate. However, because Bozes (Unlike Pina who used translator item) were not fluent in Japanese, she could not read the words here, so she should naturally prefer pictures or videos. At least, that was what Tomita thought, but the ladies two of them instantly replied in unison.

"Art!"

Beelzebub chuckled hearing the two-woman enthusiastic union. Then turned back to towards the rows and headed towards the history section. He is mostly interested in the military history of the Earth. However, Momonga as a real Otaku piled up a big stack of manga and light novel on his desk. Sat down and entertained himself reading it. Immediately after he sat down, he heard the desperate plea of his friend through their mental connection.

She pleaded him to save her from her fate what consisted buying lingerie products.

He only chuckled. Shook his head and continued reading his stuff. Ignoring her completely. Of course, he knew later she will make him regret this decision in her subtle ways. But it was the perfect prank. Too good to let it slip away.

The meeting time came, and standing at the meeting point, Itami looked at everyone else and sighed. That was because they were all carrying lots of stuff.

"Ara~ it's been a long time since I went shopping~," Risa said that but could a simple "Ara" encompass it? Just looking at the clothes, accessories, women's products and so on, Risa alone had pretty much finished spending all the money Itami had lent her, but she insisted, "No problem, there's still the money from the winter Comiket!"

Tuka was also carrying a bag that came from an outdoor product shop, as well as a compound bow wrapped up in the paper from a sports product shop. As expected of a Forest Elf, everything she bought was related to the outdoors. "This bow is awesome!" she enthusiastically proclaimed.

Predictably enough, Lelei had bought about a dozen sets of books. "Books are important," she quietly said.

Apart from that, she was gingerly carrying a box with a notebook computer. Itami was worried, not because she bought a computer, but he was wondering where she would get a power supply in the Special Region.

Rory had her massive halberd to carry around, so she bought correspondingly fewer things. She was carrying a paper bag stuffed with black frilled ribbons, earrings, assorted clothing and other accessories. She proudly declared "picking out these things was difficult."

However, Raidyn looked miserably. Her face is completely devoid of life, her eyes empty as the deepest void. Around her, the aura of desperation settled as she held her several bags of stuff. Mostly clothes what the others forced her. Aside from that. On a separate paper bag, she carried separate comics and manga as well a few light novels and of course a plastic Deadpool figure.

As the two groups meet. She fell forward like a sack of lifeless potato. "Never again... I rather fight again the Khorne than going back that cursed place again..." she murmured in half spleenful tone. "It was even worse than participating one of Shalltear's tea parties..." she groaned.

Momonga walked to and crouched closer to her. Poking her lifeless corpse a few times in the process "Hey...Are you alright? Are you even alive?"

She looked up with a lifeless expression. "I hate you so much... I saw things... horrible things... things what a man never should see...ever..." she mumbled. In this exact moment, she really wanted to break her last friend jaw with a strong punch. Momon leaned closer spotting the comic in the bag. "I hope there are a few things for me too... and what is that Deadpool statue in your bag?"

"The voices forced me to buy it..." she mumbled turning her face towards the asphalt.

"Voices?" asked Momonga.

"You are just jealous because the voices do not speak to you..." she mumbled.

Then turned to Momonga. She recovered under a moment and despite a moment ago she lifelessly lied on the ground. Now she was battle ready. She pointed at her friend accusingly. "No! You don't deserve anything from this sacred bag of mine... it's all mine!" she hugged the bag tightly to her breast. "My precious!" Momonga chuckled. "I see... then I had to stole from you when you sleep."

"Asshole!" she retorted vulgarly. The group around them just laughed in this small attic.

In contrast, Piña and Bozes, who had spent their time in the library in search of art, were very jealous of Rory and the others, who had gone shopping. Piña and Bozes could not bring any distinctive souvenirs home with them. Tomita said, "They seemed to be looking for something, but they did not find it. They seemed interested in Greek and Roman carvings, but it seemed like it was different from their expectations."

As for Momon and Beelzebub, they exactly found what they looked for. Beelzebub war history. Momonga otaku related stuff.

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Scene Change: Sankai Resort:

After the long, exhausting day, the band retreated the Sankai Resort. This resort was exclusively reserved for the officers of the JSDF. But due to the special occasions. The higher ups authorized Itami and the band to relieve their stress in the resort.

The resort was beautiful. With multiple pools both covered and uncovered, both cold and hot and of course multiple sauna and shower for both sex. Narrow tiled stone paths led through the rockery what led from the main building to the side buildings, the pools and the saunas offered relaxation to the parties.

The men and the female branch of the little group separated in two parties after their arrival and of course dropping down their packages in the rooms. Each sex got their own shower and hot pool. Each sex went towards their own changing room. However, Rory had an another idea and tried to snatch away Momon. He patted Rory head a few times. "No Rory... bad Rory."

"But Momon! Who will protect me from Hardy?" she pouted.

"I trust you can protect yourself from her..." he hissed her away like a cat as they continued their way to the changing room.

When they arrived in the chamber. Itami asked the two foreigners if they know what needed to do. He wanted to play a little prank with them in the case if they don't know what a shower is. However, for his own displeasure. The Sorcerous Kingdom has similar public hot pools as well Nazarick has multiple various kinds of hot, cold and every other kind of relaxation facility. So the two of them exactly knew what to do.

As Momon and Beelzebub undressed. Tomita and Itami looked in their direction with wide eyes. They knew Momon was muscular. But what they saw was a little too much. Muscle upon muscle and the number of scars what covered his body were without numbers.

Of course, Beelzebub as well did not have to shame himself. He was not as broad shouldered as Momon but as said he was muscular as well. Not too much but only the right amount to his body shape. But what caught the first Lieutenant and Tomita eyes was the two black feathered wings what sprouted from his waist. His messy long hair stood left and right. He would have looked like Goku if not the two protruding horns on his head and his demonic eyes.

"What are those?!" pointed Itami to the wings suddenly.

Beelzebub fluttered his black wings. "Those are my wings..." he deadpanned.

"Just when do you get them?! I did not saw them on our way here!"

"I can hide them. See?" the wings dematerialized to a black smoke and disappeared. "See? Easy."

Tomita and Itami looked at each other with wide eyes. After that, they headed towards the pools. Wanting know no more.

After they had settled they leaned towards the walls of the pools. "What a bliss..." mumbled Itami as the layers of tension started to melt from him. Then he looked to the others. Tomita and Momon shared their stern expression. Beelzebub closed his eyes and leaned against the walls. Massaging his nose temple occasionally washing his face.

Itami turned to Momon. "So...?"

"So?" asked Momon.

"You and Raidyn...? I mean you two are companions..."

"And?" asked Momon.

"I mean... you two are together who knows how long time, Come on man! Speak! Something surely happened I know!"

Momon chuckled. "You speak nonsense Itami-kun. We are only friends and squad mates."

Beelzebub raised his brow as he glanced at Momon. "The romantic novels say otherwise..."

"The wild imagination of the writers. I assure you Prince Beelzebub. They based on a fictional situation. "

"Really? Now then... you don't have to lie to us... we are fellow men! Come on!" pranked him Itami.

Momonga sighed. "As I said... it's only a fiction."

Itami giggled. "Of course... 'fiction'..." he said playfully among quotes.

Momon just shook his head and sighed in defeat.

After this Itami turned to Beelzebub. "Prince Beelzebub... If I may ask... your father really is a skeleton?"

Beelzebub shook his head. "No... he is an Overlord. Those who are unfamiliar with the two. Can easily mix the two. But no... he is an Overlord. The highest ranked amongst the skeletal type undead."

Itami nodded uneasily. "He had a really menacing aura around him..."

"Ah! So you meet him..." Beelzebub turned to Itami and smiled in a friendly manner. "I am not surprised. He has that effect on people. I wonder if he forgot to disable his [Despair Aura] like always." he said.

"De-[Despair Aura]?" Itami gasped and backed away. "W-What is the [Despair Aura] what you speak about?!"

"Oh... it is one of his ability. The first level can strike fear in anyone. The second causes panic. The third causing confusion anyone who is around him. The fourth causing instant incurable insanity. But the fifth..." he left a fat pause.

Itami gulped. "The fifth...?" he asked in a trembling tone. What can be worse than insanity?

Beelzebub expression turned a scary one. "Instant death anyone who is in his immediate area..." explained the young Prince with a face what was comparable to a dead person from a movie.

The cold ran through Tomita and Itami's spine hearing this and seeing the Prince's changing expression. They bowed their head in unison out of their sudden depression. "Please say no more..."

Then Tomita broke the momentary silence and turned to Momon. "Momon-san. You are an adventurer. Can you tell us about your adventures?"

Momon hummed and fondled his chin. "Hmm... let's see..."

Meanwhile in the women branch.

The girls already took their places in the bath and just started to release tension. They speak and speak. Mostly womanly things what Raidyn can't stand. So she simply laid back and tried to shut them out from her head. Instead, she submerged in hot water so only her nose can be seen. She started to bubble releasing her tension. After such long time, she can relax. Occasionally she glanced around and measured her fellow's assets. Thanks to her long years of practice when she bathed with the guardians and the training what she received from the Gallant Toad Sage. She mastered... no! Perfected the art of peeking. Now. No one was able to catch her peeking attempts. She was not a pervert... No... She was an SUPERPERVERT!

When she first saw Kuribayashi bazongas, she almost bleeds out due to the sudden pressure difference when every blood cell in her body traveled towards her head. Giving her body a paler coloration. Of course, Tuka, Bozes, and Pina were not bad either. Risa, Rory, and even Lelei were cute with their slender Loly like assets. In other words, every one of them was a jackpot in their own way. Under her long years, she learned how to appreciate small things. As the saying goes. 'Appreciate small things in life.'

Then she became aware of the life force which is watching them since they left the metro appeared near them. The creature who watched Esdeath and Momonga was like comparing a mountain to a simple rock if we want to compare a simple human life force to the thing what appeared near them.

[Message]: "Momonga-san! That life force appeared again!"

[Message]: "I am aware of it... I already sent a message to Shalltear and Zero to investigate the situation..."

[Message]: "Ok... I hope you said them to be subtle..."

[Message]: "Of course... what do you think what I am? A noob?"

[Message]: "Your illusions in the level of a noob..." retorted Esdeath.

[Message]: "And your magic is like Beelzebub's... horrible..." retorted Momonga.

"So Bozes... you had a crush on Tomita? Yes?" asked playfully Kuribayashi. The blonde knight completely reddened as she turned her head away. "K-Knights are forbidden..."

"Cut the crap Bozes! I want to hear it too!" Interjected the Imperial Princess.

"W-Well..." she started to play with her two index finger. Gently raising them above the water and in a circular motion moving them. "S-Sir Tomita definitely has positive qualities..."

Everyone looked to Lelei. "Itami is nice..." she said with her expressionless face. Then Tuka. The blonde hesitated for a moment. "I-I think both Itami and Raidyn is nice..." she said the last part extra quiet then squalled out of her embarrassment.

"What about you Princess!" the stocky brunette stood up and pointed to the Princess. "I-I don't know what are you speaking about..." the redhead turned her red face away. "I am a royalty... I have duties... As the third child of the Emperor... my fate most likely will be a political marriage anyway..." she bowed her head in disappointment.

"What do you want to form a man?" asked Rory with a stern tone from the Princess.

"Well..." she started to play with her fingers similarly than her fellow knight. "He had to be handsome, clever, a good chatting partner and of course he had to a person who's rank befitting to me..." she glanced away from the looks.

"What about Prince Beelzebub? He is a royalty. He is handsome. And after our chat, he seems pretty clever. He is the perfect candidate." explained Rory the Reaper.

"Well... I-I mean of course... It would be not against me if my father ordered me to marry him... of course only if he wants to..." she was thoroughly embarrassed spoke quieter and smoother after each word left her mouth.

Everyone looked to Raidyn who still played with her bubble game. "What?" she asked realizing everyone looking at her.

"What is your relationship with Momon?" asked Rory in a stern tone as she glared at her. Every look turned at her.

"We are friends..." she deadpanned meanwhile looked in Rory's crimson eyes. "Really? You know... we can share him. I think he can take both of us." said Rory playfully.

"He is all yours..." noted Raidyn as she turned back to the bubbles in the pool. "I am fine by myself. As always... "Tuka feeling her loneliness moved closer to her. "Can you tell me about your world magic?" asked Lelei with her usual flat tone.

Raidyn nodded. "Of course... but I am crap explaining stuff... maybe if you visit us once I can introduce you one of the best magic teacher and the Principal of one of the finest magic academy of the Kingdom."

Lelei nodded up keeping her stoic face. But inside of her little world, she squalled out of her joy.

"But I can certainly try to explain the thing..." She started to demonstrate few of her abilities. Abilities that casually not caused any permanent damage to the surroundings.

"So you said... you meet the God who passed through in the Diet." asked Rory casually after the little presentation has ended.

Risa gasped. "What!? You meet a G-God?!" she pointed at her. Raidyn scoffed. "Despite what people said... he is not a God. Neither he told anyone he is one. No. He always said he is not one. But stupid people remain stupid after all..." she rolled her eyes nervously.

"Whatever you say. I know how a genuine presence of God feels. And he is everything that a God has to be. Aside from that... you are to a demigod. Don't the deity you worship rebuke you for your lack of faith?"

She glanced away with a bored expression. "Yes... Whatever... say what you like Rory. Ainz-san still cheating in the game what we played until now I just could not catch him cheating... but I know... I feel he is cheating... filthy cheater... " she cursed under hear breath then continued.

"Second... the people call us that distasteful title whatever we like it or not... we never actually proclaimed us as ones. True...it is actually hard to kill us, and many people say we are immortal. But under the years with the help of Momon-kun, we pretty much killed countless creatures what supposed be immortal or even proclaimed by themselves or by others as Gods. I did not worship anything due to this reason."

The demigoddess glared at Raidyn.

"If you ask me Miracles are illusions caused by insufficient observation and understanding. They're just... glorious misunderstandings."

"That... was... pretty scientific from someone who is living in the world of magic." noted Kuribayashi.

Raidyn sighed. "Magic as well everything based on rules. Of course, not the rules of the physical world or the physical dimension or really what the ordinary people usually made physical contact. But super dimensional rules what often people can't even fathom, understand or even sense with their limited five senses. In truth... I am more an Esper than an actual mage. I know a few magic tricks. But I cannot be compared to magic casters like Fluder Paradyne or others when it comes to magical prowess. No..." she shook her head. "I am an Esper. I manipulate reality through putting new variables in the equality of existence. For this... I need to know and perfectly understand the rules around me and the rules of other dimensions to be able to manipulate these rules with great efficiency." explained Raidyn.

"You are an Esper!" gasped Risa. "I remember there was an anime about Espers... it followed almost the same rules."

"Then it has some truth behind it..." Mumbled Raidyn.

"So, how did the two of you meet?" asked Rory perplexing Raidyn. "Who with who?" asked back Raidyn. "You and Ainz-sama of course!"

She chuckled. "Yeah, funny story... shorty story short... two hundred years ago he gave an ultimatum to the Kingdom named Re-Estize to put down their weapon and convert to his vassals or he may be 'forced' to take actions. Of course, this happened after a few persons invaded his territory."

Pina and Bozes listened to her with open ears. They need every information, and this was the best opportunity collect information. "And then?"

"Well as you can suspect... one year passed, and the Kingdom of Re-Estize prepared its usual clash with the Baharuth Empire. The Baharuth Empire was the nearby country of the Kingdom. In that time, the Sorcerous Kingdom was not even founded. It was not even more than Ainz-san's personal territory. Not larger than a half square kilometer." she looked around and continued.

"Being the ally of the Baharuth Empire Ainz-san lent his help to them. In that time, Momon-san and I were already famous adamantine class adventurers with an established base of income. The armies of the two sides aligned in the Katze Plains. A land devoid of all life only inhabited only by naturally spawning undead. A short walk away from the Fortress City of E-Rantel." with a wave of her hand an illusionary map appeared floating above the steaming water.

"On the two sides of the battlefield, the sides aligned their rows. Sixty thousand highly trained knights equipped with the enchanted armors, items, and weapons what the Baharuth Empire can offer. Backed with the highly trained magic casters of the Empire and the few mercenary units. The two sides stood face to face. On the Kingdom's side, an army composed of two hundred and fifty thousand peasants of the kingdom peasants, supplemented by the magic casters of the Kingdom and the higher ranked workers and retired adventurers."

"Workers?" asked Kuribayashi.

"Ah.. yes... workers... An interesting bunch of people... Although most of the workers selected this job to just earn more money than normal adventurers, a few of them became workers to help people or to satisfy their own passion for dangerous explorations. This is through using illegal means such as without being strictly bound by the law of the Adventurer's Guild or a respective country.

On the other hand, workers do not receive information support from the Adventurer's Guild. Therefore, they must investigate the difficulty and expect something good in return for doing the quest by themselves. This makes the risk quite high, so much so that the career of a worker proves their strength and discernment." explained Raidyn

Everyone nodded. Then the white-haired elf continued.

"The forces of Kingdom, of course, lacked the training, the equipment and the experience of the Knights of the Empire. But they were enthusiastic. Of course, this was supposed to be only a yearly clash between the Empire and the Kingdom. After a few thousand losses they should retreat from the no man's land."

Pina nodded. It was sensible. Her Empire as well did similar small clashes with the nearby countries. Occasionally clashing with them just to measure their power. Give real life experience to their soldiers and if possible weaken the enemy nation resistance by forcing them to keep ready their troops and with this undermining their economy.

"Well... I personally was not present in the clash... but the few survivors who lived to tell the tale... told things... nightmarish things... almost all of them went insane after the battle. Most of them committed suicide immediately. Speaking about some kind of huge monsters and every time they heard a sheep meek they started to cry out of physical pain."

Pina gulped then asked. "Wha-what happened?"

"According to the tales. The Sorcerer King marched to the scene with his escort. Five hundred Death Knight sat on Five Hundred Souls Eaters and two hundred Nephalem Guards escorted him. If you want to measure power. Three Soul Eater made a completely deserted a Beastman city. Knowable... An average Beastman usually ten times stronger than a strong adult human."

It was sensible to the Imperial princess. Demi-human races are usually stronger than simple humans. So it was not surprising. Even the Saderan Empire struggled to keep them in bay time to time.

"Continuing... Previously the said Beastman city thriving with life and the center of trading. Home of several thousand souls." Pina and Bozes gulped.

"Under one week. The three creature made the city completely devoid of life. Nothing. Not a single living soul remained. Either laid on the ground of the deserted city as a lifeless corpse or fled before the creatures could reach them."

Pina saw before her eyes how her Empire would burn. If three of those dreadful horses that escorted the Prince can do that. What can a whole army do? And that was only the escort. She needs to convince her father at all price, or they are doomed. The young princess did not want to hear anymore, but she needed the information. So she forced herself to listen.

"Continuing the battle. The Kingdom forces charged towards the Empire Knights. But the Knights did not take a step. Not because they did not get an order. Although, that was a reason to. But according to a few tales, they were so frightened by the appearance and feeling the dreadful aura of Ainz. They trembled under their heavy armors." Rory rested her chin on her palm and listened to the story with broad ears.

"The Sorcerer King started to charge his magic. Blue magical runes danced around his body. Then... when the army was in half way... he released his magic... and boom... before the forces of the Kingdom even could clash swords with the creations of the Sorcerer King. One hundred thousand healthy, youthful soldiers collapsed to the ground devoid of life, emptied completely like a husk of their own self, the light of life immediately disappeared from their eyes as the black fog reached them before disappearing in a black vapor." Everyone except Rory gasped. She only smiled hearing this. She did not expect less from a god.

"It is not over yet..." Raidyn raised her finger. "From their sacrifice. An apple like black goo descended from the sky... it shattered... born five hellish sheep-like creature. Five creature is taller than the biggest giant. Sturdier than the sturdiest dragon. Strongest than the strongest warrior. Of course, seeing the creatures the forces of the Kingdom immediately started to retreat. But you know what happens when a frightened herd starts to run different directions all at once. They are trampling on each other. The tragedy already happened. The monsters have been released. And there was no undo button. Every attempt to hurt the five monsters was without reaction. The five monsters simply brushed of even the strongest weapons and trampled the wielder to a bloody goo."

Pina placed her hand before her mouth out of her horror. "Only fifteen thousand lived to tell the tale of the battle of Katze Plains. And almost all of them went insane in that day. Of course, according to the rumors. There were heavy causalities in the side of the Empire too. But that was due they trampled on each other out of their fear of the Sorcerer King turning his monstrous power against them after seeing his terrifying magic in work."

Rory giggled. "Truly fitting demonstration for a god." Then turned to Raidyn. "But you did not yet say how you meet him."

"I will be right back to it." she cleared her throat. "So.. after the quick victory. He marched in the closest city. What was the Fortress City E-Rantel. A lovely place if you ask me. Whatever..." she rolled her eyes. "So he marched in the city to claim his prize. Surrounded by his vassals and those horrific creatures that we all know. One little child threw a rock at him. And started to accuse him because he killed his father. For this, his bodyguard raised her weapon and wanted to cut down the grieving child. Fortunately, or unfortunately, we were in the scene with Momon-kun. "

"Is the child saved? Is Momon saved him?" asked Risa with an excited tone.

Esdeath sighed. "He stopped the blade. What made the guardian angry. In so much... she almost started an open battle in the middle of the city. The Sorcerer King stopped his guardian of course. He offered two choices to us..." she showed up her open middle and index finger.

"Two choices?" raised her brow Kuribayashi.

Raidyn nodded. "Yes... one. We can fight with his forces in the middle of the city. Completely outnumbered and overpowered by the creatures around us. That may be the thing what I would agree and participate such suicide mission. But that would compromise the security of the citizens and after our defeat. The Sorcerer King would execute the remaining citizens to make an example of them. Or..."

Bozes and Pina gulped. "Or?"

"The two of us became his vassal in exchange the citizens will live, and through us, they can relay their compliments and problems to their new King. As it turned out. It was the better decision. Not long after this. The people became accustomed the new ruler and the constantly patrolling forces of the Sorcerer King. The security was a lot better, the criminal activity almost completely disappeared and finally, the city and the surrounding area started to grow. We reported directly to him. One time he invited me to play a game with him. This is the story how I got a new chess partner."

For a moment everyone in the hot spring was in complete silence considering what Raidyn told them. Then Rory spoke up. "Raidyn! Can you tell us a story?"

"I already told you a story..." she rolled her eyes.

"An another one! Please!" she pleaded.

She sighed in an exhausted manner. "Fine... If you in exchange do the same." she shoots back. "I am sure under your more than nine hundred years you had your fair share of adventures."

Rory smirked. "You can bet on that!"

Raidyn pondered. "Well then... what story I can tell you one... " she waved her hand, and an illusion appeared above the pond. It started to project the story. A huge walking mobile fortress appeared with eight legs and the shape of a monstrous spider constructed from stone and metal. Around it, a whole country burned. Dead people on the streets wherever the mobile fortress appeared.

And with it. Raidyn started her story. "I will tell you about the mobile fortress what destroyed a country and its creator last days," she smirked. (I will only write down the creator last days. Sorry. -,- why you ask? because it is fun! So skip if don't want to hear the story and laugh a big.)

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Side story: Skip if you don't want to have fun...

-O month X day. The higher ups of the country gave me a tough problem, asking me to create a mobile weapon. Impossible. They wouldn't listen to my protests, and ignored my apologies and requests. I wanted to resign, but they wouldn't accept my resignation letter. I pretend to be retarded, streaking around in my underwear. But the female researchers simply asked me to take off my underwear too. This nation is going to be over."

-O month X day. The deadline for the design is today. What should I do? I couldn't just submit a blank paper. Why did I started drinking out of desperation and spend all the funds away? As I was feeling frustrated staring at the blank design plans, a spider which I hated the most showed up on the paper. I shrilled and picked something up to smash it. The spider is now stained onto the design paper… The economy is bad, and high-quality paper like this is expensive, I won't have money to compensate for it. Screw it; I will just submit this.

… Ugh. The atmosphere was turning awkward as Raidyn continued.

-O month X day. That design was unexpectedly well-liked. I don't dare to say to them 'that was the goo that spurts out when I squashed a spider, why are you touching it.' And is it really fine for the project to carry on like this? What should I do? The only thing I did was kill a spider, and they made me the director. Yahoo!

-O month X day. I didn't do anything, and the weapon was still taking shape. Am I not needed at all right? Whatever, just do what you want, I just want to live my life leisurely… When they came to ask me about the power source, I couldn't be bothered. I said from the start that it was impossible, if you want a power source then get that super rare legendary ore rumored to be able to burn for eternity, the Coronatite. I rebuked them. That felt great! Bring it to me if you can.

-O month X day. They really brought it to me. What should I do? They actually did it. They are even placing it in the power reactor, what should I do? What the hell should I do? I only said it because I thought it was impossible, and they actually did it. What if it doesn't move? What would happen to me? Death penalty? If it doesn't move, I will be sentenced to death? You have to move, please.

-O month X day. They said the activation test would be tomorrow, but to be honest, I didn't do anything. The only thing I did was squash a spider. This should be the last day I can sit on this chair so leisurely… I start feeling mad when I think about it. Forget it; I will just drink. This is my last supper so that I won't hold back! There wasn't anyone left in the machine today, so it won't matter how much I drink or how drunk I get. I will start drinking from the most expensive wine!

-O month X day. When I woke up, I felt a strong tremor. What is happening? How much did I drink? I don't remember anything. No, I don't remember anything about yesterday at all. The only parts I remember was heading to the central zone and lecturing the Coronatite. No, wait. After that, I said I wanted to test its courage and flicked the lighted cigarette onto the ore…

-O month X day. I finally realized what was happening; I am doomed. The mobile weapon is running amok right now. What should I do? They would definitely think it was my doing, so I am probably a wanted criminal right now. They wouldn't forgive me even if I cried and begged for their forgiveness… How irritating… They would probably destroy the mobile weapon, drag me out and execute me. Damn king and the officials, and that female researcher who smirked after taking off my underwear, they are all scum! It's fine for such a country to fall. Enough, I will just drink and sleep. Fortunately, the food and wine are plentiful, I will think about this after I wake up."

Towards the end, the sound of someone clenching their fists tight and muscle tightening could be heard.

-O month X day. The nation has fallen. Oh no, it has fallen, it is really gone! The citizens and high officials had all fled. But I destroyed my home country. Oh no, this feels great! I am satisfied, I have no regrets. Alright, I have decided. I will live out the rest of my life on this machine; I can't alight or stop it anyway. The one who made this thing must be retarded… Wrong! The one in charge of creating this thing was me!

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After soaking in the hot springs and washing off several days of fatigue, Itami's group went on a wild drinking binge after a sumptuous dinner. Just as they felt they had done enough and should turn in, Kuribayashi and Risa went to get more alcohol and snacks. As the other people squinted at them and said, "Let's sleep" the two of them had already arrayed sake, beer, wine and whiskey bottles on the table, along with potato chips, fruits and other finger foods which filled the table. After that, Kuribayashi and Risa began drinking cheerfully, and Piña and Bozes eagerly joined in.

"I know this is wine, but what is sake?" they said, and they showed a lot of interest in the whiskey. Then, Tuka, Raidyn, and Rory took part as well. Lelei, who was reading the label, said "Drinking too much is bad for your health," but she ended up being dragged in and forced to drink beer as well.

Momon being an undead and unable to get intoxicated or enjoying the drink. He withholds himself and only drinks with two or three glass wine and whiskey. Beelzebub and Raidyn were wearing an item what made them immune poisons and toxins such as alcohol cannot be intoxicated with it.

But after Momon offered Beelzebub to turn off the item and enjoy the night. He did so as well Raidyn with the girls, and after a few drinks, the drinks came to Beelzebub's head., Despite his hybrid race. Strangely not deadly toxins such as alcohol can still affect him. He already felt himself tipsy a little bit.

As the room got rowdier and rowdier, Kuribayashi and Rory decided to raid the men's room. "Oi, you men, get your asses in here!" they said, as they literally dragged Itami, Beelzebub, Momon and Tomita into their room. Despite their small frame, they had an inhuman amount of strength to manage to drag the descendant of Ainz, Ainz himself and the two poor souls in their room.

"What the..."

The scene which greeted the four man was like some kind of Black Sabbath, or perhaps the word "orgy" might be a better way of describing it. Everyone was stinking drunk; their yukatas were barely hanging in place, displaying their underwear for all the world to see. When one thought about this, was it not very shameful? In the end, everyone was made to kneel on the ground, and they were lectured for close to an hour.

The only one who was somewhat sober was Raidyn who sat on one of the corners and tottered forward and back. Mumbling something about voices speaking in her head occasionally looking around with a frightened expression. "S-Stay... stay away!" she shouted.

As Tomita scolded Bozes about her state of undress, Bozes mumbled, "But, what's wrong with that?" The other girls muttered, "You're a pervert in denial." "You wanted to see it, didn't you?" "You should reflect on yourself before scolding others." "You wanted to do lewd things with her in the futon storage cabinet, right?" among other things. In the end, they chased Tomita into the corner of the room amidst a flurry of thrown pillows, where he had no choice but to stay quiet.

Pina shamelessly leaned closer to Beelzebub and started to charm him showing more and more cleavage in the process. The Prince, unfortunately, was sober enough to understand 'everything' what the redhead whispered to his ear. Due to his embarrassment and the lewd things what Pina said to him. Every inch of blood streamed directly in his face and lower parts of his body as he glared at the drunk princess who offered herself as a courtesan.

Rory clung on Momon's muscular arm all for his displeasure and whispered lewd things to him making his emotion suppression playing yo-yo with him. Whenever he thought it would end. Rory said an another thing what make him so embarrassed his emotion suppression activated again.

Itami, on the other hand, realized that it was better to shut up and decided to focus on the food and drinks, trying his best not to stare too openly at the lovely displays all around him. However—

"Oi! Itami! I've got something to tell you!"

With a pomf, Kuribayashi plopped herself down in front of Itami. Given that she was wearing a barely-on yukata and she was sitting with her legs spread, he wondered if he should mention that her goods were on display before deciding to shut up.

"El-tee~ Itami~ Lieutenant Itami, I've got something to ask you… well, I need a favor~."

Being terribly drunk, she pounded his shoulders with her fists as she spoke. It must have hurt.

"Introduce me!"

"What?"

"I said, introduce me!"

"Introduce you to…"

"Introduce me to someone in Special Forces Group!"

"Uh, what?"

Itami knew her ambition, so surely Kuribayashi wanted his recommendation to get into SFGp, right? However, one had to be Ranger-trained to join, and for now, the Ranger course was not open to women, so he was prepared to tell her to give up on that dream. However, the words that fell from her mouth were far from what he had imagined.

"Introduce me so I can marry them!"

"Hey, hey, wait a minute! You're not so easy that you'd go with anyone, right?"

"'Course not. They have to be Special Forces, and they have to be single!"

"But the way you're talking about it, you aren't taking the guy's feelings into consideration, right? Although more than half of the guys are single…"

"Isn't that OK then? When you think about it, a normal woman can't handle the duties of being a proper wife to people who go on dangerous missions and spend almost every day outside. But I'm perfect for that! I've got a small body, and I'm a powerhouse. I'm pretty, and I'm lively, and I have a cheerful personality. I have a close combat badge, so they don't have to hold back in domestic squabbles. And I'm a battle-tested, combat proven veteran! And then there are these boobs! Even if they have to come back with wounded hearts from missions that nobody knows of and which they won't be praised for, my boobs will heal their bodies and minds!'

"You call them boobs, but those are just lumps of muscle." retorted Itami.

"Hell no! My girls are 40% muscle, 60% fat, and they're 92 cm across. They won't sag even if I lie down, they're firm and fill the hand, and they're as bouncy as rubber!"

A cat-like expression crept across Kuribayashi's face as she ranted, and she proudly thrust her pert pectorals forward. "How about them?" she shouted, as though she were about to fire her oppai missiles. Although Itami was transfixed for by them for a moment, he quickly recovered and looked up and to the right at the ceiling before muttering a reply.

"Well, er, the members' love lives are a pretty serious matter, I'll let the people on top know about it. Rather than marry a foreigner of dubious origin, marrying a local would cause fewer problems, and it would help out their prospects. I mean, you're earnest, pretty, curvy, and you've got the right way of thinking. If I can, I'll try and hook you up."

"Awesome!"

Kuribayashi shouted joyfully as she threw her hands up in a "banzai" pose.

"By the way... what about Raidyn..." he pointed at the tottering adventurer who mumbled in herself and speaks to the 'voices' in her head.

Kuribayashi hiccupped. "She is weakkk-hicupp~ she can't handle a proper drink..."

Suddenly, an intense pain shot through Itami's head.

With a dong sound, a smell of metal spread bitterly through his nose, and his vision went dark. How strong had that punch been?

"Ah, I accidentally hit the el-tee."

As his consciousness faded, Itami thought he heard "Well, it's okay for him to sleep like this, right?" as he gave up his struggling and let his consciousness drift away.

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Scene Change: Command Room Defense Ministry:

After they had detected the unidentified armed men were nearing Sankai Resort, the silent battle began.

The Situation Room's central display showed the progress of the battle around Sankai Resort. Several analysts were huddled around the terminals facing the commander as they sorted through the information from spy satellites and disguised aerial drones while they muttered softly to themselves.

"Three heat sources, north-northeast, on the upland. Archer, they're on your 10 to 11."

"This is Archer, target sighted."

"Procedure 03. Got it?"

"Understood."

The Special Forces Group's history was short, and they were in the dark regarding how they should handle this low-intensity, unconventional operations. After trial and practice, followed by revisions and refinements, they settled on the Master-Servant system. In other words, they would pair a rear echelon operator (the Masters) with frontline combatants (the Servants).

Currently, there were seven of these pairs, codenamed Saber, Archer and so on. The naming scheme was influenced by the fervent preaching of a certain person.

"Lancer, shift to Point Three."

"This is Lancer, understood."

"Caster, Procedure 02. Rider is moving from your 3 to 4. Hold fire. What the!"

"Lancer! What happened! Your signal has been lost!" shouted one of the operator.

"Oh, my goodness..." shuttered Archer. "Nooo!" gunshots can be heard as the points what portrayed the Special Forces in the digital map started to blink rapidly then disappear one after an another. A scream can be heard through the communication channels.

Until now the battle turned to the Special Forces favor. But under a moment. They started to lost the signal of every special forces soldier rapidly.

The commander of the Self-Defense Forces shouted out of his sudden rage. "What the hell happened!? Where are my units!"

"Sir! We don't know... their signals completely disappeared."

Kanou turned to Ryuuzaki. "Ryuuzaki what the hell happened!? Where are my units."

"You ask me?" frowned the man. "I have no idea... if you ask me it is the fourth party. Up until now, we encountered only three parties."

Kanou turned back to the screen. He wondered. What should he do? The dots what represented his soldiers rapidly disappearing one by one. If this goes one, he will lose his every unit in the scene. Kanou clicked his tongue because he did not have enough information to come to a decision.

Then his phone started to ring. He inspected it and it, said the Prime Minister is personally calling him. "Yes." he nodded a few times. "I understand." he put down the mobile. "Blow full retreat. I repeat full retreat."

"But sir!" one of the officers said.

Kanou glared at the soldier. "I said full retreat soldier! That's an order." the officer nodded and relayed the orders to Archer with a sour expression.

"I hope nothing will happen them..."

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Scene Change: Woods near Sankai Resort:

Among the woods, the three special cover units headed towards the resort. A unit from the CIA from the side of the USA. A unit from the SOF (Special Operation Forces) from the Russian Federation and one unit from The Chinese Special Force the PLASOF (People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces).

All three of their mission was to give their nation 'invitation' to the guests from the Special Region. Whatever they want it or not. Of course, the higher-ups ordered them to use as less violence as possible. But as it turned out it was not as easy as it should be. The Japs are better than they expected.

All three moved through the woods under cover of night without a flashlight or any other light source. Only using their Military Night Vision. All of them approached the resort from different directions. All three units were unaware of the presence of the other two. And all three of them suffered minimal causalities from the Japanese Self Defense Forces. No one amongst them expected they were this good and started to hunt them down one after another right after they took a step amongst the woods.

For their confusion after a few minutes of cat mice play the guns silenced one after an another. For the Russian and the Chinese special forces, this was strangely disturbing, and their commander ordered them to be more cautious. The Japs may be planning to trap them. But for the American special squad, it was all part of the plan.

For this exact occasion, the President used one of his trump cards and forced to revoke the JSDF protection around the resort. Slowly but steadily the three Special Squad forces will reach the resort through the woods.

Chuck, the leader of the American squad, could only smile smugly. He did not expect the mission will be so smooth.

Then... amongst the shadows a man... no... more like a teenager boy stepped out. He wore typical butler uniform and white gloves. Every American soldier pointed their gun at him. "Who is that? Speak, or we will shoot!" said Chuck in perfect Japanese.

Through their night visor, the special forces could clearly see the boy's face. It emitted his complete lack of interest and boredom towards his unit. Around his gloved fingers the thin rays of the moon what managed to penetrate the thick canopy of the woods. Reflected on something. The said thing was a thin shiny wire that thinly encompassed the boy's fingers. It was a ninja wire or in other name wire strings.

"I ask you again! Who are you?!" asked him again sternly Chuck. The boy did not answer. Chuck signed to his subordinate to approach the boy slowly and bound him. They will later question him. The man only takes one step. Reacting to this the boy moved slightly one of his fingers. Then... "Captain... I can't move..." Chuck and everyone else froze in the spot where they stood.

The teenage looking boy stepped out of the light. The moon lighted his face what showed his complete lack of interest. "Such lowly beings wandering in the woods of the Supreme Beings... unacceptable..."

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A/N:

Well, that's for now...

Phew! It was a rough ride.

I hope the chapters did not disappointed you.

I promise in the next chapter the UN will finally meet Ainz.

Until then... Stay safe! Safe Winds! :)