Chapter 18

Izuku was glad that Ranga was with him. "Master, where exactly are we going?" the tempest wolf asked.

"Away from E-Rantel, I was being watched there and I didn't want anyone to see me make the—" He looked up to see someone flying toward them. "Is that…Evileye?" indeed it was the blonde vampire girl.

"Master, shall I kill her?"

"What the—no!" He said. "She's friendly and definitely not a threat to me." He sighed. "Alright let's stop and see what she wants." Ragna stopped allowing Evileye to land in front of them. "Evileye, what're you doing all the way out here?"

"Actually, I'm just…uh." She stared at the large wolf that was staring back at her. "You left so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to properly thank you for saving me from Jaldabaoth." She said.

"Well there's no need to really thank me, I only did what I felt was right." He said. "So how are your friends?"

"They're doing better, but dying does have a troubling impact on the mind." She stated.

"Yeah, I can imagine." A chill ran through his body. "I can only imagine…" the memory his brutal murder made him falter.

"Master, are you alright?" Ranga asked.

"That thing talks?!"

"I am not a thing, I am a Tempest Wolf!" he exclaimed. "The proud evolution of a Direwolf."

"Tempest Wolf, I've never heard of such a creature." Evileye said. "Are you native to this land?" she asked.

"No, and I will tell you no more." Ranga stated. "Vampire girl." Evileye was taken back upon hearing this. "I am very…familiar with the smell of vampires." Shalltear did love to feed on his master, so her scent was all over him of course.

"Is that so?" she was definitely wary of the wolf.

"Ranga, you're seriously revealing too much." Izuku said.

"M—my analogies."

"It's fine." He said. "Anyway, Evileye it was really nice seeing you again, I wish we could've gotten to know each other better." He sighed.

"Before you go, can I see your face?" she said. "I'll show you mine if you show me yours." The teen turned bright red. "Here." She took off her mask to reveal her young appearance. She had slit red eyes, fangs, and long blonde hair.

"Cute." Izuku said letting his thoughts slip out. Evileye blushed upon hearing this. "It would only be fair to show you my face." He hopped off of Ranga and walked up to her before removing his mask. "So what do you think?" he asked. "I'm a guy by the way." He self identified as a male that is.

"I'm actually jealous." She said.

"Huh?"

"Huh?" she paled. "I—I mean your just so pretty—handsome that I, um, eh…" she was digging herself into a very deep hole. "You're good looking alright, really, really good looking."

"Thanks, I think you're really good looking too." He responded. "Hey, tell me if I'm wrong, but you know a lot about magic right?"

"Well, I've been alive for a while so yeah I know a lot." She said. "But, you must know more since you were using spells that I've never heard of before; Muscle Augmentation, Body Armor, Lightning Shotgun." She said listening off the three skills that Izuku had used. "Body Armor was really cool, the way your arms changed like that, and Lightning Shotgun was 8th Tier right?"

"Tier?"

"Yes, it's how you rank spells."

"We don't use tier ranking system where I come from, actually I've never heard of it until now." He said. 'Wait, that was the ranking system in YGGDRASIL!' he silently exclaimed. "We don't have a ranking system actually, and spells are just called skills." He said. "The skills strength depends on the users of power, strong is strong and weak is weak; it's that simple."

"Wow, that is simple and a lot less complicated." She said. "I'd like to learn more about magic where you come from." She said. An idea popped into Izuku's mind.

"Then come with me." He suggested. "Learn hands on and exchange knowledge with me regarding magic, you'll learn more and so will I." He said. "You'll be my special guest and you'll have a really good time; I'll cook for you and everything."

"Wait—"

"If possible you might gain your own Magic and Research Division Department." If at all possible he wanted to get Evileye as a permanent resident of Midoriya. 'If the soldiers can manage to learn Tier magic and gain skills then the Federations military might will increase.' He said to Ranga using Thought Communication. 'If at all possible then creating magical items to share with the Dwargon Nation will increase our value as allies.'

'Master, such a brilliant plan, I'd expect no less from you!' Ranga exclaimed.

'It's not exactly brilliant, it's simple planning ahead, as a leader I have the safety and prosperity of my Nation on my mind at all times.' He stated. "Evileye, what do you say, would you please join me in grasping the future by the throat and bending it to our will?" he took a step closer. "Let's mold it together, a future so amazing that this entire world will thank us until the end of time!" his aura flared, and in that moment Evileye felt herself trembling.

'Powerful…beyond anything I've ever seen in my 200 plus years of living!' she smiled. 'Izuku Tempest there is no doubt in my mind anymore, you truly are a god kin!'

"Naturally, monsters serve the strong." Benimaru stated. "That's what we respect, however you've proven yourself to be a ruler worthy of commanding—"

"Respect." Souei said.

"Admiration." Hakurou said.

"Love." Shion and Shalltear said.

"Yes." The red headed kijin said. "Nobody, not even myself was considered to be king, it was you for a reason." Izuku became teary eyed. "Uh, I didn't mean to—" Izuku pulled him into a tight hug.

"You guys really are the best!"

That's how they felt about him and he would live up to their expectations, no, he would go beyond that. "Well?"

"I would be a fool to refuse such an offer." Evileye said with a smile. "Oh, but first I must tell my friends!" she said before flying off.

"Evileye." He smiled. "I'll make you so happy that you'll want to stay."

'Master, I don't know if you noticed but you might have—no you have expanded your harem.' He knew that his master wasn't exactly looking to form a harem, but it was looking like he wouldn't have much of a choice.

'Confirmation, limited analysis of tier magic has revealed that it maybe be easier to learn rather than gaining skill.' Great Sage stated. 'Suggestion, consuming tier spells or consuming individual, Evileye will yield—'

'I'm not eating Evileye!' he exclaimed. 'She's an ally now and I won't kill an ally so calm down.' Shizu let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

'What was with that sigh?' he inquired. 'I would never resort to eating someone who isn't an enemy or unless they willingly give themselves to me, and even then I'd be extremely hesitant to accept.' He stated. "I still can't believe that I didn't get to consume any of those demons." He sighed. "I could've gotten stronger and gained a lot more skills."

"Master, perhaps there will be another chance to satisfy your hunger in the future, but with enemies much more powerful." Ranga said hoping to cheer his master up.

"Yeah, but I kind of hope that it isn't anytime soon; I enjoy the peace too much." He smiled. "We advance so much during peace and I really do love seeing my people happy."

"Izuku!" Evileye called as she landed. The vampire had a bag with her. "I'm ready." The teen nodded in affirmation, and had Great Sage show him the magic circle before drawing it on the ground. Flooding it with magicules, the circle glowed. "Teleport!" the trio dissapeared not knowing that someone had seen them.

Jura Forest Federation – Midoriya – Izuku's Home – Nighttime

Izuku had decided to revert into his slime form, it had been a while since he'd been like this, and it felt relaxing to take a break from his humanoid form. Of course this was a big surprise for Evileye who thought that he was human, not a slime. "So, this is my home and you're welcome to sleep in my room since I don't really need to sleep." He said though he might just put himself into rest mode just to take a break.

Evileye stared at the slime for a few moments before taking her gloves off and feeling him up. "You're so squishy." She said. "It feels good." She hugged him and let out a tired sigh. "This feels really good…" she trailed off. "I think that I'm gonna…"

"Evileye?" he received no response. The girl was sleeping. "Alright, get some rest." He said. "Great Sage, initiate forced rest mode, 8 hours."

'Inducing sleep mode.' With that, everything went black for the teen.

The Next Day – Jura Forest Federation – Midoriya

Evileye had been given a general rundown of the nation that she now found herself in, along with its founding. Izuku had showed her the memories that he knew would help her trust him. So far, everything had gone well, but he didn't want to rush her or anything so he didn't mention the reason he wanted her here. "So, you're the ruler of an entire nation of monsters, and your only 17?"

"That's right, this place started as a small goblin village, but now it's the capital city for a brand new nation."

"There's so much diversity here, I don't think that I've ever heard of kijin, and I've never seen hobgoblins before." She said as they walked the streets of the large city. "So, that other vampire was glaring at me pretty hard yesterday."

"Well, there's another vampire here so she may feel a tiny bit threatened, don't worry she isn't petty so you shouldn't have to worry about her trying to hurt you or anything." He said.

"Oh good." She said letting out a sigh of relief. "This place is ahead of the Re-Entize Kingdom is terms of sanitation, and technology?"

"Sanitation, yes, but technology wise we're going to be ahead of them soon." He said. "Diversity wise, well you can see for yourself."

"Will you be involving this nation with E-Rantel?" she asked. "I'm sure they'd be willing to form an alliance if they knew who you were."

"E-Rantel is unstable, the obvious corruption in the nobility allowed 8 fingers to thrive for as long as they did, in my short time there I can say for sure that I don't want to be involved with them because that'll only invite trouble that is not welcome or tolerated." He explained. "I'm sorry, but I can't defend them again." He frowned. "Evileye, sometimes humans can be worse than any kind of monster." From a logical point of view he was absolutely right, E-Rantel was a power keg ready to explode from the inside at any moment, and the corruption inside made it very unappealing. 'Also, Princess Renner is obviously a psychopath; how does nobody else see it?!' the blonde princess was a very good actor, she had everyone fooled. He felt really bad for Climb. 'Poor guy is like a loyal puppy, she might just chain him up like one and—nope, I'm not going to think about it!'

"Izuku."

"Yes?"

"Where are we going?"

"Here." He said stopping in front of their destination. "A clothing shop." He said bringing her inside.

"Lord Izuku." Shuna smiled. "It's good to see that you returned safe and sound." She said.

'What's with this aura of gracefulness?' Evileye wondered.

"You must be Evileye, Lord Izuku's special guest." Shuna said gently grabbing her hands. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I hope that you enjoy our city."

"Thank you." She said.

"I take it, you brought her here to get a fitting for new clothes?"

"Yes, I want her to a better range of outfits for the days to come." He said. "She can't go around wearing the same outfit everyday; that's why I need you to make her something special." He said. "Please?" Shuna chuckled.

"I will do my best Lord Izuku." She said.

"Thanks." He kissed her cheek. "I'll see you later, Evileye." He said leaving a blushing Shuna with Evileye. Shuna grabbed Evileye's shoulder with a smirk that unnerved the vampire. The kijin princess was going to go all out.

Great Tomb of Nazarick – Amphitheater

Demiurge had yet to be punished for his failure since Ainz was still thinking about a suitable punishment, but there was something a bit more important. The teleportation circle in front of him and the other floor guardians. He'd recreated the one that Izuku and Evileye had used. 'If that really is Tabula using his IRL name then I'll be able to reduce Demiurge's punishment, and I'll have found one of my comrades.' He would still need an explanation for what happened, but he could probably take a pretty good guess. 'He saw someone in trouble, he helped, and didn't recognize Demiurge because of the mask.' This was 100% true, but he didn't know it yet.

"Lord Ainz, please allow me to accompany you." Of course Albedo was the first to volunteer, but he would rather not let Tabula see what he'd done. Changing Albedo's last line of code was a couple dozen steps about creepy. He turned to Aura.

"Aura, I want you to accompany me." He said much to her surprise. He put his mask and gauntlets on to hide his undead features.

"If that is you wish, Lord Ainz." She said looking to the glowing circle. "That's going to lead us to the one who crippled Demiurge?"

"Yes, it should." Ainz said. "Demiurge, how much resentment do you feel toward the one who did this to you?"

"A great deal, but as much as I hate to admit it, I also respect his power considering he was holding back." He said much to Ainz's surprise. "His attack missed yet it was able to do this much damage anyway, it's very interesting to say the least." He said.

"I see, this quite unexpected, but if you feel that respect is warranted then I will trust you." He said as he and Aura stepped onto the circle. 'Demiurge is maturing as well, in fact this is a lesson in humility more than anything; a very painful lesson.' He said holding Aura close. "Teleport!" the two dissapeared in a white light.

Jura Forest Federation

"Where are we?" Aura asked looking around. "Some kind of forest, but the air feels weird." She said.

"Weird how?"

"Like there's something mixed into it, I think it's magic." She said. "It's all around us." She drew her weapon. "Lord Ainz, please stay close so that I can protect you."

"Thank you, Aura." He said. "Come." The two proceeded through the forest, careful not to attract any attention from the local wildlife. There was no telling what lived in this forest, though at the same time it was pretty damn exciting. After a few minutes, they came to a paved road. Along with a group of patrolling guards who noticed them immediately. One of them walked over to them prompting Aura to reach for her weapon. "Wait."

"Excuse me, sir, but if you're headed to the city then please stay on the road; demon beasts had been in abundance lately." He said. The guard was an orc of all things, a polite orc.

"Thank you, we aren't exactly familiar with this area."

"That's fine, most of the new travelers aren't familiar with the layout of the Jura Forest Federation since these roads aren't completely finished." He said before pointing in the direction of the city. "Keep going in that direction, the closer you get to Midoriya the safer it gets."

"Midoriya?"

"Yes, the capital city of the Jura Forest Federation." He said.

"Thank you, we'll be sure to get there before nightfall." Indeed the sun was going down. "Have a good day."

"You too sir." The duo left, surprised by their interaction.

"Well, that was surprising to say the least." Ainz said as he and Aura continued forward. "But at least now we know where this road leads."

"The capital city of the Jura Forest Federation, Midoriya." She said. "Interesting name, I like it granted it's not as good as Nazarick."

"Midoriya, is a fine name " Ainz said as they neared the city that would alter the course of Nazarick's fate.

Chapter 18 End