Gulielmus POV

I've seen and been verbally shared many things in the two weeks before the off-base privileges were given. In my millions of years of life, I never stop enjoying the teaching and raising of all kinds of people – and enjoying the fruits of that time spent with them. There's always something fulfilling about it. The last two weeks are principally no different, but the memories made are just as enjoyably unique as all the other memories made in my lifetime. The highlights that come to mind are,

"Why is it important for us to practice writing Japanese even though we already can understand every language with your aid, Sensei-desu?" asked a complaining Izuna.

I answered, "Because we want to ensure you will not accidentally text 'I killed you father' when you are trying to text 'I want a cheeseburger'."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" the whole class went up in uproar.

"Plus, there will be times I'm not present to translate for you. Since you met me, I've been handling just the verbal communication between all of you."

Shiro and Jibril were diligent in building our Rosetta stone of all the guest worlds' written languages. They didn't encounter toooo many problems,

"Why do I need to help write the same paragraph in my world's language and then learn all these other languages?!" complains Aqua.

"To ensure you don't accidentally write 'I'm in love with your step-mom' in Subaru's i-glyphs when sending a letter to the King of Lugnica!" Kazuma answered while laughing. Most of Subaru's group caught the laughing virus in that moment. Aqua's face froze flushed mixed with anger and embarrassment upon hearing his words.

"Isn't that right, Shiro-san?!" He was still laughing between words.

"Yes, Kazuma-san. More or less."

Admiral McGraw added while recovering from a good laugh, "Besides, the language translations will help us too. From my perspective, we will need to know the worlds' languages to better establish official relationships between our nations. Treaties and trade agreements are often written in both involving nations' languages. I mean, I wouldn't want to read 'your a$$ smells like butterflies' on a poorly written treaty."

"He-he-he! Agreed, Admiral McGraw." Answered the laughing Shiro.

"'Decomposed horse stew with fried crap'? Really?! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" responded a jolly Beloukas while I showed the class a slide show of bad translation examples from road signs, billboards, and restaurant menus. Thus, demonstrating the consequence of not understanding the language literally as opposed to orally.

He continued with, "So translations are REALLY important for business too!"

"IT IS FORBIDDEN TO THROW NOTHING DOWN THE TOILET!" responded Dust on the next slide. Laughter followed suite.

"'Paul is dead' when the original text really means 'meatballs'! Rest in peace Paul!" salutes Sora while laughing at another slide.


Another highlight Kirito shared with me was actually something he initiated last Saturday…

"Hey Kazuma, Subaru. I have a class-bonding idea."

"Oh, hey Kirito" answered Subaru, "what's your idea?"

"I was thinking we can all have a marathon of one anime show. We can watch together in an outdoor theater space after sundown."

"…"

"…"

"…Do you realize how incredibly meta that is?" asked Kazuma.

"Yes, I know. Many of your companions look like they came from Isekai anime shows themselves."

"Oh no, don't get me wrong. What you say is technically right but I actually like your idea. Let's ask the others and see what they think. By the way, which anime are we watching?"

Julius: "What is this? A simple bald man with a cape? No sword at hand?" (Perplexed face)

(Guitar plays!) JUSTICE ENFORCEMENT

Scene switches to crying girl and evil purple villain. He's about to crush the girl!

Everyone new to the show: "!"

Villain opens his hand. Nothing!

Garfiel: "Da hell?! The bald guy's that quick?!"

"And who do we have here?"

"Just a guy who's a hero for fun."

Everyone: "Nani?"

"What kind…of half-assed backstory is that?"

Garfiel: "Preach! Subaru's the cooler Captain!"

"I was formed from the constant stream of pollution with which you humans have suffused the earth.

I am Vaccine Man!

The Earth is a single living organism. You humans are nothing but a disease-causing bacteria eating away at her lifeforce. In order to obliterate humans and their evil civilization, the Earth has given birth to me!

You say you do this for fun? For fun?!

How dare you confront me, Mother Earth's apostle, for that inane reason?! Yet, what more could be expected from a hu-"

They all watched as this bald cape man throws one punch – instantly blowing the villain's body apart!

Everyone: "Nani?!"

"Not again…All it took was one punch! DAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

Garfiel: "Da f'ck?! Th's guy just gonna kill his 'nemies with one punch?! And he's got'a problem with it?!"

(Guitar plays) ONE PUUUUUUUUUUNNCH!

Julius: "Oh my god. This 'play' is literally called 'ONE PUNCH MAN'." (Exasperated face)

Subaru: "This is gonna be a great marathon!" (Laughing face)

Kazuma: "Oh yeah! I'm gonna enjoy hearing our overpowered companions rip this show apart! Meta experience 10/10!" (LOL face)

Everyone not a citizen of Japan: "?" (Confused face)

"I've become too strong."

Garfiel: "Awwww. That fight w' the subterraneans was jus'a dream? Maan, I get it now. He wish ta' fight enemies close ta' his strength."

(Saitama/Mosquito scene)

Saitama smacks his hand…Mosquito flies away. Saitama: STIFF FACE. Proceeds to chase down the mosquito.

Jibril/Albedo: "The hell? How is a mere mosquito faster than him?!"

Kazuma/Subaru: "Tsk!—Tsk!—Tsk!—Tsk!" (ROFLS)

(Saitama/Carnage Kabuto fight scene)

"You bastard!

How the hell did you get that strong?!"

"So you wanna know too?

Okay fine.

Genos, you listen carefully too."

Everyone's thoughts new to the show: Yes! What is the secret to his power?!

"First, what's important is, to make sure you stick to this intense training regimen.

Listen Genos.

You just have to keep doing it.

No matter how hard it gets.

It took me three years to get this strong.

One hundred push-ups!

One hundred sit-ups!

One hundred squats!"

Everyone: "…Nani?"

"Then a ten kilometer run.

Every single day!"

Everyone: "…BULLSHIT!" (Angry faces!)

Darkness: "I TRAIN JUST LIKE THAT AND I'M NO WHERE NEAR THAT STRONG! OOOOHHHH, I'M SOOO JEALOUS OF HIM! I COULD TAKE ALL THE BEATING IN THE WORLD AT HIS LEVEL!"

Those who've seen the show: "HAHAHAHAHAHA! ROFLs! ROFLs!"

(Saitama/Speed-o'-Sound Sonic first fight scene)

"Can I go home?"

"Bastard! Wind Blade Kick!"

Saitama casually steps out of the kick's path.

"Checkmate."

Held fist right to the ninja's crotch!

Everyone, even the girls: "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (Almost everyone is holding their crotches. Even Darkness is not enjoying this pain empathy.)

"Ah. Sorry!

That wasn't on purpose. I meant to stop before hitting you, but your momentum carried my fist into your…"

WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE STAND BY.

(Saitama/Genos practice bout scene)

"Nani?"

DEATH

Megumin: "Wait…didn't this scene play out between us and Sensei?"

Kazuma: "Yes. Yes Megumin, this scene did play out between us and Sensei."

(Saitama/Boros fight scene)

"I will defeat you!

All my energy will be released, blasting you and this planet to Hell!

Collapsing Star, Roaring Cannon!"

"In that case, I'm using my final move too.

Killer Move: Serious Series…

Serious Punch."

Everyone watches this bald cape guy punch right through the beam of death and hit the egotistical alien.

Aqua: "YAH! I WANNA PUNCH LIKE THAT!

Killer Move: Serious Series…SUPER SERIOUS GOD BLOW!" (Happy fired up face while throwing a punch forward)

Kazuma: "Please no, just…no Aqua." (Face palms!) Oh god! Oh fuck! Saitama better not become her new role model!


Just as I encouraged, rivalries, thus sparring partners formed during our class sessions. Such as,

"Albedo-san, you have very pretty wings."

"Why thank you, Silica-chan."

"…Can you fly with them? Or are they just for decoration?" asked someone else from across the classroom in a voice of contempt.

"Why yes, I can fly in them Jibril-san." Answered Albedo now facing Jibril with a challenger's gaze.

"Faster than me?"

A good portion of the class let's out a soft "oooooooooo" after the question was heard.

"Ho-Ho. Are you challenging me, Jibril? Let me warn you: Nazarick knows no defeat."

"Ara ara. Those are bold words coming from a mere succubus/nalfeshnee mutt. ('Eep!' Lolisa seemed negatively affected by that comment. Aqua lets out a low 'Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!') Then again, I have no clue what you can do against a Flügel like me."

After Jibril's blatant taunt, both winged powerhouses stood up and locked competitive eyes with each other. The classroom started getting nervous about the new development. I then spoke to break the tension,

"It seems we may have a new sparring pair in the making. Ainz, Sora/Shiro, Albedo, and Jibril; please follow me to the VR training room. The rest of you may continue your translation work."

"Hai, Sensei." x5

"Sensei."

"Yes, Shalltear."

"I wish to come to support Albedo and to see this new side of her."

I make eye contact with Ainz. We both node in agreement.

"You may come, Shalltear."

After we settled into our VR training grounds – which is the same canyon from Day 3,

"I want to make the rules of sportsmanship clear for you all:

- First, you make go all out with killing intent ONLY in set VR spaces where respawn or safety from actual death is enabled.

o We can't have you die on us as it will cause severe grievances between the Elkia Federation and the Sorcerer Kingdom

o When both of you start training in real life, I will only allow bouts between sparring partners only if I trust there's no genuine killing intent.

- Second, talk to each other however you like but please try to speak from a heart of helping your partner get stronger as well as yourself. If either of you are genuinely emotionally hurt by anything your partner has done, please do not be ashamed to speak to me and your respective master. I don't want any unnecessary grievances between my students to linger.

Ainz and Sora/Shiro, a word please."

The three I called out approached me as Albedo and Jibril looked onto us in the distance. Shalltear was closer but remained where she was. Once they were a few feet from me, I kneeled down to meet their eye level.

"I wish for the three of you to relay the following commands to your companions."

"I take it you are respecting the fact we are their recognized masters, Sensei?"

"Correct Ainz. I figured their absolute obedience to you and Sora/Shiro respectively will ensure no loss of comrades. Plus your words bear more weight than mine anyways."

"Wakatta."

After listening to my instructions; Ainz, Sora and Shiro turned back to face their companions.

"Albedo."

"Yes, Ainz-sama."

"When training with your new partner, fight your hardest so you can grow stronger for Nazarick. I am very pleased you have such a grand opportunity. However, under absolutely NO circumstances without mine AND Sora/Shiro's permission are you to kill Jibril with the intention of not letting her come back. Please also follow Sensei's sportsmanship rules."

Albedo looked a little taken aback then glanced at Jibril. She faced Ainz again after a moment.

"Wakatta, Ainz-sama."

The opposing 'team' said their piece next.

Sora called out, "Jibril."

"Yes, Master :) "

"I know you enjoy fighting and taking prizes too much based on your stories from the Eternal War but please don't try to genuinely take Albedo's head without mine, Shiro's, and Ainz's permission. You will make me and Shiro really angry and sad if you do. At least fight your hardest with the same energy as playing to win a game."

Ainz, Albedo, and Shalltear: "!" She collected heads?!

"Haaii!" responded Jibril with a carefree smile on her face, unashamed of the fun she was going to have soon.

Sora may be faced away from me but I sensed unease from both him and Shiro as they heard Jibril's casual reply.

"Excellent! Now you may face each other, exchange respectful bows, then begin your bout when ready. You may continue to fight until both of you are satisfied or when 15 minutes is up. I will be protecting the non-participants from any harm."

"Wakatta, Sensei." x2

After the new sparring pair acknowledged me, they faced each, exchanged a bow, then took combat stances. Albedo quickly changed to her full battle gear (the armor Hermes Trismegistus and Battle Axe) and Jibril readied her scythe. I sensed from their masters, they were seeing for the first time a passionate side of their companions with fire in their eyes like never before.

A few seconds passed. Then…

CLASH! Their weapons connected upon charging each other. Milliseconds later, Jibril teleported to Albedo's 6 o'clock and attacked her back—only for it to be blocked by a surprisingly quick parry! She quickly proceeded to attack the armored succubus from multiple directions—and they were all parried! Looking at them in disbelief,

"Ainz-sama."

"Hai…"

"W-Was Albedo always this quick?"

"I-I think this may be the fruits of her Sorato training so far, Shalltear."

"R-Right."

Jibril teleported in front of Albedo but not to attack,

"Pretty nice moves for a mutt."

"You're not bad yourself. Then again, if you are supposed to be a God-Killer, aren't I suppose to be 'dead' by now?"

Jibril maintains a smile at Albedo's taunt, even though a vain popped in a corner of her head.

"Ooohh. I almost forgot, mutt. Didn't we start our cute little cat fight on the question of who can fly faster?"

"Why yes we did, 'angel of death' impostor."

"Well then, shall we?"

Seconds later, both winged powerhouses are hundreds of feet in the air, clashing with their melee weapons. Jibril clearly had the greater agility and speed while Albedo with every inch of ferocity in her spirit parried every incoming attack. Whenever Albedo went on the offensive, Jibril teleported at the last millisecond to dodge her attacks, which of course frustrated her. Looking on at the time with mixed awe, worry, and terror;

"Nii-chan."

"Hai?"

"Jibril is really scary."

"Hai. What happened to that cheery Jibril who ruined our expectation of her when we first met?"

Jibril started shooting many dark magic orbs at Albedo. In response, Albedo casted Parry Missile to deflect the orbs away. Jibril sent a more powerful orb at her in which Albedo responded with Counter Arrow. She successfully deflected it back to Jibril—in which she of course dodged it with teleport. Albedo then grabbed Jibril behind her—much to the latter's surprise—and throws down still holding her to the ground hard!

After the flying rocks and dust settled from the impact, everyone present can see Jibril still pinned against the ground by Albedo. The latter was pushing her battle axe towards her face while the former was resisting.

"Urgh! You're quite strong for an impostor!"

"So are you, mutt. Tell you what: I will concede if you manage to get your axe to touch my face."

"Ho? You think I can't?"

"Prove me wrong then."

Albedo was just millimeters away from cutting Jibril's nose when the latter decided to play dirty,

"Oopsie!"

Jibril quickly took one hand off the axe's handle and shot right into Albedo's face a strong dark orb sending her skyward. Albedo instinctively casts 'Walls of Jericho', forming a barrier in front of her to stop Jibril from a follow up attack. However, Jibril absurdly smashed her way through the barrier and proceeded to strike with her scythe! Albedo blocked the incoming attack with her axe! Jibril then took one hand and started rapidly punching her armor. She then threw one big punch that shattered her armor's outer layer and sent her flying towards a cliff wall.

Right when Albedo smashed right into said wall, Jibril fired a barrage of dark orbs at her. The orbs exploded upon contact. Jibril was about to cast a larger orb at the center of the dust when Albedo appeared right behind her!

While stunned Ainz exclaimed, "Eeh?! When did she learn Greater Teleportation?!"

Albedo swung her battle axe down on Jibril. The latter blocked with her scythe!

I suggested, "It seems Albedo is already pushing her limits after just a few days of Sorato training. The rival chemistry between her and Jibril is fantastic. You should be proud."

"Oh. I see."

Jibril parried Albedo's battle axe outward, leaving the latter wide open. She then grabs her by the throat and prepared a massive amount of energy to blast into Albedo. However, just as Jibril unleashed her attack; Albedo teleported at the last millisecond! The energy blast continued and struck the ground with great effect.

Jibril quickly scanned her surroundings. Albedo attacked from Jibril's 5 o'clock to which it was parried. They continued striking each other while airborne, both teleporting multiple times to get to each other's opening!

Eventually, Jibril's superior agility and speed caught up. In the midst of the bout, Albedo takes another heavy blow to her stomach from a vicious kick and then another to her back via Jibril's scythe—to which she was sent flying to the ground. Her last two of three layers of armor finally shatters, forcing her to absorb what's left of it into her skin. She got up as she did so.

Jibril gently lands in front of Albedo,

"Do you concede, mutt?"

Albedo looked up at her winged rival and smiled,

"Not a chance, impostor."

"I won't have it any other way."

Jibril charged Albedo with a scythe strike in mind. Albedo parried! The two continued to exchange axe and scythe strikes that were blocked or parried at every attempt! They then connect their weapons in a hold, each side trying to overpower the other! Jibril teleported but Albedo follows suit just a millisecond later! They continued clashing and teleporting, both sides not willing to give a single inch of ground to the other! As much as I wanted to let them continue to their heart's content, time was almost up.

After clashing in the air, the two land on the ground about 50 meters apart and charged each. I used this moment to,

"Times up, esteemed rivals." come in between both of them and catch their swung axe and scythe with my hands.

The winged rivals were surprised but quickly caught on that their 15 minutes was up.

"Now then. Both of you showcased fantastic energy during your bout. But now that this is over, I would like to see you two practice the sportsmanship that myself and your masters wish to see. When you've calm down, bow to each other and exchange a brief word of respect."

"I agree with Sensei, Albedo. Please show respect for your new sparring partner." Said Ainz.

"Jibril, please be a good Flügel and show good sportsmanship as we wish it." Said Shiro.

The two winged powerhouses calmed down, stepped back a little, and exchanged a respecting bow to each other. They raised and said,

"I haven't been this excited in combat since the Eternal War. Thank you for this, mutt."

"You're welcome, impostor. It's nice to face someone who is…somewhat challenging."

"…Uuugggh. They still insulted each other…" x4


Another notable rivalry formed when my SAO veteran students decided to bring some of Kazuma's group into a Senzo enhanced version of Gun Gale Online. They were in a virtual firing range.

"Ooohh! Looky, Looky, Kazuma! I'm holding a gun!"

"Yeah…I see that. Please be careful with that, Aqua."

Both Kazuma's and Kirito's group felt a bit nervous with how Aqua so childishly handled an AK-47. At the moment, she had the gun pointed down. Sinon spoke up,

"Hey Aqua-san, here. Let me show you how to properly handle that assault rifle."

"Arigatō, Sinon-san." As the Goddess of Water gave thanks with a smile, she CARELESSLY pointed the gun up towards the group in front of her.

"Hey!" "What are you doing?!" "Don't aim that here!" "BAKA! AIM THAT WAY!"

Naturally, the group responded in a panic with Kazuma completing the dialog.

"What?! Reeeelaaxxxx! I'm not going to pull the trigger on anyone here! Even if I did, the safety's on!"

"Is it?" asked a growling Kazuma. Aqua started to look unsure.

"Ummm. Maybe?" she innocently answered.

"…"

"…"

"That's it! STEEEEEEAAAL!"

"AAAHH! KAZUMA'S STRIPPING ME AGAIN!"

"Oooi! Word Choice! Anyways, I have your gun now…THE SAFETY'S OFF!"

Kazuma then proceeded to angrily dismantle the AK quickly starting with the release of the magazine. After he finished with the assault rifle now in pieces on the floor, Megumin spoke up intrigued.

"Kazuma, two questions. One, did you actually intended to steal the gun? And two, when did you learn to take it apart so quickly?"

"..Uuuu…*sniff*…uuuu…*sniff*…AK-chan…"

"Right, Megumin. With Sensei's Sorato training, I have a bit more control over what I want to steal. As for gun handling, I had Captain Maksim and Tanya teach me a few pointers before coming here. Someone had to make sure a certain blue-haired BAKA doesn't screw us over!"

"HAAHH?!"

Before things got out of hand, Kirito intervened, "Oookay! That's enough you two! We didn't come here to watch your cute couple's quarrel. Aqua-san, we will have to delay your gun tutorial for a later time. Okay?"

"…*sniff*…Okay, Kirito-san…"

Kazuma sighed while looking onto this sight and calming down. He and Kirito then noticed Chris over at a weapons table. She was eyeing a long-barreled rifle. Sinon took notice moments later then walked over with a smile.

"Hey. You have good tastes. That's the Barrett M107. Are you into sniper rifles, Chris-san?"

"I don't know, Sinon-san. I like the shape and impression of this 'weapon'. It's like its calling my name for some reason."

"Well. Maybe you should try it out."

"I don't know. I never handled one of these 'rifles' before."

"It's okay. I can show you how."

"Arigatō, Sinon-san. I'll be in your care."

While Kirito was liking the sight of his friend helping out a newbie, he noticed Kazuma was more in complete awe of the two girls handling a .50 caliber sniper rifle. He decided to tease a little,

"Liking what you see?"

"Well…uuum…it's just…Chris looks surprising cool with that rifle. It's like she's meant to carry one!"

"How cool, Kazuma? I hope your heart is not beating too hard for Chris." Apparently, Megumin also took notice and may be jealous of Kazuma's gaze at Chris.

"…It's just a cool sight. Nothing more. Please don't ruin this."

"Okay…whatever you say."

After Sinon finished giving Chris a crash course in sniper rifles,

"Okay Chris-san, try aiming for the center of that paper target 75m away."

"Hai."

Chris took aim in a crouch stance while her Barrett took support from a set of shooting sticks.

After a few seconds of looking down her scope,

She fires.

Like any gun, the Barrett recoiled with a loud burst. Chris however, was a stunned by the sensation as she never wielded such a strange foreign weapon. As for the paper target she aimed for,

"You actually hit the bulls-eye…great job, Chris-san! Are you sure you never handled rifles before?" Sinon inquired.

"Well yes as I said before. You know, maybe this is due to the fact I'm very lucky in life."

"Is that so? Let's test your luck then. Aim for a target 100m away then fire when ready."

Chris did so. She fired…a hole is blown in the bulls-eye!

"Ha-ha-ha…guess my luck works here."

"Okay…try more targets."

Chris did so and always managed to hit the bulls-eye. Everyone present stared in disbelief, maybe some in awe. Sinon however, started to look insecure—maybe even jealous—about a newbie who can already fire so accurately.

"I don't understand how you are able to do this but I can't ignore it! How about I challenge you to a shooter's duel?"

"Okay sure. What do you purpose?"

"We set targets to move side to side at 150m away then we fire as fast and accurately as we can within 3 minutes. Shooter with the most bulls-eye shots win."

"Alright, you're on."

1 minute into the duel and Sinon is thoroughly irritated Chris did not miss a single shot and doing her own best to match.

"Oi! I bet you can't hit your targets without looking!"

"Is that so? Let me try that out then!"

Sinon and Chris locked eyes on each other with a challenger's gaze…while still able to hit their bulls-eye holding their rifles with one arm!

Everyone else is beyond disbelief and got nervous. Kazuma and Darkness exchanged a few words.

"K-Kazuma."

"Hai."

"I haven't seen Chris' eyes like that since she faced Count Zereschrute."

"H-Hai. I remember that look too."

Kirito and Asuna also exchanged comments.

"K-Kirito-kun."

"Hai."

"I haven't seen Sinon eye's like that since she first fought you in BoB."

"H-How'd you know about that fight in detail?"

"Well she did share with me her stories of you and showed me the footage."

"Oh. That makes since."

Kirito admitted to me he was embarrassed and a little worried of Asuna's thoughts on that memory at the time. It was cleared up later with her though.

"W-Well, in any case. It looks like we have a new sparring pair on our hands. I will tell Lielmus-sensei soon."

"Hai."

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! (ANGRY RIVAL FACES!)


And last but not least of my cherished rivalry memories…

"Silica-san. You've been making great progress on our i-glyphs."

"Arigatō, Emilia-san. I've been really enjoying this."

While I witnessed this friendly exchange between the two, I noticed a third person looking onto to them with eyes of near jealously. I wondered at that moment if it may turn into anything.

And sure enough on the next morning, Felt discreetly stole Silica's mini Pina keychain from her bag while they were coming to seat in class. If this was the Silica when I first met her, she would have noticed hours later. However, this is Silica after one year of training under me. With that said within seconds of Felt's pickpocket,

"Felt-san, I would like my Pina keychain back please." Silica asked with a smile as she approached Felt.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I felt your intentions and actions the moment I was sitting down. You walked pass me and took my keychain. It's in your back right pocket."

Felt was taken aback by how accurate Silica's description was. Those who knew Felt quite well were also surprised. With resignation, she hands her back the keychain.

"Alright sister, you got me. I gotta say, you're more than I expected. Tell me something: if you knew so quickly, why didn't you stop me earlier?"

"Oh…I didn't want to get physical with you here in class. That would not be good for either of us. By the way, I felt everything right at the moment you stole from me. Your Divine Protection energies gave you away."

"!...I see. Say…I wanna see how fast and how in-tune with your senses you really are. Can we have a contest of speed after class?

"Sure, I don't mind."

As much as I wanted to leave the situation as is, I decided to speak up,

"Silica-kun, thank you for handling the situation with great maturity."

"You're welcome, Lielmus-sensei."

"However, I feel that Felt will have difficulty concentrating in today's session. That being said, I request for you to have your contest of speed right this moment. Do you accept?"

Felt silently reacted with a slight surprise and Silica gave me a look of acknowledgement while in thought of my request.

After a few moments,

"Yes, Sensei. I don't mind having the contest now."

"Arigatō, Silica-kun. With that settled, I want the following individuals to come with me to the VR training room: Silica, Felt, Kirito, Asuna, Reinhard, and Subaru"

We situate ourselves in the VR space. Oddly enough, both Silica and Felt requested an urban environment for their contest. I'm guessing they prefer obstacles to work with.

I gave them the same briefing on sportsmanship rules just as I did with Albedo and Jibril which no one had issues with. For their contest, they arranged to have a small round relic as their target of interest hidden in a random house of my choosing in which they will find, take, and then race back to me with the relic at hand—all the while they will spar with each other.

The rivaling speed demons take battle stances facing each other.

"Set! GO!"

The two immediately engaged in knife-to-knife combat. They parried every move with rapid pace. Silica managed to land a kick on Felt, knocking her back! She use this moment to start making her way to the relic with dashing speeds! Felt recovers and gave chase to her, likely using her Divine Protection of the Wind to catch up.

As for how Silica found the relic? Well, the relic emitted a very faint amount of my energy signature. Silica was able to sense it and made her way for it, occasionally fending off Felt's attacks from behind, above, left, and right!

Eventually, she reached the house with the relic and stepped into the room. Felt came rushing from behind and went for Silica's legs! The latter side dodged letting the former take the relic! Silica gave chase! Felt led the race via the rooftops with Silica following behind.

Felt then jumped off the roof of the house closest to me with a look of assured victory. However much to her surprise, Pina comes striking into her head from 8 o'clock and knocks her off course, sending her to the ground! Silica used this moment to quickly grab the relic back from Felt's hand and dashes towards me with focus. Felt recovers and tried one last time to secure her victory.

Ultimately, Silica was able to touch my leg first before Felt had a chance to knock her off balance. To Felt's credit, she was just millimeters away from hitting Silica. After the qualifying touch from Silica, Felt punched her in the head from her 4 o'clock and sent her sliding on the ground. Felt did realize just after Silica stopped sliding that the former lost. I asked,

"So was this contest of speed to your satisfaction, Felt?"

"Tsk! I guess. It's clear I need to be faster."

After voicing her apparent dissatisfaction with her loss, we turn to Silica who was getting up. Felt asked,

"Silica's your name right?"

"Yeap, that's me." Answered with a smile. Wonderful sportsmanship, I thought. Felt then commented to Silica,

"Hhhhhhhh…you know, whenever I see you, my blood boils in ways I've never felt before."

"Same here. Guess that makes us rivals?"

Felt smiled at that question. "Yeah. Guess that makes us rivals."

Silica walked toward Felt at that answer and extended her right hand out.

"Then let's help each other get stronger."

Felt grasped Silica's hand and shook it firm. "Yes. Let's"

Reinhard then spoke,

"Felt-sama, I'm happy for your new partnership. Indeed, you will become faster. May be even learn how to fly as Subaru says."

"Hm. I guess so."

Felt then looked at the little blue dragon on Silica's shoulder.

"I take it that's Pina?"

"Hai. Pina does feel sorry for hitting you so hard earlier."

"No need. Pina shouldn't feel sorry for protecting you. You're lucky to have a loyal little dragon."

"Arigatō, my fellow rival."


Oh! There's one more memory I really want to share with you all. Of course, it regards the number one comical troublemaker in my class: Aqua.

"You all know I'm a Goddess now, right?!

Therefore, you should all be praising me!"

The rest of the class stared at the complaining goddess in irritation. Tanya replied,

"Aqua, even if we know you're a goddess, we still have the right to choose who we worship—if we worship anyone for that matter."

"I DON'T CARE! I'M NOT LEAVING THIS CLASS WITHOUT SOMEONE PRAISING ME! Oh…other than my child Cecily here."

"Yes! Thank you, my dear beloved Aqua-sama. Your beautiful words honor me!"

"SEE?! SEE?! SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE PRAISE ME LIKE CECILY HERE!"

"Oh brother..." said a Kazuma at his limit of patience. The rest of the class looked like they were reaching their limit too.

Then an idea came to me, one some might consider to be…controversial. I proceeded with it anyways,

"Class…how about we go ahead and praise the Goddess of Water here?"

"HUH?! Are you crazy Sensei?! That's only going to feed her already bloated ego!"

"I understand Kazuma. Please, here me out."

"…Okay Sensei."

"Arigataugozaimasu. Now then, we will play a game with Aqua. This is how it will go:

- We will have Aqua stand in front of the classroom.

- Everyone else will take turns saying nice things to Aqua. It can be about her physical appearance or about whenever her personality contributed in a position manner.

- We will praise her for 1 minute 30 seconds.

- In that time, Aqua is NOT allowed to respond back in any manner we deem irritable, disrespectful, or egotistical.

- If she does respond in such a manner, we are to immediately cease our voices and I will deliver a surprise consequence to Aqua right here in class.

- Aqua wins the game if she manages to not show any such behavior for the full minute-and-a-half.

Is this clear to everyone?"

"Hai." Responded the whole class.

"Right then. Aqua, please come forward."

"Hai, Sensei. You watch Kazuma! I will win this game of praise!"

"Hai hai." Responded Kazuma to a heavily grinning Aqua. He had a slight smirk himself—probably looking forward to the fun we are about to have.

Aqua stood to my left and faced the class. I got a timer ready. I then announced,

"Game start!"

Emilia: "Aqua-sama, I reeeally like your hair loop!"

Wiz: "Aqua-sama, you are a wonderful friend!"

Darkness: "Aqua-sama, you bring a smile to everyone when you enter any room!"

Megumin: "Aqua-sama, you're my best friend!"

Shiro: "Aqua-sama, you are as colorful as Disboard!"

Tet: "Aqua-chan, you are fun to play with!"

I can sense Aqua's ego getting bigger and bigger.

Aqua: "Why thank you all. I'm glad I mean that much to you."

To her credit though, she managed to respond a few times with respect and appreciation. But I can tell she's struggling to keep it that way.

Subaru: "Aqua-sama, you are really funny!"

Reinhard: "Aqua-sama, you are a delight to have around!"

Raphtalia: "Aqua-sama, you have very pretty hair!"

Albedo: "Aqua-sama, we appreciate you not purifying Ainz-sama most of the time!"

Chris: "Aqua-sama, you are a nice person! I appreciate you helping Kazuma and his friends all the time!"

Just as the praises kept rolling, Kazuma decided to stand up catching everyone's attention. At this point, Aqua was smiling from ear to ear in utmost glee. He takes a deep breath, took a Shakespearian-like stance, then,

"AQUA-SAMA! Oh! Aqua-sama! My best friend and one and only Goddess of Water! You revived me countless times and cleaned up after all of my mistakes! You are the best Onee-chan a piece of trash like me could ever have! Your beauty and cuteness are unmatched even against all the Pop Star Idols in Japan!

Oh! My Aqua-sama!"

"HAH! THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD PRAISE ME EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, YOU DAMNED HIKI-NEET! COME DOWN HERE AND LICK MY FEET AS PUNISHMENT FOR ALL THE PAIN YOU CAUSE ME EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY!"

Just as Aqua finished her response, she noticed Kazuma carried a devilish grin on his face as if to say 'I win'. She then noticed the entire class was silent.

Her mind processed moments later: she lost the game. With that realization, she hesitantly and very slowly turned to me. What she saw next was,

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In a later conversation, Kazuma described my morphed appearance to be the following:

My skin changed to a much, much darker tone. "Warts" were popping all over my body but the warts themselves were the size of a big fist and appeared like the heads of the giant frogs in Kazuma's world. My eyes assumed the appearance of large solar eclipses. To complete my image, my tongue takes the length of a frog's in proportion to my body, dangling almost to the floor, swaying side to side.

Aqua's face was thoroughly transfixed in horror by my appearance, sweating heavily in the process. She then stepped back slowly. She tripped! I slowly floated toward her.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

She got up in sheer terror and ran out of the classroom. I followed her while still levitated, maintaining my horrifying appearance—and chased her all over the base, providing entertainment to all the onlookers. At the time, I hoped this was enough to teach here humility.

I can imagine the class erupted in laughter after Aqua and I left the classroom that day.

That was fun remembering all the highlights of my last two weeks in just nanoseconds. I'm now sitting with my Naval Officer students reviewing over the information and factors to determine if granting off-base privileges is viable. I brought up the fact that more than half the students already had experience being in a different world similar to Japan. We eventually and unanimously agreed to let the off-world guests leave the base and tour Japan. I've also shared ideas of how we can kick off Day 1 of their off-base privileges.

I hope no one gives me a reason to regret my decision…


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Author's Notes: And that makes Chapter 12! The longest to date! I've been waiting to do this completely comical chapter and happy it's finally here! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

Until next, take care all!