Chapter 10: The Annual Grand Breakfast Buffet (Part 1)
"Here we are! The cafeteria!" I announce loudly.
"It's so big!" Granberia and Taiga say, astonished. Every table I look at is at max capacity with patiently waiting people and trays upon trays of varied breakfast foods. Glad I had the resort expanded upon in every facet a few months back… even though I didn't have the money to do so in the first place. I'm sure I'll have to suck up to my sponsors to have them forgive that expense.
"Indeed it is. Seems we have a full house on our hands too," I say.
"Don't get nervous, Renji," Shamsiel giggles, massaging my right shoulder while holding up a microphone for me.
"I-I'm not nervous! Anyway, allow me to get this started," I take the microphone from her. "Thank you for your continued patience! I'll keep it short as I know we're all dying to eat! As you can see, our breakfast buffet is stacked as usual! Please read the signs before you grab food and beverages especially those with… rather specific diets. Without further ado—hnngh!" I spontaneously grunt and grit my teeth together as my fangs sharpen and elongate, bloodlust surging through me. Sorry about that, Renji! I thought I could fight it off until you were done. Maybe warn me even if I'm in the middle of something important, Yokūbo! Through willpower, I take a deep breath and compose myself. "S-Sorry about that, folks. No need for alarm. Without further ado, may we all dig in!" I manage to finish. All the guests stand up and start making their ways for food. My nose clogs with the smell of blood, making it a chore to resist the urge to bite.
"Granberia, help me move him into the kitchen," Shamsiel says quickly, pulling me away from the fresh sources of blood.
"On it," Granberia says.
"W-What do I need to do?!" Taiga asks.
"Just stay… right there!" I struggle to speak. In the empty kitchen, the bloodlust only gets worse.
"What's happening to him?" Granberia questions.
"He just needs blood is all. He's usually got that in check," Shamsiel explains, turning me to face her. "Okay, you're all good to go—aah!" I pounce on Shamsiel and sink my fangs into her right breast before she can finish. I suck really hard trying to get as much crimson goodness as possible. "You really miss drinking my blood, don't you? Ah, you're drinking so much from me!" She groans amorously, petting my head.
"Uh… are you getting off on this?" Granberia reluctantly asks.
"Of course I am! It's not like it hurts. You'll understand when you let him feed off of you," Shamsiel answers. With my craving satisfied, my fangs shrink back to normal. "Alright, time to withdraw… unless you want to stay like this that is." Pulling my fangs out of her breast, a little bit of blood trickles from the bite.
"Shamsiel," I pant.
"Still such a messy drinker to this day," she chuckles, laying a hand on my cheek while looking at the blood on my lips. "Let me clean some of that up for you," she licks her lips before kissing mine, gently licking away her own blood. As she tries to pull away after finishing, I lunge forward to stop it from ending to her surprise and delight, resulting in an escalation to passionate french kissing.
"U-Umm… this is a… necessary thing you two are doing, right?" Granberia questions, flustered as she remains a spectator. I wasn't trying to get this fresh with Shamsiel but sometimes old habits die hard especially when it comes to feeding. It just can't be helped. Either Shamsiel herself stops me or Granberia pulls me off of her at this rate.
"Renji, I won't stop you if you're ready," Shamsiel mutters softly, her other hand rubbing my crotch. My left hand starts to feel very warm.
"Shamsiel!" I caress her right breast with said hand and topple her, putting me on top of her. Breaking our tongues away from the grapple, we both breathe heavily as we look into each other's eyes.
"Complete the contract," she pants. Hearing those words, my other hand reaches down and I start to undo my belt buckle.
"Seriously, you two?! That's enough!" Granberia yanks me off of Shamsiel.
"S-Sorry about that. It got out of my control," I apologize sheepishly, regaining my senses. Why were you being so silent during that?! I thought you were completely for it this time. I may live in your body but I can't always read your mind, Renji. Fair point.
"Awww, you're such a killjoy, Granberia," Shamsiel sits up.
"You two were really about to fuck right in front of me?! On the cafeteria kitchen floor of all places where someone else could just walk in and see?!" Granberia shouts, blushing really hard.
"Hey, I don't mind an audience. Either way, he's gonna have to seal his deals sooner or later. Isn't that right, Renji?" Shamsiel smirks.
"N-No comment," I stammer, dodging her eye contact.
"Seal his deals? What's that about?" Granberia questions, looking at the two of us.
"Well, you see—," Shamsiel starts.
"Renji!" Taiga exclaims, running into the kitchen. "We have a problem that needs your attention asap!"
"Damn it! Can't things just go smoothly for today?!" I stand up quickly.
"Looks like I'll have to tell you later. You need to see an example of how he keeps this place from going to hell in a handbasket," Shamsiel giggles.
"Very well," Granberia sighs.
"This best not be something petty. Let's go!" Running out of the kitchen, I scan the massive crowd of people for the problem, noticing most are looking towards a corner of the cafeteria. Focusing on the source of their attention, I see three women… surrounding—Wait! I-Is that Ryuko, Elsa, a-and A-Albedo?! Is that Mineta in the corner?! What the fuck did he do?!
"MINETA!" I yell angrily, effortlessly cutting through the crowd like a bat out of hell and standing before him in almost the blink of an eye.
"O-Oh crap! H-Hey, Mr. Takeuchi. P-Please help me out!" Mineta pleads, shaking all over.
"Let me kick his ass, Renji! That slimy bastard flipped my skirt up!" Ryuko shouts, brandishing her scissor blade.
"I caught him lecherously staring at my figure so surely he craved to willingly allow me to slice his belly open and watch those beautiful intestines fall out," Elsa says, slowly licking her lips.
"That disgusting perverted mortal scum attempted to cop a feel of my derrière! After Elsa's done, I'll have him revived so I can beat the fear of Lord Ainz and the Great Tomb Of Nazarick into him! Neuronist can entertain herself with what's left of the garbage!" Albedo says, her words ice cold.
"As much as I want to let all of you tear Mineta a new one, I can't allow it," I say.
"Really?! You're the best, man!" Mineta says.
"Oh? Looks like I might get the pleasure of two sliced bellies today," Elsa says.
"I think you're forgetting about my status here, Renji," Ryuko says.
"As you seem to forget mine as well, filthy half-breed," Albedo adds, giving me the usual icy death stare while pointing a finger at me.
"I haven't forgotten," I sigh. "I ask that we refrain from calling Satsuki, Ms. Matoi and that we don't summon Lord Ainz Ooal Gown, Lady Albedo. We can settle this without their involvement."
"And how do you plan to do that?" Ryuko and Albedo question.
"By—," In a split second, Elsa tries to lunge her dagger into my stomach only for Albedo to effortlessly grab her wrist with Ryuko holding her scissor blade to Elsa's throat. Despite Elsa moving faster than I could react, my body doesn't even flinch but Mineta does.
"Y-You didn't even move a muscle from that?!" Mineta stutters.
"My my. Didn't expect opposition from you two," Elsa giggles.
"As much as I'd like to let you kill him, that putrid hybrid of a resort manager is in business with my Lord Ainz so he's under Nazarick's protection," Albedo explains.
"Likewise, I can't have you killing Satsuki's business partner," Ryuko states.
"Is that so?" Elsa asks. Appearing to weigh her options, she sighs. "Oh well. No prey for me," she puts away her dagger and walks away. The onlookers turn their attention back to the buffet. Glad that's over. It could've gotten real messy had anyone from the crowd acted whether or not I got hurt. Honestly, I didn't think Albedo would step in regardless of her orders. Glancing over at Granberia, she has her hands firmly on her sword's handle. Nice to know she was ready to jump to it too but where did she even pull it from? Anyway, I'm not out of the woods yet.
"I'm extremely grateful for your protection, Lady Albedo and Ms. Matoi. I don't deserve it," I say with the utmost politeness, bowing.
"As long as you're aware of that," Albedo says.
"Don't mention it but seriously dude, cut it out with all that formal shit. I don't care for it," Ryuko says.
"Sorry, Ryuko. Force of habit," I chuckle.
"All's well that ends well, right?" Mineta nervously laughs, acting like I can't see him trying to ease his way out of the corner in my peripheral vision.
"Where do you think you're going?!" Albedo, Ryuko, and I ask, our attention swiftly focusing on him and making him freeze in his tracks.
"Crap!" Mineta mutters. I walk over to him and kneel, firmly grabbing his left shoulder.
"Mineta Minoru, do you understand who those two are?" I whisper, my voice threateningly calm.
"C-Clearly two crazy chicks like the other one," he whispers back.
"Those two are representatives of two different sponsors out of a couple others that keep my resort afloat. As long as they are content, we can avoid losing our funding. I understand that all the different kinds of women from different worlds are hot and sexy but you mustn't be a pervy creeper," I elaborate. "Unless… you want my resort to be shut down which if that's the case, you will make a villain out of me," I warn gravely with a deep menacing tone, watching the terror swirl on his face. "So let's avoid that, shall we?" I question, bringing my voice back to normal.
"U-U-Understood, Mr. Takeuchi sir! I'll be on my best behavior!" Mineta exclaims.
"That's what I like to hear. Now apologize," I smirk.
"I'm sorry for my actions! Please forgive me!" He apologizes, getting on his hands and knees.
"Well well, the maggot suddenly knows some form of manners. Try your little stunt on me again and Renji won't be able to stop me from painting a wall with your splattered brain," Albedo threatens.
"Y-Yes, ma'am!" He says.
"Oh, you're not dishing out a punishment?" Ryuko inquires, surprised.
"I think the very valid death threat is effective enough for this one. Knock yourself out," Albedo says as she walks away.
"My pleasure," Ryuko gets into a stance. "Prepare yourself!"
"W-Wait, huh?! Quit screwing around!" He exclaims, horrified.
"Best that you run, Mineta," I chuckle, stepping out of the way.
"Oh crap! You're serious!" He starts making a mad dash for his escape.
"Not like you'll get far anyway," I say, wind blowing past me from Ryuko darting towards him at breakneck speed.
"Pay the ultimate price!" She slices through his clothes in one fell swoop, launching him into the air. "SEN I SOUSHITSU!" She yells, Mineta's clothes bursting into smithereens and leaving him fully exposed to the public's eyes. Landing on his back, he jumps back up on his feet.
"I-I'm naked?!" He screams, covering himself up with his hands. Many take notice and proceed to embarrass him further with mocking comments and laughter. "I wish I could just disappear right now! I'll never be able to live this down!" He sprints out of the cafeteria.
"I hope that was satisfying enough to not call Satsuki," I say.
"Beyond satisfying. With that taken care of, I'm gonna go help myself to the buffet like Mako's busy doing," she returns her scissor blade to her back and rejoins the mass of guests. The breakfast buffet should be able to continue to flow smoothly now with no more issues.
"Just like that, conflict resolved," I say, walking back towards Taiga and them.
"I'm amazed you actually steered clear of chaos granted you've been doing this for a few years but still unbelievable to witness it with my own eyes," Taiga says, astonished by my defusing skills.
"Like I said before, it'll quickly become mundane and just be you casually doing your job," I remind her. I was pretty close to shitting bricks during that situation though since it involved the sponsor representatives.
"I was so ready to fight that woman that almost hurt you but I gotta admit the fact that you didn't flinch or show fear was really badass and downright sexy," Granberia hugs my right arm, a seductive inflection in her voice.
"R-Really, Honeydragon?" I stutter, blushing.
"Of course, Darling!" She assures, giving me a brief kiss.
"With that settled, let's get some breakfast before it goes missing," Shamsiel advises.
"Don't think that means you can sweep that deal thing under the rug," Granberia squints at her.
"Don't worry. I wasn't trying to," Shamsiel chuckles playfully, reassuring her.
"Deal?" Taiga tilts her head slightly sideways, clueless of the subject.
"Food first. Topic second," I answer.
"Then let's get in line already!" Granberia eagerly pulls me towards the buffet, firmly holding onto my arm in her embrace.
"Well, you heard her. Last one is a rotten egg!" Shamsiel says, following after us.
"You're floating off the ground! How's that fair?!" Taiga yells, hurrying after her.
