(There is no differnce in this chaper than the T version. You may skip this if you read the T rated chaper 10 already)

CHAPTER TEN: Peroroncino's dilemma

Peroroncino stood behind Momonga in silence.

"Shalltear Bloodfallen has rebelled against Nazarick..." Every time he thought about those words he felt sick to his stomach. Momonga was asking Albedo various things but it was all just a dull growing noise to Jin. His friend was handling this well, Jin was on the verge of breaking into full-blown panic.

"Suzuki... What can we do? Why..." Jin wondered if this was his fault! Had Shalltear found out about him and Ninya and stormed off in a jealous rage? That didn't seem right, he'd never programmed her to be too jealous like that, maybe a BIT possessive... but nothing this...

"Jin... is it possible you programmed this in her, like... I don't know... a prank or something?" Jin took no offense to this question, this is something he might do, but as a joke... he'd never have her full-blown revolt!

"No... not at all, she was loyal to us... to me... to you!" He said with hurt in his voice, he was glad his bird form did not have the ability to cry.

"But I think this is my fault... with Ninya... the timing is kind of..." Jin shook his head. Momonga shook his head.

"I doubt she knew that you were sleeping with that boy... would she even care?" Jin's eyes went wide.

"SHIT! Ninya's still at the hotel room waiting for me... she has no idea about her friends..." He said remembering her.

"Her?" And Jin nodded, Momonga looked at him waiting to see what he had to say.

"Yeah, Ninya is a girl who crossdressed as a boy, um... as funny as it would be to keep you in the dark about that... this thing with Shalltear..." Momonga nodded.

"You go talk to Ninya, we'll keep you informed about anything we find about Shalltear... try to not take too long however, we may need to move out quickly," Momonga said. Jin nodded and cast [GREATER TELEPORTION] to pop back to E-Rantel quickly, and made his way back to the room that Lupu still stood guard at, Nabe had been asked by Momonga to keep tabs on the adventures guilds talks as it seemed they were aware of "a powerful vampire that recently appeared".

"Thank you, Lupu, you can return to Nazarick now, there is a bit of a crisis going on." She nodded with serious and without a word and left him.

"JIN!" Ninya cried out when he entered the room and jumped into his arms. He hugged her but gave her a serious look.

"Ninya... um, sit down... we need to talk." She looked worried but said nothing as she sat on the edge of the bed.

"Ninya... the undead attack last night, it was stopped by Momon and Myself." She smiled but his expression did not change so she knew he had more to say.

"Furthermore... the ones responsible for that undead army also kidnapped Nfirea, we rescued him as well and he's recovering with his grandmother, he'll be fine... but your friends... the swords of darkness... they died trying to protect him," he said then waited for his words to sink in.

"Died? They... wait... you mean..." she said as what he said hit her. She sat in silence. Jin said nothing. Then she glared angrily at him.

"So... they died by an enemies hand while I was here... with you... right?" He said nothing just nodded. Tears were forming in her eyes and she was clenching her teeth, he could hear them grinding.

"GET OUT!" She screamed pointing to the door as tears ran down her face and she burst out crying.

"Ninya... I... I didn't know..." He tried to help her but she threw a pillow at him from the bed she sat on.

"GET OUT! It's YOUR FAULT... I could have been there to help them, I know magic... OUT!" She was crying and screaming in anger and pain... he knew she didn't mean the things she said, she was in denial about the situation. Jin simply turned around and left the room as he heard Ninya burst out into full-blown wailing. He clenched his fists in anger and frustration. He wanted to be there for her... but she needed time to mourn and figure things out now that she no longer had an adventures group, but she was a skilled caster, even if she never wanted to speak to Jin ever again, he'd know she'd manage just fine without him.

Ninya cried for many hours until she had nothign left to cry. In those few hours after she had calmed down a bit, and was no longer angry. She had paused thinking about her friends long enough to remember what she's yelled at Jin. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it, it smelled faintly of him.

"It's my fault..." she muttered, Jin hadn't forced her to go with him... she had willingly gone with him, she was even sure she'd been the one to suggest getting a room... Damnit, she'd been so unfair to him! the more she thought about that situation she realized having gone with him had probably even saved her life. And she yelled at him for it...

"Damnit... Jin I'm sorry!" She cried again, but this time not in her in her eyes she went out looking for him all day and night, and the ones after... but could not find him no matter how hard she looked. She pulled the silver tag off her neck, reminding herself why she was doing this in the first place... to save her sisterTuareninya who was taken from her family... and joining a workers group would meet that end faster than an adventure would after all. So she packed her things and made off for The Baharuth Empire, to see if any worker groups needed an up and coming caster.

"Shalltear..." Jin reminded himself. He had bigger problems to deal with and teleported back to the area he could teleport to in order to use his ring of Ainz ooal Gown to meet his friends in the throne room of Nazarick.

"That was fast, I was just about to call you to tell you we found Shalltear" Momonga stated.

"Found her? What did..." He began but Momonga showed him the mirror. The silver looking mirror had an image of Shalltear. She was standing in the middle of a field, her lance that he had made for her at her side, and donned in her blood-red battle armor.

"She seems to be in a state of inactivity..." Albedo casually mentioned. Jin felt better... but only a little knowing he did now cause this at least.

"Is it possible she's been mind controlled? But her undead class should not allow that." Momonga thought.

"That Nigun guy said people of this world are sometimes born with strange or unusual abilities, could this be one of them?" He went on. Jin simply stared at the image of Shalltear.

"Suzuki... what are we going to do?" He couldn't think of anything and it was killing him.

"Jin... if it is an unknown effect... I can use this to undo it." Momonga said holding up his left hand. On that hand was the well known "Shooting Star" ring. A personal favorite of Suzuki as he spent FAR too money on getting it.

"You... you think it will work?" Jin asked feeling better knowing his friend was so good in times like this, where he tended to not do so well. If he were alone right now... who knows what how he would react.

"I have no reason to think it wouldn't... the conditions of her control seem weird to me... like she was controlled but maybe not given an order." Momonga said pondering what it could mean.

"Well let's go try and talk to her!" Jin asked jumping to his feet. Momonga held up his hand as to say he was getting a message, and he was.

"It seems the Adventures Guild is aware of Shalltear and are requesting we go personally. Nabe is already in position, get Lupusrgina and meet us in E=Rantel as Ji Joe.

"Yes, Lord Momonga..." Jin said as he caught himself about to bow to his friend.

"..."

"Jin... did you just call me..." Momonga was trying not to laugh.

"S...I mean, it's all these guys around here ever call you! Of course, it was gonna slip[ out... anyway, yeah i get it, Suzuki, I'll go get Lupu." jin said feeling embarrassed at his slip of the tongue. Yet, he was glad at how Momomga was handling this still.

The meeting was lead by the Adventure guild president Ainzach. he informed them of the vampire that matched Shalltear to a letter. There were several other adventurers there as well, nobody that needed to be remembered. Jin was just trying to stay quite... he wanted to see Shalltear as soon as possible, but Momon was playing the right way, he told them that the adventure group named "Ainz Ooal Gown" would be the group to put the vampire to heel.

"Ainz Ooal Gown? Eh, not a bad team name, and it made sense as they were the last two members... so the might guild of Ainz Ooal Gown, reduced to this adventure group? he chuckled to himself... Names meant more to Suzuki than Jin, he was sure he'd put far too much thought into picking that name. So it was fine by him. He'd even managed to negotiate a rank to mythril class for the whole team as a reward for defeating the vampire menace.

But one guy seemed determined to ruin everything and insisted his team come along. Momon warned him that he'd die for certain but he was angry for some reason and insisted. Jin had a bad feeling about this, he was pretty sure Momon meant to murder these adventurers.

"I refuse." Jin blurted out. Ainzach and everyone there looked at Jin.

"Excuse me, Sir Ji Joe?" All eyes were on him.

I refuse to let another team come with us and try to claim half the glory... I won't allow it." He looked at the man who was determined to go, as no one else seemed to care.

"You seem so interested in keeping me away... I wonder if you might be trying to hide something!" the man said with a bluff and a smile. Jin thought for a second.

"Okay... hold out your hand..." the man looked around only to receive shrugs. He did as asked. Jin place a gold coin in his hand, the man looked confused, a small bribe?

"Alright... here is the game, Ainzach over there will say "go" at which point you will close your fingers around that coin there. If I can grab that coin from your hand, you will shut up about coming along. However, should you close our hand faster than i can grab it, I'll not only let you keep that coin... I'll give you 50 gold for insulting you with tavern game. the man smiled with a smug laugh.

"You really wanna hand over that gold? Sure... I'll take that bet!" he said laughing and holding the hand out at Jin. Jin shook his head.

"Hold it a little closer to you, I don't want no complaining about tricks after this is done." the man looked a little confused but did as asked, making it harder for Jin.

"Okay, Ainzach... whenever suits you, say the word..." jin said and all three men readied themselves.

"GO!" Ainzach yelled out, Jin's hand went past the mans hand just as he closed his palm. the man closed his hand around the gold coin in time. What an idiot this monk had been!

"Ha! You lose! now pay up!" he said laughing playing with his new gold coin in his hand. Jin simply pointed to his own hand and produced a gold coin, confused the man looked in his hand and saw he only had a copper... the monk had taken the gold coin and replaced it with a copper one! his eye nearly bulged from his head.

"Alright, now sit down and shut up while grown folk is talking!" jin said and took his seat next to Momon. The mans face turned bright red from anger, he seemed to be trying to find the right words to say but nothing came to him so he simply stomped out of the room.

"Okay then, team Ainz Ooal Gown will be the ones to defeat this vampire menace as we've been chasing her anyway, like Momom here explained," Ainzache said, and nobody else in the room disagreed.

"What was that about Jin?" Momonga asked as they walk through the forest to where the waiting shalltear was.

"What was that about? You were going to murder that man and his whole team weren't you?" Jin said accusingly, Albedo frowned but said nothing.

"He was an idiot Jin, he was begging to die... you've killed people too if I'm not mistaken" Momonga reminded Jin. Jin walked out in front of the knight stopping him and Albedo in his tracks.

"That guy and those troops were going to kill innocent villagers, and they were our enemy, I'll even go so far as to say we accepted a job so we HAD to. But we don't HAVE to kill that man and his team! I proved that, you were going to let him come along then kill all of them, right?" Momonga didn't say a word.

"That's what I thought... look, Suzuki... I know we're no longer human... and you're something altogether different. And I felt it was wrong to kill him and his team because he was "stupid". Jin was looking firmly at Momonga who just pushed him out of the way and continued walking.

"You made it clear you don't wish to lead Jin... so listen to the one that is." Is all he said. Jin became furious... he just told him to "shut up and obey me". Albedo had a worried look on her face and looked back at Jin, she looked sad.

"It sucks to see your parents fight, huh?" Jin thought looking at the sad face on Albedo. He sighed loudly and decided to just let this go... they were both under a lot of stress because of Shalltear. So long as Suzuki didn't start killing thousands of humans for no reason, everything will be fine Jin thought taking a step forward and stepping on a bug, it made a loud SPLAT! sound.

By now Suzuki had dropped the act of Momon and reverted to his true form, he seemed highly alert, but Jin assured him there was nobody in a 2 miles radius. Aura would confirm this. Jin was now also in full Peroroncino mode as well, with his bow and armor on and everything.

"There she is," Momonga said pointing to the crimson-clad vampire.

"Should we try talking to her?" Albedo asked, jin nodded.

"Let me first..." jin asked, Momonga nodded. When they were close Jina approached her.

"Shalltear! I've been worried sick about you love! let's go back to Nazarick and I'll tie you up like you like?" Peroroncino said in a friendly voice. But she remained unmoving.

"Um, as you maker I command you to get naked for us!" but again nothing. jin walked back with a "you try" hand motion. Momonga walked out, he seemed to be very deep in thought about something. After a bit he spoke.

"Shalltear!" But she did nothing, then Albedo spoke out.

"Shalltear! Not a single word of defense? And you would even disrespect not only your maker but Lord Momonga as well?" She took a step forward like she meant to discipline the vampire. But Momonga held her back. Jin knew it for sure... it was mind control, Momonga was arriving to the same conclusion it looked like.

"There was a battle here... they must have controlled her but failed to issue an order." Peroroncino looked around, he was right! there was scorched earth where she stood and other signs of battle... He'd looked at nothing but Shalltear since getting here, he overlooked that obvious fact... he was too emotionally invested in this he thought.

"Regardless, I will use this to nullify any unknown effect... it'll be alright Jin!" Momonga said. Peroroncino nodded that he understood. It severely annoyed him that Momonga took the time to explain what the ring does and how it works to Albedo when she asked what it did, but he said nothing. "It grants wishes"... is all you needed to say, Suzuki! Peroroncino spat to himself. But when he went onto explain what super tier magic was and it's rules and such jin had heard enough.

"Albedo, stop asking so many damn questions! Suzuki, can we have school time later? Just do the damn thing!" Jin yelled then stood back. Albedo and Momonga looked at him then turned to Shalltear, he rose his hand a huge casting circle appeared around Momonga.

"You would use such an item for a servant who rebels like Shalltear? What a compassionate man and wonderful master!" Albedo cried holding her hands together. Jin nodded, it was amazing of Suzuki to free use a wish to save Shalltear... Jin groaned at the thought of how fast he would have used those wishes on stupid pleasures of the flesh, yet Suzuki never used a single one... even in the game... the man knew how to hold onto something he treasured... that was for sure, jin reminded himself.

"Now then! Ring! I wish all of Shalltear Bloodfallen's status effects to be returned to cured and for her to return to normal!" the casting circle glowed bright, and then shattered... the wish had been rejected? Jin shook his head... how?

"Were withdrawing Albedo! Jin!" Momonga said grabbing Albedo by the arms and teleporting away somewhere. Jin had no idea where he just went so simply stood where he was, he didn't want to leave Shalltears side anyway.

"Damnit Shalltear! How did this happen to you?" He called out, a few moments later Peroroncino heard crashing. Like some giant creature was slamming it's foot in rage. Then Jin got a [MESSAGE]

"Jin, I'm ordering everyone back to Nazarick except Sabes and Solution, also I'm placing Nazarick under high alert... I have reason to belive a world Item resposible for this! this was the work of a player most likely!" Jin frowned. Leaving her like this... didn't seem right.

"Okay Suzuki, but I'm not leaving her."

"Jin!"

"I'm not leaving her Suzuki!... You can order me all you like!" there came only one response.

"Be careful," Jin nodded that he would.

"World items? Here? Jeez... looks like the game just got put on hard mode, huh babe?" Jin asked Shalltear, who offered him no response. Jin sat down. He could guess how nazarick was responding to this, not in a good way. Jin sat for some time.

"Hmm?" Jin caught a glint of silver far away. he looked toward it. A silver knight in armor with a gash across it's chest stood watching from far off.

"Funny, I didn't detect you... don't have a heartbeat or what silver guy?" Jin asked the figure who could not hear him. It did seem to notice it had been spotted and walked away.

"Are you the one?" Jin wondered... but would never catch up to him, they had literal miles between them.

"Head's up Momonga, saw some silver knight looking guy far far away from us." jin told his friend.

"I see, well I'll have you keep aerial surveillance for me then... we don't want him interfering us," Momonga said.

"Oh? you have an idea?" Jin asked.

"I do... as I've just told Albedo, I plan to fight Shalltear myself." Jin shook his head.

"No time for jokes man, what's your..." Jin began but was cut off.

"I'm seriouse." he thought he was going crazy.

"What... like... alone?" he asked in disbelief, he was flailing his arms around like you would when yelling at someone on the phone.

"Yes Jin, alone." And [MESSAGE] was ended. He simply stood next to Shalltear looking at her.

"He wants to kill Shalltear?" Jin shook his head... that can't be right... they don't know if the NPC revival system even works. Some time passed but nothign happened. Albedo then sent a [MESSAGE] that Momonga had Aura and Mare sweeping even further out than he could even see. Then Momonga appeared wearing a tattered brown robe. Jin stood between him and Shalltear.

"You really plan to kill her... or just capture her?" Peroroncino asked, he noted Momonga did not have on his divine tier equipment.

"Yes, I will, without fail." Jin scowled.

"And... you think I'll just allow that do you? I love her Suzuki... the hell makes you think I'll let you kill her right in front of me?" Jin demanded. Momonga just stood straight, not backing down.

"I believe I made my stance on obeying me clear Jin..." Momonga said walking up to his friend.

"What if she can be brought back? What if I lose her forever?" Jin yelled in Momongas uncaring skull face.

"Demiurge had assured me he believes it will, so does Albedo. I won't say it again Jin... move!" Momonga demanded. Momomga then activated his [Aura of Despair] by accident, not meaning to but wanting to make an impression on Jin.

Jin realized this was something Momonga intended to do and was willing to even kill him if he was using that aura... which had a small chance to instakill anyone around him not in protective gear, which Jin's wasn't geared for protection.

This was a misunderstanding on Jin's part, Momonga meant his friend no harm, he quickly turned it off when he realized it had slipped on when he was announcing his intent.

"I see..." Jin turned away.

"Jin... I..." Momonga reached out to him but Pero beat his wings and was in the air.

"If she doesn't come back... neither will I! And you can run Nazarick the way you want without my annoying advice." Jin was speaking out of anger and hurt... but he meant it. If Suzuki took Shalltear from him... there would be no going back there... he'd better be right about her coming back.

"Damnit... am I being unreasonable here?" Jin asked himself as he flew through the air in no particular direction, he flew above Aura and Mare who wove to him, he did not wave back.

"There are better ways of handling this! Why does it have to be him? Why does he want to personally kill her? there was just so much he didn't understand. The worst part was... he knew he'd win too. Momonga knew everything about Shalltear... it wasn't even a fair fight, she was going to be slaughtered by one of the men she loves...

"DO YOU EVEN CARE HOW SHE WILL FEEL ATTACKING THE MAN SHE LOVES?" He screamed at nothing as he was several miles away from the fight. Jin flew into the ground as hard as he could create a huge explosion that sent birds flying

"WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?" He screamed as he slammed his fists into the ground harder and harder.

"Master Peroroncino?" a girls voice called out. he looked up and saw Aura. he sat down like a foolish child. He didn't know if what he felt was right or not... he was just worried. About Shalltear, Suzuki... everyone.

"What Aura? I know... i shouldn't talk back to Lord Momonga... right?" She nodded.

"Yes... that's right! lord Momkga is doing this because he can't stand to see us fight... it's why he wants to fix this mistake he feels he made... you should consider how he feels... having to hurt someone he also loves!" Her Rebuke cut him hard. he'd just been thinking of himself... never thought how Suzuki was feeling about this... SHIT!

"Am I really that useless sister?" he accidentally slipped and called Aura sister. She grew red in embarrassment and blushed.

"N... Well... Lord Momonga does this so you don't have to Master Peroroncino. He knew you'd never be able to kill Shalltear, and not just because her build counters yours," Aura said jumping down to him and putting an arm around him. If his bird form allowed for crying he'd be blubbering like a lost child at this point.

"What if she never comes back?" He asked overcome by stress. Aura giggled.

"She will! Because Lord Momonga said she would... and Lord Momonga is never wrong!" Aura said smiling at him that warmed him from the inside out.

"You really trust him that much?" He asked, she nodded.

"Of course! Lord Momonga stayed with us till the very end! his mercy and guidance is something you should learn from master Peroroncino." Jin laughed... even talking to Aura made him feel better like it would with his sister... he missed his sister. then a huge blast went off... it was the super tier spell [FALLEN DOWN] the fight with Shalltear had begun. Jin began to shake and he curled up in the middle of the laying on his side. He didn't know what to do... Aura sat next to him and patted his head.

"It will be Okay Jin... promise!" She said as she hugged him.