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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Follow Through

"Are we set to receive The Emperor of The Baharuth Empire?" Momonga asked Albedo. She nodded with a smile and put her hand on her belly.

"Indeed My Love. We have everything set and everyone other than Lord pero has been told what they are to do."

"Eh? Yeah, I haven't seen Jin around lately, has he been holed up with Shalltear like I assume?" Momonga asked. Albedo frowned.

"I don't think so, I've seen Shalltear a few times, including recently. Wherever Lord pero is, I don't think it is with her." Albedo said softly. Momonga tilted his head, where was Jin now? He cast [MESSAGE]... no connection.

"Eh? I can't get ahold of Jin by way of [MESSAGE]." Momonga said more just out loud than to anyone in particular.

"That is odd... when was the last time anyone saw him exactly?"

"The worker's invasion right? He dealt with Evileye and..." Momonga thought then contacted Shalltear.

"Shalltear, where is Peroroncino?" he asked.

"I have no idea My Lord, I have not seen Lord Peroroncino in a few days,"

"Really?" She would be the one person he'd let know if he were stepping out... honestly Jin, how hard is it to let me know when you leave? Momonga asked to himself.

"Well, whatever he's up to I'm sure he's fine... we didn't really need him for Jircniv's reception anyway... so it's fine," Momonga said waving his hand in annoyance.

"Is his dragon here um... Kilistran Denshusha?" Albedo made some checks then shook her head.

"No, My Love. It would seem he took her with him,"

"Hmm... then he may just be out on an adventure as Ji Joe... alright just try and find out where he is while we get ready for Jircniv... when will he be here by the way?"

"According to his own time table... we can assume he'll be arriving on Nazaricks territory in two days... we've seen his royal entourage leaving The Empire." Albedo explained.

"Also, it would appear That the Elf King is in possession of 'Hearts Content'." Albedo said showing Momonga a report about how the capital had vanished and the marching of The Elf Kings Army. Momonga glared angrily at that notion... Someone not from Nazarick holding "one of the 20"... it made him sick. But at least it's power was turned on an enemy of his, that much was fortunate, and now if he set the city free he'd lose it, something he would be aware of just picking it up.

"We need to recover Hearts Content from him at any price... Zesshi will be happy to hear that her father is officially in my sights."

"As Hearts Content has already been used, there is no danger of him using it again, as he can't. I would suggest sending a recovering force to engage him and recover Hearts Content." Albedo said. Momonga nodded.

"Who would you suggest sending?" Momonga asked.

"A low-risk unit would be best... I would suggest sending some high-level mercenary groups to ambush his unit, which seems to be moving ahead of his army." Momonga scratched his chin.

"Very well, I will be heading to the treasury to make this unit, any suggestions on it's makeup?"

"A smaller but stronger unit would be best, why not send a unit of Hanzos with a caster that could [GATE] them around and scry on them as needed. They already had the caster needed for that, he'd done this very job for Aura and her pets when they assaulted The Holy Kingdom.

"Very well, I will go create the Hanzo unit and have them try to disrupt The Elf King... if nothign else this will be a safe way to gauge his actual combat potential as well." He said then used his ring to go get the scrolls needed to summon his Hanzo squad.

Before long Momonga had eight Hanzo's kneeling before him. For lack of a better description, they all looked like traditional ninjas. Wearing the trademark ninja hood and Katana strapped to their back. They excelled at two things, stealth and attack damage... an assassin unit. But they needed a leader... he produced a red scarf and handed it tot he one closest to him.

"You will be the unit official leader, any decisions you make the rest will obey as if they were my own," Momonga said. The Hanzo accepted the scarf and bowed.

"Thank you, My Lord... I wear this with honor and hope to not disappoint you." the ninja said wrapping it around his neck and letting the rest dangle behind him, it actually looked pretty stylish.

"I trust you will, now I shall refer to you as 'Red'. Oh here comes your support caster." Momonga said a funny looking bird came running up to them. His main abilities let him look in on enemies magically and of course, use [GATE] as well as some buffs and such. All mercenaries were level 90, so their success should be assured.

"Thank you for designating this one with a name... I am Red," he said bowing.

"Use this casters spells to locate the Elf Kings Location and then assassinate him, being back his world item, at all costs." they all bowed and left with their purpose.

"Well then, is there any other business we need to attend to?" Momonga asked Albedo who had followed him.

"No My Love, everything is ready and we only need to wait for Jircnive to arrive," Albedo said smiling.

"Good." Momonga thought what he could get done in that time and one answer jumped out immediately.

"By the way Albedo, I have... promised Aura the final position as a wife, but it will not be official until... well for another twenty years or so..." She nodded.

"That is your right as our ruler My Love. I will let Narberal and Yuri know this."

"Good, but I promised her a one on one date... so I think I'll take her out today while we have this free time," Momonga said nodding.

"A date..." Albedo just muttered quietly.

"Yes, I think it will be fun for her, and I know she's feeling a bit lonely with Mare preoccupied with his new marriage and all."

"A date... just the two of them..." Albedo kept muttering to herself. Momonga teleported away.

"That fine... it's just a date... even if My Love has only ever taken ME on a date... it's fine." Albedo said nodding over and over.

Momonga approached the tree house that Aura lived in with Mare. She ran to the door as soon as she sensed his presence and swung it open. For her benefit, he'd used [POLYMORPH] and made himself a Dark Elf as she seemed to like him in that form and having emotions would help with this date.

"Lord Momonga!" Aura yelled out throwing herself into his arms. She wrapped his arms around his waits ad he put his around the back of her head. he'd let her know he was coming and why.

"I'm so glad Lord Momonga is taking me out on a date!" Aura's smile was beaming, she looked adorable. It was hard to imagine she was almost four times older than he was, yet he was considered the adult here.

"Well good, so you're all set?" he asked, knowing she was.

"Yes! Um, what exactly will we be doing?" Aura asked. Momonga patted her head.

"Nothing too big," he explained as he lead her to a place on the sixth floor he had Pestonia set up for them. A single table waited for the two of them. Aura smiled and ran to the smaller chair, clearly meant for her.

"Hold on Aura!"Momonga said smiling as he pulled the chair out for her, she smiled and sat down as he then took his seat across from her. Pestonia came out with a menu. She handed one to Aura who was still smiling ear to ear. Momonga was glad to see this meant so much to her... as he was essentially using this as an excuse to not have sex with her...

Aura's eyes looked over the options happily then she looked at him.

"What are you going to get Lord Momonga?" She asked happily. He hadn't decided yet, eating was defiantly a perk to this body.

"I'll probably try the salad, it looks good."

"The salad huh? I was thinking about getting a hamburger!" Aura said smiling still looking at her options.

"You can have anything you want Aura," she laughed and ordered her hamburger and he just ordered a chicken salad. he wanted to ake her about her time delivering his message to the Emperor but wanted to keep business out of this as much as possible. Luckily Aura kept it simple.

"Pestonias cooking is the very best!" Aura said smiling and rocking back and forth happily.

"Yes, I've been having her cook for me more," Momonga said nodding. Aura seemed to be expecting something. Suddenly he felt Aura's foot brush against his under the table but he thought nothing of it till her foot nudged his, but a bit further up his leg. He was a bit surprised but figured it had to be an accident so he did not bring attention to it.

"So you seem to understand the concept of a date then?" Momonga asked. And Aura smiled and nodded.

"Yes! I asked around and got some advice about what a first date is like," she confidently said nodding.

"Oh? That's good," He nodded at how prepared she was, but curiously her foot ran up his leg... to his knee, and she wasn't removing it. he figured she just didn't know they were so close and loved back a little bit to give her room.

"Um..." he was going to say something but Pestonia came out with their appetizers. It was a weird feeling. While if he had to be honest... he'd say he felt differently about Aura then the other females of Nazarick, more so now after what Jin had told him about Hitomi.

"Here are your appetizers Lord Momonga, Lady Aura... er um, woof!" Pestonia set out a large platter of bacon wrapped scalps and fresh breadsticks. Aura looked happily as then and took one.

"Oh! this is very good Lord Mononga!" Aura exclaimed as she ate another one. He picked one up and ate it. His eyes opened up in shock. It... it was so good! He had no idea! they ate the plate in almost no time flat.

"I will have to remember these when hosting The Emperor... they are amazing!" He exclaimed. Aura smiled at him bit seemed to be a bit uncomfortable.

"Are you okay Aura? You seem to be fidgeting a lot." he pointed out. She just sat up straight.

"Um, I was trying to play footsies with you but I can't find your legs now..." She said in disappointment.

"Eh? Play footsies? What are you on about?" he asked chuckling as he drank some juice that was provided. It was amazing as well... this would also go to impress The Emperor,"

"It's just something Mare told me Zesshi did with him on their first date, I thought it was..." he laughed and shook his head.

"Oh, well that does sound innocent enough I guess." Suzuki had never played this game even on earth with another but he had heard of it and it was supposedly just a game kids did to show affection in public but still not advertise it.

"I see..." He said as he lightly kicked her ankle and laughing. Pestonia came out with some servants carrying their main dishes.

"Thanks so much, Pestonia! Everything looks amazing, and those appetizers were great!" She bowed gratefully.

"It pleases me to no end to hear you speak so highly of my cooking My Lord er, um... woof!" Aura nodded in agreement. Aura kicked off her shoes as she took her burger and bit into it. After announcing, she was going to eat.

"Do you like your salad Lord Momonga?" She asked looking up from her meal with it's of food around her mouth.

"Yes! It's perfect actually!" She said munching on it happily, eating really was a great thing he missed. The food was so the food they ate in silence, concentrated on how good the meal was.

"Wow, that was really good," he remarked and she nodded as she was finished as well. Aura nodded.

"Yes, it was!" Momonga stood up and helped Aura up as well, she blushed and was unable to hide her smile when he took her hand.

"Reay for the next part?" He asked. Aura popped up in attention.

"Th... the next part?" she asked putting her shoes back on. She had also asked Shalltear about first dates. Although she knew to ignore almost everything she said.

High up in the sky Peroroncino sits on top Kilistran Denshusha, his dragon. And future wife, when he chose to marry.

"Are you sure they will be happy to see us?" kilistran asked to Peroroncino, looking up at him. Called me Ji Joe when I'm human Kilistran. He reminded her as he was playing the role of Ji Joe, the monk adventure from team Ainz Ooal Gown.

"I assume they will... I mean, I'm riding a freaking Dragon! Seems weird if they weren't impressed."

"My Love... they may very well take this as aggressive action..."

"Will they? I'm by myself... and they should have heard of Ainz Ooal Gown by now. And I'll play it friendly of course." He assured her.

"I think the hard part will be finding them... those canyons could be vast... who knows how dug in the Wyervn Rider tribe will be.

"While I am honored to be with you on this momentous occasion My Love, should you not have brought someone with you? Just in case?" She asked.

"Nah, it'll be fine... besides they are doing that whole "Emperor thing". And Albedo said she didn't need me for anything and Suzuki is very busy as well." She nodded.

"Besides, if they just attack us on sight... then we know where we stand with them and I'll report that they are assholes. If they are willing to talk I'll make some headway for us to talk... I'm not looking to solo this whole place."

he looked at the Edge of The Katze Plain. Off in the distance, he could see something like a ship sailing on the mist of the plain. he cocked his head to the side. that was weird but also not part of his goal, just something he'd tell Demiurge about later.

"According to the map... after we pass the Katze Plain there should be an Imperial outpost with a huge tower... past that will be The Wyvern Riders... so... that must be the tower way up there," He pointed to a blip very far away, she could barely even make it out.

"So I'll head that way then..."

"Then we'll drop down and make our presence known... hopefully they just send some people out to talk to us, we'll play it by ear,"

"By an ear?" He shook his head.

"Don't worry about it, I'll do the talking... you just uh... look intimating but also, welcoming?"

"Understood My Love," He patted her back as they flew to the far off tower. before long they were passing the tower and coming up on the mountains he was to look out for. Kilistran dove down a bit so she would be easily visible from the land to any lookouts.

"That's good, just fly back and forth like you want to get their attention," he directed as he scanned the ground from high up. However, it wasn't long until several objects came flying up to him.

"This looks as if it could be them My Lord..."

"Good, hold this position," He ordered and she reared upright, keeping her wings beating enough to fly in place, normally doing this would tire her out but thanks to the ring he gave her she neither needed food sleep or ever got tired at all. they waited until the object became visible, indeed, it was about thirteen Wyrvens all ridden by humans. Peroroncino made himself visible and even wove to them in a friendly manner, they took note of his nonaggressive actions nd reared up their mounts much like his.

"Wyvern Riders I presume?" Jin called out. One of them broke off and flew to him. It was a female with long red hair and wore armor that seemed to be made of Mythril as it gleaned bright in the sun. She held a long lance that flew a red flag at the end of it. her face was covered by a visor of her plate armor. A bright red cape flew behind her.

"That is correct... and who are you, who rides a Frost Dragon..." the woman said looking shocked but trying not to show it as she rose her visor. Peroroncino figured she was probably in her mid-twenties and was fairly cute. She looked at him in wonder but reserve with bright yellow eyes.

"My name is Ji Joe, this is Kilistran Denshusha. I am an Adamantite ranked Adventurer and simply put... as a fellow rider of winged beasts..." That was terrible... he groaned inwardly.

"... I was interested in your nation and wondered if you'd welcome me and my Dragon to friendly sit down with your representatives." His words seemed to have an immediate effect.

"Normally your request would be denied and you'd be asked to leave... but your arrival had come at a very... convenient time. By the way, I am Esmelie Rodusk, Captain of the Red Guard. " She said with a look of almost relief on her face.

"Sure, what's up, I'd like to help if it lets me talk to you on good terms."

"Good, then I will lead you to where you may let your Dragon rest... and there will be some who wish to talk to you... but be warned you are walking into a bad political climate."

"Oh, what's going on?"

"We are facing a crisis... one I will tell you more about in detail later. But this crisis has given rise to heated debates on whether or not to ask help from the outside world... and here you are riding up and offering help... this will probably do wonders for the side that want to ask for help."

"But won't it piss off the ones that don't?"

"Hell with them... the survival of our nation is more important than our pride. So if you don't mind... come this way please." Esmelie Rodusk said and turning with her lance raised to show he was friendly. Soon he was surrounded by similarly dressed riders... all of which seemed to be female and all had long hair they flew from their helmets. But Esmelie Rodusk was the only one with a cape.

They flew in perfect formation till he could make out where they were taking him. All along the valley that was below him, he saw many structures, many of them seemed to guard towers with giant ballistas attached to them, they stayed trained on him the whole time. As they passed the first row of armed towers they went lower and saw a clearing with farms and other "village life" structures.

They passed them to another row of towers that the valley ended at. There a huge stone structure was made... it was a large hangar that wyverns flew onto and off of. It was incredibly large, maybe fifty feet across and high. he landed Kilistran, dismounted her then cast [POLYMORPH] changing her into her human form. Thanks to a magical item she would already have a blue dress equipped when she changed. She was cute with her pure white short hair and matching eyes and lips. She only looked about seventeen or so. but looked younger as she had no chest development whatsoever.

"Amazing... your dragon can change? or is..." Esmelie Rodust exclaimed.

"No it's my magic.. she likes this form because it lets her follow me around."

"It's true... I enjoy it very much!" Kilistran said smiling.

"Very well, Kilistran Denshusha, Ji Joe... welcome to the Wyvern Rider Nation, also known as the City of Motivia." Kilistran Denshusha looked around with wide eyes and wonder almost like a young child might as they walked the huge stone carved halls of this castle built right into the mountain. Yet the hallways were always big enough to let giants walk around, he would not even need to change Kilistran into a human to let her follow him.

Many confused and some angry faces looked at the two unknown people that walked their halls. Peroroncino defiantly got the vibe that he was the first outsider to be here in a very long time.

"You will be meeting my mother... she... will not be happy to see you, but if you are able to help us, she will change her attitude toward you." She said smiling. The stone halls they walked through remained huge. And it was made to be useful, not so much to look amazing. The size of it was a testimony of skill to whoever made this giant vast tunnels that spanned deep into the mountains.

"Sure, but what is this problem, to begin with?" Something struck him odd all of a sudden. the whole time they had been walking in escort, he'd seen maybe thirty or so citizens of Motivia, all varying in age, but not gender. As he paid closer attention to this it never stopped. Every single person he saw appeared to be female.

"Lately... two separate nations that are uncomfortably close to our borders have joined forces for some unknown reason and seem to be preparing an invasion. While many of us are confident we can prevail... others fear their power is bigger than we even know... The Great Minotaur Nation to the East has always been a worry to us, but a conflict between our nations is rare. So there was a little worry. But recently they have absorbed the Troll kingdom North of them."

"And you think they are starting a campaign of conquest? Are they even that big a threat to your nation?" She sighed in frustration.

"Yes... the Minotaurs have bows that can reach us in the air and the skill to land such shots... their anti-air units were always the biggest deterrence to us in the past when the possibility of conflict was an option. Even those Ballista you saw in the towers were copied from them, theirs are much better."

"I see, and if they had an army of trolls to use as foot soldiers..."

"You see our worry now," Esmelie Rodusk said while frowning.

"So the Minotaurs have better weapons?"

"They have better... "everything". From how they farm and the things they make... yes, they have access to devises and items we've never seen before." Jin thought for a second. There had been talk of a Great Minotaur Sage that instructed others on how to make some things that sounded suspiciously like things from their world, like a box that would always be cold... a refrigerator. There were others as well. If their technology was improving faster than nations around them... this Great Minotaur Sage could be still alive somehow... or at least left behind a Godkin lineage that are using his notes or teachings.

"I'm glad I'm here... this is defiantly something I would seek to help your nation with." She nodded at him with another smile.

"I am glad... but i do not know what one Dragon Rider can really do..." she didn't mean to sound disrespectful so Jin stopped Kilisran from saying anything.

"Don't worry, I have access to a good amount of help... I'm sure they will agree to help you out once I present your case," he said with a confidence she took as comforting.

"Okay, Sir Ji Joe, Madam Kilistran Denshusha... we will announce you to The Queen and she will talk to you... like I said..."

"Yeah I know... don't expect a warm reception, just one thing... is my being a man going to affect my standing in this?" He laughed.

"Ah! You noticed... fear not, we have men here just as every other nation. We simply do not allow them to join the royal guard or enter any establishment that the Queen is currently residing in. If they are of this Nation, no man may come within miles of our Queen, other than her mates of course... outsiders are exempt of this rule." She explained. He furrowed his brow at the odd culture.

"Mates? So your Queen has a male Harem? I can respect that." She looked a bit confused.

"I do not know what a harem is but, it seems you understand. Now please..." She motioned for him to follow. Soon they walked into a large royal chamber that had one throne. On the stone throne was a woman of about mid-thirties or so.

She had purple hair and a nice figure that her silk and see-through gown did not do well to hide. If not for her crossed legs he'd be able to see everything! A huge golden spear, or lance sat in decoration at her side. The look on her face was not one of a person who was happy to be taking this audience.

"Announcing! Sir Ji Joe and Kilistran Denshusha of The human adventure Adamantite ranked team Ainz Ooal Gown! they have come to offer assistance to our current crisis..." a woman loudly announced. She motioned for the two to approach her. Jin looked at Kilistran and shrugged as they approached The Queen Rodusk.