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CHAPTER ONE The Truth
Peroroncino left the throne room in a hurry but as soon as he left it he was greeted by an unexpected sight. In the grand hallway outside the throne room were a line of maids and a butler. As soon as they saw him they all bowed. Soon a naked Albedo and Momonga came running up behind him. The elderly gentleman looking butler had impeccable form.
"Good evening Lord Peroroncino, Lord Momonga and..." The butler known as Sebas froze when he saw the naked Albedo, but only for a second, he looked to the ground with a bow. The several maids behind him followed his bow.
"...Lady Albedo... is there anything we can assist with tonight?" Sebas asked. Peroroncino stopped to admire the beauties bowing before him, as he did Momonga addressed Sebas and put a hand on Peroroncino's shoulder to calm him down, and to let him know he had something to say after all of this.
"Oh, yes... hello um..." He knew the name but it just wasn't coming to him...
"Sebas Tian... Leader of the Pleiades combat maids!" Peroroncino proudly said. Sebas bowed in honor of Peroroncino speaking his name and knowing his title.
"Is it okay to just give them orders Pero?" Momonga whispered. Peroroncino laughed and gestured to the naked and bowing Albedo.
"She seemed to be okay with it... Anyway just do it!" He said looking at her again and remembering he had so much... testing to do.
"Ah! Sebas? Yes... um Nazarick seems to be in a strange crisis, could you please go outside of The Great Tomb to check our surroundings, let's say a kilometer radius around Nazarick, check for anyone and anything, but avoid confrontation at any cost! If you see anyone hostile, please retreat immediately," Momonga ordered, Sebas bowed but Peroroncino quickly spoke up.
"No, don't just send Sebas, send um... Lupusregina there as well!" Peroroncino said snapping his fingers and pointing to one of the bowing maids. She had golden eyes, long red hair that was fashioned in cute braids and a cute hat. At the sound of her name, Lupusrgina stepped forth next to Sebas and bowed.
"Oh? I didn't want to alarm anyone by sending too many out..." Momonga said but Peroroncino shook his head.
"Pretty sure I remember she can turn invisible, also I think she's a healer... so sending her to escort Sebas makes more sense if you ask me... plus with two, they can cover twice as much ground," Peroroncino said with a shrug. Lupusregina blushed deeply and bowed more.
"Lord Peroroncino I am honored you would know of and speak so highly of me..." She said in a happy and energetic voice, but she was trying to stay professional. Momonga nodded.
"Indeed, that is a great idea! Thank you Peroroncino. Then Lupusregina, please help Sebas!" Momonga said. Peroroncino lightly slapped Momonga's back in a friendly manner. Momonga laughed a bit. Peroroncino was glad to have someone with him, it'd be tough all alone he thought, in truth, he wouldn't have thought to send Sebas, but they had no idea what was out there, so it was a good idea. Sebas and Lupusregina were excused and left to do as asked.
"Okay, so what about the rest of the maids, um the one with the eye patch, don't risk her, she has all our intel and information backed up in her memory, isn't that right CZ? The maid he addressed walked up to them and took a knee. She had pink hair, an eyepatch and a camo themed maid outfit.
"That is correct." is all she said. Momongas nodded, he'd forgotten about that, he was amazed Peroroncino knew all this after being away from the game for so long... maybe it truly meant something to him as well back then?
"Alright then, the rest, please go to all ground entrances of Nazarick and report if you see anything," Momonga added and they all bowed and left as instructed.
"Alright Momonga, I'm ready... um what did you want to test first, is what you wanted to ask me right?" Peroroncino asked. Momonga silently nodded and turned to Albedo.
"Um, please go get dressed Albedo..." She smiled and left to the throne room and came back seconds later in her white dress.
"I have done as you have commanded Lord Momonga, though know I will happily undress again whenever the either of you wishes!" She said with love in her eyes. Peroroncino gave her a thumbs up! Momonga just nodded.
"Good to know Albedo!" She returned his thumbs up with one of her own and a wink. Momonga produced a ring from his personal item space... good thing he could access that. Peroroncino checked to see if he could as well, and he could. All their old items were there, that was a relief, as to whether or not they even still worked.
"Peroroncino, here is your old ring..." Momonga said and handed him a gold and red ring.
"Oh right, I'm going to need that if I wanna move around Nazarick..." Peroroncino said taking it and putting it on, he now had a ring on every finger.
"We need to see if these will even work... let's try to go to the sixth level to meet with Dark Elf twins your sister made." Momonga said to Peroroncino before teleporting away.
"Guess they work... um, Albedo just meet us there I guess, we'll get business out of the way first before pleasure!" He promised her. She shrieked with joy and ran to where she needed to go after a fast bow. Peroroncino concentrated and was suddenly standing next to Momonga.
"It's good that the rings work..." Momonga said. He let go of the staff and it floated in mid-air. Peroroncino nodded, everything so far was functioning as intended.
"So why the twins first?" Peroroncino asked. He wasn't clear what Momonga was thinking.
"Even though Albedo and the maids, as well as Sebas, seem to be loyal... I want to double check this about them all, and the kids seem the least likely to turn on us is all." Momonga explained to his less cautious friend. Peroroncino was shocked... he'd never even thought about that, after Albedo, he just assumed they all would fall in line as she had, but they had messed with her settings... so maybe he was right?
"Pretty good thinking, okay then, I'll follow your lead. Peroroncino said walking behind Momonga. From high above them there came a "HUP! AH!" As a little Dark Elf girl dressed in a white and red suit did several flips in the air, she landed with skill and grace then threw up two fingers on each hand in the sign of a "V" for victory. She then ran over to the two of them with a bright smile on her adorable face.
"Aura..." Momonga greeted the child. Peroroncino wove to her slightly.
"Lord Momonga! Oh and uh, Lord Peroroncino, welcome to the floor that we guard in your name!" The cute girl said with pride as she bowed with one arm over her chest. Peroroncino noted that she sounded just slightly less enthused about Peroroncino than Momonga...
"Sorry to just barge in on you like this Aura, but Peroroncino here and myself were hoping we could run some tests with our magic." Momonga said in a dignified tone. Peroroncino new he was trying to act as they saw him... but it was kind of funny to see him RP so well like this. Still, acting all high and mighty like this seemed... dishonest to Peroroncino.
"Lord Momonga! You are the ruler of The great Tomb of Nazarick, every floor is at your disposal!" Aura said smiling and nodding to Peroroncino.
I only get a nod huh? Not a smile? he thought.
"Oh? He's the ruler, is he?" Peroroncino asked in a jokingly tone, the last thing he cared about was who was in charge. But Aura seemed to take this question literally.
"Of course! While it's um... great that Lord Peroroncino has seen fit to return to us after being gone so long, Lord Momonga has stayed here with us this whole time! And I recall he was even elected the leader of the guild!" Aura said, Peroroncino could swear that his older sister was rebuking him there just for a moment. That was off-putting, Peroroncino was pretty sure that if she started barking orders to him he'd obey them without thinking...
Momonga just looked at Peroroncino with a shrug, Peroroncino laughed and bowed down to the almighty ruler of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Lord Momonga! How funny!
"Oh, where is..." Momonga began. Aura turned around with a furrowed brow.
"Mare! You're being rude to Lord Momonga!" Aura called out. A little figure popped out it's head from the balcony that Aura had leaped off of.
"Hurry up and get down here!" She called out again, growing annoyed. Peroroncino was sure of it, this little girl had his sisters spirit in her for sure... he recognized that tone all too well. Poor Mare, he probably just wanted to use the stairs like Peroroncino would have if he couldn't fly.
"I...I can't just jump like that sis..." A cute and shy voice pleaded back. Peroroncino knew that was a bald-faced lie! Even Momonga seemed surprised to hear that. Mare was a powerful caster but had high physical and dex stats because of his druid class, Druids were considered to have some of the best base stats and spells in the game, at the expense of most of their stronger spells costing experience instead of mana, even spells that would cost mana on other classes would drain from a Druid experience pool instead. Peroroncino had thought about making a Druid, but once he found about that negative aspect he choose archer for his base class.
"MARE!" Aura yelled out now in frustration. She knew he was lying as well as wasn't having it!
"F...fine..." The shallow voice called back. A little elf child dressed in a cute mini skirt and holding a staff jumped down, momentarily lost their balance but regained it and adjusted the skirt that was hitching up a bit. Mare ran over with a cute girlish run, even tried to run faster as Aura barked to do so. Peroroncino looked at the elf in a dress and shook his head.
"Sister... why would you do this to me..." He sighed silently so that only he could hear. Momonga just waited in silence, as the boy in a girls dress ran up and bowed. Peroroncino by no means was into men, not even a bit, but he admitted all too often to Momonga that he could see the appeal... he'd later also admit to having a bit of a "trap complex", it was then that Bukubukuchagama made Mare, as a way to tease Peroroncino about this admittance of deviancy.
"I, I am s...sorry for making you wait, Lord Momonga and Lord Peroroncino," the boy said in a cute tone. Momonga wove his hand. Peroroncino admired how nice the boy's legs seemed but shook his head, that was not the way he needed to be thinking, he'd actually never been face to face with a real trap before, they were all just in his H-games.
"It's fine, Peroroncino and myself just needed to use your arena for a bit to test some things." He explained. The Dark Elf twins both suddenly realized he was holding The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown. Their eye went wide with awe and wonder.
"I...Is that the legendary staff of Ainz Ooal Gown? I... I never expected to see it with my own eyes!" Mare exclaimed in amazement he almost went out to touch it but quickly remembered his place.
"Yeah, it's the most expensive paperweight our old guild ever made!" Peroroncino said but they all frowned at that joke, especially Aura, he knew that look... something was coming.
"Lord Peroroncino! Please do not make light of the mighty weapon that only Lord Momonga can use, I've heard tales of what it took to make that mighty weapon" Aura rebuked Peroroncino just like she had Mare. Peroroncino stood up a little straighter and scratched the back of his head in shame, wait, didn't Mare do the same thing just now?
"Uh, yeah I guess you're right, it really did take us a long time to make that thing... it's just that Momonga would never use the damn thing!" Peroroncino exclaimed. Momonga rose his hand when he saw Aura was going to start in on him again.
"Peroroncino, if this staff were to fall into enemy hands... they would have unrestricted access to Nazarick!" Momonga said. Peroroncino shook his head with a shrug.
"You could just pay money to make it perma bound you know! So that no matter what it will always be on you, even if you died." Peroroncino proclaimed. Momonga nodded a bit. Aura and Mare watched on in silence, they did not know what the two supreme beings were talking about.
"Yes but... you can only do that with ONE item, ever... I wasn't' sure if..." He began but was cut off by Peroroncino.
"You weren't sure if you'd ever get a better tailor-made guild weapon, that only you can use? That took us months to make? Man... did you even EVER end up using that slot?" Peroroncino asked but Momonga shook his head no. Peroroncino threw up his hands.
"Well... there ya go!" He exclaimed but Momonga shook his head.
"Lets just..."
"Yeah yeah, get on with it, fine," Peroroncino said giving up. Momonga nodded.
"Okay... so the first real big "can we" right?" Peroroncino asked, Momonga nodded silently. They both needed to know if they could use magic, this was paramount. Momonga held out the staff and cast [CREATE GREATER FLAME ELEMNTAL] on some straw dummies that two large lizard type creatures brought out. From the fire burst a huge fire demon with a large chest but no feet. The elves looked on in amazement, even Peroroncino was surprised by how big it was, and how much heat it was giving off, his fire resistance was one of the lowest in the guild.
"Well, the staff works at least..." Momonga said in satisfaction. Peroroncino walked up to the demon. He didn't have any of his gear on him but he still knew his spells, mostly just ones to mess with people, and one of his favorite was a super tier spell...
"It's weird, right? No menus but I can just..." Peroroncino began.
"... sense that the spell will work?" Momonga finished. Peroroncino nodded then pointed at the demon and cast one of his favorite spells.
"[TRUE POLYMORPH]". The giant fire demon's form shook for a bit as it's body began to reform. Momonga was glad to see a super tier spell would work, this highly meant all other spells would too. The giant flame monster became a cute little rabbit. Mare cried out in joy and ran over to pick up the cute bunny, Aura joined him and took turns petting it. Peroroncino stood back with his hands on his hips in a satisfying pose.
"So let them play with the bunny, the spell should run out after an hour or so." Peroroncino said, Momonga had his hand to his head. He was casting [MESSAGE] over and over.
"Still can't connect to anyone other than you and... oh..." He began talking to someone in his head. Shortly he turned to Peroroncino.
"I can message Sebas and Lupusregina, something is weird..." Momonga said, Peroroncino cocked his head in confusion.
"We are not in swamp anymore, but surrounded by flat plains... nobody around us either," he informed Peroroncino. Peroroncino scratched his chin, or the bottom of his beak... thinking.
"I've asked all available floor guardians to join us, Sebas and Lupusregina will be joining us." He said. Peroroncino tried to cast [MESSAGE] and it connected.
"I asked the rest of the combat maids to join us as well." Peroroncino said testing out [MESSAGE] for himself, Momonga nodded. It wasn't long before a huge black portal opened up in the middle of the arena and a cute slender girl wearing a black and red dress carrying an umbrella came walking through in a dignified manner. Peroroncino recognized her immediately, she was the NPC that he had personally created, the true vampire, Shalltear Bloodfallen.
"It looks like the NPC's are loyal to us, we should try and act like rulers in their presence until we can gauge them better," Momonga whispered to Peroroncino. Peroroncino inwardly shook his head, what exactly was the point in all that? He was beginning to think Momonga actually meant to carry on like some God that he was not! RP was one thing, but to act like this just to feed your own ego... no, his friend wasn't that type... it was more likely he was doing this for their benefit, or something like that.
"Oh? Am I the first?" Shalltear asked looking around and walking up to the two of them. Then she saw them, and in a cry of joy she threw down her umbrella and ran over to them. Peroroncino waited in silence laughing to himself...
"Please be in love with him... please be in love with him..." Peroroncino was muttering to himself. Peroroncino had programmed her to lust after Momonga just as a prank, but now it actually had the chance to pay off in real life... Peroroncino couldn't believe his luck! Almost as if on command Shalltear ran over to Momonga and threw her arms around him, rubbing her face against his.
"My beloved Lord Momonga! the one who shall rule me forever! How I've longed to hold you like this!" She was yelling in joy. Momonga was visably flustered and freaking out.
YES! YES! YES! Peroroncino was fist pumping in his mind and screaming in his own mind, this was better than he could have ever hoped for!
"Just knock it off Shalltear!" Aura rebuked the vampire. Shalltear scowled and turned around smirking.
"Oh, hey shrimp, didn't see you there..." She said with a smug smile, Aura growled. Peroroncino shook his head, why did Aura have to ruin his fun like this?
"My, Mare, I feel bad for you, having such a bossy and mean sister!" Shalltear said turning her attention to Mare, but the comment was still directed at Aura. Aura scowled then uttered her best insult...
"Fake boobs..." the look of anger surged across Shalltears face. This, however, did also not sit right with Peroroncino, it was time to remind Aura he was still her Lord. And to set the old record straight. There was a long story about Shalltears breast size, the artist that designed her for Peroroncino hated lolis but made her as a favor. However he gave her a nice rack. Peroroncino couldn't ask him to redo it, so he had to retcon her tits, and make them padding so that his fantasies of Shalltear could remain flat when he fapped to her in his head. But that was when she was just an unfeeling NPC, it would not do to have her ashamed of her own amazing breasts just because some idiot long ago hated lolis.
"Aura, you have no right to make fun of Shalltears body!" Both girls, and even Momonga looked shocked at how he had spoken up to Aura like this.
"Never make fun of a woman with a flat chest! Every kind of breast size is the best, but always remember..." He got between them, Momonga just facepalmed and shook his head... he knew all too well what was coming...
"FLAT IS JUSTICE!" Peroroncino proclaimed with a big thumbs up! Some weird kanji floated behind him that said much the same, it was his favorite emote to do when he saw girls with small breast size in game... who were just usually guys anyway. Everyone just stared at him in silence.
"Flat... is... justice?" Shalltear asked in shock and to her own chest. Peroroncino pointed at her chest. She blushed in surprise. Momonga even caught Aura looking at her own chest.
"That's right Shalltear! I've never been able to tell you this until now... but I think you should flaunt your justice!" Peroroncino said, this was no act, Peroroncino was speaking from the heart and his passion was evident. Momonga could almost see fire burning in his bird eyes.
"Flaunt my justice?" She asked in silence, her hands covering her fake breasts. Aura's mouth was hanging wide open now, Mare just looked confused.
"Yes! So from this day forth... as your maker! I command you to remove that fake padding, and no longer be ashamed of the awesome body I made for you!" Peroroncino said giving her double thumbs up. Her hands were now covering her mouth and tears welled up in her eyes. Soon she began to cry.
"Lord... Lord Peroroncino!" She cried as she ran to his arms. He wrapped her up in a big hug. Momonga stood in silent shock... this... wasn't the reaction he was expecting between those two. For a while she buried her face in his feathers, Momonga saw a different side of his friend this day, one he deeply respected, it was almost as if a father was encouraging his daughter to love herself!
"Now let's have sex!" Peroroncino said.
"Okay!" Shalltear agreed immediately.
"There it is..." Momonga said, waiting for the other shoe to drop and nodding his head.
"Wait... um you two..." Momonga protested. Aura and Mare were staring at them their faces red, Peroroncino really had no shame, did he? Momonga thought.
"Peroroncino, we still have to meet the floor guardians and maids, who are on their way here now..." Momonga begged. Peroroncino nodded as Shalltear reached into her dress and removed the padding. After it had been taken out she looked up at Peroroncino and thrust out her flat chest. He smiled and gave her another thumbs up, she blushed furiously.
"Oh! But what of you Lord Momonga? What do you think of my... justice?" She asked thrusting her chest at him. Momonga seemed overwhelmed at first but was able to calm down far too fast for Peroroncino's liking and regained his composure. Was Momonga becoming immune?
"Well um... I think... you should be as you are naturally, uh... Or, just however you really want to be," Shalltear smiled even bigger and she let out a moan and threw her arms up in victory.
"Then it is settled! Shalltear is flat and proud of it!" She announced loudly, mostly at Aura, who just shook her head in a "like I care!" motion.
"I SEE THEN I MUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR NEW FOUND PRIDE!" A large blue bug-like creature said. It was light blue with large crystal-like ice chunks jutting from his back. He held a halberd in two of his four arms, this was the guardian of the firth floor Cocytus.
"BUT YOU SHOULD NOT ACT IN SUCH A LEWD MANNER IN FRONT OF OUR LORDS." Coctyus said to Shalltear. She just turned away from him and ran back to Peroroncino and Momonga, giggling.
"Ah, Cocytus! I'm glad you came!" Momonga said warmly and opening his hands.
"I WILL ALWAYS COME WHEN ASKED UPON, IT IS MY DUTY AS YOUR SWORD LORD MOMONGA!" Cocytus stated as he took rank next to Shalltear and the twins.
"Everyone, I apologize for making you wait..." A young man wearing an orange pinstriped suit and glasses said, this was Demiurge, the guardian of the seventh floor, and Demon Lord. Behind him swung a metal tail, He was being led in by Albedo. behind him the rest of the Pleiades Maids, minus one Lupusregina. They split then stood in the line that was already formed in front of the two Lords of Nazarick. The maids made a second row behind them.
"Everyone, we shall perform the ritual of fidelity!" Albedo announced, all the guardians dropped to one knee and vowed their loyalty to them both one by one. Peroroncino nudged Momonga and whispered to him.
"See? They all worship us as gods, just like we wrote in their lore, you need to trust them more I think, lay off the "high and mighty ruler act" a bit." Momonga said nothing in response.
"Thank you all, I believe you will work hard for us both..." Momonga motioned to Peroroncino to speak. after the guardians had all given their word that they would follow them and do as they were told, no matter what, Peroroncino especially took note of how loyal they seemed to be.
"Um, that's right, we will trust you all to work for us, um... and do anything we ask?" He eyed the girls and most smiled at him with a knowing look.
Nazarick is like a freakin waifu factory! Peroroncino thought to himself with glee. Momonga was thanking the guardians and informing them of the situation when Sebas and Lupusregina arrived to tell in more detail what they found, which was essentially nothing, just grasslands.
"I see, well then, everyone... It seems, for an unknown reason, The Great Tomb of Nazarick has been transported to an unknown land or location..." Ainz was saying as he began saying something about communication or something, Peroroncino was too busy giving winking eyes to Solution Epsilon, one of the combat maids. Momonga proceeded to order the covering of Nazarick by Mare and for all guards to be on high alert. And a bunch of boring stuff that did not interest Peroroncino, all he cared about was talking to the NPC's.. away from Momonga.
Come on.. wrap it up, this is taking FOREVER! Peroroncino complained in his mind. Momonga was too concerned about acting like a ruler to these NPC's, Peroroncino decided he'd put a stop to that at some point. It would get too overbearing to try and act like something they were not all the time. He'd let Momonga RP a little while longer.
Now he was asking them their opinions of him... why does he care so much about that? They clearly love us! Their responses were typical and obvious "we all love you and Lord Peroroncino yadda yadda".Peroroncino was especially annoyed because he knew for a fact that every single NPC in Nazarick had "Views all supreme beings as gods and will worship them with absolute loyalty" If Momonga had read this, maybe he'd care less about his popularity standing in Nazarick and get on to what really mattered...
"I've heard all your thought and would also like to know what you think of Lord Peroroncino here?" Momonga asked.
"Nope, no, no, no! This is already taking too long!" He exclaimed, everyone stopped to look at him.
"You all love me and see me like a god, right? Nothing I do could be wrong, yes?" He asked the NPC's they all nodded with truth in their eyes. He looked back at Momonga, he knew he was not going to like this next part... but it had to happen
"What if I told you all... that Momomnga and I used to be human?" Peroroncino blurted out, Momonga tried to grab Peroroncino but he brushed him off and looked at him.
"No, we need to let them know just what's going on... I'm making this call Satoru!" Peroroncino said. All the NPC's seemed to be confused and worriedly looking around. Peroroncino stared at Momonga in a "this is happening, deal with it" look. When he was satisfied that Momonga would stay out of it he turned to the NPC's.
"I don't know what you all think... well actually I do because I helped make some of you... but listen up. As one of your leaders I order you to understand that I am not joking and mean everything I say...100%" Peroroncino said looking at them. Every NPC was staring up at him wide-eyed and full of attention.
"Momonga and myself were once human, just like the one you all hate some of you even eat..." Entoma looked up at this.
"But our world is... was a terrible place, it was not the world of YGGDRASIL... in fact, other humans of our world created the world of YGGDRASIL that you all know, not some big tree like you all think. To which we all... escaped and became the beings of power you know today because we hated how weak we were in our world... because we were, in our world we were weak pathetic humans... maybe level two... at best." He said, Momonga seemed to be having a slight panic attack but Peroroncino stood firm, his friend had always had trust issues, now was a good time to get over them.
"Anyone want to rebel knowing this? Here is your chance? You can go to any level you wish or leave Nazarick entirely and we will never call on you again. If the fact we were humans once bothers you so much, there will be no judgment of punishment of any kind, so long as you choose now to speak up, not later." He waited but nobody moved or said a word. Peroroncino pointed at Demiurge, the one who should have the most hatred and malice towards humans.
"Demiurge, tell me honestly what you think about this." Peroroncino demanded. Demiurge had a hand over his face... he was shaking a bit, Peroroncino wondered if had made a mistake after all...
"AS EXPECTED!" Demiurge cried out in joy. Momonga looked shocked, even Peroroncino hadn't expected such a response.
"To think... you two... rose to the ranks of gods... you ascended from nothing... and became everything! There... there is no words I can describe to express how... much I respect that! To cast off your own shackles... to start from the bottom and reach the top... there is no greater story I could ever have hoped to hear! If... if I were capable of tears my Lords, know I would be shedding them at the thought of the hardships you must have endured to climb to the top of the universe... I... I am even more in awe of your power than before, as I assumed you had just chosen to be this strong... not that you EARNED that strength with your own hands!" Demiurge exclaimed as he shook his head in disbelief, a huge smile on his face.
"Perfect, anyone else have a negative opinion about us? Anyone?" Peroroncino said. Looking at Momonga but the look in their eyes was that of adoration and respect, it would seem the guardians felt much like Demiurge did. Shalltear and Albedo were actually in tears, as were a few of the maids.
"Last chance, love us or hate us... what is it?" Peroroncino asked, and in unison, every attending member bowed deeply and exclaimed their renewed love and respect for the two of them. Peroroncino bowed to them all and got serious.
"But know that we also thank you for your loyalty and appreciate it... every day," Peroroncino said. but they begged him to not bow to them as they are not worthy. Momonga nodded and teleported away to the round table room. Before Peroroncino followed him he turned to the starry-eyed members of Nazarick.
"Momomga and I will leave to discuss what we will be doing moving forward... but I would like to schedule all the females in this room a one on one interview... with myself" Peroroncino said looking at each of them, they smiled and bowed.
"I could arrange a time for them to be interviewed by your Lord Ship," Sebas stated with a bow. Peroroncino snapped his fingers and pointed to him.
"My man!" Peroroncino said before he vanished to appear next to Momonga.
"That was too big a risk!" Momonga cried out when Peroroncino appeared next to him. Peroroncino shrugged.
"I was right, wasn't I? Look, me and you are just normal guys, right? What do we know about acting like gods? We'd run ourselves too thin acting like that, if we view them as friends and not subjects, they will choose to follow out of respect, not from fear. But he was still upset.
"Okay, wanna know one of the reasons I left the game all those years ago?" Peroroncino asked. Momonga stopped and looked at him with a nod, hed wondered that quite a bit.
"I couldn't stand the paranoia, all the secrets... whenever we did something amazing... we could never brag about it because "information was power" after all. And all that was fun for a bit, but you guys took it too far sometimes... and the kind of players you ended up becoming... it made the game no longer fun." Peroroncino said feeling bad he had to lay it down like this, but if he was going to honest with the NPC's then he was gonna be honest with his best friend.
"So then the reason you left... wasn't the game itself? It was us?" Momonga asked. Peroroncino could hear the hurt in his voice. Momonga took a seat at that revelation.
"Well... no, not the only reason, there were... others... but that was when the game stopped being fun for me, when I wasn't even allowed to tell my family what I'd done in game... even when I stopped talking to them for a whole month so I could help make you that staff you never used, I wasn't "allowed" to explain why." Peroroncino finally said... this had been on his chest for years, and he felt better finally having said it.
"When it was about protecting people so they could quest, and having fun doing that, those were the great days for me, then the whole "guild spy" thing happened and we closed our doors, we became obsessed with making the guild bigger and we did just that, but as we took the game more seriously, I began to enjoy it less and less." Peroroncino told him what he'd been holding in for years.
Momonga didn't say anything for a while.
"So then... what is you want, in this life then... and don't just say to have sex with the NPC, that's short term... what's your REAL goal here? Momonga asked clasping his hands together.
"Well... that is what I was gonna say, but because it's what I want to do... have fun! Our lives in the old world sucked! Here we can start new... in a fantasy land that we literally built together... why the hell would I want to turn this life into MORE work? Let's just enjoy ourselves here..." Peroroncino pleaded. But Momonga did not seem to agree.
"And what if you and I aren't the only ones here? What if there's another YGGDRASIL player here... or guild... hell what if everyone from YGGDRASIL is here and all trying to figure out what to do next, just like we are now? We can't just lay around all day like lazy kings, indulging in our vices! We need to prepare for an attack that could be walking right up to us as we speak!" the Overlord said, rebuking the carefree nature of his friend. Peroroncino scratched the back of his head.
"Alright... you make a good point in that, but you need to learn to trust your friends to help against this "unseen threat" instead of worrying that the NPC's won't listen to you because you don't "act like a ruler" I'm sorry, Suzuki Satoru, but that way of thinking... is just stupid!" Peroroncino said. Momonga seemed to agree to that at least.
"I see we can meet in the middle here after all." Momonga said chuckling, Peroroncino smiled and admitted he was right.
"Alright, I'll get a tad more seriouse about... well... everything, but you have to lay off this "we must act the part we were given" crap... I didn't conform to what society wanted me to be in the old world... like hell Imma do it here!" Peroroncino said proudly. Momonga nodded and they shook hands, in truth he was glad he had someone to pull him out of his own bad thinking.
"Okay, we got that air cleared... but it's still weird that they worship us like that, just because it's written that they have to somewhere..." Momonga stated.
"Who knows what kind of rules we're playing by anymore, let's just deal with things as they come... and not over think every move we make," Peroroncino offered. But his friend laughed.
"Sorry Jin, but overthinking things is just how I am... and will always be," Momonga admitted. Peroroncino laughed.
"Yeah, I guess that's true as well... Heh... I wonder what the NPC's are talking about now that we left them with all that information.
"You left them with all that information... but I'm sure they are discussing things much like we are now," Momonga answered. Peroroncino nodded.
"Alright, then what did you have planned for us "Lord" Momonga?" Peroroncino asked smiling and sitting back in his chair.
"Well, this body I have, is not like my human one, I have no organs but I can still function as if I did... it's amazing really!" Momonga said looking at his own boney hand.
"You have a dick right?" Peroroncino asked. Momonga stuttered in his speech and became silent. Peroroncino's eyes shot open.
"You don't? Oh... oh man I'm sorry!" Peroroncino exclaimed in horror. Momonga turned around to hid his face.
"It's not like... that matters to me now, in this form my emotions are... regulated." He admitted. Peroroncino sat up.
"Ah, so that's why you're so resistant to Albedo and Shalltear's advances? GOOD!... for a second there I thought I was more your type!" Peroroncino let out a loud laugh but Momonga buried his face in his own hands.
"ANYWAY... I want to test some more things about this world in private, I will report to you if I discover anything intersting." He said. Peroroncino nodded and got up to his feet. He had lots of experimenting to do on his own.
"That's fine, I have my interviews to get to anyway, so um... you should not bother me unless it's super important," he warned, Momonga just shook his head as Peroroncino teleported away.
"Wait... by all females... he doesn't also mean Aura... right?" Momonga asked and decided he should send a [MESSAGE] to Aura to... be careful? No Peroroncino would never do anything like th... then he remembered his love of lolis. Yes, i need to warn her... Momonga decided at last... and Mare, just to be safe...