Author's Notes: It's the final chapter everyone!
I was awakened from my slumber not by the sunlight but from the sound of Pleinair. As I opened my eyes, groggy, she climbed out of the bed and went towards the bathroom. I decided now was a good of a time as any to climb out and get ready to go back to the forest for a chat with Larix.
Before I climbed down the steps, I grabbed my coat, which I had left on the table last night. I go downstairs and browse around the first floor of the inn, seeing if there was any food. If I'm going to fight Theras, I need to keep my energy up after all. After a minute of searching, I found a pantry, stocked with many cans.
Let's see what we have here…beans, cockatrice meat, sardines, (Ugh, no thanks. I don't see myself with fangs, do you?) hot pods and…does that can really say 'Prinny meat'? I reached for the can, staring at the label. 'The sweetest meat of all' was written on the bottom of the label. With my stomach churning, I quickly put the can back in the pantry. Even though I might not have been a prinny anymore, which was certainly an…interesting experience, I would kind of feel like a cannibal really. I guess beans it is.
I grabbed a nearby lantern, lit it, and placed the can of beans on top after opening it with a can opener that was conveniently in the pantry already. As I waited, Pleinair walked down the steps, with a tired expression on her face.
"Morning dear." I said, trying to sound cheery, despite my run in with that prinny meat. I sat at a nearby table, waiting for the beans to cook, and Pleinair followed suit. We simply sat there, waiting for breakfast to finally be ready.
Eventually, the beans looked ready to eat. I grabbed a couple of spoons from a near by drawer, gave one to Pleinair, and we started to eat. Not exactly the most romantic or extravagant breakfast, but regardless. The beans were not that bad honestly, despite me not knowing how old they were. With the beans finished I sat up, ready to speak to Larix about information regarding Theras.
Pleinair and I managed to walk our way back towards the center of the forest, and found Larix by the large tree. What interested me was why he was digging?
"Oh. It's you two. What can ol' Larix do for you?" I cleared my throat. "Do you know where we can find Theras' castle?"
"What? You mean you don't were it is?" I laughed a bit nervously while Pleinair shook her head.
"I see. Well, Theras' castle is North of here. It'll take you awhile to get to him and on your way there, you'll come across a small town called Avos." Larix said as he continued digging.
"Alright then, thanks for the help Larix." Pleinair and I headed for Avos, until I stopped dead in my tracks, turned towards Larix and asked, "Um, Larix, why are you digging?"
"Hm? Oh, I'm just digging here so I can plant a young sapling." Larix said, not making eye contact.
"Oh…okay then." I continued along as Pleinair waved goodbye to him.
…
Pleinair and I FINALLY managed to find a small town, after walking for at least a couple hours. Ugh, I'll be sure to teach that Theras' a lesson for making an aspiring main character walk all this way What we quickly saw at that point was more surprising. A castle. A big castle. It had overlooked the small town. Looks like we found his house. Impressive I must say. Although, we should probably find some towns folk first, before we fight Mr. Big Bad himself.
Anyways, from a distance, I could see that the small buildings of the town seemed all but destroyed. Most were reduced to rubble, and some looked completely smashed in. It was kind of creepy going through a town like. Pleinair was holding my arm tight. Eventually, we found that there was one hut that seemed unscathed.
We slowly stepped inside, entering through the cloth that was used for a door. Inside, was a sleeping woman. She looked elderly, with faded blonde hair, and pointy ears to boot. So this demon was just casually sleeping in an destroyed town?
"Excuse me? Can you please wake?" I asked, but with no response. "Hey, wake up!" I asked again, still nothing. This was getting annoying.
"HEY PRUNE BAG!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "Aaaahhhh!" the demon said, yelling as she rose out of her bed revealing the black robe she wore.
"Just who the hell are you two!" she said, rather angry.
"Heh heh, um, sorry about that. I was just trying to get you to wake up but you wouldn't. Anyways, my name is Asagi, and this is my girlfriend Pleinair What's your name?" The woman's green eyes just stared at us as Pleinair bowed.
"My name is Alvira. Now what do you two want?" she said, with a rather annoyed tone in her voice, but at least she settled down.
"Well…" I basically explained to her what had happened, about my quest to become the Overlord and how Pleinair and I met Larix.
"Interesting." She said as she exited the hut. Pleinair and I quickly followed out. "What makes you think you can defeat Theras?" she said, in a serious manner.
"Dunno really. I know that if I do, I can finally become the main character!" Alvira just sighed.
"You kids and your fourth wall breaking. Anyways, take a good look at this town. Do you want to know why it's like a pile of rubble?" We both nodded.
"A few hundred years ago, an army of demons had gathered at this town, wanting to storm the castle of Theras. They were convinced that they should had to live in fear of an Overlord that they have never seen."
"Never seen?" I interrupted. Alvira nodded.
"That's right. I don't think anyone has ever actually seen Overlord Theras, but he's been ruling Tarriel for who knows how long. The army was right outside the castle gates, trying to break in and kill the Overlord. That was when it happened. You see, before the army could break down the gates, a large shockwave of pure energy struck the town, not only killing all of Theras' challengers, but also leveling the town. Theras sent his message rather clearly. I was the only one left, taking shelter during the entire ruckus. I have been here ever since. Are you still feeling confident now?"
"Absolutely! You just gave me even more of a reason to kick this guy's ass!" I said, beaming with pride.
"My oh my, I'm quite surprised honestly. Well, far be it from me trying to stop you two. Give em' a good smack for me while your at it." Alvira said as she went back into her hut.
This was it. The castle of Overlord Theras was right in front of my love and I. There was no turning back now. My glorious destiny is finally within my grasp!
I pushed the very large door open, with it emanating a noticeable creaking sound. We stepped inside. The inside of the castle was cold, damp, plenty of torches, and stone bricks everywhere. There was really nothing eye-catching. Hell, it was like being in Laharl's castle all over again. Who knows, maybe Theras has the decency to put up signs.
…
Okay, scratch that, after about twenty minutes wandering around with Pleinair, I've come to the conclusion that there are NO SIGNS! I swear, when I become the Overlord, there will be signs as far as the eyes can see.
My little inner rant was cut short. I think we found the door to the throne room. I think a nice karate kick will suffice?
*BAM*
Pleinair and I barged in. Oh yeah, it was a throne room all right. He was there sitting. That is what you primarily do on a throne, right? Anyways, the room was barely lit, so I couldn't tell what he looked like.
"So you've arrived." he said. Something was strange. He didn't sound like I expected him to. I thought he would have had a loud, thunderous voice. Instead, it was relatively calm and collected.
We slowly got closer and closer to him until I could finally make out his face.
What the hell?
Sitting on the throne was some old man. He had extremely long beard, bushy eye brows, two horns on his head, eyes that were closed shut, and he was wearing a brown cloak.
"Just who are you? Theras' butler?" I asked, annoyed. I can't believe Theras would just leave some old geezer here. Pleinair was standing behind me, with a worried look on her face.
"Do not utter such nonsense, you insufferable human. I AM Overlord Theras." he said.
"No way! I thought Theras was supposed to be some badass evil demon! Not someone who should be left in a nursing home."
He laughed. "If only you knew how little time the two of you had left."
What did he mean? "What are you talking abo-Oof!"
Something blunt had hit my head. I was on the ground, weak and Pleinair was also down. I turned my head around behind me to see who the attacker was.
No.
It was Larix, standing behind a now closing portal.
"Ah, Larix! Impeccable timing! I suppose you have something for me?" Theras said, with glee in his voice.
"I do," Larix said as held a vial of a glowing green liquid. "Just remember your part of the deal, you scum."
"Watch how you speak to an Overlord." Theras said sternly.
"L-Larix…why?" I said, trying to muster the energy to speak. Larix sighed.
"I'm so sorry you two but I need his help." Larix said, with genuine sincerity.
"Please allow me to explain myself. Last night, Overlord Theras had appeared before me. At first, I too had questioned if such a senile old man could be the infamous Theras. Yet I had realized it was really him, based off the energy he was giving off. He told of something of amazing power in this forest. He told me it was special liquid underneath the forest that had rejuvenating properties, which was apparently related to the Wood Golems. It was able to make him young again, in his prime. Theras is actually eons old, Asagi.
In exchange for me restoring his youth, he said he would be able to bring Agathis back to life. Please understand that I had to take his offer. I've longed for my love for what seemed like an eternity. I want to see her beautiful eyes, her warm smile, and hear her voice. He wanted to know where the magical liquid was. I still did not know of it, so he left, assuring me that I needed to find it.
Later that night, I had tried to find exactly where it was. It was then that I found it was located underneath the large tree in the center. Do you remember this morning when I told you I was planting a sapling? I was actually digging for the liquid. I had found it, yet it was in such a small amount. I was able to collect enough in a single vial for him. I had then used a portal rune he provided me to arrive here."
Larix tossed the vial to Theras, who swiftly catched it. He immediately downed the entire drink. Theras began to shook violently, rising from his throne, and then flashed white. It actually worked.
Theras was now young, losing his beard, having long black hair, part of his ear seemingly sliced off, and larger horns. He opened his eyes, revealing them to be completely black.
"Ah, finally! I am young again! Hahahahaha!" Larix looked shocked and agitated at the same time.
"There. You have your youth. Now bring Agathis back!"
"Of course my dear Larix, but not before I exterminate these pests."
Aw crap. I could still barely move and Pleinair wasn't fairing any better.
"What? No! This was not part of the deal Theras! Look at them, they can't pose a threat to you!" Larix pleaded.
"The thing is, I don't care. I am so sick of having to deal with fool after fool who thinks they can challenge me. Let me inform you of something. Tarriel is not the first Netherworld I have conquered. I have ruled many others, but the reason why I never stayed there was because of damn heroes who try to overthrow me! Eventually, I just came to a simple solution. Eradicate a Netherworld after I grew tired of it. Tarriel will suffer the same fate as the others had, so I hope you'll enjoy having Agathis back. Briefly that is."
"You…you heartless bastard!" Larix charged towards him as I slowly tried recovering. He lunged for Theras, attempting to smash his face in.
Theras just effortless grabbed his arm, stopping Larix. Theras then raised his arm and dug it through Larix's chest.
"Aaaaaaagggghhh!" Larix screamed in anguish. He fell to the ground, as Pleinair and I managed to regain enough strength to rush to his side.
"Larix! Speak to me!" I yelled, Pleinair kneeling beside me.
"Asagi…Pleinair…please forgive me. I-I never knew it would come to this. I was so foolish, to think I could deal with this monster. A-at least, I can finally see my beloved now. Goodbye you two." Larix eyes fell shut and I couldn't feel his pulse anymore.
Larix was dead.
"What a fool. I gave him a chance to see his precious Agathis and in the end he just threw it away." Theras said smugly.
Rage was building up inside me. I could feel a thousand thoughts rushing through my head, all various ways to kill this son of a bitch.
"I swear Theras that I. Will. End. You." Pleinair raised her gun towards Theras as did I. We opened fire, planting bullets after bullets into him, using every shot we had.
He didn't even flinch.
"Hahahahaha! Do you honestly think your pitiful weapons can harm me!" Theras then quickly threw a ball of energy towards Pleinair and I. We managed to dodge but the impact was enough to knock us both to the ground.
He dashed towards me, raised his arm above me. "Goodbye, foolish human."
…
Everything was white. I stood up seeing absolutely nothing. Was I dead? Was I in Celestia?
"Hey, kid."
I turned quickly recognizing that voice. Zetta. It was my old mentor Zetta, still a book.
"Z-Zetta? Is it really you?"
"In the flesh! Or pages I guess. Look kid, I'm here because you need to be reminded that there's an Overlord that needs an ass-kicking."
I held my head down low. "I-I don't know if I can do it Zetta. He was completely invulnerable to my attacks."
"Don't give me that crap. What happened to that determined girl with a shine in her eyes that strived to become the main character? I would have never taken you in as my apprentice if I thought you lacked potential. You have a latent power in you kid."
I raised my head back up, with a rather surprised look. "R-Really?" Zetta nodded.
"Yeah. Now look, you've grown a lot since I last saw you. You've fought a lot of strong people and hell, you even have a girlfriend now!" Zetta said, grinning.
"Asagi…don't lose her. I felt like I had lost a part of myself when I lost Salome. Don't let the same happen to you. Now go get him, 'Overlord'."
Everything flashed bright and there I was, on the floor of the castle slowly coming to. Theras was still there, eyeing down Pleinair.
"Well. So much for her. Maybe you'll fair better." Theras said with a malicious grin on his face.
That was when my energy kicked in. I lifted myself up, dashing in front of my love.
"Stay away from her!" I yelled. Both of them were shocked to see me. Theras quickly took a step back.
"What the hell! How are you still alive? Who do you think you are!" he screamed.
"Who am I? I'M THE MAIN FREAKIN' CHARACTER!" That was when I unleashed that 'latent power' Zetta had told me.
"ASAGI BEEEEAAAMM!" Pure energy erupted from my eyes, completely engulfing Theras.
"Aaaaarrrrggghhh!" he screamed as he was being disintegrated by me. Holy crap that was awesome.
That was it. Theras was nothing more than a pile of ashes. I turned towards Pleinair, tears of joys were in her eyes.
"Pleinair…I will promise you that I will never lose you." I said, before collapsing to the ground.
…
I began to open my eyes.
"Omega Heal!"
What? The pain was gone, I now fully woke and saw both Pleinair and Alvira kneeling beside me.
"Alvira? How?"
"Believe it or not, I was a bit of a cleric in my younger days. Good thing your sweetheart brought you to my home in the knick of time." Alvira said, smiling.
Before I could respond, Pleinair embraced my lips with hers. It's good to be back.
…
It had been a week since that eventful day. I took on the role of Overlord, with Pleinair as my queen. We were living in Theras' castle now. With news of Theras' death, more people came back to Tarriel, no longer afraid. We had given Larix a proper burial, in the forest he called his home, with his grave next to Agathis. Alvira started brushing up on her healing, now running the town's hospital.
It was late at night, I was pretty tired. I had finish taking care of Overlord-y business. Don't ask. I marched towards the bedroom of Pleinair and I. I think she had turned in early for the night.
I opened the door and what do I happen to see? Pleinair, who was fully awake. What did I not see? Her clothes. She laid on the bed, naked, giving me a very lustful look.
"P-Pleinair?" I tried to say as I was blushing madly. She merely placed a finger on my lips and dragged me on the bed.
"D-Does this mean…?" Pleinair nodded. She was ready for our first time. I was too thrilled to even speak.
She started with a kiss and from there, it became so much more.
"I love you with all my heart, Pleinair, now and forever."
Author's Notes: It's been quite the ride folks. I can't tell you how much I simply adore this pairing. Yeah, it's quite the crack pairing I know, but these two are just so cute together. I've got to say, I had a lot of fun writing this and I hope you enjoyed reading this. Take care now!