"Here we are, fuckers and fuckerettes. Just try to not cause a scene like you always do, though considering that Lucifuck is here, he's bound to try something." The chimeric demon said with a bored tone as he stood at the end of the hallway with his bodyguard demons besides him and the Hazbins behind him. The fallen angel clicked his tongue at the insult but chose not to say something at the moment especially when they are in earshot of the other demon who hopefully is unlike Adam and would listen to his dear daughter instead.
"...Is it just me or do I hear groans? And not the kinky kind, like something out of a straight horror scene." Angel asked with a curious yet concerned tone as everyone quieted down from their conversations as they found themselves agreeing with Angel upon hearing what seemed to be groans and a soft pained voice from the other side.
"Ah… Guess that little shit was found guilty and is facing judgment, well, not like I fucking expected otherwise." Adam sighed as he rubbed the side of his neck exasperatedly, walking through the double doors of the other overlord's office, leaving the hellions with a single question running through their minds.
'Judgment?'
Well, at least their question was answered quickly.
"Please! I learned my lesson, I swear! I'll never hurt anybody ever again!"
A demon in the form of a gigantic slug said with a desperation that even if the Hazbins couldn't see his front at the moment, know that it was etched across his entire face. The being was clothed in tatters, his clothes ripped to shreds while the remaining vestiges of it clung to his blood coated slimy body, his arm-like appendages seemed to have been broken in several locations, with some of the bones jutting out painfully from different angles.
Yet, what brought a shiver down the demons' spines was the voice that spoke from beyond the beaten slug demon.
"You had your chance and wasted it, quite spectacularly at that. So why should I give you another, especially when you were warned once before?"
A deep baritone voice spoke up with barely veiled fury, and even though they knew it wasn't aimed at them, Charlie and the rest couldn't hold back their nervousness and fear, especially when they looked at the source of the cold deep voice.
And if anything, they are at least sure that this must be the 'Skelly' that Adam was talking about.
Sitting in an ornately designed office behind a luxurious desk of an unknown type of dark wood, was a skeletal being clothed in a jet black academic gown with golden and violet edges, his sharp skeletal fingers of inhumane proportions adorned in rings of precious metals with unknown symbols engraved upon them.
And between the hood of the skeletal demon were large ivory white pauldrons that seems to be the fangs of some unknown large creature that were taken as some sort of trophy, and underneath the hood was a skull that most certainly did not belong to any known species, with an extremely sharp and defined jaw and chin, and numerous fang like teeth, and two eye sockets that harbored dark red flames that seem to flare to life with an unnerving terrifying intensity. It's quite fortunate that it wasn't aimed at them but the pitiful slug demon on the ground before them.
"I have given you a warning once before that all such actions that you would've done outside of our walls are forbidden, and yet, it clearly seems like your words hold no weight."
The skeletal being chuckled mirthlessly as he the red flames in his eyesockets gazed with fury at the pathetic mess of a demon in front of him.
"P-please… I'll do anything… don't kill me."
The slug man groveled as far as he could with his broken arms, warning the pity of the onlookers sans Adam, the two bodyguards, and Lucifer.
Charlie pitied the poor sinner in front of her, surely he made a mistake, yes, but he apologized! Surely he could redeem himself, right?
And so, before Lucifer or her girlfriend could stop her, she stepped up from behind Adam and her father as she went face-to-face to this 'Skelly'. her back to the sinner as she tried to shield him from the Overlord in this simple protective gesture.
"Isn't this enough?! He already apologised and said he'd do anything to make up for his mistakes! Shouldn't you give him a second chance?!" Charlie attempted to assert herself to the skeletal demon whose eyes dimmed and dissipated into nothingness as he stared at her with his empty eyesockets silently. A shiver crawled up her spine at the unnerving gaze of the fleshless being, yet she held her ground as she stared at him with a determined and hardened gaze.
Vaggie and the rest of the sinners stared at the scene in front of them with fear and worry as they saw Charlie try to defend the sinner from the Overlord. And Lucifer was no different, the fallen angel wanted to shield his daughter from the skeletal sinner, but at the same time, he felt that there was something wrong. Surely this overlord isn't stupid enough to dare hurt Charlie while he, the Lucifer Morningstar, the King of Hell, is nearby, right?
He looked in the First Man's direction in hopes of gleaming anything about this situation, and if he should intervene, and all he found was a amile etched on the former angel's face. Though unlike the savage ones he would adorn in the past when he would hunt sinners and overlords alike, this felt more like a grim pitying one an old man would have as he watches the youth face reality for the first time while shaking his head.
He wanted to intervene, but seeing that his daughter wouldn't face any danger at the moment and will hopefully understand how repulsive these sinners are, he will leave her be for now.
The Overlord stared at the princess of hell for a while before the red flames returned to his eye sockets, his sharp chin cradled in his hand as he seemed to measure her up, looking at her determined scolding expression and protective body gesture over the sinner.
"I am to presume that you are the Miss Morningstar that strong armed your way into my busy schedule today?"
At the sudden accusatory tone from the seated undead, Charlie's expression faltered for a moment as she answered with a question of her own, her previous gaze returning as she tried to maintain the 'pressure' on him.
"What are you talking about? I ask your guard who probably spoke with you personally and said that you are fine with meeting us!"
'Skelly' sighed as he massaged his bony forehead, looking at the hellion as if she was a foolish child who asked a stupid question.
"Of course he would say that, you came here with not only your entourage of demons but with your father as well, the very king of hell. No one would be foolish enough to deny such a sudden request, especially when it is rumoured that your father has quite the… short temper."
As the undead continued with his explanation, Charlie's previous serious face transformed into a guilt filled one as he layed out the reasons for why she was given a meeting on such a short notice, something that the others also understood as their faces reflected their realization.
Though only Lucifer, Adam, and the two bodyguards realized the double insult thrown the fallen angel's way as the former felt his face redden up from anger and embarrassment, while Adam snickered and the two guards behind him held their fists close to their mouth as they seemed to hide their laughs behind fake coughs.
The overlord kept waiting for an answer from the befuddled princess for a while, however, as she seemed unable to respond back to him at this point, he merely sighed ("How can he do that?" Angel asked Cherri who shrugged) and waved his hand dismissively. "No matter, just step aside now, I have to deal with this scum before we discuss the reasons why you are here."
This seemed to bring Charlie out of her stupid as her stance gained its previous confidence and protectiveness over the sinner behind her, who was watching all this with hitched breaths as the skeletal undead kept the furious red flames in his eye sockets trained on him.
"No! This is just cruel and unfair! You shouldn't hurt him anymore! He already learned his lesson and promised to never do whatever it is that he did ever again!"
As she spoke, red horns slowly revealed themselves as her demon form was present for all to see, her now yellow eyes glaring at the undead, who seemed unfazed by what he was seeing in front of him.
The undead stayed silent as he looked disinterestedly at the princess in front of him who was heaving with every breath as she tried to control her anger, his fingers drumming against the table in a simple tone while leaning in his seat.
"Seems like we have reached an impasse." He began. "Fine then, have it your way princess."
Charlie blinked as she heard that final phrase, waiting for the undead to say something mocking or threatening, which never came, he was silent as more as he folded his hands in front of him.
The Hazbins all shared confused looks as they saw the skeletal associate of Adam concede to Charlie, with Angel and Husk in particular being extremely weirded out by what was happening and concerned for the safety of the princess. After all, Overlords are nothing if not prideful, and considering that Charlie basically insulted an overlord's status by effectively ordering him to let go of this sinner, who they don't even know what he did till now, is quite concerning.
The Radio Demon however, has other thoughts, his smile gaining a malicious hint as he stared at Charlie and the undead sinner.
'My, to relent to the young princess's demand so easily, how pathetic. Is it because of the king's presence here, or perhaps because he is quite cowardly and spineless by nature? No matter, I expected more of someone who is an affiliate of that… filthy barbaric first man, but it seems I overestimated him, perhaps I can use him for the future?' Alastor's smile widened as he thought of all the possibilities of shaf he could with this new 'pawn', unaware of Adam looking at him, shaking his head pityingly as if he read the red themed demon's mind. While the two behind the First Man seemed to attempt to control themselves as they struggled with the desire to strangle the red overlord.
"R-really?" Charlie uttered slowly, shocked at what has happened, for the first time ever, since the incident at Porn Studios where she made things difficult for Angel, she actually stood up to an Overlord this time and got her way! Did this seriously just happen?!
The undead only waved his hand dismissively before leaning his skull on it. "Yes, though I wanted to ask, do you actually know what he did?"
Charlie's mind drew a blank as she realized she never asked or thought about it, still…
"No. But this doesn't mean that he should be deprived of a second chance! To try and do better!"
The Overlord continued staring at her for a while as if looking for something, though Charlie took it as a sign of victory, that he is finally seeing things her way. Who knows, maybe afterwards, he'd sponsor her hotel like Alastor did, or even be a client instead!
Yet, before she could let her mind run wild with these fanciful imaginations, the undead produced an immaculately gold embroidered black paper out of thin fair, and using a fountain pen, he began writing something on it before handing it to Charlie, who took it gingerly from his cold skeletal hand.
"What's this?" She asked as she read what was written on the neatly folded black paper.
"The address of this sinner's latest victim."
Charlie felt a shiver crawl up her spine all of a sudden before looking at him with confusion.
"...Why are you giving me this?"
"Simple really, you wanted to let this man go, no? To have his… 'second chance'? Then you should ask for it from the ones he wronged first and foremost, or are you going to ignore the victim of this man's reprehensible actions?"
She instinctively gulped as a sweat drop rolled down her forehead, nervously looking at the seated overlord and the paper in her hand, biting her lip as she mulled over what he said.
Obviously, the right answer here is that she shouldn't ignore the victim and only help the sinners, but still, considering that this is hell, surely this victim was also a sinner himself, so hopefully patching things up between them shouldn't be this hard.
…right?
"CharChar… you don't have to do this anymore, you already helped this sinner more than enough by stopping him from getting killed." Lucifer patted Charlie's arm comfortingly as he looked at her with barely concealed worry.
"He's right, Hun, you should let things go now." Vaggie joined in as she went to Charlie's other side, her arm on the princess's shoulder as she tried to also convince her to step back from this.
Though it should've been obvious to the two of them that Charlie wouldn't agree, as evident by her placing her own hands on top of theirs and slowly removing them from her arm and shoulder.
"Thanks dad, Vaggie. But I have… No, I must do this. I already went this far to help him, so I should see it through to the end to help, and who knows, maybe he'd realize how much he screwed up and check in at the hotel to try and redeem himself like Sir Pentious did!"
At this, Adam snorted as he shook his head, muttering a small 'yeah, right,' at what he heard. Which was heard by Vaggie and the rest who glared at him.
"You have something to say, you imbécil misógino?!"
Adam only grinned at her as he replied. "Ease your small tits, one eyed tuna muncher, I didn't say shit, yet."
"You fucking-!"
Before Vaggie could bite back, the Undead's voice echoed across the large office. "I would appreciate you not insulting my ally any longer, Miss Vaggie. This goes for you too, Adam, though try to not provoke her as much."
Adam held his hands up in a surrendering gesture as he complied quite easily to what the skeletal sinner said, which was quite the surprise to the others, though Vaggie attempted to protest once more before getting shut down.
"But he-!"
"Didn't start it, Miss Vaggie, despite how it may seem to you. You were the first to immediately start with the insults, not him. And need I remind you that you are still in my own home? Is it common nowadays as a guest to insult others in another's house?"
Vaggie bit her lip before clicking her tongue and going back to Charlie's side, who began comforting Vaggie with a side hug while glaring at Adam herself, though without any insults to use against the First Man, who only smiled smugly at her silent action.
The undead sighed before standing up from his seat, the two guards who stood behind Adam before quickly making their way towards him instead as they stood behind and besides him, their backs ramrod straight.
"Come along now, I don't have much free time." He spoke up as he began walking towards the door through the group, it was a this moment that realized how tall he is in comparison to all of them, the undead figure nearly reaching 10 feet tall like the First Man himself, though unlike the casual way that Adam walks, the skeletal overlord's gait when walking and posture made him seem more like a dignified king or emperor than a mere overlord of hell.
"Uhh… going where?" Charlie asked incredulously as the two guards besides the large overlord opened the double doors for him.
"To the address I gave you, of course. Though I agreed and spared his life, I am not so trusting that he will behave well, even when accompanied by all of you. As such, I shall be there to ensure that nothing happens to the victims, especially during such a vulnerable time."
Charlie nodded nervously as she began walking behind him, the rest following the two overlords, including the slug sinner.
"Hey, uh… Skeleboss." Angel went a bit closer towards the Overlord, though not by much due to his still present wariness of the undead and the terrifying stares of Tiche and Alecto.
"Hm? Mr. Angel Dust, I presume? What is it that you need?"
"I just wanna ask this, why did you pick that name to go by? I mean, not like I can speak with how I named myself after a drug. But why did you name yourself 'Skelly'?"
'Skelly' stopped in his tracks almost suddenly as heard what the arachnid demon said, causing the others to stop in turn as they looked at him confusingly. He glared at the wheezing and laughing First Man who was leaning on the wall for support as he tried to put his laughter under control, while even his serpentine tail seemed to make some sort of joyful hissing in turn.
"Uh… is something wrong? Why is the Original Dick laughing?" Angel leaned close to Cherri while pointing with two of his four arms at cackling First Man, who only gave her best friend a shrug in return as she was also curious at what made him laugh so badly.
"Because Mr. Dust, my name isn't 'Skelly', that is just one of the many nicknames this buffoon gave me." The skeleton folded his arms as the red flames that served as his eyes sputtering of existence as he glared with annoyance at Adam, who was finally controlling his loud laughter and wiping the last of the tears from his eyes.
'Skelly' sighed before turning to look at the group of hellions and fallen angel, summoning a magnificent staff of gold, that seems to holster a large cup or bowl of some sorts on top of its jagged shaft that has seven serpents entwined on top of it with each serpent holding an orb of differing colour in their gaping maws. And if one is to focus closely, they could almost see faces of humanoid entities writhing in agony before disappearing, their voices a haunting melody of despair and pain.
He looked at them for a moment before bowing slightly with his head, speaking up in a more formal tone than usual.
"Do forgive me for the late introductions, I am Ainz Ooal Gown, one of the two overlords managing this small piece of pentagram city. A pleasure to meet all of you."
"Uh… I think this is the place, guys."
Charlie muttered as she stood in front of the black and white front door of the house, amidst the front yard of varied hell-exclusive plants.
While the Hazbins were behind Charlie with Vaggie and Lucifer standing on both of her sides protectively. Adam, Ainz, and Alecto and Tiche stood a bit farther back.
"Yo Skelly, what's the point of wanting that spoiled brat to go meet them? Especially with that slimy fuck in tow." Adam leaned towards Ainz as he kept his gaze trained on the slug demon and Charlie, who was ringing the doorbell of the house.
"Hmm? Ah, it's a simple experiment, nothing more. I'm just curious how will, as you called her, a 'spoiled brat' when meeting the victims of the demons she intend to protect, and if she'll break under the horrors of reality or make a comeback."
The undead overlord then turned to his two subordinates who stood behind him. "Eternal Deaths, is there any news regarding the other accomplice?"
At this, Alecto took a step forward and knelt as she responded reverentially. "Yes, Lord Ainz. The Death Assassins have found the other culprit and sent her to the Torturers. From what they discovered, it was an isolated incident, the two sinners and their trafficking ring operated without the assistance or intervention of the other overlords, though one of the overlords, Valentino, is both their most frequent and latest client."
Adam clicked his tongue at the mention while Ainz only groaned in irritation. The two of them knew of the three Vees, especially regarding what each of the three demons specialise in. And while all three of them are heinous bastards, Valentino takes the cake as arguably the worst of the three due to all the operations and organizations he's either created, affiliated with, or is a client or sponsor of.
"You think that used rag of century old cumstains used their services to kidnap the fuckers in our territory as one of his little shows of dominance." The First Man folded his arms as he gazed beyond the walls of their territory to the large advertisement showcasing the aforementioned overlord in a skimpy outfit surrounded by numerous men and women in similarly whorish outfits.
"Most likely, ever since we made it clear that we wouldn't ally or affiliate ourselves with the rest of the de facto rulers of the Pentagram City, they have been trying everything they can to show that they can do whatever they please in our territory no matter how much we try. The moth sinner attempting to kidnap our citizens for his own wretched plans, while repulsive, isn't unexpected." Ainz's eyes dimmed to nothingness as he exhaled a deep sigh filled with annoyance and barely concealed anger which was only held back by his {Emotional Suppression} passive racial skill.
Adam groaned as he recalled reading some of the more… normal reports regarding the moth overlord, back during his time as an angel. And quite frankly, he and Lute had a competition going on based on who would capture the sinner first and torment him to kingdom come, or at least until the end of whatever E-Day they capture him in.
Well, even if his loyal Lute or his gals aren't here with him at the moment, he'll still have the chance to do all that and more.
Charlie heard a key slowly turn before the door finally opened, and before her was a sheep demon clothed in a pair of black pants and a white shirt, soft fur covering the exposed parts of his body, namely his hooves and hands. A pair of curved horns sat atop his head above his two fluffy ears. And two white horizontal pupils within the black irises and red sclera looked at her with both exhaustion and irritation, his lips curling in distaste as he spoke coldly.
"What do you want? We aren't welcoming any visitors at the moment."
Charlie flinched from the tired look of the demon in front of her and his sharp tone. Welp, there goes a good first introduction.
"Uh hello sir, I am here regarding… Er, the sinner you had problems with and I wanted to help!"
The sheep demon blinked before he gave out a small snort. "I fucking hope you mean you killed the bastard, or skinned him alive, otherwise leave us the fuck be."
At this point, both Lucifer and Vaggie got closer to the sheep demon as he continued talking rudely to Charlie, yet the princess's efforts at keeping them at bay stopped many violent brawls from occurring.
"Hahaha… No, unfortunately no, I actually had something else in mind to help everyone get over it! So… I brought hi-"
As soon as Charlie took a step aside to present the slug sinner, the sheep demon didn't even hesitate for a second before punching him to the ground. The slimy demon fell to the ground as his still unhealed injuries from what Ainz did to him reacted violently as he screamed in agony. Yet his screams couldn't even continue before the other demon got on top of him and began punching him again, and again, and again.
All of the Hazbins looked on in shock as the sheepman snarled as he continued punching the injured sinner, uncaring for his screams of agony and pleas to spare his life. While Ainz only looked on apathetically at the gruesome display of violence, with Adam only sparing the scene a distasteful click of his tongue as he folded his arms.
"I'll fucking kill you, you shitty bastard!" The sheep demon shouted with complete vitriol as he continued punching the downed sinner relentlessly. "I'll tear you into tiny fucking pieces and shove it down the rest of your pals' throats!"
The furious shouting of the wrathful demon brought Charlie back from her shocked stupor as she moved to drag him away, with Angel, Husk and Vaggie helping her tear the kicking and screaming demon away.
"Get the fuck off of me! I'll kill this piece of shit even if it's the last thing I'll do!" The white furred demon shouted as he attempted to wrestle himself out of the hold of the other four.
"Sir, calm down! I'm sure there's another way to solve all this!" Charlie pleaded with the man who continued to try and slip out of her grip.
"With his fucking innards painting the fucking front garden maybe!"
Charlie continued trying to plead with him as the slug demon brought himself back to his metaphorical nonexistent feet, panting and groaning as each labored breath from his now heavily deformed face took all of his power to keep his eyes open.
Only for Adam to come up from behind and using one foot, kick him to the ground again, making the slug sinner scream in agony once more.
Everyone stopped moving as Adam and Ainz, followed by the two Eternal Deaths, went towards the struggling sheepman.
"Ease up, Bruce, it ain't a good look for you to be held down like an animal in front of your own home with your wife and daughter not far away."
The sheep demon, Bruce, gritted his teeth as he put his head down, not looking Adam in the eye.
"Sir… Please tell me, why the fuck is this bastard still alive?! After all that he did?!"
Adam didn't say anything for a while as he waited for Bruce to calm down and breathe.
"Believe me bud, if it was up to me right now, or Skelly, this fucker would be either dead or would wish he was. But unfortunately, miss princess sunshine and rainbows over here and her shit fuck of a deadbeat dad and king wanted us to spare him and to talk to you furry fucks."
Charlie and Lucifer wanted to say something at what Adam said at that moment about them to the white furred demon. Yet before they could say anything, the shocked voice of Bruce reached their ears.
"The… princess and…the king?" At these words, Bruce looked once more at her and her father, and as recognition washed over him, his previous angry gaze transformed into one of disappointment and… betrayal?
At this moment, Ainz also spoke up his hands behind his back as he leaned a bit down as he spoke gently yet with authority to the held down demon.
"You need not worry. I shall ensure no harm comes to your wife or daughter within this present company, especially from Adam."
"The fuck do you mean, "especially from Adam", you walking Halloween decoration?!"
As Adam retorted angrily at the unexpected jab, Bruce took the time to calm himself down, his expression still bitter but more controlled as he looked at Ainz.
"I'll take your word for it. Just, keep this piece of shit away from her."
Ainz nodded as he looked at Charlie who was still concerned about if he would continue to lash out or not, but seeing that Bruce seems more tame than before, gave a nod to rest and then let go of the man.
As soon as they let go of Bruce, the sheep man stood up on his two hooves and sighed, fixing his shirt and pants as he gave them a grateful look as he turned around and went inside his house.
"This way."
As Bruce went inside, Charlie and the rest followed him gingerly. But before the slug man could follow them as well, countless ribs of all sizes jutted out of the dark ground of hell and wrapped around him tightly, making him scream in pain once more as the ribs dug into his flesh and pierced him everywhere, getting the attention of Charlie who looked at Adam and Ainz in anger.
"What did you do that for?!"
Ainz and Adam simply ignored as they climbed up the short set of stairs towards the front door, and as Adam went inside first, Ainz gave her a small look and spoke up. "I'm honoring my citizen's wish of not having the perpetrator of their suffering close to them. Unless you believe that you should ignore him and make suffer once more?"
Charlie bit her lip in anger as her fists were clenched, and before she could lose her cool and say something, she stormed inside before Ainz, who shook his head with a sign as if he was a father watching his child commit a mistake before following her inside and closing the front door behind him. Leaving the slug sinner groaning in continued pain from the tightness of the large monstrous ribs holding him in place.
Omake: Hell-Produced Trauma
(Omake Idea by His_Righteous_Thunder, this one's for you, dawg.)
"...Adam, are you sure this is the place?" The Undead Overlord spoke up as he gazed at the abomination of an establishment in front of him.
"I fucking wish it wasn't, Bones, but it is." Adam spoke up as he actively fought the urge to tear the building apart with the new halberd Ainz gave him, and slowly but surely, that dark yet virtuous desire is winning to destroy the strip club in front of him.
One that made Sodom and Gomorrah look like clean, pure and wholesome cities.
Whereas other clubs had neon signs of the outlines of naked women or men in risque positions. The one in front of them has literal 3D images of naked succubi dancing. Not to mention the open windows with said lust demons waving at any passerby to come inside.
And right now, they were all waving at both Ainz and Adam, and some were stripteasing.
"Let's just… let's just go in and be done with all this immediately."
Ainz said dejectedly as his {Emotional Suppression} worked in overdrive to keep his mental state in check, and opened the doors to the establishment before entering with Adam behind, narrowly escaping one of the bras and panties of the succubi thrown from the windows at their faces.
As the two entered the strip club, the first thing that they experienced was their olfactory senses being assaulted by the heavy smells coming from within the club, ranging from simple things like heavy and light perfume and cologne, to sweet smells and-
"Why does it smell of… fish? Are they serving shrimp and the likes in the buffet?" Ainz spoke softly and incredulously amidst the noise of the salacious music and the lustful moans and screams, the pungent smell of fish making him wish his skeletal body didn't provide him a magical sense of smell despite the lack of a nose.
"Huh? What are you talking abou- Uhrk!" Before the First Man could continue his sentence, he immediately clasped his hand over his mouth as he fought the urge to vomit, the disgusting smell seemingly affecting him worse than Ainz.
"B-bones, that's not fucking fish…" Adam slowly said as he tried to not pass out from the repulsive smell.
"Are you sure? I'm sure it smells like shrimp, or maybe even tuna-"
"Ainz… It's. Not. The. Fucking. Fish."
Ainz stared at the Chimeric sinner as the {Emotional Suppression} worked on overdrive as he grappled with the fact of what the source of the repulsive smell actually was, and though he couldn't physically vomit, he still placed a skeletal hand over his teeth as he felt the urge to gag.
"Let's… Uhrk… Let's just… go… I don't want to spend any more time here longer than necessary."
"Fucking ditto…"
The two made their way towards the owner of the club's office as they shoved aside any and all of the workers who have been trying to get it on with them, and despite their rough manhandling of the women and even sometimes men, the only response they heard in response were lascivious moans, much to their disgust.
Soon, the two found themselves in front of the doors leading to the overlord's office, yet unlike the western style of the rest of the club, the doors office were instead wooden sliding doors.
"Yo, Skelly, am I tripping, or is that one of those sliding doors I saw in those Japanese dramas?"
Ainz nodded to Adam as his mind mulled over this latest piece of information while the First Man opened the sliding doors and went inside first.
'Shoji? Is the overlord here Japanese? This would be a surprise for sure, though would it be someone I know? One of my friends perhaps? Maybe Ulbert? Or Peroroncino? …No, I shouldn't get my hopes up, what if it's just a random Japanese sinner? Yeah, that seems more likely. Besides, even if I were to meet any of my friends here, it would only mean they died and are in Hell… I can't wish that for them, even if I remain alone, I should be happy that they aren't here, that they are alive or in Heaven instead.'
As Ainz continued thinking of the possibilities, he found himself hitting Adam's back as the large First Man seemingly stopped in his tracks for some reason, and he was soon to understand why as when to the side to find out why he stopped.
"Momonga?"
'...Dammit.'
"Oh it is you, you old skeleton! How are you, sweetheart~!"
In front of the pair of overlords, was a lithe humanoid woman in a silver and blue kimono, her silver hair cascading down her back to her feet like a waterfall. With two large fluffy white fox ears on top of her head, and nine equally fluffy tails behind her. Her expression is one of unadulterated joy and glee that doesn't remove any of the beauty of her attractive and sharp features.
The fox woman walked swiftly towards the skeleton and to his and Adam's surprise, hugged the undead tightly.
"Oh you don't know how much I missed you, Momonga!"
The undead, despite having near complete physical immunity, felt his bones getting crushed under the weight of her strong hug, as he tried to get out of her embrace, to no avail.
"Should I… let you two have some time for yourselves?" Adam asked in an uncharacteristically confused tone as he saw the pleased expression on the fox woman's face and how his friend seemed to instead of melting into it, trying to get himself out. And their immediate response to his question made it even more apparent how Ainz doesn't want this situation to be derailed even further.
"Yes~!/No!"
The First Human groaned as he felt a migraine soon encroaching as this situation continued on for a longer while, and so within a second, Adam's serpentine tail came to Ainz's rescue as it wrapped around the fox woman's waist and pulled her away from the undead overlord and plopped her behind her floor table.
"So… Bones, who is this lady?" Adam asked as he jabbed a finger in the woman's direction who only looked indignant at what he did.
Ainz smoothed out his robes for a bit as he sighed exasperatedly before motioning towards the now elegantly seated nine tailed fox woman.
"This is… Tamamo-no-Mae, an old ally of mine and my friends back in the day, and from what it seems, the overlord responsible for this-" Ainz couldn't continue before more moans and screams erupted in the next second from downstairs before the sounds of the loud music continued as before. "...establishment."
Adam blinked as his serpentine tail rolled on its side in the air as both stared at the gracefully smiling fox demon for a while before the First Man felt a realization dawn on him as he placed his fist in his other hand.
"Oooohhhh, now I remember, ain't she that one maliciously flirty fox lady from Japan or some shit? I didn't know you were involved there, Bones. And from what it seems, more than just 'allies'." Adam made air quotations as he grinned at the Overlord, who groaned while Tamamo-no-Mae giggled behind her hand.
"You talk anymore and I'll spread everything you revealed when you were drunk about what you wanted to do with that lieutenant of yours, and I'm speaking of the more wholesome things."
Adam's grin vanished as a scarlet blush replaced his pals' skin colour, with Ainz huffing victoriously for a moment before coughing slightly into his fist, remembering where he was.
"Back to the matter at hand, Tamamo…" At that, the fox woman gave the undead her full attention as she folded her arms professionally in front of her.
"I would question why you are running such a vulgar establishment unlike the respectable one you owned in the past, but that is neither here nor there. We are here to discuss a joint alliance between the two of us and y-"
"I'm in."
Both Adam and Ainz fell into a deep silence as they did a double take at her instant acceptance, that even the serpent tail stopped hissing and moving as it stared at the third overlord with shocked unblinking eyes.
"That was… fucking fast, like holy shit." Adam said after a while as he scrutinized Tamamo-no-Mae deeply. While he might not be aware enough of the earthly demons who existed on Earth as a result of corruption and sin, or of the mysterious ones that his friend Bones would speak of on occasion that seemed to not belong to Earth at all. But for the one with one of the more, as Sera would call it, 'ill reputable' pasts in any civilization to suddenly become amicable with them. It definitely invited suspicions.
Ainz seemed to be of the same mind as Adam as he raised a metaphorical eyebrow at Tamamo-no-Mae's quick response.
"Come now, it's not that hard to imagine is it?" The Fox Overlord asked with a sign as she motioned for the ever violent Pentagram city outside.
"While I can easily survive in this 'Hell' as they call it, the complete and utter chaotic environment is nothing short of irritating to deal with on a daily basis. And having to kill any fool that would dare get close to the club is losing its luster and becoming more of a chore as time goes on. If you two could help achieve some semblance of peace and quiet in this horrendous replace, then I'm with you both."
After a second or two, Tamamo-no-Mae placed her head on top of her hands on the table, giving Ainz a serene smile.
"Besides, me and Momonga go way back, I trust him more than anybody else in this place."
Adam and Ainz stayed silent for a while as the only sounds to be heard were of the guns and explosions outside the establishment and Tamamo's tails swaying from side to side, awaiting for a response from the two.
"I-I see…" Ainz coughed into his fist as he straightened out his body. "That is good news, I'll come back later or send a servant of mine to deliver you a proper contract to discuss the terms of our alliance. Until then, we'll remain in touch."
With the fox woman's courteous nod and smile as a response to his words, Ainz immediately went outside while dragging Adam behind him before closing the sliding doors, leaving Tamamo waving goodbye to the two of them, leaving her alone with her thoughts.
"My, my, it seems Momonga hasn't changed despite all this time. And that man accompanying him… he exuded the aura of an ancient soul, one of humanity's at that."
She sighed softly as she looked out of the low window to the chaos happening outside, her nose twitching ever so slightly at the disturbing smell from below, clicking her tongue in the process as it became unbearable even for her.
"Well, it seems I have to 'remind' our dear clients to not cause a mess like before. How droll."
"So… mind telling me why you're familiar with a Japanese fox spirit, Skelly? Or why does she seem 'attached' to you?" Adam spoke up with a shit eating grin as he poked Ainz's shoulder with a sharpened claw, with the serpent tail helping in its own way by headbutting the Undead's back, earning a groan of discomfort as a reward for their efforts.
"I met Tamamo-no-Mae in Yggdrasil, during a… 'quest' a long time ago. Since then, she's been a constant ally of me and my friends, which is a rarity due to our reputation."
Adam hummed as he mulled over the man's response, kicking the stray rocks from his path as the two continued in silence for a while.
'This Yggdrasil again, I guess it was one of Dad's other projects that we weren't aware of. Still, I remember some of my descendants talking about it… the Norse I think? In any case, why exactly did Bones and that hot fox lady even arrive here in Hell? Don't they have their own Hell or Heaven since I've never met any other non-Earth fucker anywhere, and I would know based on the 'scent' of their souls… Fuck, this is getting confusing, fucking hell, why is stupid complicated shit always happening?!'
As Adam continued complaining within the confines of his mind, Ainz cradled his sharp jaw with his hand as he walked in silence, his posture as perfect as ever in contrast to Adam's laid-back one with a hand in his pocket.
'So even NPCs from Yggdrasil are getting transported here, and Tamamo-no-Mae of all people. This is getting worrisome, what if some of the more hostile NPCs get transported next? The Raid Bosses? World Enemies? The Devourer of Worlds?'
Ainz's gripped on his chin tightened as he mulled over the worst possible situation happening, if World Enemies like the Ten Archangels of the Sephiroth or the Devourer of Worlds are transported next, that would spell doom for many, unless God Himself intervenes.
'...I'll have to prepare just in case, Ainz Ooal Gown doesn't know defeat, and I won't let that happen even if Hell freezes over and the Heavens fall.'
Ainz nodded as the flames that served as his eyes grew stronger as his conviction soared high, his mind filled with determination as he looked back up with determination now filling his every ste-
"Yo Bones, I have a question."
Ainz halted himself as he looked at Adam, who was giving the skeletal overlord a strange look.
"Yes?"
"...That fox lady, she called you Momonga, right?"
Ainz felt a shiver crawling up his spine as he nodded for Adam to continue, a ball of nonexistent bile crawling up his metaphorical throat.
"And momonga translates to flying squirrel in Japanese, and I would know since I know the names of all the animals… Doesn't that mean"
As Adam gained a diabolical grin on his face, Ainz immediately cast [Silent Magic: Fireball] to the chimeric demon's face, who dodged it immediately, causing it to instead hurtle and destroy a building behind him as he got closed to Ainz, his grin growing even more monstrous as he looked at Ainz teasingly.
"Your name, Mister "I am the Darkness!", means flying squirrel?! Those adorable little furballs?!"
"Damn you, Adam! Stop it! This isn't funny!"
"Like hell it isn't! This is fucking gold! You share the same name with a fluffy rodent while you're out here looking like the grim fucking reaper more than Azrael herself! I'm never letting you live this down!"
…
Suffice to say, the city earned a few more destroyed districts than usual due to the violent game of chase between a furious Undead Overlord and the boisterously laughing First Man.
Author's Note:
Alrighty then, we are now officially caught up. From now on, both will be updated at the same time. Will be sometime before I release chapter 6, so I hope y'all enjoyed these chapters in the meantime.
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