All I Ains Ooal Gown wanted, was answers. I came to this world all on my own and I believed I was the only one that was sent to protect what we all built together: Nazarick.
My devotion is so strong that I changed my name from Momonga, to Ains Ooal Gown to represent the pride that I had in our times in Yggdrasil. But I failed. I had failed so miserably... everything was gone. All thanks to that bastard Osiris.
I had to massacre him personally or I wouldn't have peace.
All I wanted was answers. He spoke Japanese, he knew about Japan... he could have been my ticket back home, or maybe even more... a way for me to bring this wonderful creation of ours there into the other world.
Maybe I could be more than an office worker there, I could perhaps be an overlord.
But he shattered it all, they destroyed everything I worked so hard to create!
It infuriated me, I at no point had the intention to antagonise him; although his power was concerning, I never thought he'd turn his sword towards me so petty. I guess I was misled by his Japanese accent and thought deep inside he was just like me, another Yggdrasil player. I couldn't blame Albedo for her mistake, but I also couldn't look at her in the face without making her responsible.
From that moment my rage has only been pooling as my humanity slips away. I have dreams every night of my time on the earth, and when I wake up the next day, those memories are gone like blurs that vanish slowly.
All I can do is keep moving forward; Osiris is a God, he might as well be the toughest opponent I have dealt with, way harder than a Triple S Rank Boss in Yggdrasil, no such individual in the game would have been able to shatter Nazarick like that Kitsune did.
"Ains-sama, you have to sleep... it is not good that you keep working days on days without rest"
I had Aura and Mare on either side of me. I hugged the two dark elves against me. They were all I had here in this foreign dragon kingdom.
"I want to, but I should not".
There is too much work to be done before I head towards my next objective, the Elf Kingdom. I mumbled inwardly objectives when I got approached by a towering knight, the strongest in this kingdom.
"You have finished..." I said without even looking at him, I gave time to Tsaindorcus Vaision to repair his armour after his fight with Osiris. He was the only puppet that was more efficient if allowed freedom.
As long as I allowed the Dragons to live and the innocent citizens were left alone, they would cooperate, those were the conditions of their surrender, I managed to attain a great chunk of their army and made them into undead knights and dragons; once he has no more use to me, at that time this country would become a barren land.
"What are you planning, Ains Ooal Gown".
"... contrary to what you may expect, war is not my objective. But instead vengeance, Vaision".
"Sounds too cliché for the likes of you" He huffed and he was right. Never would I have bothered with something so mundane as vengeance when there was so much talent and prospects around me to go for something greater.
But Osiris shattered that potential; he had to die.
"I must slaughter Osiris. After that... what do I wish? Nothing... just peace".
But my concept of peace was slowly being twisted as my humanity dwindled on a needle string.
"The peace of a world succumbing in darkness, that should suffice".
The dragon looked at me hideously, "I should have expected that much from you".
He may be formulating his plans in his mind as we talk, but it matters not, he will be a skeleton dragon before those plans come to fruition.
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I have been busy, but I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. They weren't hundreds, they were thousands. Thousands of slaves and therapies that I did, although I found it enjoyable. Galadriel came with another batch of mermaids. The place was quite packed up and it was time to move to the next phase of the plan.
For that I sat down with two ladies and a man in a secluded spot of the Moonlight Mist, next to me were Anna, Alana and Lucilla.
"Jicniv, Draudillon, Leone".
"Say the word, my lord".
"It is time to move into the displacement phase. I had instructed you two to have everything prepared for a month or two from now. I know I am asking this of you earlier than anticipated–"
"The preparations in the Beastman Country are ready when you are, my lord" Leone said first with her arms crossed, she didn't even let me finish.
Draudillon and Jicniv were shocked.
The displacement phase was simple; I'd make portals from the moonlight mist into their respective regions for those slaves to begin settling down to have a prosperous future until their homes could be reclaimed back. Sadly, it wasn't as easy as it sounded due to racial differences.
So I had requested them to prepare for this transition internally ahead of time even before I left the Baharut Empire.
"The beastman kingdom has received strict orders from Lady Tsunade. We are to follow your words like our righteous god that you are, my lord. The moment you gave me this order, I moved my focus from the borders and onto this task"
Leone's words were quite funny to me. She had no respect for me whatsoever, it didn't matter if she knew I was strong or not. The ones who conquered her region were Tsunade and Azrael, so they were the ones she respect. That didn't stop her from following my orders by proxy.
Truly a tribe that venerated honour above everything.
'An obedient subordinate is better than a respectful one, although usually they go hand by hand' Elysir said in my mind, I agreed.
"Thanks, Leone... what about you two?".
"I-I am afraid it hasn't been going that well. I have admittedly placed more focus on the commercialisation of Armatista" Jicniv confessed ashamed.
"I have been solving diplomatic disputes with Leone to reclaim lost territories" Draudillon glared at Leone who just shrugged her shoulders with a smile in her face.
"I opted to give those back without an issue just to focus on preparing ourselves for the arrival of our comrades. The majority of the slaves you saved were beastmen of different tribes, my lord. We are more than ready to welcome them back. Naturally, if elves, dwarves and other races are to come, we will be ready to receive them too".
'This woman needs a reward' Elysir said and I sighed, once again I agreed.
"Could you assist Draudillon and Jicniv with those preparations, Leone?" I requested her.
"As you wish, my lord. Should we begin without delay?"
"Do so, you are hereby in charge of the transition".
Once again Jicniv and Draudillon couldn't believe my words. I had put the most troublesome one in charge, but it was natural. While they were not disobedient to me, they still worked harder in securing their own territories than in my will, unlike Leone.
"I will reward you properly, Leone," I told her after she turned around. The woman looked back at me once and nodded.
The three of them headed out of the moonlight mist to do their thing. I didn't have to focus anymore on this; I only had to create the portals and Leone would lead them to take care of the rest. It was the wonderful part of having reliable subordinates.
"Ray, there is something I wish to talk to you about" After the place was clear, Anna didn't even ask me for permission, she sat on my lap and hugged my neck. I was shocked at her forwardness but welcomed it happily.
"What is wrong, Anna?".
"Alana and I thought about it. We think it is time to plan our offensive against Decem Hougan now" She said while looking at Alana who was staring at how comfortable we were with twitching eyebrows.
"We have a total of two hundred forest elves that we have saved, it was the milestone we were hoping to achieve before getting into the action. I had sisters Nocturna, Yuna and Merluna go to the Baharut Empire and fetch equipment for them, they're ready to begin a campaign, so... we think now it is the best time. The Elf Kingdom could also become a wonderful destiny for displaced communities" Alana said.
"Hmn..." I mumbled inwardly thinking about what Haku had told me. The information she got from Solution was that Ains Ooal Gown's next objective is the Elf Kingdom. So we should make haste and settle there before he gets to it first.
"Aside from that we also have three hundred beastmen who volunteered so long as we could guarantee their stay in the Elf Kingdom after the transition of the dynasty, they're beastmen with no home who have lost all their families and have nowhere to go" Alana continued.
"As the next queen of the Elf Kingdom, Anna Blair, I have personally given them permission to remain within our borders, Ray".
Anna looked at me with a sharp glare that was so uncharacteristic compared to when I met her. She had been in combat, she had led her sister to free slaves and fight against the Sloane Theocracy. This elf had grown up in the last few months we were together.
I inadvertently held her waist a bit tighter against me, love me a strong and decisive woman.
"If you are ready and you want to do it, you have all my support. Do you want me to go with you? How do you wish to proceed?".
She helped my chin and caressed it with her infatuated eyes, I thought for a second she was going to kiss me but she didn't.
"I don't want you to stop what you're doing, Ray. What you are doing is amazing and will change this world forever for the better. We can execute this operation by ourselves, there is no need to worry about anything and take you out of your focus. I am only letting you know what we're going to do so that you are assured and trust our victory".
"I trust you~" I said happily, I trust them but I also trust the massage that I gave her so she shouldn't have any problems. To ease my worries I'll just send Rubedo with her secretly. Just in case, you never know.
"Thanks~" She said and then kissed me finally; it was the first time she took the initiative to do it, but we had gotten a lot closer during these last months. Not only her, I had gotten close to all the five princesses.
Alana coughed and sat on my other lap. I had a gorgeous forest elf and a dark elf on each side, happy? yes.
"In a week we will march. We hope that Zariel-san can cover for the three manors we were supposed to raid during the week. We don't know how long the operation will take, but we will arrive in the kingdom in approximately two days–"
"I can teleport you there" I said.
"E-Eh?".
I tilted my head and so did she, "I can teleport you to the outskirts of the Elf Kingdom without you being noticed. Wouldn't that be better?".
"..." Both sisters looked at each other and then laughed out loud, "W-We are so foolish. You are so humble and approachable, sometimes I forget you are a god capable of those things".
"Girl, I could destroy the whole Elf Kingdom if I wanted, you wouldn't need any campaign~".
"Please don't..." Her countenance fell.
"T-Then, we will begin the preparations now!".
They both ran off but then Anna ran back to me and kissed me all of a sudden with a slight peck of hurry.
"A-After this is all finished, I know I will have to become the Elf Queen, and I won't be able to spend as much time with Rias and the girls as I would want as the Kingdom needs to be rebuilt. T-then... when I become the queen, would you marry me and be my king?"
She looked exalted and scared, as if she had just gotten the conviction to ask me. In fact, she was scared as if there was actually a possibility of me refusing.
I laughed and she pouted.
"What are you talking about? I can have one of Solution's slimes pose as you to fix the kingdom while you go and have fun with the girls".
!!!
"Hubby is a god, did you forget?"
"Hubby!" Anna jumped on me and pecked me a hundred times before she ran off with Alana who looked at me with a complex sight.
"Don't look at me like that, I'll marry you too".
!!!
"E-Eh?! W-Will you?" She screamed with a stutter of emotion.
"Uhm, who knows?" I played fool.
"You just said you would! You said it! You can't back off now!".
"Haha, I won't~ you two go now... I have work to do".
The girl smiled and ran off together with Anna.
Things were looking good for the elves, and for me too of course.
'Aren't you getting yourself too many girls?' Elysir harrumphed, 'With this many, when are you supposed to massage me?'.
'And Okasan? When are you going to massage Okasan!?' My mom chipped in with worry.
'...'
As expected, all they want is my hands.