77 Chapter 77

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Raizel slowly opened his eyes with a grunt due to a slight headache he was currently feeling.

He just woke up.

Of course, the being that Raizel has now become doesn't require things such as sleeping, but it's not like it's impossible. Unlike undead creatures, he can sleep if he wants to.

"This room is so unnecessarily huge," Raizel muttered to himself as he slowly looked around, probably scanning the room he was currently in.

In doing so, he found out that he was in some sort of bedroom. An extremely huge and very luxurious bedroom.

*Sigh*

Looking around he also notices the situation he's currently in. Well, it's not like he's unaware of it, he just decided to not think of it for a moment.

Raizel sighed heavily once again as he finally decided to face the current situation at hand. Which is him lying down on a bed, all while bare-naked.

Well, given Raizel's new body which looks perfect from every angle, he did not mind being naked at all. Or at least, not as much as before. But the real problem comes after that.

Cause, with just a slight turn of his head, beside him... there he finds his supposedly "wife", Isabella. And the most noticeable thing is that... she was also naked.

Thankfully, she is currently sleeping deeply, so Raizel could safely look at her without sh*tting himself. But, as much as he wanted to seize the moment and leave, he sadly couldn't cause Isabella was hugging him and using his left arm as a bodypillow, practically locking him in place.

In any case, to make the long story short, Raizel basically did the thing with Isabella. The very thing that most lovers do.

Segs.

Now this situation is quite unreal for Raizel actually.

No, not for the reason that he just slept with someone. Raizel had been in a relationship before, and even though it's been a while since he last did it, it didn't change the fact that he was already an experienced man.

What's unreal for him is the fact that the things that happened, just happen.

"... What a mess this is." Raizel can only grunt as he starts remembering the scenes that happened which ultimately led to his current situation.

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( Flashback~ )

"How am I supposed to do this?" Raizel thought to himself.

Back in YGGDRASIL, Isabella doesn't have loyalty to anyone, unlike normal NPCs. What she has is a favorability meter.

To summarize everything, the higher her favorability meter is, the better it is for Raizel. But the thing is, her favorability meter tends to decrease when left alone for some time. That's why Raizel goes to her every now and then to make sure that very thing doesn't happen.

Though he doesn't really know what would happen if her favorability of him goes to zero, well he's not brave enough to know.

Thankfully, raising her favorability is fairly easy. All he needs to do is just select the right answer when a question prompt appears above her. It's like dialogue choices on a dating sim game.

This is basically the only way he interacts with her inside the YGGDRASIL.

But now, where things such as a preset dialogue don't exist, and the words that come out of Isabella are preset no more, he becomes stuck.

The fact that her current favorability level seems to be dangerously low and that Raizel made her look like Esdeath from Akame ga Kill is not helping at all.

Raizel, at the current moment, really needs to rack up his brain for an immediate solution before it's too late because Isabella's mood seems so eager.

This was shown back when Raizel first arrived in the Ice Palace's vicinity.

At first, Raizel thought that he was sent flying away by the monster he encountered upon arriving, but when he noticed that he'd been flying for quite a long time, he immediately realized that he was not sent flying by an attack, but by someone that's pulling him from somewhere.

Unfortunately, Raizel who's currently nerfed, did not manage to resist the pulling cause he was being overpowered by a large margin, and even Alexa herself could not give him an immediate solution. He can use some drastic measures indeed but, held off cause he decided to see how things would play out first.

Whoever or whatever is causing this, Raizel could tell that it is surely powerful. If left behind, it might cause him quite trouble in the long run. That's why he needed to know the current situation first before taking any action.

Well, it didn't take that long for him to know who exactly was pulling him. In fact, It was an answer that he regretted asking for to come.

So all of that is what happened when Raizel first arrived here, and the events that followed are the ones that led to the current scenario. Actually, ever since Raizel arrived in front of Isabella he hasn't said a single word. Probably the reason why she looks more agitated as time passes by.

Indeed, Raizel is acting a bit weird, but that's for a reason. A good reason.

The moment he realized how critical his situation was, Raizel instinctively activated a bunch of spells and skills. Mind Isolation, Perception Boost, Intel Grave, etc. These spells and skills boost his mind, maximizing what little time he has to think from his point of view.

In short, all this time, Raizel is living in slow motion, discussing what's the best response he can make with Alexa.

"Alexa? How are the things on your side?" Raizel hurriedly asked his AI companion inside his mind.

[ I'm nearly done with it. ]

"Ugh, I can't wait any longer, I've been on pause for a long time now." Raizel agitatedly said as he noticed that if he kept acting like a mute, according to Isabella's current creepy expression, she might get tired of waiting and then proceed to head crushing.

[ But... It's still incomplete. ]

"As you said, It's nearly done already. Just shoot it then work on the missing parts along the way. If things come to worse, then I'll improvise."

[ ... ]

"... Alexa?"

[ Understood. At your will. But If we do it this way, then I'll need to notify you that I need your permission for some... ]

"Whatever it is, will it cause me any direct harm?"

[ Umm, most likely no. That doesn't seem to be the case. ]

"A- Alright, just do whatever it is and start immediately."

[ ... Understood. ]

So with Raizel's full permission, their so-called "plan", finally started...

[ Initiating "Random Bullsh*t Go!" protocol... ]

"That name sucks. You should've picked a better name."

Meanwhile, Raizel who's watching from the back, starts commenting on every panel he sees like some Karen in a park.

Though Alexa seems to be unbothered by his remarks.

[ Calculating the best path for the next sequences of action based on the current situation... ]

"Woah, we are getting precise. I like that."

[ Scanning Miss Isabella's facial structure, breathing pattern, body language, and nature to identify her exact characteristics... ]

"Umm... I don't think you need to go that deep just to-."

[ Character identified. According to the book "Start Your AV Career", Miss Isabella seems to fall in the Submissive and Breedable category. ]

"... HUH?"

[ Searching the Database for the most effective actions when it comes to dealings with Miss Isabela's character... ]

"Wait, Alexa! I don't think you're searching in the right database section!"

[ The recommended actions in the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" seem to be the best for the current scenario. ]

"... OH SH*T!"

[ The Path of Action has been established... ]

"OI!"

[ Initiating autopilot mode... ]

"WAIT AUTOPILOT? I DIDN'T AGREE TO-" Raizel was about to rebuke but a moment when Alexa asked for his permission about something and his agreeing to it without even thinking about it, suddenly appeared in his mind.

[ Canceling some of the currently active skills and spells to resume the normal flow of time. ]

"ALEXA! WAIT!"

[ All necessary steps have been prepared. ]

"THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!"

[ Protocol Action will now commence... ]

"NOOOOOOO!!!!!"

( End of Flashback~)

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The things that happened after that were quite wild and unexpected in Raizel's opinion. He didn't know that Isabella, even as her creator, had that kind of... personality.

Once again Alexa made him realize how amazing of a system she is. Though he can't lie that she gave him quite a scare.

Well, nobody can probably blame him since what are the odds that his acting like a drunkard douchebag of a husband that likes nothing but to abuse his wife is the way that will get him out of a life-and-death situation?

Almost never.

"I hope this ends soon," Raizel muttered as he glanced at the open window near him with a tired expression.

"Whatever, let's just think about this stuff later. For now... Alexa, fill me in."

Just after Raizel said that, Alexa's window appeared right in front of him.

[ Okay. ]

Earlier, when Raizel was in the middle of his "business" with Isabella, he suddenly heard Alexa's notification prompt all of a sudden. This could only mean that something important happened within his system that needed his attention.

But since he was still in the middle of doing something, he decided to just check it out later.

Besides, Raizel knew it was not an emergency that required immediate attention, so he decided to chill out and finish his business first. But now that he's doing nothing, he finally decided to know what the notification was about.

[ A couple of hours ago, a third party was detected within the area of our link on one of our ongoing sequences. ]

"A third party? On an ongoing sequence? What sequence is that?"

[ It's the Mapping Sequence. ]

"... O-kay? So what did you do? Did you get rid of the third party already?"

[ No. I detected that the Breach in our link had no harmful intent... so I decided to observe first. ]

"Weird, but I'm still alive so whatever." Raizel wanted to reprimand Alexa that he was being a bit reckless but he was too tired to argue right now.

"So, what you found out?"

[ I found out that... The Mapping Sequence had been 100% Completed. ]

"What?"

[ The Map of Niflheim is now Available for viewing on the Map. ]

"Yeah, I get that part, but you said that it'll take a year or so before it's completed right?"

[ That's right. However, the third-party link assisted us in this matter and tremendously enhanced the processing speed of our Mapping Sequence. ]

Looking at the floating Window Panels, Raizel can't help but have a deep frown while listening to this. Well, what just happened is very beneficial for him- Hell, due to this, some of his plans that are scheduled to be done in the later years due to the original estimated completion of his mapping sequence, can now be put in motion.

He did not have to wait for a year anymore.

But... an unknown third party that's aware of his plans and existence is quite a scare in the gut. Raizel is literally in an unknown Universe right now where many unknown variables reside, no one can blame him for being too cautious.

"... Did you find out who that third party is?"

Raizel asked a question, just in case Alexa took a sneaky action against that Third party. But before she could even voice out her reply, a voice rang beside him and answered that question for him.

"It's me."

"Sh*t!" Raizel almost jumped out of bed as he suddenly heard Isabella's voice in his ear.

"I noticed what you're doing. You're gathering information... which is weird honestly. Imagine a King who doesn't know his land. That's pretty funny." Isabella said in a teasing manner while looking straight into Raizel's eyes. "Anyways, good morning."

"Oh... Uuh, thank you?" Raizel said awkwardly. "Ah! I mean... G- good morning to you too... Honey?"

"Pft!" Listening to her husband talking to her in a conflicted speech pattern made Isabelle laugh out loud. "Why are you talking like that? Are you teasing me?"

Realizing what he just did, Raizel faked a cough and then apologized.

"Damn, this is so awkward... what's happening to me?"

After that, silence covered the two. Though both of them kept staring at each other as if they were in a staring contest, no one was voicing out their thoughts. One is afraid to make the situation more awkward and the other one is enjoying the situation as it gets more awkward.

But that silence didn't last long as a few seconds later, Isabella decided to break the ice.

"... I'm hungry." Isabella paused as she rolled off to the side of the bed and then stood up. She doesn't have any clothes on but she seems not to care. "Come, let's have breakfast."

Isabella then proceeds to walk out of the room without waiting for Raizel's response.

Raizel on the other hand, was still left speechless.

Seeing the closing door, Raizel could do nothing but make one last sigh.

"Now that I think about it, I'm also getting hungry," Raizel said lazily.

"That's probably why I cannot think properly... Yeah, that must be it."

So with that thought in mind, he decided to stand up and hurriedly follow Isabella outside.

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