Chapter 176 ~ An Old Friend’s Gratitude

A slash that teared and ripped apart the very fabric of space itself. A concept that transcended her imaginations… The realm achievable solely by a supreme being. 

Albedo looked up to see the venerable figure of the greatest supreme being in the sky. 

An invincible body. Perfect swordsmanship. World-ending magic. And the ability to cut his enemies into nothingness without even swinging his sword… 

Yuuji was hailed as the most powerful by the rest of the supreme beings. And she regarded the fact as absolute truths, just like the rest of those created by the Supreme Beings. 

However… she had never seen him in a true battle before. In fact, perhaps aside from Shalltear and those who had taken part in the defense of the upper floors of the Underground Tomb of Nazarick during the great invasion, no other creations of the supreme being had ever seen him fight in earnest, as the invasion never went past the fourth floor. 

At most, they would only see him fight during a practice match against another supreme being. 

Only now did she see a glimpse of his power… A power without bounds. A power that transcended her imagination. A power befitting the title of the strongest supreme being.

"Yuuji~ That was amazing~"

Aika's beautiful voice resonated as she flew up with her own wings and leaped into her beloved's embrace in the sky. Her wings then wrapped around the lower part of her own body and her beloved's body, and fully entrusted herself to him. 

Aika's display of her overwhelming affection for Yuuji was already akin to a daily occurrence for Momonga and Lelouch. Even though they may have never seen it first hand, they've heard of it more than enough times from Aika herself through the conversations they've had in the group chat. 

In fact, her only hugging Yuuji was a surprise. From the stories they heard from Erika, they would've expected them to be fully kissing and disregard anyone around them. 

They were the so-called "idiot couple" of the group. 

However, the youthful display of affection contrasted what Aura, Mare, and Albedo expected from the motherly supreme being and the one who epitomized bewitching charm and devilish beauty. 

After having the greatest honor of experiencing Aika's motherly and gentle affection, Aura and Mare would've expected Aika to wait for Yuuji to land back down and welcome him with a warm hug. While Albedo expected Aika to welcome Yuuji on land with a deep, passionate kiss.

But for her to fly off into the sky and go to him, as if she was unable to wait for him to come down… 

While it may be rude to think of a supreme being in such a way, they couldn't help but think of her as… cute and pure. 

"Thanks. Did you have fun? I see you tried out a few spells."

With his arms wrapped tightly around her, holding her up against his body in a loving embrace, he kissed her head and spoke to her as his eyes met hers with a loving, heart-melting gaze. 

Aika felt her heart flutter, her womb quivering in anticipation, and love juices beginning to wet her thin lingerie beneath her dress as she felt the loving gaze of her beloved. 

She had always loved how he looked at her with such immense love, care, gentleness, and passion. And with this new appearance, his charm just went beyond infinity. 

She could feel her lips curling into a dumb grin as she buried her face into his neck and began peppering it with kisses. 

"Mm~ I unfortunately didn't get to use any of my more destructive spells since I don't want to destroy this place, but I did have fun with my other spells. Though, if I can, I'd still love to try out some other spells in the future."

"Perhaps in the future. There would be plenty of chances, right?"

"Mm~"

After spending a bit of affectionate time in the sky, the two landed back down on the ground with Aika still hugging Yuuji's arm, as Momonga and Lelouch, followed by the armored Albedo, Aura, and Mare arrived before them. 

"Good work. That was impressive."

"Thank you. It was a nice little exercise"

"Uhn~ Thank you for the phantoms, Momonga~"

"Mm. Don't mention it."

Momonga nodded. 

Summoning phantoms didn't cost him too much energy, and even if they were destroyed, he could summon them again at will as long as he could still "remember" them. And it was impossible for him to forget his precious guildmates. 

"That was impressive. You dealt with Touch Me and Ulbert quite easily. Even though they were phantoms, those two were still top fighters in Ainz Ooal Gown."

"I doubt it'll go that well against the real ones, but going against the phantom was still quite fun."

"Uhn~ The phantom moved and acted just like how the real Ulbert would, so it's fun fighting against them again!"

"...I'm glad to hear it."

Their praise for his past comrade brought him a sense of nostalgia and pride. 

And a notion flashed across his mind for a moment. 

How… wonderful it might be if his friends from the group chat were able to meet his guildmates. 

'It would definitely be a lot of fun…'

He could already imagine some of the stuff that might… 

Yuuji and Touch Me fighting intensely with each other in a friendly spar. Peroroncino being super jealous of Yuuji and Aika's relationship. Bukubukuchagama being close friends with Aika, Erika, and C.C. And Amanomahitotsu sharing his passion for engineering with Tatsuya. 

How much fun would it be if they were to explore the vast unknown of Yggdrasil together… 

'Ah, I'm becoming too nostalgic again…'

He had been reminiscing of the past very often lately since he began grinding as much as he could in Yggdrasil and arriving in the new world. 

But he shouldn't dwell himself in such a pastime… He would not forget the past, but he should look at the present and see the future. 

With his druidic magic, Mare began to control the earth to fix the massive crater and numerous impact marks caused by the earlier "exercise" of the supreme beings. 

And just as Yuuji and the others were chatting, the space a few distance away from them tore open into a portal. 

"Oya~? Am I the first to arrive~?"

A beautiful, melodic voice of a young girl, yet said in an archaic and formal tone, resounded from the shadowed portal, the highest tier of teleportation magic; [Gate]. 

And when all eyes turned towards the source of the voice, they saw an innocent, youthful young girl, no older than 14, with an appearance that combined the qualities of cuteness and beauty into a single whole. 

Her skin, pale as wax, and her long silver hair that was tied up into a ponytail that descended from one side of her head contrasted the black ball gown she had worn. 

Her stature was that of a young girl, aside from the obvious, massive bulge on her chest which seemed to denote her overendowed breasts when compared to her petite form. However, everyone present knew that they were false, and Albedo knew the reason why Shalltear stuffed her chest to the brim after the revelation Shalltear shared with her of her creator's wish.

Shalltear had always been sensitive to her petite figure, especially since the one she loved was in a relationship with the supreme being who had unmatched curves and seductiveness, a stark contrast to her childish figure. 

Thus, she would often stuff them with breast pads, in hopes that her figure would be satisfactory and capable of attracting her beloved's attention. 

Of course, if Peroroncino were to know that his creation thought this way, he would've added the extra setting in her background that would make proud of her lithe, slender figure and use it to invoke the feeling of taboo in her advantage instead. After all, he knew Yuuji well enough that he wasn't the type that would judge a woman by her breast size. 

If he was, then Peroroncino would've made Shalltear into an "oppai-legal-loli"; a legal loli with huge breasts. 

"Ugh…"

Aura's face twisted in a scowl the moment her eyes landed upon the figure of the first through third floor guardian… 

The words to berate her the moment she appeared for coming with such frivolous use of the highest tier of teleportation spell within Nazarick was already at the tip of her tongue, ready to be spat and fired at the true vampire. 

However, in the presence of not one, but four other supreme beings, she reeled herself back in as to not show the unsightly display of her fight with Shalltear before the exalted ones. 

But this didn't mean she won't call her out on her thoughtless action. She would simply postpone it. 

Shalltear did not even bother looking at Aura, who was already scowling and directing glares at her. Instead, she swiftly advanced before Yuuji with hurried excitement. The bewitching scent of rose from her perfume hung around her as she approached, and her massive false chest bouncing and swaying with every step. 

"Ah~ Yuuji-sama~!!! My lord~! My beloved Yuuji-sama~! Your Shalltear has come~!"

Her carmine lips parted, revealing a moist, slick, pink tongue, as she declared her arrival as well as her love. Her fragrant breath wafted out from her open mouth.

Although she was perfectly suited for the role of an alluring seductress in all other ways, she had a far too young appearance for it. The gap between her expectations and reality was laughable. In her mind, she imagined herself to possess Aika's figure. 

While she knew she could never be as perfect as she was, even a fraction of it would've made her the second most beautiful woman in Nazarick. 

Of course, ranks for beauty were inconsequential to her. All she wanted was to possess a figure similar to Aika; tall, curvaceous, alluring, and bewitching. A figure which managed to capture Yuuji's heart. 

If she could have such a figure… her dream of having a tiny space within Yuuji's heart as his lover for herself won't be an impossible one. 

Shalltear immediately lunged at Yuuji and hugged him dearly. But when she reached her hands out to hug Yuuji, it looked like she wanted to hang from his neck instead.

"Ah… My Lord… My beloved lord… The lord of my body, heart, and soul~"

Shalltear knew how blasphemous it might be for her to touch, much less hug, a supreme being, a God, without their permission. 

But… Just this once. She could not contain her overflowing love and affection for him, nor could she the excitement of meeting and finally confessing her love for him. 

If she were to be smitten down as punishment, she won't even be opposed to it and receive it with open arms, aware of her sin. And the only regret she would have would be to be unable to spend more time with her beloved. 

Seeing Shalltear's sudden actions and for Yuuji, being at the receiving end of it, shocked and froze all but Albedo, who had expected this would happen. Though, a tinge of disapproval and, more prominently, envy flashed within her golden slitted eyes before the Guardian Overseer managed to conceal it. 

"S-Shalltear?!"

"Hm? Ah…"

"Oh my~"

"E-Eh?"

The four supreme beings all looked in shock and, for Aika, pleasant surprise. But a moment after, a look of realization came to Lelouch, having recalled something from his "memories". 

"S-Shalltear? Why are you…"

"Ah, please forgive me, my Lord~ I simply could not hold back from expressing the extent of my love for you upon witnessing your venerable figure in person anymore~"

Yuuji's mind whirled in high speeds as he looked down to see the beautiful, youthful face of Shalltear, her pink, luscious lips slightly parted to reveal her moist, slick tongue and cute vampire fangs, and the vampiric eyes filled with immense love and lust mixed with a hint of obsession. 

And for a brief moment, upon seeing her vampire fangs, he recalled a random tidbit that Peroroncino had said to him in the past… 

Like most of the things that came out of his beak, it was a perverted tidbit that Yuuji would normally simply brush off or forget. But this one specifically, he recalled upon seeing her fangs. 

"Hey hey, Yuuji! Do you know why I made my NPC a vampire?"

"Hm? Isn't it because they've got many special abilities?"

"Well, that too, but I've got the inspiration from an eroge!"

"...What?"

"I saw how this one vampire got off after sucking the protagonist's blood from his neck! It was so hot seeing a legal loli getting off while she sat on his lap and mooching his neck~ And when they got freaky… the protagonist described how stimulating it felt when her fangs brushed against his dick when she sucked him off!!!"

"...Dude, what?"

"Then I began wondering, how would it feel it she also sucks on his balls-"

"Alright, that's too much info!"

Yuuji could not help but feel a phantom ache in his head…

But… Now that he saw those small, pearly white fangs up close, Peroroncino's words slowly became the devil's whispers, tempting him to try it out…

"No, what am I thinking?! Hah… Guess I'm reaching my limit…"

Yuuji shook his head inwardly, making a mental note to ask Aika if she would be up for an entire night, or perhaps more, of lovemaking. 

He then refocused and tried to search for any sort of information from his "memories" to try and make sense of the situation. 

He recalled from the anime that Shalltear was supposed to hold feelings for Momonga, the skeletal undead overlord, given her necrophilia fetish that Peroroncino embedded into her through her settings. And he knew Peroroncino did the same thing when he told him about it in his "memories". 

So why did she come to him instead of Momonga when he was not an undead in any form…?

"Shalltear… I'm flattered, but would you let go for a moment and tell me why you would suddenly do this…?"

Yuuji softly and ever so gently held her by her slim, tiny waist, slightly pushing her down without actually forcing her to do so but to simply tell her to go down on her own. 

But instead of doing so, Shalltear bit her lips and let out a soft moan of pleasure the moment she felt Yuuji's hand, large enough to almost completely circle around her waist, held her. 

If not for her ball gown dress, all the Supreme Beings present as well as her fellow floor guardians could've seen a stream of clear liquid squirting off her drenched undergarments, which was a special one that she had specifically prepared and worn for meeting with Yuuji for the first time. 

In fact, the majority of the time she spent preparing was for choosing her underwear, in case her beloved decided to simply ravage her with the intention of finally claiming her body as if he was trying to breed her, even if she biologically couldn't make an offspring in the normal way due to her undead nature. 

His mere touch made her mind buzz with immense pleasure. But Shalltear, who had experienced pleasure, though far from being of the same level as this one, from her regular "sessions" with her vampire brides, managed to snap out of her daze and nodded to her lord. 

"Please forgive my rudeness, my lord."

She regrettably let go of her hold around Yuuji's neck, landing on the ground, and moved a few steps back with her head slightly lowered and her hands held in front of her hungry womb. 

Yuuji nodded with a soft smile.

"Then, could you explain…?"

"Yes. This is related to the will of my creator, Peroroncino-sama."

"Eh?"

Instead of Yuuji, Momonga was the one who voiced his surprise. 

"Peroroncino?"

"Yes, Momonga-sama… My creator, Peroroncino-sama, had always regarded Yuuji-sama in high esteem and considered him as a brother. There were countless things Yuuji-sama had done that Peroroncino-sama felt immensely grateful for and, at the same time, indebted to. Thus… He instilled these emotions within me when he created me."

Shalltear brought her hands up to her bulging chest, in front of her heart which had never beaten once since she had created, yet was capable of feeling such immense emotions for her beloved. 

"That I will admire Him like a little sister with a massive brother complex would her dear brother. Love Him like a loyal, loving wife would her husband. Yearn for Him like a cum-dumpster slut onahole would her master. And be his sword.

These are the feelings I am born with through the grace of my creator, and I am utterly overjoyed and keen on fulfilling His wishes; both for Him and my own."

If it was silent when Shalltear suddenly went and hugged Yuuji, it was a vacuum now as her words made everyone present, aside from Albedo, speechless. 

That was until Aika yelled out something that broke the silence.

"Aaah!! That's right! I remember Bukubukuchagama-chan saying that~!!"

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