Momonga walked through the corridors of the Great hall of Nazarick with muffled footfalls, produced by the fluffed carpet that stretched beneath his feet. And for all the tasteful decor that adorned the near life like world he walks on, his attention remained scattered. Too busy reminiscing at the memories he shared with everyone within this very guild.
His eyes only regained focus as his eyes drank in the form of a maid headed straight for his direction. He suddenly stopped and in response the maid stood aside with a bow and remained standing primly as if expecting either a command or awaiting for him to pass on by.
He observed her for a time. Taking note of her battle maid attire, not out of remembrance, but of a closely held familiarity. One of the Pleiades Battle Maids.
"....Narberal Gamma...."
He remembers her... and blush at the memory altogether.
He remembers it well, it was shortly after his victory and coronation as World Champion. He had confessed, and thought she felt the same way. But to his anger and dismay, it did not go as he had hoped.
She's an artificial intelligence... but to him, she was everything. Sadly she did not see it the same way. And so instead of giving him a chance to prove himself, she instead pushed him to others. Some he admit, might have had potential had he not been -head over heels- in love with her.
He had dated in IRL, Yamaiko, Akemi, and Buku-Buku and most surprisingly, Genjiro who turned out to be a woman using a voice changer pretending to be a man. A discovery that his guild found amusing, usually its the other way around.
Things had gone well truth be told. But they knew why he said yes and it wasn't to give them a chance, no, he did so to simply entertain the idea. In the end, they all decided to just remain friends, there was a but of awkwardness in the following days but, he pushed through....by her encouragement he pushed through.
But Eliza wasn't one to relent. In game, she instead distracted him with virtual women.
It started during one such expansion that Eliza had pointed out a sudden breakdown of an existing rule that binds the game. She seemed so eager to show it to him that he followed her like a hapless puppy and eager to see what it was.
The exploits they had done to get their guild so far had been incredible and he didn't doubt for a second that this would be any different. And what he showed her would forever be engrained in his memory.
It was Year Ten of Yggdrasil. So many updates had come and gone with more and more people pouring into video games ever since the public introduction of the Matrix Program.
It took a fortune, backroom deals and even a couple of blackmail, but he was able to make the push to make it available for the public. It was a virtual sandbox, a world to reshape as your own.
To be able to have a luxurious life even in a virtual world... an escape from reality all with a push of a button. It was far too enticing to ignore, so it was only natural that it exploded into popularity.
Of course, every industry exploited it, and with the option to completely reshape your image however you wish... movies are among those that became more popular... in every genre.
The entertainment industry exploded and he was among to surge the waves.
Almost every game adapted to such freedom. Yggdrasil had it as well... just hidden and locked away by the R18 restriction. The same restrictions that had fallen away due to an update.
The memory was clear to him. How he indulge himself of her. Fucking her atop the Throne of Kings itself...
And in his fervor, he took her sisters as well...
Flashes of him yanking at her hair as he lifted her up with every thrust. With his other hand holding her belly, feeling every bump. Her voice, her expressions, her heat... her lips.
Momonga shook his head. Blinking away the memory. And with a cough, he commanded.
"Follow me." making her nod in response.
It took the devs seven days to realize what had happened. That long mainly cause no one really wanted to report it. But he remembers how most of the player base indulged themselves. And the sheer number of complaints that came when they removed it. It was one of the main reasons why the game had slowly died off.
Yggdrasil benefitted the most from the Matrix Program, being the first to offer three hours worth of gameplay for every hour in the real world. But they weren't the most flexible company with many of them not wanting to grant that much freedom at all.
In the end, it was surpassed by half a dozen other games.... just as vast, far more freedom and even more magical than Yggdrasil... He played fighting games like Tekken with Yamaiko and Soul Calibur with Takemikazuchi. But there is one that his guild openly gathered to. It was a newly released game. After all, there is no better place for him to play knight than in a 'World of Warcraft'.
His train of thought shifted as his eyes took note of the maid walking a step ahead of him, and opened the door in his stead. And sighed at the changes Nishiki Enrai made...
Her thighs were thicker than the original with wider hips and rounder and perkier breasts. They are now among the biggest in the guild comparable to Yuri Alpha, Albedo and Eliza but a still handful for any man and with his preference, they certainly aren't bad in his eyes... ok they were a perfect fit to his hands. He should know, Peroroncino literally measured it.
Narberal Gamma was the only one to receive such treatment. Since the event was but a moment of weakness... a moment that Eliza liked to relieve when she would lead him to her or her to him. Getting him all hot and roaring and then tossing the unsuspecting maid towards him-
[Hero-Hero has Logged in.]
In a great round hall that housed a gigantic round table made of gleaming black stone that occupied most of the room. Stood forty pillars of pure white marble with golden accents running through them, each with a luxurious throne.
What was once a place filled with various beings of power, only two now occupies.
In one sat a black slime, oozing indefinitely like an endless flow of lava.
And the other, is an undead with a polished skull, gleaming like the finest and smoothest of pearls. With two empty sockets alighted by bright golden flames. He wore an academic gown that gleam violet beneath the light yet seemed to suck in the darkness. A pair of gauntleted hands and steel sabatons and greaves, each carved with the motif of a skull with a pair of oversized pauldrons with shimmering blood red orbs.
Momonga sat in his Overlord form, conversing with a friend, Hero-Hero who's voice sounded too tired to be playing games.
"It's been a while HeroHero-san. Welcome to the last day of Yggdrasil."
"...sorry I'm late Momonga-san. Truth be told, I had not wanted to come here today. I only came for you and thought you'd be sad... at the end of all things."
"...I was. I admit that I was but... *sigh~ there is so much more to look forward to right now..."
Hero-Hero nodded at his assured tone. Happy to hear his Guildmaster was not wallowing in sadness at all.
"I heard you got promoted." Momonga sends him a thumbs up. "Congratulations."
"Hehe! Well... that's also thanks to you, Suzuki" to which the Overlord simply nodded.
Hero-Hero could still remember the day he received his friends invitation. The day that a friendship changed his life for the better.
He was invited as an intern inside one of the Domes. A chance of a lifetime that fell on top of his head from nowhere.
It was such an opportunity that many, including his own boss, wanted the ticket for himself. But he refused, stubbornly so.
He nearly cried himself to sleep in his office when they locked him in. And wailed like a child seeing the day of his departure approaching. And in an instant, he was saved. The office door exploded, enforcers rushed in guns blazing and riot shields up and ready. Escorting him straight to the tarmac at the airport.
He remembers the gunshots. The broken bones and even the gunfire from his own bosses private security. Each one that tried to stop him, even the colleague that hugged his leg begging for him to bring her, all dead with no mercy.
He felt numb, that was what he felt when he boarded that plane. And when he arrived, he nearly cried at what he saw...
Far from the steel ruptured city, but instead was one made of bricks and cement. Paved roads, smooth and clean compared to the twisted paths of steel. The warm light of a false sun instead of the gloomy fluorescent lights that felt sickly on their twisted poles.
And beneath his feet, is an actual grass, trees within arms reach and fresh air that caresses his skin.
He cried just seeing it. To see that the world within the dome was real. And just steps from him, escorted by a suspiciously curvaceous robot, stood his friend. Suzuki Satoru.
Seeing him after a year since his departure. He could not help but be jealous at the muscular form, healthy skin and handsome face that greeted him.
No offense to Suzuki, but Hero-Hero always knew the man had potential. But the fact that they used to share the same floor on a hellish place called work. He had no fear of ever being jealous on that, but after all that had happened...
He worked hard. So hard and dedicated that his co-workers actually feared for his own health with his work ethics. But he didn't do it out of dedication, not at first, not when fear was just nagging behind his head. He did it simply so that he may keep his ticket in such a place. Now knowing how he did more than that, he would never deny the pride that came with it. And to his bafflement, he actually rose through the ladder.
Something he had considered impossible from the beginning. And from there on in, his life had only gotten better.
And it all started with this person. The one person he could always rely on, one who had his back as much as he had his.
And now, with a chapter of his life about to end. He was simply glad that he could make it, to say goodbye to how it once was.
"Thank you for everything, Suzuki-san."
"Don't be like that. You've been a great friend. I repaid what you gave me, that's all there is to it."
"Umu..." it felt hollow to him. Because no matter how many times Suzuki said how he and the guild gave him hope. Hero-Hero could not see it... his friend, there had always been strength in him after all.
"Before you leave, would you mind? Saying goodbye to her."
Hero-Hero chuckles softly at his friends request. "I will."
Once Momonga reached the throne room and sat upon his throne. Only then did he realized that the maid -Narberal- was still following right next to him.
He commanded that she stand by, prompting her to move to his left, standing just a step -slightly behind- the throne. And from there he awaited the end while reciting the names of the members that had come and gone while pointing out their banners.
Peroroncino and Buku-Buku Chagama celebrated the success of their career just a week ago. With the latter in her Idol career and Peroroncino for his.... movie...
'Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to have said yes.' Momonga blushed at the thought and carried on.
Hero-Hero and Yamaiko brought news of their pregnancy, and planned to wed within the year. An unexpected delay due to his promotion.
Blue Planet and Akemi was said to have been dating. Something Yamaiko was not exactly supportive of due to the five year difference between the two.
Beast King Mekongawa had finally started his dojo alongside Warrior Takemikazuchi who had his, built just a year ago... both reaching great popularity specially with the sudden uprise of the gaming industry.
Touch Me sent photos of his newborn named, Suzuki.
And Ulbert had gone through his decision and left the Dome with the capital and backing to start a company. To pursue his dream of building a 'haven in hell' as he called it.
"Nishiki Enrai..." the man pestering Eliza for advice, now that he had met someone and he had no intention of letting go. With a chuckle, he added.
"I apologize Narberal, I was not able to fullfil your creator's wish. Perhaps... if fate would have it, I will marry you eventually."
His chuckle turned into full blown laughter. In his moment of guilt, he confessed to Nishiki of what he had done to his precious creation. And he was... surprisingly demanding. He remembers giving the man a raise as compensation, and as soon as he agreed he was then demanded with the promise to have the two of them wedded if she ever gets pregnant.
He was grateful for that... and the guild laughed at it as well, returning everything to how it once was. Many were a bit uncomfortable and asked if he had touched any other. And their relief when he said none but the maids would have ended the discussion, had Eliza not opened her mouth and said he was too busy indulging with her to pay attention to them.
And while he could only blush at the horrifying 'educational conversation' that followed, specially from someone like White Brim and a teacher like Yamaiko. He could at least smile at his groans when Peroroncino started pushing his own creation towards him and Tabula being offended when I did not touch his.
The woman in question who now stands a couple of steps from the Throne Of Kings and he admits, she is indeed within his strike zone except... well, she was not within arms reach then.
"Wanting to stake your claim my love." Worries ebbed away with her teasing voice that always did made him smile.
He watched as she walks towards him, sitting on his armrest with her legs crossed and dangling at the sides.
His eyes devoured her body, perfect in every way. Created and reshaped to fit his taste... all for him. And with an edge on his voice, he replies...
"Why bother, when I have you here."
Momonga smiles at her briefly stunned expression. He had gotten used to throwing such compliments around thanks to all the shenanigans she had put him through. And while he knew it sometimes irked her, there is an underlying reason why she would always react. One he knew she doesn't know how to deal with.
She laughs, hiding her shy self that remained prominent due to the small blush she failed to fight off. It was like melody to his ears. With a soothing sound to placate all worries and a tune that coils around him and fills him with courage.
Seeing her blush, he could not help for a moment and "...pray that Yggdrasil end later so that he may have her a little longer."
A vocal thought that had her face turning red even further.
To distract themselves, Eliza started fiddling with the Throne's System while Momonga decided to pour his attention to the other two women standing in the throne room.
With but a gesture, the game reads his intent and the NPC, Narberal, walks to his field of view. On his left sat Eliza, and now on his right stood two others and he could not help but compare.
Nishiki and Tabula had admitted that their NPC's is a failed replication of Seraphina. Combat wise, Narberal came close being a powerful magic caster without losing out on her close quarter capabilities with a heavily armored battle dress. And in terms of looks, they weren't entirely wrong.
Narberal is the type of beauty for him, her face could easily out match even Albedo's. But that was mainly due to his preference, because everyone else disagreed. But in terms of body, Albedo have that in spades... sadly, both falls short on the genuine article.
Now, to compare their personalities... first he opened Narberal's and was surprised at the existing story built behind her. Nishiki Enrai isn't exactly known for his stories being overtly cliched. Reading through a brief summary of being nothing more than a few passages. He saw references to her being a daughter, an abandoned princess, a student of magic and servant placed in the service of Ainz Ooal Gown.
He then switches to Albedo and nearly choked at the pages upon pages worth of story written into it. 'As expected of Tabula-san.' Reading a few entries, easily describing her being the perfect wife, administrator, and mother... it was the last entry that truly had him appalled.
'She is a slut.'
'...Now that won't do.' it felt wrong to even read it. A copy of his beloved she may be, it still stung seeing her labelled as such.
'He is deeply in love with Momonga.' Suzuki internally squealed at what he had just done. And froze when he noticed Eliza's smug smile pouring down at him.
'...please kill me...'
"Not till you bear me a child my Lord."
She then jumps from the throne and fiddles with Narberal's own character sheet and added, 'She is deeply in love with Suzuki Satoru.'
He gasp at the words, and teared at what he had just read. A beautiful reminder of who and what she is, and how far their relationship had come. And the pain of knowing... the he would one day have to leave her... a future she is wholeheartedly preparing him for.
He swallowed and held back a sob with hands shaking with anger, but his tears was not something he would deny himself. He felt her embrace, and he tried to smile... till he vanishes all dark thoughts away with but a few words.
"We will make do with what we have while it lasts... won't we." pleading, nearly begging.
And she gave him an answer that made him feel like the happiest man in the world. "Yes my love... yes we will... Till the end."
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