- Silas -
Kisuke arrived with carrot-top… Ichigo, Ikki and another guy. No, arrived would be the wrong word. He was carrying those two.
"What happened, Kisuke-san?" I asked quickly as I cleared a couch for them to rest.
"The kids messed with someone they shouldn't have. Anyways, I could heal them up but that would take some time and the Restaurant was near so I was wondering if I could borrow some of that potion from Rimuru-kun."
"Rimuru just left a while ago. May I check his wound? I can try using Jujutsu to heal him." I offered.
"I am afraid their injuries are more related to souls. Can your Jujutsu heal the soul?"
"I… don't think so. Let me get the potion. I have some on hand too. Sakura-chan, can you get the potion from my room please?" I'd rather not take any risks.
Sakura nodded and was about to leave when Kazuma stopped her.
"Wait a moment. For these kinds of things, you don't need to be afraid. We have a specialist for these things." He patted his chest and then looked at the Goddess who was currently drinking and lazing around. That woman was far too comfortable in the so-called demon's den, her words not mine. "Oi Aqua, time to work. Heal them quickly."
"Hahahaha so you finally realised my greatness over these demons and undead, Crapzuma. Very well, I, being the kind hearted Goddess, will forgive you and lend you a hand." She got up with a flourish, carrying a bit of grace which would have fooled me if I hadn't seen her behave earlier.
"Quit fooling around and heal them. They look like they will die."
"Hmph, then watch. Sacred Highness Heal!"
A light wrapped around the three boys and in front of our astonished eyes, their bodies healed up and a few moments later, they opened their eyes.
"See… how could these demons and liches compare to the power of a Goddess? Now do you realis…" She was pushed aside by Kazuma before she made a bigger fool of herself and we too ignored her, concentrating on the more urgent matter.
Kisuke checked them and gave us a thumbs up. "Fully healed. That was some impressive piece of… what was that again? I haven't seen them around before. New guests?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.
And the mad scientist was back once more.
"Don't bother. Despite her weird behaviour, that girl is a Goddess. I think she deals with reincarnations or something."
"A Goddess?"
"Yes. Anyways, how did they get injured like this?"
"That is a long story…"
He told us the whole story. That girl, Rukia had apparently broken some laws of the Shinigami world by giving her powers to Ichigo to save his life.
This caused her to lose her powers temporarily but even then she couldn't return back in time. That's why the Shinigami sent people to get her back to have her tried.
Ichigo, being the rash idiot, jumped in to save her and Ikki followed him to lend a hand. The last kid was already down by the time they had reached there. Apparently, one of their opponents was a bigshot among Shinigami and thus their injuries.
I had the urge to facepalm at the carrot-head's actions but then again, I probably would have done the same for someone who saved my life. I suddenly had a slight bit of respect for him.
As we were discussing, the three stooges woke up too.
"So, what will happen to her?" I asked.
"If things were normal, she would be sentenced to a few hundred years of prison time but…"
"Things aren't normal, are they?" Ainz asked, making us look at him. He continued. "Your story… it has far too many coincidences… almost like the plot of an anime. Now if this were an anime, it could have been believable but in real life… I guess not."
"I would like to say that real life is stranger than fiction but unfortunately in this situation, things are exactly as you say."
"I want to go and save Rukia." Ichigo said, looking determined.
"I… want to help too." Ikki added.
As expected of the shounen protagonist.
"Can we lend a hand?" I offered.
"That… would be too much. I still have some friends over there and can get their assistance. It would be better if you all didn't interfere lest matters escalated unnecessarily." He waved it off.
I still gave him some potions which Sakura had brought back to help and he left with the three guys.
Other guests left one by one too while Lavy and Shuna returned.
They were getting the final preparations ready for the Comiket.
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"Will she be okay?" Orihime asked, worried when she found out about the situation too.
"Kisuke looked pretty calm so he probably had his own considerations. Don't worry. He might look unreliable but he is pretty good when push comes to shove. Moreover, Ikki went with them too. They will be fine." I reassured her.
She still looked absent minded and this made Lavy cheer her up.
Things happened and Lavy went on to sleep with Orihime in her room, leaving her original roommate, Shuna with me.
I wasn't complaining.
Recently, I have grown very comfortable with Shuna too.
I pulled back from our daily good night kiss, a strand of saliva handing between our lips.
She had become very good at kissing, the fruits of daily practice.
I looked at her blushing face, the darkness of the room doing nothing to hide it from my devil eyes and pulled her on top of me, her legs on either side of mine. She yelped in surprise at my action but didn't move away. My hand slid down from her back to her bottom, taking a feel of her soft ass while her blush deepened.
One of my hands combed her hair, while she lay on top of me when I felt her horn on my fingers.
I had met many oni during the past month and each person had different types of horns. Some had one, like Shion while some had two, like Shuna and her brother. Even the colour and size of their horns were different.
Shion and Benimaru's horns were black, and looked… powerful. Shuna's horns on the other hand were pure white and looked… divine.
Curiously, I traced her horns and she shivered lightly.
"What? Is there something wrong?" I asked, surprised at her action.
"I-it's nothing." She whispered shyly.
"Hmm."
"Umm… for us ogres and oni, horns are very important. It's a symbol of pride. They are also… very private. Girls of the ogre and oni tribes don't allow other males to touch them until they are very important to them."
"Oh… Umm… I am sorry if I…"
"No… Silas-sama can touch my horns. We only allow our… partners to touch our horns." She whispered.
"Eh…" After a moment of surprise, a smile lit my face. "Well, then I can't let this opportunity go to waste. I need to inspect your horns properly."
With that, I turned her over, getting on top of her, both her legs on either side of me while my length pressed directly over her core.
I leaned in slowly and captured her lips while she melted into my kiss.
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"Really! You guys are planning to do cosplay at the Comiket?" Kazuma asked, hyped up at the news.
He has been visiting us daily, mainly to play games. He had also bought several things from Japan to sell in his world and it seems that he was actually doing good.
Kazuma got along quite well with Ainz, Rimuru and especially Fafnir, something which surprised everyone.
The day after tomorrow was the Comiket and the day of the launch of the Crossroads Publications and our future business.
And both Rimuru and Ainz were really hyped about the whole thing.
In fact, Ainz had already created the costumes for everyone using his magic. Rimuru had created stuff for the entire staff for the day after tomorrow.
"Yes. What better way to attract attention to our manga characters than to cosplay as them?" Rimuru cheered.
"Ohhhh… I have seen the news of the Comiket on the internet."
"Internet? Have you never been to the Comiket before?" Ainz asked.
Even I was a bit surprised as by now we knew that Kazuma was a hardcore otaku so it was surprising that he hadn't gone there yet.
"I… preferred staying… indoors…"
"Ahahahaha why don't you say it clearly that you were a shut-in neet!" The annoying Goddess chimed in.
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Seriously, everytime this Goddess opened her mouth, someone was tempted to burst her head with a stray magic spell. The only reason they didn't was because… she was quite good at party tricks… and her magic was quite useful. Also, she wasn't shy about using magic to help others.
Like, she had helped Fafnir get an SSR card in one of his games by casting a Spell which boosted his Luck.
Due to this, we saw something which even Tohru called a Miracle.
The Curse Dragon Fafnir, the ultimate form of a hikikomori gamer, someone who hated all races except dragons and even them, he only tolerated… thanked Aqua.
But now hearing about Kazuma being a former Hikkikomori, it made sense that he got along so well with Fafnir.
There were obviously some who thought it was just a fluke but Aqua proved it again. Her spell was actually genuine.
Just when we started looking at her in awe, she started bragging and offering her services for free drinks and money… and just like that all our awe was down the drain.
It was another thing that everyone offered to buy her drinks to get blessed by her for greater luck.
The gamers saw a drastic improvement in performance while Tanya went ahead and started finding ways to exploit this. The first thing we did was send some of the girls to get blessed and then buy lotteries in our world.
That girl… is a hardcore businesswoman.
Lavy went to book the spot where we can put up the counter for Crossroad Publications at the Comiket and it just so happened to be a lottery system.
We got the best spot available in our zone.
On a side note, Shuna and Sakura got five million yen in their lottery winnings.
Ainz however just patted Kazuma's shoulder reassuringly. "It's the first time for me too."
Ainz had never attended any in his world because there was no Comiket in his world… or at least in his time. With the amount of shit that world had, the reason he even knew was because of the internet and now that he had the chance, he was not going to miss anything anymore.
Rimuru on the other hand had a completely new identity and no reason to hide his hobbies from his co-workers anymore so he was going all out instead of a casual visit.
And just like that, the guy cheered up.
"So whom are you guys cosplaying as?" I asked.
"Ainz will be playing as Alphonse Elric and I will be Inuyasha." Rimuru announced.
"Then… I will go with Joseph Joestar." Kazuma announced, making poses.
"And me? What will I be going as?" Milim raised her hand and we looked at her. Ainz thought for a moment and raised a hand and within moments, a full set of Sailor Moon costumes was ready, all with the magic wand and Kyubey plushie.
She quickly went into one of the private rooms to try out her new costume.
"Wahahahaha I, Magical Girl Milim Nava have arrived! Ah… I will go and practice the song and dance." And just like that, she ran away to watch Sailor Moon.
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"And what will you be going as, Silas-san?" Kazuma asked.
"Me? I'll pass." I waved my hand. No way I was going to go out there dressed like that.
"No way."
"That won't do."
"Rejected, you need to go too."
Everyone suddenly jumped on me as if I hadn't rejected cosplaying and instead rejected making the cure of cancer.
It took almost an hour of repeated arguments before I relented.
"Okay okay… I agree. I will cosplay too."
"Great!"
"Which character? You will need the costume." Ainz asked.
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I thought for a while and decided to go with…
"Lelouch vi. Britannia."
"Oh! Yeah, that would look good on you."
"Hmm." The actual reason I chose that was because I could simply wear Lelouch's school uniform and look normal.
"Great! Let me make the costume then" Ainz however, saw through my plan and made the costume… Lelouch's Zero's costume… without a helmet.