Sitting before a map of the world Dracula, Ainz, Albedo, Renner, and the other floor garden sat, awaiting Demurige's plans to completely conquer the world.
"Before we go after the remaining dragons, we should gain absolute control over each kingdom... and this is where Ainz's genius plan comes into play," Demiurge said, making Ainz sweat nonexisting sweat as everyone looked towards him.
"Oh, so you have seen it... as of now, I will start making mistakes. since we have already made a strong footing in this world, I will leave it up to you all to see through them. of course, you should speak to me first just in case you completely mistake my plans." AInz said calmly, making Demiruge and Albedo nod seriously at his words.
"Although I only know a small piece of lord AInz's plan, form my understanding. he wishes to not only rule the world but create a golden age of magic, academy, blacksmith, and research into other fields." Demiurge said while Ainz opened his nonexistent ears to hear every last word.
"Ainz had played out many things to build to this. the first being Carna Village. already, Nifirea is capable of creating the red potion, and the village leader is showing signs of her village soon growing into a village while she accepts other races other than humans." Demiurge said calmly,
"We have conquered the lizardman along with the many nearby demi-human, we are currently bringing them in to live with Carna village as an experiment. following this, Ainz would do the same to the world bit by bit. Ainz is also planning to go visit the dwarfs soon to see if he can look into this world blacksmith, while at the same time, he has many humans and nonhumans working and learning wild magic off the Platnum Dragonlord."
"Everything is going smooth, but what made it go smoother was Dracula and Momon's plan act. with each bigger village popping up, and Ainz's story of the human who did everything to protect this world. we had the effect we saw as the fear people held towards Ainz turned, aimed toward Jaldabaoth, Honyopenyoko, The Evil Lords, and lastly Dracula who was being controlled. their fear being drawn away from Ainz, and having it painted towards something else, while Ainz tried his best to help... this was what was needed, to allow the world not only to have a better impression of lord Ainz, but give the world reason to accept undead to do work while they were to scared."
"Then we have the fact your play drew out many powerhouses and helped us to learn far more about this world. yes, it shames me that they had to act. we should have been the ones to do such an act, yet again we disappoint.... but am sure you all noticed how Ainz didn't act and let Momon, and Dracula take the spotlight, thats because Ainz didn't need to act. this allowed him to keep his hards hidden, this was his way of stepping back and allowing us to work on his behalf. although he could have done it, doesn't want us to feel useless... which is why he says he would be making a mistake, all for our sake." Demiurge said, almost in tears. moved, everyone looked towards Ainz, who was awkwardly standing there
"Now, from what I can guess. Mera and Aura, you would be given charge over the Elven Kingdom, Ainz had made sure to break that king's willpower... such a perfect move, to think you were seeing so far ahead. now you gave Mera and Aura a chance for them to grow not only amongst their kind but to also learn." Demiurge said moving everyone again,
"Cocytus was already given the Demi-human race, you already planned for him to step on to rule the beast king and manage them. Are you sure this wasn't his skill set, so he had him learn early on... Sebas and Dracula are already set to take over the kingdom, although I'm not sure when that would happen as the date for it was set back." Demiurge said while looking towards Dracula who was dazzling off. but seeing everyone looking towards him he snapped into reality, seeing his confused look, Renner told him everything into his ear, annoying Shalltear slightly.
"I see... I have been thinking. we have made Honyopenyokoout to be someone pushed to marry Dracula, is it wise to think the vampire realm or whatever would just sit back, and be okay with her death?" Dracula asked, making Demiurge and Albedo freeze as they didn't think of this, it was an act that should have started and ended with Honyopenyoko's death, but they didn't foresee this.
"I got an idea..." Renner said with a gentle bow, causing everyone to look towards her, waiting for her to speak.
"Let's say... a vampire noble appears, and kidnaps me. being as I'm Dracula's friend, I would be his weakness. a simple but effective move. the nobles are not stupid so they had done their research, and with how easily we made news easy to spread, it would not be hard for them to believe this." Renner said while Demiuge frowned in displeasure, as he could guess why Renner wanted to be kidnapped.
"Now, from the information you gave of the vampire world, we know that Dracula is the supreme overlord. but let's add more to this. he only became that because he was going to marry Honyopenyoko, the strongest female vampire, and Dracula. before that, Dracula only had 50 or more holds, but once he and Honyopenyoko were to marry he was pretty much the supreme ruler since Honyopenyoko would do anything for him." Renner said while Demiuge's eyes narrowed slightly.
"First their supreme ruler dies, followed by the wife he locked away only to break free to bring him back. they come to this world, just to find the truth of everything, and Dracula is hiding somewhere. they oddly wouldn't blame him, and just want their lord back. this is for 1, Dracula was loved, and two he was now level 100. they couldn't just lose 2 of their strongest, that would be a huge blow and would cause massive civil wars. So, for peace, Dracula is needed." Renner said while hugging Dracula,
"but as a sign of peace between two words. we would get married, giving me reasons to go and enter as I please... while giving Dracula a reason to pop up as he please. he wants to escape his kingly job, but a vampire would always come to pull him back after some time. a nice touch to Dracula's story, right? A happy ending which would make this feel more like a storybook told to kids before going to bed." Renner said making Demiuge node slightly would work, but was lord Dracula okay with his?
"I don't see why not, Let start the act in a few weeks from now. that vampire needs time to collect information and cause chaos to catch his king's attention." Dracula said with which Renner nodded with a slight smile, a scene which made Shalltear rub her neck slightly. Dracula noticed this and planned to speak with her soon.
"Following this is the Re-Estize King, Roble Holy King, and the Baharuth Kingdom, Karsanas City-State Alliance, Great Kingdom of the Pabilsag..." Demiurge going to continue when Dracula speaks up
"Allow me to deal with the Re-Estize, with the marriage to Renner, we can slowly take over that kingdom. either we have my child deal with it, or put Renner on the throne, either way, it could work." Demiurge said to which he nodded, he thought of this but he didn't want his lords to work
"Second, the Roble Holy Kingdom... after my marriage, I will stop by leave that to me. as but the Baharuth Kingdom, thats simple leave that one to me," Dracula said calmly, making Demiurge speechless. this would mean Dracula would have 4 kingdoms to work with, adding the fact he just did all of this... it made him lower his head
"No need to be down Demiurge, you are all doing great jobs. I just feel like doing this, it might take longer than what you planned, so for that I ask you to forgive me." Dracula said with a bow, causing Demiurge to panic along with the others
"My lord, please, you have done nothing wrong. The very thought you think of my feelings in this brings me great joy." Demiurge yelled while on one knee, to which Dracula said seeing how over dramatic the guy was. Ainz on the other hand just watched, enjoying watching Dracula suffer a little. he had to sit with them for hours at times, enduring this but worse.
Dracula sat back and had Demiurge finish everything, after which everyone sat out. Renner turned home, while everyone went to work. with Shalltear turning to look over the first to 3rd floor with a downcast look.
"what's with the downcast look." at her side, Dracula suddenly appeared, causing Shalltear to jump slightly, but she quickly tried to play it off as if nothing was wrong. to which Dracula just held out his hand, to which she shyly took.
"what's on your mind," Dracula asked softly, Shalltear opened her mouth slightly, before shaking her head with a faint smile.
"Nothing... you washed it all always," Shalltear said softly, but before Dracula could speak, Shalltear spoke.
"I understand... you would have a harem. I'm happy with it so long as I'm a part of it, I don't need to be the first wife. just being with you makes me happy." Shalltear said softly, making Dracula frown slightly.
"I don't care about whose the first wife, you or Renner... but Renner and I promised to share each other first," I said softly, making Shalltear eyes widen, filled with jealousy.
"Evileye took my first kiss, you were the first to sick your long into mine. what does that leave Renner?" Dracula said calmly, making Shalltear blush slightly remembering what happened, but she had a thick skin.
"t-than can we share another kiss?" She asked, to which Dracula blushed slightly at such words. what was he to say? he slowly nodded his head, to which Shalltear suddenly jumped on him, with his instincts, he was not sent falling to the ground and had instead caught Shalltear who wrapped her legs around him,
"L-Lord Dracula, are you not an undead?" Shalltear asked in shock feeling the thing growing in between Dracula's legs. how could it grow with the physique of the undead? Do you think that was weird?
Undead could normally not give birth, so how do you think someone like Dracula was planning on having children with an undead physique? well, that was simple, a few spells, and items could allow one to temporarily gain the ability to do such things.
"I'm a vampire lord... I'm described not only be the ruler as a vampire, but all the beings who birthed the vampires. which just means I'm not completely undead," Dracula said while using blood magic to put that thing to sleep, but Shalltear was turned on, causing her to tighten her hold on Dracula.
"M-my lord, this itch," She said softly while rubbing herself against Dracula, but Dracula shook his head at her words.
"I'm a man of my word Shalltear," Shalltear hearing my words and seeing how serious I was froze, regaining her senses and quickly jumping off Dracula. She had strong self-control, and so did Dracula
"My apologies." She said, to which Dracula just shrubbed her head while walking off. Shalltear ran up to Dracula and with a bright smile she spoke.
"Since you can give birth without the need for unique items or spells, we should pick a long line of wives for you." She said with a smile, even with the help of the outside, there was a limit to how many children Shalltear could ever give, there was also a high likelihood she wouldn't be lucky enough. It was reasonable to think like this, so she was already thinking about taking in other children as her children.
"stop talking," Dracula said blankly, but Shalltear didn't hear him.
"I should start working on their clothing. Albebo already created her future children's clothing and even named all 83 of them. although she is unsure if she would be lucky to have so many with Ainz." Shalltear said, making Dracula's eyebrow raise
"stop talking"
"I have to beat... she would try and rub it in my face that she has children and I don't... I just have to show her my children would be better. 99 extra wives are not too bad, if all of them give birth to a child, thats 99 children. all for me to take care of." Shalltear said, lost in her own words. the thought of holding the child, hearing their first words, teaching them to walk... it made her heart overflow with this new never before felt feeling. at that moment, she was sure if it were for these soon-to-be-born children, he would go to heaven and back for them.
"don't count your flowers before they hatch... not that doesn't make sense. what if don't count your flowers before they grow?" Dracula said, instantly getting lost in his own unique words, Shalltear who was brought back to reality by the wisdom of her soon-to-be husband was confused seeing Dracula mumbling to himself.
"Whatever, I'm going to see the Acho and the others," Dracula said calmly, to which Shalltear nodded slightly while following behind, taking her place at Dracula's arm. honestly, Dracula would have enjoyed it if she had a chest... but she didn't.
"you 4 seem to be doing well," Dracula said calmly, while Acho and her team stood straight up, like trained soldiers. how many months have it been? nearly 10 months since they came here, they knew their place by now.
"yes, and it's all thanks to Lord Dracula's kindness," Acho said speaking for the group, as Dracula could care little for the others. they all know damn well, the only reason they were alive was to help Dracula train. when they lost their use not too long ago, Dracula allowed them to live and do as they wished.
"I told you there was no need for the Lord stuff... anyways, Archo I have an opportunity for you," Dracula said making Acho's eyebrow raise in confusion,
"Recently, I have been thinking about the best way to gain complete hold of the Baharuth empire... and then it hit me, I have a former noble," Dracula said with a smile, making Archo's eyes widen hearing the plans which flew from Dracula mouth, such a dirty trick, what did she expect from the likes of the person before her?
After saying everything, Dracula left and went to see a vampire who should be training with Ainz's pet rat... or was it a rabbit? hard to remember, and Dracula didn't care much,
"Brain," Dracula called out softly, causing a vampire who was swinging the sword nonstop, to instantly drop everything and flash forward, dropping to one knee before him.
"How was your training?" Dracula asked calmly, to which Brain smiled with pride, knowing he had done what his master had asked of him.
"I managed to learn it, my lord. after swinging the sword nonstop a million times over, I was finally able to use a weakened version of reality slash. I call it, the fabric cutters. I have added it to my Field, increasing the deadliness of that attack to the point it might not be too far off from reality slash." Brain said with bright eyes, Dracula rubbed his goatee for a moment, looking at him for some time before having him attack him with everything he had.
Shalltear stepped out of the way and watched as Brain stepped back, acting the field, while his eyes turned sharp. he was going to show his master he was useful, he was going to show his master that his talent in the sword was unmatched, and that he was the best of the best. not even Gazef was his match, honestly, the only reason he ever lost to him was because he never took the sword seriously until he was defeated
"Ability Boost, Greater Ability Boost, Capacity Building..." Brain went on to use all of the Martial arts he had learned, greatly boosting his overall strength... before attacking, using Fabric Cutter. it wasn't extremely fast like his fastest attack, nor did it look flashy. but it was deadly.
Dracula held out his nail to block, of course, his nails were not always grown, but he could grow them with a thought. Shalltear seeing Dracula about to use his nail to block the word smiled slightly, it brought back memories,
more than 10 months ago, she ran into Brain. the poor guy back then was so cocky, thinking the little strength he held was worth something. but his best attack was a block with her nails, an attack which Brain refused to accept. Dracula's nail was far more durable than her nail.
Brain sword swung, cutting through Dracula's nail, but it sadly couldn't get through as it lost all of its power mid-way. Dracula looked at his nail for a moment before smiling while nodding at Brain
"Impressive... this attack puts up at level 90 on a good day. That is of course you manage to land a good clean hit, keep training. I'm impressed. you truly are far more talented than Gazef." Dracula said while taking the sword out of his nails,
"thank you for such praise, my lord. I will continue to train, and one day learn Reality slash, I will increase the number of wings I do until I can do it. I will not disappoint you." He said with bright eyes, to which Dracula nodded while allowing him to return to this training while he left, this time heading to the 6th floor.
"Lord Dracula, and is Shalltear, greetings." Ninya seeing Dracula's arrival quickly jumped to his feet and greeted the two, along with her elder sister Tuare who was currently working as a maid in Nazarick. SHalltear greeted them back, while Dracula sighed
"No need to call me Dracula, I have not been around for some time, so I was stopping back to check up on you. How's your training? it's good you're taking a rest." Dracula said with a smile, to which Ninya said slightly while she went on to share with Dracula the good news.
"I learned it, I learned the 8th tier Spell Remote Viewing. I'm not working my way to learn other 8th-tier magic. I couldn't have done any of this without you gifting me this necklace of wisdom." Ninya said with a deep bow,
"no need... mind if I join you two, I haven't eaten in ages," Dracula said with a smile, to which Tuare quickly moved to go get me something to eat. her and Ninya were enjoying a moment to themselves, seeing Dracula Dracula shook his head
"Never mind, I just remembered I have something to do.... by the way, Tuare, when are you and Sebas getting married? it's been more than 10 months now, or are you guys taking it slow?" Dracula asked, leaving Tuare's face turning red.
"No, I... well we... I mean," Tuare couldn't put a string of words together, leaving me sighing helplessly at her, but I just shook my head
"Whatever, Sebas and I will be heading to the dragon kingdom soon... you might not see him for some time." I said calmly while turning to leave, leaving Tuare frozen and unable to say something for a moment,
"... now Rubedo, I guess I should tell her about me getting married and stuff," I said calmly, to which Shalltear nodded slightly, but she felt uneasy with the thought of Rubedo. She was... scary at times when Dracula wasn't looking. maybe having Rubedo call her mother would do some things, so what if Rubeod was the strongest NPC? She was her mother,
"Greeting Father." On my Bed, Rubedo lay, making my face darken slightly,
"Boogyman, how long has she been in my room?" Dracula asked, to which the Boogyman showed himself
"My lord, lady Rubedo has been here ever since you allowed her to. She has not stepped foot out once. all she has done is read books, play in your secret room, and call for maids to bring her stuff." The Boogyman said respectfully, making Dracula's cold glare land on Rubedo who was uneasy.
"Starting tomorrow, you will be working to train the assassins and others. you are expected to work 6 days straight without rest, only on the 7th day would you have a chance at resting and doing something you might enjoy." I said calmly, making Rubedo's soul almost leave her body. Jumping forward, she hugged my legs, while tears fell down her face which should have been emotionless
"Please, anything but work. i... I would clean your secret room. I would look for a new hobby, please, don't force me." She said, to which Dracula's face twisted to show a look of disgust, which was the biggest blow Rubedo could get. her tears fell, making Dracula's heart melt,
"Okay, that was a bit harsh. I will think over this, then tell you later, but until then you can't come to my room, understood?" Dracula said while picking her up and drying her tears, while also cleaning her running nose. She sniffed slightly while nodding her head slightly,
"come on, cheer up... I even brought you something due to how long it has been since we met." Dracula said, causing Rubedo to look at him with slight expectation. Dracula grew, while his mind raced for something to give her.
"This... the ring of the phoenix, a ring which could allow the wearer of it to have 3 lives, along with an op recovery speed. I wasn't able to wear it as making it, they added some holy and light stuff to make the ring effect rival that of the phoenix, but nothing less broken than for my daughter." Dracula said with a bright smile, causing Rubedo's eyes to brighten in joy.
"I love it, thank you." She said taking the ring and putting it on right away. my eyebrow raised slightly on the finger she put it on, but she was happy and no longer in tears so that was good...
"by the way, i getting married soon. Shalltear and Renner are one of them." Dracula said calmly, causing Rubedo who was eyeing the scarlet red ring to freeze.
"You want to have more children? b-but you have me. I'm not good enough? Say it, I will do anything to fix it." Rubedo said a hurt look in her eyes, leaving Dracula speechless
"When did I bring up children? please, I thought you would be happy having a little brother running around calling you big sister." Dracula said, causing the hurt look in Rubedo's eyes to freeze. She blinked slightly, the thought of her brother running into her arms when they were scared, teaching them to fight in all forms of battle, and making them the best fighter they could be.
"Big Sister Rubedo... it's beautiful... but vampires can't give birth. Renner genes are also not good, Aureole would be a much better wife. the child she and you would have would be strong, I even calculate a high likely hope that child would be a vampire lord like yourself." Rubedo said seriously,
"Out of my room," Dracula said with a sigh, Rubedo pouted slightly before leaving, and she looked towards Shalltear, sending chills down Shalltear spine... such a strong look of jealousy,
"don't think just because you're married father, he likes you more than me. he gave me this rare ring... what did you ever give you?" Rubedo sneered, her voice entering Shalltear's head, causing Shalltear to look at her hands, a downcast look quickly falling in.