"Queen Calca do you hate my husband?" walking through a beautiful garden, Calca and Renner enjoyed the view, but Calca was cut off guard by Renner's sudden actions. what did she mean by such words?
"I don't hate him... he is just so annoying. and now that he is married, his annoyances more than double. I want to do nothing more than to punch him." Calca said causing Renner to laugh slightly, the laugh of an angel, it seemed to make the sun shine brighter
"w-what so funny?" Calca asked caught off guard by Renner
"it sounds like you like him, you're always thinking of ways to outclass him, and are always fighting over the simplest of things. I'm a bit jealous of your unique connection, you and him are so free around each other. saying the first thing that comes to your mouth." Renner said softly, making Calca go quiet caught off guard once more. she shook her head but then remembered how for the past few days Dracula had been in the kingdom and how they had acted
at the dinner table, they fought each other for food, causing the maids surviving them to sweat heavily not knowing who they should give the last piece of the food to. at times, she didn't even like the food, but since Dracula wanted it, she wanted it, and the other way around.
Dracula wanted to get a strong drink. she would get something stronger, leading Dracula to get the strongest thing possible. they were so childish around each other, Remedios and the others avoiding having nobles near them when they were together...
"I don't plan to stay in the vampire kingdom forever, I plan to stay home. my elder brother is sick, if he can't take the throne, I will be only married in name, and rule on his behalf until gets well." Renner said softly, confusing Calca as to why she was bringing this up, but after a moment it clicked.
"you want me to marry Dracula and pass the throne to my brother?" Calca asked with a shocked look, Renner smiled bitterly while looking at the ground.
"you're smart and beautiful... plus, you and Dracula already have a unique bone. a little getaway wasn't the only reason I came here, it was to see if you liked him. and you do, so... go and be with Dracula. I will only allow it to be you." Renner said with a bright smile, causing Calca to blush slightly, but she shook her head.
"you need not worry, Dracula would see to it your people are safe and your kingdom grows. just look at my kingdom, the marriage gift he gave my father was a shield capable of absorbing all forms of magic below tier 5, and a sword capable of using the spell reality slash once a day along with many other stuff. plus, he gave us enough armor and weapons to support our army, and golems to help around the kingdom. so you need not worry for your kingdom, I will to it our two kingdoms are close." Renner said softly, leaving Calca unable to say a thing, seeing this Renner lowered her head.
"I'm sorry, I just threw all of this at you... it's just that I didn't tell Dracula about this, and he would be crushed having to leave me behind after we just got married." Renner said softly, to which Calca nodded in understanding,
"Are you sure he even loves me?" Calca asked to which Renner nodded her head almost instantly, stunning Calca
"when he is around you, he is like a kid in love, but don't know how to show it. So he is childish, his way of getting your attention... but you do the same way," Renner said, making Calca's face turn red in embarrassment
"Dracula never had anyone he loved, so he didn't know how to show it. for me it was different, he slowly fell in love with me. but for you..." Renner said, but her words were finished
"First sight," Calca said softly, remembering her first meeting with Dracula, she didn't know what to say for a moment
"FIRST SIGHT?" Renner face turned demonic for a moment, but the second Calca looked over with a shocked look, all she saw was a gentle smile. Calca looked at her for a moment, before she smiled
"it's not funny..." Renner said with a slight pout seeing she was seen through, Calca laughed slightly before picking a rose.
"I guess I too never been in love..." She said with a gentle smile, she closed her eyes in deep thought for some time, but just as she was about to speak she heard someone
"there you're guys... my poor Renner, is she trying to steal information out of you on how to get a husband? you suffered." Dracula said while walking over to Renner,
"Like I would ever need a political marriage, it seems like the way you can wish to get anything," Calca said in annoyance, and seeing Dracula have no come back she continued to fire bullets
"what, 1,000 years? All my life I have been rejecting others. all your life you have been a magnet, pulling guys and pushing females. maybe you are broken, allowing for a woman to not be pushed away." Calca said, causing a vein to pop off Dracula's head
"Well, I let I'm not forcing my knights to sleep with me. those poor females, I bet you forced them not to marry." Dracula said angrily, making Calca's smug look disappear
"We're just friends, of course, you wouldn't understand that as Renner is like your second-ever friend." She said angrily, she was not sleeping Remedios or any other female
"First of... at least I have friends other than girls. meanwhile, the only friend of the opposite sex you have is your brother... don't tell me." A shocked look appeared on Dracula's face, looking at Calca as if she had been doing some unspeakable thing
"oh place. you wouldn't understand the risk of being beautiful, it is a risk for someone as beautiful as me to even stand amongst others. just look at Renner, she has no guy friends.... honestly, she is too good for you." Calca said with a sneer,
"or is it that you didn't stop wetting the bed until you were 14?" Dracula asked with a smug look, causing Calca's face to go pale.
"my oh my, Princess Calca, for someone so smart, to think half of your life were you wetting the bed," I said making Calca point her finger at me, with some tears. but before she could say anything, I pulled out a picture book.
"Look what I found at your brother's house," I said causing Calca to jump at me, trying to get the book out of my hand, but she ended up tripping, causing Dracula to catch her. For a moment, the both of them were stunned as they looked at each other, but Calca pushed Dracula away and ran away
"you're a jerk." She cried, leaving Dracula at a loss for words, so he looked towards Renner who was just glaring at him.
"Really? That was a low blow." Renner said as she took the picture book, leaving Dracula stunned and unable to say a word... he stretched the back of his head not sure of what he did, was the bed-wetting part too far? now that he thinks about it, it might been, but it wasn't enough to send Calca running away like that. She wasn't that type of girl. was it the picture book? it was just pictures her elder brother kept, nothing too extreme.
"Go after her, this is the best moment," Renner said softly, Dracula nodded slightly before going after Calca who had headed to her room. Dracula didn't bother to knock and just entered, catching Calca off guard
"w-what are you doing?" Calca said in shock seeing Dracula just enter, looking around her room as if it was his place.
"... I came to apologize. so can you tell me what I did wrong?" Dracula asked with an awkward look, apologies were not his thing. but seeing he made her cry left a bitter taste in his mouth he couldn't explain,
"... just leave me alone," Calca said softly, she didn't want to say why she was crying. She felt betrayed by her brother that he would tell someone her deepest secret, and to make it worse, Dracula was the one. it's like your parents embarrassing you in front of a guy you thought was cute, but just worse. but she would never tell Dracula that.
"You're such a crybaby, just tell me," Dracula said in annoyance, which caused Calca's face to turn dark. was this how one apology
"you're such a jerk, you're a big jerk." She yelled angrily while matching up to Dracula, the two glared at each other, but after a moment, they just looked at each other... honestly, Dracula didn't know why this girl made him so enraged, or annoyed.
from the moment he saw this woman, she wasn't the most beautiful woman or anything like that... no, the air she gave off made Dracula want to stand out in her eyes. He never felt like that towards anyone else. why did they fight so much? why did he like seeing her action every time they had their little pointless fights?
"I think I..." Calca didn't let Dracula continue, as she just kissed him. although caught off guard, Dracula closed his eyes, hugging Calca. the kiss lasted a good few seconds before it was broken,
"... I think I like you too," Calca said softly, making Dracula's eyes widen slightly...
meanwhile, in the Baharuth Empire, Arche appeared floating sky in the sky while looking toward Jircniv's room. she closed her eyes, remembering Dracula's order, before she spoke,
"Jircniv Rune Farlord El-Nix, I have come to take your head, come out." She said her voice filled with a deep hatred. it was this emperor who took away her family title as nobels, and because of him, her foolish father fell into debt, forcing her to become a worker... yes, she knew most of this rage was towards Dracula, but she wanted to vent, she wanted to aim it at something
Quickly soldiers rushed out at her words, many magic castes flying into the air and surrounding her. along them, Flunder stepped out a deep frown on his face.
"were you not amongst the workers who should have died in Nazarick?" Flundr asked, to which Arche hatefully glared at him.
"I managed to escape thanks to someone taking mercy on me... Jircniv took everything from me, and my sisters whom I did everything to protect are gone. I will take everything from him, and make him pay." She said while unleashing a spell, creating a shock wave that sent everyone around her to go flying away from her.
"Ainz Ooal Gown will not dip his hands in the kingdom affair if there is no good reason... so long as I don't kill you all, I'm good," Arche said with a cold glare which landed towards Jircniv who was looking towards him through gritted teeth.
'that Ainz Ooal Gown... he outplayed me again, just how wise is that game? I tried to team up with Tiamat, he just so happened to appear in the arena, and instantly befriended her, leading to any words I could say becoming pointless. then now he is using her, to take my head and claim absolute control of my kingdom. Ainz Ooal Gown, your magic is both great and scheming like none other" Jirchniv thought, trying to find a way to get out of this.
but it was clear he was trapped, Arche's strength was too great, plus Flunder had betrayed them. Arche made her reasoning for coming here clear, and the citizens didn't have a good impression of him thanks to Ainz's actions. Ainz had played him, back then when he asked Ainz to start the war off with a powerful spell, that was all in Ainz's grand plan, leading to his people falling to dislike him,
to think it was all leading off to this moment, to make it worse, Ainz has been going around saying he only did it as a favor to him. which only made his people grow to dislike him even more... just what was he going to do here
"You're a cruel king. slaughter his whole family, even your mother who helped you take the throne by killing your father. thats right, I have collected a lot of dirt on you. let's not forget how many nobles you killed, you know how the Re-Estize Kingdom suffered greatly from the annual wars still pushed towards them. leading many villagers to go hungry, forcing them into a life of crime, which only made the people's lives worse. all for want? because you want to rule over their lead, so to do so everything would suffer?" Arche said angrily, causing the cistern down below to be in shock
"you asked Ainz Ooal Gown to cast that spell, I bet you knew the effect of it. you wanted everyone there to die right? but you never expected it to be a part of Ainz land, and already had a way to bring them back to life. all you're a twisted king." Arche said while Jircniv just stood there unable to say anything, but the next moment he burst out laughing, causing his Four Imperial Knights to panic
"AInz Ooal Gown's wisdom far outclasses my own, that man trapped me. there is nothing I can do... I lost to him before I even met him. he also waited for the perfect time, and the citizen's trust in me has been at an all-time low. From that day he paid a visit to her, and he cut off everything I could do to fight against him." Jircniv said with a twisted smile, Arche words, he left like they were Ainz words, mocking him.
"..." Meanwhile, In Nazarick, Ainz looked at the mirror before him with a blank look, doing his best not to look at Aura and Mera who were looking at him with worship written all over their eyes. he looked towards Demiurge who had a lost look
"Lord Ainz... you're truly amazing. the moment Lord Dracula made an off-handed idea to take those 4 to train, you already made this didn't you not? to so smoothly change your plans on the wing. I'm ashamed of my skills to ever think I was ever remotely close to you. To think this is you trying to make mistakes. I'm ashamed." Demiurge is sad, almost in tears
It was Ainz who gave Dracula the idea to have Arche take the throne, leading Dracula to think of everything else. everyone was there, so of course it was easy to tell that Ainz was hinting towards Dracula to do such a thing. what else could it have been?
honestly, if it was someone else who came up with such a plan, Demiurge would have snapped them to death. that would have been the stupidest plan ever... but in lord's eyes hands, it played out so smoothly. he was ashamed of his skills,
"what do you expect, Do you think anyone else could be a guild leader?" Dracula who just entered the room said calmly, his words causing Albedo to nod her head pridefully. Dracula looked deeply at Ainz... to think when he hinted towards Arche going, it was because he had already laid out the plan for her to do this. such scary foresight, no one noticed. it's almost like it just came out of the blue, but this just shows how skilled Ainz was at planning for the future. it was as simple as breathing for him.
"cough, so. how did the roble holy kingdom go?" Ainz asked trying his best to change the subject. Dracula lowered his head slightly, unable to say a thing for a moment
"well, we're dating. Renner is currently there." I said softly, leaving everyone shocked. truly worthy of a supreme being, to so easily get a wife like it was nothing. but this was good, the more wives the more young master they would have... just the thought of their young master calling them was enough to make them all excited.
'as expected... he was in love with Calca.' Ainz thought with a sigh, Dracula's childish acts around Calca were noticed by him. it was a first for him to see Dracula act like that. but if you remember Dracula was a kid, those childish acts before a beauty like Calca made sense. although what confused him was... wasn't the NPC in Nazarick far more beautiful than Calca?