Nobuhide sat alone in his seat, which was his and Sara's office. Today Sara had once again been sent to work by Chief Nobuhide.
Nobuhide, after doing his work for a while, once again returned to his office and quietly looked at the crystal box that had been placed on his desk with a big grin on his face.
He had Sara's character down to a science; Sara was very unorthodox and didn't care about the little things. If you hid the box as if you were an enemy, then the guy would be interested in finding it instead, because in his eyes, it was a big deal. Whereas if you place the box naturally and tell him in a big way that it is an artifact given to you by a friend and it is very expensive. He would be bored instead.
So Nobuhide did so naturally.
His face clouded as he looked at the Prison Bottle sealed in a crystal box.
There was a feeling in the back of his mind that he wanted to open the box, open the bottle, and destroy it.
But a voice inside him told him... it wasn't his idea.
It was the bottle's idea.
If Nobuhide hadn't possessed a ridiculously powerful sense of ritual and an inner mind that had almost no distractions other than the goal after the madness. He would have already submitted to the murmur of this bottle.
[Dangerous bottle... it's a good thing there's a crystal like this one.]
Nobuhide slowly, or rather, reluctantly moved his gaze away.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment to meditate, before his eyes regained their clarity, or rather, returned to their original madness.
He didn't look at the box, but suddenly felt that the headband he'd crafted to bind the contents of the bottle might not be as effective as he'd thought.
He didn't have to think about it for too long before he shook his head though, things had come to this and he wasn't going to give up. The arrow was in the air and had to be fired, rather than at this point, he had nothing left to fight back with.
If he stopped now, not to mention the others, those battle maniacs who were already ready for a big fight tomorrow, they might not be able to come to crusade against him today.
His dominance over this huge poaching group was nowhere near as high as those chieftains of the regions thought. A chieftain who didn't show his face was always unconvincing. And the reason the chieftains underneath thought he had a high hold on the organization was because they had Nobuhide scouts everywhere.
When the leaders were not sure whether they could trust their subordinates or whether their every move was under Nobuhide's surveillance, they had no choice but to listen to Nobuhide.
In this way, Nobuhide was able to hold this huge organization in his hands in a very troublesome way.
But Nobuhide didn't think that much. His heart was full of hope for tomorrow.
By tomorrow, the first step of his grand goal would have been reached!
And just then, the door was suddenly opened, and Sara walked in through the doorway, looking at Nobuhide's expectant and contented smile, and asked with a smile, "Nobuhide, anything happy?"
Nobuhide collected himself for a moment, then gave a coy smile as if he had been caught in something private and said, "It's nothing, Senior Sara. It's just that the girl I like said she was going to have dinner with me after work today."
"Ohh~" Sara raised his eyebrows and gave a quirky smile, "So our Nobuhide already has a favorite girl too! I thought you were going to live with your job for the rest of your life!"
Nobuhide scratched his head sheepishly, embarrassed, "Stop it!"
"Hahaha, then get off work early to prepare in advance. There's not much work left, I'll wrap it up." Sara smiled with full goodwill and patted her chest with a big grin.
"That's... that's not good." Nobuhide digs her fingers into her cheeks.
"It's fine, old man Nobuo has arranged for me to work other jobs anyway, I'm going to be working overtime for a long time today, so it's okay to do a little bit of work for you by the way. And you do a lot of work for me on weekdays too!"
"Then, please! Thank you Senior Sara!"
Having said that, it would be an abnormal reaction for Nobuhide to refuse, so he accepted the offer and prepared to pack up and leave work early. The look of anticipation on his face was like he couldn't wait to meet his goddess.
On one side, Sara looked at Nobuhide's behavior, a [I understand you] smile appeared on his face, and watched Nobuhide leave with the demeanor of a person who has been there before.
The moment he stepped out of the doorway, the warm smile on Nobuhide's face instantly turned cold, but it was only for a moment before he returned to his usual state. Then he slowly walked towards the exit of the incubator.
And at this time in the house, Sara was feeling like he had lifted a stone and smashed his own foot.
Old man Nobuo had left enough overtime tasks for him, and now he had volunteered to take over some of the tasks that Nobuhide hadn't finished.
He originally thought that with Nobuhide's character, all of these tasks should have already been done. He didn't realize that the incident of having dinner with the goddess had completely disrupted Nobuhide's mind, and even the work was still so far from being done.
But things have come to this point, Sara can only lament his bad luck while thinking about the heroic manner in which he had just taken care of his big job, and then started working.
But not even five minutes in, the guy's couldn't help but start touching the fish again.
I can tell... being lazy is a passive skill, the uncontrolled kind.
Sara, who was lazing around, looked around and finally caught the eye of Nobuhide's table. He smiled lewdly, wondering if he could find a picture of Nobuhide's goddess on Nobuhide's desk or in a drawer. He didn't mean anything by it, he just felt like it would be fun. And wasn't it incumbent upon him to help keep a watchful eye on his outstanding juniors!
...Okay, he admitted, he was just gossiping.
And he did like to see what kind of pretty girl it was that could charm the calm, if not cold, Nobuhide so much.
Then with a lewd smile on his face, he approached Nobuhide's table. Then he swept over the one on the table, the artifact that Nobuhide said his friend had sent over from the Kalos region.
Then, he couldn't move his eyes...
[Open me, I can give you strength!]
[Open me, I can give you power!]
[Open me, I can give you eternal life.]
[Open me, and everything in this world will be as you want it to be, as you wish it to be!]
"Who are you?"
[I am the Demon God who is proud of the world.]
[I am the loser in a captive bottle.]
[I am... your servant.]
[My beloved master, be free to use your servant.]
[My beloved master, your servant will give power and strength!]
"As you... wish."
And so, freedom, descended.