Yuen looked at the pop-up window that had suddenly appeared before his eyes, a flicker of surprise crossing his usually calm face.
“So Favorability is the hidden condition for unlocking worlds…
That is a rather exasperating requirement.” “If that is the case, leaving the Skeleton King aside for now, Saitama should be close to meeting the requirement as well.” Saitama was the first guest to visit the shrine from another world and had already passed through the gate three or four times.
They got along well, so Yuen felt that even if the requirement hadn’t been met yet, it wouldn’t be far off.
As if responding to Yuen’s thoughts, the Torii gate tactfully displayed a panel regarding Saitama’s Favorability.
[One-Punch Man World] [Current Favorability with Saitama: 84] “I knew it would be close.” Yuen nodded, then turned his gaze back to the window showing the ten-day countdown for unlocking Yotsuya Miko’s world.
Honestly, compared to unlocking Yotsuya Miko’s world, Yuen was more interested in the worlds of Saitama and Ainz.
It wasn’t because he was unfamiliar with Yotsuya Miko’s story.
It was just that apart from the abundance of evil spirits, the world she lived in was virtually indistinguishable from the modern Japan he was currently residing in.
Unlike Ainz’s world, which was purely magical, or Saitama’s world, which was filled with superhumans.
In comparison, Yotsuya Miko’s world seemed too mundane.
If there were true gods over there, Yuen might have been slightly interested.
He could have observed how the gods of that Japan differed from the ones he knew.
But since the only “gods” present in the shrines there were evil spirits and false deities, Yuen felt that visiting that world was optional at best.
Still, having a world to wander around in was better than having none at all.
Who knows, maybe the games produced in that Japan were different.
Without overthinking it, Yuen waved his hand lightly, dismissing the windows for Yotsuya Miko’s world and Saitama.
At that moment, ripples appeared in the center of the Torii gate.
A rectangular golden light emerged, flashing through the dimensional space and landing in Yuen’s hand.
Unlike the previous two rewards— When this rectangular light touched Yuen’s palm, the glow dissipated, revealing a pitch-black card.
[Gift from the Mieruko-chan World] [Use this item to obtain a random object.] [Owner: Yuen (Non-transferable)] “A gacha ticket, huh?” Yuen looked intrigued, feeling a sudden itch to test his luck.
Just as he was about to use it, he sensed a change in the Torii gate.
Yuen put away the reward card and immediately stepped out of the dimensional space.
He saw Ainz standing in front of the dimensional door formed by the Torii gate, accompanied by the succubus Overseer, Albedo.
Seeing Yuen appear, Ainz started to raise his hand to wave hello.
But remembering his subordinate was beside him, he lowered his half-raised hand, coughed dryly, and adopted a deliberately deep and dignified tone.
“Yuen-sama, it has been a while.” The moment he said that, Albedo hurriedly pinched the hem of her dress and curtsied respectfully to Yuen.
Yuen glanced at Albedo with mild surprise.
Given her personality, seeing her master Ainz address someone else as “sama” would normally provoke anger and dissatisfaction.
It seemed Ainz had briefed her thoroughly before bringing her here.
Yuen turned his gaze back to Ainz and nodded slightly.
“Su…
Ainz-san, have you resolved the hidden threat in your world?” “I cannot hide anything from you, Yuen-sama.
Upon returning, I immediately ordered the Guardians to take all World Items and launch an attack on that Theocracy.” “Afterward, I established the Sorcerer Kingdom directly on their land.” When Ainz spoke these words, his tone was filled with pride.
Not long ago, he was just a corporate slave suffering under his boss every day.
Now, he was expanding territories in another world.
It was indeed something worth being proud of.
“…Ainz-san, you didn’t come here today just to show off to me, did you?” Having his petty thoughts exposed, Ainz felt a bit awkward.
Fortunately, his passive emotional suppression skill kept him from being affected.
“Not at all.
I came today to thank you once again for your help.” Although he had given up a World Item, Yuen had helped him obtain another one in return.
Effectively gaining future information at no cost made Ainz feel somewhat indebted.
Saying this, Ainz turned his head and signaled with his eyes.
“Albedo.” “Yes, Ainz-sama.” Albedo walked forward and knelt on one knee a step away from Yuen.
“Yuen-sama, please allow me to become your servant.” Hearing this, a look of astonishment appeared on Yuen’s face.
He had thought the Skeleton King was just bringing Albedo to broaden her horizons.
He hadn’t expected this situation.
He could tell Albedo was sincere, not forced by Ainz’s orders.
But wasn’t Albedo’s setting modified to be “In love with Momonga”?
How could she be willing to serve him from the bottom of her heart?
As Yuen puzzled over this, Ainz’s voice suddenly rang in his ear via a Message spell.
‘Yuen-sama, I specially used the newly acquired World Item, Downfall of Castle and Country, to change the setting I previously modified for Albedo to “In love with you”.’ No wonder…
Looking at Albedo kneeling before him, Yuen felt a bit helpless.
If Ainz had given him a magic item, he would have accepted it gladly.
But sending a demon over…
he really didn’t know what to do with her at the moment.
“Albedo, stand up first.” Albedo kept her head lowered, unmoved.
“Yuen-sama, unless you agree, I will remain kneeling here.” “…Yuen-sama, this is Albedo’s lifelong wish.
Please accept her.” Ainz also chimed in to persuade him.
Although the white skeleton couldn’t show facial expressions, Yuen could sense Ainz’s schadenfreude.
He shot a glance at Ainz.
Instantly, Ainz lost control of his body and fell to the ground in a comical spread-eagle position.
Ainz stood up resentfully, hurriedly using magic to clean the dust off his robes.
Fortunately, Albedo had kept her head down, or the Supreme Being of the Great Tomb of Nazarick would have lost face completely.
Having made a fool of Ainz, Yuen turned his attention back to Albedo.
“Then you shall stay and be responsible for the shrine’s cleaning.” Albedo looked up, her face filled with joy.
“As you command, Yuen-sama!”