They said they were about to start their adventure… but in fact, several days had already passed, and Momonga and Luke hadn’t even stepped outside!
Momonga felt helpless, and Luke felt even more helpless.
Speaking of which, before Luke transmigrated, he had only skimmed through the anime once, then went back to watch again because he really liked Overlord II, and then roughly skimmed through the novel…
Good heavens, that was hundreds of thousands of characters!
And besides, Japanese light novels, everyone knows, are very different from web novels.
Never mind the translation issues, even their phrasing and sentence flow can be frustrating.
To someone like Luke, who was used to reading things like, “So terrifying!”, “Thirty years in the East, thirty years in the West!”, “Aotian, you’re too strong at night, I can’t take it by myself — please find a few more sisters, I really don’t mind and would even be happy!”, and “Today I must defy the heavens!” — it was quite painful.
So he only vaguely remembered that Momonga’s first battle was in a place called Carne Village, but as for how long it took to get there and what battle it was… who on earth would remember that!
Luke had originally thought that after transmigrating, he would surely encounter some sort of emergency.
He was even excited for a while…
He was curious whether killing would cause psychological trauma like in novels — he was looking forward to it.
But instead, everything was calm and peaceful, smooth sailing; which made him feel depressed for quite a while.
Luckily, during this time, his four “wives” came to him, and they went through a series of melodramatic events like:
“You don’t love me anymore.”
“I do love you.”
“Then why are you ignoring me?
What did I do wrong?”
And then a series of indescribable events happened — 404 errors, “this video is temporarily unavailable due to copyright issues,” and “the thing you are looking for does not exist.” After all that, the wives became true wives…
As for why an Abomination could even have the possibility of that kind of activity… Brother, please don’t question it.
If Luke couldn’t freely swap out certain parts for something bigger, thicker, and stronger at any time, do you really think he would have chosen to be this stitched-together monstrosity?
And don’t think every transmigration story is monk-like and chaste.
If there isn’t a harem after transmigration, that would be inhumane, countercultural, and a betrayal of the readers’ expectations!
Opening a harem after transmigration is simply the trend of the era, the inevitable result of the people’s demand — just like in female-oriented stories, if there aren’t a few handsome guys chasing the heroine, then is she even a heroine?
Meanwhile, Momonga was under immense pressure and that pressure came from the Guardians around him.
As the ruler of Nazarick, he had to project dignity and could not show any hint of clownishness or carelessness, so he was constantly on edge.
For Momonga, who had originally been just an ordinary salaryman, this kind of mental strain was more exhausting than any physical fatigue, though technically, his body no longer experienced physical fatigue at all.
What’s worse, Albedo was always right by Momonga’s side, never leaving him, taking care of everything for him.
Of course, as a man, he should have been happy.
But as a Japanese man who valued his private life, this also made him feel a lot of pressure…
He really needed to relax a little, and as for how — he realized that only being with a real person (Luke) would do the trick.
After telling the Guardians that he wanted to go on a walk with Luke, since he wouldn’t be going alone, they and the maids didn’t object.
Since this was supposed to be a “rest,” they might as well take a look outside.
Yes — they needed to personally confirm whether they had really been transported to another world.
This was extremely important.
Having given himself this lofty reason, Momonga contacted Luke.
“Luke-san, are you free?
Speaking of which, we still haven’t actually seen this world since we got here.
Why don’t we go out and have a look together?”
Soon, a reply came back, “Oh?
Oh, sure, Momonga.
Wait a moment — I need to install some wings.”
“…I know that as an Abomination, you can freely rearrange your body, but why do you want to put on wings, Luke-san?”
“Huh?” Luke was dumbfounded.
Wasn’t it in the anime where Momonga went out together with Demiurge?
And then the two of them went up into the sky, almost into outer space!
So he instinctively assumed that Momonga was asking him to go “up there” too.
“Now that I think about it, you do sound like you want to fly with me.
Am I imagining it?”
Luke was right — on Earth, humans couldn’t fly, so they didn’t know what it felt like.
This was actually an exciting proposal!
Moved, Momonga replied at once, “No, you’re not imagining it.
I haven’t tried flying before.
Wait a bit, I’ll grab my flight necklace!”
“Okay, okay — let me see… should I put on angel wings or demon wings… oh wait, is this chicken wings?!
When did I even buy this?
Oh, it was on sale… argh, there are so many choices!”
“Wait, wait!
I need to disinfect this first — it’s my first time putting it on.
Can’t believe it’s so dirty, this isn’t hygienic!”
“…”
“You — an Abomination famous for filth and plague — how are you talking about hygiene?!”
After waiting for half an hour, Momonga couldn’t hold back and roared.
When he finally saw Luke, Momonga was speechless.
Luke was clad in obviously holy-aligned armor, his pale face hidden behind a mask, glowing light-wings shining behind him, radiating holy energy…
“Luke-san, what is this?”
“Oh, this is my cosplay of the angels from a game called Diablo that I played a long time ago.
How is it?
Pretty cool, right?” Luke said, removing his mask.
“Every time I see you doing something strange, I find it hard to understand you… but I must say, you do look pretty imposing dressed like this.”
“Right?
Right?
I’m even planning to do a whole cosplay!
I’ll act out being defeated by four demons’ traps, captured, and then — when they see my handsome face, how could they possibly resist the temptation?”
“And then I get ‘OO-ed’ and ‘**X-ed’… of course, I am a firm warrior, I reveal nothing under torture, I remain pure despite seduction — but the demons are relentless, and after a very not-child-friendly process, I finally… became a father!”
“…”
“I… see.
The mental image is… very vivid.
Though I must say the ending is… rather unexpected.”
“Momonga, even though you’re my boss, I’m sorry, but this stage play is private, just for couples.
I can’t show it to you.”
“…What exactly did I say to make you think I wanted to watch it?!”
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