Momonga's Excitement

(This chapter can be read casually. I didn't even know what state of mind I was in when I wrote it.)

Nazarick's First Floor.

As the teleportation Magic Circle appeared, the well-fed Naiyuan Trio arrived here.

"Phew, that tasted really good."

Momonga, having returned to his Undead form, spoke nostalgically. He had eaten quite a bit just now, even using a spell to speed up digestion so he could keep eating.

"Then make sure you take good care of that item. I only have one, so if you break it, I won't have another to give you."

Naiyuan patted his unchanged stomach and spoke lazily to Momonga. Perhaps because he was a Dragonoid, eating too much made him want to take a nap.

"Don't worry. Its importance in my heart is now above even a World Item."

Momonga patted the ribs of his chest and promised with a smile. He was not lying; this item had already risen to the very top of his priorities.

Second only to Naiyuan and Herohero.

"That's good. By the way, what's wrong with you, Little Herohero? You've been moving so slowly since earlier."

Naiyuan replied, then noticed that someone seemed to be missing beside him. He turned to look at the constantly squirming figure behind them.

Herohero had returned to his original form and was no longer maintaining his Human Form, slowly crawling along.

It gave the illusion that even a snail would be faster than him.

"Can't help it. I ate too much and don't want to move."

Herohero looked at Naiyuan with some difficulty and spoke drowsily, as if he might collapse the next moment.

"Forget it. Sebas, have Solution come carry Herohero. This is too slow."

Looking at Herohero, who had curled into a limp lump, Naiyuan felt somewhat helpless and turned to Sebas, who had been following the three of them.

"By your command, Lord Naiyuan."

Sebas replied respectfully, then activated communication and began contacting Solution. He moved so quickly that it seemed as though he had planned this all along, leaving Herohero too late to stop him.

"No... Naiyuan, you bastard, why did you call Solution?!"

"Any maid could have done this!!"

When Sebas looked innocently at him, Herohero abandoned his previous sluggishness. His Slime body sprang directly into the air and pounced onto Naiyuan's face, wrapping around his entire head.

Furious cries continuously reached Naiyuan's mind through communication, giving him a splitting headache.

"Mm! I... mm! Momonga... help..."

With Herohero wrapping around his entire head, Naiyuan frantically slapped at the Slime while looking toward Momonga, who was enjoying the show, trying to ask him for help.

"Pfft, Naiyuan, you brought this on yourself. I can't help you. You clearly know about Herohero's complicated feelings toward Solution, yet you still called her over."

"What was that saying again? You reap what you sow!"

Momonga communicated with Naiyuan, his gleefully malicious tone entering Naiyuan's mind.

Seeing Momonga refuse to help, Naiyuan felt helpless. Fortunately, he was a Dragonoid and could survive without breathing. Otherwise, anyone else treated like this would have suffocated long ago.

Even if they did not suffocate, they would have already been corroded. After all, Herohero's race was the most ancient of Slimes—the Ancient Jet-Black Slime.

Only Naiyuan, whose resistances had all been maxed out, could ignore such corrosion. Herohero also knew Naiyuan would be fine, which was why he kept fooling around like this.

"Cough, cough. Little Herohero, aren't you being too vicious? It was just a joke."

After Herohero vented for a while, he jumped down from Naiyuan's slime-covered head.

Seeing the slime all over himself, Naiyuan felt nauseated.

With a lifeless expression, Naiyuan shook his head, instantly flinging droplets of slime in every direction. The ground was immediately corroded into a large hole.

"Who told you to pull a prank? This is your punishment."

"Good grief. Next time, are you going to change my clothes into women's clothing too, just to give yourself a thrill?"

"If you want it, that isn't impossible."

"I think that's a great idea!!"

Hearing those two words, Momonga, who had been watching from the side, immediately jumped out. The red lights in his eye sockets flickered as he looked at Naiyuan with excitement, making Naiyuan, who had been arguing with Herohero, suddenly feel a chill.

"Momonga, are you serious?"

Herohero also looked at Momonga with some fear. He and Naiyuan had only been joking, but Momonga's reaction was so intense that even he started to feel afraid.

Just imagining it made both Herohero and Naiyuan feel nauseated. What kind of bizarre combination was that?

"Cough, cough. Speaking of women's clothing, it reminded me of magical girls. What I meant was that we could create an actual magical girl in the future."

Forced Calm activated, and Momonga instantly returned to Sage Mode. He calmly explained himself to the two friends before him.

"Whew, so that was it. You scared me to death. I thought you had some strange fetish, Momonga."

"Exactly. That desire of yours practically took physical form and scared the hell out of me. I never thought someone who looked as honest as you would like that."

Hearing Momonga's explanation, Naiyuan and Herohero exchanged a glance and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Naiyuan, who had thought his friend possessed some strange fetish, had nearly been scared half to death.

But after hearing Momonga's explanation and recalling the decades they had spent living together in his mind, he had never seen Momonga display any strange habits, so he stopped doubting him.

"Sorry. It had been a long time since I thought about that, so I got a little excited."

"I'm really sorry for scaring you."

As Momonga patiently explained himself to the two of them, the two red lights in his eye sockets drifted toward Naiyuan for a moment.

In truth, he really had imagined Naiyuan wearing that kind of outfit and being wrapped up in it.

The enormous fantasy playing out in his mind had made Momonga excited, which was why he could not help shouting just now.

"Maybe that's the thrill of it. Cough, cough. Good thing I fooled them. If Naiyuan found out, he'd definitely kill me."

Momonga thought uncertainly. Looking at Naiyuan, who was talking with Herohero, he swore that he could never let him find out, or he would be finished.

Although his friend looked gentle and approachable, liked pranks, and loved slacking off, if he really angered him, the consequences would definitely be unimaginable.

After all, this was the being whom countless Players had called the "Calamity Dragon King" in the game.

Relying on his special skill, Naiyuan would launch a suicidal self-destruction attack at the slightest disagreement.

Momonga did not want Naiyuan to one day blow himself up and send him flying into the sky.