After making a fuss for several minutes, the three Supreme Beings who had been soured into lemon spirits finally calmed down a little, panting heavily as they collapsed onto the couch.
Ainz rubbed his neck, and his heart ached as he looked at his good friends, who had been tortured beyond recognition by life in reality.
He walked somewhat awkwardly toward Lin Xiao beside him, rubbed his skeletal palms together, and cautiously asked:
"Um... Brother Lin Xiao."
"Since you can even open a passage through space and time, then... could you make an exception and bring these friends of mine to that other world too?"
The moment those words came out.
Herohero, Ulbert, and Peroroncino, who had been sprawled across the couch, instantly froze.
The three of them turned their heads in unison and stared at Lin Xiao as if he were an alien.
"Wait! Momonga, what did you just call him?!"
Ulbert's eyes widened. Pointing at the black-haired young man in an ordinary high school uniform, his voice trembled. "Brother?! Isn't this guy an NPC little brother you picked up in the other world?! He... he can take people across universes?!"
"NPC? What are you thinking?" Ainz gave a bitter smile and lowered his voice. "This man is a real big shot, a god who can casually evaporate the poisonous mist covering an entire planet! We were only able to reunite because Brother Lin Xiao helped open the door!"
"Gasp!!!"
The three veteran netizens sucked in a breath in perfect unison, so frightened that they sprang upright from the couch!
When they looked at Lin Xiao again, their gazes instantly changed from "looking at an ordinary passerby" to "looking at the living God himself"!
"Don't be so nervous."
Lin Xiao looked at the three restrained corporate drones and smiled