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The next day, Satoru stood in the throne room alone with King Eliheid and his royal guards, casually putting his hands in his pockets as he explained his intentions.

Due to nobody having the courage to rule Holward again due to it being a "cursed area", that is until Satoru and his students officially cleared the dungeon, he took the utmost initiative.

"Hmmm.... Well, you're one of God's Apostles, right? Very well, due to your efforts I will simply give you full control over the town of Holward. But there is one condition: You must pay your taxes on a monthly basis; being God's Apostle does not mean you automatically receive the highest priority." Eliheid humbly explained, acknowledging Satoru's request for ruling Holward.

With a gesture, one of the Royal guards presented Satoru with a box which has an emblem that officially makes him the Mayor of Holward.

A smirk came across his face, as our protagonist thought about it.

"That's all? Understood, I'll take the job of rebuilding Holward with the help of wonderful magic and certain allies, then." He replied, taking the emblem and taking his time to inspect it.

It was made of silver, and was embroidered delicately without a small clue of being crudely made, which also made it something important for him to carry around.

Nodding his head, Satoru gave the king a simple thanks before leaving the castle, yet he was stopped by a blonde princess and a younger prince.

"Please do stop right there, Mr. Hero. I have several things to ask you with." The princess, also named Liliana had spoken, staring right up at the taller man.

"Hm? Go on, I'm waiting."

"Would you like us to give support on your cause? By that, I think I meant having you strike a good deal with us while you gain an important connection that would protect your town in the upcoming days?" Liliana asked, while the newly mentally changed Lundell nodded.

Satoru agreed with the deal Liliana made for him, just before he left the castle to fetch the orphans and the students to gather them together outside the Capital.

That actually included Hiyama, for the reason that Satoru wanted to do something best for him.

Hiyama's balls still hurt by the way, and while he was suffering, Satoru held him by the back of his collar without much effort.

".... Gihb.... Kolli.... vaahhk...." Hiyama weakly said, yet Satoru shook his head in denial.

"Shut up. You still need disciple. Anyway, where were we? Oh, right. You know what we've talked about, and since you no longer need my assistance unless completely necessary, proceed with the plans." Satoru stated, nodding his head afterwards.

The students then shook hands, before going their separate ways with the guidance of several maps they have.

Suddenly, Hajime brought out a school bus, sending looks of surprise from the guards that were to be Satoru's bodyguards and his own orphans too.

The school bus looked like it would be able to hold the average of 100 passengers in it, and it was colored in a lighter shade of grey. There were blue, neon lights going throughout the bus, and black printed text of "TRAVELLER" on it's sides.

"Eek! What is that?!" One of the orphans yelled out in fear at the strange, massive beast suddenly appearing near them, hugging Satoru's leg and hiding behind him for safety.

A hand was gently put on the child's head, and when she looked up, Satoru's smile lightened up her mood.

"Laura, don't worry. That beast you see is actually a really big carriage that can bring us to somewhere you will soon live, right, Hajime?" Satoru reassured her in a kind way, and the student waved his hand up to the air

"Yeah! Come on in, I'll send you all except the second group to Holward!" Hajime shouted out happily, encouraging his classmates and the people to get in the school bus.

Meanwhile the others who intend to go to the west weren't really happy that Hajime would actually transport the ones that weren't them to Holward and to the east.

The group were magic users, and figuring out a way to get to the west faster is easier due to their abilities to have such feats.

A mutual agreement was made, as they waved goodbye to their classmates before running to where the desert is located.

Anyway, Satoru led the people into the bus, sitting in their seats which were already comfortable enough before letting Hajime take the wheel.

The orphans will also miss Ainz for a few days, that is until a small church would be built.

The engine silently roared to life, before the bus began to move forwards.

Now, he was sitting beside Aletia and Eri at the backmost part of the seats.

"Satoru, we're going to miss you for a while."

As Aletia hugged the arm of her soon-to-be husband lovingly, she whispered in his ear.

She wanted to spend what seemed to be the last time with him until she goes to one of the labyrinths and defeats it with Satoru's students.

While that was her intention, Eri's own was similar to hers in some ways. Mutually, they both agreed that their rivalry should never go too far to the point where violence and injuries become involved.

Meanwhile, Hajime had stepped on the pedal, shifting the engine's gears up to the max as the bus sped up. It's roar became a little louder, to the point where it began sounding like a Jet Engine at full power.

The students, suddenly feeling threatened, tried to stand up to try stopping Hajime, yet the reckless teenage driver pressed a button that made their seatbelts automatically bind them to their seats.

Being focused purely on one thing, Hajime blocked all voices coming from his classmates and all the people inside.

It also forced Eri to make a tranquilizer-like spell that calmed down whoever was inside the bus, which also solved a problem easily.

....125 km/h.....

... 200 km/h...

... 350 km/h....

.... 400km/h.....

At this point, the bus recklessly crashed through monsters, environment, leaped through the air several times, passed by several camps of people and carriages, taking damage from spells launched by terrified mages, and stuff.

And adter only a few minutes, Hajime began to speed down the bus when he noticed the ruined Holward in the distance.

Due to the lowering speed, the people inside the bus either wanted to vomit rainbows or are possibly foaming unconscious.

When they actually arrived in Holward, the seatbelts were released, and some students had to vomit outside.

And Satoru, who looked completely disappointed due to Hajime's reckless driving, sneakily approached him.

"Yo, Hajime.... did you enjoy recklessly driving just now?" He spoke a little coldly, just enough to make him feel like he was going to do something to Hajime.

Hajime, turning around with a frightened face, immediately felt the enormous killing aura from Satoru.

"Uhm.... I....." Hajime could not speak a single word, but several thoughts did run around his mind.

'Quick, do a Dogeza!!!' Hajime's mind yelled to himself, and as his body was about to agree, Satoru's fist had already connected to his forehead, and he immediately but the dust.

"Next time, check your surroundings, interior included if you wanted to drive that fast! You almost gave my orphans a phobia!" Satoru yelled out like a father trying to discipline an unruly child, while Hajime silently agreed.

But, it was time for them to be separated from Satoru for a long while. Before that, rest was required, Hajime's recklessness almost killed certain people and he was honestly to blame for it.

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After Hajime left with his classmates to head to the east, Satoru rallied the former bandits now under his command.

Naturally, the guards knew who they were, and were on full alert to attack, yet were completely intimidated by the sheer numbers of the bandits.

Satoru wasn't even that concerned, as long as the stage was set, things would look mildly interesting.

"Hey, Ace, all of you.... wanna see something mindblowing?" He spoke, before he put on a ring from his pocket dimension.

When he raised his hands up, the ground seemed to behind shaking.

What could that be?

[ ~ TO • BE • CONTINUED ~ ]

Author's Commentary: Next chapter is where we end this minor volume, then we will go to the next volume which starts by focusing on the PoVs of Hajime around the Labyrinth and on another few chapters being focused on Shimizu.

Is that okay?

Extra Note:

• Traveller - A white bus that could move in speeds of 700 kph max. Loaded with built in weapons (like 6meter long, 6 barrelled Vulcan guns, missiles, anti-aircraft weapons, etc.) and utilities, like self-defense mechanisms, a few generators/engines, wheels made from the rubbery flesh of certain monsters in the Labyrinth, air conditioners created through [Creation Magic], and other components.