Chapter 307

Calca's tour of Nazarick was brought to an end only by the sudden delivery of a message. 'Allfather, the Theocracy Cardinal kept his word, I picked the letters up myself last night and have left them in the council chamber where we all last gathered. I sent a message to my homeland to send flying scouts over the southern border of the Slane Theocracy as far as their coast. I'm about to meet with the Wolf Queen and have already spoken with the Golden Queen. If you intend to dispatch agents, you have the means to do so now without any repercussions that will hurt your Kingdom.' Neia's voice in his head was surprisingly firm, formal, a far cry from the passionate way in which she usually spoke, as if something troubled her enough to leave her reserved.

He answered immediately. 'I was right to enter into a treaty with you, Queen of Frost. You are what I expected, through and through. My wife is with me, and we will return immediately. I will send my agents to investigate everything we can.'

Neia said nothing back, she simply killed the link between them, and that was that. He filed that away for later and looked to Calca who was sitting across from him at the table in the Nazarick bar, both hands on a cup of juice… her sixth one, and a wild, joyful look on her face.

"Such flavor… how is it even possible for anything to be this good…?" She asked, "Even for a god… this is a bit much." She said, and while Albedo could only look smug, Calca added, "I'm only slightly exaggerating."

"Be that as it may, we have things to do. The Queen of Frost dispatched a telepathic message, it's time to send our agents south, Cardinal Raymond came through, and that means we have all we need to search for the Queen… but also, we need to move on regardless. The road to Arwintar is long and we've already remained longer than intended." Ainz pointed out, and the Queen frowned only a little, it was more of a tiny pout wherein she understood the need to leave, but looked reluctantly at the juice.

"That… portal, gate, you called it, we could be there immediately." She replied.

"Yes, but we would not be seen. And establishing the peace among our nations in the eyes of others will help establish their sense of security. Many of my subjects are former slaves from the Baharuth Empire, others are humans, others are heteromorphs, seeing you pass through with me will quiet concerns in some quarters." Ainz suggested, and Calca reluctantly bowed her head.

"I know, but still… who wants to leave paradise when they get there?" She asked with a wink.

"That is why I am so reluctant to leave his bed." Albedo added, giving a taunting smile at the human Queen.

Unsurprisingly, Queen Calca took it well, "A sentiment I can readily understand. The experience was not what I expected." And then as if to make a peace offering to the woman who ruled beside the Allfather she added, "I look forward to introducing my son to his sibling. The two halves of the Allfather will make for a remarkable team, like nothing this world has ever seen."

Unable or unwilling to argue with a sentiment that praised her beloved, Albedo ended the verbal duel before it could truly begin by rising to her feet. Calca finished her juice and set the cup down on the table and followed suit, and in turn Ainz did the same.

[Gate] He cast the spell and the vortex appeared before them, they were gone a moment later, leaving the bar virtually empty again.

Enri gasped for breath as she lay beside her husband, her limbs limp, almost jelly like, her bosom heaving and slick, and Nfirea wore a thoroughly happy look on his face and put his hands behind his head, sitting up on his pillow, he crossed one ankle over the other beneath the sheets.

"It's good to be the King." He said, and Enri turned her head to look at him with a sly little smile.

"Because you get to have sex with the Queen?" She asked in a voice that said that had better be the answer.

He didn't disappoint her. "Yes!"

"So… what was that… it was… how?" She gasped.

"A new invention, the Allfather's support for my potion research has been very generous, and while doing research into the alchemy needed to create a stamina potion using a simple chronomancy spell, the sort meant to make someone a few seconds faster… we accidentally…"

"Husband… skip the details." Enri reproved him, and he flushed a little red.

"Right, I'm sorry dear, ah, basically it adds stamina for that, in particular. It didn't do what I intended it to do, but I think this will be very well received. We'll have to retain a state monopoly on it though, if we do, I'll bet our treasury will never run dry." He smirked further, and Enri blushed, less than she used to, but still it was there.

"A very sensible idea… Wolf King…" She said after drawing herself up to his ear, she nibbled at his earlobe and he chuckled just a little bit in return.

"Are you sure I should stay here? It would be a shame to let this just sit around." Nfirea replied and held the bottle up and gave the white potion a shake.

"It had better just sit around while I'm gone." Enri laughed, "I won't be gone very long at least, before you know it I'll be home. Besides, somebody has to run the Kingdom."

"I suppose, and I would miss out on my research too…" Nfirea said with some reluctance… "I'll use a message scroll immediately if I get word about Queen Draudillon, but you know the Slane Theocracy will not be happy about this, even with Cardinal Raymond's blessing."

"You ran an alchemy shop, so field complaints like they're angry customers." Enri replied, "You can do this, my love. They're not going to start a war over something their own side authorized us to do. Just prioritize the Queen's life over all and they can't complain. Now… how about one more round, the others are probably back by now and getting ready to go, and I don't want to be the only other Queen with no heirs present or on the way when I get there."

Nfirea reached for the bottle, "As you wish, my love." He said, "But maybe have the baths made ready now so you won't be delayed too long?"

She rang the bell while he consumed the potion, and could barely restrain herself long enough to give orders to the maid before she could leap astride her husband one more time.