39 「Popcorn」 (1/2)
Approaching the front gates of the Palace's outer walls, Ninya glanced over at the Warrior Troop which were now guarding the gate. She blinked a few times as they just let her in without saying a word.
Padding her way through the front gates with a soldier to escort her. Her eyes traced over the grass and vegetation growing within these fine walls. Despite how bleak the world looked when she had entered the Brothel, this place looked completely irrelevant, unaffected. In a way, it disgusted her that it was so far away from the people in the terms of care.
Her eyes faced forward as they were coming towards the large double doors of the Palace only to pause as she heard someone shouting. The swinging of a sword whistling through the air. As she came to a stop she looked to the direction of the shouting and narrowed her eyes on a blonde woman.
It was the Warrior Priestess, the Leader, of the Blue Rose.
Listening intently to hear what she was saying, her eyes began to raise as she pretty much heard something familiar being repetitively and uselessly shouted.
”Gate!” Woosh, woosh, woosh. She flailed the weapon about, pointed it forward. Every movement was to be dramatic and entertaining to the mind. ”Gate!” Yet every time she shouted the spell in which she wished to recite, nothing happened. No portal appeared.
”Is she...”
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”Just ignore her,” the Soldier briefly gave her a pat on the shoulder before walking towards the door.
Ninya slowly peeled her eyes away from the woman before walking for the front doors of the Palace. From the corner of her eye she could see the other members of the Blue Rose Adventurers. Tina and her twin sister were watching their boss from a secluded nest above. Whilst Keno was seated under a tree, reading a book and Gagaran napped in a hammick.
The group was very laid back, and Ninya was pretty sure that normally no one would be doing this at the Palace. Especially napping where all could see.
As she entered the front, she walked through the Grand Hall and continued into the Throne Room where her eyes would rest on Jack and the one identified as Ainz Ooal Gown.
Blinking a few times seeing them there, in the center of the room. Ninya opened her mouth slightly as she looked around. No one else was in the room and the soldier was leaving as quickly as he had come in. ”Jack!” She found herself calling his name, her own words causing her heart to beat faster.
Jack turned his head to her and smiled warmly towards her. ”Ninya,” he took a step from Momonga and held his arms out for her.
”I found my sister thanks to you!” Ninya shouted as she ran over and jumped into his embrace. Her head resting on his chest before she peered over at Momonga.
”And you as well…” She smiled as to not share his Adventurer name should there be anyone listening, ”Ainz Ooal Gown. I thank you, so very much..”
”Huh? Eh. You're very welcome Ms Veyron,” Momonga replied somewhat formally due to the place in which he was. His eyes took in the surroundings before his hearing centered on a figure entering the room. He however didn't turn around right away.
”Speaking of...” Ninya started talking quietly, ”When we were leaving the Brothel, they said something about calling 'Six Arms,' do you know who or what that is?”
”I may be able to help with that,” Princess Renner entered the Throne Room with Climb at her side. Her hands gripped the sides of her dress tightly.
”Oh?” Momonga turned to face the woman, his red eyes piercing right through her.
Renner almost stopped in her tracks the moment he turned around. Her blue eyes were looking right through his fiery red ones. Then slowly tuned back on over to Jack and Ninya who were embracing one another. She soon came to comprehend why he was helping a commoner find their family member. Though she didn't see anything wrong with it. She had believed him to be a Lord of some Citadel, she didn't necessarily believe he was truly Nobility of any kind. In a way, he lacked the etiquette for it.
”You know about them?” Jack would ask as he turned his head to look at Renner. Apparently she had been fighting the Eight Fingers for a while. Trying to shut them down economically and through the covert use of the Blue Rose.
Renner nodded, ”Yes my King.”
”King?” Ninya looked up at him with wide eyes. What did he do here that made him King all of a sudden. Wait, he was king? Her eyes slowly turned towards Momonga who's eyes swept over to her.
While she could sense the evil in him, she was able to see the sliver of humanity within him due to her prior interactions with him from days ago.
”I'll explain later,” Jack whispered quietly as he pressed his lips on her forehead before looking to the Princess once more for the explanation she had promised.
She curtsied and Climb bowed slightly. Should it be for respect or self-protection, onlookers wouldn't be able to tell the difference. ”The Six Arms are a partner organization within the Eight Fingers Syndicate which have been undermining the Re-Estize Kingdom.”
”Eight Fingers…?” A frown was rested upon Jack's face as he heard the names. They weren't bad, but they were pretty straight forward. ”Each digit represents a head?”
Renner nodded lightly, ”The Six Arms is their security organization. They are formidable. The only reason I haven't been able to deal with them is because I had no political or military backing.”
Slowly nodding at the words she shared with the group, he tilted his head to the side slightly. ”In that case, once we've located their members, eliminate their Security Organization. We will use the military to wipe out their syndicate. No prisoners, no survivors.”
The woman blinked several times when he had said that there would be no prisoners, and no survivors. That he would have the military hunt them down and destroy them. Which meant destroying the entire organization and their assets.
”And what of the Black Dust?”
”...Black Dust?” Momonga was curious as he placed a boney hand to under his chin.
”It's an addictive substance that is considered illegal in this country. It is derived from a toxic plant and has hidden symptoms. It was ruled as an anesthetic due to its effects, but its killing people. Even so, the Nobles are ignoring it and pursuing other drugs...”
Jack was aware of drug addictions in the old world, and having them here just made him want to sigh. He had known plenty of people in high school and even in college that had died from overdosing.
”I would like to have the Blue Rose help with locating and burning their plantations.”
”You have my permission, Princess.” Jack smiled at the girl who had said that she would be of help with giving them information. ”Eliminate the bane which has plagued your country.”
The Princess smiled at this, seeing how he had allowed this under very little information being given to them. However she could quickly see in his eyes that he wouldn't always be this easy to win over. He had taken over this country, he couldn't let the previous bloodline to take too much credit, could he? He couldn't risk a revolt should the Nobles want her on the throne. To restore the old bloodline. Though considering the current view the Nobles had of her, that would be unlikely.
She was despised, mistreated and seen as a political tool. Despite this she was powerful and right-minded in the sense that she wanted influence and power and would do good to get it. On top of that, all of it was to impress and keep Climb at her side.
”Why would you give me this?” Seemingly without thinking, she asked this with her eyes looking at his sapphire hues from several feet away.
Ninya looked at the Princess as she was asking this question. At first she thought it was a stupid question, but she also began to think. Why would he allow her to mobilize against the criminal organization, when there was a chance she could mobilize the army against him? Was he really confident that he was powerful enough to take them on?
It didn't take her more than a second to tell that, he literally could. Alongside Ainz Ooal Gown and the Guardians of both Guilds respectfully, they could destroy everything in a matter of time.