"Nnnngghh."
He groggily opened his eyes while letting out a moan as his internal clock told him that it was already morning.
Feeling the soft body of a woman sleeping on top of his arm, he unconsciously groped their butt, and they moaned in pleasure. He enjoyed the soft texture as he skillfully put pressure on them with his finger.
"Good morning, master."
"Good morning."
"Good morning, you two."
Hmm? Two?
He opened his eyes wide in realization as he felt his sleepiness fade. He looked down to find two beautiful women looking up at him with smiles on both of his arms.
On the right is a mature brunette with blue eyes wearing red underwear while rubbing his chest with her finger; she is Ray.
On the left is a white-haired girl with a sexy body and crimson eyes wearing a white dress, gently smiling at him with slightly red cheeks; she is Shiraori.
He almost jumped out when he saw her on his arm, although he felt pissed off when she almost killed him. But she still is a level one hundred creature; for him to grope her butt, he felt blood drain out of his face.
But looking at her smile, he felt like she wouldn't do anything toward him because he groped her butt, so he let out a breath of relief while looking at Ray in confusion.
"Ray, you seem not bothered with her, did you two already talk with each other?"
"Yes, I heard from her that she was created by your friend, and when I asked the question of where her loyalty lay, she chose you rather than Lord Gown."
He turned toward Shiraori in surprise, and he could see that she nodded her head in agreement.
"Really? Even though you almost killed me last night?"
"Huh!? What do you mean you almost killed?"
He and Ray looked at Shiraori, and he could see that she was sweating a lot while lowering her head in shame, although with her position, it looked like she was kissing his chest.
"Sorry."
Seeing the fear in her eyes, he let out a sigh. He put his left hand on top of her head while gently stroking her silky hair.
"It's alright; it seems you are just too excited to meet me, so I forgive you."
"Really? Thank you."
She looked up toward him with a smile as she happily hugged his chest. He ignored the painful feeling when she did that; at the very least, it was not as bad as last night, and he could enjoy the soft sensation of her breasts against his body.
They spent several minutes cuddling each other before he could hear Ainz's voice calling him from the outside. He and Ray hurriedly put on their clothes while Shiraori turned back into a giant white spider.
He got out of the tent with Shiraori in his arms and approached Ainz, who was already in his Momon persona with Nabe by his side, while Ray went to take care of their camping equipment.
"Good morning, Momon."
"Good morning, Nfirea. So, um, how is your spine?"
Looking at Ainz, who worriedly glanced toward Shiraori in his arm, while being reminded of the incident from last night, he and Shiraori flinched.
"It's alright, thanks to your potion, I'm still alive."
"That's good. I was worried that I would lose my friend for the silliest of reasons, but I see you two seem to be already on good terms."
"Yeah, we already talked with each other, so there's nothing to worry about."
He said while patting Shiraori's spider head to show that he was alright. He then felt she pushed her head toward his hand, and he couldn't help but think that her gesture was cute as the corners of his mouth raised in a smile while looking down at her.
"That's a relief. I was worried that you two wouldn't be getting along. Oh, it seems Mrs. Emmot has already taken care of the encampment. Should we continue to Carne?"
He glanced back to see Ray approaching with the leather bag he made with spatial enchantment slung across her shoulder. He then turned back toward Ainz and nodded his head.
"Sure, let's go."
As we continued our journey to Carne with Momon and Nabe guarding us like before, and a giant spider sitting on his lap, he kept having a talk with Ainz because one night of conversation was not enough to begin catching up on their respective lives.
From the corner of his vision, he could see that Nabe listened attentively, unlike before when her eyes were cold and indifferent. This time, her eyes contained interest as she constantly glanced toward him.
If he remembered correctly, in both the novel and the anime, Nabe was ordered by Albedo to give information about Ainz's movements as an adventurer.
He didn't know if she was curious about him because he was Ainz's friend or if it was because Albedo was the one ordering her, but he didn't care. As long as she didn't do anything harmful, he would let her watch him.
"So, I've been curious about it. What kind of relationship do you two have? If I remember correctly, when you introduced Mrs. Emmot, she already had a kid."
As he thought about Nabe's sudden change in her behavior, Ainz suddenly asked about his relationship with Ray. When he opened his mouth to answer him, Ray beat him to it and said it first.
"Our relationship is master and servant, Lord Gown."
He raised his eyebrow at her; he didn't mind if she said that they were both lovers, but seeing the determination in her eyes while she looked at him, he could only sigh.
"That's right, she is my servant."
"Really? You two seem too intimate to be master and servant."
"Well, who said master and servant can't be intimate? Right, Ray?"
"Master..."
He slung his left hand across her shoulder, bringing her closer to him, and then kissed her lips while putting his tongue inside her mouth, openly showing their affection as he could hear Ainz sigh when he did that.
After one minute of kissing, he separated from her, and ignoring the want in her eyes, he turned back toward Ainz with a smug expression.
"Tch! How annoying."
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, it seems someone is jealous. Why not just take one of your servants and make her into your wife?"
"Haaah... I don't want to sully my friend's creation. Besides, with this body, I can't do that anymore."
Hearing the indifferent tone when he talked about his own body, it seemed he lacked the desire to have sex, although he seemed to be jealous seeing his intimate moment with Ray.
"That's a shame; even though that demon in a white dress is kind of fit to be your queen."
After he said that, he glanced to the left, where he could see Nabe twitching in attention. If she really is ordered by Albedo to keep watch on him, he should say something good about Albedo in front of Ainz to gain a lot of favor from her.
"She certainly is an ideal wife, and she can take care of the Great Tomb of Nazarick in my place, but queen? What do you think I am? A king?"
"Duh, you are the guild leader, aren't you? So basically, you are the ruler of the guild, and without anyone else, you automatically become the king."
He looked toward Ainz like he was stupid for not figuring out something obvious, as Ainz turned his head away from him in embarrassment.
"You might be right about that, but I refuse to lay my hand on my friend's creation."
"Is that so? That's a shame, even though they are all beautiful girls."
"Don't mind me when I take them for myself then," he thought with a light smile while shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.
"Enough about me, what about you? Don't tell me you're having a relationship with a married woman."
Ainz said, looking between him and Ray suspiciously. He let out a smirk as he hugged Ray with one hand while puffing his chest out and smiling proudly.
"That's right! This is my biggest achievement in this world! Where I successfully seduced Ray and made her have sex with me behind her husband's back!"
"Master!" "You!"
"Mmm!"
Ray and Ainz shouted at the same time for different reasons.
Ray shouted because of embarrassment as he could see that her cheek turned red while she immediately covered his mouth with her hand to shut him up.
Ainz, meanwhile, shouted because of exasperation as he could hear him letting out a sigh while rubbing his temple in tiredness.
"Why do I have a friend like this? Haaah..."
"I am sorry, Lord Gown, for my master's behavior. I also feel ashamed now that you have to hear about my affair."
"No, no, no, no, it's not your fault, Mrs. Emmot. It must be tough to deal with him constantly."
"He usually doesn't act like this; it might be because he met a friend that he is acting so casually."
"Really? If that's the case, I feel pity for everyone he befriends."
He couldn't let that comment slide; he used strengthening magic to pry Ray's hand from his mouth as he gasped and took a deep breath of fresh air.
"Pwah! Hey! That's rather horrible! I am good and kind toward my friends, you know!"
"Yeah, yeah, I believe you."
"Hearing the flat tone in your voice, you don't believe in me at all..."
Grumbling, he looked toward the front and then looked downward at Shiraori, who controlled the horse reins skillfully with her string.
He wondered if she could continuously produce the string; if she could, that would be amazing. Surely the string of a level one hundred demon spider should have a hardness beyond this world level.
As he imagined what gear he could make with her string, he glanced to the left, where he could see Nabe with a surprised expression, glancing between him and Ainz.
He guessed she must feel surprised at how casually Ainz was talking with him compared to his usual majestic self.
"Oh, I can see the village."
Hearing Ainz say that, he looked to the front, where he could see a village surrounded by a wooden wall.
"Hmm? There's nothing like that before."
Listening to Ray murmur, he let out a sigh and ordered Shiraori to make the horse go faster.
As we approached the gate to the village, several goblins came out of the green field of wheat while pointing their weapons at us.
"Goblin!?"
Noticing the alarm and concern in Ray's voice, he put his hand on her shoulder to stop her from switching out to her main gear.
"Don't worry, Enri and Nemu are still alive and safe."
"Is it? In that case, I feel relieved, but what about this goblin?"
He stayed silent because she would know soon enough, as he could see one of the goblins come in front of them, likely Kaijali. With wariness on Kaijali's face, he opened his mouth to talk.
"Big brothers, big sisters, if possible, we don't want to fight you guys, as you five look dangerous, especially the black-armored one and also the spider. So can you guys wait for a moment for the boss lady to come and talk to you all?"
All of the people were looking at him, including Shiraori. He nodded his head in agreement. We then waited for several minutes before the gate opened, revealing a beautiful village girl on the other side.
"Enri!"
"Yoo Enri, it seems you have a surprise for us."
"Mom! And Nfi!"
Enri's face brightened when she saw us, as she hurriedly came closer, while he and Ray got down from the carriage. Enri immediately tackled both of them in a hug with a big smile on her face.