In the main hall, almost everyone had arrived.
Yu stood at the head of the ministers in the center of the hall.
Among the ministers were Mrs. Shizuka and Kazuha, who didn't usually attend such occasions.
The expressions of the two were unnatural. They glanced in Yu's direction from time to time. After Makoto had come to rule Axel, they had lived the lives of ordinary citizens, not much different from the real world.
However, this morning, Yu's subordinates had suddenly come to their door saying they had something to inform them about, and they had been forcibly brought here.
To be honest, Mrs. Shizuka and Kazuha had very complicated feelings toward Makoto.
But toward Yu, they felt nothing but pure fear.
Makoto took his seat. His gaze swept over the faces one by one, finally landing on Yu. "There are quite a few people here today."
Yu nodded.
"Yes, Senpai. There's quite a bit to report today, and I felt it necessary for these people to know."
With that, he glanced at Mrs. Shizuka and Kazuha standing among the ministers.
It made the pair's hearts skip a beat.
Yu began reporting intelligence on the Sorcerer Kingdom.
Chancellor Albedo, E-Rantel's Mayor Sebas, Chief Strategist Demiurge.
These names didn't cause much of a stir. After all, they weren't familiar.
"Chief of Staff, Hakuba Saguru. Deputy Chief of Staff, Hattori Heiji."
As soon as these two names were dropped, the hall fell silent.
Mrs. Shizuka's mind went blank.
"Heiji isn't... isn't he already..."
The beautiful woman's face turned pale with fright, which surprised Yu.
He had thought she would be happy to learn her son was still alive.
'He was alive?'
Kazuha's pupils slightly dilated. Her expression was similar to Mrs. Shizuka's.
A hint of surprise also flashed in Shiho's beautiful eyes, but she quickly let it go.
If her sister could reincarnate into this world, why couldn't Heiji?
Makoto leaned back in his chair, also a bit surprised.
'These idiot detectives had managed to latch onto Ainz's coattails?'
Although Ainz did have human subordinates in the original work,
But the problem was, he couldn't imagine what value those idiot detectives had for Ainz.
'But no matter what, things were getting more and more interesting.'
"Do you want to go back to Hattori Heiji?"
Makoto looked at Mrs. Shizuka and Kazuha, asking with a smile.
Mrs. Shizuka's lips moved, but she didn't speak.
Makoto didn't pressure them. He let them think it over slowly.
"Your target, Akai Shuichi, is also employed by the Sorcerer Kingdom."
Yu turned his head to Shiho, who was now the mayor of Axel.
Shiho's pupils contracted sharply.
'He's there too!?'
Shuichi had used her sister to infiltrate the organization, then run away alone after his identity was exposed, leaving her sister to die in enemy territory.
Leading to her sister's tragic death at the hands of the organization.
To be honest, Shiho hated Shuichi even more than Gin and Vodka, those idiots who had personally killed her sister.
Shiho took a shallow breath, walked to the center of the hall, and knelt on one knee.
"Please let me share your bed tonight."
She had already made her stance clear to Makoto before… she was willing to pay any price for the power to take revenge on Shuichi.
Originally, she had planned to return to the real world, find out what had happened to Shuichi, and then decide.
But since she knew he was also in this world, there was no need to wait.
She would tear that man to pieces!
"Don't be so worked up. There'll be plenty of opportunities."
Makoto smiled and waved his hand. "We can talk slowly tonight."
Akemi's face turned pale.
But seeing the determined look on her sister's face, she didn't dare to stop her.
Yu continued his report. "The Sorcerer Kingdom is preparing to strike at the Holy Kingdom. The leader is Demiurge, wearing a mask. He's probably going to use the fake identity of 'Jaldabaoth'."
'Oh?'
Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly, 'Jaldabaoth's debut had changed from the royal capital to the Holy Kingdom?'
Makoto's gaze swept over his subordinates, finally settling on Beam. "Beam, want to go play?"
Beam grinned, revealing his mouth full of fangs. "Of course, Chainsaw-sama."
Demiurge had a nickname within Nazarick: [The Creator of the Blazing Inferno.]
So let Beam, the one best at water-based abilities among them, go against him. It's perfect.
The meeting ended.
Mrs. Shizuka and Kazuha remained seated, like two wooden stakes driven into the ground.
Kazuha also kept her head down, her fingers unconsciously clenching her skirt.
"Still haven't decided?"
Makoto's voice came down from above.
Mrs. Shizuka looked up at this young husband.
Mrs. Shizuka didn't know how to answer.
She knew this was morally wrong, but over the years, she had still come to rely on Makoto.
Although she and Kazuha were like mother and daughter, at her age, she needed a man's companionship.
Although Mrs. Shizuka didn't want to admit it, she had indeed felt a happiness she hadn't experienced in a long time after getting involved with Makoto.
But now, for some reason, upon hearing the news that her son was alive, she wasn't very happy about it.
Kazuha was the same. She looked down at her increasingly curvaceous figure, developed under Makoto's cultivation over these two years.
She was already completely this man's shape.
'In my current state, could I still go back to Heiji?'
Makoto thought for a moment and chuckled lightly. "If you really can't figure it out, you can wait until the war between me and Old Bone is over to decide. Then, whichever side wins, you go with."
The two women's expressions changed simultaneously. That sounded awfully like being fence-sitters.
But then, Makoto thought of another problem… no matter who won or lost between him and Ainz, it felt like Heiji and his group's fate wouldn't be good no matter what.
A group of humans daring to try to make a living in Nazarick of all places?
Were they like Tuareninya, having hooked up with a level 100 NPC?
Unlikely.
You see, the reason Tuareninya had been able to get together with Sebas in the original work was that Sebas was the only NPC in Nazarick without prejudice against humans.
The others, whether Albedo or Shalltear, all hated humans deeply.
How could they have developed that kind of relationship with Heiji and his group?
Sebas couldn't have a male lover either.
So how had they managed to gain a foothold there?
Makoto felt that if he ever had the chance to run into Heiji and his group, he would have to ask them for advice.