Staring at 'Mei' in front of him, Adam didn't know what to feel
After coming to Nagazora city, he always knew that he would come to face 'her'
Even though it was something he expected…. He still can't help but feel conflicted… and nervous
What if the Herrscher actually attacks him?
Could he bring himself to actually, and truly hurt her?
Or should he use telepathy to force the personality of Mei, out to take back control?
Adam wasn't sure if this was the best solution….. he was concerned that the slightest mistake could result in an unwanted accident
…..
Since their first meeting, only a couple of months have passed
Adam wasn't the person he was in the past. Up until the point he got the Chat Room, he was mentally unstable, using sarcasm and being a condescending jerk as a form of escapism from his situation
It was only until he went to the Tensura verse and obtained skills that he purged that attitude.
Yes, only a few months have passed. And the previous weak him, who had to plot, scheme, and make various backup plans with a weariness and vigilance that was almost exhausting, had disappeared
Such a huge change in only a couple of months. It was surreal. Now, he wasn't afraid for his life. Now, he had the confidence to do whatever he wanted to do, and say 'screw the consequences'
Was it the power? Or maybe it was just the arrogance that whatever happened, he would live in the end?
He didn't know. And it didn't matter if he didn't know.
Adam always saw himself as a foreigner.
He missed his mother, father, brother, and grandmother from his previous life.
In this world, he has made new connections, friendships, and relationships. He regards his new life as real and tangible
And yet, he can't bring himself to care about the rules, regulations, laws, or morality of this world.
Adam could go against Anti-Entropy, Shickshal, World Serpent, and everything else without a care in the world
Oh, they will chase him throughout the whole world? It didn't matter, he would just annihilate them all
He will show mercy to the Valkyries. Indeed, that mercy could be used against him. But he doesn't care, he would just wipe Otto from existence if it came to it
Someone threatened a person he cares about? Hah! Good luck! The people he cares about in this world are all girls with Herrscher level potential.
Does anyone dare to provoke them?
Bianka is pretty much the strongest Valkyrie, too. Nobody dares threaten her, too.
…
Why is he thinking of this?
Adam just realized that going against the whole world seemed trivial. It seemed troublesome, but if he was pushed to that extent, he wouldn't mind going through with this idea
And…. He realized that going against Cocolia was…. Nothing
It was like a human stepping on an ant. Do humans care of how many ants they step on? No, and so, he doesn't care about Cocolia's schemes anymore
Why did he even bother to think about the repercussions of involving himself with Raiden Mei?
Adam cares about her. Does he love her? Possibly.
And so… What about Cocolia's, Otto's, or Gray Serpent's schemes? So what? Does it matter? Will it affect him? Will it endanger him?
The answer was no
…..
[Kazuma: Is this the girl you were talking about?]
[Kazuma: Damn! She seems like she can turn me to freaking ash with a flick of her fingers…..]
[Just Monika: Perhaps you wouldn't be wrong in thinking so….]
[Shiraori: Hey Ai, why are you saying that?]
[Red Princess: Hm… I think I agree with AI-san]
[Just Monika: Can you all not call me an AI~?]
[Good Slime: Why? It's a pretty good nickname….]
[Phoenix: Uh… I do agree. It's a pretty unique nickname]
[Homura: I don't even think that's a nickname….]
[Homura: Anyway… I do agree with Monika and Rias]
[Phoenix: Why?]
[Homura: This girl doesn't seem like she can only control lightning. Notice the countless fluctuations around her? They're faint, but they can still be seen]
[Red Princess: Uh…. Admin-san had said that she was a very dangerous Herrscher who could destroy a city and a continent]
[Just Monika: If this girl only controlled lightning… Adam wouldn't have said that she was this dangerous~]
[Shiraori: Aha! I see!]
[Good Slime: So it can only be electromagnetism- which also contains lightning under it?]
[Kazuma: Good point… Huh, yeah, this does make sense. It is one of the four fundamental forces of the universe, so it should be pretty easy to turn any normal person to ashes…]
[Just Monika: When did you get so smart?]
[Kazuma: … Bitch, that's basic knowledge! Anyone who has gone to middle school will know this!]
Adam raised his head and, ignoring the comments of his fellow members, he exited [Thought Acceleration]
His blue eyes met Raiden Mei's' own scarlet ones
...
"Hey, human?"
The Herrscher of Thunder's voice was smooth, but it was trembling with something else—something dangerously close to excitement and joy
"...What?'
His hands slid into his pockets as he took in the sight before him.
The Herrscher of Thunder's uniform was torn in various parts, exposing quite a lot of skin to the world.
Scarlet arcs of lightning weakly flashed around her as her purple eyes looked at him with an intensity that made him….. Uncomfortable
And then—
"Want to be my consort?"
(̶E̶/̶N̶:̶ ̶M̶i̶q̶u̶e̶l̶l̶a̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶l̶o̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶!̶)̶
She traced the outline of her ruined clothing in what could only be described as an amateurish attempt at seduction.
Silence.
Adam's calm and indifferent facade cracked. His mouth slightly parted, eyes widening as his brain processed the absolute nonsense that just came out of his usually gentle friend's mouth.
Yes, the Herrscher of Thunder was in control. But it was still Mei's body… Mei's voice…!
[Just Monika: This bitch!]
[Kazuma: Ayo?!]
[Red Princess: Interesting offer…. Will our dear Admin-kun give in and accept?]
[Good Slime: Uhhhh….. For some reason, I just thought of a suitable hentai title…..]
[Shiraori: 'The domineering CEO gives into the seduction of his hot secretary'?]
[Just Monika: *stare.jpg*]
[Phoenix: ...???]
[Good Slime: I said hentai! Not light novel!]
[Homura: Both of them are…. weird]
"Fou~"
The silver-haired boy exhaled slightly. Regaining his composure, he smirked at her
"Counter offer:-"
Adam's hand lazily rose, a single finger pointing at Mei with exaggerated confidence.
"-Become my concubine!"
With that smug smirk on his face - although his voice was serious- it came out in a mocking way
[Shiraori: How shocking! What a shameless reversal! Nice!]
[Kazuma: Concubine? Not even wife? Damn!]
[Phoenix: Huh….?]
"...."
The Herrscher of Thunder's expression froze mid-smugness, her teasing demeanor cracking like fragile glass as her movements paused
"Tch!"
She randomly flickered her hand in irritation, hurling a scarlet bolt of lightning at him-
BOOM
Adam blinked, staring at the scorched rooftop just inches from his feet.
It missed
Slowly, his eyes shifted to the girl's face again. And seeing the slight red hue on her cheeks and her gritting teeth, the silver-haired boy started to wonder if he had gone overboard
"It seems that I will need to imprison you to make you submit…."
'Mei' took a deep breath, closing her eyes briefly-
When she opened them again, the deep purple glow in her eyes was more intense. It seemed to be filled with a merciless cruelty that wanted to conquer all
"Hey…" The silver-haired boy's smirk turned playful, his eyes curving in a half-moon shape "I wouldn't mind being made to submit to you in bed… If you catch my drift~!"
[Shiraori: Bonk!]
[Kazuma: You need to go to horny jail, my dude]
[Good Slime: Interesting statement. Adam's shamelessness is truly unmatched!]
[Just Monika: Ehe… I also wouldn't mind indulging in what you just said….]
[Red Princess: ….Kinky]
[Phoenix: …Perverts]
[Homura: Ignore them….]
"You…!?"
For the second time, her confident facade shattered. Her cheeks flared red, and she sputtered
".....Heh"
She forced out a chuckle, masking her reaction with a poorly executed smirk.
"Gladly!"
She lifted her hand toward the sky.
[Kazuma: Shit, he's cooked!]
A second later, the heavens answered.
Scarlet lightning rained down, crashing onto the rooftop with deafening force.
But instead of striking him directly, the bolts twisted and wove together, forming a crackling cage of pure lightning around Adam.
[Homura: Subdue instead of injure….? It seems like this girl hasn't gone crazy yet….]
Olivia, who was behind the door of the rooftop and watching the fight with an X-Ray skill he had given her, had begun to move, but she halted in place when she saw Adam raising his hand to stop her.
'No, I'll handle her on my own. This is a little personal.'
Ignoring the panicked look from Olivia, who was watching from the sidelines, Adam focused on the cage of electrical thunder that had formed around him.
"…Not bad,"
He muttered, a chuckle escaping him
"...."
He closed his eyes, and a moment later when he opened them, a flare of crimson energy was emitted around his body
[Red Princess: (⚈_⚈) ]
The Power of Destruction flared and the electricity arced and sizzled as it was disrupted and began dispersing around him.
….
Perhaps it was a bit stupid to use a power that destroys physical matter on lightning…. But Adam had targeted the electrically charged particles holding up this lightning cage
….
The lightning cage had barely begun to falter when Adam felt a sudden surge of energy nearby.
[Red Princess: I haven't heard a thank you!]
He forcefully broke through the prison of lighting now that had been weakened significantly-
Only to have dodged a wave of electrical energy that had appeared in the place he was previously.
[Phoenix: This is very intense….]
He spun around and took a deep breath and released a powerful burst of [Paralysis breath] infused with extra paralytic viruses made from the power of corruption, aiming to disable her with a swift and precise strike.
However, Mei's physiology was not entirely Human anymore, she had become a Herrscher, and as such her physiology had gained resistance and strength towards 'abnormal' or 'negative' statuses
Whether he expected his attack to have any form of effect or not didn't matter, since 'Mei' was engulfed by the mist of [Paralysis Breath].
"Weak….."
'Mei' exclaimed as she felt that the approaching mist wasn't harmful to her and didn't bother dodging it, and it turned out to be true as her honkai-infused Herrscher body resisted whatever was in that mist
[Good Slime: Eh? She resisted that so easily?]
The silver-haired boy meanwhile knew this would possibly happen, but he still tried nonetheless.
Bat-like devil wings manifested on his back, and he soared to the sky to gain mobility.
[Red Princess: (≖_≖ ) ]
'Mei', seeing this, gave chase.
Arcs of lightning crackled and arced around her body, her body vanishing from where she stood, becoming like a literal bolt of lightning that chased Adam.
Although she was recently awakened… She was the Herrscher of Thunder that has dominion over lightning, and Electromagnetism.
Except for the Herrscher of the Void who can teleport, she can definitely be classified as the fastest Herrscher
And that became evident as she was rapidly catching up with him.
[Shiraori: Hah? She's fast… Much faster than me!]
'Mei' who was close behind him suddenly saw black mist radiating off his body as he flew in the air.
As he flew through the air with strange motions, the mist kept up with him and condensed into a figure beside him.
Once the residual mist dispersed it revealed a…second Adam?!
[Good Slime: Eh? Isn't that…..]
The duplicate grinned and winked at Mei.
Twisting her hand, a strand of lighting manifested as it took shape into a sword made of lightning.
[Monika: She brought a sword to a magical fight…? Interesting~]
'Mei' looked at the clone with slight curiosity. She examined it from top to bottom
She swung her sword with blinding speed at the clone. Despite their distance, the slash of electrical energy still reached the clone.
Clone Adam retracted his wings, causing him to plummet downwards in a barrel roll.
Clone Adam landed on his feet as he skidded along the ground, turning around, he waved his hand and numerous strands of [Sticky Steel Thread] were produced.
[Shiraori: Yoohoo! That's a great move!]
'Mei' who was speeding ahead towards Adam, failed to react in time to the unexpected and bizarre sets of abilities he had.
The threads wrapped tightly around her, ensnaring her in a bind that seemingly couldn't be broken
[Homura: ….That seemed too simple]
Her eyes widened like saucers in shock at the fact that she was actually restrained.
She was a Herrscher! How can a mere Human restrain her?!
The Clone Adam moved closer beside 'Mei'
"You're pretty aggressive, huh?" He smirked as he looked at her wrapped form "This is a pretty good look for you…"
The threads wrapped tightly all around her curves too, emphasizing them in a beautiful way.
His grin widened "If you tried to seduce me now, you would probably be successful"
Indeed, this bondage style of restraint was pretty nice. Should he use it more in his fights?
[Kazuma: Bro…..You gotta go to horny jail]
[Red Princess: I agree! You're fighting! How could you use such a vulgar binding technique in a serious fight!? Even Akeno doesn't do that!]
[Phoenix: I've never seen such a fight…]
[Homura: Me neither]
"What-! You-!?"
Spluttering with reddened cheeks once again, she sent a burst of electromagnetic energy throughout her body-
Thinking again, she also sent an electromagnetic field centered around her body outwards
-With a slight tremble, the threads disintegrated into a shower of platinum dust with little resistance, along with the Clone Adam as his body dissolved all the same.
[Shiraori: …..]
[Kazuma: Get cooked!]
Her thoughts raced, trying to predict his next move. But she couldn't.
'How does he have so many strange abilities?'
Being able to fly by creating wings, creating clones, these strange threads…. And especially that power he used to break free from her at the beginning.
Adam was unpredictable, his abilities were too varied… And that was what made him so difficult to subdue
In her inherited memories, Adam never showcased such abilities.
The only weird thing was his hair color…. But other than that, nothing indicated that he had 'superpowers'
"...."
'Mei' watched as the real Adam landed
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