Quest 2, Part 12: [Pop ups]

I head into her room, but I move, more like float similar to an elemental monster. If I want to I can pass through objects and walls. Not all, magic resistant materials do not let me trough, but a wooden door is not something that stops me from creeping like some kind of ghost. I’m not used to use my magic power to move objects yet, so I just pass through the closed entrance of Neth’s working room.

I already know the situation inside the room, but I cannot help but shudder seeing her face to face. Her facial expression is all over the place, not only is she gritting her teeth, tears are streaming from her eyes because how much concentration she puts into the papers on front of her. I can smell the sweat all over her body, she probably had no time to clean herself, not even with magic.

I try to call out to her, but I have no voice. I have no idea how to create a voice from magic. I can’t speak. I know how sound works, I understand how magic reacts to my will and command, but it will take time to actually combine my knowledge into practice. Time is what I don’t have.

I float closer and check the notes, orders and reports in front of her. Nothing unusual apart from that most of these were my job before this. It seems the units are ready and they already engaged with the enemy. The kingdom to the east and south joined forces and marched to our land with 50,000 footman and 25,000 cavalry. With the supply units and wartime leechers they should be around 93,000 of them. Quite a precise number, I will have to praise the scout teams later. I wonder who leads them, let’s find the name.

Purpula Lilium. It seems she got promoted. Good for her, it seems brainwashing her was worth it. It cost a lot of effort from my side to shape her to the perfect mindset.

So the enemy is pushing us back day by day. For every lost soldier we kill 40 or more, but they just keep coming. We do have a very limited amount of them, not even speaking of the bullets. But that is not a problem, I think this is the best way the situation currently can stand. I have to gamble a bit and let them close to crush all of their hopes at once. As far as I can see my followers are doing their best to shove them out from our lands, but that is just the pride.

How dare they trample in our lands? -is what they are probably thinking. That is the same way of thinking of my ruler persona. But that is just an act. I have so many that even I can’t keep track of them. I just try to adapt to the situation as best as I can.

I think this will be all for now, I have to stop playing around and do my job properly.

I look in the eyes of the lovely elf woman in front of me, which to she freezes in sudden shock. She quickly raises her head looking at the place my eyes would be, if I had a body she can see. I feel mana gathering around her preparing for a spell as she calls out.

“Who is there? Show yourself!” She shouts at my direction. It should be impossible for her to see me, but my current body must emit a strong amount of mana making me noticeable to her.

I let out a laugh in my mind, combining with a cheerful aura effect. Concentrating on her mind, I attempt to speak via telepathy.

“It’s just me, silly. How long was I out?” I try my best to sound apologetic.

“Princess? No, prove it!” She shouts in anger at the walls.

What? Did I turn into an evil overlord while I was not here? No, I was one before anyways. It’s better if I ask.

“How do I prove it? Hmm.. Your favorite panties is the blueberry colored one I got from some dungeon. Should I tell your three sizes? It’s-”

“Just shut up. What happened? Where were you and when did you come back?” Letting out a sigh after interrupting me, she proceeds forward too quickly.

“About that… I playe-... I mean I tested out a theory with my true form and separated from my body. I just recently managed to wake up.”

I also ask about what happened and learn that I was out only for a few days. The situation is quite bizarre though. Everyone woke up to a strange magical burst that throw them to the wall opposite to the garden I was in. After that they rushed to check only to find my lifeless body. This was only the beginning, as a large hundreds of meter long dragon descended and made his way to me. He took my body and with a smirk he flew away, not before mentioning something perverted.

“It seems my dear wife ascended above you mortals, at last. I will keep her shell close to me to ease my lonely heart, I mean to keep it safe in the depths of my lair, as she does not need it anymore. Don’t disappoint her, you ants she plays with.”

I only know of one particular dragon who is both a pervert and has the power to what he wants…

That fucker was not lying. He really did it. He just left his dungeon to steal my body while I couldn’t resist. Why not just come and try to court me if you can leave anyways? You won’t be a gentleman just because you were never refused face to face. Maybe that was the reason, he does not want to be rejected. He just wants to only existence in this world that can mate with him to belong to him. But my body alone is not enough for him, why would he take it? It’s just a high-end crafting material. Spirits mate through combining life essence, we are the same. I proved it during dissection experiments…

Why am I thinking about him? Why did my heart skip a beat when his stupid acts were mentioned?! He must have done something to me. He certainly is awesome and a good man, but I can’t really imagine myself with him.

Maybe just once for the sake of science. No! Forget it.

“So… You want me to have the troops moved slowly back, to seem like the enemy is winning? Would you tell me what plan do you have?” Neth does not like my ideas when I ask to let them closer. Politically, the closer they are the more problems we face. There will be a large drop in moral, we have to move people from the small villages in the way to safe zones and if the plan does not proceed as we wish, everything goes astray.

“You want to win and avenge what they have done to us right? However I have different plans. You see, the world is going to start to change from now on. For example my weapons… The magical ID cards… New transportation methods. Economy will grow, most likely other kingdoms will have more internal problems than external. I want to stay at the top in everything, claim profit at selling them outdated stuff and screw them over when they get haughty. This was may seem huge but it’s just the beginning of a much larger one, an economic boom.

Technology and economics are scary, you know. What if they can only buy weapons from us? What if they can do business through us safer, cheaper and quicker? I have to show them that is the only way they have and the sooner they submit the more they win.

I can’t specify everything, it’s a long, boring and complicated story. I’ll make sure they come to us begging to lend our hand later. What do you think?” She can’t see, only feel my smile.

“Alright, I believe in you. Just ask for help when needed and do go off randomly playing around. You know how that usually ends up.” We exchange small smiles like normal.

“By the way, what about your body?”

My body? What about my body? Oh.. People can’t see me, I can’t interact with objects and it’s hard to talk without it. I should possess my shell, as he called it- wait.

“Fuck”