Overlord: Blue Citadel Alternate 19 『Wise Queen』

The Wise King waddled behind the man who had once been a dragon, still confusing the hamster's puny mind and fuzzy body. "Taking me to the human village, you are?"

"From what I learned from my subordinate's reports of the Village, they revere you as a protector of their little hamlet," Jack turned his head to look over his shoulder towards the creature. He didn't necessarily trust it despite having shown his prowess.

He could sense, even smell, its fear of him. Fear could make anything lash out, or run away. Neither was an option for this hamster, so it was currently obedient, but what would it take for this monster to break free?

"Hamlet, it is?"

"Figure of speech, but it is small and its current populace is dwindling..."

Blinking at the words Jack was sharing the Hamster nodded, its eyes and its two buck front teeth were beaming with determination.

Though Jack had no idea where this determination was coming from, not at all.

"Will you be my partner, or will you be my pet?" It didn't make much of a difference, both were options were considered subordinate to him. He wasn't going to let this creature take the reigns, but he wanted to see where it stood.

The Wise King stared at the back of the Dragon's head, curious of why it was being given a choice. He was the victor of their fight and yet he was giving her the choice of where she stood. It wasn't quite sure, but being given this choice made him out to be a powerfully honorable being.

Though it had yet to be made clear that Jack wasn't necessarily the honorable type, unless it suited him, incentive needed to be given. This Hamster, this Wise King of the Forest, was a symbol of power to those who knew it.

"Partner, I will be." The Hamster's fuzzy brows furrowed, increasing its determined expression, its eyes gleaming in the sunlight.

"You're a very interesting creature..." Jack uttered quietly before turning his head forward as they were entering the proximity of the Village. His arm would fold behind his back, his right hand grasping his left wrist, as he let his left hand rest.

Each step he made was emphasized in a march-like motion, his chin held high, as his gaze became far more intense as he was coming into view of the villagers grouped in the square.

"Jack-dono!?" Enri, Nemu and the Kobolds came rus.h.i.+ng over only to skid to a halt, seeing the Hamster and its flickering tail. "Is that the Wise King of the Forest!?"

"It's so Fluffy!" Nemu broke from her sisters side, and rushed pa.s.sed Jack.

Raising a brow, the Dragon watched as the little red head tackled the fur of the giant Hamster. "Yes... This is the Wise King of the Forest." His eyes narrowed on the Hamster who was unfazed by the small body smas.h.i.+ng into her.

"Though it should be wise Queen," Jack tilted his head to the side.

"Queen?" Enri blinked a few times staring at the creature.

"It's a girl," He'd point at the Wise King of the Forest, before letting his head lull a bit more to the side before rolling his neck in a light martial exercise. "Perhaps it needs a true name."

Jack turned his head to look at the Hamster, before pausing, watching as Nemu who had red eyes once before, was nuzzling her face into the fur and practically sinking into it.

"Cute..." Jack muttered quietly with a soft chuckle. "What do you think of the name... Alexandria? It means Protector of the People."

The Hamster's eyes seemed to widen a bit, but not by much more. Visibly he could see the excitement the Wise King of the Forest was exhibiting as its coat naturally puffed up.

"Yes, that name, it is!"

"Alexandria, the Wise Queen of the Forest." Closing one eye, he looked over her for a moment. "Sounds much better than just the Wise King, doesn't it?"

"Mmmm..." The newly named hamster tilted its head in thought, before nodding its fuzzy head of fur. "That it does, I say!"

Shaking his head slightly with a sn.i.g.g.e.r, he'd turn to look towards the Villagers who were all now approaching. Though they appeared cautious, they saw how Nemu was hugging onto the beast. Soon enough, they weren't hesitating on their approach either.

"How did you get... Alexandria... here?" Enri stared at the beast before laying her eyes on him, curious and slightly afraid from the answer she was expecting. "Are... Are you stronger than the Wise Ki--Queen of the Forest?"

Jack nodded lightly to her second question, before Alexandria answered the first.

"Defeated me in single combat, he did! n.o.ble, he was~! Partner of his, I have become!" The hamster seemed a bit too proud of being beaten by a dragon, who had given it little to no chance to fight back during their little bout.

Jack gave it a slight once-over before turning forward to give the horizon a gander. "So what is the intelligence that has been gathered?" His eyes were in the Kobolds and Enri.

The Red Kobold stepped forward and lowered its hood, folding its wings behind its back. "Master of our Queen Enri, the Villagers seemed to have been kidnapped by Bandits of some kind... There were tracks indicating at least twenty perpetrators, and equipment left behind that had been spent."

They produced the metal linked chains pairing two stones together and broken farm tools that had been left behind. Jack narrowed his eyes on these items, before looking towards Enri. "We will find them soon," he could use divination on the items to find their missing villagers. However at this very moment, he wasn't going to do it himself. "For now," his eye s.h.i.+fted towards the gathered villagers who all had their eyes on Enri. "It seems we have to begin organizing to defend ourselves. Those who had taken the men, might come for the village next."

"Won't you be able to do so, like last time?" One of the villagers suddenly spoke up, causing the rest of the crowd to back away from him.

"I could... But what happens if I'm not there next time?" His eyes s.h.i.+fted to Enri, "I will orchestrate the construction of a wall made of Reinforced Concrete with Adamant.i.te composite cement that will surround the village. and press into the Forest."

The city had a surplus of Adamant.i.te and Serviceable Metals in its central storage used by the members of the group to share resources. Based on observations by Teetle, it was clear that Serviceable Metal has renewed value in this world as it rated at a level forty five in order to simply use, making it extensively valuable as it was also stronger than Adamant.i.te.

Despite this, in the old world, Serviceable Metal was seen as a trash mineral, and often neglected by other players. This meant there was plenty for building the composite concrete wall, as well as ma.s.s production, using the metal.

"Concrete…? Press into the forest?" Enri c.o.c.ked a brow, not knowing what concrete was and definitely not understanding why he wanted to wall up part of the forest.

"Yes, for expansion purposes up to where Nemu first saw me." Jack closed one eye, hinting at the location where his home supposedly was beneath the undergrowth.

"Oooh?" Placed a hand under her chin as she then placed her sights back on her little sister. She could hardly worry as the other children of the village were now hugging onto it.

Expanding into the forest wasn't a bad idea. Though they didn't have the numbers in order to occupy all of the land. She was becoming curious of why he wanted this. However she had taken the hint as she gave him that one eyed gaze.

Perhaps he wanted to bring his underground into the fold. Which meant ultimately, there would be a ma.s.sive expansion above ground… Did that mean there was going to be more nonhumans?

If the Re-Estize Kingdom were to find that they were harboring Demi-Humans and nonhumans, there would be a political issue and likely a call to arms. She doubted Jack and his people would leave the Village. So she hardly needed to care for a confrontation, he would defend them.

Her eyes rested on the Hamster, very well believing the proclaimed Monarch of the Forest, would defend them as well as their Village would essentially become its nest.

"Beloved, I am!" Alexandria seemed to cheer, liking the fact that all the children were feeling her fur. It was almost as if she had children of her own, which made her want to find a mate even more to make it a reality.

"Nemu!" Jack called her name, clapping his hands in front of him twice before gesturing for her to come over once he had her attention.

Nemu skipped and hopped as she made her way on over to her sister and Jack. "Yes~!?"

"It's time to go to the underground," he placed a hand on her head, messing with her hair, before letting his hand trail off the back of her head, undoing the ponytail.

"Hey!" She reached back grabbing her hair as it fell along the back of her shoulders. "What was that for?"

Jack played with the little bit of material which she had used to hold her hair, "Nothing really," he pocketed the material into his item box and raised a brow. "Lets go."

Waving his hand in front of himself, he cast the spell 『Gate』and a swirling portal built for three appeared in front of them. "Ladies first," was what left his mouth next.
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He then turned his head to look at the Hamster, "Behave. I will return for you in a matter of hours."

Alexandria nodded fiercely, "Wise Queen, Behaving, I am."