Chapter 528 - 514: Isekai Quartet Season 2! The Shield Hero Transfers In!

Chapter 528: Chapter 514: Isekai Quartet Season 2! The Shield Hero Transfers In!

[ "Thanks for your hard work on the way here!" Looking at the Mobile Fortress ahead, Tanya let go of her hand: "I’ll be right back."

"Yeah, HAVE A SAFE TRIIIIIP—!" Caught off guard, Kazuma, whom Tanya had flown around for half the day, screamed miserably as he began to plummet from the sky.

Feeling the intense weightlessness in his body, Kazuma burst into tears on the spot: "Damn it, why do I always get this kind of treatment?" ]

[ .....]

〜Type-Moon World, Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Wordline〜

"This is normal."

Leaning against the window, Miyu shook her head with a hint of pity.

"After all, this treatment of yours... we’ve all gotten used to it."

Or rather, if they didn’t hear his screams, they might even feel something was missing. Now, it felt right!

And look at what kind of god-tier teammates he had before! Although they all had advanced classes, a pitfall is a pitfall... No wonder the current him didn’t want to go back.

Illya, standing beside her, was also helpless:

"It can’t be helped. After all, the premise of many victories was exchanged with the premise of Kazuma’s death."

Humans are creatures of habit. Having seen Kazuma get screwed over so many times, they had become accustomed to it.

.....

[ "I just want to hurry home and take a bath..." Although Kazuma complained incessantly, he took advantage of the fall to activate a skill toward the Mobile Fortress: "STEAL—!"

Cling cling cling

A screw instantly appeared in Kazuma’s hand. One of the Mobile Fortress’s legs lost mobility, and the laser originally aimed at Tanya deviated.

"I told you, didn’t I? My luck is really good!" Holding the screw, Kazuma grinned and was subsequently caught in a princess carry by Ainz.

"Indeed. If you were an Imperial citizen, I would want to conscript you immediately!" Tanya smiled slightly upon hearing this.

Taking advantage of the path opened up by these partners, Tanya activated her ability, successfully snatching the Mobile Fortress’s headband and securing victory!

Meanwhile, Class 1 tied with the teacher’s team, so Class 2 took the overall championship with one hundred million points! ]

[ .....]

〜Projection of All Worlds〜

"Speaking of which... this doesn’t seem like a sports festival anymore. Since when did the flavor change?"

Watching this hard-won scene, coupled with the ’sacrifices’ of Subaru and Kazuma, brave as they were, people from other worlds couldn’t shake the weird feeling that they were fighting a boss.

.....

〜KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World〜

"Thanks for the invite, but don’t call..."

Hearing Tanya’s thought about conscripting him, Kazuma’s face changed instantly, every cell in his body screaming refusal.

He was perfectly fine just being a shut-in. Conscription? Don’t even think about it, let alone going to a battlefield!

Thinking Tanya was actually coming to snatch him away, Aqua’s face puffed up like a bun instantly:

"Kazuma has to defeat the Demon King! How could he run off to be some soldier!"

What kind of person is this! Poaching people right in front of this Goddess? Do you know the rules?!

However, recalling Tanya’s previous performance, although Aqua spoke tough words, she was inwardly cowardly and even began to worry...

If Kazuma really ran off to be a soldier, who would support me?!

〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline, Chaldea〜

Fujimaru, having already witnessed the slack-off abilities of a Grand Caster, frowned slightly:

"Why do I feel like, among this group of reincarnators, the strongest one, Ainz, is slacking off just like a certain Grand Archer..."

You could say he was observing from the sidelines the whole time. He only landed a headbutt, flew up to catch two falling partners, and then did absolutely nothing else.

"Eh? You think so too, Senpai!"

Mash was somewhat surprised; she thought she was the only one who noticed.

"And me..."

Da Vinci silently added.

She had wanted to say it for a long time. Ainz, a max-level existence, just watching openly from the side—is that really okay? He wasn’t even acting. At least use a Noble Phantasm or something.

.....

[ "And then, why isn’t anyone going back to their original worlds!" Subaru couldn’t help but retort after seeing the class was still full of the same familiar faces.

Roswaal-Sensei explained with a smile: "Because I only said it was possible to return to your original worlds..."

"It doesn’t matter if we go back or not." Kazuma seemed indifferent, adopting a slacker attitude, but Aqua got anxious: "No way! We have to hurry back and defeat the Demon King."

The other reincarnators didn’t actually care much about this news. After all, life here was much happier than in their original worlds. ]

[ .....]

〜Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious World〜

Meanwhile, Ristarte, a fellow useless goddess, looked at the screen in amazement:

"I didn’t expect Aqua to actually remember that she needs to defeat the Demon King..."

What was she doing before? Every day, huddled in the villa, hugging a wine bottle like a useless old man.

As a goddess, she neglected her duties every day. If she wasn’t slacking off, she was on the way to slacking off.

Hearing ’defeat the Demon King’ come out of Aqua’s mouth was as absurd as Darkness stopping being a pervert!

.....

[ Just then, Roswaal-Sensei dropped another bombshell: "A batch of transfer students arrived today. Come in..."

"HUH?!" ×4

Could there be new partners?! Ainz and the others instinctively looked toward the door. The next moment, the door was slid open instantly.

A man wearing a green cloak with a shield attached to his arm appeared before everyone. The newcomer was none other than the Shield Hero, Iwatani Naofumi.

"Tch..." Iwatani Naofumi merely swept a cold glance across the classroom. Finding that the person he was looking for wasn’t there, he closed the door without a word and turned to leave.

Kazuma, the first to recover, asked silently: "Who was that just now?!"

"Seeing the lineup in this class, it’s understandable to be scared away," Subaru spoke to Emilia while looking at Ainz’s back.

Even without turning around, Ainz knew Subaru was talking about him: "Why are you looking at me while saying that?"]

[ .....]

〜The Rising of the Shield Hero World〜

"I’m included too?! But... is that person on the screen really me?"

Iwatani Naofumi, who hadn’t yet experienced betrayal, had eyes revealing a stupidity as clear as a college student’s.

If that really was him, maybe he would indeed be scared away by Ainz’s appearance, just as Subaru said. After all, who wouldn’t be afraid of a giant skeleton sitting in the middle of the room?!

"If I have to deduce, that should be the future me. But what on earth did I go through to become like that..."

Although he only appeared briefly, the cold look in his future self’s eyes in the video left a deep impression on him, as if there was a profound sense of distance.

〜So I’m a Spider, So What? World〜

"Sigh..."

After a deep sigh, Kumoko was numb. She admitted that when the door opened, she had been very expectant for a split second.

However, facts proved that she had expected in vain. They just wouldn’t let her play!

Even though she had been walking so carefully, constantly paying attention to the surrounding environment, just for fear of missing that suddenly appearing red button.

"Sigh... I’m hungry again."

Kumoko sighed deeply once more. It was time to go hunting again.

.....

[ Subsequently, everyone learned from Roswaal-Sensei that the person just now was likely a transfer student for Class 1, while the transfer student for Class 2 had already arrived.

Then, without another word, Roswaal pulled out a cat with small wings on its back from under the desk: "Let me introduce you, this is the transfer student, Chomusuke oh~"

At this moment, the faces of Ainz and the others darkened instantly. They constantly suppressed their impulses, constantly warning themselves... don’t retort, don’t retort!

Because they knew very well that there was one person who would definitely retort, and that was Subaru!

Indeed, just as they thought, Subaru held up Puck and retorted: "Sensei, if Chomusuke counts as a student, it would be too strange if Puck couldn’t be a student!"

No... that’s not where the retort should be! Tanya sighed; it didn’t matter anymore. "Since there are demons and undead students in this world, a mere cat isn’t a big problem."

This viewpoint received strong agreement from Aqua: "Yeah, after all, there’s even a goddess like me!"

Having experienced Aqua being scared to tears by herself, Tanya didn’t believe it at all: "You’re still talking nonsense. You’d best remember, spewing lies makes people unhappy."

Even Darkness complained that Aqua calling herself a goddess was really a bit too thick-skinned...

Crying, Aqua demanded Kazuma prove her identity, but Kazuma simply face-palmed: "Sorry, Tanya! Aqua is just a pitiful child who likes to voice her delusions."

Stabbed in the back by Kazuma again, Aqua lay on the table and wailed, leaving a table full of tears. ]

[ .....]

〜OVERLORD World〜

Shalltear gasped upon seeing this:

"Should I say, as expected of the Water Goddess? Producing a table full of tears in an instant."

No, it should be called Holy Water. To a vampire like her, that stuff was no different from poison; a little carelessness could send her to the afterlife.

"Aside from Kazuma, I’m afraid only I, who took a purification spell to the face, would believe she is a goddess inside there."

Ainz was also helpless. It wasn’t that others didn’t want to believe, but that Aqua’s appearance and behavior were too misleading. A normal person wouldn’t raise their guard against her.

After all, Aqua looked silly enough as it was, and she kept babbling about being a goddess all day, yet her courage didn’t match her status as a goddess.

Cowardly to death, loves to cry, and bursts into tears at the slightest scare. Who would believe such an existence, akin to a mental defective, is a god?!

〜Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World〜

Floating in the air, Puck rubbed his chin, crossed his legs, and slowly said,

"Speaking of which, I probably don’t count as a transfer student. I count as a parent accompanying a student. And when it comes down to it, what exactly does that mysterious school teach?"

This was a point Puck still hadn’t figured out. After all, after Emilia and the others went to the other world, it seemed like they just ate, drank, and played every day without attending any classes!

Subaru was indifferent to this, feeling instead that perhaps that world was better:

"Who knows? As long as Emilia and Rem are happy, that’s fine."

Beatrice in the library held the same thought. After all, having been abandoned, she could only hold the blank Gospel and spend every boring day waiting... for that person’s arrival.

But maybe she had waited long enough!

She saw from the screen that she was living happily every day, instead of continuing to guard this library, continuing to wait.

.....