Chapter 546 - 532: Modified Beyond Recognition

Chapter 546: Chapter 532: Modified Beyond Recognition

[ While the group was chatting idly, Ainz received a communication from Albedo; the giant mobile fortress was invading the campus again.

Just as they were about to go support her, Roswaal stopped them, reminding everyone that the play was about to start soon. If the performance didn’t go smoothly, it might affect the future of this world.

Although everyone had doubts upon hearing these words, for now, they had no choice but to perform the play well first.

At this moment, Ainz also shared the intelligence he had received with Kazuma and the others: "Albedo, Aqua, Emilia, and Visha will hold that guy back."

Tanya expressed strong opposition: "That’s too reckless!"

"It’s not exactly reckless." Kazuma analyzed the current situation rationally: "Emilia has Puck with her, and Albedo is also very strong."

"Visha is also very good at defensive warfare. As long as Aqua doesn’t do anything weird, there won’t be any problems!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone silently recalled Aqua’s past performances, and they all fell into a brief silence...

Tanya muttered quietly: "I suddenly feel a strong sense of unease."

"Ah, me too." Kazuma also lowered his head deeply. ]

[ .....]

『 Viewers of Countless World 』

Aqua... At this moment, even the people outside the video fell into an eerie silence.

To be fair, Aqua can indeed turn the tide when Kazuma is in a desperate situation, but as for how Kazuma gets into those desperate situations, YOU’D BETTER NOT ASK—!

.....

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

Upon hearing this, the Lady Crane, Luvia, immediately became serious. She solemnly raised her index finger towards the screen:

"Lesson 1: Do not hold strange expectations for Aqua."

Veins popped out on Tohsaka Rin’s forehead as she pounced towards the other, flailing her claws:

"You think you’re Gyro Zeppeli?! Don’t ruin my impression of Gyro, you bastard!"

Don’t think just because you have blonde hair like Gyro, you can play cosplay; if Johnny heard this, he’d probably reward you with a Golden Spin nail bullet right to the face.

Miyu, already accustomed to the two wrestling again, simply ignored them:

"She’s not wrong about not having expectations for Aqua, though."

With Aqua’s personality of acting without thinking, she can always drop a bombshell on you when you least expect it!

Illya seemed a bit troubled by the lack of trust in Kazuma:

"Eh? But as a goddess, Aqua is willing to suffer hardships alongside Kazuma. Kazuma is being too distrustful of Aqua."

"That’s not excessive at all. Where do you think the hardships Kazuma suffers come from...?"

Miyu was speechless.

If Aqua performs well, maybe they earn some pocket money; if she performs poorly, they pay a ’fortune’ in compensation. The income simply doesn’t match the risk.

〜So I’m a Spider, So What? World〜

Deep in the labyrinth, Kumoko was lying in her meticulously crafted little nest, enjoying a rare moment of leisure:

"Albedo is really increasing the difficulty for herself..."

Sometimes, Aqua’s existence is the difficulty itself; the previous incident with stealing the booze is a lesson from the past!

What is the difference between this and bringing a time bomb onto the field? Although it can explode the enemy, if one isn’t careful, it will hurt oneself too.

However... coming back to the point, who are they performing this play for?! Aside from a few teachers, there’s basically no one left in the school, right!?

.....

[ Subsequently, the group arrived backstage and explained the situation to Rem, who was preparing to perform the play Cinderella.

After learning the cause of the matter, Rem looked somewhat troubled: "I see. But if Aqua, who plays the magician, appears there..."

Regarding this issue, Kazuma looked ahead at the group gathered in a circle, specifically at Demiurge, who was wearing a woman’s skirt suit and had blush painted on his face...

To be precise, he was looking at Megumin, who was explaining the plot to Demiurge, who was playing the wicked stepmother.

He wanted her to replace Aqua in the role, but just as Kazuma asked, he was unhesitatingly rejected by Megumin.

Just then, Tanya suddenly muttered to herself in a low voice from the side: "There’s no helping it. After all, it’s too difficult for Megumin."

"Suddenly asking her to go on stage and perform, and with so many lines too, it is too difficult for a ’normal person’!"

"Indeed." Ainz, understanding Tanya’s intention, suddenly walked to Tanya’s side and began whispering, "Megumin is just a normal person. She definitely wouldn’t attempt such a difficult task!"

Their ’whispered’ conversation was heard clearly by everyone. Megumin instantly flew into a rage: "To speak such nonsense about me, a genius even among the high-IQ Crimson Demon Clan."

"No need to force yourself." Tanya continued to provoke Megumin with a sarcastic tone: "Even with a high IQ, that many lines would be simply too much for Megumin..."

"A piece of cake!" Provoked to the limit, Megumin agreed without a second thought.

Seeing this, Tanya and Ainz smiled somewhat insidiously, revealing expressions that said ’all according to plan’! ]

[ .....]

〜Projection of All Worlds〜

"HISS—! Ainz is truly an old bone of the theater, in the literal sense."

Everyone in the other worlds instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. As expected of two people who were corporate slaves before reincarnating, they understood each other’s thoughts in an instant.

It was as if they knew the Crimson Demon Clan’s weaknesses perfectly and had Megumin wrapped around their fingers. One must know that for the Crimson Demon Clan, reverse psychology...

Is like placing Jerry in front of Tom—absolutely irresistible!

.....

〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜

Looking at Demiurge, who stood out exceptionally in the crowd, the corner of Tohsaka Rin’s mouth twitched:

"It seems something strange has mixed in again..."

It had to be said that Demiurge’s wicked stepmother’s makeup was truly stunning; the noblewoman’s aura was too vivid.

But she was really curious, just how much determination did Demiurge have to muster to play this character?

Cu Chulainn, who was already broken inside, looked somewhat schadenfreude:

"Who says it’s strange? That stepmother role, the fidelity is super high!"

Aqua could guess the general reason for Demiurge lowering his status to perform.

Demiurge must be overthinking things again, believing in his heart that this must be some arrangement by the Supreme Beings or something similar.

.....

[ Somewhere, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella, who was bullied every day by her black-hearted stepmother and stepsisters. Following a burst of narration, Class 2’s Cinderella began its performance.

Ram, playing Cinderella, was seen lying lazily on the sofa. Standing next to her were the black-hearted stepmother Demiurge and Darkness.

Regarding the black-hearted stepmother and bad sister’s request to clean the room, Ram couldn’t even be bothered to move: "Wouldn’t it be fine if you just crawled on the floor and cleaned it yourself?"

Ram’s sharp tongue perfectly hit Darkness’s pervert switch, and she became a little excited: "Crawling on the floor... that feels not bad either!"

Demiurge, playing the wicked stepmother aside, was indeed a veteran actor; he forcefully kept the scene going until Ram reluctantly climbed up from the sofa.

"Cinderella is always bullied. Poor Cinderella picks up the bucket, preparing to walk out of the room... but accidentally knocks over the bucket."

Ram narrated her own actions as she spoke, acting as if she had tripped, while splashing the water bucket onto Darkness.

Then she used a mop to drag across Darkness’s body a few times, looking like she was seriously cleaning.

Naofumi, the Shield Hero, still backstage, fell silent watching this performance that could already be described as unrecognizable: "I say, the story of Cinderella... was it originally like this?" ]

[ .....]

〜Projection of All Worlds〜

"Wicked Stepmother, Bad Sister, Always Bullied... Where are any of these things?"

Watching this Cinderella that had been modified beyond recognition, everyone’s faces turned dark. Childhood stories are really getting more and more bizarre.

It was hard to tell if they were just acting as themselves or if they had done a wave of magical modification... No matter how you looked at it, Darkness, the bad sister, seemed like the one being bullied!

.....

〜Type-Moon World, G̶̘̏̕͜ṟ̶͠a̵̹͂̆n̵̻̤̎d̶̞͐ ̷̫͇͑C̸̛̪̬ȃ̴̯r̵̓̓͜n̸̜̋͗î̷̭v̸̱͆ȃ̷̫̚l̵͚̋ Worldline, Chaldea〜

"That’s right, that’s exactly how it is! This is definitely the authentic Cinderella."

Gudako, finding it quite interesting, crossed her arms over her chest and nodded in full agreement.

"It is not—SENPAI!!"

Mash, seeing this, retorted with a breakdown:

"I have never seen a Cinderella with such a terrible personality and sharp tongue."

Is a Cinderella this toxic, really okay? Who exactly is bullying whom?

"Eh?! Isn’t a Cinderella with a terrible personality and a sharp tongue the authentic version?!"

Gudako hurriedly took a step back, visibly shocked.

Mash fell silent upon seeing this:

"...Senpai, are you serious?"

’Cinderella’ Ram has bullied ’Bad Sister’ Darkness to such an extent, and you actually couldn’t tell? What kind of stories does Senpai usually read?

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

"Darkness, having you perform in this magically modified play, it’s really too hard on you..."

Kazuma sighed deeply, patting her shoulder in consolation.

To actually make Darkness, a masochist, play the bad sister who bullies others, isn’t that too hard on a person (M)?

Ram’s toxic personality was actually playing Cinderella, when clearly the bad sister would be more suitable; for a moment, he didn’t even know who was bullying whom.

"Eh... It... It was okay."

Darkness, inexplicably comforted, had a huge question mark written on her face.

It was just performing a play, what was so hard about it? Or rather, seeing herself being bullied by Ram made her a little excited.

.....

(Author-san: Looked at the comments, next will be the Quartet movie version. Then, temporarily considering starting from Prisma Illya, Lostbelt, Cautious Hero, and Shadow in Eminence. How about starting with these few?)