The Wish of the Dragon

Chapter 57:

Chapter 57:

Issei and his wives decided to take it easy a few days. He trained each of them his <Haki> skills.

They just need a bit more polishing and they should be able to master the basic of it. Ramius seems to be able to master the basic of <Armament Haki> soon enough because she can also use Qi. At this point she can cover her hand with a dense qi that come close to <Haki> density.

He teaches Riche a few magic skills, like <Light of Saber>. She apparenly has talent on learning it probably because she is Croix little sister which enables her to learn light magic quite easily. She is very happy after learning a new magic from Issei.

Issei brought Tio to the Bigbux Company to become the new CEO and King Ben along with his nephew General Pancho is very welcoming towards them. The public only knows that Bigbux Company belongs to El Quixote and not Issei yet.

The Kalars treated Tio with a lot of respect and that's kind of making her feel a bit awkward. They even set a hidden guard for her and Issei appreciate it a lot. He gave both Tio and Lorenzo a transmitter device so they can contact him in case something happened.

Then Lorenzo and Mertel invited Issei for a feast, and he gladly obliged to their invitation as thanks for everything they've done so far. Riche's eyes shine hearing they gonna invite them to a feast, and she flashed a sly grin.

Riche - Ehehehe... All according to plan...

Ramius and co feel weird about why she's suddenly acting like this. But soon they know why...

Lorenzo - Here you go, Issei-sama. This is the best wine we have, it took us quite a while but we've finally obtained it just for you.

Lorenzo served Issei the best wine they have to Issei. And Mertel smiled as well seeing that, both her and Lorenzo serves Issei from each side.

Mertel at his right, while Lorenzo at his left.

Mertel - Don't hold back and drink as many as you want, my king.

Issei - Ah. Thank you.

Then Issei drank the wine he's been offered by the Kalars.

Issei - Oh... This indeed tastes good.

Lorenzo - We're glad that you liked it. Here, have some more.

Issei drank another glass of wine, and this wine alcohol percentage is quite high as well.

Issei - Ou. Gladly... And... I... Errrh...

Issei suddenly slumped down on his chair.

Lorenzo & Mertel - I-Issei-sama?!/My King?!

Both of them panicked seeing him suddenly slumped down on his chair like that.

Riche who's been observing them so far know that it's time.

Riche - Ehehehe~ Now you shall feel the terror of the drunk Issei!

Ramius - Hah! Don't tell me... You're the one who told them to serve wine to Ise, Riche?!

Gurigura - Uwaaah... This is gonna be messy...

Kathryn - Hmm? What do you mean? What's wrong about him being drunk?

Tio - Un, I'm also wondering about that. Back at home, you didn't let him drink any wine either. Why is that?

Riche - Khu khu khu...

Ramius - ...This is bad...

Gurigura - The thing is... When Ise-nii got drunk, he turned into a wild beast...

Kathryn - Huh? You mean he gonna transform into a dragon or something?

Gurigura - Umm... No. He will turn into a sex beast...

Kathryn & Tio - Eh?

When they both become stupefied they heard a scream.

*Rattle!*

Mertel - Kyahn! M-My king?

They saw Issei suddenly standing up straight and pushed Mertel down into the table. Now her ass is facing Issei's direction.

Issei suddenly stripped all of his clothes and his magnificent body and dragon rod down there are exposed to everyone in the hall.

Every single Kalar present become wide-eyed seeing his magnificent body and their face blushed deeply in arousal, and that includes Mertel who's under Issei as well. She licked her lips seductively seeing his rod down there.

Mertel - Ara ara~ Our King sure is one of a kind even down there he's so majestic~ Now my King do you want to taste my body? Then please do so if you want.

She shifted her lower robe down there and she doesn't wear any underwear at all, meaning she's been going full commando all this time. Her plain pussy is exposed as well and Issei suddenly thrust his dick inside her all the way in.

Mertel - Aaah... Ah... It's in... Aaaahn!

Once his dick's inside her, she squeezes like a vice and refuses to let him pull it out. Issei instinctively slapped her butt to make her ease up.

Mertel - Mmm... M-My king... HAAHN!

The moment she eased her grip he started pumping his hips intensely.

Mertel - Aaaah! Ahn! Aaah! Haah! W-Wait My Ki- Haaahn! Ahh!

Mertel never felt like this before, she can't even manage to speak out a proper sentence from the way he thrust in and out of her.

The sound of their skin slapping together resounded on the now silent hall. And every Kalars who watched their lovemaking session feeling aroused to the max as well, they never heard their Queen begging for mercy before, especially during sex.

Because it's usually the other way around who are begging her to stop. They can't even start to imagine just what she's feeling right now to make her beg like that.

All of them unconsciously started touching themselves to ease up the heat they are feeling right now.

Even Lorenzo who's nearby Issei and Mertel also started touching her body.

Lorenzo - I-Issei-sama... How envious...

She blushed deeply seeing them and her eyes clouded in lust as well just like the rest of the Kalars.

Kathryn and Tio become stupefied seeing Issei like that, they never know this side of him before. And to be honest they felt hot as well inside after seeing him like that.

Riche just keeps grinning slyly, while Ramius started feeling hot as well watching them. Gurigura is just smiling wryly.

Mertel - Aaaah! Ahn! Ahn! Aaah! Haaaaahn!

*PAK!* *PAK!* *PAK!*

The chorus of those sounds and her moans continue in an enjoyable back and forth.

Mertel - Ah! Ah! Ah! I-I-Issei-sama! My King! Haaaaaaahn!

Feeling the way he rubs his dick against her most sensitive place make her go nuts with pleasure. She orgasms with a huge cry.

Mertel - Aaah! Ah! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!

Her pussy convulses and her juices spill out of her. As she keeps cumming, Issei still doesn't stop his humping against her pussy. He keeps thrusting in and out at a steady pace but every time he thrust inside her pussy it always aimed at her most sensitive place. Precise and accurately.

It's like he knows instinctively just where her sensitive place is the moment he went inside her.

Mertel - P-Please wait my King! I-I just cam- Aahhhhnn! I'm cumming agaiiiinnnn! Aaaaaaaah!

She climaxes once more, and their cycle continues.

Issei grabs ahold of her chin from behind and made her turned her face sideways to give her a deep kiss. While his other hand grabbed one of her breasts and gave it a squeeze.

Mertel - Mmmhn! Mmm, Mmn, Mhmmhh!

Mertel who felt that felt like her mind turned blank and that makes her body shivered in pleasure. The amount of juices that keeps squirting from her pussy is making a giant puddle under her feet. It keeps overflowing because she hasn't stopped cumming ever since her first orgasm.

Even now she's still cumming over and over again, her eyes rolled upwards and her face looks like a total slut right now with her tongue sticking out and Issei's sucking her tongue like an animal.

Mertel - Hooeh! Hoahhhnnn!

After what it feels like an eternity, Issei finally let out his first ejaculation deep inside Mertel womb.

*SPLURT!* *SPLURT!* *SPLURT!*

She can't even moan properly feeling the hot semen that flooded her womb, some of them even overflow from her pussy into the floor where her pussy juices puddle is.

Mertel - Aaaaahhh... My... King...

The moment Issei's semen went inside her womb she felt a huge amount of energy channeled throughout her whole body. And the blue gem at her forehead glows brightly, after a few seconds it's color turned golden.

After that Mertel passed out on the table with a silly smile on her face while her body occasionally twitching every few seconds.

Issei took out his dick from inside Mertel and that makes the rest of the semen inside her gushed outside like a small waterfall.

His dick is still hard as a diamond even after he let out such a huge amount of semen just now. All the Kalars who saw that felt even more aroused than ever and all of them started stripping their clothes to get close to Issei.

Lorenzo who's the closest to Issei offered herself into him while being fully naked.

Lorenzo - Issei-sama... Please enjoy my body as well...

The moment she finished saying that, Issei pulled Lorenzo and set her next to Mertel while facing his way.

Because she keeps touching herself while watching Issei and Mertel lovemaking session. She's already very wet so it enables for a smooth entrance of Issei's penis deep inside her.

Lorenzo - Aaaaah! I-Issei-sama is inside me... I'm so happy... Haahn! Haah, haaah, ah!

Then he also enjoys Lorenzo body as well, even though it's her first time it doesn't feel hurt at all, and in no time Lorenzo reaches her first orgasm and she felt like she's in heaven right now.

The sheer pleasure almost makes her go mad and making her unable to think straight.

Lorenzo - Haah, haah, haahhnn! C-Cumming, cumming cumming cumm-, Hmmmmhhhhh!!!

Her mouth is plugged by Issei's lips and she utters a silent scream from her throat. Her modest breast sway back and forth from the intensity of Issei's humping.

Kathryn - C-Crazy... Wait, what are you guys doing?!

Ramius - Hrrm? Waiting for my turn of course.

Riche - Yup. It feels crazy good being fucked by Ise when he's in that state you know?

Gurigura - Eheheh, I want to feel it as well.

Kathryn and Tio blushed deeply during the whole ordeal and then Kath saw Ramius and co are already naked as well and are heading towards Issei who's still humping his hips with reckless abandon on Lorenzo.

After both Tio and Kath saw the faces of both Mertel and Lorenzo right now which shows the pure ecstasy being fucked silly by Issei. They hesitated for a second before they also took off their clothes and head towards Issei direction as well.

After that, the Orgy started... Issei makes each of them fainted from the pure pleasure they are feeling and every Kalars swarmed towards Issei like a moth to a flame.

On that day every people who passed by the Kalar Forest could hear a faint moaning sound coming from deep inside the forest and when they thought the Kalars are back collecting semen, they hurriedly tried to head towards the voice.

But the forest blocks their way and they ended up in the Lost Woods. They keep going in a circle while still hearing the moaning sounds in the background and that is a torture for them because they felt so aroused just from hearing that but they have no one to jack them off until they saw another man...

On that day there are some gay couples are born in El Quixote... But that's a story for another time.

The Orgy went on until the next day, every woman whether it's Riche and co. Or the Kalars are sprawled around the ground. And the whole room reeks with sex scent.

Issei can be found sitting at the throne while there's someone going up and down on his crotch.

Issei - ...Hrrm... What... Did I fell asleep?

Issei slowly opened his eyes and muttered lowly while rubbing his forehead.

??? - Haahn, haah, ahn! I-Issei-sama... Issei-sama!

*Sloosh!* *Sloosh!* *Sloosh!*

Issei - ...

Issei felt speechless seeing a woman going up and down on his crotch and he started thinking how come this happened in the first place. He looked around and all he sees is a group of women sprawled on the ground while their body seems to be covered in a white liquid.

He saw Riche and co. sprawled nearby him as well and their pussy is gushing out a white liquid even now. He rubbed his forehead thinking just what the heck happened just now... He knows from the scent of the white liquid that it belongs to him. It's his own sperm after all.

He doesn't remember anything that happened after he drunk the wine Lorenzo offered.

Issei - ...What the hell happened here...

The woman stopped her hips after hearing his words.

??? - Aah... You're awake... Issei-sama?

Issei - U-Um. Can you tell me what's going on here? And... Who are you?

The girl who keeps going up and down on Issei's penis just now has a long black hair and there's a pink horn pointing upwards appearing on top of her head. She has a very beautiful face and body, her breasts are quite big and her eyes are colored pink as well. There's a small black crow-like wing on her back and it's quite beautiful as well, even more beautiful than the wings of a fallen angel from his world. Her ears are also elongated but not as long as the Kalars, all of her assets make her look quite exotic and unique. (AN: /wiki/Bunny_Black_2?file=Bblack2_chara_%281%29.jpg Her appearance is the girl with pink outfit, your beloved Ekate boisss~).

Issei thought he felt some familiarities with this woman but he doesn't know why.

??? - Eh? Oh, certainly, Issei-sama. What happened was...

Then she told him what happened after he suddenly slumped down the chair.

Issei felt totally speechless after hearing her report... You mean he did all this while he's drunk or something? He smiled wryly to himself while thinking, 'To think I'm capable of doing all this... There's like more than a 1000 Kalars here... And Riche is the one who suggested this idea, huh... Well, I would've punished her if she's not already passed out over there... *Sigh* What's done is done I guess... I am their king after all...'.

Issei - Then... Are you saying you're Lorenzo?

Lorenzo - Yes, Issei-sama After I received your seed inside me, I started my rebirth process soon after. Probably because I was still a virgin until recently my rebirth process is quite quick as well.

Issei - I-I see...

Her new personality makes him quite surprised because the Lorenzo he knows acts quite reserved and shy, but the new her has a more cheerful personality it seems. Well, Mertel already told him about the change in personalities when they are reborn as devil or angel so it's no wonder her personality changed.

Issei - Then what happened to the gem on your forehead?

Lorenzo - Hmm? Oh, it changed into this horn you see.

She pointed at her pink horn on top of her head.

Issei - Oh...

Lorenzo - Ummm... Issei-sama.

Issei - What's wrong?

Lorenzo - If it's not too much can you give me a new name?

Issei - Eh? Don't you already have one?

Lorenzo - Well, It's another tradition from our culture that every Kalars who underwent a process of rebirth may get a new name from our King. It's fine to not change it but it will make me a lot happier to get a new name from you, Issei-sama~.

Issei - I-Is that so... Then... How about, Ekate?

Lorenzo - Ekate... Un! I like it a lot, thank you so much, Issei-sama! Hehehe, my new name is Ekate~

Hence Lorenzo changed her name into Ekate.

Issei - ...I'm glad that you like it. But what is your current form? Is it a Devil?

Ekate - Umm. You could say that I'm now a half-Angel and half-Devil.

Issei - Half? You mean you're a hybrid?

Ekate - Hai. I possess both elements of <Life/Yang> and <Death/Yin> apparently. So I turned into a combination of them both. I'm half-succubus and half-angel, that's why my wings are black you see.

She flapped her wings gently to point it out.

Issei - I see.

Ekate - More importantly, Issei-sama~

Issei - W-What?

Ekate - Can we continue our lovey-dovey session, Please~?

She looked towards Issei with a "Begging eyes" and Issei who saw that can only smile wryly and agreed to it.

Issei - Ah.

Ekate - Yaaay~ Thank you, Issei-sama Mm... Aah~

Then they keep going at it until Ekate can't take it anymore.

...

Every Kalar gem on their forehead changed into golden. Queen Mertel is especially pleased to see that Lorenzo who goes by the name Ekate now has already changed because apparently Ekate was her daughter all along and nobody knows that until now.

She keeps trying to make Issei stay a while longer but Kathryn dragged him away from them, and every Kalar is feeling down that they can't get another round with him. So they named that day as the descent of the Sex God.

Riche chuckled thinking that's quite the appropriate name for him. But then she saw the chilling smile from Issei's giving her and there's only one thing that came up to her mind at that point...'She fucked up.'. And when they get back to their home, Riche spent another whole day on her bed unmoving...

The Kalars started preparing themselves for their upcoming transformation. And so Issei head back to his home for now.

Ekate seems to be treated as their senior and keep asking her how is it feel like after she transformed, and she kept bragging how good it feels to them.

Issei news of him being promoted into a <Thousand Knight> and <Earl> also spread widely. Everyone set their eyes on him straight away, there's even a bunch of Nobles from the neighboring kingdom wanted to gain a connection with Issei by offering him to marry their daughter or offering him some kind of other stuff like riches and honor at their Kingdom, but they all are rejected by him.

...

Kathryn - So, what do we do now? Head for the Kingdom of Humpty?

Riche - Probably. Now that we've established good relations with El Quixote, the next logical destination would be Humpty, considering it's right nearby.

Ramius - Although, Humpty is an island country. We can at least walk somewhere that's reachable by land.

After breakfast, the family was discussing what to do next.

Kathryn - Didn't the magivision sponsor money get repaid by Pancho? We could just use that to buy a ship.

Riche - They can make ships in Eden, but they're prioritizing the trade ships that got torched at the moment.

Gurigura - Okay, then let's definitely go to Humpty. It should be easier to get a ship there than most countries.

Ramius - But we have no ship and can't buy one at the moment either.

Kathryn - Well, that won't be a problem. We do have a way to get to Humpty. There's currently some good wind blowing that way. That means we've got something we can use.

Ramius - What? Oh, the hot air balloon.

Riche - I object! No way, absolutely not! Ise can just swim there and buy us a ship!

Issei could do that but he thought it's quite the good punishment for Riche so he stays silent.

Kathryn - Get over your fear of heights. Um... If you wanted to cross the sea right now...

Kathryn took out a map and ruler, then instantly worked out which route to take.

Kathryn - On the east end of El Quixote, there's a perfect cliff to fly from.

Issei - Right, let's go there.

Tio - I checked out the bag you were using for the hot air balloon and made some improvements.

Issei - Oh, Thanks.

Tio - You're welcome.

They both smiled at each other.

Kathryn - We're off to the Kingdom of Humpty!

Ramius - No foe will stand in our way.

Gurigura - Let's try our best!

Riche - Ugh... Heights are scary...

Issei - No holding on to me this time, Riche.

Riche - EEEEEHHHHH?! WHY?!

Issei - Think of it as your punishment from before.

Riche - FORGIIIIVEEEE MEEEEE!

She cried loudly while holding on to Issei's waist, and Issei felt another deja vu... Wasn't there someone who does the same exact thing as Riche before? Oh well...

Thus, in order to pursue <Snake Crest>, the party set off toward the unfamiliar territory known as the Kingdom of Humpty.

...

The party finished preparing for the journey and gathered together in the living room.

Kathryn - Mmmmm, nice weather. It's the perfect day to travel by hot air balloon.

Riche - No day involving hot air balloons is perfect. We're never doing that again.

Ramius - Sorry, but we'd do it regardless of the weather. There can be no delay.

Riche - Urgh...

Kathryn - You gonna make us carry you on while you're asleep?

Riche - No! Absolutely not! If I happened to wake up mid-flight, I just know I'd use magic to incinerate the whole thing.

Gurigura - Riche-nee, you're really afraid of heights.

Tio - Then what if I gave you this to distract yourself with?

Tio took out a paper bag containing a book and handed it to Riche.

Riche - Wh-What's this?!

Ramius - A guidebook to the Kingdom of Humpty.

Riche - And it's even the special edition with articles on the latest sweets!

Tio - If you have something fun on your mind, I think it should make flying less scary.

Riche - Hrrm... I-I'll gives it a shot.

Issei - Time for us to go, then.

Gurigura - We'll get souvenirs for you.

Tio - Okay. Please be careful out there.

Tilt - ...Take care...

Kathryn - So, let's go straight to where we can take a hot air balloon to Humpty.

The party left the house and departed for the Kingdom of Humpty, Issei delivered Tio to the Bigbux Company, while they head to the east end of El Quixote.

...

Kathryn stood on the cliff at the east end of El Quixote, stared off into the sky, and murmured.

Kathryn - There's a good wind blowing today...

Riche - Quit being overdramatic! If we're gonna fly, let's just do it already!

Kathryn - God, you're annoying. You that scared of flying?

Gurigura - The wind does feel stronger than usual.

Ramius - Look at the sky. You'll see what's likely the cause.

Issei - Oh.

Issei followed Ramius's gaze to a giant, floating island.

He was accustomed to seeing it at this point, but the fact that the island could travel on the wind was plenty to support the existence of Mother Eve.

Issei - Sky Island huh... It's almost like it's following us.

Riche - No way. It just floats around the world at random.

Kathryn - I've even seen it multiple times in one day. It's not that uncommon.

Issei - Hmm.

Kathryn - Alright, Sky Island's moved away and the wind had died down a good deal. Let's get on the hot air balloon. Flying now should take us to some island in Humpty.

Issei - Why just 'some island'?

Gurigura - The Kingdom of Humpty's made up of nine islands, with the capital on the one in the center.

Issei - Hoo. The country's made up of islands? Sounds interesting.

Ramius - It's not so much interesting as it is delicious.

Issei - Oh?

Kathryn - Humpty produces 200% of the food it needs to sustain itself, and the food's generally pretty good.

Gurigura - Hope I can get some tasty bread.

Issei - Hmm, I'll get some recipes from them if it's possible later.

Kathryn - The hot air ballon's ready. You there, pale girl, get on.

Riche - If I just focus on the guidebook... I'll be fine.

Mr. Edison - Uppy!

Once Riche reluctantly got on the hot air balloon, it floated away toward Humpty.

Along the flight Riche still lose it and stick herself on Issei's body regardless.

Issei - Is this the Kingdom of Humpty?

The first thing Issei noticed after leaving the hot air balloon was a pleasant wind that was neither hot nor cold, as well as the sweet smell of fruit it brought with it.

Issei - Ooh, there's a giant fruit?

Gurigura - Those are undomesticated fruit. They say fruit naturally grows in Humpty without the need for farms.

Riche - They do produce 200% of the food they need, after all.

Issei - I see a town some ways east of here... Is that the capital?

Kathryn - Nah, this is Zumpty Island. The town you see is probably the city of Zumpty.

Gurigura - Humpty Island's east of this one. You can take a boat from here.

Kathryn - Perfect. Mr. Edison's pretty exhausted after crossing the sea anyway.

Mr. Edison - Uppy...

Riche - Then let's go to Zumpty and-

Gurigura - Wait, Riche-nee... We're surrounded!

Issei - Hm?

After they finished putting away the hot air balloon, the party found they were being circled by a group of armored Knights.

??? - You there. Stay perfectly still. Don't try anything funny if you value your life.

A woman who stood out considerably from the rest of the Knights stepped forward and delivered orders to the party.

She is a tall, blonde beautiful woman wearing a marine blue and white dress with a large skirt. Her outfit is mostly reminiscent of 19th-century dresses, with additional armored additions and epaulieres for physical protection. She wields a large sword and there's little crown sitting atop her head. Her hair is curled at the end and her eyes are colored pinkish-red. (AN: /wiki/Natal_March?file=Natal-portrait.png her image).

??? - Who are you, people? And tell me why you invaded my country on that weird thing for.

Kathryn - You calling my invention 'weird'?! This lets people fly through the sky! It's revolutionary!

Mr. Edison - Uppy!

??? - A flying bundle of leaves and a trained monster... If that's not weird, I don't know what is.

Kathryn - That's because you only have boring sensibilities. Oh, how I pity you, commoners.

??? - Who are you calling a commoner! I'm the eldest daughter of the prestigious March family, Natal March!

Natal March is a proud Thousand Knight from the Kingdom of Humpty and the de-facto general of the country's military power. Additionally, she is the daughter of the extremely wealthy March family who owns most merchants ships in the kingdom, a fact which grants her a high social status and often brings up. Despite her high birth, her parents sent her to Knight Academy instead of grooming her to be a noble bride when her great strength terrified most suitors. Despite her rudeness and overconfidence, she takes her job extremely seriously and is one of the strongest fighters in the world.

Riche - The March family owns a bunch of shipyards if I remember right. They're one of the wealthiest families in Humpty.

Natal - But at the moment, I'm serving the Kingdom of Humpty as a <Thousand Knight>.

Ramius - Hoh, a <Thousand Knight> from Humpty. How would you evaluate her, Ise?

Issei - Hm? Oh, she's quite powerful. If it's you girls from before my training then you won't be her match. But now I would say you're a little more powerful than her.

Ramius - Interesting... And her breasts seems the same size as me. That gets me pumped.

Kathryn - Hey, weren't you asking about combat strength at first?! It was a serious question, I assume!

Natal - Enough pointless chatter. First, show me your hands to prove you're not Outlaws.

Riche - I'm sorry for the disturbance. My name is Riche Eden, and I'm here from the Kingdom of Eden for good reason.

Riche presented both of her hands and showed that there was no black ring as she introduced herself. There's only a gold ring on her finger.

Natal - Oh, you're a princess from Eden. Allow me to welcome you to our country. Although... If you're going to visit another nation, I believe there's a more proper way to do it.

Riche - As you may already know, Eden took an attack from a criminal organization called <Snake Crest>, limiting our ability to travel by ship.

Issei - Well, considering we rode in on something nobody's ever seen, I get why they'd be wary.

Natal - ...Excuse me. But may I know who this gentleman is?

The way Issei carry himself making Natal felt curious about him, she's been wary as well after seeing him for the first time because As the only daughter of the March Family, Natal was raised to be a proper noble lady, however when it came time for her family to consider advantageous marriages, all her suitors were too intimidated by her great strength to seriously consider it.

Eventually, she was instead sent to the Knight Academy when her parents no longer knew what else to do with her. Natal swiftly rose up among the ranks and reached the power necessary to be promoted to Thousand Knight, but was constantly frustrated that her accomplishments were mostly ignored in favor of the rest of her noble family. When she approached the level of <Zero Knight>, she found out that her family made sure she would never get promoted, as they feared a <Zero Knight> would eclipse her brother.

This is partially due to overcompensation as, despite her birth in a noble family, her status as a woman prevents her from ever inheriting her parent's vast fortune and titles and most of her and most of her accomplishments are instead credited to her brother and father, a fact she long resented.

Riche - Oh, that's Issei. And he's my husband.

Natal - Oh, is that right? My apologies, but could you tell me your family name?

Issei - Hyoudou.

Natal - Eh...? You mean you're the recently promoted <Thousand Knight> from Eden and the newly appointed <Earl>?

Issei - Um. Is something wrong?

Natal - ...Could you allow me to see your face, please?

Issei feels like it's fine to show her his face so he uncovered his hood and let her see his face.

Natal mind went blank after seeing his face, she never knew that someone could be this handsome before.

The truth is Natal's ordered by her family to go to the Kingdom of Eden to meet Issei because they wanted to betroth her with him. Her family was planning to use her as a tool through an arranged marriage so they could get more connection with such an outstanding man and from their connection, they find out that Issei is the new owner of the Bigbux Company, and that gives them more reason to get Issei on their side.

But she refuses their order and says that she will only marry the man she approves of and that makes her family went mad at her but she ignores it although she felt sorrowful inside knowing her family only treat her as a tool.

Now after seeing his face, she felt it might not be so bad to have a husband such as him, but her pride doesn't allow her to just marry anyone.

Kathryn - You can't possibly have this much free time. We proved we're not Outlaws, so shouldn't you be going?

Natal - A-Ah! Now that you mention it, yes. You don't seem to have the intellect to do anything bad, so feel free to do as you will. I'll tell the rest of the Knights to ignore your strange vehicle. Be thankful that I'm so kind.

Kathryn - Sure, whatever. So, you have no problem with us going to <Humpty>?

Natal - There's a ship that goes there from Zumpty, so use that, if you could.

Natal gave a courteous bow towards Issei's party when she's done instructing the party, then left with the rest of the Knights to Zumpty in the east.

Gurigura - Hrrm... I kinda hate her.

Ramius - You can find people with the pride to match their status all over the world.

Riche - If only she'd go to church and clean up that personality of hers...

Kathryn - Rich people don't seem to attend church. Having Mother Eve cleanse your soul is something only desperately poor people do... Is the thinking, presumably.

Issei - Hmm, I don't think she's that bad. Her soul is very pure even though she's quite prideful. Well, let's not badmouth her. Let's go get something good to eat in Zumpty.

Riche - That's a good idea. I already checked the guidebook, so I'm ready to eat up a storm.

Issei's suggestion of eating delicious food went as planned, so the party perked up to some degree on the way to Zumpty.

Along the way, they tried eating some of the giant fruit and they are quite delicious.

-Zumpty-

Issei - So this is Zumpty...

Upon entering the town, the party was met with all variety of ingredients, as well as a delicious aroma wafting from the food stands and restaurants.

The fragrance naturally attracted more than just Issei's family, so the town was bustling with people walking to all the stands.

Issei - Hmm... I don't recognize any of this food, but the smell's enough to tell me it's good.

Ramius - Ise... This town's only the beginning. The capital's supposed to have even more kinds of food... *Slurp*.

Riche - Oh, over there! That's a tasty cake shop I saw in the guidebook!

The rest of the party ran after Riche to the cake store. where they bought the cake they were recommended.

Riche - Mmmmm, delicious. The cream melts in my mouth. It's super sweet, but with a nice aftertaste!

Issei - Oh, it really is good.

Ramius - Yes, this... Delicious cake is, really delicious... It's, um... Extremely delicious!

Kathryn - Hey, you don't need to try and describe the taste if it's too hard for you.

Gurigura - Oh, Ise-nii! You've got cream on your face.

Issei - Oh, really?

Gurigura - Yeah, lower your head a bit... Smooch... There, got it.

Issei - Thanks.

Kathryn - Wait, why'd we go straight to cake?! Dessert's supposed to come last!

Riche - It was still good, so who cares?!

Issei - Come to think of it, you didn't have any, Kath. Don't like sweets?

Kathryn - Nah, you're just supposed to pick up food in the right order. You should start off with something lighter.

Gurigura - Then let's get bread next! That place has some tasty-looking bread.

Ramius - No, I'd suggest meat for the next dish. That stand over there seems to have some well-cooked roast beef.

Kathryn - Better to get something light. Like crimson eye candy, or radish kebobs...

Riche - Well, there's plenty of stands to choose from. Why don't we stop by all of them? Either way, we'll need to go around and collect info to see if <Snake Crest's> up to anything.

Thus, the party walked around Zumpty, eating and gathering info.

Riche - ...I can't eat anymore. They say you always have room for dessert, but I somehow filled it all up.

Ramius - You can't fight if you get hungry in the middle of combat. Every Knight knows that you should eat all you can when you have the opportunity... Mm, mm...

Gurigura - Ramius-nee... I've had enough. Please, eat this!

Ramius - You'll never grow if you don't eat... But very well, give it to me.

Gurigura - Eheheh, thanks.

Kathryn - You'll get fat if you just eat everything.

Ramius - Ugh, I'm active enough that I'm fine. Yes... Perfectly fine.

Issei - You still seem to be doing alright, Kath. I thought you were eating as much as everyone else.

Kathryn - I'm a light eater. One bite of some good food's enough for me, so I give the rest to him.

Mr. Edison - Uppy!

Apparently, Kath was taking one bite of everything, then feeding the leftovers to Mr. Edison.

Riche - All in all, we learned where to get more good food, but nothing about <Snake Crest>.

Gurigura - Sounds like they don't see many Outlaws around here either.

Kathryn - But no letting your guard down. If <Snake Crest's> infiltrated Humpty's highest authorities, they could be hiding in national facilities.

Ramius - I was told about pirates. It might not be what's on land that we need to worry about.

Riche - Then the fact that we don't have a ship could mean we're screwed.

Issei - Then let's go buy a ship of our own.

Kathryn - Agree. No point sitting around in Zumpty. Why don't we call the side trip here and head to the capital?

The party went to the port from which the ships to other islands leave.

Gurigura - Wooow, look at all these boats! I've never been on a boat before!

Issei - Me neither. We didn't even see a ship on <Fresh Fish Island> that much either.

Man - Hm? Are you all customers? Sorry, but the ships aren't in service at the moment.

Issei - Why?

Man - Blame pirates. They've been getting more powerful, so we can't send out ships without our Knights on board.

On closer inspection, there were numerous ships docked, but none appeared to be getting ready for departure.

Riche - So could we just wait till some Knights arrive?

Man - Hmmm, Lady Natal just left, so I don't think there'll be more Knights for a while.

Gurigura - Natal knew we were heading to the capital, though...

Ramius - If it was intentional, I have to say she has a nasty personality.

Riche - I'm sure it wasn't intentional so much as she's not very mindful of others.

Issei - Then I guess we can just use Kath hot air balloon.

Kathryn - Um. The wind from the ocean's calmer than I imagined, so we should be able to go by hot air balloon. All the delicious food seems to have gotten Mr. Edison back in action too.

Mr. Edison - Uppy!

Issei - Alright. Let's go find somewhere we can fly from.

The party decided to head to the capital by first finding a spot where they could fly by hot air balloon.