>>5590132“Unfortunately, I cannot.” your old man tells her, clearly disappointing Okira. “The dead should not linger in the land of the living. My time in this world is over, but once yours has passed as well, I'll be there to meet you on the other side.”
His words clearly cheer your daughter up, the news she'll eventually see him again encouraging her. While he talks Meloka Wolbach traces his scars with her finger for a moment, before losing track of which started where and just runs her fingers over his textured face. You look around, your children all gathered around your father, Meloka sitting by your side as he holds your granddaughter, this moment is perfect. Which is, of course, when something decides to go wrong.
“TURN UNDEAD!” you hear, whipping your head around to see the blue-haired woman usually with Kazuma pointing her staff at the skeleton man, firing a beam of light directly for his chest. He doesn't move, simply watching the beam approach. It then strikes him, the undead glowing with radiant power. His own retainers recoil from the light, the tiny one in the purple and red dress falling over, seemingly unconscious as the light washes over her. But then the light ends, the skeleton faintly smoking yet remaining standing. “Wh-Wha-?!”
But her exclamation is cut short as Kazuma slams a fist atop her head, dropping the blue-haired woman to her knees.
“Kazuma?! You hit me!” she exclaims, tears forming in her eyes. “Why did you do that?”
Instead of answering her, however, he turns to the skeleton, bowing at the waist.
“I'm so sorry, Lord Ainz, please excuse her rude behavior.” he says, extending his hand towards the skeleton. “Ray of Negative Energy.”
And then fires a beam of Abyssal-seeming darkness, striking the skeletal Ainz much as Aqua's beam of light had. It has no visible effects, except that when it's over the skeleton is no longer smoking. But he seems more shocked by Kazuma's use of magic than her own attack spell.
“D-Don't worry about it. Just keep her under control.” Ains replies, everyone watching as Kazuma then grabs her staff with his left and the back of her collar in her right, dragging her away despite her protests, flailing like a child throwing a temper tantrum. That was...Odd.
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