Becoming a Shadow in the New World

This scene, reminiscent of a classic encounter between the male and female protagonists in a novel, made Beta's breathing quicken.

Write this down, write this down, this must be a famous scene from "The Chronicles of Shadows".

The beautiful elf with silver hair and a beauty mark under her eye, who is the female lead, and the shadowy man who carries everything, meet again at the airport. I'm totally shipping them!

"I've been waiting for you for so long, Natsume. I've finally waited for you."

Just as Beta was about to wave to signal Sid, he was interrupted by a female voice.

Seemingly noticing something, Sid, who had already raised his hand, lowered it and stopped looking at Beta.

Looking toward the source of the sound, she saw Alexia, with long silver-white hair and crimson eyes, walking toward her.

You, a bystander who's already left the scene, shouldn't jump out and interfere with the female lead and male lead's meeting!

Beta roared at Alexia in his mind.

Chapter Ninety-Four: Alexia's Astounding Wisdom

What are you doing here! That was Beta's first thought when he saw Alexia there.

"Why are you here!"

In a moment of emotional outburst, Beta shouted out his innermost thoughts to Alexia.

"Huh? What, you think it's beneath you that I, a princess, went to all the way to the port to pick you up?"

Alexia's expression immediately turned displeased when Beta questioned her, and she directly retorted by asking Beta a question in return.

You're acting all aggrieved? Even Lord Shadow isn't coming to see me because of you, so shouldn't I be even more aggrieved?

Despite thinking this, Beta forced a smile onto his face, clenching his fists behind his back as he suppressed his anger and began to explain.

"No, what I mean is, didn't I agree to meet Your Highness this afternoon? Why did you suddenly come to the port to pick me up?"

Even though he told himself to be patient, Beta couldn't help but emphasize his words at the end, his voice carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Alas--"

As if ice cubes had been stuffed inside her clothes, Alexia suddenly exclaimed "Eek!" and looked at Beta.

"Natsume, what...did you just do to me?"

Alexia wasn't sure what caused her reaction, but she immediately blamed Beta.

"Your Highness, what are you saying? I don't understand."

Beta replied with a smile.

"Tsk, never mind. The reason I'm calling you so early is because things have changed a bit. My sister is coming to Itogami Island. You know, she's been..."

Beta didn't care what Alexia was saying. She was in a daze, staring at Sid's retreating figure. Beta's killing intent towards Alexia was more intense than ever before.

"Hey, hey, Natsume, are you listening? What are you looking at?"

Noticing Beta's absent-mindedness, Alexia waved her hand in Beta's face, but Beta didn't react. Following Beta's gaze, she saw Sid, who had already turned to leave.

The moment Alexia saw Sid, she instinctively called out the name she usually used for Sid.

"Pochi?"

But as the voice came out, Sid not only did not turn around to respond, but he even increased his speed. Alexia frowned and quickly stepped forward to pull Sid back.

How dare she? How dare she? How dare she address Lord Shadow like that?

As Alexia ran toward Sid, a blade formed from black slime emerged from Beta's tightly clenched hand.

If Beta's murderous intent towards Alexia was merely a fleeting thought in his mind, it was like thinking about killing a teammate who messed up in a game, but it was actually just empty talk.

Now, Beta is genuinely thinking about how to kill Alexia in public without the Shadow Lord discovering that she was the one who did it.

Sid, whose shoulder was being held by Alexia, turned his head with a look of obvious confusion on his face. But when he saw Alexia, his expression changed to one of surprise and joy. With an innocent smile, he spoke in a clear voice.

"Alexia! What a coincidence, you're here too."

"Alas--"

As if disgusted, Alexia released her grip on Sid's shoulder.

"Don't talk to me with such a disgusting tone and that expression. Don't you find it disgusting yourself?"

You're right to feel disgusted; this is something I specifically learned to deal with you, you white-haired, cunning bastard.

Maintaining his facial expression, Sid continued speaking in that sickeningly sweet voice.

"What are you saying, Alexia? I don't understand. I have things to do, so I won't bother you any longer..."

Seeing Alexia's hand outstretched in front of him, clutching a seemingly heavy money bag, Sid fell silent, the smile on his lips vanished, and his voice returned to its usual tone.

"Why don't you continue playing the game of throwing and picking up gold coins like we used to? Have you grown up and learned to be ashamed?"

"After all, we still need to save face for you in public, and I don't want rumors to spread that 'the second princess of the Midgard Kingdom is a pervert who likes to adopt lower-class nobles as pets,' as that would bring shame to my sister."

"Ha, nowadays everyone uses paper money issued by Mitsukoshi Bank. Who still pays with coins like you?"

"You make it sound so nice, but if you're so capable, then don't take it."

"I feel so bad, you've already given me something, wouldn't it be disrespectful not to take it?"

He applied a little force to pull the money pouch from Alexia's hand, feeling its weight. One gold coin represented 100,000 Zeni, so there should be 3.4 million Zeni inside. This money was earned far too easily.

Sid, who was feeling quite pleased with himself, suddenly thought of a question.

How much force did he use to pull the money bag from Alexia's hand?

While Sid was thinking about how much force he had just used, Alexia was also staring blankly at the hand that had just held the money bag.

How much force did she use to hold the money bag just now?

She didn't know. She really didn't know. She had been thinking that the money shouldn't be given to Pochi so easily, and her hand was unconsciously clenched tightly. She didn't even notice whether she was using her full strength.

This is where the problem lies. If she used her full strength just now, what kind of strength does Pochi possess that allowed him to so easily take the money bag from her?

While there was probably some carelessness on her part, Pochi, who was able to get her money so easily, was definitely a strong person no weaker than her.

However, if she were to ask this question so bluntly, not only would it risk alerting the enemy, but it would also make her seem foolish if it were proven that she hadn't used her full strength and that Sid was hiding his power.

Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't need to worry so much. Who would have the time to hide their strength? What would they gain by hiding their strength?

Demonstrating strength is the only way to obtain better resources, and then using those resources to become stronger than others is common sense, a universal truth applicable in any world.

Unfortunately, she only knew one... two... well, two organizations that clearly defied common sense, and a certain silver-haired, tear mole-patterned, blue-eyed giant slime elf who was 99% likely hiding her true strength, yet pretended to be pitiful, weak, delicate, and pretentious in front of others every day, using this as an excuse to put on airs, while secretly doing countless things that deserved to be hanged.

Although she has no evidence yet to prove that a certain silver-haired elf is hiding its strength, she will find the evidence sooner or later.

Ahem, we've gotten off-topic. Based on the information she currently has, one of these organizations is called Shadow Garden, and the other is called the Diablo Order.

Shadow Garden can be ruled out. Apart from the leader, Shadow, all the members of this organization are women. Pochi is not a woman, so this option can be eliminated. It's impossible that Pochi is Shadow.

So… after eliminating all the impossibilities and analyzing with her extraordinary wisdom… Alexia looked sharply at Sid, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.

Pochi, you wouldn't have defected to the Diablo Order, would you?!

Testimonials

As the title suggests, this book is now available.

Honestly, I really didn't expect to get published; you can tell by the word count.

I know myself well; I'm only enthusiastic for a short time.

I never intended to publish it in the first place. When I had written over 100,000 words, I thought that I might not want to continue writing when I signed the contract, so I kept putting it off. As a result... before I knew it, I had written 200,000 words. Holy crap, how did I do that?

Let me talk about the main character's background. The main character is Sid from Shadow Warriors, but I made some slight modifications to the original setting.

The main reason for choosing High School DxD and Strike the Blood is that both have the character of God, and both are vacant, making them very useful and perfect for showing off.

The God of God never appears in Strike the Blood, so we'll leave that aside. Of course, it's possible that even the original author didn't know how to explain the Church, given how chaotic the background is.

Needless to say, the protagonist of High School DxD is the absolute pinnacle of power. Despite dying young in the original story, before the EXE, he was the ultimate background character. No character who dared to challenge him ever had a good ending. He's a character who gets stronger with each update.

Okay, that's all for now. Time to get back to writing.

Chapter Ninety-Five: Beta Loses His Mind

???

What's wrong with this crazy woman? Is she going to try and kill someone again?!

What if she really tries to kill me? I just used up my blood pack yesterday and haven't had a chance to replenish it yet!

Without health packs, how can I pretend to be injured when Alexia attacks me later? She can't break my defense!

Why not strike first and make Alexia have a heart attack...? Does Alexia have a heart attack?

Never mind, let Alexia have any illness that makes her faint, and then send Alexia to the hospital.

While being watched by Alexia, Sid pretended to be clueless, but in reality, a series of thoughts were running through his mind.