//------------------------------// // Damage Count // Story: Ainz Ooal Gown in Equestria // by zakan //------------------------------// After the first hour, the rumors and gossip had only increased, it was so much the increase, that even Applejack and Rainbow Dash had found out about them, and when they entered the room where they would attend history to the second hour, one of the boys had started to spout crazy stories that no one believed him about a very voluptuous Japanese woman, the class was silent when teacher Cranky Doodle walked in and class started normally, but after about ten minutes into class, the principal Celestia called him from the door And after a couple of minutes more the teacher came back in and after him, an incredibly pretty girl entered, she had strawberry-blonde hair with a soft pink shade that made it look between orange and gold, it reached up to the middle of her thighs she wore it gathered in two low pigtails tied with garters that had a white rose ornament, she wore a blue jumper-type dress that reached her knees, under this she wore a white blouse with slightly puffed sleeves and a red ribbon at the neck. In a bow, her dress was finished off by simple dark cherry-colored shoes and long white stockings that disappeared under the skirt, but the biggest surprise was when the girl turned to the front, her face seemed to have been made of porcelain, completely without imperfections, his right eye was emerald green and where the left was supposed to be was a patch with a white rose in a rather realistic relief, despite being completely expressionless, she had an adorable face. * Skwweeeeeeeee * A sound of adorable enthusiasm was heard, everyone would have turned to see its origin if not for the teacher who draw the attention of the room. "Silence everyone! do not interrupt! Ehem, from today we will have a new student, she is originally from Japan, she moved to our country recently together with her older sister, treat her with respect and get along with her." The teacher gestured and the student stepped forward. "My name is Fujiwara Shizu, it's a pleasure, let's get along?" The automaton clasped her hands in front and made a standard bow and when saying the last sentence, it raised its head and tilted it 20 degrees to the left. * Daaaawwwww * This time they all turned to the origin, but only found Rainbow asleep, hidden behind the history book that was upside down and open on her desk. After that the class continued normally, and it was not until the bell rang again that a crowd of students surrounded Shizu and bombarded her with questions, she answered some and then got up, approached Dash who was fervently denying AJ comments, and when she was standing right behind her, she stopped, the sportswoman turned and before she could react. "Cute" A round sticker with the legend 1 yen was pasted on the athlete's forehead, to which the farmer responded with a hearty laugh. "Uh, uh, what, how?" "HAhahahahahahahahahahahaha, you got caught Rainbow, hahahahaha." As the farmer laughed, CZ turned and headed off to her next class. The rest of the morning was uneventful for M7, the hours went by and in each class, there was more noise about the new teacher and the new CHS student, so when they met for lunch, this was the first topic of conversation. "Girls, have you all heard about the new additions to CHS?" -asked the redhead and after receiving nods she continued- "Well, as incredible as it may seem, I can assure you that they do not do justice to the teacher." "And let it be known my dear, her body is a bomb! the envy of any woman, and her face is that of an angel! I have never seen such a perfect complexion in all my life, and she was not wearing a hint of makeup!" Hearing Rarity's words, the rest cast inquiring looks at Twilight and she broadened the topic. "Vice-principal Luna had been filling the gap left by the teacher Radiant Dawn as a math teacher until now, we had math first thing today, but today the new teacher took the class, a Japanese woman named Midori Fujiwara, according to the vice-principal, she has a master degree in math and is certainly very beautiful." "Mhm, it's true, in the fourth hour I took a class with her, she seems to be a very nice person." -Contributed Fluttershy- "Well, a' had to meet the new girl 'n the second hour, and let me tell y'a that she is darn cute, as soon as y'a see her the desire to hug her, protect her and pinch her cheeks, 's unbearable, I'm pretty sure that if that sweetheart gives the puppy eyes to anyone she will kill it of diabetes, -The farmer shot a mischievous look at the athlete- "even Dash squealed of delight." The reaction of the rainbow-haired girl was immediate, but, with the blush and the sticker on her face, the denial was not convincing. "GHA! I already told you it wasn't me! I was asleep!" After a round of laughter from everyone, the farmer continued. "But, a' must admit, her face is beautiful, but it's almost as blank as Pinkie's sister." "Speaking of Pinkie, has anyone seen her? she had English with me in the fourth hour, but she didn't show up." -Twilight asked with some concern- The rest only shared a conspiratorial look until one gave voice to the thought in everyone's mind, Sunset tried to calm her friend's concern. "Don't worry Twilight, we'll see her very soon." At that precise moment, the door of the cafeteria was opened, and two figures entered, it was the new additions to the school, Miss Midori and Shizu, as the door closed behind them a bunch of small explosions and trumpets were heard that unleashed a shower of confetti and garlands. The results of the summit had been between surprise, disbelief and impotence, the surprise was that the hippogriffs had declared themselves a vassal state of the sorcerer kingdom, also, Equestria had signed a free trade agreement that made them practically allies for a period 15-year probationary after this, the Dragon Nation, the Changeling Kingdom, the Abissnia Kingdom, the Crystal Empire and the Zebrica Kingdom decided to sign similar probationary treaties, while the Beringei (Gorilla) Kingdom, the Everfree Kingdom (deer), the Yak nation, the Nubian country (donkeys), the Ararauna kingdom (birds), the Saddle Arabia kingdom, and a host of others decided not to sign, but remained open for trade, while a handful of representatives were sweating bulets, they were Grifonia, Arachne, Diamondia, Minos and the Jiraffide country, which was not unexpected since they had been declared non grata in the sorcerer kingdom, likewise, it was anounced that any action on the part of these kingdoms carried out before the pertinent investigation was completed, would be considered a declaration of war and would receive immediate response, the only thing that allowed them a little respite was that the investigation would not have a very long duratioin, a maximum of three months was announced as its limit, and the remaining bulk of those who were under this problem were given an official letter for their kingdoms, in which they were required to hand over the guilty as well as quite a considerable compensation. When the meeting ended, almost at dusk, again all the representatives left the building in a hurry, because they wanted to check with their own eyes the words of their subordinates and/or guards, when they left, simply no one was able to believe what they were seeing indeed, all the damage that the ground had received after the impact of the meteorite have been repaired, all the bodies of the dead soldiers and wrecked ships had been collected and the vegetation, that it was estimated that even with constant care of ponies and deer would take at least more than one year to fully recover, was already in perfect and healthy condition. That night, when the summit was finished, all the representatives withdrew with much to digest in mind, however, the most mentally fatigued had been the Overlord, who was now in his ship on his way back to the sorcerer kingdom. *SHIGH* Aaaaaaaahhhhh... I'm so tired, now that I use it for the second time I think that title makes me look very presumptuous, should I stop using it? *Shigh* and then there is the matter of the Eternal Death, how was I to know! that I would invoke the true death of this world!, arrrrgghh!; aaahaaa, at least he had no objection to continue with his usual tasks and intervene directly in this plane only when ordered, I hope that no other surprises arise, well, I must continue working. With this Ainz left his pensive pose and continued reviewing the reports he had on the desk, meanwhile, the supervisor of the guards was in her cabin, sitting on a wide sofa like a lady, and in front of her was a very nervous unicorn. "Tempest Shadow, I have called you for a reason, today you have rendered me an important service, so, as a thank you, I will grant you anything you want, you can ask for anything but only from the sorcerer kingdom, everything in Nazarick belongs to Ainz-sama, it's not up to me to give you anything of him, so what do you want? A mansion? Males? Servants? Ask and I'll see what I can do to make it up to you." The reaction of the unicorn, changed rapidly while the succubus spoke, the first thing that stunned her was the surprise of being recognized by the supervisor, the second, was shame when she offered males, IN PLURAL! At that moment she thanked the Supreme beings for the color of her fur, and immediately after disbelief invaded her, the supervisor was not known for her kindness towards those who had not been created by the supreme beings so it took her a couple of seconds to respond. "I… I apologize Albedo-sama, but I don't understand, I don't remember doing anything to win your favor." *Shigh*, "You may not have noticed, but even though it pains me to admit it, you have kept me from failing Ainz-sama, that is why you have my thanks." "I… I see, our master has already fulfilled all my wishes, so I have no desire for any specific benefit or material good, but, after witnessing some of Ainz-sama's power, there is something I would like to know." "Ask." "Have you ever seen Ainz-sama fight seriously?" "I see, what you want is to learn more about Ainz-sama's greatness, isn't it?" The unicorn responded only by nodding. "Your wish is easy to satisfy, the next time you are studying in the great library, ask one of the librarians to show you the recording, I will leave instructions on the authorization and which one you will see, you can resume with your activities." "Thank you very much, I will look forward to it, with your permission." With a respectful bow, Tempest withdrew. "I hope you enjoy it, after knowing its power no one tried to invade Nazarick ever again, the army that dared to invade the great tomb and was crushed, served for the glory of the supreme beings, fufufufufu." After her first day of work and have returned to the apartment, Shizu met her sister. "I'm back Midori-oneesama" They had decided that it was best to leave the facade only when they were completely certain that there was no chance of being discovered. "Welcome back, how was your day? Did you get a work of your like?" "Umu, the place Pinkie Pie recommended is ideal, signed the contract and worked the day." "Excellent, I will make some drinks for you if you want to have a snack before bed." "Umu" After their routine of preparing for the next day and laying down to rest, both were covered by SD who kept their form on the beds while they teleported to the roof of the building after activating the items that granted [Perfect Unknowable], then they used flight and set course to their destination, to avoid any information leakage, while they were collecting information, they communicated only using [Message] 'That's the place Yuri-oneesama.' 'Are you ready for the first test yet?' 'Affirmative, I have assimilated sufficient protocols and instructions, identify the common types of defense after examining their methods of attack or infection I defined that they are useless against me.' 'Well then let's go, I'll follow you.' With this, both held hands activated the second use of the item and left the tree line to quickly enter the shopping center, after reaching the main network node of the plaza, they used it to start browsing the network looking for servers and things locked to easy access, hidden contents and any relevant historical record for their master. Several tens of meters deep, under the ground of Mustangia. "Professor Cobbler, the processing unit for Unit 03 has been finalized." -announced the voice with metallic reverberation from Unit 02- "Great, put it in a storage container and take it to lab number 7, the body should be ready in a couple more months, tell the engineers team in charge that as soon as they have the results of the performance tests from lab 7, they must begin with the design and construction of the processing core for unit 04. " "Understood." After leaving the office, the 02 automaton went to carry out its instructions, but halfway stopped and turned its head, a lone yellow eye looked in the direction it was coming from after a moment shook its head, and continued on its way. After the first weeks of 'investigation', the first culprit of the attack against the sorcerer kingdom was found, with the participation of the diarchy as a witness, the prosecution of those involved was carried out... the entire administrative body of Diamondia. To the horror of the sisters, the fact was irrefutable, all its leaders had been seduced by Frienze's promises and blindly sent an army into combat, all for the ambition of profit and the promise of a prosperous reign under a just king, the trial was severe and the sentence carried out immediately, for wasting the lives of its citizens by mere ambition they were sentenced to be hanged, as compensation the sorcerer kingdom kept the territory of Diamondia turning it into a vassal state to the surprise of the alicorns. Instead of the complete annihilation of the country as they feared, the Sorcerer King established a new government with a specialized cabinet of well-studied Diamon Dogs, which initiated the change from absolute monarchy to a constitutional one that immediately began the application of rights and laws of the Sorcerer Kingdom, the monarch elected to the position was one of Balto's descendants who shared almost all of his father's features except for his eyes, they were a vibrant green color. When Celestia asked him about the origin of the new cabinet, Ainz extended an invitation to them to know the pack of the plains as their now underground city was known, an invitation that only the monarch of the sun took out of curiosity, she was certainly stunned when she saw the gigantic statue of the Sorcerer King just a couple of hundred meters from the city entrance, the second thing that made her head explode was the fact that inside it looked like a fully different world, nothing was left of the wild beasts that she remembered living in this area. A week and a half later, the Yggdrasil company began its business in the territory of the sorcerer kingdom, making important advances in the import and export of raw materials for other companies and the nations themselves, being the only company that dared to give the first step received as a reward from the Sorcerer King in person an exclusive contract for ten years, they transported technology and materials, the company personnel was encouraged as well to occupy well-paid positions in basic education institutions such as elementary schools and secondaries that had been established, Those who took the job offer had free personal travel plus an individual on all international means of transport in Yggdrasil and the Sorcerer Kingdom, which caused the positions to be filled quickly. The following week the trial of those involved in the Centauride kingdom took place, for which this time the presence of the Abyssinian kingdoms that sent Queen Aida and the emissary Meiyer, and the Changeling kingdom that sent Pharinx and a small escort. In this nation the trial was not so harsh, only some corrupt nobles thirsty for power were found guilty, as well as the nephew of the king who wanted the throne, his sentence was to be imprisoned, which the prisoners refused to accept insulting the Sorcerer King and his subordinates, so the place of imprisonment in their sentence was changed to the sorcerer kingdom. Even to this day, a hooffull of barely audible words continue to bother the captain of the Changeling guard, even when he decided to not comment on it with anyone, he is sure he heard the secretary Tempest say: 'there are destinies, worse than death, and idiots, who choose them of their own free will' In Equestria, Yggdrasil's businesses had caused a great boom by being joined to the free trade agreement, and even more, after having gained exclusivity, some materials that were scarce in Equestria were being imported in large quantities, which had made access to luxuries cheaper for Many middle-class ponies with Ponyville being one of the fastest-growing towns due to a large number of employees or creatures looking for employment in the Yggdrasil company, the sales of Sweetapple Acres, Rarty for you and Sugarcube Corner had skyrocketed allowing a stable growth of their respective businesses. But not everything was roses and games for the Overlord, one fateful day the accident occurred that would be recognized by the entire tomb as the turning point where everything became much more animated within it. In a Weakness moment after confirming that the stronger the flavor of food, the more taste he manage to get while disguised, so Ainz took the decision to test a different form than a unicorn, and test the difference in paladars of diverse species while eating apples of Sweetapple Acres, which were already pretty good as a pony; so after a quick shower in his personal bathroom and reaching for an apple from the desktop in his study wearing only silk pants, he find himself face to face with Albedo that was at the other side of the furniture piece and she was seeing him with eyes of absolute surprise; he turned back again when the supervisor extended her wings to jump an in the next instant and the next thing in his range of vision was the ceiling it was at this moment that the EEA jump to action but being unable to restain a 100 warrior, they beg help to Sebas who was coming in to give his report to his master. As a consequence of attacking her master, Albedo spent three days under house arrest, but at the same time, the maid on duty that day who had been completely ignored spoke with the rest of the maids about the wonderful physique that Ainz had in the form of incubus and theorizing how it would look in others, words that after a short time reached Solution who shared them with Shalltear, which started a fierce competition for the attention of their master inside the tomb. A week after that accident, the trial of the representatives of Minos was held, for which the presence of Zebrica and the Draconic Queen was requested to serve as witnesses, where only the treasurer and the emissary had been found guilty and However, just after the trial was finalized, an assassination attempt on the ruler of democracy by a hidden subordinate of Strong Horn caused a great uproar, the terrorist was quickly captured by Lupusregina, after which the dying man The ruler was rescued from the brink of death by the werewolf upon receiving instruction from his master, after his doctors were unable to neutralize the poison used by the killer fast enough,after which the grateful ruler requested that Minos be accepted as a vassal state, which the Sorcerer King rejected at first instance, telling him not to let himself be carried away by the moment, to think about it and consult with the rest of his citizens, which surprised to Representatives Sebara and Ember, two weeks later, the Minos democracy became a constitutional monarchy and vassal state of the sorcerer kingdom. Only five days later the arachnid trial was carried out, in this trial the witnesses were representatives of the Beringei and Changeling kingdoms, this trial lasted somewhat longer than the rest because almost the entire kingdom was aggressive, after sentencing the guilty To be hanged, a brawl broke out and everything turned into chaos... for exactly 15 seconds after which, the emissaries found themselves outside the underground city along with all the arachnid infants of less than 5 years or less were next to them, and the entire group was surrounded by large black spiders while a servant of the Sorcerer King explained what was happening, the entire city was involved, but their master would not sacrifice innocents, practically every individual who did not have malice had been excluded, the rest would perish inside the cave. An instant later, cries of despair were heard outside the cave, but all were cut off abruptly, after a couple of minutes the Sorcerer King emerged, there was only one announcement, 'the spider kingdom has ceased to exist', all the infants were taken to the different orphanages of the sorcerer kingdom. The following week the Jiraffide kingdom was the next, in this, the guest witness was the princess of love, the kingdom was found innocent in itself, but the chieftains of the wildlands who treated the females like cattle were found guilty and executed together with their remaining men, after rescuing all the females at night, all the territories that were controlled by caciques disappeared swallowed by the earth, the kingdom decided that the rescued females were too many to take them in at once, so it requested the sorcerer kingdom to give them asylum, a treaty was signed in which Jiraffide promised to pay the expenses incurred and with each batch of females that they could take back, another additional amount would be paid with resources and the kingdom would remain neutral to any conflict. Almost two weeks later the final trial was held, that of the griffin, for this, the presence of the Equestria diarchy was again requested as witnesses of the fairness of the trial, to no one's surprise, one of those involved was the ambitious Lord Goldstone, along with the other two nobles who supported him when he attempted to swindle the territory from Equestria, the evidence presented and the witnesses who testified to save their hides from the hands of the master of death, revealed them as the only guilty alive without a doubt, they paid off all the Griffin mercenary groups, even sending part of their own troops into battle. Such disinterest and greed bothered the Sorcerer King enough to the concern of the diarchs, but it was not until the defendants argued in their defense that it was their right as nobles to use commoners as they pleased, when the entire room in which they were being carrying out the trial, in the capital of Grifonia, Griffinstone, felt for the first time physically the 'annoyance' of the Sorcerer King, the only ones who managed to maintain their composure in the face of the pressure emanating from the Overlord, were the diarchy of Equestria, but It was not because they were not affected, but rather that they had already experienced it before to a greater extent more than once, when the pressure ceased and while everyone caught their breath, the Skeleton gave his verdict, imprisonment for life, for all it seemed A fairly light punishment compared to others, at least considering how much Ainz had been upset; but Luna noticed the chill that ran through Tempest who was standing right in front of her when she asked why she felt it, she answered that there was no worse punishment in the world, the princess of the night did not understand it and when she asked the unicorn for clarification, she received an answer for which she regretted having asked. "In my master's realm there are three absolute truths, betrayal is the worst sin that a subordinate or servant can commit, failing Ainz-sama is the worst of disgraces, but, above all, death is the greatest of mercies, the liberation." However, Luna would not be able to grasp the concrete meaning of the words that she had just heard, if not until the diarchy talked about it in the privacy of their carriage on the return trip. For his part, Lord Gestal firmly thanked the Sorcerer King for eliminating the corrupt nobles of the council from the game, he commented that he had tried to catch them several times, but they had been very cautious and had not been able to find evidence even though he knew what they were doing in the shadows, as an apology for what happened and the inconvenience caused by his compatriots, offered Grifonia as a vassal, which Ainz refused to accept to Celestia's surprise, claiming that accepting would make him look like he was abusing a nation in the necessity, so he instead offered him to participate in the same trade treaty that he had offered to other nations, to which Lord Gestal accepted in a way that alicorns believed impossible to witness a griffin do, with a deep bow and a smile on his face. Even though all these changes had greatly affected the international environment, practically only the heads of state knew what had happened or why, while the interior of the great nations remained completely ignorant of the subject or simply dismissed it. Beneath the floor of Mustangia, Professor Cobbler walked between the cubicles with one goal. "Mr. Umahara, do you already have the results… of…?" -the stallion who was the target of his words did everything he could to suppress his laughter- "What's so funny?" "Oh President, I'm sorry, I was reading the Mustang, today's issue is full of satires and jokes about the latest Equestria publications." "I see, putting that aside, do you already have the performance test results?" "That's right professor, everything is above the expected parameters." "Excellent, and you? Are you ready to go?" "I was just catching up on the news to blend in better, apparently a new king has done a business treaty with Equestria." "Anyway, that will not have any importance when we overthrow the Diarchs, we will simply offer him a treaty with better terms, remember that you must leave as soon as possible, unit 03 will be dispatched as soon as the first rays of the sunshine the day after tomorrow." "No problem, I have already bought my train ticket, it leaves in a few hours." In the sorcerer kingdom, the supreme ruler of death was in a hard battle with his worst enemy, reports, even though Albedo was in charge of a good part of the paperwork that was received, he could not afford to give the image of a bad boss or a lazy one, so he was in charge of reading and stamping as many documents as they gave him. While he was immersed in his task, a 'Message' trying to contact him, allowed him to take a little pause. *Pirip pirip pirp, pirip pirip pirip* "Ainz-sama, did I interrupt you?" "No problem Demiurge, has something happened?" "Yes, I call to report that Techquestria has already made contact with Princess Twilight, they sent an automaton while one of their scientists is undercover as a reporter in a hotel near the castle, although their plans have already met with a major setback, an electrical discharge from the storm prepared for the day hit it before reaching its goal causing failures in its memory, at this moment the element of honesty and his brother are taking the automaton to the hospital." "Umu, keep me posted on any other news." "As you order." -end call- Excellent soon we will be able to get hold of the magical technology developed by Cobbler and its scientists completely and legally way. "Albedo, warn Naberal, the professor finally made his move, it's time to start the plan." "Right away Ainz-sama" At the school of friendship, a small figure slipped through the corridors heading for the sublevels. "Jijijijiji, I finally have the last artifact, I don't know why it will be, but the princess and all the teachers have been quite busy, or distracted, thanks to that I achieved my first goal without problems, I must hurry and hide it with the others, then It just remains to wait for my 'friend' to send me the magic formula and then I will be in charge, hehehehehejehahahahaahahHAHAHAHAHA! " The little pegasus laughed very wickedly, unfortunately, her small body and adorable appearance greatly reduced the dramatic effect. In the Ponyville hospital, on one of the operating tables, there was a completely metallic pony. "Wow this is amazing, I had only seen automatons in a museum, but still I had never seen one as complex as this, and you say you found it in one of your fields?" -The farmer put on a nervous face- "To be honest, a' first thought it was somepony crammed in there, but I needed Bigmac's help to get it on the wagon and when Dr. Stable was finally able to open its chest piece was when we called you sugar cube. " The fillies looked at each other and Scootalo spoke first. "That's right, and when we realized that it was something and not somepony..." "We understood why her voice sounded that way when it spoke, so we thought it was your invention." -continued Switee Belle- "Incredible! Is it truly capable of talking?! Then it is even further from what I know!... wait, why did you think it was my invention?" -interrupted the alicorn- The fillies looked at each other again with some discomfort until finally, Applebloom spoke. "Because when we found her… she was repeating your name." They all looked back at the metallic pony on the table. "Spike, can you send a letter please." After nodding briefly, the little dragon took quill and parchment out of his saddlebags and when he was ready, the alicorn began to dictate. "Dear Princess Celestia." In a rather luxurious office, two unicorns and a minotaur were meeting discussing business. "Certainly your offer is quite generous Mister Momon, you know, I ever got to deal with Red Horns, and I am pleased that you have not learned their aggressive ways of doing business, as fact, I am surprised that he has taken someone under his wing." -said the minotaur- "Well yes, at first he was hard on us, but he appreciated our parents very much, and when the incident that took their lives occurred he rushed to welcome us with open arms, I think that while he was educating us he tried to make us the closest thing to our parents and the best way to make sure of it was not only with words but also with an example, over time we understood what he did when we grew old enough, the change had already taken root in him so he did not want to return to his former self after." "Hehehe, well then he doesn't truly change that much, he never took his word back, but hey let's get back to the topic, what is your real intention in buying my company?" "I'm sure you have already realized that my rail operations have become very extensive, or am I wrong?" -the minotaur nodded slightly in confirmation- "because I see the need for good maintenance and repair workshops, and if possible I want to avoid wasting time, obviously your employees would become my employees, as in fact new contracts would have to be signed Since the benefits that my company offers are different from yours, of course, any employee who decides to continue in their position will retain their seniority, I am not going to offer a penny less than what you offer them, after all, I understand that for you they are like your own family." "Indeed, so if I understand correctly when you buy my company, you plan to keep my current employees, offer a better contract than mine, and not make drastic changes in the company, all to avoid wasting time on building your own workshop? I apologize, but I find it hard to believe." "True, maybe it sounds too presumptuous, but that's just the 'official' reason." Hearing it, the minotaur raised an eyebrow and paid more attention to the unicorn. "But the real reason is a completely different one, you see, the old Red Horns had a great regret in his life, and that was to close the door in the face of one of his own, when he was on his deathbed, he told me to make my life and to try not to leave anything behind that I could regret, and he asked me if in my business I met Venderbull to offer him a good deal and his apologies." "Great was our surprise when looking for a quick solution to our current dilemma, we found the one we should and could fulfill 'Red Horns' request." -spoke Nabel for the first time- The raised eyebrow and the cautious expression, which disappeared from the minotaur's face, were replaced by a slight smile. "Well I am quite satisfied with your answers, but I still have some requests, if you accept them I see no objection to go ahead with the transaction-" At that moment, the secretary broke in without knocking on the door. "Lord Venderbull, I'm sorry to interrupt, but a message arrived that you should see immediately, it is from Princess Celestia." The minotaur got up, fixed his elegant clothes, approached the secretary, took the telegram, read it, and turned back to the seated unicorns. "I apologize, it is something urgent that I must attend to, it will only take a couple of minutes and I will be back, Jasmine attends to our guests for a moment." The minotaur left and they asked the secretary for a couple of cups of tea while they waited, when she left to bring the drinks, Narberal could not help turning to see her master with surprise, and what she saw put on an expression of astonishment on her face, her master was smiling.