Mishaps of an Overlord, Lesson 1-- Ripping Off of Other Works, Especially Mangas, is Pretty Bad

Disclaimer: Jen is not responsible for the insanity of the Overlord, as the Overlord is merely a persona of Jen, exclusively for YWS use.

Lin gawked at the black-eyed girl in front of her, almost dropping her favorite pen in her utter shock. There’s no way that worked! What is this, Ao no Exorcist?

The black-eyed girl’s mouth opened and closed in some strangely familiar rhythm. “Good afternoon!” A hollow and sickly sweet voice drifted from her pulsing throat. Her head tilted cutely, a few strands of straight black bangs fell over her pitch-black eyes. “Hast thou summoned watashi?” A lifetime of manners forced Lin to stop staring, smile, and answer the ridiculous creature she somehow managed to conjure. “Er…. yes…. Yes I did.” What was with that absurd mix of old English and Japanese…?

“What biddings hast thou for me to do?” Again, the strangely familiar pattern of the Overlord of Tilde’s mouth triggered some strange feeling in the back of Lin’s mind.

“Um… Er… sorry… I… uh… didn’t think that would actually…” Lin quickly rotated her swivel chair back towards her paper-littered desk. She glanced back at the Overlord nervously. “I didn’t think I would actually be able to… summon… you.”

“Most people don’t.” The other girl looked around, spotted a tray of cookies on Lin’s messy desk, and stalked over. She continued after purloining a particularly eye-catching one. “Recently, I’ve been summoned more than usual. However, it doesn’t seem that any one of them carried the process through on purpose. Youngsters are strange, yes?”

Lin gave up her facade of politeness and simply stared at the Overlord as she scrutinized the cookie. Well of course! It's way too easy! I literally drew one single tilde enclosed in a circle and you came??!!!!!

After finding the treat to be of satisfactory quality, the black-eyed girl perched on a nearby chair and began nibbling on it. “If you have no use for me, I will leave, yes?” Failing to find meaning in the strangely au courant voice, Lin simply shook her head. “No, wait, actually… Can you help me with my math homework?” The Overlord immediately polished off the cookie, produced a napkin from a pant pocket, and elegantly cleaned herself off before leaping energetically off of the chair. “At your service~~~!”

HOW DO YOU SPEAK IN TILDES????!!!! Lin took her mental outburst and threw it into the black hole at the back of her mind.

The next ten minutes consisted of Lin looking onwards in amazement from the side as the Overlord cheerfully pulled a freaking stereo from her left pant pocket, listened to upbeat anime theme songs, did Lin’s math homework, cleaned up her desk and her room, organized her school binders, and watched half an episode of Assassination Classroom, all while occasionally sneaking away more of Lin’s cookies. “That tray of cookies was my birthday present, you know.” Lin remarked, raising an eyebrow. “It is good to share good things with everyone, yes?” The Overlord finished her work by making up Lin’s bed as well. “That should do it.”

“How do you work so fast?” Lin inquired, wide-eyed and genuinely interested. “I’m simply one heck of a butler, yes?”

THIS IS THE WRONG UNIVERSE FOR THAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!! Lin mentally screamed again, and once again, took that and chucked it into the black hole. “Er… I see…” A sudden thought crossed her flustered mind. “Um… would you mind teaching me how to… do that?” The Overlord’s whiteless eyes widened, slightly frightening the girl. Then, she vanished in an instant. Lin gaped at the spot where she once stood, then ran into the corridor of her house, looking around wildly for her. “Um… Over--Overlord of Tildes?” She called out softly, wincing at the ridiculous title and the fact that she just uttered it out loud. “Just call me Jen!” A sudden rush of air on the nape of Lin’s neck brought her spiraling around, only to stagger backwards as she found herself only inches away from the void-like eyes. “Woah--what? Where did you--”

Jen held up a bundle of blankets and a turned slightly to reveal a gorged and overstuffed backpack. “I teleported home to collect some things. You would like to learn how to be an Overlord, yes? I will teach you, but I would need to stay at your house, yes?” The girl finished her nonsensical speech and wheeled around to head back into Lin’s pink-walled room. Lin stared at her back for awhile, speechless from an unexplainable sense of longing, then turned to glance down the lifelessly gray corridor of her empty house. A moment’s pause brought her determination, and she ran back into her room.

She returned to the sight of Jen cleaning off a completely empty tray. “Wait-- You ate all my cookies???!!!!!” Lin immediately bit her tongue. She didn’t mean to raise her voice. Jen simply shook her head in a grave fashion. “I have no choice. Once summoned, I can only support my existence through the continuous eating of sweets, or else I suffer from withdrawal symptoms, yes?”

Isn’t that trait from a whole different manga altogether??!!! Lin decided to ignore Jen’s tendencies to rip off of other mangas and sat on her bed.

Jen placed the sparkling tray down carefully. “Now, you would want to explain why you would like to learn from me, yes? Or else the readers will be confused and stop reading, yes?” What are you, Kagura-chan??!!!! Lin slapped her forehead, completely forgetting her promise to ignore Jen’s idiosyncrasy.

“I just want to take care of myself better, that’s all.” Lin twiddled her thumbs, averting her gaze. “Besides, it’s not that bad. I can finally talk to someone…”

“...There’s no need to think of me as a living being.” Jen remarked as she searched through Lin’s desk drawers for sweets. “The human tendency to seek company for a reason other than their own survival is quite unique, yes? As for me, I’m only here to help, yes?”

Lin smiled and shook her head, only barely reminding herself not to say anything. She collected Jen’s gargantuan bundle of blankets and pillows. “All the other rooms are taken, so you’ll have to sleep in the attic, sorry.” Jen sensed a pause in Lin’s motion and turned around expectantly. Lin dug a piece of Starburst from her jacket’s right pocket and held it out. “Thank you for staying, anyways.” The other girl took it graciously. 

A/N: POSSIBLE MORE TO COME???!!! Sorry, this was meant to be uploaded on Sightless Saturday (clarification on my wall). It will be updated weekly on Sightless Saturday as well. Hope to see you there~~~~~~~~~~~