Esper Harem in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1162: The Supreme Sovereign of BlueRings

The arrogant manager sneered, raising his hand to signal the heavily armed celestial guards hovering behind him. ”This is the BlueRings Cosmic Resort. We do not allow unrefined mortals to loiter on our private shores. Leave now, before I have you physically thrown into the lower dimensions.”

Erika’s eyes instantly lit up with predatory excitement. She reached for the dagger on her hip, completely prepared to turn the celestial elite into a bloody stain on the pristine marble pier.

”Wait,” Rudy murmured, raising a single finger to stall his daughter. He noticed something far more entertaining about to happen.

Towering above the grand entrance of BlueRings was a massive, ornate archway made of glowing platinum. It served as a high-tier magical scanner designed to instantly evaluate the wealth, power, and cosmic status of arriving guests.

Naturally, it completely bypassed Rudy as his god-tier aura was so absolute that the machine couldn’t even perceive him as an entity, let alone read his power.

Instead, the scanner swept over the girls, and a blinding, golden light suddenly erupted from the archway.

A blaring, glorious trumpet fanfare echoed across the entire resort, completely drowning out the ambient sound of the crashing waves. The glowing runes on the archway shifted violently, projecting a massive holographic crown directly over the group.

A highly reverent, booming mechanical voice echoed from the archway.

[ ALERT. SUPREME CLASS-0 VIP SOVEREIGN DETECTED. ALL PROTOCOLS OVERRIDDEN. COMMENCING ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION SEQUENCE. ]

The arrogant manager froze. His sneer evaporated, replaced by a look of sheer, unadulterated terror. He slowly turned his head to follow the golden beam of light radiating from the archway.

It wasn’t pointing at Rudy. It wasn’t pointing at the heavily armed Erika, or the elegantly dressed Elena.

The VIP scanner was locked dead onto Janet.

Janet stood near the back of the group, clutching her little canvas backpack with both hands. The scanner had detected a simple, pretty sapphire hairpin holding her hair back. To Janet, it was just a lovely trinket Rudy had bought her at a local market.

In reality, Rudy had casually forged it out of the core of a compressed, dying star because he thought the blue color matched her eyes perfectly. The scanner read the hairpin’s energy output as the equivalent of owning a dozen galaxies.

The snobby manager let out a high-pitched squeak. He immediately dropped to his knees, slamming his forehead so hard against the white marble pier that it cracked the stone.

The heavily armed celestial guards followed instantly, dropping their weapons and groveling in the dust before the utterly confused mortal woman.

”Forgive me! Forgive this lowly, ignorant speck of dust!” the manager wailed, trembling violently. ”I did not recognize your Supreme Eminence! Please do not vaporize my soul, Sovereign!”

Janet blinked her large, innocent eyes and took a step back, visibly startled. She looked down at the trembling celestial beings.

”Oh my,” Janet gasped, covering her mouth. ”Are they okay? Did they drop something on the ground?”

Erika burst into uncontrollable laughter, leaning against Elena to keep from falling over. Alice covered her smile with her hand, instantly realizing what had happened.

Rudy found the entire situation absolutely hilarious. He smoothed his tie, stepped up beside Janet, and gave her a deeply respectful bow, playing entirely into the charade.

”They have not dropped anything, Lady Janet,” Rudy stated in a formal, subservient tone. ”They simply realized who you are. Your travel agency booked you the ultimate exclusive membership package. They are apologizing for their earlier rudeness.”

”Oh!” Janet said, her face lighting up with genuine understanding. She had always heard high-end resorts had eccentric customer service. ”Well, please, you can all stand up! The marble looks terribly hard on your knees.”

The manager slowly raised his head, tears of absolute relief streaming down his face. ”Your mercy is boundless, Supreme Sovereign! We are entirely unworthy of your presence!”

”Thank you,” Janet smiled warmly, adjusting her canvas backpack. ”My friends and I would love to check in now, if you have any available rooms.”

”Available? Everything is available!” the manager cried out, scrambling to his feet while keeping his head bowed in reverence. ”We will immediately clear out the entire Diamond Penthouse Spire for your entourage! You shall have complimentary access to the zero-gravity thermal springs, the starlight dining pavilion, and our private, reality-bending spa! Everything is on the house, Your Eminence!”

Janet clapped her hands together in delight, turning to the rest of the girls. ”Did you hear that? Free room upgrades! This travel agency is simply the best.”

”Truly incredible,” Elena smiled elegantly, playing along flawlessly.

”Lead the way,” Rudy commanded the manager, acting as Janet’s loyal bodyguard.

The celestial guards quickly scrambled to form an honor guard, rolling out a glowing, starlight carpet that stretched all the way into the massive, obsidian-glass hotel. The manager walked backward the entire way, too terrified to turn his back on Janet, bowing with every step.

Rudy walked comfortably behind his ’Supreme Sovereign,’ wrapping an arm around Alice’s waist as they bypassed the massive check-in line of furious, snobby aristocrats.

The vacation had just started, and they already owned the place without spending a single copper coin.

The Diamond Penthouse Spire was exactly as absurd as Rudy expected. The walls of the massive suite were made of stabilized, crystal-clear ocean water filled with glowing, exotic fish, and the vaulted ceiling projected a live, slow-motion supernova.

The manager, still trembling, personally served Janet a glass of sparkling golden nectar from a levitating silver tray.

”Your Supreme Eminence, if the ambient gravity in your suite is too heavy, I can manually adjust the planetary rotation,” the manager offered frantically. ”Shall I have the chef prepare the extinct pearl-oysters for dinner?”

”Oh, no thank you, the gravity is perfectly fine,” Janet smiled politely, taking the glass with both hands. ”And plain turkey sandwiches would be lovely, if it isn’t too much trouble.”

The manager looked like he was about to weep from her ’profound humility.’

”Your modesty shames us all, Sovereign! Sandwiches of the highest cosmic order, at once!” he bowed deeply, practically scrambling backward out of the room until the heavy golden doors clicked shut.

The moment they were alone, the rest of the group completely relaxed. Erika immediately claimed the largest levitating bed in the room, flopping onto the cloud-silk mattress with a satisfied sigh.

Jessica, Rebecca, Ruby, and Reina ran straight to the zero-gravity balcony, marveling at the breathtaking view of the glowing blue ocean below. Elena and Alice took comfortable seats on the plush, curved couches, instantly settling into vacation mode.

Rudy walked over to the liquid-water wall, watching a glowing, bioluminescent fish swim past his face.

He took a sip of the complimentary nectar and smiled. They had the best suite in the cosmos, absolute luxury at their fingertips, and a private dimensional beach waiting for them.

It was exactly what they needed.

He, however, was here for a personal reason.