Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!

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"Oh man, sorry about that," laughed a tall elf with clear blonde hair and golden eyes. "You wanted to join us and everything? I know you're strong and popular but come on, its pretty obvious what your intentions are."

"E-Eh? I haven't said anything…" Ching Xie muttered, feeling flustered.

Bernhard, one of the assigned friends for Jonathan, and the brother of Annaliese, one of the elf friends assigned to Emeraldine, was quickly looking down at Ching Xie for being like this.

"Big brother, there's no need to be so rude," said Annaliesse, she was much smaller and cuter than every girl in the class, with long fluffy clear blonde hair and golden eyes, she resembled an angel, her pointy ears, hidden beneath her hair, made her even cuter. "Ching Xie hasn't done anything wrong… Right?"

"I mean, yeah he hasn't," nodded the third of the elf friends of Emeraldine, she looked much taller, slender, and with long blonde hair and blue eyes, she often had a serious expression and was quite disciplined and strict, Maribelle. "However, as Bernhard said, he shouldn't be so direct with his intentions. Also, I doubt someone as refined as our friend, Emeraldine, would ever go out with a monkey."

"I'm not a monkey, I got monkey powers, that's all!" Ching Xie said.

"This is getting awkward already…" said Emeraldine. "Sorry Ching Xie, but we're full, that's all."

"It's fine I guess, sorry for bothering you," Ching Xie said politely, walking away.

"Seriously! What's wrong with that guy? I don't like him one bit!" Maribelle said, crossing her arms angrily.

"Don't be like that, Maribelle, I've always believed we should get along with every student," said Anneliese. "Right brother?"

"Ah, my cute sister, you're just too pure for this world…" Bernhard sighed, hugging Annaliesse and caressing her long, fluffy hair.

"But brother, I truly believe there's good in everyone's hearts," said Annaliesse. "Right, Emeraldine?"

"Yeah!" nodded Emeraldine. "But I already love… someone else. Not saying who though!"

"Ooh! Really?!" asked Maribelle. "Now this is some good gossip!"

"Is it me?" laughed Bernhard.

"Of course not…" Emeraldine sighed.

"A-Ah, hahaha… It was just a joke," Bernhard smiled nervously.

"Brother that was weird!" even his sister reprimanded him.

"Sorry, sorry…"

"Anyways, that's it," said Emeraldine. "Nia! Celes, come with us, there's no need to be shy either. I should introduce them to you first I suppose… This is Bernhard, Annaliesse, and Maribelle. They're all nice people… I think."

"We try to be nice!" Bernhard laughed, he was a guy that liked laughing and being silly.

"Nice to meet you Nia! Wow, you're so pretty!" said Annaliesse. "Your hair is so beautiful! And your skin looks so nice as well, and smooth!"

"Nice to meet you," Maribelle smiled only slightly.

"T-Thanks…" Nia nodded. "Let's do your best together… I am a good frontline fighter, my son- I mean, my little brother here can heal, protect, and attack from afar."

"We know, he's pretty strong! And you too!" said Bernhard. "By the way do you have a boyfriend?"

"Brother stop it!" Annaliesse smacked her brother's stomach with her tiny fists.

"Ouch, I was joking!" laughed Bernhard. "It was a tiny joke…"

"I wish we could have added Ming Lee and Aquamarine," sighed Celes. "They seemed nice."

"Well, they joined Arthur's party, so they'll be fine," Nia smiled.

Maria glanced them from afar, nodding, they had been making great friends with one another, especially Emeraldine's friends, which she seemed more connected with this time.

"Alright, looks like things are packing up together…"

She analyzed all the teams that were made once things were done.

First of all, her team.

It was composed of Sofia, Emily, Alma, Martina, Nyx, and herself.

Then there was Emeraldine, Bernhard, Annaliesse, Mirabelle, Nia, and Celes.

Then Arthur, Katherine, Arachne, Katokawa, Aquamarine, and Ming Lee.

After that was Lucifer with his two "friends", the funny looking punks, Claudio and Ferris, alongside Gabriel, Jonathan, and Partner.

The others were quickly assimilated by other groups anyways, as they were very strong. Artorias wanted to join Jonathan, but Jonathan had already decided to go with Lucifer.

"Once more rejected…" Artorias sighed. "I suppose it won't be easy to regain our friendship."

"What's wrong with that guy? Do you know him, Lucifer?" Claudio wondered, crossing his arms.

"Yeah he's kind of a weirdo don't you think?" asked Ferris. "Should we take care of him?"

"Shut up you two idiots," Lucifer sighed. "There's nothing to take care of, he's Jonathan's friend…"

Lucifer glanced at Jonathan.

"Are you sure this is fine? We can just recruit someone else to our party," said Jonathan. "Just go with him if you feel so bad. I don't mind it."

"Hah…" Jonathan smiled a bit. "Okay, I guess… I should do what the original Jonathan was never able to do."

Jonathan was perhaps too nice of a guy, even with a complete stranger, he held a lot of pity, and wanted to guide this young swordsman through the right path.

"Sorry," Jonathan said, walking away.

"Eh?! The bastard left for that guy?!" Claudio complained.

"No way!" said Ferris. "Well, whatever. We got a new spot, should we recruit a hot girl though? Partner alone isn't really…"

"I'm going to smack your heads," said Partner behind them.

"Hyeeeh! Spare me!"

"I was just joking, holy shit calm down!"

These two idiots were a bit too much for Partner, but Lucifer could somehow control them.

Apparently the original person he was taking over was some sort of intimidating punk who had two goons, these dorks.

"…"

Gabriel was Lucifer's opponent in the arena, and he had been assimilated by the goons into another goon for Lucifer almost automatically after they saw him fighting their boss and getting beaten.

However, he wasn't a big talker, or a talker at all, and was always looking down, fearing his Eyes could end up cursing someone.

"Ah, how about we recruit that loser over there?"

Partner pointed at a kid, Junio Tribiño, the Toy Maker kid that loved making and playing with toys, a dork so dumb and weird nobody was his friend either.

"He's pretty strong with that endless toy factory thing he got going," Partner said. "Hey Junio, come over here or I'm beating your ass!"

"Eek! What?!"

At the end, Junio joined them with the power of intimidation.

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