"Oh, Ms. Nabe! Do you need any help?"

An old man burning trash is surprised at seeing Nabe the beauty.
She is relieved to see empty dustbins.

"No. I just wanted to make sure if you burned my trash properly. If you burned them all, then, I don't have any problem."

"Burn them all..."

His face looks weird for an instant.

"...What's?"
"No! It's nothing. I burned them all."

She didn't believe him.

{CHARM}

His eyes start to dull and Naberal proceeds to question him.

"Did you see what I wrote?"
"No. ..."
"Then, what are you hiding? Answer me, bagworm."
"I didn't burn all traaash... A boy took some of them hooome..."
"What!?"

In her mind, a seed of hatred sprouted to kill this bug.

"Why did you let him do that?"
"He is an orphan...The manager told me to shoo them offf...But I can't do that...They have a liiife too..."

Shoo? Just kill it.
Her impression was such.
To her, their life doesn't have any meaning or worth.

(You just take care not to bother us. Then, I won't kill you like Solution and Entoma will. Why can't you do such an easy job?)

She would have killed him if Ainz had not ordered her not to.

"Did the kid take my papers home too?"

She thinks it cannot have happened because it's just paper scraps that have no value.

"Sorry Ms. Naabe i have no idea...but they often take papers hooome if it's not dirty..."
"Why...why did he take it home?"
"No idea..."
"Where does he live? What kind of kid is it?"
"No idea...He has brown hair...4 or 5 year old...I guess he lives somewhere in the slums..."

She is at a loss, what is she suppose to do.
The only thing she can do now is to tell the Supreme being how foolish she is.
Despair fell upon naberal as she walked back to her private room.

The room felt heavy and thick, even though she knows her mind is making it up.

{MESSAGE}

Naberal called Ainz-sama while kneeling on her knees, she told him the story from the beginning.

"First, you must not go to the slums."

Ainz said.

"We may have other problems. And it's a good chance for our enemies to strike."
"Yes, Ainz-sama. Thank you for your guidance."
"Have shadow demons go to find the orphan. You should use scrolls of "CLAIRVOYANCE"."

Naberal doesn't have any searching magic.
And they can't use "Locate Object" this time because papers don't have a specific shape.
She falls deeper into despair as she will have to use the limited resources of Nazarick to fix her own mistake.

"I want to make sure. The papers has your name, correct?"
"Yes."
"That's not good. I don't want anyone to know our secret. And there is another problem."
"Another problem?"

She got confused.

"My deepest apologies, Ainz-sama. But I do not understand."
"You wrote Yggdrasil's words too, didn't you? If a Yggdrasil player see them and your name, he or she will notice where we came from."
"Oh my...Ainz-sama, please punish this fool! Even a thousand deaths wouldn't be enough to right my wrongs."

She lowed her head just like a criminal about to be beheaded.

"I know there were some misfortunes but it's definitely your fault."

His voice was soft but she could feel a cold death was coming.
She didn't have any fear to death itself.
In Nazarick, death is to give back their life to the Supreme Beings.
But what if Ainz-sama says he doesn't need her anymore?
As she thought about it more and more, her body shivers.

"We are going to talk about your punishment after this. For now, complete your task at hand."
"Yes, Ainz-sama!"

As the magic connection disappears.
Ainz worries if he should really be the absolute ruler of Nazarick.

"Sorry...Naberal..."

He knows she made a mistake but he can guess how hard to learn a new language.
And he can't stop feeling guilty because he doesn't study the language of the Kingdom at all.

"I do not have enough time...really..."

There is an excuse, he has no time because he spends most time as the ruler of Nazarick and as the adventurer Momon.

Learning a language is not at the top of his priorities,
Especially because he has a magical item he can use for translations.
Which reduces most of his need to actually study.

But, it is something he can not ignore either.
Nobody would think the famous adventurers Momon and Nabe are unable to read or write.
Honer and glory are very fragile and that is why he ordered Nabe to learn the language of the kingdom.

"Should I use the magic "Wish upon a star" to learn a new language?"

Ainz thinks about the magic that makes most wishes come true.
It will consume a large amount of EXP but he feels it will be worth it.

"Or should I use it to improve my whole brain? I don't know if it exists or not, though."

Ainz imagines he becomes an ideal ruler.
A smart, elegant, great, cool...A true ruler who matches the thoughts of the NPCs.

"Wait."

He suddenly buried his head in his hands, he wonders if he will still be himself.

"That's not me anymore..."

Ainz had a feeling like the magic replaced his brain with new one, and rejected this idea.

(I will save this as the last resort...only when the NPCs realize I'm not suitable for the ruler...)

He hopes the day will never come.