There was a meeting. No one in Nazarick knew why, aside from those who were there at the moment of the discovery, but their Lord Ainz personally called each floor guardian to the council room, previously closed down due to the absence of 40 Supreme Beings. Jelister had been placed under guard in a guest bedroom, with 10 of the area guardians placed to put him under house arrest.
Ainz was scared, happy, anxious, and giddy. He hadn't even a clue as to what appear next, as it seemed like a mystery. A new player! Something he had been waiting for, all this time! Ah, he had given up hope many a day ago to find a new friend to properly understand him.
Despite this wonderful event, the members of Ainz Ooal Gown had much due worry, thanks to the newcomer's words. A 'Hacker.' Obviously to the gaming community, these are just cheaters, who install software to give them an unfair advantage. The simplicity of that thought can be very over exaggerated. After all, what cheater is he? A level hacker, A magic hacker, a skill hacker, or worst case scenario, an item hacker? Could he materialize world class items, divine gear, or unlimited resources?
The threat of this human, turned plastic puppet, couldn't be any higher. A situation of such magnitude requires the brilliance of every floor guardian, from Mare and Sebas, to Albedo and Demiurge.
It took mere moments for all floor guardians to arrive about the council table. Ainz instructed them to sit down, so they may begin discussing the relevant problem. Shalltear took her seat first, a confused, yet inquisitive smile on her face. Oddly, she was the only one to sit down right away, so she stood up straight after not even a moment. Thankfully none of the other floor guardians saw, they were all slightly frightened, and curious (much like shalltear is).
Albedo, ever the authoritative figure, was the one to speak out, "Ainz-sama, may I inquire as to the purpose of this room, and why I have never known about it before?"
Ainz hadn't remembered that this was their first time in this room, so he gave a very brief summary of it. Upon his next words, the area guardians eyes' widened to more than saucers. Shalltear almost died again too, from heart failure despite not having a functioning heart.
"My apologies everyone. This room is the grand table of council, where all 41 members have before gathered, and spoken, on previous topics at hand. But currently it has been closed down due to there being no other members for me to conduct with. Now however, I would like YOU all, to sit and discuss an important matter."
Albedo instantly refused a seat, stating "Ainz-sama, we cannot possibly sit and take the place of the Supreme Beings, out of risk of dis-" but she got cut off. Ainz interrupted her. Very bluntly, on top of it. But he couldn't talk in this mood.
"SIT."
Purposefully, he triggered high strength [Aura of Despair], with pitch black eyes. He needed to talk to his kids seriously for once about development toward a plan. His emotional suppressant flickered on. As he was still returning to a more natural state, he noticed each guardian firmly settled in separate chairs. As expected, even with zero prior knowledge, they all managed to sit rather close to their creator's seats.
"Ainz, Ainz-sama! I apologize dearly for being so disrespectful! Pl-"
"No matter. Now, Albedo, having been present, you, Aura, and Cocytus, should know why I've gathered you all. However, I will restate the events as they unfolded, to my memory, for advantage of the absent guardians.
20 minutes ago, resuming from where we left off, at The Monument of Ruin. Right after the announcement of being a hacker;
Ainz immediately withdrew a bit, this wasn't what he expected what so ever. A hacker? How could a hacker come into this world! There should have been a system to instantly ban anyone caught cheating by the system. The fact of this being bypassed, was enough to rattle Ainz in an instant. It was known no one could freely cheat. The Y.A.C. system was just that good. Only serious, or deep pocket people could do it.
Ainz managed to maintain and keep his calm, cool, and collected exterior present, parallel to how he felt. He was going to have to lightly question the Mysterious Being. Ainz must make positive this is a player.
"Hm, a hacker you say? And what does that entail?"
Jelister responded as he felt he should, very upfront. He had to pretend innocence unfortunately. "AH, you know, I'm a, kinda... a cheater, in Yggdrasil?"
After speaking, Jel noticed Ainz visibly recoil. As expected, but next wasn't.
Ainz queried, "Could you follow me? I will prepare you a room in my base, if you please," and then turned toward Albedo, and whispered in her ear. Jelister could JUST hear it. "and prepare all the area guardians, to sanction the newcomer to their room."
"This was the series of events that took place. I need your excellence to make a plan."
Demiurge, tactician of the millennia, was the first to speak this time. "But Ainz-sama, what about the plan you already have in place for this?
Ainz was disappointed to hear this. One, for the fact he didn't have a plan, but two, because he was about to shatter their smiling gazes.
"But Demiurge, this time, I have no plan. None at all. What happened did not fall within my conditions of Player plans. As you certainly remember from what I've just said, this is a Hacker. We do not know the extent or type of cheat this possible foe or hopefully ally possesses. I call on all of you for a case such as this." Ainz hoped his words would strike deep, and the Floor Guardians would provide a good council. Oddly, Aura decided to supply the plan.
"Ah! Permission to speak?"
"Granted," Ainz replied gratefully.
"Thank you. I believe we should ask him in a straight forward manner, what 'cheat' he 'uses'!"
This pissed Shalltear off, for almost no reason. But angry at the suggestion, she rebuked, "That's so dangerous though! I think we should just kill them before anything happens!"
"Shalltear, please, do not interrupt." Shalltear was silenced at the words, so Ainz could continue. "As good of an idea as that is Shalltear, it does not provide any benefit to Nazarick. In fact, it in itself is dangerous and could drain many resources. But Aura, yours has risks as well. Do you have anything to support your recommendation?"
Announced proudly, "Actually Ainz-sama, I do. Being there, I listened to him speak. I noticed the similarity between him and Mare-"
A quiet "hey!.."
"But something felt wrong about his innocence. It sounded forced, like pretend. We need to learn who this is!"
"Aura, that's brilliant! Good work realizing the faults in his facade! Demiurge, you're an expert in behavioral analysis, what's your take on her plan?"
"Mm! Lord Ainz, I believe you noticed already the enemy's shortcomings in speech! Personally, I would benefit greatly from Aura's suggestion. If truly feigning ignorance, outright accusing of such, would show that we can see through it. Realizing that, they would break their act and show us their true personality. I wouldn't be able to analyze a person who always has a fake mask covering their face."
"Aura, your proposal is sounding better and better! I may just have to give you a reward!"
Aura's face had gone flush as soon as Ainz started calling her 'brilliant'. Now, calling her a tomato would a disrespectful to just how red she was. Even her hands were pink!
"T-t-t-thank you Ai-nz-Sama!" She called behind her hands, trying to hide her embarrassment. In the mind, comical sweat drops were flying from her head. Several powerful, envious glares had been trained on aura. But she was too caught up to feel it.
Ainz stood up in expectant triumph and initiated his next lines with a grunting 'HMPH.' "HMM! If there are no objections, Demiurge and I will go to speak to this Cheater, and learn of his intentions! The sooner we can determine their identity, the better!"
Hearing his decision, and the haste of it, left Albedo in a little bit of shock. She didn't have any issues with the idea but she was still shocked. "Uwa! Ainz-sama, please allow me to come and protect you! I cannot let you be hurt!" Ainz realized how over zealous he was as she showed her care toward him. Having noticed a little bit of his own faults, he backtracked a little bit.
"Ah! My apologies Albedo, you're right. Take a minute to prepare, both of you! Then we will be going."
"Ainz-sama, it is my own fault for not being ready at every moment! Please forgive this one's lack of diligence."
"Umu, you are forgiven. Now, once you're ready, let us see what we have in store."
After 3 minutes, they arrived to the room, which (Jelister) is waiting. Supreme Room 23, ZazazaZazazu's room. His least favorite guild member (though Ainz still loved him)'s room. Demiurge is in frog form. The area guardians placed nearby tensed, upon seeing their superiors come toward them. The Earth Lord stepped forward to greet their masters. (He speaks in a booming voice, not elderly and wise
"Greetings, Ainz, Albedo, and Demiurge sama's! We are still guarding the prisoner. May I ask why you are here? Or do you have another use for our services?"
"Umu, you are all doing good work. We are actually all here to question the prisoner. We are going to identify this high priority target ourselves."
Earth lord listened, and had to ask, "Would you like our assistance? We can help provide protection in emergency."
"No. We should be fine, and more presences might intimidate them too much to tell the truth. For now, keep guard. All of you."
Ainz's last words left, and all the lords obediently parted, making passage to the door cleared. They enter.
He was sitting down on the bed, still made but sheets rumpled. He seems to have been making himself comfortable. The head was turned to look at the door. Ainz assumed he heard them enter.
"Uh, hey! So like, are we able to like, talk? Sweet!" His voice was sweetened, with excitement in each syllable.
Yet Ainz listened to his words critically. Earlier, while preparing, in order to save a little face, he told Demiurge that he HAD noticed his odd speech pattern, but wasn't able to conclude something from it. Hearing again, he noticed it. It was extremely forced.
"Yes we have come to talk. But less talk, more question you. If you do not answer truthfully, we will be forced, to resort to... force. Now, tell us, what cheats had you used, and drop the fake innocence act. We can tell you know more than you let on, so reveal who you really are."
At his proclamation, (Jelister)'s hands moved closer to his body, and he adjusted himself with a sitting hop on the bed. He moved his hands back a little and brought the right arm up to his face, and rested his hand on his left shoulder.
"Uwa? You realized already? I would have expected you to take a little longer... but I guess thats to be expected from Demiurge and Albedo's assistance." *sigh*
At the mention of their names, specially Demiurge's name, their smiles vanished and bodies tensed. "I guess I can't face their intelligence!.. as for my cheat though, I don't have one. When I said I'm a hacker, I meant, I'm a hacker.
Anyway, hello, Momonga."
Thanks for reading this chapter! i TRIED to make this one a lot longer, but it ended up being the same length xd
Mabye its 100 words more than previous ones, but its the same, yeah...
Well! I have a new thing I've gotten a plan on writing for, if i ever get to it.
Terraria. Terraria x Overlord fanfic. It would be similar to the kingdom hearts one. No Ainz Ooal Gown, no attack on carne village, and mostly ignorant of Eight Fingers. Yeah, i guess i've thought up a lot of fanfics for overlord... i really like the world! Quite compatible with many things.
