Before we start, two shameless plug ins, one for me and one for another guy/girl… I don't like to assume gender:
First a person username Veriseple has accepted my challenge to an extent only instead of it being on Shalltear its on Mare, I don't mind and I enjoyed it, so I recommend you read it if you want to, challenge is still up though and its on the fifth chapter of this story, but if you want to do what Veriseple did and make it about another NPC I'm ok with it.
And now for me, I've released a new fic that I've wanted to write for a while now called Kitsune Potter, if you like this then I think you'll like that, it's kind of similar in a lot of ways, it a pure Potter fic though not a crossover (though I was thinking of making it a Japanese mythology crossover… yeah not kidding those are things) please check it out I worked hard on it and it took a while to make up my mind on doing it.
Oh also I'm going away soon (or I've went away and published chapter once I got back) but hopefully this isn't a rush job, as of such this is probably going to be a shorter chapter, I'm sorry but I don't have much time to write this and I'm hoping to see these movies which haven't come out where I live yet, because I live in the middle of nowhere.
Aquaman - I actually like the DCEU and am looking forwards to this movie.
Mortal Engines - I am PUMPED I really want to see this it looks awesome and the fact that Peter Jacksons involved defiantly helps.
Fantastic Beasts Crimes of Grindlewald - yeah haven't seen it yet, kind of the reason for Nagini only having Fluder's personality thus far, sorry, also for anyone questioning if she is an old lady well in Crimes of Grindlewald and I do know this, they have YOUNG DUMBLEDORE who looks to be close to Nagini's age, so yes she is that old, anyways looking forwards to it.
Chapter 10
Ainz looked over all of his Guardians, Albedo had joined them again, he had sent Lupusregina to retrieve her, he had decided to also gather the Pleiades as well as the other members of Nazarick, might as well he gazed over everyone his eyes falling on Albedo, he could see Albedo was greatly distressed, obviously over her mission and how it conflicted with there current plans.
But he didn't blame Albedo, because it was honestly his fault, he hadn't thought up the idea of a kingdom or anything until Demiurge started to speak of the idea to use the dark wizards, so he just took it and ran with it and had come up with the idea.
He felt it was a good show of leadership on his part and sort of showed his abilities as an overlord, but it clashed with past plans and she couldn't tell the future so obviously she wouldn't know, but Albedo was obviously convinced that this was his plan from the start and she had ruined it.
Ainz cleared his throat to let them all know he was about to speak, they all gave him there complete attention, he looked over all of them before beginning to speak ''thank you all for coming to this meeting, I felt it necessary since we are going to go through all kinds of changes''
''Your thanks is truely wasted upon us, we live to serve you Lord Ainz'' said Albedo.
''To which I am pleased, I truely thank all of you for this, your loyalty continues to amaze me and it truely saddens me that I cannot repay this Loyalty'' said Ainz.
''To serve you is enough of a reward'' stated Demiurge.
''I know, thank you, now enough on that let us get to this meeting, first thing is first, there's someone here I am sure you all do not recognise, I would like this individual to introduce himself'' stated Ainz.
A little creature that looked like a fetus hovered up, it looked like it had two large eyes and stick like angel wings with a halo above its head, it positioned itself to look like it was bowing ''greetings, it is a pleasure to finally meet all of you, my name is Victim and I am the Guardian of the 8th floor'' it said.
''Make sure that you all treat Victim kindly and with respect, he's a Guardian and thus deserves that respect, especially from the numbers sacrifices he has to make with his special ability'' said Ainz.
''Please do not think anything of it Lord Ainz, that ability is my purpose, I die for your glory Milord, please use me as such'' said Victim.
''There is a motto our members often lived by, I am reminded of it now, greater love hath no man than this, should he lay down his life for this, I believe that describes you perfectly Victim'' stated Ainz ''thank you for this love and devotion Victim''
''Your words are too kind Milord!'' cried Victim.
''Thank you Victim'' said Ainz, before looking over ''it appears one of us is missing, where is Pandora's Actor?'' 'As much as I hate to admit it, he is one of the more intelligent and versatile members of Nazarick, so might as well use him, but I really don't want to'
''I informed him of this meeting Milord, but he told me to tell you he is unable to attend'' stated Demiurge, all the Guardians, Pleiades and other members of Nazarick adopted angry looks at this remark, Demiurge continued though ''currently he is working diligently on two of the problems we have, namely with Nagini''
''Ah, I see, so he's working on the Horcrux and Maladictus?'' Ainz asked ''Nagini used all the magic* she had remaining to fight back the curse and transform back into a human, she did everything she could, as she has promised to serve us and therefore I think we should fix these two issues''
''Your benevolence truely knows no limits Miord, it constantly amazes me and I think all in the tomb'' said Demiurge.
''Thank you, though I find I must apologise to Neuronist Painkill, I promised her she could do whatever she wanted to Voldemort, though I had to ask her to hold off, since I don't want Nagini to be harmed'' stated Ainz.
''Do not worry, Milord, she understands, though is disappointed that she has to hold off for a little while'' said Demiurge.
''Understandable, anyways Pandora's Actor has found a solution?'' Ainz inquired.
''Yes, he informed me that he thinks he has a way to fix both problems'' stated Demiurge ''he told me to inform you that two of the Supreme Beings devices can be used to fix the problem, but the problem is they were never fully finished and as of such there are only prototypes, he's working on complete models of the devices, he's informed me he can do it and he will report to you when he's finished, however he is concerned that he will be using up valuable materials and resources to finish these''
'Ok Tabula's device and finishing it for any kind of use is no problem… Peroronchino on the other hand does raise some concern… oh well, that's a problem for the future, I'll burn that bridge when I get there' Ainz thought to himself 'but it does bring me to a topic that I really should have focused on first'
''We'll have to have the meeting without him then, but I'll have to ask one of you to catch him up on what we discussed'' stated Ainz.
''I will do so after we finish Milord'' said Demiurge.
''But speaking of him and what he's doing and his concerns, that does bring me to one of the subjects of this meeting, Resources, thinking back on it, I should have brought this up a while ago'' said Ainz ''Demiurge, I hate to ask this much of you, but I need you to source materials for scrolls and other such items, like potions''
''I understand completely Milord, I will begin work immediately'' said Demiurge.
''Excellent, but until we are in a comfortable position to use resources I am unfortunately going to have to put a strict limitations, on Scrolls and potions'' stated Ainz.
''Understood Milord'' said Demiurge ''I recommend having Albedo work on that, my deepest, deepest apologies Milord, I would work on that too, but currently with having to work on all resources I find that might be too busy to work on that too''
''Speaking of, you have been unnaturally quiet in this meeting Albedo, is everything alright, please speak your mind'' Ainz ordered.
Albedo soon fell into kneeling position ''I apologise for my complete failure milord, you sent me among the humans milord and I brought down Nazaricks reputation and made you to look like some kind of monster, my humblest apologies Milord, I know I don't deserve it but I beg for forgiveness!'' Albedo cried before clamping her eyes tightly shut.
Ainz silently stood up from his throne, everyone in the room tensed up as he did so, he then turned to Albedo and then collapsed to his knees in front of her, hugging her lightly, taking her by surprise ''no, it should be I who apologises to you Albedo, you've done nothing wrong, the fault is mine, I sent you to retrieve information and that was all, you had no way of knowing my plans in any way, I know with certainty that Tabula didn't give you any powers to see the future, the fault is mine'' he said as he wiped a tear from her eyes.
Many in the throne room were also struggling to control there emotions as they watched the scene, marvelling at there lords kindness and mercy.
''T-thank you for your kind words Milord, but I must insist that I be punished'' said Albedo.
''Albedo, I refuse, I just told you why the fault was mine and mine alone, I do not intend to punish someone for a fault that was made on my part'' said Ainz.
''Milord, I must disagree'' said Demiurge, surprising Ainz ''I would humbly suggest you punish her''
Ainz looked to Demiurge then to Albedo, he knew he wouldn't get out of this one and thus he heavily sat down on his throne with a sigh ''very well, I will punish you Albedo, but I will do so at a later date'' he said.
''Thank you Milord'' Albedo bowed.
''But… for putting up with the humans for so long, I would also like to give you a small reward, is there anything I can do for you, a favour or an item?'' Ainz asked ''don't fight against this one Albedo, I decided once I called you back that you had obviously went though much trial for me in order to work with the humans, thus I will be doing this no matter what you say, so please accept my kindness for a small reward''
Albedo looked hesitant, she then looked down for a bit, guilt plagued her face, she bit her lip and then looked up to Ainz ''if its not too much Milord, I'd like to ask to see my sisters'' she said.
''Very well, Victim contact Aureola Omega, tell her to bring Rubedo here'' ordered Ainz ''and one of you get Nigredo please''
''Yes Milord'' said Victim, sending a message to Aureola Omega.
''Yes. Milord'' boomed Cocytus, walking out of the room to get the more crazed sister.
''While we wait, that brings me to the next subject, I don't want to put you through this anymore Albedo, we have received your reports and while I think they are amazingly detailed and impressive I wish to pull you from that mission'' stated Ainz ''I do not wish to make you suffer by being around humans anymore, I also noted how Nazarick hasn't worked as efficiently as usual and despite Demiurge doing his best and he has done a wonderful job, nobody can beat you in administrative abilities''
''Thank you Milord'' said Albedo, trying her absolute best not to cry.
''But, the problem here is that we've already began the Adele Potter spiral, but I'm sure we can do something let's use a doppelgänger to start with, if that doesn't work then we'll start something else, if that doesn't work, we'll use more memory magic'' said Ainz.
''Hmm, milord, excuse me for a moment'' said Demiurge, before putting two fingers to his ears, he mumbled twice, before taking his fingers away ''milord, it was Pandora's Actor he has finished his work and he will bring you the items''
''Excellent'' Ainz sighed, he was just praying that Pandora's Actor wouldn't make too much of a scene, he'd be mortified, he wasn't sure how well his emotions were suppressed, but he was hoping they'd be strongly suppressed for him to deal with this.
Ainz was taken out of his thoughts though as the door opened, everyone turned to see Cocytus having returned with someone, Albedo smiled as she recognised this someone, though it was someone she could rarely see and whenever she did see them, she considered it to be a reward.
This person Cocytus had returned with was a woman, she looked a lot like Albedo, she wore a long black dress, but unlike Albedo's dress this dress was rather ragged and ratty, her hair was black, but unlike Albedo's that was well kept and maintained, this ones hair was all over the place in a rather scruffy look, her skin was incredibly pale almost translucent, that's how pale it was, she was looking down and as she raised her head they could see why, he face had no skin or lips only muscle and teeth, this was Nigredo.
She quickly went over to Albedo and wrapped her in a tight hug which Albedo was all too happy to return, Ainz then began to speak up drawing Nigredo's attention ''welcome Nigredo, I hope I didn't disturb you too much''
''Not at all, I am always happy to see you and my sister'' said Nigrdo.
''Which brings me to a topic I wish to discuss with you Nigrdo, I would like to begin to use your skills more, I think you're a useful and valuable member of Nazarick and I think your skills are going to waste being held up in your room, so if its alright with you, I'd like to try and use you more, but I will only do so if you are alright with that'' said Ainz.
''If it means seeing my sister more, I fully accept Milord, I would accept regardless, but seeing my sister more makes this truely amazing'' said Nigredo.
''Excellent, also your not the only one coming, your youngest sister is too, I would like to request you don't do anything harmful Nigredo'' ordered Ainz.
''Very well Milord, but if she makes any moves that looks like betrayal to me, I will kill her'' said Nigredo.
''I suppose that is all I can ask for'' said Ainz.
They were about to continue the meeting, but then the door opened again, once more everyone looked to see who it was, it was two more people many of them didn't know, but Ainz, the Guardians and the Pleiades knew who they were.
The first individual was recognisable to the Pleiades, all the Pleiades sisters looked absolutely delighted to see this individual, Yuri smiled brightly, Lupusreigna, Entoma and Solution looked like they could barely contain themselves, CZ actually had taken on a new expression and even Narberal who normally looked passive grinned widely at seeing them.
This person was a woman and she looked like the most perfect shrine maiden you could ever see, take the best shrine maiden you had ever seen, this one made that shrine maiden look like the worst you had seen, she looked to be as old as Yuri, her silky smooth blond hair had been tied into a tight bun, her clear green eyes gazed warmly over the area, her shrine maiden outfit was unique, it was white on the top and pink at the bottom, with hints of pink on the sleeves, it had pictures of skull trees and pedals**
Next to the shrine maiden was a little girl, she looked to be at least 7, she was a little bit shorter than Aura and Mare and absolutely adorable, she had long black hair like Albedo and Nigredo, like Albedo this was quite neat and organised, however it wasn't as long as Albedo's hair and the tips of her hair was red, she was wearing a red dress that had a similar fashion to Albedo and Nigredo's dress, this one however was wasn't as tight and revealing as Albedo's and not as ragged as Nigredo's, it was more loose and more of what you'd expect for a girl her age, this was Rubedo.
Rubedo quickly ran to hug Albedo's legs, while sticking her tong out at Nigredo, who growled at her, Albedo giggled at her family's actions, this was normal for them, she was about to pick Rubedo up.
But then suddenly something happened, Nigredo's eyes became pitch black, Albedo's pure white and Rubedo's eyes were fully blood red, this confused and concerned everyone in the throne room especially Ainz, who called to them cautiously ''Albedo? Nigredo? Rubedo? Are you alright?'' But he received no reponse.
''They appear to be in some kind of trans Milord'' said Demiurge ''I heavily recommend just in words… waiting it out''
''Yes, I agree, I believe that is the best move Demiurge'' said Ainz.
''M-milord, what is happening?'' Mare asked.
''I don't know Mare, I honestly don't know, Tabula might know, he created them and he enjoyed giving Nazarick and anything he created gimmicks, he didn't tell us about all of them and this is obviously one of them'' said Ainz.
Then all of a sudden, there eyes snapped back into focus and stopped glowing ''I remember'' they said in perfect unison.
''You can remember what?'' Ainz asked perplexed.
The three sisters only said one thing ''Citrinitas''
*yes person who sent that review I knew the difference between an Animagus and a Maladictus, I know this probably doesn't work, but eh, all I got.
**I tried my best with Aureola alright, I googled shrine maidens and looked up her image or lack there of on the wiki, actually that is kind of a lie, because we do have an image for her, it's just very obscure, also sorry but I don't know the name of the outfit they wear, so… yeah.
That's right, there are in fact four NPC's created by Tabula Smargdina, Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas and Rubedo, (this is an OC not in fact cannon) I hope you enjoy this, I'm looking forwards to writing this.
