Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Okay a lot of people were confused by the back half of Chapter 13, so he's a chapter to "explain away" the situation.

Entoma's POV

"Grr…" Master growled under his breath looking over some of his notes.

"Do you need anything?" I asked.

"No, I'm fine, just leave me be for now." It said.

"Okay." I nodded and stopped out.

I went to the lower levels and did some simple tasks but, I can't help but worry a bit.

"It's rare to see you around here Entoma."

"Lord Ainz." I bowed "Yes I came here, Master wished to be alone."

"Did it now." He hummed touching his chin "You seem to be unsure about that."

I looked up "Since the other night Master…Father has been very solitary, not talking and studying notes all night long."

"I see…"

Stitchstix POV

"No, no this is wrong too!" I threw a paper across the room "It can't just be that sword!"

I was looking over the notes I had on Lakyus, even with that sword beating me shouldn't have been so simple, how had she escaped the Mind Box like that? As I was lamenting over my near total defeat at the hands of Blue Rose the door into the lab opened.

"I thought I said I wasn't to be disturbed-Lord Ainz." I stopped myself and bowed "What brings your greatness to my humble neck of the woods?"

"I came to see what your latest experiment is." He said.

I looked up at him "At this current moment I've placed my Black Dust experiment on hold, I'm not sure I can learn much more at this time."

"You were defeated in Demiurge siege correct." He cut to the chase.

No more beating around the bush I see.

"Yes, I apologize for this ones' error." I lowered my head "even though you warned Cocytus about underestimating opponents with the lizard men I foolishly underestimated Blue Rose, I assumed that they would not have access to resurrection magic and that I would be at most only facing three members. I also did not anticipate Evileye having so easily deduced my true form and warning them to guard again psychic and mental attacks."

"I was careless." I growled looking over my notes "I had planned to trap them all in a Mind Box and kill them while they were trapped in their nightmares but they resisted, except for their leader who broke free with the power of her sword."

"I was not built for physical combat, this one was meant to use quicker illusion and mental attacks to incapacitate foes." I growled "And for them to so easily see my weakness to light."

"Hmm." He nodded.

"I am supposed to be the smart Guardian but here I am making the stupidest mistakes." I shook my head "I deserved to lose. The only true benefit was that I was able to learn more about Lakyus sword."

"Poignant analysis, though without seeing the fight myself I can't say for sure how truthful it was." He hummed "Though in the debriefing the members of Blue Rose did comment that they were just as disappointed in themselves, their leader being trapped, being tossed around before the light attack, allowing you to escape, so I suppose in a way both sides feel they lost and won."

"Next time I see them I will crush them, I was too passive, I was trying to hard to study the girl and not win the fight. I can eliminate them at my next opportunity, no I will eliminate them all."

He started leaving "For now though I'd like you to keep researching the sword, eventually it will fall into our hands."

"Yes Lord."

"Oh, one last thing." He turned back and gave me a sharp downward glare, the pressure coming off him enough to make it difficult to hold my head up "Don't let such childlike curiosity and lack of focus happen again, I expect results."

"Y-Yes." I gulped "this failure will weigh heavily on me."

With that he left and I stood there before I could collect myself. I looked at the notes on the table, each one a dossier on Blue Rose members.

"You all made me look like a fool." I growled staring at them "Next time, it won't go the same way, I surge up the fear inside you till you know so much terror and pain you'll forget what it means to ever have felt joy! Resurrect each other, do whatever you want but I swear one by one I will hunt you all down and I will make you suffer!"

Entoma's POV

"It seems to be in better spirits having gotten that off its chest." Lord Ainz said "I trust you can assist him further?"

"Yes Lord." I bowed.

"I will make you suffer!" Master yelled jamming their pictures onto a wall with a knife "Entoma come!"

"Master." I stepped out and bowed.

"We're starting now." Master opened a cabinet and grabbed a beehive like nest and shook it "Go, get out here!"

A swarm of strange hornets buzzed out.

"Nightmare Nettles, go follow the path of the moths and find that girl." it said "I never want her to have peace in sleep ever again!"

The swam buzzed off.

"Just what are you planning Master?" I asked.

"I'll wither them down till they want to wither away." Master mumbled chewing on its fingers "the sword can bring light even at night, which means fighting her head on is useless, but if that's the case I'll just fight indirectly, I'll make her relive that tortuous nightmare again and again, no matter how many times that sword tries to wake her from it ever time she sleeps she'll be confronted with that dream of killing her friends and being cut open, I might not be able to keep her trapped in a permanent Mind Box but I can put her in a new one every night!"

"If you want them eliminated I can take care of it." I said.

"It's best not, I locked off part of her mind but knowing how skilled she is it's only a matter of time till Evileye breaks the lock and regains use of her Vermin Bane spell and if Lakyus is there I will have difficulty saving you this time dear…besides."

Father leaned over backwards and smiled "I want them to suffer there's no fun in you simply devouring them my dear!"

Didn't Lord Ainz tell Father not to be so childlike, yet he wants their deaths to be fun? Perhaps that's something that will never change. But still…

"I will strive to help you however I can." I bowed.

Those uppity bitches harmed my Master, my Father…I don't care what it says, if I see them I'll rip their flesh from their bones!

"Oh right come here Entoma." He reached into a bag "I procured a new lip bug for you."

AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

So, let's just cut to the chase on the whole "Lost to Blue Rose thing" it was meant to be a sort of parallel with Entoma's loss, how she lost just because Evileye had a personal spell to counter. Willowind is incredibly weak to light, just going out in the daylight could kill it. So Lakyus having an unexpected light-based attack would do significant damage. Additionally Stitchstix is not a physical fighter like most of the others, its skills lie in illusion and mind magic, so a straight up four on one fight is again, not a strong suit. Also it was trying to treat the fight partially as an experiment to pluck apart Lakyus mind but when that got thrown out the window the whole plan kinda fell apart so suddenly that all Willow could do was thrash around angrily.

Look…I can't kill off Blue Rose here, but I can't do another Stitch leaves the fight cause the time limit appeared again since I did that for both fights with Evileye and doing it three fights in a row would start to feel lame and lazy.

I just ask you give me a little wiggle room to work, having Stitch get caught off guard and lose here opens up more possibilities for me in the future and reestablishing it as strong isn't difficult. I also liked the idea of a Floor Guardian not just doing the same "Here's a few moves that wipe out all opposition without breaking a sweat" thing and instead getting a little more caught off guard when their plan doesn't work or someone actually withstands an attack.

Till Next Time!