AN and a Disclaimer :
Thank you for your reviews. This is an AU and contains a female OC.
Once again, I do not own Overlord. It belongs to Kugane Maruyama-sama.
Here is chapter 5.
This is my solo attempt too. My beta reader - Decrement - is busy IRL.
I just can't hold myself to not release this chapter even though I know that it will be unreadable.
Do forgive me. And please tell me if it becomes too unreadable.
Dialog Tags:
「Spells/ Skills/ Martial Arts / Abilities」
thoughts
[message]
SFX
To RyuujiVantek: Thank you very much.
To g77471164: Sorry about my misunderstanding. I am not good at English.
To rmarcano321: Yup. 'They' are strong because Rubedo has to be defeated by 'them' if she ever will betray Ainz Ooal Gown.
To abiwolf360: Thank you. Milleadh is a little complicated, yet a simple character.
To Yoharu: I thought that Milleadh would be less favorable than other OCs out there. Because her mind can change quickly, but quite simple as a character.
To Shellkira: I don't know about the others but maybe they did for the same reason. Love and happiness can become hatred and sadness, right?
Chapter 5: One Small Step of Nazarick, One Giant Leap for The World
Momonga looked into Milleadh with interest and confusion at the same time.
He already guessed about how Milleadh will be affected by her dragon racial traits just like how his undead traits were affecting him. But he never thought that she would be affected that fast. Moreover, to that extent.
Momonga then tried to recall any traits he knew about the dragon.
The dragon was prideful, arrogant, treasure-lover, and never cared about anything which was not important to them, irrelevant to them, and not of their interest.
To be honest, those traits are quite troublesome. If she becomes too arrogant, I fear she will underestimating all the enemies we encounter. That can bring a disaster if there are any super-strong beings or Yggdrasil players in this world. Hm? That's right! She has that skill!
What Momonga implied was a passive skill that Milleadh had due to her True Dragon race. That skill was 'Wise Mind'.
In Yggdrasil, the skill 'Wise Mind' was a passive skill which could be turn on and off. It had an effect of calculating probability calculated by AI-Assistant from the device used by many people in Momonga and Milleadh's real-world to 'dive' into the virtual world. In the game, the probability calculation was used by Milleadh to determine the chance of victory against monsters or other players.
But in this world, there was a possibility that 'Wise Mind' has changed like Momonga's passive skill that always calmed himself whenever his feeling went wild. Momonga bet on that possibility and spoke to Milleadh.
"Milleadh, I hope you use your 'Wise Mind' and think about what I'm saying. If we want to rule the world, we need to become a leader. And the leader needs subjects who obey them. Maybe it's true that right now they are irrelevant to us. But once we rule them, then they become our possession. And maybe, they will be useful to us and become a part of our treasure. Are you really fine to let go of some potential parts to add to our treasure that maybe can become loyal and will never leave their owner?"
Milleadh had been quiet for a while before her ruby eyes went wide after listening to Momonga's words. Momonga thought that Milleadh has used her 'Wise Mind' to calculate the probability of Momonga's words.
Suddenly, Momonga felt chill in his non-existent heart.
How come he thought those words so fast?
He knew that before they arrived in this world, Momonga – Suzuki Satoru – was not a quick-thinker. But earlier, he capable of thought words to persuaded Millieadh quickly.
While Momonga still confused by himself, Milleadh rose from her seat and looked at him with sharpening eyes.
"I see. There is a possibility of them to become part of our treasure. Especially if we come and save them from their potential demise. But, will they become useful to us?"
Momonga snapped back into reality and answered,
"I don't know. But surely we will have plenty of time to measure their value after we save them."
Milleadh sighed heavily. Momonga didn't know why she was sighing but he thought that she gave up on debating with him.
"I will join you, then. But if they are useless to us, we will dump them immediately. There is no merit in keeping things that hold no value to their owner."
That's good! Now I can test my power against the native of this world! Let's forget about that change of mine for now.
Momonga felt happy with her decision and patted Milleadh's head which brought a huge smile on her beautiful face.
"That's my Milleadh! Now, I will step in first and use a mere fifth-tier spell on one of those knights. Our strategy is to hide our full power at the first encounter. If I determine that they are too much to handle, I will retreat immediately. But if we are sure that we can fight them, then you can attack the other knight. Sebas! Tell Albedo to join us fully-equipped and have Junko use 'Perfect Unknowable' to lead the Eight Edge Assassins as a backup! Also, have Albedo contact Nigredo to watch over the surrounding area of that village!"
"Understood, Momonga-sama. Please be careful, My Lord, My Lady."
Momonga just nodded and shifted his eyes to 'Mirror of Remote Viewing' to found one of those two knights already injured the older girl who was protecting the younger girl.
"Mill, I want you to pretend to be a kind person after we save them. If we mistreat them, then the probability of they become part of our treasure will be lowered."
"Understood, Momonga," answered Milleadh as she took out her 'Root of Yggdrasil' from her dimensional pocket.
Before he went to the field, Momonga entrusted his 'Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown' to Sebas.
The reason Momonga left the ring was because of its power.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick was warded to blocked any teleportation magic into and within itself and was overseen by Aureole Omega as she had an item for divination.
As for why Shalltear and Junko could use 'Gate' within Nazarick was because Aureole Omega allowed it. She always overseeing every teleportation attempt within Nazarick and could distinguish between friend and foe without even faced them closely. So if anyone outside Nazarick residents attempted to use any kind of teleportation, then Aureole would mess up with their teleportation. It could be done because Aureole had the ability of spatial magic despite she also specialized in commander-type class and other abilities as well. Momonga thought that Aureole Omega was more of a wild card who could adapt to many different circumstances just like Pandora's Actor because of her varied abilities.
But the 'Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown' was designed to could not be affected by Aureole's ability as the ring had an ability to allowed the wearer to travel instantaneously anywhere to and within The Great Tomb of Nazarick, except a few specific areas. Not only that, but the ring's ability was the only way to gain access to the Treasury too.
At the same time, if the ring got stolen by the enemy, then it would bring disaster to The Great Tomb of Nazarick as the enemy would be able to move freely to and within Nazarick without being worried by Aureole's ability.
Momonga cast a spell after Sebas received the ring and started to carry his order.
"「Gate」."
A hole of blackness appeared in front of him. He then walked through the hole and put his first step into the new world.
Milleadh who was still in Momonga's room watched her future husband killed one of the knights using a fifth-tier magic called 'Dragon Lightning.
How weak! To die by a mere fifth-tier magic!
It seems Momonga also thought the same thing as her. Milleadh sighed heavily and put her 'Root of Yggdrasil' on her left waist while listening to Sebas who was now contacting Albedo and Junko.
If our enemies are that weak, then I need no sword to fight them even though I also not sure that they can hold off against my mere fist, that was what Milleadh thought.
Even though her basic stats were high, her main strength lies in her 'Sword Skills'. It was because she possessed three of sword-specialized classes. But, that didn't mean that she would become weak if she didn't have her swords.
Aside from sword-specialized classes, she also possessed 'Single Blow-class'. It was a job class that specialized in using fists in combat. And that job class had helped her a lot when she was still a beginner and didn't have a True Dragon race on her racial level.
It was true that her intention was always to became a sword-type warrior. But when she learned that dragon races in their full dragon form had a penalty that made them could not equipped any weapons and all equipment except for World-class Item, she decided to take Single Blow-class to help her until she had the half-dragon form in Ancient Dragon race's ability.
That was why – when she was still a beginner – her build was considered as a failure as she could not use the skills and powers of Swordsman-class because she could not equipped herself with swords even though she kept leveling that class.
Though she didn't put many points in Single Blow's skills to save the points for the 'Sword Skills', she still could keep up with other members due to teamwork and her high stats. And when she became a True Dragon, only then she could unleash her true potential.
Not only that, her mix of Swordsman-class and Single Blow-class actually was one of many requirements for her to gained Madmind-type class which in her case was 'Madmind Warrior' when she was a level 80 player. After she raised her Madmind Warrior-class to ten levels, then she started to meet every requirement to gained Berserker-class when she was a level 95 True Dragon.
After she entrusted her 'Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown' to Sebas as Momonga did, she wasted no time and leaped through the 'Gate'.
Her view changed to a place that was surrounded by trees and found Momonga in front of her. She shifted her gaze towards a knight who was still alive but shook in fear, probably because of Momonga.
Milleadh walked to the frightened knight with a warm smile on her face and she found the knight stopped shaking, just looking to Milleadh who was already in front of him by close distance.
She touched the knight's left shoulder using her right hand and asked,
"Do you fond of my beauty?"
The knight couldn't do anything but nod his head to respond to Milleadh's question. Sensing him being honest, Milleadh's mood rose significantly. But then she sensed Momonga looked at her with jealousy in his non-existent heart.
She realized her mistake. If Momonga became angry because of how she acted to another man, she surely would cry for at least two weeks. She didn't want it to happen. The last thing she wanted was to make Momonga angry and disappointed in her.
Milleadh then punched the knight's chest without using any skills and that was enough to kill him instantly while having his plate shattered in pieces. After that, she quickly walked to Momonga and hugged him tightly.
"I am sorry for what happened earlier. Please don't be angry."
She heard Momonga sighed and responded.
"You are forgiven. But promise to me to not doing that anymore unless it's necessary. Like to deceive our opponents."
"I promise."
Milleadh hung her head while looking at Momonga. Then, she placed her lip into Momonga's skull while having a lovely gaze.
"Now, now, my dear. There are children here."
Milleadh gazed at the two human girls who were watching them with their mouth opened. She quickly released Momonga while blushing cutely, making Momonga just laughed at her reaction.
She puffed her cheeks because her future husband amused by her reaction. After done laughing, he approached the two human girls and handed out a 'Minor Healing Potion' to the older girl who was injured.
"You have done well in protecting the little one. Please drink this healing potion."
The older girl did not take the potion immediately. Instead, she was looking at Milleadh with a worried face. Just when Milleadh was to ask why she was looking at her with that face, the older girl spoke.
"M-Miss... I-Is that really a healing p-potion?"
Realizing the reason for her question, Milleadh could not help but feel anger in her heart. She couldn't believe that the human girl would return Momonga's kindness with such disrespectful action as suspecting that he would deceive her.
She closed her eyes while trying to restrain her killing intent towards that human girl.
What a lucky trash you are! If it wasn't for Momonga telling me to pretend to be kind, I would have cut off your head, trash!
The girl's value was lowered in Milleadh's eyes. She was close to regretted her decision to join Momonga in order to save them and their village.
Just as Milleadh's anger kept rising, Momonga cleared his throat to gained their attention.
"Ah, uhum! Do not worry, young one. This is really a healing potion. Rest assured that I'm not a monster. As proof, I will tell you that she falls in love with me. Now, please drink this. You are wounded quite badly."
Milleadh's anger faded as Momonga told them that she fell in love with him. While it was true that she fell in love with him, but to declare the fact in front of unknown people made her feel embarrassed.
"T-Thank you, Sir."
Finally, the girl received the potion and drank it. As a result, her wound healed completely.
Then, a person in a full set of black armor with a black great axe in the right hand appeared from the 'Gate'.
The armor made the figure looked like a devil. A dark-gray plate on the chest part contrasted with the basic colour of the armor. A pair of dark gray metallic horns emerged from the figure's full-face helmet. Long claws also could be seen from the metal gauntlets the figure wore.
Milleadh and Momonga knew that person was Albedo. The reason why Momonga brought her was due to her being the best in terms of defensive powers. Thus, she could defend Momonga and Milleadh in case there were strong enemies.
"I deeply apologize for being late."
Just before Milleadh could respond to Albedo, she caught a glance of the two human girls were scared by something. Then, she heard steps that sounded like it belongs to a giant.
Milleadh turned her head towards the source of the sounds and found a bulky-armored skeleton with a tower-shield and flamberge on both hands. It was two meters high and now it ran towards the village. Milleadh knew that it was an undead which her future husband created. The name of the undead was Death Knight.
Milleadh raised her eyebrows. As she recalled, Death Knight was a level 35 defensive-type monster that possessed the defense equal to a level 40 monster. So she found it amusing when the protector left the one that should be protected.
"Your timing is perfect, Albedo," said Momonga as he realized that Albedo has already arrived.
"Thank you very much, My Lord. Then, what should we do about these low life forms?"
Their conversation made her turned her head back to the two girls. Then, she gazed at Albedo and said,
"My dearest overlord said that our enemies here are the knights like that," Milleadh pointed a knight that she killed previously and then pointed at the two human girls while continuing, "Because our mission here is to save the villagers like these helpless beings. Dear, you can go to save the village. I want to talk to them for a while."
Albedo flinched a little because of how Milleadh called Momonga but she still bowed her head to acknowledge her mistress' order. Momonga nodded to Milleadh while cast his spells to the two human girls.
"「Anti-Life Cocoon」 「Wall of Protection from Arrows」. I have placed protection magic barriers to protect you. Judging by your reaction towards magics, I can see that you know about them. And as you can see, I am a magic caster. Please rest assured that I will go to save your village now."
Then, Momonga reached out to two small horns and tossed them through the barriers.
"Just in case, I will give those items for you. Those were called 'Horn of the Goblin General'. You just need to blow the horn and goblins– small monsters will appear and you can order them to protect yourselves."
Just as Momonga started walking, the older girl – followed by the younger girl – prostrated to Momonga and Milleadh while having eyes brimming with tears and thanked them.
Milleadh's mood rose again as she now realized that they really could become part of their treasure in the future. It was amusing to think that maybe they could worship them someday.
Aside from the older girl's disrespectful act earlier, she now found that those two human girls were quite cute like pets and maybe they really would place their loyalty to her and Momonga.
Then, the older girl asked their names. The first one who answered was Milleadh while having an amused smile on her face. It was a sign that Milleadh accepted them as pets. And pets must know the names of their owners.
"My name is Milleadh, for now."
"T-Thank you, Milleadh-sama!"
"Thank you, Mill... –sama!"
Looks like her name was difficult for the younger girl. She couldn't protest, though. She knew that her name was difficult to pronounce. She thought that when the little girl had become old enough, only then she could pronounce her name correctly.
But then, one thing came to her mind. What would her name be after she married with Momonga?
Would she took the surname of 'Suzuki' and became 'Suzuki Milleadh' or 'Milleadh Suzuki'?
Her thought was interrupted by Momonga's voice. With his regal and majestic voice, he announced his great name to them.
"I am one of the nine origins and the leader of the forty-one! The main embodiment of its existence! Hear my name and convey it to all beings you crossed path! I am... Ainz Ooal Gown!"
Not only the two girls who were awed after hearing the majestic name of one of their saviors. Milleadh was awed, too.
What her future husband said was right. He was the leader of the guild. Before their arrival in this world, he worked harder than Milleadh to maintained the guild's existence. And Milleadh agreed that her future husband was worthy to carry its name.
She wasn't sure of what this world's name consisted of. Was it consists of the surname followed by a given name or a given name followed by the surname?
But at least, now she knew that she would carry parts of the guild's name.
And she would be proud to use it.
Enri Emmot and her little sister - Nemu Emmot - now sat in the center of magic barriers while tried to erase her tears just as she was watching Ainz Ooal Gown walked with a figure with black armor to her village.
At the first encounter she had with him, she scared of him because he was an undead. But his actions were opposite to what she knew about the undead.
She was told by her father that undead was a monster who hates the living such as humans and would kill them on the spot. But now, she wasn't sure about it.
Maybe her father was right. But there was a possibility that the undead named Ainz Ooal Gown was a good undead who didn't hate the living because he just saved her and her little sister from their demise.
Then, her gaze shifted to her another savior who was said that her name was Milleadh.
She was the complete opposite of Ainz Ooal Gown.
She had the appearance of a beautiful woman of the human race who wore red armor on her body, red gauntlets on each hand, red boots on each leg, and a golden tiara on her head. But Enri knew that beautiful appearance contrasted to her power. The power she showed when she killed one of the knights was beyond anything that humans could do, at least from Enri's point of view.
Her beautiful face along with red hair and pair of ruby eyes made Enri acknowledged her as the most beautiful woman she knew and maybe she was truly the most beautiful woman in the world.
Enri watched Milleadh who was now seemed talking to someone though she could not find anyone but them in this woods.
Maybe Milleadh realized that Enri stared at her. So she turned her head and looked at Enri, followed by a kind voice that asked,
"What's wrong, young one? You seem to stare at me."
Enri thought that she has done something disrespectful towards her savior and bowed her head while apologizing.
"F-Forgive me for my rudeness, Milleadh-sama! I-I just fond of your beauty!"
Enri prostrated to the extent of her forehead touched the ground. She couldn't believe what she did. Even after Milleadh with Ainz Ooal Gown came to save them, Enri repaid them with an act of rudeness.
"I forgive you, young one. Though I feel that you do nothing rude to me. Instead, you praised my beauty and said that you are fond of it. It makes me happy. So please raise your head, young human girl."
Obeying her savior, Enri raised her head to found Milleadh who was still wearing a warm smile looking at her. Then, Enri realized something was odd from Milleadh's words.
"T-Thank you very much, Milleadh-sama. P-Please forgive me if I ask something inappropriate, but why you call myself like you are not a human?"
"Before that, I want to know your name first, as well as the little girl's name."
Enri nodded and started to state their names.
"My name is Enri Emmot. And this is my little sister, Nemu Emmot."
Suddenly, Enri could see Milleadh fall to her knees with tears ran down from her ruby eyes. It made Enri panicked. She didn't know what causes Milleadh to cried.
"M-Milleadh-sama?! Have I done something wrong?"
Milleadh looked at Enri with a warm smile, though her tears still did not stop. Milleadh shook her head like she was a lunatic and said,
"I understand now! Hahahaha! Damn it! You are really a great person, Enri Emmot! You remind me of my late older sister. Before Momon–... Ainz saved me, my older sister protected me from a murderer. She shielded my body when the blade of the murderer almost reached me. Unfortunately, that act led to her death. And now I'm happy that Nemu will not have to worry about going through what I feel. You are still alive, Enri!"
Enri already had tears ran down through her cheeks. But Milleadh still not finished. She shifted her eyes to looked at Nemu and continue.
"Nemu, please love your older sister and be grateful that she is still alive. Be a good girl and listen to your older sister okay, sweetie?"
"Yes, Mill... –sama!" replied Nemu along with a nod of her head.
"Good girl!"
Enri's feeling was mixed with shock and happiness after she heard her savior told about her past at their first encounter. Enri thought that as an act of trust from her savior. Then, a sadness came to her mind from the thoughts of what her savior went through in the past.
Enri knew that Milleadh was strong. But she never even thought that there was a time when Milleadh was weak and helpless, just like her. Though now she knew because Milleadh had told them that she was once a weakling.
And to lost someone special was really hard. Even more so if that person died to protect you.
Then the images of the nightmare came to her mind.
What would happen if Ainz Ooal Gown and Milleadh did not save them?
What would happen if Enri died?
The thoughts made Enri shaking in fear. And at the same time, she was glad that those were just mere thoughts. After all, Enri was saved by Ainz Ooal Gown and Milleadh, with Nemu still alive and well on her side.
If they did not save them, Enri and Nemu surely would be dead by now.
And even if Nemu was saved due to Enri's sacrifice, she was sure that Nemu alone would not survive long in this harsh world.
Enri then caught a view where Milleadh looked at her after she calmed down and completely wiped her face from the tears.
"Now I will answer your question, Enri. I am not a human. I am a being of what you called a dragon."
A dragon?!
Enri and Nemu gasped after they heard Milleadh's answer.
It was unbelievable. After all, Milleadh was looked like a human being. It was illogical how a dragon had that kind of appearance.
As if felt what Enri thought, Milleadh gave her an explanation with her kind voice.
"I know it is unbelievable, but it is true. I am a True Dragon and I have the skill to change my form into three specific forms. A human form, half-dragon form, and full dragon form. To provide you with better proof, now I will change into my half-dragon form. Please forgive me if you find my half-dragon form inappropriate."
Before Enri could react, Milleadh already showed her half-dragon form.
Some crimson scales covered her skin, though not completely erased her human's shape. Then two crimson dragon wings emerged from her back. A crimson dragon tail also could be seen from her bottom and two black horns appeared on her head along with black claws from her fingers.
Her golden tiara was gone. Though Enri didn't know why the golden tiara was gone, it actually because of half-dragon form's penalty which could not equip any accessory-type equipment except for World-class Item. If Milleadh changed to half-dragon form from human-form that equipped accessories, then those accessories would automatically be unequipped and transferred to her dimensional pocket.
Enri and Nemu could only stare with an opened mouth as they looked at Milleadh's half-dragon form.
"I am sorry for–"
"Beautiful..."
Milleadh's eyes went wide after she heard Enri spoke. Then, Enri saw her little sister had sparkles in her eyes. It was proof that Milleadh's half-dragon form was truly beautiful. And it made Enri confused by the reason why Milleadh called her half-dragon form as 'inappropriate'.
"Thank you, Enri, Nemu. I really wanted to hug you two, but I don't want to break the defensive barriers that protect you."
After that, Enri saw Milleadh turned her head to her right and seemed to talk to the empty air again.
Maybe that just an invisible guard of Milleadh-sama, was what Enri could conclude.
Unbeknown to her, her conclusion was right on the spot. The one Milleadh talking to was one of Eight Edge Assassins who was conveying Ainz's message to Milleadh.
After Milleadh had done talking, she returned back to her human form, equipped back her golden tiara, and looked into Enri and Nemu again.
"Okay, Enri, Nemu. Ainz said that the village is safe now and he asked me to bring you back to the village. But before that, I want you two to promise three things to me. Is that fine with you?"
Enri did not have any suspicions to Milleadh. She believed Milleadh and Ainz Ooal Gown were kind beings. If not, they would not bother to save her and her little sister. So, Enri nodded to Milleadh while saying,
"Of course, Milleadh-sama."
"Thank you, Enri. The first thing is I want you to promise me is to hide mine and Ainz's true race. You see, even if Ainz is a kind person, he is still undead and undead was considered as the enemy for the living, right? So it will troublesome if that information is leaked. Do you promise me?"
"Yes, Milleadh-sama. I promise– no, we swear that we will keep that information just for our knowledge even if someone tortures us in order to gain that information!"
"No. It is fine if you giving up that information if you are being tortured. But I promise we will come to save you immediately if you are being tortured by some fools. Now, the next thing I want you to promise to me is–"
Enri could only wait when Milleadh stopped speaking suddenly and placed her right hand on the barriers. Much to Enri's surprise, an energy impact came out of Milleadh's hand and made the barriers – that were cast by a strong magic caster in Enri's eyes – shattered into pieces. After that, Milleadh continued.
"– to keep caring about each other. Enri must teach Nemu about every knowledge she knows and helps with Nemu's growth while Nemu must listen to what Enri says. And the last promise is I want you to promise me to be safe and live well until you die of old age on the warm bed. Do you promise me?"
Enri and Nemu were shaking so hard, amazed by Milleadh's kindness and cares towards them. And with a huge smile on their face, Enri as the older sister answered Milleadh with,
"Yes! We promise, Milleadh-sama! Thank you very much!"
They smiled at each other. And at that moment, Enri swore to herself that she wouldn't do anything that could lead to their saviors' disappointment towards them. Even if she was just a peasant, the lowest of the lowest life form, she placed an undeniable loyalty to their saviors.
To Milleadh and Ainz Ooal Gown.
A black robe figure who was now wearing a strange mask to cover his face and iron gauntlets on his both hands stood in front of the village chief of the village he saved. Now, he was waiting for his companion to bring those two human girls back to this village after he made the Death Knight slaughtered the attackers of the village.
He has changed his name to officially presented his guild so his achievements in this world could become achievements of his guild.
Although he still wasn't sure about what Milleadh would think about he changed his name to their guild's name, he at least believed that Milleadh wouldn't get angry at him.
Even if he was not as prideful as Milleadh, he still was proud of his role as a guildmaster. Thus, it made him confident about taking the name of his guild.
He was once Momonga. A player who led the other 40 members of a sixth-ranked guild in Yggdrasil.
But in this new world, he was an overlord who ruled over The Great Tomb of Nazarick and probably would rule the entire world alongside with Milleadh and his subordinates.
He was one of the last two remaining Supreme Beings. And the one who held the most authority in The Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Ainz Ooal Gown.
After talked with the village chief, he stared into a Death Knight he created earlier. He was curious about the Death Knight. In Yggdrasil, created monsters would disappear after pass through a specific time. But that Death Knight did not disappear even after a long time has passed.
He recalled how he created the Death Knight. When he used skill 'Create Middle-Tier Undead: Death Knight', a black liquid emerged from thin air and covered the corpse of the knight he killed. Then, the Death Knight was created.
Maybe because I used a corpse? Maybe if I create undead using a corpse, it will not disappear until it destroyed? I have to conduct an experiment about this after my business here is done. But where I can get the corpses?
Suddenly, a hoarse voice could be heard from the Death Knight and asking,
"YoU haVE orDeR fOr mE, mY LoRd?"
And that's the funny part. It can talk now.
"Just stand by, for now, Death Knight!"
Death Knight growled before it answered it's master.
"UndeRstOOd, mY LoRd."
After nodded to the Death Knight, Ainz continued his thoughts. But when he was busy thinking, a view of Milleadh with a little girl on her shoulders and a teenage girl whose hand was held by Milleadh came into Momonga's eyes.
Seeing the view, Momonga could only smirk inside.
It looks like she becomes fond of them. Haha. To think that she refused to save them before.
He looked at villagers' faces when they saw the beauty of Milleadh. They looked like a doppelganger with eyes widened and mouth opened. And at the same time also became speechless and could not move.
Ainz fount it amusing to watch.
Yes. I understand what you feel. Her real-world appearance is beautiful, but Milleadh's appearance right now is something else.
Ainz really amused by their reactions. It made him want to scream words like, 'Yes! That's a woman who will marry me!'.
But he chose not to do that because it was embarrassing.
As he saw Milleadh and the two human girls reached him, he couldn't hide his shock when the older girl released her hand from Milleadh's and kneeled before him.
"Ainz Ooal Gown-sama. I thank you once again for saving me, my sister, and our village. Please forgive my previous impoliteness towards you."
Eh? What she is talking about?
He looked at Milleadh and he found that Milleadh nod because she satisfied by the girl's action, while Albedo did the same as Milleadh did. Fortunately for him, his passive skill kicked in and he was able to calm himself from the shock he received.
"Raise your head and stand on your feet, young one! Please do not mind it too much as we help this village for a payment. The village chief agreed to provide me with information about this world nowadays. You see, I, Milleadh, and our subordinates have been in deep slumber for a very long time and lacking in the knowledge of this world at this current time."
The girl rose and stood, obeying Ainz's words. Just then the village chief approached him and invited him to his house for the sake of providing the information he knew of.
Ainz nodded and looked at Milleadh.
"Mill, I and Albedo will go to the chief's house to receive our payment. You should come too."
"I understand, Ainz."
Milleadh lifted the younger girl on her back and placed her in front of the older girl.
"Nemu, I will join with Ainz for a while. I am sorry but you have to be in Enri's– your sister's side right now."
Ainz could clearly see that the little girl named Nemu was a bit sad when Milleadh told that she would leave her. But the girl Nemu still obeyed Milleadh.
Now Ainz knew why Milleadh liked them. They were sisters. Moreover, the older sister who was named Enri – as he heard from Milleadh's conversation with Nemu – was protecting her younger sister. Much like Milleadh's older sister protected her.
After gave a head pat to Nemu, Milleadh approached him and said,
"Sorry for making you wait."
Momonga just nodded and turned to the village chief.
"Then, we will be in your care, Chief."
"Of course, Gown-sama. Please follow me."
The village chief then led them to his house.
There, he and Milleah – Albedo was outside to guard the perimeter – learned that the village's name they saved was Carne Village which was located at the border between Re-Estize Kingdom and Baharuth Empire, just next to the Great Forest of Tob while on the north of the village was Azerlisia Mountains.
Carne Village was a part of Re-Estize Kingdom. The village chief told them that Re-Estize Kingdom and Baharuth Empire had a bad relationship and held annual wars once in a year.
On the south, there was a country named Slane Theocracy who held human-supremacy. Thus, Ainz and Milleadh agreed that the country was dangerous to Nazarick.
The Chief thought that the knights who attacked them were from Baharuth Empire but there is a possibility that they were a force of Slane Theocracy which wanted to worsen political relations between Re-Estize Kingdom and Baharuth Empire. What a miss! I should have captured one of those knights to gained information about that.
The conversation continued on the currency of this world. The village chief explained that various countries in this world used four primary metals and the value of the metals increasing the currency value. The four primary metals were copper, silver, gold, and platinum.
After that, Ainz and Milleadh learned that one gold coin of Yggdrasil was worth at least twice as a standard gold coin in this new world. But the village chief's wife also told them that due to the artwork of Yggdrasil's gold coins, their worth could be five times as standard gold coins.
Then, curiosity came to Ainz's mind.
"Chief, are there any dragons near this region?"
The village chief nodded to Ainz as a response towards Ainz's question.
"From what I heard from adventurers, there are dragons near this region. Especially, there is a country which ruled by dragon councils located northwest of this kingdom. Though I know nothing about that country. I also heard that there was a country named Dragonic Kingdom in the south of Baharuth Empire. The adventurers said that Dragonic Kingdom is in a big crisis due to their war against Beastman Country. I am very sorry, Gown-sama. I only know a portion of those countries by hearing them from the adventurers."
Now that's very interesting! I wonder if I can send Milleadh to one of those countries. Hmm. Maybe we can take advantage of the crisis in the Dragonic Kingdom and force them to be indebted to us. Sure, we will have to look for information about Dragonic Kingdom and Beastman Country. How strong those beastman beings are so they can corner a kingdom that contains the strongest being such as dragons? Oh!
Ainz made a mental note to investigate Dragonic Kingdom and Beastman Country after this. Then, his curiosity rose up as he recalled a term that was said by the village chief earlier.
"No, no. It's fine, Chief. You already give me an answer to my question. But what about adventurers you spoke of?"
"Ah, they are people who take requests and be paid for monsters subjugation, an escort mission, or a ruin investigation. They are managed by a guild called the Adventurer's Guild. Moreover, in a city near this village–"
The village chief moved his finger on the map to the southwest of Carne Village.
"– which named E-Rantel, there is an Adventurer's Guild responsible for managing requests and it's adventurers that gather in this city. So if you want to go to E-Rantel, the road that leads to the city is at least safe from the threats of monsters because adventurers routinely hunt monsters around the area."
"I see. Thank you very much for the information, Chief. Mill, is there something you want to ask?"
Ainz looked at Milleadh who had been quiet all this time. To responded to Ainz's question, Milleadh shook her head and said,
"None. Thank you very much, Chief."
"Please don't mind it, Gown-sama, Milleadh-sama. That information is a payment for your kindness, after all."
Then, someone knocked on the door and said that the preparation for a funeral to the dead villagers is ready. Thus, Ainz, Milleadh, the village chief, and his wife got out of the house and headed to attend it.
Now, Ainz with Albedo on his side was watching the funeral for the dead villagers caused by the attack on their village under a big tree not too far from the cemetery. Meanwhile, Milleadh was embracing Enri and Nemu who lost both of their parents in the front of their graves.
At first, Ainz thought that Milleadh would ask him to resurrect the dead parents of the girls named Enri and Nemu. Lucky for him, Milleadh didn't ask for it. It was probably because of Milleadh's trait as a dragon who was stingy in using resources. And for Ainz himself, he couldn't just resurrect the dead even if he wanted to.
A magic caster who brought death and life. If people knew about what Ainz and Nazarick could do while they still didn't possess enough information, Ainz thought that would bring problems for Nazarick. Due to that thought, Ainz would not try to resurrect dead people. At least, until they possessed enough knowledge of this new world.
After the funeral, he and Milleadh, together with Albedo, walked around the village to observe the villagers who were busy repairing things. And after some crosschecks, he concluded that their job was over.
He looked into Albedo who he felt was not comfortable in a place full of humans. So he asked,
"Albedo, what do you think of humans?"
Albedo looked at Ainz before she answered.
"Forgive me, Ainz-sama. Except for Aureole Omega, I think humans are flies among flies. The lowest form of the lowest life forms."
That low?!
Before Ainz could respond to Albedo's words, he found Milleadh looked at Albedo and said,
"Albedo, I know that you think lowly of humans. Trash of all trashes. But please don't think low of humans that I like. If you think so low about them too, then you assume that I like something that even worse than trash."
"Of course, Milleadh-sama. If you like something, then that must be something that has some values," said Albedo while bowing her head to Milleadh.
"Good. As expected of Albedo."
"Thank you very much, Milleadh-sama."
After he felt their conversation was over, Ainz chose to cut in.
"Uhum! I know that you dislike humans greatly. But at least, I hope you can act to not hate them. It is important to do some actings to deceive them."
"Understood, Ainz-sama."
Ainz shifted his gaze towards Milleadh before he spoke.
"Mill, what do you think about me taking the name of our guild?"
"I think that you are worthy of taking our guild's name. You are the leader, after all. And the leader represents what he leads," answered Milleadh with a warm smile on her face.
"Umu. And there is one more reason why I chose to take this name. If we rule the world, then the name of Ainz Ooal Gown will be spread throughout the world. And if some of our friends are in this world, they will know immediately and can seek us easily."
"Oh! I didn't think about that! As expected of Ainz!"
Ainz's mood rose up after he heard Milleadh agreed with him taking the name of Ainz Ooal Gown.
That's good! Now our business is done and let's have some rest in Nazarick!
Just as Ainz wanted to go home, he received a 'Message' from someone.
"[My Lord, this is Nigredo. I want to report that a group of horse riders is approaching the village.]"
Ainz sighed heavily with his mood fell down to the lowest. He thought it was over, but looked like there was more job to do. And it made him tired physiologically.
"[Are they the same group as the knights who were attacking this village earlier?]"
"[No, My Lord. Their equipment is more shabby than the knights earlier.]"
"[I understand. Thank you, Nigredo.]"
Ainz cut off the 'Message' and looked into Milleadh.
"Mill, looks like we'll get more company. What will you do?"
Milleadh smiled at him while giving her answer.
"I will stay here and protect those new parts of our treasure. No one can take our treasure!"
"Kuhahaha! I understand! Then we'll stay here for a little bit longer."
They then approached the village chief who already knew about those horse riders from one of the villagers who watched perimeters. Thus, they together with the Death Knight stayed in the village's square and waiting for those riders arrived.
Now, who are those riders exactly and what is their purpose to come here?
Ainz was curious.
What kind of people that they would meet soon?
To Be Continued
Afterword:
Do you want a fight scene? Do not worry! I will give it to you in the next chapter!
And I'm so sorry for my mistakes in this chapter! Please tell me if this chapter becomes unreadable!