Chapter 9

Great Tomb of Nazarick

Albedo is walking through the 9th floor of Nazarick to meet her fellow guardian Demiurge; they were about to meet in the bar at Nazarick that is managed by the sous-chef Clavu.

'Ainz sama is still away, and Rubedo as well; although she is my little sister, she is also my rival. Shalltear is out of the question because she only wanted to be Ainz sama's concubine—that disgusting leech! ... Haaah, only Demiurge is back, and I want to be informed of what happened to the outside as soon as possible. What do I do with Rubedo? I want to be the head wife, but it is impossible, if only those damned traitors of Ainz Ooal Gown did not create her to be the strongest! I have a chance if we sisters have a fight in case Ainz Sama wants a strong wife! Damn you all! Maybe I can talk to Rubedo about this? I'm sure she is furious about those damn traitors as well... Yes, but I have to be careful.'

Albedo finally arrived at the bar, and when she opened the door, she immediately saw Demiurge sitting in the corner of the bar while sipping his drink.

"Albedo, have a seat, and let's be quick; I have to work on my farm for my experiments."

"Yes, so, Demiurge, how did the conquest of the Northern Tribes go?"

"It is all a success, and of course all is within Ainz Sama's plan; the data that we need about Teigus and the human Esdeath are also a success. But Rubedo somehow screws up because two of the three Teigus were destroyed when she engaged the humans, but Ainz Sama is still satisfied because Esdeath are now allied with us. She is strong for a human, level 70."

"Level 70? Strong? Pfft, if that is the strongest of the humans, then Ainz Sama can conquer this world easily."

"Of course, Ainz sama can do that, but our lord is cautious, we don't know everything about this world, and we are waiting for the report of the shadow demons from the night raid, especially their commander, the human named Najenda. After all, she is right now in the headquarters of the revolutionary army."

"I see, you are right; we don't know enough of this world. So what are Ainz Sama and Rubedo doing before you leave?"

"Well, they said that they were going to make a tour of the capital, and Ainz sama will message you to come with him and Rubedo for the tour, so be ready; you might want to take a bath, Albedo."

"Ah! Ainz Sama wants me to go for a walk with him! I understand! I'm gonna take a bath now!"

"Wait, Albedo."

"Hm? What is it?"

"I know you want to be the wife of Ainz sama, but you know he is a Supreme Being right and he can have as many wives as he wants; are you opposed to Ainz sama having many wives and want him all for yourself?" Demiurge said it with hidden malice.

"Of course I do not oppose Ainz Sama having so many wives; all I want is to be the head wife, that is all. What do you think Ainz sama prefers about a woman, Demiurge? Does he like a strong woman?" Albedo said, sensing the hidden malice in Demiurge's words, but she is the Overseer, and she will not be intimidated by this demon.

"No, I do not think that he prefers that, but he said that he likes a woman with dreams."

"A woman... with dreams?"

"Yes, when the human Esdeath said that she has not achieved her dream yet, Ainz sama said he liked that and swore to help her achieve this dream."

"And what is this dream exactly?"

"We don't know, but knowing Ainz sama, he must have known what dream that human was referring to, and we will know it sooner or later because I am curious, but if I have to guess, knowing that she is a sadistic and brutal woman, no man wants to be with her, so she must have longing for some companion that she trusts deeply or a lover."

"A lover?! If that is true, then.."

"Yes, Ainz sama will help her achieve that dream, and the possibility of her being the wife of Ainz sama."

"Wife?! Disgusting! How dare she?! Don't tell me you approve of this Demiurge?!"

"Of course I do not approve. He is a Supreme Being. Having a human worm as a wife is tainting the beautiful image of the Supreme One, but there is a remedy to this, and that is to just change her race."

"Tsk! Still, she is originally a human."

"I understand, but we can only obey the Supreme Being; we don't want to disappoint him, or he may abandon us, Albedo."

Hearing the word "abandon," Albedo finally calmed down and faced Demiurge with her neutral smile.

"I know, but I will train her to be a suitable wife, at least to Ainz sama."

"Do what you want, Albedo. Then this meeting is over; I will leave now.

"Yes, thank you for your time, Demiurge."

Demiurge got up and passed Albedo, but not before patting her shoulder. Albedo smiles and gets out of the bar as well to go prepare for her beloved Ainz sama.


Night Raid Base

Tatsumi, alongside his friends Ieyasu and Sayo, spends most of their time knowing their new friends, the members of Night Raid. Having experienced the brutality of the empire, they swear to be one of the reasons for the fall of the corrupt empire. They also know the price of joining the organization and going to war, which is for them to possibly die. But it is too late to back out now. After 5 days of spending time with and learning about the Night Raid, they discovered many shocking and terrifying things, such as their so-called ally "dark god," Ainz Ooal Gown, and his many shadow demons attached to each member's shadow. At first, Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo wondered why some of the members were talking to themselves while looking down; they first thought they'd gone insane, but not after Leone introduced them to her shadow demon. They questioned if the demon is evil just like in the stories, but Leone answered that they are as nice as ever, much nicer than the people of the empire. And since they are now the new members of the night raid, a few days later they received their own shadow demon, given to them by the beautiful maid of Ainz Ooal Gown named Lupusregina. Even though the maid is annoying at times, she is nice enough, and she is ridiculously strong, so strong that she could dent Bulat's armor during their sparring one time, and she said that she is just a healer and that four of her sisters are much stronger than her. At first, they are scared of their shadow demons because their voices are very hoarse, but they eventually get used to it. Now all members of the night raid are waiting for their boss, Najenda, because they received her message through a zombie vulture, another weird and scary creature. And their boss has shocking news that she is going to tell them, so they are all anxious, and they are hoping that the news is going to be good.

"Hey Leone, do you think she will accept us?" We are not as strong as you, and we don't have any teigu."

"Tatsumi, this is the 5th time you ask me that; do not worry, we already accepted you, so the boss will accept as well. Our boss is not a scary woman, you know. Hahaha!"

"Ugh, somehow that laugh made me more nervous."

"Don't chicken out, Tatsumi; we will be alright. They like our cooking, and we are working hard on our training."

"Sayo is right; we like the cooking of you three, especially Akame, so you are all welcome here even just to be our cook."

"No, we like to fight too. We want to stop this madness so that our village will escape poverty."

"See? That's why our boss will like you; you all have courage. That is what is most needed in war. Why don't we take a bath first, Sayo? Let's go to the river, hihihi."

"Sure! Hehehe."

Despite Lubbock, Tatsumi, and Ieyasu's failed attempt to spy on them, the night raid members are all set to meet their boss Najenda and invite her to lunch after the girl's bath. Tatsumi, together with Ieyasu, Akame, and Leone, are waiting for her on the top of the cliff at their base.

"I'm kind of nervous and excited, Tatsumi; we will finally meet our boss! I'm curious about what she looks like. A beautiful woman? Or a middle-aged grumpy lady?"

"Boss is beautiful. She is young," said Akame.

"Really? More beautiful than you, Leone?!"

"Yes, Ieyasu-kun, I beat her when it comes to boobs though."

*gulp* "Is that so?"

"Oh, I hear something; it's probably our boss, Tatsumi and Ieyasu; I know you two are brave, but don't pee your pants, okay?"

"What do you mean by that, Leone?"

"Well, the skeleton horses pulling our boss's carriage belong to our ally Lord Ainz, so they're an undead, but this time, a full-blown skeleton with a fearsome aura. So resist the fear, alright?"

"Alright, Leone san! We got used to the undead bird and our shadow demon anyway, so this one is nothing!"

"That's good. Then let's go meet our boss."

A few minutes later, they saw the silhouette of a fast moving carriage, and Tatsumi immediately noticed two skeletal horses with a yellow aura pulling the carriage, as well as the carriage's two dark armored guards.

"W-what a scary carriage, hehehe."

And seconds later, the carriage is in front of them, and what comes out is a beautiful white-haired woman; her long white hair really suits her, and Tatsumi and Ieyasu have doubts that this was their boss; she looks like a princess.

"Boss! How was the trip?"

"It's alright, Leone. Let's go. I have an announcement."

"Wait boss, let me introduce you to our new members, Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo, but she is inside so you will meet her eventually."

"I see, Then welcome to the Night Raid. Usually I will question you, but this is not the time. Join us at the meeting."

"Yes boss! Thank you for accepting us!

"Yes boss! Thank you for accepting us!

Inside the meeting room are all the night raid members. Seeing their boss have to immediately conduct a meeting is strange, so this must be really important or, in the worst case, really bad news.

"Everyone, a week ago, our ally Lord Ainz told us that he wants to conquer the Northern Tribes that are in the hands of Esdeath and her army."

"Yes, is Lord Ainz successful? He spared the innocent civilians there, right?" Ask Sheele.

"Yes, he is successful, and most of the civilians are safe from annihilation, but there is one big problem. And I still can't believe it to this day. We all know how terrifying and monstrous Esdeath is, right?"

"Uhm, who is this Esdeath? We don't know her."

"Tatsumi right? Is the woman there named Sayo?"

"Y-yes boss. I'm Sayo. Nice to meet you." Sayo introduced herself, and she is quite intimidated by her boss. She might be beautiful, but she is scary, at least for her.

"Hmm, then I will be brief. Esdeath is the most powerful general of the Empire; you can call her their trump card because of how strong she is. She is a sadistic monster that enjoys torturing and inflicting pain on others."

"Same as that bitch." Sayo murmured, but Najenda heard her.

"Oh? I see, Yes, same as that bitch."

"Boss, get to it! We are getting nervous here! Is it bad news?!"

"No, and for us it isn't good news either. But Esdeath defected from the Empire and joined Lord Ainz. making her a new ally of the revolutionary army and night raid."

"…"

"WHAT?!"

"Bbbb-but how is that possible, boss?! She is loyal to the empire, right?"

"Well, not anymore, Leone."

Akame looked at her boss with wide eyes; This is concerning news, because Esdeath is a loyal general of the empire. In the past, even their boss tried to pursue her to defect, but she told her that she enjoyed her job and did not care for the people because they were weak. And for her to defect just like that and become their ally is just about impossible, but somehow Lord Ainz made her defect. Did she really betray the empire? Or she is using this opportunity to simply finish the revolutionaries from within? But if it is the latter, knowing the nature of Lord Ainz's "guardians," as their shadow demon told them, it will not be good for her. She may be a monster, but she is just a human, and she is playing with fire with the demons, angels, and literal true monsters.

"Boss, what is the reaction of the army to this?"

"Of course we are shocked because she is the most powerful in the empire and loyal to them, and then suddenly she defected. For all we know, she may be using this to destroy us from the inside."

"But if she really is thinking of that, knowing what sort of monsters Lord Ainz's people are, she may be getting punished by now; I mean, those soldiers that we saw on Nazarick are really in pain and begging for death."

"No Bulat, from the message, Esdeath is fine; Lord Ainz even invited us to the celebration of her becoming the new general when his new kingdom is established."

"Even welcoming that monster? What about all the innocents that she killed? What is Lord Ainz thinking?"

"Hey."

Hearing the one who spoke, all the members turned to the maid Lupusregina, who was staring at them with a cold but hungry expression, like she would kill them right there.

"Everything Ainz Sama does and says is law; pathetic humans like you should obey and do what the Supreme One says without questioning it."

"What if you are asked to kill yourself?! Will you obey him still? Lord Ainz does not think of us; I'm sure he knows what kind of woman Esdeath is and what she did to innocents! And still he mocks us by making us allies with our greatest enemy!"

"I will gladly kill myself for Ainz sama, because we would not exist without the Supreme Beings, and by dying, we will return our lives to the Supreme Ones. Our greatest happiness is to be of use to them, and if my death will make Ainz sama happy, then I will be happy doing it. Even if he did intend to mock you all, perhaps you deserved to be mocked by what you are doing right now. Ainz sama is your ally, the Supreme Beings' leader; there is no greater joy than that, yet you are angry with him. Perhaps you want to be our enemy instead?"

Hearing her explanation and learning that Lupus will gladly die for Ainz, they are both shocked and terrified. "This woman is insane!" They thought that, even though she said that she was created, they did not know that she was this zealous. Maybe this is what you thought when a god created you.

"No, we do not want to be your enemies, Lupus san, we are just in panic because this Esdeath is our enemy and she killed many innocents, and even when she is an ally with us, we are still skeptical, and are you not worried that Lord Ainz might be tricked by Esdeath?"

"Tricked? Hahahaha! There's no way! Hahaha! Even if she intends to do that, I'm sure Ainz sama already saw through her, and Ainz sama's guardians will deal with her quickly if she wants to assassinate Ainz sama. She is really foolish if she does that though, especially when she gets into the hands of lady Albedo and lady Rubedo. She will be an obedient dog when they are finished with her. Hahahaha!"

"W-what do you mean by that Lupus San?" Ieyasu replied that he has always thought that this maid girl is very beautiful and that he likes her, but her personality is a turn off for him.

"Well, remember the nobles that make you suffer? The daughter is sometimes the one lady Albedo beats up when she is frustrated about something, and let me tell you, she ended up crawling on the ground after that. Hahahahaha, sometimes I will kick her when she gets in my way. Hahahaha."

"Then she is suffering to this day?" Sayo said with a smile.

"Oh yes! Hihihi, you should visit Nazarick to see her su~."

"L-let's not talk about that now, Lupus san." Says Lubbock.

"Lubbock is right. Then, everyone, what are your thoughts on this? Maybe we can ask Lord Ainz about this."

"That monster should at least be punished."

"I can't believe she has this privilege when the people she murdered died brutally in her hands."

"I see, then I will go to the Northern Tribes to talk about this to Lord Ainz. And maybe see Esdeath if she is genuine with this alliance."

"Boss, are you sure? Will you be okay?"

"I'm sure I will be alright."

"What if Esdeath fought you there?"

"Then I will escape, but I'm sure Lord Ainz has a reason, and I trust Lord Ainz enough that I'm sure that he will not let us fight."

"I see; when are you going to go boss? Can you at least have lunch with us?"

"Of course, tomorrow I will go, and I received a client when I was at headquarters, and this is about Ogre."

"Is it his time to die?"

"Yes."


Northern Tribes/Sorcerer Kingdom

Esdeath is walking through the streets of the Northern Tribes' capital, despite the fact that she is feared by the citizens and that they sometimes throw rotten foods at her; since her new king is walking somewhere with his women, she has time to reflect on her current state. Looking at her shadow, she catches a glimpse of her "bodyguard," or as she calls it, her assassin, because this shadow can kill her if she is not careful. Ainz gave it to her for her protection, even though she doubts it, considering the one guarding her is called a shadow demon. She tried to talk to it, but the demon just swirled in her shadow; clearly it was cautious of her or not trusting her enough. Well, she doesn't trust anyone either. She jumps to a roof to see where the skeleton is, and there he is, walking between his two beautiful women, surrounded by many demons and angels. She still doesn't know what this monster is planning for her because she is definitely weak compared to his other women, but she just hopes that whatever it is, it will not mean her death. She is still watching him, and the citizens who saw him immediately prostrated because he is their savior, and without him, they will perish at the hands of her army.

"You bitch! Get off my roof!"

A man shouted at her from behind; she wants to kill him, but knowing Ainz's warning that she is forbidden to harm anyone and the threat that comes with it, she shrugs and jumps off the roof. The man then throws a rotten egg at her.

"Haah… So this is what it feels like to be weak, huh? Father, please watch over me."


Ainz is seen walking with Rubedo and Albedo by his side. He doesn't mind anymore that they are clinging to him like they were lovers; if he didn't have this skeletal body, he would likely be glad to be their husband. But sadly, he is a skeleton, and nothing can be done about it. But he is glad that Rubedo and Albedo are happy to be with him, and that is enough for him. But someday he wants to be able to walk without so many guards around him. Seeing the state of the people of this country, he feels a bit sad, because without him, they are likely to be killed, including children and even infants. Even though they are afraid of him at first, after seeing Rubedo fight Esdeath and the many angels that surround them, they are glad and some are crying that they can see another day; Some mothers even approached him and asked him to bless their children; not knowing what to do, he just patted the children's heads and cast some buffs on them, hoping that it would be enough, and gladly they saw it as a blessing and bowed deeply.

"Ainz Sama, you are amazing! Gaining this much popularity in such a short time!"

"Well, we're talking about Ainz sama here; something this simple is easy for him Rubedo-chan, Am I right, Ainz sama?"

"Don't call me that! Albedo nee-san!"

"Ahem, enough of you too; you're quite right, Albedo, but I did not do much; it is your sister that fights Esdeath and not me. So realistically, it is Rubedo that they are most thankful for and not me."

"That's not correct, Ainz sama! They want you to give them blessings, not Rubedo."

"Ainz sama, Albedo nee-san is correct."

"I see, I see, and if that's the case, then I am happy."

Albedo and Rubedo smiled, knowing that their lord is happy, and they hope that their lord continues to be like this because they don't want their beloved Ainz to be disappointed in them because if the last Supreme Being leaves, it is the end of Nazarick. Ainz, seeing his two children smiling happily, pat their heads, and they continue their walk as usual until they arrive at the destroyed castle of the capital, where the soldiers of the empire are waiting. Seeing the skeletal god with angels and demons by his side, they quickly prostate with fear for their fate.

"What are you all going to say for yourselves? Soldiers of the Empire?"

"God of death! Please spare us! We're simply carrying out orders from the empire and General Esdeath!"

"Are raping women orders of the empire and Esdeath as well?"

"Yes, because they said that we can do whatever we want."

"Spare us! You spared Esdeath Sama! Why can't we?"

"These worms!" Albedo murmured, but Ainz put his hand on her shoulder, and that was enough to calm her down.

"Then I will spare you all. I will relocate you to a safe location, Albedo, guide them to Demiurge's farm so they can assist him; you all agree, right?"

"Yeah, We are glad even if we are just going to be farmers!"

"[Gate], enter this gate, and it will take you to the farm so you can work as your punishment."

"Then, Ainz Sama, I will leave for now." Albedo said with a wide smile on her face, clearly amazed by how her lord can easily trick these lowly humans and manage to not get angry even if they are disrespectful to him.

After all the soldiers entered the gate, Ainz turned to Rubedo.

"Then Rubedo, let's wait for your sister."

(Message): "Ainz sama."

"Hm? Lupusregina? What is it?"

"Ainz sama, I obtained some crucial information from the shadow demon of Najenda; I believe you must hear this, my lord."

"I see; then can I know what this is about?"

"It is about a potential player, Ainz Sama."

'Player?!'

"Then message Shalltear on Nazarick to open a gate for you. We will return to Nazarick quickly."

"Yes, Ainz Sama." (Message out)

(Message): "Albedo."

"Yes, Ainz Sama?"

"After you are done, inform all the guardians to go to the throne room."

"Yes, Ainz sama." (Message out)

"Rubedo, let's return; I received a message from Lupusregina, and we are going to have a meeting; this is important."

"Yes, Ainz Sama!"


Some country in the East.

"The astrologer said to us that there is something strange in the west; somehow, when she is watching what is going on there, there are some places that she cannot see, like her divining magic is being countered by something."

"Are you sure about that? We all know that only our country has magic, right? And the rest of the world still relies on their teigu."

"Yes, we are still successful in containing our magic just for us, but somehow the astrologer just cannot see some part of the forest in the west."

"That is concerning; what should we do about it?"

"We shall send some of our spies to this forest the astrologer is talking about."

"I see. Then we will do that."

"We will send the Windflower Scriptures; please tell them to be here, sister Lilynette."

"Yes cardinal."

"What a lovely girl. Even though she has some sick fetishes."

"As long as it is on her mind, then it is okay."

"Haah."