Ninth floor of Nazarick, Pleiades room…

Zesshi Zetsumei POV:

Why am I doing this again? It's not because I want friends. It's definitely not. So… why?

"So, Miss… E-elf? Speak. Why are you here?"

It seems the 'Beautiful Princess' wants to know this too.

"I… don't know. Lupusregina was the one who invited me."

"Yeah, yeah, Nabe-chan! I was su~! So don't be so hard on her, kay' su~? It was a task from Ainz-sama after all su~!"

The Beautiful Princess's eyebrow rises a little, and she takes another sip of her tea. She then places it back on the table, making it a couple more ounces closer to collapsing under the staggering amount of food on the table.

I know six people live in this place, but is all this food necessary?

Baked foods, fried foods, grilled foods, boiled foods and human foods. All practically overflowing from the table, and making a noticeable bend in it from how much was on it.

Isn't one of them a robot? And then a bug, and an undead? Although… You would expect a much danker place than this, if a bug and undead lived here but… nope, this place is spotless.

"So, Lupusregina, what exactly did you invite me here for?"

"Hmm… Good question su~! Like I said, Ainz-sama wants me to get you introduced to Nazarick, so we should start with that su~... So, let's hit the maid's bathhouse su~! I'm sure you'll be able to make friends there su~!"

"...No."

"Eh su~..."

"No, I have no interest in making friends with maids. Nor do I have an interest in making friends with anyone else, for that matter. All I truly care about in this place is Pandora. As long as I can have him, I'll be happy. So, to that end, I need to be stronger, much stronger, on par to fight with any enemies Ainz has, so he can give me the gift of having Pandora's children… Mm. That is all I truly care about. As long as I have Pandora, I will be able to go on."

I'm sure I'm grinning from ear to ear right now. Probably blushing too. I really don't care what they think though. I don't care what anyone thinks. Is this what love feels like? Love… Hm… I'll have to think about that.

"You… You… You what!?"

Narberal's head is down, and she's shaking from head to toe. I wonder why. Lupusregina only looks like she's planning something. What I said couldn't have been that weird, right?

"You… with that… Thing!? No, he is technically Ainz-samas' son but… Why!? Why him? What could possibly compel a person to want to copulate with him!? Ah, I get it. You must be one of those masochists those beetles were talking about. Yes, that's it. You masochistic albino cricket! Die. Just die. The lover of such a being cannot possibly be a redeeming person. The only upside to him is the fact Ainz-sama made him. That is the only, singular reason. Other than that, he exists only to torture."

Wow. Looks like I hit a nerve.

"So… you know Pandora?"

"And what if I do, Cricket?"

Seeing a chance, Lupusregina interjects.

"Yup! Nabe-chan spends almost every day with him su~! Since Pandora-sama is the one who plays as Momon, Nabe-chan has to accompany him!"

"Augh… Stop… Don't remind me Lupus… No…"

Clutching her hands to her head, she begins to rock back and forth and shake.

"Naberal, no, Narberal-sama. Please! I beg you! Tell me everything you know about Pandora!"

I clasp my hands together, and bow my head. This is a first for me, begging. But, it's worth it. If she has information about his habits… Ufufu.

"No. No no no. I refuse. You'll never be able to. I don't wish to think about him."

"Please! I'll do anything! Anything!"

"You could do nothing I want."

Shit. That is true. Anything anyone wants in this place, it's granted. So, I look to Lupusregina for help. She's simply watching the situation with a grin on her face.

"Ah~ fine su~. Nabe-chan, ta' get Zesshi accustomed to Nazarick, Ainz-sama himself said I could use whatever I needed in order to do it su~... You know what that means, right su~?"

"L-Lupus? You wouldn't! That's cruel! I don't wanna!" The doppelganger's face turned into one of despair, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Yes su~... I'll cry, but it is an order from Ainz-sama su~. I'll have to get that information out of you, even if it means beating it out of you su~."

"Liar! You've got a smile on your face! You're gonna enjoy it!"

"Ufufufu… Mwah ha ha su~! Nabe-chan, by order of Ainz-sama, I order ya' ta' tell Zesshi-chan everything she wants ta' know about Pandora's Actor, down to the smallest details su~!"

"No! Lupus… you… you… Ugh!"

"Ugya. C'mon now, it ain't that bad. Half an hour and you'll be done su~. Now then… Zesh-chan? Zes-chan? Hrm su~. Zes-chan. Ask away su~!"

She doesn't exactly look ready to answer questions though… He really isn't bad enough to make anyone cry, she's definitely over-reacting. Definitely.

"Well… Narberal, you yourself are also a doppelganger, right?"

"Yes… Who told you?" She lifts her head out of her hands and her now gray tinted eyes flicker towards Zesshi.

Yeesh. She looks like shit. Is she… melting!? "Cocytus. He said that I should ask you questions."

"E-Eh!? He did!? But… But I thought… WAHHHHHHHH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH! COCYTUS! I THOUGHT WE WERE F-FRIENDS-S-S-S-SSSSSS!"

"Owie… Nabe-chan, be quieter su~! That really hurts, owie su~!"

"*Sniff*, Cocytus… why!? Why would you subject me to-"

"Alright, are you going to answer my questions or not!? I'm getting real tired of you crying whenever you open your mouth! I don't care if you hate him, you're my only way to be able to fuck him! So, ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!"

Gods she's annoying! I've seen tortured people more contained than her!

Narberal is visibly taken aback, the idea of someone other than Ainz yelling at her is entirely foreign.

"Fine… G-Get this over with… what do you want to k-know… *sniff*"

"Good. First off. Can Doppelgangers reproduce?"

"..."

"BAHAHAHAHA SU~!"

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

Office of Ainz Ooal Gown, Ninth floor…

Ainz POV:

"Ainz-sama, shall I silence those curs that dare to disturb your peace on the most sacred floor of Nazarick!?"

"No, it's fine, Shalltear. Whoever is yelling will quiet down soon."

She's a surprisingly good secretary.

"But… But…! Well… alright, Ainz-sama."

She's also very cute when she pouts. If only there wasn't that personality of hers… How turned on can one be in a day!? Whenever I ask her to bring me papers, she moans, and I hear squishes whenever she walks! Just dial it down, will you!?

A green light envelops his body, and his emotions are kicked into check.

"Now then…"

Erm… Holy Kingdom statistics from Demiurge… stamp, into the done pile. Permission to build cities of this size and this size in Re-Estize… stamp, into the done pile. Oho? What's this?

"Shalltear."

"Yes, Ainz-sama?"

"What is the… Nazarick censoring department?"

A small red stamp. A small red stamp, with the letters 'Nazarick censoring department' circling an oni head sits in the corner of the letter.

"The censoring department? We had one of those arinsu~?"

"I didn't know of this either… Umu. Well, let's open it."

Shalltear curiously leans over Ainz's shoulder, wondering what the letter is as well.

"To the Sorcerous Kingdom… From the leader of the Dragonic Kingdom, Draudillion Oriculus… arinsu~."

Ainz picks up a letter opener and slices it open. He carefully pulls out the letter, and flips it open.

"What the hell!?"

"-Oh great Sorcerer King,- -Aid-Adventurers-Scripture-Theocracy-Money- -Army-Brightness Dragon Lord has abandoned us- - -Willing to do anything-

-With great hope, Draudillion Oriculus."

"What the hell is this?! There's barely anything on this! Who's in charge of this censoring department!?"

I've never seen anything before from this, 'censoring department'. Is this the only thing that's ever made it through? What's being censored, and why? Actually, wait a minute, I bet whoever made it would've needed my permission first. I probably stamped off on it without reading through the document first, which means… I can't just ask who made it! They'll find out I'm not reading their documents!

"Shalltear, contact the person who made the department, and have it shut down immediately."

"Of course, Ainz-sama. If I may… who made it?"

"Umu… That's up to you to find out. You must train yourself in information gathering, umu."

"I see… thank you, Ainz-sama arinsu~!"

"Umu."

So then… I guess I should probably take care of this… It's a call for help from the Dragon… Queen, right? If I recall, she signed off on the papers to invade the Kingdom. I should probably send help so… Wait a minute.

'Brightness Dragon Lord'

That's a dragon lord! Then there are only two people who should handle this.

"Shalltear, contact Aura and Mare, and tell them to make contact with the Draconic Queen. Tell them to help her with whatever she needs, in exchange for information on dragon lords, the Brightness Dragon Lord in particular, and wild magic."

"Of course arinsu~."

I don't know if they've made much progress on the dragon lords, but this is a lead for us, which is good. Hopefully I'm not interrupting them in the middle of something though…

*Knock Knock Knock*

Hm? Someones here? But I thought… Yep, no appointments till six. So who could it be?

He leans back and puts his chin on his knuckles, shifts his legs apart, and positions his arms according to 'pensive ruler pose #3'.

The maid cracks and peeks through the door, shuts it, and turns around.

"Ainz-sama, Zesshi-sama seeks an audience with you. Shall I let her in?"

Zesshi? What could she need?

"Umu, yes, let her in."

The maid bows her head, and reopens the door, stepping aside for Zesshi. Shalltear also finishes messaging Aura, and moves next to Ainz with a smirk on her face, and her hands over her stomach.

After a few seconds of waiting, Zesshi steps in, illuminating herself and…

"Umu. What the hell." His jaw falls a small amount, and the red flames in his eye sockets grow stronger. Shalltear's mouth also opens in surprise, and she lets out a small gasp.

"G-Greetings, Ainz-sama. I must say, Lupusregina's sewing skills are top tier."

"Y-Yes… they… are…"

A blush forms on her face, and she smirks a little.

"Well, if even the father is speechless, can I be confident that the son will be too?"

"I… Uh… You said Lupusregina made that for you?"

"Yes… Why?"

"She made it for you… knowingly?"

Zesshi puts her hands behind her back and her knees together, squirming in place.

"Yeah… Is something wrong with it? Are the colors bad? Or would Pandora just not like it?"

"No, no. He would surely like this but… What made you want to change into those? Aren't you embarrassed?"

"Why should I be? If he's your son, don't you like them too? I kinda need you to say they look good, I don't think anyone else would like them… Though, they are kinda stylish."

…I can never say she looks good in those. This fact can not be found out. I cannot confess my actual feelings, and admit that she looks… unnaturally cool.

Black, leather, knee boots, with loose gray jodhpurs. God, the jodhpurs! How did you get those spot on, Lupusregina!? A tight m36 jacket, with a leather belt hanging on her hips… Is that Nazaricks flag in medal form on her collar? She kept her armor, that looks… really cool… the finger armor! Augh! She just looks… Like… Like… Like a fantasy nazi. Shit. That's not good. Congratulations Ainz. You can now officially say you've brought nazis to the new world. No no, that doesn't matter. What matters is, there's now gonna be another person in a military uniform walking around Nazarick, and even worse, she's gonna be representing Nazarick.

"You're missing the hat…"

"Hm? Oh… I am, aren't I! Thanks, Ainz-sama!"

Shit. Shit shit shit SHIT! That just slipped out didn't it!? Ainz! Ainz you idiot! What have you just done!

"I'll probably need the jacket too… Hrm… Ainz-sama, do you have any high class materials I can use to make the jacket? We recycled my old clothes to make this, but I think I'd want something super strong to make the jacket…"

God, why me? Why must you continue to bring up my past embarrassments like this?

A green light flashes over him, and he sits forward, placing his arms on the desk.

Well… I can't just shatter her hope by saying she looks ugly. Plus, I am trying to get my son a girlfriend. All I can do is make the best out of this situation.

"Umu… come here."

She slowly approaches the desk, with a hopeful look on her face.

Out of my inventory, or from the Treasury? If I took her to the Treasury, she would try and rape Pandora… Inventory it is. And a jacket… Something black and leatherish… Dragon, probably. Hrm… Skull dragon would be a good choice.

A void opens up, and Ainz pulls out a roll of ominous black leather.

Level ninety skull dragon leather might be a little overkill but… I'm kinda interested in how it'll look. Wait… this is a good experiment. Let's see… What can I do? She's making a coat out of Yggdrasil dragon leather… things made out of skull dragon leather can also give off three small negative energy bursts once a day. Nothing that bothers an eightieth level or above player, and something that barely affects a seventy-fifth, but good for crowd control or roleplaying. So item crafting, and negative energy. Hrm… Should I try and see if I can make something using materials from the new world and Yggdrasil? I know we can make potions but… How would lower tier new world materials interact with Yggdrasil high tier materials?

He reaches into the void again, and pulls out a rough, black orb, as well as a belt of tools that contained shears, razors, and other things one would use to cut or craft.

'Ooh, my lord, is it finally time for me to serve you?'

The orb spoke to Ainz, but no one else was able to hear it.

I forgot about this… thing, but now is as good a time as ever to use it.

'Umu, you will be, hopefully, if everything goes right, transferred to this leather here. Then you'll be used by that girl. She'll be much more active than I in the field, so you'll get your wish.'

'I see… what fine leather that is. I can feel the hate, the death, the fear! I cannot wait!'

'Ok buddy, now here you go. Goodbye.'

He hands off all three items to Zesshi, and she takes them wearily.

"Ainz-sama… I'm glad but… you aren't trying to turn me into an undead, are you? This leather alone would make most normal people throw up…"

"Umu, well, then you should use that orb. It can absorb negative energy, so it should help. Take these three items to Gondo Firebeard in Carne Village, tell him the type of coat you want, and also tell him to fuse the orb and the leather. After that, have him apply runes to it, and use it. Also, be sure to tell anyone who asks it was a product of Runecrafting."

"Thanks again. But, is this orb supposed to be talking to me?"

"Yes. Just ignore him till you can hand him off to Gondo."

"Gotcha. Well, see ya, Ainz-sama!"

She has a genuine smile on her face, and almost skips out of the room. But, if one things for certain,

"That girl should really get some more sleep, is Cocytus overworking her?"

A/N

Really liked this new chapter, I've wanted to write Zesshi in military clothes for SO LONG. If you want an idea of what she looks like, just look up a photo of her, photos of the military gear Ainz said, and cross them over. She doesnt have her clothes anymore, like her sweater and tights, but she kept all her armor, and her hair is a little bit longer.

The Censoring department serves no purpose in the story, and for a little backstory, it would be like... "Those humans arent worthy to talk to Ainz-sama! We shall censor their unworthy words, and save him the headache!"

Review please!