"Speech"

'Thought'

[Magic]

{Change of time or location}

IMPORTANT NOTE

Welcome to the Christmas special! If everything goes as planned this will show up during the eve.

Allow me to explain how this special will work, everyday starting tomorrow I will publish one chapter till the 31st, so 7 in total not counting this introduction, 6 chapters will be about the Pleiades (one for each), the seventh will have a special secret character as the protagonist.

CONTEST TIME! Ok this is a special occasion so I will play a little game with you all! The objective of the game is simple, you must guess the secret character that will be the protagonist of the seventh chapter, if you guess right I will put your name in the last chapter! (yeah, I know, not that incredible but it's not like I can do something special for everyone who guess it right, I have a life to live!).

Rules of the contest:

You can only guess through reviews (No PM)

You can only guess if you have an account (this is because guests can write as many reviews as they want anonymously)

You can only guess once (it means you only get one shot at this, you can review any chapter you want with your guess but if you guess more than once I will take only your first guess in consideration)

The only advice I will give you is that the secret character is female.

Now enjoy your gift!

Introduction: Love of the Overlord

The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick was a dungeon conquered by 41 beings, a strange dungeon composed by six floors surrounded by a poisonous swamp; the 41 beings made this place their home and defended it from countless invaders who wished to ravage it and steal all the treasures stored inside; as time passed more and more of the 41 left until only one remained, he stubbornly stayed behind to make sure their home would still be habitable with the hope that someday his comrades would return.

This being was Momonga, nowadays known as Ainz Ooal Gown, an undead magic caster and sole ruler of the great tomb; in this moment he was seated behind his desk in his office analysing various reports left by his overworking subordinates, next to him the ever-present guardian overseer Albedo stood silent awaiting her master orders, a pleasant smile on her face.

It has been few days since the operation in the kingdom of Re-Estize concluded, the genius arch devil known as Demiurge made his appearance impersonating a demon named Jaldabaoth who clashed and was repelled by the dark hero Momon, or in other words Ainz' stress relief persona; all of this was supposed to be part of a masterful plan ideated by Ainz himself, even thought he had no idea what the plan was in the first place, but those were not the thoughts that occupied Ainz' mind right now.

No, his mind was plagued by many emotions he didn't feel in awhile, almost human emotions, sadness, guilt and regret; what caused those emotions to surface even with his [Emotional Suppression] could be attributed to the events that transpired in the kingdom; one of his servants, Entoma, one of his friends' children, was almost killed in action, and even worse his unwanted intromission leaded to a battle were the Pleiades maids risked their lives and had to beat up their own sister, even if it was a fake battle his not understanding of the plan caused his children to have to fight each other.

He clenched his skeletal hand in frustration and rage at that thought.

"Is something wrong Ainz-sama?"

Asked the sweet and calm voice of Albedo.

"No, it's nothing."

Answered Ainz as his passive skill repressed his emotions; more hours passed and the pile of documents didn't seem to get any shorter, it didn't help that his mind was stuck on the Pleiades.

Ainz sighed and put down his pen 'all right… I will make it right! I must! They cannot suffer like this because of my incompetence!' he thought steeling his mind.

"Albedo, do you have the maids' shift list of this month?"

He asked, Albedo nodded and took a sheet from the pile of paper before present it to him, he glanced at it and then gave it back to Albedo.

"Today is Sunday, from tomorrow I will have the Pleiades as my personal maids, a different one each day, after that the shift order will return as it was before the change, please inform them to be ready, they may decide the order in which they wish to service me."

He said, Albedo hesitated a moment before nodding, he looked at the maid in the room, Increment, the poor girl's body had tensed up, surely she was thinking that it was something she did that pushed Ainz to his decision, the maid lowered her head as tears gathered in her eyes, he needed to act fast.

"Increment, could you please inform the other maids of my decision? And also inform them that I'm very satisfied with their service, my decision is based on my need to speak with the Pleiades one by one, nothing more."

At his words the maid rose her head, her expression morphed into relief as Ainz' words reached her ears.

"Of course Ainz-sama, I will inform them as soon as my shift ends."

She bowed her head.

"Good, also Albedo, your presence will no longer be required for the next week, I wish to be alone with the Pleiades, if I have need of you I will contact you myself."

At those words Albedo's smile dropped and her body shivered.

"A-Ainz-sama... I…"

She began.

"Albedo, you must understand, I'm very satisfied by your presence and appreciate your help but the matters I want to discuss with the Pleiades are very private and personal."

He explained, Albedo's face froze in cold stocity.

"As you wish my lord."

She finally said.

{Pleiades' private quarters}

Nowadays it was a rare occurrence to see all the Pleiades reunited at the same table inside the tomb, they have all been very busy since arriving to this world, Narberal was often out impersonating Momon's companion Nabe, Solution had been outside for a long time with Sebas and Lupusregina spent a lot of time checking on Carne village; all in all they were happy to be finally able to enjoy their tea together once more as sisters should do.

"-and then the male human realized his legs were already inside me and oh… his screams of agony… those screams were so delightful… truly… young boys are the best…"

Solution concluded her story about the raid on Eight Fingers, Lupusregina chuckled.

"I bet you had fun, I'm a little bit envious, apart from Ainz-sama's staged attack nothing interesting happened in the village lately, I'm getting boreeeeed-su."

Complained Lupusregina.

"Ok, as much as I like to have you all here I think it's about time we all return to our dut-"

Yuri stopped speaking as she felt someone trying to contact her with a [Message] spell, her sisters awaited some minutes as the conversation in Yuri's head went on, they saw how Yuri's face changed from her usual stoic expression to shock and then… dread, this actually unnerved them all, it was really rare to see such an expression on the Dullahan, even the emotionless Shizu now had her only visible eye fixed on her big sister.

As the message spell ended Yuri closed her eyes, no one dared to speak waiting in trepidation for their oldest to say something; after what seemed like an eternity she opened her eyes staring back at them.

"Ainz-sama requested us to be his personal maids for the next week, one at a time, we will have one day each to service him personally, starting tomorrow."

Silence descended in the room, everyone was thinking the same thing, was this their last chance to show their Lord that they were worthy to serve him? They were all aware of their failures, Entoma lost to three humans, Solution wrongly accused Sebas, Lupusregina almost ruined their Lord plan for Carne village, Nabe was unable to adapt completely to her adventurer persona and even Yuri that had her suspicion, about Nigredo's and Pestonya's plan to save the children Demiurge took, and still said nothing; they had all failed their Lord in some way, the only one who didn't do anything wrong was Shizu, if their Lord decided to get rid of them they should at least beg for him to spare Shizu.

"I-I will go… tomorrow…"

Said Yuri hesitantly.

"A-are you sure Yuri-nee?"

Asked an afraid Lupusregina.

"Yes, as your eldest I should go first and if things go wrong beg Ainz-sama to at least let you remain in the tomb even if it costs me my life; such is the role of the eldest sister, to protect her youngers."

Declared Yuri with a stronger tone that didn't allow for any opposition.

"Then… we should go in order of age, that means… me, Narberal, Shizu, Solution and Entoma."

Said Lupusregina as everyone nodded in approval.

"Now, do not despair yet, we will show Ainz-sama that we are the best maids of the tomb, we will show him that there is no reason to discard us! Let's do our best!"

To everyone's surprise the one to speak was Shizu, she tried to emphasize her words while continuing to speak in her usual emotionless tone, that brought a smile to everyone's face, to hear her speak such a long phrase was truly rare, she was mostly silent during their time together, this showed them that despite all their failures their sister still loved them all.

"Shizu is right, everyone! Let's do our best!"

Declared Yuri.

"""""Yes!"""""

A.N.

Introduction is done, well let's see you tomorrow.

Ah yeah, if you are asking yourself how I determined the age order I simply followed the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta.