"Speech"
'Thought'
[Magic]
{Change of time or location}
Here we are last maid! Entoma-chan is ready to shine, will Ainz-sama conquer the spider maiden? Discover it now and most importantly… Enjoy!
Love of the Maskless
Ainz entered his office as all mornings, he couldn't stop the images from the previous day from coming back to his mind 'ok… focus, this is the last!' he said to himself, speaking of which he looked around the room not seeing said last maid.
He thought nothing of it and walked toward his desk until he heard a strange noise come from above him, the sound of tensing strings, he looked up and saw a figure descend from the celling, she came down assisted by thin white strings, the figure was that of small girl in a strange outfit a mixture between a western maid and a Japanese dress, the white string returned inside her large sleeves as soon as the girl touched the ground.
She wore her usual mask but didn't hesitate to bow before Ainz in greeting without uttering a word 'is she showing off? Well I guess she is still a child, she is the youngest of them after all…' Ainz reasoned.
"Good morning Entoma."
The only answer he received was another deep bow of the maid 'is she shy? I didn't take her for that type of girl' he thought but struggled it off and sat on his chair, there was a lot of work today after all.
Ainz took up the first document on top of the giant pile with a sigh, this was going to be a long day…
An hour later he was stuck with a report about the emperor of the empire, some guy Jirc something, he didn't care, he was having a headache, Demiurge's reports always did that to him, he decided to give up and simply approve everything he had written there.
Not wanting to continue to work at the moment he turned toward the only other being in the room, Entoma was very short, even if he was seated she was still a bit shorter than him.
"How are you feeling Entoma?"
He asked, he hoped that she fully recovered from her battle, but even if her physical wounds were healed the mental ones could be still there.
Instead of responding the spider girl laid her long sleeve on the table, before Ainz could question her gesture swarms of tiny insects began to crawl out from her sleeve, the insects began to move in strange patterns, it took Ainz a few seconds to understand that they were forming Japanese ideograms with their bodies.
When they finished Ainz could read 'I'm fine, please do not worry about me Ainz-sama', he turned toward her, was she unable to speak? Was it a side effect of the battle? Now he really was concerned, no one said to him she was unable to speak.
"Entoma, are you really okay? Are you no longer able to speak? Why wasn't I told this?"
Entoma's mask of course didn't show any emotion but he noticed it trembled for a moment before the insects on the desk began to move ones more forming a new phrase.
Ainz waited for a moment and when the swarms stopped he read once more 'I do not wish to upset Ainz-sama with my voice'.
To say that Ainz was confused was an understatement, he was completely lost.
"Entoma, your voice will not upset me, I want to hear you speak and tell me what is wrong, now."
He tried to be as gentle as possible but also firm, there was something terribly wrong here and he wanted to know what it was; Entoma's body trembled, few instants passed before the insects began to retreat inside her sleeve, once they were gone she removed said sleeve from the desk returning to a more dignified position.
"AiNz-SaMa… I… fEeL FiNe, pLeaSe dO NoT WoRrY about mE…"
Her voice was guttural and the opposite of her previous cute one, surely it didn't match her mask, but still that wasn't enough to explain why she previously refused to speak.
"Entoma, I wish to know why you refused to speak to me before I asked you, you said you feared your voice would upset me, how did you come up with something as silly as that?"
Entoma's body slightly shifted uncomfortably, it was clear it was a touchy subject for her, but Ainz didn't back down, he needed to know what was wrong.
"AiNz-SaMa… iSn'T mY VoiCe aNd apPeAraNcE a FaiLuRe? GenJirO-SaMa hAd tO uSe a LiP Bug To rEplAce My VoiCe aNd A mAsK tO CovEr mY FaCe… I aM uGlY… sO UgLy My oWn CreAtOr cOulDn't StaNd tO sEe Me… I aM a DisGraCe to GenjIrO-SaMa GreAt Nam-"
Her words were interrupted when Ainz' skeletal arms embraced her, she immediately panicked.
"AInZ-SaMa!? WhaT aRe YoU DoiNg?! I aM sO unWorThY oF YouR tOucH! I hAvE FailEd BotH aS a CreAtiOn aNd a ServAnT oF NazArIcK!"
Ainz ignored completely her outburst, in that moment he wasn't even grossed out at the fact he was hugging a giant spider, he had no idea that Entoma was so fragile as to think such things about herself, how awful could it be to believe you were a failure since the day of your birth? And even your own parent couldn't stand to see you forcing you to use a mask? Ainz couldn't even begin to fathom such a thing, and still Entoma lived with this for who knows how long; of all the Pleiades, she was probably the one who needed a hug most.
"Listen to me Entoma, you have never been a failure, Genjiro never hated you… no he loved you as his own daughter… if he knew that his action caused this to you he would probably have a fit of rage against himself."
He said imagining his potion making friend bashing his own head against a wall.
"BuT AiNz-SamA… tHe MasK…."
She was once more interrupted as Ainz patted her head.
"Your voice and mask are not to hide you out of shame Entoma, you were created with the intent of creating an infiltration unit, all the Pleiades were made for that reason, and as all of them you can appear human to a not so expert eye; to say the truth Genjiro-san always described you as cute and adorable."
This was a lie, they were created to be cute battle maids, but he couldn't say that and had to come out with a believable excuse.
Entoma felt her whole body grow warmer at Ainz' words, she felt like a great weight had been lifted from her back.
"Is ThaT TrUe? GenJirO-SaMa DoesN't HaTe Me?"
She asked as to confirm what have already been said.
"Do you doubt your master words, Entoma?"
The bug maid immediately shook her head with such force her mask almost came off.
"BuT tHe OtHeR SupReMe BeiNgS…"
She began but Ainz immediately stopped her by taking a step away from her.
"Remove your mask Entoma."
He was probably going to regret this but he had no other choice.
"AinZ-SaMa?..."
She questioned as if she didn't hear him correctly.
"Remove your mask, show me your face."
He repeated the order, slowly Entoma brought her sleeves before her fake face and with a POP like sound the bug mask came off, Ainz skeletal body almost tensed up at her now revealed visage, his [Emotional Suppression] immediately kicked in, Ainz took a deep breath 'I'm counting on you, don't fail me, my faithful skill!'.
Ainz moved and approached the now revealed spider, she had 8 blood crimson eyes of different sizes, the rest of her body was as black as the night sky and her mouth had two rows of shark like white teeth.
He immediately noticed the emotions behind her eyes, fear, anxiety, shame, he gathered all the courage he could muster and slowly patted the head of the spider once more; it was hard, as expected from an armored spider, but it felt incredibly warm, he didn't know about spiders' anatomy so he couldn't say if it was normal, but he knew one thing, he had to remain calm, for Entoma's sake.
She almost died for him, so this was the bare minimum he could do for her, he tried to steel his mind, in confront of all the pain she endured his disgust was irrelevant.
'Ainz-sama is touching me… not even Genjiro-sama ever did it if I didn't have my mask on… I… Ainz-sama… you are truly the most compassionate of all the Supreme Beings… to show such kindness and affection after I failed my mission and brought shame to Nazarick… I…' Entoma felt new emotions surge from the bottom of her body, and for once it had nothing to do with hunger, or to be more precise, it was an hunger but not for human meat or tasty muscles; no that was a different hunger, hunger for the love and affection her Master was showing her.
"I don't want to hear about you calling yourself ugly again, ok Entoma?"
Said Ainz in the firmest tone he could muster, the bug maid was so overwhelmed by her own emotions that she could only nod her head.
"AiNz-SaMa…"
She said in a low voice, the undead overlord shifted his attention to her once more.
"Is GeNJirO-SaMa aNgrY WiTh mE? FoR LosInG mY VoIcE? ThE VoiCe He BesToWeD uPoN mE?"
Her tone, even with her guttural voice, sounded like the one of a child asking a question to her parents.
Ainz didn't answer immediately, he seemed to be in deep thoughts for a few moments before deciding on what to do.
"Come with me Entoma."
He said calmly as he began to walk toward the door of his office, Entoma didn't waste time and followed him, they walked down corridors until they reached the very spiritual heart of Nazarick, the Supreme Beings' private rooms.
Entoma was both fearful and excited at the prospective of visiting her Creator's room, after all her failures she felt unworthy of such a reward but she didn't dare to voice that thought.
As she predicted her Lord brought her before the door of her Creator's room, he slowly opened it and stepped inside, Entoma noticed who much he seemed to mind every steep he took as if he could break the very floor her was walking on, following her Lord's example she too adapted her walk to his.
Her Creator's room was filled with many objects, she didn't recognize some o them, but a lot were dead insects placed into glass cases.
"As you can see Genjiro-san was very fascinated by any form of insectoid, you were his ultimate project, he put all he had into you, do not think ever again that he didn't love you, you were his pride and happiness."
Ainz said as he turned toward Entoma, she felt her body grow even warmer thanks to his words 'Genjiro-sama loves me… and I failed him' she bowed her head in shame.
As if reading her mind her Lord placed a hand on her head, he caressed her trying to comfort her, Entoma appreciated the gesture but it didn't make the guilt she felt inside disappear.
In the meantime Ainz began to look around the room in search of something she would like to have to replace the loss of her voice, his non existent eyes finally fell on a plush on the bed.
It was a spider, It had a snow white body with black splotches on its cephalothorax and abdomen, with eight red spider eye, its two front claws had the form of scythes; if he remembered well, it was a character from an old anime, he never watched it but Genjiro was a true fan and when a small event came out he spent hours grinding for that plush.
Removing his hand from Entoma's head he gently grabbed the plush and brought it in front of Entoma.
"Take this Entoma, this is a reward for your undying loyalty to the tomb and reparation for what you have lost."
He said.
"I… I aM uNworThY-"
"Nonsense, you are the one who suffered most from my action, this is the least I can do, don't refuse it please, if you do I will feel very guilty."
As he said that Entoma used her long sleeves to grab the plush and hugged it against her chest, it would have been a very cute scene if it wasn't for the fact that she was a giant spider.
"ThaNk YoU AinZ-SaMa… I WilL never FaIl YoU AgaIn! I wIlL tReaSuRe tHis GiFt fOr ThE rEsT of My LiFe!"
Declared the bug maid, Ainz internally sighed before hugging once more the maid while carefully avoiding to look at her face 'ok, this is the last time…'.
"Entoma, I wish for this to remain between us two, con you do this for me?"
The short maid didn't answer, unknown to Ainz her whole body felt like it was on fire 'Ainz-sama is hugging me again… this feeling… I'm hungry… I want more…' she began to rub her small body against her Lord.
"E-Entoma?"
Asked a perplexed Ainz.
"YeS, AiNz-SaMa, ThiS wIlL bE OuR seCrEt…"
She whispered as she felt a great happiness wash over her, now she no longer felt ashamed of her form or her voice, she knew her Lord and her Creator loved her for what she was 'I will be by your side… Ainz-sama… forever and ever…' that she vowed above all else.
A.N.
Entoma best monster girl? It's for you to decide. Well I'm finally done, it has been fun but it truly was a pain to write her lines, but since her voice was an important part of the plot I couldn't just do it normally because of my laziness, now could i?
By the way the plush was I little reference to Kumoko from I'm a Spider, so what? A truly beautiful light novel I recommend it to you all if you want to find a good isekai.
Ok I have a little bonus here, just something I wanted to add at the last moment, since this can be considered an AU were Ainz thought more of his actions' repercussions.
BONUS
The workers walked through the silent dark hall.
"Exploring a new ruin can be dangerous, it would be better to send someone on the lower floors before exploring them ourselves."
The leader said explaining his decision to the others.
"Such a thoughtful choice."
Spoke a female voice, all the workers immediately turned towrd the voice ready to fight.
There, on top of the stone stairs, stood six figures half hidden by the darkness, they all seemed to be female and wore strange maid' outfits with some incorporated armor.
"And who should you be?"
Asked the leader cautiously, he didn't receive any answer.
"But still… to find maids in a tomb… who the hell have such bad tastes?"
One of them joked.
"The leader must be some lame g-"
The workers were silenced by a giant wave of killing intent sent in their direction, some of them wetted themselves for the pressure suddenly placed on them, the maids had lost their pleasant smiles and now they seemed ready to snap any moment.
Yuri was usually a composed person, thanks to her undead traits and her general positive karma value, but now even she couldn't contain her hate 'these humans… they dare to speak like this… of Ainz-sama… the most compassionate being in the world… my Ainz-sama' all the maids were having similar thoughts.
"Yuri-nee… I know we are supposed to test them… but I think such things… can't just be left without consequences…"
Said Lupusregina, a feral bloodthirsty grin on her face.
"These worms should learn their place… before they die."
Added Narberal, Yuri never saw such a disgusted expression on her face before, even when she spoke about the nobles of the Kingdom she had never showed such an expression.
"Affirmative, there must be retribution."
Even the emotionless Shizu now had her lips perked in what seemed to be a disgusted expression while her only visible eye slightly twitched.
"Let's make their death as painful as possible… this filth deserves it."
Solution said, she had even lost her playful smile and tone, her expression was flat, Yuri knew this meant only one thing, she was furious.
"I wIlL MakE TheM BeG fOr DeaTh…"
Said a very pissed off Entoma.
Normally Yuri would try to reason with them but this time, this time she felt like they all were right.
"Very well… let's… take out the trash, what kind of made would we be if we weren't able to clean up Ainz-sama's domain?"
And those were the last words the workers heard before hell descended upon them, for they have just did what no one should, they insulted the beloved Lord of the Pleiades, it was only after long hours of torment and agony that they were allowed to finally die.
Everyone should know that the Love of the Stars had no bound.
A.N.
Pleiades harem is best harem hands down!