Caution: To understand any situations happen in this chapter, You need to complete Chapter 15 and " Chaos among the tomb ( I &II) " first. Because everything is linking and won't be understandable if you haven't finished the previous chapter.
"...hm...ahmm...-" Hamsuke slowly opened her eyes, she started to look at a circumstance around her and found that she was lying on the ground. above her head was CZ2128 Delta was staring at her.
" wahhhhhhhhh-!? " Hamsuke screamed, as she realized what had happened to her. After being sent into a carriage for a while, she felt that something had stopped a car from going. But then, it continued moving. As a carriage stopped, Hamsuke saw the group of clowns did open up and knocked Hamsuke down. last time Hamsuke remembered was the time that she had been dragged into a warehouse and had been hit in the head by someone and that had sent her to sleep.
Hamsuke told all of this to CZ2128 Delta, But in the end...
" It was... your imagination," CZ said.
" Hehhhh-?! W-What do you me-mean-!? CZ-done! That's-"
" Have I told you about Ainz-sama project which is about an orange flower?"
" Y-Ye-Yes... T-this one remembers -kosaru... B..But... why did you mention it?..."
" That means, your carriage had entered that area. And the effect of Ainz-sama's experiment just affected you to see and feel something that isn't real."
" Wha-what...?... "
" You were inside the carriage. You didn't see anything outside, right?"
" Y..Yes.. kosaru.. b-but "
" That's it. Anything could happen by the power of Ainz-sama's gadgets. Remember."
" E-E-Even thay explosion sound...?"
" Yes " CZ answered.
" Ahhhh~! I see- kosaru~! "
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Back to Aura's Cabin. A big hole had been created on her room due to an injury caused by an Explosion.
In there, everything was destroyed. However, the structure wasn't.
" Damn it! Damn it! DAMN IT! " Shalltear pushed her fist against the trees around there is furious as she realized that she's been baited all along. The trees then collapsed, Luckily, that made Shalltear calmed down a bit.
Behind her was Yuri Alpha and Aura Bella Fiora. Those two knew how Shalltear was feeling well. So they didn't interrupt.
Shalltear then walked away from a tree and asked.
" Was that a big injured?.."
"It was a quite big... for real..but... Mare and CZ are fine. Because of their defensive stats, " Aura said
" What about Cixious?.."
" That is what I'm now suspecting Shalltear-sama. Despite Its massive explosion, but Cixious remained fine. Even she didn't stand so far from the prisoners ... but she was alright... It was just a little scar on her maid uniform. On the other hand... Demiurge's-sama prisoners were all killed." Yuri reported.
(... It is really strange... the bombs are deadly enough to make damage on Yuri Alpha... but Cixious was fine...Lucky?... )
" Where are their bodies?"
" They had been burnt by a fire, Shalltear-sama... Only their ashes were left.."
" Clever...Adel... you are really clever to zip your men's mouth... " Shalltear didn't a response to Yuri, Instead, she spoke to means they couldn't investigate Adel's men because they were dead. Plus, in Shalltear's group, No one could use a resurrecting-spells.
She bit her lips, hard enough to make everyone around her feels that she is really provoked.
" Shalltear-sama... but we still close the doors in this floor... so maybe Adel-sama couldn't get anyway but stuck in here.."
" I hope so..." Shalltear said,
"...E...Ehh..."
" What is it?, Aura?"
" but...W-When we had caught Adel-sama... I thought there's nothing left to be aware of...Soi...eh..."
" Huh?...Aura... what do you mean?"
" S-Shalltear...I..I'm ...uh.." Aura put her fingers together.
" Aura...don't tell me that you opened the doors?! "
" H-Hey! But I closed them back when Yuri reported that he's getting away! "
" AURA! " Shalltear yelled, " Do you think that Adel isn't fast enough to get away in just a minute!? His human form's agility is the same level as Solution! "
" I...I'm sorry..." Aura looked down.
"Arrrrrggggghhhh! This means he finally got away from this floor ! " Shalltear shouted. Her high-pitched voice went all over the room.
" Aura! What are you thinking? ! " Shalltear yelled.
" Oi- Oi! hold it Shalltear! If you didn't go too skeptical at the beginning! We could have come back in time! I am the one who told you to go in! but you hesitated! And see what happens!? "
An argument starts to happen in Aura's cabin.
" OH AM I?, Then who was the person that being distracted away by the blood pattern and left Carriages? "
" BUT I ACTUALLY FOUND ADEL-SAMA's MEN! NOT JUST A RIFLE! " Aura shouted back in furious.
" BUT YOU HESITATED TO KILL THEM BECAUSE OF YOUR SCEPTIC, DID YOu? "
"... " Aura didn't fight back. Shalltear was right. If she immediately attacked them that time, It wouldn't end up like this.
Aura lowered her eyes down.
" Come back."
CZ appeared behind Yuri, " Hamsuke is already secured. She didn't suspect in us." She reported.
" Now that's the only good news for us... CZ.. you found any traces about Human Adel and where he is going?"
" A-A-After the explosion. I tried ...to f-follow.. him as fast as possible. but Adel-sama used a moment when Nee-chan's cabin was exploding to escape... I.. I never found him again since he left the place.." Mare reported.
" That's impossible...Mare.."
" Maybe he used an Invisibility.." Yuri suggested.
" if so... Omega must feel..something... Has she contacted?"
" No.. Shalltear-sama. She hasn't." Yuri said.
" Tch-..." Shalltear bit her lips again. Suddenly, fake Solution {Imp-Adel} and Entoma walked in. They had just come back from the injured warehouse with that Mare can use a spell to wipe off the fire. So he's the one who's ordered to clean up the mess.
An air Around a Fake Solution's body wiggled like an error TV signal, It then turned back to Imp Adel.
Shalltear noticed that His eyes were filled with an absolute regret, but there was still a mix of anger and disappointment. Even though Shalltear had told him to stay at 9th floor, but he still upset her order and came here. Shalltear understands him well how he feels like. Seeing another of him destroying things for no reasons usually brings such a massive guilty to his own. So, Scolding him right now was not a good idea at all.
Suddenly, Imp-Adel did something that shocked everyone.
He walked towards Shalltear then he kneeled in front of her { Like Japanese begging for forgiveness} he also bends his head down that his forehead touched Shalltear's feet.
" A-ADEL?! -"
Doesn't matter how loud that noise was, Adel still not moving. He still bowed his head down to Shalltear's feet.
" A-Adel! SAMA! P-Please lifted your head up! " Coming from the back, Yuri Alpha trying to pull his shoulder up. but it was useless since he didn't move after all. So, Shalltear also lowered herself down and helped Yuri lifted him up. But not only just Yuri, Mare, Entoma Cixious and Aura also came close to him.
" A-Adel! Listen! " Shalltear put her hands on his face, she squeezed his cheeks, " We know what you feel! But this wasn't your fault! Adel!... Please!... don't do that ever again! and don't feel sorry for yourself. because that wasn't you!"
(... well... the last part didn't make sense at all.. because they are the same person... but I hope this could help him out from his depression a bit..)
Imp Adel's face was getting better a bit, but not at all.
" Adel-sama! don't do that!... No matter who you are but to me, you always be a very good person like Lord Ainz!" Aura encouraged.
" Yes! Adel-sama, Aura-sama was right...! This is not your fault! " Yuri repeated. She put her hand on his shoulder and put another of her hand on his head then she pats him in a warm-hearted.
This moment Shalltear felt that somehow, the mother's Aura from Yuri Alpha was brighter than her, however, she did ignore that idea. because what's really matter now was Human-Adel.
Suddenly, something popped up in Shalltear's head. and seems like her confidence has been brought back.
" Wait...Aura... what did you just said?.."
" Hm?... I said... No matter who Adel-sama was-"
" No no... after that..."
" He was a good person like Ainz-sama?"
" He was good... wait..." Good"..."
" What Is it Shalltear?.." Aura asked after Shalltear went silent for a second, she lifted her face up.
" I think we may have a way to handle Human-Adel!" She said.
" HEEEeeeHhhhh-?! "
While they're talking CZ walked to Cixious.
" Cixious..."
" Eh-?!.." Cixious startled, " W-what is it? Shizu-san?"
" When he..caught you... you feel..something?.." CZ asked.
" ... " Cixious was considering, her memory starts to replay. She then lowered her eyes down and turned back to CZ2128 Delta.
" Yes...CZ-san..." She nodded.
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" Shalltear... Pardon me but... this book is..."
Recognizing a book in Shalltear's hand, Aura immediately asked as Shalltear brought it out due to her curiosity, she gazed her eyes to an object Shalltear was holding. it was as thick as a dictionary.
This is Shalltear's room again, she just left from 6th floor leaving the others continued looking for Human-Adel except for Aura and Imp-Adel who are brought here too. Shalltear cut off Aura's word.
" This is Peroroncino-sama's stuff which he privately gives it to me." Shalltear continued, she then shows its cover toward an Aura and Imp-Adel.
Seeing the cover, Aura then asked in confusion.
" U-Uh...Shalltear... A comic ...book?..."
" Yeah... I just realized that-"
As Aura saw Its cover. A book was actually just a merely Japanese comic book which She had heard from her creator, BukuBukuChagama calls it " Manga ".
" But... -What?!... Shalltear!... You are kidding me right?... In a serious situation like this and you still have a mood.. to read a comic book?!.." Aura yelled in displeased but suddenly, Shalltear used this thick-book and hit it against Aura's head.
" OUcHHh-!" Aura yelled in pain,
" You dumb!. Keep listening till the end first! "
"... The reason I bring this up isn't what you're thinking, I don't have a mood to read this. But I bring it up because I believe that this book has something that we could figure the secret of these 2 Adels." Shalltear said, she then opened a book to a middle of its pages. Aura and Imp-Adel staring at the vampire in calmly.
Finally, Shalltear found it. She then turns the book around and put it in front of Aura and Imp-Adel.
" I just realized that a situation happened in here is so similar to this story." Shalltear then pointed to a picture of a character," This is the part where the character has been attacked by a cursed-spells."Shalltear then flipped the pages over. A paper shows a picture of the 2 persons whose appearance are the same as a character who's being attacked. but they have the different theme of getup. One is black, and the other is white.
This makes Aura immediately understands what her friend trying to tell her.
" HuhhHHHHHHhhHh! S-Shalltear! T-This-"
" umu," Shalltear nodded, " This book concludes that The white one is a good side of a character. and The black is a bad side of him. The effect of spells has given them an "existence" ! and made them come out of the character's mind "
After Shalltear finished, she closed the book. Then she lifted her face up.
" Which means..." Shalltear gazed her eyes to a clueless Imp-Adel. She suddenly stood up and pointed her index finger to him.
" You are the good side of Adel! " Shalltear declared.
"! " Aura turned her face to Imp-Adel. Due to what Shalltear said, It makes a lot of sense if compares to what has happened.
" I see!... The effect of Total maniac may have separated Adel-sama's personality out of his mind! that's what you wanted to say?! Shalltear?! "
" Yes. And this means! If we know what Adel's bad personality be like! We will conquer him! We will win his game! and we can predict his next act! "
" But the problem here is..." Shalltear sigh, " Adel never show any of his bad habits toward us."
" Hey... Shalltear... but ...there are some people who may know..."
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" E-Ehhh?!... G-Good and Bad Adel-sama?! " Yuri yelled in shock after she's been called by Shalltear to her room with Entoma, swapping with sending Aura back to the 6th floor.
Shalltear had explained her theory that may conclude the situation. But now she's lack of information. Contacting Ainz would lead him to a doubt in Shalltear's work and could make his return back to Nazarick. To every NPC, Ainz is a god of them. An intelligent creature that could read and predict any act they're doing. So, In order to prevent the suspecting, Shalltear did nip it in the bud. Contacting Ainz for assistance would be the last choice she would do if it is actually going worse, Even though Shalltear felt bad and Guilty that she didn't report this to Ainz. But if she could catch Adel and bring him back, The result at the end is worth enough to risk, It would show that Shalltear also had a lot of potential as the same as Albedo and Demiurge. And worth enough to be Nazarick's floor guardians.
" Yes, that's what I think he is.." Shalltear then gazed her eyes to Imp-Adel next to her and gazed back at Yuri.
" However, there's a possibility that my theory is wrong but according to what's going on now, I believe that mine is correct... or at least it resembles.."
" So, back to the question, Yuri. Because you and your sister are one of a few people who are closest to Adel. I expected to gain something from you. Yuri."
Gazing her eyes to Imp-Adel next to Shalltear, Yuri felt a pressure if she would displease him. But Imp-Adel seemed like he didn't care, his face was like.. " come on, go on Yuri.".
" Y..Yes, Shalltear-sama... " Yuri moved her glasses, "
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[ Cut to the 6th floor ]
" Found any traces that could lead to him?"
" N-No... I haven't Sister. He really disappeared once he left our Cabin.."
If not counting a big injured at Aura and Mare's house there's no sign or any traces from Human-Adel. Surely, They are now standing in front of a warehouse which had abducted Hamsuke to find if there's anything that could help them due to Shalltear's order. But what they had found was nothing more than an injury.
Aura sighed.
" At least... thanks to a sound covering spells that Shalltear had cast in my Cabin.. so when an explosion happened... no one actually heard a sound..."
At first, Shalltear had cast a sound covering spell all around Aura's Cabin just in a purpose of hiding if anyone outside could hear an interrogation. But accidentally, It was used to cover an explosion sound. So there was still luck on their side. Also, when Shalltear arrived at a decoy warehouse, she also cast a sound covering spell again. This means no one could hear a bomb sound. All the credit goes to Shalltear. Thanks to her awareness.
But however, there was no sound covering in a real warehouse that had Hamsuke abducted in. So there was only 1 explosion sound that went all over the floor.
Surely, Everyone panics. But it was easily ended by claiming that it was Lord Ainz-Oral-gown experiment.
As that, Every population comes back to normal in just a second. Nobody would ever have a doubt in Ainz Oral gown, the overlord, the god of death.
Mare knocked his fingers on a Warehouse's structure that survives an explosion.
Analyzing the infrastructure of the injury, Mare has immediately gained something from this place.
" Sister.." Mare said, " These are a simple building design... "
" Heh?. Mare, How do you know?"
Mare then picks up one of a Warehouse's pillar and show it to Aura. After seeing, Aura understood and solved another question how did Human-Adel bring this place up in the 6th floor.
Because these design of the building is a simple structure which is very easy to operate. It can even be finished in 20 minutes if having an assistance of Magic.
" This is why Adel-sama can prepare the places for us in only 1 hour..."
But after the old question has been concluded, the new one popped up.
" But... How did Adel-sama simultaneously build all of these 3 places?... It is impossible to do it alone!" Aura said.
" A Card."
coming from the back, Shalltear blood-fallen appeared through { Gate } behind Aura. Following by Yuri, but Entoma and Imp-Adel weren't here. They were sent back to assemble with CZ2128 Delta and Cixious.
" Entoma told me that One of Adel Human form's ability is summoning his terrorist's squad throughout his 52 cards" Shalltear took out A Joker card which she had found near a rifle that time, she hadn't burnt this one yet.
" Adel has 52 of these things, which mean he had summoned and ordered them to do what he wanted."
" .. you're going to say that Adel-sama uses this ability to help him build the places?..."
" Probably.." Shalltear said, " Plus .. his terrorist servants are just a card he has. So I think their body function is like the undead. No need for food... No need for water... No tired like a dummy." Shalltear assumed.
" Hmm... Looks like there are some of his ability that we haven't known yet.." Aura put a hand on her chin.
" Not just his Ability.." Shalltear sighed.
" Also his true personality... We don't know any of it. Adel-sama never shows who he really is..."
" All I know is that he is a very hard-working guy like me, a... and he just only loves to tease Entoma. that's all.."
" So... He is a kind of Troll master?..." Aura asked. at that moment There's someone face appeared in Yuri's head. It was her Redhead twintails werewolf maid, Lupusregina Beta. That made Yuri felt tired somehow.
" No... Aura-sama. I'm afraid not... Even though he loves to troll but it is just only Entoma.. he came back to his normal personality when he's with others... even he's with Lupusregina. " Yuri said. from that, Aura knew the reason why did Shalltear doesn't contact the werewolf maid for a help. Because it is useless.
" Hmm... If not counting Ainz-sama... Maybe Pandora's actor .. or... Albedo would know more about Adel-sama, Shalltear.."
" NO WAY! " Shalltear immediately Yells out, it made Aura startled.
"O-Oi. S-Shalltear... What is it...?..."
Aura felt like the Vampire was somehow got triggered by her words. Aura tried to convince Shalltear that if she doesn't want Lord Ainz to disappointed in her, but at least she could contact Pandora's actor or Albedo... or even Demiurge. Because they may gain a little information that is useful. But the vampire refused. She said she could handle this, no need to worry.
Aura then sighed. Even she felt that this is a situation that is "getting out of hand" but In fact, she doesn't really know when will the situation is " Really " getting out of control because she is just a kid. She has yet to have a kid's maturity but Shalltear is set to be...something that peperoncino wanted. however, Shalltear is much Adult than Aura. So technically, Aura deeply trusted her Vampire friend that they could still handle this.
" I don't want anyone but only us! Especially, Albedo." Shalltear bit her lips.
Aura understands that feeling, a competition between them is getting more and more intense while a day passed by.
" A..Alright... Okay..."
" So... what are we going to do next?..."
" I've already ordered CZ and Entoma to do something. If we're going to play cat and mouse chasing with him. We must have some observers." Shalltear said.
CZ was standing in the forest, In her hand was a paper of scrolls. CZ picked one of them up and tossed it to the sky. a scroll then turned in to blue light and break down into ashes and flew away. This means a scroll has been activated.
" Luckily that Au-chan gave it to Yuri-nee sama without a suspect in us~"
A cheerful sound comes from behind CZ. It was Entoma, the bug maid. She also carried the same scrolls as her but much more.
"Too chill, you are." CZ scolded her same-aged sister. Even though the situation is not getting any better but Entoma is still chill.
" S..sorry..." Entoma bug's mustaches bend down. However, it wasn't last too long because her mustaches then jumped up again as someone's appeared behind Entoma and quickly tapped its hand on her shoulder. and it made her jumped out of her skin.
" KYAAAAAaaaaAA-!? " Entoma yells in shocked, she turned back and saw Imp-Adel's face appeared next to hers.
The scrolls have been falling down by gravity since they got off The bug's hand. Entoma fell down to the ground.
" Adel-sama!- Jeez, My heart was about to fall off..."
Seeing Imp-Adel smiles in satisfied, it makes Entoma feels embarrassed and shame. Entoma then immediately rushed to Imp-Adel, she instinctively grabs his arm and bites it.
Usually, Entoma rarely does this reaction. But she had done it once when Adel came back from the Holy Kingdom. She couldn't resist her urges to have a cute revenge, in Adel's sight. So she did bite his arm and eat it. Adel didn't get angry or mad, Instead, he loved if he could at least make this bug maid irritated. Being "Only" ripping an arm off couldn't damage Adel that much not like that time when Lupusregina tortured him. Even he could ask Lupusregina for a heal after that but he wouldn't dare because he scares her, Entoma knew this point and this let Entoma to payback for a trolling he had done to her. Being ripping an arm off, It forces Adel to go meet Lupusregina Beta with no choice.
But this time was different, Adel's arm did not bleed... No... Entoma's teeth couldn't even sink down to his skins.
Adel then immediately pulled his hand back as Entoma bit him. However, a little of a second could make Entoma felt that there was something different.
" E..Eh..?..." Entoma confused, " A..Adel-sama?... Why did I can't bite you?... I feel that your skins are as thick as a metal...?"
Entoma complains, However, there's no answer given. CZ was staring at them, she then considering at something popped up in her mind. However, She ignored it. and went back to her order.
" Hmm... Or maybe you pulled your hand back in time?... "
" ... " Imp-Adel nodded.
" HEHHhhhHhH-?... No way! I swear I had bit it! "
Entoma tried to reach Adel again but this time, CZ2128 Delta said something.
" Entoma... We are here for working" She said.
That made Entoma mustaches bends down again, Even CZ only scolded Entoma, but it also influenced Imp-Adel to feel small either. He then helped Entoma collected the scrolls back from the ground.
But seemed like Imp-Adel didn't know what these things are. he then showed it to Entoma and twisted his eyebrow.
" Oh ...Adel-sama... it's a ..." Entoma Explained, " Yuri nee has borrowed Our little sister, Omega-chan, some of her items. It's a sound detecting spell. Like... uh like a recording. So that we can replay and listen to all the sounds in the area which we used this scrolls on. and yeah, She didn't suspect in us. Because Yuri-nee told her that she needed it in her working hehe..." Entoma said.
Or could tell that right now, they have turned the 6th floor into a big area of the microphone.
This made Imp-Adel understood, But in the situation like this..they can't refuse that Aureole Omega would be the most useful one.
" The spells cover in 3 km. range." Entoma called out her bug, then her bugs picked her up and that made the float.
" I will go activated the scrolls in the south, Cz. I will be back~"
Entoma then flew away, leaving Imp-Adel with CZ2128 Delta.
Adel then walked to CZ. Trying to tell her if she has anything that he could help. But CZ refused.
" Don't worry, Adel-sama. I can do it. Thank you for your mercy"
That's what she said. Adel didn't respond. He then kept following CZ instead.
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After they finished. The gang then assembled at Aura's Cabin again. The injured had been fixed already. In another word, Everyone already came back to normal. All they could do is to wait for Human-Adel to show himself up again. Sending their subordinates out seemed useless right now. Because they would get killed before they could even report.
" Fuuu..." Shalltear sighed, Even though she's undead but she couldn't help to feel tired in her mind.
" Now, ..." Shalltear turned back to face Aura, Mare, Imp-Adel, and the 3 Pleiades behind them.
" By sending our servants out... It seemed worthless right now... Because they would get killed by Human-Adel. No. They probably didn't even know that they were killed...plus.. a risk if anyone except us would found their corpses, would cause a troublesome. However, I found that.. waiting for him to show up is the best way we could do now. But!... we can't just wait!. Simultaneously, we must seek for him either! " Shalltear declared.
She felt thankful that no one had found her subordinates corps. That's another luck on her side.
Even Aura had closed the doors, But we can't be so confident that Human-Adel couldn't get away in time while Aura " Accidentally " opened it," Shalltear said while gazing sights of scolding to Aura. Aura then looked down in a shame and guilt. she still had a hard feeling.
" So we are going to split up again, But this time must be more careful! We will divide into 2 teams. One of them will stay in here, But the other will be seeking for him on the other floor" Shalltear said.
" I will stay in here with Aura, Mare, and Imp-Adel. The Pleiades will go seeking for him on the other floor. Is that okay?"
No one refused, On the other hand, They agreed with Shalltear. A chance of Human-Adel staying in Aura and Mare's floor was highest, So people who must stay here need to be a people that could beat Human-Adel in just a 1 hit. It's nothing appropriate more than The 100 Levels Guardians.
But if however, he is on the other floor, at least Shalltear can use {Gate} to reach them if they find him. This is the best way they think they could do now.
After Yuri Alpha, CZ Delta, Entoma Vasilissa Zeta was sending back to the 9th floor by Shalltear's {Gate} they splitting themselves into each other way. Entoma went to 5th floor, Yuri went to the 10th floor and CZ2128 Delta went to the 9th floor.
"... Hm..."
" What is it, Shalltear?.." Aura asked.
" I still wonder about a squad of clowns CZ told me that Hamsuke saw them before she went sleeping. I wonder who they were... Even though it's obvious that they would probably be one of Adel's poker cards...but..."
" Based on Hamsuke levels, You're going to say that those clowns are as strong as Hamuske?"
" Or even stronger... That means... Human Adel was at his weakest at the same time Hamsuke had been abducted...but he managed to escape from us by using our fear...A fear that he would escape... a skeptic" Shalltear reply, while biting her nails in disturbing.
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[ The 9th floor: the same time that Shalltear assumed about her theory about good Adel and Bad Adel.]
At the canteen.
" L...Lumiere... ?..."
" Yeah, Sure! I must figure it out.. what is so special about that clown..." Lumiere replied Cixious.
After Cixious has been sent back to the 9th floor in order to her safety. She went back to her Homunculus friends and found that Lumiere and 5-6 others Homunculus really had decided to go looking for the man in a clown makeup as he had given his card to them.
The more Cixious tried to stop them, The more they wanted to see him.
" L-Lumiere! T-The guardians are working on the 6th floor! it's not good to bother them! You know what will happen if the Homunculus goes there without a necessary reason! " Cixious said.
" Yeah, I know Cixious " Lumiere replied, However, Cixious words couldn't make her friends confidence dropped.
" But I remember that card..." Lumiere was going to say but it had been cut off by Cixious.
" Yes!- It says 6! So it is worthless to go there! L-Let us ignore him and go back to continue our business, Shall we?! " Cixious said.
" Yes, But. I see the differences" Lumiere said.
" Eh... What is it?" Cixious asked.
" What if we twisted the number upside down?.."
" Heh?... t-twisted it.. upside down?..."
" Yes, Cixious. If we turn 6 upsides down... It shows a 9! ... There's nothing on a card that told us it was a number 6!... It could be 9 this means he'd probably in 6th ... or in the 9th floor. So I'm going to look for him in 9th first. If he's not here, I'll go to 6th."
At that moment, It made Cixious realized. Lumiere was right. A number could probably be 6 or 9... It's about the perspective of each person.
" Are you with me? Cixious?... If not, I'll go now" Lumiere said, she waiting for Cixious to make a decision with some of the homunculi behind her.
Cixious head was overload, But last time she saw Human-Adel was in 6th floor so he must be in there. But he may escape and wait for the Homunculus on the 9th floor already... But Aura had claimed that she had just opened it for only just a minute, Adel can't make it in time. But What if he does?. If she reports this new idea to Shalltear, she must have to walk to the 6th floor since Homunculus maids don't have a {message} spells, It will take a time. And it will make Lumiere and her friends fall in Adel's hand. When Cixious comes back, it would probably too late. Human Adel should do something "Bad" to them like the way he did it to Hamsuke. BUT... If Cixious kept following them, It will split into 2 possible events.
First, If They don't find Human Adel on the 9th floor, so it means He is still on the 6th floor. This is perfect. Since now, 6th floor is in the security of the guardians.
Second things, If they find him waiting... not good...totally not good...it means that Aura was wrong. Because Human Adel actually escapes 6th floor. if he sees Cixious... He might noticed her and trying to kill her or something... Cixious can't do anything much to protect herself... since she has none of fighting ability.
But she leaves her friends and goes to report Shalltear... Her friends may have been disappeared forever... or even worse...
So what should she do...?...
Every thought and information in the Cixious head are fighting with each other. As if her head was going to explode. The word " Dilemma" Is the most suitable for this situation.
" E...Ehh...uhh... L-Lumiere-chan.. c-can you wait for me?. I.. I need to do some of my business first before going with you.." Cixious said.
Of course, That " Business " is reporting this to Shalltear. Cixious chose to tell her friends to wait for her before going so that she could bring this to Shalltear.
" Can't we just go now?... Why?.." Lumiere asked.
What a silly question, well... It is usual for a people who haven't faced Human-Adel before, So they didn't understand how scary he is.
" Trust me!, I'll be back!...D-Don't go anywhere before I come back! "
After saw Cixious was running away to somewhere, it leaves the Homunculus maids in doubt.
Cixious opened the door and quickly ran out of the canteen. Her final destination is the 6th floor at its guardian's house.
Many things around her had quickly passed her eyes as if it was moving, but in reality, it wasn't but it was because of her speed that makes she sees everything moves faster and faster.
The maid kept running, running and running.
Everything seemed to be fine until Cixious turned left and was going to continue in order to get out of 10th floor but...
As Cixious turned left, she saw one of Eclaire's penguin butler was standing with his back leaning against the wall.
That made Cixious suspect a little, as she had known, The butler wouldn't go away from Eclaire. But this... This butler was acting...pretty strange.
But seemed like the butler also noticed CZ, he turned back to her an immediately took out his black head sack, Revealing a man inside.
It made her instinct immediately recognized that a person in front of her was ... Human Adel and he's standing... right in front of her.
" !-" As she realized who he was, her feet breaks her from running, Cixious immediately stopped. But a friction between her feet and a floor is lesser than she expected. It made Cixous's body fell down to the ground in shock.
" Hello there." Human Adel looked at his wristwatch, then he turned to Cixious.
Being seen by face to face at this distance, it made Cixious shaking. Somehow her legs weren't able to move, Is he use a stunning spell on her?... No... Human-Adel didn't use any spells... but it was Cixous's fear that made her be like a puppet whose string has been cut.
In this range, Cixious knew that trying to running away is useless. Not only because right now she didn't have the courage to run but also his level. Because no matter how fast she could do, He would have caught her in the end. Cixious had a wished in her mind that if she were Solution Epsilon, at least she had more opportunity to escape from him.
But a thought was just a thought, It couldn't make a situation get any better.
At this moment, Cixious also realized another thing.
A Card... Either number 6... or number 9... or whatever it was... Doesn't matter what is the real place that Human Adel had given to The Homunculus... It's neither 6th floor... Nor the 9th floor...Because the real purpose of giving them a card is to Lure Cixious out! Human Adel aimed for this point all along.
(... A. Adel-sama had predicted that I will go to Aura's-sama house... So he had come to wait for me ?!..)
All that Cixious could do was to stare at the clown-makeup in terrifying... and thrilling. She tried to run away but as it said... she can't even move her legs.
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" Shalltear... It has been passed for 1 hour and Adel-sama didn't show himself up..."
" You're right..Aura... Is Hamsuke alright?... I'm afraid If Human-Adel would go back hunting her again.."
Aura then opened a monitor, she was considering at it then turned back to Shalltear.
" She's alright... She is safe... I think Adel-sama already left her..." Aura commented.
" Umu... However, keep an eye on her... you should.." Shalltear ordered.
" ... there's ... really no sign of Adel-sama's voice..." Mare turned back to Shalltear.
" Keep listening, Mare. I'll be back in a minute.." Shalltear walked out of Aura's Cabin.
She then used {message} spells to call someone.
" {Message}..."
" Yuri..."
" [ Y-Yes?, Shalltear-sama... What is it?..] "
" this Omega's toys... Could it do anything more than detecting every sound happening in the area?"
" [ Eh-?... S-Shalltear-sama didn't know it?...] "
" Just tell me! Yuri "
Shalltear said in a shame voice. She felt embarrassed not telling Yuri first about this.
" [ Y-Yes, P-Please forgive me, Shalltear-sama. I thought you knew it all along so i. didn't tell you. But Aureole Omega sound detecting scrolls could also replay every sound happening around the are before it has been installed for 10 minutes.."
"Hmm. So it was like a record from the past?"
" [ Y-Yes, Shalltear-sama ] "
" Anything else?.."
" [ N-No... Shalltear-sama.. t-that's all..] "
" Okay... Thanks.."
{Message canceled}
Shalltear then turned back to Aura's cabin.
"Aura, could you replay a sound that happened 10 minutes ago before we installed the scrolls?"
" Eh-? O-Omega stuff could do that?! "
" Yeah, I just have known it just a second ago.."
Aura then checked the pad, she dragged her finger left and right, probably finding a reply button. Finally, she found it.
" OH god! It actually has it! " Aura was excited.
" Then replay it! " Shalltear ordered.
Aura pressed a pad down, suddenly a voice had been replayed.
" Check from the north and went along to the south.." Shalltear said.
Many sounds have been playing together, it was very hard to focus on one.
{Zaryusu! Let's have a battle -}
" Nope, that's the Lizard man.."
{ Yess!~ Kosaru! and from there I felt like an explosion-}
" That's Hamsuke.. isn't she?... but it's not what we're looking for "
{ Death knight-san is pretty scary! ... Well, but I felt an aura of kindness from him~! }
" Oi... this must be a voice of that elf Ainz-sama had taken them in here... "
Searching for a while, finally. Aura and Shalltear had found some voice that may be what they were looking for.
{ The forest far from a green hole about 2 kilometers, You will find Zaryusu Shashaa Kill him.}
As that, Shalltear and Aura turned to look at each other faces.
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CZ walking along the 9th floor. finding a young master in here. While that, Her mechanical brain was thinking about a strange phenomenon happening to her.
To begin with, That shot of Rocket launcher... It should send her body to a massive injured based on her defensive stats... but what really happened was just a minute of unconscious... and the other part was fine... even though she had received almost of a damage to her self?... How is this possible?
She might think that it was just her luck or at least an unexplainable situation at first. But this also happened to Cixious. An explosion at Aura's Cabin should send Cixious to death at that kind of distances, but it appears that she was fine... it had just only a dirt on her face.
third, who is the " Coward " Human Adel was mentioning?... Is it an animal?... or a beast?... who is it?.., in Shalltear's team that had found her. Absolutely none of them. But it was also possible if she was hiding somewhere in 6th floor... or maybe she's now disappeared due to Human-Adel's Ability to gain back his level at any time.
But right now, CZ needed to pause her thoughts.
Because she found a group of Homunculus maids was crowding all along the hallway.
This is strange... what happened?.
" Oh... Shizu-san?!.." One of Homunculus noticed her.
" What happen?" CZ asked, ignoring their greets.
" o-our friends is missing... , we are looking for them.."
" Your friends?"
" Yes, Shizu-san. Lumiere. Cixious... and the others have disappeared for like... an hour .. and we haven't found tm yet. jeez, where are they going in a working time?.."
" !? "
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After Arriving at An area near the green hole about 2 kilometers, Shalltear blood fallen, her vampires, and Aura found a body of 2 Lizardmen lying on a ground. Mare wasn't here because There must be someone standby at the monitor. Even though they are Lizardman, but as Aura identified them, She could tell that these 2 are not Zaryusu Shasha.
" Shit... He actually killed them..." Shalltear said.
The crime scene leaving Shalltear and Aura a doubt.
But before A question grows bigger and bigger Aura found that something was pinned on their clothes.
It was a Card again, but this time it didn't have a picture of clowns, demon.. or joker.
Aura took it out of their body, She then read texts on a card.
" Jumma Zaryusu..." Aura then read at the next card from the other body " ShaSha Zambaru"
" Zaryusu ShaSha..." Shalltear combined their names together.
" Is this... another of Adel-sama's baiting?..."
" It couldn't be... " Shalltear said, " I know he is clever... but I think he shouldn't know about Omega's stuff..."
" Except, Ainz-sama had told him?.." Aura said.
" I'm not sure... However, .. tell your beasts to carry their body back to your Cabin. Aura. this floor has a much of Lizardmen, right?... It wouldn't be suspicious if 2 of them is missing..."
". If we let Adel-sama going and going on... he would ..kill another... and another..." Aura said, It a sign that she suggested her to ask someone for a help, someone that has more experience in using brain than them. But Shalltear didn't answer. But that was enough to make Aura knows what she would reply.
Shalltear walked around the scene, she's searching if there would be any traces or some useful evidence around here.
Suddenly, Shalltear Vampire found something was a stick in the woods. Shalltear then takes a look at it, She took it out and found that it was some kind of microphone. While that, Aura found another thing next to Lizard's body. It was a paper. Aura then took it up, As soon as her brain finished processing a picture. She then turned to Shalltear.
".. Shalltear... Whatever you gonna do...do it fast.." Aura said from behind.
Shalltear turned her face back, Aura shows a paper to her.
On a paper, It was a picture of The Homunculus maids whose faces have been drawing big black eyes and a creepy red smile on them.
" A-Adel-sama already announces his next target... Homunculus maids..." Aura said.
" Ho-shit..." Shalltear eyes widened.
Suddenly, There's called from Someone to her.
" Yes, What is it?! "
On the other side of a called appears a voice of monotone, Surely, It's CZ2128 Delta.
" { Shalltear-sama, Cixious, and her friends...She...}..."
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BAM!
Aura's Cabin had been opened up loudly by Shalltear blood fallen following by Aura Bella Fiora They came back from the scene.
It startles Mare, of course. He jumped out of his skin due to an unexpected arriving.
" S-Sister?...S-Shalltear?!... "
But They didn't focus on Mare. Instead, Aura immediately sits down next to her little brother and swiped her fingers all around a console.
" S-Sister! W-what's wrong?!.."
" Adel-sama could make his way escape from the 6th floor in time, Mare... and now The Homunculus is in danger.." Aura inferred a situation in as short as she could.
" Damn it!... I have a bear to say this all along... But I can't take it anymore! This won't happen if you don't open it, Aura!" Shalltear started to yell at the elf. She started to explode, At this point, Shalltear Blood fallen the strongest floor guardians [ Wiki says like that] doesn't know anymore what she should do. Adel always one stepped ahead from them no matter what they do. He wishes their act all the, She had come to a dead end.
If Adel was still on the 6th floor, at least it has a way to stop him.
( The Pleiades didn't report that they've found Adel... So this means he had escaped out of Nazarick...?... No.. it couldn't be... the door is still closed... AAAAAAaAAaaaAaAA-)
" What did you just said?!... Shalltear?!.. This wasn't all my fault after all! It's yours too! " Aura then turned back. She stood up and walked closer to Shalltear in anger. She pointed her finger to a Vampire.
An atmosphere of anger started to take control of the Cabin again.
" Me?- Pff- don't be joking around here! then who is the reason that makes him finally reached the maids? huh-?... You too Mare!... He just ... Just 50 levels being and 100 levels like you just let him escaped?! "
" I..-I'm sorry. -II doesn't know what to d-do..." Mare said in shaking. But truly, it wasn't his fall at all, because he is just still a kid.
" Stop it Shalltear!, This is all because of your urge to please Ainz-sama! If we contacted Ainz-sama sooner... It wouldn't end up like this! Stop blaming the others just for your credits! " Aura shouted.
As if it was a lance pierced through Shalltear's chest. Like it was Aura's Ultimate attacks. Shalltear went silence, According to Aura's word. It's hard to refuse that she's right.
If she didn't want any help, that's understandable... But when it had come to a point that couldn't be handled by herself.. she should need it... or the problem went worse and worse.
" Enough for this! Shalltear!, Just accept the fact that we can't handle Adel-sama already! I'm also bear not to say it too!"
" I will call Ainz-sama by myself Now! " Aura was about to lift her fingers up and tap it on her ear in order to use a {Message} Spells. But Suddenly, A microphone which Shalltear had taken from a scene ranges.
"...?! " As if the 3 guardians were just statues, they stopped doing their activity and turned their face to a microphone.
[ Adel's voice-over speaker]
{ Ahem, From now on, we will have some experiments together,}
{ I have My little~... Homunculus maids right here. At the orange flower's tower. Anyone attempts to contact Father, they died. If you try to call anybody else, they died either.}
At that time, Aura hands down from her ears immediately. She staring at a microphone in shocked. and trembling.
" The Orange flower tower... It is on this floor... A-Adel-sama was in the 6th floor?!..h-how?!"
{ Then let us see how could you take these innocent Maids away from me? what would you gonna do~? If you couldn't take them out in 10 minutes from now, I blow up the tower... Oh, and you might have to come here quickly because as long as you're a skeptic, their lives getting shorter... and shorter- B e ep- }
End of the sound, a microphone then exploded. But it wasn't massive. It just a small explosion that destroys itself. Looks like it was a timer.
A room falls in silence,... The occupant still shocked in what they've heard.
" Aura... let us pause our argument for a while.."
" U-umu...I-i agree..." Aura said, However, there're still hard feelings between them. But the bigger problem just appeared, so they must stop it for a temporary.
" Call back the Pleiades!" Shalltear ordered.
" Mare. Checked the sound source... " Shalltear turned her face to Mare. Seemed like Mare didn't angry or mad at Shalltear at all.
Mare nod. He then returns his face back to a pad.
" F-Found it!...I-It comes from the east..! " Mare says.
" So.. he's really on this floor..."
With leaving a question of How Adel get in here? They have no time left. The Homunculus is in danger. If they don't arrive at the building in time, Adel would blow it up. This could probably be a lie but according to what he had done, They would 100% go with the truth.
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Around The Orange flower's building were surrounded by A Vampires and Aura Beasts However, there was a new race of the army had been added to the group. It was Red Caps goblin and a little of Automatons. The red-caps are up to 30 and Automatons 20. If combined with Shalltear's vampire, it would be 70.
In short, Yuri had brought them from a Library.
At the opposite side of a building appears a highland anyway, it's not a mountain but it's incredibly tall as the same high as this tower. On top of the land, Shalltear Blood fallen, Aura bBellafFioraand Yuri Alpha was standing and observing the outside of Orange flower's tower.
Luckily that this tower is still in the middle of building and transport things in it. So this building is just a structure. Nothing valuable or important in it.
" Why did.. -sama...do this?... all of this... why?... does he hate us?..." Aura questioned. But no one could give her a proper answer.
" Maybe...this is a bad side of him... which he never show it to us, Aura-sama" Yuri said.
" then he must be an incredibly bad ..bad boy..." Shalltear held binoculars while looking at a building, she supported Yuri's thoughts.
Shalltear gazed her eyes through binoculars to a window of a building and she found that There are 3 maids were tied up and sitting down on a ground, behind them it appears a man wearing a clown mask holding a fire-armed. So this is really a hostages situation. But what made Shalltear suspect was... These group of people was located in front of a big window.
" This could be a shooting gallery... Why does Adel choose a spot which such a big window...?" Shalltear questioned, Next to her on a ground was an automaton holding a rifle aiming to a tower. It could take down clowns easily to a spot like that.
The main reasons that they don't immediately rush it were because this... is the hostage's Situation. If they do anything without t,hinking properly, bad things will definitely occur If they rushed in.
A Dilemma situation like this couldn't be solved by any strength or powers The guardians or the Pleiades have. Even How fast Shalltear was, but she doesn't fast enough to take an entire of a building out in a second.
At first, Shalltear had a thought of using {Gate} to transport themselves in the building. But come to think wisely, if she really does that Human Adel could kill the maids since The big red gate appeared.
even though it's not had been confirmed yet, but Shalltear had to remind first that if Human-Adel noticed anything suspicious, He would kill the maids. So The only solution for this is to help all of them at once... a surprise attack.
They could easily use an { Invisibility } to reach inside the building and help them out one by one. but Shalltear and her team had agreed not to do it. Because The one who does all of this was Human-Adel who has { Animal Instinct } which could detect them. and an idea of using invisibility is a common sense that would be the first choice that everyone could think of. Plus, they don't know which spots of the building that Human-Adel had placed the Homunculus and himself in. But they'll know soon since Entoma has already sent her small insects in there.
Who knows? he could prepare some counter plans for them as they immediately rushed in. So all of the above, they must think carefully... and wisely.
" So..what are we waiting for?" Aura asked.
" A confirming of the hostage's spot.." As Shalltear answered, Yuri then held her fingers up to her ear. She just got a called.
" Entoma, how is it inside?" Yuri contacted her sister, Entoma.
" Yes, Yuri-nee sama. According to what my Insects have seen... We have a clear shot of 5 clowns in each window. Snipers take them out, smash the window, team rappels in... Red caps and Automatons move in by jumping up a stairwell or send them down from the top of a tower. There are bad guys spreading in each area... it was very hard to identify if they are clowns or maids. My insects couldn't reach the top floors Yuri-nee-sama... It has been covered up by {Vermin Bane} but I believed that it is a spot which Adel-sama is in."
With just only their amount, They couldn't take down an entire of clowns in just a second because the building is wide and huge. So The guardians need to use the red caps and Automatons which could kill its targets immediately so if Shalltear knows which spots have hostages and wisely planned an attacking way... they could help all of the Homunculus in just 1 rush.
" Alright, Everyone listens. We will start an attack altogether. Automatons will go through a stairwell, Redcaps going in by smashing a window from the top. Then following up by my vampires. Remind that helping the Homunculus is the most important right now. Yuri, CZ, Entoma, and Aura will also take a rush in the building. Me and Mare who's down there will be here outside looking for him if he trying to escape." Shalltear said.
" Mare, As long as we take a rush. Use your magic to seal the area."
" { Understood, Shalltear}.."
As Shalltear finished, Aura and Yuri weren't with her anymore, they had made their way to assemble with CZ and Entoma down there.
" Shalltear-sama, we are ready. CZ and Entoma will rush in a 5th floors, I and Aura-sama will go in a 3rd floors.." Yuri said.
" Alright...Entoma had already sent The hostages spots to us... I'll send it to you guys right now." As she said, Shalltear sent the hostages location to each team by magic.
" Shalltear-sama. What should we do about Adel-sama's clown?" Yuri asked.
" No need to hesitate. Those clowns are just his cards. Kill them."
" Understood"
" Anyone who takes the hostages will make your way out from where you get in. I'm sure that with Mare's Covering magic. Human Adel in that tower didn't know that we're already here. So this is our chance to make a surprise attack" Shalltear said while looking at her watch, It's not 10 minutes yet. they've arrived before Adel's deadline about 8 minutes.
" everyone standby.." Shalltear breathes in she looked at a military novel in her hands.
( God please have mercy...)
" GO GO GO! "
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An operation started. Securing hostages out of the building.
Yuri Alpha and Aura rushed. This time Aura didn't bring her whip, instead, She used her bow. Because The clowns had guns, A long range type of weapons. So bringing a whip here was a pretty bad idea.
" Aura-sama! They're over there!" Yuri shouted. The group of clowns was far from Yuri and Aura about 7-8 meters.
As Aura saw The Clowns, She quickly aimed her bow and fired it out. The first shot from Aura was accurately aimed and about to go through the clown before a ceiling from the floor above unexpectedly collapsed.
" WHAT THE-! The ceiling is collapsing! T-This was one of Adel-sama's traps?!" Aura shouted as she saw it. From her fast-analysis, The ceiling was surely destroyed due to a force of an explosion.
Yuri who was following behind the shot also noticed that something was falling down above her head. But in the name of one of the members from The Pleiades. Those things above couldn't object Yuri from going. Instead, The pieces of a collapsed ceiling were destroyed again in the mid-air by Yuri to clear it out of her way.
As expected of Yuri, She passed them in just a second. Now, A group of Clowns and hostages were in front of Yuri, However, She couldn't see them clearly because of A dust and smoke from the explosion was covering her sight.
But still, Yuri could see a Shadow of someone was beating a group of people through a smoke. She then quickly ran with her fists prepared and was about to fight as soon as she sees any clowns appearing on her sights.
Finally, Yuri Alpha came out of the smokes.
" Hahhhhhhh ! " A battle cry from Yuri Alpha was a signal that her gauntlets were fully charged and ready to release out to hit anything she wanted.
But the image in front of Yuri made her stops.
Because Yuri saw her little sister, Entoma Vasilissa Zeta using her giant centipede smashing The maids heavily as if Entoma was going to kill them.
" ENTOMA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? " Yuri shouted in shock. Seeing her sister beating up The Hostages usually brings an extremely shocking feeling to her.
But Entoma didn't listen. She kept beating The Maids.
( Why did Entoma do this?! Why did she attack the maids instead of the clowns?! - There must be something happen that makes Entoma like this. Surely, There must be something happens! Does she got mind-controlled?! No... That couldn't be... however! I must stop her from hurting the hostages first! )
Yuri thought while quickly sprinting to Entoma.
As Yuri reached her sister, She then grabbed Entoma's arm and quickly threw her sister down to ground.
A body of an insect maid hit the ground. Following by Yuri's fists.
"ENTOMA! WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! "
"YURI-NEE! RELEASE ME! THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! " Entoma struggled. Moreover, She sent the insects throughout and went pass between Yuri's legs to continue.
" WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU?! ENTOMA! STOP! " As Yuri saw insects, Yuri hit Entoma against the ground again to make her sister stops. But there's no time left. Those insects were going to reach The Homunculus maid. So Yuri released Entoma out of her hands and went directly at The Maids.
" YURI-NEE!-" Entoma shouted again in a panic, But just a second before Yuri could reach them, Something had quickly gone passing Entoma and Yuri's faces in the same speed of light.
That thing went directly pass through a maid's body. Yuri could clearly see that this thing passed into the maid's chest and made them fall down to the ground.
" WHAT-THE-!? "
Yuri turned her face back and found that it was Aura Bella Fiora who did this. It was Aura who shot her bow at the maid. But not just that, Aura then took another aimed and quickly fired 4 shots at once to The Maids behind Yuri. Each shot Each person, sending them falling to the ground the same as the one before.
Yuri's eyes went widened.
" A-AURA-SAMA?! E-Even you?! " Yuri shocked. What is happening? Yuri has no idea why.
" YURI! CZ had contacted me! The situation has changed! We are the one that got played! " Aura yells in a serious and louder voice.
" W...W...W...what do you mean?..."
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An Orange flower tower which Adel and Demiurge had requested Ainz is located on the 6th floor. but However, it is located alone in the forest near a highland, which is off the society, Because it will contain much of Chemicals and dagger stuff in the future, which need knowledge in a science to take care of. The building has 15th floors heights.
As soon as everyone hears Shalltear ordered. They start an attack together. Yuri and Aura rushed in 3rd floors, The others spread in each floor simultaneously.
" ... " CZ was staring at the tower from very high ground. Next to her was Entoma.
" CZ? What's the matter? You seem like... You're nervous.."
"... " CZ still staring. She blanked a space after Entoma had asked for a second and She replied something else instead.
" I will go in it ...now..." CZ said.
" Heh!?"
" ..Shizu...? What did you say?" Entoma didn't believe in the reply she got, She tried to think that she had miss hearing.
CZ held up a tree branch, ready to send herself flying down.
" I'm going to go in... now! " CZ said.
" EeeEeEEeEhhhHh-B...B..But Shalltear-sama hasn't told us yet! "
" I know. But I have a bad feeling about this...The worst one... And it needs to figure out"
" B...But ... If we rush now... S...Shalltear-sama will..."
" Please, Entoma. I'm begging you. We need to risk."
"... " Entoma went silence. But from her experience with CZ, Entoma could feel a tension in her sister's voice and that makes Entoma scared. It means this request was really ...no... Really isn't enough. It was Extremely serious.
"... U...umu.." Entoma replied.
CZ jumped down from a very high tree, she grabbed herself to Entoma's hand. Entoma then used { Fly } to enter the building, but before Entoma could landing, CZ released herself out and break through the window and landed on one of the clowns who's guarding this part of the building.
Now, these 2 were inside the by Entoma, She saw CZ took something out of her pocket. It was a goggle which Adel had given it to her in this morning.
" CZ, that is..."
" Better be sure than for sorry. Even if we know the hostage's location from your insects, but anything unexpected could happen." CZ said.
She then wears she wears it, Its function starts working. A sonar wave combined with Magic has been released out of the gadget and went through an entire building,
Rendering a picture of everything in a blue 3d structure CZ then reported what she've seen to Entoma.
" Looks like there are another clowns and Hostages on the floor above..." Said CZ, " The Automatons on stairwell... Shalltear-sama's Vampire coming from the basement.." CZ said.
" Let us finished over there and keep going on," Entoma said, while that, A Talismans were popping out of Entoma's hands and she threw it to clowns. But suddenly...
BANG! BANG! BANG!
3 of Entoma Talismans have been shot and destroyed by a bullet that coming from their back.
CZ immediately took out a rifle from her waist and aimed it to whoever trying to obstruct them. As the same as Entoma, She turned back and face an anonymous who's about to walk out of the shadow.
" WHO ARE YOU! " Entoma shouted but Suddenly, she had to go stunningly again because that person was no one but Imp-Adel.
" Adel-sama!?..." CZ said in a monotone voice but actually, she's shocking.
However, Imp-Adel didn't care about their reaction. He pointed his finger to a clown under CZ's feet.
CZ and Entoma then moved their eyes to it and they gazed their eyes back to the clowns behind them.
Suddenly, Both Pleiades noticed something. The Clowns behind them were still standing facing the window? without any movement?... Their allies just being attacked but they didn't turn back to fight their enemy?
" Wait... " Entoma said, " why did they not firing at us?..." She questioned. Then looking down to their hands which are holding weapons.
As CZ and Entoma looked down, They found the answer. The weapons, Rifles... and guns.. were being tied up to the clown's hands with tape. The clowns were struggling for some reason, looking down at their legs...They've been tied up with rope either.
" wait... don't tell me that..." Entoma finally gets what's happening but it seemed like her answer has been given by CZ's act.
CZ pull out a clown mask from the one under her feet and she found that... It was the MAID. her mouth had been covering with tape either, that's the reason why she couldn't scream or talk. her eyes looked like she's very scared of something and was about to freak out.
As soon as CZ saw their faces, Imp-Adel had made the clowns over there went sleeping by his stunning ability. and so he walked to her and also made her sleeping immediately.
" Entoma! Shalltear-sama and the others are targetting the wrong people! The Clowns are Hostages! "
" W-We. Must report Shalltear-sama's right now!.."
" Too late!, They already start an attack! " CZ said.
" Split up into each floor! 3 of us! stop your team from attacking! NOW! "
" U-Understood! Adel-sama! "
As that, CZ and Entoma immediately ran away from Imp-Adel. Entoma went down to the floor under her feet and CZ went up to the floor above by shooting a grabbling hook.
As they were in the middle of the air, They realized something.
(...Wait...Did Imp-Adel-sama just talk!?...) Both thought.
After splitting up with CZ2128 Delta and Entoma Vasilissa Zeta, Seeing one went up and another one went down, Imp-Adel then heard a sound of people coming in the 5th floor from the outside. Surely, they should have climbing up or rappeling down from somewhere.
Appearing they were 3 red-caps and 6 of the brides, Imp-Adel then knew exactly what he should do. He then sprinted into them.
Too late, It was too late for an explanation. Because everything just has to be done fast, because they've started a rushing together. So if CZ, Entoma or Adel spent time explaining a real situation to them, The maids at other floors would have been killed, So the best way to do now was to do anything to stop The team before they could do anything.
Before the brides and red-caps could even reach the floors, One of the brides head was being caught from the back and smack to each others head. That made 2 of the brides being knocked off immediately.
The red caps then noticed that there was a man wearing a black-blue suit coming and attacking them from their bedside. They then turned to that man but unfortunately, It was too late. because a flashbang has been activated.
A bright light then shines out of a cylinder object, making another 4 of the brides and 3 redcaps went blinded for temporary. However, that was enough for Imp-Adel to take them down in a second. Due to their level comparison, Imp-Adel is definitely stronger than them. He punched a red cap and snap its neck, He turned back to the bride and then immediately chopped their neck from the back. He brought up his Automaton-hand gun and quickly firing at the others.
Actually, Adel has 3 forms, everyone knows that. But The most balance one is Imp.
Adel's Undead form is very strong, but its stats are broken. He has too much physical damaged and agility but lack of defensive, Hp, and especially, Mana.
On the other hand, His weakest form is human as known as The Boogeyman or Joker Adel but however, This form is the most suitable form in a situation that Adel must use his brain. Because of Every nervous system of Human form, would works best in this third form, that includes brain function either.
And finally, An Imp. This is the most balanced form of all as mentioned. Even he still lacks mana, but the stats are still better than undead and Human. Not too strong and too weak.
However, if looking from an overview, Imp Adel is still broken in some spot and not a perfect stats after all But at least it is the best of him.
After finishing at this floor, Imp-Adel then holds up the clowns in this floor, He then quickly jumped out of the building.
As he landed on the ground, he softly laid The Unconcious clowns on a floor at the safe place.
He landed in the same spot which Mare was standing and controlling his sealing magic around the area, And as Mare saw his leader's son was here with clowns, That made he suspect and astonished.
" A-Adel-s-sama?!- T-That's!?"
But there's no time left, Imp-Adel must return back to the Building. But Mare could help him spread this message, As he thought, Imp Adel then picked one of the clowns and faced her to Mare. He then quickly took off her clown's mask, revealing a face of The Homunculus maid inside.
A Considering has been processing in just a second, Mare then realized what Imp-Adel trying to say, His eyes widened.
" Spread the news to the others, Quick! "
" U-Understood! " Mare then immediately Held up his fingers to contact everyone but that time, he realized something.
" Wait... Did Adel-sama...just talk?!..." As Mare turned back, Imp-Adel was gone. Surely, he returned back to the building.
" ARRrRRRrrRrrGhhh-?! What the-?! "
A shocking redcaps scream with pain due to An army of Insects such as cockroaches, Spiders, millipedes and etc. , Were coming out from nowhere and starting to bite their skins off, because they've been summoned by Entoma Vasilissa Zeta, The bug maid and also The Necromancer.
These armies of insects attacked everything that moves except The clowns, Also, they were attacking the fake maids too.
Entoma took out The Talisman by her left hand, while her right hand was busy equipping Bug shield and blocking the bullets from The fake maids who are still alive. Bad for them, The bullets couldn't go through The shield.
Entoma lowered the shield down, she then threw a lighting Talismans straight to The Enemy and The Goblins team. As if it was an electric system, A line of lighting connects them all at once and made them got an electric-shocked hardly that made them fell down to the ground like a puppet whose string has been cut.
Entoma heard a sound of someone's blasting The wall at the floor under her feet, This sound..., Entoma could felt an extremely strong force by only listening to the sound and it made she realized. Goblins and Vampire couldn't do this much damage, And they would never do. Imp-Adel was on the floors above her. Shalltear Bloodfallen was controlling an attack outside. So there's only a person that could do this. It's Yuri Alpha, her sister.
"Oh No!, Yuri-nee and Aura-sama started to rush in! " Entoma said in a panic.
As fast as Entoma realized, She needed to find a way down. Badly, A stairwell was too far for her to reach. Because Yuri Alpha and Aura were very strong and very fast as The Guardians standards. So if Entoma ran and jump down through a stairwell would be a waste of time. Aura would probably kill them even before she knew that Adel had swapped The maids and his clowns.
Finally, The simplest way to conclude this situation came in Entoma's head. She then threw an Explosive Talismans on a ground. And that's the reason what makes the ceiling collapsed.
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.A wall exploded due to the force of explosive charges that has been stuck to the wall from the outside by Automatons, It's a signal that a strike has begun.
Outside, at the opposite of the building, An Automaton takes aim to a clown who's standing at a big window on the 6th floor. His metallic finger slowly pulled the trigger down in order to start firing a shot.
At the same time, CZ2129 Delta pulled herself up to this floor by a grabbling hook. She then fired a grabbling to one of the clown legs who's standing the farthest, a sling quickly went all around her legs and began to pull her down to ground.
An Automaton outside pulls down a trigger, a bullet had been sent out of a muzzle and straightly went closer and closer to a clowns head.
But before it hit a clown for just a second, a clown's body was being pushed down by something. that made a body of this clown could dodge a bullet in time. And from there, it made the clowns near her being pushed down either.
An Automaton reloads, then he was about to fire another shot. But then as he looked in the scope, he saw a body of a girl in a maid Uniform with an eye-patch who has the same race as he was standing and looking at the clowns like they're her allies. But he couldn't last his doubt any longer since there's an object that went through his scope and directly pierces through his eye and made his system shut down.
Snap to the wall which has been exploded, the group of red-caps goblins entered the area.
" Clowns! Put down your guns! Or else we will rip you off into pieces! "
" Drop your weapon! NOW! "
" Maids! Get down!"
They shouted while holding their weapons, ready to eliminate those who refuse their orders without knowing that The clowns couldn't lay down their weapons since it has been tied up with their hands and The maids are hiding their guns behind their back and trying to get near the read caps by walking into them.
But the bad thing won't happen. Because one of the red-caps felt that there was something has been shot out and was sticking with his shirt, surely, It came from behind the group of clowns. It was CZ2128 Delta grabbling hook.
CZ then turned back and ran away from the group of people. She stuck a sling which connects her and that red-cap together, As CZ reached a stairwell she then brought up her own RPG, then she shoots it out. A rocket went down and destroyed an army of Automatons down there in just a second. CZ then grabbed 2 of the clowns and jumped down to the floor under her. A work from tension and gravity had influenced that red cap to being surprisingly pulled forward and followed CZ. A body of red-cap then hit a body of the maids, making 2 of the terrorists in a maids getup fell down to the ground terribly like him, and that also made their guns which suppose to be hidden fell down and it made The red-caps noticed.
CZ was falling down from the 6th floor to her initial floor, she used the red-cap weight to balance hers and that luckily made the falling stop. She then released the clowns out of her hands and placed them to the ground and she took a sling out of her rifle, that made herself and that unlucky redcap free from each other.
Lifting her face up, CZ saw that The redcaps and Vampires in 5th floors had already been tied up to the building's pillar and the clowns were gone. No doubt, this must be the work of Imp-Adel. But he wasn't here. Maybe he was on the floor above her?... or underneath?
However, CZ had no time for considering, She then lifted her rifle up and shot a grabbling hook again. But this time, it went straight to the highest floor. While that she activated the scanning goggles.
A grabbling hook then pulled CZ up, she then floats along the stairwell.
While being pulled in the middle of the air, even it was in a second of time. But It's obvious that the others had already known about this.
CZ saw Yuri Alpha, Entoma Vasilissa Zeta were taking care of The clowns in 7th floors, Aura Bella Fiora on the 8th floors.
As CZ expectation, At least CZ could feel relieved that she had contacted Aura in time. So this means The information has already spread and reached everyone. Now there's only 1 thing to do.
Finding Human Adel. The scanner detected something on the highest floor Cz was about to go and it was shown as a 3D blue image of a man in a suit coat, Obviously, It's Human Adel.
" {Be Advised! , Clowns are hostages, Maids are targets! } " A report sound from Yuri Alpha shouting.
" What The-?!..." Shalltear outside shouted in shock She then immediately contacted Yuri by message.
" Yuri!, What do you mean!?...the What is happening?! "
" { Shalltear-sama, Adel-sama had swapped his hostages and subordinates with each other! }"
" WHAT-?!... H..How do you sure?!"
" {Entoma told me, Shalltear-sama!} "
" OH god...no..." Shalltear felt like she wasn't able to stand anymore, she was about to collapse the ground at that time. So this means they have been misunderstood all along. And this means the red-caps may have killed the Homunculus.
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On the highest floor of the tower. Human Adel was standing behind the big window. His eyes were staring out to observe things outside. He saw dragons were flying around like a chopper.
But there's no sign of panic from him at all, Instead, he was still calm and was like he's waiting for something.
Suddenly, Human Adel turned back as someone stepped out of the shadows.
CZ2128 Delta walking out, Showing herself out to Human Adel. In her hand was holding a sharp metallic bear trap.
" You swapped the hostages with your men..because you know that we would rush... As expect of Adel-sama, You are a genius as Lupu told me. " CZ said.
CZ seriously admit that if Imp-Adel wasn't there, CZ and Entoma would actually kill them.
CZ then showed a metallic bear trap in her hand to Adel.
" And you also hung this thing up with a rope above my head while I was coming here. The bear traps are used on the ground but you brought it and adapted it to use in the air like a giyotine...You tried to lure me to be aware of anything that I thought you may put it on the ground like mind bomb? Or a toxic gas?..as long as my feet touched the trigger spots which you also put it in the area that I thought it was safe... These bear trap would fall down and chopped my head off." CZ stopped, she closed her eyes before she continued.
" In the case that it was Entoma... You may get her already..." CZ touched her rifle, She's about to aim it towards to Adel but She realized what she was doing, She lowered her rifle down.
"This time you really got us Adel-sama. Everything you expected of Son of Ainz Ooal gown-sama. I have no doubt in your intelligence. But I begged you, Please stop doing this." CZ said.
" ... " Human Adel didn't reply. He was staring at CZ in clueless sights as if he didn't have any idea what she's saying. He bent his neck a bit.
( ... I can't read him... What is he thinking? Why did he doesn't show any sign of panic? Or his plans haven't ended yet?... Did he have anything more?)
By considering at Adel's act, His movement, his sights, and his facial which is covered by a terrifying makeup. CZ absolutely couldn't read him. But only one thing she knew was, This man in front of her didn't give her a feeling of The supreme leader's heir. But it was more like he's not Adel. Even CZ and Adel always had training together but this time was different. And it was different from the Holy Kingdom.
" Adel-sama... We can't let you blow up this place. Where's the detonator?. Please... don't do this."
Human Adel still gazing his eyes all over CZ2128 Delta.
" Hmm... you're really interested." A short reply from Adel sent CZ to a storm of confusion.
Suddenly, 3 hellhounds rushed out of the shadows next to CZ. As she noticed them, She smashed one of them her by a fist.
Another 2 hellhounds were sent flying by CZ's Rifle, She smashed it to them and shot them at the end.
(... Where did he hide these hellhounds?!.. I remember that I already checked this area... How is this possible? and Why did he do this?.. Adel-sama must know that Hellhounds are very weak monsters... and he still uses them against me?)
Hellhounds, To Nazarick standards, they're pretty weak monsters, even in the new world.
This was also another thing CZ did notice. From the beginning that Adel had dragged everyone to play is game, He hadn't used any good gadgets or spells. He was more like a low-budget group of terrorists. But the only thing that he was ahead of her was a topic that how did he get back to the 6th floor even the door closed? how did he get those prisoners out? how did he hide in the floor without getting detected?
However, CZ abandoned the thoughts in her head and used her arms to guard a baton which had been smashed directly to her face by Adel.
So this had already answered CZ question why did Adel still use hellhounds. He didn't use them to help him fight CZ but he uses them to get himself closer to her at the time that CZ was busy dealing with them. Even she had beaten them down in just a second but that was enough for Adel to get in his fighting range.
While guarding, CZ noticed something.
Hellhounds bodies are changing themselves. Their body started to melt down like an ice and finally, they've become cards.
( His cards?! Adel-sama's cards can also change into monsters? )
At the time CZ was shocking, She didn't know that Adel had already put his baton down between her legs and he just pulled it up. It sent CZ delta flipped and made her entire body hit the ground.
This happened very fast as hell, even lesser than 2 seconds.
" Eggkkkk-" CZ still lifted her arms and covered it in front of her face as Adel continuously smashed his baton to her.
" Arrrr- ghhhh arrrr! " Adel yells as if he was an animal.
At somehow, A strange feeling comes into CZ's head. His fighting style was totally different from when they are practicing together.
This is not him, It is like he didn't know any martial arts. He was just roughly swinging the baton down.
" Gggrrrrrr-! Gggggrrrrrr! "
But CZ couldn't keep this going any longer. If she couldn't make Adel stopped, her arms would actually be ripped off.
CZ looked at Adel through a space between her arms and finally, She found his gap. Because Adel continuously hit the baton to her arms so he didn't be aware of guarding his entire body.
As CZ knows, She immediately lifted her legs up and kicked him in the stomach.
Adel got kicked, He had bounced away from CZ. She then lifted herself up from the ground and as CZ stood up and about to bring her rifle up. Adel ran back and directly thrashed his baton to CZ face.
At this time CZ had to admit that Adel has the same speed as Solution in Human form. He's really fast... Like a bullet. No doubt what his speed would be in Undead form.
If Solution were here instead of me... It would be easier to deal with him... That's what CZ thinks.
CZ body was sent following the force of a collision between her face and a baton. However, before CZ was going to fall down again, She sensed that her body was held by something... A net.
( Egkkk- A net?! )
A net then fell down from the wall and went all around CZ's body. Now, she was trapped in a net.
Adel then immediately kicked CZ in a stomach. But this time there's a hidden knife coming out of his shoe. ( The same knife when he kicked gagaran in episode 2 )
It stapped CZ through her maid uniform.
CZ body fell down, Adel then threw the baton away he picked up his knife.
" All the familiar places" He quickly pushed his knife down to CZ's throat. But a second before it was going to reach CZ. There are other 4 hands coming out of CZ's body and grabbed Adel's hand, Stopping a knife from going down.
The other 2 then punched to Adel's face. Sent him flying away.
CZ stood up, she used 6 of her robot hands pulled herself out of a net. Then CZ threw a net away and touched her hand to her stomach, An electric and the wires actually coming out of her cloth. A knife went deeper then she expected.
As CZ lifted face up She didn't find Human Adel anymore, So she used scanning goggles to help her. But it seems useless now Because an image was blurred and error. Human Adel had already destroyed her gadget.
CZ then turned around, Looking for her young master.
Suddenly, A goggles seemed to come back to work again. But the current image appeared on the screen was a picture of Human Adel. He was sprinting in front of CZ.
" ! " CZ got startled, It could be a jump scare. She lifted her rifle up in order to block his fist.
But it was too late. CZ body was sent flying again.
H!
CZ was stopped by a mirror from a big window.
A mirror crashed and some of its sharp pieces were sticking at CZ's cheek.
As quickly as CZ realized that she was stopped, Adel came closer and stabbed 4 of CZ's robot hand with a throwing knife to a wall around them, making CZ's extra hands couldn't be able to move.
Following by Adel's feet, He pushed CZ's chest down with his arms and squeezed her neck with his hands. Every part of CZ's body above her waist was hanging outside the top of the building while CZ's legs trying to hold herself in.
" ... Aghhh... Arrr..." A little moaned from the automaton was a signal that the force of a squeezing was hard enough that made her robotic organs were destroyed inside her neck and from a second now, there wouldn't be any of electricity went up to give energy to her robotic brain and she would be unconscious at the end. Or in the worst case, she could die.
" Why... Did...you do... This..." CZ groaned out to a man in front of her while her eyes were about to close down.
But Suddenly, Someone had come from the back and pulled Human Adel off.
A severe squeezing also had been taken out of CZ's neck.
As if a person that lifts his head up to the air after a long minute of diving underwater.
CZ got her self inside the building with her hands covering on her neck.
Lifting her face up, CZ saw Human Adel was held up by Imp-Adel.
" Adel-sama ! "
But Imp Adel's face seemed like he's very angry. His eyes straightly looking into Human Adel's eyes. CZ never saw this side of her young master before.
" YOU SON OF A BITCH ! " Imp Adel shouted with anger. He punched his fist directly into a man in makeup.
CZ could feel that the force of his fist hitting another of himself's face was deadly than her and Human Adel. Maybe twice... Or triple or even the same level as Sebas.
CZ heard a sound of a cracking bone, maybe it comes from inside Human Adel's face or maybe it was from Imp-Adel's fist.
" A-Adel-sama! Wait-!"
Imp Adel then released Human Adel down, While Human Adel was falling in the air, Imp Adel kicks him with his feet. Sending Human Adel out of the building.
A body of a man in a brown theme getup was falling down from the building.
" OoOOoo HaHAHAHAHahhahahHhahahHhaah aaaa- hahhaha ! "
Instead of hearing a screaming, CZ only heard a sound of laughing.
" NO-! "
Imp-Adel tried to reach at CZ as fast as possible as he saw CZ quickly took her rifle up from the ground and quickly aimed at a falling Human Adel.
" CZ- SAMA ! DON'T! DON'T HELP HIM UP-!"
Imp Adel shouted, But it was too late. Wires had been shot out of a muzzle and went down. It grabbed one Human-Adel's legs and stopped him from falling down.
A laughing sound was stopped due to pulling from the wires.
" I can't let him go down. Adel-sama" CZ turned back and replied. It's true that Human Adel just trying to kill CZ and she was about to lose the fight. However, Human Adel is also her young master. An heir of her Supreme leader Ainz Ooal gown. So it doesn't matter how badly Adel beat her up, She still needs to protect her young masters with her life without any conditions.
"Woo-Haa-Ha- Ha-ha-ah-ha... Ooh...you..." Human Adel was hanging upside down as he has been lifted up to his initial place, He was facing both CZ and Imp-Adel, However, He was now only staring to CZ in the eyes.
" You just couldn't... Let me go... Could you? Hm? (Wheeze) This ...This is what happens when we actually sit in... this special seat... "
" ..special..seat?..." CZ was now confused.
Right now, everything was cleared. The hostages were all rescued. She and Imp-Adel have finally stopped Human Adel. Yuri and The others would probably be here in 2-3 minutes now. It's over. It's all over.
But... Why did Human Adel is still laughing... No... It was like the situation has swapped.
Human-Adel who suppose to be upset...or maybe suffer from his failing... Just laughing and smiling like he was a winner...like he just achieved a victory.
But Imp-Adel next to CZ... As she turned her face to him. He is now very upset... And shocked... And depressed. His facial expression told CZ that he has already lost to something.
This sent CZ to a storm of confusion even more. What happen? Why did it turn out to be like this?!
" You... Truly are... Incorruptible... Aren't you?..Hmm? " Human Adel asked CZ.
CZ didn't answer, however... She still confusing due to many things happening, she still looking at Human Adel in the eye.
" You ...will not kill me... Because ...some of the Nonsense..Holy ranks which are now..covering my head... And I...will not kill you...because fighting with you guys are ...too much fun...( wheezes) look at your face that time you got played"
" You'll be in the padded cell...deep down in the ground... forever.." Imp Adel immediately replied. He gently moved in the middle of CZ and Human Adel. To protect CZ from this freak.
" Nah, Just trying to act that you are displeased. They all are going to come to release you out because everyone in here is losing their minds, you know."
Imp Adel didn't reply to that word. He turned back to CZ and touched her shoulder with his hands. Because CZ heights were the same as Entoma so Imp Adel needs to bend himself down.
" CZ-sama. Please don't care about those filthy words. I'm..I'm really sorry about what happened.-"
"...Adel-sama..." CZ lifted her face up and staring at her young master in the emotionless face.
From everything happened to CZ, Every strange thing that happened to her... Finally, It came to the conclusion. Finally, CZ figured it all out. She already knows what is the reason why Adel did this... All of them.
Seeing CZ like this, no need to read her act, Imp Adel already knew what CZ was thinking.
He moves his hands down from CZ's shoulder and placed it back beside him.
Nobody talks. After CZ's words, What only left was silence between those for a laughing sound behind Imp-Adel.
" CZ ! Adel-sama ! "
Shouting came from the back of CZ. Surely, It was Yuri Alpha with Aura, Mare, Shalltear.
" Are you alright?! " Yuri, Shalltear came to look after Imp Adel. While Aura and Mare were looking after CZ.
Even Yuri saw that they both fine, but she needed to ask to make sure. Because they may have an inner injured which she couldn't see, who knows?
Imp Adel nodded to Yuri and Shalltear while pointing his finger to CZ. It was meaning to Yuri and Shalltear to better go take care CZ then him.
" Woah. CZ. You look like... You just got beaten up by ...oh..." Aura was complaining about all injured on CZ's body. As she was trying to find a compare. Her eyes noticed Human Adel was hanging upside down outside the building. So this makes Aura get it. She immediately got the reason who made CZ be like this. No need to explain anything, A result left on CZ's body already speaks it.
Shalltear and Yuri got themselves closer to a hanging man outside, staring at him. Aura was taking care of CZ and Mare seemed like he doesn't want to get closer to Human Adel, so he sticks with his sister.
" We finally caught him again... " Shalltear said.
"Yuri. Make sure this time we would never let him go again. I'll stick with him by myself no matter what. Tell Entoma down there to-" Shalltear claimed, but suddenly, CZ cut her words out.
" No...need to..." But CZ throat was damaged. Her sound right now was a mix of a girl's voice and some robot sfx sound effects. She was about to fall down due to an injury in her stomach. But luckily, Aura and Mare held her up.
" Eh..? CZ...? " Yuri turned back.
CZ didn't reply. Instead, she kept a focus on Imp-Adel and a laughing Human Adel. Like there are only 3 People who actually "know" what CZ meant.
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In the Aura's cabin, 6th floor.
Cixious opening her eyes from a long nap. After she realized that she had woke up, She immediately springs herself up from a bed.
" ( Gasps )..."
With eyes widened, and sweat all over her face and body, heavy breathing. Last time she did remember was she had found Human Adel, A man in a terrifying makeup. He had abducted her and some of her friends, but somehow Cixious couldn't remember what did happen when she went unconscious, but at least she felt that there was something was covering her head that time.
Lifting her face up, Cixious saw Yuri Alpha was looking after her next to the bed.
" Y-Yuri-san?!" Cixious suddenly pulled herself and then hugged Yuri with her body shaking.
" Yuri-san...*sniff*... Yuri..san..."
She is really frightened. That's what Yuri thought.
" It's okay. Cixious. Everything is alright. It's over" Yuri says, rubbing her hand on Cixious back.
Hearing incredibly good news, Cixious felt extremely relieved.
" R...Really?!"
"Yes. We have caught him. But this time, we've learned from the mistakes. We won't let him come out again." Yuri claimed.
" oh... Thank god.." Cixious sighed.
"What about my friends?" Cixious asked.
" We've recused them all out. We erased their memories with Lord Shalltear's magic and finally, We've sent them back to the 9th floor...well, even how we actually did it was pretty hard than telling to you like this..but Cixious... We are okay now.."
After that, Yuri explained everything to Cixious, Including fighting between CZ and Human Adel on the tower. They had already cleared the area up and made them come back to normal.
Cixious went blank for a minute after hearing that Adel had swapped the maids to his clowns. If they didn't realize, Cixious might actually die.
"W...What about Adel-sama?..." Cixious asked in worried.
"..." Yuri lowered her eyes down, bending her eyes away from Cixious. But it was enough to make Cixious knows that something had happened. Because Yuri's face changed. She was now looking like a person who doesn't want to talk about this.
"...Y..Yuri...san.."
Cixious got out from the bed, she slowly did it without any help. Because she knew that it was inappropriate to use Aura's bed like it was hers.
" Take it slowly.." Yuri warned.
" It's okay.. Yuri-san. I'm fine."
Suddenly, someone opened up the door. It was Entoma.
" Yuri-nee sama. It is about to start now." Entoma said. Yuri turned back and nodded to her sister. She then stood up.
" Eh..A start?" Cixious questioned.
" Yes." Yuri quietly replied.
" What starts?"
"..." Yuri closed her eyes down, she turned back to Cixious.
" An interrogation," Yuri said.
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Walking out of Aura's room, Cixious saw almost everyone was surrounding a strange room in the middle of Aura's cabin.
" Oh.. Cixioius?.. You finally woke up!.. You alright?"
" Y..Yes..Aura-sama. I'm fine.. Thank you very much" Cixious bowed.
" Eyahh~~~... Pheww~~ at least you are fine~.. You should thanks to Mare Instead of me as expect of Mare, His healing magic is incredible as usual."
" Mare, Sama.. T..Thankyou.." Cixious bowed.
" N..N..no problem.." Mare replied.
".. Anyway.. Aura-sama. W..what is this room?"
Cixious mentioned a strange transparent room placing in the middle of Aura's house.
From here, It was more like a huge box to Cixious. She could see everything inside.
Suddenly, She saw something was sitting with its back leaning against the wall in calmly and quietly inside the box. As she noticed, her eyes widened again in shocked. Because she saw Human Adel. With his long brown coat had been taken. Also his gloves.
" Hgg..T... T..that's..."
" Calm down." Shalltear appeared behind Cixious back, her hand touching Cixious shoulder to stop her from panicking.
" S..Shalltear-s..sama?!"
" This thing is a magic box I borrowed from Demiurge's floor. Simple explanation, It's a room which we can see and hear everything inside from here. But people in the room can't see us." Shalltear said.
" Well...originally, It is used to transport people that Demiurge had taken from Holy kingdom to his farm. But ...eh... In this case... I think it is ...fine.."
By considering at this point, It seems not appropriate to put an heir of Ainz Ooal gown in a place like this But Cixious actually agree with the reason why Shalltear chooses this solution to imprison him. He broke out once and Shalltear won't let him go out twice. She and her team, including Cixious had learned from mistakes. The best way is not to let he sees anything outside. Even he has an Animal Instinct but he's still surrounded by The guardians.
" Plus.. I'm sure that this item couldn't be destroyed by only Adel's own force like that cage... I did underestimate him at that time.. But now.. I wouldn't be careless again."
" CZ... Is there anything in his coat?" Yuri asked her sister CZ, who's now using her detecting skills on Adel's coat and gloves.
" No, Nothing here," CZ said.
Cixious heard that CZ's voice already came back to normal. So this means she's already healed by Mare.
" Keep looking. CZ. Even you claimed to us about no need to be aware of him anymore. But he could hide some unexpected tricks somewhere around him. Keep yourself aware first is the best way now.. We aren't losing anything, are we?" Shalltear said.
"oi..oi. Shalltear... Are you being too skeptic?"
" Or you want him to break out again?"
"...uh...n...N...no...I..I don't..." Aura felt small.
" Maybe he's hiding some clowns army to help him out of here Shalltear-sama.." Yuri added.
" That couldn't be... I'm not going to insult anything Yuri but... Even if he summoned his terrorist servants out to help him.. their levels aren't go any higher than 52... There's no way they could beat us"
" umu... You're right..." Aura supported.
" Let us not waste our time here... We need to know why did he do all of these things... But...if we just all rushing in there and trying to squeeze things out of his throat...no... That is... Extremely... Terrible.."
" I think we need to send Adel's closest person in our group to talk to him first." Yuri suggested.
"Hm... That's a good idea." Shalltear added, " But..." Shalltear then turned her face to Entoma Vasilissa Zeta.
" In this range... Adel could easily beat her down... Or maybe he would probably use her as a hostage... You know what i mean, Yuri?"
" is too dangerous for her if we send her in... Right?"
" Then we must send someone who is closest to Adel. But is stronger than his human form.."
Shalltear and Yuri, Entoma, CZ, Cixious and Mare turned their faces to Aura Bella Fiora simultaneously.
"...Eh-?! M...M..ME?! "
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Human Adel was sitting on the ground, His back leaning against the wall.
Everything around him was entirely white. But this place is worse than a cage, is that there are 4 whitewalls surrounding him from every direction. Like a patient's room in the asylum.
Suddenly, A door in front of him was opened from the outside. Appearing a little dark elf in a white-red theme of clothes coming in.
Seeing her from here, Aura was obviously scared to come in. Her legs were shaking. And Adel saw that.
" E...Ya... H-Hii~ A...Adel-sama...haha. for casting sleeping magic on you..."
She tried to act like she didn't scare of him. But it is not even bent in.
" (*click*) Good evening... Dark-Elf..."
Human Adel said in calmly. while slowly licking his lips but his eyes still on Aura without any blinking.
That scares Aura, However, She still remembers that Adel is weaker than her in this form. So that brought her confidence back a bit. But the fact that tension between Aura and him is getting more intense and intense didn't go anywhere.
Having observed Adel, Aura noticed that his make-up was peeling off. There's some part of his real skins appearing out from a white surface but not much.
( I must build an atmosphere that makes me friendly to him... )
Aura then walked and sat down towards Adel. Looking at him, face to face.
Right now, Her heartbeat is getting more intense then she came into this room. She didn't know what he's thinking. Because all Adel did is just staring at her.
" A...Adel...sama..." Aura gulped before continued, " Eeeh... Heheheh..." She tried to laugh to make the atmosphere better, " W-what a good prank you said... Haha. i.. I thought you're really going to blow up the tower. That's really got me...haha... R..real..-ly..." Aura quiet down as she noticed that Human Adel was staring at her while she trying to make a fake laugh. His eyes were like a child, Looks innocent but still, give her a feeling of distrust, creepy and uncomfortable atmosphere. It was a sign from him to get into the point right now.
" U..Uh...uuh.." Aura gulped again.
" The sweat is all over your face, ...Dark-elf."
As Human Adel said, Aura quickly wiped the sweat out by her hands. She's getting more panic.
( L...let start right now ! ) Aura thought.
" I...I want to know...W..Why did you..uh...why did you do this?"
" Do this?... Me?"
" ... "
A short reply from Human Adel sent Aura stunned.
" No... " Human Adel said, " I was doing what i wanted... What are you guys doing? Hm? Trying to object your master desire?"
"... N..No..Not like that! A..Adel-sama!... I was trying to- " Aura was about to continue but Human Adel interrupts.
" Does it depress you? Dark-Elf?...to keep bearing... Doing this... Annoying..duty?...Does it make you feel of the...unfair...discrimination?"
" What is he saying?.." Shalltear questioned, However, she and her team kept listening.
" I... I didn't feel any of t...those...things..A..Adel-sama..." Aura claimed.
" B..But why did you want to kill Hamsuke?... Or.. Or The Homunculus? D..does they displeased-.."
" Haahahaa! (***Wheezing***) "
Somehow, Adel exploded wheezing out. That makes Aura pulled herself back a bit.
" I... I ...don't want to kill them... ( wheeze ) "
" If i kill them, then who am i going to put into my games? Hm? Your brother?...No...no. "
From that, Mare outside startled.
" S..Shalltear...I.I can't ...take it anymore.."
" Calm down Mare... You are stronger than him!"
" heh..? i..i don't understand what you mean... -sama... All your plans are to create a game which playing with people's lives! And you said you don't want to kill them?.. That doesn't make any sense!"
" A Plan? You said?" Adel asked Aura back, that makes Aura startled.
" Do i really look like a guy with the plan?"
"..." Aura stunned.
" It was yours... " Adel then moved closer to Aura.
" I just did what i do best, I took your little plan and I turn it on itself... You trying to bait me, I bait you back. You trying to lure me out, So i lure you back."
At this point, Everyone except Human Adel took a big gulped, as they had realized it was actually true. They actually got played back by their own plans, especially, Shalltear.
" Look, what i did to this tomb with just a few drums of gas... And a couple of bullets... Hmm?"
"Y..You know what i noticed? Everybody has plans for their own and won't be panic when things go according to the plan... "
Aura stunned by Adel's words. Adel then gets himself closer to Aura. Now there's just a little gap between him and her.
" If tomorrow i told them, like...some floor guardians will get killed... Or the 10th floor will be blowing up... Nobody panics..."
At this moment, A tension is getting more intense and intense. A pressure was filled in Aura's cabin to all of the population who's observing Human Adel.
" Because it's all... a part of the plan... "
Adel looking at Aura in the eye.
" But if i said that... 1 ~ little animal which father collected from outside will die..."
" THEN EVERYONE LOSES THEIR MINDS! " Adel shaking his hands to Aura's face. Leaving a feeling of terrifying on Aura's face.
A minute before Human Adel was about to get closer to Aura. A hand quickly push him out. It came from Aura's back.
" Enough, Aura-sama. Don't talk with this freak"
Appearing Imp-Adel.
" ! A-Adel-sama?! " Aura screamed in shock. Now 2 Adels were in the same room with Aura. This was their first met, face to face.
" When did he get in there?! " Not only Shalltear but also everyone that shocked. Because they had only seen just Aura walking in this room.
" He may use his hiding skill like Solution... Then quietly following her...while we're talking." Yuri said.
" Please take my deepest apologize. Lord-Aura. But i couldn't let you be in here with him."
Glaring disturbingly at Human Adel, Imp-Adel landed his hand on Aura's shoulder and gently pull her away a bit further.
" Eh-?! I-Imp-Adel-sama can talk?! " Cixious was the only person who's surprised. However, she just knew that. Because now, everybody knows that Imp Adel can talk.
A lot had been going on, maybe Cixious would probably miss some detail. So she expected that someone could give her a proper answer.
" T...Then why did he keep himself mute all the time?! "
" That's another topic we're suspecting. But seems like Imp-Adel doesn't want to talk about that... He always bends his face away when i asked this..." Shalltear said.
(so she didn't know either.)
" So he doesn't want to answer?.."
" Yeah, but i wouldn't dare to force him too. He may have a reliable reason behind this"
" Ahhhhh... There are so many mysteries... My head was about to explode..." Shalltear complaint.
" I think... I know why." CZ suddenly said.
" HEH!? " everyone turns to CZ and looking at her in shock.
Since CZ was the only person who had a fight against Human Adel while everyone was taking care of Hostages. So she may have known something. That's what everyone thinks.
" What is it? CZ? " Shalltear asked with everyone waiting for her answer.
" I think... A reason that Human-Adel sama didn't answer Lord Aura's questions is. he's waiting for Imp-Adel sama to show up."
" Heh?"
" I'm not sure, so i couldn't say it. But if we keep listening to them we would probably get an answer..." CZ said.
" CZ... You're telling us that... You probably... Know everything behind this?" Yuri asked.
" Yes." CZ said, " And the reason why Human Adel did this..." CZ said.
Everyone was surprised at CZ's words. CZ could hear Entoma moaning.
But Yuri could feel a tension in CZ's voice. So that "something" CZ knows must be something...really..bad.
" HmmMm~ What a surprise that our prince shows up, " Human Adel says.
" Quit talking around, Answer Aura-sama's question. Now." Imp-Adel said. While his hand was still covering Aura. This means Imp-Adel doesn't trust in his human form.
Suddenly, Human Adel's voice has changed into a serious.
" I wanted to see what you'd do..." Human Adel said.
" And you didn't disappoint" Human Adel pull his face closer to Imp-Adel.
" You let people died... Then... You sit back and let them clean the mess... Even to me, that's very selfish, you know?"
" A...Adel...sama... What are-" Aura asked, but Imp-Adel stopped her.
" Why did you do this?" Imp Adel asked.
" These people, they want you gone. So that they can turn back to the way things were~...But i know the truth... There's no way to change it back. "We" 've changed this place... Forever."
" Don't talk like you are teaching things to me. After all these things... you even try to kill CZ-sama-"
" Ahahhahahahahhhaha!" Adel laughs, " I-I don't want to kill her!... Instead, She is the most important one... What would i do without her? Go back and having fun with those in 6th floor?... No...no... No, she...that robot girl...she..complete...me.."
" You're garbage who just enjoying it..."
" DON'T TALK LIKE YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. YOU'RE NOT!" Human Adel immediately yells back like he's pissed off.
Imp-Adel felt that Aura behind him was startled. As he turns back, Aura says she's okay.
" Even if you would like to be..."
Human Adel looked out of the room. He knows that behind this wall, there are a group of people watching them. However, he didn't care. He turns back to face Imp Adel.
Shalltear over there felt a little fear in her chest.
" To them, you're just a freak. Like me. They need you right now... When they don't, They'll cast you out. Like you aren't one of them..."
" You're just items that can talk. An Object..that can walk...People only salutes you just because you were labeled as Son of Ainz..Ooal gown. But their Loyalties... to you...are just a bad joke. They don't care what would you be, they just only care if they would get scolded. They are only doing good to you as father allows them to , As along as you are father's heir..no one's gonna refuse you...But soon..You'll know...when those 41 people come back.. You'll out of your position.. And finally, you'll be a black sheep."
Human Adel jiggled his eyebrows.
" See, I'm not a monster." Human Adel moved his face closer.
" If i weren't his son, that dark elf would hit me already."
Imp Adel suddenly grabs Human-Adel's suit and pulls him up to the air.
" A-Adel-sama! " Aura behind, She tried to pull back Imp-Adel. As Aura saw his face, It was filled with seething. Anger on his face made Aura got chills. It was a side of Adel which Aura never saw it before.
" P-Please calm down! "
However, There's more thing that astonished Aura.
Looking at Human Adel, Even his face was covered by makeup. But he didn't show any sign of afraid or panic. Instead, he was still cold and act disturbing as he used to be.
" You are insulting them "
Imp Adel is bearing very hard from his anger.
" Ooooh ~ then that's the insult you have to admit."
WHAM!
Imp Adel smash him against the wall.
" Adel-sama ! Stop it! " Shalltear Blood fallen and Yuri rushed in the room. They grabbed Imp-Adel then pulled him out of Human Adel.
After Human Adel got released, he then stood up and sit on the table as if nothing happens.
" Adel! You should get out of this room first and calm yourself down!... Alright... Then mommy will go after you " Shalltear said.
Yuri took Imp-Adel out of this room but before that Imp Adel turns to Shalltear.
"Lord-Shalltear. Aura-sama... I'm begging you not to associate with that man. Please... Please leave him." Imp Adel politely said.
" Adel.. I understand. But there are many things that i want to know from him. I hope that you'll understand." Shalltear said.
" SHALLTEAR-SAMA ! PLEASE! PLEASE LET HIM ALONE! HE'S A MAD DOG! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO GAIN FROM HI-" before Adel would going to say anything more. Yuri Alpha took him out and closed the door. However, Imp Adel didn't refuse to do what Shalltear said.
" Fuuahh~..." Aura sighed.
Now there're only Shalltear, Aura and Human Adel on the table.
" Seems like using the closest friend to talk to him didn't work..." Shalltear sigh.
" Adel... I'm not going to play any games... But if you still keep your mouth shut. I'm not going to bear it anymore."
" S...Shalltear!"
" hmf..."
A sound of giggling came out from Human Adel's throat. As Aura was holding Shalltear back.
" Adel! Turn your face to mommy! NOW! "
" ! Don't yell at him! You're acting rude! "
" Is it worth it, Vampire?..."
Adel's question makes Shalltear stunned.
" that... Your decision has caused all of these consequences?... What would you explain when father comes back? Have you been thinking of the excuses yet?... Is this really worth to... Risk...just...how hunger you are... In order to beat that woman down?"
" ... " Shalltear took a big gulp. Can't refuse that his words make sense. If Shalltear just reports this to Ainz before Adel got the Homunculus maids, it wouldn't end up like this.
However, She must not let Adel took over her emotions. She must be the one who controls it.
Although Shalltear had Aura at besides, She could probably get control by Adel.
Seriously, Shalltear could send Aura out right now. But if she did, it would make Human Adel could easier to take over Shalltear's mind by his psychological tactics.
But looks like Shalltear didn't get taken over yet.
" Don't try fooling around Adel. It is useless against me. Answering me! Why did you do this! Mommy will get angry soon."
Even she said that, but it just a bluff.
" Why don't you ask that guy?...hmm? I could lie to you. Or i could even keep my mouth shut. What you're going to do to me without father's permission? Hm? "
Simple, but true.
" that guy?... Imp Adel sama? " Aura questioned.
" What makes you so confident about that.."
" Because that guy can't lie "
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A silence filled at the outside. As Imp Adel walks out, Everything outside was filled with an entire silence. Everyone was looking at Imp Adel.
However, Imp Adel didn't dare to look at the eyes of the other. All he did is just look down and find some quiet place or corner to stay with himself.
He walked to a table in the middle of the room. Then he quietly sat down with his hands covering his head is depressed.
" So... It's really what i thought." CZ said.
Everyone turned their face to CZ.
However, there was something different.
As everyone noticed, Yuri Alpha didn't talk for a while. She kept herself silence since she brought Imp Adel out of the interrogation room.
CZ approached Imp Adel, however, He didn't react or do anything.
" So...Demiurge-sama in that time...he was you..."
" ! "
" EEEEH-?! "
" C-CZ... What are you saying?! " Entoma said in confusion.
Looking at Imp-Adel, he still not reply anything. But he put his hands back on a table.
" Adel-sama. You tried to help me to get through the guards on the 7th floor... But Demiurge-sama wasn't here... So you disguised as him and quickly went out as you saw nothing wrong in the cell...to prevent that I would probably realize that it was a fake one ..."
"..." Everyone glaring at Imp Adel in shocked.
"..Adel -sama... Is that true...?" Entoma asked. But Imp Adel still quiet.
The tension in the room getting stronger and stronger as long as Imp Adel still in quiet. A pressure that could make anyone goes insane also getting intense.
Looks like there's no escape. So he had no choice.
" Yes... That was me.."
Finally, something happened. Imp Adel who hasn't interacted with anyone for a while starts saying things. But he looks extremely depressed.
"...So why?!...why did you keep yourself quiet all along?! "
That moment, Yuri also starts to speak. But her voice didn't seem fine. Her voice has a mix of worries, curious but also anger. Like a mother.
"..." Imp Adel turned his face away as if He didn't want to talk to Yuri. But that didn't stop her from asking.
It was a question which everyone wants to know. Why did Imp Adel keep himself quiet all along?
" Come to think of it... I haven't seen he did reply when we asked him whether he could talk or not... He didn't admit..but also didn't refuse." Mare added.
" So... Apparently, it's all in our minds that he's mute..." Cixious concluded.
At this moment, everyone realizes.
" Ohh... Yeah,...you're right" Entoma said.
" Then why?! Adel-sama! Please answer me! Also, The words coming out of your Human form's mouth... What did it mean! "
Yuri was about to go insane as if she was really his mom. She grabbed his shoulder and forced him to focus on her.
" Y-Yuri-san! " Cixious trying to stop Yuri from acting rude to Adel. As she saw Yuri aggressively shook his shoulder.
Yuri seemed to get her conscious back, suddenly she releases her hands out of Adel.
"...I...I'm s-sorry...Adel-sama.." Yuri bowed, but instead, It didn't make Imp Adel feel better a little.
Although she had apologized, Imp-Adel seemed to feel worse.
" Because Human Adel sama wants to prove"
CZ said it makes all the focus were aimed at her.
" As i said... Yuri-nee... We are failed from the beginning." CZ explained.
Yuri lifted her head up, She is the only person who seemed to understand what CZ was talking while everyone was still in confusion.
However, CZ continues saying her thoughts that she claimed that they are reasons behind all of this.
" Human Adel-sama. He didn't commit a crime for his entertainment..."
" But he did it because he just wanted to prove...that..."
CZ lowered her eyes down. Even CZ couldn't even dare to say it. But it was enough to make everyone in the room understand and finally get it. It is a hard-to-explain feeling. But understandable for everyone.
" All he wanted is to prove... That it doesn't matter who you would be...As long as Ainz-sama wanted you to be his son...you can do whatever you want. But when Ainz-sama doesn't... We will also leave you..."
" Right...right?...Adel-sama..." Yuri bear to say it.
Imp Adel stood up from the chair, he turned to face Yuri. In comparison, their heights are similar.
" Y...Yuri... I'm...I'm sorry-"
SLAP !
As time has been stopped. An shocking image which no one expected this to happen just occurred.
Yuri Alpha, The big sister of the Pleiades maids just slapped her young master's face with her right hand. But there's more than that because there is water in her eyes and her cheeks got a little red. However, she tried her best not to let it fell down from her face.
Dullahan is some kind of Undead, it has a passive skill that could help to control one's emotion. However, if compared to a true undead like Ains. Yuri is concerned as an Undead who could able to express her emotions like Shalltear.
" Y-Yuri-nee! / Yuri?! / Yuri-san?! " Entoma, Mare, and Cixious yelled, she tried to use her small hands to pull Yuri back. Everyone except Yuri was trembling in panic. As Yuri just did something they concerned as " Unforgivable act. "
" Is that it... Just...just because of that...?"
Yuri glared into Imp Adel's eyes.
" Y..Yuri-sama... "
" So...you didn't even trust us... All along...?"
" Y..Yuri-sama. N..not like that..." Imp Adel tried to explain.
" Then why?! Why did you keep yourself silence?! Answer me! "
" Because he can't lie. " Shalltear and Aura came out of the interrogation room from behind.
" S..Shalltear-sama?!... "
A shocking expression was shown at Imp Adel's face when he turned his face to Shalltear. And Shalltear can notice it.
( According to that expression... Human Adel was right?...)
" Adel... " Shalltear walked closer to him.
" Why did you keep yourself mute all the time? "
"..." Imp Adel again, trying to avoid answering the question. But He did realize that Yuri Alpha was still staring at him like a mother who couldn't handle it anymore, a tear was still stuck in her eyes.
Imp Adel then closed his eyes down, he closed it for a second.
"... Because... He doesn't...want...to let... Everyone...knows it..."
Imp Adel tried his best to answer this but looks like he didn't dare to say. However, he forced himself to say it.
" Who?..." Shalltear asked. At this moment, Everyone was focusing their eyes on Imp Adel. No one talks except them.
"... A...Adel... T..the true... Adel.." Imp Adel said.
A confusion strikes in Everyone. So they started to ask more.
" What do you mean the true Adel?..." Shalltear points to the interrogation room.
" .Shalltear-sama...I.I did mean... The true Adel.." He replied.
" What?!...but you are also Adel... His good side..." Shalltear moaned in confused to that controversial replied.
" No...Shalltear-sama... I...I'm not..."
" EeeeeEEeeEeH?! "
Everyone yelled in confusion, even more, so Shalltear was wrong all along.
" You aren't his good side?..."
Imp Adel nodded.
" So what are you ?! "
" I...I am... His..." Imp Adel stopped, he breathes in and out.
" I am his mind... His subconscious .." Imp Adel says.
As the answer comes out from his mouth, It makes everyone shocked.
" Subconscious..? Mind? " Aura confused.
" wait a minute... I think...that word sounds very similar to something I've read..." Shalltear then walked to a desk, she then picked up a book she brought from Nazarick's library. It was the same book which it describes a type of people.
While she was opening, She glared her eyes to Imp Adel. His face didn't look good, he tried to approach Yuri Alpha but he looks like he didn't dare.
"...Y...Yuri..sama...I...I'm-" before Adel was going to reach Yuri, Shalltear just found what she was looking for and she yells it out.
" The subconscious mind defines all reactions and automatic actions we become aware of if we think about them... On the other simple explanation, Think of the subconscious mind as the storage room of everything that is currently not in your conscious mind. The subconscious mind stores all of your previous life experiences, your beliefs, your memories, your skills, all situations you've been through and all images you've ever seen..."
Shalltear everyone except Yuri lifted and turned their faces to Imp Adel.
"... I see... The effect of total maniac didn't separate Adel-sama's good side and bad side... But it did split his mental states..." Aura concluded.
" This says... Usually, A popular psychologist Sigmund Freud... Has separate the mind into 3 states... First states are Conscious mind...best understood as having an awareness of something, being able to call it to mind, realizing. it would seem simple enough to qualify only those events we can recall as the activities of the mind. Next... Is the subconscious mind as I said before... And the last one is... The unconscious mind. It is where all of our memories and past experiences reside. These are those memories that have been repressed through trauma and those that have simply been consciously forgotten and no longer important to us aka automatic thoughts. It's from these memories and experiences that our beliefs, habits, and behaviors are formed. And we cannot control it. the unconscious, sitting a layer deeper in the mind under the subconscious. Although the subconscious and unconscious has direct links to each other and deals with similar things, the unconscious mind is really the cellar, the underground library if you like, of all your memories, habits, and behaviors. It is the storehouse of all your deep-seated emotions that have been programmed since birth..."
" So this is why he didn't be so aggressive like-..oh...wait..." Aura realized, also everyone.
They together looked at Human Adel who was sitting in the room.
" So...so that means...H..Human Adel over there is..." Shalltear turned her face back to Imp Adel. As if they know each other minds. Imp Adel nodded.
"He's the unconscious mind..." Imp Adel says shakily.
A question has been answered. Astonishing strikes among their group.
Glaring at Yuri Alpha again, Imp Adel was worrying about her. But as Yuri noticed, she bent her face away.
"...So... Adel doesn't want us to know what?"
Shalltear asked.
" S..Shalltear..sama... Please don't ask anything further than this..."
" Adel-sama...please Answer us." A short words from Yuri shown her upset in Imp Adel. It made him flinched. Imp Adel knew that Yuri was very upset in him. He can't run away now. He can't make Yuri feel bad anymore.
"... " Imp Adel went silence again, He prepared for the consequences of his answer.
"... He..." Imp Adel pointed to Human Adel, " He and me. We have been...arguing for a long time... He believes that... He is just a person Father chose to be his representative. He believes that..."
"..."
" Say it... Adel-sama..." Yuri said, her eyes glaring on the floor.
" He believes...that... Everyone..doesn't have any true loyalty to him. Everyone just did because...Father's orders. Everyone loyalty is only given to Father...not him." Imp Adel gulped.
" Human Adel-sama's intention...was to show Imp Adel-sama that No matter what he would do, what he would say, or even How bad he is ...but as Ainz-sama still sees him as his heir... No one would dare refuse his act... So he did all of this...to prove that he was right." CZ said.
" And he actually did it... on a building... CZ stopped Human Adel-sama from falling... And that was Adel-sama's trump card..." Shalltear added.
Everyone had just realized that they've failed from the beginning. They thought they won, but as it turns out, They lose. Because Human Adel already achieved his goals.
"...W...we...we failed... From the beginning...? " Mare questioned.
"But If we don't stop him... The others live would have been taken...more and more..."
" Adel-sama... That "Coward" he mentioned... Is... You..." CZ realized. She lifted her face up.
"..." Imp Adel didn't answer, but really, an answer has already been shown by his regretting eyes.
"... A..Adel doesn't want anyone to know about these thoughts... So he kept ignoring it and worked hard in order to keep himself focusing on work that can help him forget them...but every time it keeps coming back... So.. I need to do what Adel has programmed me ... Keeping it a secret..."
" So you conclude it...by not talking to us at the beginning...right?... Adel-sama..." Yuri shakily said.
" Yuri-sama... I...I'm sorry... I...i don't know how i should say... I..i thought that we could handle it..so..i..." Imp Adel stopped,
" Human Adel is Adel-sama's unconscious mind..he believes like that... So... Adel-sama's truly also believes like that...?"
" Y..Yuri-sama..."
" ENOUGH ! " Yuri shouted, " SO WHAT'S THE POINT THAT I SAID TO YOU THAT WE WILL NEVER LEFT YOU? THOSE WORDS COULDN'T EVEN MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS?! "
A tear was covered on Yuri's face, She was the one who always takes care of Adel since he was born. She is Adel's first friend, She the one who listens to him when Adel relaxed out his depression. [ In chapter 1 ].
Yuri always encourages Adel as if he is her son. Actually, Yuri couldn't refuse that deep down in her mind, She sees Adel as her little brother, like Decrement and Increment. She believes that someday, She would help Adel wiped out this bad feeling he had and turned him into a good person like Sebas or Cocytus.
But now, Yuri found that she was wrong. All along. Adel didn't even take the importance of her words. He just concerned her words just as a random consolation.
This shocks everyone, of course, but the one who got affected the most was Yuri. It broke all of her belief that she was slowly taking care of Adel.
" Adel-sama... I...i thought...you were listening to me ..."
Yuri is completely upset. She wiped a tear out of her face. Entoma was trying to calm Yuri down.
" Entoma. Take Yuri out of here. Let she calm herself down a bit." Shalltear said.
No one told Yuri about her rude acting by yelling to her master. Because this time, they all sensed that Yuri was extremely broke.
Entoma took Yuri out. Imp Adel glares at her in guilty and worry, he's about to follow them but CZ told him not to.
" ** sigh ** A..Adel-sama, please accept my sincere apology instead of Yuri Alpha. She did-"
"No... Aura-sama... It's okay.. Instead, it was all my fault... If i showed myself out... It won't end up like this..." Imp Adel said in regret.
" I couldn't do anything... I sneaked in the building before Shalltear-sama ordered... And i found that... All the hostages and his men got swapped...But for a second that i realized... Everyone was coming in... So... I..."
" Human Adel-sama... Forced you to speak.." Cixious said.
Suddenly, Imp Adel went down to the floor, he kneeled, begging for an apologizing.
" Everyone... I...i know this is unforgivable...but...please... At least... Please accept my apology! "
Adel bowed his head down, hitting the ground in front of Shalltear's feet.
Suddenly, Everyone ran to Adel, trying to hold him up.
" A...Adel-sama! D...don't do this! " Aura said, holding his left arm, CZ on the right. And Cixious behind.
" I know, Aura-sama... But it was all my fault...i can't pretend that it wasn't mine..." Imp Adel said.
" Adel... Listen to me..." Shalltear reached her hands out, she held up his face.
" Look, I know how you feel right now. But i want you... To open your eyes. It is usually for us to forgive any mistakes you have made. But it wasn't too late to change your perspective... The way you deal with us is to depress and too serious. I know well, Adel... I know that feeling well. It was the same feeling i know after i got brain-washed. A feeling of skeptic... A feeling that everyone was wearing a mask against you. This is not an encouragement...Adel. Even Human Adel just achieved his goals but... He wasn't entirely right. There is some point that is true. But also some point that it isn't. However, i can confirm you that No one in Nazarick would ever be displeased by your existence. And i believe that Ainz-sama will never abandon you. Adel... Never...Mommy promise."
Shalltear reached her arms around Imp Adel's neck. She hugged him with comfort.
" Woah..." Aura moaned in surprised. She didn't expect that a person like Shalltear could do anything like this.
This moment Aura would have to admit that Shalltear can be a good mother.
"...t...thank...you..." Imp Adel looked down.
" Yes, Adel-sama! This flat-chest was right~~ I will not abandon you! No matter what! " Aura said in cheers.
CZ and Aura held him up.
" WHAT YOU JUST SAID?! "
" Anyway... I don't understand... Why does Adel-sama can't lie? " Cixious asked in confusion. However, Imp Adel started moving, he walked to her. And that makes Cixious feel bashful.
"C...cixious-sama... I'm really sorry for what he had done to you..."
" A...Adel-sama! I...it's okay! I..i'm totally fine! " Cixious said.
"..." Imp Adel still regret. However, he continues to explain.
" Okay... Cixious-sama.." He said, " I couldn't lie.. Because I am Adel's subconscious... It's in Adel's mind... that he will never lie to Nazarick population.."
" So that's why we can catch him every time he tried to lie. But with people outside... He's so good at acting.." Aura said.
" However... Both of us..." Imp Adel staring into a room which Human Adel was sitting in, " Both of us have the same things... Is that we will never betray Nazarick. And won't hurt any of the real Nazarick's population."
" wait..." CZ stopped the conversation, as she had concluded something in her mind.
" So that's why I didn't suffer from A damage of rocket launcher...that time when i was lying unconscious... Human Adel-sama...he must have healed me... " CZ said.
" oh... CZ-san... Human Adel-sama didn't even hit me... Even he held a sharp object next to my throat...he didn't stab it down... And he just makes me sleep when he abducted me..." Cixious added.
" Oh... that's not his intention. " Imp Adel said, " Even we will never betray Nazarick but to an unconscious mind like him... It was just some kind of programme. Because if he thinks he will kill some maids or betray Nazarick... He will automatically forget that thought. I think he did it automatically... Or maybe he really interests in you as he claimed. I'm not sure."
" So... Did you know what kind of tricks he uses to avoid our detection?"
" I don't know either. " Imp Adel replied. While everyone was talking, CZ walks herself out of the group. She then picked up the book from a table up and notice something.
" the unconscious mind is really the cellar, the underground library of all your memories, habits, and behaviors. It is the storehouse of all your deep-seated emotions that have been programmed since birth..."
Cixious noticed CZ was reading words on a book.
" The unconscious mind will reflect all of one's habits and behaviors...his true self..." CZ gazed her eyes to Human Adel.
" Reflect...all of one's habits...and behaviors... His true self..."
Suddenly, Everyone realizes the other thing. A terrifying atmosphere automatically comes in the room.
Everyone went to silent for a second, to a fact that they just found. Imp Adel looked away as CZ was looking at him.
" Don't tell me... -Adel..sama ... Is the reflect of Adel-sama's true nature!? "
" I...Impossible..." Cixious covered her mouth with her shaking hands. Mare and Aura was shocked. Even CZ, even CZ was also shocked at this.
"... Oi...oi... A..Adel-sama... Is truly... This kind of person...?" Shalltear also shocked at this.
It was common in the great tomb of Nazarick. That most of their population have bad habits and a high amount of negative karma. CZ knows that even her own sisters also have a bad nature like Lupusregina Beta and Solution Epsilon who're both sadists in their true nature, Naberal gamma who sees Human as something worth less than shit, Albedo whose true nature is to have a child with Ainz, Demiurge who doesn't care about anything but Nazarick, Mare who is truly cold blood. Surely, everyone has a different type of true nature. But in the end, they have the same things. A Loyalty to Nazarick.
But the true nature of Adel... Is too much for them to admit. He is unpredictable, unreadable and unstoppable. A very complicated person.
CZ flipped the pages over and over, then she found something was written on it. She read it.
"People like this cannot be reasoned with, as there is nothing they want other than destruction and mayhem. As they said, "Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn." CZ complete the text with a terrifying eye.
" No... I...i can't take it... A...Adel! This is not true... Right?..." Shalltear turned to Imp Adel. But instead of getting an answer, Imp Adel looked down.
" Oh...my...god... " Shalltear moaned.
They know that Adel must have some bad habits that he tries to hide it from them. But Shalltear didn't expect that it would be this much.
" So...the boogeyman... Was not Adel-sama's acting... But it was his true nature..." Aura said in shocked.
" He needs a therapy... As fast as possible..."
Yuri suggested.
" Y..Yuri?! E..Entoma-san?!... W..when did you come back...? " Cixious asked.
Yuri didn't answer. She walked to the middle of the group.
Yuri has already stopped tearing out. However, she still blue. however, there was something different on her face. Entoma was rubbed her hands at Yuri's back.
" Y..Yuri..."
" I will ask Ainz-sama as soon as he comes back. We can't keep him like this. It's too dangerous" Yuri said.
"... Umu... I agree..." Shalltear said.
" S...shalltear-sama...Y..Yuri-sama... D..don't need to do that! It... Don't waste your precious time on me.."
" Adel-sama!..." Yuri shouted, Imp Adel, flinched.
" You said that you and he were arguing for a long time. Adel-sama... What is your belief? " Yuri asked in a serious voice.
"... H..heh?..."
Seeing Yuri and the others were waiting for him to speak. That made Imp Adel felt a pressure.
"... Uh...I...i believe that... Uh... You guys are...a group of..awesome..p..people... I need to pay the respect to..."
" From my conclusion...Adel does not even consider himself as Ainz-sama's son. He only sees himself as an outsider..." Shalltear said.
" That's the point we need to fix him," Yuri said.
" By the way, Yuri... Why did you change your emotions so fast? " Shalltear asked.
But suddenly, there's someone calling Shalltear in { Message }.
" Yes? " Shalltear asked the caller.
" [Shalltear. Told everyone to Prepared the welcome. Ainz-sama was heading back in 10 minutes] "
It was Albedo's voice.
" Heh?! "
" [ Don't "heh" to me, I'll tell Yuri too. Just be ready] "
" Ah... Uh. You don't need to. Albedo. Yuri is already here. She's next to me."
" [ Oh, alright... Good then.. Just go prepare already!] "
" U..Understood.."
Message canceled.
" Shalltear, what is it? "
" Ainz-sama is heading back here," Shalltear said.
Looking at her wristwatch, Aura noticed that it was 5 P.M. now.
" Oh my! We've forgotten the time! We must prepare a welcoming!... But.." Aura looking at Human Adel.
" If we left him here, he might get away," Imp Adel says.
" Should we take him to the throne room? So that we could show him to Ainz-sama." Entoma suggested.
" Ho-oh... No-no-no-no! Shorty! " Imp Adel
" W..why?...Adel-sama, I see there's no problem with that..."
Imp Adel grabbed Entoma's face, he pulls her closer to his face.
" Entoma, listen. He chases Hamsuke and kills Shalltear-sama's subordinates... For Fun!... Entoma, that crazy mother fucker just putting a bomb in person... For fun! Entoma, He blows up Aura-sama's cabin... For fun! SO HE'S STAYING...RIGHT HERE! "
" O...O...okay...then..." Entoma said.
" I will stay with him " he claimed.
" No, Adel-sama. We can't leave you two alone..." Yuri lifted up her glasses.
" Entoma, CZ... Can you two stay with him? " Shalltear asked.
Entoma and CZ nodded.
" Good... Now let's go."
{ A/N }
Finally, I hope you like it. These 3 big chapters took me longer than i thought. A little of the review will be very appreciated. I have been thinking of writing a story from Undead Adel side at Re:estize in the next chapter. But I'm also want to write an event that will happen next to this. Please help me making a decision.
And finally, happy new year.