It hadn't been three hours when Narberal came marching back to my room. Opening the door and doubtlessly thinking I was alone.

"…right above it, there's a spot shaped like a little button. Now attend to that button and I guarantee she'll be thankful….." I looked back to whomever opened the door. "Hey, Narberal." I said with a wave. She blinked when she saw Reina and Remna, sitting quietly at the same table, sandwiches in front of them, still uneaten. "You want something to eat?"

"I'm adequate, thank you." Her eyes lingered on the other two women. "What are the Brides doing here?"

"Oh. " I said, snapping my fingers. "Just listening to me ramble. Unless you want me to clue Narberal in on our conversation…." I looked over to the Brides and awaited their answer.

"We were speaking of Lady Shalltear, Ms. Narberal." Reina spoke, bowing her head to her superior. "Of our obligations to her and seeing if their was anyway to improve."

Narberal looked to me confused. "Improve?"

I got up and shrugged. "They want to get back in Shally's good graces after the forest." I picked up my plate and took it back over to the counter. " I don't really see why. It's not like they turned rogue or anything but whatever." I looked back over to Narberal. "Did you need something?"

Snapping back out of it, Narberal's stoic gaze returned and she shook her head. "I finished my other duties and Reina and Remna are needed back with lady Shalltear."

"All right." I said moving back to the table. " Okay ladies, looks like break's over. I hope what I had to say helps."

The Brides bowed their heads in unison as a sign of thanks and quickly exited the room. With them gone, Narberal asked the question that I'm sure some of you are wondering. "Where you and them…." She trailed off, almost worried about my answer.

I chuckled as I picked up their un-eaten sandwiches. I still had the habit of forgetting undead didn't exactly have appetites for simple things. "We were just talking." I answered, hoping to dispel any compromising ideas. "They wanted some bed room tips for when Shalltear calls on them."

She raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised. "And you gave them the advice for free?" She asked. "You could've made a rather…...beneficial trade. As most humans would."

"Some humans would." I corrected. "And don't start raising your opinion of me now. I *definitely* had a few things on my mind." I sighed as the images of what could've been ran through my head. "But I'll tell you exactly what was going to happen If I had asked." I walked back over to the door. "Either A, They turn out to be full on lesbians and I'm left standing there looking like a jackass. B, they simply refuse and I'm left feeling like a jackass for asking. Or C, I have the most brutal/best sex of my life and they go and talk to Shalltear whom then asks how they got better. To which they'll respond with my name and she'll get pissed and come kill me herself, ask Ainz to kill me, or both."

Her blank stare gave me the impression that she didn't understand how my mind worked, and I couldn't really blame her. I'm sure there weren't a lot of people who did. "So to sum up." I continued. " Long term, I made a good decision. Short term…." I clicked my tongue "Damn."

She shook her head which I took as better than a disgusted grunt. So progress was being made. "So, you finish whatever you needed to do?" I asked.

"Quite. Now I'm back to making sure you do not betray us."

My frustration with everyone's paranoia still lingered, now more as annoyed curiosity. So instead of simply barking back at her, I decided to try and get to the heart of the matter. "Ok, what exactly did I or any human do to you guys to make you hate us?"

"I need a reason to hate insects?"

"You need a reason to think we are insects." I replied, wiping any lingering breadcrumbs off my shirt. "You and everyone else here clearly like to think in generalities. And that's your biggest flaw."

"Flaw?" She repeated back in a cold sarcastic tone.

I nodded in response. "If you go around thinking every human you meet is an insignificant worm, you're bound to be thrown for a loop one day." Her skeptical gaze told me that I needed an example. "I'm willing to bet that's exactly what happened to Shally. She went out looking for me, thinking that I and every human she'd meet was going to be as useless as knitted condom and look what happened to her." I paused for a moment to let the line linger. "...And if humans can be stronger than you give them credit for, it stands to reason they can be more than insects, right?" I asked giving one of my less charming smiles. Nevertheless, I could see that she was following my train of thought.

She bit her upper lip in frustration. "You're logic is sound. Whoever enslaved lady Shalltear must've been quite powerful for a human. Perhaps a little above yourself."

I had to shake my head to wave off the shock. "Why Narberal, was that a compliment?"

"A simple statement of fact." She defended, sitting down at the table. "You have survived encounters with lord Ainz, lady Shalltear, and lady Albedo. A feat that even the most skilled in this world would not be able to do. By my account as well as Ainz himself, you are one of the strongest humans in this world."

I laughed her off. Strongest man in the world my ass. That was the highest grade of bullshit I ever heard. Yet she seemed completely serious about her statement and I had to remind myself that Ainz and me were the only two people from YGGDRASIL the denizens of Nazarick had any interaction with.

That's when an idea popped into my head. Maybe there was a way I could make conversation with them without sounding like a madman, talking about how their reality was just a game. "Well I must say Narberal, that would be a first."

She cocked an eyebrow. "Explain."

"I'm just saying, I don't think I've ever been called the one of strongest humans on a planet before." I chuckled. "It's a bit jarring is all."

"A planet?"

There it was. I gave a shining grin. If Ainz could give him a new persona in the form of Momon, whose to say I couldn't change my background to make me a little more interesting? "I'm actually a bit of a traveler."

A gleam of interest appeared in her eye. "YGGDRASIL wasn't your home?"

I shook my head. "Nope, it was just the latest in the long line of worlds I've called home."

Now I definitely had her attention. "Worlds?" She repeated, still keeping her skeptical tone from earlier. "A human like you has the means to travel in between worlds?"

"Again, don't get too high opinion of me." I said waving my hands. "More often than not, I just end up in new worlds by accident. But the point still stands, I've seen my fair share of lands beyond YGGDRASIL. Places like Middle Earth, Tamriel, Alagaesia, Westeros, Cybertron, there's a big universe out there. "

With each name I listed off, she became more skeptical. "Can you provide proof?" She asked.

"All of it was left in YGGDRASIL." I replied, thinking there was no way I could prove it but there was also no way she could disprove it. A new idea cropped into my head. " Incidentally…. Do you guys know how we needed up here from YGGDRASIL?"

Her gaze went downward. Probably making sure that the information hadn't been deemed classified by Ainz. "Nazarick itself was moved. We were all inside it at the time. How about you?"

"I was in a bar….about to go home." I followed, being careful not to be too specific about how everyone was logging out of the game. "And I started to get a real dizzy. In fact it all really started when I found….."

My train of thought came to a screeching halt. The watch. The fucking watch! I ran my hands through my clothes in a panic. Surprising Narberal.

"Lost something?" She asked.

"When you and Ainz took my stuff? Was there a watch on me?"

She blinked. "A watch?"

"You know, a pocket watch?" I asked. "A small clock with a light chain attached to it?"

She paused, running through her memory before shaking her head. "I don't believe so. Did you check your inventory?"

I froze mid-search. We still had those things? Flicked my wrist to open my inventory screen andmuch to my shock, it opened up. Not that it really mattered considering Ainz took all my weapons and gear but there was the watch. just sitting there listed under Miscellaneous. I activated it, and it came back to my neck. "This is the thing I found right before I got moved to this new world." I pulled it off and held it in front of Narberal. "It seem like anything to you?" I asked.

Her eyes darted over it at the speed of a hummingbird's wings before settling back on me. "I'm not sensing any magic from appears to be an ordinary watch."

Well I wasn't sure about that. It just appearing out of nowhere right when I get transported here, was still a bit too coincidental but I couldn't really do anything about it right now. So with that little crisis over with, and the watch stored right back into my inventory, I looked back to Narberal. "Okay, what can I do?"

"Do?"

"Who or what needs help in Nazarick?" I elaborated. "I need something to pass the time until Ainz summons me for whatever mission I get."

She thought for a moment before giving a crooked smile, that in hindsight really should've let me know something bad was happening in her mind. "Lord Demiurge might have something for you to do. He often works in his Stockyards.

I nodded, getting what I thought would be expected of me. "Stockyards huh, we talking feeding farm animals or something?"

She nodded slowly. "Something like that."

Something like that, she says. SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! I'll put it to you all simply, Demiurge's stockyards were filled with the most vile, disgusting, horrifying, nightmare inducing creatures that I'd ever seen. And most of their favorite food was what? You guessed it flesh. So for the next four to five hours, I dashed all across the yards feeding huge heards of hellspawn from a bucket of what I was pretty sure was dead human skin. Or something that smelled very much like it. All the while, trying not to get bitten or chomped on myself. One particular demon crocodile came dangerously close to biting my jewels off and but that's a story for another time.

So anyway, after that mess I met Narberal just outside the yards. She stood there with a disgustingly smug smile on her face that did nothing but worsen my mood.

"Have fun?" She asked.

"Oh sure." I snarled. "Plenty." I looked down at my leisure clothes, all now covered in mud and grime and god knows what else. "Why exactly does Nazarick need a heard of soul swallowing tigers?"

She didn't bother to answer, chuckling at my annoyance and motioning me to follow. "Come, It's unwise to keep lord Ainz waiting."

"Now they're waiting?" I asked, crossing my arms as I followed her. "Good, it was about time Al and Ainz take a break. Were they just as lost as I was?" I snickered.

"Why would Lady Albedo and Ainz be lost in the tomb of Nazarick?" She asked, clearly missing my meaning.

I held back a chuckle. "That's not what I meant." When that was done, I decided to ask something that had been on my mind for a while. "So, do you have a crush on him too?" I asked putting my hands in my pockets.

"A crush?" She asked back.

I sighed. " It means when you like someone." The slightest shade of red morphed onto her face. "Shally and Al clearly have the hots for him so I was wondering if you did as well." I clarified, thinking back to when I first met him as Momon. "You were the only one who traveled with him out in the open."

"T-That was merely a scouting mission." She stammered, giving me my answer whether she knew it or not. "I'm quite sure lady Albedo and Lady Shalltear will suffice him….." She paused and looked away with the shade of red still evident on her face. "A-Although, if he were to a-ask I couldn't very well refuse."

I had to hold back a laugh which didn't go unnoticed by the maid. Her eyes narrowed and I could feel sparks of static heat up all around me. "Why do you laugh?" She asked, glaring at me as if I were somehow making fun of her.

I threw my hands up in the air. "I didn't mean anything by it."I said trying to calm the situation. "But c'mon Narberal, you have to admit it's kind of funny from the outside." She blinked, confused so I elaborated. " I mean, is there any female working in this temple that doesn't want to sleep with him?"

She quietly shook her head, once again giving me my answer. I was a bit shocked by the swiftness of the reply so I didn't immediately respond. "I see." I finally said looking back to Narberal with a new smile. I decided I could have a little fun with this scenario. "Well gotta give my respect to Ainz. He plan on laying some pipe with you Al, and Shally at the same time?"

"Laying some pipe?"

"Laying some pipe." I repeated, keeping my smile. "You know….the old horizontal mambo?" I nudged her elbow as I often did with my friends back home. "Helping him bury the bone, as it were."

This time she caught my meaning and did her best to scowl."Do you enjoy this kind of vulgar talk?"

"Depends on who's talking." I replied with a wink. "Like the local human hating whore, She should really practice some more."

"Go fuck yourself."

"Better." I replied before we both vanished into a white light. Not a moment later, we found ourselves inside the Nazarick throne room and under the gaze of the Nazarick's overlord. Albedo and stood by his side and when Narberal bowed her head, I did the same.

"My lord. Haon, as you requested." She said.

"Good work Narberal." Ainz said with a wave of his fingers. "You may go." She gave the swiftest of nods and vanished. "Haon." He said, sounding like he bit back a chuckle when he saw me dirtied up. "Settling in ok?" He asked in civil tone.

"It...It could be worse." I sighed, picking my head back up. I thought back to the Brides and how they said they hardly ever get to speak to Ainz. "You know, Reina and Remna are actually pretty fun to talk to. A lot of personality, just a bit shy upfront. You should chat with them sometime." Then looked at the succubus. The scowl on her face told me that I still wasn't liked, so I did my best to change that. "Thanks, by the way."

She scoffed. "For what, exactly?"

"Not killing me." I replied. "Before everything went black, it looked like you were going to." I thought back to the murderous look in her eye during our battle and realized that I was probably in much more danger than I felt comfortable admitting. "Did Ainz stop you or was it something else?"

That question did something. Her stone-like gaze broke ever so slightly. "You mentioned Frankenstein. Where did you hear of it?"

I gave a worried glance to Ainz, hoping he'd set it up so I didn't end up giving the woman some sort mental breakdown due to telling her that Ainz and and every other Supreme Being she and the others worshipped were actually just as human as me.

Thankfully, he seemed to understand."Her creator, Tabula often spoke of his favorite horror stories he had heard when he was younger." Ainz said. "Frankenstein was one of them."

"Tabula?" I repeated, inwardly smiling as a plan morphed into my mind. "Black suit? Lots of belts? Squid looking head?"

Ainz nodded as Albedo kept a now neutral gaze. Though it did weaken when I let out a laugh. "Oh, he and I used to swap stories all the time."

"You knew my creator?" Albedo's scowl returned. "I doubt that."

I gave a knowing grin. "It's true. He and I go way back. I'm actually the guy who pointed him to the other Supreme Ones.

I thought Al eyes were gonna pop out of her head when I said that. "Yep." I couldn't hold back a smile as I thought of the amount of bullshit I was spewing. "Want more proof? He also loved a little story called The Exorcist right? The tales of Count Dracula? An American Werewolf in London?"

Al's face contorted, like it couldn't register what I was saying. She had clearly heard of these stories but she couldn't fathom that I had as well. A bit ironic considering all those stories were made up by humans but again, to avoid any possible deaths or nervous breakdowns, I kept that little tidbit to myself. She looked back to Ainz then back to me. "Why are you surprised? I asked. "He made you right? Shouldn't he have told you this?

Her face darkened, her confusion replaced with a look of sadness and slight regret and when she didn't respond I figured it was best not to press the subject. "Right. Well if you ever want to hear those stories or a few others, just let me know. I'm kind of well of knowledge when it comes to that sort of thing." I looked back to Ainz who still looked to be glaring at me, though without eyes it was hard to tell. "Anyway, you wanted to see me?"

"I did." Ainz replied, his voice took a more authoritative tone. "After consulting with Albedo and reviewing my plans for the future, I have decided on the roll you will play." He pointed a skeletal finger at me. "You will act as a field agent for Nazarick. You will serve on various missions that will ultimately spread the name of Ainz Ooal Gown to every corner of the world.""

Spread the name of Ainz Ooal Gown? I'll admit, that made sense. If anyone from his guild, or YGGDRASIL in general, had arrived here as well, hearing the name would hopefully bring them into the fold quicker. "Ok." I replied, giving a swift nod fo the head. "Any idea what my first mission will be?"

Ainz gave an oddly chilling chuckle. "I do." He stood up from his chair. "Do you remember Sebas?"

"Sebas?" I repeated. I thought for a moment then shook my head. "Not really."

"He's the male you met when you happened across Shalltear." Ainz elaborated.

"Oh!" I exclaimed. "The butler guy."

"Correct." Ainz nodded. "Currently, he is out gathering information in the capital. You will be assigned to the same area and begin building up your reputation."

Okay, that was unexected. I raised an eyebrow. "Reputation as what?"

"Whatever you decide it to be." Ainz replied, giving me no small amount of breathing room when it came to choosing. "The point being, you must become renowned in the world for you to be of any use in spreading the name of Ainz Ooal Gown."

"Okay….." I looked to him, studying not just his look but how he acted in front of me as both Ainz and Momon. "You seem to have the Overlord and stern adventurer market covered. I guess I'll settle for the good guy."

"Good guy?"

I smiled as I thought of yet another nickname. "Yeah. Haon the Heroic has a nice ring to it."

"Excellent." Ainz waved his hand as magic poured into the room, wiping the dirt and grime off me and laying my old clothes and supplied appeared before my feet. All folded and looking like they had never been worn. "I trust you will be needing these back.

My eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas as I looked them over. It was all there. My cloak, my daggers, potions. All of it untouched as far as I could tell. "Awesome!" I wasted no time getting ready but a question popped into my head around the time I slipped my cloak on. "So what are you gonna do then?"

Albedo's lips curved in a devilish smile and I could've sworn I saw Ainz's eyes gleam. "Some miles away, there is a tribe of lizard-men living blissfully unaware of our existence." He spoke with an air of poisoned humor. " In a few days time, that will change."

"So you're just going to attack them?" I asked, not liking the idea of marching on a tribe of anyone who to my knowledge have done no harm.

"Correct." Ainz replied stepping down the stairs of his throne. "I need to see if those creature's can be of any use to me, and the best way to to that is to test their combat abilities."

I blinked a few times, wondering if he was skipping a step or two. "Why not just, you know, go and talk to them?" I asked back. An intense glare from Albedo told me I shouldn't make a habit of that, but nevertheless he responded.

"I have already considered that alternative as well as many others." He replied. "Believe me, you offer nothing that hasn't already been discussed by myself or my guardians."

I bit my tongue to stop my reply. He was dead-set on this particular idea and me constantly barking about how I didn't think it was a good idea wasn't gonna put me in his good graces any quicker. Besides, this was his mission and I had my own. "Right, well you know where I stand at least. Should I head out immediately?"

"Sooner rather than later." He nodded. "Though if you wish to take a little more time and explore Nazarick I will not object against it." He waved his hand to let me know we were finished. "Learn your new home well Haon. And the wrath of all those in it that your risk if you think of betraying it."

We were still on that, huh? This time, I didn't stop myself from replying. "Hey, I'm getting sick and tired of you and Al and anyone else thinking I'm gonna betray Nazarick or even suspecting it. Allow me to spell it out for you. I'M NOT THAT STUPID!"

There was a brief but ominous pause after my outburst so I decided end it on a more positive note. "…My lord."

Albedo's scowl faded slightly at my last two words but she still clenched her fists, ready to pummel me into the ground if Ainz so much as looked at her. Much to my relief, he did not. "Albedo, leave us."

Her face twisted with disappointment as she bowed her head and vanished. Not a moment after she left, Ainz's hand coved his face in a sign of exhaustion. "Damn it Haon. You know I have to be thorough."

"Well I'm sorry I have a backbone unlike everyone else here!" I shot back. "Seriously, do you know how in detail I had to go to get Reina and Remna a bit of courage when Shally calls on them again?"

"They are...were NPCs." He explained. "Obedience was programmed into them."

"Do they still seem like NPCs to you?" I asked. "Would a pair of NPCs really ask me about sex? I'm being serious, because you'd know more about this than I would."

He paused and looked up to the ceiling in contemplation."...No." He admitted shaking his skull. "I don't believe that it would without relating to a quest of some kind."

"Okay then." I breathed a sigh of relief sitting down on floor. "Sorry, but it gets annoying when everyone questions your loyalty to someone you know...vaguely, anyway."

He let out a low chuckle. "I can imagine." His eye sockets fell back to me. "Wait, how in detail did you go..."

"I didn't have sex with them." I quickly followed with a frown. "Not that the thought didn't cross my mind."

"Good move." Ainz tilted his head to the side. "I doubt Shalltear is partial to sharing."

I smiled at him but it dimmed when I remembered what I said. "Hey, you didn't mind me bringing up Tabula like that right?" I asked. "I hardly knew the guy but I don't want to insult him."

"I will admit, my anger did flare when you brought up his name." He started before waving a hand. "But you're from YGGDRASIL, and I know you actually met him. So it's fine. It was a good story for Albedo. Especially the idea that you pointed him to my guild." He sighed.

I scraped the back of my head and smiled. " Actually, that one wasn't fake." Ainz's head cocked again, confused. "He and I just came across each other one day in a forest and after seeing how strong he was already, I mentioned that he should go join you guys." I explained with a half chuckle. "I barely remembered it but he brought it up the last time we talked a few years ago. Thought it would be a nice little tidbit if I ever got the courage to come visit." I looked up to the flags of all the other Supreme Beings. "Guess it doesn't matter now, huh?"

Ainz's silence told me more than anything he could say. It felt like his guild mates might have been the only friends he ever had in his life. That would definately explain why he spent so much time in the game. And in a twisted kind of way, that now made him the most powerful person in this world by a series of miles.

Of course, If I had known I would eventually end up trapped here as well, friends or not, I would've lived in the game too. I thought back to my more than poor showing against Albedo and Shalltear with a heavy sigh that didn't go unnoticed by Ainz. "Something troubles you?"

I looked back to him. "I got my ass handed to me by both of your girlfriends." I scowled. "I need to get stronger."

"Ah yes." He said, sitting himself back on his throne and turning serious. "You fared poorly against my guardians, but you must understand that they are entrusted with that responsibility for a reason. Losing to them is nothing to be ashamed of." He let out another cold laugh. "If you're ego is really bruised, you haven't met any of the prominent warriors of this world.

"They're that bad?"

"Let me put it to you this way, I saved Re-Estize's greatest warrior from an attack in Carne." He explained. "And to be generous, he might've passed as a level 30"

30?! I heard Narberal's words run through my head again. And this time, I had to legitimately think that she was right. "So, does that make me the strongest human alive?"

"Certainly in conversation." Ainz nodded.

"Great." I sighed, keeping my smile. "That's gonna do wonders for my ego." I hardened my gaze, getting back to the task at hand. "So act as my own agent? Get my name out there?" I asked.

"Correct." He said, his kingly authority returning to his voice. "I want you with Sebas, you'll get along with him and he can supervise your training if you wish to get stronger."

"Sebas, huh?" I nodded, paying careful attention to the detail that I'll get along with him. "He's not gonna hate my guts?"

"I'd be surprised." Ainz replied. "Sebas is less judgemental than he guardians. He was created by Touchme."

Touchme?! Ok, that was finally some good news. He and I always got along well during the three or four times we met. "Sounds good." I smiled. "I'll get started whenever you want me too."

"You'll be needing this." He said, tossing me what looked like a ring.

I smiled when I realized it was the same one I had borrowed of Mare. "You're giving this to me?"

"Think of it as a get out of jail free card. "Ainz answered. "You still can't teleport out of Nazarick but you will be able to teleport in from anywhere in the world. Use it only if you have vital information and have no way to contact my associates."

"Sounds good." I said. "So, am I walking out or..."

"I'll send you back out in a moment." Ainz replied tossing me a new, more detailed map. "You'll be heading to the Capital and once you get there, Solution will meet you. From there, you will meet Sebas and plan accordingly. Are we clear?"

"Sure." I replied, rolling it up and placing it in one of my many cloak pockets. "But one last thing." Ainz paused and allowed me to continue. "Is there anyone in Nazarick who doesn't want to fuck you?"

He stuttered his words before waving his hand and that was the last I saw of him. In an instant, I was back outside Nazarick in the bright sunshine and the smell of fresh air in my nose. Right, back to Re-Estize then.

"Hey! Haon!" An excited femine voice called out. I looked out away from the Tomb and saw Aura riding what looked like some sort of nightmare cross breed of a lizard and a spider. The beast stopped right in front of me and Aura gleamed down from atop. "You off already?"

I nodded. "Yep. No rest for the wicked, and all that."

"Oh, I thought you were gonna stick around longer." She sighed.

"Hey, odds are I'll be bouncing back and forth from here and Capital so try and catch me when I getting some rest. We'll..." I paused as I had no clue what she or her brother or any dark elf liked to do. "What exactly do you do for fun?"

"I go out and tame deadly creatures!" Aura replied. "I'm gonna go out dragon hunting one of these days. Let me know if you want to come!"

I nodded and expected her to charge off on her abomination from hell but she still stood there. "Anything else?" I asked.

"Shalltear was looking for you." Aura said, keeping her grin. She wants to talk with you about the Brides."

And with that I was gone. I darted off into the valley and towards the forest that surrounded the tomb. I'd deal with that some other time.

A/N: Tada! Here it is. I initially wanted to stay in Nazarick longer but I decided the story waits for no man. Haon will be back to keep messsing with everyone's lives. So don't worry about it.

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