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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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A/N: Time for another chapter... I tried making one big ass chapter to catch everyone up with Swords of Darkness, Khajit, Cocytus, Black Scripture, Demiurge, maybe even Enri and Carne, etc... apparently, just over 22K words still wasn't even enough to get to everything I want and add in some different moments happening in Nazarick... so next chapter will finish up what I wanted to get in this chapter and get to the new direction of Nazarick... Last thing so I don't get a ton of messages about this... I know that Vampire Brides are PoP monsters that reappear when killed in the canon... In this fanfic, they will be creations of Shalltear, not PoP monsters so when you read that later on don't message me that I did it wrong lol
BigRobot: While I appreciate the review, you are very wrong... here is the definition of her Mystic Eyes of Charms / Mystic Eyes of Charms: It's a type of mind control that charms an opponent who looks into their eyes. It works on targets of the same sex as the user, not just the opposite (that definition is straight from the Overlord Wiki). Which means that normally abilities like this only work on members of the opposite sex but in Shalltear's case she can use it against both sexes... If the end of that definition had the words, not just, switched to say, just not, you would be correct... also, she didn't use that ability on Brain, just the guards... she used Dominating Gaze on Brain which she actually doesn't possess in the canon... she is the only True Vampire in history (other then those sparkly wanna be vampires from Twilight) who doesn't possess a dominating gaze so I gave her one... and the spell charm species she used on Brita is different then both of those... that is why she wasn't calling Shalltear mistress like everyone else... that spell just makes the target your friend it doesn't take over their mind... it's why Brain's eyes turned a different color than the guards she charmed... charming someone and dominating them are two very different things
Blackholelord: You are correct about the Black Scripture... well all the scriptures are like spec ops units of the ST... In the canon, they thought the Catastrophe Dragon Lord had awakened and that was why they were out there with the Downfall of Castle and Country... who knows why they were out there this time *wink*
Daflamingo: No Albedo did not make condoms... I said she used her seamstress skills to make what she did... no idea how you turned that into her making condoms lol... well since I posted it already before this I can just tell you... she made her and Taylar lingerie... yes, Ainz, Taylar, and Albedo all lost their V-cards lol... I'm not putting lemons in this story... I made another story called The Supreme Beings of Life and Death Side Stories for lemons... if you want to read it, it is posted... first chapter was just me attempting to write a lemon and didn't actually happen in the story... the part at the end of chapter 10 did actually happen in my story and it is chapter 2 in that story... if you read it hope you like it... it is still kind of awkward for me to be writing chapters like that lol
Eltyr: I was very tempted to make her a Vampire Bride... I actually had her as a Vampire Bride in the first draft of the story but changed it... I'll definitely agree with you about A Supreme Queen PLEASE FINISH IT OVERFIC23! Obviously if Brain continues to be Shalltear's little toy all the interactions with Climb, Gazef, etc... that you see in the canon will not happen so it will change things a bit... remember there are 14 members of the Black Scripture if you count Lady Kaire and Zesshi so they have only captured half of the Black Scripture (the two most important already tho... the captain and clementines brother)... as for the rest Clementine, Khajit, Swords of Darkness, etc... the next couple chapters I am going to catch everyone up on them... not sure how many chapters it will be but I will let everyone know what they have been up to... if you read the response above yours, you know Albedo made lingerie but that story is a lemon and not in this one... not adding those to this story
Mokamiharu: Glad you liked my new interaction with the Black Scripture... you will find out in the next couple chapters if the downfall of the ST is coming sooner rather than later
Daniel-Palacio/Guestsx5: Thanks for the praise about my writing... I've definitely gotten a lot better since I started but I got a ways to go still... I appreciate you enjoying my story and look forward to your future reviews... keeps me on my toes when I have to use the translator lol
Now that those are done... let's get to chapter 11!
Ainz slowly opens his eyes. He could still feel the grin on his face from last night and thought it might be permanent if he slept like that all night. He felt the familiar pressure of Taylar and Albedo on each of his sides. When he looked down to see if they were awake yet he realized none of them bothered to get dressed last night. The ear to ear grin he had last night returned quickly.
He couldn't help but take in both of them. He still couldn't believe this was his life now. It was true that ruling Nazarick was tiresome, and trying to give Taylar the world as he promised was going to be a giant pain in the ass, but moments like this made it all worth it though. As he was running his fingers through both of their hair, they both started to stir. He stopped, hoping he didn't wake them up playing with their hair.
"Hey... don't stop... that feels good!" Taylar says
"I second that." Albedo says
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you two up." Ainz says
"Don't worry, you didn't. We have been awake for about ten minutes." Taylar giggles
"Yeah, I just didn't want to get up." Albedo giggles along with her
"So mischievous this early in the morning you two. I thought you would cut back on it a little after last night." Ainz says
"I think you got it backward love. I bet Albedo will be more willing to join in on my teasing now after last night." Taylar tells him
Ainz looks at Albedo and she just blushes and looks away. Albedo acted shy like that approximately zero times he can remember. Looks like Taylar was right but two can play at that game.
"Sounds great to me. I was feeling a little under loved." he gives his best sad face to them.
"Awe, is Momonga pooh feeling lonely?" Taylar says in her most adorable voice.
"Yeah... having the two most beautiful women in the world on my arm and an army of fanatical followers will make a guy feel pretty lonely." Ainz says
"You aren't very good at the teasing yet." Taylar giggles
"I'm getting there. I'm just not a professional at it like you are beautiful." Ainz says
"So do we have anything to do today? I wouldn't mind just laying in bed all day. Even the Supreme Overlord of Death needs a day off right?" Taylar says
"Yes, I have plenty to do today. I wish I could take something as great as a vacation but there are still things I have put off that need done. Every time we turn around more and more gets added to it. If I keep putting this stuff off, I'll never get any of it done." he tells her
"I can help you with anything you need Momonga." Albedo says
"I just wanted to visit Aureole Omega then I can help you with anything you need love." Taylar says also
"Well, a good amount of it is creating undead so neither of you can help with that. I do need to retrieve some books from the library. I have something I would like to borrow Albedo for in the afternoon. I was hoping to check in on the Swords of Darkness and maids training. I need to go see Neuronist. I need to check in with Cocytus, Demiurge, Sebas, the list goes on." Ainz says
"That sounds like too much work Momonga. Why don't I talk to Neuronist and check in with the maids? I also wanted to talk to you about Demiurge's assignment." Taylar says
"That would be a great help but I still want to go see the maids. It has been a while since I have talked to them. I should also probably talk to Neuronist, I have some questions for her regarding our new guests. Could you maybe check in with Sebas instead?" Ainz says to her
"I can do that. Albedo can accompany me if she has nothing to do, and she can bring the books you want with her when you two meet up later. It would be better to talk about Demiurge later after you have talked to him anyway." Taylar says
"I was just going to see the maids also and check in with Pandora. I can do either any time we are here. I have no problem going with you Taylar." Albedo says
"Since you two will be together, can you check in with Pandora then instead of Sebas Taylar?" she just gives him a nod. "Good, now that we have that sorted, I suppose we should get a move on." Ainz says
He goes to get out of bed and feels two hands on his chest holding him down. He supposed he forgot the good morning kiss and they probably wanted one.
"Before that..." she looks at Albedo who just smiles at her "how about round 2?" Taylar gives him a mischievous smile
"Whatever my Queens desire." he says
On the 6th floor of Nazarick...
The Swords of Darkness had been having a hell of a week. They all talked after they accepted Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar's proposal and agreed it wasn't such a bad thing. For the last few days, they had been questioning whether or not that was actually the truth. They had been training since the day after their reincarnation and the training was brutal. A couple of them had even almost died a few times during the training that is how intense it was.`
Although it had been trying and extremely dangerous, they couldn't argue with the results. They were already leagues ahead of where they were before their reincarnation. They still had a long ways to go to approach the strength of some of the denizens of Nazarick, like the floor guardians, but they were already at a point where all four of them could take on one of the Pleiades without being immediately wiped out. They still couldn't defeat the Battle Maid but they were getting closer.
They learned that experience and leveling in Nazarick was different from what they learned. The Swords of Darkness gained levels like everyone else in this New World before. Once they had slain enough monsters, studied enough, or trained enough, they would go to sleep and have a kind of dream. When they woke up they would know a new spell, martial art, or skill.
Once they signed their contract with Nazarick to be an apprentice, in blood by the way, Lord Ainz was able to open something called the "Master Source". It was like a window in mid-air that showed all their levels, skills, abilities, and spells. He showed them they could allocate their experience to any of their classes or racial trees and even choose a new class if it was permitted by their current classes. They enjoyed this way of allocating experience much better because they could choose what to put their level into.
They also found out that Peter wasn't actually a warrior or fighter class. He was something called a Swordsage. It was the class that allowed him to learn martial arts. When he got a look at the list of martial arts abilities he could learn one day he almost had a heart attack. The amount he should have known already, but didn't, was staggering. Lord Ainz said since he wasn't aware they were techniques it is probably why he couldn't learn them. The Master Source was like an enormous training manual for someone to choose from.
Part of their training was also learning about the racial levels that heteromorphic races had. At first they had no idea what in the world Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar were talking about, how increasing your racial levels could unlock more powerful angels to become, but after the first time one of them leveled (Ninya) she put her level into Aasimar to see what they were talking about. She had to be talked into it because she thought learning to be a better wizard would be a better route for her. Once she increased her racial level, Ninya immediately understood what Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar were talking about.
She could feel her new natural resistances get stronger and even knew after she leveled that she was now immune to being petrified. While she didn't gain any new caster levels, she could tell she did slightly increase her MP even if she just gained a racial level. Speaking of her caster abilities, they had increased so much Ninya still had trouble believing it. Before she could cast her magic arrow spell roughly ten times before running out of MP. Now, she could cast it over fifty times before running out of MP.
Ninya was also the first to put a racial level into something other then Aasimar. She had capped the Aasimar racial levels at ten and put her first level in Cherub. Lord Ainz told her that Lady Taylar and himself also had levels in Cherub since it was the angelic race of wisdom and knowledge and they were both magic casters. After she put her first level into it though she felt her shoulder blades start to itch a little and asked Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar about it.
When Lord Ainz told her that if she put enough levels into Cherub that she would grow angel wings she wanted to do it as soon as possible. Lady Taylar reminded her that her wings would be incredibly difficult to hide. There were not many items that could do that and they weren't going to lend her the ones they had because there weren't many. They were using them right now, and quite frankly, they couldn't trust them to keep them safe because they still were too weak.
Ninya was also getting comfortable in her new body. At first, the new clothes Lady Taylar had picked for her were a little too short for Ninya's liking. She figured they would show off everything the moment she started running or fighting. Much to her surprise, her new dresses didn't move at all while she was training. When she saw Lady Taylar the first time not in her disguise, she realized those dresses were exactly what she wore and it made her a little more comfortable with the idea of wearing something so revealing. Now that she had been here for over a week, putting on those dresses were like second nature to her and she felt as natural as can be in her new attire and body.
Peter, just like Ninya and everyone else, had to be talked into using their experience towards racial levels. Just like Ninya, he realized the benefits of doing it immediately after he did. As a result, none of the Swords of Darkness had gained many actual class levels, but the difference in their power was extremely evident. Peter could easily strike a tree with his fist now and bring it down in one blow. It would have taken him many attacks with an actual weapon to bring a tree down before this happened.
Unlike Ninya, Peter had no issue adjusting to his new body. He supposed unlike Ninya, his body didn't actually change that much. He pretty much just got more muscular, had a hair color change, and even if it was a little egotistical, he did get better looking. Hearing someone as beautiful as Lady Taylar tell him the ladies of E-Rantel would like his new look gave him a confidence he never had before when it came to the opposite sex.
Not that he would make a move on the Queens of Nazarick, after what Lukrut told them what happened to him when he tried to hit on Lady Taylar and Lady Albedo, Peter was pretty sure he didn't even want to look at them in case Lord Ainz took it the wrong way. He thought Momon was a hero beyond compare but when he met the real Momon aka Lord Ainz and he felt the power and regal bearing emanating from this incredible, no supreme being. He knew going against that man meant certain death, maybe even worse.
Dyne was the one exception to the racial leveling Lady Taylar and Lord Ainz were pushing. They told him to put some of his experience towards it but encouraged him to also raise his druid levels. When he inquired as to why they wanted him to do that and not everyone else they informed him that he would not be instructed by the Druid they were talking about in their discussion until he could cast tier 5 magic. Dyne figured that meant it would be years and years before he would receive that training, but to his surprise, he could already cast tier 3 magic with his current training regiment and could feel tier 4 getting close.
After this revelation a few days ago, he was going to put all his levels into druid until he was reminded that if he did that, the other members of his party would have resistances and immunities he did not possess and he might become a liability to their party. When he realized he might hold his party back doing that, he relented and divided his experience between racial and druid levels taking an every other approach to his levels, going back and forth between Aasimar and druid.
Lukrut had barely said anything the first couple days they trained. He simply listened and did as told. It wasn't like it was his idea of a good time, but that first couple of days had been with Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar. Not to mention the fanatical devotion he saw from everyone he met from Nazarick towards Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar, and Lady Albedo (A/N: He has only met 2 of the Pleiades (Narberal and Lupus Regina both on Team Albedo lol) and 1 floor guardian (Aura for just a few seconds) then a bunch of homunculi maids that's why Albedo is included). Lukrut rather liked his new self and didn't really want to die yet.
Peter did say Lady Taylar told him the ladies of E-Rantel would love his new look so he assumed they were fair game for him too. He just needed to train and get out of here in one piece. He learned pretty quickly the women of Nazarick, while incredibly beautiful, were not interested in him.
What made him step his training up to the next level was when he met Aura. He watched her jump down 90 feet and land like a feather in the arena they were training in. When she told him she was a ranger he couldn't believe it. He could sense the power in her ever since he became an angelic race and knew she could backhand him and probably decapitate him with their power difference now. It dawned on him though that he was now a race capable of such strength and vowed to one day make it near that level.
They had just finished up their afternoon training and were headed to the canteena to grab some lunch. The food of Nazarick tasted like food for royalty to them. They looked forward to every meal they ate here. As they were walking to the canteena, they crossed path with one of the maids.
"Good afternoon Increment." Peter says
"Hey, beautiful." Lukrut says
Dyne and Ninya just wave to the maid.
"Good afternoon Peter, Dyne, and Ninya." Increment says to the three. She gives a radiant smile to Peter, and she just shoots Lukrut a glare as her only acknowledgment he exists.
All three members of the Swords of Darkness just laugh at Lukrut.
"Geez, do you guys have to laugh at my suffering? All these beautiful maidens around and they all seem to hate me for some reason." Lukrut says to them
"Oh, there's a reason Lukrut." Peter says
"Well, are you going to tell me or just let me keep suffering here?" Lukrut asks him
"You are going to suffer anyway, but I guess I'll let you in on the secret. Not that it is a secret to anyone but you." he chuckles at Lukrut
"I still can't believe you don't understand why they dislike you." Ninya giggles at him also
"So what is it?" Lukrut asks
"Come on genius. You tried to hit on the Queens of Nazarick. They all see Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar as gods and Lady Albedo just behind them. How do you think they would react to a newcomer trying to hit on their Queens?" Peter says
"Oh come on. Who wouldn't think those two ar-" Lukrut stops mid-sentence when he hears Peter call out to someone.
"Lord Ainz." Peter says
Lukrut sees all three of them bow and turns his head to the front. He is hoping they are just messing with him like they liked to do sometimes. Much to his dismay, Lord Ainz is standing just a few feet away from them.
"Swords of Darkness, it is good to see you. I see your training is going well. Pandora has told me you are making great strides." Ainz says
"Thank yo-" Ainz holds up his hand to stop Peter.
"So Lukrut, you want to finish that sentence I interrupted?" Ainz says to the scared shitless ranger
"I-I-I'd rather n-n-not Lord Ainz." he stutters out
"I insist." Ainz says
Even the other three members of the Swords of Darkness are a little scared for Lukrut. He's been warned three times now but the man just can't seem to keep his mouth shut. Hopefully, Lord Ainz doesn't just end him right here.
"Beautiful." Lukrut finally says barely higher than a whisper
"Ahh yes, my wives are beautiful. Since you don't seem to get the point I'll make it crystal clear. Any of the women from Nazarick are off limits to you. If you cause any of them any trouble, you are done here. Do you understand?" Ainz says
"I understand Lord Ainz." Lukrut says
"You sure about that? You don't seem to learn very quickly." Ainz says
"Yes, I am sure Lord Ainz." Lukrut says
"Good, as for you three..." Ainz points to the rest of the party. "you have been nothing but respectful while here so I have no problem with any of you having a relationship with the citizens of Nazarick. I would advise you to steer clear of the floor guardians though. They will still just see you as insects who need to be trampled. The Pleiades are likely to act the same as the floor guardians. Well, except for Sebas, he is our resident moral compass when he is here. Back to more positive developments, I believe Increment has taken a liking to you, Peter." Ainz says and gives him a smile.
"I don't know about that Lord Ainz. Isn't it her job to be nice to us?" Peter asks
"I'm sure you know that isn't true. Just look at how they treat Lukrut..." Ainz chuckles "I haven't seen her smile at anyone like that who wasn't me, Taylar, or Albedo so I'm pretty sure my instincts are correct. Just something to think about for you Peter. Just remember, they are like my daughters so treat her right if you two decide to take it further." Ainz gives him a wink
"I will keep that in mind Lord Ainz." Peter says to him
"Good, now that I have had some fun. I was actually looking for someone. I heard Narberal Gamma was training with you before lunch. Is she still in the Arena?" he asks them
"No Lord Ainz, she left just before we did. I have no idea where she went to." Ninya says to him
"Oh OK, well thanks for the information. Have a good lunch and I look forward to seeing your progress soon." he tells them and teleports away using his ring of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Peter smacks Lukrut in the back of the head.
"You really are an idiot. I swear you are a cat with all the lives you have wasted." he says
"I can't help it! I see a beautiful woman and I have to tell them they are beautiful! Every beautiful maiden should be told that at least once a day!" Lukrut tries to defend his position
"Well if you haven't noticed, every woman in this place we have seen is more beautiful than anyone in the outside world. Only Lakyus from Blue Rose and the Golden Princess could even possibly be in their league. So just keep your thoughts to yourself while we are here and you can go wild and let loose when we get out of here and back to a city." Peter tells him
Lukrut is about to say something but is interrupted by Ninya.
"And don't take out all your pent-up hitting on women out on me. It's still creepy to me." Ninya says
He just sighs and drops his head. He really needed to get out of here soon. He was going to get himself into some serious trouble if he was confined to this place for much longer. They finally made it to the canteena and went inside to get some lunch. Lunch was spectacular as always in this place. The one thing they would certainly miss when not here was the food.
After lunch, it was time to go see Pandora. The Swords of Darkness had the same training regiment every day. The only thing that changed was who was training them. The one person who was always training them was Pandora's Actor. He did not train them to fight, he trained them in tactics and teamwork. Their training sessions consisted of them reading military manuals and being quizzed by the extra flamboyant Pandora. Even though he acted pretty outlandish, he took their training seriously.
Once their training was over, they had the rest of the time to themselves. It wasn't like they could do anything they wanted since they could only go to the 6th floor, 9th floor, and the library on the 10th floor. Each of them had their own routines they got into.
Ninya was either in the library studying spells or in the forest on the 6th floor enjoying nature. She still couldn't believe she wasn't outside when she was down there.
Peter usually walked around the areas he was allowed and took in Nazarick. He couldn't believe people could create something like this. He tried to learn as much as he could from Pandora as well, but Pandora was busy and didn't always have time for him.
Dyne spent almost all of his time in the forest if he wasn't training, eating, or sleeping. The forest on the 6th floor was amazing and being there really calmed his nerves from the brutal training they were going through.
Lukrut used to walk around trying to talk to whoever he could but lately he was either doing training by himself or in his room. It was probably a good idea for him to stay out of trouble.
They each went about their situation in their own way. They always came together at the end of the day just to spend some time together. They talked about their hopes for the future and what they wanted to accomplish when their training was over. They all felt they were getting close to being able to leave. If they just kept at it, they should be out of here in no time.
Royal Capital of Re-Estize...
Gazef Stronoff was walking through the Royal Castle Ro-Lente in the heart of the Royal Capital. His destination was the Valencia Palace. He was headed towards a room he disliked being in greatly, the noble meeting hall. Unlike the Audience Chamber, this room was not decorated as lavishly. This room served for all nobles of the Re-Estize Kingdom to talk about the needs and events of the kingdom.
Gazef disliked this place so much because of the berating and hateful glances he got every moment he was in this hall. While he might be the Warrior Captain, he was not nobility. He was a commoner and most of the nobility reminded him of that every chance they got.
A few days ago he had reported to the King about his encounter with the being known as Ainz Ooal Gown. Now he was being summoned back to the palace to answer questions the nobility had after reading his report. He had no doubt this was going to turn into them simply yelling at him and calling him any name they liked until the King stopped their antics. He did not mind it though, he was loyal to his King and his King returned the loyalty by treating him with respect. That is all Gazef truly cared about.
As Gazef entered the hall, he saw the man he swore his life and loyalty to, King Ramposa III, sitting in his throne in the center. The King had reigned for the last 39 years and Gazef had been his Warrior Captain for the last 10 of those years. Normally, a man so advanced in age would have given up his throne to his successor by now, but the King didn't feel either of his sons were up to the task yet. He felt they would both be too easily controlled by the Great Nobles of this country. The King did have a soft spot for his daughter Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself, or as most referred to her, The Golden Princess.
If he could have his way, she would take the throne in his place. Ever since she was a little girl the King had seen her exceptional intelligence, observational skills, creativity, and leadership. Unfortunately for the King, she was the third princess of the Kingdom and even he couldn't swing enough votes for the nobility to go along with that since he had two healthy sons, both older than her.
Gazef made his way to the front of his liege's throne and genuflects before the man he swore his life and loyalty to.
"I am glad you could join us again after your long journey Warrior Captain and I am glad you have returned safely." the King says to him
"Thank you, your majesty! I will always come when called upon." Gazef says
"I have heard your story and everyone has read your report. With that being said, some of the nobles have some questions for you if you would answer them." the King says
"Yes, your majesty." Gazef replies
The King motions towards the nobles letting them know they can now ask their questions.
'He might look much older and weaker but he still carries the bearing of a true monarch.' Gazef thinks to himself
"Before the questions, I would like to hear your account for myself Warrior Captain to make sure what I am reading is what truly happened." Marquis Raeven says to him
Gazef begins to retell the story of his meeting with Ainz Ooal Gown. An angel with jet black wings, a black mask, and a scythe. Who had a beautiful angel with white wings with him and a horned female warrior in black full plate. He talked about how they stepped in to save the villagers from the knights when they saw them attacking. How they had protected the remaining villagers with spells when they thought Gazef and his men were coming to attack the town again. He made it sound like a heroic epic. The story of beings who stepped in to save the weak. As he finished, Marquis Raeven asked the first question.
"So your story aligns with the report. Tell me Warrior Captain, can you describe what they looked like other than their gear?" he asks
"I'm sorry Marquis Raeven, I cannot. I never got a look at their faces." he replies
"Why is that Warrior Captain?" Marquis Raeven asks another question
"I asked if they could remove their masks and helmet but Master Gown refused." he says
"So he refused the Warrior Captain of the Kingdom in his own territory and you just let that go?!" Marquis Boullope says. The anger in his voice very evident.
"He had just saved one of our villages and wasn't posing a threat to us so yes, I didn't push the topic." Gazef says
'Not to mention the fraction of his power he released that almost made me shit my pants.' Gazef thinks but doesn't say out loud.
"Is that really all? I mean, that can't be the whole reason he refused." Marquis Raeven asks
"He also said that he was referred to by many titles. Angel of Death, Grim Reaper, Ruler of Death and other such names, and with those titles comes the ability to instill fear in all those who gaze upon him. He said if you are not strong enough for his gaze you would die. He assured me my men would certainly die and maybe even me." Gazef replies
"So an unknown being spins a tall tale and you just buy it?! Or are you working for him now commoner?!" Marquis Blumrush screams at him
"It was no tall tale, I believe every word he said, and I am, and always will be, loyal to King Ramposa III!" Gazef states
"Do you know where this being came from Warrior Captain?" Marquis Raeven asks
"I do not Marquis Raeven." Gazef says
"So you went out for almost a month, had someone else defeat the knights you were after, and the only thing you know is this beings name and what he looks like in his gear? Do you and your men even serve a purpose to the Kingdom?!" Count Lytton says disdain for Gazef in every word he spoke.
"The only other thing Master Gown said during our brief exchange was that he and his wives had not ventured out in a long time and Carne Village did not exist last time they were out. My warriors and I are here to protect the King, the Kingdom, and its people!" Gazef says
"And yet you have failed to do any of that in your mission!" Count Lytton yells
"Siding with a being of suspicious origins in our own Kingdom!" Marquis Boullope yells
"Are you a traitor commoner!" Marquis Pespea yells
"Alright, that is enough!" King Ramposa III yells. Everyone's yells lower to a murmur and he continues on
"The Warrior Captain has proven himself time and time again. While I do not mind you questioning him, I will not listen to you call him a traitor. Do you have any more relevant questions for the Warrior Captain?" the king finishes.
"Yes, your majesty. I have one more question for the Warrior Captain. He said Carne Village didn't exist when he was last there? Did he tell you how long ago that was?" Marquis Raeven asks
"He did not Marquis Raeven." Gazef replies
After a minute of no one asking anything else of the Warrior Captain, the king said...
"Thank you for your time Warrior Captain. You may take your normal place now."
"Thank you, your majesty." Gazef replies and gives a bow
As the Warrior Captain takes his place behind his king, he can feel the hate and spite filled glares of the Noble faction. He makes it to his spot and tries his best to tune out all of them. He is here to protect the King now and his only job was to make sure no one would attempt anything against him.
"Now, let us talk about our annual war with the Empire. It is approaching in a few months. Marquis Raeven, if you would." the King says
"Yes, your majesty." Marquis Raeven says and makes his way to where Gazef was just standing moments ago
Marquis Raeven then goes over his plans for the war with the Empire. How many troops he would need, the number of supplies, and prep time needed to make it to the Katze Plains to engage the Empire. When he was finished he gave a bow to the king and returned to his seat.
During his speech, Gazef could hear the Noble factions rumblings. They were saying all sorts of ridiculous things. Things like: "Let's show the Empire this year how frightening the Kingdom really is" or "we should go on the offensive this year and finally wipe out those bastards!" or his favorite one "if that Ainz Ooal whatever is so strong he should have to fight the Empire for us for trespassing in our land!"
The Kingdom and the Empire did this dance every year. Gazef couldn't believe how blind most of the nobles were to the Empires plans. They would clash every year, each side would lose some soldiers, the Kingdom more than the Empire. Then they would call it a war and return to their countries. Gazef knew the Empire was just trying to bleed the Kingdom of its resources and was playing the long game. It wasn't a coincidence the war happened every year during harvest season.
Since the Empire had a real, paid army and the Kingdom had to conscript commoners into its army, that meant most of the able-bodied men of the Kingdom would be off to war when they should be harvesting their crops. They were simply trying to starve the Kingdom into submission and the signs were already starting to show.
As Gazef was pondering the stupidity of most of the nobles, he heard one of the hilarious suggestions actually leave the lips of a member of the Noble Faction.
"We should just capture this Ainz Ooal Gown fellow and conscript him into our army! If he is trespassing in our land then he owes us a debt that needs to be paid!" Marquis Boullope yells
For the first time Gazef can ever remember, he spoke up.
"Making an enemy of a being that strong who holds no ill will towards the Kingdom would not be wise." he says
As soon as he finished the Noble faction started their insults of him again. Calling him a traitor, coward, worthless, anything they could think of to humiliate him.
"That is enough. The Warrior Captain is right. We need to focus on the Empire and this coming war, not a single being. That will be enough for today. We will pick this discussion up at the next meeting." the King says
In the Noble District of the Re-Estize capital...
Sebas Tian and Solution Epsilon had been in the capital for a little over a week now. They had been playing the roles of spoiled, snotty noble and her butler at Lord Ainz orders. They had been gathering intel on the various noble houses of the Kingdom and their two factions. Sebas found talking with the nobles of this country tiring. That is saying a lot considering how Sebas viewed humans.
Unlike most of the other citizens of Nazarick, Sebas did not see humans as insects that should just be trampled underfoot. He saw their determination, drive, adaptability, and creativity everywhere he looked, but it seemed most of those humans were few and far between now in this Kingdom. The nobles they had met and encountered so far didn't even deserve the title of noble in Sebas' opinion.
They cared nothing for their people only raising their own status and wealth no matter the cost to their people. This made Sebas even more grateful to have a ruler such as Lord Ainz. Someone with absolute power who treated even the maids like the most important people in his domain. As he ponders on his wonderful rulers, he continued his stroll through the street of the capital.
Sebas had been doing this quite often when he was not gathering information for Lord Ainz. He found it cleared his mind when he walked the streets of the city and took in the culture of the people here. Most of the people in this kingdom were only out for themselves he quickly realized. It wasn't just the nobles, it was even most of the commoners. They would take advantage of anyone they could if it would benefit them he realized.
He had helped a number of people on his walks. Usually, it was an older woman or man and it was just carrying their groceries or escorting them safely home at night. It gave Sebas peace of mind knowing he was helping the weak. It is something Lord Touch Me made sure Sebas would always live by.
While they were supposed to keep as low a profile as they could, it was hard for a man like Sebas to fly under the radar. Not only was Sebas a good looking gentleman but the way he carried himself made almost every woman he crossed do a double take. Even the way Sebas walked screamed gentlemen. The women of this Kingdom rarely saw such a man and couldn't help but blush even when he merely said hello.
Sebas was currently on his normal afternoon walk to the scroll shop. Lord Ainz had asked him to purchase any scroll he found that wasn't known in Yggdrasil. There were not many Sebas had found that met these requirements yet but he had a few on him. He also had only looked through roughly half the sales book at the shop he frequented. Halfway through his walk, he saw a group of people gathered in a circle. He could hear some yelling but tried to ignore it for his destination. It wouldn't be hard with Sebas' stats to easily maneuver through this crowd and get to his destination.
When he got closer to the crowd, he could see three children being bullied and thrown around by a group of men. There was no way Sebas would let something like this stand. Grown men picking on children, they should be ashamed of themselves. As the fat man of the group balled up his fist to hit one of the kids in the face, Sebas quickly glided through the crowd and appeared next to the man. He grabbed his fist before he could strike the child and said...
"You should be ashamed of yourself for attacking a child. Leave now."
"Who the hell are you old man?! Get lost before you get hurt!" the fat man says
Sebas releases the man's fist and stands between him and the child.
"Last chance, leave now." Sebas says
"You old bastard, get lost!" the man yells then raises his fist to strike Sebas.
To everyone in the crowd, it looked like the fat man simply sent himself flying through the air Sebas struck him so fast. There was one person in the crowd who saw what happened even if it was hard to follow. Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra had seen Sebas strike the man with a quick punch. It was almost impossible for her to follow but she saw it none the less. She couldn't believe a man of such age could move so fast. She saw how quickly he stepped through the crowd and grabbed the man mere moments before she was going to do the same.
She had never seen Sebas before and it bothered her a little that, as leader of the adamantite party Blue Rose, she didn't have any information about a man such as this. She could see the good looking man and his perfect posture. He carried himself in a way that would make any butler she ever saw look like a rank amateur in comparison.
The group of men that were attacking the children quickly gathered their fat leader and ran like scared kittens away from the old man. Sebas walked up to the three children and inspected their faces. As he looked over each child, he secretly used his healing KI ability to get rid of their wounds.
"You seem to be alright kids. It seems those men were rather weak to hit a child and not leave a mark." he says. Sebas reaches into his pocket and gives each child a gold coin. All three can't believe he just gave them so much money for no reason.
"You should get something to eat with that. You look rather hungry, young ones." Sebas says. He begins to walk towards his destination as the children call out to him.
"T-T-Thank you Mr!" they say
Sebas turns and gives them a smile and a hand wave and continues on his journey to the Magicians Guild. He could feel someone following him the moment he broke the crowd and went on his way. He took a few side streets and alleys to see if they would give up but they were still following him much to his dismay. He thought he should probably see what they wanted and if they were friends of that fat man, he could deal with them in this isolated alleyway.
"Why are you following me?" Sebas says. He didn't even bother to turn around to see who it was. He was interested in the demonic presence he could sense that accompanied his follower but finding out their intentions was problem number one.
"I am sorry. I wanted to talk to you but you move pretty fast for an older gentleman Mr..." Lakyus says to him
"I am Sebas, Ms..." he says
"Oh yes, that was very rude of me not to introduce myself. My name is Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra leader of the Adamantite adventurer group Blue Rose. It is nice to make your acquaintance Mr. Sebas."
"It is nice to meet you also Lady Aindra. How may I help you?" Sebas asks
"Just Lakyus is fine. I gave up my noble title to become an adventurer. I saw your moves back there but have never seen you around before. Are you new to the Kingdom?" she asks him
"Yes, Lady Lakyus. My Lady and I have only been here a week." he tells her
"That would be why I don't know you Mr. Sebas. Can you tell me how you got so fast?" Lakyus asks
"I am simply an old man who knows hold to handle himself Lady Lakyus." Sebas replies
"Please just call me Lakyus Mr. Sebas and I've never met a man who could just handle himself who could move that fast." Lakyus says
"A butler who cannot defend his lady as well as he serves her is not fit to be a butler, and I refer to you as lady out of respect. It is not very often you meet a woman with the will to match her looks Lady Lakyus." he says
Lakyus starts to blush at the compliment but quickly composes herself to figure out what exactly he means. How could he know of her will, they had never met before.
"While I appreciate the compliment, I'm not quite sure what you mean by it Mr. Sebas." she says to him
"I am talking about the will to resist a cursed demonic blade and of course your beauty to match that will." Sebas states.
There was no emotion to his statement, it almost made it sound like it was simply a fact to Lakyus. She still couldn't help but blush this time. People never said things like that to her because they knew who she was. It was a different experience for her.
"You sure are the charmer aren't you Mr. Sebas. How did you know my sword was cursed by a demon?" she asks him
"I can feel the demonic presence emanating from it. I'm sure it is quite difficult to resist. How long have you had that weapon Lady Lakyus?" he asks Lakyus
"Almost four years now Mr. Sebas. So you know the curse is demonic? I heard it used to belong to a cursed knight, one of the 13 heroes, but don't know much about it other than that and how to use the special ability for an area attack." she says
"If you don't mind Lady Lakyus could we walk and talk? I was actually headed on an errand for my lady." Sebas asks
"If you are alright with me accompanying you, that is fine with me Mr. Sebas." she replies
"My previous lord had a weapon with the same curse. He did not wield it, he was a collector as he put it. He loved rare things and how they worked. That particular curse is quite wicked in its function. The blade is not actually cursed but it is at the same time."
This makes Lakyus raise an eyebrow. How can something be cursed but not cursed at the same time? It just didn't make any sense.
"I see your confusion at my statement. What I mean to say is, the voice in your mind is not actually real. You believe to be fighting for control of your mind by some demonic entity correct?" he asks her
"Yes, how could you know that? I have only ever told a handful of people." she says to him
"It is as I said, my lord had a weapon with this curse. That being said, it is actually cursed in a sense. If you remove the curse from the blade, the special attacks and abilities will cease to function also. So the trade off is, you must endure the battle for your mind if you wish to wield the weapon at its highest capabilities while not actually battling for your mind."
Lakyus was a pretty intelligent woman. She was nowhere near the level of her friend Princess Renner but being the leader of an adamantite adventurer party required above average intelligence. That being said, she only understood about half of what Sebas was talking about. She found it interesting that he was not only strong but well versed in many things.
"You know quite a lot about weapons and curses for a butler Mr. Sebas."
"My lord was a collector and I spent all my time by his side so I picked up a few things in my time with him." Sebas says
"Do you know of any other weapons of similar quality to mine?" Lakyus asks
"Yes, there are many tales of weapons of that level Lady Lakyus." Sebas says to her
Sebas and Lakyus talked about weapons, curses, magic, and helping the weak. When they reached the Magician's Guild where Sebas was headed, he tried to say goodbye only to find out she was headed there also to buy scrolls. They chatted some more while looking through scrolls.
Sebas was impressed such a young lady was so strong-willed and seeking knowledge of all kinds. When he heard her story of giving up her noble title to become an adventurer he was actually kind of disappointed. The nobles he met were all self-centered and greedy. He thought this Kingdom could use more nobles with the mindset of Lady Lakyus.
They had talked so long at the Magician's Guild that neither of them realized how late it had got. Then they both realized the time and the fact they were both late. Sebas had yet to meet a human here with a decent moral standard that is probably why he enjoyed his talk with Lady Lakyus so much.
Lakyus enjoyed all the stories Mr. Sebas told her. It felt like she was sitting by the campfire again like a runaway little girl, dreaming of legendary weapons she would one day get and become a great adventurer.
"It was very nice to chat with you Lady Lakyus. I wish you a good night." Sebas says
"It was indeed a great chat Mr. Sebas. If you ever have time to share some more of your stories come by the Royal Flower Inn. It is where my team and I stay. We would be happy to have you anytime." Lakyus says to him.
Sebas and Lakyus bid farewell and went on their separate ways. Sebas couldn't take his normal scenic route home because of the late hour. He had to take a few alleys and move at a decent pace instead of enjoying his walks like he normally did. As he was getting close to the mansion Solution and he was calling home, for now, he saw a sack get tossed out the back of an establishment. When the sack hit the road he heard what sounded like a cry come from the bag.
He quickly used his hand to slash at the bag from 50 feet away. His unarmed attack was so powerful it actually turned the wind into a slicing attack. He cuts the top of the bag open with his attack and saw a bruised and bloodied arm fall out of the sack. As he was walking up to check out who was inside, a man came out of the door.
"Hey, old man. Get lost I'm taking out the trash and it is none of your business." the muscle head says
"So trash is it..." Sebas bends down and looks at the girl in the sack.
It looks like she has been beaten to near death and would die soon without a proper healer. He isn't quite sure if his Healing KI would be of any use to someone in this state. It wasn't designed to heal wounds of this significance.
"Tell me, do you want a second chance at life or would you rather die and be done with it?" Sebas asks the beaten body
The girl in the sack makes a wheezing noise but doesn't move at all. Sebas asks again hoping she has the will to fight on.
"Do you want me to help you?" he asks
The girl makes a series of noises again but this time she reaches out and grabs onto Sebas with a strength Sebas didn't think someone in that state could have. As he is about to pick her up the muscle head chimes in again.
"Hey, old man! I told you to beat it. This doesn't concern you."
"You said she was trash. I will take her off your hands. You will not see her again." Sebas tells him
"You aren't taking her anywhere. If I don't take out the trash properly it's my ass. Now put the girl down and go on your way before I have to make you." he says
The muscle head had no idea what just happened. One minute he was about to have to beat an old man to death the next he was bleeding from his nose like a fountain, eight of his teeth were laying on the ground, and so was he.
He simply couldn't perceive what happened. Sebas had kicked him right in the face. He only used .5% of his power so he wouldn't kill the man but it should be enough to teach him a lesson.
"That is your warning. You are lucky I don't turn your establishment in for slavery. It is illegal in this Kingdom after all. Tell them whatever you like but I am leaving with this girl."
As Sebas says that he continues walking away from the muscle head. He hears the man yell out to him as he is about to round the corner.
"You have no idea who you pissed off! They are going to come for her and you old man!"
Sebas pays the thug no mind and continues on his way to the mansion. Once he gets inside, he takes the girl to a guest room and gently sets her down on the bed. He covers her up and is about to head to get Solution when he feels something grab onto his jacket. He looks down and sees the girl holding onto him not wanting to let go.
"You are safe here. I am going to get someone to heal you because mine is not enough for your wounds. I will be right back."
As Sebas finishes he heads off to get Solution. The girl didn't have the strength to hold onto him when he went to find Solution and her arm just dangled limply off the bed. Sebas went and got Solution and filled her in on the situation while walking back to the guest room. Once inside the guest room, he asked her to do something she didn't agree with at all.
"You want me to waste one of the precious heal scrolls Lord Ainz gave to us on this lowly insect Sebas?" she says
"Yes Solution, I cannot use scrolls and you can so use one on the girl." he replies
"Lord Ainz gave these to us in case of an emergency. I do not think this constitutes an emergency Sebas." she says
"Use the scroll and I will take responsibility if Lord Ainz is displeased with my decision." he tells her
With a great reluctance, Solution used the scroll on the girl. Everything on her cleared up in an instant and Solution thought she looked rather tasty. It even cured the STDs the girl had so she was just like new. Since Sebas was going to take responsibility, who was she to question her superior but if Sebas didn't inform Lord Ainz soon, she would do it for him.
Kamigami Shuto, Capital of the Slaine Theocracy...
In an underground meeting hall in the capital of the Slaine Theocracy sat the Six Cardinals of the Theocracy. There was rarely an occasion for all six to need to be present for such meetings but this meeting was a very important one. Even the Pope of the Slaine Theocracy was present for this meeting, showing just how important this meeting was.
Around the table were Berenice Santini, the Cardinal of Fire, Ginedine Guelfi, the Cardinal of Water, Dominic Partouche, the Cardinal of Wind, Raymond Lauransan, the Cardinal of Earth, Yvon Dracowa, the Cardinal of Light, Maximillian Lagier, the Cardinal of Darkness, and the Pontifex Maximus.
They were all going over the reports delivered to them of the Thousand Mile Astrologers account of what she witnessed before the Sunlight Scripture and half the Black Scripture disappeared and they lost contact with them. As they went over the pages, no one could understand how this happened. What the Thousand Mile Astrologer told in her report sounded almost impossible.
"So let me get this straight. Thousand Mile Astrologer was keeping watch over the Sunlight Scripture. They were about to kill Gazef Stronoff finally and her vision was suddenly blocked and she couldn't see anything. Then when her vision cleared, all the Sunlight Scripture was gone and there was nothing left on the plain but blood?" Raymond Lauransan asks
"That is what she told me, Raymond." Dominic Partouche responds
"And the same thing happened to the Black Scripture? They were about to use the Downfall of Castle and Country on that vampire and her vision was suddenly blocked and when she could see again half our greatest unit and Lady Kaire were nowhere to be found?" Yvon Dracowa asks
"Once again, yes that is what she told me." Dominic answers again
"I don't understand how that is even possible. The Thousand Mile Astrologer is the most powerful diviner since the Six Gods left us. How could someone block her scrying?" Ginedine Guelfi asks them
"We are still trying to figure that out. Since she was unable to see anything that happened we have no idea where to even start looking at. Each Scripture was attacked in different locations. The only thing that is the same is that they were both inside the Re-Estize Kingdom. There is always the possibility that the Kingdom found an ancient treasure to use against scrying but Gazef Stronoff possesses all the Kingdom's treasures for his use as Warrior Captain as far as we know." Dominic tells them
"I know figuring out what happened to them is a top priority but what kind of military loss are we looking at losing the entire Sunlight Scripture and half of the Black Scripture?" the Pontifex Maximus asks the Cardinals
All the Cardinals are looking at each other, they seem to be trying to figure out exactly what to say to the Pontifex Maximus. The loss of an entire unit and half of their greatest unit was a tremendous blow to the Slaine Theocracy. If they were attacked now by a decent military force. It would be hard for them to survive it at the moment. Their only advantage still was the treasures left by the Six Gods. Finally, Raymond Lauransan, the Cardinal of Earth and the commander of the six scriptures gave the best answer he could.
"Normally losing the entire Sunlight Scripture and half of the Black Scripture would set us back about 25 years. However, we lost two of the three strongest God-Kin in the Theocracy, Dedrick Palar, The Captain of the Black Scripture and Quaiesse Quintia, the One Man Army. Without those two to bare children for the Theocracy we may never recover from this unless Zesshi decides to have many children in the future and we all know how unlikely that is to happen." he tells the Pontifex Maximus
"So what are we doing about this situation? Have you deployed the Windflower Scripture or Clearwater Scripture to the Kingdom yet to find out what happened to them?" the Pope asks
"No, after losing that much military power, we have recalled all the scriptures back to the Theocracy with the exception of the Holocaust Scripture. They are currently helping in the war with the Elves. If we remove them, the elves might actually start to gain an advantage over us." Raymond tells him
"We have to make all the God-Kin find suitable partners as soon as possible. We might even have to force Zesshi to find one as well." the Pope says to them
"I do not think that would be wise. Zesshi might leave the Theocracy and seek out a partner if we push her and that would leave us at a point where even the Kingdom might be able to take us out if she is gone. I do not think the other God-Kin will object though." Maximillian says to the Pope
"That is all we can do for now. Once the God-Kin return, have them start the interviews. I want all of you to find as many suitable partners as possible for all the God-Kin. We will reconvene after the interviews and discuss our future in more detail." the Pope says
Back in Nazarick...
Ainz is on the Fifth floor of Nazarick trying to catch up on his undead creating he has been putting off for weeks now. He can only make so many per day but since they were permanent it would not make much of a difference if he did this as much as he could. He was almost out of create undead for the day, he was saving one mid-tier undead creation for a punishment he would soon finally give out. It made him grin knowing what he was going to do to Khajit. The man should have taken his offer when he presented it to him.
He racked his brain for hours and hours trying to figure out what to do with Clementine's body after the shadow demons had brought both the bodies back to Nazarick as instructed. He didn't see the point in making her just another Death Knight and it certainly wouldn't be any kind of punishment to be a mindless servant if she couldn't experience it. He supposed she didn't actually do anything to Ainz.
Albedo, on the other hand, wanted her punished for eternity. He didn't realize when Clementine insulted the Pleiades that Albedo would take it so personally. She truly wanted this woman to suffer but Ainz still couldn't think of a way to do that. It finally came to him while he was contemplating what rewards to give all his servants who had been doing such a good job.
{Shalltear Bloodfallen, are you busy right now?}
{I am never too busy for you Lord Ainz. What do you need of your servant?}
{If you are free, I have something I would like to give you. Can you meet me in the Frozen Prison?}
{I will be right there Lord Ainz!}
As soon as the message ended, Ainz could see a Gate open a few feet from him and out stepped Shalltear Bloodfallen. She immediately kneeled before the supreme being.
"You may rise Shalltear." Ainz says
"Thank you my lord." she says
"Follow me, I have something for you." he tells her
They walk farther into the Fifth floor to a room known as the Freezer. It was the area in Nazarick where all the bodies for undead creation where stored and some of the larger creatures, like dragons, that they used for meals. Once inside the freezer, Ainz stops and turns to Shalltear.
"I know you lost two of your Vampire Brides in the fight against the Black Scripture. I wish to give you two bodies to replace them. The first one you will not really know about, but you turning her into a Vampire Bride will fulfill the request to make this woman suffer for eternity. Please use her however you like."
As Ainz finishes up saying that to Shalltear, he pulls out the body of Clementine. This would be the perfect way to make her suffer as Albedo wanted and he wouldn't have to use his ability to make it happen.
"The other one, I'm sure you will enjoy even more..." he says
"Lord Ainz, I appreciate your generosity but I failed and almost got mind controlled. If it hadn't of been for you and Lady Taylar, I would be being controlled by our enemy right now and telling them everything they wanted to know about Nazarick. I do not think that deserves a reward." she says to him
"I understand you feel that way Shalltear but there is nothing you can do against a World Item. If Taylar, Albedo, and I did not possess World Items when we fought them, we would have been mind controlled also. I sent you out in the world without a means to protect yourself from such an attack. It was my fault you got into that situation, not yours Shalltear." he says apologetically
"Lord Ainz! You do not need to apologize to a servant who has failed you!" she kneels down before him
"I already told you that you did not fail Shalltear. We captured half the Black Scripture, the Theocracy strongest unit according to Neuronist. You also captured one of the three top martial artists in the world, an arcane caster from this world, and a divine caster. You accomplished the mission I sent you on before you even came across those people from the Slaine Theocracy. You should be proud you finished your mission so quickly Shalltear. So please rise and receive a small reward for your hard work." Ainz says then picks Shalltear up from the ground. Having the supreme one grab her hand and pick her up was reward enough for Shalltear. She didn't really need much else in her opinion.
"Thank you Lord Ainz. You truly are a kind ruler." Shalltear says still touching the hand Ainz grabbed
"On to the second one. I believe you will recognize this one." he says to her
He goes to pick up Clementine to throw her over his should but Shalltear interrupts him.
"Please Lord Ainz. You should not be dirtying yourself by carrying such a lowly creature. I will carry her for you, my lord." Shalltear says and picks up the body instead
They are making their way to the Frozen Prison where all the prisoners are being held. Some of the Black Scripture has already been interrogated by Neuronist other were in the process of her questioning Ainz could tell by the terror-filled screams coming out of her favorite room. Ainz stole a glance at Shalltear and could see the smile on her face from the screams of the scripture. He supposed Shalltear did like to cause her prey to fear for their lives before she took them. It shouldn't be a surprise she enjoyed this noise.
"Here we are..." he stops in front of a cell with someone inside "I believe you should remember her Shalltear." Ainz says
Shalltear looks inside the cell and immediately recognizes the woman. It is the divine magic caster she captured along with the arcane caster and Brain. She wondered why Lord Ainz was giving up a divine magic caster from this world so easily.
"Lord Ainz, do you not want a divine caster from this world to study? I believe she would be much more useful to you my lord." she says
"Since you captured her, I believe it is fitting she take the place of one of the Vampire Brides you lost in that fight. Also, two members of the Scripture we captured can use divine magic so I can study them. They attacked you, Taylar, and Albedo. They will suffer as much pain and despair as they can possibly handle before I turn them into undead!" Ainz states.
Shalltear could hear the anger in his voice when he said they attack her, Taylar, and Albedo. She realized Lord Ainz cared for everyone in Nazarick as much as everyone believed he did. To get just as angry about them attacking Shalltear as he did Lady Taylar was proof of her lord's kindness and compassion for everyone in Nazarick.
"Thank you Lord Ainz, I will make sure both of them serve Nazarick from now until eternity!" Shalltear exclaims
"I know you will Shalltear. Now, I have other business to attend to. Take your new pets and have some fun with them. Try not to break them on the first day." he says with a smile
Shalltear grabs the body of Clementine and goes in the cell with the divine magic caster. Since the caster was still alive, Shalltear used her ability and turned her into a Vampire Bride right there in the cell so there was no way she could cause trouble on her way back to her home.
Once she was in the cell, she bit down on her three middle fingers to draw her blood out. She stabbed her fingers into the chest of the caster right into her heart and began pouring magic and negative energy into her body. After just a few seconds, the caster's skin started turning pale, her eyes turned to a blood red color, her ears slightly elongated like an elf, and the gear she was wearing turned into the white dress all Vampire Brides wore. Once the transformation was complete, the new Vampire Bride knelt before Shalltear.
"I am ready for your command Mistress." she says
"Carry this body and follow me. We are going to your new home for the rest of eternity." Shalltear says
Ainz was very intrigued how Shalltear's Vampire Bride creation worked. He wondered if he could pour his magic, negative energy, and blood into something and create a new form of undead. He would have to experiment with this later on. Demiurge would be a good person to consult about something like this. First, he had one more thing to do before meeting with Albedo for her surprise.
It was time to get Khajit's body and have some fun tormenting him. He went to the spot right next to where Clementine's body was kept and pulled out Khajit's, he couldn't wait to mess with this pathetic necromancer. He uses his mid-tier undead creation to make Khajit an Elder Lich just like he wanted. Now, he could find out why he wanted to be an Elder Lich so bad and make this fool suffer.
"I am ready to serve you, my master!" Lich Khajit says
"Ah Khajit, you should have taken my offer before spouting your nonsense to me. It would have worked out much better for you in the end." Ainz says
"I do not know what you mean master?" Khajit says
"Oh, that's right. You were already dead when I dismissed my armor."
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Ainz cast his spell to create his Momon persona. Khajit's rotting eyes go wide with the realization of who his new master truly is. Ainz quickly dismisses the spell and goes back to being his fallen angel self.
"I told you, you should have accepted my offer." he says
"I am sorry master. I did not realize you were the God of Death." Khajit says
"So tell me Khajit, why were you trying to become an Elder Lich?" Ainz asks
"I wished to pass the potential of a human and gain enough power to learn spells of the 7th tier. I wished to be able to cast the spell Undead Army without any assistance." Khajit tells him
"Oh, so you wanted more spell casting power. That is the reason huh. That is perfect, I now have the perfect punishment for you declining my generous offer." Ainz says to him
"I shall do whatever you desire master." he replies
"Of course you will, I command you now you idiot. Your punishment will be to work in the library in Nazarick as Titus' helper. You will sort, categorize, and maintain the spell books of Nazarick. These spell tomes possess magic up to the 10th tier. Magic you probably didn't even know existed. You are probably wondering how this is a punishment? It is simple, you are never allowed to open a single page of the books. You will never gain more knowledge than you currently possess and when I start to take over this world, you will be my paperwork bitch doing nothing but administrative work until your worthless existence ends. Do you understand?" he says
"Yes master." is all Khajit can say
"Very good, now report your sorry ass to Titus and get to work." Ainz says
Now that his punishment of Clementine and Khajit was finished it was time to meet up with Albedo. She should have the tomes he requested from the Library and he had a surprise for her as well in the Frozen Prison. He is sure she will enjoy it, he was looking forward to it as well.
{Albedo, where are you currently at?}
{I just entered the canteena, my love. I was going to have lunch with the maids and some of the Pleiades.}
{Lunch already. Time flies when you are creating undead and handing out punishments. I will join you for lunch if that is OK with you.}
{I would love that!}
He can hear her excitement through the message. He hadn't seen Albedo or Taylar in a few hours and he honestly missed both of them. He had gotten so used to seeing them throughout most of the day that when they weren't around him for too long he got kind of lonely. They were the only two who didn't treat him like some kind of God. Well, Albedo was still working on that but she was getting better.
He opened a Gate to the canteena to meet Albedo for lunch. When he stepped through the Gate everyone in the canteena got up and knelt for the arrival of the ruler of Nazarick. He saw Albedo standing nearby about to welcome him. He walked over to Albedo, wrapped his arms around her waist, kissed her, picked her up, spun her around, and then set her back down.
Albedo was so surprised by the sudden affection from him she didn't really know what to say. After last night it was apparent he cared for her as much as Lady Taylar to her but she had never even seen him act like this with Taylar let alone her.
"Sorry for the sudden action Albedo. I haven't seen you or Taylar for hours and missed you. Speaking of Taylar, why isn't she here?" he asks her
"No need to apologize love. You can do that to me anytime you want as much as you want." she says with a smile "As far as Taylar, she said she wanted to have lunch with Aureole Omega. She hadn't seen her in a while and she had some things to discuss with her. Something about the Slaine Theocracy and the Holy Kingdom." Albedo tells him
"Did you get the books I requested from the library?" he asks
"I did love. If you don't mind me asking. Why do you need a book about tier 8 and 9 magic and greater doppelgangers?" she asks genuinely curious what he is going to use them for
"They are not actually for me. They are rewards for Narberal Gamma that I am going to give her at our next audience. I am going to give them to her so she can choose if she wishes to progress as a caster or raise her racial levels to the point she could become a greater doppelganger." he tells her
"That is very kind of you love. She has been working very hard to keep us safe when we leave Nazarick." Albedo says
Ainz forgets they are in the canteena and not only are the homunculi maids present but some of the Pleiades. He probably shouldn't have said that out loud. Narberal will probably find out before the audience now. He turns to everyone in the canteena.
"Please, no one tell Narberal about the tomes. I want her to be surprised and I'm sure she would probably say she didn't deserve them if she found out beforehand." Ainz says to everyone
"YES LORD AINZ!" everyone says in unison
"Thank you everyone. Now, let's go get us some lunch." Ainz says.
He takes Albedo's hand and leads her to the food. He never ate food when they left Nazarick. It just all tasted like garbage to him after eating here. He just faked eating things when necessary but loved eating in Nazarick. The cooks here were spectacular and he always remembered to praise them after he finished.
When he finishes his lunch, he begins to stand to take his plate back to the kitchen when every single person in the canteena stands up to take it for him. The all say...
"Lord Ainz please let us clear your plate. A supreme being should not be doing something so lowly as clearing his own dishes!" after they all say that, they begin arguing over who should get the honor of clearing his plate until a much louder voice interrupted all of them.
"Everyone calm down!" Albedo yells. They all stop talking and stand there silently.
"Very good. Now, I will settle this debate right now. I will clear his plate. It is one of my jobs as one of his wives to take care of him. All of you can sit back down." she says and gets up to grab his plate for him. Once she makes it to him, he says something he definitely thought he needed too.
"Albedo, it is not one of your duties to clear my dishes. I can handle it." he says
"I want to do it love. You have taken such good care of me the last two days..." she gets a crimson blush on her face "it is the least I can do and it is no trouble." she finishes
"But..." he stops when she simply grabs his plate and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
He looks up to see everyone in the canteena giving them an "Awwww~" face. It is a little embarrassing to him but for a different reason then you would think. Taylar and Albedo had been doing a lot for him. It was true he was calling them his wives and they were calling him their husband, but it was just in name only. They were being the perfect wives anyone could ever hope to find but they really weren't his wives.
He supposes that was his fault. He tried to rationalize it by thinking he was too busy running Nazarick but everyone was helping with that. He would have to do something about that and soon. He thought of the perfect way to do it and decided he would start his plan right after he and Albedo finished with her surprise.
"Thank you for sharing lunch with me everyone. You all are doing a great job, keep up the good work."
Ainz then stands up and goes over to Albedo. It was time for her gift and he hoped she liked it.
"As for you..." he says and gets right up against her. He reaches into his inventory and pulls out a heavy black cloak. It looks to be made from the same feathers Albedo's wings are made out of. He throws the cloak over her shoulders. She is going to need it on the Fifth floor "I have a gift for you. Come with me." he says and takes her hand.
*GATE*
Ainz and Albedo appear in front of a prison cell door. Albedo knows she is in the Frozen Prison but is surprised not to hear screams right now. She knew Neuronist was interrogating some of the Black Scripture and it was surprising they weren't singing. When she looked around for the other cell doors, she noticed there were no other ones.
Even being the Overseer, she didn't know there was a place like this in Nazarick. Even the door before her was different than the other cell doors. It looked much sturdier and radiated more magic than normal. She was about to ask where they were when Ainz said something.
"I know you have no idea where we are Albedo. So I will tell you. We are in the Frozen Prison but in a secret area built by the combined efforts of me, Punitto Moe, Ulbert, and Nishikienrai. This cell was built to contain someone of comparable might to us in case we ever needed to question someone like that and they were reluctant. Neuronist is good at what she does but she is still only level 23. If someone of my power were to be interrogated by her, I doubt it would do more then just tickle. Everything inside this cell is of the highest magic quality, from the material to the wards, and even the tools inside."
He walks up to a pad on the right side of the door. He quickly bits his thumb to draw a little blood. He tested this earlier to see if it actually functioned as intended and was pleased to see it did. It worked with his blood and it was designed to only open with the blood of one of the four architects of this cell. He obviously couldn't test it with the other three.
The door opens and he motions her inside. When Albedo entered she could see he was not kidding. You could feel the magic in the air that's how much of it was in here. She could see the table in an upright position but she was facing the back of it. As she made her way around she could finally make out who was on the table.
"Momonga, is that the Black Scripture leader?" she asks
"Yes, it is. Obviously not a being of comparable strength to me. That is not why he is here."
He brings Albedo in front of him and shows her the table of tools to use on the man. There are things there she has no idea what they do. She had a little familiarity with torture techniques but it wasn't something she practiced very often. She wondered why he brought her here for this.
"I know you have been changing a lot lately Albedo. You have been perfect, to be honest, but here is the thing... you are a demon. Just like I am the Angel of Death, our nature requires certain things from us. You are keeping in a lot of emotions and thoughts interacting with so many humans. It is not good to bottle something like that up too much or you will explode one day. For me, being the Angel of Death requires me to cause or witness death and pain. It is the reason I keep snapping for stupid reasons. If I cannot kill something or cause it pain, physical pain, it bottles up inside me until I get angry and snap. You are a demon with an incredibly negative karma value. I know you need to cause those you deem unworthy pain and suffering to satisfy your nature. So, my love, we are going to torture this piece of trash to satisfy our nature. That way it does not affect us at the wrong time, and we can hear the information straight from his mouth without a report." he says
The farther Momonga got into his explanation the larger the smile on Albedo's face got. She had been trying hard, incredibly hard, to act like Taylar wanted her to but she was a dam getting ready to explode. The way humans around her talked to Momonga and Taylar pissed her off to no end. She was pretty sure if she had to walk into the adventurers guild again and watch those disgusting human stare at her like a piece of meat. She would snap and level the whole building. She couldn't believe that Momonga was not only doing this for her but needed something similar because of his race.
"You are the greatest husband ever!" Albedo says and jumps into his arms to kiss him.
As they are kissing, Ainz sees the Captain staring right at him. He knows he heard everything but doesn't care. What bothers him is that he can look at Albedo. Albedo hears the man scream out in pain and stops kissing Momonga to see what happened. When she looks over she sees him pulling his fingers out of his eyes.
"You do not deserve to stare at a woman this beautiful!" he says
He kisses Albedo again then says...
"Shall we get started, love?"
8th Floor Cherry Blossom Sanctuary...
Taylar had just arrived at the sanctuary after using her ring of Ainz Ooal Gown. She tried to visit Aureole Omega as often as she could but she never left the sanctuary so sometimes it was hard to do. Today she planned to spend a couple hours here. She was going to have lunch with her, make sure she was doing good, tell her about some of the things that happened outside Nazarick, and hopefully get information on what she had her looking into.
She had given Aureole Omega plenty of time to gather the information she had asked for. It had been since their encounter with the Sunlight Scripture that she requested she looks into this for her. Given her scrying abilities, Taylar had no doubt she had at least obtained some useful information for her. Taylar had a good amount of scrying spells as a diviner but the things Aureole Omega could do with her scry's was much more then Taylar.
While they possessed the same spells to scry, Aureole Omega could use a good amount of her spells through her scrying windows. She could even counter spell another caster trying to dispel or attack her scrying. She was also nearly impossible to detect when she was scrying on you. Since monitoring Nazarick's teleportation wasn't very time consuming, she had given her orders to gather Intel for her. She was her little girl after all.
As she opened the door to the sanctuary, she took in the sight of it once again as she had never been there before. This place always reminded her of her ideal Japanese area. A peaceful and calming place, one where you could relax. The whole sanctuary gave off that vibe and the rows upon rows of Sakura trees lining the inside with their pedals covering the ground seemed to bring a bit of extra life to the place. She made her way to the back of the sanctuary where her little girl was so she could spend some time with her. When she opened the back door she saw her sitting there like a good little girl, looking into a scrying window.
"Mother! You are here!" Aureole says and jumps up to give her a hug.
"I know you felt me teleport here. You don't have to act so surprised I'm here." Taylar says to her as she embraces her back
"Not surprised, excited! I love it when you come by!" she says
"I love it too. How has my little girl been?" Taylar asks
"I'm bored mother. I love serving you and Nazarick but always being in the sanctuary gets boring." she says to her. Taylar just giggles at this
"I know baby. When we get a good handle on this New World I'm sure you will be able to leave the sanctuary if you want, but for now, you are doing the most good staying here. Your intel gathering skills are second to none. Speaking of that, how much information have you gathered on what I ask you to look into?" she asks Aureole
"Quite a lot mother. Would you just like the highlights? It will take some time to go over every detail in all the reports." she asks
"No, I want to go over all of it. I wanted to spend some time with you today. We will be back in Nazarick for a couple of days at the least and I missed my little girl." Taylar says.
This gets a big smile from Aureole and she gives her a hug again. They both take a seat in the sanctuary and start to go over the Intel.
"Which one would you like to start with mother?" she asks
"Tell me about the Holy Kingdom." Taylar says
"I'm surprised you don't want to know about the Slaine Theocracy. They did attack you twice alre-" Aureole stops mid-sentence. She definitely just gave herself away.
"Wait, how did you know they attacked me twice? Aureole! Were you watching me?" she says in a motherly tone.
"I-I-I-I just want to make sure you and father are alright!" she reasons to her. There's no way she would get mad at her for that. Right?
"I know you're worried but we have Albedo and Narberal with us. We will be fine, I promise. So, no more checking in on your mother! I'm the one who is suppose to worry about you."
"Sorry, mom..."
"It's OK. Now, about the Holy Kingdom." Taylar says
"I honestly think you are going to hate them more than the Slaine Theocracy mother."
"I doubt that is possible but let's hear your reasoning." Taylar says
"First, the Holy Queen, Calca Bessarez. A title completely no suited to her. She is a divine magic caster who has developed a large number of spells, and the first ever Holy Queen in the Kingdom's history. Sounds good right, well, all the spells she has created have been for beauty purposes. She also has kept them a secret from everyone else and keeps her crown by being pretty and a divine magic caster. About her casting abilities, I honestly can't say what spells she can cast other than those beauty spells. Of all the times I have watched her, I have never seen her use a spell to heal an injured or sick person once. I have only witnessed her casting spells on herself. To top off our lovely Holy Queen, she has ordered the death of thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children. Most of those she reasons are demi-human races so they are nothing but monsters but we know it is just a reason to justify genocide."
Aureole looks at Taylar and sees the small porcelain teacup that was in her hand is now nothing but dust. Her mother did not seem happy and that was just the first person. She had reports on at least 10 others she thought she should hear about.
"Mother, are you alright?" she asks
"I am fine baby. Keep going just summarize a bit." Taylar says
"Yes mother. Next is Prince Caspond. Seems like a nice guy stays out of the spotlight often since he is embarrassed his younger sister passed him up for the throne. His favorite thing to do is hit prostitutes while he sleeps with them. Next, we have Kelart Custodio, the High Priestess of the Holy Kingdom. She does occasionally heal people but she is actually the most powerful divine caster in the Kingdom's history. Only two people know she can cast tier 4 and 5 spells, the Holy Queen and her sister Remedios Custodio. She hides her power because she wants nothing more than to take down the nobles who threaten her and the Holy Queens reign. Which leads me to Remedios Custodio, Paladin Grandmaster of the Holy Kingdom and sister of the High Priestess. The woman is an idiot. She bases everything she does off the ideals of the Holy Queen which means kill anything that isn't human. It's a shame, she is almost as pretty as the Holy Queen. Then there is Gustav Montagnes, Vice Captain of the Paladin Order. He is second in command and actually seems like a decent man. I believe if it benefited his kingdom, he would turn on the Holy Queen regardless of the source or race of the help."
Aureole then proceeded to explain to her some of the nobles of the Northern Holy Kingdom along with some of the higher level priests in the church. By the time she was done explaining the situation in that region, Taylar wanted to punch something. These people were just using religion and their position to do what they pleased and helped almost no one. There were some people she heard that were good people but there were not many.
"That is it for the northern nobles, the southern nobles are just as bad, some of them are worse depending on your morals." Aureole says to her.
Taylar motions her to continue. She told her about the almost civil war, the state of the commoners there, the economy, living conditions, prominent nobles, and their actions. By the time she was done going over the entire Holy Kingdom, she could only think of one thing to say to Aureole.
"You were right. I hate them more than the Slaine Theocracy."
"Would you like to hear about the Slaine Theocracy now mother?" Aureole asks
"Yes baby." Taylar says
"The Slaine Theocracy is run by six cardinals and a Pope. The six cardinals each control a different special unit of the Slaine Theocracy based on the element of the cardinal. They line up like you think they would with the exception of the Black Scripture. They are not commanded by the Cardinal of the Dark. He commands the Holocaust Scripture which is currently fighting a war with the elves. The Cardinal of Earth commands the Black Scripture instead."
She then goes on to explain the Six Gods of the Slaine Theocracy. The human supremacy ideals of the Slaine Theocracy. How slavery is a big thing there and demi-human and heteromorphic races cost big money as slaves for their racial enhancements. She tells her about the God-Kin. Someone named Zesshi who Aureole has never seen. She has just been mentioned a bunch of times by various Cardinals.
"The only two things really of note is your capture of the Sunlight Scripture and half the Black Scripture has severely weakened their military power and there is actually an underground area in the Slaine Theocracy capital that even my scrying cannot see into. As such, I have no idea what is down there other than tunnels which I see people patrolling on occasion."
"You have done a wonderful job baby. I know your skills are great but how did you get this much information on two nations so quickly?" Taylar asks
"Well, they both made it easy on me. Only that one area in the Slaine Theocracy could resist my scrying and the Slaine Theocracy likes to meet up in a room that has incredibly weak protections. It gave me a lot of time to devote to the Holy Kingdom." she tells her
"Thank you. All of this will be very helpful. Are you hungry? I brought your favorite lunch." Taylar tells Aureole
"Dragon Steak and Chocolate Ice Cream!" she yells out
"Yes baby."
Taylar can't help but giggle at her excitement. They ate lunch together, talked about whatever came to mind, and then Taylar had to go meet up with Ainz to check on the maids training. They both enjoyed every minute of it until it was over. Taylar used her ring of Ainz Ooal Gown to appear outside the office of Ainz.
"Hello Increment. Is Lord Ainz in his office?" she asks
"Yes Queen Taylar." she says
"Increment, why did you call me Queen and not Lady?"
"D-D-Did you and King Ainz not make it official my Queen?" she says kind of scared that she might have made a mistake.
"What do you mean make it official?"
"Weren't you trying to make a prince or princess for Nazarick's future?" she asks
"Hahahahahahahaha... sorry I didn't mean to laugh at you. Yes, we were trying to make an heir for Nazarick but that wasn't why we were doing it. We love each other that is why. Hopefully one day, that will lead to an heir but we can talk about that in the future. For now please just call me Lady Taylar. I know you'll never just call me Taylar. Speaking of love, Lord Ainz tells me you have taken a liking to our new apprentice Peter." she smiles at the girl
"H-H-He is just nice to talk to Lady Taylar." she shyly says
"I bet it has nothing to do with those muscles huh." she giggles "well good luck Increment. Try not to break his heart and if you ever want to talk about it, come find me." Taylar says
"Thank You Lady Taylar!" she says then opens the door for her to the office
"Ainz, you are never going to believe the conversation I just had with Increment." Taylar says
"Change of plans. We aren't going to see the maids yet..."Ainz says
Guild masters office on the 10th Floor...
Ainz had just finished talking with Demiurge, Aura, Mare, Pandora, and Cocytus. All were reporting over message except Pandora who was in the office giving Ainz his report in person. As the one in charge of Nazarick while they were away, there was no need to use message for his report. Sometimes Ainz wanted to do it though. He created his flamboyant personality so he couldn't be mad at Pandora. He actually didn't mind being called father anymore either. He was actually excited at the prospect of being one. Not that he would let his kids leave Nazarick until they were at least 500 years old... maybe older. That's not being too protective right?
The only person left to talk to was Sebas. He kind of missed the old butler. It was nice having the maids here with him but Sebas was a different type of person then they were.
{Sebas, what do you have to report on the Re-Estize Kingdom.}
{Lord Ainz! I was expecting Pandora's Actor my lord.}
{I am in Nazarick and need to catch up on Intel. Give me a detailed one and leave nothing out. I'm not sure how often I will get to do this.}
{Yes Lord Ainz. Most of the nobles in this Kingdom have nothing noble about them. There are a few exceptions but not many. We have yet to meet with any real powerful nobles. They call themselves the Six Great Nobles but I can't comment on them personally. The other faction is the Royal Family and it would be impossible for nobles of our status to get an audience with them. I can only base my report on what I hear from the people. The current King is passable. They say he isn't great but he isn't bad either. He has reigned for 39 years because he doesn't believe his sons can take over for him. His sons are not loved by the people. One is quite despised because of how he throws his position around and the other they just believe to be fat and greedy because they never see him. The princess, on the other hand, is loved by all the people. They refer to her as the Golden Princess and she has done much for commoners like visiting the sick and even getting slavery banned. It seems they all just fight for power and very few cares for the people. I have acquired a few scrolls we do not have as you requested. I also met a female adventurer named Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra. She said she was the leader of an Adamantite adventure group called Blue Rose. She wielded a weapon I believe to be from Yggdrasil, it had the same demonic curse on it as the sickle you possess Lord Ainz.}
After a little bit of Sebas not saying anything Ainz said...
{It is interesting what you said about the princess. Demiurge and I had an interesting conversation about her. She might be very useful. Is that all you have to report Sebas?}
After another pause, Sebas continued...
{There is one more thing Lord Ainz. I used one of the Heal scrolls you gave to us for an emergency.}
{Were one of you injured?!}
{No Lord Ainz. I... saved a young woman who was thrown out like trash in a sack. My healing KI ability did not help because she was close to death and it was the only way to save her. I apologize if my judgment was incorrect.}
{To be honest Sebas, I expect nothing less from you. You truly are Touch Me's creation haha} he chuckles at the end
{Thank you for your understanding Lord Ainz. I knew your kindne-} he is interrupted
{Don't get so excited Sebas. Do you have a plan for this woman? Do you know who she is? What skills she has? Anything about her at all?}
{She woke up a couple of days ago and I got her to eat. It took her a while to speak but she told me her name, where she was from, and what happened to her previous to me finding her. She has been doing maid duties around the mansion, at her insistence, since she could get out of bed.}
{So what is her name Sebas?}
{Her name is Tsuareninya, Lord Ainz.} (A/N: I know there isn't suppose to be an S... I like that name better lol)
{Hahahahahahahaha. I have to be the luckiest being to ever exist!}
{Lord Ainz?} Sebas has no idea what is going on and why Lord Ainz sounds so happy
{Sebas, I want you to get Tsuareninya. Taylar and I are coming to meet this girl. When our conversation is over, you are to return with us to Nazarick. The other's that are out are already making preparation to return.}
{As you wish Lord Ainz.}
{Albedo, Taylar and I are going to the Kingdom to meet with Sebas. We will be back shortly. Please look after Nazarick.}
{Yes Momonga. Do you need me to come with you?}
{No it is not urgent and one of us should be here since we usually are out.}
{Very well my love.}
Ainz is about to message Taylar then she walks through the door.
"Ainz, you are never going to believe the conversation I just had with Increment." Taylar says
"Change of plans. We aren't going to see the maids yet..."Ainz says
Noble manor in the capital of Re-Estize...
Sebas was walking down the hall towards where Tsuare was currently cleaning. The girl had insisted on doing something around here to repay Sebas for saving her. She was a passable cook, same went for cleaning, but Sebas had different standards than most people. He knew the girl was trying hard and that mattered more because it showed she was willing to learn.
On the way down the hall, he was thinking about what Lord Ainz had said and tried to judge why he reacted the way he did. He seemed happy to Sebas when he told him the girls name but why was Lord Ainz and Lady Taylar both coming to meet her.
They had never even been to this mansion once yet. It made him nervous that they were both coming. Perhaps he made a mistake and they were coming to handle it themselves. He wasn't sure what to think but he believed in the supreme beings. He finally made it to the entryway and saw Tsuare dusting.
"Ms. Tsuare..."
"Lord Sebas, please... just call me... Tsuare. Can I... help you... with anything?" she says
"My masters wish to meet you. They will be here shortly." he tells her
"You... will... be there... too... right?" she asks
"Yes, I have come to escort you to them." he says
As they make their way back to the library were Lord Ainz told him to meet, Tsuare is practically glued to his hip. He had understood the girl had feelings for him by the way she acted but just chalked it up to him rescuing her from her situation. As he approached the door, he saw Solution standing outside the door in her maid outfit.
This was the first time Tsuare had seen Solution in a maid outfit. It didn't make any sense to her why a noblewoman was wearing a maid outfit. As they neared, Solution knocked on the door and then opened it to announce their arrival.
"Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar, Sebas has arrived." she says
"Very well Solution, let them in." Ainz says
Tsuare heard a very regal and charming voice coming from the other side of the door. She had no idea who could possess such a voice but finally had a grasp on why Lord Sebas would have a master. As she entered the room she saw a beautiful woman standing just inside the door. She had on glasses and her hair was in a bun. She was also wearing a maid uniform and some spiked gauntlets.
When she looked further into the room, she saw the two beings sitting on the couch staring right at her. She quickly grabbed onto Sebas' hand but kept following him just a few feet from the couch. She bowed when Sebas did and looked at the two on the couch.
The man? angel? to the left of her had jet black hair, ruby red eyes, tan exotic looking skin and was very handsome. A pair of jet black wings were sticking out behind him and he was wearing black armor so dark it felt like she was staring into nothingness.
The woman? angel? goddess of beauty? was a sight to behold to Tsuare. She had never seen a woman so beautiful before in her life. She had long blonde hair, piercing emerald green eyes, soft glowing skin, and elegant facial features. A pair of pure white wings stuck out from behind her and she was wearing a very form-fitting red dress that Tsuare had never seen before.
The sight of these two made her look on in awe. The presence she felt emanating from them was incredible. She thought that Sebas' masters were gods. It was the only thing she could rationalize after meeting Sebas then his masters.
"So you are Tsuareninya correct?" Taylar says
"Yes..." she says timidly and grabs on tighter to Sebas
"Show the proper respect to the suprem-" Solution and Yuri are interrupted by Ainz
"She has been through a lot you two. Why don't you two prepare everything for our departure? We have Sebas here if we need anything." he says
"As you command, Lord Ainz." the both give a bow and head off
"Now, I know you are scared after what you have been through. So we won't worry about formality for now. We are here to offer you a choice Tsuareninya." Taylar says to her
"Okay..." she says
"We can give you enough money to start your life over anywhere you choose or you may become an apprentice maid of our home." Taylar says
Sebas is relieved and shocked at the same time. Of all the scenarios he thought of this was not one of them. He cursed himself for underestimating the kindness and generosity of the supreme beings and vowed to serve them with even more devotion.
"Will I... get to see... Lord Sebas if I... become... an apprentice maid?" she asks
"Our home is filled with heteromorphic races. Many of which you would consider monsters. Are you sure you wish to live in such a place just to be near Sebas?" Ainz says
"My experience with... humans has... not been good... I have been... treated much nicer... here..." she says
"What do you think Sebas? Can she be trained enough to live up to the standards of one of our maids?" Taylar asks
"She has learned quite a bit in a short amount of time Lady Taylar. I believe it will take some time but I think she can be trained to our standards yes." Sebas replies
"Very well Sebas, take her to her room and gather anything you need. We are headed back to Nazarick and you are coming with us. We will be leaving the eight edge assassins here for security. Come back here after you have gathered what you need." Taylar says
Sebas and Tsuare give a bow and head off towards her room to gather the few things she had. Sebas had purchased them all the last few days but no need to leave them behind. Tsuare was still glued to his side and when they got to her door he had to make sure she really wanted to do this.
"Tsuare, Nazarick is a different place then you could possibly imagine. Are you sure you do not wish to live in a human ci-"
Sebas' question was interrupted by Tsuare's lips. It caught the butler off guard and he wasn't quite sure what to do. Before he could figure it out, Tsuare got off her tippy toes and giggled.
"Thank you..." she said
"You are welcome" is all he can think to say
"Yes, I want to... come to your home... Lord Sebas." she says
"Very well, let us gather your things." he says
They gather up the little bit of belongs she has and head back to the library. Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar, Yuri, and Solution are all waiting for them to leave. Lord Ainz opens a gate and they head to the 10th floor. They were going to keep Tsuare in the guest rooms up here until they talked to Ninya about what just happened. They didn't want to just show up with her long-lost sister and not give her time to prepare.
"Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar, are these not the rooms for supreme beings guests? I am sure we can find another room for Tsuare." Sebas says
"This will do for now Sebas. She is our guest after all. We will find something more permanent later. Get her settled in and bring her something to eat. We will discuss her situation after the audience. Meet us in the throne room in two hours Sebas." Ainz says to him
"As you wish Lord Ainz." Sebas replies
{Albedo, Taylar and I have returned. Are you busy? There are things we wish to discuss with you.}
{I am just checking in on the maids training love.}
{Perfect, we need to talk to Ninya. We will be there shortly.}
They made their way down the hallway to the 10th-floor library. Pandora should be going over tactics with them right now since it was after lunch. They had been using the library when Lord Ainz was back and using his office. They entered the library to have everyone stand up and bow.
"You may rise and go about your business. Ninya, can we talk to you for a minute?" Ainz asks
"Of course Lord Ainz." Ninya says
They take Ninya out in the hall and explain the circumstances of Sebas finding her sister. The condition she was in, her injuries, diseases, everything they were told. It wasn't to torture the poor girl, they wanted her to understand she wasn't in the best place mentally right now. She was acting timid and scared of everything around her because of what happened.
They did tell her she didn't seem terribly frightened of their heteromorphic appearances and said it was because she told them humans had treated her worse. When they informed her she was down the hall in a guest room, Ninya almost darted off to see her sister. The only thing that stopped her was the realization she didn't look the same as her sister remembered and Ninya was no longer human. After just a moments thought she asked...
"Can I see my sister Lord Ainz, Lady Taylar?"
"We can take you but I wish to talk to her before you see her." Taylar says
"Yes, Lady Taylar." Ninya says
They walk down the hallway to the guest quarters of the 10th floor. Once they get near the door to Tsuare's temporary room, Taylar knocks on it. The door opens rather quickly and Sebas is standing there.
"Hello Lady Taylar, Lord Ainz. Ms. Tsuare is just putting her things away I shall get her." he says
"No need Sebas, I wish to speak with her quickly. We can talk in there." Taylar says
She enters the room and Ainz and Ninya stay in the hallway. She wanted to give the same warning to Tsuare so she wasn't so shocked. The last thing Taylar wanted was for this poor girl to go through more mental trauma.
"Tsuare, good to see you getting settled in." Taylar says
Tsuare bows to her
"Thank you Lady Taylar." she says
"You seem to be doing better already. Maybe that will make this easier." Taylar says
"I'm not sure what you mean Lady Taylar but when I am in your presence I feel more hopeful and joyful then I can remember. Even after everything that happened to me, I can't help but act like this."
"Ah yes that, it's the aura I radia- that isn't important right now. Sit down for a moment please." Taylar says to her
Tsuare sits down on the bed. It was the first time she sat on it and she couldn't believe how comfortable it was. To think this was going to be her bed was like dreaming.
"You have a sister do you not Tsuare?" Taylar asks
"Yes, a younger sister Lady Taylar. I have not seen her since I was taken from my family." she says
"What if I told you, your sister is here in Nazarick currently training to get stronger to come to find you?" she asks
Tsuare starts to tear up "I-I-Is she r-r-really here?"
"Yes, but she will be different then you remember. She was killed by an assassin and I reincarnated her as an angelic race. She will look familiar to you but much has changed about her. Do you still wish to see her?"
Tsuare wasted no time in answering
"Yes please!"
"Very well, I will get her. Sebas come with us and let them catch up. You can check on Tsuare after the audience. The Swords of Darkness and Tsuare are not needed there." she tells him
She gets up and goes to the door with Sebas. Sebas opens the door for her and she steps out into the hall to tell Ninya.
"She knows you are not human and still wants to see you very much. We will let you two catch up for a while and be back to check on you later tonight." she says to her
"Thank you Lady Taylar, Lord Ainz, and Lord Sebas! I will repay this to you someday!" she bows deeply
She runs into the room to see her sister. She hadn't seen her in years and after what they said was done to her she hoped she was alright. When she entered the room and saw her, she was relieved to see she looked like the same person she remembered. She always thought her big sister was beautiful and she still was.
When Tsuare saw Ninya she couldn't believe her eyes. Her little sister was more beautiful than she ever imagined. Lady Taylar told her she was an angelic race now but to Tsuare, she looked like a grown-up, beautiful version of Ninya. She ran over to her sister and gave her the tightest hug she can manage.
"Is that really you Ninya?" she cries into her chest
"Yes, it really is me Tsuare." she replies tears coming from her eyes as well.
"You are really beautiful now little sister." Tsuare says
"Thanks, big sis. You are still as beautiful as I remember." Ninya tells her
They both sit down on the bed and talk about anything they can think of. Ninya didn't want to push asking her what happened to her but Tsuare told her without hesitation. It made her angrier then she could ever remember that her sister had to go through what she did. One of these days she was going to make all those people pay for what they did to her sister.
In the Throne Room...
Everyone was standing around in anticipation. They were told there was an audience to discuss the future of Nazarick but they remember one like that not long ago. They all wondered what direction Nazarick was going to go now but trying to figure out the plans of the supreme beings was impossible for them.
They could tell the importance of it by the beings in the room. Every single member of Nazarick who had been sent out had been called back. The floor guardians all had their most trusted subordinates. All of the Pleiades were present along with Sebas. Pestonya and all the maids were here. Even the created undead Lord Ainz had made were present.
"Announcing the arrival of the absolute rulers of the Great Tomb of Nazarick." Yuri Alpha says
They all kneel and wait for them to take their seats. No one dare raises their head until they are allowed to.
"You may rise. Thank you all for coming here. We have gathered all the information we have needed from sending you all out into the areas surrounding us. Now, we are going to act based off that Intel. Before we talk about the future, I wish to reward those who have done an outstanding job in service to Nazarick."
"Lupus Regina Beta and Solution Epsilon come forward."
They both step up and kneel before him.
"You both have done a great job. Lupus Regina in Carne Village and Solution helping Sebas gather Intel on the Re-Estize Kingdom. I did not want to bring your reward to the throne room and sully its walls. Shalltear will take you both to receive your rewards when this is over. Thank you for your hard work."
"We live to serve Lord Ainz!" they say
"Entoma and CZ Delta, step forward."
The two new maids take the place of their sisters.
"For helping Mare with the defense of Nazarick. Entoma, I heard you wish for a space to spin a web. You may talk with Shalltear and find an appropriate place on the 1st through 3rd floors to spin your web. CZ Delta, since you like cute and fluffy things, Lady Taylar has a gift for you." he says
"Since he has served his purpose in raising our rank and name as adventurers, I am giving you my temporary mount, Hammy, the Wise King of the Forest. Make sure to cuddle him extra tight!" Taylar says
"Thank you supreme ones." they say
"Yuri Alpha. come forward."
The Vice Captain takes the place of her sisters.
"For maintaining the Bareare's Shop for us and bringing gold into Nazarick. I give you Yamaiko's personal book of teaching techniques and etiquette. I know you will get great use out of it Yuri." he tells her
"Thank you Lord Ainz!"
"Sebas Tian step forward."
Sebas takes Yuri's place kneeling in front of Lord Ainz.
"You not only gathered Intel for us on the Re-Estize nobles, but you also found someone we had been looking for even if it was not your intention, and you brought back spell scrolls that we did not possess before. So for that, I gift you this..." Ainz reaches into his inventory and pulls out a gold medal. "This is the World Champion medal Touch Me received when he won the World Tournament."
"I will treasure it always Lord Ainz." he says
"Shalltear Bloodfallen come forward."
Shalltear takes the place of Sebas.
"Shalltear, you not only found me a martial arts user quickly, you captured two arcane casters, three divine casters, gave us the ability to capture half of the Slaine Theocracy's most powerful unit, and we retrieved a World Item also. I know I already gave you two more Vampire Bride replacements but I also wish to give you this." he reaches into his inventory and pulls out a book "This is Peroroncino's personal monster manual. I know you will treasure it forever."
"Thank you Lord Ainz, I am unworthy of such praise." she says
"You did a great job Shalltear and you are definitely worthy of such praise. Aura and Mare come forward."
Aura and Mare take Shalltear's place
"Aura, for finishing the fake Nazarick and mapping the surrounding areas so well, I give you this..." he reaches into his inventory and pulls out a watch. "This is BukuBuku's watch. It is set to go off for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A growing girl shouldn't miss a meal." he gives her a smile "Mare, for concealing Nazarick and defending it in Shalltear and Demiurge's absence, I have this for you..." he pulls out a bracelet. "This is the bracelet that matches the watch. It will also go off when Aura's does so you don't miss a meal either."
"You are most generous Lord Ainz." they say
"Demiurge, step forward."
Demiurge takes the place of the twins.
"Demiurge, for your work in the Re-Estize Kingdom, I gift you this..." he pulls out a statue from his inventory. "This is Ulbert's prototype summon demon legion item."
"I am unworthy of such a reward, my lord."
"No Demiurge, you have done a wonderful job. We now know exactly how to go about the Re-Estize Kingdom in the future thanks to you, your subordinates, Sebas, and Solution."
"Thank you supreme one." Demiurge says
"Now for the last reward. This is not just a reward for a job well done, this is also a historic moment for Nazarick."
Everyone pays a little more attention wondering what historic moment Lord Ainz is talking about.
"Narberal Gamma, come forward."
"Yes Lord Ainz!" Narberal kneels in front of him.
"Narberal Gamma has not only been ever vigilant in keeping me, Lady Taylar, and Lady Albedo safe outside of Nazarick but she is also the very first citizen of Nazarick to gain a new level in this world. So I have two things for you Narberal Gamma." he reaches into his inventory and pulls out two tomes. "The tome of Air Mastery, it will teach you every tier 8 and tier 9 lightning and air spell ever to exist in Yggdrasil. The second, the Tome of the Greater Doppelganger, it will teach you how to become a greater doppelganger like my creation Pandora's Actor."
Ainz notices Narberal look down just a little lower and get a slight blush on her face when he mentions Pandora's name.
'Oh, does someone have a crush on Pandora?' he thinks to himself
"Continue to protect us well Narberal. I know everyone in Nazarick is grateful to you for your vigilance." he tells her
"It is my honor to accompany the rulers of Nazarick my lord!" Narberal says
"Soon we will be announcing the presence of Nazarick to the world. Before we do that, there are a few more things we need to set up. We will now give you your new assignments. I will let Lady Albedo start us off." Ainz says
Albedo stands up to address the citizens of Nazarick.
"Thank you Lord Ainz. With the Intel gathered on the Re-Estize Kingdom by Demiurge, Sebas, and Solution we have found out they are slowly destroying themselves from the inside. We will be taking over their underground criminal network to secure supplies and funds from this world for Nazarick. Demiurge has also met a very unique human in this Kingdom who will help facilitate the downfall of this Kingdom. Sebas, Shalltear, Mare and the Pleiades with the exception of Narberal Gamma will assist me with the conquering of their underground. Meet me after this is over for us to discuss the details." Albedo says
Albedo sits back down and Taylar then stands up from her throne to address the audience.
"Demiurge, your new assignment will be in the Roble Holy Kingdom. Aureole Omega has gathered a great amount of Intel for you to go over for your mission. You will accompany me after this audience to the 8th floor so you may hear what I wish out of your assignment to the Holy Kingdom and we can go over the Intel Aureole has collected." Taylar says then sits back down.
"Our adventurer party will be heading to the Empire after we complete our latest missions we have accepted to bring an agent to our side from there. Aura, you will continue to map the areas around Nazarick and oversee the fake Nazarick. Cocytus will be commencing his attack on the Lizardmen in a few days. We all look forward to your victory Cocytus."
As Ainz finishes his last orders to Cocytus, he stands up from his throne and releases the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown. Everyone was wondering what he was going to say next. Lord Ainz never stood up until the audience was over and almost never released the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown unless it was being put in his office for safe keeping. Even Taylar and Albedo are wondering what is going on. His orders to Cocytus and Aura were supposed to be the end of the audience like they discussed beforehand. He slowly makes his way down the stairs as he is speaking.
"And of course the two who have done the most for Nazarick since our transport here."
He reaches the bottom of the stairs and turns to face Taylar and Albedo.
"The Queens of Nazarick, without the two of you, I would be lost in this world. Being called Queen in name only does not befit such wonderful women. So..."
As Ainz says that, two Gates open, one on each side of him. Through each Gate steps two women. The first is a young woman wearing a red Hakama and a white Haori. The traditional clothing of a Miko. She has black hair, black eyes, tan, exotic looking skin, and a beautiful soft face. If everyone didn't realize who she was, you could mistake her for Lord Ainz daughter they looked so similar in appearance. She was Aureole Omega, the only immortal human in all of Nazarick and leader of the Pleiades.
The second woman who stepped through the other Gate was an angelic looking woman. She was wearing a golden armored dress and a golden helmet with wings sticking out of the side. She had long, golden blonde hair that reached all the way down to her lower back, glowing gold eyes, soft, fair skin, and a face almost exactly like Albedo. She was Rubedo, the God Slayer, the last line of defense for Nazarick and its strongest entity.
When Taylar saw her creation come through the Gate, she was happy as could be. She wanted to let her little girl out of the sanctuary to stretch her legs but what she was doing was vital to Nazarick. She was curious as to why she was holding a hand behind her back but figured she would find out in a moment. She turned her gaze back to Ainz to thank him for bringing her here.
When Albedo saw her younger sister, a radiant smile graced her face. Albedo's other sister, Nigredo, always said to watch Rubedo because she thought she would turn on Nazarick but Albedo never believed her little sister would do such a thing. Even though Nigredo and Rubedo didn't get along, Albedo loved both her sisters very much and was grateful to Ainz for letting Rubedo out of the 8th floor. She looked to Ainz to thank him for bringing her sister here.
When Taylar and Albedo both looked back to Ainz, they saw him on one knee standing in between Aureole and Rubedo. As he started to speak again, Rubedo and Aureole both brought their hands from behind their backs and knelt down next to Ainz, presenting their hidden hands for the Queens of Nazarick to see.
"You two both deserve to be true Queens. Would you make me the happiest being in all the worlds and marry me?"
Taylar and Albedo both have their hands in front of their mouths trying hard not to let their little stream of tears turn in a river of them. They couldn't believe this moment was actually happening and Ainz had managed to make all of this happen without them knowing. They both knew their answer before he even asked the question.
"Yes!" they both say and jump out of their thrones right into his arms.
He gives them both a kiss and the entire Throne Room erupts into cheers. They had all been hoping for an heir to pledge their undying loyalty to in case the supreme beings disappeared as the other 39 had. Now they hoped to one day pledge their loyalty to more than one heir of Nazarick. Ainz takes the rings off of Aureole and Rubedo and puts them on their fingers, explaining exactly how he got them.
"Both of your rings were made by the Chief Blacksmith of Nazarick. The bands are made of Prismatic Ore, the setting is made from a piece of every floor of Nazarick, and each of you has your own unique gem. Taylar, your gem is from the heavenly realm of Celestia. Albedo, your gem is from the depths of the Abyss. In the center of each of your gems is a drop of my blood so you always have a piece of me with you. I hope you like them." he says with a smile towards both of them.
"They are perfect!" they both say trying not to just break down crying and embrace him again.
"I don't know how you pulled this off without us finding out but thank you." Taylar says with the most beautiful smile Ainz has ever seen her with.
"Y-Y-You a-a-are t-t-the greatest e-e-ever!" Albedo gets out between her trying to hold her tears back
Ainz turns around to face the citizens of Nazarick and bring this to an end so they can get to work and he can spend a few minutes with his new fiances.
"Work hard for Nazarick so we can announce our presence to the world!" he yells
Everyone erupts into cheers once more and the audience comes to an end. Everyone leaves the Throne Room, those who are waiting for Albedo and Taylar respectfully wait outside the doors to give them a few moments together to enjoy the moment.
And there is chapter 11... you guys voted to have a wedding so there is the setup for it... hope it wasn't too cheesy lol... see you in chapter 12!
