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/Momonga's Bedroom/

Momonga, formerly known as Suzuki Satoru, was pacing around his in-game private room which was a fairly large adequately room which was decorated in a gothic Victorian manner, with dark coloured walls, a large bed against the centre wall of the room, a giant full body mirror, a rustic table made of wood that complemented the room and a big wooden closet filled with random cosmetic apparels for his avatar as he pondered on his present predicament he found himself in.

He found himself inhibiting his in-game character as he awaited the end of his beloved game which he spend over a decade playing and all the NPCs he and his friends had created had come to life and knowing his friends and his own penchant of role-playing as the evil heteromorphs only god know what kind of twisted creatures awaited in the halls of his beloved guild base now.

As he anxiety and fear in Momonga increased his body suddenly lit up with a green glow which surprised him as he had noticed it happen before when he was in the throne room when was feeing elevated emotion such as shock and anxiety and jsut like the previous event his peaking emotions were once again calmed down giving him a clear mind to process his thought with a more analytical point of view instead of deciding based on his elevated emotional state.

Now his thoughts no longer clouded with confusion and anxiety. He decided to analyse the situation so far. he approached his giant mirror in his room and looked at himself, it seems he was actually the avatar he designed which was a skeletal overlord, the ultimate form of a skeletal mage, his body was nothing more than tall bones with a red orb held in his chest cavity dressed in a purple robe with giant skeletal shoulder pads made to look like horns and his head which looked like a menacing skull with a pointy chin and his empty eye socket having red glowing orbs.

He thought of one final experiment to verify his hypothesis by saying "message GM" which to no one's Suprise resulted in nothing happening, usually in-game it would at least get him in touch with the AI FAQ chat but not anymore since his arrival here. finally accepting his fate, he decide to think his next course of action.

he had sent the head butler to check the outside world, so he decided to check up on him he quickly used the spell [Message]which was now an instinctive action rather than touching user interface to contact Sebas Tian.

Monoga could feel his spell connect to Sebas and Spoke "Sebas, anything to report so far." trying to sound authoritative which was easily accomplished due to his deeper voice and use a few selected words.

Sebas was currently afloat abobe the camopy of the forest instead of a swamp like he had heard the outside of the world to be which had bewildered him and was scouting the area for any intelligent life form when he was suddenly contacted by Momonga inquiring if there was anything to report.

he quickly replied saying "My lord the tomb is surrounded by a thick forest and the area near the entrance is a plain of grass land. so far Solution has only encountered wild animals with no intelligence. i request the scouting radius to be expanded to 20 kilometres."

Momonga was surprised with the change of the location of the tomb and made a mental note to bring it up during his meeting with the floor guardians and quickly weight the pros and cons of increasing the search radius. on one hand he could get more information regarding the area surrounding the tomb but on other he did not know the strength of the locals so he could loose a valuable asset if he over stretched his scouting mission.

deciding the risk was not worth the information which he could gather later with a more methodical method announced his decision "request denied, Sebas once the scouting of the assigned area is done return and report to the colosseum in 2 hours from now where the floor guardian and I shall hear a full verbal report." hoping his decision was the right one

Sebas hearing his request denied replied saying "understood lord Momonga, i look forward to meeting you at the colosseum and report my finding." in a curt and straight manner of a butler.

After hearing the affirmation Momonga dropped the [message spell] and started to check out his limits of his avatar body. he knew he could perform all the spells instinctively so he decides to see if he could wield weapons not of his class as he took out a sword from his inventory which looked like a dark portal in which he stuck his hand in and pulled out a long sword.

he quickly took a stance he saw many guildmate took who specialized in melee which was a wide stance with legs spread at shoulder length and world held in a horizontal position with both his hands on the handle and the end of the sword pointed to the front. once in position he concentrated for a moment which was followed by a quick overhead cleave leading to the sword causing a huge shockwave in his room which shocked him about his own strength but he quickly remember he had the stats of a max level character which meant he was stronger than most mid-level melee players in term of strength and it seem he is no longer restricted by his class equipment which opened up many more offensive and defensive option which he would fully exploit like a game breaking bug he could abuse till patched in the game.

he quickly checked how much time had passed and saw it had been 20 minutes since he left the throne room and had 10 more minutes till he had to meet the tormented creation of his guildmate who decided it would be amusing to make tormented NPCs which Momonga found quite unamusing and was grateful he fixed before they were sentient.

Who would have guessed Tabula a well-spoken and eccentric friend who loved gape-moe, which to his understanding was contraindication characteristic of something being, would have such poor taste of humour,.. No, he could see it now the contraindication in all the three creations of Tabula.

A tormented NPC who was driven to murderous madness through constant pain who only calmed down due to her unending love for children.

A Golem NPC who child-like curiosity for life and its offerings but unable to move freely without being activated and while deactivated would still be conscious but immobile seeing and feeling everything but unable to do anything but watch.

And the final NPC being the perfect picture of a prim and proper woman who would make the life of any man or woman, he did not judge, who managed to woe would live a happy life would also be a slut.

Luckly he fixed them before they gained sentience and he hopped they would not remember any of their torment but he was certain they would not remember any of it since he asked Albedo when she gained sentience if she felt any different to which she answered saying she felt no different, but a part of him had a nagging feeling they would remember. so he decided to ask them when they came to his private office.

He decides to head to his office and await the arrival of Tabula's NPC and teleported to it using her guild ring.

/Momonga's private office/

Momonga appeared in his Private office which was a purple coloured adequately lit spacious Victorian office space with a wooden table with reading lamp and a few quills sat atop, which sat opposite to the door with a giant chair and a pair of sofas sat parallel to each other with a coffee table between them all fitting the aesthetic of the room and behind his chair was a moderately sized bookshelf with rows and row of books beside which stood a tall clock.

Momonga looked around the room and was quite satisfied with the decor of the room and the atmosphere gave it an air of a well-used administrative office where he could carry out the administration of the guild base... which he just remembered he knew little about. He was just a wage salve as Suzuki Satoru, a paper pusher who did not know how to manage organizing a simple office department let alone run a guild base. In the game all it needed was a small amount of ingame gold to maintain as daily upkeep which was carried out automatically but since it was all real now he would have to do it all manually which cause him to fall into a panicked state.

A green light flashed around Momonga which supressed his anxiety and panic after which he quickly decided he would hand it over to albedo as the overseer and would learn by watching her work and slowly take over once he was sure he could handle it.

*Knock Knock*

Knocking of the door followed by the voice of albedo announcing "Lord Momonga, I have brought Rubedo and Nigredo for an audience as you ordered." followed by silence as if asking permission to enter his office.

he quickly sat on the chair behind the office table in forward leaning position with his skeletal fingers interlaced which gave him a menacing aura of a evil mastermind scheming the domination of the world and cleared his throat and in his authoritative voice said "Come in. I have been waiting and wanting to have a talk with all three of you." which was followed by the white attired albedo opening the door opposite to him and entering closely behind by Nigredo in a black and then Rubedo in her red armour.

Rubedo as the last one to enter closed the door behind her then joined her sisters and they notice their master's menacing posture and they jointly knelt down to their knees, Infront of their master's desk all three feeling a little anxious in the presence of their magnificent master and made no noise or moved fear any nose or sudden movement would be taken as a lack of demure draw their master's ire .

this action had surprised Momonga at first but he chalked it up to the formal procedure of the NPCs totally oblivious to the anxiousness of the NPCs and decided to act his part of a GuildMaster and declare "Raise, creations of Tabula Smaragdina, i whish to speak with all three of you and i cannot have this conversation with you kneeling and facing the floor." trying to use the dialogue he had heard from a historic drama where a king addressed his vassal while in the same situation.

The Declaration had the desired effect for Momonga as he watched the three sister raise from their knees and stand up straight but none of the NPC dare speak still waiting to be addressed first by their lord, which lead to a few tense moment between the NPC silence and Momonga , the atmosphere suddenly turned quite awkward for Momonga as he was not used to addressing subordinates as he was the lowest of the low in the real world. so all he did was stare at the three beautiful women Infront of him.

while for Momonga the atmosphere was awkward, for the NPC in his presence were instead feeling an oppressive aura emanating from their lord which made hair behind their neck to raise and the red glowing orbs in their master's eye socket which represented his eyes were staring right into their souls as if judging if it was worth granting the NPCs his mercy which made cold sweat appear on the present NPCs faces and although their lord had no face they imagined their master was glaring at them with contempt based on intense stare they were receiving from their lord.

as a few more second passed in absolute silence increasing the feeling of awkwardness for Momonga with each second and the NPCs feeling the they were judged to be not worth his mercy and their master was contemplating what their next torment would be which had the eldest and youngest of the trio of NPC to feel their brief moment of freedom and comfort respectively was to end by the end of this audience with their lord which caused them to weep at their fate internally until finally the silence was broken by Momonga who cleared his throat to break the awkwardness he felt.

After which he decided he could no longer stand the discomfort of awkwardness anymore a sudden flash of green only visible to him tool over his body which suppressed his feeling of discomfort to a manageable level. he decided he would treat it like professional meeting between a boss and his subordinates. with his mind made he started speaking "Albedo, Nigredo and Rubedo, it is good to finally have you three at come to my office. i had some important matter to discuss about the health of the eldest and youngest of the siblings and i would like Albedo to give her thoughts regarding the topics i wanted to talk about." Momonga tried his best to make it sound as professional as possible without making it anymore awkward.

Each of the NPCs had to hold themselves back from flinching when they were called and the statement about Nigredo's and Rubedo's health had caused them to think that their lord was about to sentence them to back in to their tormented state and albedo had to be observe their sentence be carried out causing all three of the NPC to go weak on their knees and flinch.

Momonga seeing the NPCs knees buckle and seeing all three NPC's flinch mistook as they had also been feeling uncomfortable and seeing them flinch confused him but he decided to have the take a seat at the sofa and said " you guys sit down on the sofa, i can see your knees buckling and i know the discussion we are about to have will not be a comfortable one." trying to sound kind.

all three NPCs though they were done for as they had shown weakness to their lord which would know lead to them being discarded now. but they did not dare move a muscle and albedo spoke for the first time saying "lord Momonga how could we dare sit while you had something of such importance to talk to us" trying to supress the quiver in her voice.

hear Albedo's voice quiver Momonga concluded that the NPC were putting up a front of strength Infront of him to prove their worth to him, but he would not have none of it he would not be a boss that treated his employees like slave and replied by saying "i, insist albedo. do not make me worry i care more about your health then i do with holding the status quo." in a kinder voice.

which lead to the three NPCs to relent and sit on the sofa all three of the NPC sat on one sofa with Nigredo in the middle with Albedo and Rubedo taking the corner position on the sofa, which had even more room for one more NPC it they had another sister that would be garbed in yellow if their name and their colour of their apparel was anything to go by, which did not go unnoticed by Momonga and he secretly wondered if tabula had a secret NPC somewhere who wore yellow clothes and would the four make ultimate NPC raid party which would be named the Magnum Opus squad. Maybe one day he would have his own Creation Pandora's actor who was dressed in a yellow military attire join them and make the thoughts of the ultimate NPC party a real thing.

he quickly stopped that train of thought but shelved it for later and got of his chair and walked over to the sofa opposite to the one the NPC sat on and sat down. The NPCs were still nervous and seeing their master get off his chair and approach them had Nigredo and Rubedo say their final prayers to their creator asking for his mercy.

Once comfortable on the sofa Momonga decided that beating around the bush would be a waste of both his and the NPCs time and decided to speak directly from his non-existent heart.

Momonga cleared his throat once more and started speaking "Rubedo and Nigredo it has come to my notice recently that you two were suffering from certain ailment which i have removed from your being." to which the named NPC nodded expecting their master to restore the change and return them to their life of suffering.

seeing them nod Momonga nodded and continued "let me start by saying i apologize for your suffering caused by my negligence had i had known you were suffering from such torment earlier i would have fixed the problem earlier." genuinely apologizing for his friends' action and as soon as the words left Momonga's non-existent lips the NPCs sat afront the skeletal overlord looked at him with shock in their eyes.

Nigredo and Rubedo were expecting for their lord to call them a failure and turn them back to their previous tormented state and albedo thought she would have to watch her sisters once again see Rubedo into her conscious vegetative state and Nigredo into her insane state who would be in constant pain for the rest of their existence but instead he apologized and confessed he would have relieved them of their torment sooner if he had known sooner which caused the NPCs to embrace each other as tears started to pour down their cheeks due the feeling of both relif that they were not to be reverted back to their previous state and in happiness for having such a merciful lord who they could serve till their existence came to an end.

Nigredo as the Eldest of the three cried with a silent but somber atmosphere with tears freely falling down her closed eyes which streamed down her porcelain cheeks a relived smile plastered on her face, each arm embracing her younger sibling and her mouth pressed to the crown of her sibling's crown. Albedo had hugged her elder sister in a tight embrace which was mimicked by rubedo on the opposite side, Albedo, unlike the Nigredo silent crying, was sobbing softly with a hiccup at random interval. Nigredo the youngest of the three was bawling her heart out snot freely flowing out of her nose and with her head still rested on Nigredo's bosom which she shared with Albedo which caused a mess, but no one cared at the moment since Nigredo and Albedo knew filth could be cleaned by thier sense of relief and happiness could not be replace. Momonga had other things he wanted to discuss but he held his tongue knowing better than to disturb the heartfelt moment between the three siblings.

Seeing all three NPCs break down into tears took Momonga slightly aback but his suspicion of the Nigredo and Rubedo remember their torment was confirmed, not expecting such a visceral reaction. As he watched Nigredo act as a pillar of strength to her younger siblings, a similar image from his past flashed before his eyes of how he once bawled his eyes out in to his mother's bosom like Rubedo Infront of him due to the inequality and bullying he faced in his school as a child from a struggling home saying how unfair it was to him and he remember his mother soothing hug and her words which promised him a better future and then the image of him receiving the new of his mother passing away at her work while she was taking extra shifts to make ends meet. He still blamed himself for his mother's death if he had not complained about the inequality and bullying maybe she would not have overworked herself to death. he felt like non-existent tear well up and suddenly a familiar flash of green took over Momonga which suppressed his emotion to a manageable level he was surprised that this phenomenon which he identified to be his undead [Emotional suppression] passive would be invoked which mad him internally sigh.

he was further saddened to find out he would have his emotion suppressed even when would reminisce about his mother. which saddened him.

a significant amount of time had passed and it seem the 3 siblings had started to regain their composure as the Rubedo had stopped bawling and was reduced to hiccup on an random interval with red puffy eyes and cheeks and albedo had also mostly composed herself and the only evidence of her crying was her puffy red eyes and a little bit of snot on her cheek from sharing the same bosom with a bawling Rubedo which she promptly cleaned by using the tissue she conjured out of her inventory and passed to her siblings to clean themselves too and the most composed among most of them was Nigredo as no evidence of her shedding tear were visible but a wet spot on her dress where Rubedo bawled while snot flowed out her nose.

still Lost in his train of deep emotions and thoughts Momong's posture changed where he once sat in a relaxed posture turned in to a forward leaning position and staring at his interlaced hands in the same position he held while he called the 3 NPCs into his office.

the three women noticed that their master was in the same pose when they entered the chamber which led to the three women to glance at each other now understanding their master although not able to express like someone with flesh would through facial expressions but through his bodily gesture and posture. they studied his posture closer and noticed his red orb like eyes were downcast dimly lit like that of someone reminiscing on a sad thought. Which lead to the three NPCs to realize that when they entered the office their master was not judging them but was immersed in deep thought remembering something sad and with how he treated them kindly and how he even apologized for not noticing their suffering sooner they concluded that he was thinking back to the time he found out about their suffering which lead to the nerve-racking silence before they were ordered to sit on the sofa completely misunderstanding Momonga's awkwardness as his way of expressing empathy for them.

Momonga finally snapped out of his train of thoughts about the three NPCs living near each other to help them recover from their trauma, when the clock bell chime was heard which indicated it was 1:00 am, which indicated it had been exactly 1 hour since the he had transferred his consciousness into his game avatar.

he quickly regained his bearings to see the three NPCs staring at him, he cleared his non-existent throat to indicate he was back in the present and said "I hope you have recovered girls; I had another agenda I wished to discus with you three before we conclude this meeting. so far in my knowledge i know Rubedo was not assigned a living quarter by Tabula so i would like to a lot you a room near Albedo's quarter, I extend this offer to Nigredo too. so, what do you guys think." thinking proximity with family member would help them overcome any residual trauma from their life of suffering they suffered.

this suggestion shocked the NPCs sat before the skeletal overlord and without missing a beat Rubedo, now no longer afraid of their lord, accepted the offer saying "Yes, lord Momonga, i would love to have a room near Albedo." excitedly thinking how the three of them could spend more time together if they lived closer instead of on separate floors.

Nigredo took a few minutes to think, she had her room on the 5th floor, but she was not attached to it as it was more like a place she waited for invaders. So, it was more of a workplace and maybe living close to her sisters would be a nice experience since, she could not ever remember a time they had ever spent any time they spent together since their creation. But her ability to perform her duty would be hindered.

So, with a heavy heart even against her wishes to live by her sisters' side she declined her master's generous offer saying, "I must decline your generous offer, master, my assigned station as the area guardian would be left empty on the 5th floor." which caused her youngest sister to come out of her excited state and realize that she too would be out be out of her assigned post.

So, she too was about to tell her master she reconsidered her decision, saying "Yes, Lord Momonga, I too must reconsider my decision. I too would be leaving my position unmanned." all her childish excitement gone now replaced by a look of seriousness now acting like an area guardian instead of a younger sister. Although regrettable her duty as an area guardian came first.

Momonga seeing the two area guardians refusing his offer due to their sense of duty was shocked to see their dedication. He quickly thought 'they could easily teleport to their position easily...' and as soon he remembered 'oh yea teleportation inside the tomb is not possible without the guild ring or Aureole's gate. I could have Aureole use gate for them or maybe I could give them the guild rings.'

He had forgotten that all teleportation inside Nazarick was blocked to prevent any invader to teleport to the tenth floor.

The there were only few methods of teleporting in Nazarick, one was with the use of the guild ring which was owned by all the guild members.

The second method involved the having one of the two NPC conjure a [Gate] which was highest tier of teleportation magic in YGGDRASIL. As they were used by melee only guildmembers to use teleport to their desired location outside the Tomb.

One of the NPC was Aureole Omega the youngest and last member of the Pleiades Warrior maids and the only Human NPC in all of Nazarick , who dwelled on the same floor as Rubedo.

And the other was Shalltear Bloodfallen, the floor guardian of the first 3 floors of Nazarick.

He pondered for a moment and decided to have Aureole teleport them when they require it. With his mind made he spoke "we could have Aureole Omega gate you to your floor when required so I do not see any issue with you living on the 9th floor living quarters." shocking the two area guardians with their master's casual solution for their problem.

Seeing their issue resolved no problem accepting the offer Rubedo and Nigredo were given simply nodding, with no word they could say that could describe their appreciation and gratitude they had for their master.

Albedo who was silent since her lord's offer finally spoke "My lord, I think we might have a slight issue with the offer since I do not have an assigned quarter in the tomb." sounding slightly embarrassed, shocking not only her sisters but also the skeletal overlord.

The unexpected statement from Albedo had shocked Momonga to such a degree that his skeletal jaw dropped both literally and figuratively, an action which did not go unnoticed by the NPCs present.

All the NPCs in Nazarick were assigned a living quarter when they were created, the floor guardians were given a room in their own floor, even the maids were given a living quarter but the head of all the NPC was left Homeless.

Momonga suspected his friend tentacled friend had either forgotten to assign her a room or wilfully did not assign the guardian overseer a room. The skeletal guild master was aghast at the actions of his once close friend, Tabula Smaragdina's certain lack of empathy for his own NPC.

As the GuildMaster this negligence would not stand as he quickly spoke "Albedo, as the overseer you know of all the unassigned quarters on the 9th floor, correct?" which got him a nod from the overseer after which he continued speaking "take your sisters and select any room that your sisters and you prefer. Once you are done report to the colosseum for the floor guardian meet." concluding the meeting with the NPCs

Albedo hearing her master giving her free reign on selecting the living quarters for her sisters and herself was Shocked at first which turned into a feeling of happiness and gratitude at his merciful nature.

The three NPCs stood up and bowed to their master in gratitude as well as expressing it verbally,

First to speak was Nigredo saying "Thank you master for freeing me from my torment."

followed by Rubedo who said, "Thank you so much for freeing me from my internal prison, lord Momonga."

Concluded by Albedo's "Thank you lord Momonga for your unending mercy."

After which they left the room.

Once alone Momonga let out a sigh letting his shoulder drop in a relaxed position and feeling mentally worn out by the ordeal of the NPCs he had witnessed.

Momonga was smouldering internally while thinking to himself about his friend who caused him and the three NPC all the trouble, 'Tabula, your eccentricities and unhealthy obsession with Gap-Moe was one thing but too be so cruel and negligent to your NPCs was BEYOND REASONING!' he struck his fist on the table Infront of him which shattered the table to splinter dues to his super human strength. which was followed by a green light that calmed down and cleared his mind.

Momonga now no longer angry and with a clear mind realize something 'YGGDRASIL was just a game nobody knew it would come to life all the NPCs were just codes, an inanimate line of codes given shape by the game engine nothing more.' realizing he could not blame Tabula entirely, but he still held a slight resentment 'still tabula could have made them contradictory in a more humane reason like Albedo, being a slut was better than suffering in torment like Nigredo and Rubedo, they were lucky I was curious with what their Gap-Moe feature were as I was on my final stroll through the tomb.'

Momonga sighed and looked down in the shattered coffee table Infront of him realizing he had to control his strength and get a new coffee table for his office... he suddenly realized he had a spell that could create mundane things with so he decided to try it out.

He raised his hand and casted the spell [Create Greater Item] while imagining a coffee table, he could feel his mana, which was what limited his use of magic, drop insignificantly as a glowing orb appeared on his skeletal hand and started to take form.

He was surprised to find out the same coffee table he was imagining was created, but the splinter of the previous table still littered his office which he would have the maid clean it up later.

Momonga wanted to experiment further but decided against it as he had a meeting with the floor guardians he needed to attend, he quicky glanced at the clock and determined he had just fifteen minutes before the floor guardians gather.

Deciding to go ahead of time and familiarize himself with the meeting grounds before the floor guardians arrived as he used his ring to teleport himself to the sixth floor.

His body disappeared from the office leaving an empty room with nothing changed except a scattering of wooden splinter on the floor.

/Sixth Floor- Colosseum/

Momonga appeared at the colosseum and surveyed the large structure he stood in the middle off.

The colosseum, similar in architecture of the one in Rome, had a large central arena which could fit at least two soccer field easily surrounded by a circular gallery that could sit a few hundreds of spectators.

He remembered how his guild would gather here to watch a certain paladin of justice and certain insectoid honourable samurai would spar here and how a certain evil obsessed goat would secretly debuff the Paladin and how he had to mediate between the goat and paladin after the spar concluded.

Momonga reminiscing was cut short when two white blurs had launched into his back. The skeletal GuildMaster was surprised by the ambush not expecting to be attack so deep in his oven domain and was about to retaliate until heard two young dark elf children hugging him and sobbing.

He had totally forgotten about his last interaction with the floor guardians, his mind too occupied by the torment tabula had bestowed upon his eldest and youngest creations.

The children clinging to him were the guardians of the sixth floors created by a dear friend and elder sister of his best friend, Bukubukuchagama.

The children were named Aura Bella Fiora, a short haired blond Tomboy with an outgoing attitude, dressed in a suit with white pants and vest under which a Dragon scale shirt.

Beside her was her younger brother, Mare Bello Fiore, a child with shoulder length blond haired child in blue dress shirt and white vest and a white Skirt.

Yes, indeed the young boy was in a skirt. He to was surprised when his guildmate created them but he was told this NPC represented Bukubukuchagama's ideal sibling relationship with a headstrong older sister and a meek crossdressing younger brother. But he still questioned their creator's choice in Mare's clothes.

Momonga noticing the children's wail snapped out of his reminiscing and quickly got on his knees to the children's eye level and gave them a fatherly hug like he did a few hours ago.

He remembered he interacted with them before they were sentient.

/ Flash Back/

Momonga had appeared on the sixth floor using his guild ring and appeared near a gigantic tree where the guardians of this floor resided.

He calmly approached the two childlike NPC and took out a wooden comb from his inventory which belong to their creator. All the guildmates who had left gave him all the things in their inventory and this comb was one that was in the item transferred to him.

He quickly sat down on the grassy floor and took the two children on lap aura on the left and mare on the right. He had seen their creator do this before and though she was weird for treating NPCs like real children but now as the game was coming to an end, he could see even though they were nothing but mere codes they are now the last remaining token of the comradery and brotherhood.

He slowly started to stroke the comb through Mare's hair and Spoke "Mare and Aura, children of my dear friend, Bukubukuchagama, I once saw your creator combing your hair and thought it was weird of her to comb the hair of NPCs but now it seems, I was wrong to judge her, I see know why she dotted on you two like a mother, so precious you two were to her and now me." as he found the action soothing his mind no longer finding it awkward but feeling sense of care and wanting to protect the children take him.

Maybe this was what parenthood would feel like if he ever had children.

He continued stroking the comb through mare's hair and continued "precious children of my friend whom I have not met in a while, I feel I bear sad new as the world we live in is at its last minutes." his voice soft and tender.

He finished combing Mare's hair and switched to Aura to his left and continued speaking, "I was told you, Aura, were made to be an exact replica of your creator in her childhood and Mare, a meeker version of her brother and together you represent her ideal relationship between siblings, but I can see she sometime can be overbearing and too aggressive to her brother." Remembering how sometime Bukubukuchagama would blame everything on his best friend Peroroncino during a hard raid which would start a huge argument between the two siblings. "But unlike her brother Mare is of a more tender temperament, treating him like your creator would treat her brother would not be fair to him." He advised Aura.

Next, he addressed mare "And Mare, I know you were created meek in nature, but a man must also be able to stand for himself so he can support and care for one he loves or watch what they love to be snatched aways by the unforgiving world." remembering how weakness would be exploited by those in power for all they were worth then discarded once no longer of use.

He had finished combing Aura hair by the end of his last sentence. He took them off his lap and looked into their heterochromatic eyes for a second, he swears he saw tears glistening in their eyes but chalked it up to his exhaustion making him see things, as when he glanced back once again, he saw them in their usual expression.

He got on his knees from his seated position and gave them a tender hug his bony limbs wrapped around the two children like how he wished his unknown father to embrace him in his own childhood, as a few tears feel down his cheeks in the real world.

He held on for a moment then let go embrace go as he had a few more floors to see before the game ended for ever.

He spared a final glance at the children and quickly his resolve corroded away, so he put his hands on the children's head petting them one last time as he spoke his final farewell, "Children, in a few minutes you shall move on to another world, in which I may not be present, take care of each other for what do we have other than our bonds that make us strive to be better." He hoped there would be a heaven for the NPCs and not having the heart to tell them they would be erased in a few minutes.

Finally, resolved to move on he continued his final stroll into the next floor as he turned around and teleported to the next floor.

Behind him unseen by him were to children with tears flowing down their cheek unable to even move an inch or utter a word to grab his attention.

/end of flash back/

Presently he was hugging the young children, who were inconsolably weeping, again, but this time unlike before they were not just doll like NPCs but living and breathing beings who feel could sadness and could spill tears to the sadness they felt.

Every drop of tear from the children jabbed a hole in his non-existent heart and their wails they made tore at his very essence of his existence, he felt like a father who was drafted as a soldier against his will, marched off to fight in a war, forced to abandon his children and this was their reunion after the war they all endured had come to pass.

He softly uttered, "I am here my beloved children, forgive this foolish man, for not coming here sooner, no work was worth the tears you shed." as he had tightened his embrace on the children's petite body, pressing their warm living body closer to his cold skeletal body, regrating not coming here sooner and lament not having a living body to provide warmth to the distressed children.

He regrated going to his room instead of coming to see how his beloved children were sooner. But before he could wallow in guilt and self-loathing any farther, he needed to calm his children first.

Momonga sat down on the ground from his kneeling position, not caring about the dirt he sat on, still maintaining the embrace, after which he cautiously put them on his lap easily due to their light weight, the children still sobbing into his ribs, not registering the change in position.

Regretfully he had to release the embrace, his skeletal trembling with self-loathing, which lead to the children to tighten their grip on him, as if their tight embrace held his existence to this reality, to take out only thing he could think of that could comfort them. He put his hand into a gaping black void that led into his inventory and took out Bukubukuchagama's wooden comb.

Now with the comb in handy he started to comb the silky golden locks of Mare first using both hands, the comb gently gliding through Mare's silky soft hair, as he stroked the child's tiny head gently, mimicking what he had seen their creator once done in the Past.

which led to Mare's sobbing to lessen slowly, as the skeletal overlord continued his action and finally Mare was silent, as he slowly lulled into a slumber, with hiccups every so often and his grip still tight.

Seeing Mare calmed down and sleeping, he turned his attention to elder of the twins and slowly stroked and combed her golden silky locks as he slowly whispered tenderly, "Please forgive this foolish man, for making my precious children suffer from my absence." his voice deep and sorrow filled voice.

He continued his action till Aura too had calmed and fell asleep while hiccupping at random interval like her brother, now with both children calm and sleeping, though their grip on him still unchanged, he put his hands on the crown of the twin's head and stroked them while in a partial embrace in a comforting silence broken only be the sound of hiccup form one of the twins randomly.

The twins still embraced Momonga in a tight grip, afraid he would fade if they loosened their grip. He loathed his undead existence immensely at present as he was unable to shed any tears to share in the children's sorrow or radiate any bodily heat to sooth the children with his presence as his embrace lacked any warmth, as he stroked the sleeping children's head.

Watching the children's sleeping visage full of worry, with furrowed brows, puffy eyelids and cheeks and a sad pouty lip, he knew when they woke up, he would need to be present to assure them of his presence in this reality.

If they were alone again when they woke up, they would once again be inconsolable, thinking he was a hallucination that would fade away if they did not cling to him.

He decided it would be better for him to take the children to his room first, so he shifter his arms so that it was place under the children's thighs so he could carry them easier and them got off the ground easily.

Remembering the meeting he called for and how he had also remembered Sebas was outside scouting the outside world, which not the same one in YGGDRASIL

Deciding that the children took top priority over meeting his other guardians he decided to postpone the meeting till he could relive the children of their worries. He quickly cast a silent spell [Silent Cast: Message] to the guardian overseer, Albedo, who was responsible for all the NPCs.

Momoga feeling the connection established with Albedo spoke through his thoughts 'Albedo, postpone the meet with the guardian until further notice, also tell Sebas , it seems Aura and Mare are not in the best of condition to be in a meeting and my presence is needed with them for now.' still concerned for the children wellbeing, well evident in his tone.

Albedo hearing the message replied saying "do they need medical attention; I can have our healer come to your position right away, my lord." concerned about the wellbeing of the sixth floor's guardians.

Momonga knowing his lack of medical knowledge and healing skill accepted Albedo's suggestions 'yes send someone who specializes in mental health along with healing skills to my room, as the children cried themselves to sleep in my arms, I fear they scared of me disappearing like their creator. So, I wish to stay with them until they wake up'

Albedo replied "Yes, my Lord, I will have them come to your Location At once."

Albedo hearing the children's condition, agreed internally that the meeting could be postponed for the time being, as the children's health came first to her Lord and her.

After receiving her last message Momonga, teleported to his room with the children still in his arm.

/Momonga's Room/

Momonga Appeared in his room, slowly approaching his giant bed and sat on this his bed, the children still asleep in his arms their hands still tightly gripped on his cloak, still feeling guilty about the children's suffering.

As the skeletal overlord was wallowing in despair in causing such agony to the children, which was interrupted by a knocking on his door followed by "Lord Momonga, I have brought Pestonya Shortcake Wanko, as requested." by Albedo.

Pestonya Shortcake Wanko was the head maid and the best Healer in Nazarick, a Dog Beastman Maid with a dog head with surgical scar running between her eyes down to her Snout, her eyes covered by an embroidered black veil.

Her creator, Ankoro Mochimochi, was a gentle soul with a penchant for prewar Pastries and other sweet cuisines.

Not delaying any longer, Momonga called them in saying "Come in."

The door to his private chamber opened, followed by Albedo entering with Pestonya in tow approaching their skeletal master's bed where he was cradling the two Young Guardians.

The pair of women were shocked to see the all-powerful being who lead the Congregation of all their creators embracing two sleeping children in his arms on his bed who looked distraught.

Momonga Not wasting any moment spoke " Pestonya, could you perform a quick check-up on the children they cried themselves to sleep when I visited the Colosseum."

Heeding her master's order with a nod, the maid quickly casted as few diagnostic spells on the children which took a few minutes.

Once done with the diagnosing the children she reported her findings saying "It seems they were just mentally exhausted. They should wake up once they have rested." sounding relieved.

A sigh escaped Momonga relieved knowing the children were healthy. But he quickly decided to ask a few questions to the healer present.

"Thank you, Pestonya, it is reassuring to hear the children are healthy, but do you reckon the children will have any lasting trauma." voicing his concern about what could happen once the children woke up.

Before the maid to respond they heard the children mumble.

"...Papa...don't leave us... please"

"...Daddy... I'll be better... please don't leave us..."

Surprising all the Adult in the room especially Momong, whose jaw dropped as glanced down at the children in his arms and saw they were still asleep.

Shocked by the children muttering quickly tightened his embrace.

Momonga deciding the children required his full attention he quickly addressed the two women saying "Albedo, we shall have the meeting once the children recover, Sebas will be returning soon have him report his findings to you and set up a parameter around the Tomb's entrance. Pestonya, I will call for you again once the children wake up. For now, you two are dismissed." his voice hushed.

Hearing their orders, the pair of women wordlessly nodded and quickly exited the chamber not wanting to disturb the children's slumber.

Once the door to his chamber was closed, Momonga quickly laid down on the bed deciding to have the children in an upright position was not ideal for a proper rest.

Unable to sleep due to his undead nature Momonga spent his time Pondered what to do once the children awoke.

/Outside Momonga's Chamber/

Albedo and Pestonya were on their way to back to their posts silently pondering on what they saw and heard in the chamber.

Pestonya broke the silence spoke, "I always thought my creator was the most compassionate on of all the creators but seeing how the children refer the lord as their father and his affection to them was eye opening."

Hearing the maid's word Albedo smiled brightened and spoke "yes even My sisters and I were blessed by his compassion not too long ago." remembering how their lord saved her sisters from their tormented existence.

Albedo continued "He as the leader of all the guild is truly a magnanimous being who remained even after all our creators abandoned us." her voice hinting grief remembering how all the other guild members had left the guild one after another never to be seen again.

Which Pestonya nodded to remember how one day her creator had stopped visiting her which had her wondering what sin she had committed for her gentle mistress to abandon her.

Albedo seeing the maid's downcast look quickly added "let us serve the last Lord of the tomb maybe he will one day tell us why the other creators abandoned us, till then let us strive to serve Lord Momonga to the best of our abilities." reassuring the Head maid.

Pestonya nodded her head and continued down the hall in silence, now determined to be serve their lord with all their being.

/Throne Room/

Albedo had arrived at the throne room now empty and returned to her position she always stood at and quickly Messaged Sebas asking about his findings and informing him about the postponement of the meeting.

Sebas reported that there were no Inteligent beings in the ten-kilometre radius he scouted.

Albedo then had the head butler prepare a written report on the world outside and asked him to present it when their called the meeting again.

Once done with Sebas she quickly saw she was done with all her duties for the day.

Albedo decided to go to her room and meet and catch up with her sisters.

/Albedo's room/

Albedo had arrived at her abode she recently acquired and saw her sisters already lounging in her room a similar design as their lords.

The eldest was sat on the sofa reading a book, a novel of some kind, and the youngest had her head on the lap of the eldest simply enjoying the company of her elder sister.

Noticing Albedo entering the room the Rubedo sat up while Nigredo sat down her book and greeted their sister

"Welcome back, Albedo." said Nigredo as Rubedo waved her hand.

Albedo nodded acknowledging her sisters' greeting and sat on the opposite sofa her sisters were sat on. Happy to finally have the time to spend some time with her siblings since their audience with their lord.

The last few hours had been quite an emotional journey, learning of her sister's tormented existence which their master had mercifully amended and witnessing their master care for the child like guardians of the sixth floor as they clung to his robe.

Albedo poured herself a cup of tea and started chatting with her sisters

"So, how's your new room sisters? Let me know if you need anything added to your living space." offered Albedo.

"My room is cozy I don't think I'll need anything at the moment. I'll let you know once I need something." said Nigredo followed by Rubedo agreeing.

"I would not be opposed to having some food right now though, something sweet." said Rubedo sounding excited getting a nod from Albedo as she messaged the cafeteria to send a platter of pastries to her room.

With the pastries on their way, Albedo could not contain her curiosity about the origin of her sister's torment as she spoke, "I've been thinking about our past lately, about how Lord Tabula created us and why you two were tormented since your creation." sounding concerned as the supreme beings were not prone to making mistakes but her sisters were created into a constant torment.

A memory from her creation resurfaced in Nigredo mind as Albedo spoke of their creation.

/Flash Back/

Tabula Smaragdina Had just finished creating his first NPC he named Nigredo happy with her appearance and the perfect back story he created for her which had his favourite Gap-Moe aspect.

He had made Nigredo to be a nightmarish being that would strike fear in anyone that saw her but gave her a compassionate nature especially to infants.

Once he was done inspecting his creation he spoke, "WELCOME, Nigredo, my first creation, to this world."

As soon as Nigredo Materialized into being was feeling a constant pain in her face and insanity in her mind.

Once Tabula had finished his inspection, he equipped Nigredo with her Iconic pair of giant scissors he showed his creation to the rest of the guild calling her the perfect Creation.

/End Flash Back/

Nigredo told her sisters about her creation by Lord Tabula and how he told every guild member she was perfect even though how she was Perfect even though she was in constant pain and insane state since her creation.

Albedo was miffed with how their creator called Nigredo perfect even though she was in a constant torment.

Rubedo hearing Nigredo's story also remembered her own creation which was similar and spoke "Lord Tabula also did the same for me before I was placed in my chambers too." shocking her sisters again with how similarly treated the siblings calling them perfect.

Albedo was also on the same boat as she remembered her own creation.

As one of the wisest of the siblings was starting to see a pattern in her creator's behavior. Doubts about Tabula's actions started to take root in their minds but was confused why she never suffering like her sisters until she remembered how Lord Momonga had changed something in her too before he had asked to touch her hand.

Albedo came to a saddening realized she too must have been created a flaw in her being, but Lord Momonga had fixed her flaw like he did with her sisters.

Albedo fidgeted uncomfortably as her thoughts turned into turmoil 'why would Lord Tabula create us with such flaws!? Were we not his beloved creation!? Did he not love us like all other NPCs were by their creators!? why were my sisters condemned to such torment since their creation!? and what kind of flaw did he give me!?' her mind racing with thoughts of her creator and the reason why he had wanted them to suffer and most prevalent being of what was her flaw her creator gave her.

The overseer deciding to spare her sister from further torment with the thoughts their creator intentionally condemning to their torment did not tell them the saddening realization she stumbled into which was still a hypothesis in her mind.

Nigredo had noticed her younger sister stiffening suddenly and asked "Albedo, is something wrong why are you fidgeting did you forget something."

"No, everything alright, I am just famished I had not had a morsel all day." Albedo lied as she did not need food due to the ring of sustenance which could help her go days without sleep or food.

Nigredo had a feeling she was being deceived was about to question further.

Until a knock on their door interrupted her. It was a maid who wheeled in a cart with Pastries they had asked for earlier which the Maid promptly served the sisters and took her place standing behind Albedo.

The sisters thanked the Maid for her work followed by Rubedo digging into the Pastries along with Albedo who seemed to be more interested in the Pastries then with the conversation they were having earlier.

Albedo not giving a chance for her elder sister continue the thought about their creator decided to tell her sisters how Aura and Mare were being taken care of by their master and how the children had called their master father in their sleep.

This had successfully altered the topic for the moment. But Nigredo had grown suspicious of Albedo's sudden mood change and insistence in changing the topic of their conversation but decided to wring the truth out of her later.

Unkown to them the maid present would later spread the rumour about their lord's fatherly affection to the sixth-floor guardians which would boost the NPC's reverence to their lord even more.

After a while the maid was dismissed, and the sibling decided to retire foe the day.

/Momonga's Room/

Momonga was still laid in his bed, the children still by his side, bored out of his mind unable to sleep due to his undead nature.

'When I was human, I could only dream of laying in such a comfortable and luxurious bed in my dreams and now that I have it, I cannot even sleep on it since I cannot sleep, oh what the irony.' mused Momonga at his state of being regrating his choice of character he choose to play as.

'Hmm... I should have some items that may be able to change my race in the treasury maybe I can use one of them to change my race, which should let me comfort the kids as well as sleep if I am not wrong, but which one should I use maybe I can use the think Nishikiren used to infiltrate the Elf only guild.' remembering the time, a guildmate had infiltrated an enemy guild disguised as an elf and caused in fighting among the enemy which his guild took full advantage of as they ransacked the enemy treasury while the enemies were occupied.

'The elves were very salty about our looting of their treasury, while we all laughed our asses off robbing them blind.' mused Momonga chuckling at the antic of his Ninja obsessed Guildmate and the haul of loot they obtained that day with minimal effort.

Momonga decided to get the Race changing item from the Treasury but with his current predicament he could not move an inch and he rather not move the children around too much, until it an image of a yellow garbed individual came to mind.

Yes, the guardian of the treasury could get him the item he wanted, and he had wanted to see how his own creation was fairing in the new world as a sentient being.

With his mind maid he used [Message] to contact his NPC which he immediately regrated.

"Hallo fremder! who is that is speak with?" a boisterous and jovial voice asked causing the skeletal being to cringe at the speech pattern of his creation.

"It is I, Pandora's Actor." Momonga identified himself.

"Mein Gott! What can this humble creation of yours be of service." Pandora's Actor said excitedly his words being overly exsanguinated with a hint German accent.

"Yes, my creation I need you to get me an item to me post haste." said the skeletal lord while internally why he had made his creation so extravagantly German and quickly blamed his youthful antics when creating the NPC.

"Jawohl ! Which item do you need mein GOTT?!." inquired the eccentric NPC.

End chapter