Round Table Room
It was used as Ainz Oaol Gown's meeting area in the past. However, when members started to leave the game, the use of these room started to reduce. It was last used on the last day of Yggdrasil. But after all these years, two players entered this room again. Ainz and Touch Me. These two players decide to come here to talk amongst themselves.
"Momonga-san, I'm sorry to left you. But I'm glad you still hold the glory of the guild."
"Touch San, there's no need to apologize. Everyone may have their own personal problems. I don't blame you for that. But when did you come into this world?"
"Thank you, Momonga-san. I came to this world about 200 years ago when this world was attacked by evil gods. I was transferred to a city in the current Karsanas City-State Alliance. It was a huge country at that time called the Great Karsanas Kingdom. I didn't understand what happened at first. But I soon felt that I was transported to another world."
"Huh! Touch San, can you tell me something about the history of 200 years ago?"
"Hmm... It would take a long time now to tell the complete history. So let me tell you the basic history. The history of 200 years ago is very different from today. 200 years ago Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire were the same country. You can call it Old Empire now. It was founded by a human player. Two hundred years ago there were more human countries. They were also technologically advanced.
However, after the invasion of the evil gods, the nations other than the Slane theocracy were demolished and new countries were founded."
"Also Touch San, do you know anything about the 13 heroes?"
"Ah, thirteen heroes. But Momonga san, the number of heroes was more than thirteen. I met with them 200 years ago. After spending a few days in the city I decided to travel so that I could gather more information about this world and find out if there were more players like me. During my journey, I met the heroes. They were fighting an evil god called God Dragon. I help them defeat the God Dragon in battle. Because they were having a lot of trouble defeating the God Dragon. There were a total of eighteen heroes out of which four were players. They came to this world like us. They asked me to join them but I refused and started my journey again."
"Hmm, could these eighteen heroes still be alive?"
" Some of them were of the Heteromorphic race. So they might still be alive."
"But how did you get to Central Continent?"
"I was actually trying to figure out how I could get back into our old world. But even after traveling for several years, I did not get an answer to my question. By traveling, I reached the Central Continent. On reaching there I came to the conclusion that it was no longer possible for me to go back to the old world. So I decided to accept my fate. I decided to make this world a better place. Which I could not do in my old world. Many people decided to follow me during my journey. I established an organization called New Nine Ooal Gown with them. Using my knowledge I quickly started expanding my organization. Our organization does a lot of work. Helping poor people, working as a mercenary Army, helping people's development, establishing justice, improving the quality of life of people by improving people's daily necessities, collecting information, etc. We were doing very well but one day I received an intelligence report that a human country had been destroyed. I thought that some evil players had appeared who wanted to destroy this world. But after I gathered more information about it, I found out that it was an Undead named Ainz Ooal Gown.
So I decided to come here myself."
He looked at Ainz coldly
Ainz's mental suppression was activated.
"Forgive me, Touch San. I actually wanted to know if I have more friends in this world. So I used the guild name."
"Momonga-san, I'm not mad at you for taking the name of the guild. You kept this guild going even after we all left the game. So you deserve it. But I am angry with you because you have killed millions of innocent people. Tell me what was the reason for the massacre in Katze Plains?"
Ainz's mental suppression activated again.
"Hmm...I came to this world with Nazarik two years ago. I didn't understand what was going on around me. So I issue Nazarik's highest security. One day when I was using the Mirror of Remote Viewing I saw a village. where some disguised soldiers attacked. I help the villagers and collect basic information about this world from them. I then order the NPCs to gather more information. But a misunderstanding arises between them and they think that I want to take over this world. But I also find it interesting and agree with them. This is how we established this Kingdom after many plans. We claim the town of E Rantel and its area. But the Kingdom did not want to give it to us easily. So our battle took place between the Kingdom in the Katze Plains. The Empire sends 60000 Knights to help us. But I decided to use Ia Shub-Niggurath and killed 180,000 soldiers. If I had not done this, more wars would have taken place in the future. Because if I had defeated the kingdom with less damage they would have underestimated my strength. They might have been defeated then but they would have started plotting against me.
It would cause many problems in my Kingdom. Besides, other human nations might attack us. But none of this happened as a result of the massacre at Katze Plains. Because they started fearing my power. So they did not dare to go against me. By this, I was able to resist all future wars."
"Hmm. But what was the need to massacre the kingdom? I heard you massacred 90% of the kingdom people because some nobles have stolen some of your crops."
Touch me and put pressure on Ainz.
Ainz's mental suppression activates
"In this regard, I actually wanted to show the world how terrible I can be so that no one else would dare to do anything against me. I destroyed the Re-Estize Kingdom to make it an example to remember. To strike fear into the hearts of our enemies."
"Ah, your activity is very similar to that of Genghis Khan."
Touch me take a deep breath.
"But what was wrong with the innocent people? They did you no harm."
"Um... I'm really sorry about this! I actually...
"What are you really? Momonga San, you are turning into a monster. You will thus make yourself a cruel man."
"I'm so sorry, Touch-san."
"Momonga-san, I know that you are currently an Undead. But don't forget that you were a human in the past. So try to hold on to your humanity. Ok... I have nothing more to say about it now. But I hope you don't do anything like that again."
"Huh! I'll keep that in mind"
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Scene Change
Sliv and his team are tired of fighting.
They destroyed a lot of undeads with the help of death knights. But there are still plenty of undeads surrounding them.
"Captain, their numbers are endless. If this continues, we will lose."
"Yes, you are right. But we cannot retreat. They surround us from all sides."
Adventurers continue to fight with their utmost.
"Captain, I'm sure it's some trick of that monster. He must be planning something terrible." Selina said
Selina uses holy magic to turn dozens of undead into dust.
Sliv kills a bear undead with his spear.
He is too tired to fight.
"Captain!"
Sliv saw a Death Knight thrown.
He looks at it and panics.
He saw a 20-meter big dog. which has three heads. It makes a terrible roar.
All the adventurers pinched their ears.
Tell an adventure with a trembling voice
"Don't tell me it's Cerberus."
Sliv swallowed in fear.
"What is it doing here!?"
Sliv couldn't make a sound out of his mouth.
All adventurers are scared
Selina threw a fireball at the Cerberus.
But it is useless.
They are more afraid of it.
Selina was a member of the Windflower Scripture, a sect of the Slane Theocracy that specialized in information gathering and secrecy. She is a young slender female who had been indoctrinated by the Temple of the Six Great Gods as soon as her talents for espionage had been discovered. The Slane Theocracy kept a strict log of all births and had specific squads identify talented individuals to be trained in service to their country's holy dogma.
'Should we use it now? Yes, it's time.
Selena pulled out a scroll.
The two Death Knights run towards the three-headed dog.
But Cerberus reacts quickly.
It grabs the first Death Knight with its legs and bites the second Death Knight with its mouth. He cleaves the second Death Knight in two with his teeth and stomps the Death Knight with his foot.
This destroys the two Death Knights.
Seeing this, all the adventurers are very frightened.
Many lose their minds.
Cerberus destroyed two legendary undead within moments.
Cerberus glares at the adventurers.
...
Scene Change
The subordinates of Cocytus, who were on guard duty, bowed their heads deeply at Ainz's arrival.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Ainz gave them a typical generous greeting, befitting the aura of a ruler.
Touch Me arrived in Nazarik after more than two hundred years so he had forgotten much of Nazarik. So Ainz decided to show them around Nazarik.
They are currently heading to the cafeteria.
Ainz could occasionally hear gasps of praise from behind him, saying "amazing" and "beautiful".
"Ah, master, is this your house you spoke of? I have never seen anything so gorgeous." Elizabeth said
"Hmm. Yes. You can say that. It was made by me and my friends."
They finally reached the cafeteria without meeting any other NPCs along the way.
Nazarik's cafeteria was inspired by a company or a school cafeteria
Young women engage in animated conversation and the clatter of cutlery can be heard from within.
It was probably full of regular maids and others who worked on the ninth floor. Maybe the guardians of the area were also present. It was a little late for lunch but the shift system made it look lively. The maids are eating their lunch in peace.
But the moment Ainz entered the room, the mood suddenly changed.
First, it went completely silent. The happy noises from earlier and the lively sounds of the diners completely disappeared. The mood was frozen, it was completely out of place for a cafeteria.
Then everyone looked at Ainz, their eyes widened and their pace stopped.
"Never mind us. Go on with your lunch."
A few here and there, mostly regular maids, heard Ainz's words and started eating again, but there was no indication that their conversation was about to resume. Everyone ate in silence.
Ainz didn't want to interrupt their lunch. He was starting to feel a bit alienated but, on second thought, it wasn't like he didn't understand their feelings.
If a CEO who's never been to the cafeteria suddenly shows up, it's probably like this. Suzuki Satoru would probably do the same in this situation. Perhaps it would have been different if this company had been much smaller, where the distance between the boss and the employees was much closer.
{Although it's probably impossible in this case...}
It would be extremely difficult to suddenly change his image as the admirable dictator Ainz Sama to an Ainz-san who was loved by all.
Maybe if everyone knew he was a fool, such a change might be possible, but if he was insulted instead (which was unlikely) he couldn't stand it.
"Well then, let's enter."
...
They didn't want to make the maids more excited, so they sat down at a random table away from them.
"You can sit there."
"Hmm"
"Touch san, this is my first time using the cafeteria, so I don't know anything about how it works this time."
"Ah...I have also come here after more than two hundred years. But I know what to do. You can think of it as a restaurant. So we have to order what we want to eat. You can select an item from the lunch menu."
"I see... If there's a specific lunch menu, let's choose something from that."
Touch me beckons a Maid standing in a corner to come.
The girl came and bowed to them
"How may I help you, my lord?"
"May I know your name?"
"Of course. My name is Decrement."
"Decrement, can you give us a menu?"
"Of course"
Decrement brought a menu
"Thank you"
It had a menu printed in Japanese.
Elizabeth and Maxwell do not understand Japanese.
"What do you want to eat?"
"Order whatever you want"
"Do you want to eat meat?"
"Hmm"
Ainz selected an item from the menu.
"Here's a Hamburg steak meal for everyone."
"For sauces you can choose between demi-glace, Japanese-style sauce, or cream-mustard sauce. You can also choose rice or bread to go with it... How about bread and demi-glace?"
He understood demi-grace and Japanese-style sauces, but he wondered what cream mustard would taste like.
It was a pity that he couldn't taste them himself because of his body.
"Okay!"
"Y-yeah. That's fine with me too."
Following Touch Me's voice, Elizabeth and Maxwell quickly nodded. There seemed to be no objection.
"Then, that will be my order."
Phew, Ainz sighed.
Decrement didn't seem to be going to the kitchen to relay the order, Ainz wondered why.
"What about a drink?"
"-Ah. I forgot about the fact that everyone can go and get what they like. It should be fine, right?"
"I want Champagne"
"I want Cola"
"Hmm... For me Something suitable-ah, no, get me a hot coffee."
"Understood."
Elsewhere, the kitchen suddenly erupts into chaos after Decrement goes there and says something.
As he watched, someone came out of the kitchen.
A giant cleaver hangs from his waist. A wok behind her. "Fresh meat!!" With a slovenly, naked torso tattooed on it. And finally, a gold chain around his neck.
Although his face might look like an orc, he was an orc, a similar species that was much closer to wild beasts.
He wore a pure white apron. This person was the area guardian and head chef of the cafeteria.
Shihoutu Tokitu.
Shihoutu Tokitwa quickly ran to Ainge and knelt down. {Wouldn't the chef's clothes be dirty?} Ainge thought of this.
"Ainz-sama! We welcome you! "
"It's been a long time, Shihoutu Tokitu. I'm glad to see you're as good as ever."
"Huh!"
"No, maybe you're a bit thinner now?"
"If Ainz-sama thinks so, then so be it!"
{That's not what I meant! } Ainz swallowed his words.
"I noticed the absence of Ainz sama's order among those that the maid relayed... Also, I heard that Touch Sama is back!"
Shihoutu Tokitu looked at Touch Me.
"Nice to meet you, Shihoutu Tokitu"
"It's my honor, Touch Sama. I'm glad you're back after all these years."
"hmm"
A manly smile (though he couldn't be sure because he didn't understand the orc's expression) appeared on Shihoutu Tokitu's face.
Shihoutu Tokitu rose loudly and shouted towards the kitchen.
"From now on do or die! A dish fit for Ainz sama and Touch sama! A food festival that will not stop for at least a week, begins!
"Oooooo," squeals of appreciation rose from the listening maids.
"Oh, wait."
"Huh!"
Shihoutu returned to Ainz and knelt down again.
"... Shihoutu Tokitu, you can make food for Touch san. But just to be sure, you know I can't eat food because I am an Undead, right?
"Ha! So we want to create something that can be enjoyed by sight and smell. Got it!"
Ainz replied to Shihoutou Tokito as he tried to stand back up, "Oi, wait."
"Huh."
"Don't be in a hurry. I'm trying to say that I can't eat, so don't waste any ingredients."
"What are you saying Ainz-sama? The ingredients used for Ainz sama cannot be destroyed. Yes!"
Shihoutu said something as he stood up and turned towards the cafeteria. With which a round of applause.
Elizabeth and Maxwell clap nervously.
{You don't have to follow, you know... } Ainz muttered internally.
"Okay, I'll start at once!"
"Oh, wait."
"Ha!
Ainz spoke honestly to Shihoutu Tokitu,
"I'm going to be honest. I didn't come here to eat. I'm here to have an enjoyable-yes, an enjoyable-conversation. I understand your welcoming expression in a breathless way, but I don't care much for it. Can I convince you that I just want to have a quiet conversation?"
"Hah! Then let me reserve the whole place!"
"Oh, wait."
"Huh!"
"Don't make mountains out of molehills. I'll tell myself again, I'm just here to hang out. No need to take it that far, understand?"
The maids were already halfway from their seats, ready to leave at any moment.
" You all can carry on as usual. Please treat us like any other guest."
"Ha! But! Ainz-sama. "
"Shihoutu Tokitu, please go to your work and prepare food for us. But don't exaggerate. This is our order." Touch Me said in a cold voice
"Ah. Umm...I understand. I will quickly prepare food for you."
Shihoutu Tokitu bowed his head and quickly ran towards the kitchen.
"It seems they are very loyal."
"Yes"
A few moments later their food appeared.
The food started to smell delicious.
"let's begin"
"Ah! So delicious"
"I've never had such good food in my life"
"Am I in heaven!"
"Did you like the food?" Shihoutu Tokitu said
"Shihoutu Tokitu, you cook very well. Thank you very much"
"I'm glad you like my cooking."
Touch me, Elizabeth and Maxwell are eating contentedly while Ainz is satisfied just by the smell of the food.
A message then came to Ainz
["What happened Albedo?"]
["Ainz Sama, I'm sorry to disturb you now. But an important matter has arisen."]
"What happened, Ainz-san?"
"Nothing, Touch San."
"Ainz San, if something important happens, you should go. You are a king and you should not neglect your duty."
"Okay. Shihoutu Tokitu, take good care of them."
"Of course!"
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