Overlord (book 1)

okay for him exercise his prerogative. Momonga's hesitation vanished with his unreasonable

logic that he should fix the errors of his guild members.

Momonga stretched out the hand he was holding the staff with. Normally he would have to use

the editing tool to change a setting, but because right now he was using his guild master

privileges, he was able to access it directly. Operating his console, he erased the sentence

immediately.

"That's good for now."

While looking at the empty space in Albedo's setting, Momonga thought for a moment.

— Maybe I should put something in...

"No, that's just silly."

Laughing at the idea that popped up in his mind, he typed on the console's keypad. It was a

single sentence:

[She is also in love with Momonga.]

"Wow, that's cringeworthy."

Hiding his face behind his hands, Momonga felt extremely embarrassed about his action. It was

like programming his ideal girlfriend complete with a love plot. Although he wanted to rewrite it

at first, he decided to go with it. Today the game will end and the feeling of embarrassment will

soon fade away. In the end, the part he deleted and added were about the same length. If there

were some blank parts left over, Momonga would've felt bad about it.

Sitting on the throne, embarrassed and somewhat satisfied, Momonga looked around the room

and noticed that Sebastian and the maids were standing motionless. Even though they were

together in the same place, it still felt a little desolate.

—I think there was a command like this.

Momonga remembered a command he never used in the past. He held out his hand and slowly

moved it down.

"Kneel."

Albedo, Sebastian and the Pleiades genuflected simultaneously.

Everything is set.

Momonga raised his left hand to look at the holographic clock.

23:55:48

Just in time for the last moments.

Probably a GM had already begun broadcasting and shooting fireworks outside. But sitting

inside here reminiscing, completely isolated from the outside world, Momonga had no way of

knowing.

Momonga leaned back on the throne and slowly looked up at the ceiling.

Considering how this was the legendary base that had destroyed the great expedition force in

the past, Momonga thought that maybe there were some players who might try to invade

Nazarick on the final day.

He was waiting. To accept the last challenge as the guild master.

Although he had sent emails to his old companions, almost none of them showed up.

He was waiting. To welcome his companions one last time as the guild master.

Now we are a relic of the past...

Momonga thought inside his heart.

The guild was now an empty shell, but he still had a great time in the long run.

His eyes looked at the huge banners hanging from the ceiling. Their total was forty-one. One

banner for every guild member, each with its own design. Momonga lifted his fleshless finger

and pointed at one of the banners.

"Me."

Then he moved his finger towards the banner next to it. That one belonged to one of Ainz Ooal

Gown's—no, to one of Yggdrasil's strongest players. The guild's founder and the one who once

brought together the "First Nine".

"Touch Me."

Next he pointed at the banner of the person who was an university professor in the real world,

and also the oldest person in Ainz Ooal Gown.

"Shi-juuten Suzaku."

His finger moved faster and faster, pointing out the banner that belonged to one of Ainz Ooal

Gown's three female members.

"Azuki Mochi."

Momonga smoothly recited the names of the banners' owners.

"Meromero, Perorontino, Simmering Teapot, Tabula Smaragdina, Takemikazuchi, Variable

Talisman, Genjiro───"

Remembering the names of his 40 companions wasn't very difficult for Momonga.

The names of his friends were still deeply imprinted into his mind.

Momonga tiredly leaned at back on the throne.

"Yeah, it was real y fun…"

On top of the monthly fees, Momonga spent almost one-third of his monthly salary on cash

purchases. It wasn't like his income was especially high, it was just that he didn't have any other

interests, so he spent most of his money on Yggdrasil.

The game had a system where players could pay a fee in order to participate in a lottery to win

a rare item, and Momonga had spent most of his money on this. After many expenses, he

managed to get many different rares. But after hearing that one of his guild members managed

to win the lottery using only his lunch money, Momonga was green with envy.

Since every member of Ainz Ooal Gown was a working member of society, everyone had spent

money on cash purchases, but Momonga was in a league of his own.

He was addicted to it that much. Going on adventures were interesting, but freely roaming about

with his friends was the most fun out of all.

For Momonga who had no friends or remaining family in the real world, his memories of the time

he spent with his friends in Ainz Ooal Gown were all he had.

Today, that guild would disappear.