Overlord (book 1)

run quickly into the forest.

The sound of horses, shouts, clashing metal and the smell of burning.

From every corner of the vil age, these situations enteredd Enri’s ears, eyes and nose. Exactly

where were they coming from? Enri desperately struggled to find out while she ran. To run until

the limits of her body, or to hide in the corner of a house. Fear was threatening to take over her

body and the strong beatings of her heart was not only caused by her running. As it was, the

feeling of a small hand grasping her own gave her the motivation to run.

───Her sister’s life.

Her mother, who was running in front of them, suddenly stopped next to a corner and turned

around. She ran back, signalling Enri to run in the other direction.

Thinking about why her mother would do such a thing, Enri quickly pursed her lips and stifled

the cry she was about to let out. She took her sister’s hand and ran, not wanting to stay in this

place a moment longer then necessary. Afraid of what she might see in that scene.

“Momonga-sama, is there a problem?”

Albedo repeated her question. Momonga didn’t know how to answer. Because of so many

incomprehensible things happened at once, his mind blanked out.

“I’m sorry.”

Momonga could only stand up and stupidly face Albedo

“Is there anything wrong?”

Albedo’s beautiful face was slowly inspecting Momonga. A fragrant smell entered his nose. That

fragrance brought Momonga’s thinking back on track, as he slowly returned to reality.

“No… There’s…. No, nothing”

Momonga wasn’t the kind of person to use honorifics when talking to dol s. But… After hearing

Albedo’s question, he unintentionally responded using honorifics. Because of her actions and

speech, there was no way to ignore her human-like behavior.

Although Momonga could clearly see how abnormal Albedo behaved, he was still unable to

understand what was happening. In a situation like this, all he could do was to try suppressing

his overflowing feelings of fear and surprise, but since Momonga was just an ordinary person,

he did not manage to do so.

Just as Momonga wanted to start screaming, a certain guild member’s memory came to his

mind.

───Turmoil is the failure of a country, you must always maintain a level-headed and logical

way of thinking. Keep calm, plan ahead, and don’t waste your time thinking about insignificant

things, Momonga-san.

Thinking about this, Momonga calmed own.

To the Zhuge Liang of Ainz Ooal Gown - Moe Dress Girl, Momonga expressed his thanks.

“... Did something happen to you?”

Albedo’s lovely face asked as she stood close, causing Momonga to almost feel the fragrance

that she was emitting. Even though he finally managed to calm down, he almost lost it again in

that instant.

“.... The function to call the GM seems to have failed.”

Towards the puppy eyed Albedo, Momonga could not help but answer the NPC.

Never throughout his whole life did Momonga ever have this kind of experience with a member

of the opposite sex, especially not one with this kind of atmosphere. Although he knew that she

was just an NPC, considering her human-like expressions and actions, Momonga couldn’t help

but feel his heart skip a beat.

But the constant beatings of his heart were suppressed in order to return to a calm state.

Although Momonga was disturbed his sudden palpitations, he remembers these wise words

imparted to him by one of his guild members.

But is that really the case?

Momonga shook his head, now is not the time to think about such matters.

“... Please forgive me for being unable to answer Momonga-sama’s question about the GM.

Forgive me for being unable to meet your expectations, if there is a situation where I am able to

make up for my mistake, I will be happy to oblige. Please give me your next order.”

…. These two were talking with each other, there was no mistake about it.

Noticing this Momonga was too surprised to speak.

Impossible. This was definitely impossible.

This NPC was able to speak. No, it is possible to use self automated speech to allow NPCs to

speak, because there were many shouts and cheers for players to download. However, to

properly converse with a NPC was something impossible. Even just now, Sebastian was only

able to understand simple commands.

Then, what could have happened to make this possible? Was it only Albedo who changed?

With a wave of his hand, Momonga gave Albedo the order to stand down, which she did with a

face full of regret. Momonga then turned his eyes to the heads of the butler and the six maids.

“Sebastian! Maids!”

“Yes!”

Saying with perfect synchronization, they all raised their heads

“Come to the front of the throne.”

“Yes, milord”

Again, with perfect synchronization, they stood up and walked towards the throne. Once there

they knelt down.

At that moment, two things became apparent.

First, even without saying specific commands, NPCs are able to understand simple orders.

Second, Albedo was not the only one able to speak.

At the very least all the NPCs in the throne room were abnormal.