Overlord (book 1)

He wasn’t disatisfied with being loved by a beauty like Albedo. At least for now.

“Then it should be fine, right?”

“... Eh---”

It just didn’t feel right.

That’s what he thought, but Ainz couldn’t find a reason to contradict her.

“It should be fine, right?”

There was a mysterious air emitting from Albedo who repeated herself. Ainz attempted a last

ditch struggle and asked:

“I modified Tabula Smaragdina-san’s settings, don’t you want to turn back to your old self?”

“If it was Tabula Smaragdina-sama, he would definitely give his blessing with the feelings of

seeing his daughter off for marriage.”

“... Is, is that so?”

Was he such a guy? As Ainz thought about that, the sound of metal clanging rose.

Looking at the source, he found a long sword on the floor. The Death Knight holding the sword

was gone. It was summoned not long ago.

“... It disappears after a period of time if it was summoned using normal methods… Since the

sword from this world was left on the ground, it wouldn’t linger if equipment were used as a

medium to link to the otherworld. Hence, they long for this world if it was summoned using their

corpse and won’t disappear? If there were a huge number of corpse, it can be used to

strengthen Nazarick.”

“Should we collect corpse en masse?”

“... But we can’t dig up the graves from that vil age alright?”

“Understood, but we would need to think of a new way to obtain fresh bodies. Okay, the Death

Knight vanishing means everyone should be here. Please grace us with your presence at the

throne hal with Sebastian. I wil go there first.”

“I see. Okay Albedo, see you later.”

Albedo left Ainz’s room quietly and saw Sebastian who was walking that way.

“Sebastian, you came at the right time.”

“Albedo-sama. Is Momomga-sama in the room?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Albedo felt a sense of superiority when she saw Sebastian still addressing Ainz as Momomga.

Upon seeing her expression, Sebastian lift one eyebrow:

“You seemed to be in a great mood. Anything good happened?”

“That’s correct.”

The reason Albedo was happy wasn’t just because of the name, but also her conversation with

Ainz. She told him she wanted to marry him, and he showed no sign of rejection or annoyance.

This means...

Albedo’s expression instantly changed from elegance to a evil and slutty smile. That was a

smile she never showed in the presence of Ainz.

“Fufufufu. it wil work, it wil definitely work. The one sitting beside the overlord will be me.

Sharutia wil have no choice but to give up.”

That was Albedo’s thoughts as a woman, not as the overseer. She clenched her fist:

“My succubus blood is boiling…”

Throne room.

Sebastian silently followed behind Ainz who arrived after everyone.

The hall was full of people on their knees showing their fealty.

No one fidgeted in the hall, it was quiet enough to hear the sound of breathing. The only noise

was from the master of this hall——Ainz, and his follower Sebastian’s footsteps, as well as the

sound of the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown hitting the ground.

Ainz ascended the steps and sat on the throne. Sebastian kneeled behind Albedo at the base of

the steps.

Ainz watched the scene below the steps on the throne.

Almost all the NPCs were gathered here, it was a grand view of the crowd, and looked like the

Hyakki Yagyō, the Night-Parade of a Hundred Demons. To create such a variety of characters,

Ainz praised the imagination of the guild members in his heart. Glancing through the crowd, he

realized some NPCs didn’t show up, but that couldn’t be helped. The colossal y huge golem

Gargantua and the 8th floor guardian Victim were unable to leave their posts.

TL Note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakki_Yagy%C5%8D - Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

Those gathered here weren't just NPCs. Although there were no replacements for the 2 who

were not present, many high ranking servants hand picked by the Floor Guardians were also

present in the hall.

But even so -- the throne hal was vast and the scene didn’t seem too crowded. He understood

why his subordinates were unwilling to let lowly servants into the heart of the Great Tomb of

Nazarick——the Throne Hall, but Ainz thought there was no need to be so strict.

Never mind, this is not urgent. Ainz decided to discuss that on a later date and spoke slowly:

“I apologize for gathering all of you here.”

Ainz apologized in an unrepentant tone. This is just for show, but apologizing was still important.

Gathering everyone was Ainz’s decision alone, but this was to let his underlings know that Ainz

trusted them.

“As for why I summoned everyone here, Albedo wil explain in a moment. There is something

more pressing that I have to inform all members of the Great Tomb of Nazarick —— 「High

Level Item Destruction」.”

Ainz activated a spell that can destroy magical items of a certain level. A large banner dropped

from the ceiling.

The sign on that banner symbolized ‘Momonga’.

“I have changed my name. When you address me from now on…” Ainz pointed somewhere and