The Bloody Valkyrie

Manually placing so many Carrion Babies——even if they were low leveled, showed how fastidious Tabula Smaragdina truly was.

As Ainz was feeling impressed, the woman took out a large pair of scissors from somewhere and held it tightly in her hand. Sharp eyes from that messy head of hair glared at Ainz and Albedo.

“Youyouyouyou, stolestolestolestolemychildmychildmychildmychild——!”

“...She really is your elder sister. You and her are quite alike.”

“Eh? Is, is that so?”

As if regarding Ainz and Albedo’s leisurely talk as a sign of malice, the woman used her murderous intent to fuel her charge towards Ainz. Using only a few steps to reduce the distance between them to zero, the woman in black mourning clothes dashed over with an abnormally large stride.

The woman stabbed her scissors at Ainz——

“Your child is right here.”

——After Ainz gave the doll to the woman, her actions froze as if a stop button had been pressed. Following this, she tossed aside the scissors and slowly accepted the doll.

“Good child good child good child!”

She hugged her beloved child tenderly, as if she would never again let go. Afterwards, she carefully placed the baby back into the cradle, and then turned her hair-covered face towards Ainz and Albedo:

“Momonga-sama, and my cute little sister, have you been well?”

“It’s been a while Nigredo. I’m pleased to see that you….. well, haven’t changed..”

Throughout this conversation Ainz managed to maintain his composure because he had already witnessed this crazy scene before in the game.

I really did scream that time.

A certain Guild member said he had created a new character, and took Ainz and some of the other Guild members to have a look. This resulted in everybody unanimously screaming out together, joining together to use all of their power to attack Nigredo. It was a nostalgic memory.

“Elder sister, it’s been a while.”

Correct, Nigredo was Albedo’s elder sister. Coincidentally, she was also an NPC created by Tabula Smaragdina.

If Albedo was a strong demonstration of the player Tabula Smaragdina’s favourite gap moe, then Nigredo was the strong manifestation of his other passion, horror films.

He wasn’t a bad person, but he had a strong personality, in various ways.

During normal discussions, he would be coherent. However as the talk became more in-depth, various parts of his personality that were hard to associate with would begin to surface. Whilst he was remembering his past Guild member, Nigredo parted her hair to make way for her previously concealed face, revealing her real appearance.

Perhaps she thought that concealing her face was disrespectful, but Ainz wished she had just left it as is.

Her face was truly grotesque - no skin, but rather a mass of exposed muscle.

There were no lips, only beautiful pearly teeth. There were no eyelids, only brightly shining eyes. Looking at the teeth or the eyes individually, they would be pretty, but seeing it as a whole could only be revolting.

The ugly face like those appearing in horror films contorted frighteningly. Although the lack of skin made it harder to determine, she was different from Ainz. Her face still had muscle so it could be inferred that it that expression should be a smile.

“And Momonga-sama, for what reason are you….”

“...Ah, sorry. That time you were not at the Throne Hall so you don’t know. I am no longer called Momonga, my name has since been changed to Ainz Ooal Gown. From today onwards call me Ainz.”

After hearing a soft gasp, Nigredo then slowly bowed her head:

“Understood, Ainz-sama.”

“Well then Nigredo, I’m here to ask for your help. Can you use your ability to aid me?”

“My ability? Is it biological? Or is it non-biological?”

“...Biological for now… alive, right?. Let me explain to you clearly. The target is Shalltear Bloodfallen.”

“The Floor Guardian?... I’ve been disrespectful. If it is Ainz-sama’s command, I shall take immediate action.”

Although Nigredo’s voice was full of doubt, she still gave an immediate response to the request.

“Please, elder sister.”

After playfully giving a thumbs up in response to Albedo's request, Nigredo began to activate several kinds of magic. They were abundant in variety, Ainz found that some these spells were familiar, and he just instructed Narberal to cast them last night.

Nigredo was a magic caster, one of the high level NPCs who held a position close to the highest tier in Nazarick. Although it wasn’t visible from her outer appearance, her class was specialised towards the investigation type, the collection of information. That was why Ainz had come here to ask for her assistance in locating Shalltear.

With a speed fitting for the power that she possessed, Nigredo was able to quickly report the results.

“Found.”

“Cast a 「Crystal monitor」.”

After activating the spell, the crystal monitor which shimmered into existence displayed an armored figure standing vacantly in a patch of open land in the middle of a forest.