The Dark Warrior

“Hmmm, if I complete my job flawlessly, would the cute Nabel-chan change her

attitude towards me?”

Narberal clicked her tongue with disgust.

Lukeluther acted as if he were hurt, but no one consoled him. Everyone treated

their interactions as a comedy.

Under the scorching sun, the group chatted leisurely as they advanced. Their

shoes were stained by juice from trampled grass, the smell of which was

prominent.

Looking at the group wiping away their sweat, Ainz was grateful for his undead

body. He was unfazed by the bright sunshine and wasn’t tired from wearing the

heavy armor.

Only Lukeluther remained lively, joking while the group moved in silence:

“Everyone, there is no need to be so careful since I am on lookout. Nabel-chan

trusts me; look at how calm she is.”

“Not because of you. It’s because Momon-san is here.”

Narberal frowned. Thinking that things might get out of hand, Ainz places his

hand on Narberal’s shoulder, and her expression warmed instantly.

Observing their interaction, Lukeluther asked:

“Say, Nabel-chan and Momon-san, are you two a couple?”

“Cou-couple? What are you saying! That’s Albedo-sama!”

“You!” Ainz shouted. “What are you saying, Nabel!”

“Ah!”

With her eyes wide open, Naberal covered her mouth with her hands. Ainz

coughed and spoke coldly:

“... Lukeluther-san, could you please not make baseless assumptions?”

“... Ah-- my bad. Just kidding. Ah—— Could it be that Momon-san already has a

significant other?”

The way Lukeluther bowed suggested that he wasn’t sorry at all, but Ainz wasn’t

as mad as before. Picking Narberal as a companion was a really stupid

decision.

But despite thinking that he picked the wrong person, Ainz didn’t really have a

choice since she was the only one he could rely on. Almost all of the created

NPC’s in Ainz Ooal Gown were heteromorphic; few of them could be brought

into a human city. Narberal was pretending to be a human, and at least she had

the appearance of one… but Ainz forgot to take her personality into

consideration.

From the look of things, maybe the other battle maid, Lupus Reytina Beta,

would’ve been more suitable, but it was already too late for that.

Because of her blunder, Narberal’s face was pale, so Ainz gently patted her on

the back to calm her. A good superior must be able to forgive the first mistake of

his subordinate. But if she repeated her mistake, he would need to reprimand

her appropriately. If she became depressed or reserved because of a mistake,

then the mission would be negatively affected thereafter.

More importantly, she only mentioned Albedo’s name. There was no need to

alter memories ——probably.

“Lukeluther, cut the crap and stay alert.”

“Got it.”

“Momon-san, I’m sorry for the rudeness of my companion. It is wrong to make

conjectures about the affairs of others.”

“Don’t worry. If he can keep that in mind in the future, we can just let this go.”

The two of them looked at Lukeluther’s back and heard him mumbled “Wah——

Nabel-chan hates me now. Ugu, her opinion of me is totally negative.” His head

depressingly drooped.

“That fool…! I wil lecture him later. And I wil pretend I didn’t hear anything just

now.”

“Well, I wil have to trouble you with that. Since Lukeluther is on guard, let’s

leave it to him. I would like to find out a few things.”

“No problem. He caused trouble for you, so just let him work to compensate

you.”

After Peter smiled in acknowledgement, Ainz walked to Ninya and Darwin’s side.

He switched positions with Darwin, who then walked alongside Narberal.

“I have a few questions related to magic.”

After Ninya nodded, Ainz started to ask. Enfrea looked over as well, interested in

Ainz’s question.

“If bewitched or controlled by magic, a person may divulge confidential

information. As a countermeasure, are there any spells that will conditionally kil

an affected a person after he answers a few questions?”

“I’ve never heard of such magic.”

Ainz turned and looked at Enfrea from behind his helmet.

“I don’t know either. Magic to correct or strengthen something can be activated

after a fixed period of time, but not to the extent you speak of.”

“... I see.”

Ainz was disappointed to not hear the answer he was hoping for.

And so, the problem of how to use the survivors of the Sunlight Scripture will

have to wait.

The survivors were few, but it would be a waste to dispose of them. To

understand the magical theory behind why the Sunlight Scripture members

disappeared after dying, they performed dissection on a few of them alive, which

was really wasteful. Since they died so easily, wouldn't it have been better to

squeeze more information from them? Losing one person meant forgoing the

chance to ask 3 questions.

The most regrettable was Nigan, who was the first to die. They lost the one who

probably held a lot of information over a few simple questions.

But this failure taught Ainz that using merely the knowledge he had from

YGGDRASIL wasn’t enough to handle this world, so Nigan’s death wasn’t a

complete waste. It was better to look on the bright side, as he had learnt plenty

from this failure too.