Chapter 11: Nazarick-Act 1
When all these monsters were gathered infront of me, I felt a little intimidated due to their clear hostility towards me because of my human nature. "Well done for gathering here" said Ainz and I saw them prostrate immediately before him. It was quite unusual for me to see, but I guess this is my life now.
"You might be wondering why I called you here today" said Ainz and their heads remained bowed until it seemed they were signalled by Albedo to raise their heads, and they gazed at him with such reverence it made me chuckled, and I then felt a clear wave of hostility hit me and I immediately shut up. "Filthy human, you dare laugh in my lords presence!" shouted the vampire loli.
Ainz looked at her immediately and it seemed she was cowed by his gaze, and it seemed she found some pleasure in it. 'Gross' I thought as I gazed back at my friend Ainz as he began his speech again. "I have come to introduce to you a friend" he said and their gazes of hostility became that of surprise. "What, but Lord Ainz! You can do better than a measly human! He is not worthy of being your friend!" shouted Albedo.
Ainz looked at her and his gaze became that of cold ice, as if the very molecules in the air was frozen in motion. "You are gonna question me on my friends?" asked Ainz and Albedo looked like as if he just slapped her across the face. "No, my lord but I" she muttered and Ainz looked at her again and said "So why is this a problem?" asked Ainz and she quieted down, and looked sad.
Ainz then motioned me up to where he was and he put his boney hand on my shoulder. They looked frozen now that I looked at them, and it seemed as if they would break down. "Here is my friend! My equal in standing here, John Mycroft!" he shouted as their gazes gathered to me again. "Hello" I said as I bowed, a perfect ninety degrees that would impress even the Japanese, I think.
"My name is John Mycroft, and I am grateful for your lord for inviting me here today" I said to them as polite as I could. "I also brought gifts" I said as they looked up at me, confused and somewhat off balanced. 'A human brought us gifts?' might have been their thoughts and I went up to each one.
I stopped at Albedo first as the guardians leader and coordinator. She looked up at me, gritting her teeth at me as I presented her two objects, a statue of Ainz in his robes and a hammer called World strike. She looked like she wanted to still be angry at me, but I could tell I got some small approval for the ainz statue.
For the twins, I gave the boy a staff and the girl some powerful guantletts called the infinity gauntlet. I then went to the one who looked like a beetle that was given too many steroids. I gave him a blade that was said to kill even gods. I then neared the vampire loli and gave her a bag of infinite blood and a spear called the absolute spear. The last of the guardians was the demon Demiurge. I gifted him a demon sword called Gadol.
For the people in the back, I provided armor and even more powerful weapons. Only the best for my friend, am I gonna regret this later? Most definitely, and am I gonna care? Nope, cause of they try to kill me, I can instantly recall the weapons to the vault. I can even shoot them out like a certain gold hero.
I went back up to the stage where Ainz was and stood there, waiting for the next move. "I want you all to treat him well, as if he was a supreme being!" he shouted and it left no room for argument. "Yes! Lord Mycroft, we swear to you on Lord Ainz orders!" they shouted and I was left in shock.
"I'm sorry what?" I asked Ainz as he smirked at me, not really sure if what he was doing counted as a smirk. "Yes, now you should be safe and get some royal treatment" said Ainz and I swear I could feel a chuckel coming on from his slightly twitching jaw bone. 'I swear, this guy' I thought as I stood beside him and bowed again.
" I swear, I will find a way to get you back for this" I told him with a strained face. Ainz laughed and patted me on the back and I ended up going back with him to the office, with Ainz and Demiurge following in tow. They looked at me with small reverence, but they still doubted me, maybe if I displayed strength they would respect me more.
As I got to the door of the spot, I opened it and welcomed them in and Albedo and Demiurge looked around in curiosity. "How did this get here?" they ask and I said "Random chance" and it was not wrong. I poured them drinks and explained the general purpose of the spot and what it could do.
"Amazing, so many worlds that my lord could conqeur" said Demiurge and I looked at Ainz and he looked away, a small whistle escaping his mouth much to my curiosity. "No, conquering is allowed" I said to them as Demiurge looked confused at this but did not retort anything about it. "Anyhow, if you guys need or want anything, please come here, especially if you need to relax, hold meetings, etc" I told them.
I poured each of them drinks and it seemed as if the tension melted away, though I don't think it was the alchohol considering their unique physiology. 'Something to test later' I thought. We then discussed some general plans and what I wanted to get out of the visit and I went to bed waiting for the new day.