Aika stood iweewo dark elven twins, her hands stroking their heads as Aura and Mare rubbed their teary, red eyes.

  And before long, the two lowered their heads towards Momonga, Yuuji, and Leloud bowed in apology.

  “Please five our unsightly appearance…!”

  “P-Please five us…!”

  The dark, skeletal overlord approached them, his build t over the dark elven children twice or thrice over, and put a hand on their shoulders.

  “There is no reason for you to apologize. Rise.”

  The twins raised their heads as ordered, eyes still red and cheeks still stained with tears.

  They pursed their lips tightly, else, they would cry all ain. They were on the verge of tears even now as Aika still stroked their heads ever so gently and affeately.

  After a while, the two finally calmed down, and Aika also stopped stroking their heads so as to not tihe waterworks.

  “Aura, have you received my order from Sebas?”

  “Ah, yes, Momonga-sama! I’ve sent my stealthier pets to scout the area around Nazarick as you ordered, and put them under Sebas’s and! I have given him ahat would allow him to talk with my pets, so he should be able to and and receive information from them easily!

  I’ve decided to stay here with Mare to defend this floor since we were also ordered to increase the defense level of Nazarick to the highest!”

  The figure of the young, g dark elven child had disappeared. And in her pce was the guardian of the sixth floor.

  Although she responded in a youthful, einer, it was clear that the dark elven child before them was not a regur child, but one of the most powerful beings within Nazaritrusted with the task to guard the safety of aire floor.

  “Good. tinue yood work. Mare as well.”

  ““Yes, Momonga-sama!””

  Hearing their answer, Momonga nodded in satisfa.

  “I believe I have also ordered Albedo to gather all fluardians, aside from the guardian of the fourth flargantua, and guardian of the eighth floor, Victim, to the Amphitheatre in an hour.”

  “Yes! We’ve received the message from Albedo.”

  Aura firmed as her twin brother nodded repeatedly in agreement.

  “And we have arrived early to… do a bit of test and… exercise.”

  “Test…?”

  “E-Exercise?”

  The twins tilted their heads, looking at the figure of the master of death and leader of the supreme beings with clear fusion.

  But then, a hand touched their shoulder from behind, and they turo look to see Aika with a wide, excited smile oherworldly visage.

  “That’s right~ Yuuji and I would like to borrow the grounds a out a few things with our powers~! Would that be fine?”

  “Of course! Absolutely! The grounds and the entire Nazarick belong to the Supreme Beings! Please feel free to use them!”

  “Fufufu~ Thank you~”

  Yuuji approached the twins and smiled softly at the two.

  While he wasn’t as close to Bukubukuchagama as he was to her little brother, Perorono, he was still one of the closest friends to the female voice actress with the slime tank avatar. And just as she asked Aika to take care of her twin “children”, she had also asked the same to him as her job slowly began causio be uo e online as often anymore.

  It was the same time as Perorono asking him to take care of his “kid” and joke about making her “his”, before he also began to log in less and less.

  Thus, from his “memories”, he also had developed a closeo the twin dark elven children before him.

  “Thank you, Aura, Mare.”

  ““Anything for the Supreme Beings.””

  The two bowed their heads towards Aika and Yuuji in pure reverend respebsp;

  “Well then, shall we start- Hm?”

  Just then, Momonga and the rest noticed the sound of heavy footsteps aals g against each other echoed throughout the grounds.

  And wheuro look, they saw Albedo approag them equipped in full-body bck pte armor.

  The suit of armor that resembled that of a demon was covered in spikes and did not expose the slightest bit of her smooth, beautiful, jade skin. Its cwed gaus grasped a bck kite shield in one hand and the jet-bck wand with an equally jet-bck sphere floating at its tip; the world item Ginnungagap.

  A jet-bck horned helmet covered her beautiful face. And behind her, a blood-red cape fluttered with every step she took, while the doublet beh was also the carmine of fresh blood.

  Upon receiving the order to e to the Amphitheatre early to “protect” the Supreme Beings during their little “test”, Albedo did not hesitate to equip her full set of armor and her world item.

  Her levels were in the defense focused Dark Knight css. As a result, among the three level 100 warriors of Nazarick - Sebas, Cocytus, and Albedo - she possessed the greatest defensive ability.

  In other words, she was the stro shield of Nazaribsp;

  “Albedo…?”

  Stunned in pce, Momonga looked at the guardian overseer in shod fusion. Why was she here so soon…? Shouldn’t she be ing along with Demiurge ter on, just like in the anime?

  Upon arriving before the Supreme Beings, the alluriy bowed gracefully.

  “Please five my tardiness. I have e in accordah Aika-sama's summon upon pleting the task given by Momonga-sama. All fluardians have been informed of your orders. They shall be arriving in approximately 1 hour from now.”

  All eyes turowards Aika as her eyes curved into crest moons and her luscious red lips curled into a wide smile which, due to the nature of her job css, appeared seductive ag.

  “Fufu~ I’ve called Albedo here to help us with our testing and protect us in case something goes wrong~”

  “Ah… I see. Very well.”

  Momonga nodded and accepted the reasonable expnation Aika gave. Oher hand, Lelouch seemed to sense something else hiddeh Aika’s a of calling Albedo here, though he did not pursue it further.

  While Yuuji noticed something in her smile that also made him doubt that prote was the entire reason why Aika called Albedo here…

  And seeing the mischievousness in her beautiful smile was all the firmation he needed. However, he couldn’t find out why…

  Yuuji couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Sometimes, figuring out what’s in his beloved girlfriend’s dirty little mind was much more difficult than figuring out the stock market during an eic upheaval.

  Momonga and Lelouch then headed to the side of the grounds with Aura, Mare, and Albedo following closely behind.

  And they would stop only after they were right in front of the stone walls that separated the edge of the arena grounds and the audience seat.

  Even then, after hearing the absurdity of both Yuuji and Aika’s Job Css and Race, Momonga still felt like he wasn’t far enough from the two.

  He turo look at Albedo, who stood in front of him and adorned in full set armor and equipment in addition to the World Item Ginnungagap, a a bit safer.

  He hadn’t thanked Aika enough for her thoughtfulness for calling Albedo to protect them from the possible devastation she and Yuuji might unleash during this “exercise”.

  “Arise… Touch Me. Ulbert Ain Odle.”

  Momonga raised his left bony hands in front of him, and upon uttering the names of his past rades and close friends, two jet-bck, shadowy figures rose from the ground a few distance away.

  Immediately, a look nition and shock appeared owins’ face. And although Albedo’s expression was hiddeh her helmet, she still flinched in shock, causing her armor to g against each other slightly.

  The two “Phantoms”, which had a simir appearance as the Supreme Beings who had long since “abahem, rose and stood on their feet, before slowly making their way towards Yuuji and Aika.

  At first gnce, aside from their color, the Phantoms had the same exact appearance as the Supreme Beings.

  However, the aura, presence, and strength they emanated were… far less than what Albedo, Aura, and Mare remembered.

  They were slightly muddled and… faihan what they would expect from a true Supreme Being. If Yuuji-sama, Aika-sama, Momonga-sama, and Lelouch-sama were Suns, then they would be more akin to Moons…

  Just then, the deep, somber voice of the Supreme Being who led all others resounded.

  “They are simply Phantoms… A being with the appearand power akin to the inal created from my memories of my dear friends and rade. While they may share a simir appearahey are far weaker.

  In a true fight, they would not stand even a few seds against someone like Yuuji and Aika. However, they were still more powerful than any other summons. So, they would have to suffice for this little exercise.”

  “A-Ah yes…”

  “I-I see…”

  The realization and… hope that he heard within voices of the twin siblings standing to his sides prompted him to look towards them.

  And as he expected, he could see hope within those two pairs of heteroatic eyes. He could immediately tell what they were thinking, for he too thought the same the moment he acquired [Keeper of Memories].

  “...Unfortunately, they do not have the memories of the inal, as they are two separate beings. Although they might have simir mannerisms, they are, in the end, phantoms created through my memories.

  However…”

  A rge, bony, skeletal haed owins’ head, causing them to look up at the t figure of the Supreme Being and Master of Death.

  “If you wish to… I have a phantom of Bukubukuchagama-san to stay with the two of you.”

  “I-Is that true, Momonga-sama?!”

  Momonga Aura’s outburst and Mare’s inteare. And tears began to flow once more from the twins' eyes as they sobbed and bowed their heads towards the master of the tomb.

  ““T-Thank you very much!””

  It was only obvious why they would rea such a way.

  Even Albedo flinched ever so slightly the momeered those words.

  The two dark elven children… No, all children of Nazarick deserved happiness. And upon being “abandoned” by their creators, a hole was created within their hearts.

  In the anime, all the NPCs worked hard in order to fulfill everythihe leader of Ainz Ooal Gown and the remaining Supreme Being, wished.

  But their as were not done solely out of their loyalty to Nazarid himself. They were do of desperation and fear. They worked hard in the hopes that he, the st Supreme Being, would not abandon them as well.

  And Momonga did not want his precious, precious children to live like that.

  He was no longer afraid of the NPCs betraying him, for he knew now the depth of their loyalty.

  And if having the Phantoms of his past friends and rades roam around the Guild like they used to and allow the children of Nazarick to i with their creator would make them happy, then he would do it.

  He’d rather his children work hard out of their desire t happiness and prosperity to Nazarick, rather than out of desperation and fear.

  And although the Phantoms could talk and act like they once were, they were all still uheir and, so he didn’t o fear that they would create problems or cause a fight between the NPbsp;

  The rge, skeletal hands rested owins’ head once again as Momonga began to stroke them, hoping it would calm them down.

  Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to work. Or rather, it made them cry even more.

  To be able to see and even i with their creators, their parents, once again was something all children of Nazarick wished for from the bottom of their hearts. Even if they were a mere phantom.

  But now… they could.

  And the ce to do so was something even more precious than their own lives.

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