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Third-person POV
Tranquility descended into the halls of the throne room after the emperor had left. For a moment nobody said anything, but after a long uncomfortable silence where nobody dared to say anything Ainz seized the moment.
"Alright, today is a special day. It marks the first official contact with the outside world if we do not count in my visit at the village carne. I hope you all are prepared for what is to come" he broke the silence with his small speech.
"Yes of course" Responded Demiurge with childish glee and stepped forward as if to address the remaining guardians who except for Albedo, all had kneeled down before the throne
Then Demiurge turned around performed a polite bow like a student greeting his teacher, his tail swishing around in excitement.
"Congratulations, my Lord, your plan was a complete success, world domination is within your grasp" he declared excitedly
"WHAT" called out a confused voice from somewhere
"Of course I don't pretend to know all your plans. But what you and Lady Oriana did with Momon and the Seven deadly sins...To think you would plan this far" He shivered excitedly.
He turned around once more, back to the other guardians, his hands clasped behind his back
"World domination has always been one of our Lord's goals, but I trust everybody is already aware of that" Demiurge addressed the guardians, which reviewed a nod from his colleges
what are these guys talking about
"Demiurge, I will allow you to explain my plan to the rest of the guardians in more detail" said Ainz in the hope to gather more information using plan A.
Ask the far smarter person and use their conclusion
"Of course my Lord, as my fellow guardians probably already know was the invitation to Nazarick which the mercenaries fell for, a poisoned trap.
But what you don't know was that it was not meant to poison the invaders but the Empire as a whole." Explained Demiurge.
"I-I am sorry but I dont understand" stammered Mare
"There are principles we need to abide by" Explained Albedo
"That's right, with the attack on the mercenaries, the emperor was forced to come here in person to apologize to Lord Ainz, but cunning as he is, he soon realized how powerful our lord was and what vast resources he had at his disposal. It was clear to him that he had to make peace with us, and so he was forced into a situation where he had to ally himself with us."
"Ohhhhhh" the guardians cheered
"Hehehehe" giggled Demiurge and Albedo
"Do you think that alone is the extent of the plan from our Masters?" Asked Demiurge with a faux smile on his face.
"Huuh" the guardians exclaimed in surprise
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUH" (Who is thinking that, I wonder?)
"By being forced into this situation, the emperor has also become afraid, which will soon lead him to search for a way to defeat us, and especially Lord Ainz. I think he'll start by allying himself with the remaining kingdoms, and he'll also search for someone capable of defeating Lord Ainz."
"But there is no one capable of doing that" Aura and the otherwise shy Mare exclaimed loudly
"Ohh I wouldn't say that" Smirked Demiurge
"By placing herself directly on the armrest of our ruler's throne, and by seemingly influencing Lord Ainz during the meeting, Lady Oriana made the emperor believe that she has great influence over our ruler, and his ear if she wishes. That means if he will try to betray our Lord this way..." explained Demiurge, leaving the last sentence hanging in the air.
"We will know..." finished Shalltear, who finally understood it too
"But to think you already planned all this the moment you invented the adventurer Momon and the evil Organization, it all dances in the plan of your hands..." Demiurge sighed with a dreamy expression on his face.
"Momon?"
"Evil Organization?"
"Ahh haha, you mean that time...?" Ainz asked nervously.
"Exactly so, my Lord" Demiurge replied lightning fast
"But at that time I also said..." Ainz indicated.
"Exactly so" Demiurge replied again
FUUUUUUCK I just can't get it out of him, I have to use plan b Ainz thought
"Umu, Demiurge, I will leave the execution of my plans to you" ordered Ainz, and used the masterful technic: Pass on the problem to someone more competent
"Of course my Lord, it's a honor" Demiurge replied Exited
"Oriana with me, I need to speak to you alone" Said Ainz in a tone that left no word of excuse
"Yes, I thought the same thing" She replied eagerly
And with this the guardians, watched as their leaders left to speak alone, probably to scheme more, and create another brilliant plan that would offer them the world on a silver tablet
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Ainz POV
He entered his study together with his friend Oriana and sat on the big chair behind the massive desk. His friend occupied the chair on the opposite side, and then they sat opposite each other, silently, without making a sound, no one really keen to break the silence.
"What the Fuck just happened" he said in a dead pend voice his emotional suppressor keeping him from making a big szene
"I...I don't know" Replied his friend in a similar dead pend voice.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?" he cried out his emotional suppressor kicking in instantly.
"Haaah, sorry for shouting, I thought Demiurge said you took part in the scheming?" he apologized and asked in a more calm voice
"What do you mean scheming? I am as clueless as you besides I just wanted to contribute to the meeting too, you always get to play the main role." his friends sighed.
"Wait so you decided to sit on the arm rest of my throne because you wanted to participate more, how does that work?" he asked, shaking his head in disbelief
"I wanted it to look like I am the right hand of the big bad. You know? Like Darth Vader and Darth Sidious" Oriana explained referencing the two iconic characters out of this old movie franchise.
"By sitting on my armrest?" He asked teasingly.
"Okay, like a feminine and sexier Darth Vader, happy now." his friend retorted in a pouty tone
"..."
"Hahahahahaha" both started to laugh until one of them was suddenly unable too
"Haah, that damn suppressor, sometimes I love it, and sometimes I hate it" He stated
"Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too" His fiend tried to reply with a semblance of wisdom
"You are unfair, just because you as a vampire don't have that problem" he replied sulky
"Well, some of us just lucked out" Oriana stated smugly.
"..."
"Now, another question." she started more serious and changing the subject
"I'm no genius like Demiurge, but if we want our own kingdom, we need land, and since we don't officially own any, we have to conquer it. Considering the location of our tomb, I'm guessing E-Rantel and the surrounding lands..."
"Mmmm, so we will have to declare war on the Kingdom, right?" He asked back.
"That's right" Oriana confirmed
"I haven't heard you question yet"
"..."
"Come on, you can tell me"
"Should it come to a point where our personal involvement is necessary...
I want to be the one who does the deed" requested the Original Vampire, her eyes shining in a deep red light.
"Why is that?" he asked interested
"I want to use 'that'"
"Your true form, are you sure? You know how it went last time, and that was just the incomplete transformation." He asked in a worried tone.
"Yes, I am sure. It is my ability and I will not let it control me. I have to do that my pride demands it" she said with conviction her eyes shining even brighter.
"I don't know..." he started
"Besides it will be a great boon to Nazarick too. You can not tell me you would want to leave all those corpses wasted." she challenged him.
"Fine, I believe in you. If it comes to it the playing field is yours" he gave in.
"Thank you Ainz, I promise It will be alright"
"I hope so" he replied
Yes I really hope so
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