Iri, who had run out, naturally didn't forget to first run to the counter to ask for her money!
As soon as the young lady at the counter saw Iri, she very obediently paid the reward of 10 gold coins. After receiving her reward, Iri turned around and saw her father, Ainz, waiting for her.
"Brother Fei Fei, could you wait for me outside?" Iri still felt a bit guilty seeing her father, Ainz, since she had suddenly run out.
However, Iri had already prepared an excuse when she ran out. As long as Xiao Di wasn't around, dealing with her father, Ainz, was a piece of cake.
"Alright," her father, Ainz, nodded and went out with Nabe.
After Iri sent her father, Ainz, away, she walked directly to the two Adventurers who had guided her to that forest earlier. They looked worried.
As soon as Iri returned, the Guild Master had called her up for a long time. They thought the Guild Master would make things difficult for Iri, but seeing Iri come down, and even the legendary Steel Rank Black Warrior Fei Fei following her down, the two were greatly startled. They were even more surprised to see that Iri seemed to know Fei Fei.
"Here, what I promised you," Iri extended her hand and handed them four gold coins.
Seeing the four gold coins Iri handed over, Xiumu and Dean didn't take them.
"Miss Iri, we can't take this money," Xiumu said.
"Why? Didn't we agree at the beginning? Do you think it's too little?" Iri was displeased. Hadn't they agreed on four gold coins at the beginning?
"No... it's not that, it's too much. We merely led the way, and before, Miss Iri's kindness to me..." Xiumu said some inexplicable words.
??? Iri was utterly confused, tilting her head to show she didn't understand. Was there someone who thought money was too much? What kindness? What was wrong with this person?
"One, one is enough!" Dean, who was beside her, picked up one from Iri's hand and said with a smile.
"Is that enough?" Iri asked again, looking confused.
"It's enough, it's enough!" Xiumu seemed like he wanted to say something else, but Dean stopped him and replied with a smile.
"You decided it yourselves! I'm leaving, okay? Don't say I'm stingy later." Iri turned and left, still confused. These two people were really strange.
"Xiumu!" Xiumu couldn't understand why they would still ask for money from their savior. If Iri hadn't used that Sixth Tier recovery spell on him at the time, his Adventurer's career would probably have ended, and he would have become a useless person who only dragged others down. Xiumu naturally couldn't accept such an outcome.
"Xiumu! Didn't you notice? This Miss Iri didn't even realize that you were the person she saved earlier?" Dean explained with a complex expression.
"What? Miss Iri didn't notice?" Xiumu looked surprised.
"Perhaps in her eyes, she wouldn't even notice insignificant people like us! After all, she and we are not on the same level!" Dean said.
"Is that so..." Xiumu looked unwilling, gazing at the place where Iri had left. Iri's figure was long gone.
...
After getting the travel expenses, Iri followed her father, Ainz, to a rather luxurious inn on another main street. This could also be considered the tragedy of the Steel Rank!
What a display, what a display! It's said that the rent for this inn isn't cheap!
Her father, Ainz, had a headache about this for a while, but now that they had robbed the Royal Capital once, and the Eight Fingers' underground businesses had basically fallen into Nazarick's hands, it shouldn't be that bad, right?
However... remembering the paltry twenty copper coins her father, Ainz, had given her when she went out earlier.
Uh... am I really his biological child?
As soon as they returned to the inn, her father, Ainz's helmet disappeared, and he gave an order to Nabe.
"Nabe, be vigilant."
"Yes!" Nabe nodded to her father, Ainz, and then two rabbit ears appeared on her head...
They're here! Nabe, the entomologist's rabbit ear mode!
Although I knew this was just a means to prevent eavesdropping, I was still happy to see it.
"So... my daughter, Iri, how did it go? Speak!" her father, Ainz, asked.
Oh! It seems that after Xiao Di's baptism, her father, Ainz, is also very savvy now. He clearly wanted to ask what had happened to me, right?
But her father, Ainz, didn't ask directly like that. Instead, he pretended to know everything, wanting me to report what I was doing to him!
Oh, oh!! Such a sly father, Ainz, is also so cute! I want to pounce on him! But it's not the time yet, so in that case.
"Father Ainz, things are just as you expected! Everything went smoothly! I, following Father Ainz's intentions, have successfully attracted the attention of the Adventurer's Guild and the Kingdom," Iri replied with a smile.
"Is that so... Well done, my daughter," her father, Ainz, nodded, feigning a very satisfied expression.
Iri almost burst out laughing. What attracting the attention of the Adventurer's Guild and the Kingdom? This was completely Iri's fabrication.
Although it was fabricated, it was a fabrication with some basis, after all, she had directly made a large hole in the mountain. Such a conspicuous act would definitely attract attention.
So Iri used this in reverse. Anyway, it would be noticed sooner or later, so it was better to say that she did it according to her father, Ainz's instructions. Anyway, the omnipotent Xiao Di would come up with a grand "plan" for her later.
"I merely acted according to Father Ainz's wishes. Father Ainz is truly amazing! To be able to think of such a brilliant method, it's a pity that I only grasp a tiny bit of it, and I'm still far from your wisdom," Iri said humbly, mimicking Xiao Di.
"Heh heh! My daughter, with time, you will also be like me," her father, Ainz, replied with full majesty.
"No... Compared to the great Father Ainz, I still have too much to learn. The current me is still too far from you," Iri continued to flatter Ainz, and also to cover for her next actions.
"Heh heh, then Iri, for the next action..." Her father, Ainz, deliberately spoke only half a sentence, then looked at Iri.
Iri almost laughed out loud again. It was clear that he had been with Xiao Di for a long time and had developed the habit of only saying half a sentence at such times, letting Xiao Di complete the rest. Alright! This is exactly what I wanted.
"For the next action, I plan to go to the Empire according to your wishes, Father Ainz, and join the team invading Nazarick," Iri said.
Iri's direct statement was also carefully considered, not just a random fabrication. The Empire's plan to recruit Black Workers to invade Nazarick was proposed by Xiao Di after misunderstanding Ainz's intentions.
The purpose was to allow Nazarick to gain so-called righteousness on the surface, and also to use those greedy Black Workers to test Nazarick's defense system.
Iri's plan was to directly infiltrate the Black Worker team, stop the Four Strategists before entering Nazarick, and as for the others, let them die.
Then Iri's excuse was: I want to join the Black Worker team and also use it to test Nazarick's external defenses and for training! After all, those Black Workers are very weak! Using them to test Nazarick's defense system feels like the intensity isn't quite enough!
Such a statement would probably be acceptable to her father, Ainz, and Xiao Di, and I even presumptuously claimed that this was actually Father Ainz's idea, so Xiao Di would have even less to say.
If she could successfully prevent the Four Strategists from entering Nazarick, this set of excuses wouldn't be needed. If she couldn't stop them, Iri still had a backup plan, but that would be discussed later.
Furthermore... this explanation could also provide a reasonable explanation for why she had just turned on the Guild Master of the Adventurer's Guild!
"I see, no wonder Princess Elizabeth suddenly threw away her badge in front of that bug," Nabe said, suddenly enlightened, looking at Iri with admiration.
See? Nabe seemed to have understood.
"Sister Nabe, I merely acted according to Father Ainz's instructions," Iri continued to say.
"Mm! Well done," her father, Ainz, nodded unnaturally, then seemed to glance at Iri secretly, looking guilty.
This small action was noticed by Iri. No way? Father Ainz? You didn't even realize this, did you?
"As expected of Lord Ainz and Princess Elizabeth, working together so perfectly. I completely didn't understand why Princess Elizabeth would do that at the time," Nabe also looked at her father, Ainz, with admiration.
"Is that so... That's nothing, but Nabe, do you truly understand why Iri did that?" her father, Ainz, asked with a dignified expression.
"Huh? Did I misunderstand?" Nabe looked utterly bewildered and confused, gazing at Ainz.
No, no, Nabe, you understood correctly! That's exactly what it meant! Father Ainz just wants to trick you! Iri complained in her heart.
However, seeing her father, Ainz, act so comically, Iri didn't intend to explain, only wanting to watch the show.
"Do you truly understand?" her father, Ainz, emphasized his tone.
"I... I..." Nabe glanced at Iri, who had a faint smile, then turned her gaze back to Ainz.
"Nabe, I permit you to state your understanding of my and Iri's intentions. If your understanding is incorrect, I will correct you," her father, Ainz, said meaningfully, completely adopting the attitude of "This is a test for you!"
"Yes!! Yes!" Nabe nodded quickly in agreement.
Iri's face still held an incomparably brilliant smile, though it looked a bit stiff. No choice! After all, it was too hard to hold back the urge to roll on the floor laughing.
If it weren't in front of her father, Ainz, and Nabe, Iri would definitely be clutching her stomach and rolling on the floor, bursting into laughter now.
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