NOVEL WEB 9. The Devil Loves to Smile
Demiurge PoV:
Demiurge move quickly towards the first floor using the ring of Ainz Ooal Gown. The massive grin on his face and swishing of his tail indicated how happy he was. He kept stroking the precious ring he had received. It was truly precious. 'My precious' he thought.
He thought back to everything that had occurred. Firstly, the constraints binding him being released. He thought this was due to the order of the supreme beings, so there was not much reason to question this. Except it was not. Arguably, 10 minutes after being free to move of his own will, the Guardian Overseer Albedo had arrived on his floor. This was definitely not normal as Albedo had the honour of serving beside the supreme beings personally in the throne room.
What followed in the quick conversation after that was Albedo providing the news of Lord Momonga's untimely passing. While he was sad that yet another supreme being had left them and departed the world, there was one silver lining to all of this. Lady White had remained behind and summoned them in the throne room within a few minutes. Not to mention Lord Momonga passing on the right to rule Nazarick to her.
With sadness as the melody playing in the background, Demiurge quickly made his way towards the throne room. Being late was not an option. Disobeying the supreme one's orders was one of the actions of highest disrespect one could commit. It seemed that all his fellow guardians and comrades thought so as well as they gathered before the mighty gates of judgement. Albedo arrived after inviting everyone and turned towards them to issue one last warning with a glare.
"We will now be in audience with the supreme being. Remember, no mistakes are allowed here. If Lady White was to be dissatisfied due to our mistakes and leave as well, then none of us can take responsibility for committing such a sin. Everything must happen perfectly and we must satisfy all her desires."
While Albedo told this to all of us in such a aggressive manner, none of us felt offended. This was because what she said was entirely true. They were finally having the opportunity to serve the supreme one and share her burdens, if any at all. And they must deliver perfectly, especially as they are the guardian's appointed by the supreme beings.
As the gates were opened by the head butler Sebas, who he never gets along with, we could finally see Lady White in all her glory. He had heard from his creator, Lord Ulbert, that she uses a skill called recognition obstruction against those who are not close to her, so that they do not recognize her. This is already a sign of primary acceptance of the NPC's. This was already more than any of them could hope for.
We followed Albedo into the throne room and pledged our allegiance to the supreme beings and then heard her voice in their minds.
'Thank you for assembling here on my call. All of Nazarick has been affected by dimensional magic even beyond my capabilities. I don't know who or what is responsible for this. As you may have also heard, Momonga has departed from our midst during such a perilous situation where we have no knowledge of what is going on. So, I require your assistance more than ever right now.'
Dimensional magic beyond her capabilities. While he doubts someone could have a mastery over the mysteries of space beyond Lady White, even a fool might have been able to use an object such as a world class item in order to trap their lady. This is truly a dangerous situation where we as guardians need to ensure that no threats approach their lady at all.
After swearing to help Lady White, Demiurge spoke up,
"Lady White, we have already been informed of what has happened. While I do wish lord Momonga was here with us right now, Albedo is right. We need a supreme being to lead us. As the last remaining supreme being and the one that lord Momonga passed on right of regency to, please take your rightful place upon the throne."
This was because he could see some sort of hesitation within their lady. Maybe she feels that she is betraying her comrades by taking Lord Momonga's place. Luckily no accidents happened and she did not deny her rightful place upon the throne. As she sat down on the throne of kings, they witnessed the birth of a new ruler first-hand. The other NPC's would be very jealous of this as only us, the guardians as well as Sebas, were able to witness this historic moment.
As the cheers died down and Lady White started assigning their duties, we focused on our tasks with utmost concentration. She also decide to hide the entirety of Nazarick within her own pocket dimension for our safety. Such feats of space magic were even beyond Lord Momonga or Lord Ulbert who were well known magic casters. It was also well known that Lady White used incomprehensibly different magic as compared to the other dwellers of YGGDRASIL.
She was however interrupted by a message from Aureole Omega about the news of possible approaching invaders with strange objects. If they did come with the purpose of invasion, then he was amazed by the courage these filth possessed to intrude upon the sacred grounds of the supreme beings. Amidst his silent fury, he heard Lady white commad him, 'We will get to know everything after we meet these humans. Demiurge, invite our guests to the throne room. You can use force if they refuse to comply.' Demiurge was smiling with glee as he could fulfil the supreme one's order personally. He also hoped that those insects did not comply as he could teach them a lesson in person before dragging them to be judged by Lady White. His nature as a devil compelled such cruelty after all. The only exceptions to this were his fellow comrades in Nazarick as well as, of course, the supreme beings.
What brought even more happiness to him was being bestowed the ring of Ainz Ooal Gown. No other NPC had ever had such an honour yet. He could feel the envy on every NPC present in the throne room. This was a symbol of trust in his capabilities. He could not fail their goddess and let her trust down. No, he had to work even harder to prove himself worthy of that trust.
His little flashback was over as he reached the first floor where the Pleiades had gathered. In fact all this passed through his mind in a matter of seconds. They bowed immediately upon seeing him. This was not surprising, as being a guardian appointed by the supreme beings, he was their superior. As such he immediately took charge of the situation.
"Solution, follow me to 'invite' those vermin for an audience with Lady White. Yuri Alpha, will remain in charge of the rest of the Pleiades on the first floor. Let's not waste anymore time."
"Yes, Lord Demiurge."
As he started walking, he immediately cast a dimensional lock on the surroundings as clandestinely as possible, while sending a message to Aureole Omega to stop any escapees if any at all. They might be dealing with people specializing in space magic so such measures were necessary. He also asked the evil lords under his command to surround the area as backup. They were teleported by Aureole Omega. One might think that such preparation was overkill for mere humans, but he was never careless. Anything less than perfection was not acceptable in his books. That's how he was designed to be.
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A/N: I actually wasn't going to write all of this for chapter 9. The reason for this whole chapter about Demiurge simping is only to write the 'My precious'. Nothing else. I don't even know why I wanted to dedicate a whole chapter to those two words.