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Ainz stood in front of a huge machine, which facilitate the summoning of Servants, and began to think.

He needed to evaluate the capabilities of all the other Servants. He needed to figure out his own power. He needed to go to the next Singularity. He was supposed to save humanity.

From the point of view of logic - more Servants were not necessary for him. The six Servants with whom he had gone to the Singularity with ,from the very beginning, completed their task. Of course, it would be foolish to believe that in the future all the Singularities will be as easy as the first, but at the same time, if his guesses were confirmed, then the need for additional Servants would disappear by itself.

And yet, he now faced the pseudo-"Throne of Heroes", it's material embodiment in the form of a machine, and laid out the data crystals collected in the Singularity from the killed mobs. Unfortunately, he never collected the data crystals that dropped from the killed Servants, he was too busy with his thoughts - for which he now reproached himself a little. The singularity collapsed, burying with itself all the remaining resources that he could still get, and now he could not collect it. Of course, at that time he was busy thinking about the death of the Servants - however, when he learned that those who died in the Singularity could be summoned again, he felt twice cheated. Not only was his self-recrimination useless - he still had not collected the data crystals, an extremely valuable resource at all times, because of these unnecessary thoughts.

Ainz first considered the Servants to be his collection, then to be an incredible threat, then ordinary people devoured by their desires and decisions, and eventually returned to where he started once again. Gathered as a collection.

On the other hand, it wasn't so bad. Perhaps he would really find a really strong and dangerous Servant this way? In any case, this way of thinking will help him dispel doubts as to whether or not he will find a Servant stronger than himself, or whether those called upon will further convince him in the thought that he somewhat... Underestimated his power.

"Is everything ready?" Romani's voice distracted Ainz, after which the magician nodded. In addition to Ainz himself, the summoning was attended by several more people - Romani, as the chief operator of the machinery, a chief who was interested in issues so intimately related to Chaldea, Serenity, who, having being re-summoned again, did not leave Ainz's side for a second, and Mashu, who came here, apparently, because she had nothing to do. The rest of the Servants preferred to do their own things- Archer was now working in the kitchen, having driven out several workers who had previously worked there, Medusa chose to relax with a book in her hands, Arthuria and Cu Chulainn went sparring - apparently, Caster was still affected by the fact that he never killed a single enemy, and Arthuria agreed to help him vent out his annoyance. Hassan... What Hassan was doing now - Ainz had no idea.

As well as what Da Vinci was doing now. She even found out about Ainz's arrival only a day later, accidentally colliding with Ainz himself in the corridor. She only briefly greeted him, after which she gave him a strange look, full of thought, and went off somewhere to do her own business, muttering in an undertone about "the paradox of an existence of pure information," Ainz did not particularly delve into this.

And now he was standing in front of a machine, watching how Romani was typing something into the keyboard.

Ainz sighed and closed his eyes.

A second later, a huge machinery came to life. Somewhere in the middle of the machinery, an impulse started, after which, several half rings in the center of the machine slowly began to rotate.

The machine itself was a complex and large device, full of sensors and wires - and although Ainz was a child of an era far superior to this in technological development, he still did not understand the device, the techno-magic computer in front of him and only saw a huge machine stretching from wall to wall of the rather large room, as well as the central podium, where the Servant was summoned, surrounded by a cocoon of half rings, which were currently rotating at a tremendous speed. And the small control panel with the keyboard was a little way away, behind which Romani himself was sitting, who at the moment had driven in some predetermined numbers and continued to observe the summoning process with interest.

In the end, after the rings made another turn, a flash of light flashed through the room for a second, after which Ainz heard a slow step of boots clad in steel armor.

"Servant Ruler, Jeanne d'Arc! I'm really glad to meet you!" A girl's voice came to Ainz, after which, at the same time as the dimming flash of light, the face of the Saint, already familiar to him, was illuminated by a smile.

"Jeanne d'Arc," Ainz nodded. It was logical that the central person of the Singularity will appear during the summoning , - "Glad to meet with you again."

"Again?" The girl smiled, after which she glanced at Ainz, "But we have never…"

After that, the girl suddenly cut off her sentence and fell silent, staring at Ainz.

"Wait, we did... we met..." - Jeanne looked at Ainz carefully, after which she thoughtfully took a step towards the magician, "In a distant dream..."

"In the Singularity," Ainz said, "There, we fought together..."

"Against the Witch," Jeanne remembered, after which her eyes brightened and a smile appeared on her face, "Exactly, I remembered! Then it was you who defeated the Witch!"

"Something like that," the mage answered evasively.

"Then I am glad to fight together with you again!" Jeanne smiled and immediately extended her hand to the magician, "Now I have been called up in full force and will be able to help you with all my abilities as aServant!"

"I will hope so." Ainz held out his hand, after which the contract was immediately formed.

Ainz sighed. It seems that the first summoning went well. This was clearly a good sign.

"Welcome to Chaldea," the chief's voice instantly reached Jeanne, forcing her to look at Olga-Marie, "I hope you will like it here."

"I will be in your care," the girl smiled right away, looking around the room. Ainz, then the chief, after which two people nearby - Mashu and a man whose name she did not know. As well as…

Jeanne looked at Serenity, that, noticing her gaze, took a step closer to Ainz and then embraced him with her whole small figure, clasping her hands on the magician's chest.

"Is something wrong?"Serenity stared at Jeanne, after which the Saint, sensing how she began to blush, turned away.

"No, no, nothing of the kind!" Jeanne immediately tried to excuse herself, instantly stepping off the podium and stepping aside, trying to not look at Serenity and Ainz, though sometimes throwing glances at them.

"Hm," Ainz grunted vaguely, after which he glanced at Serenity, who, having felt his gaze, immediately stepped back a step.

Then another summoning followed - and on this instance Ainz's forebodings were right.

And wrong.

As soon as the flash died out - another sound of plate boots, so reminiscent to the sound of Jeanne's boots, attracted attention.

"Servant, Avenger" the voice of the speaking one was very similar to the voice of Jeanne, but was a little sharper and a little deeper, "Summoned upon your request."

"Dragon Witch" - Ainz stated, looking at the girl who appeared. She looked just like Ainz remembered her. Not like in the last moments of her life, no. This time her black armor sparkled as if polished before a parade - on her shoulders lay a black cloak, lined with fur, and a confident grin rested on her face.

"What's with that look?" The girl smirked, after which she extended her hand overlooking the room, "Come on..."

The Dragon Witch's gaze instantly went over the figure of Jeanne d'Arc. The Saint also did not take her eyes off her alternative version.

"Oh, it means that fate has predetermined for us to meet again," the Witch instantly reached for her blade, "Fine, then..."

"We are not your enemies," Ainz intervened, forcing the Witch to stop and look at the magician, "At least not anymore..."

"Anymore?" The Witch thought for a second, after which her pupils dilated, "You! You are the one who fought with me! You are the one at the end... You... You!"

After that, the Witch pointed an accusatory finger at the magician, looking angrily at him - although Ainz could see in the girl not only anger and accusation, but also some embarrassment, which she tried to hide behind anger.

'She's probably embarrassed that she lost to me' - Ainz misunderstood the girl's embarrassment a bit and then tried to fix it - "Don't worry, that moment means nothing."

"Nothing..." Ainz made it worse by his own words, "Doesn't it mean?!"

"Yes, of course, we'll just forget about it," Ainz nodded immediately, forcing the girl to clench her fists.

"You... You... You..." - now the girl's embarrassment was completely hidden behind her anger, "Go to hell!"

"Ahem." - Ainz was a little surprised at this reaction, but nevertheless tried to continue the call, "Still... A contract?"

"Yes, damn it," the Witch instantly agreed, and then immediately walked away, not noticing either the magician, the chief, or the rest of those present, heading to the farthest corner that she could find, as far as possible from everyone else, continuing to be incensed by her situation, which is why, even the chief did not dare to approach the girl.

'Hmm, so I can even summon her…' - Ainz thought for a moment. Gilles de Rais claimed that the Witch created by him was a crippled creature, but the Witch who had been called now, although angry, did not look like a creature tormented by constant pain. And her meeting with Jeanne was much milder than one would expect...

Was it possible that Caster lied? Or is it something else?

Ainz could think about this later, while he was now worried about several other things.

The magician turned to Roman, that, after coming out of a trance, looked at him in response, and continued to lay out crystals for the next summoning.

Due to the fact that he failed to collect the drops from a lot of enemies and Servants - the number of crystals he collected was very small and he had at best two more summon. This saddened Ainz the most.

The next batch of crystals took its place, after which Romani clicked again and the half rings began to rotate.

'And who else can I summon by this machine?' - Ainz looked at the machine carefully. Technically speaking, he had already summoned Jeanne and the Witch, as well as Arthuria, Medusa, Cu Chulainn, Hassan and Archer - all of them he had met in the past, in the form of an enemy or ally. But Serenity...

Ainz looked at the girl next to him, which caught his eye and smiled a little in return.

He had not met Serenity before and was able to summon her in spite of this. Does this mean that he didn't really need to meet the one he summoned for? After all, Hassan, for example, at his first meeting with Ainz, was barely intelligent and barely able to talk - but this did not unable Ainz from summoning him as a full-fledged Servant. With Serenity, he used a slightly special data crystal, the one that he received from the dead Lev. Does this mean that he needed some special data crystal in order to call on some new Servant whom he has not yet met?

Even before the light from the flash had dimmed, Ainz heard a joyful, joy-filled voice.

"I am Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart!" - a joyful voice came, - "Leave battles aside, I promise only to decorate your life!"

The man who appeared from the summoning circle looked joyful without end - however, looking at Ainz, he suddenly froze for a second, remembering something, after which he smiled even wider - "Ainz, what a fortuitous meeting! Just to think, I didn't know that we are able to see each other again!"

"Me too." Ainz sighed and held out his hand. Mozart accepted the contract without any problems, after which he began to look around.

"Oh, Jeanne," he smiled, finding the Holy One's gaze, "Mashu... You two, please forgive me, I don't know... And…"

After that, Caster stared at the Witch in the corner and blinked.

"I didn't think I would ever meet with you again..." Mozart blinked. "Especially now that we are allies."

"Allies, ha," the Witch only grinned. "The fact that we have one Master does not make us allies - do not think too much about yourself, musician."

"I have to agree," Mozart nodded instantly, after which he took a step from the podium towards Jeanne, taking a seat next to her.

Ainz looked at the miserable amount of his data crystals, and then poured them all out into the machine.

'So, to summon someone special, you need some special catalyst for the summoning,' Ainz blinked. This thought sounded logical. Very logical.

And even tempting...

Ainz was lost in thought, so that he woke up only from the next voice of the Servant who arrived.

"Servant, Kiyohime," came the quiet and calm voice of a woman, even more like a girl, who took a step from the flash of light, "Even though I look like this, I'm a Berserker you know? I'll be in your care, Master."

After that, the girl who appeared opened her golden fan, immediately covering the entire lower part of her face, after which, after a second, she froze, gazing atAinz with a peculiar look.

'It seems that she is also trying to recall the Singularity' - the magician came to the most logical conclusion.

"Anchin!" And was instantly wrong, "How long have I been waiting for you, Anchin!"

The girl immediately tried to rush at Ainz, but Serenity instantly posed as an obstacle in her way, immediately hanging onto Ainz. Kiyohime, having seen this, instantly stopped and looked at the unexpectedly appeared rival.

"Who the hell are you?" The girl asked coldly and angrily, looking at Serenity, who was wrapping her hands around Ainz, like at ant crawling unexpectedly onto a dining table.

"I am the wife of the Master," Serenity said instantly, forcing everyone present to cough in surprise immediately — most of all Ainz.

"What nonsense," Kiyohime laughed softly to this statement, but her eyes remained cold, "Lying to me? Know that, I could detect a lie - however, in order to smell the stench of your lies, one may even not be a dragon."

"It's the truth," Serenity smiled "The Master himself called me his wife."

After that, Ainz choked on air and coughed.

"Anchin?!" Kiyohime immediately looked toward the magician, after which he, embraced by Serenity and therefore unable to raise his hand and scratch his head in embarrassment, only sighed.

"Technically speaking, it's true, I did call her my wife," Serenity only smirked triumphantly at her,Kiyohime then backed away, looking at the two "spouses" with an expression of pain on her face, as if she had just been hit.

"Anchin?!" Kiyohime looked at Ainz almost imploringly, "Why, Anchin?!"

"It was necessary," the mage answered evasively, recalling his experience in the Singularity.

"Anchin?!" Kiyohime took a step back, almost falling from the edge of the podium, "Anchin... Ah, I understand!"

Berserker instantly filled with anger, after which the girl took a step forward, pointing at Serenity with her fan, "You forced him! for sure!"

"No, the Master himself did it," Serenity smiled, "I will remember this moment until the end of my life... And in all my subsequent ones."

"You little shit, you have bewitched him!" Kiyohime took a step, after which the tip of her fan almost struck the face of the smiling Serenity, "Anchin can only be with me, for I love him more than anyone!"

"You will have to wait in a long line to prove it," Serenity triumphantly smirked, after which she looked at Ainz, "Isn't that so, my husband?"

Kiyohime, furious at such a treatment, held out her hands in order to push Serenity away from Ainz. The Assassin only smiled at this fact, expecting Kiyohime to kill herself with Serenity's poison. Serenity did not consider the killing of rivals a worthy tactic - but she also did not plan to prevent them to die on their own.

"Enough," Ainz interrupted the conversation between the two girls, after which he looked at Kiyohime, who was in distress , "This matter can be discussed a little later. For now... Contract?"

"Yes," Kiyohime nodded distractedly, after which she shook the wizard's hand. The contract was successfully formed and Serenity, enjoying her complete superiority over her rival, who slowly left the podium, also moved away from Ainz.

However, Ainz was in a hurry to make a contract not because he was worried about Serenity and Kiyohime. He was impatient to try something new.

"Is that all, I suppose?" Roman looked at Ainz, but he, despite the fact that he had already spent all of his data crystals, answered in the negative.

"I can call one more... Servant," Ainz looked at the circle of summoning with interest. A special catalyst for a special summon, hmmm...

"Yes? It seemed to me that you had run out of crystals," Roman looked at Ainz with interest, but returned to the control panel.

Ainz took a step and his hand disappeared into his inventory.

Roman typed something in the control panel. The chief was trying to explain something to Kiyohime, who was barely thinking, while Serenity looked at the new completely defeated rival with a triumphant smile. Mozart and Jeanne led a dialogue in which Mashu joined in, while the Witch, standing in the corner, continued to stare at everyone present, periodically throwing glances at Kiyohime and Serenity and immediately hiding her eyes so that they could not notice her. No one paid any attention to Ainz.

Such a foolish act.

Roman typed the last number, after which the half-rings of the machine slowly spun, and looked at Ainz, who was watching with interest the machine running.

"I thought you spend all of these... Data crystals, that's how you called it?" Roman looked at Ainz while the machinery continued to spin.

"Yes," Ainz confirmed, "They are all spent."

Roman looked inquiringly at Ainz, - "And what then did you use as a catalyst?"

Ainz smiled. "The Grail."

All disputes in the room instantly subsided, and only the hum of a running machine continued to break the silence.

"Wait," Roman said slowly, "You just used... The Grail... The Holy Grail,an object capable of fulfilling any desires, the most coveted prize among all the Servants existing in all legends and stories ... As... A summoning catalyst?

"Yes," Ainz answered simply.

The machine, which had previously worked on a routine, suddenly stopped for a second - after which its half-rings immediately spun at a frantic speed, which had not happened before with any summons. The screen, which was quietly working before, suddenly sharply turned into an alarming red and issued a huge, flickering, menacing error that filled the entire screen.

"Attention!" - came from the husky speakers, - "The system is overloaded! Error Code: Unknown! External change detected! Discovered... Discovered... Discovered... "

"Mother of God," Roman said in shock, looking at how the unstoppable rings of the machine now spinning with inhuman speed, while the errors covered the screen one by one.

"Fuck," the Animusphere was more precise.

The rest of those present only watched as the most coveted reward in history, the Holy Grail, was used as a catalyst for summoning.

After a second, the machine suddenly turned itself off. The rings returned to their original position, the screen went blank, after which the machine fell silent.

"Didn't it work?" Ainz looked at the machine with disappointment.

After a second, the room was flooded with light.

The flash of light was more powerful than with any summoning before - even stronger than all summoning combined. It was as if a light grenade exploded in the room - instantly all those present, except Ainz, protected from such trivial trifles, closed their eyes - after which they could hear the sound of quiet steps and a voice.

"Well, well," the speaker seemed to be disappointed, "You could even managed to summon me, what luck — or or perhaps misfortune ? Hmm, and who is the unworthy dog who decided to pose as my Master? If he kneels now and begins to lick my boots with and offer an apology, then so be it, I will let him be my slave."

Ainz looked at the girl. The girl then took a step and looked at Ainz.

The speaker was very young - she was only sixteen or so in appearance. She was very short - her height was approximately at the level of Serenity, but everything else was different from Assassin. The girl possessed white, as if chalk,translucent skin, behind which however, veins did not appear - except for her eyes. The eyes of the summoned were red, as if bloodshot - however, not of anger, but in as a red pupil, the color of fresh blood.

The girl had a magnificent mane of white hair, descending over her shoulders and shoulder blades to the very ground, almost touching the floor. However, her white hair and white skin only made her black clothes contrast even more. It was as if the anthracite-black dress was woven from the very night sky and was laid on her body like clothes for an expensive porcelain doll - multiple snow-white lace like snow only further accentuated the darkness of her robes.

In the hands of the girl is an umbrella, currently closed and pointed onto the floor in the manner of a cane.

The summoned one reminded Ainz of Shalltear with something elusive, but she could not be summoned by Ainz, since she was part of his Phantasm.

However, the girl, the longer she gazed at the magician's face, the more pale she turned, although it seemed impossible with her skin.

The Grail corrupt desires. However, not all.

The Grail is a tool for satisfying desires. It is able to make all that its wielder desire for, into reality. Change history, gain immortality, grant power.

However, the Grail was not meant to be used this way. The true use of the Grail is not "fulfillment of desires". When creating the Grail, God's will was different - "for you will not take your wealth to paradise". In other words, the Grail is the embodiment of worldly desires - those petty and insignificant desires that were coveted by people. Money, luxury, delicacies, alcohol - all useless and miserable things that have no value in life in themselves - this is what the Grail actually granted.

The Grail did not fulfill all desires, it was true. The Grail only enabled a person to fulfill his desires.

Food for the dying of hunger or gold for the suffering poor is what it gave. Possibility.

But the Grail also did not fulfill wishes. A sufferer who has tasted food and wished from the Grail something more than the most base, most miserable things, would be punished for his audacity. The Grail was only a tool that allowed you to move towards your desires - and not giving it to you them if you wish.

Of course, this truth did not apply to all the Grails - some of them were really vicious in their granting of wishes, defiled and broken - however, this was not the case at this time.

The Grail does not fulfill impossible desires - it only allows you a chance to achieve them.

Therefore, if Ainz simply wished to recreate his friends from Ainz Ooal Gown, the Grail would corrupt this wish like any desire for the impossible. However, Ainz used the Grail to summon.

The summoning was entirely possible on its own. Hundreds of Servants were called without using the Grail - therefore, the Grail could not corrupt Ainz's desire on its own. However, Ainz did not only want to summon a Servant.

He wanted to reach out to his Ainz Ooal Gown. To his home, Yggdrasil. To his distant, forgotten adventure in the dead world. And in no circumstances, affect his friends and their lives.

If the Grail fulfilled such a desire, it would corrupt it, most likely by giving Ainz a curse from his native Yggdrasil, or by trapping him in a dead and deserted world, which would turn his whole existence into a nightmare.

However, Ainz used the Grail as a catalyst to summon Servants.

Paradoxically, it was the best way to fulfill Ainz's wish.

Because the summoning of Servants was possible. It was not even the Grail's machinations at that moment - it was the machine that was engaged in the summoning of the Servant. The Grail was used only as a catalyst. To allow him to summon an unusual Servant. A Servant not of this world.

The Grail was just a catalyst and a source of mana. It did not summon the Servant itself - it only acted as the target. And this, just the same, was not an impossible act.

Therefore, after a second, the girl, standing still, said in shock, - "Momonga…"

Ainz finally realized who was standing in front of him, "Cainabel..."

A second later, Cainabel fell to her knees, pressing her forehead to the floor.

"I ask you to forgive me for every stupidity and insolence I placed upon you!" The girl literally exploded in a panicked cry, "I will faithfully serve you as long as you wish! You will not meet a slave better than me! It is an honor for me to give you my life and honor to live for you!"

Ainz stumbled back a little from the speaker, after which all those present looked a little disbelievingly at the magician - then at the Servant, who only a second ago had suggested licking her shoes for the right to serve her.

"Yes, of course," Ainz eventually managed to gather himself, "Cainabel, we have not met for a long time."

"Of course, my lord!" - the girl shouted as joyfully as she could, without raising her head or even loosening the pressure of her forehead on the floor, "In my life there was no happier day than when I was able to give you my life! It is an honor for me that my power has been able to serve you, my lord!"

"Um, of course," Ainz hesitated a little. They met only once in the game - and that time they killed Cainabel, after which one of the players Ainz Ooal Gown took the title "Elder Blood" granted for the victory over a rare event boss, which Cainabel himself had been.

"Rise," said Ainz, after which he added uncertainly, "My child."

After that, Cainabel stopped pressing her forehead to the floor and slowly got up, so that she would be on her knees in front of Ainz, not daring to raise her face, still with a print of the floor on the thin skin of her forehead.

"Look at me," Ainz said, a little hesitantly, while trying to suppress the uncertainty in his voice. Cainabel slowly looked up, trying to look as subservient as possible, however the horror in her eyes would have been obvious to anyone but a blind man.

"This is a Servant's contract," Ainz held out his hand to the girl. She did not even begin to listen to the magician, instantly extended a hand to him.

"I agree to serve you forever, my lord," the girl smiled, "All my life and until death."

"Yes, of course." Ainz sighed. In the game, of course, they did not have the best of relationship - although what kind of relationship could be had with an NPC, who only boasted about his invincibility at the beginning of the battle, and then transformed into a huge monster? But in any case, Ainz would have expected hostility - but not that primal horror that was now hiding in the eyes of the girl.

He urgently needed to discuss something with Olga-Marie.

Only after sensing how the connection with the new Servant was formed, Ainz instantly turned to the chief - "Olga-Marie?"

"Yes?" The girl was a little shocked, obviously not expecting such a scene from Ainz she knew seemingly so familiar guy. The girl did not even pay attention to the fact that he did not call her chief.

"We need to talk," Ainz said, and then headed for the exit. The chief followed him, as if on a leash.

"Don't fight in here," Ainz said the last parting word, and then came out.

Cainabel continued to stand still, watching the girl back disappearing behind the sliding door and... The creature.

The creature in front of her could stretch a human shell over itself, such that even the girl herself spent several seconds to unravel the disguise - but it was impossible to hide what was inside, behind an empty shell, from her for sure.

Cainabel felt her Master moving farther and farther away, after which, only at that moment, when she realized that Momonga had really left, she was able to exhale and slowly, powerlessly fall to the floor, not even trying to get up from it, so as not to dirty her expensive clothes.

"Fine," she said, "Just fine. My plan failed, they killed me, my strength was taken away - and as if that was not enough, my killer also summoned me... And not anybody else, but Momonga himself! This is worse than being in hell! Worse than to be in all the hells of all religions at once! At least there is hope for at least some kind of salvation…"

After that, the girl removed her hands and said something into the air, not seeing anything in front of her.

All those present - Roman, Mashu,the other Servants - when they heard these sounds twitched, they wanted to wash themselves, manually collecting all the words spoken by the new Servant and throwing them away, the speech was so disgusting. However, none of those present understood a word in the long discussion- this required an "Speak Evil Tongues" trait, which only Ainz now possessed in the whole world except Cainabel. And if he heard what was said, he would only be surprised at how dirty and vile a curse in the language of the uncreated can be.

Cainabel covered her face with her own hands, after which she continued to lie like that for several seconds.

"Hey," Roman tried to take a step toward the girl. "Are you all right?"

"Close that shithole that you call your mouth, human trash," the girl instantly glanced at the guy, making him stumble in place, "If you even dare to think about..."

At that moment, the girl suddenly froze, remembering the words of her new Master. Don't fight, damn it!

"It's all right," the girl immediately said, rising from her seat, "Good... Human. Tell me what does Momonga's slaves do here? How not to get placed on the experiment table? What does he usually kill a slave for? What world is he taking over now?"

"What?" Roman blinked.

"A dumb human inbreed," the girl swore, after which she finally stopped paying attention to the guy, considering him something like a table, and turned to Mashu, "You!"

"I?!" - the girl was surprised.

"You look a little less stupid," Cainabel sighed. "What project is Momonga working on now?"

"He," the girl blinked. She was not accustomed to such outright rudeness, therefore, instead of firmly putting the girl in her place, she simply began to answer, - "He is saving humanity."

"Saving?" - Cainabel blinked and nodded right away, "Oh yes, of course, saving them from themselves and the like, okay... So, how is the conquest going?"

"What conquest?!" - in the end, the Dragon Witch could not stand it, that someone was trying to occupy her niche as a crude and strong Servant, "Who even are you?!"

"Shut up, trash," Cainabel didn't even turn in her direction, "Or I will suck all the blood from your body and make you drown in it."

The Witch sighed with indignation, but the girl only continued to look at Mashu, "You. How is the conquest going? Where are they being sent to fight? Who are the opponents? How many gods are there among them? Dragons? Demon lords? Great angels? Are other Higher Beings seen or... World Enemies?"

"What?" Mashu only blinked again, "What are you talking about ?! And why do you call Ainz, Momonga?"

"I am surrounded by idiots, brainless idiots!" Cainabel grabbed her head and then turned to Mashu. "I call him that, because his name is Momo..."

After that, Cainabel suddenly realized what was said.

"Repeat, what did you call him?" The girl suddenly tensed, "Ainz?"

"Yes," Mashu nodded.

"Ainz Ooal Gown?" Cainabel's white skin turned so white that it seemed as though it could be transparent, "That is... I heard correctly... Ainz... Ooal... Gown?"

"Yes," Mashu nodded. "That is his full name."

"That is, it's not just Momonga…" - Cainabel looked like a puppet whose strings had been cut, falling to her knees, - "Of course... Of course! Of course, because the leader of Ainz Ooal Gown will embody the entire Ainz Ooal Gown, of course!"

Those present simply did not know what they should do now with Cainabel.

"Don't tell me..." the girl suddenly started, and primitive horror flashed in her eyes, "That in this place... Is his palace now too... Together with him?!"

"What?" Mashu looked at Cainabel uncomprehendingly, but she stopped listening to anyone, lost in thought.

"The whole damned palace... The whole Great Tomb... The whole of Ainz Ooal Gown," the girl muttered as if in a delusional trance, "What happened... What have you done to call upon yourself that thing?!"

"We didn't do anything!" Mashu finally got a little bolder and tried to timidly protest at Cainabel, "Ainz came here to help us, he is saving humanity!"

"Good," Cainabel suddenly and abruptly calmed down when the deluge of information in her head crossed a critical threshold, "What are your plans for the day after tomorrow?"

"What?" Mashu lost her mind completely.

"I understood what he's going to do tomorrow, okay," Cainabel sighed. "What about the day after tomorrow?"

"Mankind was destroyed!" - in the end, unable to stand the words, Mashu exploded in a fury, "Do you even understand what this means?!"

"Do you even understand who Momo... Ainz is?!" The girl looked at Mashu and it seemed to her that madness blossomed in Cainabel's eyes, "You pulled out the most terrible creature in all of existing and nonexistent universes and yet don't understand a damn thing, do you? Do you know who this is?! Do you even realize what kind of being became your Master?! What stand near you?!"

Cainabel sucked in air - "He personally killed the Seven Deadly Sins. Not demons, not incarnations - Sins themselves! He killed the Twelve Great Virtues! He killed the Five Ways of Enlightenment! He, damn it, personally destroyed the Root - and recreated it again! He killed as many gods as has existed in your world! He killed the Eight Primordial Foundations of the World - the eight pillars that hold reality itself! He destroyed nine worlds with fire and sword, destroyed more countries than have ever formed in this world, uncovered greater secrets than all the secrets of your universe combined, did things that make your Creators tremble with fear and admiration! By the way - he also killed the Creators of his worlds! He has more wealth than any legend will describe, and more power than any madman can imagine, more minions than all people in the whole universe combined, and each of them is so strong that alone they can grind your universe to the ground! He destroyed whole races, whole species, whole worlds - and you don't know anything about this! The fact that you still exist is simply a misunderstanding that he still hasn't fixed! Brainless idiots!"

After this tirade, Cainabel finally became silent and sighed slowly. All the listeners could not understand what they should do now with this information.

"Is that true?" Serenity finally asked, causing Cainabel to turn slowly toward her.

"I don't even know which is worse," the girl blinked. "That this is all true — or that it is a list of the least significant achievements of the Last Being."

After a second, the door leading from the room opened, and Ainz appeared on the threshold, without the chief.

"I apologize for the delay," in the light of what was said about Ainz, this sounded like a mockery, startling everyone, "Your rooms are ready."

"I thank you, my lord, that you care about this wretched and unworthy slave," Cainabel immediately hit the ground with her forehead.

"Ah, yes, of course," Ainz hesitated, "Cainabel, you know... You don't have to do this every time..."

"Yes, of course, my lord, forgive me for my stupidity," the girl immediately rose from the floor, but remained on her knees, not looking at the magician's face, "From now on, I will better understand your desires."

Ainz only blinked at these words in incomprehension, after which he looked at the girls around the Servants, who recoiled from his gaze, as if it was fire. Other than Serenity, who did not change at all; instead, just smiling more at Ainz, and Kiyohime, in whose eyes a firm determination appeared, and then left the room.

They're all strange, these Servants.

Last Being - lesser skill included in the YGGDRASIL