Shin

===6 months before YGGDRASIL Server Shutdown===

Inside the hall of the Great Tomb of Nazarick

"Touch Me san!"

"Hey Momonga, It really has been quite a while."

It had been over a year since Momonga had met Touch Me. The man who saved him from being Pk-ed by other players when he was getting ganged up on. Momonga would never forget that debt he owed him.

Touch Me had quitted the game for over a year, never in his wildest dream would he expect to see him.

"Anyway, I came to let you know that the GMs have replied to me. I've gotten permission to transfer my account to my son. He's recently gotten a bit curious about the game. If he were to start from lvl 1 again. It would take too long to explore. So I decided to give him my account … it's going to be gone anyway."

"You have a son? I thought you only had a daughter."

"It's a long story … it's an adopted son. He's eighteen this year and is called Shin."

And so, the two friends began chatting, catching up on how they were doing in real life. After all, this was probably the last time they would meet again.

"You should take back the equipment you gave me, its your after all." Momonga said.

Touch Me waved the objections away. "It's fine. He's probably just gonna explore and kill some dragons and demon lords. The skills of the character are more than enough to handle it. You know the power of Sanctuary and Heaven's Judgement after all. If you don't mind, treat him as you would to me. Help him to enjoy the game. "

=== 1 day later===

Touch Me's son had logged in to Touch-Me's account for the first time. Momonga had explained the rules and game world of YGGDRASIL to him, then showed him to the NPCS in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

"Oh, and this is the NPC I was talking about earlier. His name is Sebas. "

Shin looked on at an elderly butler with white hair, kneeling in front of them. Sebas resemblance to his father shocked him greatly. Why would his dad want to create someone that looks like him?

If it was up to Shin. He would have created a beautiful girl instead of an old man. But since the server was shutting down, he didn't see a point in spending so much effort for it to be gone. His attention moved away from the butler toward the six maids that were kneeling behind the old man. They were a work of art from heaven. A sense of disappointment rose up inside him when he suddenly recalled that R-18 actions weren't allowed in the game.

Shin was also surprised by how handsome and human-like his character looked. Touch-Me had given most of the equipment that he normally wore to Momonga, thus exposing his true features that were normally hidden underneath his silver armor.

As Touch-Me was of the insect race. It was to be expected that he would have insect-like features perhaps like feelers, claws, or multiple legs e.t.c. Those were the racial characteristics of the insect race. But it almost seemed like he was of the human race instead.

Shin decided to clarify his doubts once they were alone.

"Isn't dad's character of the insect race? It looks … just like a human."

"Naturally that would be the case. Before Touch Me-san saved me, he had already reached the supposed peak of evolution for his racial class then, becoming an Insect Overlord. The further down the path of evolution one progresses for the half-insect class tree of the insect race, the more human-like their characters look. However, there would still be distinct features of the insect race on their avatar. Everything changed at the World Tournament of Alfheim …" Momonga began to explain.

At one point in YGGDRASIL, a martial tournament was held in the world of Alfheim. Touch Me defeated all his adversaries in the event and was bestowed the bonus equipment "Compliance with Law" and given the World Champion job class. That only nine World Champions existed in the entire YGGDRASIL was a testament to the prestige and strength of those who held that class.

However, there was also a secret behind the tournament. Winning the tournament also unlocked the highest tier of evolution for classes with racial levels which were normally hidden. As a result, Touch-Me decided to forfeit levels in one of his job classes to put into the hidden racial class he had unlocked - True Insect Sovereign. Having reached the pinnacle of his racial class, the appearance of his avatar underwent a complete change and looked completely human on the outside.

If Touch-Me so wished, he could reveal his true insect appearance by using a special skill of his, which would give an insane boost to his already broken stats. No one in YGGDRASIL had been able to force Touch Me into such a situation.

It was an ability similar to Shalltear Bloodfallen's Blood Frenzy which revealed her true vampire form. She looked completely like a harmless innocent girl on the outside, but her true vampire form was simply the stuff of nightmares.

After talking with Momonga a little more, Shin already couldn't wait to try the character for himself.

"I would like to go do some dungeons,"

"Oh … ok. Just be careful. If you die, you'll drop 5 levels and a random piece of equipment." Momonga warned him. Although Touch-Me had given away his equipment to Momonga, he still didn't feel comfortable. The server was going to shut down eventually and everything would be gone. It originally belong to Touch Me so it should be in his hands.

"Follow me, Shin, I'll bring you somewhere."

=== On the day of YGGDRASIL shutdown===

Over the past six months, Shin had been playing the game with Momonga, occasionally chatting with the members of the guild that had logged on to the game. Nearly all of them have quit, and the few that logged on did so simply just to catch up with each other.

It could be said that the most active players in the entire guild were Ainz and Shin. They would do two-man raids of end-game dungeons most of the time by themselves and became good friends. The active player population of YGGDRASIL was very low, and they ended up playing only P v E.

By then, Shin also had killed several end-game bosses already. Never did he imagine that his dad was such an insanely skilled gamer. It was only after hearing the explanation from Momonga and experiencing the prowess of the Paladin for himself that he realized how insanely strong of a character his dad had built.

One of the skills, Sanctuary, granted the character pure invincibility for ten minutes in P v E. by calling down the powers of Heaven itself to shroud him. Although it had a long cooldown, it basically ensured that Shin could do whatever he wanted without fear of dying. He knew an OP skill when he saw one.

Not to mention the gear that his dad had. Momonga had returned all the equipment back to the character, and the silver paladin was simply an overpowered person bringing judgment to the heretics and demons who stood in his way.

"Well, this was fun." Shin quietly murmured to himself as he returned to find Momonga inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Shin had found out about how his girlfriend cheated on him several months back and felt really down. They had been in a loving relationship for over three years when it happened. That was the worse thing about betrayal, it never came from an enemy, but from a close friend.

Playing YGGDRASIL was just a way for him to escape from the pain of real life for a while. The feeling of being so overpowered and beating down those monsters was great.

But all good things come to an end. The server was going to be gone in 5 minutes, the equipment, the character, the skills. He returned to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, eventually finding Momonga seated in the throne room with several NPCs kneeling neatly along one line.

"Thanks for the last few months, Momonga. I appreciate it. What's with all the NPCs gathered here?"

"Well … I figured that as the guild leader. I should move them around for one last time. I was just looking through the settings of Albedo."

Momonga pointed to an impeccable beauty dressed in a pure white dress.

Shin walked over to his side. "I recall you mentioning to me that she was the Overseer for the Guardians here … wait w-what are these settings?"

Momonga was scrolling through a huge wall of text. The NPC, Albedo, was created by Tabula who was known to be a settings maniac. More shocking was the line of text at the end where Momonga had stopped.

"On the outside, she is a perfect beauty. But on the inside, she is a slut" Shin read out the line. "It seems my dad has really made friends with some men of culture, huh. Were you one of them?"

"T-this is a misunderstanding!" Momonga protested.

There was a moment of awkward silence before Shin suggested something.

"It's nothing to be embarrassed about. This is a game after all." Shin said. "You were planning to add something to the settings right? Just go ahead and do whatever you intended. We won't be seeing each other in less than 1 minute anyways."

Momonga thought for a while, then used the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown to add a new line.

-She is deeply in love with Momonga-

"Well done, Momonga." Shin teased. "I'll be sure to tell my dad what you did- … wait what are you writing!"

Momonga had thought of something else and decided to change the last word.

-She is deeply in love with Touch Me-

"Don't pretend. I know you're into this type of girls." Momonga said.

He was indeed right. Shin preferred the slender and tall type of girls along with a voluptuous bust. However, Albedo was an NPC. It was probably only in his dreams that he would ever get to do anything to her.

Writing such an embarrassing line in front of Shin was too much for Momonga to bear. He was going to log out as soon as he said his goodbyes.

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"Anyways, thanks for keeping me company the past months. No one barely logs on now. Study hard and don't slack off, Shin"

"You too. It was fun. All the best to your future, Momonga. It was great meeting you."

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