Recruitment

Three weeks had passed since Queen Calca's accident, and things had become a bit turbulent in Nazarick.

Rumors about my marriage were growing stronger in Nazarick.

I had told Albedo to summon the guardians, Sebas, and the Pleiades to discuss the plan for the Holy Kingdom.

I didn't have the confidence to address this topic, especially with Shalltear and Albedo, who would die of envy.

But well, it was time to start.

"I have brought you here because my plan to seduce the queen has gone as predicted."

"As expected of Ainz-Sama, engulfing the kingdom in your sphere of power without even using force, truly a supreme being." Demiurge congratulated me.

"A being equivalent to the supreme once said, 'The best victory is to win without fighting, and that is the distinction between the wise man and the ignorant.'"

"Thank you for such wise words."

Although Demiurge's words were as always, I noticed some guardians couldn't hide their disappointed faces.

Those guardians were Albedo, Shalltear, and Aura.

"Does anyone have any complaints about the way I have conquered the Holy Kingdom?"

Maybe Cocytus or Demiurge wanted something more warlike...

Silence filled the room; no one dared to speak.

"None, you are a supreme being; you can do whatever you wish," said the supervisor of the guardians for everyone.

But her face was depressed...

I had to find a way to address this.

"Before marrying the human, I would like to marry someone from Nazarick. I have already informed Queen Calca that I have several wives, but I have never married traditionally."

With that, hopeful looks began to emerge.

Aura was not one of them; she looked at me irritated as if telling me I was a womanizer.

"Albedo, you will be my first wife."

"Yes! I mean, yes, Ainz-Sama."

"Shalltear, you will be the second."

"Yes, Lord Ainz," said Shalltear, surprising the guardians and the Pleiades with conviction.

"It will be a joint wedding within a week, the guests will be all of Nazarick, and it will be held on the 9th floor."

Except for Rubedo, of course; she was too dangerous to be released according to Nigredo, and I didn't want to take any chances.

"Such a wedding..." said Demiurge, impressed.

"Excellent, worthy of a supreme being," Cocytus praised me.

I was aware that I had just said something crazy; all of Nazarick also included the summoned Hanzos, Aura's animals, Cocytus' frozen virgins, the five worst, the overlords of the library, Eclair's butlers, Demiurge's demons, the mercenary NPCs, Gargantua...

But well, the food could be made with magic.

"I will give a week for the preparation of the wedding. Albedo, you are forbidden to participate in the preparation without consulting me first. I don't want you to plan it all by yourself."

I wondered if I sounded too arrogant...

"Understood, my beloved Ainz-Sama," Albedo responded happily.

Well, it seems that Albedo is happy being the first, and Shalltear is happy sacrificing herself for the sake of Nazarick.

"Well, how are the plans for the assimilation of the Re-Estize Kingdom going?" I asked, knowing the answer.

"Our contact is making arrangements, just as you planned, my lord."

I knew that contact was Renner, the golden princess of the kingdom.

I nodded with satisfaction.

"Good, you are dismissed."

I watched the guardians, Sebas, and the Pleiades leave.

I was a bit anxious about the wedding, how it would affect Nazarick, and how having not one but two wives to care for and love would affect me.

"I wonder if it was a good idea not to stick to the canon... How will I meet Neia now?"

I sighed; the choice had already been made, now it was just a matter of following through.

My Hanzos had already informed me of what the queen had done, announcing her wedding.

The opposition was strong, even among her own faction of northern nobles.

The nicknames of "cursed saint" and "traitor queen" were quick to appear.

Some concluded that the queen had been bewitched by the demon, but they found no evidence.

Additionally, there had been disturbances in the Abelion hills.

I would have to station troops in the Abelion hills to maintain order; I had heard of revolts among the demihumans who hadn't seen my power, how annoying...

I knew what to do; I would send human generals and Go Gin.

Go Gin had presented himself before me in E-Rantel after I asked Jircniv to give him to me.

The vassal emperor accepted without problems.

Currently, Go Gin, the war troll, was training a militia of other trolls for the sorcerer kingdom.

The other human general was Enri.

Yes, Enri, the known bloody general.

According to Maruyama, Enri had the second or third strongest army in the new world.

As I didn't want to reveal my cards, I would send people from the new world, wanting to be careful in case there were other players at the end of the novel.

But for now, it seemed I only had to be careful with Rufus, Antilene, the platinum dragon lord, the dark dragon, and the elf king.

Those five were the only inhabitants of the new world that I knew couldn't be killed with a simple grasp heart, maybe there was another unintroduced dragon out there like Cure Lime (who seemed to be dead).

I would have to go after them one by one, divide and conquer.

I would start with the elf king.

And then I was thinking of recruiting a certain person from the empire for the sorcerer kingdom.

"I know how to ease my anxiety about the wedding, I'll go to the Empire to look for Leinas."

I would go first to greet my friend Jircniv; surely he would appreciate my visit.

I would ride a dragon; it's fun.

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The empire was more beautiful than the Re-Estize Kingdom in my opinion, the imperial palace could compare to the Ro-Lente palace, but the griffins flying over the capital gave it a certain charm, plus they had a coliseum and a magic academy.

"A-Ainz-dono, just as they told me, you changed form, an exquisite form worthy of a king. What is the reason for your visit? Did you like the war troll I gave you?"

Besides, they had an emperor who followed all my orders, that also added points.

I liked how Jircniv had saved his kingdom in the canon, I think I will reward him for it with a better magic academy.

"Jircniv, it's a pleasure to see you. You see, I am recruiting people; I think you had a cursed knight."

"A cursed knight? It wouldn't be..."

"Yes, her, Leinas."

"Oh," Jircniv said scared, "you see, Leinas has recently ceased to be one of the four imperial knights, I don't know where she is."

"Oh, so you kicked her out?"

"Kk," the emperor swallowed knowing that I knew his actions, the paranoid emperor because of Ainz Ooal Gown had kicked out those who weren't sure of their loyalty from his circle.

Leinas, as she was only there because she wanted to find a cure for her curse, was not in that circle.

After all, she could perfectly be a spy for me.

"That's right, Ainz-dono, I mean, Ainz-Sama."

"I see, do you know where I can find her?"

"Yes, I will give you her location."

"Alright, I hope you enjoy good health, as my vassal, I would worry if you had stomach pains or something like that."

"Kk," the emperor was surprised again, "thank you, Ainz-Sama."

Well, it was time to reward him.

"Tell me, Jircniv, the empire belongs to both of us, right?"

"Ah, that's right."

"Then, would you like me to improve your magic academy for your good work?"

The emperor's eyes widened, not expecting me to reward him.

"You see, Jircniv, I am facing a challenge in my kingdom. I come from a land of heteromorphs, highly rational and intelligent beings. However, I have recently started ruling humans, and their emotional and reactive nature has made it difficult to implement our superior policies."

"I understand, governing humans can be quite different due to their emotional complexity. What concerns you the most about this situation?"

"Although I could subjugate them by force, I prefer a more benevolent approach. I want my subjects to be happy and to willingly accept our policies. I need to better understand how to manage human emotions in the context of politics. I was wondering if you could give me advice in the future."

"I... I see, of course, Ainz-Sama, I will help with whatever is necessary."

"I see, thank you very much. Could you give me Leinas' location now?"

The emperor of the Baharuth Empire told me where Leinas lived.

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"I am Leinas Rockbruise; are you sent by the sorcerer king?"

"I am the sorcerer king himself; I have come to recruit you in exchange for removing your curse."

Leinas knelt.

"I accept."

Wow, that was fast.

Let's play a little with her.

"What would you give me in return?"

"If it is true that you can remove my curse, my body is yours to command."

"Then come with me."

I ordered a portal to be made to E-Rantel and then we teleported there.

"Come, one of my subordinates will have to revive you

."

"Did you say revive me, your majesty?"

"Yes."

According to the game Mass for the Dead, it is revealed that her curse would be what is known as a negative state; it is composed of two effects, one the deformation and the second would be a state change that produces pus. The reason it can't be cured is that when healing magic is applied, the second state is activated, returning the effects. So to cure her, they would first need to remove the second state, which according to the game Mass for the Dead, is annulled after dying and being resurrected. After that, healing magic would take effect on her.

Without further ado, I explained this to Leinas, excluding the game part, telling her it was just a theory.

"I understand, if to remove this atrocious curse I have to die, so be it," she said determined.

"Hmm, fine, here no one will see us, it will be painless."

"Understood, your majesty."

I was surprised how easily she believed I had to kill her to cure her curse.

"Alright, instant death."

Leinas died.

Then I took out the resurrection wand.

"It's worth using one of them."

I pointed at Leinas and activated it.

The woman with the deformed face came back to life.

She immediately grabbed a mirror from who knows where and looked at her face; she still had the curse.

I saw her face, god, it was horrible, like those women someone had thrown acid at.

"Alright, now if they heal me, my curse will go away, right?"

"In theory," I approached her.

"Remove curse."

Her face glowed, removing the pus from her face.

That was satisfying.

Leinas looked at herself again, for the first time she smiled and cried.

"Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome. I suppose you said I now own your body, right?"

"Without a doubt," Leinas said with conviction, not reacting with a blush.

She was a warrior, not a maiden.

"Then my first order, put on a bow, it gives me satisfaction to see your face."

For the second time, Leinas smiled; I would swear I saw her cheeks blush a little, not used to compliments. "It will be done, my master."

The day continued with me showing Leinas the human and demihuman novices she had to train and explaining the internal functioning of the sorcerer kingdom.

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I added an auxiliary chapter calling it 'Harem and Demon Form,' take a look at it.