“Please have a look.”
As he looked beyond the open zipper, the inside seemed about as large as it appeared on the outside, and there didn’t seem to be any special items in there. Nor was there a blood-caked corpse staring out at him with hatred in its eyes or anything like that.
What he saw was many neatly folded sets of clothing, all of which were very normal articles of female wear. There was nothing which aroused Ainz’s interest. However, under the clothes were many small multicolored objects that had been balled up. It was impossible not to notice them. Since Tabula Smaragdina was a fan of horror movies, he didn’t know what he would find next. That mix of fear and curiosity piqued his interest.
“Are those… handkerchiefs?”
“…They are not, Ainz-sama. Why don’t you pick one up and have a closer look?”
Albedo stood there quietly, with a mysterious smile on her face.
In that moment, his anticipation rose ever higher.
Yes, they might be joined together by some kind of gimmick…
With excitement in his heart, Ainz reached for a balled up lump and opened it up.
After that was silence.
Even Ainz knew what that was.
It was underwear. Female underwear.
“Isn’t this… what Peroroncino-san would do…? How should I say this… it seems I’ve learned too much information about a friend…”
As Ainz’s shoulders sagged, he remembered that he had not yet apologized to someone who deserved an apology.
“…Forgive me, Albedo.”
As Albedo watched Ainz’s movements, her face flushed red, and her breathing grew irregular.
A very uncomfortable Ainz tried to fold the opened panties back up, but couldn’t quite manage it. So Albedo gave him a hand from the side, and neatly folded them.
“I’m not Peroroncino-san, I won’t get excited by a piece of cloth if it’s not worn by someone.”
In order to hide his discomfort, Ainz tried to muddle his way through with words he didn’t quite understand. Suddenly, Ainz remembered that he had no idea what had happened to the erotic art he’d received from his former guildmates.
“Then… do you need me to wear it for inspection?”
A shocked Ainz looked sideways at Albedo, whose eyes radiated a lewd glow.
“Ah, wait, Albedo. Before that, let’s settle the matter of your room. I’ll take you there with the power of the ring, so let’s go.”
“Understood, Ainz-sama.”
As Albedo drew close, wrapping Ainz in her scent and tickling him with her breath, he activated the power of his ring.
Epilogue
The room she had been given was luxurious. No, as a room which was worthy of the Supreme Beings, that much was only to be expected.
Behind the desk in the center of the room was the sparkling flag of Ainz Ooal Gown,
Not long after she had watched her master leave with a cheerful smile on her face, a change came over her, and her face was as cold as winter.
“—Hmph.”
Albedo raised the flag with one hand, and opened the door within.
Inside was the bedroom of an absolute ruler of Nazarick.
After entering the room and ensuring it was properly locked, she cast the flag aside.
The brilliant flag fell to the ground.
“The Ainz Ooal Gown which abandoned us… It makes me mad.”
Although she had been filled with joy when her beloved had taken that name for his own, that had turned to worry when she realised that it also referred to the people who upset her.
With a fiendish expression on her face, Albedo approached the flag on the floor and raised her foot to step on it.
“—Shit! How dare these pieces of shit insult my love’s name!”
Albedo cursed freely as she trampled the flag. With her breathing in chaos, she seemed to notice something and raised her face, whose expression softened as she saw it.
Albedo opened her inventory and drew forth a large new flag. She rubbed it against her face with a blissful expression, and then when it was not enough, she rubbed her entire body against it.
The flag she was holding was one of the 41 displayed before the throne, the one representing his own name that Momonga had struck down.
Albedo had swiftly retrieved it after the fact.
“Ahhh, Ainz-sama. No, Momonga-sama. Only you are my true master. I shall make you the sole ruler of Nazarick. There’s no need for those other people. Only you, and only you will rule forever—”
As though her master were truly there, Albedo chanted those words in a moist, breathy tone.
“Yes, absolutely. If anyone tries to stop you, I will destroy them even if they’re a Guardian. I am your true follower, your loyal slave. So please, bestow your compassion upon my body…”
She slowly slid her hand downward, to the lower reaches of her belly.