"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Momonga-sama……"
The child looked scared as he peeped at Momonga. He was wearing a boring blue-dragon-scale-dress and short forest-green-leaves-cloak. Although the outfit had the same white base as Aura's, the lower body exposed a little skin due to the skirt. Like Aura, a necklace made of acorns and emitted a silver light wrapped around his neck. His slender hands wore shiny white silk-gloves while holding a twisted black wooden stick.
/editors note: I liberally changed the sentence regarding the necklace to make it sound smoother, if I misconstrued the sentence's meaning, just change it back/
Mare Bello Fiora.
Mare and Aura were both guardians of the sixth floor inside Nazarick. Momonga narrowed his eyes — although his eye sockets were empty, he observed them both. Aura stands tall, while Mare is timidly quivering under Momonga's gaze.
Just like the past, it looks like they are still companions.
"You are in good spirits, very good."
"Oh — it became a bit dull recently, occasional some invaders would be nice.."
"I, I do not want to see intruders…… I would be afraid……" Hearing Mare’s speech, Aura's face distorts:
"…… Oh. Momonga-sama, please excuse me for a little while. Mare, follow me."
"Ah-ah it hurts. Sister, sister, please pain ah."
After seeing Momonga gently nodding, Aura grabbed Mare’s slightly pointy ear. After they left Momonga’s side, she whispered into Mare’s ear. Even from the distance you could hear Aura reprimanding Mare.
"Ah, Intruders. Mare just like you, I too do not want to see them……"
'I at least hope to meet them only after I prepare well', thought Momonga after looking at the twins guardian from afar.
After Mare recovered from Aura's verbal attacks, he knelt on the ground with a teary-eyed face. The sight seems to explain the sibling relationship between the two companions. Momonga saw it and reveals a smile as he thought to himself:
"He he, Mare's clearly not suited for killing enemies. It would suit him more to make tea and listen to her sister. But thinking about it…… Mare and Aura already died once…… How did they deal with it? "
Once before, fifteen-hundred people invaded this mausoleum and reached all the way until the eighth floor. Back then both Aura and Mare died. They should be able to remember it right?
How is the concept of death for those two now? In the end, does it have a significant impact on them?
As stated in Yggdrasil’s settings, each death causes the loss of 5 levels and the dropping of an equipped item. If the a character has five or less levels, the character will disappear after death. But because a player has a special protection, they will not disappear, instead, the level will be reduced to one.
The advantage of the "rebirth", "resurrection of the dead", and other resurrection magic, is that it could reduce the loss of levels.
Furthermore, if you used the right item, you would only need pay little experience.
It's simpler for NPCs. For as long as the guild pays the resurrection fee which scales with the NPC's level, the resurrection will have no effect.
Death is often used to relegate strong players. Not only does a level upgrade require a lot of experience points, even the equipment drop alone is a heavy punishment. However in Yggdrasil, the relegation is not a terrible thing. I heard that the game production company hoped that the players would not fear relegation and dare to adventure in new areas. The brave will discover the unknown and come across new things in dungeons. Faced with this death rule, the two of them once had to face fifteen hundred people who tried to kill them. Are they now different people after the resurrection?
While he wanted to confirm it, he did not want to arouse suspicion.
Perhaps the massive invasion was also a horrible experience for Aura. It would not be good asking her this out of mere curiosity. The most important thing for Ainz Ooal Gown members were the beloved NPCs they created.
The concept of death now and in the past has likely changed. Death in the real world, of course, meant that everything was over. But maybe it was not so any longer. Although Momonga believes that he should test it, before he gets enough information, he won't be able to decide any further actions. It would be wiser to shelve the matter for now.
So far, although Momonga knows that Yggdrasil has changed this much, there are still a lot of questions.
As Momonga ponders about these things, Aura continues her preaching. Momonga feels that this is a bit pathetic. In the past, while his companions and brothers fought, Momonga would stay quietly on the sidelines. But it's different now.
"Lets stop here for now, okay?"
"But Momonga-sama, as a guardian, Mare-!"
"— Don’t worry Aura, I understand your feelings as a floor guardian. Of course you will feel unhappy when Mare says such cowardly words in front of me. But I also believe that in the event someone invades the Mausoleum of Nazarick, you and Mare will bravely stand and fight to the end. And as long as he is capable of doing this, you don't need to blame him this much. "
Aura walks towards Mare and pulled him up and Momonga tells him:
"Mare, seeing how sorry you are, your kind sister will surely forgive you. You should be thankful to her."
Mare exposed a slightly surprised expression and looks to his sister.
Aura hastily replies:
"Uh? No, no, that is not how it is! You should be grateful to Momongasama! “
"Aura, it doesn't matter to me. Your goods intentions are well understood. I don't doubt Mare’s ability as the guardian."
"Ah, yes, yes! Thank you, Momonga-sama."
"Tha-thank you."
They respectfully salute and Momonga can not help but feel a little uneasy. Particularly because the pierced Momonga with shiny eyes. Having never been seen so respected, Momonga tried to hide his shyness by deliberately coughing a bit:
"Well, yes, I would like to ask you Aura, do you feel bored with no intruders coming?"
"— Ah, no, tha-that……"
Seeing Aura’s fearful expression, Momonga felt that he asked the question wrongly:
"I will not blame you, so please speak your heart's contents.”
"…… Indeed, a little bored. There are no opponents nearby who can keep up with me in a fight for more than five minutes."
While answering, she put her index fingers close together. As a guardian of this floor, she reached level 100. There are only a few who can rival her in power within this Mausoleum. Speaking of NPCs, including Aura and Mare, there are a total of nine people who can, with one exception.
"What if you take Mare as your opponent?"
Suddenly, Mare’ body starts shaking. He shook his head vigorously, and with moist eyes appeared very frightened. Aura looks at the frightened Mare and sighed. With her sigh, a sweet scent filled the surrounded. Remembering Aura’s ability, Momonga backs away from the smell.
"Ah, sorry, Momonga-sama!"
Aura waves her hand to disperse the scented air.
[Passive Skill]
Aura, who has the trainer's special skills, can also activate a kind of buff or debuff with this skill. This skill is triggered by breathing and the effect reaches several meters in radius. If the user actively uses the skills, the effect can be extended to an incredible distance of sometimes up to tens of meters in radius.