They had pleaded with Ainz-sama to make a decision, but Ainz-sama had replied, “My old friends might have left it undecided for some special reason. I cannot casually make a decision without knowing the details,” and that had been the end of it.
However, both of them always fought like this because neither of them wanted to be the little sister.
Entoma put up her hands in a threatening pose.
She was making herself seem bigger to cow her foe, but that movement did not possess any special properties. To Shizu, the target of this intimidation, it was little more than a gesture.
In contrast, Shizu put up her fists under her chin, in a boxing pose. However, Shizu was a gunner, and not skilled at melee combat. In a real fight, Shizu would not be able to touch Entoma.
They were basically just playing with each other.
Yuri understood this. Thus, she said nothing and did not act to intervene.
After staring at each other for a while, their eyes — in Entoma’s case, her entire face — turned away to look at Yuri.
Knowing what they had in mind, Yuri sighed internally, and then said:
“That’s enough from the two of you. I’ll get angry, you know?”
“It can’t be helped sInce Yuri-neesama said so. I’ll let you off this time round.”
“…Hmph. Thank Yuri-nee for this. You got lucky.”
“What?”
“…What?”
Yuri squeezed herself in between the two of them as they started to glare at each other again. If she did not do this, she would only end up having to mediate for the two of them later..
It would be better not to argue at all, Yuri thought as she shook her head.
“Entoma, we came here for a reason. Ainz-sama has given me an order to see if there is anything the Battle Maids are unhappy with.”
“Unhappy?”
Entoma tilted her head again.
“I’m not unhappy with anything. And I can eat delicious food.”
While she had no idea what kind of food Entoma was talking about, Shizu silently covered her mouth.
Yuri frowned internally.
If only she wasn’t like that…
Or rather, it would be better to say she ate strange things…
While she wanted to say that there was no need to eat Kyouhukou’s familiars, Entoma continued, “They go crunchy crunchy like desserts, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.”
If it was only a matter of preferences, she could still tolerate it.
But at the very least, could she not do it while holding the food in question?
Yuri decided not to think about these weird things. All these could be discussed later. She could not mix up her priorities. Yuri was here by order of the Supreme One.
“—Entoma.”
“—Yes.”
“I’ll ask you again, is there anything you are dissatisfied with?”
“There is nothing.”
“Is that all? Then I will report that. But you don’t have to hold back.”
“…In that case, could you ask Ainz-sama if I could weave webs?”
“Don’t you have webs on several floors already?”
“No, they’re just temporary.”
There were several large spiderwebs in Nazarick. For instance, on the 3rd and 6th Floors. She knew that Entoma would go to those places too, and apparently, one of those webs had been personally made by the Supreme Being who had created Entoma. Yuri had thought of them as something like a private home for Entoma, but that would not seem to be the case.
“For starters, it’s near Our Lady — Grant’s territory.”
Grant was one of those whose levels were second only to the Floor Guardians, a rare Guardian who protected areas scattered over many floors.
“While I think it would be allowed, I can’t weave a web in Mother’s domain.”
“I see…”
“After all, I feel—” Entoma’s stomach area began to make pinching motions. “I can’t just eat all the time, so I’d like to weave webs to capture prey.”
If she wanted to capture prey, then she should not be weaving underground, but on the surface.
“Does that mean your first choice is this log cabin?”
“Yes.”
“…I’ll ask for you, but I don’t think it’ll be allowed. This place is shared by the Pleiades, after all.”
“That’s true…” Entoma said with a hint of regret in her tone. “I’d like to personalize this place more.”
“…Spiderwebs stick to the hair. They’re annoying.”
Yuri agreed with Shizu’s assessment.
That said, she still had to relay Entoma’s requests to her Master.
“I understand. I will tell Ainz-sama about this. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going.”
“Mm—”
Entoma thought for a while, and then shook her head.
“That’s it, there’s nothing else.”
Part 6
“Thank you for your hard work.”
While she had rushed back as quickly as she could, her Master had already finished speaking with the other two. On the way back, Yuri received a [Message] to go to her Master’s personal quarters.
After meeting her Master did not have a bad impression of those two, so it would appear that the meeting with them had gone well.
Yuri’s impression of the two of them went up slightly.
Just as Yuri thought, looks like the job’s almost over, her Master spoke.
“Now then, tell me what you think.”
She must have accidentally let a look of surprise appear on her face.
With what seemed like a wry grin, her Master repeated:
“You are also a member of the Pleiades. Should I not hear your opinion out as well? Tell me, is there anything which displeases you?”
“N-no, there is nothing which I am unhappy with.”
“Hm~ Is that so. Then, I shall ask something else. Have you been busy lately?”
How should she answer that question? Either response she could give — being busy or not busy — seemed very disrespectful.
Yuri struggled to find an answer, but she could not.
“…Really now. Then, I shall rephrase my question. Yuri, I would like to give you a new task. Will you have the time to complete it?”
“If it is your order, then I shall make as much time for it as need be, Ainz-sama.”
“I see. Then, your — no, I came across a suggestion. And that suggestion said—”
Her Master unrolled a piece of paper on the desk.
“I believe that we need child education services which can scout out talented individuals and cultivate them. This way, we might be able to strengthen Nazarick. Even if it does not work out, we can still use it to develop technologies for ourselves, which can also be used as a foundation to strengthen Nazarick as well,’ or something like that.”
Yuri was familiar with that suggestion.
After all, she had written it herself.
“That is a good suggestion. I reached a decision after discussing the matter with Albedo. Yuri Alpha.”
“Yes!”
“You will be in charge of the orphanage we will be building in E-Rantel.”
“An, an orphanage?”
“Indeed. Children will be educated there. I will entrust the founding and administration of that orphanage to you. You need only discuss the details with Albedo. — Now then, are you up to the task?”
Her eyes full of determination, Yuri replied:
“Yes! Please leave it to me!”
“Very good,” her Master nodded.
“You will be in charge of this matter, and I will guarantee you the full support of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. Build the orphanage of your dreams — you may tell Albedo that those are my words. Do not allow yourself to regret anything. However, like I said just now, we have other goals in mind, so we might not be able to perfectly fulfil your desires. However, we will not be able to obtain good results if we abandon things from the start. Do you understand what I am trying to say?”
“Yes!”
Yuri understood her Master’s intentions. However, she did not understand why he had to explain everything to her in such detail and in such easily-understood terms.