The only point that interested Ainz was the part about being a 「Sentient Item」.
Ainz lightly poked it, and almost wanted to ask it to speak, when a voice suddenly appeared in his head.
───Greetings, Great King of Death.
Hearing the voice. Ainz stared intently at the orb, because in this world that was full of magic and magical monsters, something like this was no reason to cause a huge fuss.
“Ah, truly a sentient item.”
Ainz flexibility rolled the orb in his hand. Then carefully looked, the orb had no sign of speaking. Ainz thought for a while, then said what came into his mind:
“I allow you to speak.”
──Thank you very much. Great King of Death.
This made Ainz think about his loyal NPCs back in Nazarick, and gently laughed.
──I am deeply impressed by thy unmatched aura of death and offer my deepest respect.
I should have dispelled all of my aura spells, how did this item start calling me “King of Death”.
“Continue.”
──My thanks, supreme Lord of Death. For the chance to encounter someone as great as thee, I offer my deepest thanks to all the death in this world.
Although it was words of flattery, but these words seemed like heartfelt words from the heart. Which caused Ainz’s spine to feel itchy, he proudly stood talclass="underline"
“So? Other than flattery, do you have anything else to say?”
──Yes, I know that this may seem disrespectful, but I would like some help to achieve this wish.
“What wish?”
──Yes. All along, my wish was to spread death across this world, but after meeting you, the Great King of Death, only did I realise what I was born in this world to do ── I was born into this world to serve you.
“… Oh.”
── O Great King of Death, please accept my oath of fealty. I hope that I could have a place among your faithful servants.
The voice sounded pretty sincere, if it had a head, it should be bowing down right now. Ainz brought his left fist to his mouth, and started thinking. Thinking about the underlying advantages and disadvantages, whether it could be trusted and more.
Ainz carefully looked at the item. If he considered “Safety” then destroying it would be the best option, but for an item that did not exist in YGGDRASIL, that would be too much of a waste.
After applying a few defensive spells on the orb, Ainz called for the giant hamster at the entrance of the shrine:
“Hamsuke.”
“What is it master?”
“Take this.”
Ainz threw the orb in his hand over. Hamsuke skillfully caught it.
“May I ask what is this, master?”
“It is a magical item. Do you know how to use it?”
“Ah… This one should be able to! But how noisy! So noisy that this one wants to give it back to master.”
Narberal stared wide-eyed at Hamsuke:
“You want to give it to the newcomer?”
Sounding a little out of tone, one could see how shocked Narberal was.
“Although measures have been made to counter its discovery, it can’t be said to be completely safe, so I handed it to Hamsuke.”
“I see! As expected of Ainz-sama. Such impeccably sound judgement.”
In front of him was Narberal, who felt enlightened, and Hamsuke, who was puffing his cheeks which were slightly bigger than a human fist as he nodded his head.
Just as he was about to tell the two of them to retreat, Ainz saw his own red cloak and on a playful whim, he grasped the edge of the cloak:
“If the recovery is complete, then bring Nfirea along— “ Ainz exaggeratedly waved his red cloak.
Chapter 05 — Epilogue
The door of the tavern opened.
The place turned quiet with countless sets of eyes being focused on Ainz. No one stopped him this time while he made his way to the tavern owner.
“You…”
All their gazes were directed at the metal plate on Ainz’s neck.
Lightheartedly, Ainz said only two words:
“Double room.”
He put down a silver coin and took the key from the silent tavern owner.
Ainz walked into his room and dispelled his magic, reverting back to his true form.
The mithril plate touched the Nemean lion and making a clear clinking sound. When he told the guild about the incident at the cemetery last night, he received this plate.
The silence in the tavern was due to this plate. A man who wore a copper plate just a few days ago had jumped through the ranks. Now he suddenly appeared with the mithril rank’s plate, it overturned the knowledge they had accumulated over the years about how an adventurer should go through the ranks.
Their frank reaction gave Ainz a sense of superiority, but he also felt unsatisfied. His plan was to rise to Orichalcum rank in one shot, instead he was one ranks below. If he obtained the Orichalcum plate, what kind of reaction would they make?
But it wasn’t possible.
This incident was only known to a small group. But after explaining how the events unfolded, it was determined that Ainz’s accomplishment was incredible and it should merit a promotion to the Adamantium rank. Instead he was awarded with mithril plate because Ainz doesn’t have a history of commendable exploits and the investigation was still incomplete. The guild made that decision to err on the safe side.
Which means that the higher ups of the adventurer’s guild have already acknowledged Ainz to be at the level of the only two Adamantium class adventurers in the Kingdom.
Furthermore, with passage of time, the battle at the cemetery and the name of Ainz──Momon the adventurer, should definitely spread throughout the Kingdom. The guards who had escaped death would definitely talk about Ainz’s exploits over meals.
The plan is progressing so smoothly that Ainz couldn’t help but smile. It was more than just smooth, it was a perfectly executed first step.
Ainz flicked the mithril plate with his fingers as Narberal voiced out her doubts:
“Please advise on how to deal with those two? They said that they would contact us with regards to the payment.”
Narberal was referring to Enfrea and Lizzie── the two pharmacists. Ainz had already decided what to do with them.
“Lizzie said that she would give her everything, so I told her to bring her grandson to Carne village. I want her to assist me── no, assist the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick by concocting potions.”
“… Nazarick has people who can make potions too, why do we need these lower life forms (Penis fish/fat innkeeper worm) to do that?”
“Because I want a fresh source of powers.”
Narberal simply stared without any response, so Ainz continued to explain:
“Considering that our potion ingredients might dry up, we need to develop ways to create potions outside of YGGDRASIL’s current manufacturing methods. We need to research for new technology that might incorporates techniques of both this world and YGGDRASIL. We might even be six hundred years behind in technology. And of course, we have to warn them sternly not to circulate the manufactured potions… but from how she acted, it shouldn’t be a problem.”