Overlord: Reborn as an NPC

Chapter 12: Preparations Before Departure

[Timeskip - 1 Day]

[Narrators POV]

Ainz had quite the eventful morning, to say the least. After his battle with Shalltear Bloodfallen, his adventurer persona 'Momon' took credit for slaying the powerful vampire 'Honyopenyoko.' Because of this, Ainz and Narberal were promoted to Adamantite ranked adventurers.

He and Narberal left the adventurers guild to head back to Nazarick. Of course, as the duo walked, they left a trail of gossip behind them. While some people were obviously jealous of the pair, most couldn't help but admire team Darkness.

How could a mysterious duo become Adamantite adventurers in 2 weeks? Such a feat was unheard of in history. "Just look at Momon's armour! I heard it was all adamantite!" Said one adventurer, who was eating some breakfast as Darkness passed by. "No shit! Of course that's made of adamantite. Only the richest or powerful can afford stuff like that! You think Momon was a king?" Another asked.

"The guy did mention he was on the hunt for two powerful vampires that did destroy his residence. It is plausible. And to think he would go to such lengths to slay the creature by travelling here and wanting to kill Honyopenyoko personally ..." The adventurer mused, sipping a drink.

"Waaa, look at the Beautiful Princess. Stoic as ever ..." Said a random adventurer. His mouth slightly pooled with excess saliva. "Don't you have a girlfriend?" Half-jokingly replied another. "Hmph," The drooling adventurer scoffed. "I'm just appreciating beauty!"

Ainz internally sighed at the comments and remarks he heard from the people that he passed. 'I make up some bullshit story about 'killing' a vampire and people are already speculating stories? I'm just a lonely salaryman who's acting as an overlord who's acting as a hero adventurer!' Ainz sighed again, this time vocalising, catching Narberal's attention.

"Is everything alright, lor- Momon?" Narberal asked, keeping a stoic and emotionless face as she had to keep up her persona in public. "I'm fine, Narb ... Nabe. Thanks for checking in. However, I must ask. How are YOU doing?" Ainz asked back. As a former salaryman, he found it important to check in with his colleagues' feelings. In this case, it was subordinates.

"Hmph," Narberal crossed her arms, slightly pouting. "These ... vermin humans ... have no right to catcall me." She said with clear disdain in her voice. "Only Citrinitas is allowed to?" Ainz retorted half-jokingly. The Beautiful Princess bit her lip as her cheeks turned a light shade of red.

Ainz gave a low chuckle which only made Narberal blush more. "Well, we can use [Gate] now. We're far enough from anyone seeing us." Ainz said, stopping in his tracks. Narberal followed suit as the skeleton waved his hand in the air to form a purple portal to Nazarick. The pair quickly entered the purple swirl as they changed into their true forms.

"Is there anything else you need, lord Ainz?" Narberal asked, turning to face the undead skeleton. "As of this moment, no." Ainz started. "You're dismissed for the day, Narberal. If Momon needs to do a quest, just head out with Pandora's Actor as I have some ... office things to do ..." The overlord trailed off at the end.

"Very well, milord." The Pleiades maid said, slightly bowing before walking away to her station. 'Ahhh,' The overlord internally sighed, slightly worried that if he vocalized it, every floor guardian would rush to his aid and ask if there was an issue. Though it may have been an exaggeration, such an unlikely situation was possible.

'There's so much on my plate. There's supposed to be this subjugation test on the nearby Lizardmen in 2 weeks briefly mentioned by Demiurge. Like, I didn't know we were doing this until a couple of hours ago! To top things off, there's a possible group of players somewhere in this world that brainwashed Shalltear as mentioned by Citrinitas!' If Ainz had a real biological body, it would be slumped over a desk.