Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 25

After some thought, Ainz decided to conduct a further conversation with John without any extra ears, which naturally meant that Marie Antoinette was in the tent with him, Jeanne and John. Since Marie Antoinette made her way to the interview site, Mozart, who felt guilty of her affairs, was also forced to attend.

Ainz was initially against this, and in other conditions, he would have probably not allowed the young Rider and her protégé to be there, but under these conditions, Marie, was formally the third side of the conversation. Unlike Jeanne, who in fact was nothing without Ainz's, Marie and Mozart still remained Servants in full force and therefore were allowed to participate in the conversation.

'It's like the director of a small company at a meeting of two mega-corporations agreeing on a monopoly' Ainz came to the conclusion with more familiar words 'He is much less influential and can be removed from the conversation, but then his actions might violate the established order in the market ... As I thought, politics are too much for me ... '

The rest of the Servants, who did not hear the mage's thoughts, simply took their places at the small table that appeared with the help of Ainz's magic, after which, they just stared at each other, until John took decided to break the ice.

"So," the experienced soldier and commander sighed, while his gaze was fixed on Jeanne, who instantly stiffened, "I trust my eyes, and my eyes tell me that you are the Dragon Witch."

Jeanne tried to object to this right away, but John only frowned slightly, forcing the girl to shut up instantly.

'What a terrible person ...' Ainz just felt a lump in his stomach begin to toss and turn. He was almost two times older than the guy in front of him, but at the same time, he always had great problems communicating with any powerful person, so observing John made him remember unpleasant memories from his work.

"But at the same time, due to certain circumstances," John directed these words to Ainz, who, without changing his expression, shuddered inwardly, "I still have to doubt what I see now, so I'll try to ask you straight. What exactly is happening now with France?"

Ainz had a completely direct answer to this, which, however, would only confuse everything even more, since the mage would have to explain the concept of time travel, parallel worlds, Servants, apocalypse and many other things in the process. Therefore, carefully looking around all at the Servants sitting nearby, the necromancer decided to simplify the incredibly difficult situation to a simple one.

"An evil witch was able to take the form of Jeanne d'Arc and assemble an army of monsters and powerful minions under her command, after which, she attacked France under the guise of Jeanne herself," after these words the mage turned his eyes to the Servants sitting nearby, and especially to Jeanne herself, "That Jeanne that is now sitting in front of you is the real Jeanne, resurrected in order to fight the Witch. I and...the other people that you were called into this world in order to fight the Witch too."

After these words, Ainz looked at John, who, after a little thought, nodded confidently.

"Yes," he concluded solidly, "This is complete nonsense."

After that, the guy sighed, as if resigning himself to what was said, and continued the thought, "But since we have dragons flying through the sky, and the living dead, why not your story too? It is all the same and can't be crazier."

After these words, John closed his eyes for a second and rubbed the bridge of his nose, Ainz wanted to correct the man regarding his comment about dragons, but changed his mind at the last moment.

"Well," John leaned back in his chair, and then looked at Jeanne, who was sitting next to him, studying her "Suppose I believe in your good intentions to save the France. What's next?".