Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 149

Ainz, the beloved Master of Angrboda, of course, had done his best to help her and the (emergency food) human to get to what passes as a fortress to the people of this Singularity. But, as befits her beloved Master and his great wisdom, he had not teleported them directly to the city, taking care to be mindful of the reaction of the Servants there or to preclude the springing of any traps. Not that Angrboda herself would be in any danger from such things, but it just shows how much her dearest cared for her.

And so, after a flash, Angrboda and the human were now at some distance away from their destination, with a clear and strict order in case of anything happening, even the smallest or just suspected danger, to inform Ainz. The thought of just how much her beloved cared for her made Angrboda feel a sense of warmth spreading in her chest.

However, this bright feeling of love and joy was almost overshadowed by the annoyance of being entrusted with the task of watching and protecting a (bug) human.

If one were to compare Angrboda's way of thinking with that of an ordinary human, then for her, this current assignment was for her an occupation as strange and even as repulsive as a request from her lover to follow and protect his beloved cockroach, freely running around his house. In other words - Angrboda was barely holding herself from just squishing the disgusting human. But... Oh, what great sacrifices she makes for the sake of love!

Of course, it was difficult for Angrboda to even endure a human being next to her, she can barely imagine how she would feel when, out of her own free will, she would be entering into the nest of these creatures. She could feel her skin crawling with goosebumps imagining such a scenario! But, for the sake of her beloved Ainz, she will endure even much worse things! And so, overcoming all of her disgust, having have to wait for the (waste of air) human to do whatever it is it's doing, Angrboda, with all the fake cheer and kindness she could dredge up, addressed the bug. "Okay, Medea, what did you see?"

"Medea?" Hearing himself being called by the name of another Servant, Tesla was confused. It definitely grabbed his attention, so props to that, but then, he looked at himself and looked confusedly at Angrboda. "What part of me could be confused with that of Medea's? Or are you talking to Medea right now?"

"Um," Angrboda was surprised, this bug was not Medea? Hmm, is this one Nobu... something, no Nobu has black hair, and it is with Ainz right now. Ah! That's right, this one's Tesla! Her perception of people was so bad that she could hardly distinguish them from each other, never mind remembering their names. Who would be bothered to name ants, never mind actually remember it! "Exactly, Tesla. What have you seen?"

Tesla thought for a second whether he should ask more about Angrboda's perception and this unknown similarity to Medea that he even didn't know about. That is of course before, once again, demonstrating his ingenious intellect, he instead chose the most correct solution, to not anger the incomprehensible and strong being. A being that is already trying, very unsuccessfully, to hide her disregard and hatred of the situation they're in and him in particular. And one that, just to be safe, he should try his best to limit his interaction with.

In addition, he could foresee an unavoidable battle in the future where he needs all his strength to survive, much less prevail in. And he could not expect anything else when it involved his arch nemesis, so he would be taking the option that preserves the most good will from this creature in front of him. And that evidently involves not needlessly provoking the beast by indulging his curiosity. "It's a City and one that is, for this era at least, is huge. But, still, given the general technological level of this time, I noticed that, by indirect signs, it is one that is not so big for the modern world. I would say that the city would have a population of one and a half or two million people..."