Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 185

What was the first thing any Servant who entered the service of Ainz had to do?

From Sita's point of view, the right thing to do was to find out exactly where, for what purpose, and under whose command she was supposed to be in.

And there was no better way to do this than to find out the answers to these questions from other Servants.

Of course, the right, and easiest way to accomplish her goals, was to simply ask her Master about her future mission – but that didn't mean that he would necessarily answer it truthfully, especially when talking about someone like Ainz.

Not to mention an obscure evil deity like Ainz, but even a run-of-the-mill magus, would probably lie. After all, it is difficult to honestly answer a question like 'how do you feel about your Servants' or 'are you a good person?'. It wouldn't even have been necessary to answer with outright lies to confuse Sita, simply answering obliquely was enough.

However, the moment Sita first took a step out of the room that she was assigned by the Director after her Master disappeared – a very obvious problem instantly arose before her.

To whom, exactly, could Sita turn with the many questions that plagued her?

With some, understandable, surprise, Sita had suddenly discovered that she was not her Master's only Servant. When she was first summoned, surrounded by so many other Servants, she had even thought that there were a lot of Masters in Chaldea. To not only find that there was only one, but that there were... more Servants than anyone had ever imagined came as a shock to her.

Several dozen, an astronomical amount, and they were all so different in character.

That was not the only shock she received, though. At first, she was worried about the amount of Mana that must have been expended just to keep so many Servants around, surely even an evil deity like Ainz couldn't have so much Mana? She was worried that she had to compromise her morals to ignore so many people that must have been drained constantly of their life force.

Luckily, it was a worry that quickly expunged after her tour of Chaldea by Da Vinci... After she was grilled for anything she remembered about the Singularity and about what she knew or thought about Ainz.

Too bad that when she asked Da Vinci about how Ainz got along so well with so many personalities, she was only offered a shrug in return.

Captain Drake? Sita respected her military credentials and leadership skills, but in her insistence on offering to have a drink with her, that Sita realized that she was nothing like Sita herself.

Medea? She had little desire to mingle with Sita, and their character, looking closely, was too different for them to easily find common ground with one another.

Cainabel? Such a joke is simply unfunny.

So, paradoxically, Sita found that among the many Servants of Ainz, the closest and most comprehensible to her was...

The greatest scientist of all time, none other than Leonardo da Vinci herself!

Yes, Da Vinci was a woman, somehow, but with her knowledge of the Throne of Heroes and the Holy Grail Wars, this small matter of fact did not surprise her.

Da Vinci was also a surprisingly good conversationalist... if only Sita could have a turn talking, that is.

Yes, that's right, Da Vinci was willing to answer any questions Sita had, even the ones she hadn't planned on asking... when she got a chance to ask.

Okay, speaking frankly, when she first met her, Sita had suddenly found herself almost tied in place, like an audience forced to watch a performance from Da Vinci herself.