Overlord: When Human Meets Inhuman

Chapter 25: One month

"Shalltear, you do realize that he found out what your plan was, right?" 

Seriously? I thought she was smarter than that. Either I'm a genius or everybody else is stupid. 

I grin at Albedo and sigh in satisfaction.
"I made you smarter, Albedo. He thinks he found out what my plan is. All of what happened yesterday was just a very well orchestrated play. And now he thinks he's going to have a small period of peace, until I "crawl back to him and apologize". But that's not what will happen. I'll let him have some fun, thinking he finally got rid of me. Then I'll finally have him within my grasp." 
Albedo raises her eyebrows and a stupidly wide grin forms on her face. I hate when she makes that expression, it makes her look more stupid than she already is.

"You're a resourceful bitch, aren't you?" She says, sounding quite amused.
"Exactly. I'm glad we agree on this, Albedo." I answer, letting out a small giggle. I then materialize my favorite fan and, well...I fan myself.
"How long are you going to keep up your little game, Shalltear?"
"For as long as I like. I've got a whole eternity to spare, don't I?" I point out and wink. 
"Right. So are you going to keep him?" Albedo asks and joins her hands in front of her. 
"Hmm…I think so."

I think I already know what I'll do with him, but I still need to think things through completely.

"Oh, there he is now." Albedo says pointing behind me. I distractedly look to where she's pointing and in fact I do notice he's there. He's just standing still, toying with his knife.
"Oh yeah, there he is. Meh, let him do his thing. I don't mind him having friends, especially since he's going to…disappear, let's say." 
Albedo at that raises an eyebrow and her face turns serious. 
"Disappear? What do you mean?" 

Uh, I guess I have to explain it to her. It's a pretty long thing, but I have to. 

I clear my throat and fold back my fan, making it disappear with a sigh.
"So, one day, of my choosing, probably in a month or so, he and Lupusregina will go on their usual trip in the woods. At some point, they will find a hooded figure with a sword, which will be me. Why? Because in one of his nightmares, Mark dreamed about a hooded figure attacking me, and him saving me. More or less. I want to do this in a way that it looks like his dream was sort of premonitory. He did get killed anyway during that dream, then he woke up. Either way, the sword will be my Pipette Lance, which will be disguised as a normal sword by a spell. I will knock them both out, and when Lupusregina wakes up she'll find herself alone. She will probably look for him, but it'll be too late. I won't leave a single trace, or a single clue, to anybody." I explain thoroughly and animatedly. 
"Hm. That is a pretty well-thought plan, I must say…you must come up with them since you have a lot of free time." 
I nod and smile happily, then I do a small bow. 
"Precisely." 
"Oh, one more question, Shalltear, then I need to leave you to be with Lord Ainz." 

Hmm…I didn't like the last part of her sentence. One, because she'll be with Lord Ainz. Two, because she might run her mouth too much. She did agree not to say anything, though, so I think I'm relatively safe.

"Right. So what is it?" 
"Have you decided what you're going to do with him yet? Killing him would be a bit of a banality, don't you think?" 

I'm glad we agree on this too. Albedo is right, I'm not going to kill him. At least, not physically. 
I will put him through the worst pain and suffering any being has ever experienced, either until he dies or I get bored. But the most likely outcome will be the first. Maybe I'm going to use him for sex a few times as well, but torturing comes first. 

"No, not yet. I'm still evaluating all the possible options to find the best one. But I'm narrowing them down every day, so I'm not far from reaching a final decision." I lie. 
"Hm…I see. Well, I'd surely like to see this situation unfold, even more if it went like you planned. I'll leave you now, Lord Ainz needs me for a general report. Bye." Albedo pats me on the head and walks away probably to Lord Ainz's room. 

Even if somebody finds out what I will have done to him, I'm sure nobody will care that much.

"Ahh, I can't wait to see the look on his face when he-"

Oh. He's here. 

Mark crosses his arms and gives me one of the most empty looks I've seen in his eyes.
"You know what? I don't even wanna know what the hell you've got planned for me. It's clear you have something else in mind other than that stupid act you put on yesterday, but frankly, at this point I don't care. Kill me, kidnap me, enslave me, make me look bad, frame me, I don't care. I've understood the kind of person you are, and at this point even if I die, I know I have nothing to regret. And I know you unfortunately have a lot of things to regret. Have a good day, boss. And call me if you have any jobs for me." 
He does a small bow, then he walks past me with a disgusted look on his face. 

He smelled something is up, I don't know how but he did. But this time, I'm sure he has no idea what's coming his way. 

The fact is that he's got a month before I put my plan into action, and a lot of things can change in a month. 

It's a shame I'm such a bitch though… 
If I was a better person, me and him could have been together by now. He himself told me he loved me. But I "love" him in a different way than he thinks, if he thinks I love him at all. 
He's going to be mine, one way or another. I don't care what I have to do, how far I have to go, but I can't let go somebody as loyal and cute and immortal as him. 

I look distractedly to my left and see Lupusregina walking together with Yuri Alpha down the hallway. They seem to be chatting happily. 

At least, Lupusregina is chatting happily. Yuri looks very serious, as usual. 

When they walk past me, Yuri nods and slightly raises her hand to greet me, Lupusregina gives me a wink and points two fingers at her eyes, then at mine. I answer with a very sour look and clench my fists, shaking my head. 
"Gah…useless." 
I teleport back to my room and I take all my clothes off immediately, then I lock the door and prepare myself a bath. 

I've got a fucking headache now… 
I need to be very careful with my plan. If somebody finds me out, I might get in trouble. If I fail, and I get discovered, I'd better be prepared to face some punishment. But at this point, it's all or nothing. And if I can't have everything, I'd rather have nothing.