If Shalltear hadn't given Iri the Substitute Item, wouldn't Iri have been doomed?
Damn it! Who on earth could instantly kill Iri?
Does the Black Scripture have someone that powerful?
Even if they do, so what!
Whoever dared to kill my daughter must pay the price.
Unforgivable!
Ainz's eyes blazed with fury, but after a flash of green light, Ainz immediately calmed down again.
But… what exactly is going on?
Ainz still couldn't figure out the situation; who exactly had killed Iri? Although she was resurrected now, would she be killed again?
Ainz was very worried; he had to get to Iri's side!
Just as Ainz was about to set off to support Iri.
"Ainz-sama, could I ask you to come to Nigredo?" At this moment, Albedo sent a message.
Nigredo?
He remembered that he had instructed Nigredo to constantly monitor the battlefield on the Katz Plains, and Albedo had also reported that Iri had entrusted Nigredo to monitor the secret squad from Theocracy.
If calculated by time, not long after Iri finished changing, she left the range of his Qianli mirror. According to Iri's speed, her demise must have happened after contact with that unit. Nigredo should have been able to observe it.
"I'm coming." Ainz replied to Albedo's message and at the same time turned to Demiurge and said:
"Demiurge, you come along too!"
"Yes! Ainz-sama." Demiurge respectfully agreed.
So, Ainz opened the teleportation gate again and went to Nigredo's room with Demiurge.
"Uh…" As soon as he arrived in Nigredo's room, Ainz was startled. A room full of Iri dolls looked really creepy!
"Ainz-sama!" Albedo saw him arrive and immediately flapped her wings, greeting him with teary eyes, looking pitiful.
Seeing Albedo's sorrowful appearance, Ainz felt a little guilty. He shouldn't have let Iri go out alone.
"Albedo, how is Iri doing now?" Ainz only cared about this now. As for the room full of Iri dolls, he would put that aside for now!
"Nigredo-nee-san!" Albedo turned her head and called out. Nigredo nodded woodenly, then waved her hand.
The eyes of the largest Iri doll on Nigredo's table glowed, like a projector, casting a clear image onto the rusty wall.
In the image, Iri seemed very scared, shrinking her body, and then the members of the Theocracy secret squad, whom Iri had mentioned earlier, were surrounding her, explaining something to her. Iri kept nodding, her face full of confusion and bewilderment.
Only this segment could be seen before it was interrupted… Directly displaying the image was still too taxing for Nigredo, but this was enough to prove that at least Iri was safe for now.
"I see! As expected of Illy-dono! As expected of Ainz-sama! It seems we were too easily startled. Ainz-sama, please forgive our foolishness." Demiurge said with a look of sudden realization after seeing the image, immediately bowing his head to Ainz.
Xiao Di understood! Xiao Di realized! Xiao Di was shocked!
Eh? Eh? What is he talking about?? Ainz was utterly bewildered.
I don't understand? I didn't! It wasn't me!
"Demiurge? What do you mean?" Albedo asked with an annoyed expression. This concerned the life and death of her precious daughter, Iri, and Demiurge actually said it was making a fuss over nothing?
"Albedo, I can understand your feelings as a mother caring for her daughter, but… could you also give Illy-dono a little more trust? Illy-dono is Ainz-sama's daughter, Ainz-sama's wise successor. What Illy-dono is doing now is entirely within Ainz-sama's profound and great plan. Can you understand it this way?" Demiurge said with excitement and pride.
Eh? Eh eh? What profound and great plan? Can you explain it more clearly? What's going on now? What's the situation?
Ainz was still very confused. He had no idea what plan Demiurge was talking about!
"As expected of Ainz-sama!"
"Ainz-sama is truly amazing!"
At this moment, Ainz noticed that Albedo and Nigredo were looking at him with expectant faces.
Uh… I can't not react! But I really don't know what plan it is! I can only bite the bullet and pretend, then I have to find a way to get Demiurge to explain it!
"It… it is so! Just as Demiurge said, everything is under my control! You actually saw through it, Demiurge." Ainz said with great majesty.
"Ah! As expected of Ainz-sama! My dearest, I should have known that Ainz-sama must have had some grand vision to send out Little Yi, the crystallization of our love, Ainz-sama and mine. I'm truly sorry! Ainz-sama, I was too easily startled." Albedo said with a flushed face and excitement, constantly flapping the pair of black wings at her waist.
"Not at all… Ainz-sama, I should have realized your intentions earlier. The moment Ainz-sama allowed Illy-dono to go out alone, I should have thought of it! As a result, foolish me only realized it after seeing the image just now, and even alarmed Ainz-sama for it. Please forgive me, Ainz-sama!" Demiurge looked at Ainz with adoration, saying with some shame.
"Hehe! Demiurge, there is nothing wrong with you being able to see through my thoughts now. If there's anyone to blame, blame me for not explaining it clearly to you all!" Ainz said with a guilty conscience, but still maintained a calm demeanor.
"Ainz-sama is not at fault at all! The only ones at fault are us foolish ones!" Demiurge flattered him once again.
Ainz was quite helpless. Could he flatter him a little less and just tell him about that great plan? He still didn't know what Iri wanted to do!
"Ainz-sama, to avoid me appearing so flustered and undignified in the future, could you please tell me your plan?" Albedo asked shyly, covering her face.
"Uh…" Ainz turned around, feigning deep thought, then glanced at Demiurge, while simultaneously shouting in his heart, "Nicely done, Albedo!"
"Demiurge, I permit you to convey what you understand to Albedo." Ainz said with full majesty, while simultaneously letting out a sigh of relief in his heart.
Alright, now he could hear from Demiurge what this profound and great plan, formulated by Ainz-sama, truly was! Ainz thought so, filled with anticipation.
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