LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 44: "Lies"
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Oriana POV
A knock on the door made me look up from my book. I signaled to the maid who was also in my room, and she started to open the door. The visitor who entered the room made me smile and invited him to sit down with an inviting hand gesture.
"Hello my friend, how are you?" I asked after he had sat down.
"Oh you know, stressful. Your little play that you put on in the kingdom caused me a lot of trouble" Ainz complained without any anger in his voice.
"Do you think? I actually thought it was very successful." I replied playfully.
"Ha, maybe it was successful, but that doesn't mean that the consequences aren't stressful. Do you know how quickly your story about Momon the dark hero spread? They're already singing songs about Him." sighed Ainz
"That is the price for fame. My friend" I giggled.
"I Understand that, it's just that all the attention makes me embarrassed." replied Ainz to which I only smiled
"Then it occurs to me, you wanted to travel to the Dragon Kingdom soon, right? Does this mean your self-imposed lockdown is over? Do you have it under control now?" Ainz asked which made me remember the night of the demon invasion.
I closed my eyes and let the scene flash through my mind again, exactly as it had happened that night.
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I had watched everything that evening through the eyes of my little doll. From the massacre of a few unimportant adventures to the encounter with Momon. Everything had gone according to plan, I had never interfered, not even when this funny feeling had started in my stomach again. As usual, it had slowly climbed up into my chest and arms. When we were in the last act the feeling had already taken over my whole body, which was interesting because at that moment I was neither in my body nor had I taken control of my doll's.
A sudden thought and I had pushed my doll's consciousness aside. Now that I was the dominant personality in the body, the people outside were able to sense it immediately. My aura of the Primordial vampire, which had been suppressed until now was able to be felt the moment I took over the body. The reason for that was that only I, as the primordial vampire was able to use that aura and not even a doll created by me would be able express it without me as the dominant soul. In the end Evileye was brought to her knees.
From then on everything was just child's play, since my aura was able to control Evileye, it was already over. No matter how hard she would try or not, in the end she would have to follow my orders. The funny thing was, the mind control couldn't even be recognized at this point. I had only ordered her to kill her friends. So if she had theoretically never seen them she would have never seen a need to attack them. But unfair as I was, I had also cheated in this game and teleported her friends front of her, which would then leave her with no other option than to tear them apart.
Oh, and how she had torn them apart
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Was that a loss of control? I wasn't sure. Sure. I made her attack her friends, but I didn't touch her directly didn't I., and the tortured adventures were my doll's fault anyway. Even if. A single slip wasn't so bad, was it? After all, I had managed to maintain control over the last few months.
I opened my eyes again and looked directly in Ainz face.
"I have it under control" I lied, and a beautiful smile blossomed on my face
"Is that so? Very good, I was worried but when you say that everything is fine then I am reassured. Still...don't you think you should take it easy before you go traveling again? Some easy excursions before venturing into unknown territory?" Ainz asked still sounding concerned.
"Don't worry about me. I've already planned everything, and I'm sure there won't be any surprises"I said trying to ease his worries.
"That reminds me, I wanted to take Zelon with me, is that okay with you?" I tried to change the topic.
"Zelon? Ahh you mean one of the greater doppelgängers of Erich String Orchestra who plays one of your organization members?" Ainz clarified.
"Yes, that is the one I mean" I said
"No problem here. I don't need them now anyway, and I am sure Demiurge can spare one"
"That is good to hear. Would you mind leaving then I still wanted to change into a more appropriate travel robe" I asked giving him a subtle hint.
"Ahh yes sure, talk to me if you need help with your temper again. I will always be there for you, we are friends after all." said Ainz standing up.
"I will" I lied again turning my back to him.
It wasn't nice lying to Ainz, but if anything it was just a single slip-up. I could handle that on my own, even without his help.
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Third-person POV
"Our first topic today will be about the appearance of the so-called Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth in the Re-Estize Kingdom and how we should react to it." said the cardinal of the earth Raymond Zarg Lauransan.
"According to some of our agents, the demon was in the capital to steal a magical item. Since the item was in the camp district, he used a massive army of lesser demons that was able to keep the kingdom's combined adventure guild at bay for several hours. I probably don't need to tell you how dangerous something like that is" Raymond said which caused all the cardinals to murmur in agreement.
"But how was that possible. Weren't the blue roses also in the capital? With their combined strength they should have been able to destroy some lesser demons" asked the cardinal of the light Yvon Jasna Dracrowa.
"Two of the roses were apparently kidnapped, and the demon wasn't alone either. Not only did he have a small elite group of strong demons, he also had a vampire girl with him who was supposed to be his equal in strength." clarified the cardinal of earth.
"Preposterous" shouted the cardinal of the wind Dominic Ihre Partouche.
"And yet it is true. According to the two of them, they are members of an organization that includes five others besides themselves. They call themselves the seven deadly sins and some of them are said to be about as strong as them" argued Raymond, since he had been a former black scripture member he always had the most reliable information.
"We should send support next time when the members of this so-called organization show themselves. As demons and vampires, they undoubtedly stand in the way of our beliefs." said The Cardinal of Fire Berenice Nagua Santini
"That would be impossible with our current strength, After all, we are still at war with the Elves, and we have been further weakened by the loss of the Sunlight Scripture, not to mention the disappearance of the Black Scripture's extra seat" explained the cardinal of darkness Maximilian Oreio Lagier.
"And not only that, as you know, some believers of our organization have lost their faith in the 6 great. When we arrested them they claimed to serve the one true goddess. As long as such a heretical tumor grows in our midst, I fear it will be impossible for us to help anyone." added the cardinal of the water Ginedine Delan Guelfi.
"That's correct, which brings us to the next point. This false deity must absolutely be found — it is dangerous that it was able to convert so many of our most faithful believers in such a short time. That's why I'm going to suggest that we put all external circumstances aside for now and concentrate on the danger in our midst." suggested the cardinal of the earth, which received nothing but approval.
"Finally, let's also discuss how we will deal with the war with the elves. I suggest that we..."
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