Because after the interview with the Emperor ended, the guardians who participated in the interview consciously gathered here, obviously wanting to know the detailed plan of the great Lord Ainz.
The so-called plan... Ainz himself wants to know!
Now, looking at the Guardians kneeling in front of his desk, Ainz could only wave his hand to signal them to get up. He also glanced at Demiurge and Albedo, but did not see them.
The expressions of the two people were not much different from usual.
In other words... I shouldn't have surprised them by not being embarrassed when I was interviewing the emperor just now, right?
After initially following Demiurge's advice and learning that the Emperor was going to visit Nazarick, Ainz himself once asked Demiurge in a subtle way, what else should he pay attention to when meeting the Emperor?
However, the answer I got was simply that everything is going according to Ainz-sama's plan, please just act according to the predetermined plan.
The key is! Lord Ainz has no idea what the planned plan is! Therefore, most of his meetings with the Emperor are improvised.
The process... it's basically just a normal politeness, say you're here to apologize, then forgive him mercifully, and then use this as an excuse to go to the ground. This is the first step to conquer the world, which is quite clear in your heart.
Demiurge has said it before, and he can roughly guess it from overhearing Yili's words, so as long as this issue is dealt with during the interview, everything else is just nonsense.
However, when the emperor proposed an alliance, Ainz was still a little confused. This was an unexpected proposal. Neither Demiurge nor Iri mentioned it. An alliance with the empire seemed to have no significance for Nazarick.
loss.
And based on the mentality that one more friend is better than one more enemy, Ainz agreed without much thought. This must have been part of Demiurge's plan, right?
If not, Demiurge and Albedo would probably have very puzzled expressions. When he agreed, Iri didn't say anything. It seemed that he made the right choice.
In this way, he should have successfully passed the meeting with the emperor this time.
"The Emperor has taken action according to our plan. Next..." Ainz wanted to be subtle here. He originally wanted to directly throw the topic to Demiurge and let Demiurge have all the plans he imagined.
Speak out your plans.
"Lord Ainz, there is one thing I don't quite understand. Why do you want to ally with that empire? And you even sent little Iri-chan there. Wouldn't it be better for that kind of country to just crush it with force?" Shalltear said.
He asked with a puzzled face.
Uh... Shalltear was the one who questioned the alliance in the main hall, but Shalltear really doesn't have a long memory!
If you don't know the details of the opponent, use force to target him, and you won't be afraid that he will have some strange tools to control you again! This is what Ainz thought.
"Shalltear is right. Mare and I broke into their capital. It's nothing special!" Aura also expressed her surprise.
Of course, Ainz understood that Shalltear and Aura were not questioning his decision, but wanted to confirm why he did what he did, and wanted to know the reasons and reasons, so as to avoid doing the wrong thing without understanding the reason.
For Shalltear, who had done something wrong, it was indeed reasonable to ask such a question.
As for the reason for the alliance?
Uh... I simply feel that the alliance will not do any harm to Nazarick, and after the alliance, I can find some excuses to communicate more with the emperor, and I can also learn some emperor-like things from him. Of course, this reason is
That's what you must never say out loud.
So now, how should we answer the questions that Shalltear and Aura have?
First of all, after he agreed to the proposal of the Emperor's Alliance, Iri, Demiurge and Albedo on the side did not express anything.
Although Iri is not here now, Demiurge and Albedo are still there. If the decision I just made conflicts with Demiurge's plan, Demiurge will definitely be the first.
Time showed doubts, but he did not. So if he said that his decision was correct, then let's use this to explain it first! Ainz thought so.
"I think it is foolish to conquer by force, Shalltear." Ainz said in a pretentious manner, and then glanced at Demiurge and Albedo.
I saw that Demiurge and Albedo were still the same and didn't show anything strange.
It seems that my choice is indeed right, so I can turn the topic over to Demiurge and ask him to explain to Shalltear.
"Demiurge." Ainz looked directly at Demiurge, pretending to be very dignified and called him seriously. Normally, as long as he called Demiurge, he would call him directly.
Those who gave the answer hope it will be the same this time.
"Yes! Lord Ainz! Please forgive these incompetent people for not understanding the greatness of Lord Ainz." Demiurge replied.
"No, Demiurge... you can't put it too seriously." Ainz was immediately confused. This was not the explanation he wanted!
"I'm sorry, please forgive me, Lord Ainz." Demiurge continued.
"Hmm... then, Albedo." Demiurge actually refused to say, so Albedo! Ainz was a little flustered.
"Ah... Ainz-sama has such a compassionate heart. As expected of Ainz-sama..." Well... skip Albedo. As soon as he saw her nymphomaniac face, Ainz felt a chill in his back.
The two people who could ask for help were helpless, and Yili was not here, so she was isolated and helpless.
Uh... Then let's use what Yi Li said before to explain it!
"The honor of righteousness and rationality." Ainz said.
"Uh? Righteousness? Reasonability? Lord Ainz...I don't quite understand what you mean." Shalltear looked confused. In fact, not only Shalltear, but also the Guardians except Demiurge who had participated in the conversation before
Except for Albedo, they are all the same as Shalltear.
"Yes, it is easy to conquer by force, but doing so will make too many enemies. This time our opponent is human beings, not a primitive civilization like the lizard people, so we need a reasonable excuse. This time the empire sends people
The plan for the invasion of Nazarick was exactly the same, so we used this as an excuse to ask the empire to apologize, and the empire expressed its willingness to assist us in restoring the country. Therefore, our next move has the support of a country, and there is
Reasonableness." Ainz continued to explain.
"Restore...restore the country? That...is this?" Shalltear was even more confused.
Ainz could understand... After all, when Iri was talking about this, only Demiurge and Albedo were there. Shalltear's reaction was normal, because Ainz himself overheard Iri and Albedo at that time.
When those black workers talked about the "history" of Nazarick, Ainz was just as confused as Shalltear now.
"Shalltear, this is a plan conceived by Ainz-sama..." Albedo started talking. Let Albedo explain this!
"Albedo, please tell everyone about the background of Nazarick!" Ainz said.
"Yes! Lord Ainz!" Albedo quickly nodded in agreement.