Karina shared a room with Satoru again a few days later.
Satoru was sitting in front of her.
After the conversation about King Yamato, the Golden Boar Demon King, and the Dogheaded Demon King, Karina had continued thinking about something that did not quite fit with the image she had of him. Satoru could speak about combat, magic, politics, or monsters with an almost irritating naturalness, but even so, he seemed willing to listen to old stories if there was something useful in them.
"I was thinking," Karina said.
"About what?"
"About stories."
Satoru slightly raised his gaze.
Karina took a fruit from the table, though she did not eat it immediately.
"The other day, you asked about Yamato and the Demon Kings. So I got curious. Do you also know similar stories? Heroes, monsters, legends from other places…"
Satoru remained silent.
Karina waited. With him, a pause could mean many things, from simple reflection to the question having touched a subject he did not want to answer.
In the end, Satoru spoke.
"I know some."
"Really?"
Karina leaned forward a little.
"Any interesting ones?"
Satoru seemed to think about the answer for several seconds.
When he spoke again, his gaze was not exactly on Karina. He was still sitting there, in the same room, but his eyes seemed directed toward a place she could not see.
"There was a kingdom called Re-Estize."
Karina did not interrupt him.
"It was the largest human kingdom of its time. It did not directly border non-human races, and for a long time, that position allowed it to remain stable. But that same peace also allowed its internal problems to grow for generations."
Raka emitted a low sound.
"A kingdom without external enemies may end up devouring itself."
"Yes," Satoru replied. "By the time the man in this story was born, that darkness had already settled deeply."
Karina placed the fruit on the table.
"The man was called Gazef Stronoff. He was born in a border village, into a humble family. Later, he became a mercenary. He was naturally strong, so he managed to survive better than others, but his life changed when he met an adventurer named Vesture by chance. He took him as his disciple, taught him swordsmanship, and straightened his life."
The way Satoru told the story was not dramatic. He did not raise his voice or try to make every sentence sound important. He spoke calmly, as if placing each fact where it belonged.
"Some time later, the kingdom organized a great tournament. People from all over the country could participate, and the winner would obtain a position close to the king, Ramposa III."
"An open tournament?" Karina asked. "That sounds quite generous."
"It was in appearance."
"Ah."
"Gazef participated. From the start, he ended every match with a single blow. But he was not the only one. Another man, Brain Unglaus, did the same."
Karina raised her eyebrows.
"So they faced each other in the final."
"Yes. Their duel was remembered for years."
Karina waited.
"Gazef won."
"Mmgh."
She had been about to complain to Satoru about the terribly dry way he had reached the result, but Raka spoke first.
"If he obtained a position close to the king, I suppose he was appointed with a noble title."
"Not really."
Karina blinked.
"No?"
"The nobles refused. They did not want a commoner to obtain a noble title, not even a minor one. That was why the king created the position of Warrior Captain for him."
Karina frowned.
"Even though he had won the tournament?"
"Yes."
"But that makes no sense. If someone demonstrates enough ability, giving them a position is the logical thing to do. Nina is an honorary viscountess because of her achievements, not because she inherited the title."
"Re-Estize was not a kingdom that always acted logically."
Karina made a face.
"I'm already noticing that."
Satoru continued.
"Gazef once thought about leaving the country. But before doing so, he wanted to thank his master by proving that his teachings had not been in vain. He also wanted to meet the king, to see what kind of man led that kingdom."
"And what did he find?"
"An old man worried about his country."
Karina fell silent.
"He did not find an immature young man or an arrogant ruler who only thought about himself. He found a man who wanted to protect his kingdom, but did not have the talent necessary to face the darkness that had grown beneath his feet."
Satoru lowered his gaze slightly toward his cup.
"That made Gazef decide to stay. He became the king's strongest sword and swore to protect the kingdom and its people with his life."
The room remained quiet.
Outside, through a window, the distant movement of the castle could be heard. Servants' voices, footsteps in the hallway, and the sound of some cart moving in the courtyard. Inside the room, Karina continued listening without touching the fruit she had left on the table.
"For years, he fulfilled that role. He saw his king's efforts, the conflicts between the factions that divided the higher ranks, and the assassination attempts against him and against the men loyal to Ramposa."
Karina slightly tightened her fingers.
"All for staying beside that king."
"Yes."
Satoru added nothing more to that answer.
"On one occasion, several border villages were destroyed. Gazef was sent to investigate. It was a dangerous mission, and even so, the nobles pressured things so that he and his men could not take magic equipment."
Karina sat upright in the chair.
"What!?"
Raka sounded more severe.
"…That was not due to negligence, was it?"
"No," Satoru said. "It was intentional."
Karina placed the fruit on the table.
"Were they trying to kill him?"
"Yes. They had hired an elite group from another nation to assassinate him. They used civilians as hostages and prepared a trap. Gazef and his men came close to dying there."
The silence settled with more weight.
"Until he met a man."
Karina knew, from the way Satoru said that, that the name was important.
"Ainz Ooal Gown."
"Who was he?"
"A magic caster who was near the area when the village was attacked. After seeing the situation, he helped Gazef and his men."
Karina did not interrupt.
Ainz saved them, but he also left a mark on Gazef that was difficult to separate. Gratitude, because without him, they would have died there. Respect, because he intervened when he had no obligation to do so. And fear, because the power he showed was beyond anything Gazef could understand.
Karina looked at Satoru.
"That is…"
The story continued with the reunion between Gazef and Brain Unglaus, the rival from that tournament whom the years had changed in a different way. Also with the fight against Eight Fingers, the largest criminal organization in the kingdom, and with Gazef's efforts to continue being the king's sword.
Karina listened with increasing seriousness.
Gazef's life did not feel like a succession of victories. It felt like a decision repeated many times. He could have left, could have lived for himself, could have used his strength somewhere else, but he chose to stay beside a king who needed a sword because he did not have enough strength to hold up the kingdom with his own hands.
And finally, that decision brought him before Ainz again.
"The Kingdom of Re-Estize eventually entered into conflict with Ainz Ooal Gown," Satoru said. "By then, Gazef understood that he was not facing someone he could defeat."
Karina lowered her gaze slightly.
"Then he had no chance."
"None."
"But he fought anyway."
"He did."
The answer was simple, but Karina felt the weight behind it.
Gazef did not choose that confrontation because he believed courage would be enough to close the distance between them. Nor because he expected a miracle. He did it because it was his duty. If he retreated at that moment, he would preserve his life, but he would leave behind what he had chosen to be.
"Gazef stood before Ainz and requested a duel," Satoru continued. "Not to save the kingdom. Not to change the result of the war. Only to fulfill the duty he had upheld until then."
Raka remained silent.
Karina tightened her fingers over her skirt.
"Then he…"
She did not finish the sentence.
"Gazef died before Ainz."
The room went still.
Karina could imagine it far too easily. Not as a grand battle or a scene of glory, but as something colder. A man holding his oath before an existence that did not need to exert himself to end him. A death chosen not because it was just, but because it was the last way Gazef had to not betray himself.
"Then Ainz was the villain in the end," Karina said.
"…Yes. He was the villain."
Satoru did not soften the answer.
"For Gazef, at that moment, Ainz Ooal Gown was the enemy he had to face."
Karina raised her gaze toward him.
"But you speak about him in a curious way."
Karina could feel it. Satoru spoke of this "Ainz" differently from others. Although he did not treat him as if he were innocent, he also did not seem comfortable speaking ill of him.
"Are you interested in him somehow?" she said.
Satoru lowered his gaze toward the cup.
"Mm."
The direct affirmation surprised her.
"Why?"
"…"
Why?
Satoru took time to answer.
"He was an undead."
Karina blinked.
That explained something, but not everything. Karina noticed it in the pause that followed.
Satoru did not seem to speak of Ainz as a hero. It was more like a figure that, for reasons even he had not finished arranging, had remained in an important place in his mind. Something he appreciated without knowing how to explain it well.
"Only because of that?"
"I do not know."
Karina had not expected that answer.
Satoru did not add anything else either.
For a few seconds, neither of them spoke. Raka remained still over her chest, and Karina understood that insisting would not give her a better answer.
In the end, she took another fruit from the table.
"Later, you'll have to tell me another story from that place."
"I will consider it."
"That means yes, but when you want to."
Satoru did not deny her words.
***
The next day, Satoru left Muno with Liza, Tama, and Pochi.
There was an area to the north where traces of accumulated negative energy had been detected. There were also reports of monsters appearing near an abandoned village.
It was not an urgent mission.
Nor was it dangerous.
That did not stop Tama from walking with visible energy from the moment they left the city behind.
"Outing with Master~."
Pochi walked beside her, with her back straight and an expression that was making an effort to remain serious.
"We must work well."
"Yes, work~."
"And protect Master."
"Yes, prote—"
Tama looked at Satoru, then at Pochi.
"Protect?"
Pochi hesitated.
"Well… try to."
Children…
Liza, who walked a few steps behind Satoru, did not correct either of them, but sighed internally. Although she wanted to ask them to show a more serious and professional side during the mission, the truth was that she also felt happy and light now that they were able to spend time outside with their Master again.
Satoru noticed the change in each of them, but said nothing.
The route was simple.
They followed an old dirt road, crossed an area where vegetation had begun to cover fallen posts, and reached the small village before noon. Some houses still retained part of their roofs, others had lost entire walls, and in the center, there was still a well covered by old boards.
The negative energy was not as intense as Satoru expected, but it was still higher than normal.
Satoru examined it calmly, absorbed everything into a crystal, and allowed Liza, Tama, and Pochi to handle the lesser monsters that appeared during the process.
Liza advanced first.
Her red spear cut through the air with precision. She did not need to use excessive force. A turn, a step, and a thrust were enough to bring down the first creature. Tama disappeared among the shadows of a house without a door, came out through a broken window, and struck another monster from the side. Pochi held firm in front of the third, blocked its advance, and pushed it toward where Liza could finish it off.
Satoru observed.
It was not an important battle, but it was a clear display of progress.
"You have improved."
All three reacted immediately.
Tama smiled.
"Tama trained a lot~!"
Pochi brought her hands together in front of her chest.
"We will keep doing our best!"
Liza bowed her head.
"Thank you, Master."
Satoru accepted the response with a slight movement.
After clearing the area, they checked some houses and recovered useful materials. Rusted but repairable tools, dry wood, pieces of metal, and some containers that could be taken back to Muno. It was not much, but in a region rebuilding itself with what it had at hand, even that could be useful.
When the work ended, there were still hours of daylight left.
Returning the same day was possible.
Satoru looked at the road toward Muno.
Then he looked at Tama and Pochi, who were speaking among themselves while arranging some small objects in a bag. Liza watched them and participated from time to time in their interaction.
In retrospect, it had been some time since they had worked together with him, like before.
Satoru mentally reviewed the pending matters of the day.
Nothing required his immediate return.
"The report can be delivered tomorrow."
Liza raised her gaze.
"Master?"
"We will return tomorrow. We will camp near the stream."
Tama's ears perked up.
"We'll sleep outside?"
Pochi clenched her fists with contained joy.
"I will prepare the food."
"There is no need to hurry," Satoru said. "The area has already been secured."
"Yes, Master."
Liza lowered her head, but she could not fully hide the softness of her expression.
Satoru turned toward the stream.
By staying there, they could examine the terrain more calmly at dawn, confirm whether any traces of negative energy remained, and avoid an unnecessarily rushed return.
That explanation was enough.
At night, Tama and Pochi sat near the fire, speaking in low voices about training, Liza's spear, and the magic items they might one day receive. Liza remained beside Satoru while holding a book in her hands.
They did nothing extraordinary.
Precisely because of that, the rest felt different.
***
Three days later, Satoru received a message from Nina.
Satoru was in the tower when the object he had given the viscountess emitted a faint magical signal. When he activated it, Nina's voice arrived clearly despite the distance.
"Lord Satoru, forgive the interruption."
"Did something happen?"
"It is not an emergency. I am still in Yamaki for matters related to the alliance with the giants, but there is a topic I would like to discuss with you in person. Could you come when you have the opportunity?"
Satoru looked at the materials on the table.
The active experiment had already ended, and there was nothing that required his immediate presence. He closed the open containers, left a mark in his notes, and left the workroom.
In the nearby corridor, Erick straightened when he saw him.
"Lord Satoru?"
"Erick, I will be absent for a while. If anyone asks for me, inform them that I will return later."
"Understood."
"And no one must enter the workroom until I return."
Erick looked toward the closed door of the tower.
"Yes, sir. I will make sure of it."
Satoru nodded.
[Gate]
The dark portal opened before him, silent and deep, with a surface that seemed to swallow the light around it. It did not show the destination on the other side, but Satoru already knew the arrival point, so he crossed without hesitation.
The air changed immediately.
Upon emerging in Yamaki, he found Nina waiting for him in a quiet area of the village. Beside her was the young kobold Satoru had met during his previous stay. Unlike what her race's name suggested, her appearance was almost human, except for the animal skin she wore over her head, like a hood made from the white fur of a wolf, its shape still preserving the upper snout. She wore light armor that revealed parts of her body covered with fur on her forearms and feet, and at her side she carried the same high-quality sword she had tried to offer Satoru.
The young woman remained staring at the portal even after Satoru came out of it.
"That was teleportation magic…"
Her voice did not sound fearful, but surprised in a direct way, like someone who had just seen something she had not known existed outside of stories. Then she blinked, remembered that Satoru was in front of her, and straightened her posture.
"Ah… sorry. Lord Satoru, it is good to see you again."
"I remember you as well."
Nina inclined her head slightly.
"Thank you for coming."
"I received your message."
The portal closed behind him, leaving the kobold looking at the empty space for an instant longer before focusing on the conversation again.
"It was not my intention to call you unnecessarily," Nina said. "But after speaking with her, I thought it would be better to confirm the main points with you present before giving her an answer."
The kobold placed a hand on the sword at her side.
Satoru already knew part of the story. During his previous stay in Yamaki, the young woman had approached him after seeing him cut the enormous fruits of the village. Upon seeing the ease with which he handled the sword, she assumed he could be someone capable of protecting her on the journey and offered him the sword Blue Fang as payment.
Her request was simple: she wanted him to escort her to Bolehart, where the dwarves resided, or to Borunean, the elven village, to obtain the blue crystals her people needed.
"When a kobold is born, it is necessary to give them a blue crystal," the young woman explained, continuing what she had already told him before. "Our mine ran out recently. That is why we need to get more."
"She also explained to me what happened with Kuhanou," Nina added. "According to her version, a man who introduced himself as Muno's consul told them they could find veins of the blue-silver mineral in the county's silver mine."
The kobold nodded without looking away.
"That is why we kobolds took that mine."
She did not say it with shame or pride. To her, it was something that had happened, part of the path her people had followed after losing their own source of crystals.
Nina continued calmly.
"That man turned out to be Muno's former consul. However, he was a demon who disguised himself as human to cause harm from within our land. That is why we cannot assume the information he gave you was true."
The young woman frowned.
"Then he could have lied about the crystals."
"Yes," Nina said. "He could have sent you there knowing you would not find what you were looking for."
"But, if that really is so…"
The phrase remained unfinished.
Her fingers closed more tightly around Blue Fang, and for the first time, the direct certainty with which she had spoken cracked a little. She did not seem to regret having searched for a solution for her people, but the idea that everything had been born from a lie hardened her gaze.
Nina nodded slightly.
"I understand that your request is important, and I am not saying we should ignore it. However, Muno is still handling the consequences left by the demon. Right now, we cannot spare Lord Satoru to send him far away."
The kobold lowered her ears a little under the wolf skin.
"I see…"
Then she looked toward the place where the portal had disappeared.
"And with that magic? If he can go from one place to another like that, could he not take us?"
Nina looked at Satoru. She had seen enough of his magic to know she should not assume its limits, but she also did not know all of its details.
Satoru answered without changing his tone.
"I can only open [Gate] toward places I have already visited or that are within my line of sight."
The answer was true, at least in the terms that were convenient to give. With the current potency of his magic, knowing a general location could also serve in certain cases, but he had no intention of explaining all the risks or exceptions in front of someone he had just met.
The kobold accepted the answer without insisting.
"Then it is no use for getting there."
The young woman lowered her gaze toward Blue Fang. Her fingers remained on the hilt, but this time her frustration was clearer. It was not fear or a complaint against Satoru; it was the irritation of seeing an option close right after discovering that the previous one may never have been real.
Nina remained thoughtful for a moment.
Then she looked at Satoru.
"Lord Satoru, earlier you mentioned that perhaps there was an alternative that did not require you to go far from Muno."
The kobold raised her head.
Satoru nodded.
The kobold's request did not seem like an isolated matter to him. In this world, those kinds of encounters rarely occurred without eventually becoming connected to Satou's path in some way. And if Satou had been the one to meet her, Satoru doubted he would have simply escorted her on a long journey to Bolehart or Borunean. Considering how Satou acted, he would have used his map and search abilities to check the surrounding terrain first, avoiding attention and choosing a faster solution if one existed within his reach.
Satoru did not have the same tools, but he could attempt to reproduce something similar with magic.
"There is a spell that allows one to visualize large concentrations of a material on a map, as long as one has a sample."
Nina's eyes widened slightly, as if she could not believe what she had just heard.
"Large concentrations… of any material?"
Her doubt remained in the air when the kobold took a step toward Satoru.
"Can you search for blue crystals!?"
"I can try."
[Create Item]
A simple table appeared before them. Satoru extended a hand and took a complete map of Muno's territory out of his Item Box, placing it on the newly created surface. Then he took a small mithril crystal.
To Satoru and Nina, the crystal had a greenish tone. To the kobold, however, the reaction was immediate.
"A blue crystal… and a good-quality one."
Satoru looked at her for an instant.
During their first conversation, he had already noticed that difference. She called mithril blue when others perceived it as green, and when describing it, she compared it to the color of tree leaves. It was possible that kobolds perceived colors differently, but there was no need to dwell on that now.
He held the crystal with one hand. With the other, he pressed two fingers to the center of the map.
The original spell existed in YGGDRASIL, although it was not one he could access through his own classes. Ainz had used it through scrolls, but Satoru did not have any of those at the moment. Even so, the magic of this world had fewer restrictions in certain aspects, and with a combination of detection, analysis, echolocation spells, and a sufficient amount of mana, he could simulate a similar effect.
Satoru recited words in a language neither of them understood.
The surface of the map responded.
Several lights appeared over Muno's territory. Some were small and weak. Others shone more clearly, marking points separated from each other.
The kobold leaned over the table.
"Did it work?"
Nina approached as well.
At first, her expression did not change too much. She observed the map with the same calm with which she would review an administrative document, but the shine in her eyes made it clear that she was not so calm inside.
"This point is Yamaki," she said, pointing to one of the large lights. "It is where we are now."
Then she moved her gaze toward another point.
"This one corresponds to the city of Muno. We still preserve some material there, so that makes sense."
Her finger stopped near a third light, the largest of all.
"But this…"
Nina barely frowned.
"I think there was a village in that area, but it was abandoned long ago. I have never heard that it had a silver mine, much less a mithril vein."
The kobold moved closer, her ears slightly raised under the hood.
"Then there could be crystals there?"
"There may be a concentration of the same material," Satoru said. "The map does not indicate whether it is an accessible vein or what condition it is in."
Nina did not take her eyes off the map.
"Lord Satoru."
"Yes?"
"C-Could you do this with any other material, as long as you have a sample?"
Nina asked the question carefully, but her voice did not come out as steady as usual.
Satoru answered with the same calm.
"I can."
Nina remained silent.
The kobold, on the other hand, did not hide her emotion.
"Then there really is a possibility that it is real."
Nina withdrew her hand from the map and adopted a more serene posture again, though her eyes remained on that third light.
"In that case, we should confirm it."
Satoru nodded.
***
The dark portal closed behind them.
The point marked by the spell was in a remote area of Muno, far from the main roads. In front of them rose a mountain with an irregular slope, covered by exposed rock and scattered vegetation. There was no visible entrance or worked path, only a natural wall that would not have drawn anyone's attention if the map had not pointed to that place.
Nina observed the surroundings carefully.
"Yes… I think this is the area."
The kobold looked at the mountain, her ears slightly raised beneath the wolf skin.
"Are the crystals there?"
"The signal comes from this part," Satoru replied.
He approached the rock wall and placed a hand on the surface; then a magic circle appeared on the stone.
The stone began to move with a deep noise. It did not explode or fly away in dangerous fragments; it simply opened inward and to the sides, compacting as if the mountain were obeying an invisible pressure. The ground leveled at the same time, and little by little, a clean entrance formed, wide enough for several people to cross through.
When the tunnel was finished, Satoru withdrew his hand.
The inside of the mountain became visible.
For a few seconds, neither of the two spoke.
The newly opened walls showed veins of greenish crystals sinking inward, extending beyond the light that entered from outside. It was not an isolated stain or a minor remnant trapped between the stone. The concentration was large, continuous, and the rock showed no signs of having been worked before.
The kobold took a step forward.
"Crystals…"
Her voice came out lower than normal.
Then she approached one of the walls and touched the vein with her fingers, as if she needed to feel it to convince herself it was not an illusion.
"They are blue crystals."
The young woman turned toward Satoru with wide eyes.
"There are so many!"
"The deposit seems to continue inward," Satoru replied. "It would need to be examined more carefully, but it does not seem small."
The kobold looked back at the vein. This time, she could no longer stay still; her fingers closed around Blue Fang and she took a step toward Nina.
"I have to tell my people! If they see this, if they know a vein like this exists…"
Nina did not interrupt her immediately. She allowed the emotion to finish coming out, and only then did she speak with a calm smile.
"You may tell them."
The kobold looked at her.
"Really?"
"Yes. But there is something you must convey clearly." Nina pointed at the mountain with a calm that did not lessen the weight of her words. "This vein is located in Muno's territory. The mine belongs to the barony."
The young kobold blinked, as if only then understanding that finding the mineral did not mean she could simply take it.
Nina continued with the same kind tone.
"As invaders of a neighboring land, your situation with Kuhanou would be complicated. But I also understand that your people have their own problems and that they acted following information planted by the demon who harmed Muno. If the kobolds come as residents of our land and recognize the authority of the barony, Muno can receive them."
The kobold listened in silence.
"Residents of Muno…?"
"That is right. We would take care of preparing the land and also of handling whatever Kuhanou may say about it. In exchange, your people would live here under our rules and work this mine as part of Muno."
The offer sounded generous. It also made very clear that the decision was not to take the vein, but to be admitted into a land that already had an owner.
The kobold did not seem to grasp all the underlying implications, but she did understand the essential point: there was a way to bring her people to the crystals without continuing to fight over a mine that perhaps had never contained what they were looking for.
She lowered her gaze toward the slope.
From the mountain entrance, an abandoned village could be seen in the distance. The houses were warped by the years, with sunken roofs and walls covered in plants. Among the remains, several small monsters moved around, some entering and leaving the broken buildings as if that place had belonged to them for a long time.
"If the problem is the place, we could…"
"Viscountess," Satoru said.
Nina glanced at him from the corner of her eye.
Satoru had already understood what she wanted. If the kobold girl offered to take care of the village before hearing the conditions, she could believe she was negotiating assistance from an equivalent position. Nina wanted to show her something else: Muno did not need them to clear the terrain as a favor. Muno was opening a door for them.
"Lord Satoru," Nina requested softly. "Could you help us with those monsters?"
Satoru raised one hand.
[Magic Arrow]
More than thirty arrows of light appeared around him in an instant. The kobold barely had time to look up before all of them descended toward the village at high speed. The lights pierced through the air like a precise rain and struck every monster before any of them could react. In a few seconds, the movement among the houses stopped completely.
The young kobold remained motionless.
Nina did not pay too much attention to her reaction. She looked at the abandoned village as if evaluating a work site.
"The houses do not seem useful. If we are going to receive people here, it will be better to clear everything from the beginning."
Satoru lowered his hand.
"Understood."
Satoru recited again in that unknown language, and then a pillar of mana fell upon the abandoned village.
It was not a disorderly explosion. The light descended in a wide cylinder, covering the broken buildings, the monster corpses, and the vegetation that had invaded the place. For an instant, the village was hidden beneath that vertical radiance. When the magic disappeared, the old houses were gone. The remains had vanished under the pressure of the magic, leaving a clean and leveled expanse where before there had only been ruins.
Nina remained silent, looking at the leveled terrain with a mixture of resignation and disbelief.
"…Isn't that too much?"
Nina sighed softly, recovered her composure, and turned back toward the kobold with a kind smile.
"As you can see, Muno can prepare the place. Please convey the message to your people. If they accept coming as residents of the barony, respecting our laws and working this mine under our authority, they will be welcome."
The kobold looked at the leveled village, then at the open entrance in the mountain, and finally at Nina.
The emotion from before was still there, but now it was mixed with a more docile understanding of the situation.
"Yes."
*****
Author's Note
Thank you very much for reading.
The quiet days continue for now, though things will start moving again soon.
For this chapter, I had to read the manga again for the part involving the kobold girl, since I wanted to handle that detail properly. As for the mention of Ainz, I felt this was a good moment for Satoru to start speaking about the person from whom he has inherited so much.
I hope the chapter was not too slow and that this part of the arc still felt enjoyable.
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