From the very beginning, Ainz and his group had arrived here earlier than Ellie. After all, with Nigredo tracking her, Ainz immediately knew Ellie's whereabouts and had used a teleportation gate to arrive here before Ellie.
Naturally… when Ainz, who had just arrived, saw the Undead troops flying the banner of Nazarick, his mood was also very bad. Fortunately, he had the passive skill of forced calm, which allowed him to regain his composure in time.
Although Ainz really wanted to directly order the three Guardians who had followed him to eliminate these trash tarnishing Nazarick's reputation.
However… after regaining his forced calm, Ainz wondered if this was something his clever and capable daughter had arranged beforehand? Or did she know beforehand that something like this would happen here, which is why she came this way? If that was the case, would his unauthorized intervention ruin his daughter's plan?
After much thought, Ainz finally decided to wait and see. However, Ainz's decision was misinterpreted by the three Guardians who had come with him, which was also within Ainz-sama's expectations.
Fortunately, the three of them were all captivated by Ellie. Otherwise, if they had asked him, how would he have explained it!
Ugh… I didn't expect that I was originally worried about my daughter and wanted to figure out what she was plotting behind the scenes, but I ended up encountering such a complex situation.
Looking at Ellie in the telescope, who was majestic and not using the Champion Armor, nor the final work of Warrior Takemikazuchi, tearing apart and trampling those weaklings with her bare hands, Ainz's mood was still a bit complex.
Although his daughter, despite being only level one, possessed such terrifying combat power, it felt somewhat wrong for such a young child to appear so violent.
Children of this age, according to this world's setting, shouldn't they be secluded in their rooms, learning various etiquettes and such?
She is the Princess of the Magic Kingdom, after all!
But looking at Ellie in the mirror, who was attacking the Undead with a maniacal laugh, she looked exactly like a small-sized Shalltear who had activated Blood Frenzy.
Ugh… although Ellie indeed has Shalltear's genes, it feels inappropriate for a princess of a nation to behave like this on the battlefield. In the future, I should let Ellie spend less time with Shalltear, even though it might be a bit unfair to Shalltear.
"Little Ellie-chan looks so much like me, truly the crystallization of my and Ainz-sama's love," Shalltear indeed brought this up.
"She clearly looks like me! How can she be like you, a lamprey, when she's so majestically trampling those scoundrels who dared to impersonate Nazarick's name!" Albedo immediately retorted.
"What did you say!! She clearly looks like me!! How is Little Ellie-chan like you, a big-mouthed gorilla!!" Naturally, Shalltear started arguing with Albedo again. Aura, on the other hand, was just intently watching Ellie and did not participate.
It seems Albedo also needs to be added to the list of people Ellie should interact with as little as possible, Ainz thought.
Then there was the black-haired woman who claimed to be Ellie's Royal Guard. Ainz himself didn't know when his daughter had acquired a Royal Guard.
However, according to the child named Bell, the black-haired woman was met in Sky City, so the 'Royal Guard' claim was probably made up, or his daughter might have established it herself along the way. At least, he had never heard from the Guardians about his daughter having any Royal Guard.
However, if there isn't one, it wouldn't be wrong to establish one directly, a unit under Ellie's command, especially since his daughter is so excellent.
"You two, that's enough! This is in front of Ainz-sama." Aura, finally unable to bear Albedo and Shalltear arguing over who Ellie resembled more, finally spoke up to stop the escalating verbal battle between the two.
"I'm truly sorry, Ainz-sama… I… I lost my composure again." Albedo only then came to her senses and quickly apologized to Ainz.
Ainz was about to respond with words of forgiveness, but Aura unexpectedly spoke first with this sentence.
"Such agile movements and clean, sharp skills, she clearly resembles me more!"
"What did you say! I can't let that pass! Little Ellie-chan has such nimble skills, I taught her! How does that relate to you, a shorty!" Shalltear, who had also intended to apologize to Ainz like Albedo, immediately became indignant.
"You taught her? Don't be ridiculous! This clearly looks like something I taught!!" Albedo immediately cast Ainz aside and rejoined the verbal battle.
Ainz's mouth hung open, watching the three women bickering back and forth, endlessly.
"You taught her? Your skills are all about taking hits with your face! How could you possibly teach Ellie anything!" Aura shrugged, expressing her point.
"What did you say! What's wrong with practical, direct combat skills! It's not like you, a squishy chicken who collapses with one hit!!" Albedo was naturally very unconvinced.
Hmm? How is this argument getting more and more off-topic? Ainz felt like something was wrong. He should stop them quickly!
"Jokes aside! What do you think of that black-haired woman?" So Ainz spoke up to stop them and threw the black-haired woman, who had been on his mind, to the three Guardians.
Ainz immediately recognized from the strange black-haired woman's first attack that she was definitely a Player or a Guardian. She used modern weaponry, and subsequently, when tearing apart the Undead with Ellie, she also used two automatic pistols in combat. So her profession should be similar to Shizu, who also uses firearms as weapons!
Moreover, being able to eliminate so many Undead with one blow, her level must not be low. In the worst-case scenario, she would also be max level. Allowing such a dangerous individual to be by his daughter's side, it seems his decision to come in person was indeed correct.
"Judging solely from the effect of the first strike, that black-haired woman's level should be comparable to ours," Albedo's conclusion was entirely consistent with Ainz's own.
"Fighting with firearms, her profession is a Gunslinger or a Ranger. However, judging by her ability to use heavy firepower, she leans more towards a Gunslinger. If we could fight her, we should be able to understand," Shalltear, uncharacteristically, thought for a moment before reaching a conclusion.
Shalltear is even considering the opponent's profession now? This is a good sign. The Guardians are truly growing after coming to this world, which greatly pleased Ainz.
"But it seems she doesn't have any hostility towards Ellie, does she? She doesn't have the hostility and killing intent that Yuri Alpha mentioned, does she?" Aura's observation somewhat surprised Ainz.
"Ho! Aura, why do you think that?" Ainz asked.
"From my perspective, if that black-haired woman had hostility towards Ellie, now would be the perfect time to ambush Ellie, wouldn't it? However, that black-haired woman was covering Ellie the entire time, even though Ellie didn't need her cover at all," Aura said, scratching her head.
Hmm… Aura is right. If she really wanted to harm Ellie, now would indeed be the best time. Naturally… one cannot make a judgment based solely on this. Perhaps she just wants to continue using Ellie to achieve some ulterior motive of her own?
"Heh heh! Is that really so?" Ainz used his usual trick here, it's just a pity Demiurge isn't here.
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