Lesson 13 - A Mess of Things

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(Y/n) POV
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We're currently in the treasury with Albedo and Yuri.

They look around, clearly interested.

"Is this the first time in the treasury as well, Albedo?" Ainz asks. "Yes. It cannot be entered without the ring of Ainz Ooal Gown." She looks down at the ring on her finger.

"That's true." I hum.

Ainz turns and walks over to a large black hole, seemingly shaped like a large door.

"'Glory to Ainz Ooal Gown.' Let's see.." On the door, appears writing. I walk over to him as well and look at it.

On the door, it says. 'Ascendit a terra in coelum, iterumque descendit in terram, et recipit vim superiorum et inferiorum.'

This translating to. "By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world, and so you will drive away all shadows and blindness." I read out loud. "..right?" I mumble.

The blackness making up the door, disappears and reveals a large hallway.

Lining the hallway are weapons held in the wall, each sprawled in a line on both sides.

"Our destination is the mausoleum ahead." Ainz announces. "There is a mausoleum?" Albedo asks, curious.

"The two of you don't know?" I ask as we all continue to walk down the dimly lit hallway.

"Then, what about Pandora's Actor?" Ainz glances over at them slightly.

"I know of him since I am a supervisor, but I have never met him." Albedo answers, looking up at Ainz. "Pandora's Actor. He's the guardian of the treasury and rivals us in power and intelligence." She continues to explain. "He was also created by a Lord Ainz himself."

I raise a brow slightly—though they can't see it. 'Is she jealous of Pandora's Actor? Sounds like it..' I face my head forwards again.

"Th-That's right." Ainz sputters, also sensing Albedo's passive aggressive mood.

"I am aware that he is the one responsible for our finances." Albedo adds. "Yes." Ainz quickly says as we arrive to our destination.

In front of us is a large room with only a table and two couches in the middle of it, and a bright light overhead. On the other side of this large room is seemingly another hallway.

We all stop at the front of the large open space.

Albedo gasps as she sees a familiar figure. She steps forward a few steps. "Lord Tabula Smaragdina?!" She says, surprised- or maybe shocked.

"Impossible... Wait, you're not him! Who are you?!" Albedo quickly shouts, noticing the facade.

Yuri instantly stands in front of me and Ainz, Albedo at the front of us.

"Even if you copy the appearance and aura of a supreme being. I would never mistake the one who created me!" Albedo shouts, becoming more and more agitated.

The 'copy' simply tilts his head to the side.

Albedo glares. "I see. Kill him." Yuri hesitates. "But.."

I sweat drop before sighing. "That's enough, Pandora's Actor." Ainz says, putting an end to this tense aura.

"What?" Albedo's tone is clearly confused. Albedo watches in interest and surprise, yet Yuri continues to keep her guard up.

The 'copy' seemingly melts and slowly transforms into.. Pandora's Actor.

His slick coat like cape trails behind him as he walks out into the open and away from the couches. His hat—similar to one that would be used in the army—blocking his face. Finally, an army uniform, one that can be compared to a Nazi uniform, finishes the look.

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