Grand Foreigner (Chapters 201+)

Chapter 205

Until the moment her curse was lifted, the restriction of her cursed eyes, Medusa had always believed that the reason she was unsociable was because she was cursed. After all, it was perfectly logical, as a being who's doomed to forever hurt anyone simply by a single careless look, an errant meeting of eyes becoming something of a matter between life and death. So how could she become someone sociable? Eye-contact is one of the basics for good conversations, after all. Even if she were to wear her Mystic-Eye killer glasses, a simple accident can turn any situation very awkward, or simply deadly in the case it happened with an ordinary human, rare as that were in Chaldea.

And so, under such circumstances, it was perfectly logical for her to develop a love of entertainment that did not require the involvement of other people – reading, for example, is one such activity.

Medusa did find that her interest was quite piqued by the many modern entertainment systems mentioned in some of her books, sadly there's a dearth of them in Chaldea, along with the lack of people to play it with. Other Servants simply have other things to do, while the staff of Chaldea can be called skittish at best. The Servants that do have nothing to do, were either the drunkards that seem to have no other hobbies than day drinking, and she's not insane enough to approach Cainabel or Baal.

Reading then became her preferred pastime in this case, at least it was before her curse was broken.

The moment Medusa was able to take control of her cursed gaze through Ainz' efforts, she felt joy, because now she could finally get away from books and make new acquaintances, communicate with people, make friends... It was quite a good dream.

It was at this moment Medusa realized an important fact about herself, she in fact did not like noisy companies, not because she was cursed, but because she just did not like noisy companies. Seeing that her prospective 'friends' were mostly Servants who by default are mostly made up of boisterous characters, meeting new people and new acquaintances came to a quick halt.

For Medusa, this discovery was... Unexpected. But also quite expected. Unexpected because it broke Medusa's previous self-image of herself, but also expected because it did not change Medusa's lifestyle, on the contrary, it allowed her to finally accept her current position. She did not suffer for not socializing, she just did not want to. She was just happy to have the choice if she wanted to.

No, Medusa was not 'against' doing it, but she was not 'for' it either, she did not care for it for the most part, perhaps it was simply a remnant of her time on the island. Her attempt to socialize with Scáthach, for example, was simply because the two of them had been sent by Ainz together on a mission. Medusa wanted to find at least a minimal level of contact with a fellow Servant of Ainz, otherwise, Medusa certainly wouldn't have gone to Scáthach wanting to have a friendly conversation.

Likewise now, meeting Jacques was a positive experience, and a very curious, interesting one, but... Medusa just didn't want to develop that connection any further. Not in the sense that she disliked Jacques, no, she was interesting enough to Medusa, she just... Didn't want to do it.

That was why Medusa was sitting on the parapet of the castle, alone, with her feet hanging down the edge, looking at the rushing people below, living their lives as quietly as they could afford in the current circumstances.

Perhaps Medusa should have been worried about Scáthach being left alone. After all, being near Jacques and in her city filled with 'monstrous' creatures, Scáthach might lose control of herself and might say something that would make them unwelcome here, or worse start purging the inhabitants. At least that was before she could calm herself, concluding that Ainz must have a plan for them being here, and at least have some kind of contingency in case Scáthach goes on a rampage.