Bell shook her head and sat up, only to see that the red and white figures that had just knocked her flying were not 'beasts' at all, but Her Royal Highness Elizabeth, looking utterly resigned, being pulled back and forth by the two.
Bell was confused, but on closer inspection, these two must be the mothers Her Royal Highness Elizabeth mentioned earlier!
Because the three of them looked so similar, it should be said that Her Royal Highness Elizabeth's appearance was inherited from these two, one red and one white.
It was obvious that these three must be related, but it was a bit strange. According to Bell's judgment, the red and white figures should be biological sisters, and Her Royal Highness Elizabeth was the daughter of one of them. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Her Royal Highness Elizabeth inherited characteristics from both of them.
"Ugh... are we done yet? I don't have much time to play with Mama Shalltear and Mama Albedo on this trip back. Have the matters with the Dragon Kingdom and the Empire been handled properly, Mama Albedo?" Her Royal Highness Elizabeth asked with a look of extreme distaste.
"Hehe! I knew Little Yi must have been involved in the Empire's subjugation. The Dragon Kingdom has not only signed an alliance treaty with us but has also leased a considerable number of Undead from us. As for the Empire, their subjugation documents just arrived recently. Demiurge and I are discussing revisions to the subsidiary clauses. However, the Empire has already publicly declared itself a vassal state. Oh, right, Little Yi, do you want to take a look at those clauses?" The beautiful lady in white replied excitedly. It seemed this lady in white was Albedo.
"No need to look. Mama Albedo and Uncle Demiurge can handle that. Just make sure to preserve most of the Empire's autonomy when revising the clauses," Her Royal Highness Elizabeth said.
Bell was stunned. Although she knew Her Royal Highness Elizabeth was amazing... and had dealt with the Dragon Kingdom in just a few moves, was the Empire's subjugation also because of Her Royal Highness Elizabeth?
Although she had followed along on the last visit to the Empire, Her Royal Highness Elizabeth hadn't done anything, had she?
And... Her Royal Highness Elizabeth even understood matters of internal and external affairs. This was too exaggerated!
"As expected of Little Yi, your suggestion is the same as Demiurge's. I will handle it well." Albedo smiled even more brightly.
Meanwhile, the beautiful girl in the red dress seemed a bit unhappy, muttering something... probably something like... if I could go to the battlefield... I could do it too!
"Mama Shalltear, don't be discouraged. Ainz's next move will very likely include you," Her Royal Highness Elizabeth said, unable to bear it.
"Oh, oh! Is that so! Ainz will include me in his next move?" The red-dressed beautiful girl looked surprised. This must be Mama Shalltear, whom Her Royal Highness Elizabeth had mentioned earlier.
"Yes, yes. And one more thing: this person I brought back, you two should question her thoroughly! She knows almost everything about the Slane Theocracy. I need to go to the Library first." Her Royal Highness Elizabeth finished speaking and darted out of their embrace.
"Huh? Her Royal Highness Elizabeth! Don't leave me here alone!" Bell had barely finished speaking when Her Royal Highness Elizabeth's figure vanished in a flash. Teleportation again!
"Hoo..." After Her Royal Highness Elizabeth left, the atmosphere in the room instantly changed. The gazes from Her Royal Highness Elizabeth's two mothers made Bell shiver.
"I'm good at interrogating women. Let me do it!" Shalltear smiled faintly, her red eyes emitting an eerie red glow. Bell's body instantly stiffened, completely unable to move, and her mind couldn't think either.
"Hey! Stop! Little Yi said to question her properly! Not to torture her! Have you forgotten how you made Little Yi unhappy last time?" Albedo quickly stopped her.
Bell regained her freedom, feeling terrified. She must have been controlled by Shalltear just now. Even with the blessing against mental magic on her, it had no effect at all!
"Then... I'll be the one to ask you questions!" Albedo said, which made Bell sigh in relief. Albedo seemed like a lady, and she had just stopped Shalltear from torturing her, so she should be a reasonable person.
"Although you were brought back by Little Yi, that doesn't mean you can lie in front of us." Although Albedo had a smile on her face, her eyes weren't smiling. Bell quickly shook her head, indicating she wouldn't lie.
"Then, I'm going to start asking you questions. If your answers don't match what I already know, then I'll have to ask you to visit the Evil-Devouring Fox-Worm King's nest. The Evil-Devouring Fox-Worm King has been complaining recently that its nest isn't big enough." Albedo continued.
"No! I won't lie... Um... what's in the Evil-Devouring Fox-Worm King's nest?" Bell quickly agreed, but driven by curiosity, she asked such a question.
Although just hearing the name made it clear it wasn't a good place, what did her going there have to do with the nest being big enough?
"The Evil-Devouring Fox-Worm King loves to build nests inside human bodies, especially women like you..." Albedo said terrifying words with a smile.
"Build nests... Eek!! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything..." Bell was utterly terrified, almost crying.
Although nothing seemed amiss in Her Royal Highness Elizabeth's resplendent room, this was still the Demon Lord's lair!
Her Royal Highness Elizabeth! Please come back quickly!
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Although the main purpose of returning to Nazarick was to replenish magic scrolls, after being out of contact with Nazarick for so long, Iri still had to at least inform Albedo and the others.
But after calling them over, Iri instantly regretted it. Even in front of Bell, an outsider, these two doting mothers didn't know how to restrain themselves, making Iri extremely embarrassed.
So, after casually asking about the Empire and the Dragon Kingdom, she quickly slipped away, leaving Bell to their interrogation. Otherwise, if she went to the Library for scrolls, those two annoying individuals would definitely stick to her. So, Bell would just have to be sacrificed.
Thus, Iri ran to Nazarick's Library and once again replenished her scrolls. This time, Iri took a lot of common scrolls.
She was afraid she wouldn't know when she would return next. She also took some seemingly useless scrolls, and this time, she even brought mercenary scrolls, just in case.
After all, she was going undercover in the Theocracy. If she was exposed, she could just leave a group of summoned creatures to wreak havoc in the Theocracy, which wouldn't be bad. However, just taking mercenary scrolls wasn't enough; she also had to go to the Treasury, because mercenary scrolls required gold to use, so she needed to bring a large amount of Yggdrasil currency.
But as soon as she teleported to the Treasury... she heard that incredibly silly voice...
"Ahhh!! My adorable sister! You... you... have finally returned? Come, come... quickly throw yourself into your brother's embrace! My Pandora's embrace is always open for you!"
Damn... that chuunibyou Pandora was actually here! Didn't he have to impersonate Fei Fei?! Ugh... Iri thought she would just have to bite the bullet.
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