Pandora's Actor, the only NPC Ainz Father personally created, the Guardian of Nazarick's Treasury, is a Doppelganger.
He can transform into anyone he wishes, possessing 80% of their strength, and his intelligence is comparable to Xiao Di and Albedo, but Ainz Father's setting for him was so chuunibyou that it became a dark history.
Thus, it was rare to see his true form; usually, he was seen when he was playing Fei Fei. This was only the second time Iri had met him alone in his true form.
"Crown Prince Pandora, I'm back." Iri could only greet him. As for rushing into his arms or anything of the sort, she decided to pretend not to see or hear it, even though the chuunibyou Pandora still maintained the pose of open arms, ready to embrace her at any moment.
"Oh, oh! My beautiful and lovely sister! You must have come to see me this time, right? You must have come to see me!" Pandora immediately rushed over and asked when he saw Iri ignore him and head towards the vault where gold coins were stored in the Treasury.
"Yes, I just came to see Crown Prince Pandora, and incidentally, to get some World Tree gold coins." Iri didn't dislike Pandora; it was just that she didn't have much free time, so she couldn't play around with Crown Prince.
To be honest, Iri quite liked Crown Prince. Their last meeting, where they played memes and struck poses together, was very enjoyable. Moreover, Crown Prince is in charge of the Treasury and also creates magic items. Building a good relationship with him would be all benefit and no harm, Iri thought.
"Oh, oh! My clever and intelligent sister! What do you need World Tree gold coins for? Hmm! Are you going to use mercenaries?! Oh, oh!! Sister!! Has someone bullied you?! Tell your brother!" Pandora immediately guessed what she wanted to do with the World Tree gold coins.
After all, here, World Tree gold coins had almost no other use besides the daily maintenance of Nazarick.
So, the only other places they could be used were to pay the commissions for mercenary scrolls and to resurrect NPCs. Excluding the option of resurrecting NPCs, only the payment for mercenary scrolls remained.
"No way! I haven't met anyone in this world who can bully me yet, Crown Prince Pandora, you don't have to worry. I'm just using them as insurance." Iri said.
Indeed, no one could bully her. Death Knight could only be considered a fifty-fifty fight. If she were to go all out and fight with her life, she believed she wouldn't lose to Death Knight, although she didn't know what the other divine artifacts on her were. That was a bit of a passive disadvantage.
"Just for insurance?" Pandora reached out and tugged at the brim of his handsome imitation German military uniform hat, then struck a pose, blocking Iri's path, and continued, "My pretty and charming sister! If you need to use mercenaries, your brother has even better substitutes for you to use!"
"Hmm?" Crown Prince's words piqued Iri's interest.
"Please wait a moment!" With that, Crown Prince Pandora dashed into the vault, and in a few seconds, he ran back, holding a large pile of strange small statues.
"These are various improved versions of items I made, imitating Ulbert's magic item, the 'Final Battle: Evil.' Each one is superior to mercenaries who consume a large amount of gold coins!" Crown Prince said proudly. Although he had no face, his chuunibyou-filled tone made it clear.
Final Battle: Evil? Iri began to search for this term in her mind... She remembered hearing about it. She recalled Xiao Di using it in the Kingdom Hero Chapter. She thought it was an item that sealed tenth-tier summoning magic, right?
But she vaguely remembered that this item seemed to have a flaw. At the time, it was said that Ulbert made it as a toy, imitating a certain World Item, but due to a certain flaw, it wasn't very useful and was rarely employed.
"Oh, oh! So, what do these all do?" Iri asked, feigning intense curiosity, even though she already knew the effects of the original Final Battle: Evil.
"A good question! My innocent and lively sister! The 'Final Battle: Evil' created by Ulbert, due to his profession, had the limitation of only summoning demons. So, I improved upon that basis and made one that can summon various monsters! The 'Final Battle: Various: Modified!'" Crown Prince said with great pride.
What does 'various modified' even mean? Crown Prince, your naming taste is as bad as Ainz Father's! Iri didn't know how to complain, but she still maintained an expression of 'wow, that's amazing' on her face.
"Come, come... take them all." Crown Prince Pandora shoved the large pile of statues he was holding into Iri's arms, and Iri could only accept them.
After taking them and looking, Iri finally understood why Crown Prince said 'various modified.' Iri remembered that the original Final Battle: Evil was a demon statue holding several gems.
However, the statues Crown Prince now gave her were of all types: Death Knight, Rimuru, dragons, all sorts of them.
Just piling them all together and calling it 'various modified'? What a casual way to name them! In that case, combined with his explanation of the Final Battle: Evil's effect, these statues must summon the corresponding monsters depicted on them, right?
This was quite convenient. For her, who could only use a small amount of magic, it was indeed more practical than mercenary scrolls that required large commissions. It was just that such large statues were not easy to hide on her person; only being able to take them out for use was a bit of a pain.
Just as Iri was happily receiving these 'Final Battle: Various: Modified' items, a crucial question suddenly occurred to her.
"Oh, right! Crown Prince Pandora, have the flaws of these 'Final Battle: Various: Modified' items, the inability to control summoned creatures, been fixed?" Iri hurriedly asked.
Suddenly remembering the flaw of the item was quite critical, because all the summoned creatures were uncontrollable, neutral entities with an aggressive tendency.
In other words... everything summoned by this item was indiscriminate towards friend and foe. So Ulbert only used this item to summon monsters as sacrifices.
It was like the fight between Ainz Father and Shalltear, where Shalltear summoned her familiars and attacked them with the Spuit Lance to regain health.
"Th-that... of course... is! Not! How could I possibly fix the characteristics of a magic item created by Ulbert!" Crown Prince struck another exaggerated pose and said with great pride.
If they're uncontrollable summons, what's the point of these things?! Although one could summon them and then run far away, letting the summoned monsters wreak havoc, the subsequent cleanup would be dealing with those very monsters! Dealing with those things might be even more troublesome than before using them!
"Um... Crown Prince Pandora, do these 'Final Battle: Various: Modified' summoned monsters have a time limit?" Iri thought of this.
A large portion of monsters summoned by summoning magic have a duration limit. If the monsters summoned by these statues had a time limit, then the uncontrollable flaw would no longer be a flaw.
"What are you saying? My delicate and charming sister!! Of course!! There is!! No!! Limit!" Crown Prince said, striking another pose.
Trash! These things are all trash!
Iri had intended to put these statues into her spatial bag, but she instantly stopped her hand. Then she immediately tried to find an excuse to refuse this pile of trash.
Although she used a spatial bag, it wasn't infinite; it still had capacity limits. Putting this small pile of statues into it would take up a large portion of space. She had to find an excuse to refuse these space-consuming pieces of trash!
"Um... Crown Prince Pandora, I think these are things you worked so hard to make, and I can't bear to use them. So! Could you not..." Iri intended to use the excuse that they were too precious to use, but she hadn't finished her sentence yet.
"It's no trouble! I can make hundreds of these in a day... Come on! My radiant sister! Just take them and use them!" Crown Prince switched to an even more exaggerated pose and said.
Tsk... So they're cheap goods after all! Crown Prince Pandora, is your performance also so outstanding?! What should I do? Iri was in a dilemma. Taking them would take up too much space and she wouldn't use them... Not taking them would be ungrateful for Crown Prince's good intentions. Uh! I've got it!
"Crown Prince Pandora, even if they are just items, I'm still very reluctant to use the gifts you give me. Any item you give me, Crown Prince Pandora, is a cherished thing in my eyes, so..." Iri said.
But she still hadn't finished her sentence when Crown Prince Pandora directly pulled Iri into his arms and even pressed his face against hers.
Hey, hey! Crown Prince, aren't you only chuunibyou? When did you get infected by Albedo and Shalltear too?!
"Ah, ah, ah!!! My beloved sister! It's all my fault as your brother for not considering your feelings. In that case!!! Then! Please wait for me a moment!!!" Crown Prince said, immediately letting go of Iri, and then he ran back into the vault, rummaging through something.
After rummaging for a while, he came back holding a statue that was similar to the 'Final Battle: Evil' Iri remembered.
"Only such a precious item should be considered a gift from me, your brother, to my beloved sister!!! Come! My universally adored sister! Take it! This is my most prized work! 'Final Battle: Evil! Ultra... Modified!'" Crown Prince struck another super exaggerated pose and handed over the demon statue he was holding.
Uh... Ultra Modified, huh? Let's not complain about the 'Ultra Modified' for now, which is full of things to mock. Since it's his most prized work... then the flaw of not being able to control summoned creatures should have been fixed, right? Just to be safe, I'll ask.
"Wow! That's amazing! Crown Prince Pandora, so what's different about this 'Ultra Modified' compared to the previous ones? Can the summoned demons obey commands now?" Iri asked.
"Of... course... not!!!" Crown Prince replied with his chuunibyou-filled elongated tone.
Pah!! Then it's still trash!!
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