It seemed they wanted to emphasize their presence. If not for that, Ellie would indeed not have been able to discover them. Perhaps these two Assassination Insects had also received the notification from the Undead Archmage earlier!
Ellie nodded at the two transparent shadows, indicating she knew of their presence. Then she saw the two transparent shadows, which had been clinging to the iron gate, quickly move left and right, clearing the way... Good, very well-behaved.
"Excuse me?? Hello??" Although the two Assassination Insects had moved aside, the iron gate was still locked. Ellie could only shout herself; she couldn't just kick it open!
At Ellie's call, an ordinary maid with twin pigtails, who was guarding the children in the courtyard, noticed her and came running.
Seeing someone approach, Ellie was about to take off her mask, but then she thought... it's better to be cautious. It would be bad if a passing spy saw her face.
To this day, Ellie still hadn't figured out how the people of Theocracy knew her identity as Nazarick's princess. And just before leaving Karn Village, Uncle Roba had also reminded Ellie when she mentioned going to E-Rantel.
He said that recently, someone had disguised themselves as a passing traveler and inquired about Nazarick, appearing to be up to no good. It was obvious they were spies gathering intelligence, so it was better to be careful.
"Hello, may I help you?" After the twin-tailed maid ran to the gate, she didn't open it directly. Instead, she asked Ellie from several steps away, through the iron gate, and her tone was quite cold, although it was a 'polite' greeting, for what it was worth.
It seemed the Undead Archmage's notification had only reached these guards; these ordinary maids hadn't received it. After all, like her, their level was one.
Aside from being able to infinitely resurrect in Nazarick and having slightly higher physical abilities than humans, they were no different from normal humans.
However, even so, looking at their attitude, they seemed very exclusive towards outsiders. She really didn't understand why the Forty-One Supreme Beings had added so many twisted settings when creating the NPCs.
"I'm looking for Arshe. Is she here?" Since these ordinary maids didn't recognize her, she could only play along.
"We don't have anyone by that name here. This is His Majesty the Sorcerer King Ainz Ooal Gown's orphanage. If you are not a relative of these children or have any other business, please leave," the twin-tailed maid said coldly.
It seems these maids' intelligence was lacking, or were they too brave to be afraid of death? Or did they simply not know that there were two Assassination Insects protecting them at the orphanage gate?
Originally, if someone with hostile intent approached here, they would surely be swiftly dispatched by the Assassination Insects.
The two Assassination Insects showed no reaction, yet this maid didn't notice this. She didn't even consider whether the Assassination Insects had been eliminated by the visitor or something else, and just spoke to the visitor like that. If she were an enemy with ill intentions, this twin-tailed maid would probably be splattered with blood by now, wouldn't she?
"No, no, I know she's here. It's useless for you to hide her. Hurry up and call her out!" Ellie found it amusing. Teasing these ordinary maids like this once in a while was quite fun. After all, she used to be tormented by those ordinary maids, so now it was time for a little 'revenge'!
"You lowly human, are your ears broken? Didn't I say there's no such person here? Get out of here, or I'll call for help!" The twin-tailed maid immediately retorted with harsh words.
Pestonia Onee-san? How do you usually educate your maids?
Ellie was now at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She had only spoken a few words and was already being told to get lost. Thinking back to how the maids in Nazarick usually pampered her, and then seeing how these maids treated outsiders now, the difference was simply... Since that's the case, let's have some fun!
"Oh! Then call someone for me to see, Onee-san," Ellie said, pinching the twin-tailed maid's throat with one hand.
Of course... Ellie had used Self-Time Acceleration to stop time, then directly climbed over the wall. In the twin-tailed maid's eyes, Ellie must have suddenly teleported in front of her and then grabbed her neck!
"You! You dare to be so presumptuous, knowing this is His Majesty Ainz's territory! Help! Intruder!!!" The twin-tailed maid glared fiercely at Ellie and immediately started shouting at the top of her lungs!
My goodness... she really dared to call for help! She dared to shout even with her throat being squeezed, at risk of losing her life at any moment.
These ordinary maids really aren't afraid of death, huh! Well, they have infinite resurrection after all. But even so, Ellie didn't intend to do anything to her.
So, she foolishly maintained the posture of pinching her neck and watched her shout. At the same time, she saw the other maids in the courtyard, upon noticing the situation, immediately grab two children each and run into the house.
Hmm! This is a good sign. When something happens, their first reaction is to protect the children. This can be considered progress, but... could they perhaps extend this attitude a little to how they treat other outsiders?
"If you want to kill me, then kill me!" After shouting several times and seeing the other maids and children safely inside the house, the twin-tailed maid showed a disdainful smile to Ellie and said.
"You're very brave! But it's too much of a waste to kill you now. I'll need to use you as a hostage later!" Ellie, of course, wouldn't lay a hand on her, so she could only make up an excuse to bluff her.
"Hahaha! Don't even dream of it! My sisters won't be threatened by you!" The twin-tailed maid laughed fearlessly.
"Oh? So that means you and your sisters don't get along very well, then? You wouldn't be worried even if you fell into the hands of a bad person?" Ellie said, teasing her in the tone of a villain, though she was already laughing inwardly.
"Hmph! Our bodies and our lives were given by the Forty-One Supreme Beings. To die for them, I have no regrets! If you want to kill me, then do it quickly! My sisters will avenge me!" the twin-tailed maid said.
Hey, hey! Pestonia Onee-san, you really need to educate these ordinary maids better!
It's fine to say these things in Nazarick, but outside, you can't just blurt them out in a place like this! It would be really bad if others overheard. Ellie thought to herself that she definitely needed to talk to Pestonia about this.
Just then, Ellie felt a murderous aura, and immediately released the twin-tailed maid, even pushing her away, while also retreating herself.
The next second, the spot where Ellie had just been standing looked as if it had been heavily struck by something invisible. Then Ellie saw that the floor tile where she had stood was already shattered, with a very clear, fist-like imprint on it. Ellie instantly knew who had attacked her.
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