Interlude 4 - "Romani Akkiman"

Roman once again looked at the panel, after which, noticing one of the indicators, called his superior.

"Chief," the guy instantly whispered to the communicator, "The power consumption of the Main Core is above normal..."

"THEN FIX IT!" - instantly the communicator yelled back, forcing the guy to winceand crouch a little, as if waiting for a strike didn't follow, - "Do I really need to tell you to do this? Why then, tell me please, do I even need you here?"

With this statement, there were so many problems that Roman did not even know how he had to answer this. Was it worth it to mention that his field of competence was a medicine and now he was conducting the test of the Main Core solely because there was no one more qualified in the technical team, or should she remind her, that Olga-Marie was the one who organized Core's check, or he should tell her about her statement "I want to become a worthy chief of Chaldea", she should not have to shout at...

"You - did you die there or what?!" - interrupting the thought process of Romani, there was an angry voice of the chief from the speakers, - "Romani!"

'If I only told her something like,' Hey, chief, don't you think that Ainz would not like a girl who constantly swears at her subordinates?', then she would instantly stop yelling at me and the others" - such were the thoughts of Roman .

For a second, he even thought about putting them into execution — at least that way he could get some moral compensation for what was happening to him — but instead he only shook his head and exhaled.

"Well, chief," he said into the communicator, then rose from his seat and headed for the exit from the control cabin. Most likely, the increased energy consumption was due to the increase in losses, and the increase in losses was most likely due to the fact that they could not finally repair all cables damaged during the explosion.

Explosion, hmm...

The explosion thundered a whole week ago, but its effects were still felt - and it was not even expressed as the empty Chaldea or as the bodies of other Masters that remained in their cryocapsules - even if they were terrible and disgusting things, the human psyche is such, that fast enough it forgets about what it does not touch daily. No, Romani was talking about things, like the central transfer room, which was covered with black soot to that day, and the peices of metal, still stuck in its walls all around. Or now, checking the central core, to discover, quite by chance, that somewhere there was a broken cable, which they had not found before.

With a quiet click, the door opened, leading the doctor away from the control center, after which Romani took a step out of it and headed for the nearby staircase to descend to the Main Core. Unfortunately, a closer control center, located very close to it, was also closed for access - another reminder of an explosion.

Having gone down several flights down, the guy sighed again, and advanced to the door leading in to the room, then took a step inside.

"If you think about it..." - the guy wondered - "Why am I doing this? We have the tech's to personally change the cables... "

"Although, maybe they are busy now?" - the guy instantly tried to find an excuse for his own self-posed question and shook his head - "What if they are?"

Perhaps if now, going down to the core, he would meet several drunken bored technicians - he could justify to himself his anger, or rather even disappointment, but without evidence of anything... Unworthy - all he could do was shake his head.

"This is unworthy behavior for a servant of the Lord, to condemn one, about the life of whom you know nothing..." - Roman shook his head. Although he had not been a servant of the Lord for years, old habits were indeed very difficult to erase.

Upon entering the Core, he looked around a little bit, as if hoping that he would be able to see the torn cable by accident, however, when this failed for obvious reasons, the guy sighed and moved to the source of energy.

The Main Core of the Chaldea was a real technomagic miracle, a whole gigantic thermonuclear power station, in a magical sense, that fit into just one room. Using it Chaldea could maintain shields for months, at the same time using the Chaldea system itself, the virtual Throne of Heroes — all at the same time. And yet, there was a problem. If the Chaldea's core possessed such monstrous parameters, then Chaldea itself needed nothing more, since the entire Chaldea could be powered from just one core. So, if Professor Lev succeeded in destroying the Core, then all Chaldea would have perished instantly, since the shields and life support systems would be completely de-energized.

Thinking about the possibility of this, Romani slightly shrugged, feeling uncomfortable for a second.

Fortunately, the explosion brought by Lev still did not reach the Main Core, simply breaking several important cables. And, no matter how surprising, it happened because Lev placed an explosive device in a wrong way. If he wanted to destroy the reactor, he should have shifted the location of the bomb a little bit - but Lev himself said that he just so strongly wanted to murder the chief, that he planted the explosives exactly under her feet. In other words, if it were not for Lev's desire to kill the chief, he probably would have destroyed Chaldea without any particular problems, so in some somewhat strange sense, the chief simultaneously too the blow of Lev instead of the whole Chaldea and was a single reasone for the single chance Chaldea had now at the same time.

For a moment after this thought, Roman shook his head.

"I'm really not very good at blaming other people..." - the guy rubbed his neck, as if apologizing to someone - although no one was near him, after which he proceeded with a sigh to search for broken cables.

The reactor room was not very large for the place where the energy source worthy of several large nuclear power plants set to each other was located, but it was still much larger than the usual room, because of which the search for the problem took longer than Roman himself would like. Although, it's not that he wanted to test the Chaldea's Core at all - rather, he simply fell victim to the unruly enthusiasm of the chief who wanted to inspect the Core just before the expedition to the Singularity, while all other people who already knew Olga's active personality just escaped, leaving him at the mercy of a girl.

If he had the opportunity, he would just shut himself in his office, sprawled on the couch, brew a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows, then close the curtains, turn off the lights, and then turn on...

The newest concert "Love Love Aidoru"!

Just thinking about the unseen collection of perfomanes by a group of idols Romani broke into a smile, and then began to seek out the defect with tripled strength. The sooner the chief releases him - the faster he will get to the cherished password-protected folder with obscene materials for a man of his age. And he was not talking about porn - porn for a lonely man of his age was actually quite decent. However, idol group ...

Understanding the intricacies of wires and cables was not easy, but a man inspired by these thoughts could easily find the beginning and end of the cable, and then, without any particular problems, he would determine if there was a problem somewhere. Of course, it might have been easier with magic, but the guy didn't complain and only continued to methodically examine and search the surrounding environment step by step. As was expected, though, after only ten minutes, he did come across the problem.

"Aha!" - the guy concluded encouragingly, finding the right point - "As I thought, the broken power cable".

One of the numerous wires leaving the central core to the wall was torn in the middle, because of which the geometry of the technomagic circuit was broken, which prevented the proper functioning of the equipment and the work of the Chaldea. Under normal conditions, for someone like Roman, this would have been a disaster — although he was a very good scientist, he was still not a technician and the idea that he would have to recalculate the entire magic scheme to create a new one, and then direct the laying of a new, would make him fall into powerlessness on the floor. However, fortunately, anticipating something like that, at the insistence of the chief, he discussed this problem with both Da Vinci and the assistant who unexpectedly appeared next to him in the form of Cu Chulain, who wished to take part in the conversation - however, he left in a middle of converastion, when he got bored "with this humbers's discussion."

Pulling the cable under such a voltage would be the height of stupidity, so after carefully examining and remembering the damaged circuit that was required to be disconnected later, Roman already took a step towards the door before he realized it.

"What if there is more than one damaged?" He stopped for a second. If there was other damaged, then at the next test run it will still be noticeable, so the chief will probably send him to fix it all over again, also accompanied by some insult.

"Romani, you are an idiot and if I was not such a good chief — I would have thrown you into the core of Chaldea this instant!" - Roman could imagine the chief shouting something like that without special problems, which made him sigh and continue to look around the room.

If you think about it, then the chief yelled at him - and at all who came to hand - all the time. No, that is, of course not all the time! To be more precise, then she did it when she was in a bad mood, when she believed that workers did not work well, when she felt that they were not sufficiently afraid of her, after contact with the outside world, after meeting other magi, during stress, when she was sad , fun, boring, when she was angry... As a result, Romani had to admit that the boss really yelled at all subordinates all the time, so there was nothing unusual in receiving a insult from the chief. The only thing that could be strange at all was that the chief would now yell at him upon returning from the core, that this yell would have a reason for it.

Usually, the boss insulted people by inventing a pretext on the go, sometimes even without a pretext — after which, being satisfied with the result, she simply left to get the next person, but now, by a strange whim, Olga-Marie clung only to those people whom she could catch. Of course, it was not that a strong improvement regarding her past, as the chief could still use any the smallest reason start she could find to accusing the person, but she still tried to become at least a little bit better of a person.

Moreover, in the past, the chief was accustomed to simply sitting in the office, entrusting his deputy, Lev, to do all the business, while now she herself was trying to participate in the life of Chaldea. Yes, she repeatedly broke down and in the end everything ended with her calling people subordinate to her "brainless idiots", but she still tried to do at least something. In a sense, it was a real improvement compared to her past behavior - although at the same time, in the past, since the chief was less often in contact with the Chaldea, she less often entered into conflicts with them too...

On the other hand, if she entered into conflicts in the past, then the case always ended with the retirement of a person — or at least letting them go on a rest for a week or two, while at the same time as it was now quite easy to calm her down, should someone just mention Ainz.

In general, it was a more difficult question that could not be unambiguously answered - "did it get better in Chaldea after the chief began to interfere with it's life". For the chief - definitely yes. For the Servants, probably, also yes. The chief tried to provide the Servants with everything they needed, after which several rather decent proposals followed from her, such as creating a new backup scheme for the technomagical contours from Da Vinci and Roman. For general staff?.. Difficulties with inaccessible bosses, not caring about their conditions, they definitely disappeared - however, other difficulties arose related to the bosses, who were too interested in their life.

However, if someone had asked Roman himself whether this was a positive change — with great doubt, he would have answered that "yes, this is for the best." Of course, while the positives were fairly balanced with negative ones, after a while, Olga-Marie will learn to manage people and her own emotions. At least it was all that Roman could hope for.

Passing the remaining places with an attentive glance, Romani stopped when his eyes stumbled over another damaged cable.

"Aha, I was right yet again!" - the man lifted a thumbs up a second when he managed to notice another damage - "Another broken cable!".

Not that it was so significant, but Romani himself was glad that he was able to detect the damage in the core the first time, because it clearly meant that he would not need to go down to the power source one more time.

Looking carefully at the core and remembering which cable was damaged, Romani nodded a couple of time, and then continued to inspect the room just in case.

Although, not only Olga-Marie changed after returning from the Singularity. And if it was only possible to speculate about her - after what happened in the Singularity, her mind could change in any way. Then, at the same time, another changed person existed. Mashu Kyrielight. And if the changes in the boss could not be unambiguously determined as positive or negative, then the behavior of Mashu, although it did not change radically, became much more... Right? No, this word meant as if something in Mashu was wrong to the point - which, of course, was not true. Mashu was like a daughter to him and he would never allow himself to say something similar about her. Just that Mashu... She has always been very demanding of herself - perhaps because of the conditions of her birth and upbringing, she was focused on achieving the result - the best grades, good behavior, outstanding knowledge. This suited and even more, it was necessary for someone like the father of the chief, Marisbury Animupshere, but Roman himself never wanted to see her like this - especially when the reason for this was not the girl's desire, but her thought that she "should", like there was something to do and something to prove to someone. However, he always lacked... Something to tell her that. More precisely, of course, he had the intelligence and kindness to mention it in the conversation, to tell the girl, but each time she easily smashed all his claims with cold logic and arguments to which he could not answer and was forced to retreat. He simply lacked the ability to insist and push his opinion, even when he had no objective reasons to do so. Usually, he simply said something, after which, if his opponent had counterarguments, he simply apologized and left, afraid of the opportunity to start a dispute or even conflict with someone, after which he spent days and even weeks thinking about an unsatisfied argument, coming to new and new possible ways of responding to the opponent, after which he began to hope that the last dispute would arise again. However, if he nevertheless managed to reiterate his carefully thought-out arguments - usually the opponent simply rejected them, even if he did not have the way to challenge them, and Roman retreated again. It was precisely because of this peculiarity of his personality that Romani, although he had already tried for several years to talk with Mashu, each time he was forced to retreat.

However, just yesterday Romani was surprised to see that instead of the usual way to spend all her time in training or studying, Mashu enjoyed croissants prepared by Archer. Of course, she enjoyed them during a break between two trainings, between training with Cu Chulain, who agreed to tought her something about runes and a training battle with Arthuria, however she pretty well talked with the Servant, enjoyed croissants and tea, and did not try to deal with all the available food as quickly as possible with all to go to the next lesson. Moreover, as Roman, who tried to instantly find out all the information from Archer, himself learned, she started doing it quite regularly in the last few days, and Archer himself saw at least once how Masua tried to talk with Medusa about the books. It wasn't going really well... Because Medusa got off on all her words mostly with only polite simple phrases, but she tried neverless. And never before did Mashu tried to discuss books with anyone, although she repeatedly had opportunities for this.

And if a lot of terrible things happened in the Singularity with the boss, then Mashu changed a little later, after the Singularity itself - and this change had a reason.

Ainz Ooal Gown.

When he appeared on the doorstep of Chaldea - Roman did not know what to expect from him. He was suspicious and, to be honest, they still did not know what to expect from their strange ally. Even more, the only thing they could find out for certain is the information from Medusa, which only confused them more, because Medusa only confirmed that Ainz was not felt like a Greek god. It still didn't exclude Hades be completely from the list of possible candidates, as Medusa could not fully vouch for, because she had never met Hades in her life, but it's more likely that he wasn't one of them. However, in this case it only made all the existing information about him even more complex.

Even so, when he appeared in Chaldea, they were not in a position to neglect any help, especially considering that Ainz accompanied the Mashu and Olga-Marie, who he saved only a few minutes earlier. They were forced to accept his help - however, before anyone could express his assumption about what they needed to do in order to learn information about Ainz - first, there was a change of opinion by the chief, then Mashu. It was not worth even talking about Hassan Serenity, from the very beginning she was completely on the side of Ainz and nothing more. In other words, in just a week, he was able to get, if not loyalty, at least a certain amount of credibility from half of Chaldea - and this was not related to certain actions or promises, because of which he could be suspected of manipulating people. No, he rightly deserved such an attitude towards him - even Roman himself was grateful to him for the fact that he could still talk with Mashu, while Romani himself lacked in spirit all the time. However, this was frightening, unnerving Roman. In just one week, he found an approach to an obstinate girl, whom Roman could not convince for several years, and to another obstinate girl, who was not interested in anything except her deputy for the same years. It was commendable, highly commendable, but only made Roman think more about who Ainz really was - and what goals did he pursue?

Of course, he said that he was only trying to return the debt, but to whom and why? Roman was a man who usually would have thought about something like that just shrugging his shoulders and saying "well, if everything is not against it, then I don't see a reason for objections," however, the passivity of his actions did not mean that he did not think about occurring independently. And right now, after the death of mankind, the appearance of Ainz looked suspicious enough to make him think seriously.

Did he pursue any of his goals? Did he had any secret desires? Or did he really planned just to return his old debt to someone?

Walking around once more in a room full of wires, trying to assess the scale of damage, Romani eventually nodded to himself and headed in the control room in order to inform the chief about the breakdown and switch to a different power supply circuit for the Chaldea.

Coming out of the basement, Romani sighed, then stretched and headed for the stairs, but halfway to the office, as soon as he stepped onto the metal steps, he was hailed.

"Doctor Roman!" - the voice of the speaking one was unfamiliar to Roman, so that he hesitated a bit before turning to the speaker, remembering who he would meet under these conditions. As far as Roman himself remembered - after the announcement that a reyshifting procedure was to take place in the next few hours - almost all Chaldea's personell chose to leave the room closest to it, so he did not expect to meet anyone under these conditions.

Looking around, Romani easily noticed the guy moving toward him - but Roman himself was completely sure that he had never seen this man - at least because he obviously would never have forgotten that appearance. The man that appeared before his eyes looked so that it was impossible to describe it with a word other than "masterpiece". Although it was impossible to point out any particular feature in his appearance as "beautiful", everything together, everything from skin tone to facial features was ideally combined in him, as if an unknown master tried to reproduce a certain perfect reflection of a person in his creation.

"Doctor Roman" - a man approaching him nodded to Romani, - "Am I not disturbing you?"

Romani was completely sure that if he had ever seen such a look, he would definitely have noticed it, so that the answer to the question of whom he could see in front of him at the moment did not take long to wait.

"Ainz," the man smiled at the approaching mage, who replaced his body, "How do I see you have already changed the body?"

"Yes," Ainz nodded to him in response, but to Roman's gaze, he didn't look as happy as he should have been, "Exactly."

Romani was not one of those people who could simply ask the question "did something happen?", even when he saw that something clearly happened, his uncertainty about his own right to interfere in someone else's privacy was just so great. But after thoughts about Ainz he just couldn't leave him alone.

"Something happened?" - He asked, after which, thinking for a second, suggested, - "Something related to the Singularity?"

"No, no, nothing like that!" - however, it was enough for Ainz to hear the question to instantly wave his hands, - "Everything is good... Even, perhaps, I would say that it is too good..."

After these words, the necromancer fell silent and a little confused, to which Romani was obliged to react.

"That's how..." but he didn't know at all how he was supposed to react to it, so he simply uttered a meaningless phrase into the void. For an instant an awkward silence was established before Romani realized that unlike many people in the past, Ainz did not intend to take the initiative in the dialogue for himself, which is why Romani himself was forced to show uncharacteristic perseverance for him, - " Than, what exactly do you have in mind?"

Fortunately, Ainz did not need more, so he instantly replied.

"Here!" - right there, as if presenting the evidence of a crime, the guy pointed to himself, - "I am talking about this!"

At first, Roman looked at the cheek, which Ainz pointed to, but not finding anything strange with it, he turned his eyes to the guy, - "What do you mean?"

"This body!" - immediately Ainz said almost accusingly, but at the same time - complaining, - "It is too beautiful!"

'Huh?' - only could that utter inwardly Romani.

"What?" - he asked a little later, having decided that he could not understand the essence of what was said from the first time.

"I say this body is too beautiful!" - it seemed as if all this time Ainz was just waiting for the right time to complain to someone, - "I asked Da Vinci in the past to create something plain, ordinary for me, but having come to her today I received it! For some reason, Da Vinci decided that I needed something beautiful, but without excesses - she even praised me for demanding something so unusual and complex from her, like "beauty in the absence of beauty," but she just totally misunderstood me!"

Looking at the unexpected verbal reaction of the mage Romani blinked uncertainly several times, after which he felt his lips stretch into a smile against the will.

"This is no reason for jokes!" - however, Ainz, only noticing a smile on Roman's lips, instantly responded with a frown, - "I just wanted a normal body, no frills, but I got a beautiful porcelain doll! Serenity did not give me a break before, but now I have become even more beautiful! I'm quite afraid for my own well-being"

Actually, Ainz's words about a normal body touched some strings in Romani's soul, but whatever relationship to Ainz he could feel was instantly overpowered and drowned out by Romani's fun from the depths of his mind.

Unable to hold back, Romani laughed.

Although, of course, the situation itself wasn't really funny, but only a few seconds ago he reflected on the possible secret plans of Ainz and his influence on the surrounding Chaldea as something serious. The collision with reality, where Ainz complained about ordinary human misunderstanding and how he didn't want to stand out, was in fact so different from the presentation of Romani himself that he could not resist and laughed.

"Doctor Roman!" - Ainz indignantly spoke frowning, but instead of a bossy shout or a threatening look, it was more like the frowning look of a guy who had just been laughed by his friends, as if Ainz was this guy, frowning, saying "it's not funny, that's enough, stop it" . From this inconsistency with picture of Ainz's in Romani's head, he laughed louder, which caused Ainz's return frown on the doctor.

"I beg your pardon," Romani hiccupped after a dozen seconds, when, at the end, he calmed down and, with a clearly lightened soul, looked again at Ainz in a new way, "Da Vinci was always... Was somewhat special in understanding other people."

"I noticed this," in response, Ainz only sighed, and then ran his hand through his hair, ruffling them, "Being a genius is good, but problems with common sense... Sometimes I even enjoy the fact that I am so far from being a genius."

'Far from being a genius?' - at this moment Romani suddenly stopped, - 'Did he?'

Of course, not all Servants were geniuses, not even all magic were, however, among those who achieved rank A in magic, there were in fact no ones who could be called at least "of average intelligence". Comprehension of magic assumed a certain level of intelligence and ingenuity, at least to understand the principle of constructing spells, so that having heard the words of Ainz, Romani shook his head.

"Is it?" - not that Romani wanted to argue, but the curious detail he heard still made the guy take the initiative, - "How did you then reach the heights of magic?"

"The heights of magic, hmm?" - in response to this, Ainz stopped almost instantly, after which he looked at Roman a little frowningly, - "How could I say this... I spent a lot of time in training... Constant, repetitive training, honing the magic I know."

"That's how?" - Romani raised an eyebrow in surprise. Of course, there was not one and not two Servants that reached incredible heights of mastery through persistent practice and meditation, but he did not have to hear about magi - and even more so about necromancers - who developed it thanks to constant repetitive training. Although, to admit, he didn't get to hear about the necromancers who reached the top, except for a few divine spirits, too...

"Yes," but Ainz himself only nodded at this, "To admit, if someone like Ulbert were in my place, he would have been a much more powerful mage than me... Or someone like Punnito would probably be much smarter..."

"Ulbert, Punnito" - Romani instantly noted to himself the names dropped.

"You shouldn't worry, Ainz," but Romani still tried to protest the guy, suddenly finding himself defending his strengths, "You could still inspire others, like the chief or Mashu, it's worth a lot…"

"Yes?" - however, it seemed as if Ainz had heard about it for the first time in his life, - "That's how... But, I think that I did not succeed really..."

'Didn't succeed?' - at this moment Romani wondered - 'What does this mean?'

After talking with him, the chief was able to overcome her longstanding habit of not participating in the life of Chaldea, and he himself gave Mashu what Romani himself wanted to convey to her for several years.

'Does he think of this as a failure?' - Romani looked thoughtfully at Ainz, after which he looked away - 'But what did he want to achieve by talking then?'

However, Ainz did not answer this unspoken question, instead he looked up, as if hesitating to look Roman in the eyes.

"Admittedly, I'm not very good at talking to people at all," Romani choked on these words. Who is "not very good at talking to people?!" The person who convinced Olga-Marie to forget about Lev and begin to lead the Chaldea in one conversation? What, then, is "good at talking" by his standards?!

However, Ainz, having perceived Roman's shocked silence as a sign of his agreement, continued, "Besides, I'm not very used to being the boss. Frankly, in the past, our management was based on a slightly different principle..."

At this Romani just shook his head. Was he a king? Maybe he meant that he was a king and was not used to being a "boss" who was not a monarch, but only one of the field commanders?

"So if I make mistakes, I would really like someone to tell me about them," at this moment Ainz sighed, "True... I do not think this is a good idea to ask people like this directly."

It really was true - although, perhaps, Ainz didn't seem so terrible in person, he was still a necromancer of rank A, it would be very difficult for people to get used to him and stop being afraid of him for the things he did in his life.

Although, to admit, after talking with Ainz, Roman no longer seemed that he really was the one who could have created atrocities sufficient to rise to rank A in necromancy.

"Why don't you ask for Serenity then?" - At this point, Romani looked at Ainz, to which he replied with a frown.

"Perhaps I would need to check the words of Serenity first of all," Ainz shook his head at that, as if saying 'this girl is a bad news', "I'm not very experienced in dealing with people, but even I can easy determine when someone should not be trusted."

Thinking about it, Romani nodded to himself. Serenity was obviously very devoted to her Master, but he really didn't have to trust her - perhaps she was even too devoted to her Master for her and his own good, so that she could convey not quite what she saw. Let the likelihood of this be small — it was nonetheless, so Ainz would prefer to avoid it altogether.

After these words, both Ainz and Romani fell silent before the necromancer realized.

"Ah, I beg your pardon, Romani, did you go somewhere? Did I distract you?" - the guy instantly worried, to which Romani shook his head.

"No, it's okay, actually," after thinking for a second about the chief and how she was obviously preparing to bring a storm of indignation at him because of his long absence in his place, Romani thought a little, then nodded, - "I think we can talk a little more..."

***

"... and since then I never drank alcohol again," after these words, Romani sighed and pressed his hands to his face, as if trying to hide all his shame and embarrassment behind them, "Marasbury's dressing gown could never be washed, and that stapler wasn't ever found again."

At this, Ainz himself only smiled, after which he shook his head, as if an experienced old man, listening to the adventures of young people, who for a long time were for him in the past. Although, in a sense, this was the case for Ainz, who participated in however large party's just a couple of times when he was very young, fifteen years ago.

"For everyone, perhaps, there exist their own shameful stories are from the past," Ainz sighed at that. If you think about it, he used to create the Pandora's Actor...

'No!' - in horror, suddenly Ains clutched at his head, feeling how abruptly he calms down at the same second due to the action of his abilities, - 'After all, if I created the Pandora's Actor and now Nazarick is real, then he... I created the monster !'

"Ainz?" - however, having managed to recognize the inner thoughts of the necromancer, Romani looked at him worriedly, - "What is it? You turned pale."

"Nothing special," but Ainz only dismissed it and laughed uncertainly.

Romani responded with an appreciating glance, then nodded, "Well, if you think so."

"DOCTOR FUCK YOU ROMAN!" - a resounded voice from the end of the corridor, however, interrupted further discussion, - "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE! IT WAS ALREADY AN HOUR I WAITED FOR YOU?! DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND, HOW MUCH DO YOU FUCKING THIS UP ALL?!"

Moving from the side of the corridor, the chief looked menacingly, like an enraged Valkyrie, despite the fact that she was barely as tall as Roman himself. However, a glance at her made the lazy doctor suddenly feel the inevitable retribution, frozen over him with a Damocles sword.

"Oh, hi chief!" - however, Ainz, it seemed, was not at all disturbed by the appearance of the girl, only glanced at the one, after which he waved several times, - "It is good to see you here."

"Who the hell are you?" - however, the chief did not share his joyous mood, instantly identifying Ainz as a hindrance after a quick inspection.

"I?" - the guy blinked several times, after which, realizing that at the moment he was occupying a different body, nodded, -" I beg your pardon, chief. I am Ainz, I just changed the body."

"Ainz?" - after this words the chief stopped, as if reluctantly braking the train of revenge, and then repeated loudly again, - "Ainz?"

"Ainz?!" - Finally, the information reached the girl's mind, forcing that stop at half step. As if at the click of a finger, all the hatred and vengefulness of the chief disappeared at that very second. Although, as Roman himself remarked - it did not disappear, because there was plenty of hatred in her eyes cast on Roman, simply Olga-Marie chose to hide her in front of Ainz's eyes, - "Do you need Roman?"

"Mmmm..." After these words, Ainz turned his gaze to Roman, as if asking him if he should have allowed the chief's access to him. Seeing Roman's pleading gaze in response, Ainz nodded, "Yes, a few more minutes."

"O-h... O-k-a-y..." the girl said slowly and with pressure, after which, sending another angry look to Romani, "I'll talk to him later."

After which, slowly went away.

As soon as the girl just disappeared around the bend, as Roman was able to slowly exhale.

"Thank you so much, Ainz!" - on these words Romani nodded several times, - "It seems that you just saved me from a big hassle!"

"It's nothing, I am ready to help," - Ainz just waved away these words. Romani himself only looked at Ainz again.

"Yes, speaking of why I came from the beginning," in the end, as if - and maybe really - having recollected it only now, Ainz remembered something - "Why I came here from the beginning... Literally in a few hours we will have to go to the Singularity - and I just wanted to know if everything went well and if I could help with anything..."

In response, Romani thought for a second, after which he smiled.

"No, thanks, perhaps," - the guy smiled, - "You already helped us all enough."

"Okay... I think..." in response, Ainz just nodded a couple of times. He himself did not understand how he could help someone if he didn't do anything, but just in case he nevertheless agreed with Roman.

"Okay, in that case," eventually, finding the time most appropriate for ending the conversation, Romani nodded, "I will go, or the chief will come again for my soul and this time, I'm afraid, even you cannot save me from her anger."

"Okay," Ainz could only nod again.

Romani's back disappeared behind the doors leading to the stairs, just a second later, but another second later Ainz felt the familiar pressure on his arm.

"Serenity?" - Ainz glanced at the girl who appeared from nowhere, - "Is something wrong?"

"I thought that only women are my opponents..." Serenity just shook her head at this, "I made a huge mistake... A huge one..."

"Serenity?" - Ainz only turned to the girl after that, but instead of answering, he received only a frowning glance in response.

"I will not give up anyway," was the answer of the girl, determined to continue her fight, "I will not give up and wait for my turn, after the chief, Mashu and Romani."

"Well," - in the end, the guy did not find what to say in response and just nodded as before, - "If you say so..."

Serenity nodded no less seriously.

"Please, Forty-Eighth Candidate, your presence is required in the main center of the Chaldea" - rang through the speakers a moment later.

"It looks like it's our time to reyshift," Ainz concluded the obvious, after which he sighed, preparing for the next one. "Good. In this case, let's go. We are waiting for a new Singularity."

***

Magic Explorer - is an extremely rare, unique class with variable opening conditions for various players and with variable bonuses depending both on the class opening path and on the previously acquired specialization. It is reliably known about at least five different variations of abilities given by a class with different players, but only about two players using this class: Kiss_Ur_Schwein_org and @0I<0 @0Z@I<I. It is also not known for certain how this class and requirements are obtained in the form of a level and other classes, which is why many consider this class "just randomly popping up for some people." Whether this is true or not is unknown, however, given the well-known love of developers for "unexpected approaches to solving problems", it is actually quite possible.