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Just to head one off at the pass...we're not literally demons.

You're not?

[She looks a bit disappointed.]

Lord Ainz will be terribly disappointed.

I feel like Lord Ainz of all people must already have realized. He can probably sense that kind of thing, right? But, ah, I apologize if that's a letdown. It's...it's probably just a name my ancestors thought sounded cool...

Perhaps... but I feel I may have wrongly assured him that you aren't human.

[Which might... technically still be true?]

Nazarick has long had a strict policy of not allowing humans to grace its illustrious halls. Yet Lord Ainz did instruct me to try to treat humans with kindness, even if your species disgusts me so!

[Technically! Or at least not baseline human.]

Oh, ah...well, it's an honest mistake. I'm sure he'll understand. And I appreciate the effort, Ms. Albedo. You've--you've been a really good friend to me, I can say that much!

Uuugh...

[Being called that by Yunyun of all people just deepens her shame somehow.]

How does the tiny explosion mage put up with you?

[Which was a truly brutal reply to such an earnest show of gratitude, but she is a succubus. One of the only humans she genuinely liked right from the beginning was Renner, and mostly because that girl was an evil genius. Yunyun might be a genius, but she was probably the furthest thing from evil she'd ever met!]

You're just so... pure!

Pure? Me?

[It's not a word she'd use to describe herself, and so even though Albedo is absolutely not paying her a compliment, she...kind of can't help but take it as one. Wow. Pure. That's so much nicer than "desperate!"

So between this unexpected "praise" and the mention of Megumin, she's in full on blush blush, fidget fidget mode.]

Thank you, Ms. Albedo. And, um, well, Megumin, she...we...it can be complicated with us sometimes, but...

That... wasn't exactly meant as a compliment, but I suppose if you think of it as one, I won't stop you.

[She's not a real demon like she just said.]

Ah yes, have you gotten any closer to actually besting her? I seem to recall you saying you wanted to defeat her in a non-lethal manner?

W-Well! Um! The defeating her non-lethally thing...that's still a work in progress! It...it might be on the back burner for a while, honestly. You see, our rivalry...our friendship...our whatever you want to call it...um...how to put this...there's been some changes...

Don't tell me she and Kazuma finally became a thing? I thought she had better taste than that.

[She remembers the way the boy reacted when he found out she was a succubus... and then a virgin succubus.]

[ALBEDO WINS: BRUTALITY]

I...I even said things changed between her and me, and you still assumed she got together with Kazuma...

Wouldn't that be a change for you and her? Your pining after her would be rather awkward if she was in a relationship with Kazuma after all.

[She is a literal demon Yunyun, if you've ever seen her spats with Shalltear they're tame compared to how brutal she can be.]

[Sigh. It's true. And Yunyun's gotten worse from Megumin, while we're at it, but nonetheless...]

No, I could've kept on pining without her noticing, probably. But that's not what happened! Me and her! That's what happened!

That's... kind of sad.

[The pining without her noticing, she still hasn't figured out what Yunyun is trying to tell her about Megumin.]

You and she... what?

[Yes Yunyun... it is that hard for Albedo to believe that she still hasn't figured out what she's trying to say.]

["Kind of sad" describes so much about Yunyun and her life, really, but things have been on a more positive track lately. And gosh, Albedo, you're really gonna make her out and say it? Forgive her getting all cute and bashful, poking two fingers together and everything.]

We...we got together. We're dating. Me and Megumin...are dating.

W-Wait... really?

[YUNYUN of all people, was no longer single?]

Aaaaah! Yunyun, I'm so happy for you!

[This is a very surprisingly girlish side of Albedo VERY rarely seen outside of Nazarick's walls, and almost never seen in Nazarick's walls for that matter!]

[She's flapping her wings in excitement, shaking the girl's hand in congratulations. She was a pseudo unofficial recruit of Albedo's to the sorcerer kingdom and Nazarick after all, so she was practically like family?]

Tell me all about it! Have you two kissed yet? Did you confess to her, or did she confess to you?! Would you like to invite her to Nazarick?

[Oh...! This is so nice. Yunyun had been bracing herself for disbelief--she'd forgotten about Albedo's in-love-with-love side. She laughs as they shake hands. See! This is friendship in action!]

We've...we've kissed, yes. [And done other things that bring a blush to Yunyun's cheeks, but she sweeps on for now to describe the confession:] And, um...well, it started with one of these gatherings, you know? An especially embarrassing one where everyone's crushes were revealed to everyone else. Ms. Darkness--you know her, I'm sure, she's one of Megumin's party members--happened to stop by, and she went and told Megumin...which I'll admit I was mad about at first, but now I'm grateful.

Ah--and the invitation--I'm sure she'd appreciate it. [A polite little while lie.] But Megumin's...actually got a lot of plans about a kingdom of her own, so...

[It was why she and Rem hit it off so well as friends, and as embarrassing as it is to be one of Yunyun's friends she didn't mind when it was this kind of thing!]

Oh no, that sounds like it must have been horribly embarrassing! That Crusader truly is a crazy woman!

[She'd probably have flayed Darkness alive if she'd ever done something like that to her, but then... Darkness would probably enjoy that so it would be counter productive. She truly was a demon's worst nightmare.]

I am happy it worked out for you in the end though!

Did you say... a kingdom of her own? Is she truly that delusional?

[Megumin is capable of using super tier magic, so that sort of power could go to one's head... but she was practically useless outside of the one spell. She kind of worries for poor Yunyun's future if she feels determined to support Megumin in this mad scheme of hers.]

So am I. For a bit, it looked pretty touch and go...Megumin was, uh, surprised, to put it lightly. But...it led to us talking, really talking [~~shouting~~], and by the end of that talk, well...we were together!

And--and it's not delusional! You should ask her about it sometime! She's really put a lot of thought into it.

Oh my! Together you say?

[She honestly didn't think Yunyun had gotten laid and was just teasing her.]

[Buuuut then she just groans and puts her head in her hands at Yunyun's blind optimism and faith in her girlfriend. It's endearing but...]

Yunyun, I've been working with Lord Ainz and Demiurge to conquer the world for nearly half a decade or more. If anyone knows a thing or two about running a kingdom it's me, and I do not see that girl being capable of it.

[Granted she didn't think it was possible for Lord Ainz to subjugate the Baharuth Empire to the point they'd become a vassal state within just two days either. Perhaps she needed to hear out this plan sometime to really let Megumin face some harsh realities about the difference between a chuni child and the supreme being Ainz Ooal Gown! ~~Who is clearly the superior chuni?~~]

[That extra, teasing emphasis on "together"...one might expect it to fluster her, and, well, she does start blushing harder, but sort of just averts her eyes shyly as opposed to freaking out.]

Yeah...together.

Edited 2024-05-14 01:49 (UTC)

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