Overlord: Cain of Ainz Ooal Gown

I don't own Overlord

Notice Cain's travel partner has been determined seeing as there were two calls for Rubedo while everyone else got only one

Several days had passed since then and Cain was now going over the daily reports with Albedo's help speaking of such reports Albedo was reading off one to Cain at the moment.

"According to Aura's reports there has been no contact with any players so she has extended her reach to the woodlands near Nazarick, if there are any to be found she will find them." said Albedo and as she finished she placed a paper on the table in front Cain.

Albedo then spoke again "I have also obtained information from the men that you captured my lord they are from the Slane theocracy and the lead was in command of their special ops unit…it was incredibly wise of you to start with the lesser ranked men first as it allowed us to learn of the fragile nature had we started with the leader we would have lost a large amount of information."

Cain smiled somewhat proudly at the praise for his forethought after all it was an almost spur of the moment thought but it came to him just as he ordered the men to be interrogated when he remembered their weaker constitutions and thus he ordered the lower ranked prisoners to be interrogated first.

But Cain brought himself back from his thoughts as name of the men's country appeared in his mind it was a brutal human supremacy based country and Cain voiced as much before speaking "It would be best if we didn't interact with that country for the time being."

Albedo nodded before asking a question "Also what should be done about the villagers that you saved my Lord?" Cain took a thinking pose gently rubbing his chin as he did.

After a second he stopped and spoke "Don't do anything that would have them see us negatively that place was our first foothold in this world and I would like it to remain that way."

Albedo nodded and spoke "It will be as you desired it my Lord and this is it for the day there is nothing else to be done today." Cain almost sighed openly as he felt the stress of monotonous paper work slip away.

Cain turned to her with a bright smile on his face and spoke "Well done Albedo!" Albedo blushed slightly and smiled at him accentuating her beautiful features further with a lovely red glow.

"Ah I am unworthy of such praise Lord Cain you are too kind…please take me right here and now please my Lord I will do anything to please you!" replied Albedo bring up both her hands gently and minutely stroking the ring Cain had given her days prior.

Cain's smile vanished immediately and a blush broke across his face and then he did something that he had found himself doing a lot lately he activated one of his undead passives taking most of his embarrassment when it did so before canceling it leaving him finally able to speak "Albedo…I cannot do that I did something to you before we came here, I altered you, changed you from what Tabula had wanted you to be."

Albedo gently tilted her head and replied "I don't see the problem my Lord…" at that Cain flinched back as Albedo leaned in closer and continued "Are you disturbed by my feeling does my love weigh on your heart so heavily?"

Cain's jaw dropped in shock he had half expected Albedo to slap him or curse him for doing this to her but instead she seemed excited happy even that he had changed her in such a way.

Cain then spoke "N-no." still staring as Albedo backed up slightly smiling even more beautifully.

"How grand that means that we can progress our relationship, I am so grateful for this opportunity my Lord!" said Albedo while staring at Cain lovingly blushing all the while with her hands still clasped around one another.

Cain immediately tried to back pedal lest Albedo decide to try her earlier offer "B-but I altered you I changed you from what Tabula wanted you to be…" mentally Cain wondered if he would be having worse problems had he left Albedo's original settings as they were.

Cain briefly wondered if he should check on Rubedo see if his alterations had affected her in a similar way, he really hoped not he wasn't sure if he could deal with another Albedo but shrunk to Shalltear size, however Cain shelved the thought for later.

Albedo then spoke again "I think Lord Tabula wouldn't mind I think that he would be happy that I found true love after he left."

Cain stared widened eyed at Albedo and in a shocked tone he asked "Do you really believe that?" Albedo gave him a gentle and loving look while releasing a noise closer to a moan than anything else in an uh huh way.

However, before any more could be said or done a knock came from the door causing Cain and Albedo to turn and look at it breaking the mood that had been building and who should enter but Shalltear Albedo's most aggressive rival.

When Shalltear stopped she curtsied and spoke "My dear Lord Cain I hope you are doing well on this wonderful day."

Cain nodded and smiled at Shalltear before replying "I am doing well Shalltear and you are as well I hope…is there something I can help you with?"

"Ah no my day has already been drastically improved just by seeing your majestic visage my Lord." replied Shalltear enjoying the slightly embarrassed blush that formed on Cain's face at her words.

Seeing this Albedo spoke up "Well if that is the case please go elsewhere with your flirting Lord Cain and I were discussing important business."

Shalltear's retort was quick and was said casually "Impoliteness is a problem with older women they are impatient and try desperately to hold onto any man they find because they know that they are past their prime."

Albedo gave a clenched smile before replying pointing an upturned hand at Shalltear's chest as she replied "You try to pass yourself off as young and perky Shalltear but I know the truth about your two new additions truly how shameful could you be stuffing your bra like that."

Immediately Cain saw Shalltear tense and she seemed to glow with anger which she displayed with a scowl as she replied "I will rip your saggy tits off you cow."

Albedo replied in kind spouting her own insult as her own aura of hate bloomed "Please do remind me, which of us is a walking cadaver!"

Cain immediately spoke "Cut that out you are not children!" the effect was immediate the two women, who had begun leaning forwards as if to attack, straightened immediately and gave a bow while apologizing.

Cain looked between the two of them making sure that the hostilities had faded for the time being before speaking again "Shalltear what did you come here for?"

Shalltear nodded in acknowledgement to her master's question before speaking "I am going to be off for my mission with Sebas soon and I simply wanted to give a proper goodbye and at the same time since I am probably going to be away for some time I couldn't resist looking upon your form one last time."

Cain gave Shalltear a soft smile causing the two women in the room to blush as he replied "Thank you for your complement Shalltear and I wish you luck on your mission." Shalltear bowed and thanked Cain for his grace and left.

Later that day in E-Rantel

Cain threw open the doors of the hotel/bar that was to be his temporary home while he was here and entered looking at everyone from behind his closed helmet, his armor set was made to imitate the armor worn by a character from an old anime called Fate night stay with the character in question being Berserker/black knight swords included and it was a relatively low leveled set seating at a solid 40.

The people in the room stared at him as he moved to the desk of the hotel at which point many of the patrons noticed his companion a young girl probably just entering her teens behind him.

She was a pretty little thing delicate face soft and silky looking hair, skin smooth and pale as if the sun and dirt refused to touch it she smiled happily at her partner's back as she followed him and many people in the bar felt their hearts flutter with desire be it to protect the girl or corrupt her in the case of the more seedy individuals.

However the smart people within the crowd looked for the tags of the duo and where not surprised to find the two new faces were copper plates.

However that didn't stop the slightly oppressive aura the armored man gave off even as he stopped at the bar and waited for the bar man to get to him.

The girl stopped behind him and playfully shifted from one foot to the other as the seconds passed until finally the bar keep moved to help them "Two rooms then, its five bronze pieces a night each and meals…"

Cain spoke cutting the man off "We only need one room and we don't need any food." Cain saw the man's face begin to tighten up before it bloomed into a scowl as the bar keep finally saw his plate.

"This place will be a bit too expensive for some copper plates." said the bar keep his scowl still in place.

"Unfortunately they make you start at copper when your first register." replied Cain nonchalantly the bar keep bared his teeth in a deep scowl and slammed his fist down on the bar.

"Now its seven copper pieces up front smart ass!" shouted the bar keep but Cain just nodded and placed seven copper coins down on the bar.

"That isn't a problem for us." stated Cain ignoring the man's angry tone and after a second the man gave an annoyed huff seemingly giving up on getting a rise out of Cain and pointed with a thumb at the stairs that led up stairs to the room.

"Your rooms in the back." said the bar keep as his face settled in a small frown before he picked up a glass and began to clean it.

Cain gave a small nod and turned to the stairs began walking but paused a few steps in as a rather filthy scarfed man placed his foot into the walk way.

Cain almost felt his eye twitch in annoyance and after a moment he settled on pushing forwards passively kicking the foot out of his way and as he expected the man shouted and stood.

"Hey watch yourself you stupid giant how can I work with a busted foot, huh?!" asked the man before his eyes turned to Cain's companion and leered as he spoke again "Maybe if you let us play with your pet for the night I might forgive you."

Cain took a deep breath through his nose as he felt anger wash over him "Hahaha your funny…" it took the man a moment process what was said and when he attempted reply Cain's hand shot out piercing through the man's scarf before wrapping around his neck.

Cain then lifted the offender into the air by his neck as he kicked and tried to shout but Cain spoke overpowering what little noise he was making "But you can't be funny when you can't breathe can you, now be gone filth." as he finished talking Cain tossed the man behind him sending him into a table at the other end of the room crushing everything on it including a blue vial.

Cain turned to look at the men who sat with the offender "Are either of you going to cause us anymore problems?" asked Cain coolly while the two men he spoke to rapidly shook their heads negatively and looked down while apologizing for their friends actions.

It was then that a scream pierced the air causing everyone's heads to whip to the source and the source was quickly approaching in the form of a well-tanned red head and she stopped in between Rubedo and Cain before speaking.

"You just broke my healing potion I had to scrap and grind for that…how do you plan on repaying me?!" the girls angry question threw Cain off his mental track he had already had a small intimidation speech forming in his head since that man stuck his foot out.

But now this girl popped up and completely derailed that and his brain was having problems figuring out where to go now…however Cain realized that he need to make a move quick because his companion was smiling in a way that suggested death for the girl just in front of her.

Cain could almost feel a cold sweat form on his face as he took in Rubedo's sickly sweet smile so he spoke "I-its ok I will reimburse you."

As Cain finished talking his reached into a one of the two pockets on his belt and pulled out a single red healing potion which Cain promptly handed to the girl before turning and walking to the stairs at which point Rubedo put away her sickly sweet smile and followed leaving behind a very confused crowd.

Once the two were alone in their room Cain took off his helmet exposing his transformed face to the somewhat musky and moldy smelling air.

His features were mostly the same minus his eyes and hair which had become a deep blue and a light grey respectively but other than that his original form and his current disguise were basically the same.

However as Cain observed the room a female voice called from beside the door "Is it really ok for you to stay here Lord Cain?" which prompted Cain to turn to Rubedo.

"Don't call me Cain while we are here or in the company of humans instead I want you to call me Able and yes it is this lodging might be below our usual standards…" Cain took a moment to look at the straw mattresses and frowned before he continued "Way below but we are just beginner adventures and this is all we can afford without drawing suspicion…also I can't call you by name either so while we are adventuring I shall call you Ruby."

In response Rubedo blushed and smiled widely to herself as she spoke more to herself than anyone "Ahh Lord Cain gave me a pet name, I am already pulling ahead dear sister." as she spoke Rubedo's disguise melted away leaving the shorty Cain remembered now squirming in delight.

Cain felt his eye twitch he had already talked to her about what to call him…Cain allowed himself a moment to remember why he had brought her along in the first place.

He had selected her as his travel companion to test her, first was her combat ability she was one of Nazarick's aces and if she couldn't preform as she used to it greatly damage their flexibility and the amount of 'flex' they could use when under attack, and second was to see if his little rewrite had affected her as much as it had affected Albedo and based on her current state he would be will to bet that it had.

Cain released a sigh before purposely clearing his throat snapping Rubedo out of her murmurings at which point she straightened up immediately and Cain spoke "Ruby I already told you how to address me."

Rubedo blush darkened a tad and she nodded before speaking "Of course Lord Able."

Cain was tempted to face palm but resisted the urge and spoke again "Don't call me lord while we are near humans it is too formal and we might get called out." Rubedo lost her smile but her blush deepened even further and Cain's spine tingled like he had just stepped on his own grave.

Cain then took a moment to look Rubedo over and realized the he should move on as she was panting slightly and her eyes held a similar look to Albedo when he complemented her and she was muttering something about being on a first name bases.

So Cain moved on to a different topic and voiced as much "So Ruby what are your opinions on humans?" at the question Rubedo seemed to reel herself back but she gained a playful look in her eyes.

"I think that they are wonderful creatures!" replied Rubedo with a wide smile causing Cain to smile and release a sigh of relief internally only to freeze up as Rubedo continued "They make such lovely toys especially when they break…I especially enjoyed when that hoard of them invaded I had so many toys!"

Cain felt the words he was about to say get lodged in his throat and so he swallowed them as Rubedo spoke again "Speaking of humans Able what are we going to do about those humans especially that woman from down stair, can I have her?"

Cain's response was immediate "N-No she is currently ahead of us so its best that we wait and when the time comes I will deal with her privately."

Rubedo pouted slightly and looked to the ground before turning back to Cain with adorably playful and child-like eyes "So what do we do now L- Able?"

Cain gave her a small smile and while trying to push the fact that this girl was a little malicious he spoke "For now we eat and then sleep and tomorrow we get to work and get some money." as he finished talking Cain reached into his inventory for the premade food they had brought with them.

Unknown to either of them the woman whom they had discussed previously had made her way to a certain potion shop and in turn Cain had been put under the spot light of a certain herbalist.

The next day

Cain felt a sense of foreboding role over as he stared at the requests on the request board in front of him…he couldn't read a single word on any of the papers pinned up and Demiurge was still working on getting all the written languages he could out of the remaining theocracy members translated for use within the rest of the tomb.

Cain almost groaned wishing that he had asked for immediate updates from Demiurges work before he finally grabbed a piece of paper from the board and walked up the front desk.

As he came to a stop in front of the desk girl he placed the request on the desk and spoke "I would like to take this request."

The receptionist's eyebrows raised in shock as she read the paper and took a glance at his plate before speaking "Sir this mission has a very high level of difficulty."

Cain tilted his head slightly and replied "I know that is why I took it." the receptionist sighed and picked up the paper as she spoke.

"I can't let you take a quest of this level at your current level it's against guild guidelines." as the receptionist finished talking she fixed Cain with a tired look as if she had explained this many, many time before.

Cain frowned under his helmet and replied "I understand that but I am fully capable of completing a mission of this difficulty with little problem." as he finished talking Cain felt the weight of the room increase as the other adventures turned and glared at him.

Cain swallowed silently but focused and activated one of the six skills of the armor Fear thine enemy which would cause mild fear to those who were of lower level than the armor itself.

Cain chose this specific skill because he didn't want to have to dig through his skills to find a lower level fear causing skill and as he had learned from the Sunlight scripture members it was rare for even the 'highly trained' military elite to reach a level that that would nullify the armor's effect.

So needless to say everyone in the lobby froze up and they all, minus Rubedo, felt like someone had stepped on their grave and that feeling only increased when Cain spoke "Would you like me to prove my ability?" the casual and almost bored tone he spoke with startled the masses even more.

"S-sir please c-calm down." said the receptionist as she shook behind the desk Cain turned to look at her and canceled the skill immediately.

"Ah…my apologize I didn't mean to frighten you so but I don't take kindly to being treated as a weakling." Cain lightly dipped his head to the receptionist before he turned back to the request board "If we are truly unable to fulfill that request please help me select one that is challenging enough at my rank?"

The receptionist quickly nodded in agreement afraid of rejecting his request before walking around the desk to the request board as Cain followed.

Cain almost sighed when he heard someone sigh dreamily from behind him while correctly guessing that Rubedo was the source.

Eventually the receptionist gave up unable to find a request that she felt wouldn't insult the intimidating customer behind her but luckily for her a small group had cautiously approached Cain lead by Rubedo.

The one dressed as a mage leaned close to Rubedo and whispered to her "Are you really partners with that guy Ruby, he is so scary."

Rubedo smiled at the boy before speaking "Of course Able is a man I would trust with my heart and soul but he gets upset when someone insults him he worked hard to get where he is."

Cain blinked for a moment before speaking "Sorry about my earlier behavior it is as she said I get a bit…defensive also Ruby please be mindful of your phrasing they might get the wrong impression."

The group raised their eyebrows at Cain's apologies and his lecture to Ruby before the blond with a sword spoke "We would like to speak with you about joining us for a job."

Cain tilted his slightly and smiled a little not that anyone could see it before replying "Oh that would be greatly appreciated!"

The swordsman smiled awkwardly but nodded and turned away guiding Cain and Rubedo to a semi private room Cain noticed that the group of young adventures had arranged themselves in a way that allowed them to draw their weapons at any time Cain wasn't quite sure if they did this because of his display earlier or not but either way it was smart on their part.

The swordsman was again he first to speak "I believe introductions are in order, I am Peter Mauk the leader of this merry little group and this is Lukrut Volve our ranger, Dyne Woodwonder our druid, and finally our magic caster and the brains of the operation Ninya and we are the swords of Darkness."

Each member of the group waved or nodded as their name and class was called Ninya however seemed to blush in embarrassment at the group's name and the praise directed at them.

"Guys I thought I told you not to use that embarrassing name!" groaned Ninya as their eyes shifted between Cain, Rubedo and the rest of their party.

Peter smiled playfully replied "What it's a good name and you are our special talent holder!"

Cain hummed slightly earning him the attention other group, he had heard of the talents from the scripture members and they were a tad rare so to run into one so soon was lucky, upon noticing the other group staring at him he spoke "You are a talent holder Ninya?"

Peter's smile widened as he replied as Ninya seemed to embarrassed to speak "Yep Ninya has a talent that makes him a natural magic genius he is able to learn spells twice as fast as the normal person!"

Ninya blushed harder and mumbled "It's not like I am an actual genius I just got lucky that my talent aligned with my profession."

Cain cupped the chin of his helmet and spoke "That is still a very impressive talent to have and even so you must have a strong drive to become an adventure…anyway I believe that it's time for our introduction."

Cain used both hands to remove his helmet and set it on the table before speaking "I am Able and this as you may or may not have heard is Ruby."

The swords of darkness froze as they gazed at Cain he was handsome and despite his grey hair, which didn't seem to be from age, there were no signs that he was much older than them and despite that his eyes seemed wise and calm but held an edge to them even as he smiled at them.

Cain's smile became a bit strained as they continued to stare Cain became a little more uncomfortable when he noticed that Ninya was blushing deeply.

Don't get him wrong it was a tad odd to know that another guy seemingly found him attractive because he was a straight male but at the same time it was nice to know that he was capable of making a face that attracted even other men.

Suddenly Rubedo cleared her throat snapping the other group from their gazes "Are you guys ok you seemed to freeze up for a second?" asked Rubedo innocently.

The swords of darkness gave nods followed by a mumbled mess of replies mostly over Cain's confusing appearance and the wise look in his eyes except for Ninya who remained quiet but kept stealing shy glances at Cain.

Cain nodded in thanks to Rubedo before replacing his helmet and continuing "Anyway I believe you mentioned a job?"

Peter recovered upon Cain's mentioning and he replied "Well Yes although it is less of an official job, we will be swiping through an area and clear out all the monsters in the area and return and with parts collected from the monsters from there we will turn in the parts and receive a reward we can split the money…"

However whatever the man was about to say was cut off by a receptionist who knocked on the door before entering and bowing her head slightly in apology before she spoke "I am sorry to interrupt but you have a personal request Mr. Able."

The swords of darkness froze and stared at Cain's back as he stood and faced the receptionist before he turned back to the swords of darkness and spoke "Would you care to join me…I would like to listen to this request before I consider taking either."

Peter nodded and followed Cain and Ruby as they left seemingly in shock that Cain would still be considering working with them when he had received a personal request.

Once Cain got back the lobby Cain saw a boy who didn't quite fit in he was skinny, next to no muscle, and smelled heavily of herbs to an almost nose destroying degree but the boy smiled when he saw Cain and Rubedo.

"Hello are you Able and Ruby?" asked the boy as his gaze drifted between the two.

Cain nodded and replied "Yes and who are you?" the boy almost seemed to flinch as he chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Ha ha I am Nfirea Bareare I am the one you requested you." said Nfirea his nervousness apparent in his voice as he stared a Cain.

"Hmm I would like to hear your request before I accept as I was already in negotiations with this group here." stated Cain pointing lightly in the direction of the swords of darkness a shocked gasp ran through the room.

It took Nfirea a moment to process what was said but he smiled at Cain's seemingly noble stance on honoring deals or negations at least instead of just dropping the other group for the name request.

"That should be ok…I would like you to guard me as I travel to Carne village to gather herbs." as Nfirea finished talking Cain raised his eyebrows Carne village again maybe it wasn't such a good idea to keep a similar face, he was going to have to keep his helmet on the entire time.

But at the same time based on the reactions of the people around him this request job might be worth the stress involved…he could probably invite the other group along learn a few more things about this town as well while he was at it, it might also boost his reputation as well.

"Would it be ok it they came with?" asked Cain as he looked to the swords of darkness and they everyone in the lobby froze up in shock again as Cain spoke again "You don't have to pay more we will split the pay between us."

Nfirea seemed to contemplate it for a moment before he nodded "Yeah it should be ok as long as they agree."

Cain turned to Peter who was staring slack jawed at Cain "Are you sure Able requests by name are rare?" but at Cain's nod Peter smiled gratefully "Then yes we would be happy to join you!"

Cain turned back to Nfirea and spoke "So when would you like to leave?"

Nfirea replied immediately "I would actually like to leave later today."

After everyone confirmed their readiness they were lead to Nfirea's shop where his cart waited.

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