Chapter 579

"As for Prince Shengzai's words, it's still the same meaning: if the 'Golden Princess' does not oppose the marriage, then he will also agree.

But if the 'Golden Princess' does not agree to this marriage, then no one can force her, otherwise he will not be polite."

Hearing the clerk's words, Jircniv also showed a wry smile on his face.

"Just now I was laughing at those guys who tried to use marriage to get close to the Empire.

Now that I think about it, I seem to be one of them too."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, actually, your subordinate thinks that even if Your Majesty does not marry the Golden Princess, as an alliance that joined forces to resist the Sorcerer Kingdom this time, our Empire should have established a certain friendship with Prince Shengzai, right?

And regarding the 'Golden Princess,' there seem to be rumors within the Kingdom that she is not a simple person, so..."

Before the clerk could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jircniv raising his hand.

"Friendship? This kind of thing is not necessarily reliable among ordinary people, let alone at the national level.

In this world, only interests are eternal.

The Golden Princess is not simple; I knew this long ago, but the fact that Prince Shengzai cares so much about the 'Golden Princess's' wishes and thoughts only shows that their relationship is good.

As long as I marry the Golden Princess, this can also make the relationship between him and us more secure."

"But if the Kingdom's King Zanac V and the old King Ramposa III agree to this marriage, as a royal princess, Princess Renner herself cannot resist, right?"

Although the royal family has a prominent status and enjoys wealth and glory from birth, there are many times when they have no choice, such as their own marriage contracts.

"Heh? If it were in other countries, that might be true, but do you think that with Prince Shengzai's current status and position,

if he does not agree to the Golden Princess marrying me, would Zanac and the old King go against his wishes?

Don't think that because the Kingdom nominally exiled Prince Shengzai, he is no longer the Kingdom's Third Prince.

If the Kingdom's royal family really had such thoughts, they would have stripped Prince Shengzai of his surname long ago."

"In short, whether it's marrying the Golden Princess or any other method, if the Empire wants to continue to stand on the continent, it must hold tight to Prince Shengzai's thigh.

If I didn't have any brothers or sisters, I would have planned to send my sister to him as a concubine.

That woman in the Holy Kingdom probably saw Prince Shengzai's potential last time, which is why she made such a move."

In fact, after the Battle of Katze Plains, there were really not a few people who had the same thoughts as Jircniv.

Because he became the "hero" of the Battle of Katze Plains, many kingdoms attempted to marry their princesses to Shengzai, even indicating that being a concubine was no problem.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Sorcerer Kingdom will inevitably make a comeback one day.

And getting on good terms with Shengzai now might save themselves and their countries in the future.

It is a pity that those who came for his reputation couldn't even enter the gates of the Sheng-En Demi-Human Nation.

Demi-humans also have selfish motives; the potential of offspring largely depends on the genes of their parents.

And in order for the new generation of demi-humans to give birth to more elites, and for someone to inherit Shengzai's position in the future, the demi-humans naturally hope that Shengzai can leave offspring in the demi-human nation.

The demi-humans believe that Lord Shengzai is the god of their demi-human nation; although he is human, his descent into this world must be the arrangement of the demi-human god.

Such an excellent and great Lord Shengzai, even if he leaves offspring, the first choice should naturally be their demi-human women; how could mere human women be worthy of their Lord Shengzai!

Great Tomb of Nazarick, Tenth Floor — Throne Room.

After a few days of rest, the Old Bone and the others have fully recovered.

And at this moment, Demiurge and the other Guardians are all kneeling on one knee before the Old Bone to admit their mistakes.

"Lord Ainz, it is all because of our insufficient strength that the great Great Tomb of Nazarick and Lord Ainz have been shamed; please punish us, Lord Ainz!"

"Please punish us, Lord Ainz!" Xn

Facing Demiurge and the others kneeling before him and speaking in unison, the Old Bone raises his hand to stop their apology.

"Do not take all the blame upon yourselves; this defeat was also caused by my own carelessness."

"But Lord Ainz..."

"There are no 'buts.' In this world, everyone makes mistakes, even I, whom you call the Supreme Being, am no exception.

The point is whether you can learn from failure and grow because of it.

In this operation, most of the undead who died were only low-to-mid-rank existences; this consumption is nothing to us in Nazarick.

Although we lost two precious World-Class Items, it allowed us to see the strength of this world, which can be considered paying for our previous carelessness."

"Regarding the plan to conquer the Empire, it is currently on hold; due to our previous carelessness, we underestimated the strength of that Kingdom's Third Prince.

So, from now on, we will focus on gathering intelligence on him, and when we are sure, we will crush him instantly!"

After the Battle of Katze Plains, it wasn't as if no one in the coalition of nations suggested attacking the Great Tomb of Nazarick directly and wiping out Ainz Ooal Gown and the others in one fell swoop.

However, as soon as this suggestion was made, it was directly rejected by Shengzai.

Just kidding, their victory in the Battle of Katze Plains this time was entirely due to luck.

I didn't expect the Empire and the Theocracy, having won a small victory, to be so arrogant now that they actually plan to take down the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick.

The combat power Nazarick sent to the battlefield this time was not their full strength at all.

And the Great Tomb of Nazarick, as the guild base of Ainz Ooal Gown, is a fortress in itself.

It contains various mechanisms and traps set by Tabula Smaragdina and Ulbert.

To put it bluntly, to take down the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick, one would need at least twice the combat power of the Old Bone and his group.

With their current lineup, if they really chased them to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Old Bone would probably be welcoming them.

Shengzai actually understands the thoughts of the Theocracy and the Empire wanting to wipe out the Sorcerer Kingdom as soon as possible.

The latter is nothing more than being unable to let their guard down in the face of such a huge threat as the Sorcerer Kingdom.

And the former is nothing more than eyeing the amazing wealth and foundation of the Sorcerer Kingdom.

The nations also saw the Sorcerer Kingdom's previous army, which could almost only be described as inhumanly extravagant.

Just in that war, the opponent used two World-Class Items.

One of them has now become Shengzai's trophy, but the Theocracy naturally believes that the Sorcerer Kingdom has more in its hands.

Of course, the coalition's morale was high, but when Shengzai indicated that if they wanted to attack the Great Tomb of Nazarick, he would choose to withdraw first, the other countries instantly lost their nerve.

(End of chapter)