[3rd POV]

“Ainz-sama, get behind me!” Albedo screeched upon seeing Wanda standing there. Even without revealing her power, she and Ainz could feel the natural power that she radiated, power that made even the powerful and arrogant Albedo sweat slightly.

It was akin to standing in front of a God, which she hated to even think. Ainz was her “God” but this woman, this unknown woman, was…something more. And even she could see that much, and with the way Ainz was silently looking at her, he seemed to think so as well.

Inwardly the skeleton was sweating buckets in fear, but outwardly he couldn’t show that, for his emotions were dulled and hidden. They were limited thanks to his physiology and the skills that he had.

These “Skills” were due to his form, the form of Ainz Ooal Gown, in fact, being from a game. The game “Yggdrasil” a game from far into the future of his own world, used entirely through virtual reality, and being immensely impressive for what it was. It was beyond anything that current technology could make, at least, currently public technology.

It was these skills that granted Ainz a variety of powers and abilities, ranging from immunity to instant death, resurrection based powers, to super strength, improved magic, and all sorts of neat little perks that he had. All gained by simply playing the game and spending time on it.

But once Yggdrasil had shut down after years of being open, he had remained on until the very last moment. It was due to this that he was now in the body of his in-game character, in a world completely unrecognizable from his own.

And the random door that appeared in his throne room certainly didn’t help in that regard. With Albedo trying to blast it with her magic, only for her to completely fail, as the magic had simply dissipated the second it even got close. Even his own spells had failed, as they too had been destroyed moments after closing in on the door.

All of that was obviously concerning, very much so. And now, now they were in this unknown place, one that almost looks like a bookstore, and staring at a woman that gave off the most frightening sensation either of them had ever felt in their lives. They could only barely sense the depth of the danger they were in, and the little they could sense, told them that Wanda was not one they could ever hope to fight.

On Wanda’s end, she just watched them in amusement. Allowing them to sense less than 1% of her power, a percent of power that would atomize the two of them with a singular motion, with ease. Ainz was capable of destroying islands and such, but even 1% of her power was enough to destroy universes and even beyond that, with ease.

He stood absolutely no chance.

Albedo even less so. She could feel the aggression, the anger, but she could also feel the fear radiating off the woman. She was allowed in only because of her lack of aggression in the beginning of their entering, and was only allowed to stay because of Wanda allowing it. Otherwise the wards would have activated and she would have either been atomized or shoved back to her universe at a state of near death.

A punishment of sorts.

As she looked over the two, sensing their power and the fear, Wanda smirked.

“Ah, what interesting customers I have this time! Momonga and Abedo. Or is it Ainz Ooal Gown? I do tend to lose track of names” Wanda asked, sipping on her tea as she looked between the two of them, her books restocking themselves after the recent customers.

“Who are you?! How did this…this place appear in Ainz-sama’s throne room!?” Albedo scowled, yelling at the unintimidated Wanda, who was looking between the two, inwardly contemplating about the books and spells she could get out of Ainz.

There were quite a few spells in the “Overlord” universe that were of interest to Wanda, most of them involved death and resurrection. But there were a few others that she was interested in learning and selling. And she knew that Ainz had access to most of them, over 100 in fact. And with him there, she could either get books out of him, or get his knowledge and utilize that to make books like she had with Regina’s knowledge.

“I am Wanda Maximoff, owner of the Emporium, the bookstore you are currently standing within. And I would appreciate it if you watched your tone with me, customer. As while I am quite kind and courteous, my limits can be exceeded and trust me, you don’t want to see what I can become when I am angry” Wanda said with a small smile, one that was frankly creepy to Ainz, who placed a skeletal hand on Albedo’s shoulder.

“Enough, Albedo. This…woman may not be a threat to us. This place is a bookstore as you said, correct?”

“Indeed”

“Then I believe this place sells books of all sorts? And am I right to assume that you simply wish to sell your wares to us?” Ainz asked, as Wanda smiled and nodded in agreement. She really hoped she could get the man to sell her some books or spells, as there was a lot that she’d love to read on. Her inner book nerd was going crazy at the thought of it all, the thought of the amount of books she could get her hands on.

“That is correct. I have all sorts of books here. Books on magic, on science, on technology, even fictional books, like manga, comics, and fantasy! All books here can be bought with coin, an exchange of other books, or an exchange of knowledge directly. The rarer the book, the more it costs. The rarer the exchange, the more store credit you get” Wanda explained, as the man nodded slowly in understanding, inwardly contemplating what this could mean.

The spells he had were immense, but as he walked over to the magical book shelf, he blinked in surprise at some of the books, not recognizing a single one of them, as he opened the book on basic magics from Harry Potter. Inwardly confused as he noticed that none of the spells inside were similar to the ones that he utilized. The ones he used were made through circles, while the Harry Potter ones were a simple incarnation and that was it.

Some of the spells were far more simple at that, not only more simple, but some of them were quite a bit more useful for day to day life. Simple house keeping spells and spells for chores. None of them difficult, but all of them usable in some form.

It was because of this that Ainz turned to Albedo.

“Albedo, grab one of every book on spells in this shop. The spells within are far different than our own, and may prove to be immensely useful to us” Ainz said, as her eyes widened, but she nodded nonetheless and began to get to work, as Ainz walked back over to Wanda.

“How much for one of every book on spells in the shop?”

“Hmmm, matters. In coin? A lot. In books of your own? Likely Twenty to Fourty mattering on the subject and rarity. Mattering on the exchange of knowledge? Well, if you were to exchange your knowledge on every spell in your repertoire, you would get all of them and store credit for…hmm, let’s say 7 more books when you come back” Wanda replied after a few moments of thought, inwardly cackling as the skeleton seemed to be in thought about it.

“And what does this exchange entail?”

“It’s simple. I will use my power to copy all your knowledge in the area you wish to exchange, and then I will plant that in my own head. I will not touch another memory in your head, nor will I look anywhere else. It would go against my own personal code if I did that” Wanda answered. This too was the truth, which whether or not Ainz would trust was up to him.

“…Alright, do it. I’ll trust in you so that our new…relationship can continue” Ainz said, as Wanda smiled, her hand reaching out as a crimson glow shot out, and in the next instant, she felt the knowledge of every spell Ainz knew flowing through her skull, her smile widening slightly in excitement at testing out all the new spells she had now.

Looking back into the eyes of the Skeleton, Wanda smirked, as she reached her hand out and shook his hand, before speaking.

“…I believe this will be the start of a beautiful relationship…Ainz”

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