"Knock, knock..." There came a knock at the door.
"Momon... sir, it's me."
"Come in, Naberal." Ainz pushed himself upright and straightened his back. His face was hidden beneath his full-body armor, so there was no need to worry about his expression.
The adventurer "Beautiful Princess" Naberal carefully closed the door, then walked up to Ainz.
"Lord Ainz, all the adventurer tasks have been completed." Naberal placed two bags of gold coins on the table.
These were the rewards for the recent active efforts of the adventurer team Jet-Black Hero—though those tasks had actually been carried out by two level-eighty high-tier Doppelgangers in place of Ainz and Naberal.
As an adamantite-ranked adventurer team, their task rewards were counted in gold coins at the very least, with quite a few platinum coins mixed in as well. Though adamantite and orichalcum ranks were separated by only one level, their incomes were worlds apart.
However, Ainz no longer needed to work as an adventurer for the rewards. One could never have too much money, of course, but the compensation from adventurer work was already somewhat insignificant to the Sorcerer King.
Now, he continued his adventurer activities for reputation and prestige.
"Lord Ainz, I have a question."
"Mm... Go ahead."
"I do not understand why Lord Demiurge's previous proposal—to use the identity of the adventurer Momon to rule E-Rantel—was not adopted."
"That question... is actually very simple." Ainz spoke guiltily.
Ainz had supported Demiurge's proposal with both hands raised. Even he could clearly see the benefits of using Momon to rule humanity.
"Demiurge really is a super genius, to think he could come up with something like that!"
That was right. At long last, there had been a proposal Ainz could understand—only for Aya to reject it in the end.
As for why it