Chapter 59

The room that Ainz and his groups were shown into seemed to be the personal office of the Chief Professor, and was furnished with good quality soft sofas.

However, there were also several storage cabinets, in which some magic stones were also kept, and that caught Ainz’s interest.

He then prepared a cup of coffee and handed it to Ainz and his group.

「Well then… First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Oz, and I’m the Chief Professor here at Ist Grand Academy of Magic. My main field of study is about magic stone energy. I am studying the energy contained in a magic stone」

The chief professor, Oz, seems to be a well-known man among the researchers. He had a talent for research since he was young, and even in Ishtalica he is irreplaceable.

「Err, and I am…」

Ainz was thinking of a fake name for himself. And the name that came to his mind was Aiku… Just like in Kadyma’s case, Ainz had discovered that he lacks the sense to think of a name. He could only sort of come up with a slight variation on his first name.

(TLN: A-i-ku アイク A-i-n アイン)

「Oh, excuse me. Can you first turn off your magic tools? The letter of introduction from Professor Emeritus Majolice stated that you’re “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Ainz”… So, I have a rough understanding of your circumstances」

「H-hey, Chris. Did Majolice-san said he’ll write something like that…?」

「No, he didn’t… Good grief」

“He should have told me first. It gave me a bit of a heart attack” Ainz thought.

「…We’ll remove it then」

Ainz removed Majolice’s special magic tool, Chris and Dill then followed suit. Their magic tool was in the shape of a ring, so there was no difficulty in removing it.

「Once again. I welcome you, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Ainz-sama. I apologize for only referring to you as an “important guest” earlier. There were other