Talk:Remedios Custodio/@comment-121.99.200.163-20180506001043/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180510010619

It's true that it was a good con, and I don't fault anyone for falling for it (rather, Neia's blind faith in His Sorcerous Majesty's survival is more frightning, though it is correct and based on a fair amount of primary evidence of his might and foresight).

The problem is that calmly accepting Ainz's apparent death at Jaldaboath's hands is not a logical outcome of sincerely believing they were working together. Indeed, ANY kind of resistance to either Ainz or Jaldaboath would necessarily hinge on the idea that at least one of them could possibly be defeated, which would clearly be nonsense if they were actually working together.

On the premise that they were working together, Ainz winning would be a cause for celebration, because he (and Jaldoboath) had decided that the ravages of Jaldaboath had accomplished their purpose and could be halted. Whereas Jaldaboth winning means that he (and Ainz) have decided that the Holy Kingdom hasn't suffered enough already.

Which of course they haven't, because they haven't booted Remedios to the curb.

Eight Fingers knows that Jaldaboath is just a pawn of the SK. It's not a wild guess or anything. Their reaction to that premise is quite reasonable, and flows naturally from the implications.

Resistance or even hoping for escape is foolish and we should strive with all our might to avoid incurring the wrath of the SK by any least failure to fully cooperate.