Unit Scenario: Heavy Knight of Purity Albedo

Unit Scenario: Heavy Knight of Purity Albedo is a character scenario released in Mass for the Dead, featuring the character Albedo

Episode 1: Unexpected Pitfall
One day in the Great Tomb of Nazarick on the 6th Floor neat the Gigantic Tree, Shalltear Bloodfallen is busy arguing with Albedo over who is more suitable to be Momonga's bride. Shalltear argues that her appearance and character are more suited though Albedo argues that Shalltear's undulating body is hardly ideal for their master and doubts she could please him whereas she is a Succubus. Their argument is broken up by Aura Bella Fiora, as their bickering is scaring all the magical beasts in the forest. Though the other two women state that they were merely having a "nice" chat in their break as ordered by Momonga. Unconvinced Aura asks that they steer the conversation away from "who is the right woman for Momonga". Shalltear and Albedo turn the conversation to Aura asking if she thought about pursuing Momonga, which Aura denies that she has no interest and too young anyway. The dark elf immediately wants to avoid having the conversation, so Albedo decides to focus on Nazarick's facilities' restoration, which is going smoothly but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. The Overseer Guardian suggests that they cut their break early to get back to work. Shalltear on the other hand is not too busy and offers to lend a hand, though Albedo declines as she could not ask the strongest Floor Guardian to direct her attentions away from patrolling the dungeon and dealing with the Chaos Beasts. Shalltear asks if that is really alright as she lately hasn't seen Albedo in action like herself. Albedo states that she has been busy dealing with the Chaos Beasts and slowly regain her strength in simulated battles with Narberal Gamma. Aura points out that Albedo's role is more on supervision so it can't be helped that the Overseer Guardian can't be active as the rest of them. Shalltear makes an offhand comment that if Albedo is not careful she might get fat and notes that the Seven Deadly Sins like gluttony and sloth are inherit in demons. She adds that Albedo should try not to disrespect her creator Tabula Smaragdina by lacking self-management. Aura though states that Albedo should be worried about it as from a normal point of view such changes may not be noticed. As it is time to feed her pets, Aura excuses herself from the break followed by Shalltear who needs to go back on patrol. They promise to schedule another meeting, leaving Albedo alone to herself. The Overseer Guardian has been silent since Shalltear warned her about getting fat and becomes insecure on her appearance. So she swears to resolve the issue less she will be disliked by Momonga.

Episode 2: Albedo's Determination
At Ashurbanipal, the protagonist is greeted by Albedo who has come to visit him. Before asking the homunculus her query the demon asks if they are alone. The protagonist confirms that Slimeko is not present as she is out on business. Albedo is glad as she wants discretion and she tells him her concern over her body shape. The protagonist realizes that perhaps she wants to go on a diet. Essentially that is what it is, and Albedo asks her comrade if he knows any good methods of advice to do it without having it interfere with her duties as a Overseer Guardian. The homunuculus thinks that dieting may not only be her option as exercising is also effective. There is a problem with that option as Albedo does not have much free time. The protagonist then suggests that Albedo carry a constant heavy load on herself like wearing a cast that weighs the body making it an effort to move. Albedo is confused as a "cast" is normally a therapeutic device used to fix an injury, when low-level magic is unable to fully heal it. The homunculus explains that the "cast" he mentioned is a training instrument described in some books that assists in helping the body develop in a certain way. The demon thinks its similar to the collar that increases experience points instead of weakening the wearer's abilities. The protagonist elaborates that the effectiveness of the cast would depend on the design and strength. But he believes that it could be possible to balance work with exercise using the cast. Albedo thinks that the problem is how to prepare the cast, maybe perhaps seeking Pandora's Actor expertise. Though to the protagonist for Albedo who is a candidate for queen he believes that he can assemble the cast for her using metal and ores. Better yet this would be an opportunity to create a product for the locals. Albedo recalls the report that Nazarick's products are of higher value to those locally when placed in the Exchange Box. The protagonist proposes that he create the prototype for her which once tested could be commercialized for noble women obsessed with beauty. Seeing that Albedo's personal reasons and Nazarick's goal of obtaining funds are aligned she allows the protagonist to solicit the help of a blacksmith. Since its not a high priority mission she recommends to the protagonist not to rush and overdo it. She reminds me to keep this between the two of them, which the homunculus agrees. A few days later Albedo received a prototype of the diet cast made by the protagonist and a blacksmith in her room. The demon is a bit embarrassed that the homunculus managed to finish it in such a short time despite telling him not to rush. As the product is before her, Albedo decides to try it on. As excepted the cast weighs her body down and forcing her muscles to stress themselves, but not that heavy enough to immobilize her. The equipment is ideal to train her body like she hoped though she is concerned how to disguise the cast to hide it.

Trivia

 * This is the second story unit of Albedo in Mass for the Dead.