Memory of Chaos: Narberal Gamma

Memory of Chaos: Narberal Gamma was a character scenario released in Mass for the Dead, featuring the character Narberal Gamma.

Episode 1: Return From The Outside World
In the corridor on the 9th Floor, Narberal Gamma after completing her mission in the outside world, had returned to the Great Tomb of Nazarick for the first time in a while with the protagonist and Slimeko. The maid sees that there are signs of restoration here and there, showing that her colleagues are doing their utmost best to rebuild Nazarick. Feeling nostalgic at her return, Narberal is greeted by her sister Yuri Alpha, who was happy to see that she returned safely and asks if her mission in the outside world is difficult. Difficult would not be the word that Narberal would describe it, albeit there were some dangerous situations, but thanks to the protagonist who accompanied her, she believed that her first mission went very well. Realizing this, Yuri is aware of the homunculus to be known as the Deputy Diplomat and his role being praised by Momonga. Narberal informs Yuri it was due to the protagonist's negotiation skills that everything went smoothly without problem, and made sure they and the human villagers did not die. Hearing that she encountered humans, Yuri voices her surprise that she helped them, to which Narberal admits this was out of necessity as they were a valuable source of information. Still hearing that Narberal's mission was a success is enough for Yuri to feel proud of the former.

Narberal asks what Yuri's purpose was to see her, which the other maid states that she just wanted to see her. Narberal notices that the restoration of the dungeon has progressed considerably. The reason for this has been Sebas Tian who Yuri states to be driving the effort to repair the tomb as much as possible to shoulder the burden from Momonga. Thankful for the butler's actions, Narberal then decides to cut her conversation short as she needs to make her report but promises that she will see Yuri again.

Naberal then goes to the Round Table Room, where she meets both Momonga and Albedo to report the details of her mission and the information she gained from the outside world. The two acknowledge the efforts the maid has contributed not only by bringing back valuable information, but also having built relationships with villages in the outside world, and was able to subdue large number of Chaos Beasts successfully. Their praises pleases Narberal, but admits she was merely following the protagonist's lead. However, Momonga thinks that she is being modest of herself. Narberal states that she has not regained her full strength, thus had to rely on tactics from the protagonist to help her in battle which she plans to continue utilizing in her future missions.

Interested, Momonga asks her to detail the tactical knowledge and what she learned from the homunculus's strategies. From her review, she sees that they proved useful despite her weakened state and loss of confidence. This would allow her to better understand that winning or losing is not simply determined by the magnitude of pure strength, but it depends on the battlefield as well. The information brought back by Naberal is viewed as a great significance by Momonga who believes that it should be shared amongst Narberal's peers. And while Narberal wants to return to active duty as soon as possible, Momonga wishing for her to take a little break in the meantime, uses an assignment disguised as an excuse to spend some time with her sisters. In this task Narberal will share what she experienced on the outside world, considering that there many be future opportunities that other Pleiades will go out to the outside world and perform missions in the future. Since Narberal experienced it firsthand, it would be best to have her share the information directly. Narberal seeing the greater role her knowledge will provide to Nazarick accepts the task with eagerness.

Episode 2: Information Sharing Session
The Pleiades, who should have been on various missions, from maintenance and inspection of Nazarick, to security of each floor, were gathered together in a room on the 9th Floor for the first time since the transfer of the dungeon. The maids seeing their sister having returned, give her a warm welcome. Narberal is ready to start her information sharing session with her sister to follow out Momonga's commands to better prepare Nazarick. The maids have questions on the world outside Nazarick for Narberal as well as the human inhabitants. Before Narberal answers them, she asks for some order and silence to allow herself the chance to finally speak. She starts to tells them about the humans, confirming that race is as weak as they believe it to be, mentioning that the village she and the protagonist visited would have been destroyed had it not been for their intervention. Lupusregina Beta sarcastically states that the humans were lucky to have Narberal, though Yuri doubts the other maid's sincerity. Naberal being the center of attention in this information sharing session, answers the questions that are asked one after another. When Naberal finishes talking, the Pleiades share their thoughts on the outside world finding interest in the society beyond the dungeon, to tactics and interaction with humans.

Solution Epsilon wonders how they should properly interact with humanity while outside Nazarick. Narberal who was considering instructing the best ways to combat Chaos Beasts, believes this to be certainly the most important factor in operating in the outside world. A question arises from Entoma Vasilissa Zeta on her opinion when fighting alongside humans, distracting Narberal to state that while the latter were more vulnerable than them, they were not totally useless. A group of humans under the instruction of the protagonist being a case in point where they are able to successfully slayed a Chaos Beast. She goes on to say that was how they bonded with the group of humans as allies. And later on, they were joined by reinforcements that came to the village.

Going back to the topic of Chaos Beasts, Narberal is asked a question on what are the most effective ways in combating them. While difficult to explain verbally, Narberal advises her sisters that when it comes to a group of Chaos Beasts, they are quite a force to be reckon with. Recalling what the protagonist said about knowing how a battle will play out, she tells them it takes "guts". The term confuses the maids a bit but they accept Narberal's words as she is the one who knows the reality of the outside world.

Feeling that the actual battle format is better than telling about the battle by mouth, Narberal takes the maids to the 6th Floor to demonstrate since it bears a close environment to the world outside Nazarick. The floor is absent of its guardians who are on a mission, leaving it to the maids. She has CZ2128 Delta describe the environment for her, which the automaton notes the forest area to have poor visibility and too many obstacles, which can prove somewhat disadvantageous as it allows the enemy to conduct different range attacks from afar. It is a poor area for close combat, and the magic and special skills that can be used are likely to be limited. Additionally, exploration missions in the outside world will be based on organizing parties with multiple people.

Narberal states that in the outside world, one must always have to anticipate unforeseen circumstances and should always be on the lookout of their surroundings when moving. There is a tendency for hostile forces to come from out of the blue. Lupusregina asks what should they do when they end up encountering an enemy? In that case escape should be their top priority, but there is a possibility that it will cause them to be at a disadvantage if they are chased as it could be a set up for an ambush. So if they decide that they should eliminate the enemy on the spot, then they should act. Entoma notes that Naberal, looks much stronger than them after returning to Nazarick, encouraging the other maids to work harder to regain their original strength. Feeling the expectations of the Pleiades, Narberal's motivation became more and more enthusiastic as a result.

Episode 3: Practical Training
The maids listening to every word of Narberal's explanation wish to know how strong Narberal has become. Narberal suggests they do a mock battle with each other to demonstrate her abilities. The rules of the battle is simple, to win you have to incapacitate your opponent, the use of items is prohibited, but attacks, support, and recovery with magic and special techniques may be permitted. The maids have no objection to that and prepare to battle it out with Narberal. Despite being outnumbered, she is determined to show off her skills. Yuri organizes the maids as leader, with Solution and her acting as advance guards, while Entoma and Lupusregina act as auxiliary units and lastly Shizu to provide long range support from the rear. At the start of the signal, Narberal runs into the forest in a blink of an eye. Yuri guesses that Narberal temporarily withdrew to make up for the numerical disadvantage. Before the maids could organize a search, Lupusregina is attacked from behind by Narberal who uses [Chain Dragon Lightning] on her. After reminding Lupusregina to always be vigilant, she dashes away as Shizu tries to shoot at her.

Narberal vanishes into the forest, taking out one of her opponents. The remaining maids settle in preparation for the next attack. Seeing that the target was Lupusregina, Yuri sees that Narberal intends to pick off those who can use recovery skills, meaning she will be the next one after her sister. Even though Yuri's team have Solution and Shizu with sensory abilities, the forest leaves them at a disadvantage. They are soon attacked again by Narberal using [Rabbit Ears] to hear their plans and casting [Electrosphere] that ended up hitting Solution from above. Yuri tries to retaliate but misses Narberal who flies into the air and out of sight. Narberal has reduced her opponents down to three people, showing how strong she became since she left the dungeon. The battle continue on, but it didn't take long for Narberal to defeat the rest of her sisters. After Lupusregina heals the others, the maids admit that Narberal has truly grown stronger, not just in knowledge but strength. Seeking to improve themselves as well, they ask Narberal to teach them everything she knows, shining her with pure respect and curiosity for more knowledge.

Episode 4: Narberal's Human Training Course
The Pleiades having completed practical training on the 6th Floor resume to their next lesson with Naberal—-interacting with humans. Back on the 9th Floor, Narberal begins instruction on what she knows about human society. From her interactions with the human warriors, magic casters and soldiers, she was able to learn that there is a big human city called E-Rantel where humans are currently gathering at. Additionally, she met up with the Sunlight Scripture who were divine magic caster but possessed some fighting skills and have the power to summon angels. On her interactions with the bunch of adventurers she met, Narberal states that they responded to being called "maggots."

The Pleiades who had begun to rely heavily on Narberal after training in combat, turned their heads on the unfamiliar words from maid's mouth. She uses it as a term to compare those who live outside of Nazarick, describing them as so inferior that it's not worth comparing. On the basis as why humans would respond to that moniker, Narberal claims that the male adventurer she mostly interacted with seemed truly happy at being called a "maggot" multiple times. Since Narberal's lessons in the past have proven to be right, the maids accept it as is.

Meanwhile, Momonga walking outside in the corridors of the 9th Floor, was heading to the room where the Pleiades were gathered to see the progress of Narberal's assignment. He overseers Narberal telling the maids to treat humans properly as maggots. Finding it to be odd, Momonga takes a moment to listen to the lesson from behind the door, and Narberal who then begins asking her sisters to repeat "maggot" over and over in practice, claiming it would definitely make humans happy and strengthen their bond. The sound of this chorus of insults to humans leaves Momonga dumbstruck by what is taking place in that room.

Episode 5: Narberal, Reflecting
Momonga then returns to the Round Table with Narberal after witnessing the sight of the maids shouting "maggots". Narberal proudly presented the success of her assignment. In that she share her knowledge of the outside work, conducted a mock battle, and teaching them how to interact with humans in a lecture. The Overlord thinking back on Slimeko's report about the Nazarick's agents' interactions with a human adventurer party named Swords of Darkness, he recalls one of the members to having an infatuation with Narberal even when she insulted and belittled him as a pest. Hence explaining why Narberal was convinced humans like being referred to as maggots. While the rest of Narberal's training program is satisfactory, her human interaction lecture is far from being ideal, but is unable to bring himself to correct her and burst her confidence so allows her to finish her lesson.

This incident still needing to be address, he then summons Sebas Tian, since the butler is in a position where he can directly intervene in the Pleiades. The Overlord briefly explained the situation to the butler who likewise agrees that Narberal's perception of humans might be a bit bias. Momonga admits this to be his fault, and that he must somehow correct the misconceptions that pervaded the Pleiades. Sebas Tian on the other hand, tells his master that the burden is not his alone to bear as he is also responsible for the maids. For that reason, Sebas asks for permission to be allowed to handle it to which Momonga is thankful for his discretion.

At the room where Narberal's outside world course was being held at, Sebas Tian interrupts the lesson asking if he may interject stating that there appears to be a great misunderstanding about humans. As it is not proper or a good idea to call them "maggots". And while its true humans may certainly be insignificant vermin when compared to those who live in Nazarick, he told them that it is not always the case. But Narberal points out the male human she encountered seems to look pleased every time she called him a "maggot" and ask the butler to explain that reaction. Sebas speculates that the person had special circumstances that apply to a very small number of people, like a quirk or a characteristic that makes you happy to be despised. The maids listen to Sebas Tian reasoning with all ears, as the butler further states that calling someone an insect would be an insult, something very unprofessional for butlers and maids of their stature. He reminds them though the Pleiades will have duties as field agents, they are still maids and servants to the core as they were made to ensure that the Supreme Beings and Floor Guardians could spend their days comfortably. The same can be applied to humans in this case as they are facing an unprecedented crisis in Nazarick, as the key now is searching for vital information to help in the reconstruction and revitalization of the dungeon.

The maids ask how they can do practical training for this, which Sebas then conducts the maids to kindly greet one another as if they were greeting a "master" through store pretending by acting as if they were operating a store in a human town. As Narberal watches her sisters practice their maid etiquette, she cannot help but feel disappointed in herself in being unable to properly fulfill Momonga's orders and caused an inconvenience to Sebas Tian. She is suddenly asked by Entoma's if her "master" is alright snapping the maid from her musing to respond. The other maids coon practice with Narberal as "master' offering her hospitality. Despite feeling bitter regrets and remorse in her heart, Narberal now leaves her worries and embraces to the hospitality of her sisters.

Trivia

 * This character scenario was released after the end of the campaign for Nazarick Revitalization Plan -Start-.
 * This character scenario was released alongside the Memory of Chaos: Yuri Alpha, Memory_of_Chaos:_CZ2128_Delta, Memory of Chaos: Lupusregina Beta, Memory of Chaos: Solution Epsilon, and Memory of Chaos: Entoma Vasilissa Zeta.