Memory of Chaos: Lupusregina Beta

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

Episode 1: Fault
Lupusregina Beta, who regained some of her power through mock combat with Cocytus and the Pleiades, was currently in charge of monitoring the Crack and subduing Chaos Beasts on the 6th Floor. During one session where the Crack activates, at the direction of Lupusregina, the undead who were stationed around the Crack readied for the upcoming assault forming a wall around it. The monsters soon emerge out from the Crack and Lupusregina approaches the horde with a weapon in hand to combat the beasts.

She comments that there are more of these Chaos Beasts than usual but believes its nothing to be worry about and busies herself in killing the invaders. While she is slaying any Chaos Beast in her line of slight, at the edge of her field of vision, she spots a Chaos Beast slipping out of the horde and approaching the undead wall. The skeleton warriors attempt to hold it back, as one of them is killed allowing it to slip through the defense line. Lupusregina hurries over to chase it and in the grasslands, she avoids it attempting to ambush and and slay it. Once the last monster is slayed, Lupusregina announces that the subjugation was a success, attributing it back to Cocytus's training. The maid orders the remaining skeletons to remain guarding the Crack while she gives her report. Heading to the transfer gate, Lupusregina makes her way to the 10th Floor. Entering the Round Table Room, she finds Momonga in a meeting with Albedo.

The two are eager to hear about Lupusregina's report, which the maid reports that it has been a success. However, Albedo notices that the damage to the security undead is larger than usual, and asks what was the cause to which Lupusregina states is due to the larger number of Chaos Beasts. Albedo concerned about this development, asks why she did not mention this first. The maid claims that since she was able to defeat all the monsters with no problem, it was not worth mentioning. Momonga dumbstruck on her whimsical attitude on the security of a Crack, slams a fist down at the table in the room. Momonga is filled with a dark aura, stating how disappointed he is in the Pleiades member.

Both women in the room become fearful from Momonga's shift of personality, but Lupusregina becomes more scare not just because of his intimidation, but because of the intimidation of her master but the fear of the word "disappointment." Luckily, Momonga's passive emotional suppression kicks in and restore his relative calmness. Seeing that Lupusregina doesn't understand why he is angry in the first place, he will explain his fury to her. He reiterates what she had told them that —— "the number of chaotic beasts has increased and the security undead have suffered more damage than ever before." From this statement, it means that the enemy has surpassed Nazarick's defense capabilities, albeit momentarily. Now, in order to deal with such a situation, Nazarick should be trying to take all possible measures beforehand to prevent such a thing from happening ever again. She should have reported with that instead of stating the subjugation was a success. Her negligence could have led to the collapse of Nazarick. He asks Lupusregina if she is really unaware that they are currently facing an emergency situation which Lupusregina admits she is clueless of.

Lupusregina ashamed at her failure asks if she could be given an opportunity to get rid of her stigma, but was met with rejection by Momonga who then orders Albedo to remove the maid from her guard duty business. Momonga states that he is giving Lupusregina some free time and to contemplate on what she was missing in this incident. Without anything to say, Lupusregina left the room alone.

Episode 2: Clue
Outside in the corridors, Lupusregina runs through her mind of Momonga who told her that he is disappointed in her and telling her to reflect on her actions. Lupusregina regrets her misjudgment and wonders why she would do something like that and begins to feels that she may have indeed almost cause the collapse of Nazarick. As Lupusregina struggles on what to do, she is noticed by Cocytus who asks what is ailing her. Thus, Lupusregina explains her experience she had with Momonga. Listening, Cocytus sympathizes with what Lupusregina is going through, stating that it indeed was a blunder on her part, but right now she is blaming herself. Right now, she should be focusing on "growing" to improve herself so such a thing does not happen ever again twice. But Lupusregina ask her how does she "grow"? In this, Cocytus think and recommends that she should consider speaking with the protagonist about it. The homunculus had been doing outside research on Nazarick's new environment and thus has returned back from a survey. If there is indeed a person who can help her out, she believes it will be none other than him. Lupusregina decides to meet with the protagonist and thanks her companion as she rushes to find him.

Episode 3: Discovery
Looking for a way to "grow", Lupusregina heads over to Ashurbanipal. Meanwhile, the protagonist is finishing up reading several books to gather and accumulate useful knowledge for his next mission. He is disturbed when the maid enters his domain while calling out his name. Seeing it to be Lupusregina, he greets her as it has been some time since they last spoke. From her, he learns of her predicament and her desire to "grow". Wishing to help her reach Momonga's expectations, the protagonist agrees to assist her.

Searching through the shelves in the library, he shows her a book: New Member of Society. Looking at the title, Lupusregina asks how this tome will be helpful to her. The protagonist explains it to be a tactical book that depicts the growth of a person's mind and help become independent in society through the term: Hō-Ren-Sō. Which in simple terms collectively called "report," "contact" and "consultation." The protagonist defines each of the concepts. In "report," a person informs their boss of the progress and completion of the instructed work. If this is neglected in Nazarick, the worst case, the reconstruction plan will be upset and work efficiency will be significantly reduced. In "contact," it deals in communicating information about the task that has been assigned to the person. Forget this and Nazarick could be hit by an unprecedented disaster. And lastly "consultation" is when a person is in trouble at work or when they are at a loss, so when in doubt ask for someone's opinion. If a person solely act on their own judgment, that person will be the sole one to bear all the responsibilities alone after that. He then report of Lupusregina that this time was inadequate.

Going back on her duty from before, the homunculus analyzes Lupusregina's performance, noting that she did not "contact" her superiors on the change in the number of Chaos Beasts, made her own judgment without "consultation", and moreover, she did not "report" any of it to neither Momonga nor Albedo. The example of "Ho-Ren-So" is explained and Lupusregina understands the significance of the matter, but though she understands the importance she still doesn't know where to go from here. After hearing Lupusregina's candid opinion, the protagonist seriously thought about what to do next. He then comes to an answer that she should apply "Ho-Ren-So" into practice and see for herself its effectiveness. Unfortunately, Lupusregina has been pulled from duty so there is no way for her to utilize it. An idea forms in her head and the maid thanks the homunculus for her advice, leaving the library behind to use what she learned into practice.

Episode 4: Opportunity
Lupusregina goes to see Albedo in search of an opportunity to practice "Ho-Ren-So" at the Round Table. Albedo seeing the maid asks if she now understands what she lacked. Lupusregina confirms, stating that she had forgotten the three concepts of "report", "contact", and "consultation" in a nutshell as it was her lack of awareness about information channels. Albedo finds her answer acceptable and now asks why Lupusregina is here, to which the maid states that she would like to regain Nazarick's trust. How Lupusregina will restore their trust is by proving that she can put into practice what she now understands. For that reason, she requests the Guardian Overseer to be allowed to act as a messenger in Nazarick.

Thoughtful at the proposition, Albedo admits that there were some fears from her master like such as [Gate]s being now inoperable, but also the use of [Message] possibly being useless. While there is no need since they have yet to encounter any problems with [Message], having someone as a messenger to convey necessary information "verbally" to related parties is currently applied just in case the worst case scenario were to ever transpire. Albedo feeling that Lupusregina has fully reflected on her past actions decides to consider accepting the maid's suggestion. As a result, she nominates the maid to be given the position of Nazarick's messenger though warns her not to fail this second chance.

The current messenger as of right now is currently Entoma Vasilissa Zeta. Albedo asks Lupusregina to go find her sister and relieve her of the duty. After the maid leaves to resume Entoma's duties, Albedo recalls the conversation she had with Momonga after he verbally berated Lupusregina. He had told her if Lupusregina came back about the issue to render any assistance she needs. Now that she spoke with Lupusregina, Albedo believes that Momonga was anticipating this kind of reaction from Lupusregina and silently wishes her peer luck in her endeavor.

Episode 5: Growth
Later at the Round Table, Lupusregina sees an opportunity to restore her honor at a meeting with Momonga. Momonga in retrospect felt he had been too severely harsh with her in his criticism. He was surprised by Albedo as she reported that Lupusregina wish to have an audience with them. Permitting it, Lupusregina enters the room with a confident look on her face. Lupusregina then informed her master that she thought long and hard on his words, and has finally come to understand the value of "information" in operations thanks to her knowledge of "Ho-Ren-So". This further raising Momonga's interest that the maid is familiar with this mantra, and suspects it was the protagonists' doing all along.

As Momonga is eager to hear her report, the maid begins it by telling her master that she had headed to the 4th Floor to observe a subjugation. Upon arrival, she contacted Yuri Alpha, who was in charge of the subjugation, letting her know that she was replacing Entoma. However, they encountered some unforeseen circumstances after consulting with Demiurge, and in the case of an urgent need, they were waiting behind the security undead. Lupusregina's report was displayed accurately enough to the point that it relived the events of subjugation, detailing things like the number of Chaos Beasts and the damage situation of deployed monsters. Once she finishes up on the aftermath of the situation, Lupusregina asks if there are any questions left that needed to be said about her report. However, neither of the two have any questions to offer up after all was said and done. Noticing Albedo's confident look on her face, Momonga wonders if she knew something he did not. He thanks Lupusregina for her efforts, impressed that she had grown so much in a short amount of time. He then allows Lupusregina to resume her usual roles, but reminds her not to forget and remain humble on her improvement.

Lupusregina thanks her master for his kindness, swearing her loyalty to him once again as she leaves to resume her duties. Momonga felt satisfied that Albedo's follow-up and protagonist cooperation with Lupusregina had led up to this event now feels relieves that the burden is finally off his chest. Elsewhere Lupusregina happily shouts that she is back on duty, triumphantly wearing a smile on her face.

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: Narberal Gamma, Memory of Chaos: CZ2I28 Delta, Memory of Chaos: Solution Epsilon and Memory of Chaos: Entoma Vasilissa Zeta.