Talk:Overlord Volume 07/@comment-77.102.194.150-20150323225545/@comment-98.234.68.214-20150324072543

When you say paranoia, are you referring to him being wary of the outside world, or of his own NPCs?

If it's about the outside world - he has valid for fearing what's out there considering what happened in Volume 3, and the NPCs agree.

If it's toward the NPCs themselves - it's not so much paranoia as it is caution. A person can't help but feel wary when something that used to be a program suddenly acts on its own, you know? Ainz still loves them all of course, but really, discovering that everyone's been planning for world domination without his knowledge must have sent warning bells. The NPCs are loyal, but an action likes this literally puts Nazarick in the face of danger.

Also, as mentioned by TSendas about Volume 6, some NPCs are beginning to get rebellious thoughts on their own. There was a small scene with Albedo in the beginning of the volume that shows it pretty well (I'm going off CH translations here). In particular, we have her in her room surrounded by self-made Ainz merchandise...while there's a banner of Ainz Ooal Gown lying on the ground unattended to, covered in dust. She looks at it without any reverence, only anger and indignation. She says that it has no worth while proclaiming complete devtion to Ainz the person.