Talk:Arche Eeb Rile Furt/@comment-929751-20180404132116/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180610045855

Actually, it goes beyond that.

Foresight manages to tug Ainz's heartstrings, to the point where he forgives them for Hekkeran's incredibly stupid attempt to bluff his way out (and is embarrassed about Irmina's less stupid attempt).

He deliberately chooses to spare Arche the suffering he has determined to impose on the others, but he doesn't spare her life. The reason is simple. It brings no benefit to Nazarick commensurate with the costs.

One can argue whether that was really the case. From my perspective, it should have been okay to have Shalltear turn her into one of her Vampire Brides. I feel that experiement is something that has merit for possibly strengthening Nazarick (using her as a sex-toy without turning her, like in the Web Novel, strikes me as stupid and doesn't fit Shalltear's character in the LN). But I wouldn't exactly call that a 'mercy'. Shalltear isn't very nice to her Brides. And the point would just be to see if Arche, as a New Worlder turned into a vampire rather than POPed, would be able to continue to develop.

However, while I disagree with the assessment that Arche could offer nothing to Nazarick, I find Ainz's determination to confront the moral burden of killing her admirable.