

Then, Ainz pulls out a book which entails the tragic story of Tuare and her younger sister (who turns out to be Ninya) and that Ainz must have felt compelled to let Tuare live in honor of her deceased sister. After Tuare is allowed to live in Nazarick as an apprentice maid, Demiurge asks if Ainz knew Tuare due to his reaction to observing her when he first met her.Hell, moments before Sebas attempted to strike her she smiled at him and closed her eyes, fully embracing her death and was content that if she was going to die, it would be by his hands. Tuare's decision to stay beside Sebas despite the fact that he tried to kill her due to orders from his master (Ainz).Sebas takes in an abused slave and cares for her tenderly, so much so that she cries Tears of Joy.Cocytus begs Ainz to spare the Lizardmen and who is the Guardian that backs him up? Not Mare or Aura, but Demiurge of all people.While Ainz might be an Evil Overlord, he is not like the usual ones that would severely punish those that have been defeated. Ainz, on the contrary, admits that defeat was the only possible outcome even if he himself was leading the attack. After his defeat against the Lizardmen, Cocytus was expecting to be severely punished.Ainz responds that he loves all those that are loyal to Nazarick, so why was she asking him to punish her for something she was not guilty of? Shalltear, Mare and Aura start crying and even Demiurge was rubbing the corner of his eyes. Even after Ainz admitting that Shalltear wasn´t at fault for the brainwashing, she still begs him to punish her.For someone who's supposed to be an evil overlord, this was really one of the moments that reminds you that Ainz is still a human being with emotions and having been forced to kill one of his beloved subordinates that's like a daughter to him was enough for him to drop his act as a ruler.

After the titanic battle between Shalltear and Ainz comes to a close (with Ainz's victory due to being Crazy-Prepared), the first thing Ainz does after Shalltear is brought back to life is embrace her and apologizing and claiming that it was entirely his fault.What makes this heartwarming is that when Ainz explains, in detail, why he has to be the one to fight Shalltear alone, Albedo asks him to promise to return safely, which he does and makes a truly awesome Badass Boast about it while Albedo cries Tender Tears. You can tell Albedo's love for Ainz/Momonga is genuine when she freaks out after Ainz thoughtlessly proclaims putting up a statue/golem of himself in Nazarick's treasure room (because the other Supreme Beings have statues there due to having abandoned YGGDRASIL). Animated with a dash of awesome in episode 11.While Albedo and Shalltear debate which of them will be responsible for spawning it, Cocytus goes off on a tangent on how the kid'll ride on his shoulders and call him Uncle and. Demiurge explains to the other guardians that it'd be nice for Ainz to have an heir the guardians can pledge their loyalties to if he were to disappear like the guardians' creator.
