Overlord (Light Novel)

After reading through the contents of the thick binder to the end, Ainz returned to the first page and stamped his personal seal with a plop. After a brief moment of hesitation, he also stamped the seal of approval. With this, the matter printed in this binder — from Ainz’s point of view, some sort of ultra-high-level solution for a political issue — was approved and Albedo could begin the process of selecting the appropriate personnel to dispatch.

Ainz handed the binder to Lumière, who was waiting by his side. This concluded the last of his work for the day. Ainz glanced over at the clock.

The clock’s hands read 10:30.

Ainz’s work started at 10:00. In other words, his workday didn’t last even half an hour, but this was the status quo as of late. Although Ainz’s work generally gets completed before noon, this was still far too quick.

Starting work this late was something that the salaryman Suzuki Satoru had never experienced, swing shifts aside, but that was nothing more than Satoru’s personal experience. It wasn’t rare for those employed by the megacorporations to start work late and according to Ulbert, the fact that such a shift system existed was a kind of privilege in itself.

Well, considering the work lives of this world’s inhabitants (for example, villagers like Enri and Nfirea), starting work at sunrise and going to bed at sunset is the routine.

It was mostly the same for the city dwellers, although their mornings started and their nights ended a bit later compared to the villagers. The availability of magical illumination — or the lack thereof — is the most important factor governing this. Nobles who had easy access to magical illumination were able to start their work late in the morning since they were able to work as late into the night as was necessary.

So, did all of Nazarick start work at 10:00? Not at all.

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