Chapter 102: 3rd and 4th Day of Delaying

Such a shout came from the very throat of Hebi and not a reply to the person who reported such ridiculous news to her, so loud it was that it cracked the soundproofing she put up in her "room", causing her to calm down, however, the puzzlement and rage in her eyes are still evident, he inquired to her subordinate who got her ear destroyed.

"How did that happen? Is the hallow ineffective?"

_Is that motherfucker delaying this fiasco!?_

Even though Hebi already had an idea of who is the one responsible for such bullshit, she still asked a question, and in a bid to not feed her anger more the subordinate with a shaking voice did not dare delay her answer, she said in quite a haste:

"My Lady, we, your subordinates did not know the exact details of how it happened nor did we even see a glimpse of the crown chambers, the one who resealed the chamber is concluded to be able to recreate the original power of the magic circle as we realized that the hallway leading to the crown chamber is once again nowhere to be seen, as for who is the one who cast it, It is most definitely Sophia Demiurge, though we are not clear on how did she do it given the fact that she is currently having sex with her wife."

Hebi listened to the whole sentence, she could not help but frown when she heard the last sentence, a boiling sense of rage built up in her heart, it was like a volcano that was about to erupt, she felt like she was being played by someone not even a year old, however her vast experience told her to calm down, in which she did.

As the serpent bearer successfully suppressed her anger, she dismissed her subordinate and then started to seriously think of the matter. Being angry about the fact that she went back to square one (though that is easily resolvable) is over, it is now time to think why is Sophia delaying things, however, as someone who is not very inclined in strategic thinking that includes the whole picture of a situation, she is in the blank, and her husband is still recovering from his awakening after a long time of slumber, so she cannot disturb her for answers.

_I only knew how to complete the mission, but I don't know how will Sophia make it fail by delaying it..._

Hebi frowned, clutching the blanket on top of her as she tried her best to think from the perspective of her husband, unfortunately, she is not Eleanor who can get to the level of strategic power as Sophia, thus bearing no fruit even though her head started to hurt, and just when she was about to give up, her eyes suddenly lit up as she remembered a conversation between her and Loki.

_Maybe that's it!_

She exclaimed as she recounted a very specific line: "My reach is limited, and Sophia created a defense that even I and my sister cannot fully decipher, but from what I can tell, the lady's greatest characteristic that you have to take note of is that..."

_Sophia Demiurge and Loki Darkbringer are comparable..._

At first, the serpent bearer is confused by such a remark, after all, if one knows what the name of the other monarch of the world's strongest Kingdom represents, one will realize the mediocrity of their existence, this connotation can mean a lot of things, and finally, Hebi seems to grasp one of its meaning.

_Maybe Sophia doesn't want to disrupt my operations... MAYBE SHE JUST WANTED TO HAVE FUN! LIKE HOW LOKI WANTS MORE EXCITEMENT!_

Hebi then got a confirmation on such a theory due to the order from her husband of not to rush things and let the ordeal unfold more slowly, even though Loki did not say it, Hebi knew that he hoped for accidents to happen to entertain himself from his rather unfavorable position as of the moment.

_Let's see... First Sophia, went to Urduja's festival for her birth and went to fight her because of her mother, that is not because it was fun, second, she went and had a date with Momoiro, seemingly eyeing her as a second wife and passing, Momoiro killed one of my people. Third, Sophia warned the King of my existence... and now, she is delaying this matter and now that I think about it, Sophia probably hides her fruits of investigation from the king..._

The more Hebi thought about it, the more she was convinced, and the more she was convinced, the more the smirk on her lips grew, she could not help but mutter.

"Sophia must not have expected that her true motives will be revealed immediately..."

[Sophia's POV]

The third day of delaying the Hebi Tsukaiza case.

At this moment, I reckoned that the chambers being sealed is already known to Hebi Tsukaiza, at the same time I might as well think that my delaying this matter as long as safely possible is already revealed to her, I mean, she is an old person that saw Urduja's rise to the pinnacle of humanity, so, of course, she will be smart enough to be able to figure out that much, also, she's a spy so she must have a certain degree of deductive prowess.

Well, of course, I am not worried that she might use this matter against me, because according to Urduja, Loki is just like me, and wants to have fun and even though that is true for me most of the time, that is not my goal this time. But because Loki is that kind of person, Hebi is probably laughing her ass out right now and saying something like: Sophia must not have expected that her true motives will be revealed immediately... or some shit.

I am also not in a rush to force Hebi out of her hiding place, so I will not push things forward earlier, I mean, as long as Loki did not appear, I will certainly be fine. That may be the case, but that doesn't mean that all things are progressing smoothly, well, up until now, it has been going smoothly, however, on the third day, I was bumped by a problem that I did not expect, you see, part of my plan is to secretly transfer the crown to my nation alongside the core of the undead, in that case, I do not have to worry about me committing mistakes and accidentally making the undead core slip out of my hands.

Of course, I will make the ruse and still fight Hebi pound for pound, and after that, win or lose, the core is secured, of course, if I lose, I can teleport back to Kamatayan immediately and drag Eleanor, Bakunawa, Philo and Lyra along, here comes the problem, all of the methods available at my disposal failed and any alternatives I can think of is bound for failure. The moment I used the 4th space, Siri (the system voice) told me that a god's relic is not allowed on a realm without a guardian, apparently that means there is no god of space, that is the same as when I ordered Kabuto to use shadow to bring it to my capital, Siri said to us that the demigod of darkness does not permit the entry of the god's relic.

I have two alternatives, make Bakunawa transform into a giant serpent and let her swallow the crown, but that is too grand and will force Hebi out of her hiding place too early, also the crown will be digested by the potent acids in her stomach so it's a no-no, lastly because of caution, I can't openly let Eleanor bury it to the ground and escape, they will gang up on her for sure, I don't want to put my wife on danger.

[I also asked the prophet back in your library but he said "It is not willed by god for me to assist his daughter", your father believes in tough love huh.]

Yes, I know that will happen, I replied as I continued to rack my brains, a lot of things entered my mind, I mean a lot, but all of them will fail. Finally, after a whole day of thinking of a solution, I decided to do the one thing I hated the most.

_I should give up and revise my plan._

Yes, for the first time, in my second life, I decided to conform to the wheels of time.

Well, I got some information from Urduja about Hebi so I will probably be fine, but it still disgruntles me if something I arranged to happen failed to manifest. The good thing is that King Roselle invited me to a meeting, so I got to vent my anger, anyway, for me to appear that I did investigate and did not spy on their medicine industry, I used some of Urduja's tidbits on me, specifically, I said that Hebi Tsukaiza has 4 subordinates that she trained to be her core, they are situated in 4 different points outside the palace.

As a way to divert the question of their exact location, I said that I captured a devil and interrogated him, but he killed himself before I could question him about the exact location of the core subordinates. This made the King more serious, I vented my frustration on him by asking about the investigation results on his part, and he did not disappoint as he flinched hard and then started to shift his eyes and answered with a simple no as he abruptly ended the meeting.

_It's a good thing to have an easily flustered person beside you._

That's what I was thinking the whole time.

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4th day of Delaying, morning.

I was rather surprised when I woke up to the voices in my head, I thought I was going crazy, the good thing is that the voices are from my subordinates who have something to report to me. First, it was Arachne, she said that she had already finished the creation of the artificial method of culturing the silk-creating spiders that created our clothes, she just now needs the peer review of I and Eleanor, second, the blueprint for the paper-making machine already materialized and need my guidance for the testing pace, that is because they did not know how it works.

_Even though I explained the theory, it is a good thing that they seek advice when they are still yet to use theory in practice._

While thinking of such, I cannot help but smile, I mean, how convenient it is to have manpower that doesn't require any mortal needs, right?

Anyway, I have to prepare for things, you see, the "queen" will get out of the room tomorrow.

[3rd Person POV]

The day went on with Sophia going outside to do "further investigations", and on the night of what the Queen of Kamatayan calls the "4th day of delaying", the prince of Gjallarhorn, Noire was looking at his subordinates who were dragging a man covered in blood, his head has a horn and his nails are long, one of the initial transformations of the devil race, one legend says that they are originally hideous but one mage of their race created a spell for them to have a human form and that spell soon was imprinted on their DNA, making them a monster in human form, this explains why all of the people of this race are handsome and beautiful.

This operation materialized because of the secret order of King Roselle to sweep the whole city of anyone of any race that arrived in Heimdall a week ago and take them into custody, this is so that they can immediately execute any devil (or vampire) that they have seen.

At this time, the devil that's being arrested looked at Noire with sharp, mad eyes and because of the conversation the prince had with a certain person, he was quite high-strung, causing him to use his skill to the devil, the whites of her eyes turned black as he looked at the eyes of the devil and as the devil stared at it, his eyes disappeared and only empty eye sockets with blood gushing out of them remained

_... This motherfucker is the first devil we caught with this operation... all of the prisoners are spies from Tydings..._

After a little moment of rage, Prince Noire grimaced, causing his heart to be stirred into helplessness, up unto this time, even though he was already floored by his brother, he still did not recognize the help of Sophia, for he is so sure that the Queen already found the devils, or worse, Hebi Tsukaiza herself but just hides it from the royalties. This is also what is "That" person speculated.

Prince Noire's sense of urgency was further alarming him to do what is "that" person's suggestion.

_For the sake of the kingdom, I have to alienate King Roselle and Queen Sophia..._

The prince sighed, and at the same time, he could not help but inwardly apologize.

_Forgive me, brother, this is for your sake... and for me to embrace Khearsenbelle..._

Prince Noire did not even notice any abnormality in his reasoning, he found it very sound and a seemingly prodigious solution to the invasion of Devils to the kingdom of Gjallarhorn.