Chapter 116: Poor King Roselle

As Loki went towards his wife, ignoring the fact that he had just vomited buttloads of blood, several entities who had laid interest in the fight, especially to Sophia due to the nature and identity of her patron were equally shocked, even though all of them have expected interference at one point of the fight because the ultimate reward of winning is not only to save the students of Hebi but also the retrieval of one of the most important relics of the whole undead race.

However, what they have speculated is an interference from one of the subordinates of the god of the undead Siginarugan or even the said god himself, this conjecture was due to the simple fact that Hebi is more experienced, fight-oriented, and stronger than Sophia, it was inevitable for the Fallen Hero to lose, that is what they are thinking, but wrong! All of them are wrong! Not only did the subordinates of Siginarugan did not went near the turf of Sinag, the god of the sun to help Sophia but the person in question even forced The King of Devils himself to save his spouse.

"HOHOHO... 'The greatest mistake of a wise person is by acting in arrogance...' To think that Sophia will be able to exploit this saying and even amplify it against Hebi is really something, even gods will be caught off guard with such a simple yet prodigious plan."

"I agree, I agree, the daughter of Lord Siginarugan is brilliant, this kind of method of conquering the wall of strength and experience is something that is commonly employed before, but because it is too common, no one employed it anymore and is often ignored, as Sophia's wife analyzed 'The Greatest of Plans are the ones that fit the situation perfectly, not the ones that showcase the genius of the planner.'"

The subordinates of Siginarugan discussed the strategy of Sophia, it was as simple as the 'If you put out a fire, use soil instead of water so there won't be more steam that can cause more fire' principle, that is why it is admirable, and as simps of Siginarugan, their belief towards their lord just increased further by being able to choose such a fine hero.

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Somewhere, in the endless cosmos, the stars that shine as if it was diamonds when seen inside a planet now look like a gigantic ball of scorching flames, their once beautiful appearance when a human's view of reality is still restricted has now disappeared and only its danger remained, however in this plethora of highly unstable balls that can explode at any given time, two individuals towered over them, these two people are way bigger than the stars that the stars look like grains when compared to them, these entities is staring at a distance in which a white mountain of light hundreds if not thousands of times bigger than them.

Siginarugan continued his journey whilst a hazy 'screen' was floating in front of him, he watched on with a proud face as his daughter and hero actually won against Hebi in any sense of the word, and even though Sophia thinks of it as a defeat because of Loki's interference, it cannot be denied that her victory is overwhelming.

"But still, she has a lot of things on her head that weighs her down, how did the existence of Loki get neglected by her? She was supposed to be someone who cannot forget anything."

Siginarugan sighed, even though Sophia is surrounded by women who have sufficient beauty to 'release' all of her pent-up emotions, she is still reluctant to make a move, and this makes Siginarugan frustrated.

"Lord, I have already given the first part of the Hero's Test to Bakunawa, so we should fret not and continue our journey."

The god of streams whispered to the ears of Siginarugan who nodded and continued looking at their 'destination'.

_I would otherwise hate to do this, but Sophia would just limit herself if she continued to chain this part of herself, The good thing is that, a person who has higher pride than her is by her side... She sounds mature but sometimes, you just have to push her further... how adorable._

Just as he was thinking of that, a small ball of flame appeared by his side, the ball was bright as if telling the two that the said ball is excited.

"Sophia noticed it!"

This time, the two travelers stopped dead in their tracks and looked at the ball of fire, who was obviously Sinag, the god of streams was confused as to what Sophia noticed, yet his lord's lips slowly curved up as it loosened its cover of his teeth, and alongside the eternal darkness that surrounds him, for the first time in a while, Siginarugan looked like his divinity, the ruler of death.

"I see... she noticed huh..."

The ball of flame that contains the will of Sinag bobbed itself up and down excitedly as if it were a child who had finally confessed his feelings to his first love.

[Author: Can you guess what Sophia noticed?]

[Sophia's POV]

When I woke up, it was still dark, Eleanor looked at me and her worried expression immediately turned happy, again, I wonder how can she turn from a merciless psychopath into my cute wife without batting an eye, but I did not complain and answered all of her questions if I am fine, if I have anything I like and what happened patiently, after that, I am not in any mood in eating dinner or eating Eleanor, so I went asleep.

The morning after that, I woke up once again to see the sun shining bright, also, it was already quite high in the sky.

Eleanor already left the room way before I woke up, also, shall I say that talking with the owner of the sun makes me feel like I was being watched through a peephole?

In any case, the fight was already over with my faction gaining overwhelming victory because of Hebi's negligence due to my limited number of forces and lacking strength, though I am not satisfied with the outcome of my fight and feel like I still lost. This was a matter of pride you know, normally I would not make such a simple mistake and according to the god of the sun, the only solution is giving in to my desire.

_This is like the pig war just happened in my fight..._

I was in a daze the whole time I was thinking that I was startled when a knock came on the door, I immediately answered.

"What is it?"

The one who knocked, seemingly a maid replied.

"Good morning Lady Sophia, I hope you are fine, King Roselle has prepared a sumptuous breakfast for the two of you, he was hoping for you to accompany him as a celebration for your victory and as a form of gratitude for saving our city in the clutches of the devils."

The voice of the maid was shaking, seemingly remembering that loud sound from the mini atomic bomb I created at the start of the fight, I was just messing around at that time, also I will use that as a threat for Roselle later when we discuss the compensation in the breakfast.

"Alright, tell him I will be in the dining area immediately."

After all, I still have a one-sided negotiation to attend to.

[3rd Person POV]

In the dining area of the royal palace, King Roselle is looking at all the foods he has personally instructed to prepare for Sophia, even though the lady in question has given no qualms about any kind of delicacy, he has observed that the desserts he has prepared will be snorted much faster than the salty foods, so he prepared pastries, however, despite this, the king of the mighty human kingdom is frowning.

_This would have been easier if Urduja was here..._

For the first time in his life, he regretted and was angered by the decision of his ancestors to alienate the strongest sword they have and make her just appear important by making decisions on things that are beyond their military power, which in fact only happened not even 10 times in the current peace times, if Urduja was here and is not deemed a threat to the royal family, then Roselle would have a blade pointed at Sophia without Sophia being able to do anything about it.

But now, not only did Sophia showcase her power by winning against Hebi Tsukaiza, she even altered the landscape of the Kingdom to prove a much stronger point, and because she 'sacrificed her life' so that she could repel the hands of Loki that are hanging above Heimdall, she also has the moral initiative, after all, Roselle did not even dare to glance directly at the fight between heroes, in fear that his pride will be crushed further, the sounds of the fight already felt like his hard work is nothing but a human illusion, how much more if Roselle directly watch the scene.

_Sophia probably delayed the negotiations for the compensations to expand the scope of her 'sacrifices' while I ponder upon myself that I cannot do anything but suck on her toes for her to protect us, plus the power she has showcased will also be a reminder to me in this negotiations that she can turn her head against us and lay destruction upon my land if she wanted to... If Urduja has the sword above my nape, then Sophia has a dagger in my throat while donning an armor too... all of that, in one single fight..._

King Roselle sighed as he realized how he had been played from the moment he sent the letter, or perhaps way before he was even aware of Kamatayan's existence.

_Ah, it is so hard to be the weakest King out of the bloodline of powerful people, I cannot even make a god take a fancy of me..._

Roselle once again lamented of his powerlessness, but soon his expression turned from depressed to determined.

_Even then, I cannot just fold like that, if Sophia is such a good schemer, then she would have surely thought of how I should respond, if that is the case, then I have to mitigate my losses with the best of my shamelessness contrary to what she has in mind, this might give me a bit of an advantage._

Such were the thoughts of Roselle as he heard the door creak open, which is a great plan, depending on the enemy, of course.

[Sophia's POV]

I opened the door to the dining room and what entered my sight was the two sides of the table having the best contrast possible, in the side of the king (upper) were several salty and heavy meat and fish dishes like lobsters, wellington, barbecued pork, chicken and many more whilst in my side are all kind of sweets like candied fruits, cakes, cupcakes, muffin and many more, well it seems like Urduja's culture altering power did not extend to sweets, or else the sweets here will also be heavy stuff made of rice.

Anyway, it is quite pleasing for my preference to be noticed by just a glance, if I was straight then I would probably be blushing by then, unfortunately, the nature of our position made it so that his intentions are very obvious.

_I wonder if he had better plans than to surprise me with his shamelessness..._

As I was thinking of that, I walked towards the other side of the table and sat down, upon doing so, the monarch in front of me smiled as he said.

"Lady Sophia, it is a relief to see you well, I was quite worried when Lady Eleanor rushed you to the palace unconscious after that blood-curling scream, truly it is unpredictable how will the King of the Devils will deceive a person."

I smiled silently without replying and just nodded, maybe Roselle did not just realize that he has been grinding on my pride the moment he started to talk about that motherfucker, poor him I will have to vent out things that I want to vent out to Loki early on but failed to do so because he did not even showed himself in the fight.

_I will make sure that I will slowly wring this pitiful King dry._

[That sounds wrong in so many ways.]

You're right.

I was having such thoughts as I started to eat without even replying to Roselle, this made him gulp as his shameless did not work on me, his face grew very anxious by the second as I alternated between a shortcake and matcha tea without even bothering to look at him. If it's shamelessness that he wanted to show me then I have a lot of lessons for him.

_Doesn't he know that every strong person will know when someone is sucking up to him/her?_

I sighed in my mind as I finished my first slice of cake, I looked at the King who also started to eat to stop his nervousness (at least that's what I presumed), and also waited for him to finish the first dish on his plate as a courtesy.

_Now, how do I start sucking on his blood._