Chapter 119: Sophia Visits Her Relatives

[Sophia's POV]

All of the air in the room was sucked out of it upon the arrival of the woman, all 12 people, the ones that had an obvious amount of makeup on them and ones who did not stop breathing in unison the second they saw the long white hair of the woman that blocks the lighting in the side of the room, yet all of them still saw how her also white eyes stared at them, not an ounce of fear, anger, not even ridicule is present in her eyes, yet all the people present, especially the one being grabbed by the waist was terrified beyond belief.

_HOW DID SHE SNEAK IN HERE!? WE PUT EVERY DEFENSIVE, TRAPPING, AND DETECTING SPELL IN THE LIBRARY ALL OVER THE HOUSE!?_

Well, at least, that is what I presume is happening in their mind as I look at them while I smile and once again made Auntie Midori position herself close to me by pulling on her waist stronger, this time I would not loosen my grip, all of this motion was done whilst the faces of the people in front of us were paling every second, it was like they were being sucked dry by a vampire, though maybe that is more because of the dagger I am pointing at their leader's carotid.

The seat of Auntie Midori and the position of the 12 have a table and two mini bookshelves on the right and left respectively, however, even that is not enough to conceal the trembling legs of all the actors and children in front of Auntie Midori and me, however, one certain child who has an armor gritted through it and is now gripping the hilt of his sword tightly, this made Auntie Midori who has the role of the leader in this group because of her intellect to frown and hastily spread out her hands with its fingers in large distances between each other.

I was just visiting them and then they became scared like this, it seems like illegitimate children are not welcome in the nobility circle... sigh.

[Maybe they are welcome, but not when the said child is gripping a dagger against the neck of their leading figure.]

Heh, that's true, I guess.

I conversed with [Guide] inside my brain whilst I politely introduced myself.

"Auntie Midori, I think you already know who I am, but I will still introduce myself, I am Sophia Demiurge, the founder of Kamatayan, the hero of the undeads, but most importantly, one of Shiro Seiyoku's illegitimate child."

Auntie Midori's hands were still spread, it seems like because their situation in the noble circle is quite unfavorable, they are on guard in any kind of attempts to assassinate them so they make some hand gestures that only they can understand, that is the most basic protocol of people in my previous world when they were in an unfamiliar or outright hostile environment.

All I can say is that I am impressed (though I am younger).

I grinned in my mind whilst the mouth of Auntie Midori opened and replied to my introduction.

"We have heard of your great exploits in the war for the great forest and also personally witnessed your power when you saved this city against the clutches of Loki and her wife, and of course, such an esteemed person is always welcome to our abode, though I hope that Lady Sophia will stop pointing a blade in my neck."

I nodded, though in my mind I cannot help but grin, even though I love messing with stupid people, I have to prepare a lot of things in my Queendom for my wedding and all that stuff, so I have to hurry, seeing someone who knew the principle of going along with the kidnapper's whims, a seemingly basic yet very hard thing to do considering the different personalities of abductors, I was quite happy.

_This deal should be done in a jiffy._

Even though I'm thinking something like that, I actually did not loosen my grip on Auntie Midori's slender waist, her waist is actually quite opposite to Eleanor's, and even though my wife is also perfectly proportioned, she was more voluptuous in body type whilst Auntie Midori has a little less fat on her.

[What are you doing while taking a person hostage?]

I flinched in my mind at that question whilst Auntie Midori who had become awkward because of my silence suddenly spoke.

"Well, Lady Sophia, because you did not stab your dagger in any of us here, I presume that you are not here to take out your anger against Shiro on us, so I would like to know what are your intentions of coming here, and what made them so grave that there is a need for me to be taken hostage."

After those words, Auntie Midori also looked at the side of her waist being felt by my hands, she probably also wanted to ask why does she needed to be molested but decided to go against such a question, because that would mean that her effective attempt of calming down the people in front of her by disclosing that I am not here for revenge will fail, I can say that it was an attempt for calming down because the hands of Auntie Midori changed form as she made her fingers form a crooked c-shaped, plus the fact that she risked guessing my intentions is a giveaway.

_Also, she seems to already confirm it, her heart is not even pounding anymore... it seems like she already established that if she played her cards right, they will get out of this alive._

I was thinking of that as I nodded whilst smirking a little, the gazes of the people in front of me were still not as calm as intended by Auntie Midori but at least the boy was already at ease whilst their complexion also became better, how amusing.

"Hmm, well, actually nothing much, I was just visiting my long-lost relatives and decided to greet them so I can see their faces, also, as you know, Kamatayan is just a startup country, so I will need your cooperation, well, cooperation I mean is whether you like it or not."

What I said caused the air in the room to return, even though their eyes were filled with unfiltered horror because of me grabbing their leading figure while being one stab away from murdering her, they were also shining with a very dim light of hope, now, don't get me wrong, seeing that all of them are nobles, though not a heirship one, I am sure that all of them received decent education that made their inference quite good, so surely, they have deduced what does it mean to cooperate with me.

Auntie Midori is also quite hopeful, however, doubts cannot help but surface in her mind, after all, what is the use of financial freedom if they were leashed by the neck, right? So she decided to test the waters.

"If that is so, then, wouldn't it be better to not have a dagger placed in my neck?"

Auntie Midori looked at me, smiling, she even raised her index finger to make it seem like she was giving me a good idea, though I guess that was their "wait and see" signal as the people in the room became tense again. Seeing what she have just said, I clutched her waist hard, so hard it is that my nails burrowed themselves into her skin, going to the flesh until it was only an inch away from poking through her innards.

"Urgh...!"

Blood seeped out of her left side as Auntie Midori grimaced in pain, making the people in front of me who didn't have a lot of makeup grit their teeth for their inability in terms of power and courage to help Auntie, well, I mean, while I am not angry, agreeing to Auntie Midori's request will mean that they will have a little initiative, that in turn will make them think that they have a way to get more benefits other than the one where I will make the Seiyoku family a permanent noble family in this nation.

I was thinking all of that whilst not letting the waist of Auntie Midori off my literal claws as I whispered to her.

"You are overstepping your boundaries."

Auntie Midori's grimacing face smiled a forced one as she nodded, seeing that she understood, I smiled and then moved out my bloody fingertips away from her guts and lifted the hand that was grabbing her waist in the upper part of her waist, making my hand just a few inches away from her breasts, this made the man who have a sword be agitated, momcon alert everybody.

Going back, I also used strong illusion from dark magic to make her brain clench the flesh I just stabbed, well, seeing that Auntie Midori is a former slave, I bet she has some regeneration skill, so that's all I have to do.

"Please do say what do you need from us, Lady Sophia."

Auntie Midori said that with her normal tone despite still sweating from the pain, I then replied.

"You see, as you all know, Kamatayan is just a new Queendom and our trades are just starting to gain international recognition, so I want to partner up with nobles of other countries for them to be the main distributor of our product in that country, and because you are kind of my relative and seeing that you have quite the predicament in your hand, I choose you to be the very first one of my partners."

Hearing this, Auntie Midori's eyes widened, this move is quite foresightful because if you think about it, I can just sell my items to the King, actually, he have no choice but to buy them, but because their coffers were almost emptied because of me, I am not sure if they will let factories of a state-controlled product inside their territory be built or to run properly, they might make up some random bullshit about the factories not meeting their national standards in sanitation or other things.

There is also a limit on how much I can threaten Roselle because, no matter what, Urduja is still affiliated in Gjallarhorn, so he can request her to help right there and then if I make more demands, that is why I opted to pursue nobles instead, also, this will create a third wedge in the administration of the King, further weakening the internal structure of their Kingdom.

Midori, who knew all about this stuff, replied after some time.

"... Hmm, a foresightful endeavor, I see, however, what might be the products you want us to sell?"

I smiled a little at this question before replying.

"It's silk and cloth products, I will not go into details about the quality until I have given you the initial products. So what do you think? Do you want to take this offer to redeem your surname from the shame Shiro has given it?"

Midori was enticed, but she still looked at her fellow Seiyoku's, all except the actors and the man with a mom complex nodded, which made Midori reply.

"We agree, to such terms Lady Sophia."

Auntie Midori looked at the man with a glare, oh no, it looks like someone will be either reprimanded or outright erased, well, I don't want any potential mole in my plans so if they did not erase the kid, I would put a magic circle on his tongue so that he'll immediately die if he said a single word that leads to a sentence that goes against my will, no, actually, I'll just do that to all of them. Going back, after hearing an affirmative reply, I said.

"Good, now, let me explain how I will get you out of this predicament. First, use all these women actresses and look for a random noble who loves prostitutes, they will disguise as you and the other women here and will ask for the payment for their bodies to be the money for your permanent nobility, I am sure they did something like this in the past, so don't worry about him disagreeing, after all, you were the wives of the most hated noble in Gjallarhorn, so many people wanted to pound you to the ground."

"I will also make sure that the noble will agree if ever, though he will mysteriously die a week after you get your permanent nobility, here is 500 gold coins."

I paused as a blue slit appeared on the table that spat out a bag of coins.

"Use these to purchase farms and manpower and repurpose them into silk and cloth production factories, I will also give a manual that has the methods of rearing silk spiders to make the production easier and not cost inefficient, also..."

I flicked my hands into the air, causing all of the people in the room to feel an itch in their tongues, it's a "cursed seal" of sorts.

"If you say anything about this exchange, I will be forced to make do with your corpse, is that understood?"

Everyone in the room who is once again fearfully looking at the pentagram on their tongue nodded.

"Good, Auntie Midori, I will be entrusting you with a good backstory of your business endeavor with me. Goodbye."

Auntie Midori nodded and just when we finished finalizing our little agreement, a large bang was heard outside the mansion, the explosion was so huge that it shattered all of the glass of such a relatively fortified house, hearing this I smiled whilst getting out of Midori's office, I smiled.

_See, you should have sucked it up, now time to pick up Eleanor..._

[3rd Person POV]

In front of the explosion, a man covered by soldiers looked at the raging flames, his long hair fluttered in the air whilst his blue eyes reflected the crimson-colored fire in front of him, the man who became slack-jawed finally recovered and gritted his teeth as he realized that, he, the King of the world's strongest human Kingdom has been pounded to dust by the malignant devil that disguised herself as a good Samaritan.

"SOPHIAAAA!"

Roselle shouted the name of the enemy he once thought was his friend. This is the greatest loss he incurred besides the time when he lost control of Shiro, though that was just his speculation because the next day, he will see the head of his brother atop the armrest of his throne.

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Kamatayan Queendom Arc, End.

Author: We're down to two major arcs boys, stay tuned!