Chapter 130: The Mist Shrouding the Eye of the Forest

Upon hearing this, Arachne was momentarily stunned, soon however she looked at me with locked eyebrows as she tilted her head, she then asked:

"Why? Even though I will not deny any orders from you, please remember that I am one of the three main scientists in the queendom alongside you and your fiancée, not to mention I am already at the last stage of resurrecting a very potent force for our nation, so don't you think sending me there would be rather unforesightful?"

I stared at Arachne without saying anything as I put the glass box in the 4th dimension, making it appear in my office, my silence prompted her to continue.

"Furthermore, the strategy for the war is already good as it is and we are able to whittle down the human forces little by little through guerilla warfare just fine... also, don't you think that giving commanding duties to a living person in an army of undeads will cause the soldiers to be displeased?"

I still did not answer Arachne, though in my mind I could not help but be disappointed in the reasons for her passive rejection, she knew that if I ordered the undeads to fight while using their hands to run, they would do so in great fervor, and yet she tried to use such unnecessary things like sense of camaraderie to dissuade me in using her brains to win the war.

"I already told them that you will be the next commander of the warfront and they don't have any objections, also the guerilla tactic is easy to figure out, I am sure that it will not be long before it's omitted, so I will have to change tactics to frontal assault early on before we suffer losses, also you have to remember that all of our equipment is made of powerful metals and my countermeasures for them to not be stolen are not omnipotent, with frontal assaults, the two sides will have to retreat before later on retrieving the scattered weapons, while in guerilla, it will be detrimental for the tactic if the soldiers stopped in the point of attack to collect the weapon of the dead. We just have to outmaneuver them during the retrieving process if we fought face to face."

Arachne seems to be reluctant to accept the order, though of course as a queen, I can ignore any kind of reluctance by virtue of my monarchy alone.

"This is an order, Arachne."

Arachne was shocked as she was not used to me using those words, she wanted to say something but sighed in the end to signal her resignation, and she then replied.

"Alright, I will leave tomorrow."

She was quite sad, though like I said I don't particularly care, so I left using the fourth dimension and sat down on my newly modified chair. I stared at the glass box with different web colors, they were excitedly and curiously looking around the new place that they suddenly appeared in, though that is normal considering some spiders are aware of themselves being different than others.

_That being the case, does she really think she can hide from me?_

That is what all I can say as I opened the 4th dimension and then grabbed a spider as big as my head, it is one of the genetic failures, the very first one as it is made out of marionette spiders, I also grabbed Ellie's Linen and covered the spider with it and then rearranged it's genetic structure to make it a normal head sized spider, after doing that, the sleeping spider suddenly woke up.

[Really Sophia? A spider?]

It was obviously [Guide] who made a total takeover on the spider, meaning I will not have a bantering partner inside my head, however, I need his expertise in the absence of Arachne, he's as intelligent as me, remember? Anyway, I replied to him.

"It's fine, it's fine, being a mascot and a comic relief doesn't have that much difference anyway."

I laughed a little, however, it seems like my unique skill is still yet to properly control his facial expression, so he cannot even voice out his annoyance, he just sighed and then said.

[Anyway, let me repeat your order, you want me to go out and create a research team that will create a medicine concoction that uses the herbs of the forest instead of using magic water, is that right?]

I nodded at that, and I then added.

"Of course this goes without saying, but you have to choose living scientists from our medical roster."

After saying such, I pulled out a stack of paper from the cabinet of my table, it was rolled up and [Guide] immediately opened his mouth wide as I let him swallow the whole thing, I then continued.

"Give those contract forms to anyone who agreed."

[Guide] was silent for a few seconds before nodding quite slowly as he replied.

[Wouldn't they be grossed out if I spat it out all of a sudden?]

I chuckled a little as I waved my hand.

"They should be fine, they are doctors after all, anyway, I have still some stuff to do, so please take your leave."

After I said that, [Guide] said nothing more and left, I need not to worry about him fumbling on his very first mission, he is not a unique skill for nothing after all, anyway, I do need to do something, you see Auntie Midori has already attained official nobility, meaning the Seiyoku family is now a recognized clan in Gjallarhorn, such occurrences is a cause for celebration and a gift from her richest nephew, so I choose to go to her and give these spiders as my presents.

I once again stared at the spiders with a faint smile on my face, after a whole second, I sighed. It will take a while before I get used to not being able to talk with someone inside my head, that is what all I can say before I ordered a messenger of the Department of Construction to create a silk farm using the blueprint in the document I gave him, after which, I opened the 4th dimension, I opened it besides the bed of my Auntie Midori, don't ask me why I need to go to her room after I went to her office, none of your business.

With the glass box of spiders in toe, I entered the 4th dimension and arrived in the bed with a green haired lady in front of me, her back is currently facing me as she used her rather flexible arm to unzip her gown that seem to be from the ceremony to recognize the nobility of their family, she only need one brisk move to pull her zipper as her gown does not require a corset, she immediately freed her giant breasts and juicy ass from the restraints of the gown, she then sighed in relief as she felt liberated by only wearing a black pair of underwear.

Upon seeing such a spectacular sight, I can indeed confirm that it is refreshing to not restrain yourself in the bodily enjoyment you want to feel.

"Congratulations, Auntie Midori."

Upon sitting on the bed and placing the glass box full of spiders inside it, I continued to admire the scene I was beholding.

Upon hearing what I had just said, Auntie Midori flinched quite hard, she then slowly looked at me, her face is full of wariness as she instinctively covered her assets, she then smiled rather awkwardly as she replied.

"Thank you, Lady Sophia... I see that you somehow changed your appearance. The night ball is about to start, how about going to the ballroom and join our celebration? After all, you're the one who planned all of this, right?"

Auntie Midori, with pinpoint precision, tried to shoo me away from her room, but of course, I could just pretend that I did not get the underlying meaning behind her words, so I replied.

"No, Auntie Midori, in my opinion, meeting for important matters shall be done in the shortest time possible, who knows what will I do after socializing in the ball later, I might get one or two after snacks... you know, so It's better to talk about matters right now."

Well, what I said except the important matters is just a joke, however, Auntie Midori is obviously not aware of my shenanigans and can only nod, her awkwardness did not diminish even a little, she just tried to diffuse it by going to the other side of her bedroom that has a giant cabinet, in there was an assortment of gowns for a variety of events, she choose a white ball gown that is rather simple in design, the ones that don't require a petticoat, it was an off-shoulder gown and has a long skirt.

"So, Lady Sophia, to what do I owe the honor of meeting you?"

She asked, in a bid to distract me from watching her change from a normal bra into a strapless one, my long bout of silence was the evidence of her failure as I watched her wrap her cantaloupe-sized breasts using the strapless bra, after seeing that, I replied.

"Well, you see, I have just finished developing the cultivation process for these spiders, we don't have a name for their species so just call them silk spiders or whatever, I will give the first set of arachnids to you and you will start purchasing farms whenever you see the situation ripen."

As I was speaking, Auntie Midori nodded as she finished putting on her underdress, she then picked up the dress and started putting it on as she replied.

"Understood, by the way, how will we proceed towards the noble who gave us the money?"

I smiled at that as I watched her zip her gown up, Auntie Midori then spun and faced me, I could not help but scan her up and down, if I were not in a hurry and if not because I just got my second fiancée, I would have shoot my shot for a third one, but let's postpone those things for now. That is what I was thinking whilst I replied.

"You just have to act innocent, remember, one week after this ball, the noble that helped you will die inside the protection of his house, and your family will be the prime suspects, you just have to deny the matter resolutely and hint on them the support of Duchess Urduja until they found the 'evidence' in the house of one of the noble's friends that will defuse all accusations towards you. After that, go on with your life."

That is what I said, Auntie Midori nodded and did not ask any more questions, some people might think that a suicide scenario is a better choice, but that requires brainwashing from Flou and a chain of intricate events that will lead to the depression of the noble, that will take a lot of time, and I don't like that because this is my last endeavor before I prepare for the wedding of I, Eleanor and Bakunawa.

"Well, that is all I had to say, see you at the party, Auntie Midori."

I opened the gate of the 4th dimension and entered it, though I took one last glance at Auntie Midori and scanned her gown once more.

"You look beautiful with that gown, by the way."

I can see the shock in the eyes of Auntie Midori and her reddening face, though I ignored it and got out of the 4th dimension, I then casted an illusion to myself as I stepped out of the staircase of the ballroom, no one can see me as I scanned the faces of the nobles who were laughing like Santa Claus or were brooding like they are some kind of big guns, the roster of the nobles is not that great yet, however, I can see a tanned-skinned woman staring right beside my eyes.

"I know you're the one behind this."

Urduja said audibly, but of course, I already surrounded us with illusion so that Urduja would be seen to be alone with Momoiro, you see Urduja is alienated in this Kingdom and was only important because of the trade deals, so normally, they will not converse to her lest they want to be implicated as a traitor of the King of Gjallarhorn, also, the fact that Gjallarhorn is in a mess right now, no one wanted to converse with the person that is hated by the monarch.

_Though Auntie Midori invited her to announce that she was under the protection of a powerful person..._

Of course, I knew that Auntie would be able to infer that much and also knew that Urduja would know that I was the one behind all of this and would ultimately accept the invitation, so the Seiyoku family would have two strong guardians.

I was going down the staircase in a rather casual manner, I allowed Momoiro to see me causing her to tilt her head a little, seemingly unable to recognize me because of my new appearance, I waved my hand at her and then sat beside her mother, she finally made an "AH!" sound and greeted me.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Lady Sophia."

I smiled at her and nodded at what she said and replied.

"The pleasure is mine, Momoiro."

After a simple exchange, Momoiro stared at me for a solid second and pushed down some saliva, what the hell does that mean? Even Urduja noticed it, though she ultimately ignored it as I replied to Urduja's previous words.

"We met again, mother-in-law."

Urduja looked at me quietly for a while, her eyes trailing from my face down to my bum and then back to my face.

Wow, this chapter is full of unpermitted ogling, I wonder why. That is all I can say as my mother-in-law finally spoke.

"Well, we sure did... with you changing quite a bit at that."