Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 11: Unholy Holy Queen, part 1
...—Etharna, Favilifna Kingdom—...
…XAVIER returns to Etharna after spending fifteen minutes cultivating his thoughts on what just happened. He teleported to the same tower he had previously left behind.
Xavier returned after dispelling the fire and restored the room to its original condition with [Reverse Law]— and he did not tell Zenith and her team at all about what happened. The 8th Division was responsible for Cornnas' security. Enemies could infiltrate easily and even taking Artemys away was proof of their incompetence.
From what happens, and from the message Artemys can leave behind, there are three things Xavier can conclude: First, the perpetrator behind the kidnapping wants Artemys' mind. The reason, the black fire had disappeared—they found out about what he was doing with the help of Artemys. But the main reason was to let Jenny accompany Artemys. Artemys is confident that he will be able to walk away from them for the longest time in two years.
Second, the perpetrators want to scapegoat Emiliel Holy Kingdom for their cursed deeds. They may be enemies of the Holy Kingdom, or they may just want to heat up the situation in Iceland. Because, Artemys is not only a princess—dia is also a governor who has great influence. Inevitably the empire had to act, otherwise it would be tantamount to being silent when spit at the opponent.
Third, the rancid dog who became the mastermind of this kidnapping has an incredible source of information. The fire was known only to him, Artemys, and Jenny. And Xavier knows that Jenny would never do anything as disgusting as betraying Artemys. Artemys did not leave a traitor by his side. Jenny was by his side from the beginning to mean that Jenny's loyalties were unquestionable.
Indeed, Xavier suspects Vermyna is responsible for this. However, that conjecture was quickly broken by logic. Vermyna Hellvarossa was an individual who viewed herself as being above anyone. Doing such a lowly thing like kidnapping secretly was not something he would do. If it was Vermyna, she would have landed in the middle of the city and announced her intention so that everyone could try to stop her.
Whoever this man was, what was clear to Xavier was only one thing: he would show him hell; xavier would not wait until Artemys was back on his own. Artemys is a woman—in her womb there is even a future child. There's no way Xavier's gonna shut up and wait.
“Commander Xavier von Hernandez.”
Flat voice minimal emotion—flat in the true flat sense, not cold as Lilithia— voicecall from the back. Xavier was not surprised. Mary did not hide her presence. Hence he simply turned around without saying a single word.
“Come back here two hours before midnight; right now Crow and the others are gathering all Eternity members. We'll be heading to Ed's Forbidden Valley in less than three hours. And we'll continue the conversation tomorrow afternoon when I get back here.”
Mary did not wait for Xavier's response; her body had already transformed into miasma and descended from the tower— back then Mary's aura was more undead than any undead she had ever seen.
Xavier looked flatly at the direction the miasma was leaving, before then teleporting a few hundred meters away. Xavier used [Division Magic] and ordered his replica to the Magic City of Maidenhair – Eileithyia would definitely be able to answer his question. Only then did Xavier return to where Lilithia was already waiting.
There has not been a single time in his life Elmira failed to fulfill what he wanted. Sometimes a desire takes a long time to make it happen, but still in the end it will be realized. Elmira has no morals to hold him in her arms like most of the saintly pretenders out there—or those who herd the soul of chivalry. Whatever way it takes, it will do as long as it has a high chance of succeeding.
Manipulating? It was as easy as turning the hand. To kill? Elmira did it. More than that, he had once made one big family kill each other just to comfort him—of course it was in secret; he did not want to risk the title “Holy Queen” that the people gave to be tarnished. Anyway, Elmira has done many things that make psychopaths and sociopaths feel inferior. True said Miera, “Unholy Queen” is the perfect nickname for her.
No exception for today. One of the things Elmira wants is her country to be free from the clutches of Neix's stupid hand and avenge the idiotic masker who dares to fight if he is in his control. As before, his wish was fulfilled. Other than Hebranest, there were no Eternity members left. And aside from Crow and Zegyus, there are no Neix mainstay members left: Hebranest and Miera are already Mary's puppets obedient to her—and Shiftor will be back with Mary here in the figure of the Grim Reaper.
Favilifna Kingdom was now one hundred percent his own, completely becoming his playground. More than that, now he has strong people to compete with other countries. There is information that says that Kazarsia Kingdom has a General Clown whose power is to rival Fie Axellibra. However, even though that is true, Elmira believes that no small country now has more military power than the Favilifna Kingdom.
What was left of Elmira's unrealized desire was to have Xavier in her control. Of course it wasn't like her pitiful sister or her unreliable mother; Xavier wouldn't be under the influence of her magic or Mary's magic. Elmira will exert her perfect side as a woman to make Xavier bend his knees. In their relationship later, they will hold the dominance. Xavier won't let him be too free. If necessary, he will chain it like a loyal dog.
Khukukuku's…. An evil laughter full of satisfaction howled in Elmira's head, but her expression was as clean as sinless as an angel descending from heaven. Instead of what, now the person he likened to a loyal dog was already sitting before him with the midget woman who became one of the mainstays of the empire.
“I'm sorry that I was forced to tell you to delay coming here through Mary, but I had no choice because Crow was still in the palace. He's pretty dangerous. Of course I know Commander Xavier is incredibly strong, Commander Lilithia is also strong, but I want everything to go smoothly.”
Kanna had indeed flatly rejected her request to have Xavier marry her as a condition for the Favilifna Kingdom to become an imperial vassal. However, that won't change anything. What his wish will be will be fulfilled. If it is impossible for her to rely on her perfect side as a woman, what can be done, any other way so. At the end of the story, his wish will be fulfilled.
“No problem. We came without first checking the situation at Etharna.”
Lilithia nodded in agreement to Xavier's words.
“Thank you for the attention,” said Elmira coincided with the arrival of the drink that two waiters brought. “Drink; you can wet your throat while hearing me tell you what happened until now.”