The Queen of Death Return
Fatiguing

A. Decisions

[What do you think, Master?]

A little deviated from my goal, but who would have thought that he actually awakened his full strength? It was not in vain that I gave the sword to his comrade in the past.

[I think we can end this tournament soon, Daisy.]

[Are you sure?]

[Change of plans. They're both more useful than I thought. But, I order you to always keep an eye on Zain.]

[Good, Master.]

Chandra told the committee that he wanted to withdraw from the match. As Glenn had reported, it seemed like he had misunderstood Zain. Looking at Zain's fight earlier, it probably made him even more insecure. Though I'm sure he can put up a decent fight even against Zain now.

Zain also has not been able to master the full power of his Dark Hero. Especially the Rac Sword that I deliberately activated, it turned out that they were resonating with each other.

After tournament.

I'm back at the palace.

Zain and Chandra keep fighting, but it's not them, against the doppelganger. Although a little boring, at least the audience did not really cheer them.

"Miss Hart." Zain.

"Do you want to take your gift?"

"No. That fight never even happened. I don't deserve it."

"Then, what do you need to do here?" I asked as I glanced at the door of the room where I worked.

The maids watched from afar, including the twins.

Huh, even they remain vigilant even though Zain is a person from within the kingdom.

"I'm a little curious. Did you do anything to me in the previous game?"

I thought he was gonna ask about this.

"No. I'm just checking your sword."

Zain paused for a moment thinking of something.

"Then, can I master this sword completely?"

"It depends, the sword will acknowledge your power if it's worth it."

I'm not lying. That sword is not very valuable to me, because I am not suitable to use it. Even though I have dark attributes, it still cannot accept me completely. But, his reaction was another when Zain used it.

"Can you give me a clue?"

"Sorry, I don't have any leads either."

"All right." Zain was about to leave the room, but he suddenly stopped. "W-can I ask you one more thing?"

I'm nodding.

"What You ...."

Whahuh?

"No. Sorry, it's disturbing." Zain paused his intention to ask and left the palace.

Is he aware of me? No, I hope he doesn't realize it this fast.

I leaned against the soft seat on my desk. The chair is so comfortable that it can bend back to stretch my waist.

"Come in, Elina."

Elina came into my room alone.

"Mother, is it okay to let Zain who is still possessed by the dark side of his title as Dark Hero?"

"Speedly or later, that title would immediately affect him as well. Now it all depends on him. With the help of the Rac Sword, it was likely that he would be able to master it within a few weeks."

"As expected of my mother. Gave her a sword even before the title appeared to her."

What is expected? It's all a coincidence! I just wanted to spy on him through the Rac Sword back then.

"Eheeem .. finish the bases, now go to the main discussion. This tournament didn't go according to my plan, but we instead found a new route that's even better."

"Mother's right. The actual goal of the tournament was to make Zain an icon in the Maphas Witch Kingdom under the name Wither. Plans to show how superior our powers are to the enemy by bestowing magical swords only through ordinary tournaments."

"You're right."

No, that's not entirely true. I just want to promote the new sword made by the dwarves to market it myself without the intermediary of the Luxtier Trade Association. In the end it failed miserably as the two doppelgangers fought on balance without a winner. There's no way I'd say that, right?!

Luckily, I got something more important than that.

"According to Mother's orders, there are many spies who enter the kingdom because we do not conduct strict checks."

"Thanks to that we also have an unexpected guest" continued Elina.

The Satan worshipers.

"What are they doing right now?"

"According to Selene's report, they look panicked because the demon who had participated in the tournament is in our grasp. But, they're still lulled by the facilities in town, especially about the food."

"Then, about the devil?"

"Rhea was dissecting the demon's body."

Well, he's also an expert in this field. Moreover, I did not expect that Satanists were just a bunch of fools.

I stood up from my seat, walking towards the window facing directly into the city.

The demon transformations were similar to those of Satan's followers who changed with the help of his body pieces. But, the demons were not as strong as them. The main problem was that I did not know what kind of method they used to transform without being detected by us. It's very dangerous if they can change anyone else in my kingdom so easily.

"Don't let Satan's followers make contact with the population."

"Good, Mommy."

The Holy Church did not send additional spies even though I had opened the wide gate for them. There's no hired soldier like Chandra. It seems they believe the fake messages we sent.

"Hmmmm?" I looked at Elina who was still standing in her place while looking at me expectantly.

What does she want?

"Do you need anything, Elina?"

"N-no, Mother. I'm retiring."

"Good job."

"M-sorry?"

"Good work, for doing well."

"That's for sure. I'll be more active so that Mother often praises - I mean, feel satisfied!" Elina immediately left the room.

Now ....

"Teleportation." I teleported to a house in Liche Village.

There were some people kneeling before me.

"Welcome, Your Majesty." They were Erish and her subordinates.

"Lift your heads."

"Good!"

I'm only going to this place for a moment, because the woman named Eline is here.

"Just be!" Erish's subordinate told Eline to come closer to me.

He looks very nervous. Previously I had given him an item I had buried in his body, an item that had a unique ability, which was an ability that could copy a skill for once a week. The name of the item was Manha.

The reason I put him in Liche Village was to join the forces I led without the knowledge of the NPCs. Erish has joined the elite forces led by Selene, I made her double membership specifically without Selene's knowledge.

"How you doing, Eline?"

"I feel stronger than ever. All because you gave me strength."

"That's no problem. So, how's the thrill going against Zain?"

"His strength keeps increasing, I can't last long if it continues to fight with him. Zain's extremely dangerous ability was the mysterious black flame in his hand."

Dark Hero has a mysterious skill. That black flame might be comparable to my black flame, and he will continue to be strong from now on. I also hesitated a little against him in my condition like this.

"You didn't get a chance to do a reply because of that, did you?"

"Pardon me, Your Majesty! I don't think his power will be that terrible."

"Nothing."

I'm just happy if he continues to be dominated by his title. If he continued to get stronger, it was not impossible that he could fight against the Hero.

"Hmmm ...?" Someone called.

[Mother.]

[What's up, Elina?]

[The bastards, we have to exterminate them!]

Eh?

Connect ....