—
54. Playing the Big Bad Wolf
From Letty’s perspective.
As the Empress of the Rosian Empire, Letty had completely forgotten the existence of any “equality” since she came to power. In Letty’s eyes, “people on my side” were divided into two types: useful individuals and useless layabouts.
Thus, the so-called “cooperation,” an agreement made on the basis of mutual equality, although Letty had awkwardly agreed to it that night out of shyness, when it came time to actually cooperate, she still felt uncomfortable and out of place.
Just like now: she had indeed cooperated according to her big brother’s words, but… her mood was only getting worse.
She couldn’t understand why, and… they were still in the midst of the experimental process. No matter how displeased Letty felt, she could only temporarily endure it without showing it.
“Empress Letty, with this, the equipment installation is complete. Just for the extraction and verification of energy, it will take a few days. What follows is monitoring and waiting.”
In this mood, Letty hardly paid attention to what Moriarty, who was beside her explaining the experiment, was saying.
“If I remember correctly, the final results of the experimental project will be submitted to the Rosian Empire, so why not take this opportunity to explain the principles of the mechanical work to you?”
Hmph, who cares about your so-called “further details,” you suspected spy, flaunting in front of me.
Letty pouted, her mind filled with thoughts of what had just happened.
At her big brother’s suggestion, the experimental project was divided into “experiment” and “sampling” groups. It seemed fine, but Letty’s mind was now full of confusion and anxiety about what “big brother and the others” were doing.
What are they up to? What are they doing? I’ve rarely shown mercy this time, agreeing to cooperate with big brother, but that white-haired girl seemed to be deliberately opposing me.
What the heck, with that triumphant look of hers, I hope she’s not taking the opportunity to do something with big brother!
“Empress Letty, um… Empress Letty!?”
Moriarty’s hand suddenly waved in front of Letty, pulling her back to reality unwillingly.
“What are you worried about?”
Hmph! What do you know!?
Letty didn’t need to voice this thought, as the next moment, Rasputin had already stepped forward.
“Hah!? What does our Empress Letty need to tell you, you whiny foreigner!? Daring to interrupt the genius Empress Letty’s contemplation, I see you want to go dig potatoes!”
Moriarty, scolded by Rasputin, didn’t get angry but instead smiled and took a step back.
“No, I just thought that if you have worries, perhaps… I could help alleviate them.”
Letty looked up at Moriarty, then, before Rasputin could make another move, she patted Rasputin’s backside to send her away.
“Rasputin, go have the students from the Hunter Academy cooperate with our experiment later.”
“But, Empress…”
“Hurry up!”
After kicking Rasputin’s backside, Letty finally managed to send her away, leaving herself alone with Moriarty. She then turned around and carefully scrutinized the woman beside her, who her big brother considered a spy, now showing her a strange smile.
“Having a rather clueless attendant is quite troublesome, Empress.”
“That has nothing to do with you.”
—
—
Letty shot back directly.
Rasputin is just a useless glutton, but it’s not for outsiders to comment.
Excluding Rasputin and the palace attendants who had already been thoroughly investigated, Letty thought carefully about this so-called professor Moriarty, who had built the teleportation array for her. It was indeed possible that she was a ‘spy.’ Since she was so skilled in the operation of intricate magical arrays, it wouldn’t be surprising if she had left a hidden backdoor for her own comings and goings during the construction.
If she could slip into the teleportation array, she could naturally blend into her palace unnoticed and steal secrets.
The only thing lacking was substantial evidence. That said, in the past, Letty would never have needed evidence to ruin someone; she, Ivan Letty, was the ironclad proof! But now, she had to endure it temporarily due to her cooperation with her big brother…
Hmph! If she was unhappy, that white-haired girl must be overjoyed, right!?
Just thinking about it made Letty stomp her foot in anger. But the next moment…
Moriarty, who pretended to be observing the machinery, seemed to know exactly what was on her mind and smiled as she spoke.
“You’re not worried about the operation of the experiment or the machinery, but rather… my esteemed disciple, aren’t you?”
“!”
This woman! What was she pretending to be, a Siberian wolf with a big tail in front of her!? How dare she point fingers at her innermost thoughts!?
Letty immediately took a defensive stance, putting some distance between herself and Moriarty, her hand resting on her firearm, ready to draw! However, Moriarty showed no signs of retreat; instead, she stepped forward and continued.
“If you like him, then go after him. Aren’t you the Empress of the Rosian Empire? Isn’t your word the highest here?”
“Hmph, don’t try to play tricks in front of me. Aren’t you from the Kfeir side?”
“I’m just a professor at the Lubyanka Academy of the Rosian Empire.”
Moriarty slightly inclined her body, then decisively ignored the topic. “It seems you’re not fond of this subject, so let me continue to explain the principles of the machinery.”
A topic that made Letty so wary ended just like that…!
However, Letty’s thoughts were no longer on the machinery. This Moriarty had the suspicion of being a spy, so she couldn’t trust a single word she said. But putting her aside, Letty felt… she absolutely couldn’t allow her big brother to be with that white-haired girl!
The things she cherished couldn’t be let go of!
“Rasputin, Rasputin! Come here!”
By the time she called out a second time, Rasputin was already panting as he ran over from a distance!
“Starting tomorrow, you and Moriarty will be in charge of things here. Don’t forget what I instructed you!”
After all, a suspected spy still needed to be watched. Even if Rasputin was useless, he shouldn’t be incapable of keeping an eye on one person.
As for herself…
“And you?”
“Stop nagging, mind your own business!”
【Crackle】
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
As for herself? Hmph, everything in Rosia belonged to her, including that big brother! If she hadn’t been killed for touching her own backside, that was already showing mercy. If her big brother did anything with another woman, hmph.. .
The things she cherished could only belong to her!
—
——
There is still 1 day until the scheduled release, everyone remember to subscribe to me after that!