60. I Don’t Understand What It Means to Like

From the furious rage at the scoundrel Lurdski for daring to disrupt the experiment, to the subsequent calmness after “throwing hands,” Reti suddenly realized: she had been played!

How could someone like Lurdski, the most useless of the useless, who could even mess up a project report, have the guts to come and blow up Kefir’s experiment!? Not to mention that theoretically, he shouldn’t even have had the necessary travel documents and reports to present to her; he simply shouldn’t be here in Siberia!

The only explanation is: he was being manipulated, and the other party provided convenience. And the only one who meets both conditions is… just one person!

In a moment of impulsive anger, she had unleashed all her lightning powers in a “clearing” move, and now she was temporarily unable to use them! Realizing her predicament, Reti immediately drew her firearm and aimed it at Moriarty, pulling the trigger!

【Bang】

However, the next scene surprised Reti. Just a second ago, Moriarty had been greeting her, and now her staff spun and lightly tapped, causing the bullet to drop to the ground as if it had lost all its power!

It felt like wind magic! This woman! Clearly, when she entered the Lubyanka to make a wish, she hadn’t shown any talent in that area!?

“Empress Reti, please rest assured. After all, the situation among countries is delicate; the Queen has not given you a command to ‘kill.'”

“Who cares about you! Bruette!”

Russians never run away! Although she thought this, Moriarty was truly not giving her any opportunity. Just as Reti was preparing to find a chance to retrieve her sword, hoping to delay until the hunters arrived, a slight movement had already caused Moriarty to raise her head, revealing something… tiny.

Then, with a dull thud, a fiery sensation shot through Reti’s shoulder in an instant.

“Ugh…”

“Please do not move, or if I hit a vital spot, if the Queen finds out, I’m afraid I’ll be going with you.”

That was… something similar to the “firearm” she had come up with? But the thing Moriarty was holding was so small it could fit in her sleeve!? This woman is indeed a spy, and she has been targeting Reti from the very start !

No, it’s fine; she is the Empress of the Russian Empire, so a mere bullet is nothing to worry about! It’s common for Russians to get shot! This level of danger is nothing compared to when her mother died, and she had to slowly eliminate the scheming oligarchs who were eyeing her!

The force she had exerted, combined with getting shot, left Reti weak, half-kneeling in the snow.

As Moriarty had said, she did not give Reti a quick end; instead, she picked up the sword that she had just blown away with her wind magic.

Then…

“Your fiancé, is it? That’s right, I’m currently at the experimental site with Lady Letty. It seems that Lady Letty got injured while trying to catch a criminal, and she insists on you coming alone to carry her back. So. .. could you come over and comfort her?”

Such words!?

Letty’s eyes widened in shock!

Although it did sound like something she would say, she couldn’t possibly be so spoiled and awkward, could she!?

She was the one who got hurt, and then she called her big brother over alone. Speaking of which, if the “spy” from before was Moriarty, then she had already set her big brother up once. Could this Moriarty be trying to. ..

“Suka Bulete!”

Just as Moriarty was about to cut off communication, a rested Letty had no intention of sitting idly by! She didn’t want to be used as a pawn, and… she absolutely did not want her big brother to misunderstand that he was in danger.

So…

Despite her bodily fatigue, the people of the Rosia Empire were not to be trifled with! Letty immediately pulled out a military dagger from under her skirt and lunged at Moriarty. However, the weakness from just having unleashed a powerful attack was quite evident, and how much strength had this Moriarty hidden…

Before her weapon could even reach, it was knocked from her hand, and in the next moment, Letty found herself pinned to the ground with her hands twisted behind her by Moriarty.

“Lady Letty, there’s no need for such pointless actions. Isn’t it quite normal for emperors to find excuses to maintain their rule when necessary? It’s perfectly normal to scheme against each other and sacrifice some pawns in the process. I thought, having eliminated so many oligarchs to rise to power, you might understand this a little.”

“Suka Bulete! Don’t compare me to that bitch from your Ying country!”

Eliminating her opponents was all done through legitimate means! That’s why she was the Empress of the Rosia Empire, not a treacherous tyrant like that Louis IV!

Hmph! Seeing that woman at the summit with a fake smile that could withstand a dozen cannon blasts made her feel nauseous! Indeed, like breeds like!

“Have you considered the consequences of your actions… ah…”

In her moment of questioning under threat, Letty suddenly understood Moriarty’s intentions!

Just in time, she met Moriarty’s smile.

“It seems you’re not as foolish as I thought.”

“If you dare touch a single hair on him, prepare to be hunted down to the ends of the earth!”

“Wasn’t it you who wanted to burn him before? What, do you like him now?”

“Like…”

Letty was momentarily at a loss for words, but Moriarty wouldn’t give her a chance to think further.

In the next moment, more figures cloaked in white emerged from the shadows of the snow, it seemed… these were all spies Moriarty had brought to the Rosia Empire! The tactics of the Great Ying Empire were still as dirty as ever!

In the distance, a familiar figure seemed to appear, but before Letty had a chance to warn anyone, she was already hoisted away by others.

This was definitely a “set-up,” and it was also a trap involving herself and her big brother!

“Empress, please behave yourself under the watch of our patrol squad from now on.”

As she spoke, Moriarty gestured towards Letty’s unusual sword, as if practicing how to deal with her big brother afterwards.

Then, with a smile, she continued.

“I’ll remind you, you might really like that man, but his own ‘power’ is quite dangerous. Using him to eliminate him is also for your own good, you know~ Or do you want me to stab you a few more times to make it look more convincing!?”

“YOU!”

A voice suddenly rang out from a distance.

“Professor! Are you over there!?”

This made Moriarty, who was just about to act, immediately retract her hand.

“There’s no time! Take her away quietly. Once I handle things here, I’ll set up the scene.”

After hastily giving the order, Moriarty’s expression shifted to one of urgency in the blink of an eye.