21. Who killed whom? (At the beginning of the month, please vote for the monthly ticket~)
No matter how much Ikusis stared at me like a begging puppy, wanting to use her prophecy to see if I was lying, it was useless because I wasn’t lying at all.
Because the longest limit for “kidnapping” the church’s saintess was what I initially agreed upon with Louis IV: until the second round of discussions at the summit of the nations began.
Doing this was not only to prevent any accidents from happening to Ikusis in the script and to avoid Euclid’s reputation being tarnished, but also to separate the saintess from that blonde archbishop villain in advance, ensuring she wouldn’t have time to be used by him . In this way, combined with the queen’s abilities, the second round of “clearing Euclid’s name” at the summit of the nations would definitely succeed.
Days later, the first round of the summit concluded, and the second round of meetings, with new forces joining one after another, officially began!
At this moment, in the lounge of the Great Yng Empire, the host, I was making the final preparations with the saintess Ikusis, who had been “kidnapped” by me for several days. First, I had asked the servants at Kephiel’s house to give Ikusis a bath before coming here; I never expected this church giant baby to be too lazy to wash herself. Next, I changed her outfit to help her disguise herself for leaving; finally, I brought her here.
“Miss Saintess, as we agreed before, the ‘kidnapping’ time is over.”
I faced Ikusis, spreading my hands openly, “You can leave now, but don’t think about turning the tables, because our confidentiality measures are very effective. Even if you say that the Great Yng Empire kidnapped you, no one would believe it .”
Today, the time for the second round of the summit is fast approaching, and until now, Ikusis has been under my watch, without encountering any dangers as scripted. I can also consider that I have successfully avoided Ikusis’s death script and the blame being shifted onto Euclid.
Then there’s no point in keeping this moment to think about the “idiot who wants to stab me,” so I might as well threaten Ikusis and drive her away. Otherwise, Kephiel is going to have a problem with it.
“Of course, if you don’t want to leave and want to stay, then go tell the queen. Anyway, I definitely can’t do that.”
Ikusis didn’t move, still putting on a pitiful face.
When I looked at the script, I found it was something that made me both cry and laugh.
[Ikusis thinks Euclid is playing tricks, trying to make her explode on the spot!]
Ah, I almost forgot. Back when I threatened Ikusis to behave, I specifically tricked her into believing the setup that “if you leave me more than ten meters, you will explode on the spot.” This idiot has really believed it until now. ..
“Ah~ right, considering that Miss Saintess has performed quite well, I’ll just conveniently lift that curse of exploding on the spot from you.”
Saying this, I walked behind Ikusis and pretended to tap her lightly.
“biu! Alright, release…”
Before I could finish my sentence, the script had already come out!
[Ikusis wants to escape!]
In the next moment, this idiot saintess burst forth with the overwhelming action power only an idiot would have, turning around and delivering a kick right between my legs!
“Die! Hahahaha! I was waiting for you to let your guard down! Gotcha! Hmph!”
After saying that, Ikusis wildly and ran out the door without looking back! It turns out this idiot was just waiting for the laughed moment when she wouldn’t explode on the spot, ready to make a quick getaway. Fortunately, I reacted in time to her kick just now and managed to avoid some of it; otherwise, I would really have been rolling on the ground in pain.
As I endured the pain and rubbed my thigh, complaining about this idiot Ikusis in my heart, Kephiel and Queen Louise IV, who had been waiting according to our agreement for me to let the saintess go, walked in together.
The second round of the summit was about to begin, and Kephiel was, of course, dressed as beautifully and nobly as a goddess… but that expression on her face had a hint of jealousy, no matter how you looked at it. You clearly know my plan, Kephiel!
As for the queen, she wore a look of glee, teasing me with a “naive” smile: “Ah, youth, Euclid.”
Please don’t say that, Your Majesty. Aren’t you worried that Kephiel is angry enough already?
“Queen, next…”
“Let’s just say I’ve given the saintess a chance to sneak back to the church personnel~”
Hoo~
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The queen was also prepared for Ikusis’s escape; perhaps it was guidance. In this way, there shouldn’t be any problems with the subsequent parts. It would just be that the saintess returned to the church, and then that blond-haired villain from the church hurriedly brought the saintess to participate in the second round of the meeting.
Since the saintess had disappeared for so many days, the church would definitely be unprepared, so the queen’s chances of success would naturally increase. In other words…
“I’ve also prepared for the bounty notice, so… Euclid, just wait to witness the moment your identity is finally cleared~”
The queen’s voice was filled with confidence. At this point, the following developments should already be within the queen’s expectations, a sure-fire outcome. Kephiel, who understood this as well, finally wore an expression of immense joy, as if it was her , not me, who was the happiest about my identity being cleared.
Then, she seemed ready to rush over!
“Euclid! Finally, no one can talk behind your back anymore!”
I… I wasn’t that concerned, haha~
Well, after all, it was the development of clearing the villain’s identity, and just thinking about it made me excited! Then, just as Kephiel was about to throw herself into our embrace…
She was stopped by the queen, who had a face full of “smiles.”
“Queen Wang! Don’t deliberately block me at a time like this!”
“What do you mean by blocking? We’re about to attend a summit, do you really want to show up in disheveled clothes, leaving people to speculate? So—let’s tone it down a bit, okay?”
The queen smiled and winked, her true intention surfacing along with the script.
【Louis IV deliberately prevented Ke Fei’er from contacting Ou Ji Li De.】
“Mr. Ou Ji Li De, have you ‘foreseen’ anything?”
“No! No! God save the queen! Just now, I was predicting our upcoming success or failure!”
Before I could say anything, I had to backtrack under the queen’s smile, but this change of heart…
Instead, it brought about some strange scripts.
【The warrant for Ou Ji Li De has failed to be revoked.】
Huh?
Wait, what’s going on!? Failed!? The queen is well-prepared and has many allies; the saintess just returned, the church shouldn’t have enough reasons to refute this!
Immediately, the script appeared again!
【Iku Xisi did not return to the church members but chose to flee!】
The saintess who had been clamoring to return to the church was now given the chance to sneak back, so why… is she not returning to the church!?
I realized something, as the content of the script at this moment connected with that previously dangerous script!
【Iku Xisi encountered danger while fleeing, attacked by ‘Ou Ji Li De’!】
【The church used this as a means, causing Ou Ji Li De’s reputation to worsen, and the warrant could not be revoked! The reputation of the Great Ying Empire is affected!】
【Ke Fei’er and Louis IV are affected!】
Hiss…
This is impossible. All members of the church, to prevent anyone from having the thought of “killing the chicken to get the egg” against the saintess, since I decided to kidnap the saintess, the queen has already sent people to observe, and even now, they couldn’t possibly have the chance to do anything to Iku Xisi!
Unless that blonde archbishop villain from the church… has other informed accomplices!
I clenched my fists tightly!
“Ou Ji Li De?”
“Your Majesty, until the second round of the meeting begins, you may have to endure a bit. Ke Fei’er, since you’re wearing such a beautiful dress, could you… tear a slit in this inconvenient dress?”