Chapter 963
“Shall we investigate the background of that adorable young lady?”
Gillian spoke, swinging her fluffy tail and gazing in surprise at her master. She tilted her head and said in displease.
“I’m surprised, Master. I thought that the intelligence department would be useful after having Alice around. I even considered laying off some members due to the economic depression. Our departmental budget needs to be cut again. Although for the most part we are self-sufficient, we’re affected by your lesser support, Master. But… We’re basically useless before the godlike ability of Alice…”
Even though this fox-eared young lady was full of it, she was actually right. After having Alice around, Rhode didn’t need to worry about gathering intelligence any longer. As the History Deity Warden, Alice could record and pull out any history from anytime. Judging from this, even though the things that she recorded was the ‘past’, its intelligence was even more effective than the Internet in the real world. It was due to this reason that Gillian’s intelligence department was doing badly in comparison as gathering intelligence required time. It was understandable from Gillian’s exaggerated reaction when Rhode said to send someone to investigate Lilian. It felt as though one had an ultra-high speed quantum computer but chose to operate with an ancient model instead.
“The situation is a little unique.”
Rhode didn’t entertain her jokes this time. Instead, he looked at her and spoke sternly.
After gaining information on Lilian from Lydia, Rhode immediately looked for Alice, hoping to use her ability to discover what exactly happened to Lilian back then. He felt like the fact of Lilian being brought back to the side of the former Light Dragon by the Light Parliament was rather fishy.
Rhode initially thought that this wasn’t hard to accomplish because it was Alice’s expertise to read the past and history. But he realized that he was too naive because Alice wasn’t able to ‘backtrack’ to the crucial period. She could find out where Lilian was born and how she grew up in the Country of Light but the most crucial part was completely skipped. No, perhaps it was distorted in history. It was as though a compact history book had its next page torn or smeared in black ink. But after flipping through several damaged pages, one would find out that the content was heading in a totally different direction. In fact, Rhode was also stunned when he heard this news from Alice and she seemed like this was nothing worthy of being astonished for.
“This isn’t strange, Your Majesty. Indeed, I’m the ‘History Deity Warden’ and in this continent there is almost nothing that I can’t backtrack. But please take note that this is ‘almost’. The so-called ‘history’ needs to have the past from the present, a present from the future, and the present piled up with the past. Nothing is too challenging for me with the prerequisite that…” Alice paused on purpose as though emphasizing her point. “It is within Order. Your Majesty, you’ve personally witnessed the past of the Void Territory. To a Deity Warden like myself, the dragon soul heir is only a baby-like figure at best now and not worthy of a mention.”
Alice domineeringly dismissed the dragon soul heirs with that last statement. Of course, Rhode also realized that her so-called ‘history’ ability definitely wasn’t as simple as Holmes’ investigations.
“Sonia has an advantageous identity now. Since Chaos has chosen to attack Lilian, we may possibly need Sonia’s help. But before that happens, it is best that Sonia does her current job calmly and not act rashly. This is why I need your men to investigate. I know you will sacrifice a huge number of people, but don’t worry. With Alice around, she will inform you immediately as soon as their ‘history’ began to distort.”
“Uh-oh. Master, what you meant is to let the Deity Warden join my intelligence department?”
Gillian widened her eyes in surprise before chuckling playfully.
“How scary. I’m only a humble elemental lord, so how can I make the Deity Warden work for me? But since you’ve given your order, I can only follow through, Master.”
Gillian rolled her eyes.
“By the way, about your pet…”
“I’ll tell her myself.”
“Wow. You’re so nice to her… Master, even though I shouldn’t say this…”
Gillian teased and Rhode twitched his brow.
“Since you’re using her life as a pawn, it goes without saying that she should be treated better despite her being your pet, isn’t it?”
It was near midnight when Lilian fell asleep. Sonia quietly walked out of the room and closed the door after taking a final look at the adorable girl. Lilian seemed much happier than usual today and Sonia knew the reason why. But it was a pity that if it weren’t for the sacred palace allowing only dragon soul heirs and their direct subjects to enter, Sonia would have met her master…
After being with Lilian for a long time, Sonia had learned how to grasp Lilian’s mood swings. Even though Lilian was also happy around her, it was apparent that she was particularly delightful today. Sonia felt helpless because no matter what, she had been together with Lilian for so long and yet, she still lost to Rhode in terms of affections…
However, this thought instantly vanished as soon as she saw the person who stood inside her room.
“Master!?”
Sonia shrieked in surprise and widened her eyes in disbelief. She quickly closed and locked the door before scampering to Rhode and bowed deeply.
“Long time no see, Master.”
“Yes, it has been awhile, Sonia.”
Rhode nodded pleasingly. In fact, he had treated Sonia as a useful tool from the start like Nell and Sara. But Sonia had proven that she was highly effective. Judging from her results, everything that she accomplished was praise-worthy. She knew how to act appropriately, concealed herself between the Light Parliament and Lilian, and wouldn’t forcefully attempt some risky investigation for the sake of winning his likes. She was the main reason for the recent riots that occurred in the Country of Light. She cleverly used the arguments of one unpopular parliament member and two parliament members who were deeply loved by the public and successfully aroused fear in the non-humans living in border regions. This led to them having a sense of urgency that ‘if they didn’t resist, it would be too late’ and started breaking out in riots. Judging from this result, Sonia seemed really experienced. Besides, she didn’t reveal herself or do anything that sabotaged her identity, and yet she completed all the tasks that Rhode had given her perfectly.
There was no better pawn than her.
Rhode gazed at the young lady and of course, he sensed the excitement and agitation in her beautiful eyes. Come to think of it, it was necessary for the master to teach his students how to distinguish between rewards and punishments. If he were to only exploit and oppress, he would be nothing more than a slave owner. While the student was wagging her tail, the master should show some love to encourage it to work harder, wasn’t it?
“You did well, Sonia. Even though I have many things to tell you, I can leave them for later…”
Rhode narrowed his eyes and scanned her from head to toe. Sonia shivered in exhilaration upon sensing his threatening and violating gaze. This was what she had been anticipating, craving, and waiting for: the supreme reward.
Rhode wasn’t mindful that the young lady was only clad in a plain, less attractive attire. At this moment, his gazes were as though licking wantonly on her dewy skin through the thin clothes, leaving her shuddering and rubbing between her legs. Sonia reddened in a blush and her vision slowly turned fuzzy…
“… Alright. Take off your clothes. You should know what to do.”
“Yes, Master.”