With the end of the week-long Victory Day celebration holiday, the Imperial Capital returned to its usual working state.
The luxurious carriages of the royal nobles carried the young masters and ladies who had enjoyed their holidays to the academy, while on the other side of the road, cleaning workers swept up the ribbons that had fallen over the past few days.
This constituted the fundamental logic behind the operation of the Havoc Empire.
The schemers in the Clock Tower had long begun their intrigues, and in the chapel of the Hidden Sea Church on the second floor, the sound of apprentice nuns singing hymns rang out.
However, after today’s drowsy hymn singing ended, the Sister Superior did not dismiss the apprentice nuns.
Instead, she waved at Emma in the line, signaling this little pink dog to come up on stage.
Then, she began to commend the apprentice nun Emma for her heroic actions earlier at the [Aerospace City].
“I believe all of you nuns have already learned from the Church’s internal newspaper about the dangerous incident that occurred during the holiday. The Saintess was attacked by the Blood Tribe while on an external mission.”
“And Sister Emma, who remained at the local church branch, did not yield to the enemy even when seriously injured, nor did she reveal the Saintess’s location. She even held the stronghold firmly and drove back the attackers.”
She paused and cast an approving glance at Emma, who was wriggling uncomfortably like a maggot—it was rare to be praised by the Sister Superior.
“Sister Emma, please raise your head proudly. I don’t think this is something to be embarrassed about. You are a role model for the apprentice nuns.”
“In any case, with the permission of the bishop in charge of the apprentice nuns and myself, I hereby promote you to a formal nun of the Hidden Sea Church, assigned to the Clock Tower branch.”
Clap clap clap
The apprentice nuns below the stage erupted in formulaic applause.
At first, there might have been a few jealous apprentice nuns eating sour grapes, but when they learned that Emma had turned into a stalwart defender who fought to the death without retreating and even had a bowl-sized hole stabbed in her chest, they all fell silent.
No complaints, this promotion was deserved.
“Hehehe~ It’s nothing.”
Emma on stage grinned foolishly and scratched the back of her head. “Honestly… my mom always said I was thick-skinned and couldn’t die~”
As she spoke, she cast an excited look of ‘please praise me’ toward Varo, who was listening from the corner.
This made Varo directly perform a strategic retreat—frowning, she slowly retreated behind the apprentice nuns.
And the Sister Superior clearly noticed Varo’s movements. After a moment of contemplation, the golden-haired nun’s lips curved into an elegant smile, as if she had thought of something amusing.
“Sister Emma, after becoming a formal nun of the Hidden Sea Church, you no longer need to participate in apprentice nun affairs.”
“I will give you a new task now. You are to carry it out while completing your studies at the Clock Tower.”
As she spoke, the Sister Superior’s gaze swept over Varo. She chuckled lightly.
“As you can see, our Demon Race Peace Ambassador, Lady Varo, is also here auditing today. Lady Varo’s status and safety are equally important. So, Emma…”
“You will go to Lady Varo’s side to assist and protect her from now on.”
“Huh? To… Lord Demon… Varo-sensei?!”
“Is there any difficulty, Sister Emma?”
Seeing the envious and resentful reactions of the apprentice nuns below, the Sister Superior’s expression turned a bit off. “This is a popular assignment. It’s now or never, you know?”
“I, I, I… Of course I’m willing!”
Realizing, Emma immediately straightened up and stood like a soldier.
As for the Sister Superior’s purpose in arranging this?
Varo, hiding below the stage, couldn’t help but snort. She knew with her butt that the Sister Superior must be sending Emma to monitor her~
She does have a sense of crisis.
But as for the Sister Superior’s choice of person…
It made her want to give a thumbs up—a real disaster in the industry!
The Sister Superior might think that by having Emma watch her, she would be constrained at every turn, but in reality…
Afterwards, in the morning.
Varo changed into her white coat and the moment she returned to the infirmary, she saw Emma do a spiral sliding kneel and bow before her!
“Congratulations, Teacher Varo, your plan has succeeded!”
At this moment, Emma didn’t care if her newly issued Hidden Sea Church formal nun uniform got dirty.
She sat on her knees in front of Varo’s chair, just like a puppy waiting to be praised.
She looked up at Varo with adoring eyes and wagged a non-existent tail.
Varo originally wanted to sincerely congratulate Emma—she had nearly lost her dog’s life at the [Aerospace City] earlier, so this promotion was well-deserved.
“I also congratulate you, Emma, on successfully obtaining the status of a formal nun.”
However, heaven knows what kind of palace intrigue drama this pink idiot dog had imagined.
Upon hearing her congratulations, she first was dazed, then wagged her non-existent tail even more happily!
She almost lunged at her to lick her black stockings to express gratitude!
“Wow! So it was also within your expectations, Teacher Varo, that I would be promoted to formal nun?!”
Eh? Not really. She didn’t have clairvoyance.
But the idiot dog before her didn’t give Varo time to explain and imagined even more absurd things!
“So that means you also anticipated that the Sister Superior would send me to watch you?! As expected of the Demon…”
“Shut it! Emma, shut your dog mouth first!”
Varo took a quick step and covered this pink puppy’s mouth with her hand. This idiot dog had praised her too much, making her uncomfortable all over.
It wasn’t until Emma nodded excitedly to show she ‘understood’ and stood up happily that Varo released her hand and watched this idiot dog take the initiative to boil water and grind coffee for her.
She only needed to generously treat the infirmary as the Demon King’s Castle, the swivel chair as the throne, and sit there striking a ‘Demon King’ pose for Emma to see.
The Sister Superior promoting Emma and sending her to monitor her was an unexpected joy for Varo—now without the Sister Superior’s potential surveillance, she could also start her plan earlier than originally planned, which required staying low-key for a while longer.
Varo planned to use the [King’s Vessel]’s teleportation ability to quickly establish contact with the Blood Ancestor and reach a consensus of stance.
Not for resurgence—she was a true good person.
But for the prerequisite trigger condition of the [Empress of All Females Ending].
Similar to the Hidden Sea Church Saintess Anqi, the Blood Ancestor is also one of the various factions and important NPCs required for that ending.
The main perspective needed to gain the Blood Ancestor’s favor or prestige in front of her.
In a word: they must control the Blood Ancestor and have her on the same side as the main perspective.
And this process must be fast!
Because according to the route Varo is currently on, in the development of the game’s [Kingdom Fall Route], if the main perspective takes her daughter and hides in the Empire, truly focusing only on raising her daughter without any plans or actions for ‘resurgence, revenge, and restoration’…
Then the Blood Ancestor, who has been restless within the Demon Clan forces, will take action to replace the main perspective as the hereditary villain Demon King!
If the prestige and favor with the True Ancestor are farmed too slowly, and a situation arises where ‘Congratulations, True Ancestor, you can now stand on your own!’ then achieving the [Empress of All Females Ending] will make the prerequisite conditions for the Demon Clan side much more troublesome.
After all, at that time the Blood Ancestor will become the new Demon King, and the main perspective’s identity as the villain Demon King will no longer exist—the difficulty of achieving the [Empress of All Females Ending] will naturally increase exponentially.
Under normal circumstances, Varo’s current situation makes it difficult for her to communicate with the Blood Ancestor.
But with the appearance of the teleportation ability, plus having Emma, this pink puppy who is the True Ancestor’s first-embrace kin, by her side…
Isn’t that convenient?
Thinking this, Varo assumed the superior posture of the Demon King and gracefully accepted the coffee cup Emma handed over.
She took a sip, then immediately withdrew, sticking out her pink tongue.
The pink puppy wagging her tail in the air beside her immediately began to fawn.
“Hehe~ Demon King, if you think it’s too hot, I can blow on it for you~”
Failing to put on airs, Varo quickly put on a cold face and, with a ‘Wolong posture’ of ‘advantage is mine’, began to strategize.
“Emma, as I expected, you have been placed by my side. Now, I need you to carry out the next step of the plan.”
“As you can see, I have now established a foothold in the Empire, gained a certain status, and earned my daughter’s trust. I am laying low in the middle echelons of the Clock Tower and have controlled the Church’s Saintess~”
Meeting Emma’s crimson eyes full of admiration, Varo put the coffee cup on the table—too bitter to drink. She stopped this act.
“So it’s time to tell that old virgin who gave you the first embrace that I am still alive.”
“Gah…”
Emma’s expression immediately turned strange, and she shrank back like a dirty dog that heard it was time for a bath.
“What’s wrong, Emma? You were sent by the True Ancestor to infiltrate the Clock Tower. There’s no way you don’t have a way to contact the Blood Clan high-ups, right?”
“Ugh… I do, I do have one, but why do you suddenly want to meet the Blood Clan…”
Varo didn’t answer.
If she told this idiot dog everything, how could she maintain her Demon King stance?
Sure enough, within a second, the pink idiot dog in front of her chickened out on her own.
“Eek! I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I shouldn’t presume to guess your thoughts!”
The Blood Clan girl carefully looked up, troubled. “But Demon King, even if I have a way to contact the Blood Clan high-ups, there’s no way they can cross the Demon Clan forces and come to the Clock Tower to see you in a short time.”
Pausing, Emma’s pleading and ingratiating voice grew softer: “So… maybe we should just forget it? You’re so powerful, Demon King, you can do without Blood Clan support.”
This was not Varo’s illusion.
She always felt that Emma was very resistant to contacting other Blood Clan.
Even though this pink idiot dog herself is a Blood Clan member, and even the first-embrace kin sent by the Blood Clan True Ancestor to infiltrate?
Varo shook her head and stopped worrying. Her plan could not allow Emma to use ‘unwillingness’ as an excuse to refuse—this puppy was key to the plan from now on!
“Hm? Are you telling me what to do, Emma?”
After this rhetorical question silenced the Blood Clan girl, Varo chuckled lightly. “As for what you said about the Blood Clan not being able to come over anytime soon…”
“Who told you that when I asked you to contact the Blood Clan high-ups, I was calling them over?”
Anyway, don’t ask. If you ask, the Demon King is unfathomable.
“Just set the contact location at my Demon King’s Castle first.”
“Then I will have a way for you to meet them.”
The ‘way’ Varo mentioned was naturally the teleportation ability of the [King’s Vessel].
However, to properly put on this act in front of Emma, she would have to do something she would never tell Emma about.
A polite way to say it was barter.
An abstract way was backroom deal.
A blunt way was: sell her butt to her Saintess daughter, Anqi.
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