“For the tragic news about your mother, I am deeply sorry, but this matter truly has nothing to do with me.”
Usually, the God of Light did not avoid anyone’s questions.
As long as the question was within his knowledge, he would answer honestly.
Even for those who did not believe in him, it was the same.
However, his answers always seemed cold and extremely rational.
Though everyone knew it was the truth, hearing it always left an unpleasant feeling.
The God of Light’s words left Belinda frozen in place.
A few seconds later, she angrily questioned him.
“Then what kind of god are you? What kind of god is this?!”
As Belinda questioned the God of Light, Alexia walked up beside her and slapped her.
“Then what are you blaming here?”
The slap left Belinda utterly shocked.
She staggered and fell back, slowly raising her head to look at Alexia, still gripping Simon’s sword tightly in her hand.
Alexia stepped forward, grabbed Belinda’s collar, and lifted her up.
“Do you have to find a reason for Lady Pandas’ death? Blame this, blame that… Since the event has already happened, you should look forward instead of being obsessed with the past.”
She too had been preoccupied with this matter, but the problem was that Belinda’s obsession was too strong.
To this day, she still could not accept the fact of Lady Pandas’ death.
“The Order to Exterminate the Entire Family was given by me, so just think of it as me who killed her!”
If Belinda insisted on finding a target, then she was willing to become that target.
Anyway, that was her intention from the start.
“I’ll give you the chance to kill me, but on one condition…”
Alexia sneered.
At this moment, Simon raised his hand and waved outward.
All the Scarlet Knights in the hall withdrew.
Clearly, the current situation was not suitable for spectators.
Even though the Scarlet Knights were his confidants, there was no guarantee that rumors wouldn’t spread.
As the atmosphere around them grew quieter, Alexia finally spoke.
“I want you to kill Pandas with your own hands, or else die here.”
“Whether you choose to die together with Pandas, or live on for revenge against me, is up to you.”
Simon felt speechless after hearing this.
Could someone really say such things out loud?
If Belinda made up her mind and chose to follow Pandas into death, wouldn’t everything fall apart?
Not only her, but he would also be dragged into it.
Without Belinda, the Empire would lose a suitable heir.
Given the Empire’s current situation, hoping to birth and raise a new heir was nearly impossible.
And did Alexia really want a child?
With her trouble-avoiding nature, Simon felt that if there really was a child, eight or nine times out of ten, she’d just throw it to him.
“Alexia!”
Belinda gritted her teeth, veins bulging on her sword-wielding hand.
She truly wanted to swing the sword and cut down the woman before her.
But she also knew her own strength.
Right now, she had only drawn the sword.
To actually swing it was still a huge effort for her.
If she truly pointed the sword at Alexia, she was unsure if Alexia could react in time—but she knew that Simon definitely could.
At this distance, she couldn’t take the risk.
How strong Simon truly was, she still did not know.
“Good eyes. I like that.”
Alexia, seeing this, showed a delighted smile.
Belinda couldn’t help but curse.
“You really are insane!”
Only Alexia could still smile in such a situation.
“Say whatever you want. I don’t care.”
Alexia roughly threw Belinda toward Simon and raised her head to tidy her messy hair.
“Hand her over to the Scarlet Knights for safekeeping. Simon, come up here.”
She could not leave the great hall yet.
The situation outside the imperial city remained unstable.
Only when the entire imperial capital returned to peace could she leave that throne.
Simon gave a slight nod.
He entrusted Belinda to the Scarlet Knights, then returned to the hall.
As soon as he approached Alexia, she issued her order.
“Before Pandas reaches the imperial city, intercept him at all costs, and find a way to persuade him to stop Belinda from dying with him.”
She also understood that what she had said earlier could very likely become reality, which made her uneasy.
If Belinda truly decided to die with Pandas, she really couldn’t bear it.
Just as she had complained to Terrence before, her brother was gone, her sister was missing, and now even her only younger sister might be lost.
It was undoubtedly another blow to her heart.
Yet in that situation, she had no other way to dissuade Belinda.
If she really tried to persuade Belinda as a caring elder sister, all her previous efforts would be wasted, and her authority would be severely damaged.
She dared not show the slightest weakness in front of others, not even a little.
Belinda needed the name of a usurper to suppress the Empire in the days to come.
Hearing Alexia’s order, Simon was even more speechless.
Obviously, Alexia herself knew how unreliable this matter was and was now relying on him to come up with a solution.
Alexia glanced at him.
“What kind of expression is that?”
“No, Alexia, this…this, I…it’s too hard…”
Simon felt troubled.
This mission was simply too much!
They were currently at odds with Pandas, and from how Pandas had raised Belinda, it was clear he didn’t intend for her to be an heir.
Simon had some idea of Pandas’ character as well.
He was a hard man who would break rather than bend.
What’s more, he had to persuade Pandas to convince Belinda to live on and take revenge against Alexia, all while knowing he would be killed by Belinda.
With his mother gone, and then having to kill his father with his own hands, Simon couldn’t imagine what would become of Belinda after that.
Would she just break down and go insane?
There was simply no way to achieve a perfect outcome.
This difficulty was a thousand times worse than hell!
Even in all his years of gaming, he’d never faced something so impossible.
“From the moment you asked me to take Belinda, it meant you couldn’t avoid this whole mess. Now you’re talking nonsense to me?”
Alexia pointed outside the hall.
“All affairs outside the imperial city are yours to handle. If you can’t deal with Pandas, then find a way to deal with Belinda yourself! Just like before, no matter what, you must keep her alive for me.”
“I’ll do my best!”
Simon had no other choice and could only begin handling the matter at once.
As Alexia said, the only way to solve this was through Pandas.
To do that, he had to intercept Pandas in advance and prevent the two from meeting.
Watching Simon’s departing figure, Alexia finally showed a trace of exhaustion.
The earlier possession by the God of Light had pushed her body to its limit, and she had also forced herself to deal with Belinda.
She was truly drained.
Naturally, she could not spare any energy for other matters.
Leaning against the throne, she recalled Terrence’s previous words.
Her intuition told her that there was a deeper meaning hidden in those words.
But she was so tired… really tired, and just wanted to close her eyes and sleep…