"Okay then." I contacted a high-ranking military official. "Send a lot of troops to search for them. However, if anyone manages to find them, don't do anything. Notify imdiately instead."
I turned off the communication feature, then massaged my forehead while Velvet, Ayre, and Nate sat with in the eting room.
"Forgive , my lord." The dragon woman sighed. "I should have told you right away about this."
I shook my head. "No, I think you did the right thing, persuading Ritor to tell this in person. With that, he won't feel betrayed."
"But…." Velvet stopped talking as soon as I looked at her. I don't want to argue about that right now.
"What shall we do, my lord?" Ayre asked. "Other than finding the Ritors, of course."
I looked at the two scientists. "You two are the best scientists here. So, I want to ask your opinion. Maybe this sounds unreasonable and strange."
"What is it, my lord?" Nate Gulped. "Lady Ayre is definitely smarter than . Why am I here too?"
"As I said earlier, apart from Doc, you two are the best. However, this is not Doc's expertise." I fell silent, lost in my own thoughts. "Will we be able to et the God of this world?"
Ayre leaned toward . "What do you an, my lord?"
"The concepts of demon and prophet exist because of the God of this world, right?" I elaborated more. "Could we go to his place and ask him to call it off so Ethan Jr. doesn't beco my nesis?"
Silence again. It took several minutes for Ayre to respond. "Even we don't understand the concept of god yet, my lord."
"We can."
Nate's words drew my attention to him. He looked down, and his hands on the table shook like crazy.
"With a bit of reality-bending giganpoppy powder, I think we can open the 'door' to the god realm." He explained.
I watched his face tense up. "Are you sure?"
"No. I'm not sure." He shook his head. "It's just a theory, my lord."
Ayre comnted. "I don't think it will be possible. There are so many variables that prevent that from happening."
"You made that flying bike happen, even though Fergus said it was impossible." I kept looking at his face and could detect the enthusiasm in his expression. "Could you try that thing?"
With a stiff motion, he nodded. "But I can't promise you, my lord."
Ayre also looked at Nate's face with a flat expression like the default shapeshifter.
***
I sat on the edge of the bed, unable to fall asleep. This ti none of my won accompanied . I really want to be alone.
My thoughts drift to Ritor and his family. Why does all this happen? Should I kill Ethan Jr so, he won't beco my nesis in the future? Even if I didn't do that, how would my people respond? Will they think I'm playing favoritism because Ritor betrayed ?
This matter is too confusing.
I stood up, opened the window curtains, and found that the sun had started to rise. Because my brain was too stuffy to think all night, I decided to take a walk.
After changing clothes, I ca out of the room and imdiately spoke to the guards outside. "I want to be alone. No one follows ."
They bowed to , and I started walking. The other underlings in the base also bowed every ti I crossed them.
Ritor is one of my most loyal subordinates. He's followed my orders since the first ti I was here. Should I make him sad and disappointed by killing his son?
Should I betray his loyalty?
To be honest, I consider him more than just a subordinate.
I kept walking, past the outside of the main base, along the still quiet streets. And from a distance, I saw a little boy running.
It's Alain. It seed he was training his stamina. As soon as that boy was close to , he bowed with sweat and shortness of breath.
"It's really weird." I raised an eyebrow. "Usually, you cuss at , never bowed like that."
"I'll give credit where it's due." He spoke while looking the other way, "You made my siblings happy because you will give them a much better place to live."
I chuckled at the shadow organization's forr protege. "So, you will no longer intend to kill in the future?"
He scowled. "To be honest, I don't know. I still hate you for destroying my old ho and people. However, after seeing your deeds, I…."
That boy could not continue his words.
"Let's run together." I tapped him on the shoulder and started running. At first, he stared at silently but eventually ran side by side with .
"Though I am waiting for our epic battle in the future." I chuckled.
He was silent again.
"Hey, kid," I called him again. "Do you consider this place your ho?"
"I guess?" He shrugged.
I smiled. "I know you don't want to fight anymore, right? Why are you still training? I heard from B. Instead of being lazy, you asked for more intense training. I also heard that you were praising ."
This boy's face imdiately turned red.
"So." I chuckled again and repeated my question. "What keeps you training, Alain?"
He stopped running and looked down. I walked over to him and crouched down in front of that boy.
"As a human, can I be one of your trusted n, my lord?" He asked with a timid gesture. "Almost all of the people by your side are not human. They are very powerful."
"There's Velvet, Lexi, Jude, and Karl. They're all human.
"Mrs. Velvet has the power of a dragon, while Sir Karl, sir Jude, and Dr. Lexi have extraordinary intelligence." He continued. "I don't have either of those."
I widened my smile, ruffling his hair. "That depends on you, Alain. Do you have the determination to reach your goal? Do you have the will to be strong?"
The communication icon on my ga UI is flashing, and a shapeshifter agent has contacted . This seems to be related to Ritor's whereabouts.
I got to my feet. "Well, keep practicing until you beco the best, Alain."
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