Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 338 - 136: Compensation

A stone cast into the sea causes a thousand ripples.

In the palace bedroom, not only Medea but also Marquina revealed expressions of confusion—this matter was something even the Enchanting Demon Queen hadn’t shared a sliver of with her.

Aske pondered for a moment before asking in a solemn voice,

"Your Majesty, are you saying... Emperor Otto’s hostility towards the Church Court is not a simple international political conflict?"

"But rather, the result of deliberate manipulation behind the scenes?"

"Not entirely," the Queen elegantly crossed one leg over the other, her smooth and ample thigh exposed... with a "snap," Medea covered Aske’s eyes again.

"The reason a war will occur in the future is naturally because the conditions that allow for a war to break out are already present. However, it’s difficult to clarify how much of it is due to the collective will of the rulers and citizens, and how much stems from the hidden manipulations of external circumstances," she explained.

"Otto is a politically ambitious man, and ambition means he is easy to exploit. However, whoever orchestrated this has been too purposeful, leading to Otto’s mental instability; I heard rumors have even begun to circulate in the court about him being a ’mad king’."

"Regardless, I hope you can find the puppet master’s pawns. Now that they have shown their weakness, whether it’s bait or a piece to be sacrificed, someone will have to take a bite," she said subtly. Although her words were somewhat ambiguous, Aske and Medea understood: they were to identify the person influencing Otto’s mind and then bring the information to the Enchanting Demon Queen.

"So, the reward is all the Magic Potion formulas of the Desire Sequence above Level II?" Aske inquired tentatively.

"Don’t you think that’s asking for too much?" The Queen suddenly seemed less enthusiastic, "Nevermind, I had originally planned to send Marquina, but since my dear daughter..."

Her gaze shifted back to Medea: "...is willing to return, it at least shows she still harbors some feelings for me as her mother."

"After you accept this mission," the Queen fell silent while Marquina smiled beside her and said, "Her Majesty will pay in advance with a ready-made Magic Potion of Desire II as a deposit."

"Once you make contact with Otto, as soon as you transmit the information, you will be paid with a ready-made Magic Potion of Desire III."

"And when you find the final target and complete the mission, you will be given the formula and materials for Desire IV."

Not receiving the actual Magic Potion of Desire IV was fine... As long as he knew the formula and the names of the materials, Aske wasn’t worried about encountering any troubles.

After murmuring to Medea on the Mind Communication Channel, the two agreed to the task.

After sending the two off, Marquina returned to the bedroom to find the Queen had gotten up from the bed and was pulling an ancient book from the shelf.

"Your Majesty," Marquina bowed respectfully.

"So, what exactly is the relationship between that young man named Aske and Camellia?" the Queen asked casually, twirling a lock of hair by her ear.

"Your Highness favors him," Marquina answered, "but his own feelings are yet unclear." freёnovelkiss.com

"Mmm. Being rated as R4 by the Church Court, he must not be a simple character. Whether being with Camellia is a blessing or a curse for her, who can say?" The Queen fell silent for a moment, then continued, "Well, Marquina, go and see what you can find out."

"...after all, she is your sister."

Aske and Medea left the palace and arrived at a nearby inn.

Marquina had arranged their stay here, claiming that it was because the portal to the Main Plane was opened every three days, so they had to wait a while longer.

After exchanging information with Thira, who was already waiting in the room, Thira was somewhat startled. Emperor Otto, the Monarch of the Empire, second only to the Pope on this continent, was actually being secretly influenced and manipulated by someone?

Yet this intel was coming from the legendary Demigod of the East, the Enchanting Demon Queen, which made it impossible to rashly doubt. Mulling it over, Thira suddenly remembered another matter, feeling a chill from a sudden realization:

Her sister Zoe, who had always had a great relationship with her from childhood, had become increasingly formal and distant after ascending the throne.

She had originally thought that it had been a conflict due to power and influence, yet now it seemed there might also be the possibility of a hidden manipulator behind the scenes? First destroy the East Solomon Empire, then control Otto to strike at the Church Court—could the goal be to completely obliterate a technological civilization?

Wait, if that was the case... She suddenly remembered something else.

It was when Olympia City was attacked, a group of dark elves had appeared from somewhere, infiltrated Olympia City, and wreaked havoc everywhere.

The reason for creating a surprise attack and chaos... could it be to replace and infiltrate?

Certain clues in her mind linked together, and Thira suddenly understood something.

"It seems you’ve guessed the truth?" Medea asked her.

"You must have read it as well," Thira calmly replied.

"What kind of riddle are you playing?" Aske asked.

The two clever girls exchanged glances and then spoke in unison:

"We suspect that there’s a deeply hidden force, deploying people to lurk beside the monarchs of various lands on the continent, with the purpose of influencing the will of the rulers..."

"...and thus destroying the technological civilization." This was Thira’s answer.

"...to incite a full-scale war." This was Medea’s answer.

The two answers seemed similar but had subtle differences.

Aske was puzzled, wondering, "Incite a full-scale war? Shouldn’t that be something the game developers messed up?"

Then he quickly realized something. Before his successful teleportation, the story in the game could all be explained as the work of the game developers.

However, in this world after his teleportation, if he found himself in an otherworld, then all of the plots should have unknown driving factors.

These internal factors could be hidden settings in the game before his crossing, or they might not have appeared in the game at all.

But since everyone was now on Hell’s Edge, a half-plane, with low levels, there wasn’t much they could do for the time being. So Aske grandly declared:

"Let’s not talk about this. Everyone, go level up."

When everything else is uncertain, leveling up and getting stronger is the right choice.

Leaving Thira to guard the ancient books on the Main Plane, Aske and Medea teleported to Fire Island.

The girls had spent nearly half a day inside, anxious and hesitant to go out rashly. Seeing the two return, they immediately surrounded them and started asking all sorts of questions.

Aske could only helplessly explain today’s events to everyone again.

"So Medea is the Enchanting Demon Queen’s daughter!"

"Wait, who is the Enchanting Demon Queen?"

"She’s a demigod, reportedly an ancient one from the Third Epoch."

"What does the Enchanting Demon Queen look like? Is she very beautiful?"

"I heard she once had a scandal with Emperor Caesar, is that true?"

The gossip was endless, to the point where Aske was asked to the point of fleeing in disarray, while Medea was a step too late, surrounded by a circle of curious girls, only able to look with a gaze of despair at Aske who used Instant Step to quickly distance himself.

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