NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31: Deep Schemes
Imperial Hall
The Emperor was massaging his forehead, Shahrazad besides him having the fun of her life:
"How the hell did she make me promise her that?"
"This not your fault, you've always been weak to stubborn women. "
Shahrazad sighed:
"But I could see what you saw in her, she may have too kind of a heart too rule."
"But she had a knack for resolving conflicts. And Because you acted on anger and let your Saiyan blood get the best of you, you let go of a precious opportunity."
Marek was bewildered:
"So that's why you didn't defend me! You are taking her side!"
Shahrazad calmly responded:
"You killed their two spiritual leaders after they welcomed you in their own home. Our plan for the underworld was extremely clear, your majesty."
"It's going to be much more difficult, now.
The Emperor made a difficult face. He discussed his detailed plans with Shahrazad alone.
"Making an uneven deal was the first step."
"Motohama and Matsuda may think that it was benevolence, but you know it is much more than that."
"Euphemia immediately understood your intention in the deal, because this the way she uses to conquer people too, by giving them what they want."
Marek sighed :
"Like the way she used to pacify the Zone 11. First appoint an eleven, the son of the first minister himself, as a knight, giving a favorable and trustworthy impression of her to all the elevens."
"Then abdicate from the right of the Throne, so you can freely act without others on your back."
An admirative smile appeared on The Emperor smile:
"Then the CheckMate, that even Schneizel run to approve. 'Special Admistrative Zone of Japan.'"
"People will always choose the small meaningless victories of Euphemia than the Life or death struggle of the Black Knights."
"Do you want to be Japenese? Here go there and I will call you just that!"
"Aren't you happy now? Is your ego flattered enough for you to continue serving as my slave?"
"Shrewd but always benevolent! Brilliant!"
Shahrazad laughed lightly:
"I must say when she told me this story, I immediately understood why you wanted her by your side."
"She has something that nor Lelouch neither me have. The capacity to let go for the better picture."
"The second step was using Matsuda and Motohama natural charisma in the following attacks on the Underworld to attract the Heiress of one of the 72 Pillar houses!"
"Your real targets were never Lavinia Reni or Suzaku Hemejima, to begin with."
"They are only a diversion for Azazel to misunderstand your intentions, to think 'you only wanted a 'Rias Gremory'-type for you subordinates'."
"And for the Underworld to think that 'they owe you…' marriage partners."
The Emperor continued with a deep sigh:
"My real targets were always Seekvaira Agares and Latia Astaroth or Iruyuka Glassya-Labolas."
"Acting like you forgot about the Agares when a flying Imperial City is all you've been dreaming about since you became Emperor, might have been a little too much."
"That old fox Azazel would immediately realize something was amiss, if I go gunning for the Agares and Astaroth clan the moment I come to the Underworld."
"You are quite the actor, your majesty. At least you secured regular contact with the Agares Family in this mess. The third step was immediate marriage and the most crucial part…"
"Hybrid Children between Saiyan and devils! Automatic Super-devils at birth!"
"Incontestable heirs to the 72 Pillars and subjects of the Empire."
"We will use time dilated worlds to make the pregnancy short, we could even layout the Hyberbolic Time Chamber, to make it more pregnancy friendly. Let's call that phase 'the Honeymoon' Phase."
"Using diplomatic reasons for making them study in the Empire. We will use the Hyperbolic time Chamber+ the time dilatation between the worlds to make them grow just in time for the Thriexha accident in a Satanless Underworld."
Shahrazad had a scheming smile:
"The Underworld will then discover their first 'Super Devils 2 or 3'…. Devils that strong with the blood of the 72 Pillars in a Satanless Underworld can only mean one thing!"
"Satan Candidate!! And with the support of the disgraced Astaroth and the forever neutral Agares!"
"They would be Maou in no time. You said there would be other Super Devils in the future. Like Gasper Vladi, Hyoudou Ise, Vali Lucifer, Sairaorg Bael and Gremory Milicas…"
"Even if they got their reputations as heroes, Matsuda's and Motohama's achievement will never be less than theirs, on the contrary they will slowly eclipse them."
"Our Super Devils will be the descendance of those 'Ultimate' heroes I created for the World."
Shahrazad continued:
"Immediately saving the Satans trapped with Trihexha, after accessing the Throne our new devils would prove their love for the Underworld, their heroic bearings and the Fact that they are vastly superior to the other Maous."
"In these conditions Beelzebub and Lucifer could still keep their position, but there is no way Leviathan and Asmodeus can. But wouldn't revealing Rivezim stop his plans?"
Marek smiled lightly:
"It may or it may not. Anyway it doesn't Matter. If I want Thriexha to be unleashed on the World there is nothing that could stop me."
He had a sharp gaze:
"By then half the Underworld would already be mine..."
"Indeed, Lucifer and Belzebub authority could resist two Monsters like that, but could it resist their inevitable lineage?"
"Super devils are only deep genetical defects, but our 'Hybrid Freaks'? Hmph! There would be two or three arriving in the way be the time they stabilized their power as Motohama's and Matsuda's harem grows."
"Like that we would accumulate these Hybrids at the top of the Underworld…Harem Kings are indeed the best!"
She then got behind him, embraced him from behind and whispered gently:
"Until your child with the Belphegor Princess finally sees the day… Uniting all the Underworld under the grasp of the Imperial Family."
"Leading an Ultimate war against all other factions!"
Marek had a red face:
"Stop adding stuff from your head. I never said anything about me having any devil kid! Or Marrying the Belphegor Princess!"
"But you like her, don't you? Ruining such schemes for the sake of a woman. As expected of you, your majesty…Your Shahrzad might be getting a little jealous~
"You know, that's not why I was enraged, you lass!"
He then took her from his back into his embrace:
"Don't act spoiled, my Empress… You already know what I would do if one of these bats offended you…"
Her back on his chest, she lightly poked his nose saying:
"And~~What~~would~~you~~do~?
"I would obliterate their whole planet, even the ExE world with it…"
She giggled :
"Your majesty is always too easy to trigger, maybe because we lost too much in the last war. You should leave negotiations to your Empresses and your Vizirs from now on."
"Are you sidelining me?"
"You've been a bad boy after all …~"
"Maybe you are right."
"Still, we are in luck. Princess Euphemia is the perfect person for this kind of situation. She could get our little play back on track and even with a little bonus."
The Emperor sighed deeply:
"If she can even make Lelouch and me relent, she could make anyone forget their hatred."
"Especially with the negotiation ships you promised her."
"I still can't believe I am letting her do this."
She smiled teasingly:
"You are just sour and you don't want to admit you were wrong."
He looked at her pleadingly:
"You are so harsh with your Emperor…"
She caressed his cheek:
"Of course, I am. I am your Shahrazad after all~"
"You Lass, using my words against me."
She giggled in his arms.
"I have to say, if Lelouch is as trust worthy as Euphemia, this Empire will finally have capable people leading it."
"And we lack noble families, the Li Britania could match ten of our old Nobles families. The Astaroth Family, The Agares and The Belphegor Families too."
The Emperor smiled pridefully:
"And this only the beginning…When I finally end up the reconstruction of my glorious Empire. I will focus solely on recruitment, be it great ministers or capable generals."
"By the time the Inter-sect Competition arrive we should already be on par with the strongest forces on the Continent."
"So you want to show off, don't you?"
"We've been so scorned for the last hundred of years, it would be like an entry before the main dish. I also need to start 'That' project."
Shahrazad smiled foxily:
"That project, if it goes well, we will be conquering the continent before even actually declaring war. Although we have big rivals."
"Not just the continent, even beyond it…And the others worlds too."