Chapter 60: True Motive

Silence, a long, solemn and painful silence surrounded the banquet hall as they looked at me with widened eyes, in their eyes, me who have never failed to succeed in my scheme just got stopped by my sister.

I have a frown in my face as my eyes are bloodshot staring right at Sigurd who is still having beads of sweat in his forehead that is being wiped by Alice. This bastard is dead I promise.

Anyway, despite the frown, I am currently laughing on the floor, rolling left and right while tearing up because they didn't even noticed the inconsistency in my actions, atleast in my heart.

Do they really think that I will allow anyone, even my sister to prevent and stop me from fulfilling my plans?

The thing is, even before anything, even when I am not a ruler and before I destroyed that slavery country (1), they have rarely seen me made a public display of animosity towards a single person, so they focused on that matter and unconsciously thought that I am so inclined on killing Sigurd that I lost check in my emotions.

Anyway, let's not talk about what in the world this bunch of people are thinking right now because even after all of that, the show must go on and  we still have to evaluate Sigurd.

"You passed."

Still glaring at Sigurd, me who is the "tester" of Sigurd's capacity in terms of power have to say wether he passed or not, though that doesn't mean that I can say he failed because all of us witnessed how Sigurd "braved and survived my attack". Thus they are confident that I will give a proper verdict.

Alice, in the name of Anna looked at me with a little terrified and pissed eyes as she just nodded and didn't even replied, obviously a subordinate will not be happy if their master is tormented by all sorts of pain in front of them, however, a subordinate will not also be happy if their master is disrespected in front of them.

Benetnash's lips started to widen and sharp alligator like teeth appeared out of  her mouth that is bigger than normal, I just looked at her and gestured her to stop.

"Sorry."

Benetnash briefly said while glaring at Alice whilst slowly rearranging her mouth and made her teeth also return to normal, man she's freaky as usual if she's not that powerful I would rather not see her in a fighting or serious mode because her having even an small altercation with someone is beyond creepy.

This is coming from a creepy person and you have also already saw the evidence, so I need not to explain it further.

"The qualifications are already in the table and only needs our deliberation, all of you who agrees on Sigurd being the successor of Pandora, raise your hand, do not do so otherwise."

Oroboros who already have guessed that the atmosphere will become serious if the matter dragged on immediately said so, following which, the rulers immediately raised their hands slowly, well most of them, even Lucifer because he knew that him being the hero and him being not will make no difference because Sigurd is already back even if Sigurd is accepted as the new protector of humanity or not, he will protect Camelot.

My sister didn't raised her hand just like me, after all we sibling have a good relationship with Arthur and Sigurd is the reason of him dying, so it is normal for us to not agree. Idun probably came here because of food, she just raised her hand while looking at the entrance of the banquet hall in which the food will soon be served.

I just look at her behavior like that and refocused myself on the deliberation of the Rulers. In the end, because in this world the majority wins, with five people agreeing and two people who are not, Sigurd will become the new hero of humanity with Camelot the Vassal state of Tyrfing as his base and there he will spread his power and will make humanity great again (LOL).

Ahem... Anyway, the new hero, Sigurd is already announced and the reason why is this banquet called a banquet is finally here, the foods are finally served, carts after carts of plates with varying sizes with different dishes served in it is being pushed by butlers.

The carts are so many given that different races have different tastes and appetite, me particularly have genetic characteristic of being a glutton so my carts are particularly riddled with meat and it seems like Sigurd particularly instructed them to create dishes for me.

Oh how touching that my pupper cares a lot about me.

Me, Idun and Lucifer looked at our subordinates with an eye signal saying "help them in serving the dishes."

After which, all of our personal servants moved out and helped the maids and butlers serve the dishes. Benetnash added multiple hands on her  sides to fasten the pace of serving much to the hearts of some maids that immediately passed out, of course she ignored it because they are really  decent hands, have skin and all and not that freaky.

Nyx then summoned maids with plump thighs and generous breasts, problem is, they are gray in color so the boner's not coming for me.

"Hey, ask Nyx if  he can lend me some of his maids."

My sister however seem to be the opposite and whispered those words on me.

"No, you can't."

"Aw, come on."

"Do you realize how gross it is when you indirectly told your brother that you'll have sex to a moving corpse?"

We have a conversation like that while the dishes are all finally on the table, after which we immediately started eating. Because food is in front of us and we are eating, we temporarily forgot our past and engaged in casual talks, even Lucifer and Selaphiel the brother and sister who have Humility and pride as their title talked a lot.

Just how in the world did this two people became sibling I wonder, though I am not really the one to talk.

All of us indulged in a single and rare moment in which us Seven Rulers are not plotting against each other and talked casually and merrily, we know that this moment will not last for long but because we are people who have a certain amount of closeness before all of this war matters, we just enjoyed the moment. 

Of course we all know that all of us have different motives Oroboros a peace loving gentle giant and a person who have a great complex about his race members dying, Lucifer who is a World Domination maniac but didn't even have an empire will sure to make the world chaotic alongside me who will start making bold actions soon after this banquet, thus we cannot help but to fell regretful beneath our smiles

More so me, how could I enjoy the moment when I have to remember and I have to do my real motive in coming to this place and pulling the strings for all of this people to come here just to drag someone out of her hiding hole. After the banquet we continued to talk with each other in  very casual manner.

At this moment my true motives will be revealed.

I looked at Idun who is chugging a whole bottle of wine and said.

"Idun, will you come with me in Valentine?"

Another silence appeared in the hall that a whispering is clearly heard.

"Will he fuck his friend?"

"Shhh! They will hear you!"

Of course I ignored it and waited for Idun's reply, surprisingly, she didn't have her usual annoying shenanigans but her eyes immediately became sharp, she placed down the bottle in the table and said a single word.

"No."

The atmosphere immediately turned cold and the Rulers immediately realized that their conjecture is wrong, the whites of my eyes turned black and all the glasses of the windows started to crackle and the whole palace of Camelot  uncontrollably shaked.

"Oh?"

I grabbed her hand with force and pulled it beside me just in front of my chest and let my face be in front of her and stared at her  in point blank range, she  returned my stare with her rarely seen sharp eyes, she may act like a child but she is still the Ruler who sacrificed filial relationship for her ambition, if she cowered because of a stare from me then I wouldn't believe that she is the same Idun I knew two hundred years ago.

Of course being impressed is one thing, I  expressionlessly looked at her and said.

"Did that sounded like a request for you? Then let me rephrase it."

I slightly tightened my grip.

"You will come with me in Valentine."

She didn't even budge and gave me a sneer while looking at my lips back to my eyes.

"Oh? Did that sound like a rejection of an invitation? Then let me rephrase it."

She paused for a moment as she made her lips go just  half an inch in mine.

"No, I will not come with you in Valentine."

Suddenly, green colored aurora that fought against my dark colored one filled the room, the maids and butlers immediately felt it difficult to breathe, Alice cloaked herself with her highest grade illusion and left the room with haste, our subordinates started to look at each other with hostility and the rulers just looked at us with stunned expressions.

At this moment, in a span of a fraction of a single second, Idun used enchantment magic and made my hand that is tightly holding hers explode, blood, flesh and bones was shattered and splattered in the air, Idun then with the next fraction of a second fly away, the direction she flew have maids on it that she acted like she didn't even noticed, the maids who are  basically hit with an object as fast as the speed of sound didn't even got flung, they just exploded on the spot with their limbs and heads flying all over the place.

My hands immediately went back to normal like sucking the splattered parts.

"Explain this, Loki!!"

Libra suddenly shouted and jumped in front of me, her fist have black glow evident that his ability of controlling a portion of gravity is being used against me, at that moment, a pink colored flash appeared on his back and circled to his front, he didn't even noticed as a hand shaped in a spear stabbed in his heart.

He looked at the one who stabbed him in the heart and his eyes widened in shock.

" Virgo, what do you think you're doing!?"

Virgo's figure suddenly became misty, and a man in green colored cassock with blond floral pattern appeared. He have brown colored skin and pointy ears alongside his green colored eyes that is being covered by round glasses and blond hair, he have a relatively thin masculature and he can just do such a feat like stabbing someone with his hands because of his genes as my son.

"You, what do you think you're doing? Attacking my father in front of me?"

He then revealed an evil smile that spanned from his right ear to his left one, and he slowly said.

"And who's Virgo? I am Aragorn Darkbringer, the son of Vanir and Loki Darkbringer."

Aragorn then glared at Libra's eyes, Libra suddenly became frozen on the spot as Aragorn said: "Sleep." His eyes glowed a green light, after which, Libra didn't fought back or did anything, he immediately limped on the spot and closed his eyes sleeping with worried look as if he is having a nightmare.

Aragorn have a bloodline magic that he created himself that he  named Jest, it is a magic of absolute understanding on an instinctive level of illusion magic, you can say that he is a level or more higher than Alice, I don't know how he made it but it seems like its with the help of his mother.

I looked at the horizon in which Idun is currently flying, before all of this, I already instructed Benetnash to plant a part of her flesh around the part in which Idun is seated, I looked at her.

"Benetnash."

She didn't replied and started to act and capture Idun.

I just looked continuously in the horizon and get back on why did all of this happened.

It all started on the day I broke out of Pandora's seal.

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Author's Note:

1:See Special Chapter 1 for details