"From the very beginning, you intended to strangle Ahtal, didn't you?" The Ice and Snow Goddess, cradling her cheek with one hand, spoke in an indifferent voice tinged with nonchalance, "There's no need to beat around the bush, just come out and say it."
The Messenger God shook his head, "If possible, we genuinely wish you could return to the high heavens; you're not exactly suited to engage in schemes."
Ice and Snow Goddess: "..."
She simply disdained to dabble in conspiracies and tricks; it wasn't that she truly didn't know how. Whether the plan to strangle Ahtal succeeded or not, it would certainly provoke a full-scale retaliation from the Witch of Death, instantly escalating what was otherwise a stable situation.
Rather, it would make more sense to start with an all-out war from the beginning, instead of setting a trap for Ahtal in advance. There was no point to it at all.