The Ring Angel's Masterstroke

Iver could more or less guess what Lord of Scales and Feathers was thinking.

If Iver's very existence represented variables...

Then that also explained why the plans laid out by his adoptive father James and grandfather Jacob, plans centered around him, had all failed because of unpredictable variables.

And it wasn't just them.

From Lloyd's to Noble Red and then to the "Rosy Cross" Society represented by the succubus... whenever these plans, which had been carried out for many years, developed to the point where they had to come into contact with Iver, variables would suddenly begin to appear.

Now that he thought about it, if Iver could make everything certain become uncertain... then the best way to use him was not to try to control him.

Instead, they could use Iver to eliminate the "worst" options first, cutting off the possibility of that future.

After that, no matter how random things became, they would at least not randomly turn toward the worst possibility. At the very least, no one wanted to see Fallen Angel become a Pillar God—no one wanted another Supreme Heaven to appear in this world.

If the original "transcendence" became "corruption," the entire world would likely turn toward chaos and darkness because of it.

But...

"I don't think you need me for this."

Iver said sincerely, "Ring Angel... He has another plan."

Although saying this made Iver feel somewhat strange—it was practically like using an alternate account to praise himself. Yet Ouroboros Ring was indeed the ritual prepared by Ring Angel.

And Iver believed that Lord of Scales and Feathers definitely knew this.

Sure enough.

Lord of Scales and Feathers merely smiled. "You mean the 'Ouroboros Ring Ritual'? Indeed... He even prepared the 'Ouroboros Secret Covenant' over in Stibium and is just waiting for them to