Chapter 275

"Avril, by order of Her Your Majesty Elvian, he has been imprisoned together with Kachina."

Did His Your Majesty say anything else?

"His Your Majesty said to leave the two of them alone."

"That won't do!" Avril frowned. "She hasn't explained anything yet, and why lock this guy up with her?"

"Hey, hey, hey, Your Majesty the Acting Queen, I also have a name. I'm not called 'this guy,' I'm called Rider." Ryan curled his lip. "As for why, your Queen has already agreed. Do you have any objections? Are you older than your Queen?"

The guard said, "Don't worry, Avril, his Magic Power has also been sealed; he can't escape."

"I'm going to see Her Your Majesty Elvian." 'Avril' paused, raised her sword to Ryan's neck, and sneered, "You'd better not try anything funny, or I'll kill you the moment you see me."

"You dare!" Kachina's expression turned cold. "If you dare kill Rider, I will definitely annihilate Wildea!"

"Hmph~"

Avril didn't say much, turned around and left the tent.

Soon only Ryan and Kachina remained in the tent.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. There's no need to argue with that woman. She's just an acting Queen, an employee," Ryan said with a smile. "Anyway, I've already spoken to Elvian."

Kachina was taken aback. "What did you say to that guy?"

"She came to me before, saying she wanted me to persuade you to tell her about Arcadia's rifle technology and the secrets of the Watcher Legion."

"Heh~ Elvian, she's been spying on the Empire's secrets." Kachina actually knows Elvian very well. Long before the attack on the Northern Continent, she and Kachia had studied the situation of the Northern Coalition. As the head of the United Nations at the time, Wilder was naturally the primary subject of their study.

The Moonlight Knight Order, the seventh-tier Night Knight, and the Moonlight Cavalry number a total of 80,000, making them a force to be reckoned with.

However, she never expected that they would lose to Augustus, and the loss seemed rather inexplicable. The Northern Coalition was suddenly taken over by the forces of desire, the Kingdom of Lotte rebelled, Moonlight Knight Order were severely damaged. Good heavens, she and Kachia were discussing back then that Wildea had achieved this victory with his feet.

However, it turns out that Elvian does have brains, so Kachina kept wondering, just how strong is Augustus who could easily defeat Wildea? Something's not right. According to the investigation, the Augustus Empire shouldn't be that powerful. At most, it's just that the Holy Blood Legion has recently appeared.

"I outwardly agreed to her request," Emperor Ryan, the mastermind behind the scenes, said. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to see Your Majesty at all. Also, I just thought of a plan. Since Elvian has come up with this technology, Your Majesty, do you think it's possible to make use of it?"

Kachina asked curiously, "How do we use it?"

"Your Majesty, do you think Elvian would hand over what she wants to the Augustus Empire?"

"How could that be?" Kachina scoffed. "Leaving aside the Watcher Legion, if the secret of the rifle falls into Elvian's hands, I guarantee she will never hand it over to Empress Augustus. Elvian is an ambitious woman; she won't be content to let Wildea become Augustus's vassal, so she will definitely be secretly researching the technology."

"So, if we could reveal some information to her, and then secretly tell Augustus about Elvian's hidden secret, what do you think..."

Kachina's eyes lit up. "Let them fight amongst themselves?"

"That's right. I've been analyzing this for the past two days, Your Majesty. Although I am Arcadia, from an objective perspective, after that previous battle, the Empire has lost the ability to invade the Northern Continent again."

"Yes, Rider, you're right. This war is no longer about fighting for the glory of the empire." Ryan told the truth, and Kachina didn't feel angry at all. This was the reality. If Ryan were to lie through his teeth and say that the Great Akka Empire could easily crush the Northern Continent, that would be hypocritical.

"In that case, the advantage of our weapons is no longer significant. By the time the next war begins, Augustus and the Northern Federation should have already developed technologies that can rival ours, and our technology will also have been updated and iterated. Therefore, the secret of the rifle is no longer important," Ryan continued.

He wasn't lying; it really isn't that important anymore.

He had acquired a lot of technology during his previous Earth Ritual, but the production conditions were not as advanced as those of the Arcadia Empire.

However, considering the experience gained in development, such as production configuration, parts processing, assembly, etc., the Arcadia Empire's experience in the entire production line is still quite valuable.

Augustus's production is so slow right now because it's lacking this piece.

"You're absolutely right," Kachina nodded in deep agreement. "If they hadn't taken the Northern Continent this time, they would have definitely tried every means to research rifle technology, and it would have been only a matter of time before they reached their current level."

In a world with gods, technological innovation might happen overnight.

Kachina thought about it more and more and felt that Ryan's suggestion was feasible. Since attacking the Northern Continent was hopeless anyway, why not plant a bomb for Augustus? If they could get rid of Wildea through this plan, then they would have succeeded halfway.

Thinking about it this way, she not only had to provide the technology, but also the real thing, since even if she got the technology, she couldn't produce it in a short time.

By the time Augustus produced rifles, the artisans of their Great Akkadian Empire had already developed airships for aerial attacks!

They will still be invincible then.

"Rider, you truly deserve to be the Prince I've chosen. Your idea is excellent!" Kachina was in high spirits and smiled slightly. "If Augustus and Wildea fight again, Elvian, the watchdog, won't be around for the next imperial invasion."

Ryan nodded vigorously. "That's right, the watchdog barks fiercely."

"However, we cannot compromise easily. We must use this opportunity to exchange for something, such as freedom of movement."

"Freedom of movement? Your Majesty, they won't let us leave."

"You don't need to leave. Just being able to walk around outside and find out what's going on in the military camp is enough."

"Your Majesty, do you mean..." Ryan was somewhat puzzled. Could it be that they were planning a coordinated attack from within and without? But with Kachina's Magic Power sealed, she shouldn't be able to synchronize her power with Kachia's.

At that moment, Kachina's cheeks suddenly flushed.

"Actually... I have another trick up my sleeve." Kachina beckoned with her finger, and after Ryan leaned in, she whispered something in his ear.

Ryan

"Really...? You can even do something like that?"

"Of course, this was created by me and Kachia. And she's been asking me about it these past two days, but unfortunately I was being stared at by that ugly monster and couldn't reply to her."

Ugly monster?

Oh, it's Avril, my wife.

You're the ugly one, your whole family are ugly.

"Shall I help you?" Ryan asked.

Kachina originally wanted to say that she could do it too, since 'Avril' was no longer around. Although her hands were handcuffed, she could still move them. However, for some reason, the words that came out of her mouth were "Okay."

"Here I come?" Ryan rubbed his hands together.

"Uh-huh."

Kachina blushed.

Then.

Then I realized, why should I be embarrassed?

Anyway, Ryan is already her Prince.

Rather, the fact that Ryan brought it up now shows that her original plan had succeeded.

Come on, come on.

Kachina winked at Ryan, straightened her rather large chest, and smiled broadly.

Ryan bent his right index finger, leaving only it straight, and used the legendary 'One Yang Finger' to tap the great scholar on Kachina's right side.

Touching the top of the bread with your fingertip and gently pressing down the hard button completes one action of 'body language'.

Kachina trembled slightly; the tingling sensation almost made her recite a poem... Strange, so strange, when did she become so sensitive?

When I came here before, it didn't feel like this at all!

"What's next?" Ryan asked.

"Two taps to the left, then three taps to the back, then to the left again... Ah! Gently, gently..."

Following Kachina's instructions, Ryan tapped left, right One Yang Finger, right, up, down, up, down, ABAB repeatedly with his One-Finger... Holy crap, is this even possible? She's definitely got the character design of an eroge heroine; if this happened in a game, she'd probably smash her keyboard to pieces!

Each tap of the finger gently manipulates Kachina to emit a 'code' representing a certain meaning, which is transmitted to the 'terminal'— Kachia —on the other end through the Empathy Network. The tap of the finger is met with a soft rebound, and the tactile sensation is much better than that of an electrostatic capacitive keyboard.

By the time she finished clicking through the string of 'code', Kachina was flushed and panting heavily.

Sending codes is definitely hard work.

"What's next?" Ryan wondered if the girl's reaction was a bit over the top. Was it intentional or accidental?

"Just wait, Kachia should reply soon."

"Kachina said, panting."

As soon as she finished speaking, her body received a reply from Kachia.

"I've got it! I've got it!"

Kachia was also clicking, but she was clicking on herself, and then the empathy was transmitted to her, which was then deciphered to translate the body language of the two.

Kachia (third from left, fourth from right): You finally have news! How's the situation now?

"Rider, hurry, keep pressing!"

"Okay, okay, how do I do it your way?"

Kachina (first from left, third from right, second from left, second from right, third from left): I'm fine for now, but I'm trapped in Elvian's hands. She sealed my Magic Power. Wilder's army is still on the Kazar Plain.

Kachia (first from right, first from left, third from right): You wait, I'll bring people to rescue you right away!

Kachina (second from right, third from left, fourth from right): Wait a minute, I have a way to figure out what's going on here and work with you from the inside.

Kachia:...

Kachina:...

Ryan: What are you guys talking about?

To be honest, Ryan was really dumbfounded. He searched through countless butter recipes in his brain but couldn't remember ever seeing this kind of operation before. Designer, you're really just adding fuel to the fire.

Thankfully, Avril was left to guard the area; otherwise, Kachia and Kachina would have already finished the Morse Code and launched a coordinated attack from within.

But.

Although I can't understand it.

But it feels really good.

Click, edit code, send.

After they finally finished talking, Kachina slumped into her chair, completely exhausted and without any strength left.

Not only that, when she came to her senses, she realized that a certain area was already wet and hot, and even the slightest movement made her feel sticky.

"How... how could I?"

Kachina was stunned.

What happened? Was it just because Rider hit me a few times? When did I become so weak?!

"Rider, what... what did you do to me?"

Ryan: "Ah! I didn't do anything, Your Majesty!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I need to calm down first."

Kachina also felt that Ryan couldn't possibly do anything. She was clearly watching him closely, and every time he pressed the left and right buttons, Ryan's eyes were as clear and blue as the sky outside. How could such a pure person secretly do anything to her? Hmm, definitely not.

"Your Majesty, what did you just say to Empress Kachia?"

"I told her about our idea, Kachia agreed. Also, I was wondering if we could take this opportunity to check out the camp. Kachia will secretly bring people here to attack, and we can coordinate an attack from the inside and catch Elvian off guard."

"Brilliant!" Ryan gave a thumbs up. "This way, even if we can't defeat Elvian, we can severely damage Wilder's army. Once we lose the Moonlight Knight Order, Wilder will be of no use. And Augustus Empire knows that Elvian has secretly possessed rifle technology, they're even less likely to let her go."

"That's right, but now we need to find a way to lower Elvian's guard, at least to gain her the right to move freely."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, leave this matter to me!"

"Are you confident you can persuade Elvian?"

"Based on my previous conversations with her, I'm fairly confident. Praise be to the Goddess! For the empire, I, Rider, will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Kachina was very pleased. As expected of the Prince she had chosen, the Chosen of the Gods of the earth, the Earth Goddess was indeed watching over Arcadia. Sending Rider to her side must be the Goddess's guidance!

"Um... Your Majesty, are you alright?" Ryan changed the subject. "You seem to be in quite a bit of discomfort."

"I don't know what's going on either. Maybe the influence of desire hasn't worn off yet. Damn City of Desire, one day I'll blow it up."

"Would you like me to help you?"

Kachina was taken aback.

How can I help?

"Just like last time... Ah, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, you had no choice last time, I know. Someone of my status is not qualified to give you..."

"OK."

Kachina, as if possessed, agreed again.

What should we do? She seems to be getting a little obsessed with that feeling. How will she live without Rider in the future?

Oh well, the important business is done anyway, might as well enjoy myself. The Earth Goddess won't blame her, right...? Hehe~