What Are You Plotting? (Part Two)
"No, that's not right!"
"Nothing like that happened."
Hearing Annie's horrifying suggestion, Fern immediately shook her head and firmly refuted it.
"Lady Annie!"
"The thing is, we're planning to split up..."
As she spoke, she pointed to Frieren, who remained calm beside her, then to Eleyna and herself, before continuing:
"Starting tomorrow, Lady Frieren will deal with the Greater Daemon camped ten kilometers north of the city—the demon known as Aura the Guillotine."
"Eleyna and I will infiltrate the castle and deal with the two demon envoys remaining in the city."
"We need to take them out as soon as possible and expose their plot."
Listening to Fern's childish, make-believe plan, Annie grew even more confused, her little brows knitting together.
"Wait!"
"You said you were going after the demons in the castle, but those three... those two guys are hiding in there under protection, aren't they?"
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"Isn't that just storming the castle?"
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The demons were hiding inside the city and protected by the Earl's troops. Annie couldn't see how these idiots planned to eliminate them without attacking the castle.
"No, that's not it."
Fern shook her head again and patiently explained:
"We're not going to attack the castle, and we won't launch an overt assault!"
"We're planning to use an assassination approach."
"After all, we know a lot of magic, including the Disillusionment Charm. With Eleyna's help, we have a pretty good chance of sneaking in undetected."
"We were mainly discussing whether it would be better to act tomorrow during the day or wait until night."
When she finished, she looked over at her teacher, Frieren.
Truth be told, she'd wanted to act long ago, but Lady Frieren couldn't make up her mind and didn't want to clash with the Earl's