The Choice

"When 'Chen Rui' first encountered 'Isis,' I already had my suspicions." Catherine looked at him quietly. "And judging by those suspicions, your flaws have only become more numerous... Though when I visited the Fallen Angel Empire last time, you used a powerful double that confused me for a while, the very first moment I saw you today, I was completely certain of your identity."

"I'm practically transparent before your eyes." Chen Rui let out a long sigh and shook his head. When Catherine had visited the Fallen Angel Empire, he had been in the surface world. The idea of having Lola impersonate Isabella had been his; if he had been there and learned of Catherine's visit, he would certainly have gone to see her himself. In that case, he probably would have been exposed even sooner.

"I finally understand why you refused my recruitment, even when I was willing to use myself as a bargaining chip. So Shea had given you her chip long before I did." A hint of realization appeared in Catherine's bright eyes. "That clears up all the mysteries from before. From turning around Darkmoon's desperate situation to bringing down Heiyao, and then to the development of the entire Fallen Angel Empire—it was all orchestrated by you. It is as though you hold the entire Fallen Angel Empire in your hand. If this crisis of the Blood Fiend invasion had not occurred, if you had been given enough time to develop, then in a few more years, the Fallen Angel Empire's strength would have swelled to terrifying heights. Even the Shadow Empire and Blood Fiend Empire would be unable to escape the disaster of destruction. The Demon Realm would have been completely controlled by you, a human! What methods. What scheming!"

Methods? A human controlling the Demon