If Durandal had been here, she might not have been able to resist shooting him dead. But Rita had more to consider.
Compared to Durandal, Rita was better suited to considering the bigger picture and planning her methods.
Rita had never cared about keeping company with darkness. So long as she could carry out the orders of the Bishop and Lady Durandal, and complete her mission, she could choose... any means necessary.
Though Rita was unlike those ninja assassins, she was still a Valkyrie. She still had her own bottom line.
Some people liked to keep darkness and moonlight for company, while others chose to become the light.
Wasn't that precisely Rita and Durandal?
"That's right, I am the Minister!"
Faced with Rita's blunt tone, Minister Honest appeared completely unconcerned on the surface. Instead, he responded with the gentle air of a harmless old man.
Of course, no one knew what Minister Honest was truly thinking.
If anyone genuinely believed he was a gentle man, that would be amusing...
His attitude was only this good because Rita was powerful enough to speak to him this way. If it had been someone weak... perhaps even death would have been a blessing!
Especially for a woman.
Though there really was someone who saw him as a gentle, good man: the little Emperor. The young and ignorant Emperor regarded the Minister as the person he valued most.
"May I ask what you meant just now, Minister? You summoned me here and then attacked me. In what way have I offended you?" Rita held her scythe behind her back, staring coldly at him as she questioned him.
Her attitude made the Four Rakshasa Demons at Minister Honest's side hurriedly shield him, watching Rita warily.
Yes, the one among the Four Rakshasa Demons who